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Victoria – A freight free service direct to Sale and Mansfield, beyond these destinations will be the purchaser's responsibility.
SA, WA & Northern Territory – A freight free service to Lucindale, South Australia, via major towns on a direct route.
NSW & Queensland – A freight free service between Mortlake, Victoria and Roma, Queensland, through Walgett, NSW and en route via Dubbo.
Tasmania, King and Flinders Islands – Freight assistance of $200 per bull purchased.
All onward freight arrangements for state and interstate destinations from those mentioned above will be the responsibility of the purchaser.
To make use of this offer, it is essential purchasers notify Te Mania Angus if they intend to use this service before making any other freight arrangements.
This service cannot be made available to purchasers who have already contracted for freight before talking to Te Mania Angus.
All other destinations are arranged at low cost to the purchaser.
Bulls will be yarded from 7.30am. Breakfast with the Stars is served from 7.30am. Lunch is also provided.
Buyers have the option of bidding from the woolshed where the sale is conducted, or from the bullpens or remote venues through AuctionsPlus.
GST – Bulls will be sold GST exclusive ie. If the bull is knocked down for $4,000, you will be charged $4,400.
Any Te Mania Angus bull that proves to be structurally unsound, infertile or incapable of service is guaranteed for up to three years from date of sale. Under these circumstances Te Mania Angus will: 1) Replace the bull with a satisfactory substitute if available, or 2) Issue a refund equal to the value remaining * (see below), less the salvage value. * The guarantee covers the purchase value of the bull, without interest, cost and damages.
The guarantee shall apply providing the bull's incapacity is not caused by injury or disease contracted since leaving Te Mania, the value remaining is calculated on the basis that the guarantee is reduced by one third of the purchase price for each year of service from the sale date. A veterinary certificate must be supplied by the purchaser on request.
We recommend that all purchasers discuss injury insurance of their bulls at the sale with Elders Ltd or their Agent. This guarantee is in addition to the normal terms and conditions governing auction sales.
All of our bulls receive 7 in 1 vaccinations at threemonths of age, six weeks later and a booster as a yearling. They are drenched at weaning and periodically according to worm counts.
All purchasers will be asked to nominate a settling agent. A 3% rebate will be paid to all settling agents who settle within 7 days of the invoice being received.


RLJ Lodging Trust continues to add to its U.S. portfolio of properties.
RLJ Lodging Trust continues to add to its U.S. portfolio of properties. The publicly traded real estate investment trust recently announced the acquisition of two new hotels in D.C. and Seattle.
Washington, D.C.'s Hyatt Place DC/Downtown/K Street opened just a few months ago, in April, following a renovation and conversion from an office building. RLJ purchased it in an off-market transaction from the developers—Atlanta-based Songy Highroads LLC and an affiliate of New York City-based Elliott Management Corp. The purchase price was $68 million, or the equivalent of about $415,000 per key.
Hyatt Place DC/Downtown/K Street is located at 1522 K St., N.W., just two blocks from the White House and close to other popular attractions. The 164-key hotel offers its guests numerous amenities, such as free Wi-Fi, a bar, a 24-hour gym, 2,800 square feet of meeting space and a 1,200-square-foot rooftop function space with views of the city's downtown.
RLJ also expects to close the acquisition of the Seattle hotel in the next few days. The 170-room Homewood Suites Seattle/Lynnwood will change hands for $37.9 million, or approximately $223,000 per key. With the addition of these two hotels, RLJ's portfolio will include 128 properties in 22 states and the District of Columbia.


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Černovice (en ) est une commune du district de Chomutov, dans la région d'Ústí nad Labem, en République tchèque. Sa population s'élevait à  habitants en 2021.

Géographie
Černovice se trouve à  au sud-ouest de Chomutov, à  au sud-ouest d'Ústí nad Labem et à  au nord-ouest de Prague.

La commune est limitée par Křimov au nord, par Chomutov et Spořice à l'est, et par Březno au sud, et par Spořice et Málkov à l'ouest.

Histoire
La première mention écrite du village date de 1281.

Transports
Par la route, Černovice se trouve à  de Chomutov, à  de Most, à  d'Ústí nad Labem et à  de Prague.

