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Q: How to make a filter from two lists? Angular 4 There are two lists. Users are listed in the first list. And the second list shows the types of events. The filter should work like this:
User selected the user from the first list and selected the type of the event from the second list. Then a table with the names of the events appears. And based on the selected user and the type of event, the table will display the name of the event. To implement this there are such models (I will not add the entire model to the question, I will add only the keys):
user.model:
export class User{
    constructor(
        public user_id?:number,
        ....
    ) { }
}

type-event.model:
export class TypeEvent{
    constructor(
        public typeevent_id?: number,
        ...
    ) { }
}

name-event.model
export class NameEvent{
    constructor(
        public events_id?:number,
        public l_typeevents_id?: number,
        public name?: string
    ) { }
}

event-user.model:
export class EventUser{
    constructor(
        public events_id?:number,
        public l_typeevents_id?: number,
        public user_id?: number,
        public full_name?: string,
        public is_check?: number
    ) { }
}

html:

 {{user.full_name}}

               {{typeEvent.name}}

           Name Event

             {{nameEvent.name}}

ts:
  users: Array<User>;
  typeEvents: Array<TypeEvent>;
  nameEvents: Array<NameEvent>;
  eventUsers: Array<EventUser>;
  isNewRecord: boolean;
  selectedUser = null;
  filteredUsers = [];
  selectedTypeEvent = null;

  ngOnInit() {
    this.loadUsers();
    this.loadTypeEvents();
    this.loadNameEvents();
    this.loadEventUser();
  }

  private loadUsers() {
    this.loading = true;
    let filteredUsers;
    if (this.servUser) {
      this.servUser.getUsers().subscribe(
        user => {
          this.loading = false;
          this.users = user;
          this.filteredUsers = this.users.filter(
            (user) => user.is_events ==  'Y'
          );
        }
      );
    }
  }

  private loadEventUser() {
    this.loading = true;
    this.servEventUser.getEventUsers().subscribe(
      (data: EventUser[]) => {
        this.loading = false;
        this.eventUsers = data;
      }
    )
  }

  private loadTypeEvents() {
    this.loading = true;
    this.servTypeEvent.getTypeEvents().subscribe(
      (data: TypeEvent[]) => {
        this.loading = false;
        this.typeEvents = data;
      }
    );
  }

  private loadNameEvents() {
    this.loading = true;
    this.servNameEvent.getNameEvents().subscribe(
      (data: NameEvent[]) => {
        this.loading = false;
        this.nameEvents = data;
      }
    );
  }

  onSelectedTypeEvent(typeEventId) {
    this.selectedTypeEvent = this.typeEvents.find(
      el => {
        return el.typeevent_id === typeEventId
      }
    );
    let filteredNameEvents;
    if (this.servNameEvent) {
      this.servNameEvent.getNameEvents().subscribe(
        nameEvent => {
          this.nameEvents = nameEvent;
          this.filteredNameEvents = this.nameEvents.filter(
            (nameEvent) => nameEvent.l_typeevents_id == this.selectedTypeEvent.typeevent_id
          );
        }
      );
    }
  }

  onSelectedUser(userId) {
    this.selectedUser = this.filteredUsers.find(
      el => {
        return el.user_id === userId
      }
    );
  }

Based on these models, how can make such a filter? I'm already in a stupor, could you give me at least a hint?

A: I don't have complete picture on you problem statement. But this is how it's usually done
export class EventManager {
  userList string[] = [];
  eventList string[] = [];

  eventTable = [];

  filterEvents(user, event) {
   your logic goes here
  }

 onUserChange() {
  ... filter events
 }

  onEventChange() {
    ... filter events
   }
}

Html
<select [ngModel]="user" (ngModelChange)="onUserChange($event)">
<option *ngFor="let user of userList "></option>
</select>

<select [ngModel]="event" (ngModelChange)="onEventChange($event)">
<option *ngFor="let event of eventList "></option>
</select>

Sample filter code:
1. userList.filter((user) => user === 'russiauser');

2. userList.filter((user) => user === 'russiauser' || user === 'indiauser');

you can filter the list (array) using filter function and it returns array

A: Looking at your design, it seems like you are trying to select one user, and based on that you can then select one event type. After the event type is selected, you then list the events based on that event type.
If those assumptions correct, you may need to refactor your code.
onSelectedUser(userId) {
    this.selectedUser = this.filteredUsers.find(
      el => {
        return el.user_id === userId
      }
    );
  }

can be just
 onSelectedUser(userId) {
    this.selectedUser = userId;
    loadTypeEvents(userId);
  }

because selectedUser now have value your list of types can be displayed.
private loadTypeEvents() {
    this.loading = true;
    this.servTypeEvent.getTypeEvents().subscribe(
      (data: TypeEvent[]) => {
        this.loading = false;
        this.typeEvents = data;
      }
    );
  }

can be refactored to
 loadTypeEvents() {
    this.loading = true;
    return this.servTypeEvent.getTypeEvents().pipe(
      filter(event=> event.typeUserId == this.selectedUser
    );
  }

You can then use it in you HTML with async pipe.
And the list continues.... If you want, you can create a stackblitz with your code in it and I can work with you on resolving you problems.

