Welcome to the Incubator, Irish contributors!
I felt like this deserved a wee post ;) Many thanks to alexinIreland and Lancet, Duolingo's new Irish contributors!
I just wanted to extend a personal thanks as I am looking forward to finally having a quality course I can take that will help me learn (and hear!) the difficult pronunciations of Irish words and use an immaculate interface like Duo's to learn this language!
...also, soon a language that has long been considered endangered will enjoy a host of budding students--armed with the tools to study and practice it, and be part of its revival.
It's a beautiful thing, ladies and gents. Thanks all around!
Tá éad ormsa. Bhí mé ag iarraidh obair air freisin!
I can't wait until many other endangered languages, like many of the Native American languages, are in the incubator.
I'd love to see ojibwe here, which has a large population but is struggling as a language. Also Dakota/Lakota - there are very large reservations with basically 100% lakota/dakota populations, in isolated areas, meaning building the language in a younger generation could be done without nearly as much distraction as in big cities. Unfortunately internet access is another challenge there.
Nil me abalta fanacht- Tá sceitimini orm!
Two big cheers to alexinIreland and Lancet and wish them the luck of the Irish. T'is even possible Irish will be the first course realeased for english Speakers on the incubator (though perhaps a long shot- still think of how cool that would be!) such a proud heritage- the first non- majour language to reach duolingo!!!
Go n-éirí an t-ádh libh! I would contribute but as apparently my Irish was lacking enough to obtain a C in the LC, I decided it was best not to foist my terrible grammar upon the community.
This is the language I am most excited for on Duolingo. It will be great craic! The anticipation is terrible : ) Thank you for your contribution.
I'm wondering why the progress is at 0%. There is no interface to make, since it's for English speakers, right? So why doesn't the Irish course start at 20% like other courses with pre-existing interfaces? Or am I missing something?
I have never seen that any course from another language to English started with more than 0%. Only courses which included already existing languages (German, Spanish, French) started with higher progress. Maybe I am not right.
Awesome! Really looking forward to using this course. What dialect will it be based on?
I would be very happy to speak this language. Thank you course contributors! :) I can't wait to try it.
Beidh muid ag labhairt gaeilge go luath, le cúnamh dé!
Maith thú! I am so happy to see this! Best of luck in building the course!
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I'm trying to keep it as realistic as possible. I will send you soon some more pictures, I'm progressing slowly.
So, why did I actually start this project?
Simple, you may not believe me, but its true. Recently, in school, we got a new topic: Australia.
Before this moment, I really did not care that much about this country. But now, I'm caring so much about this and I visited Mr. Google for more information.
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Looks Great, but if you work a Bit with Platypus you can Connect Australia with egypt and the Suez-canal . It would be Even more realistic.
Well Australia is in the Eurovision Song Quest so why not add it to Europe. Good luck though it's a big country! By the way Fitzboy? Should it not be Fitzroy?
Haha, thanks, I'm fixing it!
And there is right now no road map, i will send it here soon.
And, realdeal350, I really appreciate your message! I will start in the New South Wales state in the capital of Australia.
Egypt stuff is part of my second project (Mediterranean Map).
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Earlier in 2016 an invitation came from the Chinese branch of the American Quarter Horse Association for Anna to please come to Beijing and Mongolia. They wanted her to share her knowledge and wisdom, and despite her very busy schedule, she did the nearly impossible … she made time. As well traveled as Anna is, China was a brand new experience.
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You may be wondering why I started out talking about the boys. It's simple; a lot of the same people who have carried Hetzel and Yaudy to the throne of grace in the past ten days, did the same for Sam and Jacky a little over a year ago. One of my fellow Woodfinites, and maybe even a branch cousin Sharon Rice, wrote something to me that was very touching. She wrote that she knew mom and baby needed prayer but so did Diane and I. I hope she don't mind me using her name but when someone says something that meaningful to you, you need to give them credit or as we say, pin the roses on them while you can. Right after she said the part about us needing prayer she said this, "I'm on it." You may not think that is a big deal but if you had been through the last 10 days of my life, you would appreciate it as much as I do. I don't mean to be overly dramtic or anything, but when you communicate with baby momma through a Spanish translation app on your phone, and the baby was hanging between life and death due to someone else's ignorance and pride, and you are trying to be up-beat and prayerful and supportive and suppress your anger; it makes for a difficult week. When you have a friend say "You need prayer and I'm on it" it means something to you. I know she has been praying continually because she has followed the updates and made statements about them being heavy on her mind. I know she will be reading this and I want her to know I appreciate it.
What about you and I? What do we do when we see a need? Do we say God bless them? Do we pray that God will send someone by to help them or do we say to ourselves, "I'm on it." Do you realize why you are born again? There is nothing we have done to deserve salvation and mercy. When the search for a sacrifice was being made in heaven and earth and beneath the earth, Jesus saw the need for a perfect sinless sacrifice that could provide the opportunity for man to be reconciled to God. He must have said to himself and to his Father; "I'm on it." Have a blessed day in the Lord!!!


