Presbyopia is an age-related long-sightedness, which affects your ability to see objects close up. It occurs when the lens loses its flexibility. Learn about this eye condition, why it occurs and what you can do to treat it.
It is the lens' flexibility that allows you to focus on objects at different distances, but with presbyopia focusing becomes more difficult.
Along with Myopia, Hypermetropia, and Astigmatism, Presbyopia is part of a group of eye-conditions defined as 'refractive errors' – the shape of the eye causes light to incorrectly focus on the retina.
Presbyopia is a normal result of ageing – as you get older, your lenses become harder and the surrounding muscles become weaker. This means it is more difficult for the lens to focus at different distances, and instead focusing the light behind the retina, making it harder to see objects up close.
The Cornea and Lens – These are at the front of the eye, helping to focus light directly onto the retina in a similar way to a camera lens.
The Retina – This is a layer of cells at the back of the eye that works by sensing light and colour before converting them electrical signals.
The Optic Nerve – The nerve that transmits electric impulses to the brain where they are interpreted.
The lens works by evenly refracting light and focusing it onto the retina, letting you see objects clearly. With objects of different distances, the lens is able to change its shape to bring them into focus depending on how far or near they are – if the objects are far away the lens flattens, if the objects are close the lens becomes round.
The lens is also surrounded by a muscle that helps it change shape, contracting or expanding depending on the distance of the object you are looking at.
When you have presbyopia, this flexibility is lost and the muscles become weaker. As a result, the lens's focusing power is reduced, and your vision can deteriorate when looking at objects close up.
Presbyopia can normally be diagnosed in a routine eye exam – this can involve testing your visual sharpness, the ability to adjust your focus to different distances, and the state of your eye muscles and retina.
Adults should have their eyes routinely tested every two years unless they have been told otherwise. These normally take 20-30 minutes at an optician and involve having your eye health examined as well as your vision.
An optometrist will get your medical history and ask about any symptoms you may be showing, such as any issues you are having and how long you have had them. They may also ask general questions about your lifestyle, health, and any medication.
The first exam will look at the health of your eyes. The optometrist normally shines a torch known as an ophthalmoscope through your pupil to check the inside of your eye and test how your pupils react to light. They also check co-ordination and movement of both eyes to make sure they are working together.
They may also test for other conditions depending on your medical record and age – these can include Glaucoma (changes in eye pressure possibly damaging the optic nerve) and Diabetic Retinopathy (high blood pressure and high blood sugar lead to new blood vessels, which may cause vision problems).
After having your eye health checked, you will normally have a vision test. This involves examining your distance vision, near vision, and intermediate vision, as well as your visual acuity - you often read from a Snellen chart (each line of letters becomes smaller). If you wear glasses or contact lenses, you may be tested with and without them.
Further examinations may be carried out to discover the extent of the condition, and what corrective lenses may be needed.
How do you treat Presbyopia?
As presbyopia is a condition relating to the lens rather than the cornea, laser eye treatment isn't usually effective - it is normally treated by wearing corrective lenses, such as contact lenses or glasses. In cases where patients struggle with corrective lenses, they may be offered surgery to implant an artificial lens.
Prescription glasses work by focusing the light directly onto the retina, giving clearer vision. The lenses are normally a convex shape, where they are thicker in the centre and thinner at the edges, but the thickness, curvature, and weight depends on the severity of your condition.
As Presbyopia is an age-related condition, it can become worse as you grow older. This may mean the strength of your prescription lenses will increase, therefore it can be important to keep having regular eye-tests. It is also possible to become both short and long-sighted with age, and if this happens you may require another pair of glasses. You can also buy bifocal or varifocal lenses that help you see things in the distance as well as close up in one pair of glasses.
Contact lenses function like glasses, however, they are lighter and practically invisible. They can come in various forms – some are only worn for a day before you dispose of them, while some can be cleaned and reused – and your optometrist will be able to advise you on the different options. As they are discreet they can be an attractive option, however, they can also increase the risk of eye infection, which makes it important to maintain contact lens hygiene.
For people who find it difficult to use glasses or contact lenses, there is the option of a presbyopic lens exchange (PRELEX). PRELEX involves cutting a small flap into the cornea and inserting an artificial lens to correct the focus – the flap is folded down without using stitches. After the surgery, you may be prescribed corticosteroids, antibiotics, or artificial tears.
PRELEX treatment is a newer form of treatment for presbyopia, therefore there is little evidence that it is safe in the long term – you should discuss the risks with your doctor or optometrist.


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Always on my mind / Jill Shalvis.
Animal attraction / Jill Shalvis.
Animal magnetism / Jill Shalvis.
At last / Jill Shalvis.
Aussie rules / Jill Shalvis.
Call me irresistible / Susan Elizabeth Phillips.
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First star I see tonight / Susan Elizabeth Phillips.
Forever and a day / Jill Shalvis.
Get a clue / Jill Shalvis.
He's the one / Linda Lael Miller, Jill Shalvis, Lucy Monroe, Kate Angell and Cat Johnson.
by Miller, Linda Lael, 1949-. Batteries not required [author.] | Shalvis, Jill, 1963-. Captivated [author.] | Monroe, Lucy, 1967-. Seducing Tabby [author.] | Angell, Kate. No shirt, no shoes, no service [author.] | Johnson, Cat. Fish out of water [author.].
Head over heels / Jill Shalvis.
Heroes are my weakness : a novel / Susan Elizabeth Phillips.
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to some aspect of quantum mechanics.
> comprehensiveness of any system of physical laws.
> a realist construal of modern physics.
>> Since there's been discussion here of the idea of "intervention,"
>> divine "intervention" & adopt what he calls "hands-off theology."
>> Plantinga then does several things which are, IMO, of uneven quality.
>> is really quite obvious & the extensive discussion is overkill.
>> then a fortiori quantum physics doesn't either.
>> physical laws to describe all phenomena.
>> Jesus Christ suggests that such events be at least kept to a minimum.
>> does everything in the world directly, as in Barbour's "classic"
>> to me to get at the heart of the problem.
In reply to: George Murphy: "Re: [asa] intervention"
Next in thread: David Campbell: "Re: [asa] intervention"


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Cambridge University Press launches new model for scholarly publishing
Cambridge Elements will open the way to publication for huge wealth of world-class material
Cambridge University Press has launched a new publishing model to provide an outlet for world-class research and writing that sits outside the traditional formats of book or journal article.
Work of between 50-120 pages will be published digitally and through print-on-demand as 'Cambridge Elements' – concise, peer-reviewed guides to key and current topics across all fields of study and research. These will be organised into focused series, edited by leading scholars.
They will combine the speed, flexibility and versatility of digital with the highest academic standards.
Chris Harrison, Publishing Development Director, Humanities and Social Science, said: 'For many years, commercial constraints and the established model of scholarly publishing have prevented publication of a huge variety of work that could not be accommodated within the existing books and journal formats because it was too long for a journal article and too short for a book.
'The rise of digital publishing and print on demand removes these barriers, promising a way to publish a wealth of material from this previously untapped resource. Cambridge Elements provide an outlet for concise, authoritative, and peer-reviewed research across academic disciplines, which we think combines the best features of books and journals.'
He added: 'We have had an exceptionally enthusiastic response to the possibilities we offer with this format and are delighted to be able to launch Cambridge Elements with content spanning the full range of the Arts and Sciences – everything from cutting edge electronic engineering, through using Twitter as data, to the problem of evil in the Old Testament, all published in focused series edited by top scholars from the world's leading research universities.'
Cambridge Elements will be published in just 12 weeks and be made available as digital collections to institutional libraries and to individuals as e-books and in print. They can also be regularly updated to provide a dynamic reference resource for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners.
There will also be Open Access options, in line with the Press's commitment to help build a sustainable, responsible transition to a more open future for academic publishing.
Phil Meyler, Publishing Development Director, Science, Technology and Medicine, is another member of the Elements team. He said: 'The way people want to write and consume information is changing. Many authors and researchers want to publish work that sits outside of the traditional formats of either book or journal article and there has been real frustration that there is nowhere for that material to go.
'In a digital environment, that binary choice between scholarly content produced in short form journal articles or in long form monographs of 80,000 words and more seems artificial. Publishing each title within a specific series, edited by senior figures in the discipline, enables Cambridge Elements to provide both a focussed exploration of a topic and the wider, ongoing development of the subject.'
He added: 'We wanted to bring the Cambridge approach to this – to marry the rigour and excellence of our publishing to the new world and finally deliver on the potential of digital to change the look and reach of academic publishing. This is a clear response to a market need and an opportunity to get these ideas across for the first time – it's hugely exciting.'