Notes et références

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DryPro provides complete confidence with their submersible, waterproof limb protection. Shower, bath and even swim with this cast cover. Made from a high quality surgical rubber sleeve that fits over casts and bandages, this cover offers complete waterproof protection through its patented vacuum seal. The DryPro also features a non-skid grid on the bottom of the leg models to prevent slips.
It is available in half leg or full leg sizes, comes with a 90 day manufacturers replacement warranty and is reusable.
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Paper, Metal & Plastic
Were you genuinely aware, prior to this moment, that Finnish darts existed? At their origin (in 1930), darts were called "arrows" (nuoli), made of nails, wood and cardboard. There was no dartboard, only ten circles drawn on a side of a tree. Directions please, from the Finnish Dart Association (in some very special way they say a lot about Finland): "The board hangs at the height of 150 cm measured from the throwing point to the middle of the target. The throwing distance for men and boys is five (5) meters, and for ladies and girls four (4) meters. The darts may be thrown one by one. If a dart breaks the line between two circles, the result is counted according to the inner circle. A dart that has fallen from the board may be renewed. When a dart attaches itself to a dart already on the board, the result of the dart is the same as the dart on the board. The referee stands behind the contestant during the throw. Unnecessary conversation between the referee and contestant is prohibited. The contestant himself/herself removes the darts from the board. If the contestant insists, the referee has to remove the darts from the board during a series of throws, and write down the score of the thrown darts. Disturbance of the contestant is not allowed. A contestant has the right to make a written protest to his/her own or another contestant's throw immediately. It is forbidden to compete under the influence of spirits or drugs." In 1968, the first Finnish Championships were organized in Espoo.
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Have been trying to track down a problem with random corruption for about a month when converting ~1080 video from h.264 to h.265.
Tried various versions of ffmpeg 3.3, 3.4 and various nightlies from zeranoe including 32-bit and 64-bit versions. All seem to produce similar results.
Problem is seemingly completely random. It can happen as often as multiple times within an hour of outputted video or once every several hours.
When corruption is found simply re-encoding same video using same process results in either no corruption or corruption somewhere else in the output video.
No errors are ever displayed in the ffmpeg output related to corrupt output.
Only solution I have found which has completely resolved the problem for me is to disable thread pools in libx265.
System is Win7 /w Intel i7 4770k. Quad core /w HT enabled.
ffmpeg -i "sourceh264.mkv" -vf crop=1440:1072:240:4  -c:v libx265 -crf 19 -map_metadata -1 -sn "outputh265.mkv"
ffmpeg -i "sourceh264.mkv" -vf crop=1440:1072:240:4  -c:v libx265 -crf 19 -x265-params frame-threads=1:pools=none -map_metadata -1 -sn "outputh265.mkv"
Problem appears to be completely independent of input video. In my case input is always h264. The crop parameters vary with each input video.
Since disabling threading solves the problem for me changed workflow slightly to run a half dozen instances of ffmpeg concurrently to keep all cores busy.
If the issue is reproducible independently of the input video, please provide the command line you tested together with the complete, uncut console output for an input video that we also have access to to make this a valid ticket.
Note that for multi-threaded encoding, you are expected to get different (non-deterministic) output, of course without corruption if the input video is corruption-free.
If the issue is only reproducible with libx265 output, it is likely that a possible issue cannot be fixed within FFmpeg and you should test with rawvideo input and the x265 binary.
Please reopen this ticket if you can add any additional information.
It turns out disabling threading in the encoder reduced but did not stop entirely the corruption. I am working to get more information but it may take weeks as this is very intermittent and error ususally slips through ffmpeg when scanned after the fact (see CLI below) so has to be detected by watching manually. I'm trying to reproduce with available source files.
When the problem occurs my decoder (Amlogic S905) skips over the rest of the entire P-frame and VLC shows corruption when viewing the same.
I'm not sure if this is related but on the decode side I'm also seeing the same type of random behavior where it works sometimes and sometimes it fails.
An example with the following run in a loop 99 times.
Turns out corruption was caused by faulty DRAM.
Just enough to cause corruption of output yet not sufficient to raise errors in 24hr burnin test.
After replacing all DRAM two months have passed without noticing a single output corruption issue.


