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Jade North (Inactive Player)
Central Defender, Brisbane Roar
Jade North, born January 7, 1982, is a 37-year old football player from Australia whose most recent A-League club was Brisbane Roar. North is 180 cm tall and plays as a Central Defender. More Information at Wikipedia »
(2005-06 until 2008-09)
(Most recent)
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Glory smash six past Roar in nine-goal thriller (20/02/2016)
Roar outclass lacklustre Mariners (06/02/2016)
Phoenix prevail in Wellington thriller (24/10/2015)
2013-14 All Star Selection
2005-06 21 21 1,890 0 0 0 6 0 6
2012-13 10 10 888 0 0 0 1 0 1
2017-18 9 9 753 0 0 0 2 0 2
Total: 214 211 18,849 6 0 6 38 1 39
Friday October 7, 2016 1 Melbourne Victory (H) D 1 - 1 90 mins »
Sunday October 16, 2016 2 Newcastle Jets (A) L 0 - 4 90 mins »
Saturday October 22, 2016 3 Central Coast Mariners (A) W 1 - 0 90 mins »
Sunday October 30, 2016 4 Perth Glory (H) W 2 - 1 90 mins »
Sunday October 30, 2016 4 Perth Glory (H) 59' »
Friday November 4, 2016 5 Melbourne City (H) W 1 - 0 90 mins »
Friday November 11, 2016 6 Adelaide United (A) D 1 - 1 90 mins »
Saturday November 19, 2016 7 Sydney FC (H) D 1 - 1 90 mins »
Saturday November 19, 2016 7 Sydney FC (H) 52' »
Friday November 25, 2016 8 Western Sydney Wanderers (A) D 1 - 1 90 mins »
Saturday December 3, 2016 9 Melbourne City (A) D 1 - 1 90 mins »
Sunday December 11, 2016 10 Adelaide United (H) W 4 - 0 90 mins »
Sunday December 18, 2016 11 Central Coast Mariners (A) W 2 - 1 90 mins »
Friday December 23, 2016 12 Western Sydney Wanderers (H) D 1 - 1 90 mins »
Friday December 23, 2016 12 Western Sydney Wanderers (H) 68' »
Friday December 30, 2016 13 Sydney FC (A) L 0 - 2 90 mins »
Saturday January 7, 2017 14 Newcastle Jets (H) L 2 - 3 90 mins »
Friday January 13, 2017 15 Melbourne Victory (A) L 2 - 3 90 mins »
Friday January 13, 2017 15 Melbourne Victory (A) 75' »
Saturday January 21, 2017 16 Wellington Phoenix (A) W 1 - 0 90 mins »
Saturday January 28, 2017 17 Western Sydney Wanderers (H) W 2 - 1 90 mins »
Friday February 3, 2017 18 Sydney FC (H) D 0 - 0 90 mins »
Friday February 3, 2017 18 Sydney FC (H) 27' »
Saturday February 18, 2017 20 Perth Glory (A) D 2 - 2 90 mins »
Saturday February 25, 2017 21 Wellington Phoenix (H) L 1 - 2 90 mins »
Sunday March 5, 2017 22 Newcastle Jets (A) W 3 - 1 90 mins »
Sunday March 19, 2017 23 Adelaide United (A) L 1 - 2 87 mins »
Saturday March 25, 2017 24 Melbourne Victory (H) W 1 - 0 21 mins »
Sunday April 2, 2017 25 Central Coast Mariners (H) W 5 - 1 90 mins »
Saturday April 8, 2017 26 Perth Glory (A) L 1 - 3 90 mins »
Friday April 21, 2017 F1 Western Sydney Wanderers (H) W 1 - 1 106 mins »
Club Statistics:
Adelaide United 27 13 3 11 0 6 1 7
Brisbane Roar 13 6 2 5 0 4 0 4
Central Coast Mariners 32 16 8 8 1 4 0 4
Gold Coast United 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Melbourne Victory 27 13 7 7 0 5 0 5
Melbourne City 15 5 3 7 0 2 0 2
New Zealand Knights 4 3 1 0 1 1 0 1
Newcastle Jets 14 5 3 6 0 2 0 2
North Queensland Fury 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Perth Glory 22 7 8 7 2 5 0 5
Sydney FC 26 7 8 11 1 5 0 5
Wellington Phoenix 15 7 3 5 1 1 0 1
Western United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Western Sydney Wanderers 14 7 4 3 0 3 0 3
Total: 214 91 51 72 6 38 1 39
* These statistics exclude Pre-season results
Stadium Statistics:
Goals per game
HBF Park 13 2 0.154
Suncorp Stadium 62 2 0.032
McDonald Jones Stadium 46 1 0.022
Westpac Stadium 16 1 0.063
Goal (Time Scored) Statistics:
1-15 mins 16-30 mins 31-45 mins 46-60 mins 61-75 mins 76-90+ mins