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Obama faces referendum on his Mideast diplomacy
The Envoy September 12, 2011
As President Barack Obama prepares to head to the UN General Assembly opening session in New York next week, two of his major foreign policy goals appear to be on a collision course. In the midst of this year's Arab Spring uprisings, the Obama administration has sought to position the United States as a champion for Arab peoples' aspirations for greater democracy and freedom. At the same time, though, the United States has been fully committed to block one key objective supported by most Arab pro-democracy activists: the petition from Palestinian leaders to achieve enhanced international recognition at the United Nations next week.
Analysts warn that the looming showdown could further diminish the United States' credibility and leverage in the Middle East--and at the very moment that Israel, Washington's closest regional ally, is becoming even more dependent on U.S. diplomatic protection. And in case administration officials needed reminding of the delicate nature of this balancing act, they got a vivid refresher course this past weekend, when Obama and his top aides had to intervene with Egypt's military rulers to help get Israel's ambassador to Cairo and embassy staff evacuated as Egyptian crowds attacked the building. (The assault on Israel's Egypt embassy came just days after another historic Israeli ally in the region, Turkey, expelled Israel's envoy, citing anger over that country's refusal to apologize for the killing of nine Turks in the 2010 Gaza flotilla episode.)
"I think President Obama is torn," veteran American Middle East peace negotiator Aaron David Miller told The Envoy Monday. He doesn't "want to be the guy who has to oppose a Palestinian state, which is something he is very much in support of."
But if U.S. representatives are forced to veto a Palestinian state resolution at the UN Security Council next week--as they vowed to do if the measure comes before that body--"you have to wonder how much lower American credibility can get," Miller said.
Susan Rice, Obama's envoy to the United Nations, made it clear to reporters Monday that Washington is using all the diplomatic incentives and threats it can to try to dissuade Palestinians from going through with their UN plans. (You can see some of her comments on the issue in the YouTube video below.) But as Rice acknowledged at a breakfast with journalists hosted by the Christian Science Monitor Monday, the Palestinian measure is likely to win overwhelming support at the UN General Assembly--despite U.S. opposition.
"One thing I hope the Palestinian leadership is considering is the day after," Rice warned. "What will happen when whatever show we have in the United Nations is done? What will change in the real world for the Palestinian people? The answer is nothing--sadly. Expectations will have been raised very high. But the economy will still be the economy, the situation on ground will remain the situation on the ground. The [Palestinian people] will not have any more sovereignty, freedom or autonomy than they feel today."
Observers will likely interpret the UN Palestine vote as a referendum on Obama's diplomacy in the Middle East--and analysts are already predicting that the United States' credibility as an honest and effective broker in the peace process will likely take another hit.
"I think the Palestinians are going to get a big vote," said Bruce Jones, who formerly worked as an adviser in the office of the UN Middle East peace special representative, in an email to The Envoy Monday. "My view is that the vote will be as much a referendum on US Middle East diplomacy as on [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and the issue [of Palestinian statehood] itself."
"I think Israel missed a beat, here," Jones, now a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, continued. "They could have had a friendly state submit amendments to the eventual draft resolution, recognizing Israel as well ... Israel got so convinced it could turn this off--which was always a non-starter--that it wasted energy and didn't pursue a credible diplomatic strategy at the UN."
Former Israeli diplomat Alon Pinkas agreed that Israel has been pursuing an ineffectual diplomatic strategy on the UN vote.
Once it became clear the vote would proceed at the UN, "Israel had two viable options," Pinkas told The Envoy by email Monday. "To participate in drafting a different resolution based on Obama's tenets; or, conversely, to announce that ... since the UN vote is nothing but a hollow PR stunt, Israel intends to be the first to vote 'Yes' provided negotiations resume immediately thereafter."
The current Israeli government, however, rejected both approaches, Pinkas said. "That is why there was little it could have done to avert the UN circus later this month," he noted, adding, "Still, it would have been more prudent to downplay and trivialize the move rather than build up unnecessary drama."
The prospects for jump-starting another round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks anytime soon are slim--and that means the best among the bad options now before the United States is to try to help "orchestrate behind the scenes a General Assembly resolution that provides 'a soft landing' -- something that preserves a measure of unity, doesn't rule out negotiations, doesn't treat Israelis like a pariah," former American diplomat Miller said.
But if prospects for relaunched Israeli-Palestinian peace talks looked bad six months ago, they look even worse now, Miller contended.
"Developments in Egypt are--if not traumatic, pretty close to traumatic [for Israel]--and are only going to accentuate the [Israeli] public suspicion that the region is changing fundamentally," in ways that Israel finds unfavorable, Miller said. "What it will not do is to bring this Israeli government and large sectors of the [Israeli] public around to the idea that in order to address that growing isolation, Israelis have to be more flexible."
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Just imagine being 12 years old and winning a million dollars. We cannot even begin to fathom what we would have done with all that money at such a young age. Darci Lynne Farmer became a national sensation overnight after wowing the judges of America's Got Talent with her awesome ventriloquist skills. This child has already shown herself to be a seasoned pro.
She handled every challenge that the season threw her way. Darci shows astonishing grace and poise for someone her age. It is clear to see that she will not have any problems handling the spotlight. When she was waiting for the final announcement while standing on the big stage, her nerves almost got the better of her. The moment when she learned that she won was one of the most adorable things that we have ever seen.
Her winning performance was a moment to behold and we knew she was a star from the moment she made judge Mel B ring her golden buzzer at the beginning of the season. So what will Darci and her collection of animals do now that the season is over? Darci is now one million dollars richer. But her plans are not the plans one might expect from a 12 year old girl who has just hit the big time.
For starters, she is planning to donate some of her winnings to her church's mission program. From there, she also wants to give her mother the money she needs to buy a new dishwasher. Once these two goals have been accomplished, she is going to ask her parents if they will allow her to buy a pug. While she may be a big television star, she has not allowed fame to go to her head in any way.
She will have two choices for collecting her monies. She can either accept a lump sum payment that comes out to about $300,000 before taxes or she can receive the prize in the form of an annuity. If she chooses the annuity, she will receive $25,000 a year before taxes for the next 40 years. Those who wish to see Darci's act again can head to Las Vegas' Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino this November.
Ticketmaster can provide fans with all of the information that they need about these shows. Meanwhile, we are glad to see that Darci has not let the money she's won change her in any meaningful way. She is still just a sweet little girl who loves God, her family and puppies!
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The Imperial Hotel is centrally located in the Heart of Galloway – an ideal base to explore the beauty of southern Scotland.
A former Coaching Inn and Listed Building, the hotel has been commended by 'Taste of Scotland', awarded 3 stars by 'Visit Scotland' and 2 stars by the 'AA'. We are open all-year-round including Christmas and New Year.


