Little Bear's Haven spacious 1st floor large dining table living area, large tv kitchen entrance screened front porch screened back porch 1st floor king w/private bath 1st floor king bath & 1st flr bath upstairs landing-twins over fulls, tv, & privacy curtain upstairs king-front porch access upstairs queen-front porch access shared bath for upstairs king & queen upstairs screened front porch upstairs king master upstairs king master with tub & shower upstairs king master private screened porch gas grill, shower, backyard privacy 6 min bike to beach bike trail to San Juan Ave, 30A, public beach access aerial of the Gathering Place/pools zero entry pool zero entry pool hot tub at zero entry pool heated lap pool shaded seating at pools playground next to pools poolside seating area poolside seating shaded poolside seating & bathrooms poolside hammocks thank you for staying!
This property has 3 King(s), 1 Queen(s), 2 Full(s), 2 Twin(s).
Very beautiful home. Beyond our expectation. Our granddaughters loved riding on the golf cart and especially the pool. They loved the bunk beds too. Definitely would stay again.
We stayed with our family of five and my brother's family of four. We had five kids ranging 13-21 and the accommodations were perfect! This house is a mile from the beach which worried us as we usually stay first or second row in other beach destinations. It was different not having a beach view but the 6 person golf cart certainly made beach access quick and easy. We biked or ran to the beach each morning while the teens slept, and had some great dolphin sightings. The home itself is well-equipped! Kitchen is fully stocked, and we did cook a couple of large evening meals. Found everything we needed. There are several screened porches with plenty of seating. I would highly recommend this home and Seaside!


Greg Austin was a football coach in the National Football League (NFL) from 2013 until 2015, finishing his career with the Philadelphia Eagles as their assistant offensive line coach. Over his three years of coaching his teams compiled a cumulative record of 27-21-0.
Greg Austin played college football at the University of Nebraska, playing on the offensive line from 2003-2006. Across his four-year career, he played in 27 games, including 10 starts in 2005.
In 2010, Austin returned to football in a coaching role with the University of Oregon under head coach Chip Kelly. He started as a coaching intern in 2010 before moving into a offensive graduate assistant coaching position in 2011 and 2012. During his time with the Ducks, the team finished all three seasons ranked in the top-five nationally and an appearance in the national championship game (2010). During his final two seasons, the Ducks went 24-4.
After the 2012 season, Chip Kelly left Oregon and entered the NFL and Austin followed him to the Philadelphia Eagles. Hired as the team's new assistant offensive line coach, the Eagles offense set numerous franchise records in 2013 en route to a playoff berth. During his tenure, his offensive line has received numerous accolades as three players have been selected for the Pro Bowl and two players selected for the NFL All-Pro team.
During his college career, he was named an all-conference academic recognition in 2004 and 2005.


The Connecticut Prison Association, a non-governmental organization in existence for over 140 years, is a unique agency in the United States, the world's leading jailer of its own citizens. Now known as Community Partners in Action, the organization's mission is to be a "unique, private agency, independently operating in Connecticut, concerned with personally helping individuals from the time they are accused of a crime, during such time as they may be committed, and after their return to society as free citizens." CPA has been intimately intertwined with the Connecticut criminal justice system for over a century, and during that time has influenced policy and changed many lives.
In his new book, The Connecticut Prison Association and the Search for Reformative Justice, former executive director Gordon S. Bates provides a detailed and thoroughly readable history of both CPA and the criminal justice system in Connecticut.
From Newgate Prison, opened in 1773 and to become one of the most dangerous, inhumane and notorious prisons the world over, to the use of sterilization and eugenics in the early 20th century, all the way to the creation of the Connecticut Department of Corrections in 1967 and the modern state of the correctional complex, Bates covers Connecticut's criminal justice history completely, warts and all. He also explains and analyzes CPA's involvement in this process.
The development of the criminal justice system in Connecticut, and nationwide, has involved a longstanding debate over the very meaning of justice. The dominant justice "options" in this country have always been retribution and rehabilitation. Historically, there has been significant friction between the two concepts. Bates argues that this is so because "[r]etribution (including incapacitation and deterrence) and rehabilitation capture in a unique way the basic dilemma encountered in a community's response to crime. Is it more effective and morally justified to punish offenders or to work with them? Can both be accomplished simultaneously?"
With its roots in Puritanical religion, Connecticut's criminal justice policies have leaned toward retribution, as have the nation's. Organizations such as CPA push for the use of rehabilitation and restoration in criminal justice policies, but these are difficult fights. There have been great successes, such as the mid-twentieth century focus on rehabilitation, but as Bates points out, rehabilitative policies are fragile, as "one heinous crime can change public opinion in the course of twenty-four hours."
This reality highlights the importance of NGOs such as CPA. Popular fear, as opposed to reality, is a pervasive driver of political action. Additionally, government movement is slow and can be limited in many ways. As such, the importance of private agencies in the realm of criminal justice practice and reform cannot be overstated.
"The process of legislatively establishing state policies and organizational structures is very often a fragile endeavor, easily fragmented or abandoned because of intensive rivalries and personal agendas at odds with the welfare of the community," argues Bates.
"Legislation, in fact, can falter at the last minute because of arguments over a sentence, a phrase, even a word. A voluntary agency is able, in many ways not open to public agencies, to quietly explore the changes and compromises needed to meet new demands, to test new solutions to problems, and to search for the best methods to achieve a more just criminal justice system."
In Connecticut, agencies such as CPA have helped push the criminal justice system back onto the path of rehabilitation. Governor Dannel Molloy's "Second Chance Society," which champions rehabilitative and restorative justice, is evidence of Connecticut's current direction. Bates argues that Connecticut's movement is also because "[t]he tendency to allow criminal justice policies to be based on a simple-minded division of people into rigid categories of good and bad, law-abiding and criminal, moral and immoral has largely spent its intellectual reserves, leaving behind a trail of multigenerational racial injustice and an unsustainable system."
The question remains, however, whether the simplistic and erroneous tendencies that have driven the criminal justice system thus far have spent their popular reserves. As Bates points out repeatedly, criminal justice reform is perennially fragile, always subject to a reversion to unjust, racist and wrong-headed policies based on popular reaction and popular fear, an ill wind years of progress is capable of undoing.
With agencies such as Community Partners in Action on the job, however, there is hope. Whether intentional or not, Bates makes a clear and convincing case for the necessity of NGOs such as CPA. For that reason alone, The Connecticut Prison Association and the Search for Reformative Justice belongs in the pantheon of criminal justice scholarship.


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Lenovo Planning Slimmer, Lighter Netbook
The mini-laptop is expected to be powered by an Intel Atom N270 processor and comes with 1 GB of memory and a 160-GB hard drive.
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Lenovo IdeaPad S10
Lenovo on Monday introduced a lighter and slimmer iteration of its netbook, hoping to make the device more attractive to people who regularly take their PCs on the road.
The IdeaPad S10-2 starts at just over 2 pounds and measures less than an inch thick. To differentiate the product further from its other S10 models, Lenovo added a ring pattern on the top cover of the PC, which is available in gray, pink, white, or black.
With a 10.1-inch display, the S10-2 is large enough for a keyboard that's about 90% the size of a standard keyboard. The netbook also has shift keys on both sides of the keyboard and a larger touchpad.
The mini-laptop is powered by an Intel Atom N270 processor and comes with 1 GB of memory and a 160-GB hard drive. The system ships with Windows XP Home edition, a built-in 1.3-megapixel camera, and a six-cell battery that delivers up to six hours of power. The device will be available in the summer with 3G wireless technology for connecting to carriers' networks.
The S10-2 is scheduled to be available at the end of May through Lenovo. It'll be available through Lenovo channel partners by the end of June. The price starts at $349.
Within the netbook market, Lenovo competes with every other major PC maker, including Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Asustek, and Acer. Netbooks have been the only growing segment of the PC market during the economic recession. The mini-laptops, introduced in 2007, have screens 10 inches or less, are optimized for Web surfing and other basic tasks, and cost as little as $300.
Global shipments this year are expected to rise by 68.5% from 2008, according to iSuppli. During the economic downturn, much of the growth of netbooks has come at the expense of traditional PC categories, particularly desktops. ISuppli predicts shipments of PCs will drop by 9.5% this year, compared with 2008.
InformationWeek has published an in-depth report on Windows 7. Download the report here (registration required).
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Clan devoted to the salvation and quest for Dakini rule.
A little trivial knowledge: The Pitahya is also known as the "Dragon Fruit". It is a fruit that is harvested from cactus-like trees and are only grown 4 or 5 times a year.
That, my friends, is a Dragon Fruit.