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At least 11 journalists in custody after police raids in Turkey
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Istanbul, October 25, 2022—Turkish authorities should immediately release the Kurdish journalists in police custody and stop harassing them with secret investigations, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Tuesday. Early Tuesday morning, Turkish police simultaneously raided several homes and one newsroom in the cities of Ankara, Diyarbakır, Istanbul, Mardin, Urfa, and Van, as part of…
Kazakh outlet Orda, staff subjected to months of threats, online harassment, cyberattacks
New York, October 12, 2022—Authorities in Kazakhstan should thoroughly investigate recent threats against independent news website Orda and its chief editor Gulnara Bazhkenova, and ensure the outlet and its staff's safety, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. On October 5, unidentified individuals sent a severed pig's head to Orda's editorial offices in the southern…
Journalists assaulted, harassed amid political transition in Pakistan
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On April 11, 2022, Pakistan's parliament elected Shehbaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and younger brother of former three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, as the country's new prime minister after ousting Imran Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party in a no-confidence vote, according to news reports. Since that political transition, journalists…
Bangladeshi journalist Golam Sarwar attacked, harassed following 2020 abduction
On October 29, 2020, Golam Sarwar, the then publisher and executive editor of the privately owned news website ctnewsbd.com, was abducted in Kazir Dewri, a neighborhood in the southeastern Bangladeshi city of Chittagong, according to multiple news reports and Sarwar, who spoke with CPJ via messaging app. An unidentified man approached the journalist from behind,…


Matty Collector has confirmed that their products to be released at the SDCC will air on Attack of the Show on the G4 network April 12th and April 15th.
So Adam and Orko, huh? Well, I knew Orko would get packed with someone (or something) but I always figured Adam would get a solo release like Adora did.
I was kinda hoping Orko would come in a 2-pack with Cringer, who would be a new kitty sculpt and smaller than Battle Cat.
i'm curious as to what adam's additional head sculpt looks like. too bad we don't have a close up of that.
Kinda cool. Considering that Matty will not be offering these online and no one would pick any of these up for me if they were going its kinda of a "meh!" Plastic Man looks good, and the MOTUC ones are whimsical but I really won't care if I cant buy them. Oh and I guess we need to assume the Starro pack is a DCIH pack?
Mo-Larr and Skeletor look great. I would assume that Adam and Orko will eventually be available at MattyCollector as single carded figures and/or repaints. I would like to think Mo-Larr and toothless Skeletor will turn up there too, but that may be a bit of a stretch. Either way, I need to get them somehow!
I was thinking an Adam/Cringer 2-pack?
See... Now I will have to be scouring ebay trying to get exclusives. I really only want the Starro set. But that one will be hard to get (specially once people notice Wonder Woman has new hip articulation.
It looks like these items will be available on MattyCollector afterall with a few changes from the SDCC versions excluding Mo-Larr. Looks like he will be the same.
Part 1 of what will be a 2 part story on Mattel's SDCC exclusives just aired on G4's Attack of the Show. Big thanks to Blair and the whole AOTS crew who were a pleasure to work with.
This box set will be $40.00 both at SDCC and on Mattycollector.com after the show (no change to product). Mo-Larr will come with all his tools including his #$^&@ drill and his floss. Skeletor features a new toothless face and comes with his Havok Staff, Power Sword and half Power Sword. The pack out is truly epic as designed by Ray Makowski. It includes Skeletor's massage chair and magazine collection as chip art. Also features brand new bios supplied by the gang at Robot Chicken!
So here is the first of our SDCC items that will be different after the show. The version of Orko at SDCC will feature color change when you dip him in warm water. His magic book also show the SDCC logo in hot water. The version sold on MattyCollector.com after the show will not be color change (on Orko or the book) but both version will include his stand, wand and book as well as a pack in Prince Adam with two heads (He-Man and new Prince Adam smirk) as well as a purple Power Sword and half purple Power Sword.
A lot of fans have asked "why Orko for SDCC?" Well, simple. We chose Orko because we wanted to go with a more 'A' list MOTU character who would draw in fans otherwise unfamiliar with the current line. In the past our SDCC items have been a bit more obscure in character selection so we deliberately went the other way this year. Also, since Orko was larger then a "standard" accessory we had no way to fit him into a monthly $20.00 figure structure. But by pairing him with Adam we could do a unique structure for a unique price ($25.00) at the show. One of the whole points of a SDCC item is to get PR for a line and to do an item that wouldn't fit into the standard line due to size, theme etc... This fit the bill in a lot of ways!
Plasti comes with a ton of accessories and does everything plastic can do. He has standard arms, stretchy arms, snap on stretch parts like a fly swatter and paddle ball. He also has a snap on bendy neck piece and a spring snap on leg piece.
And only at SDCC you can get Plastic Man as a suit case (similar to Gleek). you can even snap on his arms and head to the suitcase as if he has been "shopping at SDCC". Open the case up for an extra surprise.
The grand daddy of our SDCC items for this year. This pack is a recreation of the classic Brave and the Bold cover and features light and sounds as well as the voice of Batman actor Kevin Conroy. Each figure in the set has a recorded description just like a museum display with Kevin describing the origin of each character. It is an incredible package designed by Frank Varela.
We'll have more SDCC exclusives to reveal Thursday night and the whole list (including some not on the show) will be up on MattyCollector.com on Friday.
what is up with the huge greeen lantern? is he one of the blackest night exclusives or what?
actually from his paint job (the shiney green) he must be a blackest night one.
Well, I'm glad Mattel is following Hasbro's lead by offering SDCC exclusives online after the event. Even if they are altered from the show version (which is only fair, really).
Yeah, I wonder what they mean by "Prince Adam smirk".
I hope they're able to do a proper Cringer someday, because that was a big disappointment for me as a kid. The only way I could have Adam and Cringer to do the transformation sequence was strip off Battle Cat's armor first. Then he just looked like a very pissed-off Cringer.
that would have been really cool.
dang....the sculptors kinda phoned that one in, huh?
I hate to admit it but that Adam is pretty awesome.
It is a DCIH set. Last time the DCIH stuff was offered online.
Yes new hip but same old no elbow arms.
So when is comic con exactly? I can't make it to the 'con, but I'd love to TRY and grab an exclusive from Matty's website.


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The Church Interpreter Training Institute exists to equip church members, professional church workers and ASL interpreters through specialized instruction to assist and serve the Christian church in proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ to people who are Deaf.
The heart of Deaf missions is local churches reaching out to the Deaf community. Lutheran Friends of the Deaf partners with local churches for mission events.
Presentations led by Lutheran Friends of the Deaf staff that provid practical and educational content and resources on a variety of topic related to Deaf missions.
Lutheran Friends of the Deaf staff attend gatherings to advocate for, support and enhance Deaf missions all over the world.
Summer day camp dedicated to teaching children American Sign Language.
Summertime children's program focused on Bible stories in American Sign Language. This program is based on our unique series of ASL Bible Story books and videos for children and is supported by the Lutheran Women's Missionary League.


YMCK 15th Anniversary One-Man Show "Magical 8bit Land"
The Japanese music group YMCK who are renowned all over the world for their 8-bit music and pixel graphics/video is having a solo concert on 2 December in Daikanyama UNIT Tokyo in celebration of the 15th anniversary of their music career.
The show named "Magical 8bit Land" compares their 15-year history to a delightful playground to go through an entire retrospect of it.
On this very day, they will establish their musical monument and will at the same time set an anchor for their new departure with their luxuriant performance far beyond a mere live show.


