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La linea M2 è una linea della metropolitana di Budapest. Viene indicata sulla piantina delle linee con il colore rosso ed è composta da 11 stazioni distribuite su 10,3 km di lunghezza complessiva, attraversando la città in senso ovest-est.

Storia
I primi progetti per l'attuale seconda linea linee sono stati fatti nel 1942, e il Consiglio dei Ministri ha emanato il decreto nel 1950. La Metro 2 è stata originariamente progettata per collegare due principali stazioni ferroviarie, Keleti pályaudvar (Orientale) e Déli pályaudvar (Meridionale). La prima sezione tra Deák Ferenc tér e Népstadion (oggi stadio Ferenc Puskás), è stata portata a termine nel 1954, la seconda sezione nel tra il Déli pályaudvar e Deák Ferenc tér nel 1955. La costruzione è stata sospesa per ragioni finanziarie e politiche dal 1954 fino al 1963, con delibera del partito socialista operaio ungherese si è deciso di riavviare la costruzione durante il congresso del partito nel 1959. Dopo il blocco, la terza sezione è stata aperta con sette stazioni, il 4 aprile del 1970 e la quarta ed ultima sezione nel 1972. la sezione orientale è stata estesa a Örs vezér tere, invece di Népstadion. Le operazioni sono iniziate nel 1970 con convogli di tre vagoni, portati a 4 vagoni subito dopo. Ci sono cinque treni circolanti in entrambe le direzioni sulla linea 2 dal 1972. Una grande ristrutturazione della linea e delle stazioni è stata fatta tra il 2004 e il 2008, con nuovi treni entrati in servizio nel 2010.

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I had the opportunity to have a guest writer....yay! I hope you all enjoy. Thank you Kristin Wells!
Women in the Military: It's Been a Long Road Since the 1970s
The first foray of women in the military on a wide-scale basis began in the 1970s as women began being allowed to function in ancillary positions of the U.S. military. While women did eventually obtain positions in military support roles such as artillery, they are still barred from direct combat roles such as infantry. At the officer level, women are completely integrated into all the military academies, graduating as cadets and 2nd lieutenants ready for assignment.
Both physical and psychological concerns have continued to be the main barriers barring full integration of women in every aspect of the military, but today there are very few functions women do not have role in. U.S. military branches have incorporated women in everything from pilot positions to executive management roles of the armed forces. However, some areas still remain men only. For example, it was only in April 2010 that the U.S. Department of the Navy first allowed women sailors and petty officers to serve on naval submarines. Also, with health standards in the military ever increasing, it is becoming a more attractive option for women. Long gone are the concerns of asbestos related Sarcomatoid Mesothelioma cancer that were used extensively not too long ago.
The unfortunate dark side of integration into more and more military functions has been the increasing rate of physical attacks and rapes of female military personnel, particularly in remote assignment situations. In multiple cases women have not only been attacked by their own fellow soldiers, the issues have also been covered up by immediate command thereby making the injuries worse. The U.S. military has had to wrestle with this issue over the last decade and confront it, both in the field and in training academies.
A unique aspect of wide integration of women soldiers has been seen in the latest conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. Given the extensive involvement of U.S. military in the Middle East, women both in active branches as well as the National Guard have been ordered abroad. Many have children and spouses that are now left behind in a military role-reversal. Toddlers are now being raised by fathers alone as their mothers spend their children's formative years on assignment, only being able to connect through computer videos, email, and letters.
Once integrated, the U.S. military makes no exception of the gender of a soldier called on for a tour of duty. Even mothers with young children have to make arrangements and leave their kids to serve as required once enlisted. The 2000s has probably been the first decade this dynamic has been fully experienced, with many fathers and grandparents filling in the gap waiting for a wife and mother to come home again.
Kristin Wells is a recent college graduate from The University of Georgia and an aspiring writer. She wants to make a difference in people's lives through her writing. Kristin also likes competitive cycling, running, and traveling as much as possible.
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The Sentence of My Life
First of all, I was very impressed from the moment I opened the box. All of their business information and card placed in a nice folder right on top. I love learning about the companies I blog for and have never been given quite the presentation. McNeill Designs for Brighter Minds, I applaud you for that!
We were blessed with a few different versions of the game "You've Been Sentenced," and were very excited to start playing! This particular game has earned over 10 national awards. I was surprised this game was winning awards back in 2007. Where have I been and why didn't I know about this game sooner?! This game is great fun for the whole family! Having 3 homeschoolers is a lot of work. I'm always looking for fun, innovative teaching tools. This is great for our language art studies! I also love the fact that so many people can play at one time. This particular game is for ages 8 & up, takes 30-40 min to play, and takes 3-10 players.