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Sherwood Forest Hospitals
Huge rise in Covid hospital admissions in Nottinghamshire
NHS England figures show 831 patients were taken to hospital with Covid-19 between October 1 and November 1 at NUH
Ben ReidSEO writer
Phoebe RamDigital News Correspondent
Updated 14:12, 6 NOV 2020
The Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham
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More than 1,000 patients were admitted to Nottinghamshire's hospitals with Covid-19 during October, worrying new figures show.
When taking into account patients being discharged, Nottinghamshire's Director for Public Health said more than 400 beds are now occupied across the county's hospitals - which is "far in excess" of the coronavirus first wave peak.
NHS England's latest figures on hospital admissions show 831 patients were taken to hospital with Covid-19 between October 1 and November 1 at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust - which runs the Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital.
Hospital numbers are also on the rise in Sherwood Forest's King's Mill Hospital where 180 patients were admitted for Covid in the last month.
It means 1,011 patients had to go to hospital with the virus between October 1 and November 1 in Nottinghamshire.
Speaking during the weekly briefing, director for Public Health for Nottinghamshire Jonathan Gribbin said there was a "glimmer of encouragement" from the declining case numbers in the overall rate of coronavirus infections, but the rate showing levels of transmission across the county was of "grave concern".
He added: "More than 400 beds are now occupied across Nottinghamshire's hospitals, which is far in excess of the Wave 1 peak.
"Many of these people are very sick and there have been a number of deaths.
"While coronavirus rates are plateauing, they are still much too high."
Alison Challenger, director for Public Health in Nottingham added: "The same pressures still exist and not just for patients but for staff capacity [in hospitals].
"A number of workers are needing to self-isolate and the rates are still far too high ahead of winter, when we know there is a lot more pressure of health and care sectors."
Both directors said the local NHS trusts and providers had been preparing "for months" for a second wave.
Ms Challenger added: "The NHS and care sector work as a system in alignment to minimise the impact of Covid on other parts of their services.
"No one wants to see cancellations of surgeries, so it is all about how to maintain business as usual.
"It takes a while to see the impact of rates, and what we are seeing now has come from lower rates a few weeks ago so we can expect to see continued pressure for some time yet."
Mr Gribbin emphasised the message that the NHS was "still there and open for business" and urged people to come forward if they needed to be seen. But he said that it was on "all of us to stick to measures to help relieve and manage the pressure" on hospitals.
The country now faces a lockdown in England until December 2 in a bid to bring down virus rates and protect the NHS.
Julie Hogg, chief nurse at Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust, which runs the King's Mill Hospital, told Nottinghamshire Live: "We're almost where we were in April, but not quite there yet. But it is rising quickly now at the trust.
"Watching Nottingham, we're possibly a few weeks behind them.
"But I think it's fair to say our numbers are now rising."
When asked if she expected numbers to get worse than in April,she said: "It's quite difficult to say because of the impact of the lockdown but at the moment it looks like we will see higher numbers until the lockdown takes effect.
"We don't have quite as many Covid patients as we did in April but our hospital is much busier than it was then.
"The NHS is still open and we're still here for you. If you have any emergency health concerns you should contact 111 and come and see us.
"If you have any elective appointments we're doing our very best to keep seeing people electively. If you haven't heard from us then it's still happening.
"I'd like to say a huge thank you to our NHS staff doing an amazing job of looking after our patients and each other.
"Our ask of the public is that they follow the restrictions and that they're sanitising their hands, they're socially distanced and they wear face coverings. We know if we do those things the chances of catching the infection is significantly lower."
Data released by the Government when announcing the country's second lockdown showed NUH's rate of Covid hospital admissions above the previous wave's peak was third highest in the country, behind Barnsley Hospital NHS Trust and Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Between October 26 and November 1, NUH recorded 247 Covid patient admissions.
For comparison, Barnsley recorded 147 Covid patients and Doncaster/Bassetlaw recorded 120 patients between those dates.
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A breakdown of the number of daily coronavirus hospital admissions and diagnoses recorded at NUH:
- October 1: 10
- October 2: 6
- October 10: 24
- November 1: 34
- Total Covid admissions from October 1 to November 1 at NUH: 831
The number of daily coronavirus hospital admissions and diagnoses recorded by Sherwood Forest Hospitals:
- October 10: 2
- Total Covid admissions from October 1 to November 1 at SFH: 180
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How do humans directly or indirectly affect biodiversity?
How do we affect biodiversity indirectly?
What are the 5 ways that humans are affecting biodiversity?
How do humans indirectly affect the environment?
What are three human activities that are indirectly affecting the environment?
How do humans affect biodiversity?
How are humans impacting biodiversity in ecosystems around the world?
What human activities destroy biodiversity?
Which indirect cause of human activities contributed the most to species extinction?
What are the human induced causes of biodiversity loss?
What are the direct and indirect impact of human to climate change?
What are the three ways in which you directly or indirectly affect the carbon cycle?
What are direct and indirect effects of climate change?
How do human activities affect species diversity?
What is diversity and biodiversity?
Which human activity would have the largest negative effect on biodiversity?
Direct or indirect actions by humans have resulted in the decrease of biodiversity. … Some of the direct human drivers are changes in local land use and land cover, species introductions or removals, external inputs, harvesting, air and water pollution, and climate change (Climate, 2005).
Direct drivers that explicitly influence ecosystem processes. include land use change, climate change, invasive species, overexploitation, and pollution. Indirect drivers, such as changes in human population, incomes or lifestyle, operate more diffusely, by altering one or more direct drivers.
Five main threats to biodiversity are commonly recognized in the programmes of work of the Convention: invasive alien species, climate change, nutrient loading and pollution, habitat change, and overexploitation.
IMPORTANT: What does colder climate mean?
Humans impact the physical environment in many ways: overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation. Changes like these have triggered climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable water.
Some human activities that cause damage (either directly or indirectly) to the environment on a global scale include population growth, overconsumption, overexploitation, pollution, and deforestation.
Humans affect biodiversity by their population numbers, use of land, and their lifestyles, causing damage to habitats for species. … Through proper education, and by demanding that governments make decisions to preserve biodiversity, the human population will be able to sustain life on earth longer.
The main threats facing biodiversity globally are: destruction, degradation and fragmentation of habitats. reduction of individual survival and reproductive rates through exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species.
Common human activities that can harm biodiversity include destruction of natural vegetation for agricultural and urban development, overexploitation of natural resources and the introduction of invasive species.
Human activities that influence the extinction and endangerment of wild species fall into a number of categories: (1) unsustainable hunting and harvesting that cause mortality at rates that exceed recruitment of new individuals, (2) land use practices like deforestation, urban and suburban development, agricultural …
Biodiversity loss is caused by five primary drivers: habitat loss, invasive species, overexploitation (extreme hunting and fishing pressure), pollution, climate change associated with global warming. In each case, human beings and their activities play direct roles.
IMPORTANT: Your question: Why is there high biodiversity in rainforests?
The major direct impact is an acclivity in number of deaths and diseases caused by extreme climate events. … Indirect impacts of climate change have tantamounting effects on human health as direct ones. Global rise in temperature is frequently compeered with air pollution, and an increase in the amount of ozone gas.
The carbon cycle can be affected when carbon dioxide is either released into the atmosphere or removed from the atmosphere.
Burning of Fossil Fuels. When oil or coal is burned, carbon is released into the atmosphere at a faster rate than it is removed. …
Carbon Sequestration. …
Deforestation. …
Geologic Sequestration.
Background. Climate change directly affects species by altering their physical environment and indirectly affects species by altering interspecific interactions such as predation and competition. Recent studies have shown that the indirect effects of climate change may amplify or counteract the direct effects.
How do human activities affect species diversity? Over-exploitation, pollution and habitat conversion are the main threats to species diversity. They cause a gradual loss of species on local, regional and global levels. Additionally, the introduction of species into new ecosystems destroys natural balance.
The term biodiversity (from "biological diversity") refers to the variety of life on Earth at all its levels, from genes to ecosystems, and can encompass the evolutionary, ecological, and cultural processes that sustain life.
IMPORTANT: Your question: Why are complex ecosystems more stable?
Habitat destruction is the leading cause of biodiversity loss. Activities such as harvesting natural resources, industrial production and urbanization are human contributions to habitat destruction. Pressure from agriculture is the principal human cause. Some others include mining, logging, trawling, and urban sprawl.