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Someone recently said to me, "what we needed on that project was more planning and less complaining about what we couldn't do." Perhaps it's fitting that we're on step 9 out of 12 of this tutorial, and we're only now about to write some actual logic. PLC programming, just like PC programming, is all about having a place for everything, and everything in its place. That takes planning.
When you write logic, you're making a commitment that's expensive to undo. Planning, structure and architecture are about building a strong foundation that's going to support more than you initially intend to build on it. What I've presented in the tutorial up to this point is an architecture for your program that can grow with your program without becoming unwieldy and hard to maintain.
You have to come up with your own severity levels based on your needs. These should correspond to how your machine will react when a fault occurs.
For instance, I normally differentiate between critical faults and normal faults like this: a critical fault requires the machine to stop immediately and a normal fault requires the machine to stop after completing the next cycle. It's obviously better to stop at a nice stopping point, like a home or pounce position if you can, so you want more faults in the normal category than in the critical category.
Which fault goes in which category is completely dependent on your application. If you have a very long cycle time, you may want to make an over-temperature fault into a critical fault because you can't safely finish the cycle without causing damage.
Warnings generally don't cause the machine to stop. In some sense they're not faults at all, but we piggyback them on the fault system because we normally have an alarm system built on top of the fault system and we want warnings to show up as alarms on our operator interface. A warning might be something like "it's time to change the oil filter".
In addition to fault categories, you also need to consider fault zones. For instance if you've separated your machine into different zones correctly, then some faults should only affect one zone, not the whole machine. It's quite normal for one fault to be a critical fault in one zone, but be a normal fault at the machine level. For instance, if you have an assembly line with 10 stations, losing the encoder feedback on an axis at station 3 might be a critical fault for the station 3 zone, but would only be a normal fault for the machine, which would allow the other 9 stations to finish their cycle. On the other hand, receiving and e-stop signal or losing the communication bus that services the entire assembly line are machine level critical faults that should immediately stop all stations.
Now our washing machine example is a relatively simple machine. We don't have much of an operator interface and the sequence is so simple and completely automatic that if something goes wrong there's nothing the person using the machine can do except call a technician. Therefore we're going to categorize everything as a critical fault, and there's only one zone: the machine.
If you have more than just critical faults, you could add Fb_Normal and Fc_Warning routines, or whatever you need. The "F" prefix denotes faults in this case. You might have "F" routines in other sections of your code too, if you need to categorize your faults into fault zones. It's best to implement that categorizing logic in the zones themselves.
So the logic is: if not fault 1 and not fault 2 and not fault 3 … etc. … then I have no faults (or in this case, no critical faults).
Now you may be thinking, "why would you put each individual contact in that rung? Why not just put all your fault bits into DINT tags and then use EQU instructions to compare 32 bits at a time?" Well, then I'd say you haven't been listening to anything I've been saying about readability. Your program will be written once and read many times, and nobody's going to be reading it for a little light bedtime reading. They'll be trying to decipher it when the machine is down and the company is losing hundreds or even thousands of dollars a minute and a plant manager is standing over their shoulder yelling at them to make them go faster. They'll be sitting there counting bits in your DINT tag and cursing your name. Trust me on this. If I can impart one useful piece of knowledge to you about programming in general, it's this: NEVER try to save time while writing a program if that time comes at the expense of readability. Learn to use tools like copy/paste/search/replace or export the code to an L5K format and write scripts to edit it there, but never sacrifice readability. That would be like a painter buying the most expensive paint and then throwing buckets of it on the wall because it's faster than rolling it on.
We're going to need a bunch of bits to use to store our faults. An array of DINT tags is a good idea. Decide how many you need (256 is a common "round" number but it's going to depend on your application). I suggest creating the tag array (let's say an array of 8 DINTs) but skipping bit 0. You can use it as your summary bit, or you can just ignore it, but it's good to start numbering your faults at 1, and it helps with the readability if your bit numbers line up with your fault numbers. It's quicker to just put a generic description ("FAULT 001") on the first bit (array index 0, bit 1), and then use the import/export feature to export that tag to a file, open it in excel, and create descriptions for all 254 other faults, then import it back in. Then you'll have all your bits numbered correctly in the tag descriptions.
At the same time, I suggest creating a matching array of timers, because it's so common to need timers in your fault logic, and it's nice if the timer number matches your fault number. Therefore, create an array of 256 TIMERs. I wouldn't bother doing the export/import trick on the timers. Just give the array tag a comment like "FAULT TIMERS" and be done with it.
Now we can get down to business creating fault logic. During the "first pass" it's a good idea to look through all your I/O and for each input or output ask yourself, "how would I know if the device hooked up to this input or output isn't functioning correctly?" For instance, our first two inputs (LI01.0 and LI01.1) are "INLET Cold Water Valve On" and "INLET Cold Water Valve Off" respectively. This is a two position valve with two inputs to tell us the position of the valve. Since we have two inputs, we have an obvious consistency check we can do: we should either have one input or the other input on at a time, but never both, and the only time they should both be off is for a very short duration while the valve is changing between the on and off positions.
To exit the description editor, either click the green checkmark, or click anywhere down in the ladder logic again.
Looking at our logic again, there's a problem. When the condition that causes the fault is true for 250 ms it will turn on our fault bit, but as soon as the condition isn't true anymore the fault will go away. There are a few cases where this is OK, but normally when a fault happens, we want the fault condition to "seal in" until the fault is reset. This prevents the machine from restarting until someone verifies that it's OK. It also makes sure that an intermittent fault doesn't keep stopping and starting the machine. In some cases stopping the machine can make a fault go away.
Notice that I also added a Description to FC.0: "NO CRITICAL FAULTS".
So, that's fault #1 done! Go ahead and finish going through all of your inputs and outputs and creating faults that cover all of them. At the end of the tutorial I'll provide an example of the completed program for you to compare against. In the next tutorial section we'll be using the fault summary bit (FC.0) in our rungs that control the actual outputs.
You cannot simply type the Contact's tags and have a description automatically appear UNLESS you make the input tags from Routine LI01 **CONTROLLER** tags. Because you created the tags in the MapInputs section, they are program tags, which only appear in that section of logic.
@cyureus: Actually, if you go about half-way down the page on mapping your inputs, you can clearly see that I created the LI01 tag at Controller Scope. Mapped I/O tags are typically (but don't have to be) controller scope.
The green colour under some of the contacts like 'inlet cold water valve off valve' means what? I assumed the coil is set at an energized state. Is that so? Real life stuff is definately different from book material we are taught in school coz at this points the books have so many NO and NC contacts while in this tutorial its almost purely NO contacts being used. If my assumption is true, does it mean every time an input like LI01.1 changes, the NO turns into NC and the already energized output relay for (INLET COLD WATER VALVE OFF) turns off. I think i am missing a basic concept somewhere. Any help?
@william – if you're learning about this stuff in school then you're luckier than I was. 🙂 Yes, in the case of the green highlight around each contact, that indicates if that contact is making a "completed circuit". In the case of a NO contact, it means the referenced bit/coil is on, and in the case of a NC contact, it means the referenced coil is off. However, the NO contact doesn't actually change to a NC contact when the coil changes state. If it's "normally open" that means the circuit is incomplete when the coil is off (normal state). This is all based on electrical relays, so if you've worked a lot with relays then this would be second nature. If not, I can see where it might be confusing.
@Scott. You are right i haven't worked with electrical relays before. What i don't get about this is the transition of the NO and NC contacts in this examples. I expect that the contacts will flip flop on their states ones the input signal they represent comes on of off. Such that a NO contact would change to NC on signal application. For instance in the example above, what is really happening to LI01.0 and LI01.1? My biggest issue is with the background shading. If i toggle an NO contact it gets a green highlight in my program. Is this to say that it the NO0 now will act as a wire to the contacts or relay that follows it? Why not just use a NC contact and have it toggled by an input signal? This tutorial makes me appreciate real life practice.
@william – again it comes down to history. Real electrical diagrams don't update in real time, so an NO or NC contact is always an NO or NC contact, and represents different physical paths within the device. So what changes is the coil's "state", and the state is represented by green or not green. However, the green doesn't mean the coil is on or off, it means the contact is on or off. A normally closed contact is "on" if the coil is off. Therefore if you see all green across your rung, then the circuit is complete and your output instruction will be executed.
Hi, I am trying to create the contact LI01.0 and LI01.1, but the description won't show up as you suggested. I have been following this tutorial so far, but I can't this part to work. What I'm missing? Thank you.
I'm not sure if this was available in the version you did this in, but if you're creating a system with FactoryTalk View SE, it's really helpful to use Rockwell's ALMD and ALMA instructions. These have built-in timers as well as a plethora of options, but the biggest advantage is that FactoryTalk View SE can actually subscribe to those alarms directly. Whatever you type in as the message in the ALM instruction will pop up in the FT Alarm and Event server, plus the built-in faceplates integrate directly with the instructions. Doing it this way with that HMI system will mean you will have to set up all of your alarms manually in FTView.
I was just wondering why you did not use a latched output in Rung 2 so FC.1 could not change. What is the advantages of doing it the way you did?
@Chris C. – I explain a little later on the page that this washing machine has no fault reset button, so there's no way to clear the fault. However, the difference between a sealed-in coil (like I created in rung 2) and a latch is that if you powered off the PLC and powered it back up again, the PLC performs a pre-scan that will set all coils (aka OTE instructions) to off, but it won't touch latches. That's a subtle difference between a normal coil and a latch that I'm trying to teach here. Coils revert to off after a power outage but latches are a more permanent form of memory that retain their state. So in our case, I want the fault to reset if you unplug the machine and plug it back in.
Thanks for your quick response. I was unaware that latched coils were not reset on start up. Thanks for this clarification.
Hi Scott, I'm using your tutorial to set up my first PLC program. However I'm having trouble selecting my mapped inputs when writing my fault logic, it looks like I have them created as program tags instead of controller tags. Can I change them or how do I select them.
@PadraicG – RSLogix 5000 defaults to creating a program tag, but you can choose (in the Create Tag dialog box) to create a Controller Tag instead. Once you do this, it should default to creating Controller tags all the time. There is no way that I'm aware of to change the Program Tags into Controller tags except to Cut them (CTRL-X) from the Program Tags list and paste them (CTRL-V) into the Controller Tags editor. If that won't work you'll have to re-create them manually.
I was wondering where I could find the completed project link, because the final part of the tutorial is no longer hyperlinked. Any help would be appreciated. I wanted to look at the completed project link to check if these are all sensor faults, or should there be other faults programmed in?
@DalalMuqatash – The completed file wasn't available for download. There is only the tutorial.
Where can I find the example of the complete program?
You have done a beautiful job. I am amazed at your work and the little details you have provided for everything possible. Really appreciate your coursework and explanations.
thank you for the good recture you have provided to us, but have one problem, dont know the diffrent btn program tags and controller tag.
@christianngonyani – Controller tags are accessible from any program in your PLC and Program tags are only accessible from the program you declare them in. It's similar to the difference between local variables and global variables.