Chasing Smallwood .41. Worldwide Anti-slavery Society | "I of my own knowledge…"
(7 a.m.) I begin to see it, my friend. I got the outline of it, but of course can't tell the detail or how to make it practical – and I well understand that making it practical is not my job, as it calls for talents I do not have, and would lead me away from the talent I do have. But I will help you get out the word and we will see what happens.
Yes. If people in your time don't respond, well – like I said – it won't do itself, it needs people to fight. But this gives 'em a vision, for them that catch it.
All right, Joseph, proceed. And this time I'm going to raise objections and questions as I see them if only to help you to deal with your unseen audience.
You do know how few people could do this, at this time. Part of the trick is to get people in general doing it – interacting with the other side, as you call it, on a matter-of-fact basis like talking on a telephone. That is going to cause its own problems, but it is the ticket, for a couple of reasons.
All right, you were asking for suggestions and I made one that startled you. Let's see if it startles your friends. You have been getting the feeling that we have been doing this for some practical reason, as well as developing your ability, and you are right. I will lay it out and we'll see.
The communists sort of had a notion about that, but they believed in the perfectibility of man – which they helped disprove! – and they trusted people with power – and disproved that too – and, worst of all, they had this fuzzy idea that there shouldn't be rich people and poor people but all one level. Well, that just goes against everything in people, and animals too. Even among my family some had a lot of horses and some didn't, and what is the point of having talent if you can't use it to get ahead. But it is when getting ahead means pushing people's heads under water that things are out of control.
What you want is not a society without classes but more what we were building before the anti-slavery crusade threw up so many rich combinations because of the war.
You need an anti-slavery society of your own, a world-wide anti-slavery society, set up to agitate against slavery in your time, the way the anti-slavery societies did in my time.
It wasn't the Republicans that saved the union and destroyed slavery, and it certainly wasn't the Democrats or the Whigs before 'em. It was the people, and if you don't understand that you don't see the key to your own struggle.
You once get the people understanding what is at issue and who is on one side, and who is on the other, and your battle is half over. It wasn't the Republicans that began the idea of resisting the spread of slavery – it was the idea of resisting the spread of slavery – of wiping it out – that created the public opinion and the events that created the Republican Party!
You are all going about it the wrong way if you think you can vote a party into power and have them protect you. What you have got to do if you are going to have a prayer of succeeding is to get the people to understanding what is going on – and then organizing right along with it – and then becoming a force. Once the force is there, one or the other parties will attach to it, or a new one will spring up around it, and then you will have a chance, if you remember not to trust them either but to stay on the watch. Power corrupts, and if you think you are an exception, why then I would set two guards on you first off.
But – you see? First you need your Worldwide Anti-slavery Society. Then you need to get out the word – not just in your country but in all countries where you can. Then the people got to throw up organizers, and workers, yes and martyrs too, for there was never a crusade without sacrifices. And then at some point political leaders will come.
Don't make the mistake of racism or class-ism. Just because somebody's rich don't mean he don't have a conscience. Just because he's poor, don't mean he's listening to his. Some Mexican or Frenchman or Chinese or Hindu Indian may be your Abraham Lincoln, or more likely your Elijah Lovejoy or maybe your John Brown. This is a worldwide struggle now because all your time is becoming one thing.
I need to go. More later?
"This is a worldwide struggle now because all your time is becoming one thing." I feel that, too.


This succulent from South Madagascar is very ornamental since its youth. Juveniles are called "Madagascar Palm" while of course it is not a palm.
After some years it becomes adult and produces spectacular white flowers, reminiscent of those of the popular Plumeria rubra. We offer a stout plant grown in full sun with a thrunk of 30-40 cm high.