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Molly Taylor - Rally Driver for Subaru do Motorsport in the Australian Rally Championship
Molly Taylor joins Celebrity Kart Race for Geelong SX
By	Bike Review	• 2 years ago	•
Troy Bayliss Events have released two more names to compete in the Celebrity Trophy Kart Race, taking part as support to Round 3 of the Australian Supercross Championship at GMHBA Stadium on October 13, presented by Yamaha.
Rally Driver for Subaru do Motorsport in the Australian Rally Championship – Molly Taylor has been invited to take part in the support feature. Rally is one of the most incredible and technical forms of motorsport, and the 2016 Australian Rally Champion Taylor says she's excited to throw the 450cc Half Size Trophy Truck around like it has never been before.
"I'm really looking forward to having the opportunity to be a part of the event, I'm not really sure what to expect, but I love driving on the dirt, taking on new challenges and adventures, and I'm sure this will be an event I won't forget," Taylor said.
Molly Taylor –
Rally Driver for Subaru do Motorsport in the Australian Rally Championship
"I have such admiration for the skills Supercross riders have, and this will be my first time actually seeing a Supercross event in the flesh, so to be able to do that and also get out on the track myself is a big bonus."
The 2015 Peter Brock Medalist and 2013 FIA European Ladies Rally Champion is sure to be a crowd favourite at GMHBA Stadium on October 13.
Also confirmed to take on the Celebrity Trophy Kart Race is Freestyle Motocross superstar and X Games Gold medalist Cam Sinclair, who is also three-time Victorian Supercross Champion, making the perfect addition to the now four confirmed champions of Motorsport set to compete in the feature race.
The Victorian local 'Sincs' as he's known, has achieved not only X Games gold but a host of other major achievements competing in Red Bull X-Fighters, as well as regular on the Nitro Circus World tour and was one of the regulars on the Crusty Demons Tour.
Freestyle Motocross superstar and X Games Gold medalist Cam Sinclair
Sincs may be an expert at double flipping dirt bikes but only time will tell if he can race four wheels offroad, but says he's excited for the host of entertainment and races lined up for the Geelong event.
"I'm really looking forward to to the Supercross in Geelong, I've always been a massive fan of Supercross so I pumped to watch the racing and catch up with all my old racer friends," Sinclair said. "I'm excited to race the trophy karts with a bunch of legends too, it's gonna get crazy, and I can't wait to see everyone down at GMHBA Stadium."
With four of the six guests now confirmed, some friendly banter has been going around between drivers, with Mr. Hot Wheels – Matty Mingay warning Troy Bayliss to stay out his way or he will be landing on his roof over the jumps, which Bayliss says no doubt sets up a rivalry the crowd will love to see.
"It's very exciting to have Molly and Sincs joining Matty Mingay and myself on track, the rivalry between these champions of Motorsport is already building," commented Bayliss. "Molly has achieved so much in her chosen sport of Rally, and Sincs has achieved the highest award in Freestyle Motocross winning X Games gold. I think Molly may have the upper hand on all us boys however and I personally can't wait to see her race a trophy kart, it should be an incredible spectacle."
With two more names to be announced next week, with both having won Australian championships on four wheels, one off road one on bitumen, Troy Bayliss Events continues to add great support events for round three of Australian Supercross Championship, with further announcements to come in the following weeks.
Round 3 of the Australian Supercross Championship is at GMHBA Stadium Geelong on Saturday, October 13. Tickets are available now via Ticketmaster.com.au and fans are urged to hurry before they sell out.
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The Forum > General Discussion > Sydney School Bans Clapping
Sydney School Bans Clapping
In a move to protect Generation Snowflake from 'triggering anxiety' a Sydney public primary school (Elanora Heights Public School) has now banned clapping in a policy named 'silent cheers'.
Also on the banned list are the terms 'girls, 'ladies' and 'women'.
http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/nsw/2016/07/20/sydney-school-bans-clapping.html
Cheltenham Girls High School also placed a ban on the terms, and acknowledged the discussions occurred during Safe Schools program discussions.
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/school-life/calls-for-intervention-over-sydney-girls-school-gender-neutral-language-policy/news-story/37c0d140a109d9c6a592b1a80ec0af6e
In a later story however, the NSW Education Department said that gender-specific terms would continue to be used.
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/nsw-girls-school-wont-ban-gendered-terms/news-story/a6a322e1b07864eaf16f541dbe3f1e42
Feminists, LGBTI campaigners and other social justice warriors from the progressive left have tirelessly been pushing their agendas, and education is becoming hardcore indoctrination on behalf of these minority groups.
Do others think this politically correct trend is ok?
Or have these groups taken things a step too far?
Posted by Armchair Critic, Thursday, 21 July 2016 2:10:26 AM
"Teachers at Cheltenham Girls high school in Sydney were never told they should avoid referring to students as "girls", "women" or "ladies", despite claims in the Daily Telegraph on Wednesday that they had been asked to use gender-neutral language.
The front page story by Miranda Devine claimed the request to use gender-neutral language at the all-girls school in north-west Sydney was made at a staff meeting to discuss the implementation of the Safe Schools program earlier this year."
"But Guardian Australia understands there was never any instruction given to avoid use of "girls", "ladies", "women" or other gender-specific terms at Cheltenham Girls high school, and there was no basis to the Daily Telegraph's report.
In a post to Facebook on Wednesday afternoon, the school said it had "a proud ongoing tradition of providing high quality education for girls".
"The school has not and will not change the way students' gender is referred to."
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/jul/20/teachers-at-sydney-high-school-never-told-to-use-gender-neutral-language?CMP=share_btn_tw
Just poor old Miranda Devine tooting her horn for a bit of attention - again...
Not so sure about the banning of clapping...which seems pretty stupid.
Posted by Poirot, Thursday, 21 July 2016 8:04:10 AM
The Left's cultural wars being waged against school children. Tragically, that has been going on for years.
The NSW Education Minister is missing in action again.
Posted by onthebeach, Thursday, 21 July 2016 8:06:02 AM
With the Marxist-oriented Safe Schools Program anything is possible,
"Damien Tudehope, the Liberal MP for Epping, had told the Daily Telegraph that parents of students at the school had told him their daughters were "ostracised" for objecting to its pro-equality events.
He also told other media that he had received four complaints and a petition with 19 signatures, though it is understood that these were about the Safe Schools program in general, not the alleged instruction at Cheltenham Girls high. Tudehope declined to comment to Guardian Australia"
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1957 vs. 2017.
Jack, the year 12 Dux nominate, goes rabbit shooting before school. Afterwards pulls into the school car-park with his grand-dads shotgun visible in the ute gun rack.
1957-Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's gun, goes to his car and gets his rifle out & chats with Jack about guns.
2017-School goes into lock down, TRG called. Jack is hauled off to gaol and never sees his ute or shotgun again. Trauma counselors, Department of Children's Service and psychologists costing tens of $1,000's per day are called in for traumatized students and teachers.
Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight at the bus stop after school.
1957-Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and they end up mates.
2017-Police called, TRG team arrives, Johnny and Mark are arrested, charged with assault. Both are expelled even though Johnny started it.
Faisal fails year 10 English.
1957-Faisal's mum & dad work their holidays to get him extra tuition over the school break. He repeats year 10 and graduates 3 years later as Dux of the high school. 4 years later he enters his articles of clerkship as a solicitor with a prestigious Sydney law firm.
2017-Faisal's cause is taken up by an ethnic rights group. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist.
Rights group files a class action lawsuit against state school system and Faisal's English teacher. English is banned from school's core curriculum. His English teacher never teaches again.
Faisal is given a school leaving certificate anyway, & gives up studies altogether. Ending up in a factory in Auburn, sweeping floors for a living because he cannot speak English.
Posted by Albie Manton in Darwin, Thursday, 21 July 2016 8:49:18 AM
onthebeach wrote: "With the Marxist-oriented Safe Schools Program anything is possible,"
How is the Safe Schools Program Marxist-oriented?
Posted by david f, Thursday, 21 July 2016 8:52:39 AM


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È ben nota nell'ambiente della ginnastica per la sua dedizione e la sua professionalità. Ciò si è reso evidente soprattutto durante i Campionati Mondiali del 1999 a Sun City, nei quali vinse il suo terzo titolo mondiale, nonostante il forte dolore alla schiena, che la portò in una clinica per i due mesi successivi.

Durante i Campionati del Mondo di Trampolino del 2001, svoltisi a luglio, nella città di Odense, la medaglia d'oro venne assegnata a Karavaeva in modo errato a seguito di un grave errore di valutazione. Karavaeva, ai World Games nell'agosto 2001, fece la seguente dichiarazione; "Sono molto dispiaciuta per l'errore dei giudici ai Campionati del Mondo in Danimarca, ritengo necessario correggere questo errore e ho deciso di consegnare la medaglia d'oro alla mia amica Anna Dogonadze della Germania, nello spirito di amicizia e lealtà." Le regole della Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique stabiliscono che una volta assegnata una medaglia, i risultati ufficiali non possono essere modificati. Tuttavia, il presidente della FIG nonché membro del CIO, il sig. Bruno Grandi, fece un'eccezione a questa regola e consentì di correggere l'errore. Ciò ha portato a Irina Karavaeva ad ottenere la medaglia d'argento per l'evento in questione. A seguito di questa sua presa di posizione, ha ricevuto il premio International Fair Play dalle mani del Presidente del CIO, Jacques Rogge.

Palmarès

Olimpiadi
1 medaglia:
1 oro (Sydney 2000 nell'individuale)

Mondiali
19 medaglie:
12 ori (Porto 1994 nell'individuale; Porto 1994 a squadre; Vancouver 1996 a squadre; Sydney 1998 nell'individuale; Sydney 1998 a squadre; Sun City 1999 nell'individuale; Sun City 1999 a squadre; Hannover 2003 a squadre; Eindhoven 2005 nell'individuale; Eindhoven 2005 nel sincro; Quebec 2007 nell'individuale; Metz 2010 nel sincro)
5 argenti (Vancouver 1996 nell'individuale; Odense 2001 nell'individuale; Eindhoven 2005 a squadre; Quebec 2007 nel sincro; San Pietroburgo 2009 a squadre)
2 bronzi (Sun City 1999 nel sincro; Quebec 2007 a squadre)

Giochi mondiali
2 medaglie:
1 argento (Duisburg 2005 nel sincro)
1 bronzo (Akita 2001 nel sincro)

Collegamenti esterni

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Squamocnus är ett släkte av sjögurkor. Squamocnus ingår i familjen korvsjögurkor.

Kladogram enligt Catalogue of Life:

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Spraying any pesticide is strictly banned in organic farms.
The term 'Organic' refers to how the food is agriculture and proceeded. The organic food and products are produced by avoiding the use of any chemical fertilizers and pesticides. These products focus only upon the usage of natural yield accelerators like vermicompost and earthworms.
It is well understood that our food has a major impact on our body and lifestyle. After all, food is a source of all minerals, proteins, and vitamins which our body requires to function properly. Having said that, it is equally important for us to intake right type of food. The right food and correct quantity help us in maintaining the balance of these substances in our body. This balance keeps us fit and far away from to some serious health issues.
What is wrong with the conventionally grown food?
If not good to breath, how it can be good to eat?
With organic products, you can have the surety of the freshness because they are produced without adding any preservatives. Consuming organic food also. If you are consuming organing food, then you are practically avoiding the intake of residues of pesticides.
One good reason to eat them is they definitely taste better and fresh.
Organic food is gaining popularity all over the world. Many countries are supporting their farmers to shift totally towards organic farming. Everyone's contribution is necessary as to make this world a better place.
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Lullaby by Bernard Beckett. Pub. Text Publishing Melbourne, 2016.
I was having a lull with my reading but this latest novel from Bernard Beckett has whipped me back into shape. I am so glad that he is back and with a novel that will make you think.
Rene and Theo are identical twins. They sometimes swapped places although both have distinct characters. Rene is more academic and sensitive, Theo is confident brash and popular.
Their parents were killed in bizarre circumstances when they were 7 or 8 and they were brought up by a Mrs Struthers. The twins were close but things became divisive when they hit their teens and girls came on the scene. Harriet and Emily. Both boys were attracted to these girls but Theo had the style and confidence to strike.
When Theo has an accident that renders him brain dead, Rene is interviewed by a psychologist, Maggie, to see if he can make an "informed consent" as to whether a ground breaking surgical procedure can take place in which Rene's thought patterns and memories will be transferred into Theo's dead brain.
The interview of Rene is stunning and revealing. Dr Huxley is to conduct the brave new world operation and urges Maggie and Rene to come to a quick decision but it is Emily that delivers the critical statement. To Rene she says "if you do this, who will be there for me to love"?
Read it and find the stunning answer. And…. does Rene want his brother back as a replica of himself and is he capable psychologically of making this decision?
Cold hands, Warm Heart by Jill Wolfson. Pub.Walker Books, 2012.
I have never read a book like this before and it is very good for teens and anybody who wants to know about organ transplants.
Dani was born with her heart on the wrong side of her body. She suffered all her childhood and awaits a suitable donor to hopefully change her life. The way she thinks about her life and possible fate before the operation is a revelation and the affect that the transplant has on her afterwards is another revelation.
Amanda is 14 years old and a brilliant gymnast. The novel opens with her preparing for the district finals and ends with an accident that leaves her brain dead. Think of her parents and friends. Within hours the hospital social workers are pressuring in an unpressured way for use of Amanda's body for transplant purposes.
Think of how you would feel with such a decision.
Milo has had a kidney transplant and has blown it with a drinking binge that leaves him in need of another. Much to discuss here, but it is his philosophy of life that is invaluable to Dani while awaiting her transplant.
Tyler is Amanda's errant brother who needs to come to terms with the death of his sister and with how he treated her when she was alive. His parents also have their issues.
This is just the half of it. A well crafted story that will have you turning it's pages until it is finished.
Wither by Lauren DeStefano. Pub. HarperVoyager, 2011.
The background to this first in a series is a post- holocaust world in which the U.S.A survives but it is a changed world.
Seventy years earlier scientists created a perfect generation free from diseases and allergies. This generation still exist and are healthy and robust. Unfortunately their children and their children's children suffer from an incurable virus that limits a males life span to 25 years and a female life span to 20 years.
The rich employ "Gatherers" to hunt young girls for breeding purposes to secure survival of the species and of their own property.
Rhine is 16 years old and is captured and purchased by Linden along with two other girls Cecily and Jenna. Linden marries all three and keeps them imprisoned in an amazing property with the intention of breeding with all of them.
Rhine resists Linden by adopting the stance "you can trap more things with honey than you can with vinegar". Rhine wants to escape back to her twin brother Rowan but will she be able to?
Into the plot comes a male servant of Linden's called Gabriel and this provides the love story in a clever plot. To top it off there is a superb villain in Housemaster Vaughn, you will hate him.
I just loved this story. It has an original plot is well written and there are good moral and ethical issues to ponder. Will you do anything to survive? How can you live a fulfilling life if such a short time span? Can the virus be cured? What goes on in the outside world?
High school students will love this novel with the knowledge that there are two more to come. I will be reading them for one.
Virals by Kathy Reichs. Pub. Young Arrow, 2010.
Tory Brennan is 14 years old and she lives on Morris Island Charleston South Carolina. Tory's father works at a research laboratory on Loggerhead Island off the coast of Morris Island and she and her friends are allowed access to the island. She wishes she did not!
The laboratory is run by a devious character called Professor Karsten who has isolated a section of the research Institute for his own secret experiments.
Loggerhead Island also has a couple of other unique features that are important to the story. Firstly a lone wolf has mated with an alsatian dog and produced three cubs the youngest of which is called Coop. Secondly the island is populated by a troop of monkeys who are starting to show weird behaviours.
When visiting Loggerhead Island with her friends Ben, Shelton and Hi, Tory discovers that Coop has gone missing and the monkeys attack them and throw a clod of earth at them in which is embedded a soldiers dog tags.
In order to read the dog tags the teenagers break into the Research Centre to use equipment held there and in the process find the secret laboratory in which Coop is held and being used to test a deadly virus called Parvovirus which is normally fatal to dogs. The question is can it be trasmitted to humans? When Tory and her friends start having weird dreams and spasms of heightened senses and strength they realise they are turning into Virals.
Kathy Reichs normally writes for adults but she has adjusted her style to write this novel for teens and young adults. The Chapters are short as are the sentences and paragraphs. This makes for quick easy reading with hooks at the end of each chapter to keep the reader interested.
Virals is over 450 pages but it is exciting action packed and combines mystery with fantasy and forensic science. It is probably the start of a new series and fans of Twilight will find it appealling. I enjoyed it.
Organ Music by Margaret Mahy. Pub. Gecko Press, 2010.
Margaret Mahy is arguably New Zealand's finest writer of children's books. The Haunting and The Changeover both achieved international acclaim and in my opinion were her best novels.
When I saw this title I assumed that it was a new book and looked forward to seeing if Margaret Mahy still produced the goods. Alas I was misled. It turns out to be a novel she wrote in 1997 for the Surfers series called Operation Terror.
Don't get me wrong, this is a very good high interest story with all the brilliance with words and plot that Margaret Mahy can muster. But it is not a new novel and I think the reader should have been told.
To cut a short story long, Harley and David, two teenage boys are walking through a rough area of town when they come upon a car with keys in the ignition. They nick the car only to find that it has in fact nicked them.
They are taken to a research institute in the middle of a forest where an unscrupulous Doctor wants to remove their body organs for use by more deserving citizens. Much to talk about here.
Margaret Mahy combines science fiction with fantasy in a situation that probably happens in places like India, and tells an exciting yarn in less than a 100 pages.
Still worth purchasing if you don't have it already and will be eagerly read by middle and intermediate school students.
The Legacy by Gemma Malley. Pub. Bloomsbury, 2010.
This is the final part of a series that began with The Declaration and The Resistance and has been one of my favourite series because basically it examines the social implications and ethics of living for ever. If given the chance how many people would want to live for ever?
In the Declaration we learn of a drug marketed by a firm called Pincent Pharma that allows the body to renew itself so that you never die. People in return for the drug sign a declaration that they surrender the right to have children. Some people opt out and some children are born illegally. Two such people are Anna and Peter and these two characters are involved in all developments in the plot.
In book 2 The resistance we learn of opposition to the drug and the firm that is marketing it. The underground movement attempts to break down the hold that Pincent Pharma has on the world. A world in which there are no children, there is little social interaction and those opposed are ruthlessly dealt with. We learn that children born illegally are farmed for their stem cells in order to continue production of Longevity the drug that everybody takes to stay young.
The Legacy takes you back to the development of the drug and we learn that the real inventor did not want it marketed because it interfered with the "circle of nature" and he refused to give the formula for the drug. He did however have a sample of the drug stolen and it was from this sample that the drug was developed.
Over a hundred years has passed since everybody signed the Declaration and society has changed. The Legacy analyses the nature of relations people have in these times of longevity. Do people form life long relationships? How do they fill their time? Perhaps the demands of eternity are too much!
Then people started dieing. I will tell you no more except to say you will be enthralled by what develops.
High school readers and above. A great idea well told.


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A big part of business development is finding new markets to break into and doing so in a way that creates value for your company and your new clients. The challenge here is to find markets it makes sense to tap into and develop suitable strategies for doing so. With its long experience of dealing with many industries and different target audiences, Midas can help you better understand how to communicate and position your products and services to make them attractive to a new market.
As targeting new markets can be time and money consuming, you need to make well-founded decisions on which ones to work with. Our team at Midas can help you identify markets that could become relevant to you and guide you in how to make yourself interesting to them by placing your brand in a way that appeals to them in particular.
The more strong business relationships you have, the easier it will be to develop your company further. Working on relationships should be a given anyway, but especially when you are trying to develop your company, you need to focus on building strong relationships that you can leverage later. That way you can find suitable partners and be sure that you have reliable business associates to work with. Thanks to our large network, we at Midas can help connect you to people you could build a mutually beneficial relationship with and therefore move ahead with the plans you have for your company.
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Objectives: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is principally caused by atherosclerosis, an established inflammatory disease. Total white cell count (TWCC) is a marker of inflammation and has been associated with outcomes for patients with inflammatory diseases. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the association of TWCC with mortality and major adverse events (MAEs) in PAD patients.
Methods: Studies investigating the association of TWCC with outcome in patients with PAD were identified by a literature search using the Medline and Cochrane databases. To be eligible for inclusion, studies needed to investigate the association of TWCC with mortality or a composite endpoint that included mortality in patients with PAD. Studies were excluded when the primary focus was carotid artery disease, aortic aneurysmal disease, intracranial vascular disease, or rheumatoid arthritis and treatment with chemotherapy or transplantation of stem cells. Secondary searching of reference lists and relevant reviews was performed.
Results: Ten studies including 8,490 patients with PAD met the inclusion criteria. All studies investigated more than 100 patients with four studies assessing more than 1,000 patients. Study quality varied with well-established risk factors of outcome such as age, smoking, diabetes, and the ankle brachial index being adjusted for inconsistently. The study populations were also disparate. Few studies reported relative risk and 95% confidence intervals for the association of TWCC with mortality or MAE. TWCC was positively and significantly associated with death alone in four of five studies investigating 3,387 patients. TWCC was positively and significantly associated with MAE in five of six studies investigating a total of 6,846 patients.
Conclusions: Current evidence suggests a positive association of TWCC with mortality and MAEs in patients with PAD. Further well-designed prospective studies are required with high-quality analysis and more complete reporting of outcomes.rting of outcomes.
A version of this publication was included as Chapter 3 of the following PhD thesis: Martin, David Terence (2018) Circulating cells associated with cardiovascular outcomes in peripheral arterial occlusive disease. PhD thesis, James Cook University, which is available Open Access in ResearchOnline@JCU. Please see the Related URLs for access.