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Information sessions on runway extension
Council & Infrastructure / News & Community Feedback / News and Information / Media Releases / Major Projects / Airport Extension
Beauty Point Boat Ramp
Kameruka Road
Merimbula and Back Lake Flood Study
Tathra Wharf
Tathra Everyone Can Play Playspace
Blackfellows Lake Boat Ramp
Lake St Foreshore Restoration
Bermagui Boat Ramp Upgrade
Bermagui Everyone Can Play Playspace
Cobargo Apex Park Upgrade
Bemboka Bicentennial Park Upgrades
Mogareeka Tathra Lions Park Upgrade
Quarantine Bay Pontoon
Dune Enhancement Project
Bega River Estuary Ripariaon Restoration
Swimming Pools Strategy
Local Strategic Planning Statement
Work to commence on terminal extension
Terminal upgrade in final stages
Runway extension proposal on exhibition
Local consultancy firm, NGH Environmental, are currently finalising an environmental assessment of plans to extend the Merimbula Airport runway.
A key component of this process will be thorough community consultation, with the public set to have the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposal.
An open community information session is being held on Tuesday (27 August) from 1.00pm – 7.00pm in the Twyford Hall meeting room in Market Street Merimbula, where attendees will be briefed on the environment investigation and invited to provide the project team with their feedback.
Experts in the aquatic environment, surface water, noise, flora, fauna and biodiversity will be on hand along with Council representatives.
A separate invitation only session will be held on Monday (26 August) for residents and businesses in the immediate vicinity of the airport.
Aviation experts Lambert and Rehbein, with a team including pilots, engineers and runway specialists, have led the plan development for the runway extension.
Council's project manager, Jenny Symons, said the extension project is needed to allow a greater range of aircraft and airlines to provide both passenger and freight services to the region.
"It is important to note that the proposed additions are to be used for the commencement of take-offs only. As a result, aircraft will complete their take-off and land in the current locations and consequently the flight paths and heights will not need to change," Ms Symons said.
"The successful completion of the extension, which is consistent with the current approved master plan for the site, would make the airport less dependent on the current provider and better able to adapt to the ongoing growth of passenger numbers.
"NGH's environmental assessment includes potential impacts on the lake, flora, fauna and the surrounding community in addition to the development of a noise management plan and we are very interested to hear from the community throughout this important process," she said.
The work around the runway extension is being conducted in tandem with the terminal upgrade that is well underway and due for completion before Christmas.
The Merimbula Airport Runway Extension project is being jointly funded by the NSW Government and Bega Valley Shire Council.
For more information on the project, contact Jenny Symons on (02) 6499 2222, or email JSymons@begavalley.nsw.gov.au
Photo: Light planes on the runway at Merimbula airport.
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Matt James Isn't Here for the Bullying—Find Out Who Went Home on The Bachelor Last Week
Warning: Spoilers ahead!
Things are getting real. Fast.
A few minutes into The Bachelor last week, Matt James sent someone home. He's sick of the bullying and toxicity in the house, and the contestants are just tattling on each other. So they're dropping like flies. Brittany tattled on Anna for accusing her of being an escort. And Ryan told Matt about Victoria's OGs only approach to the show these days.
They're both on the chopping block. And they aren't the only ones. Before his date with Rachael Kirkconnell, find out who Matt eliminated on The Bachelor last week.
Who did Matt James send home on The Bachelor Season 25 episode 5 rose ceremony last week?
Anna, 24, a copywriter from Chicago, Ill.
Lauren, 29, a corporate attorney from Miami, Fla.
Mari, 24, a marketing director from Odenton, Md.
Victoria, 27, a "queen" from Los Angeles, Calif.
Catalina, 29, former Miss Puerto Rico from Cagaus, Puerto Rico
Related: See Where The Bachelor 2021 Was Filmed
Who's left on The Bachelor 2021?
Abigail, 25, a client financial manager from Beaverton, Ore.
Bri, 24, a communications manager from San Francisco, Calif.
Chelsea, 28, a runway model from Brooklyn, N.Y.
Jessenia, 27, a social media marketer from San Antonio, Texas
Katie, 29, a bank marketing manager from Renton, Wash.
Related: Who Does Matt James Pick?
Kit, 21, a fashion entrepreneur from New York City, N.Y.
Magi, 32, a pharmacist from Adwa, Ethiopia
MJ, 23, a hairstylist from Hudson, Ohio
Pieper, 23, a graduate student from Happy Valley, Ore.
Rachael, 24, a graphic designer from Cumming, Ga.
Serena C., 24, a flight attendant from San Francisco, Calif.
Serena P., 22, a publicist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Michelle, 27, a teacher from Edina, Minnesota
Brittany, 23, a model from Chicago, Illinois
Ryan, 26, a dancer/choreographer from Brooklyn, New York
Next, find out who Tayshia Adams picked on The Bachelorette 2020.


DETROIT — Defensive back Quandre Diggs, who broke his hand in the loss at Dallas last week, is active today against the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field. Diggs practiced all week with a cast on his left hand.
Lions running back Ameer Abdullah is active against today. He could see his first action this season after he was healthy but inactive the first four games.
Defensive end Ezekiel Ansah (shoulder), guard T.J. Lang (concussion) and tight ten Michael Roberts (knee) were ruled out on Friday's injury report.
It's the fourth straight game that Ansah has missed since he was injured in the opener.
Wide receiver Brandon Powell, safety Tavon Wilson (back), linebacker Eli Harold (not injury related) and offensive lineman Andrew Donnel are also inactive.
Defensive lineman Da'Shawn Hand (ankle), wide receiver Marvin Jones Jr. (ankle), cornerback Nevin Lawson (illness) and defensive back Tracy Walker (ankle) were listed as questionable on Friday but are active today.
For the Packers, Randall Cobb and Geronimo Allison, two of their top wide receivers, are inactive. That leaves Davante Adams and three rookie wide receivers as targets for Aaron Rodgers.
Other Packers inactives include QB Tim Boyle (healthy scratch), CB Jaire Alexander (groin), CB Bashaud Breeland (hamstring), S Jermaine Whitehead (back) and T/G Alex Light (healthy).
ALLEN PARK — It is huge. The Lions face the Green Bay Packers in their first NFC North game this season on Sunday at Ford Field.
"Division games they count two, so obviously we're not in the spot where we want to be right now but getting a big division win against GB is huge. We get a win in our column, we're able to give them a loss in their column. That's huge,'' safety Glover Quin said.
Detroit owns a lousy 1-3 record while the Packers stand at 2-1-1 despite the gimpy knee of quarterback Aaron Rodgers who was injured in the opener. This will be Green Bay's third divisional game — they tied with the Minnesota Vikings and beat the Chicago Bears.
If Detroit drops to 1-4, the season isn't over but even making it to 8-8 would be challenging. And remember this is a team that finished 9-7 last season which resulted in the firing of Jim Caldwell. General manager Bob Quinn said at the time he thought they were better than 9-7 so he hired Matt Patricia.
1. Even on one leg, Aaron Rodgers has been effective throwing seven touchdowns against just one interception. His top three wide receivers have been on the injury list this week — Davante Adams and Geronimo Allison are questionable while Randall Cobb has been ruled out. "(Rodgers) will be moving around very fast. He's an extremely athletic player even if you go back to the Washington game where you can say he wasn't moving as well but he still scrambled and ran for first downs on third down and no one could catch him,'' Patricia said. "So, this guy is very dangerous when he's out in space. This guy can make and create a lot of plays not only with his arm, but with his legs.'' Rodgers is 13-3 against the Lions and, of course, threw the Hail Mary game-winning touchdown pass in 2015 that took the air out of Ford Field.
5. Injuries will affect both teams. The Lions have ruled out Ziggy Ansah, T.J. Lang and Michael Roberts while the list of questionable players is long. Defensive back Quandre Diggs has been practicing with a cast on his broken left hand so would not be a surprise if he plays. The Packers have ruled out Randall Cobb, but have a half-dozen listed as questionable. Tight end Jimmy Graham and Aaron Rodgers were taken off the injury report.