Here's What They Say:
The real fun begins when players have to read their sentences out loud and explain what they mean to the rest of players. They form the jury and vote thumbs up or down on whether the sentence and justification stand and the points are scored. 540 cards with over 2,500 words insure billions of possible sentences so the game is never repetitive and has unlimited re-play value. Multiple other methods of play are available on the website that turn "You've been Sentenced!" into not just a game, but a full game system!
Socially interactive, players become members of the Jury and can ask a player to justify and defend the grammar, sense and meaning of the sentence. The player has a chance to convince the Jury to accept their often outrageous and hilarious sentences.
Never the same game twice
A word deck with over 2,500 individual words, plus Wild Cards, ensures an infinite number of sentences, guaranteeing maximum re-play value. "You've Been Sentenced!" offers unlimited play, without ever becoming stale or repetitive.
What We Have To Say:
The sentences people come up with can be hilarious! So to play everyone starts out with 10 cards. They must use the words on the cards to make a grammatically correct sentence. You don't have to use all 10 cards but it earns you more points if you do.
We had so much fun playing this game! It didn't take long before we had to form a jury to vote on the crazy sentences we made up.
In the beginning of the game my son made some pretty crazy sentences that were not grammatically correct. By the end of the 5 rounds we played he was making some great sentences. We could not stop playing we were having so much fun. I think we played for a good 3 hours before we finally called it quits. My son was literally in tears because he was laughing so hard. OK, a lot of us were. I agree that this game is great for kids to learn on as well as adults. There are so many different ways to play this one game! Their website even has a lesson plan. Learning can be fun! We are so glad and thankful to add this game to our game closet because it will get lots of use!
We also received the game Twisted Fish...Can't wait to play that one!
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Microsoft wants you to jump on the Windows 7 bus, literally! Begining May 21st the company will begin its multi-city bus tour were they will be handing out free, yes free, copies of their newest operating system. Supplies will be limited to 50 copies of Windows 7 Ultimate for the first 50 attendees to get on the bus at every stop.
*To receive your free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate, be one of the first 50 people who are US residents (includes D of C) or Canada 18+ to arrive at a Microsoft Get On the Bus Tour afternoon event. 50 copies of the software title are available. Limit one gift per person. This offer is non-transferable and cannot be combined with any other offer. This offer ends on June 4, 2010 while supplies last, and is not redeemable for cash. Taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the recipient. There is no shipment of your gift – all gifts will be distributed onsite.


Last week I wrote about Philip Humber and his entrance into the MLB record books pitching the 21st perfect game in MLB history. This week another pitcher put his name in the history books as Jered Weaver pitched the 274th no-hitter in MLB history. As Weaver finished off his no-hitter he was talked about for his feat but then he was quickly brushed aside. There is not much more than the fact that he pitched a no-hitter as most people seemed to forget about him.


Two years after the construction of a new courthouse in Oddar Meanchey province, the Justice Ministry is still struggling to find the staff to make it run, officials said.
Chan Mono, director-general of the Justice Ministry's administration and finance department, said last week the province's courthouse was completed in 2008 and that Prime Minister Hun Sen had signed an order this year approving the its creation. The only thing missing, he said last week, were people to run it.
"The Ministry of Justice is working very hard…to assign judges to work [there]," said Mr Mono, who did not know how much longer it would take.
But even if staff members arrive, the court will be of limited use without a prison to go with it, said Vath Paramin, the secretary-general for the provincial government.
"We have proposed for a court in Oddar Meanchey province, but we do not know when we will have it, and we also need a prison," he said last week, noting that local police would have a hard time transporting prisoners to the nearest prison in Siem Reap city.
Contacted yesterday, Mr Paramin said the province was still waiting. He also noted that the province had set aside four hectares for a prison in the capital city of Samraong.
Cambodia's prisons chief, however, said a court must come first.
"First they must have functional courts," said Heng Hak, director general of the Interior Ministry's general department of prisons.
Oddar Meanchey is currently within the jurisdiction of Siem Reap Provincial Court.
Sa Thlai, for example, chief of Oddar Meanchey's community forestry network, was summoned to appear in Siem Reap along with 10 fellow forest monitors on three occasions after they accused an RCAF commander and soldiers of assaulting them on March 4.
He said they could not have made the trips had a group of NGOs not agreed to cover their expenses. The bill for all three trips came to about $2,000.


LOS ANGELES – A reporter asked Dodgers manager Don Mattingly whether pitcher Clayton Kershaw still was suffering from plantar fasciitis.
