An Australian company is developing a "game-changing" series of high-power-density electric motors that could be used to propel aircraft, and for other applications needing small, powerful motors. Queensland-based magniX has received an A$2.5m (US $1.9m) grant from the Australian Government as part of a A$12m (US $9.1m) collaborative project aimed at developing motors with power densities of more than 5kW/kg – more than twice as high as the best conventional motors. Magnix believes that it could eventually achieve power densities of 25kW/kg – three times higher than modern aircraft engines.
MagniX is working on various technologies including permanent magnet and superconducting motors and generators, all based on "precision placement of the magnetic field". The aim is to maximise the field strength where it is useful and to minimise it where it is not, thus boosting power densities. The company is about to start testing a 5kg prototype motor.
The "magniflux" technology reduces the amount of steel in the rotor, and thus its weight, resulting in fast transient responses and the ability either to reverse direction quickly or to switch rapidly from motoring to generating.
The three-year project – which also involves the University of Queensland and an aeronautical engineering specialist, Ferra Engineering – aims to optimise the design, thermal management and materials needed for the high-power-density motors. Further funding will be needed to commercialise the technology.
Ferra Engineering's managing director, Mark Arthur, describes magniX's technology as "game-changing", and predicts that it will "revolutionise the aircraft industry".
MagniX is initially offering two commercial versions of its motors with lower power densities. One, weighing 210kg, delivers 150kW and 1,500Nm continuous (200kW and 2,500Nm peak), with an efficiency of more than 97%. The 480mm-diameter and 450mm-long motor has an operating speed of 900–1,000 rpm (with a maximum of more than 2,700 rpm). The other version, aimed at high-speed applications around 4,000 rpm, weighs 220kg and can deliver 200kW and 485Nm, with an efficiency above 96%.
As well as the motor project, magniX has attracted a A$125,000 (US $95,000) grant from the Queensland Government to help it commercialise a high-efficiency superconducting generator which will produce high currents at low voltages. The generator, which could operate at efficiencies of up to 99%, is aimed at energy-intensive applications such as smelting, electrolysis and manufacturing hydrogen. MagniX is working with a US company, Vodik Labs, which has developed an advanced electrolysis technology for producing hydrogen. The grant will allow magnix to verify the performance of its generator with this technology and could lead to its commercialisation within 18 months.
Another magniX technology is a high-torque magnetic coupling which is said to weigh about half as much as rival technologies. The 172mm-diameter coupling weighing 10kg can operate at speeds of up to 5,000 rpm and transmit up to 500Nm of torque in or out of a sealed environment without needing a mechanical connection. It can be retrofitted to existing applications that use magnetic or non-magnetic couplings.
MagniX is a subsidiary of Singapore-based Heron Energy.


To prototype in metal is in many cases the reason why designers, inventors and engineers hold off on buying a 3d printer, and in most cases, indefinitely. Metal printers are due to the technology employed incredibly expensive. Besides that they can be messy and hard to keep running. What if metal protoyping is within your reach, for a fraction of the cost?
We will do a full writeup on the process, and advantages and disadvantages of each process soon.
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This may not be a major project to some but it was to me. The important part is that the Tree J325 had no hiccups and I learned a lot.
I finished the retrofit using Mach3 and Gecko drives last December and have made several parts but with no "pressure".
Congratulations! It sounds like it maybe time for a mister....and maybe a bandsaw, surface grinder, and tig welder to compliment it.
Yep, a mister will go a long way. Depending on your shop, you may want a bigger compressor to go with that too!
Ghetto-licious drip coolant. Take a 2liter bottle filled with coolant and hang it closeby. Poke aquarium tubing down thru the lid and run it to the part. Control flow with a c-clamp. Ugly but semi-efficient. Doubles as a intravenous beer injector also.


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Stephen Mayne's "rocked" campaign diary #8
"Fledgling political party People Power has been rocked by the withdrawal of its lead candidate and a Victorian Electoral Commission investigation into claims of bogus membership."
Stephen Mayne
"Fledgling political party People Power has been rocked by the withdrawal of its lead candidate and a Victorian Electoral Commission investigation into claims of bogus membership." And so it goes in The Australian today.
The Herald Sun enjoyed the public departure of former Socceroo legend Jack Reilly so much they were even prepared to lift the ban on yours truly and Crikey to mark the event on page 26 today.
And ABC Victoria's Jon Faine opened his program today by interviewing me for the first time in six years on the topic of "People Power in chaos". Well, I guess it's a case of all publicity…
So, what happened? Jack Reilly is an old mate from Kennett spinning days who we announced as our "lead candidate" a few months back. He first got wobbly when an anonymous but offensive letter was sent to his wife two months ago. He was also concerned by some internal debates and the lack of a fully fledged political machine behind our campaign. We are, after all, a volunteer organisation.
He was still thinking about all this yesterday when Labor hit man Andrew Landeryou launched one of his notorious blog concoctions about some "silent partnership" Jack has in a property company. That was the last straw.
I turned this around on Faine to call for Labor to stop feeding the sleazy Landeryou fabrication machine and there'll be plenty more on this later on Bracksed.com. As for the VEC "investigation" into "bogus" memberships, the process is simply that we presented the VEC with a list of 900 members in Victoria and to get registered we need 500 of them to reply to the VEC letter.
We're close to that at the moment but one disgruntled member has lodged an objection – the same chap who failed in an attempt to stymie our federal registration.
Yes, we did change the rules last year so annual renewals were no longer required, but those who resigned were removed. In other words, our membership list is like the electoral roll – you're on until a change is advised. As long as 500 people reply to the VEC, everything should be fine. Meanwhile, the anti-pokies push continues apace.
Tim Costello spoke at the dinner last night for the International Pokies Impact Conference that our hardest working candidate, reformed pokies addict Gabriela Byrne, helped put on. Liberal, Green, Democrat and People Power candidates all spoke at the "political forum" yesterday, but Labor was nowhere to be seen. Typical!
Journalist and Crikey founder @MayneReport
Stephen Mayne founded Crikey in February 2000, and has remained as a contributor since selling it in 2005. He's a former political staffer and local government councillor who also pursues shareholder advocacy as a two-time former director of the Australian Shareholders' Association. He also spent two years working for the Alliance for Gambling Reform.

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Freshly made baked goods and coffees by Artopolis, will be launching at the Bicentennial Park and Playground in Darwin city will be available from April 15th 2019!
Baked fresh daily croissants, pies, pasties to pair your coffee or tea for breakfast/brunch in sweet or savoury flavours for a light meal. A variety of confections and desserts for that afternoon treat like the expected cinnamon doughnut or donuts to jam filled to more adventurous custard and Nutella. Syrupy vanilla slice (galaktoboureko) and nut filled pastries (baklava), Milfei and Semolina cake traditionally made and to make an amazing match for a dark coffee or espresso rich Callebaut triple chocolate brownies.
So head down to Bicentennial Park and playground - 109 The Esplanade Darwin CBD take the kids for a play and enjoy our delicious baked goods and coffee!


I've thought about this for several years now and decided to finally challenge myself to play along with this idea. I plan to scrap with the seasons this year. What does that mean? Well, for me it is easy to get motivated to create pages around the themes that I am currently thinking about. In January, that happens to be new beginnings, goals, New Year's celebrations, and winter.