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Increased risk of postop infection when surgery closely follows epidural steroid injection
Research conducted at the University of Virginia suggests that patients may wish to take a 1 to 3 month break from receiving a lumbar epidural steroid injection (LESIs) before undergoing lumbar spinal fusion surgery. Why? An increased risk of infection has been identified when LESIs are administered within 3 months prior to surgery.
Lumbar epidural steroid injections (LESIs) are administered to patients with low-back pain and associated leg pain. The injection delivers corticosteroid medications to the epidural space, an area just outside the spinal sac containing the spinal cord and nerve roots. Once there, the medicine's anti-inflammatory effects reduce nerve root inflammation, local ischemia, and the pain resulting from both. LESI is a standard nonsurgical option to treat persistent and severe low-back pain and radicular leg pain (sciatica). LESI treatment is generally considered safe, although sometimes complications, such as infection, nerve damage, or bleeding, can occur. In some cases lumbar spinal fusion surgery must be performed if LESI fails to provide durable pain relief.
Lumbar spinal fusion surgery is performed to stabilise parts of the spine that, through injury or age-related degeneration, may have weakened, shifted location, or changed shape, causing inflammation, pain, and/or reduced function. During surgery, a bone graft is used to bind two adjacent vertebrae together, eliminating painful movement in that portion of the spine.
Using the nationwide, insurance-based PearlDiver patient record database, the authors collected information on patients 65 years of age or older who had undergone a one-level or two-level lumbar spinal fusion. The search identified 88,540 patients. Of these, 1,699 patients received LESI within 1 month before surgery, 5,491 patients received the injection 1 to 3 months before surgery, and 10,493 patients received the injection 3 to 6 months before surgery; the remaining 70,857 patients did not receive LESI prior to lumbar surgery.
The researchers reviewed data on patient outcomes during the first 90 days following surgery, paying specific attention to incidences of postoperative infection. They found infection rates of 3.9 per cent in patients who underwent surgery within 1 month after LESI, 2.2 per cent in patients who underwent surgery 1 to 3 months after LESI, and 1.3 per cent in patients who underwent surgery 3 to 6 months after LESI. The infection rate in patients who did not receive LESI prior to surgery (the control group) was 1.5 per cent. The differences in infection rates between both groups of patients who underwent surgery within 3 months of receiving LESI and the control group were statistically significant. There was no significance in the difference in infection rates between patients who underwent surgery 3 to 6 months after receiving LESI and the control group of patients who did not receive LESI prior to surgery.
These findings show a significant added risk of infection when LESI is administered less than 3 months before the patient undergoes lumbar fusion surgery. The risk of infection is greatest when LESI is administered within 1 month before surgery.
The importance of this study lies both in the large number of patient records reviewed and the timing of injections that were examined. Previous studies indicated that administration of LESI shortly before lumbar spinal fusion surgery may result in an increased rate of infection, but fewer patient records were reviewed and varying times of injections were not compared. In the present study, the researchers found that the incidence of infection was highest when LESI was administered within 1 month before surgery and lowest when administered 3 to 6 months before surgery. The researchers pose the possibility that the immunosuppressive effect of LESI may wear off after a specific time and no longer increase the risk of infection. They admit that a very brief time between LESI and surgery could also indicate that patients had more severe symptoms indicating a greater disability and longer operative time, which could lead to a higher risk of infection. The researchers encourage future in-depth studies.
The researchers recommend that their findings be included when advising patients who have received LESI on the timing of future lumbar fusion surgery. They conclude, "Although the overall infection rate remains low despite the use of preoperative LESIs, increasing the time interval to more than 3 months from injections to surgery may help to reduce this increased risk."
When asked about the importance of this study, Dr. Singla responded, "Patients tend to undergo LESI routinely before surgery, which was always considered a risk for infection because of its steroidal content. The results of this study provide a clear association between the timing of the injections and the risk of infection after subsequent spinal fusion surgery."
Reference: Anuj Singla, Scott Yang, Brian C. Werner, Jourdan M. Cancienne, Ali Nourbakhsh, Adam L. Shimer, Hamid Hassanzadeh, Francis H. Shen. The impact of preoperative epidural injections on postoperative infection in lumbar fusion surgery. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2017; 1 DOI: 10.3171/2016.9.SPINE16484
Source: Science Daily and Journal of Neurosurgery


Not too long ago, my friend AJ published a data-rich article about why online food ordering is a major opportunity for restaurants. It improves accuracy of takeout orders, extends your restaurant brand, and taps into a supplementary revenue stream that diners are demanding. New Toast data also suggests that online orders generate more revenue than in-store business.
As you probably know, Toast offers an online ordering module that's built in to our restaurant POS systems (which means no 30% commissions from third-parties and orders sent directly to the kitchen!).
So naturally, we spend a lot of time thinking about how online ordering impacts the foodservice industry and how we can improve upon it.
The data gurus at Toast recently conducted an analysis of our top ten highest-volume users of online ordering. The purpose of the analysis was to find out the effect that an online ordering option had on their business.
The Key Takeaway: The average online ordering check size is 23% larger than in-store checks.
In other words, customers at these restaurants are buying 23% more when they order their meal online. Something about the online experience is causing them to go for those chips or upgrade to the premium beef patty.
I talked to a few places using the online ordering system offered by Toast to try to understand why online orders are generating higher ticket sizes overall. I heard specifically about the power of visuals and consistent strategic upselling.
First, I spoke with Danny Ganam, chef and co-founder of Zuuk Mediterranean Grill in Miami, FL. As a fast casual lunch spot, the Zuuk experience is all about being able to see your selections you put it on your pita.
Zuuk is able to provide a similar experience online by including photos of the food on the website menu.
Danny's claim is actually backed by science. One study found that salad consumption in kids increased as much as a 90% when they were shown a picture of a salad at mealtime.
Customers have responded heartily to the online fast casual experience in Miami. Online orders at Zuuk make up about 30% of overall sales!
It's no secret that upselling in a restaurant environment works. McDonald's notoriously effective upsell "Would you like to supersize that?" made headlines in the early 2000s and was blamed (perhaps hyperbolically) for contributing to the nation's obesity epidemic.
Online ordering offers a consistent purchase experience, the same for every guest, so upsell tactics like prompting for dessert or suggesting a side of breadsticks reaches every customer, every time.
Matt Stanfield, owner of Mattenga's Pizzeria in Schertz, TX, views his online ordering platform as an essential revenue stream. Online checks at Mattenga's Pizzeria average 38% higher than in-store checks. He attributes this to his website's inherent ability to immediately upsell customers before they make a purchase decision.
While online ordering cannot replace the face-to-face human interaction of an in-store experience, it can be a valuable supplemental touchpoint for your guests. Your restaurant's online ordering experience can be as simple and pleasant as being there in person - and maybe even more valuable.
Have you seen a difference between in-store and online orders in terms of average check size? How does online ordering drive revenue for your business?