Trump roiled the weekend Group of Seven meeting in Canada by agreeing to a group statement on trade only to withdraw from it while flying to Asia. He complained that he had been blindsided by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's criticism of his tariff threats at a summit-ending news conference. In tweets, Trump insulted Trudeau as "dishonest" and "weak."
Unbowed, Trump tweeted anew Monday morning from Singapore, repeating his criticism of U.S. trade policies with Canada 鈥� he also took aim at Germany 鈥� in a multi-tweet rant that went beyond 200 words all told. At one point he wrote, "Justin acts hurt when called out!"
Trump advisers had taken up the attack in appearances on Sunday's news shows, leveling more withering and unprecedented criticism against Trudeau, branding him a back-stabber unworthy of Trump's time.
Navarro said Trump "did the courtesy to Justin Trudeau to travel up to Quebec for that summit. He had other things, bigger things, on his plate in Singapore. ... He did him a favor and he was even willing to sign that socialist communique. And what did Trudeau do as soon as the plane took off from Canadian airspace? Trudeau stuck our president in the back. That will not stand."
A Trudeau spokesman, Cameron Ahmad, said Saturday night that Trudeau "said nothing he hasn't said before 鈥� both in public and in private conversations" with Trump.
The Americans' criticism of Trudeau left a former Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, stumped. "I don't understand the obsession with trade relations with Canada," he said on Fox's "Sunday Morning Futures," given that Canada is the biggest single buyer of American goods and services in the world. From promoting democracy and to fighting terrorism, "we're on the same page. We're the closest partners in the world and you don't want to see a dispute over one particular issue poison everything."


Notorious Biker Stuff - The very first undertaking that we took on was an eCommerce sight for a brick and mortar leather shop called Notorious Biker Stuff. They had several suppliers competed well selling leather items to the public. Indianapolis had only a hand full of motorcycle leather stores and not a one had an eCommerce site.
With our experience with networking we took the challenge and it became the first leather shop in the Indianapolis area with an eCommerce site.
They have now aged and only deal with hand selected custom items. Some of the items they sell are shadow boxes, vintage motorcycle magazines, custom jewelry and motorcycle cult items from the 60's through the 70's.
One off vintage leathers are also sold through another venture they have called Notorious Leathers that is by appointment only.


Dining at The Galle Face Hotel is an experience to be cherished. Wine and dine at our wide variety of restaurants and settings. Try the delicious sea-food just a few feet away from the Indian Ocean . The Checker Board for Sunset Cocktails & intimate Garden parties. The Veranda Restaurant, where one can order from the A la' Carte Menu & savour one of the most scintillating sunsets in the evening with a panoramic view of the Indian Ocean .
A seafood restaurant in the midst of a bustling city, yet just a few steps away from the Indian Ocean, where you can dine under the stars in candlelight, with the twinkling lights of the distant ships as they lie at anchor near the harbour. The sound of the sea is music to your ears as you enjoy a gourmet meal prepared from the freshest of seafood. The new menu features mouth-watering new creations by the Executive Chef Haleesha. And they can be accompanied by the wine of your choice from the extensive list available.
Leading off from the main lobby of the Galle Face Hotel - Regency, the Wine Lounge is designed to pay tribute to the hotel's grand history. Inspired by elements of nature, its teak wood floors and wall panelling set the tone. The unusual blend of fabrics used in the interior design, the lighting in fire colours of red, orange and yellow, and the spectacular view combine to create a mood of elegance and intimate luxury. The music is ethnic, and chosen to create a sense of haunting mystique unique to Galle Face Hotel. The Wine Lounge is more than a place to savour your favourite vintage with friends. It is a lifestyle experience for lovers of fine wines, cheeses and cigars.
The day begins with a buffet breakfast at the Veranda Restaurant, with a wide ranging menu featuring continental, to American and Sri Lankan items.
The Businessman's Lunch at the Veranda is popular among corporate executives in the vicinity and from other parts of the city as well. The calm ambience and Colonial architecture gives them the ideal break from a busy day at the office.
The daily High Tea Buffet at the Veranda attracts a wide cross-section of customers both local and foreign. They come to enjoy a leisurely afternoon chatting over a cup of tea, with a range of more than 20 tea time snacks, from waffles and sandwiches to scones, cookies and pastries.
Dinner at the Veranda is a special experience. Whether it is an intimate candlelight dinner for two, or a large gathering, the Veranda and the Terrace below are flexible enough to accommodate your needs.
The best place in Colombo to watch the sunset, the Checkerboard at the GFH is the most popular venues at which to relax and unwind after a long day at work. A choice of cold beers and exotic cocktails can be the perfect complement to a glorious Galle Face sunset.
Our fully air conditioned Rooms and Suites have been furnished in elegant Galle Face Hotel style with the addition of all modern international standard facilities. The rooms offer a range of additional luxuries including the services of a personal Butler .
All Rooms and Suites offer sweeping views of the Indian Ocean , the world-renowned Galle Face Green promenade or the colourful and bustling city. For added convenience guests can also request private check-ins and check-outs when staying at the hotel.
These suites are probably the largest in any hotel in the city. The rooms offer the guest a magnificent direct view of the Indian Ocean . They are air-conditioned, and equipped with a mini-bar, refrigerator, TV and IDD telephone facilities.
These spacious suites offer a direct ocean view. They have high ceilings and air-conditioning, with a mini-bar, refrigerator, TV and IDD telephone facilities.
Spacious rooms offering a side sea view, and a view of Galle Face green. Air-conditioned, with a mini-bar, refrigerator, TV and IDD facilities.
Air-conditioned room with a garden view, refrigerator, mini-bar, TV and IDD facilities.
There's no other place in Colombo offering professionally organised weddings, banquets and other official functions against a stunning and historical backdrop. Graceful dcor and elegantly appointed furnishings are common features in all function areas.
High standards of quality and impeccable service ensure that every function is extra special and remarkable to both the host and their guests.
Step into the newly refurbished Southern Wing of Galle Face Hotel - The Regency and immediately you will experience how modern day luxuries have been tastefully incorporated into the Victorian design and architecture of years gone by.
A carefully planned and meticulously completed renovation project was carried out.
82 rooms consisting of a multitude of suites cater to both business and leisure travellers with a perfect combination... the ambience of the past and the superior facilities and comforts of today.
Guests can look forward to theme rooms and suites, fantastic specialty restaurants, a plush shopping arcade - Piazza, a museum, an exclusive life-enhancing spa and many more attractions located in the new wing.
Products & Services :9 restaurants and 4 bars, Wine Lounge combined with an underground wine cellar, 3 grand ballrooms and 6 function rooms, Wedding and Conference facilities, Galle Face Hotel Spa, a 20,000 sq. ft. spa inclusive of Colombo's largest saltwater swimming pool and gymnasium, Personal Butler service, Business Centre offering all Secretarial facilities, Salon, Laundry Services, Museum and Art Gallery.


When living in Arizona, as I drove to work, the mountains and open sky surrounded me as I moved down the flat highway. I remember one day in particular when the rain fell lightly on my windshield and the sun shone brightly.
A rainbow appeared as vivid as one drawn by a child with wax crayons. Because of the expanse, I easily could see the beginning and end without swerving as I drove.
Twenty-four years later, I remember it like it was yesterday.
No one at work seemed as awed by the sight. But such rainbows were not unusual for those who had lived in Arizona for years — some for a lifetime.
Here in Ohio, if I want to see a rainbow from my home, I step outside while it is raining and the sun is shining and look to the east. Sometimes I am blessed with the sight, even if the trees and buildings block some of its glory.
Patricia Hart Clifford's quotation above made me think of that morning in Arizona. I think of the wonder we can show our children. The possibilities.
In this day of electronic devices in our pockets almost all the time — or at least nearby — it might be easy to be so distracted that we miss the beauty of a rainbow's colors and shape.
But the photos would be missing the expanse, the grandeur. I prefer to step into the fresh air or gaze out a window and look up, not down at a tiny screen.
Cellphones were not common in 1995. When I saw that rainbow in Arizona, had I the ability to stop the car to snap a photo, it would have been lacking.
Instead, my mind captured it — and no one can erase it.
Giving time to our children is more important than just about anything we can offer, outside of food, clothing and shelter. Teaching them to think and wonder and dream is a gift they will always have, even on dreary days with no rainbows. Daydreaming would be a wonderful distraction for our children — as long as it's not during school.
Recently, one of my brothers was telling our mother that it seemed children didn't play outside as much as we once did. I told her I remember washing my feet before crawling into bed on summer days.
When I do hear a child playing outside and hear the shrieks of delight in play, it makes me smile. An elementary school is a couple of blocks from our house. On some days, I can hear children during recess laughing and obviously having fun.
If a rainbow or interesting cloud formation appears in the sky, at least they are in a position to be able to look up and wonder. I hope the teachers would make a point of showing and encouraging them to daydream.
Our days do seem to be so busy. I remember when our children were young and I worked outside the home. It was difficult to fit everything into a day and have time to spend with our children.
We had an advantage that is now gone, unless parents take the initiative: We had fewer distractions. No cellphones. No computers. Landline phones with one line. If someone was on the phone, the others in our family had to wait their turn. Someone calling in would get a busy signal, not voicemail.
Many things from our past are worth holding onto. We still have only 24 hours in each day. But we can make each moment photo-worthy.


