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Whether you need to get an airliner across a continent without flying it, piggyback a space shuttle to its launch site, or ship Snoop Dog's oversized tour stage to Nigeria, you're going to need the world's biggest and strongest aircraft: the Antonov An-225.
The Antonov An-225 Mriya is, quite simply, the largest airplane in the world. At 275 feet in length with a 290 foot wingspan and a maximum takeoff weight of 640 tons, it dwarfs 787's. When it debuted in 1988, the An-225 was 50 percent bigger than any airliner ever built before it. It remains the largest operational aircraft in terms of length and wingspan to this day.
Designed at the end of the Cold War, the An-225 was built as a replacement for the Myasishchev VM-T to carry the Soviet Union's Buran space shuttle between launch and landing sites. The An-225 is based on the earlier An-124 "Ruslan", however it includes additional turbofan engines, a reinforced floor, and stronger, 32-wheel landing gear set than its predecessor. In all, the An-225 utilizes six Progress D-18 turbofans, each producing 51,600 lbf of thrust to haul its massive loads of cargo. This massive plane holds the world records airlifting a single-item payload—a gas power station generator weighing 418,834 pounds—and for airlifting a total payload of 559,577 pounds.
The An-225 loads and unloads through its nose—the rear ramp and cargo door were removed to save weight—and actually kneels using its retractable nosegear, allowing deliveries to drive directly into the cargo bay and more easily position loads. The Mriya also differs from the earlier Ruslan in its tail assembly. The An-225 uses a split, twin tail—rather than the single vertical fin—that allows it to carry large external items up to 440,000 pounds.
The first, and only, An-225 completed made its maiden flight in December 1988. A second Mriya was roughly 65 percent completed and plans had been laid for the construction of several more An-225s when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. The Buran space program was cancelled, as were the contracts with Antonov, so the only 1.5 An-225s in existence were mothballed in 1994. After seven years under wraps, the full An-225 was pulled out of cold storage and refurbished for commercial use carrying oversized payloads long distances.
There has been much discussion on finishing the second Mriya but it remains in storage until Antonov can find $300 million to complete the project. But given that the company has just restarted the production of its An-124s, the An-225 might not be that far behind.
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Loan sharks are circling in North Manchester: debt awareness is key to fending them off
By Conrad Bower | 24 March 2022 Features
Chain Reactions debt awareness event aims to help the increasing numbers of families struggling with debt, which threatens to drag them down with it, due to the cost-of-living crisis.
Poverty and debt is dragging evermore of us down across the UK. Prior to the pandemic the government calculated there were 14.5 million people living in poverty, that figure is estimated by the Legatum Institute to have risen to 15 million by September last year. A cost-of-living crisis is well underway, with energy and food prices going through the roof, leading to more people experiencing debt and poverty.
The Chain Reactions event on the 25 and 26 March at the Methodist Central Hall in Manchester aims to raise awareness to the problems faced by individuals and families suffering from household debt, offer advice to those suffering from it, and discuss what changes need to be made to reduce the burden of household debt and its attendant poverty.
Chain Reactions at Methodist Central Hall, Oldham Street, Manchester, 10am-4pm on 25 March and 26 March, during National Debt Awareness Week. Free tickets available from Eventbrite.
Organised by the Jubilee Debt Campaign and the Manchester Methodists, the two day drop-in event will be officially opened by the Lord and Lady Mayoress of Manchester at 10:30 on 25 March. Deacon Pru Cahill is a minister at the Methodist Central Hall and a key organiser of the event. She told The Meteor that the event had been created "because of the impact of rising prices on families and individuals who are already struggling. We have a concern for the policies and circumstances which allow people to fall into debt and want to make a difference.
"We hope it will grow awareness for the issues – that debt is not always a matter of poor financial management, and to look for ways communities and individuals can make a difference through campaigning and action. We also hope to provide practical help through debt advice agencies."
Just prior to the pandemic hitting the UK, the number of working families living in poverty hit a record high of 17.4%, equal to one in six working households, according to a study by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) which showed the highest in work poverty rates in the 21st century. The IPPR report listed four main factors leading to the growth in poverty: low wages, social security payments failing to keep up with rents, spiralling housing costs among low-income households and a lack of flexible and affordable childcare.
The pandemic has led to widening inequalities for families bringing up children, particularly in the North of England. A report released in December by the Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA) showed that children in the North had a 27% chance of living in poverty compared to 20% for the rest of England. One reason raised for this in the report is the much larger cuts on Sure Start children's centres, where in the North spending was cut by £412 per eligible child, compared to only £238 in the rest of England. Boris Johnson's levelling up promises have a lot of ground and height to cover due to the numerous austerity driven cuts that have slashed public services, affecting those that need them most.
Gateway M40's website.
Wendy Steele of the debt advice charity Gateway M40 does not need to see reports on poverty to understand it is getting worse; she experiences it from the increasing number of people in north Manchester approaching them for help. Steele described poverty and debt in the region developing into a "huge tsunami, which we already knew was going to be coming because of the pandemic. But obviously now with other world events happening, what's happening in the Ukraine, the impact on gas and electricity prices, petrol prices, and food prices, it is becoming an impossible burden.
"So we're not actually talking about poverty anymore we're talking about deprivation on a huge level… it is a really, really terrible situation, and as it stands at the moment it is only going to get much worse.
"So the impact of that on things like suicide rates, mental health, and the fact that loan sharks and illegal money lenders have been able to move back into deprived areas, certainly north Manchester. We've been able to keep them at bay for some time and they're now moving in at a rate of knots. People are turning to these types of lenders in order to survive, so they're not borrowing money for luxuries or additional things they are borrowing money just to survive."
Gateway M40's name is derived from the postcode that covers large parts of north Manchester, and the organisation was started by Revd Chris Fallone in Collyhurst in 2016. With a million pounds in funding available Fallone consulted the local community to see how the money could be put to best use. Top on the list of responses was debt and benefits advice, and so Gateway M40 was created.
Steele had 20 years experience in the banking industry, before she began working at the Citizens Advice Bureau, and then became manager of Gateway M40. Steele says that since the charity was formed they have written off nearly £7 million worth in debt, and increased incomes by about £3 million, by assisting people to claim the social security payments they are entitled to, whether they are sick, disabled, unemployed or working.
The first session of Chain Reactions after the opening event is a debt advice presentation at 11 am on 25 March, by Steele, who will also be one of the panel members on a discussion and Q&A on poverty and debt at 12 noon. Joining Steele on the panel will be representatives from Big Issue North, Acts435, Citizens Advice Manchester, Community Money Advice and a local housing association.
The pandemic and the rising cost of living, exacerbated by Russian aggression in Ukraine, may have brought this crisis to a head, but it has been a decade or more in the making. Steele criticises the austerity driven cuts that have reduced access to, and centralised public services, and is particularly critical of the cuts that have led to a decrease in the face to face advice people need when in a crisis. Councillors from Manchester will also be present at Chain Reactions, who Steele is keen to reach because "they need to know what's going on, and unfortunately I don't think a lot of them have got a real handle on what's going on in the community and the kind of support and advice that people need."
The Gateway M40 team, with Wendy Steele seated on the left. Image: Gateway M40
The problems Steele is providing advice on during her work with Gateway M40 are escalating in seriousness, she says:
"Five years ago I would be talking predominantly about managing budgets and prioritising, you know, payments, rent, council tax, etcetera, and how to then manage your remaining budget that you had available.
"I can't do that at the moment because the income that people who are in receipt of Universal Credit have coming in is being lost virtually immediately when they paid rent, council tax, gas and electricity. Now there's not enough to eat, let alone pay anything off."
Last October the removal of the £20 a week added to Universal Credit payments during the pandemic has been an extra challenge for people to deal with. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation calculated that on average 21% of all working age families would experience a £1,040-a-year cut to their incomes due to it. These same families are now having to deal with an average price rise of £693 a year, due to the price cap on gas and electricity rising on the 1 April.
The Office of Budget Responsibility suggest Steele and her debt advising colleagues will be presented with many more people suffering from household debt. The OBR's March forecast predicts that living standards in Britain are expected to fall at the quickest annual rate since the mid 1950s. A 2.2% drop per person in real household disposable incomes is expected in 2022-23.
Alleviating the burden of household debt
The lack of face-to-face advice available to people suffering from household debt is a major stumbling block to providing help, Steele says, particularly when it comes to M40's clients who have got complex needs, low levels of literacy and numeracy, and limited access to digital communications.
"We want to see budgets and resources being channelled towards locally based advice where people can access it easily on a platform that suits them, not the platform that suits the available funding, which is predominantly digital and telephone" Steele said.
"No one is saying that those platforms shouldn't be available. They absolutely should be available, but there has to be stepping stones for people to be able to use them. And you still have to acknowledge that there are people in local communities who need to come into safe spaces to be able to talk about their hardship."
Corporate, for-profit businesses advertising debt management plans on social media are also problematic Steele says. These plans advertised on social media make a profit by adding a commission onto a monthly debt payment scheme, whereas Gateway M40 predominantly works with debt relief orders and bankruptcy because it provides immediate resolution to the problems and gives people a fresh start unburdened from their debt. Education is also key to creating change, Steele says, from "warning of the dangers of illegal money lending" to "education in skills around money management and budget management."
Looking forward to welcoming participants to the Chain Reaction event at Friday's opening session, Cahill also says that she is eager to learn more about the issues around debt, and solutions to it, during the networking conversations taking place. When it comes to change Cahil believes what is needed is a "compassionate understanding from government on the impact of rising household bills on families, children, everyone really" alongside "Better regulation of credit offers from banks and retailers."
On Saturday 26 March the second day of Chain Reactions kicks off at 11 am with a Resisting Household Debt workshop lead by the Jubilee Debt Campaign. In the afternoon at 1:30pm they will show a film on debt followed by a discussion, leading to action points for Manchester.
What should you do when faced with debt?
So what should you do if faced with a depressing amount of debt that threatens to drag you down along with it? Steele says:
"Get help, get advice, free advice. You don't need to pay… There are a number of different charities that can give you that advice from national charities such as National Debtline, Citizen Advice Bureau and Shelter over the phone. Or local based charities such as ourselves and a number of others, who will provide you with free advice. Yes that's the first thing that I would say.
"Don't suffer in silence. It's very difficult for people to make that step, we understand that. We work with vulnerable and complex needs, so we can help with whatever it is that you're struggling with. And once you've got that support in place, we'll look to support people holistically around that.
"So you might approach an organisation because you're in debt, but that organisation will usually be already linked into other community organisations who can support you If there's a crisis and can then help you to move forward… The whole basis of Gateway M40 is about empowering people to be able to deal with their own financial situations. But we fully understand that people need help to do that and.
"So yes, the first thing is always to get advice. And the second thing is to make sure you get that advice from a properly authorised organisation."
Using foodbanks and community supermarkets is also a strategy Steele recommends as well as contacting your local council to access their Household Support Fund (HSF), such as this one in Manchester, who may also be able to direct you to organisations offering free fuel vouchers if you are struggling to pay your gas and electric bills.
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Call It What It Is: Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals' Concert At The Hollywood Bowl Was Fine Art REVIEW+PHOTOS: Ben Harper at The Hollywood Bowl 8/19/16
Derrick Lee, 3 years ago 0 5 min read
HOLLYWOOD, CA- Ben Harper has played the Hollywood Bowl before … but never like this. On August 19th, 2016, the multi-Grammy award winning artist was joined on the stage at the landmark venue by both his Innocent Criminals and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Thomas Wilkins. It was, and pardon the cliche, "a once in a lifetime musical experience". With orchestral arrangements masterfully crafted by world-renowned arranger/composer/conductor David Campbell, Ben took his music to new heights that his fans had never heard before.
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals took the stage sans the L.A. Phil to start the performance; and their union on stage was a sight for my sore eyes and ears. Having reunited in 2015 after a seven year hiatus, and releasing a new album earlier this year ("Call it What It Is"), listening to them exchange melodic themes and watching them, as they watched each other, jam revealed to me that the musical camaraderie and cohesiveness that I heard on "Burn To Shine" was still shining bright. That sense of community on stage permeated through the audience, which was proved when Ben asked the Hollywood Bowl audience to sing happy birthday for their lead guitarist, Jason Mozersky. It was perhaps the most in tune version of "Happy Birthday" sung by 17,000 people that I've ever heard.
After playing a selection of songs with the Innocent Criminals, Ben introduced the L.A. Phil to the audience. As each member of the orchestra marched on stage with their instruments to take their seats, Ben's face lit up like a child. The overwhelmed look of joyous disbelief on his face said it all. The orchestra started to tune their instruments, and Ben added with a smile:
"Have you ever had something like this behind you? I've NEVER had anything like this behind me […] That's a lot of innocent criminals, huh?"
The audience cheered in agreement.
When Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals commenced the collaborative portions of the concert with the L.A. Phil, I was instantly mesmerized. David Campbell's arrangements were so nuanced and so carefully crafted, no detail was spared to expand upon and enhance the mood and flavor of Ben's music. Right off the bat with the first song, "Call It What It Is", the social political heaviness of the subject matter was given an even greater weight with the orchestral accompaniment. Ben sang about how it was a "crime to be black", and when the horn section stormed in during the lyrics "call it what it is, murder" … man … to call it ominous would be an understatement.
The orchestration of next song, "Amen Omen", was just as powerful. A mostly acoustic performance on the album recording, I was taken aback when the string sections (I'm assuming violins and violas) came in with pizzicato flourishes. As Ben sang "I put your world into my veins", those pizzicato lines were like a sonic syringe that injected the music into our heads.
Ben is an emotional singer, but for a greater portion of the concert he wore a fedora with a large brim that shaded his face. He took his fedora off, however, when stood up from his custom made slide-guitar chair to sing "Power of The Gospel". As he sang that emotional song, with the Hollywood Bowl's spotlight shining down on him center stage, we could all witness his soul emanating from his being. You could see it in his face; his desire to move the audience to believe in hope and to believe in salvation. He was preaching his own gospel and to see the urgency on his face as he sang that song was truly moving.
After pouring his soul out to the audience, Ben took a moment for himself with the next song. "I'm going to join my new band here," Ben said, turning his seat around to face orchestra. Clearly, Ben wanted to take this moment to appreciate the unique opportunity afforded him, and to become enveloped in the sound of the orchestral accompaniment while he performed his instrumental masterpiece "All My Heart Can Take". A personal aside, there was a moment during "All My Heart Can Take" when I thought he was going to segue into one of my favorite instrumental pieces "The Three of Us" from "Welcome To The Cruel World". It didn't happen, but I'll tell you … my anticipation of the possibility of it happening had me on the edge of my seat.