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Cricket Pitch Covers
LEADING DESIGN & MANUFACTURE OF PIONEERING SPORTS SURFACE GROUND COVERS & GROWTH SYSTEMS
Cricket pitch covers are designed with the end goal of helping 'get the game on' – in short, enabling the pitch to remain dry enough for cricket matches to go ahead whatever the weather in the run-up to or during the game.
Traditionally fashioned from tarpaulin or oiled cloth, they were heavy, difficult to deploy quickly and compromised the grass plant by not allowing it either to 'breathe' or for sunlight to reach it. This meant that their use was limited to a few hours before the game and wet periods during play – when the awkward and heavy nature of old-fashioned covers often hampered their being put out in time to save the day.
Over the past couple of decades, however, modern materials and a range of new designs of cricket pitch cover have seen state-of-the-art systems evolve that are at the core of the cricket groundsman's armoury and are helping clubs from grass roots level to first class save games that would otherwise have to be abandoned. This means that investing in a good cricket pitch cover goes beyond benefiting the pitch – it can help the club decrease the risk of lost revenue due to cancelled fixtures and help engage players; in turn boosting membership morale and recruitment.
Modern cricket pitch covers are split into two basic categories – flat sheet ground covers and raised cricket pitch covers. Both of these styles have their pros and cons, and each individual ground will favour a certain style or combination of covers depending upon its geography. Alongside the goal of helping 'save the day' when rain interrupts play, the tactical use of ground covers can aid the groundsman in the longer term objectives of keep the pitch dry – and the grass plant alive. By alternating the use of mobile and flat sheet covers, you can control how the pitch dries out through evaporation, transpiration and drainage. Combined with an effective rolling programme this results in a surface that gives the desired hardness – and, in turn, performance.
In its niche as cricket pitch experts, with the practical guidance of a former first-class groundsman at the helm, total-play Ltd has developed a range of class-leading cricket pitch cover solutions that cover all the variations currently available on the market. These include:
The Climate Cover System™
Still the lightest and only truly breathable cricket pitch cover on the market. These attributes, alongside its semi-translucent fabric, mean that it can be left on the pitch for extended periods without compromising plant health or playing surface quality. This proven performer is an outright market leader and can be found in use at Lords, the ECB National Academy, test match grounds, county grounds, local league clubs and schools across the country.
See the Climate Cover System Range Here
For clubs on a budget, this flat sheet cover is hard to beat. Specifically developed to meet market demand for a high performance, budget cricket pitch cover solution it is made from semi-translucent material that is 100% waterproof – designed to allow light to reach the grass plant and enable photosynthesis.
See more about our Flat Sheets
To provide the broadest range of ground cover options for clubs, total-play has also developed a range of mobile cricket pitch covers. The Rain Defender range of mobile cricket pitch covers has been designed to provide solutions to this challenge to suit a variety of budgets and situations; including PVC and steel-topped options, and with both dome and apex styles on offer.
See the Mobile Pitch Cover Range
Total Growth Cover
TGC creates a proven germination and propagation environment, increasing the percentage of seed germination and dramatically speeding up the grass plant establishment period. It allows newly seeded areas to be watered whilst creating air circulation and retaining moisture.
See more about our Germination Protection
All are available exclusively online via total-play's online store, The Cricket Ground Shop
View our range of products below.
Climate Cover System
Flat Sheets Rain Covers
Germination and Forst Protection Solutions (TGC)
Rain Defenders Mobile Pitch Covers
The Climate Cover range
The total-play team has drawn on its sports surface expertise to develop a range of class-leading pitch protection systems under the 'Climate Cover' banner. Climate Cover products are used by cricket, rugby football, tennis and golf clubs at all levels across the UK; managing issues ranging from germination and water proofing through to frost protection.
Not satisfied with existing products, total-play has challenged long-held assumptions about sports surface covering and has developed a range of proven products – including flat sheets, raised covers, rain covers, growth systems and frost protection covers – as a result.
Designed exclusively by total-play's in-house design team and manufactured by trusted partners using only the finest materials, the Climate Cover range has been designed by the groundsman, for the groundsman; guaranteeing a solution that is fit for purpose as well as being easy to use and handle.
Proven Performance
The range's flagship product – the Climate Cover System™ – is the lightest, strongest, breathable ground cover. Setting new standards in its field and proven to provide long-term pitch protection and turf enhancement benefits without compromising plant health or playing surface quality, the Climate Cover System™ is used at Lords, the ECB National Academy, test match grounds, county grounds, local league clubs and schools across the country.
The TGC (Total Growth Cover) Frost Protection and Germination System, meanwhile, offers a cost effective, hi-tech pitch cover solution suitable for clubs of all levels requiring frost protection for their natural turf sports surfaces. It acts as an insulation blanket that allows the pitch to breathe; while offering a series of multi-layer configurations that can provide play-ready surfaces down to -6°. It is in use at Premier League football grounds, National Hunt race courses, the Lawn Tennis Association, the IRFU, Copenhagen FC & Harlequins RFC.
Covers to meet all needs – and budgets
Whatever the sport or level of play total-play's highly trained team will work with you to determine the right ground cover solution to suit your immediate, long-term and budgetary requirements.
From basic flat sheets to the state-of-the-art Climate Cover System™, the Climate Cover range offers a solution to suit; whether you're looking for cricket pitch covers, football pitch covers, rugby pitch covers, MUGA, race course covers or tennis court covers.
For more information on the Climate Cover range or to discuss which solution would best meet your needs, email or call 01604 864575
total-play is proud to support the ECB's NatWest CricketForce initiative, and member clubs can benefit from discounts on a range of products within the Climate Cover range. For more details click here
Climate Cover System ™
Flat Sheet Rain Cover
Germination & Frost Protection solution (TGC)


Frog Dice Game 5 Dice Set with Travel Tube and Instructions - Size of dice 16mm. Fun family game at home or on the go. Game included 5 dice, game instructions, and travel/storage tube.
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Money's getting a little short and I was hoping to upgrade my basic simulator (FMS) as it just doesn't really do it for me!
Is there anyone out there with a Realflight or a Phoenix Simulator that you are finished with and would may be like to sell?
A big improvement over the FMS sim.
Some guys on here are talking about being able to buy pheonix somewhere for 13 bucks. Might want to keep searching the threads for a bit.
can't remember where... maybe it was HK?
Yeah, HK started carrying it.
Please allow me to be the voice of dissent. Personally, I don't feel that simulators are worth much at all. Buy an inexpensive airplane, go out, fly, crash, repair and repeat. But, that's just me.
I'll quickly disagree with teach here.
It's rare that I do so I'll jump on it.
The sim is invaluable to help work out orientation, especially if you are teaching yourself w/o the benefit of a trainer, buddy box and all the other nice things. I highly recommend a cheap or free RC sim to help work out out the left/right- coming and going and a few other "monkey" skills.
HOW DARE YOU, NINJA! I challenge you to an air-to-air duel, sir! Just come on out to PA. I'm as broke as broke can be due to further adventures in automobile repair, so I can't afford air fare.
I think sims are good for learning some of the more difficult aerobatics, like inverted flight, hovering, knife edges and rolling harriers. Stuff where the control through the manouvre isn't necessarily immediately intuitive.
My sim is worth the price of the 12 dozen flying craft I have NOT crashed in reality!
It is however, not near as fun as the real thing.
I don't care for simulators to learn fixed wing planes since there are such good trainers out there and they are very tough. Learning 3D however can be an expensive thing to do and a simulator can save you tons. I bought a simulator for learning helicopters and I wouldn't recommend doing it in any other way.
I ordered the USB dongle from dealextreme and it also came with some simulator software.
My 3D maps on phoenix are not working, do you have the same problem?
There is nothing I'd rather do than provide you with some much needed smackage.
I wish everybody could resolve all of their interpersonal conflicts with RC combat!
I only have a the cheap FMS sim, which I agree is very un-realistic but I do have to say has helped a bit. Thats why I thought maybe it was time to update. I am already flying, sky surfer, and have built 2 scratchbuilts but I would like that extra help, if foam was cheaper here in australia I would be happy with the build, fly crash and burn process, but if I can get that little extra confidence without having to spend a fortune i feel it would be worth it.
STUPID QUESTION COMING:- Are the Dongles actual Simulators or just add-ons to other sims?
Yes, a sim will save a beginner hours of grief out in the field. I can't recommend them highly enough. I would almost go as far and say they are a MUST for someone who has never used a transmitter in the past.
As was said above, www.DX.com offers several dongles and dongle+sim packages.
I purchased a dongle and 2 DVDs with most of the leading RC Sims. I must admit, I did feel a bit guilty, since this offering cannot possibly be above board in regard to copyright infringement.