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Q: Test Error: JSON2Apex method does not exist Error:

Method does not exist or incorrect signature: JSON2Apex.parse(String)

I used https://json2apex.herokuapp.com/.  I got back APEX and a test class that should work. I am getting the above error. I have added to the controller so perhaps something is butting heads but I am not sure what direction to go in. Can anyone see anything glaringly wrong with this?
Class
public class CalloutAgentList {
        //Public String userEmail{ get; set;}
        public JSON2Apex info { get; set; }
        public static String jsonStr {get;set;}
        public static Datetime changeToPst {get;set;}
        public static String newDate {get;set;}

    //this should return a JSON string
    public static String getAccounts() {
        HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
        req.setEndpoint('https://myendpoint.com');
        req.setMethod('GET');
        Http h = new Http();
        string d = getAuth();
        string e = 'token ';
        string f = e + d;

        req.setheader('Authorization', f );
        try{
            HttpResponse res = h.send(req);
            jsonStr = res.getBody();
            return jsonStr;
        }
        catch(Exception z){
            system.debug('this is the system debug for excception z: ' + z);
            return null;
        }
    }
    //authorizing
    public static string getAuth() {
        try{
            Http h = new Http();
            HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
            req.setEndpoint('https://gettingatoken.com');
            req.setMethod('GET');
            req.setHeader('Authorization', 'apikey 12345678946563211456');
            HttpResponse res = h.send(req);
            System.debug('this is the res: ' + res.getStatusCode() + ', ' + res.getBody());
            return res.getBody();
        }
        catch(Exception q){
            system.debug('this is the system debug for excception q: '+ q);
            return null;
        }
    }
    public static String helloKitty = getAccounts();

    //wrapper class
    public class JSON2Apex
    {
        public Datetime DateModifiedUtc{get; set;}
        public List<AgentInfoList> AgentInfoList{get; set;}
    }

    public class AgentInfoList
    {
        public String Username { get; set; }
        public Integer PriorityNumber { get; set; }
    }

    public static JSON2Apex parse(String json)
    {
        return (JSON2Apex) System.JSON.deserialize(json, JSON2Apex.class);
    }

    public CalloutAgentList()
    {
        info = (JSON2Apex)parse(helloKitty);
        system.debug('this is the string-->' + info);
        system.debug('this is the string-->' + info.AgentInfoList);
        system.debug('this is the string-->' + info.DateModifiedUtc);
        changeToPst = info.DateModifiedUtc;
        System.debug('This is the Converted Time to PST is ' + changeToPst.format('MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss', 'America/Los_Angeles'));
        newDate = changeToPst.format('MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm aa' , 'America/Los_Angeles');
    }
}

Test
static testMethod void testParse() {
    String json = '{\"DateModifiedUtc\":\"2016-09-07T20:12:47.1519119Z\",\"AgentInfoList\":[{\"Username\":\"Agent00@gmail.com\",\"PriorityNumber\":0},{\"Username\":\"Agent01@gmail.com\",\"PriorityNumber\":0},{\"Username\":\"Agent02@gmail.com\",\"PriorityNumber\":0},{\"Username\":\"Agent03@gmail.com\",\"PriorityNumber\":0},{\"Username\":\"Agent04@gmail.com\",\"PriorityNumber\":0},{\"Username\":\"Agent05@gmail.com\",\"PriorityNumber\":0}]}';
    //CalloutAgentList obj = CalloutAgentList.parse(json);
    CalloutAgentList.JSON2Apex obj = CalloutAgentList.parse(json);
    System.assert(obj != null);
}

A: I guess you are Not using the Wrapper class name while referring the Inner Json2Apex class .
CalloutAgentList.JSON2Apex obj = CalloutAgentList.parse(json);

Using Wrapper Class name to refer your inner Apex class will solve the problem.

A: You need to reference the top level class, which has the static method you are trying to call. For example, if your code looks like:
public TopLevelClass
{
    public class JSON2Apex
    {
        //...
    }
    //...
    static JSON2Apex parse(String input)
    {
        //...
    }
}

Then in your test, you need to call TopLevelClass.parse(...), not JSON2Apex.parse(...).
TopLevelClass.JSON2Apex instance = TopLevelClass.parse(payload);


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INGREDIENTS: Sparkling Filtered Water, Evaporated Cane Juice, Natural Flavors, Caramel Color, Bourbon Vanilla Extract, Phosphoric Acid, Licorice Root and Sarsaparilla Root Flavors.
Not a significant source of other ingredients.


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Current Club: AVC Aix en Provence
Year End Club: Team Corley Cycles
Category: 1st
National Points: 44
30/09/2018 Regional A Team OnForm Writtle University College Road Race (2/3/4)
15/09/2018 National B Monument Autumn Crits (E/1/2) 4 17
02/09/2018 Foreign National La Philippe Gilbert Juniors (UCI/1.1) (Junior Men) 0 0
27/08/2018 National Junior Only The SD Sealants Junior Tour of Wales 2018 (Stage 5: Brynmawr - Tumble Mountain) 36 0
26/08/2018 National Junior Only The SD Sealants Junior Tour of Wales 2018 (Stage 4: Abergavenny - Penpergwm) 96 0
25/08/2018 National Junior Only The SD Sealants Junior Tour of Wales 2018 (Stage 2: Abergavenny - Rhigos Pen-y-Cymoedd) 36 0
24/08/2018 National Junior Only The SD Sealants Junior Tour of Wales 2018 (Stage 1: Brynmawr - Blaenavon ITT) 4 8
24/08/2018 National Junior Only The SD Sealants Junior Tour of Wales 2018 (Overall) 51 0
19/08/2018 Regional Junior Only South, South West and Central Regions Junior Road Race Championships (1/2/3/4) 2 25
12/08/2018 Regional A Rapha Cycling Club Road Race (2/3/4) 3 21
15/07/2018 National Junior Only HSBC UK Junior Mens and Junior Womens National Road Race Championships (Junior Mens Championship) 24 0
12/07/2018 Regional C+ Corley Cycles / Abbeygate Developments Summer Series #13 (E/1/2/3) 22 0
08/07/2018 Foreign National Bizkaiko XXIV Itzulia (Stage 4) 10 1
08/07/2018 Foreign National Bizkaiko XXIV Itzulia (General Classification) 13 11
07/07/2018 Foreign National Bizkaiko XXIV Itzulia (Stage 3-1) 29 0
05/07/2018 Foreign National Bizkaiko XXIV Itzulia (Stage 1) 6 5
01/07/2018 Foreign National Acht Van Bladel (General Classification) 21 0
01/07/2018 Foreign National Acht Van Bladel (Stage 4 (ITT)) 11 0
01/07/2018 Foreign National Acht Van Bladel (Stage 3) 18 0
24/06/2018 National Junior Only Cwmtillery Glass Centre Monmouthshire Junior Grand Prix (1/2/3) 12 13
21/06/2018 Regional C+ Corley Cycles / Abbeygate Developments Summer Series #10 (E/1/2/3) 7 3
17/06/2018 Regional A Team MK Central League Road Race (2/3/4) 4 17
14/06/2018 Regional C+ Corley Cycles / Abbeygate Developments Summer Series #9 (E/1/2/3) 18 0
09/06/2018 Regional A Neil Gardner Memoral Road Race 2018 (2/3/4) 5 14
07/06/2018 Regional C+ Corley Cycles / Abbeygate Developments Summer Series #8 (E/1/2/3) 8 2
03/06/2018 National Junior Only 5th Junior CiCLE Classic (1/2/3/4) 34 0
31/05/2018 Regional C+ Corley Cycles / Abbeygate Developments Summer Series #7 (E/1/2/3)
27/05/2018 Regional A Diss CC Men's Road Race (2/3/4) 13 3
20/05/2018 Regional A Verulam - reallymoving Road Races 2018 (2/3/4) 46 0
13/05/2018 Regional A Halesowen A&CC Road Race (2/3/4) 8 8
07/05/2018 Regional A EMRRL: Derby Mercury Road Race (2/3/4)
05/05/2018 Regional A ECCA Open Circuit Races (2/3/4) 1 15
28/04/2018 National B Monument Spring Crits (E/1/2) 3 21
21/04/2018 Foreign National Geluveld (W) - 1.14.3 Juniores (Junior Men) 4 17
14/04/2018 Regional Junior Only SE Junior Road Race Series #1 - Kent (Junior)
08/04/2018 National Junior Only Screentek International Junior Tour of the Mendips 2018 (Stage 3: Road ) 25 0
07/04/2018 National Junior Only Screentek International Junior Tour of the Mendips 2018 (Overall) 23 0
07/04/2018 National Junior Only Screentek International Junior Tour of the Mendips 2018 (Stage 1 - Prologue TT) 3 10
31/03/2018 Regional A iMann Easter 2 Day (Stage 2: Road) 11 0
30/03/2018 Regional A iMann Easter 2 Day (iMann Easter 2 Day Overall) 12 4
25/03/2018 National Junior Only Cadence Junior Road Race (1/2/3) 44 0
17/03/2018 Regional A Milton Keynes Bowl March Criterium Series #3 (Team Milton Keynes) (2/3) 11 0
11/03/2018 Regional A Ike Saul Memorial Road Race 2018 (2/3/4) 4 17
24/02/2018 Foreign National Staden (W) - 1.14.3 Juniores (Junior Men) 9 7
Rider's total points 244