While the original Comfy Skirt could hold out pretty far into the winter with a good pair of leggings, you now have a different option. It has everything you value about the original Comfy Skirt, but cut longer! When the going gets tough, the tough get comfortable skirts. This long version of the Comfy Skirt is also great for travel. The hidden pocket fits a passport, and its 4-way stretch will keep you comfortable through even the longest of hauls.
I love the comfy! I have 10 skirts and some are 10 years old. They are durable!
I have been flirting with Texture Clothing for over a year now. Given the price, I wanted to make sure I was committed to a purchase and felt what I was buying would complement what I have. So, I finally took the plunge and will be coming back. The long skirt is perfect for a Mum on the Go. It is long, which I like in terms of comfort and mobility when chasing kids and the quality of the fabric is just what I would hope for and in a style that is timeless. Well done Texture Clothing!! Never mind that it is a small business run by women – amazing!
I have been looking for a skirt like this for a while: simple, stretchy, flattering, goes with anything. You'd think that would be an easy thing to find, but it's not! I love the A-line silhouette of this skirt, the wide waist band, the hidden pocket. Also, the fabric is much more substantial than some other knit skirts I've tried. It seems like it will hold up for a while.
I live in this skirt.
This is the third one I bought. Wear it to work, wear it out on the weekend, wear it around the house. Keeps me warm in the winter and cool in the summer. I don't believe in magic but this is pretty close!


The One Stop for Students website brings together a host of combined online services and information in the areas of Registration, Financial Aid, Records and Transcripts, and Advising for undergraduate students. Information for other student/unique populations (graduate, non-degree, parents, etc.) is available under "Info for" links at the bottom of this page.
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Gina over at the CodeBlog recently interviewed me about correctional nurse life. She asked some interesting questions about what we do in corrections and how care is organized. Check out the post for the full interview. She is interviewing nurses working in unusual specialties for an ongoing series.
Correctional Nursing does qualify as an unusual specialty. Very few children say something like "I want to be a nurse and take care of prisoners when I grow up". Yet 1 in 100 Americans is behind bars today, making the need for correctional nurses ever present.
What's it like being a correctional nurse? We need to get the news out to the world that this challenging specialty is in need of good nurses. I hope you will join me in my efforts to make the world of correctional nursing more visible in 2011.
How would you have answered Gina's questions about correctional nursing? If you have a response different from my own, include it in a comment to this post.
What's It Like to Be a Correctional Nurse?


The Orange Deafie Blog: Update on Elijah's Right Ear!
Well, Elijah is still complaining that his right ear is bugging him. I made an appointment for January 9th with his audiologist. She suggested I change out controllers so I put his right controller on his left ear and his left on his right ear.


General Electric (GE) Power & Water has recognized Evonik Canada's Gibbons plant for successfully recycling 15% of the site's waste streams into the facility's steam generation system.
For its efforts – and for saving CA$50,000 in annual costs – the site received GE's prestigious "Proof Not Promises" and "Return On Environment" awards.
Employees at the Gibbons site worked with specialists from GE Power & Water to implement a new method of re-using waste streams without negatively impacting the environment or the site.
In order to receive GE's "Return on Environment" award, a project must deliver a significant and lasting positive impact on the environment along with annual cost savings of at least CA$50,000. The "Proof Not Promises" award recognizes novel and creative collaborative projects that achieve a savings greater than CA$25,000.
Evonik Canada's Gibbons site produces hydrogen peroxide, an environmentally-friendly chemical used for oxidation reactions, bleaching processes in pulp, paper and textile industries, waste water treatment, exhaust air treatment and for various disinfection applications. Decomposing to yield only oxygen and water, hydrogen peroxide is one of the cleanest, most versatile chemicals available.


Three Rivers Publishing invited candidates involved in races for the primary election on August 7 to submit a candidate profile for publication. Candidates were asked to present themselves, introduce their family to our readers, and discuss their opinions on any issues they feel are of importance to the voting public, especially specific issues of concern or interest that they wish to focus on if elected. This week, we are featuring candidates for Circuit 42, Division 1 Judge, candidates for Judge in the Crawford County Associate Circuit, and for Crawford County Prosecuting Attorney.


Few sights are as awesome or a sound as deafening as water thundering down the 56-m Augrabies Waterfall when the Orange River is in full flood. The Khoi people called it 'Aukoerebis', or place of Great Noise, as this powerful flow of water is unleashed from rocky surroundings characterized by the 18-km abyss of the Orange River Gorge. Picturesque names such as Moon Rock, Ararat and Echo Corner are descriptive of this rocky region.
Klipspringer and kokerboom (quiver trees) stand in stark silhouette against the African sky, silent sentinels in a strangely unique environment where only those that are able to adapt ultimately survive. The 55 383 hectares on both the northern and southern sides of the Orange River provide sanctuary to a diversity of species, from the very smallest succulents, birds and reptiles to springbok, gemsbok and giraffe.
The Falls: As the Orange River approaches Augrabies Falls it divides itself into numerous channels before cascading down the 56 meter high waterfall. The river then continues its path through an 18 kilometer gorge. The sight and sound of the power of the water will not be easily forgotten.
Moon Rock: A massive exfoliation dome or "whaleback" which is a prominent landmark of Augrabies Falls. Walking to the summit will give one of the best views of the park and its surroundings.
Swart Rante: These foreboding black hills are another distinct landmark in Augrabies. Quartz-poor, these igneous rocks seem to form a natural border between the harsh environment of the gorge area and a more fertile area on the other side. The contrast between the two landscapes can best be seen from the top of Swart Rante.
Oranjekom & Ararat: These viewpoints give visitors the best opportunity to observe the massive gorge area as well as the wildlife that makes it their home. Essential to spot are the nesting Verreaux's (Black) Eagles, which prey on the abundant rock hyrax populations, as well as the Cape clawless otter which are sometimes seen below in the river in the morning or late afternoon.
Echo Corner: The furthest view point from the Rest Camp, the road to Echo Corner takes you through some of the park's most stunning scenery. As the name implies a long-lasting echo can be produced. This is also the starting point for the Gariep 3-In-1 Adventure.