RatcliffeBOSTON, Mass. (June 8, 2016)—Thomas Ratcliffe (Concord-Carlisle, MA), who last week broke the Massachusetts and New England high school records for the mile when he ran 4:01.50, will compete in the adidas Dream Mile, organizers announced today.
The adidas Dream Mile, which produced five of the six fastest high school times in the country last year and in 2011 saw Lukas Verzbicas become just the fifth U.S. high school athlete in history to run under 4 minutes, was formerly part of the adidas Grand Prix in NYC. A world-class event featuring Olympic and World Champions, the meet has been re-christened the adidas Boost Boston Games, a two-day festival of world-class track and field.
On Friday night, Dilboy Stadium in Somerville will host races of 400 meters and up, including the rare opportunity to see two-time Olympic gold medalist Meseret Defar of Ethiopia chase a fast time at 10,000 meters. On Saturday, the adidas Boost Boston Games will shift to Charles Street in Boston, where the first "street meet" of its kind in the U.S. will be highlighted by 2012 Olympic gold medalist Jenn Suhr in the pole vault and 2011 IAAF World Champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist Yohan Blake of Jamaica at 100 meters.
Tickets and more information are available at http://www.adidasBoostBoston.com.
Ratcliffe, whose time of 9:00.52 in winning the state title last weekend is #1 in the U.S. this season for 2 miles, also won the 2016 state indoor mile title in a state and New England record 4:06.92. He was runner-up at 2 miles in the 2016 national indoor championships.
The athlete whose state and New England record Ratcliffe broke, Garrett O'Toole, will also compete at Dilboy. O'Toole, formerly of the Middlesex School in Concord and now at Princeton, will run in the open 1500 meters, in which he will try to attain the U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying standard of 3:38.00.
The adidas Boost Boston Games is produced by Boston-based Global Athletics and Marketing, Inc., an athlete-management and sports marketing firm that from 2005 to 2015 served as organizer of the adidas Grand Prix in NYC and since 1996 has given Boston fans an annual, world-class indoor meet at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury Community College.
More U.S. and international stars and further details on the adidas Boost Boston Games, the fifth stop of the 2016 USATF Championship Series, will be announced soon on the event website at http://www.adidasBoostBoston.com; on Facebook at adidasBoostBostonGames; on Twitter at @adidasBoostBos, and on Instagram at adidasBoostBostonGames.