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This paper reports on the characteristics of disaster problems in the Tokai region of Japan, especially the Aichi Mikawa and the port of Nagoya industrial waterfront areas. The problems experienced in the mountains, the river basin, and the crowded manufacturing industry area on the seaside and inland are discussed. This paper proposes solutions utilizing robot technologies for each of the problems faced in disasters.
M. Okugawa, "Utilization of Robot Technology for Earthquake, Storm, and Flood Problems in the Tokai Region," J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.26, No.4, pp. 454-459, 2014.
 B. Koto, "On the cause of the great earthquake in central Japan," J. of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Imperial University, Japan, Vol.5, pp. 296-353, 1893.
 Toyota-shi, "Master Plan of Total Stormwater Measures in Toyota," 2004 (in Japanese).
 Aichi Disaster Prevention Council Secretariat, "Appendix of Aichi Regional Disaster Prevention Plan," 2011 (in Japanese).
 Toyota-shi and Miyoshi-shi, "Transportation Planning in Toyota and Miyoshi," 2007 (in Japanese).
 Japan Council for Quick Inspection of Earthquake Damaged Buildings, "Postearthquake Quick Inspection Manual of Damaged Buildings," 2010 (in Japanese).
 Cabinet Office Japan, "Operational Guidelines for Damage Assessment of Residential Houses in Disasters," 2013 (in Japanese).
 K. Shigekawa, S. Tanaka, K. Horie, and H. Hayashi, "Some Regulational Issues on Building Damage Assessment: A Case Study of Niigata-ken Chuetsu Earthquake," J. of the Institute of Safety Science, No.7, pp. 133-140, 2005 (in Japanese).
 S. Tanaka, "Development of Building Damage Self-Assessment Systems for an Effective Victim Support," J. of the Institute of Safety Science, No.710, pp. 233-242, 2008 (in Japanese).
 M. Fujiu, "Development of Remote System for Supporting Building Damage Assessment During Large-Scale Earthquake Disaster," Review of Media, Information and Society, No.81, pp. 71-85, 2011 (in Japanese).
 Central Disaster Prevention Council Committees for Technical Investigation on Lessons Learned from Past Disaster, "1959 Report of Typhoon Isewan," March 2008 (in Japanese).
 Y. Shirai and S. Sugano, "Hopes for Robotics Advancing Forest Industry," J. of the Robotics Society of Japan, Vol.28, No.1, pp. 43-48, 2010 (in Japanese).
 Y. Shirai and S. Sugano, "A Note About Practical Use of Robots," J. of the Robotics Society of Japan, Vol.27, No.6, pp. 44-49, 2009 (in Japanese).
 Y. Ishigure et al., "Climbing Robot Equipped With A Postural Adjustment Mechanism For Conical Poles," Proc. of 16th Int. Conf. on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines (CLAWAR 2013), pp. 343-350, 2013.
 T. Ohmichi and M. Okugawa, "Study of Universal Information Transmission Method Using Evacuation Action Support Robot For People Requiring Assistance During Disaster," Proc. of the 12th SICE System Integration Division Annual Conf., pp. 1069-1074, 2012 (in Japanese).
 E. Ferranti and N. Trigoni, "Robot-Assisted Discovery of Evacuation Routes in Emergency Scenarios," Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2008), pp. 2824-2830, 2008.
 D. A. Shell and M. J. Mataric, "Insights Toward Robot-Assisted Evacuation," Advanced Robotics, Vol.19, No.8, pp. 797-818, 2012.
 P. Robinette and A. M. Howard, "Trust in Emergency Evacuation Robots," Proc. of the 10th IEEE Int. Symposium on on Safety Security and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2012), Paper No.19, 2012.
 A. Valada et al., "Development of a Low Cost Multi-Robot Autonomous Marine Surface Platform," Field and Service Robotics, Vol.92, pp. 643-658, 2014.