During this last year, hair has been a sensitive topic and an ever-present source of frustration. Every time I looked in the mirror I was reminded of cancer because my hair was short and gray. Given all I've come through, I know that sounds impossibly ungrateful. I mean, really, it's just hair. That's what I said before. I should stand by that statement, right?
Hair is important. All hair. Eyebrows. Eyelashes. Even nose hair, which I didn't know I'd miss until I experienced a few epic nosebleeds.
Hair makes me feel normal.
But dammit, my hair sure didn't look how I wanted it to.
It felt like a punch in the gut when I had my photo taken for my work badge. The description on the back reads, "Eyes: Blue. Hair: Gray." I read that and wanted to scream at them, "but the color isn't my fault!" Except what good would that have done except to elicit unwanted pity?
And I couldn't make my hair behave. It was too short to do much with except throw on a headband and let it grow.
To add to that frustration was the lingering fear that I'd have go through treatment again only to lose what had grown back. Fear and guilt are kissing cousins and I felt awful for hating my hair. I knew better than anyone the only thing worse than having my hair was having no hair.
My hair has come a long way in a year. Yesterday I had my first real, honest to God, on-purpose hair cut since shaving my head. I keep sneaking peeks in the mirror just to smile at myself. I took an obscene number of selfies and sent them to all my friends. I even jumped in the car and drove over to my friend Veronica's house to show her my hair.
It's been a long time since I've been excited about my hair. It feels good to like looking in the mirror again.
Meghan, I love your new Hair cut! I just want you to know that with or without hair, you have always looked beautiful to me. I love you as the daughter that I never had.. Can't wait to see all you next weekend!
You look beautiful from the first photo to the last and all the way in between. I love hearing how you are after your journey.
Looks great!! Really like it a lot. You have always been so beautiful. Must be the day of hair. I cut and colored mine today also. You are one STRONG young woman. Have always been proud of you, especially through all the changes the last couple years. Remember, what doesn't kill us just makes us stronger. You are one strong woman now!!
Looking pretty good, girl!! My hair has been mostly grey for so long that I rarely think of it. A little brown sneaking through here and there. But I am 63 (ughhh), and I still have all of my hair!
looking good! and beautiful smile!


"Ribbon of Darkness," a song penned by Gordon Lightfoot, topped the country music charts in 1965, recorded by: a) Dolly Parton, b) Charlie Pride, c) Marty Robbins, d) Gordon Lightfoot.
"Strangler" Lewis was: a) a Hollywood actor in the 1920s, b) a wrestling champion in the 1930s, c) a legendary defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears in the 1940s, d) a serial killer in Minneapolis in the 1950s.
Amy: Have you ever read Shakespeare?
Jason: Hmmm. I'm not sure. Who wrote it?
The bul bul, a type of "keyed" dulcimer, is native to: a) Pakistan, b) Turkey, c) Siberia, d) The Philippines.
The gospel of Luke, considered the most systematic historical account of the life of Christ, was written for Greek Christians. Luke, a physician, addressed his historical correspondence specifically to an associate named: a) Theophilus, b) Timothy, c) Sophocles, d) Heroditus.
Mother: It's time for dinner, children. Go wash up.
Barry: Only one of my hands is dirty.
Mother: Okay, if you think you can wash just that one, fine. Make sure you get it extra clean.
Wooden fireplace logs are being banned in some areas because of pollution concerns. To achieve the traditional fireplace effect (including warmth), homeowners are advised to switch to gas logs. To me, gas logs are patently phony. It's like mounting a plastic replica of a Duesenberg sports car body on a used VW chassis and pretending you drive a Duesenberg.
One thing to be said for their use, however, is the nonsmoke factor. A power outage last week forced us to rely on our fireplace as our lone heat source for more than two days. We kept it burning round the clock. On three occasions, smoke filled the house rather than exiting up the chimney. We never resolved why. The flue was open; the wood was good. Someone suggested we were trying to burn wet logs, but I've been unable to verify that as a potential cause of smoking up a living room.
In searching the Web for "flue clues," I found a very good page of fireplace tips and information by realty inspector/author Bill Ball. If you're bothered by flawed smoking or other wood-burning concerns, visit http://realtytimes.com/rtcpages/20030505_fireplace.htm.
During the 1850s, New York City had how many minstrel theatres? a) none, b) 4, c) 10, d) 46.
Atchison, KS, is named for David R. Atchison, who was a mid-19th-Century U.S. senator from: a) South Carolina, b) Missouri, c) Oklahoma, d) Kansas.
Tom: Have you ever heard of Uncle Arctica?
Megan: Hmmm. I'm not sure. Is he married to Antarctica?
I still use the King James Version of the Bible frequently—for several reasons. Certainly there's the sentiment factor, after generations of reference to it by my ancestors. There's broader, deeper sentiment in that it's a truly "historic" version (I like history). But more than anything, I simply like to read it—more than I do some of the other translations/versions/paraphrases of the Bible I've acquired over the years. Typically, I keep one version near my workstation for a few weeks, then another. I like to read the Word afresh and I like to compare wordings.
As for the KJV, I'm neither a naysaying modernist ("You need one of the recent translations if you want to clearly understand what it means.") nor a flaming antimodernist ("Do you know how many times those editors replaced the word 'God' from the original scriptures?!?") I always want to make sure I'm reading the authentic Word of God, devoid of theo-political and thought police shenanigans, but apart from that, I'm interested in alternate translations.
And the earth was without forme, and voyd, and darkenesse was vpon the face of the deepe: and the Spirit of God mooued vpon the face of the waters.
For therein is the righteoufneffe of God reueiled from faith to faith; as it is written, The iust fhall liue by faith.
Obviously, as the English language gradually, subtly changes, there eventually becomes a good reason for modernizing biblical text—as long as the scholars don't tinker with the meaning and authenticity of God's word.
"The Wedding Song," the solo "special occasion hit" recorded by Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul & Mary, was written for: a) Mary Travers, b) Peter Yarrow, c) Don McLean, d) Gordon Bok.
The USS Nautilus, America's first nuclear-powered submarine, made its historic voyage between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans beneath the North Polar ice pack in what year? a) 1944, b) 1958, c) 1970, d) 1985.
Hal entered his apartment and found his roommate Brad watching a bowl game on TV.
"35 to 31," muttered Brad, intent on the drama of the close game's final seconds.
I loathe politics but I'm fascinated by Italy, which prompted me recently to read a bio of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Although he's had a blustery, scandal-ridden political career, the story of his early years is endearing to me.
Did you know Berlusconi paid his way through law school in the late 1950s by selling vacuum cleaners in residential neighborhoods and working singing gigs aboard cruise liners? And that his preliminary vocation focused not on practicing law but on building businesses? Milano 2, a modern suburb of his home city of Milan, was his brainchild during the 1960s. He also became a television magnate.
I have no opinions about his politics (having never examined them), but any guy who worked his way through college as a vac salesman and semipro entertainer has to warrant some repect (IMHO).
The sintir, somewhat similar to the Indian sitar, is an instrument strung over a carved wooden log piece covered by camel skin as the resonating body. In what country is it commonly played? a) Egypt, b) Iran, c) Jordan, d) Morocco.
George Washington was inaugurated as the nation's first president April 30, 1789, in what city? a) Boston, b) New York, c) Philadelphia, d) Washington.
An aging Rodney "Hot Rod" Hundley and scoring phenomenon Elgin Baylor roomed together while playing for the Minneapolis Lakers in the early 1970s. In a game against the New York Knickerbockers, Baylor scored an astonishing 71 points; Hundley accounted for 2. Still, the veteran was quite content, observing that he and his esteemed partner tallied "73 points between us."
While I've always been distressed by Ambrose Bierce' spiritual void, I've been intrigued by much of his writing. (One of his tales already is included in my "Vintage Short Mystery Classics" series of e-booklets.) He unquestionably wrote with wisdom—when headed in certain directions, at any rate—and wit. As they say, even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Hence it was I found myself reading just the other night from The Devil's Dictionary (1911). For those of you who haven't encountered the work, I've selected a few sample Bierce definitions for your edification.