The manager quipped that the problem never went away but, since Kershaw's streak of four consecutive wins beginning with a shutout in San Francisco, only the questions stopped.
Kershaw's foot was not the Dodgers' problem Monday. The Giants' equally game left-hander, Madison Bumgarner, was. Bumgarner limited the Dodgers to four singles and no runs when he left the game in the eighth inning of an eventual 2-1 victory in front of an announced crowd of 36,878 at Dodger Stadium.
Kershaw, far from feeble, appeared to try everything in his deep bag of tricks against the Giants – on the mound, at the plate and in the field.
In the top of the third inning, the pitcher made a risky, head-first dive into foul territory to catch a 40-foot pop-up by Gregor Blanco. He led off the bottom of the inning with a line-drive single to center, one of two singles in two at-bats that raised the pitcher's average to .244.
That reality was particularly painful in the sixth inning, when Matt Kemp strode to the plate with a runner on third base and two outs and the score 2-0. Bumgarner served a steady diet of sliders below the belt – six in a row, to be exact – ending with one in the dirt Kemp chased for strike three.
With two outs in the ninth inning, Hanley Ramirez hit a solo home run to left-center field off San Francisco right-hander Sergio Romo to spoil the Giants' shutout bid.
Hitless in his first three at-bats, Ramirez rediscovered the stroke he found on the Dodgers' recent 10-game road trip, during which he hit .395 with four doubles, three home runs and 14 RBIs.
The Giants scored single runs in the first and sixth innings.
Angel Pagan led off the game with a stand-up double to the wall in left-center field on what appeared to be a defensive swing with two strikes against him. Marco Scutaro push-bunted Pagan to third base and a sacrifice fly by Pablo Sandoval to left easily scored Pagan.
The Sandoval-Pagan connection struck again in the sixth. Pagan and Scutaro stroked consecutive singles, putting runners on first and second with one out.
Sandoval singled to left, where Shane Victorino fielded the ball on the run with good momentum toward the plate. But his throw was just left of home plate, forcing catcher Ellis to slide over and give Pagan room to slide home before Ellis tagged Pagan's hand.
Kershaw finished with six hits and two runs allowed in eight innings and lowered his ERA to 2.87, the lowest it's been since July 1.
Home-plate umpire Ron Kulpa helped by enforcing a pitcher's strike zone. The result: A combined 20 strikeouts and no walks for Kershaw and Bumgarner.
Bumgarner struck out 10 and allowed just the four singles by Kershaw and Cruz.


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Saudi Arabia, Foxconn eye an electric vehicle joint venture
The majority stakeholder of the joint venture will be Velocity, a new entity created by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which manages around $450 billion of assets
A motorcyclist rides past the logo of Foxconn, the trading name of Hon Hai Precision Industry, in Taipei, Taiwan March 30, 2018. Image used for illustrative purpose
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Saudi Arabia and Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group are looking to form an electric vehicles joint venture, in a move that could boost the Kingdom's effort to diversify its economy.
The parties aim to sign the deal by the end of 2021, but plans are still subject to change, Bloomberg reported.
The majority stakeholder of the joint venture will be Velocity, a new entity created by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which manages around $450 billion of assets.
The Taiwanese electronic company will be a minority stakeholder, providing software, electronics and electrical architecture for the electric vehicles.
The coalition aims to assemble EVs on chassis licensed from BMW AG.
Saudi Arabia aims to develop the local car-making industry as a way to diversify its economy.
In 2018, the Kingdom's PIF took a majority stake in Lucid Motors, the EV startup, to encourage the firm to develop a manufacturing site inside the country.
Last November, the chairman of Foxconn, Apple Inc.'s assembly partner, Young Liu, said that the company plans to establish an EV project that focuses on software for passenger cars in the region, Bloomberg reported.