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Students, community members and politicians discuss food insecurity and the federal election
Written by Laura Gordon-Mitchell
Oct. 17, 2019 · 5 min read · Federal Election
The students felt that Eat Think Vote was an important campaign to bring to UBC in anticipation of the upcoming federal election on October 21. Sophie Galloway
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On October 15, students, local politicians and community members gathered at the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability for an evening of thought-provoking conversation. The topic was food insecurity among students and the political action needed to address it.
Eat Think Vote is a national campaign organized in partnership with Food Secure Canada and Meal Exchange. The campaign offers a platform for community members and politicians to discuss Canadian food insecurity.
The UBC event was organized by students in LFS 490, an upper-level course focusing on analyzing and interpreting issues related to the Canadian food system.
The students felt that Eat Think Vote was an important campaign to bring to UBC in anticipation of the upcoming federal election on October 21.
"Our main goal of this was to open the conversation [around food insecurity] and it was perfect timing right before the election," said land and food systems student Daryl-Lee Schalm.
The night began with an address from LFS 490 students. Following a land acknowledgment, the speakers delved into statistics, focusing on student food insecurity. Following the speakers' address, the Vancouver candidates were briefly introduced.
Present were Green Party candidates Geoff Wright (Vancouver Quadra) and Louise Boutin (Vancouver Granville), NDP Party candidates Leigh Kenny (Vancouver Quadra) and Yvonne Hanson (Vancouver Granville), PPC Party candidate Sandra Filosof-Schipper (Vancouver Quadra) and Conservative senator Yonah Martin. Representatives from the Liberal party were not present.
Following introductions, guest speaker Colin Dring took the podium. Dring, a life-long "professional student" discussed the "need for collaborative development on agricultural" and the "lack of [understanding] eating as a means of connection." He ended by noting that nationally speaking, Canada needs a dramatic and immediate alternative to policies currently in place regarding the food system.
Speakers from sustainable food initiatives at UBC — Roots on the Roof, Agora Café and Sprouts — then briefly explained their organizations and the role they have within the community.
"Our main goal of this was to open the conversation [around food insecurity] and it was perfect timing right before the election." Sophie Galloway
Following this was a group discussion. Each table held a moderator, a notetaker and one member of parliament. The moderators posed three questions for the groups to reflect on during this time: what the 'starving student' trope means to individuals and why has this become a rite of passage for many university students, what role does the cost of tuition play in affording food and should food insecurity be addressed differently for different groups of people?
Groups presented their insights after 30 minutes. Upon reflection of the seminars, Schalm said she thought there is a long way to go in terms of citizen-politician relationships.
"I think even when in a roundtable discussion candidates are always trying to have a front, they're trying to be representing this whole party so it's really difficult to break through that [barrier] and just have a conversation with them as a person who's representing me," she said.
Topics brought up in the discussion included financial barriers heightened by the UBC tuition, issues first-year students experience with residence and meal plan fees, the need for more culturally appropriate and affordable food on campus, and the overall mental strain students experience when attempting to time manage meal-planning, work and a full course load.
Louise Boutin reflected on her time at university, stating that it is hard for her to comprehend the fees students are paying in 2019.
UBC student Ali Nakajima-Inglis brought up the stress of working multiple jobs while also being in school.
"A lot of people I'm friends with, they all have jobs, they're all providing for themselves and they're in their sixth year at university because they have to go slower," Nakajima-Inglis said.
The evening concluded with a Q&A where candidates were free to raise their hands and respond to questions. Audience questions ranged from what the party's approach would be when dealing with student debt and tuition, to how their party plans on working with the agricultural system.
Hanson and Kenny discussed their parties' plans to invest in public education and a national nutrition program for students to achieve national food literacy.
The Greens focused on a universal living wage and free education for all Canadians. Wright ensured that the budget for these promises has passed fiscal assessments.
As the event wrapped up, Schalm conveyed her disappointment with the responses from some candidates.
"I was talking with who I might vote for here and I didn't feel listened to [by them]," she said.
"I felt like they were telling me what I already know about their party platform, whereas they don't know how I feel. So why wasn't it the other way around?"
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Find out the answers to your questions about JPLC.
The Joint Planning Law Conference, Oxford is brought to you by a committee from the four professional organising bodies: The Law Society, The Bar Council, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and Royal Town Planning Institute. It is a weekend of learning, debate, interaction and networking. Delegates will take away valuable updates and new ideas that are relevant to their daily practice The conference is run on a not-for-profit basis, ensuring that you get the most from your conference fee.
When and where is JPLC Oxford 2018?
I haven't attended before? Will I know anyone?
Each year there are many new faces that join the conference. The event is very welcoming and friendly. This year we will also be holding a 'welcome' tea for newcomers late on Friday afternoon so that you are able to meet members of the committee and other newcomers before the event starts.
Do I have to be a member of one of the organising professional bodies to attend?
As a general rule, yes, although if you have a keen interest in the area and are not a member of one of the four professional bodies please email the organisers for clarification.
Why should I attend JPLC 2018?
You should attend the conference if you work in, or have an interest in planning. It is a unique event that invites the four planning professions to mix over a weekend and discuss the issues that they are facing and will face in the future. The conference is the only one of its kind and has been running for over 40 years. JPLC Oxford consistently provides a quality experience, providing speakers who are leaders in their field, an agenda that covers the key planning issues of the day and an opportunity to network with colleagues in a relaxed atmosphere, that is difficult to find anywhere else.
A multi-disciplinary planning committee ensures high-quality content relevant to all delegates.
What will I take away from JPLC?
and last but not least, memories of an enjoyable weekend in a stunning setting.
Does the conference qualify for CPD?
Yes - we have increased the number of papers to acheive at least 8 hours cpd.
The Conference counts as non-accredited CPD 8-10 hours.
This event is self-certifying for barristers you need to record your own value for cpd.
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As the sun finally drenched the evening landscape with rays of warmth, this dragon fly took advantage of those warm rays and bathed in delight. He sat for the longest time, fluttering his wings and then resting in the days final light!
Merveilleuse photo! j'adore cette nuance très chaude!
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CIVIL WAR Is The End Of The CAPTAIN AMERICA Trilogy Says Kevin Feige
Iron Man 3 seemingly brought that franchise to an end for the time being, and it now appears as if Captain America: Civil War will be bringing down the curtain on Steve Rogers' solo adventures too. Is he making it into Infinity War alive? Hit the jump for details...
Josh Wilding | 9/30/2015
Filed Under: "Captain America: Civil War" Source: MTV News
There's been a lot of fretting from fans about Captain America: Civil War putting too much focus on characters like Iron Man and Spider-Man (who would have guessed we'd be mentioning him in this sentence a year ago?), with the titular superhero being put on the back burner as a result. Well, worry not, as Steve Rogers is still going to be the star of what is now sounding like the end of his solo adventures in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Could Cap's story be at an end?
"It's very much, in a certain way, the completion of a Captain America trilogy," Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige explained at a recent Q&A to promote the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron on DVD and Blu-ray. "I think one day you'll look back and watch — 'Captain America: The First Avenger,' 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier,' and 'Captain America: Civil War' — and it'll be one of the most unique and different trilogies ever around a single character." Should we all be worried?
These comments are very interesting, especially as the Civil War comic book ended with the death of Captain America. Could the trilogy which kicked off with his birth be brought to a close with his demise, leading to a new series of movies focusing on another hero wielding the shield? That remains to be seen (especially as there's nothing to say Chris Evans won't be talked into another solo outing as part of Phase 4), but be sure to let us know your thoughts and theories below...