And this leads me to what was perhaps one of the more revealing moments of the event. At one point during the concert, several voices from the audience shouted song requests of some of Ben's more well known hits. Ben addressed the suggestions by stating the following:
"Look … I was at Outsidelands, and I saw Radiohead, and I was like 'Fake Plastic Trees'! So I know… I know… 'Burn One Down', 'Kisses' … I know. But we're on another level tonight. I'll see you tomorrow in Santa Barbara."
Ben was absolutely right. This was no ordinary concert. This was Ben's moment to hand-pick selections from his extensive catalog, to take that art, and create fine art that will only exist in that one singular moment (unless it was recorded for posterity, in which case … um … can I get a copy?).
Certain songs I'm sure he selected for personal reasons (like "When She Believes" which he wrote from his personal experience rocking his oldest daughter to sleep as a child) and certain songs I'm sure he selected because he knew that an orchestra would instill a new passion to the music which he had created ("How Dark Is Gone" is definitely a song that was meant to be backed by a full orchestra). Sure, it would have been "fun" for the audience to have David Campbell write an arrangement for "Burn One Down" and "Steal My Kisses", but those pieces, as fun as they are to listen to, just couldn't have held a candle to the to emotional masterpieces that were performed on this evening at the Hollywood Bowl.
For his encore, Ben Harper performed "Better Way", the end lyrics of which repeat, "I believe in a better way". Ben, I believe you did it in the best way.
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Indianapolis Family Medicine Residency A Note from Our Director Curriculum Facilities Benefits Rotations Audition Rotations Behavioral Health Our Faculty Our Residents
Indianapolis Family Medicine Residency
There used to be just one choice of doctor -- a general practitioner, who cared for everyone in the family. Over the past 44 years, residency programs began experiencing declines in the number of graduating medical students specializing in family medicine. However, the need for family doctors is greater than ever, and the family medicine residency program at Franciscan Health Indianapolis continues to thrive.
Over the past 44 years, Franciscan Health Indianapolis has graduated more than 220 family medicine physicians from its residency program.
Each summer, eight new residents begin a 36-month journey that takes them to the start of their family medicine careers. Residents see patients of all ages and incomes, and they provide care for expectant mothers and deliver babies. The program has prospered due in large part to its intimate size, warm atmosphere and unwavering support of the faculty and hospital administration.
A Note from Our Director
Thank you for your interest in the Family Medicine Residency Program at Franciscan Health Indianapolis. We assure you that your experience as a Franciscan Health resident will provide an exceptional opportunity that you won't find at any other program. The Franciscan Health Family Medicine Residency program prides itself on maintaining an atmosphere that supports a resident's personal and professional growth. Residents are encouraged to pursue outside interests, build healthy family lives and involve themselves in community service. Our commitment to the individual fosters a sense of family. We've designed our program to provide a balanced environment, allowing time for study, family, mental and physical well-being and the opportunity to nurture interests both within and beyond the practice of medicine. As a resident at Franciscan Health, you will experience a high level of autonomy and responsibility throughout your training. You will work alongside some of the most qualified and experienced faculty who are dedicated to your success. Our residents are treated as colleagues and develop a very high level of clinical competence early in the program.
Why do physicians in training select the Franciscan Health Family Medicine Residency Program?
Here are just a few reasons:
Franciscan Health offers strong inpatient and ambulatory experiences. You will see a wide variety of patient cases at the Family Medicine Center, which receives more than 21,000 clinic visits each year.
Franciscan Health is oriented to the practice of comprehensive family medicine in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. Residents receive a strong obstetrical experience, including 20-40 or more unassisted deliveries during their rotation.
Intensive and non-intensive OB tracks are available.
The sports medicine track includes first-hand training as team physicians for area schools.
A family medicine urban/rural/global underserved training track enhances your exposure to a variety of family medicine settings.
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) intensive track for our DO residents
Individualized intensive tracks can be arranged with the program director, past examples include addiction medicine, integrative medicine, bariatrics
Franciscan Health offers the International Medicine Experience in conjunction with The Timmy Global Health. Each resident is guaranteed one international trip during their residency training. Residents are free to develop their own international experiences as well.
In 1982, Franciscan Health Indianapolis (then St. Francis Hospital) became the first family medicine residency program in Indiana to have a meaningful, structured and operational research program. The residency has received many regional research awards. Residents and faculty have been published in a variety of journals.
The residency values family life and the personal as well as professional growth of its residents. As further evidence to Franciscan Health's commitment to education, the Family Medicine Center was the first clinical site in the Franciscan Health system to implement Epic electronic medical records (EMRs).
Franciscan Health is a very special place that has been built on our Franciscan tradition and values, and our residency faculty takes pride in our warm, supportive learning environment. For over 40 years, our program has trained physicians in the clinical and academic aspects of family medicine, while never losing sight of our mission to treat each patient with individualized care and compassion. There is a tremendous pride among all Franciscan Health staff and physicians. We invite you to visit with us and learn how we can help prepare you for a lifetime of service.
Carrie Anderson, M.D., Director, Family Medicine Residency
The Franciscan Health Indianapolis Family Medicine Residency is changing with the face of medicine. The resident curriculum is periodically updated to ensure our residents receive the most credible information, education and experiences available.
First-Year Residents
Residents spend most of their first year working in the major specialty areas of Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Intensive Care, Obstetrics and Cardiology. The residents also spend two half-day sessions each week seeing their own patients in the Family Medicine Center.
Second-Year Residents
During their second year, residents concentrate on further training in various specialties. Responsibilities increase for the care of obstetrical patients and residents spend four half-day sessions each week seeing their own patients in the Family Medicine Center.
Third-Year Residents
An increased number of electives allow third-year residents to focus on personal career interests. The residents continue to see patients in the Family Medicine Center four half-days per week. Residents also serve two months as clinical chief resident of the Family Medicine Service.
To learn more about the Family Medicine Residency Program at Franciscan Health, contact the Residency Coordinator via email.
The heart of our program is our dedicated Family Medicine Center. Located at 5230-A Stop 11 Road on the Indianapolis campus, the center receives more than 21,000 patient visits each year, has 24 examination rooms and three minor procedure rooms.
Residents spend two to four half-days weekly in the Family Medicine Center.
As a resident at Franciscan Health Indianapolis, you will work in an ambulatory surgery center, imaging center, pediatric unit and an obstetrical inpatient facility. You will practice cardiac healthcare at the nationally recognized Franciscan Health Indianapolis Heart Center, south central Indiana's only full-service cardiovascular center. You'll experience first-hand the nationally recognized Emergency Heart Attack Response Team, which reduces door-to-balloon time for heart attack patients.
The obstetrical program at Franciscan Health Indianapolis offers our residents a genuinely unique experience. It's not only our modern facilities and state-of-the-art technologies that make Franciscan Health the hospital of choice for thousands of expectant parents each year; our unique family-centered approach and individualized care truly set us apart from other hospitals.
Our Center for Women & Children includes two Caesarean surgical suites and a level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Pediatric care at Franciscan Health Indianapolis includes our inpatient pediatric unit as well as a variety of pediatric specialty clinics. These include: cardiac, diabetes, Hip Hop Clinic (addresses issues of overweight and obese children), NICU follow-up, endocrinology, pulmonology, surgery, urology.
Franciscan Health Indianapolis offers our Family Medicine Residents a generous package of benefits, including competitive salaries.
Anticipated Salaries for 2019-2020
First-Year Residents: $65,058, plus $7,000 sign-on bonus
Second-Year Residents: $67,027
Third-Year Residents: $70,970
Residents typically receive yearly cost-of-living increases.
First-Year Residents: two weeks
Second-Year Residents: two weeks
Third-Year Residents: three weeks
All Residents: nine paid holidays each year
Leave of absence for sickness, maternity, paternity, education, military and other approved reasons
Dental and vision insurance optional
$1,700 annually for tuition and conference travel expenses
Five days in-town and five days out-of-town allotted annually
A one-time $1,700 payment for a sports medicine, obstetrical, underserved or OMT conference for high track.
Ample part-time, in-house job opportunities for second and third-year residents as a back-up to the intern on-call or covering obstetrics and codes at the Indianapolis campus
Various opportunities to do paid sports physicals for elementary, middle and high school students
Physician coats supplied annually
Free meals while on-call
Fall and spring retreats for residents, faculty and their families
Maternity/paternity/adoption policy incorporates elective time, paid time off and exceptional flexibility
Allowance for smart phone
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) dues paid
Indiana State Medical Association (ISMA), Indianapolis Medical Society dues paid
Indiana Osteopathic Association (IOA) dues paid
Part 3 USMLE paid
ABFM certification paid
The Family Medicine Residency Program at Franciscan Health Indianapolis is a three-year program that gives residents an excellent variety of experiences. All residents will follow a thorough set of rotations that leaves room for each resident to tailor their residency to their career desires.
Standard Rotations
Night float call (6 weeks total)
Six weeks total of night float scheduled in two-week blocks during intern year
Family Medicine (20 weeks total)
Family Medicine Service (eight weeks), Clinical Chief Resident (eight weeks), Outpatient Family Medicine/Practice Management (four weeks)
Internal Medicine and Subspecialties (36 weeks total):
Ward Medicine (four weeks), Intensive Care Unit (four weeks), Cardiology (four weeks), Endocrinology (four weeks), Gastroenterology (four weeks), Dermatology (four weeks), Neurology (four weeks), Selective (Podiatry-Colorectal-Plastics) (two weeks), Selective (IM OP, Adult Medicine Inpatient/Geriatric Ward Medicine) (four weeks)
Pediatrics (16 weeks total)
Pediatrics Ward Rotation (eight weeks), Outpatient Pediatrics (eight weeks)
Surgery (14 weeks total):
General Surgery (four weeks), Orthopedics (four weeks), Urology (two weeks), ENT (two weeks), Ophthalmology (two weeks)
Obstetrics/Gynecology (12 weeks total):
Labor and Delivery (eight weeks), Outpatient Gynecology (four weeks)
Other (18 weeks total):
Psychiatry (four weeks), Emergency Medicine (four weeks), Radiology (two weeks), Occupational Medicine (two weeks), Community Medicine (two weeks), Sports Medicine (four weeks)
Electives (from any area) (26 weeks total)
PM&R
OMT (Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment)
Rural & Underserved Experience
Other electives as requested.
Curriculum Highlights:
Franciscan Health offers separate tracks for residents interested in an intensive OB experience and for those not planning to include obstetrics as part of their practice. Our residents receive extensive obstetrical training, which includes 20-40 or more unassisted deliveries during the obstetrical rotation. On the intensive track it would not be unusal for a resident to deliver 50 or more continuity patients. For those residents not interested in pursuing obstetrics in their careers, there is a very minimal requirement of following five continuity patients with three deliveries. Family Medicine faculty members provide on-site staffing for all residency deliveries. Intensive track residents are rewarded for their commitment with additional time and funding to attend an obstetrics-related CME conference.
Most pediatric care occurs in the ambulatory environment, providing comprehensive and solid experience for the problems likely to be encountered in private practice. Inpatient hospital experiences include:
Newborn nursery experience during the eight-week obstetrics rotation
A two-week requirement in the NICU, which provides residents with basic neonatal skills and stabilization skills necessary for private practice.
An eight-week inpatient pediatric rotation during the intern year
Our practice management curriculum includes a monthly lecture series on billing and coding patient encounters, insight on evaluating a practice opportunity and evaluating an employment contract. It includes four weeks in a family physician's office learning the administrative aspects of running a family practice office. Additional sessions on coding and practice management occur throughout the year.
Residents who declare a high interest in sports medicine receive a number of unique experiences including:
Team doctor coverage for local high schools
Support of elite athletic events (including the 500 Festival Mini-Marathon)
Performing pre-participation physicals for local school
Residents are rewarded for their commitment with additional time and funding to attend a sports medicine-related CME conference.
International Medicine Experience
Franciscan Health offers the International Medicine Experience in conjunction with The Timmy Global Health. Each resident is guaranteed one international trip during their residency training. Residents are free to develop their own international experiences as well. The residency also offers a focused global medicine experience as part of the intensive underserved track.
Continuing Medical Education Conferences
In addition to clinical rotations and office practice, residents have numerous learning opportunities through our continuing medical education conferences. Continuing medical education is offered during:
daily clinical noon conferences,
specialty day-long conferences including cardio-vascular, ortho-neuro, pulmonary and oncology
quarterly grand rounds
To learn more about the Family Medicine Residency Program at Franciscan Health Indianapolis, contact the Residency Coordinator via email.
Audition Rotations
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Are you a medical student interested in electives? Medical students interested in an elective rotation at Franciscan Health Indianapolis should contact the Medical Education Coordinator at (317) 528-8641 or via email.
The psychologist team works alongside residents teaching as well as providing integrated care to patients. The behavioral health team chairs the Physicians Wellness Committee, aimed at addressing issues of wellness, fatigue mitigation, and job satisfaction. The team works closely with the psychiatrists who oversee the behavioral health rotations. Residents participate in annual simulation training and taped patient encounters to continuously improve their skills addressing difficult behavioral health issues. The behavioral health team is active in participating in the ongoing performance improvement projects in the residency.
Learn more about our Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.
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Franciscan Health participates in the Association of American Medical Colleges' Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Applicants may begin applying on Sept. 15, 2019.
Please visit the ERAS website for helpful resources and a timeline for the residency match process. Please use ACGME ID code 1201711125 for the Franciscan Health (formerly Franciscan St. Francis Health) Program, Indianapolis, IN.
To view a sample residency contract, click here.
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Nurse practitioners (NP) are advanced practice registered nurses that manage acute and chronic medical conditions, both physical and mental, through history and physical exam and the ordering of diagnostic tests and medical treatments. NPs are qualified to diagnose medical problems, order treatments, perform advanced procedures, prescribe medications, and make referrals for a wide range of acute and chronic medical conditions within their scope of practice. Their education includes a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or other undergraduate degree, and requires a license as a registered nurse (RN) and experience as an RN in a health care setting. They must graduate from an accredited graduate (MSN) or doctoral (DNP) program and achieve a board certification.
Physician assistants (PA) typically obtain medical histories, perform examinations and procedures, order treatments, diagnose diseases, prescribe medication, order and interpret diagnostic tests, refer patients to specialists as required, and first or second-assist in surgery. Their education includes a bachelor's degree, extensive clinical training from an accredited PA program and they must obtain a license to practice as a physician assistant.