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BidaskClub upgraded shares of Carolina Financial (NASDAQ:CARO) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a report issued on Wednesday morning, BidAskClub reports.
Several other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on CARO. Zacks Investment Research downgraded Carolina Financial from a hold rating to a sell rating in a report on Thursday, April 25th. ValuEngine upgraded Carolina Financial from a sell rating to a hold rating in a report on Friday, May 3rd. Sandler O'Neill downgraded Carolina Financial from a buy rating to a hold rating and set a $38.00 price target for the company. in a report on Friday, April 26th. Stephens restated a hold rating on shares of Carolina Financial in a report on Thursday, April 25th. Finally, Brean Capital restated a buy rating and issued a $41.00 price target on shares of Carolina Financial in a report on Friday, January 25th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company's stock. The company has a consensus rating of Hold and a consensus target price of $34.33.
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Shares of Carolina Financial stock traded up $0.45 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $37.48. The company's stock had a trading volume of 694 shares, compared to its average volume of 52,128. Carolina Financial has a 12 month low of $27.62 and a 12 month high of $45.58. The company has a market capitalization of $811.82 million, a P/E ratio of 13.10 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 0.84 and a quick ratio of 0.82.
Carolina Financial (NASDAQ:CARO) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.69 by ($0.02). Carolina Financial had a return on equity of 10.99% and a net margin of 29.22%. The business had revenue of $43.34 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $44.74 million. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Carolina Financial will post 2.88 EPS for the current fiscal year.
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 14th will be given a dividend of $0.09 per share. This is a boost from Carolina Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.08. This represents a $0.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 13th. Carolina Financial's dividend payout ratio is currently 11.19%.
In related news, EVP David L. Morrow sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $38.12, for a total transaction of $76,240.00. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, President M. J. Huggins III sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $35.87, for a total value of $179,350.00. Following the transaction, the president now directly owns 61,711 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,213,573.57. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 15,000 shares of company stock valued at $556,010 over the last ninety days. 6.89% of the stock is owned by insiders.
Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Quantamental Technologies LLC acquired a new position in Carolina Financial during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $47,000. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its position in Carolina Financial by 37.4% during the fourth quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 3,009 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $89,000 after purchasing an additional 819 shares during the last quarter. Advisor Group Inc. boosted its position in Carolina Financial by 34.3% during the fourth quarter. Advisor Group Inc. now owns 3,765 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $111,000 after purchasing an additional 961 shares during the last quarter. Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in Carolina Financial during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $126,000. Finally, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA boosted its position in Carolina Financial by 62,642.9% during the first quarter. BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA now owns 4,392 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $152,000 after purchasing an additional 4,385 shares during the last quarter. 54.81% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Carolina Financial Company Profile
Carolina Financial Corporation operates as a holding company for CresCom Bank that provides a range of commercial and retail banking financial services in South Carolina and North Carolina. The company operates through three segments: Community Banking, Wholesale Mortgage Banking, and Other. It offers noninterest-bearing demand accounts, interest-bearing demand and savings accounts, money market accounts, time deposits, and certificates of deposit.
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2021 Spring Fair
FxGS Newsletter
Welcome you to the website of the Fairfax Genealogical Society (FxGS)! The Society provides education and training for family history researchers in the Fairfax County, Virginia, area. Although based in Fairfax, many of our members are not native to the area and so our research endeavors are not restricted to local genealogy. Indeed our interests are national and international in scope as may be reflected in the breadth of our varied Special Interest Groups (SIGs). We invite you to join us for our next program and, of course, we would love for you to consider membership in our Society.
Fairfax Genealogical Society
November 2020 Newsletter Available
The November 2020 issue of the FxGS newsletter is available in the Member's section. This edition contains some wonderful news and stories from FxGS events and our Special Interest Groups.
If you have research, a story, a trip report, or a photograph that you'd like to share with your fellow members, please email newsletter@fxgs.org.
October Meeting Recording Now Available!
The recording of our October meeting, "Brownies and Brickwalls," is now available to watch. The slides and handouts are also posted. To watch this video, along with all of our other videos from March 2020 on, log-in to the Member's Only section of the website and select the Session Recordings page.
NGS Invites Nominations for its 2021 Awards
The National Genealogical Society (NGS) invites individuals, societies, and organizations to participate in its 2021 Awards and Competitions program. NGS annually recognizes excellence in the field of genealogy. This year it has expanded its program to reflect its merger with the Federation of Genealogical Societies. The deadline for submission of nominations is 15 December 2020.
The NGS Awards program recognizes scholarship, service, excellence, and achievement in the fields of genealogy, history, and biography by presenting awards to individuals, societies, and organizations. The Society's competitions challenge individuals and societies!
"We encourage you to nominate an organization or an individual you work with, research with, or admire for an award. We hope you will also consider participating in one of our competitions," said Janet L. Bailey, chair of the awards committee and Past President of the Fairfax Genealogical Society. "There are so many outstanding individuals, societies, and organizations that deserve national recognition. We hope their peers will consider nominating them before December 15."
Founded in 1903, the National Genealogical Society is dedicated to genealogical education, exemplary standards of research, and the preservation of genealogical records. The Arlington, Virginia-based nonprofit is the premier national society for everyone, from the beginner to the most advanced family historian seeking excellence in publications, educational offerings, and guidance in research. It also offers many opportunities to interact with other genealogists. On 1 October 2020, NGS and the Federation of Genealogical Societies merged, making support for genealogy societies, family history associations, and other organizations an important part of the NGS mission. We welcome your organization to the new NGS.
Status of FxGS Events
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African American Genealogy is Newest FxGS SIG
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The African American Genealogy SIG will meet via Zoom from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Meetings will occur on the 3rd Monday of every other month (complete schedule here). For more information, contact SIG leader and Virginia Room librarian Laura Wickstead at laura.wickstead@fairfaxcounty.gov.
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Studying ants to find out how colony size affects patterns of behavior, energy use
By James S. Waters, National Science Foundation
Arizona State University researchers James Waters and Tate Holbrook seek to discover how size affects the organization and physiology of superorganisms such as bacterial communities, insect colonies or human cities. Here, three queens along with brood and a young worker ant of the pleometrotic California seed-harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex californicus. Credit: James S. Waters
(PhysOrg.com) -- How does size affect the organization and physiology of superorganisms such as bacterial communities, insect colonies or human cities? James Waters and Tate Holbrook, graduate students in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University, work on answering this question by studying how colony size affects the patterns of behavior and energy use in ant colonies.
Social insect colonies are excellent study organisms because, despite the lack of either physical connections between individuals or any kind of centralized control system, the whole colony can exhibit impressive feats of organization including the division of labor, extensive foraging networks and elaborate nest architecture.
For their studies, Waters and Holbrook mainly focus on the California seed-harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex californicus. Queens of this species can be collected following the ants' annual mating flights and brought back to the lab to start new colonies. Within a month or two, eggs laid by the queens develop into larvae, pupae and adult workers. Over the course of a year, the colonies may grow as large in size as to include 1,000 ants.
Metabolic rates of whole ant colonies were estimated by measuring oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production after placing artificial colony nests within a custom-designed respirometry chamber. Credit: James S. Waters
One question that interested Waters is whether colonies become more efficient as they get bigger. The first step in figuring this out was to estimate the power demands of the colonies as a function of their size. One way to think of an animal is as an engine that burns oxygen as a fuel to power all of life's processes, from locomotion to communication. Waters used a tool called respirometry to measure the amount of oxygen being consumed by entire colonies as they breathed within special chambers.
While larger colonies obviously needed more energy overall compared to smaller colonies, as colonies grew, they surprisingly needed less energy per ant. When groups of ants were taken out of their colonies, however, they all required the same relative amount of energy. These patterns suggest that there is something special about being in the environment of the colony that regulates energy use by individual ants, and this energy use changes, or scales, with the size of the colony.
The scaling of energy use may be associated with colony size-related changes in behavior. An important behavioral pattern in colonies of ants and other social insects is the division of labor--when different workers specialize in different jobs, like brood care and foraging.
Holbrook investigated how colony size influences division of labor in P. californicus. First, he carefully painted ants with unique color combinations so he could identify individual workers within each colony. He then watched colonies of different sizes for many hours, recording which ants performed which jobs. Holbrook discovered that as colony size increases, so does division of labor. In smaller colonies, individual workers perform a variety of jobs, but in larger colonies, workers tend to specialize in specific jobs. It remains to be tested whether higher division of labor makes larger colonies more efficient.
The studies of Waters, Holbrook and their colleagues indicate that colonies of seed-harvester ants, and probably other social insects as well, are more than the sum of their parts. Social interactions between colony members give rise to colony-level properties that vary with colony size and shape the physiology and behavior of individuals.
These results may extend to broader contexts, including the regulation of cells within organisms and the organization of individuals within societies. In fact, these studies question the very nature of what it means to be an individual. If the basic biology of a single ant is so strongly influenced by the composition of the colony in which it lives, perhaps the ant is not itself an individual so much as it is a part of an entity existing on a higher level of biological organization, the superorganism.
More information: Paper online: www.jstor.org/pss/10.1086/656266
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Public consultation on proposals to close libraries and cut bus funding ends today
TODAY is the last chance to have your say on West Berkshire Council's second round of cuts including proposals to close eight of the district's nine libraries.
The proposals put forward include slashing funding to the Corn Exchange and Watermill Theatres and further cuts to public transport and children's centres.
The Sunday car parking charges in Newbury are also set to be scrapped and weekday parking charges introduced in its place.
Some of the district's most vulnerable people could lose vital services, with plans to reduce funding to the Citizens Advice Bureau and the council's Domestic Abuse Response Team and Substance Misuse Support Service for Adults.
West Berkshire Museum could have its funding cut, while the council proposes to scrap all of its funding to the West Berkshire Neighbourhood Wardens.
For a full list of the cuts proposals, and to have your say on how you'll be affected by them, visit http://info.westberks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=32040
Once the public consultation period has ended, the council will look at the feedback and make its final decision at a meeting on March 24.
It does have £1m of 'transitional funding' from central government which it says it may be able to use to lessen the impact of the phase two cuts proposals.
Last week, the council approved its £10m first phase of cuts to public services which includes raising council tax by four per cent, closing four children's centres and terminating public buses.