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KIRKUS REVIEW
THE ICON HUNTER
A Refugee's Quest to Reclaim Her Nation's Stolen Heritage
by Tasoula Hadjitofii with Kathy Barrett
A Greek Cypriot refugee in the Netherlands chronicles her fierce determination to return stolen artifacts to her country through years of dangerous underworld operations.
Having fled her hometown of Famagusta, Cyprus, at age 14 with her family when the Turkish military invaded the country in 1974, Hadjitofi relocated to The Hague and became, in her early 20s, a businesswoman and honorary consul to her country. While there, she was approached by a Dutch art dealer with a special interest in Byzantine icons and religious paintings, many looted shamelessly from the hundreds of ancient churches located in the occupied area of Cyprus after the Turkish invasion. In this detailed narrative, rendered in occasionally stilted English, the author moves back and forth in time to give a sense of her life in Cyprus before the invasion among her intensely pious Christian community, and she shows how crucial to their religion these icons were. She re-creates the time she was first approached by the dealer, Michel Van Rijn, in 1988; he held out to her tantalizing possibilities of retrieving many sacred icons from Aydin Dikmen, a Turkish dealer with whom he maintained shadowy dealings. In return, she and her country would have to come up with staggering amounts of money. Over more than 10 years, Hadjitofi managed to use the highly volatile Van Rijn to get at Dikmen through an extensive undercover sting operation. Her adventures took her to Munich and London and Cyprus, and she effectively kept the police at bay to lure Dikmen into the trap and the ultimate discovery of priceless artifacts. The author's work is also a personal memoir, not only of her life in Cyprus, but also of her struggles as a young woman trying to start a family and maintain her IT business, Octagon. Her journey is endearing, and she brings the plight of the Cypriots into sharper focus.
An intimate trek into the venal world of art looting and selling.
Source: KIRKUS REVIEW
Interview: Repatriating the stolen cultural treasures
EU adopts new rules on cultural heritage imports
Documentary "Repatriating the soul of Cyprus" (Hellenic Parliament TV)
Event on combating art trafficking at Agios Neophytos Lyceum
Walk of Truth: the four frescoes were delivered for repatriation


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HIV Symptoms In Men | Your Guide This Pride
By: Dr. Maryam Mahmood
This month in honor of Pride, we at LetsGetChecked are answering some of the most common questions around sexual health in the LGBTQIA community.
As an Infectious Disease Specialist, I regularly get asked about HIV symptoms in men, as well as how someone can contract the virus, treatments and the steps one might need to take if they find out they are HIV positive.
In this article I will be answering some of our readers' most common questions.
What are the most common HIV symptoms in men?
How long does it take for HIV symptoms to become apparent?
Can you tell if a partner has HIV just from looking at them?
Is it possible to continue a physical relationship if you are your partner has HIV?
How and when did HIV become a public health issue?
What are the current stats on HIV today?
Is there less or more of a stigma around HIV today?
Will there ever be a cure for HIV?
HIV symptoms in men often present as a flu like illness (fever, night sweats, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, skin rash, fatigue) about 2-4 weeks after exposure to HIV.
These symptoms may last for a few weeks. Other people may have few or no symptoms when they are first infected with HIV.
It is important to realize that many people are not aware they have been infected with HIV, which is why getting tested is so important. After becoming infected with HIV people may have no (or few) symptoms for many months to years, the rate at which HIV progresses is different for different people. People without symptoms can still transmit HIV to others if they are not on effective treatment.
Untreated HIV will eventually progress to AIDS, where the immune system is so damaged that people will start to get unusual and severe infections or cancers. This is the most serious phase of HIV infection, people with untreated AIDS typically survive about 3 years.
You can get HIV from sex (vaginal, anal, oral), injection drug use, and exposure to contaminated blood or body fluids. In the past HIV could also be acquired through blood product transfusions or organ transplants, however these are now thoroughly screened for HIV so this is no longer an issue in the US.
HIV is not spread through mosquitoes, ticks or other insects. It is also not spread through hugging, shaking hands, sharing toilets or other non-sexual contact with someone who is HIV positive.
The symptoms of HIV typically take 2-4 weeks to become apparent.
You cannot tell if a partner has HIV from their appearance. Before developing serious complications with HIV people may have few or no symptoms, however they can still transmit the virus to others through sex or sharing needles.
If you are taking HIV medicines everyday and have no detectable HIV virus in the blood you have effectively no risk of transmitting HIV to a sexual partner. If you have an HIV positive partner you can also take medicine to reduce your chances of getting HIV.
HIV was first noted in the early 1980s. On June 5th 1981 the first medical publication described 5 cases of an unusual fungal pneumonia in previously healthy gay men in Los Angeles.
During this time more cases of previously healthy people or infants with fungal pneumonia, Kaposi's sarcoma (a type of cancer) and other unusual infections were noted. This syndrome of findings was labelled as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS.
At that time, it was known this was a viral infection that could apparently be transmitted through sex, blood transfusion, injection drug use, or from an infected pregnant woman to their baby.
It wasn't until January 1985 that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was able to be identified and was publicly reported as the cause of AIDS. It was shortly after this in October 1986 that the United States Surgeon General advocated for a nationwide educational campaign to increase the awareness of HIV, how it was spread and encourage HIV testing. This included mailing a brochure about understanding AIDS to every household in the United States in an effort to increase public awareness of HIV.
In 1992 AIDS became the leading cause of death for men aged 25 to 44 years in parts of the United States, in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York City, HIV infection/AIDS is the leading cause of death among young adult men. In both New York State and New Jersey, HIV infection/AIDS is the leading cause of death among black women 15-44 years of age; in New Jersey, the number of deaths among this population from HIV infection/AIDS in 1988 was nearly equal to the number of deaths from the second and third leading causes combined (cancer and unintentional injuries)
During this time we were able to treat some of the infections and cancers caused by HIV/AIDS, however it wasn't until 1995 that we had effective widely available medicines to treat the actual HIV infection itself.
After we had effective medicines to treat HIV the death rates from HIV/AIDS began to fall considerably. Now there are highly effective, well tolerated single pill combination therapy medicines to treat HIV. If taken regularly these can suppress the virus to undetectable levels in the blood and allow people with HIV to live nearly as long as those without the infection.
For the first time since HIV and AIDS were recognized in the 1980s the Bay Area Reporter, a local San Francisco newspaper, is able to report that there were no AIDs-related deaths in August 1998. San Francisco was heavily impacted by HIV because of its large gay and bisexual community.
What are the current stats on HIV? Is it more or less of an issue today?
Currently in the United States an estimated 1.1 million people are living with HIV, of those about 1 in 7 do not know about their HIV diagnosis. In 2017 over 38,000 people were diagnosed with HIV in the US; around two thirds of these infections occurred in gay or bisexual men and a quarter occurred though heterosexual contact.
African Americans and Latinos are also disproportionately affected by HIV - together they accounted for two thirds of new HIV diagnoses in 2017.
Overall, the rate of new HIV diagnoses have not changed that much over the past few years, suggesting that there is more work to be done in screening people for HIV, getting them linked to care and started on effective medicines. If there was a way to identify everyone living with HIV and get them on effective medicines we can potentially stop the transmission of HIV in the US.