8.	Fixed Assets management and undertake physical verification on a yearly basis with help of admin team.
9.	Responsible for timely submission of travel claims & proper accounting.
10.	Supervise follow up for pending service tax and Vat refunds.


On July 3, 2017, Cache County Sheriff's Office K9 service dog Endy died of heat exhaustion after being left unattended in a patrol vehicle. Endy's handler contacted his division commander upon discovering the canine in his patrol truck. The handler was immediately placed on administrative leave as per Sheriff's Office protocol. On being notified, Sheriff Chad Jensen requested two investigations--an independent investigation through the Northern Utah Critical Incident Task Force conducted by a third party, which is ongoing, and an administrative internal investigation through the Sheriff's Office that is now complete.
Jensen states all K9 patrol vehicles were proactively equipped with safety features for the canine while the handler was on duty and the vehicle was left running. Through our investigation surrounding the circumstances of Endy's death, we are actively pursuing new technology wherein all K9 units will be equipped with end of shift warning systems. Handlers will be forced to manually shut down the security system and this system will give verbal warnings to the handler to remove the canine from the vehicle. If not manually shut down, the system will activate horns, lights, and sirens until the canine is removed safely.
The Northern Utah Critical Incident Task Force independent investigation is ongoing. Inquiries into their investigation should be made to the Cache County Attorney's Office.
The Cache County Sheriff's Office will be holding a memorial service at the Sheriff's Complex honoring Endy, his service, and the legacy he leaves among law enforcement and residents across the valley. Interment will follow. The community is invited to attend, and details will be announced through our website www.cachesheriff.com and on our Facebook page.