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In a Shorter War, the Numbers Might Have Added Up
Posted on January 11, 2008 by Team VCS
January 7, 2008 – About six months before the United States invaded Iraq, then-White House economic adviser Lawrence B. Lindsey famously estimated that the war would cost between $100 billion and $200 billion. The prediction ended up being way too low: As of Sept. 30, congressional analysts recently estimated, the war had cost $449 billion, and the number is still rising.
The episode helped get Lindsey ousted from a White House intent on imposing message discipline and furious about an estimate that, even while low, was the first to hint at the larger budgetary consequences of the invasion.
In the years since, Lindsey has studiously avoided comment about the circumstances surrounding that estimate.
But in a book being published this week — "What a President Should Know . . . But Most Learn Too Late" — Lindsey offers for the first time what he terms "the true story" behind his estimate, including what he sees as a mistaken White House strategy to play down the costs of war to maintain public support for an invasion.
Putting "out only a best-case scenario without preparing the public for some worse eventuality was the wrong strategy to follow," Lindsey writes. "It may have helped at the margin in the very short run by making the war sound attractive.
"But this came at the expense of undermining the president's political capital in the long run."
As Lindsey tells it, the estimate grew out of a conversation in his office with Wall Street Journal reporter Bob Davis in September 2002 about the economic consequences of the "war on terror." During the conversation, Lindsey projected the "upper bound" of spending on a then-hypothetical Iraq war at 1 to 2 percent of gross domestic product, or between $100 billion and $200 billion.
In his book, Lindsey suggests that he came up with that range by looking at some historical comparisons and contemporary rules of thumb regarding force commitments. Based on those calculations, he says, the "most plausible number" for the cost of the war was going to be between 0.5 and 1 percent of GDP for each year of the conflict. A year at the high end of that estimate and up to two years of follow-up at a lower end produce Lindsey's estimate of between 1 and 2 percent of GDP. (Lindsey says the war is actually running at about 0.7 percent of GDP annually.)
Where he went wrong, of course, is his estimate of how long the war would last. "When I look back, did I do an honest job in coming up with this estimate? I think the answer is yes," Lindsey said in an interview last week. "You have to make assumptions at a certain point, and that assumption turned out to be wrong."
Lindsey writes that, even in hindsight, he does not believe that his basic message to Davis was inappropriate or contrary to administration thinking: Even if the United States went to war in Iraq, it would not derail the economy. But it was simply the fact of the interview that appears to have angered his (unnamed) White House colleagues.
At the time, Lindsey writes, "the entire country was talking about everything related to the Iraq War except the White House. If there was a break in message discipline, it was not that the actual words of the message were wrong: rather, it was that there was a message at all. At that time, message discipline on Iraq was the functional equivalent of radio silence."
Lindsey's comments came in a book written with the help of former White House colleague Marc Sumerlin, a partner with him in a consulting group that offers advice on economic trends to big corporations. The book provides an "insider's view" on how to succeed in the White House, in the form of memos to the next president on how to organize his or her administration, consider big questions such as going to war and handle complex issues.
Among Lindsey's more provocative recommendations is that the next president take office planning to serve only one term, to ensure a focus "solely on the things that motivated you to run in the first place." Lindsey, who is advising GOP presidential hopeful Fred D. Thompson, came to this conclusion after appraising the problematic second terms of many recent presidents, including the one he served most recently.
Lindsey said in the interview that he believes the first term went reasonably well for President Bush, especially on domestic policy, because he had a clear agenda — tax cuts, education reform, rebuilding the military, a prescription drug plan and Social Security — and achieved much of it. "The first term pretty much ran according to book," he said. "The second term–they didn't do that. If you don't have a script, you don't have something to stick to."
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Bob Tullius, Group 44 Inc.
Bob Tullius was very successful as a racer, promoter and team owner. His Group 44 Inc. team raced a host of Triumphs, MGs and Jaguars, earning national and international success.
Bob Tullius is legendary as a driver, race team owner and motorsports marketing innovator for Triumph, British Leyland and Jaguar. He ran one of the most successful road racing teams from the 1960s through the '80s, and campaigned so many of our favorite cars: MGB, Midget, Spitfire, TR3, TR4, TR6, GT6, TR7, TR8 and XKE.
During his Group 44 Inc.'s 25-year run, they celebrated nearly 300 overall victories while competing in three of the toughest road racing series in America: SCCA Club Racing, IMSA GTP endurance events and SCCA Trans-Am pro contests.
Tullius' racing passion was ignited when he took his TR3 to driving school and won the race held at the end of the school. He finished first or second in his first four races and nailed the points championship. Triumph decided to give the hot young driver a TR4, which he built into a race car with the help of fellow competitor Ed Diehl. Tullius finished second in the first race at Lime Rock, but disaster struck at the next outing at Lake Garnett, Kansas.
"While out on the course during practice, an exhaust part came off the car in front of me," said Tullius. "I ducked to the right, which pulled the steering wheel in that direction and I went off course, hit a tree and totaled the car. Triumph was not happy when I called to tell them I needed a new car. They declined to supply another one."
Undeterred, Tullius and Diehl bought two additional wrecked TR4s and in just three weeks built one good one from all the parts. They shared the car in SCCA competition, never losing a race or suffering a DNF.
When Tullius' boss at Kodak forced him to make a decision between his day job and his racing hobby, Tullius chose racing. Life was looking up when Triumph gave him one of Kas Kastner's Sebring TR4s. But in that era, racing was a rich man's hobby, and he had a family to support. To continue racing full-time, he knew he had to find a way to make racing into a profitable business. That's when Group 44 Inc. was born.
The road racing team, named for Tullius' racing number, took a radically different approach at the time, now considered the model for modern motorsports marketing. Combining Tullius' race and sponsorship savvy, Brian Fuerstenau's mechanical ability and Dick Gilmartin's Madison Avenue advertising expertise, they produced professionally prepared race cars, racing results and major publicity for sponsors.
Their financially sustaining business model featured three sources of income: building competition cars for resale, maintaining existing race cars for customers, and securing corporate sponsors for their own efforts. With Tullius racing a TR4, Gilmartin racing a Spitfire and Fuerstenau racing a TR3, they certainly had Triumph on board, but they landed a major sponsorship with Quaker State Motor Oil as well.
To give their sponsors real value, Group 44 provided a slick professional look, generated huge publicity and complemented their sponsors' marketing efforts. They developed a team look—white with swooping green stripes—that was featured on cars, team uniforms and one of the first-ever team transporters in the motorsports world. They made quite an entry when they arrived at the track. Cars were always meticulously prepared.
For each race, the team got the local dealers involved: cars were displayed in showrooms, and the excitement was used to motivate potential buyers. They also held marketing seminars for dealer sales staff to show them how the racing could enhance sales. They held sports car driving and safety classes in the community to enhance interest and dealer sales. And they got team coverage in newspapers, magazines, television and radio.
Into the '70s Tullius and Group 44 raced a variety of British Leyland cars including the TR4, TR250, TR6 and GT6, adding to the trophy case with success in SCCA regional and national events. But as the TR6 became less competitive in its class, Group 44 looked to the V12-powered Jaguar XKE in the B Production class. It took time to convince Jaguar to take the car racing, but the company finally decided to back Group 44 on the East Coast and Joe Huffaker on the West Coast.
It took Fuerstenau and crew chief, Lanky Foushee, 3500 hours to turn the E-Type into a racer. In its first race in 1974, Tullius was leading at Watkins Glen with three laps to go when the gear shift lever broke off in his hand. But he won the next five races in a row and just barely missed the championship win.
The following year, Tullius had to face off against Huffaker Engineering's factory-backed XKE at the SCCA Runoffs. Lord Donald Stokes, managing director of British Leyland, came to witness the showdown. But the other XKE met its demise on the pace lap, and Tullius went on to take the championship.
Tullius then took Jaguar to another series, SCCA Trans-Am racing. They claimed the season championships in 1977 and 1978 in an XJS.
From there, the partnership set their sights on the IMSA Camel GTP program. After finishing second overall in the 1988 points race, they headed to LeMans in 1984 and 1985; the move marked Jaguar's return to that race after a 30-year hiatus. But the Group C machines outclassed the Group 44 XJR-5. "If you took the New York Yankees to play a ball game with the London Cricket Club, they wouldn't be competitive because even though it was a ball game, it wasn't the same ball game," Tullius once said of the situation.
Tullius raced a Jaguar XJR-7 in the IMSA Camel GTP Championship in 1985 and '86, finishing his racing career with one last victory. The team hired Hurley Haywood as driver in 1987, but the long relationship with Jaguar ended with the conclusion of the season. Tullius said, "Without a doubt, my involvement with Jaguar was one of the highlights of my racing career."
Three years later, in 1990, after two more Trans-Am championships for Audi, Group 44 lost their sponsors and closed shop.
The championship-winning E-Type is now a popular display at the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust on Browns Lane in Coventry, England. The company calls it "a significant milestone in the continuing development and growth of Jaguar Cars and its related companies."
Group 44's 25-Year Race Record:
14 SCCA national titles
3 Trans-Am championships
Total of almost 300 race wins
11 IMSA race wins
Bob Tullius' Racing Timeline:
1961: Goes to driving school with his TR3 and wins first race.
1962: Wins first championship in TR3 and gets first factory car from Triumph, a TR4.
1964: Wins the first American Road Race of Champions at Riverside in a TR4.
1965: Forms Group 44 Inc. in Falls Church, Virginia. Wins 9 of 11 races in his TR4 plus SCCA regional championship.
1966: Wins the first-ever Trans-Am race, held at Sebring, in a Dodge Dart.
1967: Wins the Trans-Am race at Daytona in the Dodge Dart.
1975: Wins 12 of 17 races in SCCA B Production and the national championship in a Jaguar V12 XKE. Wins the SCCA National at Lime Rock in a Jaguar XJS, setting the B Production lap record.
1977 & '78: Wins Trans-Am Series in a Jaguar XJS.
1983: Takes second in the IMSA championship in a Jaguar XJR-5.
1984 & '85: Competes in Le Mans 24-hour race in a Jaguar XJR-5.
1986: Retires from racing with a last race victory.
1990: Racing operations end for Group 44.
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'Bob Tullius, Group 44 Inc.' have 7 comments
March 30, 2015 @ 1:57 pm Memories of "The Vintage Triumph" - Richard M. Langworth
[…] I haven't the space. We looked back on the noble TRS performance at Le Mans '61 (TVT 7); Bob Tullius's Group 44 (TVT 11) , the goofy "Sectioned Mayflower" (TVT 10); the TR-powered Morgans (TVT 18); the […]
May 11, 2016 @ 4:48 pm Bill Morris
I lived very close to the Group 44 shop in Falls Church (7 Corners, to be exact) . A fellow racer, Patty Mernone, had her Morgan wrenched by Brian Furestenau and introduced me the Gp. 44 guys. The cars were spotless, and very fast and we'll piloted. I know Bob doesn't remember me, but I sure remember them. Great times & great memories.
September 19, 2016 @ 1:25 pm Chris
Interesting that the times 1980/81 were left out, with the TR8 in TransAM and IMSA racing
September 9, 2017 @ 5:38 pm Bruce G Butler
I've had a 50 year Triumph TR4 love sffair… Raced 'em, sold 'em, owned 2 TR4As (still have a '67 4A) Had the opportunity to rub elbows with the lads at Group 44. At Laguna Seca 1969 (maybe 68) Our race tires were stolen.. They gave us new wheels & tires so we could race!! Nice artical!
December 29, 2019 @ 8:36 pm ERIC HENDERSON
My father took me to road Atlanta as a child I watched in awe as a twelve cylinder jaguar
Laped every thing on the track by two laps
I will never forget get the exhaust notes
That would give me goose bumps on the straight away can you please tell me which race that was
I remember it was the last race of the XKE
P.S I bought an XK8 twenty years ago
March 6, 2020 @ 10:44 am Mark Budnick
Group 44 is an amazing journey of American Racing History. I would watch Bob Tullius and Bob Sharp Racing on the hill at Lime Rock Park. This was an incredible experience for a young person to view. They would be able to transverse this road course and not have the horsepower other vehicles in this race group would have. I was impressed. Perhaps I may give this a try. My father was good enough to purchase all the racing equipment for a British Racing Green TR-250 for me. I would work to assemble this vehicle every time I had off from employment into the night. I did see one article that Bob Tullius could place his TR-6 against Corvettes and be very successful. One SCCA Regional Race at Bridgehampton Raceway there were two Corvettes and A British Racing Green TR-250 was third from the pole. The flag was waved and turn one is straight downhill. A young man drove away very pleased.
August 22, 2022 @ 10:37 am Harry V. Quackenboss
Bob Tullius also raced in SCCA Trans-Am (The Trans-American Sedan Championship), winning the first race at Sebring Florida in a Dodge Dart, and driving the Gray Ghost Pontiac Tempest built by mostly Pontiac engineering employees led by Herb Adams. In the 1971 season, at the first race at Lime Rock, Connecticut in the rain, starting last and running in 2nd place, blowing a head gasket with under ten laps to go. Said the announcer, "It came out of the mist, like the Gray Ghost", and the legend was born. The car suffered typical first-year team teething problems, but had a 4th place and two 5th place finishes. Since 2016, the restored car owned by John Hildebrand, father of IndyCar racer J.R. Hildebrand. and has been in vintage races, including Monterey (6th place in 2022) and Sonoma Raceway, Long Beach, Mt. Tremblant, and Elkhart Lake. It is travelling East in 2022 for fall events at Lime Rock September 2-5, and Watkins Glen September 7-11.
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Volleyball Defeats Oakland City University 3-1
Oakland City University
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (2-1) 25 25 15 25 3
Oakland City University (0-2) 18 19 25 14 1
K: 2 Players (#1, #9 - 13)
B: Kara Schafer - 2
D: Pamela Dorman - 17
SA: Jaelyn Fennell - 4
K: Malia Schmittler - 10
B: Malia Schmittler - 7
D: Reagan Hensley - 15
SA: 2 Players (#12, #13 - 2)
OAKLAND CITY, Ind. - Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) women's volleyball earned its second victory of the season against NCAA Divison II Oakland City University. The Woods defeated the Mighty Oaks 3-to-1 (25-18, 25-19, 15-25, 25-14) behind an impressive offensive performance from transfer Mandi Alspach. The Pomeroys will have a short nights rest as they are back in action tomorrow against Midway University and Brescia University in a Tri-Match.
Quote | Head Coach Sean McMorrow
Big win against an NCAA Division II institution, what excites you most moving forward this season?
"We are happy to go on the road and get a win against an NCAA Division II opponent. We were able to overcome a poor serving night with our best offensive showing of the season. Player of the Game, Mandi Alspach, had her most consistent game of the year and was able to limit her errors. I am proud of our growth as a team."
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What did you need to do after losing set three to turn the tide to a win?
"We just had to focus on what we had to do as a team to be successful. We came together as a team and worked hard every single point."