Is there less or more of a stigma around HIV and AIDs today?
There is considerably less stigma now than in early days of the HIV epidemic, when it was mainly viewed as a disease affecting gay men. This mischaracterization lead to an initially ineffective and slow response from the government to research HIV and AIDS. Political leaders around this time labeled AIDS as "nature's revenge on gay men". HIV was commonly referred to as "gay plague" or "gay pneumonia" at that time. The fear of HIV/AIDS lead to many gay men being ostracized from communities, losing their jobs, being turned away from hospitals, or being refused funerals. Advocacy for education and research on HIV/AIDS was closely tied with the growing gay rights movement in the 1980s and 1990s. This movement lead to increased public awareness and decreased stigma.
However stigma around HIV still exists today, this is mostly driven by fear of illness and a lack of understanding of HIV. If more people were aware of how HIV was transmitted, who is at risk of HIV, and how it can now be effectively treated we could considerably reduce the stigma around HIV. In my practice as an Infectious Disease Specialist I make HIV testing a routine part of care for everyone who I see; regardless of why they came to see me, regardless of their gender or sexual orientation, and regardless of how I perceive their risk of acquiring HIV.
At the moment we have very effective medicines to control HIV, these need to be taken every day to ensure there is no detectable virus in the blood. However the medicines we have now cannot eradicate the HIV virus from other places in the body. We are still understanding where and how HIV can survive in the body. There are many efforts focused on curing HIV however at the moment there is no effective cure. It is likely that this needs to be a combination or approaches and treatments to be effective.
Read: STDs In MSM | Your Guide This Pride
Written by Dr. Maryam Mahmood | Edited by Hannah Kingston
Sexual Health Sexual Health Awareness STD testing STDs LGBT LGBT Sexual Health Awareness
Written by Dr. Maryam Mahmood.
Edited by: Hannah Kingston .
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Not sure I understood one word of their lyrics, a nice tribute to a star though.
I have to say, I was moved by this song. Not by the way they played it, of course. But by the fact that they had the courtesy and respect to acknowledge a lady who is a national treasure. Many rock and roll stars are not like that, and it is somewhat shocking to have this group step up like this. My own respect for them just went up a few notches.
I think that I am like most music lovers, in that I don't focus on just one genre of music, but actually like several different kinds. From my first love, jazz, since I am a retired sax player, to old country, to classic rock and even pop and some disco, I have many diverse songs that fit my musical tastes. I even like some heavy metal, with my most recent favorite being the cover of Sounds of Silence by the group Disturbed.
I can even enjoy listening to a well done, well performed opera, at times. I respect the hard work and talent that goes into such a performance, of both the singer and the musicians.
Most of the musicians or groups that you see on television or hear on the radio making new music, have paid their dues by working the local bars and nightclubs, and the animal clubs, ala the Moose, the Elks, etc and playing mostly covers of other groups music, while sneaking a few of their own tracks in as they can, until the audience starts to ask for more of their own songs than covers of others stuff. That is how you know it is time to try and move up and get a deal to cut a record and get some serious management.
Thanks for posting this, it really does show me something of the respect that these guys have for the first lady of country music.


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Nowadays, relationships last shortly and are not necessarily based on true love and respect. However, love stories that have endured the test of time and left a mark in history are always a true inspiration and manage to restore our faith in love and commitment.
Yet, happiness in love and marriage requires much more than just love or attraction.
Andrea Mathews, a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Certified Counseling Supervisor, and a National Certified Counselor, agrees:
"Being in love does not guarantee that a relationship will work. Relationships require also compatibility and relationship skills on the part of both parties. But the "in love" requirement is a must. Relationships are not easy for they bring us to the deepest parts of ourselves. Therefore, being in love must be an aspect of any healthy long-term commitment and being sure that it is love, therefore, is an intensely important first step."
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"Healthy adult love exists when both partners are emotionally interdependent; meaning that both partners love one another, care for one another, desire physical closeness with one another, but respect each other enough to have their own identities as well."
Loving relationships take effort, so in order to make love last, both partners need to completely dedicate to it.
Mudita Rastogi, Ph.D., a licensed marriage and family therapist in Arlington Heights, Ill, advises:
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The following story was an example of such love that lasted for seven decades, and it will definitely melt your heart:
While they were studying in Philadelphia, Preble Staver, who was born on October 17, 1921, and Isabell Whitney, born on October 31 of the same year, met on a blind date. Since day one, these two youngsters knew that they are destined to go through life hand by hand.
When the United States entered the Second World War, they both decided to sign up. While Preble joined as a Marine and ended up receiving a Bronze Star, Isabell was a Navy nurse in Maryland. Five months after the end of the war, they reunited and married on February 15, 1946.
Their life was full of love and joy, and they were both determined to cope with all difficulties together. After the war, Preble worked as a lobbyist and banker, so they had to move a lot around U.S. places, including Virginia, Florida, and South Carolina.
According to one of their five children, the 63-year-old Laurie Staver Clinton, Preble was "a tall, outgoing man with a strong, 'larger than life' personality" and Isabell was described as"[her] heart" and someone who "taught [her] how to be a kind person, how to be a compassionate person."
In 1975, their son, Peter, died during the last football game of his high school senior year.
Laurie remembers:
"At that point, we began to really see the softer side of my dad. Parents aren't supposed to bury their kids and that really took a toll on my folks, but it also brought them together. Something like that can either tear a couple apart, but they made a pact to get through it together. They really were each other's, support team."
Life brought about numerous challenges afterward, and in 2013, Isabell started showing dementia signs.
This made the couple move into a long-term care facility in Norfolk, Virginia. They stayed in the same place but slept in separate rooms. These times were especially difficult for them, especially for Preble, who was forced to watch his loved one drift deeper into the disease.
"They just found another way to express their love. Dad, even after he stopped walking and was in a wheelchair, he would wheel himself down to the Memory Care Unit and go visit mom. When I would reunite them, they always, the first thing they'd do was put their hands out and hold each other's hand and tell each other they loved each other."
Preble was one last wish before his 96th birthday, to have one more nap with his wife.
His wish was made true with the help of the staff of the facility, and the couple had three hours for a nap, in order to enjoy their true love once more, being one beside the other.
"There was not a single word spoken between the two of them. They held hands and just fell asleep."
Only several days afterward, on October 25, 2017, Isabell passed away, and her husband was there to say goodbye. After 14 hours, Preble died too.
This was the end of their amazing life together, that lasted for 71 years. Yet, their love left an unforgettable mark in the lives of all people that had the chance to meet them.
Laurie put it in a nutshell:
"Mom and dad really lived out that, if you make a commitment, and even though life gets rough or life gets in the way, you work through life. And you live your life together."
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40 times the allowed amount of nitrogen oxide
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robert99 Sweden • Posts: 1360
1 23 Sep 2015
Volkswagen officials admitted to officials in the United States that diesel cars sold there were programmed to sense when emissions were being tested and to turn on equipment that reduced them. At other times, the cars had better fuel economy and performance, but produced as much as 40 times the allowed amount of nitrogen oxide, a pollutant that can contribute to respiratory problems including asthma, bronchitis and emphysema.
Revelations that Volkswagen cars may not be as environmentally responsible as its "clean diesel" advertising had promised are potentially even more damaging to the company's image in Europe than in the United States. Diesel vehicles account for more than half of all vehicles sold in Europe largely because of government policies that have made diesel fuels cheaper than gasoline, and because of less stringent emissions standards for diesels than in the United States.