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Extending God's love, care and goodness into the world
January 07, 2015 | posted by Sister Joyce Detzel, CDP
Topics: Vocations
As crisp fall mornings meld into the quiet beauty of the Advent season God asks the age-old question, "I am doing something new. Can you not see it?" The upcoming Year of Consecrated Life sets aside time for renewal and appreciation for Consecrated Life and invites the next generations of Catholics to give their hearts completely to Christ as religious brothers, priests or sisters. As vocation director for the Congregation of Divine Providence (CDP) in San Antonio, it is easy to see the new life that abounds on our convent grounds and enthusiastically respond, "Yes Lord, we do — and it is utterly amazing!"
In 1866 two courageous immigrant sisters crossed the ocean at a bishop's request. Their humble promise to pour out their lives to open new schools and educate immigrants on the frontier resulted in a great harvest of over 1,400 women who have traveled to San Antonio to respond to God's call to become Sisters of Divine Providence. The same "yes!" resounds in the lives of Sister Misty, Sister Kate and Hermana Maricruz, who recently made their first vows. It echoes in the hearts of our pre-novice Megan and our affiliates, Christina, Melissa and Ana Lourdes. Seeds reside in students and others discerning a vocation with us.
Someone recently said "Your job must be tough. Nobody wants to be a sister today." Tell that to the women in our 2014 Summer Experience vocation program … or the 32 sisters who helped with the programming during this three months live-in and extended community experience! It puzzles those attending our With All My Heart Retreat and Convent Curious events. Even faithful, well-meaning Catholics may persist in the belief despite a recent CARA study that shows over 1,700 men and women in initial formation today. Young people DO want to know more about religious life. God's call is still a precious gift to be discovered and treasured. The winds of change ushering in the Year of the Consecrated Life signal a newfound openness to discern a calling to religious life especially among young women in their 20s.
Religious communities must face the challenge of how to reach potential discerners when the vocation field is as vast as the world. Our congregation's response to God's "I am doing something new" means blogs, videos, texting and social media letters rather than brochures, e-mails, telephone calls and convent visits are now primary points of initial contact. On Jan. 21, 2015, A Nun's Life Ministry will have a live streaming podcast from Our Lady of the Lake Convent. The podcast, chatroom and virtual Motherhouse Road Trip will expand our vocation outreach beyond traditional boundaries. Pilgrimages, mission trips, young adult associate groups, retreats, adoration, dinners and spiritual growth opportunities then grow the relationship started between the women and our congregation.
We were recently selected as one of five U.S. colleges/universities founded by women religious invited to participate in SisterStory, the second phase project of a $3.3 million grant obtained by St. Katherine's University in Minnesota. (The Conrad G. Hilton Foundation supported the first phase roll out of "National Catholic Sisters Week" last March.) Six Our Lady of the Lake University students were paired with six of Sisters of Divine Providence. The students demystified religious life, debunked stereotypes and shared their 20-something impressions of Sisters of Divine Providence via in-depth conversations, blogs and other forms of social media. A video-taped final interview of each sister will become part of a national digital repository that can be accessed by women interested in religious life.
God continues to call. Women still love and follow Christ. God creates a vocation; we do our best to wisely use resources to prepare fertile soil and invite. Advent calls us to ponder the mystery of the new life growing within our congregation and in the church. It is a sacred privilege to watch the seeds of God's love mature women into Sisters of Providence who extend God's love, care and goodness into the world. In the end, our response to God's "Can you not see it?" is only limited by our imagination and the creativity of the spirit who makes all things new.
Sister Joyce Detzel is a vocation director for the Congregation of Divine Providence in San Antonio. As a convert to Catholicism, attorney, mother, artist, educator, administrator and campus minister, she knew the call to love God with your whole heart comes in different ways at different times in life.