The very existence of HOAs creates the need for the establishment of an infrastructure of supporting companies whose sole purpose is to provide goods and services to HOAs and their members. HOAs have the need of law firms, management companies, landscaping businesses, insurance firms, auditors, and any number of other service organizations, big and small, who exist primarily to support HOAs.
Next, there are the benefits that our local jurisdictions derive from having HOAs within their boundaries. Many HOAs provide for road maintenance, snow removal, and trash collection. In some jurisdictions, the HOA owns, and is responsible for, maintaining the storm water system that services their community. In the absence of an HOA, these requirements would normally be the responsibility of a local or state government agency. Maintenance of infrastructure is paid for through personal property taxes or some other form of local tax or fee. Yet, for members of an HOA who pay for these items through their annual assessments, there is no corresponding decrease in their personal property taxes. Thus, this huge benefit to local government. I'm not saying that there needs to be some form of compensation to HOA members, just that this benefit to the local government needs to be understood the next time a private citizen or politician outside an HOA structure criticizes an HOA.
you pay for membership produces benefits available to all members – amenities such as a clubhouse, pools, trails and open spaces; homes that are maintained to a common standard, thus ensuring the highest rate of return on our investment; a system of arbitration to ensure fair and equitable treatment; and a sense of greater security through police patrols, community neighborhood watch programs, and the vigilance that comes with a sense of belonging to and being proud of their community.
Well-written governing documents and a board and committee structure composed of volunteer peers also benefit the HOA members in that disputes can be resolved quickly and at the lowest level possible. Many times, disputes are resolved without the need for legal aid or time consuming and costly court proceedings. Well-run and managed HOAs create a synergy of community involvement and caring that cannot be matched by the local jurisdiction's bureaucracy. Well-run and represented HOAs create a dynamic presence in the local jurisdiction that is not overlooked by local politicians. Each of us is a constituent of our elected politicians but together, our HOAs represent a larger, louder voice in the greater community.
and the way it is run, volunteer to be on a board or committee and be a part of the solution, not the problem.
Tom is retired after 22 years in the U.S. Army and 23 years in private industry. He currently serves as Vice President of the Westridge Swim & Racquet Club Board of Trustees, and President of the Barrister's Keepe HOA. He also serves as Chairman of the Planning, Environment, Land-Use, and Transportation Committee of a 45+year-old civic association. Finally, to ensure he is busy all the time, Tom serves on the City of Fairfax Planning Commission.
Thank you so much for mentioning that a lot of homeowners associations actually help provide the money for trash collection and snow removal. My husband and I are moving and have been debating whether to buy a house that comes with an HOA. Knowing how much good the HOA does by helping with road maintenance could help us make our decision.


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#include "config.h"
#include "JITWorklist.h"

#if ENABLE(JIT)

#include "JIT.h"
#include "JSCInlines.h"
#include "VMInlines.h"

namespace JSC {

class JITWorklist::Plan : public ThreadSafeRefCounted<JITWorklist::Plan> {
public:
    Plan(CodeBlock* codeBlock, unsigned loopOSREntryBytecodeOffset)
        : m_codeBlock(codeBlock)
        , m_jit(codeBlock->vm(), codeBlock, loopOSREntryBytecodeOffset)
    {
        m_jit.doMainThreadPreparationBeforeCompile();
    }

    void compileInThread()
    {
        m_jit.compileWithoutLinking(JITCompilationCanFail);

        LockHolder locker(m_lock);
        m_isFinishedCompiling = true;
    }

    void finalize()
    {
        CompilationResult result = m_jit.link();
        switch (result) {
        case CompilationFailed:
            CODEBLOCK_LOG_EVENT(m_codeBlock, "delayJITCompile", ("compilation failed"));
            if (Options::verboseOSR())
                dataLogF("    JIT compilation failed.\n");
            m_codeBlock->dontJITAnytimeSoon();
            m_codeBlock->m_didFailJITCompilation = true;
            return;
        case CompilationSuccessful:
            if (Options::verboseOSR())
                dataLogF("    JIT compilation successful.\n");
            m_codeBlock->ownerScriptExecutable()->installCode(m_codeBlock);
            m_codeBlock->jitSoon();
            return;
        default:
            RELEASE_ASSERT_NOT_REACHED();
            return;
        }
    }

    CodeBlock* codeBlock() { return m_codeBlock; }
    VM* vm() { return m_codeBlock->vm(); }

    bool isFinishedCompiling()
    {
        LockHolder locker(m_lock);
        return m_isFinishedCompiling;
    }

    static void compileNow(CodeBlock* codeBlock, unsigned loopOSREntryBytecodeOffset)
    {
        Plan plan(codeBlock, loopOSREntryBytecodeOffset);
        plan.compileInThread();
        plan.finalize();
    }

private:
    CodeBlock* m_codeBlock;
    JIT m_jit;
    Lock m_lock;
    bool m_isFinishedCompiling { false };
};

class JITWorklist::Thread : public AutomaticThread {
public:
    Thread(const AbstractLocker& locker, JITWorklist& worklist)
        : AutomaticThread(locker, worklist.m_lock, worklist.m_condition)
        , m_worklist(worklist)
    {
        m_worklist.m_numAvailableThreads++;
    }

protected:
    PollResult poll(const AbstractLocker&) override
    {
        RELEASE_ASSERT(m_worklist.m_numAvailableThreads);

        if (m_worklist.m_queue.isEmpty())
            return PollResult::Wait;

        m_myPlans = WTFMove(m_worklist.m_queue);
        m_worklist.m_numAvailableThreads--;
        return PollResult::Work;
    }

    WorkResult work() override
    {
        RELEASE_ASSERT(!m_myPlans.isEmpty());

        for (RefPtr<Plan>& plan : m_myPlans) {
            plan->compileInThread();
            plan = nullptr;

            // Make sure that the main thread realizes that we just compiled something. Notifying
            // a condition is basically free if nobody is waiting.
            LockHolder locker(*m_worklist.m_lock);
            m_worklist.m_condition->notifyAll(locker);
        }

        m_myPlans.clear();

        LockHolder locker(*m_worklist.m_lock);
        m_worklist.m_numAvailableThreads++;
        return WorkResult::Continue;
    }

private:
    JITWorklist& m_worklist;
    Plans m_myPlans;
};

JITWorklist::JITWorklist()
    : m_lock(Box<Lock>::create())
    , m_condition(AutomaticThreadCondition::create())
{
    LockHolder locker(*m_lock);
    m_thread = new Thread(locker, *this);
}