The carmaker's announcement on Tuesday was its first admission that diesel cars outside the United States contained the software that led the Environmental Protection Agency to accuse the company of deliberately evading pollution tests. Previously, Volkswagen had acknowledged only that the problem affected about 500,000 vehicles in the United States.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/business/international/volkswagen-diesel-car-scandal.html
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Wow, that seems ridiculously short-sighted.
There, to me, seems to be an ongoing ownership battle and this is things hotting up. There must have been a whistleblower about the software or how else did the US authorities suddenly "discover" the different engine settings?
""I would be very much surprised if this was just a handful of engineers manipulating the software and everyone else not knowing about it," said Arndt Ellinghorst, a London-based analyst with Evercore ISI who has followed VW for more than a decade. "For Martin Winterkorn, it is clear that if he knew about this, these allegations weigh so heavily that he must bear the consequences personally and resign."
The timing is delicate for Winterkorn. He was consolidating authority after surviving a power struggle with his former mentor and VW patriarch Ferdinand Piech, who tried and failed to oust Winterkorn in April."
"Decision-making at Volkswagen is highly centralized. Winterkorn and a couple dozen managers vet product plans in Wolfsburg, including detailed lists of components that differentiate between new and standardized parts. Winterkorn was aiming to loosen that structure by pushing more authority to brand and regional managers. That reorganization was due to be approved by Volkswagen's supervisory board on Friday, along with his contract extension."
(So the scandal breaks one week before the CEO's contract comes up for renewing - coincidence?)
http://www.autonews.com/article/20150922/OEM01/150929969/vw-ceos-history-of-sweating-the-details-now-haunting-him
(VW leap into action and hire lawyers - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-23/volkswagen-hires-kirkland-ellis-in-pollution-controls-scandal )
http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Exposing-vehicle-emissions-problems-not-new-for-6523539.php
The International Council on Clean Transportation (http://www.theicct.org/ ) were the people who started out the investigation of VW in 2013 after reports from drivers in Europe mainly.
The WVU Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions (http://cafee.wvu.edu/ ) tested the cars and reported in May 2014 that significantly higher emissions were measured.
VW blamed glitches but "Only when the EPA and the California board refused to approve VW's 2016 diesel models for sale did the company acknowledge putting stealth software in millions of its vehicles worldwide."
So this was no result of the boardroom infighting but "buisness as usual"!
Update - http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/22/usa-volkswagen-carb-idUSL1N11S2W420150922
"VW engineers acknowledged the use of a so-called defeat device - in fact, a software algorithm - to circumvent state and federal emissions standards during a Sept. 3 meeting in the board's El Monte, California testing headquarters, attended by senior engineering executives of the regulator and the car company.
It was the 10th meeting between the two sides, called by CARB to resolve the discrepancy between pollution levels measured on the road and those obtained under controlled testing conditions.
"They literally ran out of excuses," Young said, describing the meeting in which the car manufacturer "admitted there was a defeat device."
(Apparently the same thing was done with truck engines in 1998 and several car manufacturers had to pay hefty fines)
Don't believe the hype! The NY Times have put together a good article on all the cheating done by car manufacturers over the years
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/business/international/volkswagen-test-rigging-follows-a-long-auto-industry-pattern.html
(General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler have also been bailed out by the US government on more then one occasion.)
The ripples continue ... The UK knew a year ago about these cheating devices in cars,
"The issue of who knew what, and when, about defeat devices also surfaced in the UK. The opposition Labour party attacked the government after it admitted receiving evidence nearly a year ago that some diesel cars were fitted to rig emissions testing.
The Department for Transport said that in October 2014 it received a report by the International Council on Clean Transportation saying there was a "real world nitrogen oxides compliance issue" for diesel passenger cars."
"Since the EU banned defeat devices in 2007, the European Commission has attempted to introduce legislation to test diesel cars in a more realistic "real-world" environment. It argues that these new on-the-road tests will be able to counter the effect of illegal software.
However, green groups and members of the European Parliament have protested that these reforms have been delayed for eight years by the powerful diesel lobby.
Greenpeace complained that, according to publicly available data, diesel manufacturers had spent as much as €18.5m lobbying Brussels in 2014, employing 184 lobbyists.
"As evidence emerges that the German government and the European Commission knew about the test-cheating software, people will be wondering why it took the Americans to expose it. The extent of the carmakers' lobbying power could provide some clues to the answer," said John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace UK. "
see http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d0d7ba40-6394-11e5-9846-de406ccb37f2.html#axzz3mnDDEnGy
https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/news/transport-emissions-jrc-lead-development-new-test-procedure-cars-9707?search
11 Feb 2013 Yes, 2013! but wait it goes back to 2010 ....
"In view of persisting air quality problems, the European Commission decided in 2010 to address this situation by complementing the current laboratory test with a real-driving test procedure, which should be able to capture the wide range of driving conditions encountered on the road.
A working group led by the JRC and composed by industry stakeholders and Member States representatives was established to assess the potential of 2 candidate procedures: emissions testing with random driving cycles in the laboratory or on road emissions testing with portable emissions measurement systems (PEMS).
A newly published report covers the assessment done, based on emissions testing and expert judgment. On-road emissions testing with a portable device was judged to better cover the wide range of driving and ambient conditions than random laboratory test cycles.
Following the findings of this report, it was decided in December last year to primarily develop on-road testing with PEMS as the main real-driving test procedure. To this end, an extensive vehicle test campaign will be conducted in cooperation with car manufacturers and European technical services in 2013."
The first sentance of the report,"Light-duty diesel vehicles emit on the road substantially more nitrogen oxides (NOX) than permitted by regulatory emissions standards." JEEZUS!
report at http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC75998/ld-na-25572-en-n_online.pdf
"German media reported Sunday that Volkswagen had received warnings years ago about the use of illegal tricks to defeat emissions tests. Bild am Sonntag said VW's internal investigation has found a 2007 letter from parts supplier Bosch warning Volkswagen not to use the software during regular operation. Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung said a Volkswagen technician raised concerns about illegal practices in connection with emissions levels in 2011."
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/vw-facing-tsunami-legal-trouble-emissions-scandal-34077650
Volkswagen AG executives in Germany controlled the key aspects of emissions tests whose results the carmaker now admits were faked, according to three people familiar with the company's U.S. operations.
....Their accounts show the chain of command and those involved in the deception stretched to Volkswagen headquarters.... Ulrich Hackenberg.... Wolfgang Hatz are among those who will leave the company in the wake of Winterkorn's resignation two days ago, two people familiar with the matter said. The two previously ran units at the heart of the affair — Hackenberg, a Winterkorn confidant, was responsible for VW brand development from 2007 to 2013, while Hatz ran the group's motor development from 2007 to 2011.
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/09/vw-tries-blame-engine-emissions-fraud-low-level-engineers-and-technicians
9 1 Sep 2016
Australia is suing the local arm of Volkswagen for allegedly misleading customers by selling modified vehicles that covered up emissions fraud.
Its consumer watchdog claims Volkswagen intentionally sold more than 57,000 such vehicles over a five-year period.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is seeking a public declaration of misconduct, financial penalties and corrective advertising.
Volkswagen Australia said it is reviewing the ACCC claims.
In a statement, the firm said it does not think that the court action "provides any practical benefit to consumers because software solutions for cars affected by the voluntary recall are expected soon".