In the additive RGB color model, color #2c0f2a (hexadecimal – hex triplet) has values of 44 (17% red), 15 (6% green) and 42 (16% blue). In the CMYK (subtractive color model), color #2c0f2a has values 0% cyan, 66% magenta, 5% yellow and 83% black. In the HSL model, it is represented by 304° hue, 49% saturation and 12% lightness. Win32 representation: DWORD COLORREF C=0x00a2f0c2. Decimal value is 2887466.
#2c0f2a is not web-safe (Netscape). Nearest web-safe color is #330033. #2c0f2a isn't X11 color, closest X11 color is Black (#000000).
Related colors (alternatives): Very Dark Purplish Red, Blackish Purple, Blackish Red, Very Dark Purple, Very Dark Red, Aubergine, Brownish Black, Dark Plum, Gray11, Dark Reddish Brown.
This table contains information about #2c0f2a color values in the most popular color spaces: RGB (additive color model), CMY, CMYK (subtractive color model), HSL, HSI, CIE XYZ. This data can be downloaded in JSON (2c0f2a.json) and CSV (2c0f2a.csv) formats.
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Tendu is the second label from Jill and Steve Matthiasson who are better known for their pure, balanced wines from vineyards in Sonoma and Napa. Steve was awarded the SF Chronicle's "Winemaker of the Year" award and has been nominated for multiple James Beard awards for his work in wine. Their Tendu line represents some of the best values we've come across for honest, small-production wines. Lower alcohol, with great structure and balance, the Tendu line is reminiscent of the great table wines of France and Italy that are meant to be consumed in their youth. The word tendu refers to tension or poise and these wines are just that; racy and full of energy. We suggest you load up on these wines as they're perfect "house" styles.