JITWorklist::~JITWorklist()
{
    UNREACHABLE_FOR_PLATFORM();
}

bool JITWorklist::completeAllForVM(VM& vm)
{
    bool result = false;
    DeferGC deferGC(vm.heap);
    for (;;) {
        Vector<RefPtr<Plan>, 32> myPlans;
        {
            LockHolder locker(*m_lock);
            for (;;) {
                bool didFindUnfinishedPlan = false;
                m_plans.removeAllMatching(
                    [&] (RefPtr<Plan>& plan) {
                        if (plan->vm() != &vm)
                            return false;
                        if (!plan->isFinishedCompiling()) {
                            didFindUnfinishedPlan = true;
                            return false;
                        }
                        myPlans.append(WTFMove(plan));
                        return true;
                    });

                // If we found plans then we should finalize them now.
                if (!myPlans.isEmpty())
                    break;

                // If we don't find plans, then we're either done or we need to wait, depending on
                // whether we found some unfinished plans.
                if (!didFindUnfinishedPlan)
                    return result;

                m_condition->wait(*m_lock);
            }
        }

        RELEASE_ASSERT(!myPlans.isEmpty());
        result = true;
        finalizePlans(myPlans);
    }
}

void JITWorklist::poll(VM& vm)
{
    DeferGC deferGC(vm.heap);
    Plans myPlans;
    {
        LockHolder locker(*m_lock);
        m_plans.removeAllMatching(
            [&] (RefPtr<Plan>& plan) {
                if (plan->vm() != &vm)
                    return false;
                if (!plan->isFinishedCompiling())
                    return false;
                myPlans.append(WTFMove(plan));
                return true;
            });
    }

    finalizePlans(myPlans);
}

void JITWorklist::compileLater(CodeBlock* codeBlock, unsigned loopOSREntryBytecodeOffset)
{
    DeferGC deferGC(codeBlock->vm()->heap);
    RELEASE_ASSERT(codeBlock->jitType() == JITCode::InterpreterThunk);

    if (codeBlock->m_didFailJITCompilation) {
        codeBlock->dontJITAnytimeSoon();
        return;
    }

    if (!Options::useConcurrentJIT()) {
        Plan::compileNow(codeBlock, loopOSREntryBytecodeOffset);
        return;
    }

    codeBlock->jitSoon();

    {
        LockHolder locker(*m_lock);

        if (m_planned.contains(codeBlock))
            return;

        if (m_numAvailableThreads) {
            m_planned.add(codeBlock);
            RefPtr<Plan> plan = adoptRef(new Plan(codeBlock, loopOSREntryBytecodeOffset));
            m_plans.append(plan);
            m_queue.append(plan);
            m_condition->notifyAll(locker);
            return;
        }
    }

    // Compiling on the main thread if the helper thread isn't available is a defense against this
    // pathology:
    //
    // 1) Do something that is allowed to take a while, like load a giant piece of initialization
    //    code. This plans the compile of the init code, but doesn't finish it. It will take a
    //    while.
    //
    // 2) Do something that is supposed to be quick. Now all baseline compiles, and so all DFG and
    //    FTL compiles, of everything is blocked on the long-running baseline compile of that
    //    initialization code.
    //
    // The single-threaded concurrent JIT has this tendency to convoy everything while at the same
    // time postponing when it happens, which means that the convoy delays are less predictable.
    // This works around the issue. If the concurrent JIT thread is convoyed, we revert to main
    // thread compiles. This is probably not as good as if we had multiple JIT threads. Maybe we
    // can do that someday.
    Plan::compileNow(codeBlock, loopOSREntryBytecodeOffset);
}

void JITWorklist::compileNow(CodeBlock* codeBlock, unsigned loopOSREntryBytecodeOffset)
{
    DeferGC deferGC(codeBlock->vm()->heap);
    if (codeBlock->jitType() != JITCode::InterpreterThunk)
        return;

    bool isPlanned;
    {
        LockHolder locker(*m_lock);
        isPlanned = m_planned.contains(codeBlock);
    }

    if (isPlanned) {
        RELEASE_ASSERT(Options::useConcurrentJIT());
        // This is expensive, but probably good enough.
        completeAllForVM(*codeBlock->vm());
    }

    // Now it might be compiled!
    if (codeBlock->jitType() != JITCode::InterpreterThunk)
        return;

    // We do this in case we had previously attempted, and then failed, to compile with the
    // baseline JIT.
    codeBlock->resetJITData();

    // OK, just compile it.
    JIT::compile(codeBlock->vm(), codeBlock, JITCompilationMustSucceed, loopOSREntryBytecodeOffset);
    codeBlock->ownerScriptExecutable()->installCode(codeBlock);
}

void JITWorklist::finalizePlans(Plans& myPlans)
{
    for (RefPtr<Plan>& plan : myPlans) {
        plan->finalize();

        LockHolder locker(*m_lock);
        m_planned.remove(plan->codeBlock());
    }
}

JITWorklist* JITWorklist::instance()
{
    static JITWorklist* worklist;
    static std::once_flag once;
    std::call_once(
        once,
        [] {
            worklist = new JITWorklist();
        });
    return worklist;
}

} // namespace JSC

#endif // ENABLE(JIT)

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The Oscar-nominated movies you need to watch before this year's ceremony
These are the movies in the running to win big at the Oscars 2020
Awards season is in full-swing and on 9 February the prestigious Oscars will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
The Academy Awards is one of the most highly-anticipated events in show business and this year the cast and crews of films like Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood, Little Women and 1917 will attend with the hope of bagging an Oscar.
Many movies tipped for Oscars success this year are currently showing at UK cinemas or available to view on Netflix – meaning there's just time to watch them all before the ceremony. If you hurry, you might just be able to squeeze them all in.
Here's what you need to know about them...
Ford V Ferrari
This best picture nominee stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale, and follows two men as they build a revolutionary race car for Ford and challenge Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.
As well as being nominated for best picture, The Irishman has earned a swathe of category nods including Martin Scorsese for best director and Al Pacino and Joe Pesci for best supporting actor. With such a stellar cast, it's a must-watch, and the best bit? You can catch it on Netflix.
Another best picture nominee to earn nods in various categories, including best supporting actor for Scarlett Johansson, is Jojo Rabbit - a dark comedy about a lonely German boy growing up under Nazi rule.
Joker has racked up the most Oscar nominations than any other film this year - 11 in total. The comic book villain origin story starring Joaquin Phoenix is up for best picture and best director as well as nine other categories.
Greta Gerwig's thoroughly modern adaptation of Little Women is up for six awards, including best picture, best actress for Saoirse Ronan and best supporting actress for Florence Pugh.
Marriage Story
Another of this year's Oscar-nominated movies available to view on Netflix is Marriage Story, directed by Noah Baumbach and starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver. The film is up for a range of awards including best picture and best supporting actress for Laura Dern.
Sam Mendes' war epic starring Colin Firth, Richard Madden and Andrew Scott features in many of the category shortlists, including best picture and best director.
Quentin Tarantino is up for best director with this star-studded movie about an actor and his stunt double in 1960s Hollywood. The film is also nominated for best picture as well as best leading actor for Leonardo DiCaprio and best supporting actor for Brad Pitt.
Bong Joon-ho has been nominated for best director for his dark comedy and psychological thriller Parasite, which is also up for best picture as well as other awards including original screenplay.
Bombshell is up for three awards including leading actress for Charlize Theron and supporting actress for Margot Robbie.
Renée Zellweger is nominated for best leading actress thanks to her performance in Judy, a biographical drama about the life of Judy Garland.
Cynthia Erivo is nominated for best leading actress for her performance in Harriet, a Kasi Lemmons film about the life of slave-turned-abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
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Google is reported to be the subject of a multistate antitrust investigation to be announced by more than half of the nation's state attorneys general on Sept. 9. The company accounted for more than three-fourths of all lobbying on labor and antitrust issues by the four companies. Records show the Mountain View, Calif.-based advertising giant was responsible for 363 of 456 reports related to labor and antitrust issues.
Google's lobbying peaked in 2012, when it filed 45 lobbying reports for the issues -- the same year that a Federal Trade Commission staff report labeled it as a monopoly. The five-member trade panel, however, overruled its staff and announced in early 2013 that the company hadn't violated antitrust laws.
The advertiser has had a more difficult time overseas. In 2017, the European Commission would announced a $2.7 billion fine against Google for giving preferential treatment to its online shopping services. The company also was slapped with a $5 billion antitrust fine by the European Commission in 2018 for requiring manufacturers to pre-install applications running on its Android operating system. It was fined a third time for $1.7 billion in March after European regulators decided it was stifling competition by preventing website owners from presenting results by rival search engines.
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