"The best outcome for customers whose vehicle is affected is to have the voluntary recall service updates installed," Volkswagen Group Australia managing director Michael Bartsch said.
The ACCC lawsuit covers 10 Volkwagen car models including the top-selling Golf, Passat and Polo,
"These allegations involve extraordinary conduct of a serious and deliberate nature by a global corporation," ACCC chairman Rod Sims said in a statement.
Volkswagen, the world's second-biggest car maker, is also facing several private class action lawsuits in Australia.
10 3 Nov 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/03/world/europe/volkswagen-vw-emissions-scandal-nazi.html
Over the past 18 years, Volkswagen became something of a pioneer in revealing the company's employment of thousands of forced laborers during World War II. But it has abruptly parted ways with the company historian who helped make that possible.
The book, more than 1,000 pages by Mr. Grieger and another historian, Hans Mommsen, was financed by Volkswagen at a time when many German companies were coming to terms with their roles during the Nazi era.
But Volkswagen may have gotten more truth than it had anticipated. The book also uncovered embarrassing information about the Porsche and Piëch families, who since 2012 have owned a majority of the carmaker's voting stock.
The Wolfsburg factory, still Volkswagen's main manufacturing center, was originally a Nazi prestige project built under the supervision of Ferdinand Porsche, designer of the car that later became famous as the Beetle. The factory produced military goods including land mines, parts for rockets fired at British cities, hand-held anti-tank weapons and a Jeep-like vehicle known as the Kübelwagen.
Volkswagen was especially dependent on workers press-ganged from occupied countries or borrowed from concentration camps, including Auschwitz, because it was a new company with a limited work force of its own.
It all shows "clearly how communication has gone awry at the top of VW," said the historians, Lutz Budrass of Ruhr-University Bochum and Mark Spoerer from the University of Regensburg.
In his review of the study of Audi's past, Mr. Grieger criticized the authors as having played down the company's cooperation with the Nazis and its employment of forced laborers.
http://www.dw.com/en/report-vw-negotiating-torture-reparations-in-brazil/a-18820469
A Brazilian newspaper has reported that VW is negotiating a settlement for allowing the torture of employees during the military dictatorship. However, a company official says VW is in the early stage of discussions.
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Copyright infringement has been a consistently hot topic as the line of intellectual property continues to blur. It is seen in television plot themes, musical licks and graphic imagery. There is a fine line between inspiration and outright duplication so there is a struggle for artists to adapt while remaining original. Often times where the most noticeable "barrowing" is seen in music.
The recent case of Robin Thicke versus Marvin Gaye is intriguing because while there are very strong similarities between the two songs, this case argued the "feeling" of the work is what was copied. Yes, the bass line and drum beat do share strong similarities, but this similarity is nothing close to the level of copyright infringement that has been seen in many other cases. Robin Thicke was found guilty in this case, and was slapped with a heavy fine for the copyright of Gaye's song.
Duplicating song drum beats, bass lines and alike is not uncommon territory for musicians. Looking at previous examples, the song "Ice, Ice, Baby" by Vanilla Ice received no fines for its blatant copying of Queen and David Bowie's "Under Pressure." In this instance, the similarities were so noticeable that the general population was able to pick up on them with little guidance.
Today sampling older tracks within new music, specifically in rap songs, is incredibly common. Generally, in order to obtain the right to use these samples, rap artists ask for the rights from the other artist to feature the song within their new work. Individuals famous for regularly practicing this sampling are Kanye West, Eminem and Sammy Adams. While West's style of sampling is much more blatant, using definitive sections of the song right in his own, however Eminem approaches the duplication in a much more subtle way, taking the general melody of "The Stroke" by Billy Squire and pulling it into his recent track "Berserk." In this case (despite even using some of the same rhyme schemes, and lyrics) Eminem did NOT inform Squire prior to his use, however Squire was quoted saying that he was flattered and really enjoyed the adaption.
Copyright issues run rampant in the music scene, artists often take inspiration and style from one another in order to advance the state of popular music as a whole. Bringing back classic music and putting old songs and styles on a stage in a new music scene is something that has the possibility to enrich and culture young music fans.
HBO Now Marketing Analysis
Is HBO Now worth the hype?
This past week, network giant HBO finally released their standalone video streaming service, HBO Now. The service is a step up from HBO GO, which gave customers of the premium cable channel the ability to stream movies and television on demand complimentary – included with their normal subscriptions. HBO Now picks up the slack left my HBO GO, specifically in the area of live streaming programs. Where "GO" is a compliment to the premium channel subscription, "Now" is an autonomous subscription service that moves the intended platform from cable boxes to computers, which indicates a potential major shift in the future of media distribution.
HBO Now pioneers into the future of television, however not without a cost. A subscription to "Now" runs for $14.99 a month, which is a comparatively high price tag in relation to other similar services such as Netflix ($8.99 per month). What "Now" promises to deliver in exchange for a fairly high subscription fee is live Internet video streaming, with a reduced likelihood of crashes caused by capacity issues. Additionally "Now" is a TV network's first attempt at allowing a subscription to content, without needing to purchase an entire cable contract.
Bloomberg Business' Joshua Brustein notes that Sunday's trial run of the service had a lot riding on it, saying that outcry against spotty service could be massive. In order to be taken seriously, the service must be reliable. The launch of HBO Now was set to coincide with the series super-hit "Game of Thrones," in order to simultaneously buildup the service as well as monitor the influx of live users for the premier. However, prior to the premier of the fifth season of "Game of Thrones," four out of the season's 10 episodes were leaked online, causing a frenzy for hardcore fans and HBO users alike. This leak may have hurt HBO as the first four episodes of "Game of Thrones" season five are currently topping piracy charts, potentially evoking a 'why buy the cow if the milk is free' mentality.
HBO Now relies on the awareness of its benefits to customers. This service is being sold as a convenient and easy way to avoid opting into a contract with a cable provider, however where consumers will find value in it is in the quality and amount of products available to subscribers. With competition such as Netflix- which is much cheaper with a wider selection- it is imperative that HBO Now provides value to its customers in other ways that Netflix does not. The strength of "Now" lies in the benefit of immediacy because theoretically the service will provide real-time streaming to mimic television, an area that Netflix falls short in.
With so many options for viewers to pursue (both legal and illegal), HBO Now will live or die by customer to business communication. While "Now" is still in its early stages of launch, the response from their customers will be crucial in both keeping current customers and ensuring the service is user friendly and simple. Interestingly, since much of the Feedback about HBO's new service has been so public, there is an element of word of mouth that will define if potential customers will see value in the service or not. The Game of Thrones episode leak served to undermine the launch of HBO Now, while simultaneously created word of mouth about the show and the service. The unintentional viral publicity is a catch 22; the viral nature of the story was a building block to expanding awareness, despite giving out free access to the episodes.
HBO is aiming the revolutionize television and entertainment industry for a generation living in an increasingly digital world. Depending upon how well "Now" is received and diffused; it is possible that with large enough servers to accommodate for high trafficked premiers, this could be the future of TV.
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Fasting is about positioning yourself to Honor, Seek, and Hear from God.
It is a time to deny ourselves and unplug from the world to awaken our focus. It is a spiritual awakening, a soul detox.
We believe when we Honor God and give him our best at the first of the year, he will bless our entire year!