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https://www.barrons.com/articles/nestle-stock-still-looks-appetizing-after-big-gain-51566606404
Nestlé Stock Still Looks Appetizing After Big Gain
Rupert Steiner
Illustration by Andrea Chronopoulos
Nestlé, the world's largest packaged-foods company, is having a great year. In the past 12 months, its shares have risen more than 30%, to 108 Swiss francs, compared to a 2% decline in the Stoxx Europe 600 index, as the company upgrades its cupboard to reflect changing tastes, and streamlines operations to launch and deliver products faster.
These and other changes have put Nestlé (ticker: NESN.Switzerland) on track to realize 7% to 8% annualized profit growth over each of the next four years, and additional share-price gains. Martin Deboo, a Jefferies analyst, has a target price of 121 Swiss francs ($123); he expects Nestlé to earn a higher valuation as profit margins expand.
The shares now trade for 24 times this year's expected earnings of CHF4.43 a share, and 23 times next year's estimate of CHF4.80, and yield 2.3%. "In a 2% bond-yield world, defensive consumer stocks will trade at a higher multiple," Deboo says.
Thomas A. Russo, of New York's Gardner Russo & Gardner, calls Nestlé a "bond that comes with inflation protection and a venture-capital fund attached." He cites its ability to "raise prices of its strong products to cover increasing costs," while also investing in new brands and markets. Gardner Russo owns about $1.2 billion of Nestlé shares.
Nestlé operates through seven business units. The largest, powdered and liquid beverages, contributed 24% of last year's CHF91.4 billion in revenue, followed by nutrition and health sciences, at 18%. Other divisions include milk products and ice cream, pet care, prepared dishes, confectionery, and water. Nescafé, Coffee-Mate, and Purina are among the company's largest and best-known brands.
The breakout in Nestlé's shares is something of a triumph, after several disappointing years in which sluggish sales and market-share losses, particularly in pet care, confectionery, and ice cream, scared investors away. Nestlé reacted too slowly in that span to an altered food and beverage landscape, missing the growth of organic baby food, flavored sparkling water, and natural pet food. The company earned CHF13.8 billion in operating profit last year, or CHF4.02 a share, up from 2013's CHF3.49, after several years of no growth.
In 2016, Nestlé's board poached Mark Schneider from Fresenius (FRE.Germany), the kidney-dialysis giant, and installed him as CEO as of Jan. 1, 2017, replacing Paul Bulcke, now chairman. Six months into Schneider's tenure, Third Point, a hedge fund managed by activist investor Dan Loeb, took a $3.5 billion stake in Nestlé. In a letter and slide show posted online, Loeb charged that Bulcke had slowed the pace and magnitude of change, and that a faster, more responsive company with a more focused strategy could "materially improve" the business's operating and financial trajectory.
Loeb recommendedthat Nestlé divest operations accounting for as much as 15% of sales, as well as a $25 billion stake in beauty-products giant L'Oréal (OR.France). Third Point declined to comment.
Schneider appears to have adopted the advice, selling noncore assets, including the U.S. confectionery unit that owned the BabyRuth, Butterfinger, and Nerds candy brands, and the Gerber Life Insurance business. Herta, a European cooked-meats business, is under review, and Nestlé is in exclusive talks to sell its Skin Health business to a consortium led by private-equity firm EQT Partners for CHF10.2 billion. Jefferies' Deboo thinks that Nestlé could shed another CHF5 billion of revenue.
"We will have ongoing portfolio adjustment and changes," Schneider recently told Barron's. "We are constantly evaluating our portfolio…and there are parts that we may want to put under review in the future."
Nestle / NESN.Switzerland
Note: CHF1 = $1.02 USD. E=estimate
As Schneider sells businesses, he is reinvesting the proceeds in higher-margin items. For example, Nestlé paid Starbucks (SBUX) $7.1 billion last year for the right to market the company's coffee products and sell Starbucks-branded capsules and filter coffee in supermarkets. In June, Nestlé announced plans to launch a pea-based burger in the U.S. this fall, capitalizing on the growing demand for plant-based "meat" that has boosted shares of start-up Beyond Meat (BYND) by 500% since its early-May initial public offering. Nestle on Aug. 23 said it will expand its plant-based products to include mince to launch next month in Europe.
Products such as veggie burgers, pet food, and sauces for home cooking are aimed at millennial customers. "For the first time in decades, people are again spending a higher percentage of their disposable income on food and beverages," Schneider said, "But they expect higher quality and more transparency and sustainability."
Premium products are "the best way" to grow sales and profit margins, he adds.
Nestlé also has focused on speeding product launches, reducing the process to nine months from under three years previously. More value will come from streamlining the company's delivery network. Nestlé has been delivering products to supply depots and individual grocery stores, but will switch to depot delivery over the next 12 months.
Andrew Wood, an analyst at Bernstein, says that Schneider is "slowly implementing significant cultural change," mostly through "under-the-radar improvements."
"He told us his No. 1 priority is 'speed, speed, speed,' " Wood recalls. "He is working to improve the pace of change, the speed of innovation, and the time to market."
The early resultslook good. Organic revenue, stripped of currency swings and one-time items, rose 3.9% in the June quarter, the largest quarterly increase in three years. For the six months ended in June, Nestlé's revenue gained 3.5%, to CHF45.5 billion, while underlying trading operating profit increased by 10%, to CHF7.8 billion.
Nestlé has benefitted in recent years from its 23% ownership of L'Oréal, the world's largest beauty-products company. As noted earlier, Third Point is pushing for Nestlé to sell the investment, made more than 40 years ago and now worth $25 billion.
Schneider hinted to Barron's that he is less glued to the holding than in the past. "The recent share-price performance of L'Oréal has been spectacular [shares have risen more than 40% in the past three years], so holding on to that stake until now has proved to be a good decision for Nestlé and its shareholders," Schneider said.
It is unlikely that Nestlé would sell its L'Oréal position without plans to invest the proceeds, possibly in an acquisition. In a September 2017 report, Deboo posited that Danone (BN.France), with a stock market value of 51 billion euros ($56.5 billion), might be a good fit. "Nestlé hasn't been so strongly linked to Danone," he wrote. "[Danone] does, however, have a Health & Wellness mission, plays elsewhere in the dairy value chain, and, critically, could present itself as politically acceptable." In other words, the French government probably wouldn't block a sale. Nestlé and Danone each declined to comment on potential acquisitions.
Nestlé doesn't need a big purchase to energize growth, however. With a renewed fire in its belly, and a savvy CEO, the company could continue to build on its recent tasty gains on its own.
Nestlé, the world's largest packaged-foods company, is having a great year.


Parc Leopold is a little hidden gem near the EU Commission buildings in Brussels. There are plenty of shady benches surrounding a duck pond and it's generally a quiet, family-friendly green space. Recently, the best thing about Parc Leopold is the appearance of an old-school ice-cream cart, selling organic, artisanal gelato.
Le Petit Nuage (the little cloud) serves around six different varieties of ice-cream and sorbet, all hand-made from organic ingredients, by owner Yoan. The mango sorbet was so flavourful and refreshing on a hot summer day, I had to go back for more.
You can spot Le Petit Nuage's blue and white cart parked in various spots around the Parc Leopold (just follow the long line of smiling customers) or listen for the jingle of the bells as Yoan slowly peddles around the pond and flag him down. You'll be glad you did!