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This is the first book ever to be written on the collective history of the little group of islands between Ardnamurchan and Skye. As some of the best known Hebridean islands, Canna, Rum, Eigg and Muck have a long and varied history, but are also amongst the least documented. Rum was the playground of the Macruari kings of the Northern Hebrides; Eigg was the island meeting point where their descendants conceded primacy to the Islay Macdonalds, while Muck and Canna were the property of Iona, spiritual nerve centre of the west.
With reference to both the extensive material remains on the islands and rare original source material, this book is a dynamic and wideranging account of the Small Isles and their history.
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38 Snakes in Missouri (5 are Venomous!)
Missouri is known for having wide open plains, expansive waterways, and a large section of the Mississippi River. It also is home to almost 40 different species of snakes. That's a lot of snakes, but only five of those snakes are venomous. The other types of snakes will usually not bother you as long as you don't bother them.
However, it's never a good idea to taunt, harass, or try to handle a snake in the wild. Even non-venomous snakes can strike or bite if they are annoyed or if they feel threatened.
Let's dive into the snakes in Missouri so you can better understand the snakes of the "Show-Me" State.
Overview of Snakes in Missouri
Snakes are types of reptiles in the Linnaean taxonomy that include over 3,600 species that are distributed on every continent minus Antarctica. The U.S. is home is home to around 50 different species of snakes and 47 of them are actually found in Missouri. Most of the snakes in Missouri are found throughout the states. All five of Missouri's venomous snakes are known as pit vipers, which mean that they have a deep pit between their eyes and their nostril. These pits actually serve as infrared-detecting organs which help snakes find the heat sources in their prey.
Snakes reproduce sexually and about half of snakes in Missouri lay eggs while the others give live birth. Egg-laying species give birth to young that develop a special egg tooth that grows at the tip of its face to help them break through shells.
Additionally, only about 725 species of snakes in total are venomous and most do not attack people.
Common Snakes In Missouri
The type of snakes that you run into in Missouri will depend largely on where in the state you are. There are distinct geographical areas of the state that each have different types of snakes. For example, snakes that live across almost the entire state of Missouri include the:
Western Wormsnake
Yellow-Bellied Racer
Ring-Necked Snake
Eatern Hognose Snake
Prairie Kingsanke
Speckled Kingsnake
Milksnake
Norther Water Snake
Western Ratsnake
Midland Brownsnake
Ribbon Snake
Eastern Gartersnake
Smooth Earthsnake
Copperhead (Venomous)
Timer Rattlesnake (Venomous)
All other snakes in the state have more limited geographic presences that might not be in the Ozarks, long the Mississippi, or lacking from the prairies across the state. Now that we've established some of the most common snakes that range across almost all of Missouri, let's dive into some nonvenomous snakes you'll find in the state.
Diamondback Water Snake
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The diamondback water snake lives mostly near the rivers and lakes that dot the entire state of Missouri. If you fish or boat or spend a lot of time on the Mississippi River you will almost certainly see a diamondback water snake at some point. These snakes are not large, but the coloring patterns may mimic the color patterns of a venomous cottonmouth snake.
Don't approach a diamondback water snake unless you're certain it's not a cottonmouth. Diamondback water snakes don't attack humans, but they may secrete a terrible odor trying to scare you away. They also might play dead if you startle them. Diamondback water snakes can grow up to four feet in length and aren't found in the Ozarks.
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Plains Garter Snake
Garter snake
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The plains garter snake is a very colorful snake and you should be able to see it easily even in the tall grass. These snakes have a dull gray-green primary body color but they also have vivid stripes of yellow, or orange that run the entire length of their bodies. The natural habitat of the plains garter snake is prairies and meadows which means that Missouri is a perfect place for these snakes to live.
If you are horseback riding, hiking, or biking across the prairies keep an eye out for a flash of yellow or orange as a Plains Garter snake goes by. The snakes are found most often in the northwestern corner of the state, but are also common in the greater St. Louis region.
Bull Snake
Bull snakes are often called gopher snakes and are common across the United States.
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Bull snakes (gopher snakes) are some of the largest snakes in the entire U.S. and are often around six feet in length. They constrict their prey so they have wide heavy bodies that can crush mice, rats, and other rodents. They also eat birds, because bull snakes can slither their way up trees and into branches. Make sure that you keep an eye out for snakes above you in the trees when you're enjoying outdoor activities in Missouri.
Bull snakes are not venomous, but they are strong and powerful and have even been known to eat venomous rattlesnakes. It's best if you don't approach bull snakes even though they aren't venomous. Bull snakes are common across Missouri grasslands but are less common in the Ozarks and the southern portion of the state.
Eastern Coachwhip Snake
Eastern coachwhip snakes live across much of southern Missouri
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Eastern coachwhip snakes can look very scary but they are actually non-venomous and won't hurt you unless you are antagonizing it. They are usually black or very dark brown to blend in with their surroundings and they can be extremely long.
They are also very fast. Most of the time by the time you realize that there's a snake near you it's gone if it's an eastern coachwhip! Sometimes these snakes will vibrate their tails to make a sound that is similar to a rattle trying to scare away something that they think is a threat.
Coachwhips are found across most of the southern half of the state, but are absent from the southeastern portion of Missouri.
Western Mud Snake
Mud snakes can reach more than 5 feet in length.