Daniel Fast: Drink water and juice. Eat fruits and vegetables. - Eat no meat, no sweets and no bread.
When you fast your body detoxifies, eliminating toxins from your system. This can cause mild discomfort such as headaches and irritability during withdrawal from caffeine and sugars. And naturally, you will have hunger pains. Limit your activity and exercise moderately. Take time to rest. Fasting brings about miraculous results. You are following Jesus' example when you fast. Spend time listening to uplifting music. Pray as often as you can throughout the day. Get away from the normal distractions as much as possible and keep your heart and mind set on seeking God.
Consult a physician if: - this is your first time fasting - have any health concerns.


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Marianne er et pigenavn, som kommer fra fransk, hvor det er enten den franske udgave af Mariamne, der igen er en variant af Maria/Miriam, eller er en sammensætning af Maria og Anna. Pr. 1.1. 2013 er 27.598, som hedder Marianne i Danmark. Andre kendte former er Mariann (1423 personer), Mariane (765 personer), Marianna (321 personer) og Mariana (194 personer).

Sideformer, hvor Jane er indblandet, tæller Marijana (41 personer), Marijanne (34 personer) og Marijane (6 personer).

Figuren Marianne er personifikationen af Frankrigs revolutionære idealer om frihed og fornuft.

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Statement by Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau on Public Safety
In the House of Commons on June 9th, 2021. See this statement in context.
Public SafetyOral Questions
June 9th, 2021 / 2:50 p.m.
Papineau Québec
Justin Trudeau LiberalPrime Minister
Mr. Speaker, as a government, we have taken unprecedented steps to fight the rise of Islamophobia. We have a responsibility to combat and condemn hatred in its strongest forms, which is why we declared January 29 as a national day of remembrance of the Quebec City mosque attack and action against Islamophobia. We also committed an additional $50 million to anti-racism initiatives through FES 2020 and proposed $2 million through this year's budget for not-for-profit organizations such as places of worship, schools and community centres to ensure their safety. We have stood, and we will continue to stand, in action with the Muslim community to ensure that all are protected.


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Manorcare of Elk Grove Village
Manorcare of Elk Grove Village, 1920 Nerge Road, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
Manorcare of Elk Grove Village has an overall rating of above average. The facility has 190 certified beds that participates in both Medicare and Medicaid. It is not in a Continuing Care Retirement Community. Manorcare of Elk Grove Village has a resident council only. Resident and family council can facilitate open communications with the facility's staff. The law requires nursing homes to allow councils to be set up by residents or their families. Importantly, if a nursing home does not have a resident or a family council, the resident or a family member should ask the nursing home administrator why that is the case. Where there is no resident or family council, the resident is encouraged to speak with the council president to get a sense of how the nursing home has performed on issues raised in the past. Manorcare of Elk Grove Village is 28.8 miles from the center of the City of Chicago. Elk Grove Village is a southwestern suburb to the City of Chicago. The ownership of the facility is a for profit corporation whose legal business name is Manorcare of Elk Grove Village IL, LLC.
The Illinois Department of Health and Human Services regularly inspects Illinois nursing homes on average every 18 months. The health inspection rating given to Manorcare of Elk Grove Village is average. The most recent health inspection resulted in a full report of April 14, 2017. There was a total of 6 health citations made in that report. The average number of health citations in Illinois is 9. The average number of health citations in the U.S. is 7.2. During the period between October 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017, there was no complaint inspections filed. Over the last three years, there have been a total of two complaints resulting in inspections at Manorcare of Elk Grove Village. Residents, family members and loved ones can report to the Illinois Department of Health and Human Services a complaint which will result in an inspection. Over the last three years, there have been no facility-reported issues that resulted in a citation at this facility.
The staffing rating for Manorcare of Elk Grove Village is average. The total number of licensed nurse staff hours per resident per day at Manorcare of Elk Grove Village is 1 hour and 51 minutes. The average number of licensed staff hours per resident per day in Illinois is 1 hour and 33 minutes with the national average being 1 hour and 41 minutes. The registered nurse hours per resident per day at the facility was 1 hour and 32 minutes compared to the Illinois average of just 56 minutes with the national average being 50 minutes. The physical therapy staff hours per resident per day at this facility is 19 minutes, which is substantially higher than the Illinois and national averages which are both 6 minutes per resident per day for physical therapy staff hours. The registered nurse staffing rating at Manorcare of Elk Grove Village is much above average given five stars out of five.
Illinois nursing homes that are certified by Medicare and Medicaid regularly report clinical information for each of their residents to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS gives nursing homes a quality of resident care star rating based on performance on 16 different measures. These measures reflect how well a nursing home cares for its residents. These listings are based on two groups which are short-stay residents who spend 100 days or less in a nursing home and long-stay residents who spend over 100 days in a nursing home.
Manorcare of Elk Grove Village's short-stay residents who improved in their ability to move around on their own was at 72.3%, which is higher than both the Illinois and national averages, which are 63.4% and 66.7%, respectively. 8.7% of Manorcare of Elk Grove Village's short-stay residents had an outpatient emergency department visit. The Illinois average is 12.1%. The national average is 11.9% in this category. 62.7% of the facility's short-stay residents were successfully discharged to the community compared to 53.8% being the Illinois average with 57% being the national average.
13.1% of Manorcare of Elk Grove Village's long-stay residents had a worsened ability to move independently. The Illinois average is 17.2% with the national average being 18.3% in this category. 99.4% of Manorcare of Elk Grove Village's long-stay residents who needed and received a vaccine to prevent pneumonia was higher than the Illinois average of 91.6% and the national average of 94%.
Manorcare of Elk Grove Village did not receive any nursing home fines in the last 3 years. It was noted that there was neither a federal fine nor an Illinois state fine during that 3-year period.
Number of Beds: 190 certified beds
RN Staffing Much Above Average
Description Manorcare Of Elk Grove Village Illinois
Lower percentages are better. 1.0% Not Available
Total number of health deficiencies: 7
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Defense argues to throw out key evidence in Virginia Beach murder-for-hire case
VEC commissioner out of the job
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Museum of the Albemarle to show new movie about Corolla's wild horses
The inaugural viewing of "The Secret of Corolla: The Gift from the Outer Banks" will be on Sept. 11 at the museum in Elizabeth City.
Author: Savannah Haugdahl (WVEC)
Published: 3:55 PM EDT August 16, 2021
Updated: 3:55 PM EDT August 16, 2021
COROLLA, N.C. — Author's note: the above video is on file from September 2019.
The Museum of the Albemarle is set to show a new movie about Corolla's wild horses.
Monday, a spokesperson for the museum in Elizabeth City said the flick would explain how Colonial Spanish horses made a home on the Outer Banks.
Herd conservationists think the mustangs have been thriving in that area for almost 500 years.
The inaugural viewing of "The Secret of Corolla: The Gift from the Outer Banks" will be on Sept. 11 at 11 a.m.
That Saturday, they'll also have a wild horse expert at the museum, so guests can ask any questions that weren't answered in the movie.
"Discover the story about the Wild Colonial Spanish Horses found on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and how they have made a home," the spokesperson wrote. "Producer Jerry Thompson of Big Dog Films and Meg Puckett, Herd Manager, of the Corolla Wild Horse Fund will be available to answer questions."
The Museum of the Albemarle plans to sell copies of the movie in its gift shop.