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Cambridge Is Planning for Worst-Case Climate Scenario
How the small city is prepping for heat waves, flooding and more.
Josh Cohen December 7, 2015
Lechmere Canal Park in East Cambridge, Massachusetts
This week, many are looking to the United Nation's COP21 climate summit in Paris with high hopes (and some with low expectations) for a binding treaty to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. Some 3,400 miles across the Atlantic, the City of Cambridge is also hoping for a climate best-case scenario, but starting to prepare for the worst.
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Cambridge just released a report on an in-depth climate change vulnerability assessment the city conducted. It outlines the near- and long-term risks the city faces from climate change impacts including extended periods of record-breaking heat and flooding from sea level rise and powerful rainstorms. City officials plan to use the report to inform future city planning, public health initiatives, emergency preparedness efforts and more.
"We've been working on climate change since 1999, but until recently were focused on reducing greenhouse gas," says John Bolduc, City of Cambridge environmental planner. "A decade or so ago we realized that a certain amount of climate change was unavoidable. In the Boston area we were seeing maps of future flooding from storm surges and that was scaring a lot of people."
The assessment team included staffers from the works, health and community development departments. They hired scientists to conduct climate modeling to show the worst-case scenarios of climate change impacts and did community outreach with residents and anchor institutions such as Harvard, MIT and major biotech companies.
Going into the assessment, they expected flooding from sea level rise to be the biggest threat to Cambridge (the city isn't right on Boston Harbor, but it's close and connected by the Charles River). Instead they found that Cambridge residents should be most worried about unprecedented heat waves and flooding from heavy rains and snow.
Right now, Cambridge has, on average, 11 days each year with temperatures above 90 degrees. Their models found that by 2030, they'll have triple the number of days over 90. By 2070, the city could have three whole months a year of days over 90 degrees and a significant number of those would cross the 100-degree mark.
Sam Lipson, the health department's director of environmental health, says that's a huge cause for concern.
"Normal human physiological ability to deal with heat breaks down over time. People who are older or have chronic illness are at risk. Then there could be things that combine with a heat emergency that could make them significantly worse," he explains. Lipson says, for example, there could be power loss that affects air conditioning and, in tall buildings, water might not get pumped through the system.
Though sea level rise proved to be less of a significant risk for Cambridge than expected, future flooding will be a problem. The report explains that, "As air temperatures rise, the atmosphere can hold more water, leading to more intense precipitation events. Over time such extreme events will become increasingly frequent."
Currently about 13 percent of Cambridge is flood prone. The report projects that by 2030, when major storms occur they will flood 18 percent of the city. By 2070 that number increases to 24 percent.
"Climate change is kind of scrambling all of our assumptions of what our future conditions will be like," says Bolduc. "Up until now the city has developed with the climate of the past in mind."
As such, Cambridge's stormwater infrastructure such as pipes, manholes, dams and the like just aren't up to the task of intensified storms. Unfortunately, it would be extremely difficult and costly to bolster that infrastructure.
Cambridge plans to use the assessment in a number of ways. First and foremost it will inform a climate change preparedness and resilience plan they're now working on. They are also starting to partner with other cities and regional agencies to work on regional mitigation plans. Lipson says public health wants to use the document to get people to think about how they need to personally prepare for climate change impacts.
Bolduc says Cambridge is hoping that illustrating the worst-case scenarios might help the city's work reducing their carbon impact: "I think the study provides people a picture of why it's important to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to become more sustainable. Cambridge has a plan to be net zero on emissions by mid-century. We need to continue working towards that."
Of course Bolduc and his colleagues recognize that climate change is a global issue that will require global action. But, he sees small cities like his as a critical part of the climate solution.
"Climate change is such an overwhelming issue especially when you think of it on a global scale," says Bolduc. "Looking at things on city scale makes them more digestible and manageable. Plus city governments compared to other levels are more nimble about policy. We can be a laboratory for dealing with climate change."
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Showtime for Putin and Oliver
Stone makes the Russian strongman a star, casts USA as the villain.
June 13, 2017 by Lloyd Billingsley Leave a Comment
While Democrats and their media allies demonize Vladimir Putin, and anybody who might have talked to him, filmmaker Oliver Stone has been hanging out with the Russian strongman. "The Putin Interviews," Stone's four-part series, launched on Monday and according to Showtime:
"Oliver Stone was granted unprecedented access to Russian president Vladimir Putin during more than a dozen interviews over two years, with no topics off-limits. This remarkable four-part documentary series provides intimate insight into Putin's personal and professional lives, from his childhood under communism, to his rise in power, his relations with four U.S. presidents and his surprising takes on U.S.-Russian relations today. Witness the most detailed portrait of Putin ever granted to a Western interviewer."
Showtime compares "The Putin Interviews" to David Frost's interview of Richard Nixon in 1977. The documentary emerges amidst accusations of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, but Oliver Stone surprisingly refutes those claims.
"That's a path that leads nowhere to my mind," Stone told Gary Maddox of the Sidney Morning Herald. "That's an internal war of politics in the U.S. in which the Democratic party has taken a suicide pact or something to blow him up; in other words, to completely de-legitimize him and in so doing blow up the U.S. essentially." And for the director of the conspiratorial JFK, "What they're doing is destroying the trust that exists between people and government. It's a very dangerous position to make accusations you cannot prove."
So if not an election fixer, Stone explains, "Mr. Putin is one of the most important leaders in the world and in so far as the United States has declared him an enemy – a great enemy – I think it's very important we hear what he has to say."
As Tom Huddleston Jr. noted in Fortune, Putin thinks Russia's intelligence services are "working quite well" and lawful. In the Showtime production, Putin chides the United States for surveilling Israel and Germany, "because it undermines trust. And it means that in the end it deals damage to your own national security."
The New York Times headlined its review "Oliver Stone's 'Putin Interviews': Flattery, but little Skepticism," and television critic James Poniewozik managed to find some entertainment. Stone screens Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove for Putin, who had never seen it. As they watch, "Mr. Stone is animated, laughing and dropping bits of trivia. Mr. Putin sits still, smiling thinly. If you've ever seen a movie with your cineaste friend who really needs you to love it as much as he does, you know this dynamic."
According to Poniewozik, "Mr. Stone gives Mr. Putin a platform for flattering versions of his government's aggression in Ukraine; treatment of opposition parties; and the sheltering of Edward J. Snowden, the National Security Agency whistle-blower." Putin may not be a hero but Stone "uses his perspective to challenge neoconservative American triumphalism about the Cold War and its aftermath."
That is the view of Stone's 2012 The Untold History of the United States, a helpful companion volume to the Putin show. Here the United States emerges as the flywheel of fascist imperialism, headed by warlike racist buffoons eager to back murderous regimes by any means necessary.
The Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939, which effectively started World War II, was an "unsavory deal" and Stone lists only two atrocities by Stalin: the massacre of Polish officers in the Katyn forest and "having the Red Army stop on the banks of the Vistula while the Germans put down the Warsaw uprising."
Stone gives the Soviet Union full credit for winning World War II and afterward it was benign, having "no blueprint for postwar Sovietization of Eastern Europe and hoping to maintain friendly and collaborative relations with its wartime allies." Further, the Soviets "had gone out of their way to guarantee West Berliners' access to food and coal from the eastern zone or from direct Soviet provisions." With the USSR essentially a peaceful regime, the heroic Berlin airlift touted in American schools was unnecessary.
Despite the occupation of half of Europe, the crushing of reform in Hungary and Czechoslovakia, and the invasion of Afghanistan, the "picture of a hostile, expansionist USSR" from CIA director William Casey "didn't accord with the facts." The 1983 KAL 007 shootdown even gets a pass, as the Soviets "mistakenly took a Korean Air Lines passenger jet for a spy plane."
In Stone's view, the peaceful Soviets make "mistakes" and are evaluated by their aspirations. The militant United States commits crimes and is evaluated on the worst of its record. In "The Putin Interviews," Stone continues that pattern with Russia, and he's taken moral equivalence to a new level.
As Stone tells Putin, when it comes to spying and such, Americans believe the Russian government is as "bad" as the United States. Putin replies, "I think you are a cunning person," and coming from a KGB veteran that is high praise indeed.
Putin autocracy or Stalinist dictatorship, Oliver Stone will always cast the USA as the bad guy.
Lloyd Billingsley
Lloyd Billingsley is the author of Yes I Con: United Fakes of America, Barack 'Em Up: A Literary Investigation, Hollywood Party, and numerous other works.