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Enjoy Living Abroad: Home is where the laptop is
Dare to pack it all up and move abroad? Lindsay and Ross share insight into how to manage an international nomadic lifestyle while maintaining a professional working life.
I love living abroad and adore traveling, but even my hell-yes-let's-go attitude seems downright stick-in-the-mud compared to the nomadic lifestyle of my friends Lindsay Lake and Ross Williams. Now in their late 20s, Lindsay and Ross are nomads. Since I got to know them in Seville in 2008, they've lived in Prague, Berlin, Amsterdam, Victoria (Canada), Buenos Aires, Phuket (Thailand), Paris, Berlin again, Barcelona, Budapest, Mexico's Yucatan peninsula at Merida and Playa del Carmen, and Barcelona a second time. When I wrote this, they were boarding a plane to New Zealand.
The modern-day digital nomad
Ross and Lindsay are not rich dilettantes on a permanent vacation, nor (so far as I know) are they secret CIA operatives, assassins or members of the witness protection program. They're digital nomads, part of a small but growing number of people who work over the Internet in ways that allow them to live anywhere – and everywhere – they choose.
Of course, like most people, they started out with 'real' jobs in bricks-and-mortar locations, first in Denver and later working for a tech company in Seville. Then they realized that advances in telephone and Internet technology made their location irrelevant for many jobs. Doing international searches on Craigslist, they found market research clients for Lindsay and sales work for Ross that could be done entirely over Skype and cell phone; his sales clients in the US need never know he's out of the country. For many digital nomads, working at a startup is their first chance to get their work done without having to be chained to their desk all the time.
"We threw all the chips in and bet everything on this decision," says Ross. They got rid of all excess belongings, and today, their entire worldly goods can fit into a taxi: two suitcases, a small roll-aboard, a backpack, Ross' guitar, and their large, cheerful dog, Rocky, who travels with them everywhere.
Traveling and living light
The couple has evolved strict rules to keep their baggage manageable. If you buy a t-shirt, you get rid of a t-shirt. Always choose multi-use items, like the lightweight bars made by Lush that serve as shampoo, body wash, hand soap, dog shampoo and even laundry detergent. Plenty of online services have rendered physical objects obsolete, which will help with the packing; streaming services and voice-call apps have rendered televisions and phones almost redundant at this point. Most importantly, don't buy anything you don't really, really need.
Like most young couples, they live in modest rented apartments and work hard five days a week. Unlike most people of any age, when they walk outside after work, it's always someplace new and exciting, with opportunities to learn new skills, such as Basque cooking in Spain and scuba diving in Thailand.
Life on a tourist visa
As long as there's decent Internet connection and no dog quarantine laws, they can live anywhere that takes their fancy. Entering on a tourist visa usually limits them to a three-month stay and then they move on.
It's not the lifestyle for everybody, but for Lindsay and Ross, it's a great way to see the world while moving forward with their careers. "It's really not a question of why we do it," says Lindsay. "It's more a question of why doesn't everyone do it?"
How long will they keep it up? That's what's everyone's wondering, especially as they've just announced they're expecting a baby in February. They admit they'll probably have to curtail their travels to some degree, but they have no intention of returning to the US, or settling permanently in any one location. As Lindsay puts it, "We want to be sure we're raising our kids in an environment bigger than their own back yard."
Find out more about Ross Williams, Lindsay Lake and the Wireless Generation.
Reprinted with permission of Enjoy Living Abroad.
Karen McCann moved to Seville in 2004 and writes about her expat experiences in her new book, Dancing in the Fountain: How to Enjoy Living Abroad. "I loved this book," wrote Lonely Planet. "I must have laughed aloud at least once in every chapter . . . The advice in the book is terrific." Wanderlust has taken her to more than thirty countries, including many developing or post-war nations where she and her husband volunteer as consultants to struggling microenterprises. Today, she spends her time writing, blogging, painting, exploring Seville, and traveling the world.
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Published October 12, 2018 at 11:53 a.m.
Updated October 12, 2018 at 1:49 p.m.
Youngstown City Schools CEO Krish Mohip will not seek a contract renewal in July 2019.
YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown City Schools CEO Krish Mohip will not seek a contract renewal in July 2019.
Mohip said the decision was a difficult one to make because of how much he likes the city but through "soul searching" he decided it was best for him.
On Sept. 26 Mohip told The Vindicator he planned to stay on with the district and was hopeful for a contract renewal. He also did not hint of departing last week in an editorial board meeting at East High School.
The Youngstown Academic Distress Commission just approved a $6,000 bonus for Mohip Sept. 27, just weeks after the district received an overall F grade on the Ohio Department of Education State Report Card.
Reaction to Mohip's announcement is already coming into the newsroom.
Youngstown City School Board member Dario Hunter, a longtime Mohip critic, said in a statement it appears the CEO "plans to get out of Dodge before the district hits financial as well as academic rockbottom."
"His administration has focused on his personal PR gloss rather than hard-won results achieved by making difficult but necessary collaborative decisions with all stakeholders," Hunter said. "He has never really understood Youngstown and most often refused to understand the city he served when that understanding clashed with his own ill-conceived, untested plans.
Youngstown City Schools board president Brenda Kimble said she commends Mohip for stepping down.
"We know we will get another CEO and it has to be someone effective in turning the district around," Kimble said. "I think Mohip knows there's nothing more he can do. I commend him for allowing someone else to come in and I wish him luck wherever he's going."
Kimble said she could foresee Mohip's departure coming which is why she was upset about his $6,000 bonus coming weeks after the district scores "the lowest F it has ever had" on the state report card.
"We cannot deal with false growth anymore with our children," she said.
The Ohio Department of Education, which employs Mohip via The Youngstown Academic Distress Commission, has also issued a statement.
"We're grateful for Krish Mohip's efforts and the progress that has been made on behalf of Youngstown's students," said Brittany Halpin, ODE spokeswoman. "We appreciate the notice he's provided, which gives the commission and the district time for an orderly transition. We wish him well."
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Survived By: Surviving are three children: Karen DeCatur, Pamela Braley and Bob (Bonnie) Braley, 13 grandchildren, several great grandchildren and one sister Jackie Wern. Betty was predeceased by three daughters: Sandra Rogers, Sherry Centala and Kimberly Braley, three grandchildren: Debra DeCatur, Mickey Centala and Randy Canute, one great grandson Kyle and a sister, Shirley Parker.
Affiliations: She loved cooking and most importantly spending time with her family and grandchildren.