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Home / World News / Philippines typhoon death toll jumps to 49, says police
Philippines typhoon death toll jumps to 49, says police
Hong Kong and southern China hunkered down under red alert Sunday as strong winds and heavy rain from Typhoon Mangkhut lashed the densely populated coast.
Large waves hit Repulse Bay beach after the hoisting of Signal 9 warning as super Typhoon Mangkhut starts to slam Hong Kong on September 16, 2018.(AFP)
Updated on Sep 16, 2018 11:40 PM IST
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The number of people killed by Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines jumped to 49 on Sunday, police said, as more landslide victims were discovered.
Hong Kong and southern China hunkered down under red alert Sunday as strong winds and heavy rain from Typhoon Mangkhut lashed the densely populated coast, a day after the biggest storm of the year left at least 28 dead from landslides and drownings in the northern Philippines.
Nearly half a million people had been evacuated from seven cities in Guangdong province, the gambling enclave of Macau closed down casinos for the first time and the Hong Kong Observatory warned people to stay away from the Victoria Harbour landmark, where storm surges battered the waterfront reinforced with sandbags. Mangkhut is due to make landfall in Guangdong later Sunday.
The national meteorological center said southern China "will face a severe test caused by wind and rain" and urged officials to prepare for possible disasters.
On Sunday morning, the typhoon packed sustained winds of 155 kilometers (96 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 190 kph (118 mph). The Hong Kong Observatory said although Mangkhut had weakened slightly, its extensive, intense rainbands were bringing heavy downfall and frequent squalls.
Hundreds of flights were canceled. All high-speed and some normal rail services in Guangdong and Hainan provinces were also halted Sunday, the China Railway Guangzhou Group Co. said.
In Fujian province and elsewhere, tens of thousands of fishing boats returned to port and construction work came to a stop.
Philippine National Police Director General Oscar Albayalde told The Associated Press that 20 people had died in the Cordillera mountain region, four in nearby Nueva Vizcaya province and another outside of the two regions. Three more deaths have been reported in northeastern Cagayan province, where the typhoon made landfall before dawn Saturday.
Among the fatalities were an infant and a 2-year-old child who died with their parents after the couple refused to immediately evacuate from their high-risk community in a Nueva Vizcaya mountain town, said Francis Tolentino, an adviser to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.
"They can't decide for themselves where to go," he said of the children, expressing frustration that the tragedy was not prevented.
Tolentino, who was assigned by Duterte to help coordinate disaster response, said at least two other people were missing.
Mayor Mauricio Domogan said at least three people died and six others were missing in his mountain city of Baguio after strong winds and rain destroyed several houses and set off landslides, which also blocked roads to the popular vacation destination. It was not immediately clear whether the dead and missing had been included in the overall death toll.
About 87,000 people had evacuated from high-risk areas of the Philippines. Tolentino and other officials advised them not to return home until the lingering danger had passed.
In Cagayan's capital, Tuguegarao, where the typhoon hit land, Associated Press journalists saw a severely damaged public market, its roof ripped apart and wooden stalls and tarpaulin canopies in disarray. Outside a popular shopping mall, debris was scattered everywhere and government workers cleared roads of fallen trees.
The Tuguegarao airport terminal also was damaged, its roof and glass windows shattered by strong winds.
The typhoon struck at the start of the rice and corn harvesting season in the northern breadbasket, prompting farmers to scramble to save what they could of their crops, Cagayan Gov. Manuel Mamba said.
In Hong Kong, Security Minister John Lee Ka-chiu urged residents to prepare for the worst.
"Because Mangkhut will bring winds and rains of extraordinary speeds, scope and severity, our preparation and response efforts will be greater than in the past," Lee said. "Each department must have a sense of crisis, make a comprehensive assessment and plan, and prepare for the worst."
Cathay Pacific said all of its flights would be canceled between 2:30 a.m. Sunday and 4 a.m. Monday. The city of Shenzhen also canceled all flights between Sunday and early Monday morning. Hainan Airlines canceled 234 flights in the cities of Haikou, Sanya, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai scheduled this weekend.
For the first time in the history of Macau, next door to Hong Kong, casinos were ordered to close from 11 p.m. Saturday, the South China Morning Post reported. The gambling city suffered catastrophic flooding during Typhoon Hato last August that left 10 dead and led to accusations of corruption and incompetence at its meteorological office.
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The director and writer/star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall join the producer of Bridesmaids for the irreverent comedy The Five-Year Engagement. Beginning where most romantic comedies end, the new film from director Nicolas Stoller, producer Judd Apatow and Rodney Rothamlooks at what happens when an engaged couple, Jason Segel and Emily Blunt, keeps getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle.
The Five-Year Engagement marks the third film on which Stoller and Apatow have worked with one another, and the fourth comedy that Apatow has produced for Segel.
The decision to create a screenplay about a seemingly perfect couple who can't quite make it to the altar took root in Nicholas Stoller's imagination four years ago. He was in Hawaii and close to wrapping principal photography on his directorial debut, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which starred and was written by Jason Segel and was produced by Judd Apatow. The three men had collaborated often in the decade since Apatow brought them together on his critically acclaimed television series Undeclared and continued the partnership with The Five-Year Engagement.
Stoller and Segel began to flesh out the idea of an engaged-way-too-long couple, and the writing partners began the process of crafting their next film. "After Sarah Marshall, Jason and I wanted to do a romantic comedy together," says the writer/director. "We wanted to create something that was about the relationship itself, not about the breakup."
The question at the heart of The Five-Year Engagement is deceptively simple: Is a relationship right even if it's not perfect? "It's about how do you know what's perfect enough?" reflects Stoller. "We wanted to make a movie that's emotionally complex, but we wrote big comedy set pieces too. We wanted to hit every problem that anyone has ever encountered while planning to get married."
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Dive paradise
Robin Jeffries | VOLUME 31, ISSUE 2
Anchored at Lloyd Island, with Lockhart River opposite.
Far from the beaten track, spectacular dive sites dot the Great Barrier Reef's lesser-visited reaches, rewarding adventurous divers with isolated cays teeming with underwater life.
On our spring cruise from Cairns to Cape York, we took in a slight detour to several nearby Coral Sea atolls, beginning at Bougainville Reef.
My partner – French/Aussie commercial sailor and diver, Sylvie Jambu – and I waited for a good-weather window before heading 215km northeast of Cairns to the tiny speck on our chart that marked Bougainville Reef, a 4km-long, oval atoll formed thousands of years ago by coral growth around the top of an ancient volcano.
A sandy lagoon is all that remains of the volcano's peak. Its magical colours and stillness beckoned us to come in – but while the charts clearly showed a navigable entrance, we were not seduced by the lagoon's beauty. Our survey in the dinghy showed the charts were incorrect and, unless we had a jet boat or drew under a metre, it was an accident waiting to happen, even at spring high tide on a calm day.
The atoll bears the name of its first visitor, Frenchman Louis-Antoine de Bougainville. During his exploration voyage of the Pacific in 1766, de Bougainville was confronted with a line of waves breaking over the reef. This near miss, and with his crew weakened by scurvy, prompted him to turn north to New Guinea, otherwise he may have discovered Australia four years before James Cook.
Bougainville Reef was a fair-weather stopover, with 15 to 20-knot breezes. The reef's outer edges have steep walls that fall a kilometre or more to the seabed. While it's said to be an impossible place to anchor, we found a convenient small sloping shelf at the partially protected northwest corner in a depth of 25 to 35m. We stayed there for three nights, each day venturing out in our dingy to dive and explore.
The diving along the sheer walls was spectacular and we also enjoyed exploring the maze of gutters and caves behind it. Two wrecks lie atop the reef, which we reached in our dingy at high tide. The 4810-ton Atlas is the most interesting and best-preserved wreck, with its remnants reaching well out of the water.
As we were diving without surface support, we stayed alert to the unpredictable, strong currents that occur in such places. Our diving was very conservative, though, with 'what if' strategies in place. On our first wall dive, the reef became exposed two hours before low tide, causing the current to pick up speed quickly from the opposite direction! We usually found diving at high tide the safest bet.
With 25-knot winds coming our way, it was time for our next leg: a 100nm, moonlit cruise north to the big atoll of Osprey Reef.
Dive charters have put Osprey Reef in the spotlight, especially the North Horn dive site with its popular shark-feeding spectacles. We were more interested in the large lagoon, though, and planned to make it our home base. We weren't disappointed – the lagoon's main entrance is wide, and a beautiful shallow inner rim of white sand along the south end and up the east side provided a multitude of glorious anchoring opportunities.
Just before we reached the sparkling emerald bluewater, indicating a shallow, sandy bottom, we negotiated the typical smattering of coral heads and little bommies. The surrounds turned out to be fantastic for snorkelling and were chock-full of marine life and healthy hard corals.
We anchored at the south-eastern corner behind a half-kilometre of reef, where the boat sat comfortably even in the brisk trade winds. We soon settled into a languid 'life in paradise' routine: snorkelling the crystalline waters of the lagoon, and venturing out to scuba dive the partially sheltered western walls mid-week when there wasn't much chance of crossing paths with other boats.
Scuba diving the steep outer wall in clear waters was quite dramatic and worth the effort. Our favourite location was about 2km south of the main entrance, where a 100m-wide coral garden sits atop the wall and funnels its way into the lagoon, making a secondary mini entrance. It is accurately shown on the charts and was navigable, albeit with care.
We were greeted by an immense swirling vortex of bigeye trevally and it was a thrill to hover at the centre of a grey wall of eyes slowly spinning around us. Bright-red lunar-tailed bigeye fish and a profusion of coral led down to whitetip sharks resting on the white sand. At 17m, the sand spilt over the wall's edge. It was a great place to start our wall dives, with abundant whip coral and gorgonian fans at 25m and plenty of life all the way down to 45m, plus the excitement of whaler sharks and large pelagics patrolling the wall.
Back in the lagoon, we made some friends … lots of them. Each night, the population of common terns calling our boat home grew and soon topped 80 birds. We kept their mess under control by sloshing truck wash around the decks at sunset, and blasting the decks with high-pressure saltwater in the morning. When our pet noddy, which had been living in the cockpit, flew off without so much as a thank you, it was time to head back to the Great Barrier Reef. But first we needed to give the boat's green beard a shave – it's amazing how quick algae grows on hulls in the warm, clean waters.
REEF HOPPING
Aided by the easterly sea, we motored peacefully overnight, travelling 210km westward to the Great Barrier Reef's North Broken Passage.
The Coral Sea's northern atolls of Osprey, Bougainville, Ashmore and Holmes are wonderful places, but all lack the beautiful sand cays which are prevalent on the central Coral Sea reef systems and sprinkled throughout the far northern Great Barrier Reef.
Our plan was to explore as many outer reef cays as we could and, if possible, dive their passages on our way to the east of Lockhart River, 150km further north.
We visited eight cays. Some weren't marked on the charts, others were marked, but no longer there, or were just large coral rocks sitting on a reef. The large cays of Tydeman, Davie, Sandbanks Seven and Eight are well developed, with large populations of nesting birds and turtles over spring and summer. The smaller cays on Rodda, Ham, and reef 13-237 wash over at high tide, which encourages the resting crested terns and noddies to return to work.
A tiny cay on Derry Reef, just 40m long at high tide, is trying to grow up, and we watched in awe as three turtles struggled up its short, steep face to nest.
We usually anchored in the west end of passages in 20 to 30m depth, where we swung around peacefully with the tidal currents while the breeze remained a soothing 10 to 15 knots. It got bumpy when the wind picked up to a boisterous 20 knots, but we were nearing our goal so we persevered until we reached Reef 13-237, due-east of Lockhart River.
Rodda and 13-237 were the most suitable cays to anchor our dingy for a dive. The currents rushing through these passages required us to dive at the change of tide. Grey whaler sharks, barracuda, big wrasse and sweetlips visited out of curiosity, and occasionally a pygmy devilray cruised overhead. Most exciting for us, though, were the diverse healthy corals and the many sea slugs and little critters.
Sandbank Eight was our favourite. It's a large, vegetated cay with a big marine bird population and huge numbers of nesting turtles – we spotted around 100 green turtles each night, but we had been there before and witnessed over 500 churning and heaving sand in all directions.
HISTORIC LOCKHART RIVER
We enjoy visiting Lockhart River, a coastal Aboriginal community on the eastern coast of Cape York Peninsula. Lockhart River is also the name of a river located 14km south of the community. The area barely rates a mention among cruising guides, though, and I don't know why … it's the only place up on Cape York to provision and fuel up and has phone and internet reception. The shire also offers totally protected anchorages, a friendly community, interesting local history, a unique National Park at its doorstep, and an art centre featuring many distinguished Aboriginal artists.
We found a good anchorage behind Lloyd Island then shifted down to the western arm of the river to be close to the fuel barge, just inside the central river entrance. We usually provision on a calm day, parking 400m off the front beach boat ramp and taking our dingy to the beach, then hitching a ride to the Aboriginal community township 3km inland. This time it was too rough, plus we wanted to balance our ocean life by getting a land-based perspective of the cape, so we hired a vehicle from Lockhart Car Hire instead. The business owner, Paul, met our dingy a kilometre up Claudie River at a little boat ramp. This was a much easier place to come ashore when the winds were blowing.
We started our tour at the airport, where we learned about the local WW2 history surrounding the big airstrips, which played a key role in the battle of the Coral Sea, and about Operation Blowdown. In 1963, the government decided this was a good place to study what devastation a nuclear bomb would cause in the tropics. This was simulated by loading 50 tons of TNT up a tower and flattening a huge area of pristine rain forest, not to mention 'killing' hundreds of plastic dummies!
A drive through nearby Iron Range National Park followed. With its many beautiful patches of rainforest, it's well-known among naturalists for its many endemic species of birds and reptiles. Our tour finished back at the boat ramp after picking up a dingy-load of provisions from the most geographically welcome supermarket we have ever encountered.
END OF THE SEASON
It was now nearing December, making it too late for cruising around Torres Strait or Ashmore Reef, but a couple of weeks diving Wishbone and Great Detached Reefs fitted the bill nicely.
Then, it was time to return south. While some friendly easterlies were still blowing, we took the opportunity to explore a few of the many small islands and cays along the inner passage between Forbes Island and the Flinders Island group, and enjoyed strolling along the reefs' golden sandbanks, with some stretching for kilometres at low tide. We saw only one other vessel in the distance during this time … it was rather eerie.
The wet season arrived when torrential monsoon rains hit as we reached Lizard Island's magical Blue Lagoon. We enjoyed our Christmas pudding all the same.