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We just described how coachwhips are absent from the southeastern corner of Missouri, so let's introduce a snake species that's only found in the southeastern portion of the state.
Western mud snakes are nocturnal so most of the time you won't see them. Because they prefer to be active after dark these snakes have evolved a pitch-black body color but they have a bright orange or red set of markings that you should be able to see even at night. If you're hunting early in the morning, or setting off for a hike soon after sunrise you may see some western mud snakes that are getting ready to go underground for the rest of the day.
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Venomous Snakes In Missouri
There are three types of rattlesnakes in Missouri, in addition to a couple other venomous snakes. Even though Missouri doesn't have a lot of venomous snake breeds there are enough that anyone who is spending a lot of time outdoors should know how to identify these venomous snakes and always be careful whenever you come across snakes in the wild so that you can avoid a potentially very serious bite:
Eastern Copperhead
Copperheads are responsible for more venomous bites than any snake in America
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The eastern copperhead has slightly less potent venom than other snakes on this list so chances are pretty good that if you get bitten by a copperhead you won't become dangerously sick. However, you still need to get medical attention right away if you are ever bitten by a copperhead. These snakes have a very distinctive copper tan color on their heads and pinkish-red coloring on their bellies.
That should make it a little easier to identify them. They are relatively small and max out at about three feet long. The average length for a Copperhead is just over two feet.
The snakes are found across nearly all of Missouri with just a small part of the state being outside their range along the Iowa border.
Cottonmouth
Side view of a Cottonmouth snake, ready to strike. The snake has a large spade-shaped head.
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A cottonmouth snake can have several different color variations that may be confusing because they make it look like other breeds of snakes. However, the cottonmouth has one distinctive feature that you will only ever see on a cottonmouth and that is a white mouth.
When the Cottonmouth raises its head you will see white around the mouth and there will be two black bars underneath its mouth. If it opens its mouth you will see that the inside of the mouth area is also white.
But if a cottonmouth is opening its mouth at you then you need to take evasive maneuvers immediately. Move very slowly and carefully and back up step by step until you are out of the snake's range. If you just wait quietly and stay still the snake will likely leave rather than attack you.
Cottonmouths are only found in the southeast and Ozark regions of Missouri. They prefer being close to aquatic environments, living in swamps and marshlands.
Timber Rattlesnake
Timber Rattlesnakes are the most venomous snake in the US
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Timber rattlesnakes are the largest venomous snakes in Missouri at nearly six feet long. Their natural habitat is rocky or wooded areas so you may come across one if you are hiking in the woods or hunting. Most Timbers snakes are brown or gray with a tan stripe running down the length of their bodies and sometimes gray or black markings as well. They generally don't attack humans but if you hear a rattle or see a flash of orange the smartest thing to do is back up and choose a different way forward.
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Western Pygmy Rattlesnake
Pygmy rattlesnakes are generally the smallest species of venomous snakes in the state.
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Western pygmy rattlesnakes are the smallest type of rattlesnake and usually are less than two feet long. Like all rattlesnakes, they have some potent venom and do give a rattle as a warning before they attack. However, you have a very low chance of ever encountering one because they like to burrow and hide under rocks and brushes. They try to avoid humans.
These snakes are only found in the Ozarks and are found in counties bordering Missouri, but avoid grasslands and counties bordering the Mississippi.
Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
Massasaugas are found near the Mississippi but are not extremely rare.
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The massasauga rattlesnake is only found in the northern part of Missouri, and it's very rare for any humans to come into contact with them. These snakes are gray with dark brown markings and they blend into their surroundings very well. Massasaugas have extremely potent venom, but if you are bit and get medical attention right away you should be fine. There's only a handful of Massasauga bites in the entire country each year.
The Complete List of Snakes in Missouri
Missouri may be the "Show Me" state but you don't really want to get face to face with the venomous snakes in Missouri. And even though most of the snakes that call Missouri home are non-threatening to humans, part of being safe around snakes is leaving them alone.
Yet, sometimes you can't help engaging with snakes in the state if you almost step on one or cross a trail at the same time. So with that in mind, it's important to be aware of snakes in the state and which ones may prove more dangerous.
A full list of all the types of snakes in Missouri includes:
Western Worm Snake
Northern Scarlet Snake
Eastern Yellowbelly Racer
Prairie Ring-necked Snake
Great Plains Rat Snake
Black Rat Snake
Western Fox Snake
Plains Hog-nosed Snake
Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
Prairie Kingsnake
Red Milk Snake
Eastern Coachwhip
Mississippi Green Water Snake
Yellow-bellied Water Snake
Broad-banded Water Snake
Diamond-backed Water Snake
Northern Water Snake
Rough Green Snake
Smooth Green Snake
Bullsnake
Graham's Crayfish Snake
Ground Snake
Midland Brown Snake
Northern Red-bellied Snake
Flat-headed Snake
Western Ribbon Snake Thamnophis
Eastern Garter Snake
Lined Snake
Rough Earth Snake
Western Earth Snake
Northern Cottonmouth
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Q: Strange failure to make a HIT for Amazon Mechanical Turk with some URLs? I was trying to include a link in a HIT request in Amazon Mechanical Turk, using boto, and kept getting an error that my XML was invalid.  I gradually pared my html down to the bare minimum, and isolated that it seems to be that some valid links fail for seemingly no reason.  Can anyone with expertise in boto or aws help me parse why?
I followed these two guides:

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*http://www.toforge.com/2011/04/boto-mturk-tutorial-create-hits/

*https://gist.github.com/j2labs/740267
Here is my example:
from boto.mturk.connection import MTurkConnection
from boto.mturk.question import QuestionContent,Question,QuestionForm,Overview,AnswerSpecification,SelectionAnswer,FormattedContent,FreeTextAnswer
from config import *

HOST = 'mechanicalturk.sandbox.amazonaws.com'

mtc = MTurkConnection(aws_access_key_id=ACCESS_ID,
                      aws_secret_access_key=SECRET_KEY,
                      host=HOST)

title = 'HIT title'
description = ("HIT description.")
keywords = 'keywords'

s1 = """<![CDATA[
Here comes a link LINK
]]>""" % "http://www.example.com"
s2 = """<![CDATA[
Here comes a link LINK
]]>""" % "https://www.google.com/search?q=example&site=imghp&tbm=isch"

def makeahit(s):
    overview = Overview()
    overview.append_field('Title', 'HIT title itself')
    overview.append_field('FormattedContent',s)

    qc = QuestionContent()
    qc.append_field('Title','The title')

    fta = FreeTextAnswer()

    q = Question(identifier="URL",
                 content=qc,
                 answer_spec=AnswerSpecification(fta))

    question_form = QuestionForm()
    question_form.append(overview)
    question_form.append(q)

    mtc.create_hit(questions=question_form,
                   max_assignments=1,
                   title=title,
                   description=description,
                   keywords=keywords,
                   duration = 30,
                   reward=0.05)

makeahit(s1) # SUCCESS!
makeahit(s2) # FAIL?
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<stdin>", line 25, in makeahit
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/boto/mturk/connection.py", line 263, in create_hit
    return self._process_request('CreateHIT', params, [('HIT', HIT)])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/boto/mturk/connection.py", line 821, in _process_request
    return self._process_response(response, marker_elems)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/boto/mturk/connection.py", line 836, in _process_response
    raise MTurkRequestError(response.status, response.reason, body)
boto.mturk.connection.MTurkRequestError: MTurkRequestError: 200 OK
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<CreateHITResponse><OperationRequest><RequestId>19548ab5-034b-49ec-86b2-9e499a3c9a79</RequestId></OperationRequest><HIT><Request><IsValid>False</IsValid><Errors><Error>AWS.MechanicalTurk.XHTMLParseError<Message>There was an error parsing the XHTML data in your request.  Please make sure the data is well-formed and validates against the appropriate schema. Details: The reference to entity "site" must end with the ';' delimiter. Invalid content: <FormattedContent><![CDATA[<p>Here comes a link <a href='https://www.google.com/search?q=example&site=imghp&tbm=isch'>LINK</a></p>]]></FormattedContent> (1369323038698 s)</Message></Error></Errors></Request></HIT></CreateHITResponse>

Any idea why s2 fails, but s1 succeeds when both are valid links?  Both link contents work:

*

*http://www.example.com

*https://www.google.com/search?q=example&site=imghp&tbm=isch
Things with query strings?  Https?
UPDATE
I'm going to do some tests, but right now my candidate hypotheses are:

*

*HTTPS doesn't work (so, I'll see if I can get another https link to work)

*URLs with params don't work (so, I'll see if I can get another url with params to work)

*Google doesn't allow its searches to get posted this way? (if 1 and 2 fail!)

A: You need to escape ampersands in urls, i.e. & => &.
At the end of s2, use
q=example&site=imghp&tbm=isch