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package testing

import (
	"io/ioutil"
	"math/rand"
	"testing"

	apiequality "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/testing/fuzzer"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/diff"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/testapi"
	api "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/core"
)

func BenchmarkPodConversion(b *testing.B) {
	apiObjectFuzzer := fuzzer.FuzzerFor(FuzzerFuncs, rand.NewSource(benchmarkSeed), legacyscheme.Codecs)
	items := make([]api.Pod, 4)
	for i := range items {
		apiObjectFuzzer.Fuzz(&items[i])
		items[i].Spec.InitContainers = nil
		items[i].Status.InitContainerStatuses = nil
	}

	// add a fixed item
	items = append(items, benchmarkPod)
	width := len(items)

	scheme := legacyscheme.Scheme
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
		pod := &items[i%width]
		versionedObj, err := scheme.UnsafeConvertToVersion(pod, legacyscheme.Registry.GroupOrDie(api.GroupName).GroupVersion)
		if err != nil {
			b.Fatalf("Conversion error: %v", err)
		}
		if _, err = scheme.UnsafeConvertToVersion(versionedObj, testapi.Default.InternalGroupVersion()); err != nil {
			b.Fatalf("Conversion error: %v", err)
		}
	}
}

func BenchmarkNodeConversion(b *testing.B) {
	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile("node_example.json")
	if err != nil {
		b.Fatalf("Unexpected error while reading file: %v", err)
	}
	var node api.Node
	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(testapi.Default.Codec(), data, &node); err != nil {
		b.Fatalf("Unexpected error decoding node: %v", err)
	}

	scheme := legacyscheme.Scheme
	var result *api.Node
	b.ResetTimer()
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
		versionedObj, err := scheme.UnsafeConvertToVersion(&node, legacyscheme.Registry.GroupOrDie(api.GroupName).GroupVersion)
		if err != nil {
			b.Fatalf("Conversion error: %v", err)
		}
		obj, err := scheme.UnsafeConvertToVersion(versionedObj, testapi.Default.InternalGroupVersion())
		if err != nil {
			b.Fatalf("Conversion error: %v", err)
		}
		result = obj.(*api.Node)
	}
	b.StopTimer()
	if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepDerivative(node, *result) {
		b.Fatalf("Incorrect conversion: %s", diff.ObjectDiff(node, *result))
	}
}

func BenchmarkReplicationControllerConversion(b *testing.B) {
	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile("replication_controller_example.json")
	if err != nil {
		b.Fatalf("Unexpected error while reading file: %v", err)
	}
	var replicationController api.ReplicationController
	if err := runtime.DecodeInto(testapi.Default.Codec(), data, &replicationController); err != nil {
		b.Fatalf("Unexpected error decoding node: %v", err)
	}