You can keep up with the herd's comings and goings through the Corolla Wild Horse Fund's Facebook page.
After choking on food, Corolla wild horse has to retire to farm
Corolla Wild Horse Fund welcomes new foal, Betsy
'Do not do this' | Group warns visitors to stay away from wild horses on the Outer Banks
Chesapeake Animal Services brings dogs to visit city's fire department every month


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Toward a New German Foreign Policy
The Columns
Berlin Cable
Pariscope
Carbon Critical
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Noah J. Gordon
Exit Means Exit
Phasing out a particular fuel source can prove tricky. The experiences of the United Kingdom with coal and Germany with nuclear power are harbingers of fuel exit debates to come.
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Source: International Energy Agency
Winter 2022 Issue: The Quest for European Sovereignty
Issue #1/2022 - January
A number of countries are discussing phasing out certain forms of electricity generation in the future, but so far these fuel replacements have been very unusual occurrences. Germany and the United Kingdom are two of the few countries that have (almost) phased out a fuel for climate or environmental reasons. And they are discovering that the work doesn't stop when domestic consumption ends.
"Completing the Nuclear Phase-out"
Germany has nearly achieved the main objective of its nuclear phase-out. A total of 13 nuclear plants have been shut down already—11 of them since the Fukushima disaster of 2011—and the last six will go offline by the end of 2022. Whatever you think of the merits of shutting down a low-carbon source of electricity amid a climate crisis, it is encouraging that Germany was able to remove unwanted power plants in a coordinated process and avoid the blackouts some energy industry critics had predicted.
For the country's environment ministry, though, the job is "far from done." In a March position paper, it said "The nuclear exit isn't finished at the end of 2022. There are still nuclear risks that require resolute action." The first step is closing two "nuclear factories" in the state of North-Rhine Westphalia, one that enriches uranium and another that produces nuclear fuel, at this point mostly for France and Belgium. It is time "to put an end to an unbearable situation whereby foreign nuclear power plants close to the border are being operated with German fuel elements," the ministry says.
The paper also emphasizes the need to find long-term storage for Germany's nuclear waste. After previous false starts, Germany has begun a new phase in this controversial, tortuous process: the government now hopes to select a site for a storage repository by 2031 and begin filling it with nuclear waste by 2050, where it is meant to be secure for a million years. This part of Germany's nuclear exit won't be finished for a long time.
Coal's Place of Birth and Death
The UK is phasing out a different fuel: coal. Having provided 40 percent of the UK's electricity as recently as 2012, the fossil fuel is responsible for less than 3 percent of it today. The official deadline for the UK's coal phase-out is October 2024, but coal power is already insignificant: just three coal plants remain active in the UK electricity system.
"Completing the exit" here means dealing with the rump of the British coal industry. Coal mining has been in a steep decline since the 1960s, and it isn't selling much coal to British power plants anymore. However, British manufacturers still use coal, for example for blast furnaces in the iron and steel industry, and there are still a handful of surface coal mines operating across the UK. What should be done with them, and what about new mines?
The current debate centers around a new coal mine planned for the town of Whitehaven on the Cumbrian coast in the north west of England, which would be the first new deep coal mine to open in the UK in 30 years. Since the mine would produce coking coal for the steel industry, where there is no national phase-out date for the use of coal, advocates from industry argue that the coal phase-out in electricity is irrelevant. Other supporters point out that the UK currently imports most of the (coking) coal it uses for steel production from the United States, Russia, and Australia, and argue that producing it at home would create a few hundred British jobs as well as reduce transport emissions from imports—the local planning office in Cumbria even made the dubious claim that the mine would be "carbon-neutral" for this reason. Robert Jenrick, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, initially decided not to block the mine, calling it a local decision.
For opponents of the project, it would be absurd for the UK to open a new coal mine in 2021 and thus undermine its reputation as a climate leader months before it hosts COP26 in Glasgow. The chair of the government's climate advisory body, Lord Deben, recently wrote to Jenrick to warn that the mine would increase the UK's carbon emissions and do nothing to help the UK transition to cleaner steel-making technologies that use electricity and hydrogen. Jenrick changed course in March and ordered a public inquiry into the Whitehaven mine; it would be a surprise were it to go ahead now.
Step 1: Stop the Burning
Efforts to finish up the phase-outs in Britain and Germany are harbingers of fuel exit debates to come. Trailblazer countries will stop using a fuel to generate electricity, and then trickier questions will arise about what a phase-out means. What about industrial uses for the phased-out fuel? Should the country import products and electricity produced using the fuel abroad, and how should these imports be taxed? Should citizens invest in projects that will burn the fuel in other countries? How to ensure that old mines and wells are safely cleaned up, and that the industry's workers find other jobs?
There are foreign policy considerations at play too because neighboring countries sometimes disagree about which fuels to phase out. In 1970 Germany, the UK, and the Netherlands signed the Treaty of Almelo, which commits them to cooperate on uranium enrichment facilities like the one in Gronau in North-Rhine Westphalia. This means the German government will likely have to negotiate with companies and other countries in order to close the facility down. European Union member states are also struggling with this question now in the context of the EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, which determines which investments get a green label: reportedly the EU will classify certain lower-emission fossil gas plants as green and, assuming it follows the advice of its scientific advisors at the Joint Research Centre, determine that nuclear power is sustainable too. Few member states will agree with both decisions.
For now, most countries are at the early stage of fuel phase-outs. They can, to paraphrase the former British Prime Minister Theresa May, say "exit means exit" and leave the details for later.
Noah J. Gordon is INTERNATIONALE POLITIK QUARTERLY's climate columnist.
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On the Equivariant Tamagawa Number Conjecture for Tate Motives, Part II.
Let $K$ be any finite abelian extension of $\bq$, $k$ any subfield of $K$ and $r$ any integer. We complete the proof of the equivariant Tamagawa Number Conjecture for the pair $(h^0(\Spec (K))(r),\bz[\Gal(K/k)])$.
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Fabiano Severes Ties With Milan
by Philip Mboya on August 2, 2010
As most people focus their attention on Inter Milan to find out how the Balotelli and Maicon transfer sagas conclude, another interesting one is building up across town in the Milanello training grounds where arch rivals AC Milan find themselves being accused of 'breaking promises'.
The Rossoneri who were in London playing a series of pre season friendlies agianst Arsenal and Lyon are being accused by Brazil and Sevilla striker Luis Fabiano of 'making promises they could not keep'.
Fabiano has only just recently stated that he has no intention of leaving Spain despite reports earlier in this summer claiming a possible transfer.
"In reality, no one came looking for me,"
"I have ruled out Milan since last year when there was the only serious contact. I ruled them out because they made promises that they didn't keep."
"I can't say it. I'm staying at Sevilla. I have won a lot here. This is a fundamental moment in my career. Now I must prepare myself in the best way possible for the Spanish Super Cup against Barcelona and for the preliminary stages of the Champions League." Fabiano was speaking to football Italia.
In my opinion, Milan are better off without another old player who has at most 3 years left in him playing at such a competitive level. If Milan's pre-season friendlies are anything to go by, then they are definite contenders fo the scudetto.
I now see why the club was so categorical in buying new players. Allegri surprised many by giving some of the youth players a chance to play against Lyon and they did not disappoint.
If he can find the right balance between his old players and the younger players, then i believe that Rossoneri might have just solved one of their biggest problems. We can only hope that they continue in similar fashion once the season begins.
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