instead of
q=example&site=imghp&tbm=isch

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text:
Station Name: HEATH
Location: East side of Devonshire Terrace
Company on opening: Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Date closed to passengers: 4.3.1963 (Excursions till 6.5.1963)
Date closed completely: 12.6.1965
Company on closing: British Railways (Eastern Region)
Present state: The station has been demolished, the station forecourt can still be seen in Devonshire Terrace with two railway gate posts still in place. The stationmaster's house is now in private occupation.
County: Derbyshire
OS Grid Ref: SK435661
Date of visit: 16.6.2008
Notes: The railways first came to Heath to transport coal from a number of collieries in the vicinity notably Holmewood Colliery immediately south of the station which was served by a loop off the main line and Williamthorpe Colliery to the north west of the station.
Coal traffic was always the major revenue earner and the passenger services were of relatively minor importance. With the decline in passenger traffic after WW2 Heath closed when the local service on the Great Central was withdrawn on 4th March 1963 although special excursions continued to call at the station until 6th May 1963. Freight traffic was maintained until 12th June 1965 with a private siding remaining in use after that date.
The station was provided with brick and timber buildings on both platforms with substantial canopies stretching almost to the platform edge added at a later date; an open footbridge linked the two platforms. There was a signalbox at the north end of the 'up' platform, this controlled exchange sidings and the Holmewood Colliery branch. A second signalbox to
the north of the stations controlled Heath Junction giving access to the Chesterfield loop. A small goods yard was provided on the down side of the line on the north side of Devonshire Terrace, this included a goods shed and a siding serving cattle pens.
The last freight trains ran through the station in 1966 and track lifting began in December 1967. A public footpath now runs through the station site. The road bridge to the north of the station has now been rebuilt and now spans a road to an industrial estate on the site of Holmewood Colliery.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY BETWEEN SHEFFIELD AND LONDON
The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS & L) was formed in 1846 by the
amalgamation of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway with two proposed
lines - the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway and the Great Grimsby and Sheffield
Junction Railway; the SA & M had opened between Manchester and Sheffield Bridgehouses in
1845. The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway ran between Manchester London Road
(now Piccadilly) via Penistone to Sheffield (the Woodhead route) and on to Brigg, Grimsby and Cleethorpes. A second line left the main line at Penistone and served Barnsley, Doncaster and Scunthorpe before rejoining the Grimsby line at Barnetby. The MS & LR opened a line from Sheffield Bridgehouses to Beighton for passengers on the 12th February 1849. Passengers going south and to London changed on to the 'Midland' line at Eckington. On 15th September 1851 a new station called Sheffield Victoria was opened a short distance to the south west of the Bridgehouses terminus which was retained as a goods depot.
In 1854, Edward Watkin became General Manager and then in 1864 chairman of the Company. Watkin's ambition was to build a rail link between the industrial heartland of Manchester and Sheffield, south to London and through a tunnel beneath the channel to reach Paris and the expanding markets of Continental Europe.
In order to fulfil his ambitions, Watkin also became Chairman of the Metropolitan Railway who were in the process of extending their line northwards towards Rickmansworth and the South Eastern Railway connecting London with Dover. Initially, Watkin tried to convince other companies to build links with the MS & L allowing him to reach London but he was unable to reach agreement and eventually was left with little option than to build his own line southward from Sheffield to reach the Met
In the 1890's the MS&LR began construction of its 'Derbyshire Lines', in effect the first part of its push southwards. Leaving its east - west main line at Beighton Junction, some 5 1/2 miles east of Sheffield, the line headed south through the Nottingham coal field with a branch line serving its new Central Station in Chesterfield. In July 1890 the MS&LR obtained another act to extend from Chesterfield to Heath creating a loop line. Work started on this new section, of some 4¾ miles, before construction on the original line was finished and opened in July 1893.
In 1893 the MS&LR obtained Parliamentary approval to extend this line to London (known as the 'London Extension'. Construction of the 92 mile route started in 1895 and on 1st August 1897 the company changed its name to the Great Central Railway; it was the last 'main line' to be built until the Channel Tunnel rail link in 2003.
Due to its late construction, the company was able to take advantage of the latest technology including steam excavators. It was heavily engineered with viaducts and wide cuttings with a maximum gradient of 1 in 128; there were no sharp curves or level crossings which would ensure a fast service for both passengers and freight. Most of the stations on the 'London extension' were built to a standard design consisting of an island platform with the booking office located on the platform. All the stations were built on an embankment or in a cutting adjacent to a road bridge, with access via stairs from the middle of the bridge; only the larger intermediate stations like Rugby and Loughborough had street level buildings. Because Edward Watkin also expected his trains to reach Europe through a channel tunnel, the line was also built to a larger continental (Berne) loading gauge. The Great Central opened for coal traffic on 25 July 1898, for passenger traffic to a new terminus at Marylebone on 15 March 1899 and for general goods traffic on 11 April 1899.
The new line was built from Annesley in Nottinghamshire to join the existing Metropolitan Railway which had now reached Quainton Road in Buckinghamshire, where the line became joint Met/GCR owned (after 1903), it returned to GCR metals near Finchley Road for the final section into Marylebone. In 1903, new rails were laid parallel to the Metropolitan Railway from Harrow to the junction north of Finchley Road, enabling more traffic to use Marylebone. Although the new line had now reached London, Edward Watkin was unable to fulfil his ambition as he was forced to retire through ill health.
From the outset, the line had to compete with established north – south routes and the first train only carried a disappointing four passengers so the company had to work hard to win passengers from its rivals; with a well managed Advertising campaign and the introduction of a fast and efficient train service the companies fortunes slowly improved although it was
never a match for its rival lines.
In the 1923 grouping, the Great Central became part of the London & North Eastern Railway which brought an increase in freight traffic from the south Midlands and south west England but the LNER's main north - south route was into London Kings Cross so the Great Central was always considered as a secondary route.
After nationalisation, the line became part of British Railways Eastern Region but was transferred to the London Midland Region in 1958. By this time the service was already in decline with the increasing popularity of the car and it was unable to compete with other north - south routes as the line passed through sparsely populated areas south of Rugby. Manchester to London express services were withdrawn on 2nd January 1960 leaving only three semi-fast trains a day and it came as little surprise when the line became the first main line to close in the Beeching era. Beeching considered that the Great Central was a duplicate route which could be sacrificed in favour of the Midland main line.
Many of the intermediate stations, including the Chesterfield loop closed on 4th March 1963 and long distance freight services were withdrawn shortly afterwards. Annesley Motive Power Depot (between Nottingham and Sheffield) closed on 3rd January 1966 and Nottingham Victoria closed on 5th September 1966 along with the remaining stations south of Rugby. The track was lifted between Rugby and Calvert leaving a diesel multiple unit (DMU) shuttle service operating between Rugby and Arkwright Street and the southern section of the line between Aylesbury and London Marylebone which still carried considerable commuter traffic. The northern section of the line between Sheffield Victoria and Woodhouse also remained open as this also formed part of the Sheffield to Lincoln line. The line north of Nottingham remained in use until May 1968 serving the collieries at Annesley and Newstead and was eventually lifted in October/November 1969.