If you're thinking about a family day out in the Forest of Bowland, you may have seen the area referred to as an AONB. What exactly is an AONB? It stands for Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and just like National Parks such as the Lake District, an AONB like the Forest of Bowland is considered to be an outstanding landscape with distinctive character and natural beauty. The protected status it holds means that it is worthwhile understanding a little more about an AONB, particularly if you are looking for things to do with the family in the Forest of Bowland.
The protected areas such as the Forest of Bowland are all classified by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature or IUCN. There are different categories of protected areas throughout the world with all National Parks, Heritage Coasts and AONB's being a Category V covering all Protected Landscapes.
With 46 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty across Britain, they cover approximately 18% of our countryside which is a significant proportion when you factor in the overall population within the UK. The protected areas make it much more complex when it comes to building or planning within the landscape, particularly as the recognition of their importance is designed to ensure the character and qualities of the landscape is maintained and protected for all to enjoy for generations to come.
These areas are so incredibly precious that they are safeguarded in the national interest; not just including the aesthetical beauty of landscape but much more! These areas include things such as flora and fauna within an AONB but are certainly not limited to the natural formation of the area – it may also include centuries of historical architecture, manmade lakes or other geological and physiographic features. An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty encompasses both human and natural elements that make up such distinctive features within the area, such as animals, soil, plants and geology as well as archaeology, architecture and communities within it. It is an area celebrated for its beauty both past and present.
An Area of Oustanding Natural Beauty such as the Forest of Bowland is protected under the 1949 National Parks and Access to Countryside Act which is also enhanced by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. These Acts ensure the special protection of these areas of national interest, which special attention to coastlines, dunes, woodlands, salt marches, meadows and moors. Most of these areas are still very much living and working landscapes which are continually shaped by natural and manmade activity which makes it all the more important to be considerate of landscapes within these areas when visiting the Forest of Bowland or similar protected landscapes.
There are many significant places to explore in the Trough of Bowland; from the beautiful Nicky Nook within Wyresdale Park to Hornby Castle and Beacon Fell, it is a truly memorable area to visit. Why not take a family visit to the Forest of Bowland and see for yourself!