	scheme := legacyscheme.Scheme
	var result *api.ReplicationController
	b.ResetTimer()
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
		versionedObj, err := scheme.UnsafeConvertToVersion(&replicationController, legacyscheme.Registry.GroupOrDie(api.GroupName).GroupVersion)
		if err != nil {
			b.Fatalf("Conversion error: %v", err)
		}
		obj, err := scheme.UnsafeConvertToVersion(versionedObj, testapi.Default.InternalGroupVersion())
		if err != nil {
			b.Fatalf("Conversion error: %v", err)
		}
		result = obj.(*api.ReplicationController)
	}
	b.StopTimer()
	if !apiequality.Semantic.DeepDerivative(replicationController, *result) {
		b.Fatalf("Incorrect conversion: expected %v, got %v", replicationController, *result)
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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25 Bizarre Truck Trailers That'll Raise Eyebrows
by Anthony Leclair
One of the things that it seems pretty clear to me that we need in this world is our ability to transport tons of goods in one trip. Now, we do this in a number of ways. Some of these goods are flown from country to country. Other goods are sent via cargo ship across the oceans. But ultimately, one way or another, all of these goods are transported via cargo trucks of one sort or another.
Typically, I think we are all accustomed to seeing big transport trucks trailers hauled by Mack trucks all across the country. They are usually pretty boring. I mean sure, they have a logo, or maybe some image wrapped on the side of the trailer, but it's nothing too out of the ordinary by any stretch of the imagination. That's for sure. But we're not here to look at the boring everyday transport trailers we're used to. Of course not.
No, we're here to take a look at some of the weirdest transport trailers around the world. There are some pretty strange trailers out there, and I can imagine people just as strange who want to haul them. And then there are some pretty weird ones that are necessary designs, just not all that common to us regular, everyday normal folk. Anyways, get comfy and strap in for the long haul.
25 Merlin's Magical Trailer
Well, I have to say that whoever commissioned this transport trailer's design has definitely got an interesting imagination. I don't think I have ever seen Merlin casting some magic out across a kingdom spread across a transport trailer. It doesn't really seem to fit, but there it is. The locks on the back doors of the truck are even used as a cell gate to keep in a mystical creature. And the trailer and truck connect as the face of a dragon...
24 Double Duty
Wow. I sometimes forget that there are such gigantic machines in our world that we have managed to create. It's not every day that people see these giant work vehicles, nor is it every day that people get to see these massive trucks moved from one location to another via two smaller trucks. I imagine that it's got to be kind of difficult to get the machine on the two flatbeds...and then driving these trucks together has got to be difficult too...especially on turns and when there's oncoming traffic!
23 Colani Biodesign Codex Show
This is a very interesting concept for a transport truck and trailer, that's for sure. Especially since this comes from the Colani Biodesign Codex Show. This is a show that takes place in Milan to show concepts, designs, and products of the future with a basis in nature being the center of each product and each build. I guess that's why there are so many nice curves and slopes to this, rather than hard, inorganic edges but...it's still hard to tell where the "natural" influence comes from.
22 Will Smith's Two-Story Film Trailer
via andersonmobileestates
Alright, so in terms of moving goods for the general population, Will Smith is not really doing anything like that. Other than hauling his massive, two-story transport trailer around from set to set so that we can all enjoy whatever film he comes out with next, that is. His trailer has more square footage than my giant three-bedroom apartment. I know that actors often have their own trailers on the back lot of a set, but this is just a little ridiculous.
21 Mad Max War Rig
nydailynews.com
Oh, come on. There is no way we were going to be talking about transport trailers without talking about Mad Max: Fury Road. I mean, the War Rig is just a pretty sweet-looking deal. It has a turret on the back and on the front of the tanker and the whole setup is just really cool and really imposing. This is certainly one of the coolest transport trailers in the entire car-ticle, that's for sure, even if it's not the most efficient or productive.
20 Transporting World's Longest Car
This is just absurd, I think. There is something about a transport trailer that is longer than a strip mall that only has maybe a total of 20 or so wheels hauling a car that is, itself, also longer than a strip mall that is just a little too much for me. It really makes me wonder what some people are spending their time on. That being said, there are probably plenty of people going through this car-ticle so...I guess it just depends on what people are into.
19 The Kung Fu Truck
I would love to know what was going through someone's mind when they designed the decor on both this truck and this trailer. I'm sure they just wanted to be really cool...or somehow there is a kung fu-styled company for either fuel or water, and that is even extra weird if that is the case. Either way, there are some interesting markings and decals on this outfit that really made this a great entry for weird transport trailers—very weird, that is.
18 Pepsi Paint Job
via behance
This is a very strange trailer. It really does look like there are just a bunch of Pepsi crates that are stuck upside down in the back of this open trailer, right? It really does look like that. However, what this really happens to be a very well-painted transport trailer that makes it look as though these crates are upside down in the trailer...when all it really happens to be is the outside of the trailer. This is an exceptional paint job...no matter how strange it is.
17 A Little Oversized
This is incredibly large. This is the interesting thing about the way our industries work these days. Everything has to be big. And then it has to be bigger. And then it has to be bigger than everything else that anyone else has. And so, when arms and munitions and containers and vessels are transported, we need the ability to move all of that equipment. The trailer for this giant piece is actually two separate platforms with an incredible distance between them.
16 Self-Driving Transport
This is pretty cool but I have to say that this is also pretty worrisome to me as well. There is something about a trailer that is driven around with no one behind a wheel in the cab that kind of makes me nervous. What if something goes wrong? There is no one to stop anything from happening here. This could potentially be the cause of a few collisions in the future. However, it could also make for far more efficient deliveries because this self-driving truck does not need to sleep. It only stops to fuel up.
15 Reliable Hotrod
I'm not sure that "Reliable" is the sort of word that should have been pasted onto the trailer of this transport unit. Why? Well, I know that this all looks cool, especially since the trailer matches the hotrod-looking Mack truck hauling the thing. But take a quick look at the front end of that truck and I'm sure anyone could figure out just why this might not be the most reliable truck and trailer. Look how low it is to the ground!
14 Promotion Trailer
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There are some strange trailers out there, make no mistake, but I think that one of the weirdest has to be this one that folds out to become a storefront. This is basically the future equivalent of those vacuum salesmen of the 1950s. Or those traveling tonic sleazeballs from the late-1800s. Anyone can just drive into a lot, fold out their store from the inside of the trailer, and start selling whatever they can, hoping to afford just keeping the thing on the road!
13 Lightning McQueen's Transport
What is pretty interesting and weird about this truck is not only that it is based on the truck that transports Lightning McQueen in the Disney-Pixar film Cars, but also that the truck itself is seemingly made to look like Lightning McQueen, as well. Is the truck supposed to hold McQueen? Or be McQueen? Either way, it's still strange to give a truck eyes and a mouth. Esepcially when no one can drive while those eyes are there.
12 A Transport Hotel!?
Sometimes, I really have to wonder just what is going on in the minds of people who do certain things. This is not only a transport trailer but this is also a hotel. This is a rolling hotel. I can't imagine that it is all that comfy, by any stretch of the imagination, but there does seem to be a rooftop patio on the top of the first trailer of this mobile hotel. The idea is cool, but I think that the actual product is pretty strange.
11 The Harley Trailer
This is just bizarre and it also really did make me chuckle out loud when I first looked at it. I mean, it's one thing to have a transport trailer with Harley-Davidson written on the side. That is pretty normal. People have to transport those bikes around in the offseason somehow. But to then make the front end not a truck, but a giant bike, with a very strange covering on it, that just makes the whole outfit weird, for sure.
10 Very Awkward...
I actually struggle to fathom just how this truck and trailer setup even works. Especially since there is more than one truck attached to this giant convoy of cargo. There are so many wheels involved in this thing and...I could not picture being a car driving along in the other lane as this giant mechanical worm took over the entire stretch of road. The driver of this convoy has got to be very skilled. I think they'd have to be not to crush every vehicle around them.
9 Ferrari World!
This is something fun. Welcome to Ferrari World. For those readers here who have no idea about Ferrari World...it's pretty much exactly what it sounds like. It's basically a very expensive theme park-museum all about Ferrari. This is in Abu Dhabi and what we're looking at here are two technical trucks for Ferrari race cars. Obviously, the staircases and canopy between the two trucks were added after the fact. It is a very weird setup, but also very informative.
8 Camping...With A Monster Truck?
This is a very interesting trailer, that's for sure. I mean, not only does this trailer have a camper as part of it, but it also has a flatbed complete with a monster truck sitting on it. How incredibly ridiculous is that? I mean, if this is the person's way of life in that they wholly live in the trailer and they also make a living driving the monster truck, then I guess that is actually pretty cool. But it is still pretty weird, either way.
7 Havana Camel "Bus"
I didn't realize that Cuba had a bus system quite like this. Apparently, in Havana, there is a Mack truck bus system that hauls what is called the Camel Bus. It's not really a bus, as one can clearly see, but this trailer is used in that way. It is pretty cool, I think, but I also think that it looks like a circus train car more than an actual bus. Either way, I'm kind of surprised that Cuba has access to this sort of stuff, low tech though it is.
6 Autonomous Concept
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I have to admit that I am very glad to know that this is nothing more than a concept. Sure, this actually does look pretty cool but what this concept image happens to be is an autonomous setup for transport and freight trucks. I really am not comfortable with a computer doing all the work. Sometimes, I get worried about cruise control because I am not fully in control of the car. Sometimes I even like not having power steering when I drive, so this is just too much for me.
5 1983 Steinwinter Supercargo 2040
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Oh, the 80s were truly a different time. This is very reminiscent of a lot of the concepts coming out these days for driverless transport trucks and trailers. The big difference here, though, is that this trailer is actually being hauled by a truck underneath it, which is actually equipped with a human driver. I would not want to be a driver of a truck like this. I would be too afraid that the trailer might end up crushing me. The setup is pretty weird.
4 Over 60 Tires Long!
Alright, so this gigantic trailer is actually sort of hard to capture overall, at least from as close up as this shot was taken. This trailer is equipped with 60 tires, so that might give you a good idea of just how long it is. I mean, a typical transport truck and trailer has 18 wheels. This has 60! How nutty is that!? It is also pretty nutty when thinking about just how low this trailer manages to get to the ground. I'm sure this must scrape along the pavement fairly often.
3 Oversized 36-wheeler!
That is a very, very wide trailer. I mean, look at that truck and then look at the width of the trailer in comparison. Imagine how many vehicles this trailer has forced off the road. I bet there have been quite a few. Look at the lines on the road and just see how far it goes over. I mean, the truck itself has to go over the lines just to keep one side from going into the ditch. Certainly, this is not the typical trailer people are used to seeing around.
2 Wind Turbine Transport...
This is actually really cool, even though, to look at it, it is also very strange. I mean, this is a giant trailer carrying a giant turbine prop and the only way for this thing to take a turn like the truck is working at here is for the trailer to have wheels that swivel like casters on an office chair, essentially. I'm guessing that the driver must be able to control the wheels of this trailer from the cab of the truck, otherwise, I feel like this prop would end up falling off the bridge.
1 The Tesla Semi
This is a pretty cool idea that may never actually see the light of day. This is a project that was already meant to have hit the road in one way or another but I guess with all of the stuff going on in the Tesla company, and with Elon Musk himself, this hasn't quite taken off. This is the electric-powered transport truck and trailer of the future. I can't imagine how long it would take the charge one of these giants, though...
Sources: TheVerge, BusinessInsider, and InsideEvs
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