In 1968 the London Railway Preservation Society chose Quainton Road as its new base, the society being renamed as the Quainton Railway Society; this has now developed into the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre covering 25 acres. The Centre boasts one of the largest private railway collections in the country with numerous steam locomotives, many housed in the former listed trainshed from Oxford Rewley Road which was dismantled and rebuilt at Quainton Road in 1999/2000.
The shuttle service between Nottingham and Rugby lasted until 3rd May 1969. As closure approached a group of railway enthusiasts got together to discuss the possibility of buying a section of the track to operate preserved steam locomotives. A steam service was reinstated between Loughborough and Quorn in 1973 and in 1976 Charnwood Borough Council agreed to purchase the land from BR and lease it to the railway for 99 years. Despite a shaky start, the Great Central Railway PLC are now operating throughout the year between their headquarters at Loughborough Central and a new station called Leicester North just inside the city boundary. The remaining track between Leicester - Rugby was lifted in early 1970.
North of Loughborough, the line remained open for freight traffic after closure to passengers in 1969 serving the gypsum mine at East Leake and the Ruddington Ordnance Storage and Disposal Depot south of Nottingham. This traffic ceased in the 1980's and the track north of Loughborough was mothballed by BR until 2000. In the early 1990's a group of
transport enthusiasts set up the Great Central Railway (Nottingham) Ltd with the aim of redeveloping the derelict Ruddington Ordnance depot as part of a country park project. The depot was turned into the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre (NTHC) and trains were run on a small length of line into the depot.
The NTHC's aim was to reinstate the remaining line into Loughborough where it joins the GCR
PLC thus forming a single 18 mile preserved line. In the 1990's NTHC obtained a loan to buy
the track from Railtrack. Gypsum traffic resumed in 2000 with up to two daily trains and revenue from British Gypsum is used to pay off the loan. Rushcliffe Halt has now been restored and in 2003 regular services were reinstated although passenger trains south of Rushcliffe Halt are limited to the second Sunday of each month as there is no station at Loughborough.
It is now both groups aim to reinstate two bridges, one over the Midland main line north of Loughborough, rebuild 300 yards of embankment and relay little more than a quarter of a mile of track. As well a 'bridging the gap' between the two preserved lines further long term proposals would see the line extended southwards to Leicester Abbey and northwards from Ruddington to join up with the Nottingham tram network and on to Nottingham city centre.
Sheffield Victoria closed on 5th January 1970 with the closure of the Woodhead route and trains from Lincoln were diverted into Sheffield Midland. Although the southern section of the main line remained open, it too was proposed for partial closure in 1986. Aylesbury was to remain open but all services would run into Paddington via Princes Risborough. Marylebone Station was due to close on 12th May 1986 but the station was eventually reprieved and the closure proposals were rescinded. Following rail privatisation in the 1990's, Chiltern Railways took over the route and in 2006 two new platforms were built at Marylebone on the site of the old daytime carriage sidings. The new platforms and partial resignalling of the station throat now make it possible to run 20 trains per hour in and out of the station.
North of Aylesbury the track remains in place but is only used by waste freight trains to the landfill site at Calvert where a junction with the Oxford - Cambridge line remains in use. On selected days, usually bank holidays, special passenger services run to the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre at Quainton Road station. There are now proposals to extend the
passenger services northwards to a new station called Aylesbury Vale Parkway at the point where the line crosses the A41 near Berryfields Farm. This area is to be known as the Berryfields Major Development Area and will include park and ride facilities for Aylesbury.
With our motorway network now working at capacity there have been a number of proposals to reopen other sections of the Great Central main line and in 2006 Central Railway was formed to look into the feasibility of building a new rail link from central England to the Channel Tunnel which would include rebuilding part of the Great Central route south of Rugby reviving a 1990's government proposal to reopen that section of the line as part of a fast rail link from Scotland to the Channel Tunnel.
Preservation group web sites: The Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, The Great Central Railway (steam service between Loughborough and Leicester North) & Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre (steam service between Ruddington and Loughborough)
Selected other web sites: The Transport Archive contains further detailed history of the Great Central plus a vast collection of 2344 'on line' photographs many ( the Newton Collection) taken during the construction of the London Extension. Chris Ward's Annesley Web site featuring numerous photographs of the Great Central around Nottingham and the Annesley Motive Power Depot. Great Central Railway through Leicester. Nigel Tout's web site with numerous photographs of the Great Central remains around Leicester and a series of archive photographs of the line. Bridging the Gap details ongoing work to reinstate the link between the two preserved lines. The Great Central Railway Society promotes an historical interest in the Great Central Railway.
Selected further reading: Great Central Memories by John MC Healey published 1987 by Baton Transport ISBN 0 85936 193 4 - heavily illustrated history of the London Extension. Great Central Then and Now by Mac Hawkins - published (2nd edition) by BCA 1992 ISBN 0 7153 9326 X , station by station photographic survey of the Great Central between Sheffield and London with numerous 'then and now' photographs. See also Sheepbridge & Brimington Station and construction of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway through Brimington by Philip Cousins. Published in St. Michael & All Saints, Brimington parish magazine. (Click here for full text). Tickets from Michael Stewart & Glynn Waite. Route map drawn by Alan Young.
Too see other stations on the Great Central Railway between Sheffield Victoria and Aylesbury click on the station name: Aylesbury, Waddesdon, Quainton Road (1st site), Quainton Road (2nd site)**, Calvert, Finmere, Brackley Central, Helmdon, Culworth, Woodford Halse, Charwelton, Braunston & Willoughby, Rugby Central, Lutterworth, Ashby Magna, Whetstone, Leicester Central, Leicester North***, Belgrave & Birstall, Rothley**, Swithland****, Quorn & Woodhouse**, Loughborough Central**, East Leake, Rushcliffe Halt**, Ruddington, Ruddington Factory Halt, Arkwright Street, Nottingham Victoria, Carrington, New Basford, Bulwell Common, Bulwell Hall Halt, Hucknall Central, Annesley South Junction Halt, Hollinwell & Annesley, Kirkby Bentinck, Tibshelf Town, Pilsley, Staveley Central, Renishaw Central, Killamarsh Central, Beighton (1st site), Beighton (2nd site), Woodhouse Junction, Woodhouse*, Darnall*, Sheffield Victoria & Sheffield Bridgehouses.
Chesterfield loop - Staveley Works, Brimington, Chesterfield Central & Grassmoor
* Station still open but included for completeness ** Station reopened by Great Central steam railway and Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre *** New station opened by Great Central steam railway **** Station planned and partially built but not opened
Heath Station looking north in c.1910
Heath Station looking north in may 1969
The site of Heath Station looking north in June 2008
Railway gate posts at the entrance to Heath Station in June 2008


text:
The relative importance of routes and sources of wound contamination during general surgery. I. Non-airborne
Whyte, W. , Hambraeus, A., Laurell, G. and Hoborn, J. (1991) The relative importance of routes and sources of wound contamination during general surgery. I. Non-airborne. Journal of Hospital Infection, 18(2), pp. 93-107. (doi: 10.1016/0195-6701(91)90154-Z) (PMID:1678765)
A study was undertaken to determine the relative importance of some sources, routes of transmission, and measures to prevent bacteria entering the wound during biliary tract surgery. When bacteria were growing in the bile they accounted for the majority (>99%) of the bacteria found in the wound. However, when the bile was sterile the skin bacteria at the incision site were found to make a substantial contribution to the wound flora. The difference in the total wound contamination between a patient who had practically no skin bacteria and one who had an average amount was in the region of 17-fold. No transfer of skin bacteria from the surgical team through perforated gloves or by direct contact from the surface of operating gowns was demonstrated. Ten of the patients studied had septic wounds. Five of these were infected by bacteria from the bile.
Whyte, Dr William
Whyte, W., Hambraeus, A., Laurell, G., and Hoborn, J.
College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering
Journal of Hospital Infection
Mrs Marie Cairney