Trying to achieve a health goal of any sort is all well and good until something gets in the way of staying on track with your plan. Finding ways to hold yourself accountable to this goal that you found important enough to set and work toward gives you a sense of ownership over your goal and plan that increases your ability to achieve your desired outcomes. So, this week, we're talking about accountability.
Finding a way to hold yourself accountable as a part of your plan to reach a goal helps you view that goal as a priority. Being accountable adds a level of commitment and motivation after you initial excitement wears off.
You can be accountable to yourself or to someone else (or do both!). Research from ATD found that you have a 65% better chance of completing a goal if you commit to someone - that increases to 95% if you have a specific accountability check-in appointment with that person.
Use a goals contract - Include your goal, actions needed to reach it, time frame, and consequences/rewards if you do or don't meet them. Here's one I use with my clients.
Use an app to track - Whatever your goal, there is an app for it. See last week's GYSTS email for some ideas.
Decide on some rewards for keeping yourself incentivized - Only collect if you are accountable.
Track in a visible way - I have a wall calendar in my office where I use a sticker for each day I've done something that is in my plan.
Share your goals with a friend or family member - They will naturally check in on you out of love and interest.
Join an accountability group - These can be online or in person, as both work great. Try Facebook groups, Reddit, message boards, Meetup.com, or gather your friends or coworkers.
Hire a coach - <wink> Coaches are all about assisting you with figuring out what works and what doesn't, and they are both interested in your progress and paid to keep you accountable.
Don't just hope to reach your goals - commit to actions that will move your goals forward.
Next Sunday, we'll talk about at-home workouts that can be done with little or no equipment. That'll keep you accountable to your workout - even if it's too hot to leave home.


Julian Rose returns for an update on global shifts and the implementation of the NWO.
MAX IGAN - writer, musician, activist speaks about Palestine, 9-11, the New World Order and many other things.
James Gilliland and Alexandra Meadors hook-up once again to review the current progress going on with our Galactic Brothers and Sisters and The Divine Plan.
James reveals some insight on various Extraterrestrial races and experiences and leaves us in anticipation for some great news!


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Sa Dragonera, Mallorca.
Adventures, Swim Races, Swim trips by teammermaids June 3, 2015 July 27, 2015
I've (Manda) just got back from Mallorca, where I went to take part in the annual Sa Dragonera race hosted by Neda el Mon. Kate, Brian, Pivo and Charlie (who we know from Tuesday night swimming amongst other things) joined me on the trip, whilst Katie, unfortunately for me, was busy at home.
The race is a 9.5km swim around the island of Dragonera, which is just off the south west coast of Mallorca. Charlie had originally suggested going to us in December after she heard great things about it from other swimmers. The other 4 of us, buoyed by our recent Coniston adventure, signed up. Now a confession: Despite growing up metres away from the sea, I am petrified of seaweed, putting my feet on the floor in the sea and jellyfish (even more so than the east river monster). I agreed to this swim but I knew before I even signed up that this would be more a mental than physical challenge for me with these fears.
May came around, the water was heating up in London and before we knew it we were on a plane to Mallorca on a Friday night after work. On the Saturday morning after only a few hours sleep due to a late arrival (Thunderstorm in London) and the worst rent a car company (Enterprise – please never use them) we went for a beautiful swim in Sant Elm, where we were basing ourselves for the weekend. We then headed to Cala Fonoll near Port Andratx for a bit of r&r on the beach and another paddle with a bit of synchronised swimming (because we know how much I love synchro!!) thrown in before making our way over to the race briefing.
The briefing was in Spanish so it was time to cash in on that Spanish degree and step up and volunteer to listen. At the briefing they mentioned the 2 main risks being cold and jellyfish. Now as a Brit I knew the cold wouldn't be an issue for us hardy lot (especially as I am the only one out of this group that hasn't been involved in some kind of Channel Swim) but the jellyfish were suddenly a possibility.
On the Sunday we met at the port for 7am and boarded one of many boats that were ferrying swimmers over to the island and then we arrived at the island to find the harbour full of jellyfish.
The organisers then did an additional briefing in Spanish but we (I) didn't listen as we thought it was a repeat of the one the previous night. Shortly afterwards some lovely German lady told us they had announced that we wouldn't be doing a full loop of the island. Instead we would go half way and turn back to ensure we covered the same distance. The reason for this change was JELLYFISH.. 1000s of them at the northern part of the island and there was no way we could swim through them. I had mixed emotions about this as I was relieved they were not making us swim through 1000s of them and they were ensuring we swam the full distance.. But concerned that there might be 100s over the rest of the swim.
So at 9am we casually got in. Even though we were swimming in the 'competitive' wave I was in no rush to get in and join the chaos, so held back and swam easy to the corner of the port, had a short chat with Brian and then off we set… Immediately into loads of jellyfish. 100s, 1000s I don't know, but they were everywhere. My nightmare became a reality. Then after 2 minutes I got stung. Waaaah. I calmed myself down and plodded on weaving my way through the jellies. You couldn't draft as that would potentially mean not seeing a jelly approach you, so Brian and I swam side by side.
After about 20 minutes Brian stopped promptly.. Turning on his back, he declared 'I've been stung on my nose'.. His flipping nose. The pain in my hand suddenly seemed insignificant and I had a new worst nightmare. We then concluded our chat about his stung nose with:
Brian: 'well what can I do?'
me: 'put your hand up'
(open water swimming code for support vehicles to get you out of water)
Brian: 'no let's carry on'
I was gutted. I had seen a way out of this jellyfish soup but he was too hardcore to stop and there was no way I was carrying on without him.. Note to self: stop hanging around with hardcore people. If you would have got out in such situations, please get in contact, you can be my friend as I have had to bin Brian (and Katie – she would have carried on as well!)
We rounded the bottom of the island where it was a lot choppier but jelly free and then ploughed down the other side to the turning buoy in 1:15. I was happy that we were now half way there but was aware that we had to swim back through the 2 mile section now known as jelly soup before we would be home.
The chop increased and had the added bonus of rolling waves, which meant at points it felt like we weren't even moving. I seriously considered letting my frustration out with a roll onto my back and a shout of 'you've won sea YOU'VE WON'.. dramatic, moi?
Once we were back in the jelly soup we swam slowly and cautiously, weaving our way through the small empty gaps hoping to not get stung again (we did!)
The finishing point was the final challenge as the jellyfish had got trapped in the harbour where we were finishing and I seemed to be one of the only swimmers who didn't get stung in this section (Charlie took a sting to the face 5 metres from the end). After 2:40 I was back on dry land.. I actually face planted dry land… But doing things stylishly is never my strong point.
At this point the German lady, who had told us of the change of course, told us that swimmers had got out post the start of the race due to the conditions. Suddenly I felt better and me and Brian, with his stung and swollen nose, high fived and said a little "go us". Suddenly I was super proud of myself (and the others) for having finished. Gone was the emotional fatigue and the small disappointment over the speed/time. I had met my demons head on, literally, and hadn't got out, despite wanting to. A certain Canadian sportswear brand says do one thing a day that scares you and quite frankly I think I've done enough for one year thanks.
The others came in triumphant having finished. Tales of stings started and some even resembled the shape of the stingers, which I know will be boasted about for years to come.
Whilst watching and cheering the other swimmers come in there was suddenly an "amandared" being called to the podium. I had only gone and won the female race.
We made our way back to the Mallorca and then Neda El Mon put on a feast of pica pica, paella and donuts for lunch (€17pp). After a dip back in Sant Elm's bay (we are obsessed and with the water as beautiful as it is in Mallorca we needed to make the most of it) we debriefed over aperol spritz and more food before getting a well-earned night's sleep.
Sunday morning we went for a recovery swim to a smaller island off Sant Elm… we can't help it, sorry, before heading to Cala Illetas to chill out on the beach before out flight home.
Lovely weekend with some great people and as the Barkers say: "it's all about making the beer taste better"
Thanks Neda el Mon for having us – I've already started eyeing up there Prades Suirana swim for next year 😀
Cost: The race cost :€69, which in comparison to 10k races in the UK is an absolute bargain. To get to Mallorca we used EasyJet to Mallorca and despite being half term were incredibly reasonable. We ended up using Hertz for 3 days of hire car which cost €147 and accommodation was €99 per person for the 3 nights based on 2 people sharing.
Organisation: The organisation was good. There are always challenges faced when racing abroad but neda el mon accommodated non Spanish speaking participants by ensuring all communications in the run up to the event were in English as well. Additionally, post the briefing that took place in Spanish, they stuck around to ensure all English speakers questions were answered.
Challenge: The 9.5km swim will always be challenging to most, but with the other potential, not guaranteed, challenges that can arise in sea swimming, the challenge will only increase. They also offer a 3.2km option, which is a great shorter alternative.
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