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Home/senegal/According to Apple, what's going on in your iPhone lives in your iPhone, which controls its competitors
According to Apple, what's going on in your iPhone lives in your iPhone, which controls its competitors
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Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a world-wide gathering place for people in the field of consumer technology. Designed and built by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), it attracts business leaders and pioneer leaders from around the world and attracts over 4,500 exhibition companies, including manufacturers, developers and consumer technical equipment suppliers. , Materials, technical distribution system and more. The CES 2019 edition has been held in Las Vegas from January 8 to 11, and has been marked mainly by the presence of Apple, who had never officially attended before. One remarkable fact that draws attention is that Apple is not far from the Billboard Conference Center, where CES is going. The old formula of the signed question is based on "What Vegas is Worth to Vegas" and highlights the privacy protection of Apple brand's users.
On this banner, it has written: What happens in your iPhone remains in your iPhone. Apple has not made it clear for the first time that its users' privacy is a top priority for the company. In 2014, Pirecy has put more emphasis on the security of users and the secrecy of their data, in the scandal over Dicloud. The company updated its privacy policy to cover dosage usage, and CEO Tim Cooke published a message explaining the company's privacy and security policy. Tim Cook had agreed in an interview with American animator Charlie Rose, in which he said that Apple never read emails and iMessage of its customers. In his open letter, Tim Cooke played the role of transparency, and said that safety and respect for the private life of the users are very important aspects of the company, which at least inform customers at least one year.
We'll make sure that you report at least once a year about private life, and whenever we make changes in our policies, "Tim Cook says that failing to focus on Apple's perspective, private life is very different from its Silicon Valley Concerts Our business model is simple: Cook says, we are excellent We do not create advertisements for advertisers to create a low profile on your email content or browsing history. We do not mount the information stored on the iPhone or iCloud. We do not read your emails and messages for targeted advertising. Our software and services are superior to our devices. , Has been made to make it easy and clear, he said.
Recently, in October, international conference of data protection and privacy commissioners held in Brussels, Tim Cook, Apple CEO Tim Cooke, openly criticized this issue for private information. It has led the industrial complex of information in which private and daily information with military efficiency is turned into weapons against us. He added that pledging promises to improve our lives and algorithms actually increase our bad human tendency. For them, abuse of this confidential data has allowed malicious actors and some governments to take advantage of the user confidence to make the divisions more sound, to provoke violence and to weaken the general understanding of what is true and normal. Wrong The crisis is real. It's not fantasy, neither enthusiastic nor useless.
Let's remember all the useful objectives of September, new methods of using the collected data have been announced. Apple, for example, collects data from iPhone users to create trust scores. The company said that scores have been identified after reviewing calls and reviews of emails sent by mobile users. Note that in the update of its privacy policy, the company stresses how it can explain how to serve fraud against fraud. To identify and prevent fraud, your device's usage data, in which the estimated number of passes and answers calls and emails sent and reused, is used to calculate the device trust index while trying to purchase, you can read the iTunes store page and corporate Updating privacy.
It is also readable on the page that the system has been designed so that Apple can only store scores for a specific time period. However, there can be no doubt about the terms used in this update. They can be interpreted in different ways, some of which can be potentially invasive. And the response of the net surfers to this question is especially going in this direction. They felt Apple's update was very typical and did not provide them the necessary components. Some say that they fear that data collected under fraud detention will be sold to the public authority by the company. Still others feel surprised and do not believe that many businesses use such faith.
In the end, this billboard of Apple CES 2019 is the only announcement that Apple has based on the communication policy used over the years. This is probably not the beginning of a large-scale national advertising campaign, but focusing on the protection of life leads to the technological industry of the whole industry, Dell is a simple billboard.
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The Congressional panel investigating the recent recall of 550 million eggs tied to a multistate Salmonella outbreak has moved its food safety hearing, originally planned for today, to next week.


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A Nov. 20 reception honored the MIT faculty receiving this year's Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants. The program is named for the late Amar Bose '51, SM '52, ScD '56, a longtime MIT faculty member and the founder of the Bose Corporation. This year's reception also honored his son, Vanu Bose '87, SM '94, PhD '99, who passed away last month. In his opening remarks, President L. Rafael Reif called Vanu the "heart and soul of the Bose program." "For now, the best way to honor our friend is to appreciate together the wonderful gift that is the Bose research fellowship," he said.
This year's Bose Grants reception included a colloquium on the importance of philanthropic support for basic science research, with (left to right) Maria Zuber, MIT vice president for research; Marc Kastner, president of the Science Philanthropy Alliance and former dean of MIT's School of Science; Susan Hockfield, MIT president emerita and professor of neuroscience; Stuart Feldman PhD '73, head of Schmidt Sciences; and Phillip T. (Terry) Ragon '72, founder and CEO of InterSystems Corporation, MIT Corporation member, and co-chair of the MIT Campaign for a Better World.
With Bose funding, six research teams composed of nine MIT faculty members will pursue projects ranging from nanoengineering a light-emitting plant to developing solid-state atmospheric propulsion technology for aircraft.
Is it possible to develop a propulsion system for drones and airplanes that involves no moving parts? That is the question that Steven Barrett will explore with his Bose Grant as he works on developing solid-state atmospheric propulsion technology.
"If you think about the history of aviation at a sort of fundamental level, the way in which aircraft are being propelled, the source of thrust, hasn't changed for over 100 years. It still needs a propeller or a turbine," he explains.
Barrett is excited to use his Bose Grant to see how far forward he can push solid-state propulsion technology. "I think this project fits into the spirit of Bose, which is to do things that are clearly unconventional, high risk, and where you don't really know if it's going to work or not, but you think it's worth taking a risk," he says.
John Hart, Dina Katabi, and Tim Swager are developing a high-tech version of the barcodes used to identify everyday retail products. Their technology will combine a radio-frequency antenna with sensors to store and communicate detailed information about a product.
The researchers are working on building a radio-frequency antenna embedded with chemical sensors that change their electrical properties in response to chemical stimuli such as carbon dioxide or microbial activity. To keep costs down while scaling up, they will use fast, high- precision printing techniques.
"The goal is to come up with next generation types of resonant, radio-frequency circuits that are coupled into our chemistry, that then can be printed with great precision at high rates for all sorts of packaging applications," Swager says.
The team hopes their next-generation barcode will help retailers, consumers, and distributors better understand product quality, and while they aren't sure what the exact outcome will be, the researchers are confident that their cross-disciplinary efforts will produce something useful.
"This was a refreshingly interesting intersection of our areas of expertise, and it's a way to push the boundaries of each of our own research areas as the collective product," Hart says, adding that Bose funding provides a unique chance for exploration. "The Bose Grant was an opportunity to ask the most open-ended question that we could, and to dream big," he says.
With her Bose research grant, Evelyn Wang will attempt to design thermal wires that can efficiently transport heat long distances.
Wang is proposing a system that looks like an electrical wire, but takes advantage of the latent heat in liquid to vapor phase change. The wire will have an evaporator at one end that uses heat to vaporize liquid inside a pipe. The vapor will then travel to the other end of the wire, where a condenser will turn it back into a liquid, releasing heat in the process.
Wang is designing a new kind of evaporator that relies on surface tension forces, and she is building a condenser that uses mesh structures to facilitate the condensation process.
Justin Solomon is using a computer science approach to tackle gerrymandering, a centuries-old political issue that could easily affect the redrawing of voting districts after the 2020 census.
With funding from Bose, Solomon and his team, along with collaborators from the joint Tufts-MIT Metric Geometry and Gerrymandering Group, plan to develop computational tools that will help state lawmakers draw fair districts and help courts objectively assess whether existing districts have been drawn equitably.
One promising approach involves developing a computer program that can generate millions of different political redistricting plans for a given district. Lawmakers could then compare a newly drawn district to the computer-generated versions.
"If it turns out that among the millions and millions of plans that you generated, few if any share fairness properties with the plan drawn by a legislature, then you have a pretty strong argument that something went wrong," Solomon says.
The team will also use their funding to turn what is currently a volunteer-based research effort into an academic discipline with full-time researchers.
Or Hen is proposing a bold new approach to particle physics experiments: He will replace traditional long-term experiments involving thousands of researchers and large-scale accelerators with a simple tabletop beta-decay experiment called OLIVIA that can be repeated over and over again in the lab.
Hen's OLIVIA approach, which he calls "small and broad" involves analyzing nuclear beta decay of a radioactive isotope called lithium-8. To capture what happens during the beta decay process, he will use a new type of beta detector that is essentially a vessel full of gas. He will pump in gas containing lithium-8 nuclei, let it decay, and measure the resulting ionization, which is indicative of the decay process.