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Jurassic World 3 Goes For The 'Baby Yoda' Effect
Even a film franchise as big as 'Jurassic Park' needs something to keep fans coming back time after time. There have been almost too many entries in the series of movies for us to count at this point, and so it seems that the producers of 'Jurassic World 3' are taking a new approach in trying to persuade us to part with our cash to see the next film – they're going to try to rope us in with cuteness.
It would seem that Universal Pictures have been paying very close attention to the 'Baby Yoda' craze that swept the internet a few short months ago. Images of the super-cute 'Star Wars' character were everywhere you looked online for a while, and still sell a lot of t-shirts and dolls today. The popularity of the dolls might be a delayed reaction – Baby Yoda dolls were at the top of a lot of Christmas wish lists in 2019, only for children (and some adults) to end up disappointed when they found out that no such product yet existed. That problem has since been rectified, but Baby Yoda is apparently going to have a new rival soon in the shape of an adorable baby dinosaur.
Production and filming of the third 'Jurassic World' movie only began in early February, but we've already been presented with a picture that's made the internet fall in love. Colin Trevorrow, who's in the director's chair for the film, showed the world a very cute animatronic baby triceratops on Twitter, and no sooner had he done that, the picture was everywhere. The Tweet has been re-Tweeted thousands of times, and some people are already asking where they can buy toy baby triceratops figurines of their own. We're sure that as soon as we see it in polished film footage it will become even more potent as an attraction, and children will start demanding that their parents take them to see it.
The fact that we're talking about a recognizable dinosaur might signal a change in direction for the third 'Jurassic World' film. The last two movies have heavily focused on the existence of dino-hybrids made in labs by hard-of-thinking humans. Although they made for impressive movie monsters, some fans of the original trilogy of films felt that they harmed the authenticity of the series. There are plenty of factual dinosaurs that are large and terrifying enough to scare audiences. The creation of fictional ones just to boost the scare felt, to them at least, like a cheap trick. Trevorrow has suggested in the past that the hybrid-dino story has been told in full, and therefore the third film would show us something different.
Whatever that 'something different' turns out to be, there's little doubt that it will attract millions of dollars at the box office. The 'Jurassic World' name is one of the most bankable in movie history, and its money-making abilities have been demonstrated far beyond the confines of movie theater screens. Many online slots websites have been thankful for the presence of the official Jurassic World game, for example. While not every successful movie gets an officially licensed online slots product made, the existence of licensed slots is increasingly becoming an indicator of a movie's success. If there's money to be made with it, it'll find it's way to UK Online Slots. 'Jurassic World' is already there, and it's already making big money.
Because production only officially began a couple of weeks ago, there isn't much we can tell you yet about the film beyond what we've covered above. We are, however, very excited that Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern, and Sam Neill are involved, and also that Jake Johnson and Omar Sy are also along for the ride. When you also take into account that Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, DeWanda Wise, Mammodou Athie, Daniella Pineda, and Justice Smith have all already confirmed their involvement, this is the biggest and most star-studded cast in the history of the franchise. Gathering so many of the stars of the series' past and present together at the same time makes us wonder in passing whether this could be intended as the very last 'Jurassic Park' film, but so long as it makes a healthy return at the box office it's hard to believe that another script won't be written, and another movie won't be made. This is, however, likely to be the last encounter with prehistoric lizards for the majority of the people we've just named – which means that none of their characters can be considered safe while the film is rolling!
At present, the film is scheduled to be released in the middle of June 2021, but at this early stage of production, anything could change, and the date can and probably will slip back by at least a few months. Trevorrow has told the people responsible for marketing the film that he sees it as a 'science thriller,' and similar in tone and presentation to the very first 'Jurassic Park' movie, which was directed by Steven Spielberg and was released in 1993. Although it's currently listed simply as 'Jurassic World 3,' the official working title of the movie is 'Jurassic World: Arcadia,' which is the name of the boat that dinosaurs were being taken to the United States mainland on during 2018's 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.' It's thought – but not confirmed – that one of the central elements of this new film is the idea that many people now possess the technology required to make dinosaurs of their own, and so 'unlicensed' dinosaurs are now being made in labs and released into the wild all over the world. That would certainly go some way to explaining how and why characters from the 1990s movies would find their services being called upon to assist.
For now, much of the above is speculation. All we can say with absolute certainty is that another 'Jurassic World' film is coming out in either 2021 or 2022, the cast sounds incredible, and it's going to have a very cute baby triceratops in it. If you're a parent, begin mentally preparing yourself to be pestered not only to go and see the film but also to pay for some related toys for your kid to play with! Be honest, though – you're kind of drawn to it yourself!
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OPEN FIELDS follows Eunice, a successful smallholder farmer who lives outside of Mombasa, Kenya.
In the second episode of the series, OPEN FIELDS, viewers meet Eunice, a successful smallholder farmer who lives outside of Mombasa, Kenya.
In Kenya, around 80 per cent of people have access to some form of farmable land. Although the soil is rich and fertile for farming, many plots of land stand empty or with failed crops.
In the Mombasa region, Haller Foundation (a GODAN partner) have been working with local farmers for 50 years to design organic methods to improve crop production and also provide a solid economic stream for rural families.
Eunice has found success in maximizing her crop yield by using the open-source mobile phone app from the Haller Foundation.
With an estimated 83% of Kenya now online, largely through mobile phones, Haller Farmers App has been developed to digitize and release local knowledge on a global scale, to anyone, anywhere.
The application is free to use for anyone with a smartphone and internet access. They have also worked with Free Basics and Airtel Kenya to improve rural access for low income families, providing free data to download and use the app.


An IAF drone fired 4 missiles near a demolished hospital and an army observation post in Syria's Quneitra province, with damage caused only to property, state news agency SANA reported on Monday; the IDF declined to comment on the matter.
Published: 02.12.19 , 08:41 An Israeli Air Force drone fired four missiles near a demolished hospital and an army observation post in Syria's southern Quneitra province near the border with Israel, but there had been only material damage, the Syrian army said on Monday.
The area is a bastion of Iranian-backed militias led by Lebanon's Hezbollah terror group. The Israeli missile strike coincides with Tehran celebrating the 40th anniversary of the fall of the Shah and the Islamic revolution.
They say Shiite Hezbollah group has consolidated its new front in southern Syria and entrenched Iran's influence since the defeat of Sunni rebels who were once backed by Washington, Jordan and Gulf states.