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Жанна Беккер (, в замужестве Гроэ, ; ,  — , ) — немецкая пианистка. Дочь Жана Беккера, сестра Ханса и Хуго Беккеров.

Получив общее музыкальное образование у своего отца, училась как пианистка также в Штутгарте у Диониса Прукнера, в Лейпциге у Карла Райнеке и в Берлине у Вольдемара Баргиля. Дебютировала с серией концертов в 1871 году, с отроческих лет выступала как аккомпаниатор своего отца и в составе семейного фортепианного квартета вместе с отцом и братьями, выступала также вместе с Флорентийским квартетом. С 1881 г. придворная пианистка королевы Вюртемберга Ольги. В середине 1880-х гг. спорадически выступала в Берлине как солистка, после чего отказалась от публичных выступлений. В 1891 году вышла замуж за юриста Оскара Гроэ (1859—1920), дружившего с композитором Гуго Вольфом; музицировала вместе с Вольфом частным образом. В феврале 1893 года родила сына, умерла от последствий родов.

Ссылки
 Freia Hoffmann. Becker, Jeanne (2012) // Europäische Instrumentalistinnen des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts / Sophie Drinker Institut für musikwissenschaftliche Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung

Пианисты Германии
Академические музыканты Германии


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Get Reading: Dubs at the Park 2015: Biggest ever event comes to Bracknell
Mark Morriss, of The Bluetones, will headline Dubs at the Park but what else is on?
The Dubs at the Park VW Event at Easthampstead House
Hundreds of VWs of any age, condition and type will roar into Bracknell next weekend for the 12th annual Dubs at the Park event.
After launching the event in 2004 the London & Thames Valley VW Club is expecting a bigger and better day than ever before at the grounds of Easthampstead Park Conference Centre in Peacock Lane.
The huge exhibition of VW cars will be held from 10am to 5pm on Sunday, May 17 and will include live music concluding with a set from former Bluetones frontman Mark Morriss.
Tickets for the event will be available on the day and are £7.50 per adult. Children under 14 get in for free.
Headlining the main stage will be Mark Morriss, former Bluetones frontman, who has been pursuing a solo career since the band split in 2011. Last year he released his second solo album, A Flash of Darkness.
Bracknell band BabyHowl released their debut EP in January 2014. They have also been played on BBC Berkshire's Introducing show.
Reading rock band Vintage Thieves got off to a slow start after Seb and Sam met by accident during a Berkshire Maestros band skills class in 2008. Together with Mike, who Sam met at school, they formed Vintage Thieves in 2014.
The Stylettes are a 50s/60s beat girl and rock n roll band with the look and sound of the era. The five-piece who go by the names of Cilla, Dusty, Marty, Rory and Jet will bring a bit of vintage to the day.
Acoustic Stage
Wokingham singer/song writer Simon Williams is heavily rooted in simplistic but catchy acoustic ballads. Just two years after his first solo performance his debut album 40 Miles West is now available on iTunes, Spotify and all digital platforms.
Rachel Redman performs a wide mix of material, including cover songs and her own music. Starting out singing in a duo, Rachel has developed her skills as a vocalist, rhythm and lead guitarist. You will find her gigging regularly in Berkshire.
What will be there?
From bouncy castles and facepainting to ice cream and cakes there are already 54 businesses confirmed to be trading at Dubs at the Park on Sunday.
CJC Vans, a small family run business specialising in VW conversions
Monkshood Coffee, serving gourmet roasted coffee from a vintage VW van
Busy Happy People, selling funky accessories and retro pocket money toys
The Cake Revolution, specialising in bespoke cakes, event styling and campervan hire
Vanessa Harris, a clairvoyant medium and spiritual healer
Sponsor stalls will include Auto Impressions, JustKampers, Ace Cafe, Cordwallis, Dave Warren Photography, Source Distribution, VeeWee and Campervan Gift.
Each year the event chooses a number of local charities to support. This year they are:
Parents Sarah and Simon, of Woosehill, Wokingham, launched the Ollie Young Foundation after their son died ages six from a brain tumour in 2012. The charity's ultimate aim is to find a cure or prevention for disease which affects the families of so many young children. For more information about the Ollie Young Foundation go to www.ollieyoungfoundation.org.
Zakk's First Steps
Three-year-old Zakk from Ascot was diagnosed with severe brain damage when he was born as well as severe quad spastic cerebral palsy. As a result of this, and the many health issues he suffers from, he lives with a lot of pain. The charity's aim is to fund an operation to relieve the tightness in his muscles and help him have a pain-free life. For more like Zakk's First Steps on Facebook.
Help Spencer
Spencer was born six-weeks prematurely by emergency ceasarean, he had stopped moving inside the womb due to the cord being wrapped tightly around his neck. He spent 10 weeks in the special care baby unit at Wexham Park Hospital after being diagnosed with cerebral palsy. The charity aims to make Spencer's life easier and its next project is to extend his downstairs bedroom and put in French doors so he can be wheeled straight out into the garden.
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Anxiety is both a physiological and psychological experience, and is triggered by a threat stimulus. It has a protective mechanism, because it primes the body to deal with the perceived threat or danger. A panic attack occurs when the anxiety response gets out of hand and is out of proportion to the threat. In today's life, anxiety and panic attacks are generally not helpful or desirable.
Each of us perceives danger in different ways and what may feel threatening to one person will not necessarily feel like dangerous to another. Past experiences, beliefs and personal attitudes shape our psychological state and how vulnerable we feel in different situations. Situations which often cause anxiety include coping with work deadlines, performing in front of an audience, and starting a new job. Some level of anxiety can be helpful, for example it can help you focus on getting the work done and you may notice that your productivity increase closer the closer you get to a deadline. However, if anxiety is too much and cascades into a full blown panic attack, this can be debilitating and counter-productive. Anxiety can also be a serious problem if it is chronic.
Anxiety is not just in the mind. When we are feeling anxious, the body secretes hormones such as adrenaline which bring about physiological changes such as an increased heart rate, faster breathing, and the shifting of blood from 'non-essential' organs (such as the digestive system) to the heart and skeletal muscles. Psychologically, anxiety causes us to feel nervous, afraid and can sometimes give rise to negative thoughts (I won't be able to meet the deadline) which can in turn increase anxiety levels to the point of causing a panic attack.
Panic attacks can cause you to totally lose control of your actions, feel helpless and can trigger other conditions such as an asthma attack. Panic attacks can be very frightening and because of this they tend to self-propagate. It is therefore important that if you experience a panic attack, you need to remember that the attack will end, and that the less you worry about it, the faster it will be over.
If you suffer from frequent panic attacks or chronic anxiety, you should try to get help as anxiety and panic attacks can impair your life. Talking about your anxiety can be very helpful, and a trained counsellor/psychologist can guide you on how to control your fears. You can also help yourself, for example, by avoiding stressful situations and changing your lifestyle if this is proving to be too stressful. Avoid negative persons and those who make you feel anxious or angry. Stop being hard on yourself – some people judge themselves too harshly and concentrate too much on the negative aspects of their life. Try to live more in the moment and don't worry unnecessarily about the future. Try to do more of the things and activities you like, especially relaxing activities such as going for a walk in the park or near the beach. Exercise can be very helpful for dealing with anxiety and panic attacks as it makes the body release hormones (endorphins) which make us feel good about ourselves and help us to relax.