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Lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
From a life of poverty to the First Lady of Argentina, Eva Peron was hailed as the spiritual leader of the nation. Seen as the champion of the poor, her ambition, glamour, and power made her the world's first major political celebrity, winning the adoration of the people.
With a chart-topping score including Don't Cry For Me Argentina, Oh What A Circus, You Must Love Me, and Another Suitcase in Another Hall - and having "redefined Jesus Christ Superstar for a whole new generation of theatregoers" (WhatsOnStage) - Regent's Park Open Air Theatre presents Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic musical, Evita.
Chicago-based Samantha Pauly makes her UK debut in the role of Eva Peron, alongside Ektor Rivera also making his UK debut as Juan Peron. Trent Saunders returns to the UK in the role of Che following his appearance as St. Jimmy in Green Day's American Idiot (Hammersmith Apollo). Nominated for an Olivier Award for her role as Kylah in Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, Frances Mayli McCann plays the role of The Mistress.
Tickets are non-refundable in the event of cancellation because of the weather but may be exchanged in accordance with the Weather Policy.
As a sung-through musical with a playing time of approximately 2hr 25mins, Evita is likely to be most suitable for secondary school age and over. Further information and synopsis can be found by searching online for 'Evita'.
It remains the responsibility of the parent/guardian in advance of purchase to make their own judgment as to the suitability of the show for their own child.
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Born in 1988, Simon enrolled at Ashton's full time in 2007 beginning his journey into fine arts. Winning the Sir William Dobell Scholarship in the same year, his desire to learn continued to grow with particular interest in portraiture and the human figure. He is now proceeding with the never ending process of learning drawing and painting in both traditional and digital media.
Simon Cowell - The Shed. Oil.
Still life. Oil on board, 2010.
Mind play. Graphite on paper, 2008.
Face Face. Oil on board, 2010.
Portrait study. Graphite on paper, 2010.
Figure study. Graphite and chalk on paper, 2010.
Portrait study. Graphite on paper, 2009.
Figure study. Graphite on paper.
Portrait Study. Graphite on paper.


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Anatkina inflammata är en insektsart som först beskrevs av William Lucas Distant 1908.  Anatkina inflammata ingår i släktet Anatkina och familjen dvärgstritar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Bonningues-lès-Ardres is een gemeente in het Franse departement Pas-de-Calais (regio Hauts-de-France) en telt 633 inwoners (2008). De plaats maakt deel uit van het arrondissement Sint-Omaars.

Toponymie

De plaatsnaam heeft in de afgelopen eeuwen gevarieerd. Chronologisch loopt dit via de vormen Bonengia (1069), Boninges, Bonimges et Boninghes (1084), Boningges (elfde eeuw), Boningues (1164), Boninghae (13e eeuw), Boininges (1296), Bonnighe (1411), Boyninghes (1598), Bouningue les Ardres (1793), Boningue-lez-Ardres (achttiende eeuw) Bonninque-lès-Ardres (1801). In vroeger eeuwen werd de plaats ook aangeduid als Boninge in het Vlaams-Nederlands en Bonnink in het Picardisch dialect. Van oorsprong is het een Germaans toponiem Busi gevolgd door ingen - mensen die in de eng wonen.

Geografie
De oppervlakte van Bonningues-lès-Ardres bedraagt 10,5 km², de bevolkingsdichtheid is 56,3 inwoners per km².

Demografie
Onderstaande figuur toont het verloop van het inwonertal (bron: INSEE-tellingen).

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Gemeente in Pas-de-Calais


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Adelaide-Tarcoola railway upgrade gets rolling
Infrastructure Journalist, March 10, 2017 March 24, 2017 , Construction, Featured, News, Rail, SA, 0
The east-west Adelaide-Tarcoola railway upgrade has begun, with the first 10,000 tonnes of rail track delivered to outback South-Australian locations to prepare for the $252 million project.
Federal Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Darren Chester, said the multi-million dollar upgrade meant the 720km stretch of rail could handle heavier and faster trains.
"The project will vastly improve freight transport for the region by enabling more efficient trains to operate on the route. This means greater productivity, with more goods delivered to markets quicker," Mr Chester said.
Federal Member for Grey, Rowan Ramsey, said, "The government is providing the full $252 million cost of the project, and by fast tracking it, we are helping create local jobs sooner.
"An estimated 60 workers are already employed on the project in Adelaide and Port Augusta and over the three-year life of the project up to 130 people will be employed to carry out this critical upgrade.
"This is demanding work—the Port Augusta teams are busy joining together 27.5m lengths of rail into 165m lengths using a flash butt welding process that heats the rail to 2000ºC. The delivery of the first 10,000 tonnes of rail is the result of six months of hard work with the team completing more than 6,000 of these welds, all of which were perfect.
Mr Ramsey said over the past months 18 train loads of rail had been sent both north and south of Port Augusta where the rails had been unloaded and stored between the tracks.
"The next stage of the works will see these rails connected to make longer lengths using a field flash butt welder, before the lengths are laid and final joints completed using more traditional welding methods.
"More than 175km of rail has been delivered to future installation sites where the upgrade will replace older rail with stronger steel, to support the faster and heavier trains."
Major safety upgrades for Brisbane Port
Jess, June 13, 2016 June 14, 2016 , News, Port, QLD, 0
Port of Brisbane is set to receive a $110 million upgrade to its port drive to provide safer access...
University of Tasmania $300 million proposal added to Infrastructure Priority List
chris, July 10, 2019 July 10, 2019 , Investment, News, TAS, Urban Development, 0
Infrastructure Australia has added the University of Tasmania's $300 million proposal to build new campuses in Burnie and Launceston...
Architect for Swan Street Bridge announced
Lauren Cella, September 2, 2016 September 2, 2016 , Construction, Contracts awarded, News, Road, VIC, 0
The Victorian Government has awarded the contract for the architectural design for the Swan Street Bridge in Melbourne. BKK...
Contracts awarded for Bendigo and Eaglehawk stations
Infrastructure Journalist, July 21, 2017 July 21, 2017 , News, Rail, Urban Development, VIC, 0
The Victorian Government has moved forward with the next step of the Bendigo and Eaglehawk station upgrades, with the...
Shortlisted tenderers for Sydney Metro accessibility upgrade
Infrastructure Journalist, January 24, 2020 January 24, 2020 , Accessibility, Contracts awarded, News, NSW, Policy, Rail, Safety, Technology, Transport, 0
Sydney Metro has shortlisted three companies to supply new technology to make ten Sydney Metro stations on the Bankstown...
Assessing Queensland water utility security
Jess, July 10, 2017 October 3, 2017 , Asset Management, News, QLD, Safety, Technology, Utility, 0
The Queensland Audit Office (QAO) has released a report, assessing whether a selection of entities responsible for critical water...
Australia rises in renewable energy attractiveness
Lauren Cella, May 29, 2017 October 3, 2017 , Construction, Investment, News, Utility, 0
Australia had moved up to 5th place on Ernst & Young's Renewable Energy Attractiveness index following the investment of...
Incident data paves way for change in the crane industry
Patricia Mae Tagabe, August 24, 2020 August 7, 2020 , Big Data, communications and connectivity, Construction, Featured, Logistics, Technology, 0
by John Humphries, VIC-TAS Safety Liaison Officer, The Crane Industry Council of Australia The Crane Industry Council of Australia...
Tender: upgrade of navigation aidsTender: airport runway upgrade