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Australia's Hottest January on Record as we head into a climate election
Narwhal19	Posted on February 3, 2019
Just as climate change has been driving up temperatures in Australia to record levels, the political temperature is also rising for a climate election for May 2019.
Australia has just experienced its hottest December on record, followed by its hottest January. It's already been a very hot summer with record breaking temperatures, and it's not yet over.
It is abundantly clear that this extreme heat is associated with global warming and climate change. The Climate Council made clear in their 2014 report – Heatwaves: Hotter, Longer, More Often – that the trend with rising temperatures driven by climate change was an increase in extreme heat events.
We have had three major heatwaves surging across Australia from mid-December to the end of January, from the build up of heat in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and in Central Australia. ( Read my daily heatwave blogs for Christmas-January heatwave, early January heatwave, late January heatwave)
While east coast towns and capital cities have only felt the extreme heat for relatively short periods, much of inland Australia has had continuous periods of extreme heat. Read detailed account, including all the records broken, at the Bureau of Meteorology: Special Climate Statement 68—widespread heatwaves during December 2018 and January 2019 (PDF).
This is one of the impacts of climate change, and Australia has had 5 years of conservative government whereby climate policy has been driven by a small clique of climate denialists in the Federal Liberal and National Parties.
Australia's emissions have continued to rise over this period, and without major policy changes are projected to keep rising beyond 2030, according to Department of Environment data. Australia's 26-28 per cent emissions reduction target by 2030 for the Paris Agreement has been independently assessed as insufficient, and needs to be in the 40-60 percent range for deep decarbonisation and our fair share of international targets.
Australia ranked at 55, near the bottom of the 60 countries in the Climate Change Performance Index.
Scientists have already warned that 50 degree celsius days are already possible in the near future for Melbourne and Sydney, yet the Energy Minister Angus Taylor continues to push for subsidisation of new coal power for Australia, when new firmed renewables are already cheaper than coal.
here is how the Bureau of meteorology described the last two months:
December heat
December was an exceptionally warm month. It was the warmest December on record for Australia in terms of mean, maximum, and minimum temperatures. The national mean temperature was 2.13 °C above average. Maximum temperatures were 2.41 °C above average and minimum temperatures were 1.85 °C above average.
Both maxima and minima were warmer than average across nearly all of Australia. December was the warmest on record for New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and the Northern Territory. For the remaining States, December was amongst the three warmest on record. – Bureau of Meteorology – Australia in December 2018
January heat
January was an exceptionally warm month. It was the warmest January on record for Australia in terms of mean, maximum, and minimum temperatures. The national mean temperature was 2.91 °C above average. Maximum temperatures were 3.37 °C above average and minimum temperatures were 2.45 °C above average.
Both maxima and minima were warmer than average across nearly all of Australia, with near-average or cooler than average temperatures only observed in northeastern Queensland, across west coast and parts of south coast Western Australia, and other smaller areas in the Kimberley and Top End.
In terms of mean temperatures, January was the warmest or second-warmest on record for all States and the Northern Territory. January mean maximum temperatures were highest on record for the southern two thirds of the Northern Territory, adjacent parts of Western Australia, Queensland and South Australia, eastern South Australia, New South Wales and southern Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania, and also for patches of inland southern Western Australia. Mean minima were highest on record for the month for a large area of inland northern Australia, and a large area spanning southern Queensland to the eastern half of Victoria. – Bureau of Meteorology – Australia in January 2019
The mean maximum temperature for January:
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How capital cities experienced January heat
Australia is a highly urbanised country and the majority of citizens live in the capital cities around Australia. See also Mapping the heat trend in Australia's capital cities in 2018
The Is it Hot Right Now website app assesses capital city mean temperatures on a daily basis and compares them to similar times of year in the past. This is how most Australians experience extreme heat events. My thanks to Mat Lipson, Steefan Contractor and James Goldie for permission to reuse this data.
Sydney City (Observatory Hill)
Observatory Hill had 28 days with mean temperatures above the long term average (60-100 percent decile range) and of that there were 5 days in the top 5 per cent decile. Only two days were below the mean average (5-40 percent decile range), and one day assessed as average temperature.
Sydney's West (Richmond RAAF)
Richmond had 26 days with mean temperatures above the long term average (60-100 percent decile range) and of that there were 9 days in the top 5 per cent decile. Only two days were below the mean average (5-40 percent decile range), and 3 days assessed as average temperature.
Melbourne West (Laverton RAAF)
Laverton had 22 days with mean temperatures above the long term average (60-100 percent decile range) and of that there were 2 days in the top 5 per cent decile. Only four days were below the mean average (5-40 percent decile range), and 5 days assessed as average temperature.
Canberra Airport had 28 days with mean temperatures above the long term average (60-100 percent decile range) and of that there were 13 days in the top 5 per cent decile. Only one day was below the mean average (5-40 percent decile range), and 2 days assessed as average temperature.
The chart clearly shows the record breaking string of four days above 40 degrees experience by Canberra.
Hobart had 25 days with mean temperatures above the long term average (60-100 percent decile range) and of that there were 3 days in the top 5 per cent decile. Only three days were below the mean average (20-40 percent decile range), and 3 days assessed as average temperature.
Brisbane had 29 days with mean temperatures above the long term average (60-100 percent decile range) and of that there were 2 days in the top 5 per cent decile. There were nil days below the mean average (0-40 percent decile range), and 2 days assessed as average temperature.
Adelaide (Kent Town)
Adelaide (kent Town) had 18 days with mean temperatures above the long term average (60-100 percent decile range) and of that there were 4 days in the top 5 per cent decile. Only three days were below the mean average (20-40 percent decile range), and 10 days assessed as average temperature.
While not a capital city, Alice Springs provides a good measure for Central Australia. Alice Springs had 24 days with mean temperatures above the long term average (60-100 percent decile range) and of that there were 18 days in the top 5 per cent decile. Only three days were below the mean average (20-40 percent decile range), and 4 days assessed as average temperature.
Tropical Darwin had 19 days with mean temperatures above the long term average (60-100 percent decile range) and of that there were 5 days in the top 5 per cent decile. Only four days were below the mean average (5-40 percent decile range), and 8 days assessed as average temperature.
Perth had 8 days with mean temperatures above the long term average (60-100 percent decile range) and of that there was one day in the top 5 per cent decile. Twelve days were below the mean average (0-40 percent decile range), and 11 days assessed as average temperature.
While summer extreme temperatures are common in Perth, this January has proven to be a cooler month for the city. Most of the heat generated in northern Western Australia is surging to the south east with Perth missing out on most of the extreme temperatures.
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Thank you to all the companies, organisations and individuals that helped to support Bird Atlas 2007-11 through the Species Sponsorship Scheme.
Sponsored by Judith Manners for her Mother and everyone who loves the wildness and excitement of the Snow Goose.
Staffordshire branch of the West Midlands Bird Club.
Harry Green in memory of Arnold Darlington, biology teacher "who long ago inspired my interest in birds and natural history.
Northumbrian Water; a leading environmental business and proud partner of the Northern Kites project.
Harris, Elsie, David & Peter Glue, New Forest, Hampshire - the species that has bonded this BTO family over the years.
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If you have any queries about the Bird Atlas Species Sponsorship Scheme please contact the BTO fundraising team at fundraising [at] bto.org or Niall Hatch at nhatch [at] birdwatchireland.ie (subject: Bird%20Atlas%20Species%20Sponsorship) .


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Ryan Murphy (born January 23, 1983) is an American former professional ice hockey forward who played five seasons in the AHL with the Manchester Monarchs, Hartford Wolf Pack, and Peoria Rivermen. He also played in the ECHL with the Charlotte Checkers. Murphy was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the 6th round (185th overall) of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. He was an assistant coach for the Bakersfield Condors of the ECHL in the 2013–14 season. He was an assistant coach for the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League from 2014 to 2018 under head coach Troy Mann, and then followed Mann to the Belleville Senators.

Playing career

Amateur
At the age of 16, Ryan was named to the 1999-00 U.S. National U-18 Team in the North American Hockey League. That same season he dressed in four games with the U.S. Junior National Team. The following season he played 24 games with the U.S. Junior National Team.

Ryan played four years of collegiate hockey at Boston College playing with the Boston College Eagles (2001–05).

Professional
Immediately following graduation, Ryan turned professional suiting up with the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League for the final five games and playoffs of the 2004–05 AHL season.

Ryan went on to play four more seasons in the AHL and ECHL before retiring from professional hockey after the 2008–09 AHL season.

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People from Rumson, New Jersey
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Sportspeople from Monmouth County, New Jersey