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Poor sanitation perpetuates a vicious cycle of disease
By Massimo Berruti and Sangita Vyas
Sanitation has important implications for health and human capital development. Poor sanitation causes intestinal diseases that reduce the absorption of calories and nutrients and contribute to malnutrition. These diseases kill babies, stunt the physical and cognitive development of surviving children, and ultimately reduce their human capital development and earning potential later in life.
According to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme estimates for 2012, over 1 billion people still defecate in the open. Although considerable progress has been made since 1990, the prevalence of open defecation is nevertheless very high in countries in Africa and South Asia. The world is very far from meeting the Millennium Development Goal on sanitation.
Of those who still go in the open, 600 million of those live in India alone. This represents almost two-thirds of the problem. More importantly, because India is such a densely populated country, it has the highest number of people going in the open per square kilometer. Research has shown that it's not just the proportion of a population that goes in the open that's important, but the number of people. This is because if more people in the neighborhood go in the open, a child is more likely come into contact with the bacteria and germs that will make her sick.
India has the most open defecation per square kilometer by a very wide margin: 200 people per square kilometer go in the open in India while the second and third worst performing countries are Haiti and Nepal, where 79 and 77 people per square kilometer go in the open, respectively. Much poorer countries than India like Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and in fact every other country in the planet, has a better disease environment than India.
Even though the fraction of households without a toilet has been decreasing at about one percentage point per year in recent years in India, the size of the problem is actually still growing. Because population growth has outpaced the rate of sanitation improvements, the number of people going in the open has actually been increasing in many parts of north and central India. The disease environment in which children are growing up is becoming even worse in these areas, posing an increasing threat to the physical, cognitive, and human capital of children in these areas.
The recent SQUAT – Sanitation, Quality, Use, Access, and Trends – Survey studied the sanitation attitudes and behaviors of over 3,200 rural households across five states of north India. What the researchers found is that many people go in the open because they want to.
It's not because people are poor. Some people believe that open defecation in India is just because people are poor. In fact, there is very little relationship between a country's GDP and the fraction of people who defecate in the open. Many, many poorer countries than India have less open defecation – such as Bangladesh, where only about 4% of people defecate in the open, or most of sub-Saharan Africa. People in these other countries use inexpensive latrines that people in India could already afford to use if they wanted to. Latrine access is not the main problem.
It's not because of a lack of water. It is a common supposition that rural people defecate in the open because they do not have enough water. In fact, WHO/UNICEF statistics say that more than 90% of rural Indians have access to improved sources of water. Moreover, many countries with much less access to water than India have much lower rates of open defecation. In our field research, almost no households in the rural north Indian plains suggested that anybody might think lack or scarcity of water would be a reason to defecate in the open rather than use a latrine. Villagers are happy to explain that water is not the issue.
Open defecation stubbornly persists in India because people prefer open defecation to latrine use. The researchers found that over 40% of households with a working latrine in their study have at least one member who still goes in the open. Strikingly, most people who live in a home with a government latrine still go in the open. This is true for both men and women. Most people also do not understand that going in the open is harmful to the health of oneself and one's neighbors; over half of people who go in the open think that doing so is actually better for one's health.
To have any hope of meeting global sanitation targets, the world will need to focus on India. Unfortunately, the easy solution of building latrines is not going to solve the problem. The Indian government has pledged to eliminate open defecation by Gandhi's birthday in 2019, and in order to do so, it will need to launch a nation-wide campaign to promote latrine use that reaches from politicians offices to every remote village. All eyes should be on India and its government now as it formulates its new Clean India Campaign. Will it be able save the lives of hundreds of thousands of babies, and improve the health, cognitive development, and future prospects of countless others? Or will it continue with the same old policies of the past that have done little to improve the lives of its citizens?
Massimo Berruti is an award-winning photographer based in Rome. He has worked extensively in south Asia where he has focused his efforts on documenting changing society.
Sangita Vyas is Associate Director at the Research Institute for Compassionate Economics, an organization based in Delhi that focuses on research and policy advocacy on issues that affect child and maternal health.
For more feature photography, go to msnbc.com/photography
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Aminoacetonitrile is the organic compound with the formula NCCH2NH2. The compound is a colorless liquid.  It is unstable at room temperature, owing to the incompatibility of the amine nucleophile and the nitrile electrophile.  For this reason it is usually encountered as the chloride and bisulfate salts of the ammonium derivative, i.e., [NCCH2NH3]+Cl− and  [NCCH2NH3]+HSO4−.

Production and applications
Industrially aminoacetonitrile is produced from glycolonitrile by reaction with ammonia:
HOCH2CN  +  NH3   →   H2NCH2CN  +  H2O
The aminoacetonitrile can be hydrolysed to give glycine: Being bifunctional, it is useful in the synthesis of diverse nitrogen-containing heterocycles.

Aminoacetonitrile derivatives are useful antihelmintics. They act as nematode specific ACh agonists causing a spastic paralysis and rapid expulsion from the host.

Occurrence in the interstellar medium
Using radio astronomy, aminoacetonitrile was discovered in the Large Molecule Heimat, a giant gas cloud near the galactic center in the constellation Sagittarius. This discovery is significant to the debate on whether glycine exists widely in the universe.

References

External links
 Property data at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Nitriles
Amines


The Yamaha SB1X Silent Brass System comes with some new improvements including the disassembled body, a great advantage for travelling musicians. The mute can be halved and then stacked together to produce a compact size. The mute is now much smaller and lighter, improving balance when playing. An adjustable rod allows players to reposition the mute head so they can achieve their desired pitch resonance and playing feel. Thanks to this new feature the mute can be used with Bb, C, Eb and F horns. The Yamaha SB1X silent brass pickup mute comes equipped with a cable, owner's manual, stereo earphones and belt.
Different to previous models, the SB1X silent mute is smaller in size and lighter, improving its balance during play. These changes haven't disadvantaged the accessory as it is still offers approximately the same muting efficiency and pitch stability over a wide range and unrestricted breath flow. The design now also disassembles into a compact size that is much easier to store, a great feature for travelling musicians. To achieve a desired pitch resonance and playing feel, Yamaha has added an adjustable rod to enable players to reposition the mute head. This also allows players to use the accessory with Bb, C, Eb and F horns. The mute comes with unique Yamaha technology to correct your instrument's tone when in place. To do this Yamaha has used the modelling of non-muted brass instruments. Now players can connect to smartphones or portable audio players to play along with their favourite tunes.