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The Piranha Plants returned in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, which was the sequelto Super Mario Bros. in Japan, during the second conquest of the Mushroom Kingdom.
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Sean Bailey Becomes Second American To Send 5.15c
The 25-year-old made the third ascent of Bibliographie (9b+/5.15c) in Céüse, France on September 30.
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Sean Bailey at the Chamonix Lead World Cup. Photo: Daniel Gajda
On September 30, Sean Bailey became the second American in history to climb 9b+ (5.15c) after clipping the chains on Bibliographie, in Céüse, France. Chris Sharma was the first, with his 2013 send of La Dura Dura in Oliana, Spain. To date, there are only half a dozen routes proposed at the grade.
Bibliographie was bolted by Ethan Pringle and first climbed by Alexander Megos, who initially proposed 9c (5.15d) making it one of only two routes at that grade in the world at the time (the other being Silence, Adam Ondra's line in Flatanger, Norway).
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Bibliographie, however, was downgraded in late August this year, after Italian climber Stefano Ghisolfi made the second ascent and recommended 9b+ (5.15c), with Megos later agreeing with the amended grade. The route runs alongside, and is named for, Sharma's legendary line Biographie (9a+/5.15a). Biographie, which Sharma tackled in 2001, was the first consensus 5.15 in the world.
"Easily the hardest battle I've waged with myself," the 25-year-old Bailey wrote on Instagram after the send. "I've never been so obsessed. I woke up thinking about the route. I fell asleep thinking about the route. It was nonstop. I was lucky to get through the middle crux pretty quick but proceeded to pump off the final boulder 12 or something times.
"Every time I was so blown I needed a rest day, so essentially I was getting one try every two days," he added. "It felt like I was resting more than climbing. I spent a lot of time questioning why I was putting myself through it. I knew I could train for it, come back another year with the right fitness and a fresher mind, and probably have an easier time at it. In the end, I realized I needed to see this process through just as much as I needed to send, I'm glad I did!"
A number of professional climbers, including Ghisolfi, shared their support in the comment section. "You looked solid from the first day, it was just a matter of time!" the Italian wrote.
To come directly out of comp season and send 5.15c on rock is no small feat, and it's even more impressive when you consider that Bailey's competitive season was nothing short of spectacular. Despite failing to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, the American has had an utterly smashing year.
He grabbed three IFSC gold medals, first at the Bouldering World Cup in Salt Lake City, then back-to-back at Lead World Cups in Villars and Chamonix (where Ghisolfi placed second). Bailey went on to land a more than respectable fourth-place finish in Briançon only a few days after Chamonix.
He is now not only the second American to have clipped the chains on a 9b+ (5.15c), but one of only a few climbers in history to have done so. These slim ranks include Ondra, Ghisolfi, Megos, Sharma, Jakob Schubert, Will Bosi, and now… Sean Bailey.
"It taught me so much about the process," Bailey wrote of his experience working Bibliographie. "I spend a lot of time trying to make things happen, but sometimes you have to let things happen too."
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public abstract class BaseFieldBuilder<BT extends BaseFieldBuilder> {
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    return new MapFieldBuilder(name, this);
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  public MapFieldBuilder startListMap(String name) {
    return startMap(name).listMap(true);
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We received a call from a woman who was frantic and planning to put her F2 Savannah down due to behavioral issues. She had been patient and tried several approaches to try and make Keesa a family pet before sadly feeling her only option was to put her down. Luckily she called TWS as a last resort and we agreed to help.
Keesa is a hybrid but not a Savannah. She is an F1 Bengal. She has been through a hybrid rescue group and more than one home which is often the case with the hybrids that are surrendered. It is not fair that a cat caught between two worlds also gets caught up in a system that passes them through several homes.
Sanctuary life will allow Keesa to be wild at heart. Only a few sanctuaries can accommodate the hybrid cats and we are so thankful for those that do.
Meet all of our domestic and hybrid residents here.
You can help provide a cat a new life through our sponsorship program.
Thank you sooooo much for all your help. This all happened so quick, just yesterday I was figuring out how I was going to put her to sleep and today she is starting a new life.
The only reason I never took her to a vet is because when I got her I was lied to and told she would be a normal cat it would just take couple weeks for her to adjust. We never thought she was feral or unhandable. I couldn't take her to the vet.
She is now urinating on pillows… No one wants her at our house except me. We can't afford her to keep ruining our things and because no one can handle her or even get next to her, it makes things worse. She's just not a family pet.


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We have a team of 5 individuals (Luke Qi, Abby Lau, Elijah Lau, Natalie Lau and Alvin Lau) joining 11 others from Kingsway Baptist Church to serve the Lighthouse Project (a ministry of International Teams) in the Dominican Republic under the leadership of CBOQ Youth on March 9-16. Here are the different ways you can… Read More »DR 2023
January 15: Behold the Lamb (John 1:29-42) – Jesus has many names and titles including, the Christ, Immanuel, Son of God and Son of David. When John the Baptist introduced Jesus to his disciples, he gave a new and very significant title. He called him the Lamb of God. This peculiar name carries incredible significance.… Read More »Behold the lamb
ESL 2023 will start on February 1 and end on May 31. Classes are free and held on Zoom every Wednesday, with different levels available. Beginners (10:00-11:00 am)Intermediate (11:00-12 noon)Advanced (2:30-3:30 pm) Register below.
RENEW – An Advent journey to renew Peace, Hope, Joy and Love (2022)
Advent is a time of preparation for our hearts and minds for the anniversary of the Lord's birth celebrated on Christmas. It is also a reminder of the promise of Jesus Christ to come again in His full and complete glory. (Service begins at 10:30 am on Sundays unless otherwise noted.) January 8: Epiphany (Matthew… Read More »RENEW – An Advent journey to renew Peace, Hope, Joy and Love (2022)
Christmas 2022 events
December 4, 6:30pm: The Old Fashioned Christmas Night is back! We will host an evening of carol singing with tree decorating and special music presentations. Following that, there will be dessert and beverages (isn't dessert the best part of a meal?). Plan to be there to enjoy this much-loved MBC Christmas tradition. December 18, 10:30am:… Read More »Christmas 2022 events
intergenerational family serving event (dec 1)
Join us on Thursday, December 1 at 6:30pm for an intergenerational family serving event at Mimico Baptist Church!  We will be packing hygiene bags and birthday boxes for Stonegate Ministries food pantry. Here's what you need to know. Come to the church (80 Hillside Avenue, Etobicoke, ON, M8V 1S9) and help pack the bags and… Read More »intergenerational family serving event (dec 1)
Join our 2022 christmas cantata choir
Do you enjoy worshiping God through music, especially during Christmas? Join our Christmas cantata choir. Practices for the new Christmas cantata, Morning Star, will begin on Thursday, October 26 at 7:00-8:00 pm. There will be 8 weeks of practice, and you are required to attend at least 6 of the 8. It will be presented… Read More »Join our 2022 christmas cantata choir
Food Drive 2022
During October, Mimico Baptist Church seeks to support those within our community who need essentials through the Daily Bread Food Bank. Here are ways you can participate:
ESL Classes (Fall 2022)
We are excited to host this term's English-as-a-Second-Language classes for beginners, intermediate and advanced. Classes begin on Wednesday, September 21 and will conclude on December 14. Classes are FREE. Register today. If you have any questions, contact Tony at esl@mimicobaptist.ca.
Holiday Club 2022
This year, Mimico Baptist Church hosted 3 weeks of camp. Campers were learning how to be "-ful" people with different characteristics each day. Here are the highlights from each week.
DR 2023 January 15, 2023
Behold the lamb January 14, 2023
ESL Classes (Winter 2023) January 5, 2023
RENEW – An Advent journey to renew Peace, Hope, Joy and Love (2022) November 26, 2022
Christmas 2022 events November 3, 2022
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