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Node hello world running on Win7 PC works great locally using computer name,  IPv4 address, localhost, etc, etc. on ports 1337, 8080, etc.
No problems though reaching Apache in the same manner from Android (using IPv4 address)!
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The Best Things to do in Anchorage
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By Eren, Facty Staff
Known as the Last Frontier, Alaska is the America's northernmost state, and Anchorage is its largest city. In terms of area, Anchorage is larger than Rhode Island, though the Anchorage Metropolitan Area is home to only 400,000 people. Alaska is known for its natural wonders, and Anchorage is a great jumping off point for visitors to experience untouched wilderness. People looking to escape the heat of the south can enjoy Anchorage's cooler temperatures while exploring all the sights the city has to offer.
1. Explore Nature
Visitors who travel to Anchorage to see the wonders of Mother Nature will not be disappointed. Kenai Fjords, Denali, Lake Clark, and Katmai national parks are all close enough. The less adventurous may enjoy the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, a bike path that follows the shore of Cook Inlet and offers great views of Mount Susitna. Anchorage also has some of the world's highest tides. Visitors to Turnagain Arm can see the bore tide, a wave that's up to six feet tall.
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Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Works No 7298 Christopher Progress 0-6-0T
This locomotive was built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn in 1946. It is the last remaining example of a 16 inch inside cylinder locomotive designed by Hawthorn Leslie at Newcastle.
It was originally ordered to work at Walbottle Colliery near Newburn about five miles from Newcastle. Following the nationalisation of the coal industry and the formation of the National Coal Board (NCB) in January 1947 the locomotive was actually delivered to the NCB Derbyshire Area and was named Christopher.
It spent its working life working in the coal industry but where it actually worked is not clear. Some sources list its working at Moira Colliery, Church Gresley Colliery, Measham Colliery (possibly around 1967) and then to Cadley Hill Colliery where it remained until 1988. Whilst it is clear that it was at Cadley Hill the evidence for other collieries is less clear and it may have spent a year or two (if at all) at them. Interestingly all of the collieries listed above were originally part of the Moira Colliery Company and seemed to largely keep their structure and sense of togetherness even when they were under control.
Cadley Hill Colliery at Swadlincote in South Derbyshire was one of the last places where steam locomotives were employed. Six locomotives that worked there have been preserved.
Bagnall – Works Nos 3059 and 3061
Hunslet – Works Nos 2857, 3851 and 3889
Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn – Works No 7298
In 1988 the locomotive moved to the Tanfield Railway where it operated for a number of years.
In 2011 the locomotive moved to the National Coal Mining Museum.
The locomotive is on static display at the Nation Coal Mining Museum at Wakefield.
7298 at Cadley Hill Colliery, Castle Gresley, Derbyshire – April 1976
7298 at Cadley Hill colliery – April 1978
7298 at the Tanfield Railway – August 1989
7298 on the Tanfield Railway – October 1989
7298 at the National Coal Mining Museum – July 2018
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'etweyéewise
"The Return" – A New Bronze on Main Street
The Josephy Center for Arts and Culture announced the installation and celebration of Nez Perce artist Doug Hyde's granite and bronze sculpture, 'etweyéewise, which means, literally, "I return from a hard journey." The celebration begins on Saturday, June 22 at 2:00 p.m. Salmon will be served.
Artist Doug Hyde was born in Hermiston, Oregon, grew up at Lapwai, Idaho, went to the art school in Santa Fe, NM, and then to Vietnam. On his return, he learned to carve stone working in a monument yard in Lewiston. For the last 40 years he has worked in stone and bronze. Much of his recent work has been telling tribal stories in those mediums across the country. His bronze of Chief Joseph is at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C., and at the Clearwater Casino near Lewiston.
And he will soon have a major piece—'etweyé·wise (literally, "I return from a hard journey") on Main Street in Joseph, Oregon. The Josephy Center for Arts and Culture received a generous grant from the Oregon Community Foundation to commission a Plateau Indian artist to design something special for the city. Joseph's bronze streetscape has several sculptures depicting Indians, but none of them are the work of an Indian artist. The Josephy Center, with Oregon Community Foundation's huge support, set out to change that.
Jurors from three reservations—Colville in Washington, Nez Perce in Idaho, and Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla in Oregon—sifted through several initial applications, and asked two artists, Doug Hyde and Yakima artist Toma Villa, to submit sketches of their 3-dimensional visions for the project.
Hyde's conception is a granite wall with the outline of the mountains behind carved at its top, and the full-size figure of a Nez Perce woman carved out of the granite. The woman, in bronze, is walking back toward the mountains, toward the Wallowa. It is 'etweyé·wise, return from a hard journey.
The sculpture will sit in the Josephy Center's front yard, visible from Main Street. The installation and celebration of this work is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 22. There will be drums, and there will be salmon. All are invited, but elders and all tribal members are specially invited.
For more information, contact Rich Wandschneider at 541-432-0505, or rich.wandschneider@gmail com.
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DAVID NUGENT says Leicester need to rediscover their passion.
The Foxes have managed just two wins in their last eight games and Nugent says the players have to pull their fingers out to win back increasingly disgruntled fans.
Nugent said: "We have got to be more of a team, wear our hearts on our sleeves, and want to play for Leicester.
"I think everyone should always play like that. You've got to give 110 per cent every game, even if you are not playing well.
"If you are putting in the effort, the fans can see it and will get behind you. In the first half I thought we were excellent. But in the second half we looked a bit lacklustre.
The ex-Pompey striker, who netted against his old club in a 1-1 draw at Fratton Park in November, repeated the trick again with a first-half header which cancelled out Marko Futacs' opener.
Former Pompey team-mate Liam Lawrence insists Nugent is Leicester's best bet for promotion, saying: "He is a quality player and will keep scoring goals.
Pompey boss Michael Appleton is waiting to hear whether he will be able to do any business during the transfer window.


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Leptolalax bidoupensis is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae from Vietnam.