New Stihl Battery Mowers come to The Mower Shop.
New for 2018 Stihl are producing a range of battery mowers to suit most domestic needs. The ranges offers cutting widths from 33cm to 46cm.
We currently have in stock models:- RMA 235, RMA 339 C, RMA 433 C, RMA 443 TC & RMA 448 TC.


In his book A Generous Orthodoxy--the chapter on "Why I am Missional"--Brian McLaren, makes a point that opened up for me the whole tangled question of what it means to be "called and chosen" as the People of God. Crediting the theology of Leslie Newbigin, he reminds us that when God calls Abraham and promises to make of him a great nation, God's purpose is that Abraham and his descendants will be a blessing to the world.
Though God's language in this story is still very rooted in a tribal ethos, the promise is that "in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed" (Genesis 12:3) . They are called out from among the nations, not for special privileges, but so that God can work through them. And at its best, the covenant that God eventually calls them into is, by the standards of the time and place, a new way for people to be together in society, where just distribution of wealth and resources are assumed, family relationships honored, and right relationship between creatures and Creator is valued. At least that's what the overall narrative reaches for, with its ongoing pattern of embracing and falling away from the covenant that God offers and keeps offering again. I think we can learn a lot be reading Scripture with this pattern in mind.
In the gospels, we also have stories of calling and again the call is not to special privileges but to participation in a mission – the bringing in of the kingdom, the reign of God. The fishermen become "fishers of men" in Mark and Matthew. When Jesus is bidding farewell to his disciples in the fourth gospel, he says "you did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you to bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. I am giving you these commandments so that you may love one another." (John 15:16-17). This is not the conferring of special privilege or magical powers, but a commissioning to a new way of life that will touch and transform human communities.
Obviously I'm picking and choosing passages here – (I hope it isn't "proof-texting: -- just suggesting some themes that thread through the Biblical story and help to make it our own). When there's language about God's call in Scripture, we may want to resist our contemporary inclination to read everything individualistically and consider that in the context of the story, being called and chosen is usually about becoming part of ( or even leading) a new kind of human community, bearing the cost of this, and becoming in some way an example to the world on God's behalf. True, Christians as a body have not always been a blessing to the world -- we've certainly been known to appropriate and distort the language of chosen-ness in destructive ways. But I think it's important to revisit the idea and try to understand it in a fresh way, rather than to throw it out as contaminated by our past. Just because we've failed to live up to it doesn't mean that the call to become God's people and to be a blessing has gone away.
Most of us cringe at language about chosen-ness because of all the attention that has been given in theological discussions to more individualist questions about who is and is not chosen and what it might mean not to be chosen. Paul struggles over this himself - and comes to a ringing, hopeful conclusion when he says that in Christ "there is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus ." (Galatians 3:28) It may just be "human nature" to turn a story that it mainly about what it means to be called "the people of God" , , into a story about us and them, who's in and who's out. It happens within the story itself, many times. Nevertheless, I think we're meant to pay more attention to what we're called for and to, if we see ourselves as part of the Biblical story, than to worry much about who is in and who is out and how God makes that choice, questions which have occupied us perhaps too much in Christian theologizing.
"Your way of life must be different from that of others," writes that early Christian reformer St. Benedict, "the love of Christ must come before all else." That is still a Biblically- based reading, related to this understanding of being called and chosen. McLaren's take on the call to "be a blessing" as the basis for a missional theology offers us a liberating way to read Scripture as a story that is in some sense our story. He uses it as the basis for his claim that the church's call is "to be and to make disciples of Jesus Christ, in community, and for the sake of the world." And so this way of reading Scripture provides a fresh lens for asking what the Church is called and chosen to be, as the people of God in the real world of the 21st century.


Surrounded by apple orchards and a six acre vineyard, the winery produces approximately 4,000 cases of wine annually.
This tiny winery puts out great wines considering its owners aren't at the winery full time. The winery property includes a new wine production building and a tasting room in a rustic apple orchard and a vineyard with Pinot Grigio and Pinot Noir.