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Our Class has unequivocally opposed the neo-liberal reforms set in motion aggressively from 1991 to this day. We have struck 14 times through General Strikes against these "reforms" which are nothing but increased poverty and penury for the vast majority of the working people of this country. Yet the ruling regime, firmly in the grip of MNC's, Capitalists and their Mafiosi Media is galloping in full steam to dismantle every brick and stone of the Welfare State edifice that was envisioned in the Constitution of India.
The last general Strike of 28th February 2012, which saw the mammoth participation of more than 10 crore working people across the length and breadth of India, should have warned the UPA and other State Govts. to beat the retreat, but instead in the last 12 months, we have seen the most pro-capitalist and slavish economic and social legislations and ordinances pushed through in the parliament and in various state's assemblies to burden us with the growing and unbearable economic hardship.
Every essential commodity and services that our class uses from Tea to Textiles, Schooling to Transport has seen an exponential price rise week after week in the last two decades. Inflation and high prices have become like an economic cancer that has no cure whatsoever. Yet while the purchasing capacity of the ordinary people is dwindling resulting in less calorie intake for the masses, but the number of dollar billionaires is ever increasing in the country.
The Congress party and their cohorts, in their servile effort to appease their imperialist donor and financial institutions; IMF & World Bank are attacking life and the living standards of the working people and the down trodden in every imaginable way. The much touted FDI in retail is going to put 44 million out of work and push them to further poverty.
It is high time that all the so called opposition political parties are called by their real name, they are no different to the aggressive neo-liberal Congress. There is not a single political party in the so called main stream politics that will oppose neo-liberal policies.
Can the BJP and Modi, Akhilesh Yadav of Samajavadi Party, Mayavathi, & Mamata be taken to genuinely oppose the big business? Will the corrupt DMK & equally dishonest AIADMK with all their pretensions of being pro-poor declare that they are opposed to capitalist policies.
We have seen how these essentially capitalist parties have behaved in relation to the issue Nuclear Plants, where they chanted the same rich man's mantra of development which is nothing but the destruction of the poor people's lives .
The ruling class and their political representatives in various bourgeois and petty bourgeois parties unabashedly still talk the language of the growth, GDP and development when 836 million of Indians still earn a paltry sum of Rs.20 a day. The powers-that-be totally hide the startling facts about the OTHER INDIA that is engulfed in malnutrition, squalor, disease and poverty.
The fact remains that, while the growth in the last decade has benefited the MNC's, the Indian Inc. and the upper sections of the Indian society; but this has not benefited the Indian working people in any tangible way. The liberalization of the economy in the last two decades has not improved any of the social indicators or the agricultural sector that has been characterised by low growth and farm suicides (250,000 in the last 15 years), and India having more poor people than all of sub-Saharan Africa. India's growth story, if anything, has been anti-people and anti-poor.
The increasing communal-ism, caste atrocities on Daliths and religious minorities and the perpetuation of shameful acts of violence on women through out the country is nothing but the utter failure of Capitalism in India. The capitalist class that is linked to the vestiges of feudalism is incapable of solving the fundamental problems of this vast country.
This General Strike of 48 hours is happening at a time when the world capitalism is suffering its worst moment in recent history. The so called success stories of Capitalism are down to dust. From America to Europe, Middle East to West Asia the authority of the ruling classes is increasingly getting challenged by the ordinary working people of these countries. The tumultuous events in Tunisia, Greece and South Africa are indications of working class flexing its muscles collectively and forging a way forward in the creation of formidable alternatives that will challenge capitalism and replace it with democratic Socialism.
the utter failure of Capitalist System.
Poverty Wages for the vast majority of the working people.
Unemployment and privatisation that cuts jobs and services.
For re-nationalisation of all privatised industries and public services.
the system that failed to provide health, education and shelter for all.
Atrocities on Daliths and Adivasis and rising communal-ism.
Sexual Violence and against the system that perpetuates patriarchy.
the Nuclear Plants of Kudankulam, Jaithapur and other places.
The working class of India along with the other sections of the down trodden is the only progressive force that can challenge capitalism and put an end this oppressive system.
A fighting, militant, combative approach is the only way forward for the working class to collaborate with struggles of the women, students, Urban and Rural poor, of the Adivasis and Daliths for a stronger alliance linked to the programme of the Socialist transformation of the society.
28th February 2012 General Strike: Capitalism is THE CRISIS dump it !
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Lesha Adams was driving her two daughters home from dinner Saturday night when she spotted a man in a wheelchair trying to cross N. Shepherd Drive near a Kroger supermarket.
Adams pulled her white Lexus SUV into the Kroger parking lot, near the intersection of N. Shepherd Drive and W. 10th Street in the Greater Heights, around 9:30 p.m. She exited her SUV and began pushing the wheelchair carrying 63-year-old Jesus Perez across four lanes of traffic to a nearby bus stop, where he planned to catch a ride home after grocery shopping.
A young woman driving a Chevrolet Cruze at about 35 mph plowed into the pair. Adams and Perez died on the spot. The driver fled the scene and drove home, then returned after being encouraged to do so by a relative, Houston police said.
The crash represents another tragedy involving pedestrians on Houston roads, this one made more heartbreaking because it involved a Good Samaritan breaking from her routine to assist a disabled man. Now the victims' two families struggle to cope with the loss of loved ones suddenly snatched away, while the young driver faces potential charges and a life that's been permanently changed.
The deaths have also raised community concerns about pedestrian safety in the retail corridor, prompting Mayor Sylvester Turner to request an investigation of the intersection of N. Shepherd Drive and W. 10th Street, including possibly placing a traffic signal and wheelchair-accessible ramp there.
Lesha Adams lived in a newly finished home in the Greater Heights with her wife and their daughters, whom they adopted as infants.
Family members described Adams as a miracle baby. Adams' mother, Ruth Adams, said she and her father were told they would not be able to have any more kids after the birth of their first daughter, Teri. Twelve years later, Adams was born in Lubbock before the family relocated to Lovington, New Mexico.
Adams loved to sing and bring joy to others, her mother recalled.
Adams also displayed a compassionate, empathetic side from a young age.
When Adams was 4, her family lived down the alleyway from an elderly couple in Lovington. Young Lesha would stop by the couple's home every day to check on them and keep them company, oftentimes with a piece of cake in hand.
If she wasn't busy checking on her neighbors, she was collecting horned toads, carefully tracing her fingers over their jagged edges before housing them in a bucket placed in a mountain flowerbed — a strategic location, so they wouldn't travel too far if they escaped.
When her older sister, Teri Webb, had children, Adams turned her care to her niece and nephew, Traci Vogiatzis and Ronnie Shaull. And later on, to Marsh and their two daughters.
Marsh and Adams met when they were working next door to one other. Marsh was managing a doctor's office, Adams was overseeing a dental office.
When Marsh started a medical diagnostics business six years ago, Adams retired to take care of their daughters full-time. The girls kept her busy with all of their activities — swimming, gymnastics and aerial, to name a few. Wednesday morning, sitting in their home, Olivia sullenly played with her hair as her little sister, Ava, cried and held Marsh's hand in grief.
Adams filled up a room when she entered it. She had a gift of connecting with people she met, even if it was just for a minute, and making them feel special and important, family members said. She radiated an energy that drew people to her. Her family went to the nearby Walgreens, Whataburger and Mobil gas station to notify employees of those businesses of Adams' death "and they all just fell apart," Marsh said.
Once, Marsh noticed that Adams was making large withdrawals of cash from their bank account. When she asked her partner of 22 years about it, she found out that Adams would pay for peoples' groceries if she was standing in line behind them and they didn't have enough money.
And pulling over to help people cross the street, rain or shine, was a norm. Marsh said Adams must have done it at least 50 times, which is why her family and friends weren't surprised to hear what happened.
Perez also was described as a giving and loving person.
Born and raised in San Antonio to a Navy veteran who fell in love with a woman in Fredericksburg, he was the fifth of 10 children. He married the love of his life, Alice, in 1978, and a year later they had a son, Jared.
"I don't care if it's his last dollar, he'd open his wallet and say, 'Here, take it,'" she said.
Perez loved gardening and bird watching, and always greeted his green-and-yellow parakeet with a whistle.
His family started a construction business for residential homes, where Perez worked hard for years to support his family, just as his father had taught him. But eventually, the onset of severe arthritis confined Perez to a wheelchair.
His family described him as soft-spoken and humble, with a strong moral code.
"He used to always say, 'My mother named me Jesus, and it's a very hard name to live up to,'" another relative recalled with a laugh. Hence, he started going by Jesse instead of Jesus.
North Shepherd Drive is a busy roadway onto which traffic from multiple strip malls filled with eateries and stores feeds into. With four one-way traffic lanes and a speed limit of 35 mph, one can easily miss pedestrians attempting to cut across the street.
Perez tried to cross N. Shepherd somewhere between W. 7th and W. 10th Streets to catch the No. 27 bus. The crossing at W. 10th Street has a pedestrian crosswalk with faded paint, but lacks traffic signals and a wheelchair-accessible ramp. The nearest ramp is at W. 11th Street.
The community is now trying to raise awareness about pedestrian safety, particularly near surrounding bus stops. Citizens are urging the city to reevaluate accessibility accommodations and to improve pedestrian signals to drivers.
In response, Mayor Turner has asked the Transportation and Drainage Operations division of Houston Public Works to take a look at the intersection, spokeswoman Erin Jones wrote in an email. The team is considering placing a traffic signal at N. Shepherd Drive and W. 10th Street, and has committed to installing a wheelchair-accessible ramp there, as well.
In the past year, there have been 29 crashes at N. Shepherd Drive and W. 10th Street, according to the Geographic Information Management System — but no complaints were received about pedestrian or bicyclist safety, Jones said.
"Traffic volumes on Shepherd have increased over the last several years to just under 35,000 vehicles per day," Jones wrote, adding that a December 2018 measurement of traffic speeds in the area showed that 15% of drivers were traveling at least 7 mph over the 35 mph speed limit.
"Houston Public Works continues to explore ways to improve conditions of our roadways and accessibility for all commuters," she wrote.
Police are not releasing information on the driver who hit Adams and Perez, but they said she did not show signs of intoxication when she later returned to the scene. A grand jury will determine whether or not to charge her for failing to stop and render aid.
When Martinez met Adams' family on Monday, she was comforted by an image they painted for her.


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This can have dire effects on employee productivity, quality of care, and patient safety.
You want to prevent this at all costs. Testing is the best prevention here. One important test of perform is a load test, which is when you take an application that you are about to go live with and simulate the stresses that it will be under when it is being used by many users simultaneously. A load test that is properly set up and executed can give you critical insights into how your application will perform when it goes live.
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Traditional load testers have a bad reputation because they are immensely complicated, expensive and slow. For this reason, many companies forgo load testing altogether. With your healthcare applications, however, this is not a good option.
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Before beginning your load test, you should take time to plan out exactly what you will be testing for. This step involves getting a good idea of the number of users that will be using your application and functions that they will require from the application. If this is a brand-new application, you will need to do more guesswork than you would if you are just simply upgrading an existing location.
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(R)Evolution ist das fünfte Studioalbum der Electro-, House- und Screamo-Band Blood on the Dance Floor aus Orlando, Florida. Es wurde am 19. Juni 2012 unter dem Label Dark Fantasy Records veröffentlicht. Es erreichte Platz 42 in den US Billboard 200 Charts und Platz 1 in den US Electro Charts. Am 30. Oktober 2012 wurde das Album erneut unter dem Titel The Revolution Pack veröffentlicht. The Revolution Pack enthält neben dem Album auch die Extended Plays The Anthem of the Outcast und Clubbed to Death!.

Veröffentlichung und Promotion
Das Album erschien als Download und als CD. Auf der offiziellen Merchandise-Seite von Blood on the Dance Floor konnte man vier verschiedene Versionen von Fan-Paketen vorbestellen, die neben dem Album zusätzliches Merchandise enthielten. Vorbesteller erhielten außerdem den Song Incomplete & All Alone (feat. Joel Madden) früher und am Erscheinungstag zusätzlich die EP Clubbed to Death!, die drei neue Songs enthielt.

Für das Album wurden die Musikvideos Unforgiven und Rise And Shine (Featuring Deuce) veröffentlicht.

Artwork
Das Foto für das Albumcover zeigt Vanity auf der linken Seite in leuchtender Kleidung und Make-up. Jayy von Monroe befindet sich daneben und trägt ein schwarzes Kostüm, auffälliges Make-up und farbige Kontaktlinsen. Der Titel des Albums (R)Evolution, der sich unterhalb befindet, wurde mit verschiedenen Sonderzeichen geschrieben.

Singles
 Revenge Porn
 The Right to Love
 Unforgiven
 Rise and Shine (Featuring Deuce)

Trackliste

Outtakes
 Blood Is the New Black
 Evolution
 Sexually Explicit

Musikvideos

Weblinks
 Offizielle Website

Einzelnachweise

Blood-on-the-Dance-Floor-Album (Band)
Album 2012
Album (Rock)
Album (Pop)
Album (Electronic)


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