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Meat-free days
Meat-free days or veggiedays are declared to discourage or prohibit the consumption of meat on certain days of the week. Mondays and Fridays are the most popular days. There are also movements encouraging people giving up meat on a weekly, monthly, or permanent basis.[citation needed]
2 Ecology and society
2.1 Africa
2.1.1 South Africa
2.2.1 Hong Kong
2.2.3 Pakistan
2.2.4 Singapore
2.2.5 Taiwan
2.3.1 Belgium
2.3.3 Norway
2.3.4 Switzerland
Further information: Friday Fast
Abstention from meat, other than fish, was historically done for religious reasons (e.g. the Friday Fast). In the Methodist Church, on Fridays, especially those of Lent, "abstinence from meat one day a week is a universal act of penitence".[1][2] Anglicans (Episcopalians) and Roman Catholics also traditionally observe Friday as a meat-free day.[3][4] Historically, Anglican and Catholic countries enforced prohibitions on eating meat, other than fish, on certain days of Lent. In England, for example, "butchers and victuallers were bound by heavy recognizances not to slaughter or sell meat on the weekly 'fish days', Friday and Saturday."[5] In the Eastern Orthodox Church, Wednesdays and Fridays are meat-free days.[6] In the Lutheran Church, Fridays and Saturdays are historically considered meat-free days.[7] Among East Asian Buddhists, vegetarian Buddhist cuisine was eaten on days tied to the phases of the moon known as Uposatha.[citation needed]
Meat-free days have also been observed due to wartime rationing (e.g. Meatless Tuesdays in Canada[8] and the United States—which also observed Wheatless Wednesdays—during World War I)[9][10] or in states with failing economies.[citation needed]
In the People's Republic of Poland, meat-free days were encouraged by the government due to market forces. They were aimed at limiting meat consumption, primarily in favour of flour-based foods. The meat-free day was traditionally Friday, Monday or Wednesday.[citation needed]
Ecology and society[edit]
Attempts to reintroduce meat-free days are part of a campaign to reduce anthropogenic climate change and improve human health and animal welfare by reducing factory farming and promoting vegetarianism or veganism.
Africa[edit]
South Africa[edit]
Cape Town[11][12][13]
Asia[edit]
Daily "Meat Free Hong Kong Meetup"[14]
India[edit]
International Meatless Day, also called the 'International Vegetarian Day', 25 November, birthday of Sadhu T.L. Vaswani, who was an Indian educationist who started the Mira development for improving Indian instructional framework, beginning with settling St. Mira's School in Hyderabad, Sindh. The campaign for International Meatless Day was begun in 1986 by the Sadhu Vaswani Mission, an association for social administration for the abused and underprivileged.[15][16]
Pakistan[edit]
Reportedly, Meatless Tuesdays and Wednesdays were observed in Pakistan, from Benazir Bhutto's era in the 1990s through part of the 21st century.[17][18]
Singapore[edit]
Thursday, coordinated by the Vegetarian Society (Singapore)[19]
Meat-free Mondays in Taipei[20]
Belgium[edit]
Ghent[21][22]
Hasselt[23]
Mechelen[23]
Germany[edit]
Bremen[24]
During the federal elections in 2013, the German green party Bündnis '90/Die Grünen campaigned with a so-called "veggie day" in their manifesto, which resulted in a public outburst over "paternalism".[24]
Norway[edit]
the Norwegian Armed Forces[25]
Switzerland[edit]
Thursdays, coordinated by Swissveg[26]
North America[edit]
United States[edit]
Los Angeles has declared all Mondays "Meatless Mondays," citing actions by Baltimore public-school system, Oakland, California Unified School District and school districts in Arlington, Virginia, Oneida, New York, Longmont, Colorado; the cities of San Francisco, Takoma Park and Annapolis, Maryland, Marin County, California and the District of Columbia Council.[27][28]
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^ McKnight, Scot (2010). Fasting: The Ancient Practices. Thomas Nelson. p. 88. ISBN 9781418576134. John Wesley, in his Journal, wrote on Friday, August 17, 1739, that "many of our society met, as we had appointed, at one in the afternoon and agreed that all members of our society should obey the Church to which we belong by observing 'all Fridays in the year' as 'days of fasting and abstinence.'
^ "What does The United Methodist Church say about fasting?". The United Methodist Church. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
^ Buchanan, Colin (4 August 2009). The A to Z of Anglicanism. Scarecrow Press. p. 182. ISBN 9780810870086. In the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, there is a list of "Days of Fasting, or Abstinence," consisting of the 40 days of Lent, the ember days, the three rogation days (the Monday to Wednesday following the Sunday after Ascension Day), and all Fridays in the year (except Christmas, if it falls on a Friday).
^ Green, Jennifer (25 May 2006). Dealing with Death: A Handbook of Practices, Procedures and Law. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. p. 224. ISBN 9781846425127. Retrieved 27 April 2014. Friday is a day of abstinence and self-denial for Catholics in health, and, by tradition, this became a meat-free day.
^ Barrows, Susanna; Room, Robin (1991). Drinking: Behavior and Belief in Modern History. University of California Press. p. 340. ISBN 9780520070851. Retrieved 27 April 2014. The main legally enforced prohibition in both Catholic and Anglican countries was that against meat. During Lent, the most prominent annual season of fasting in Catholic and Anglican churches, authorities enjoined abstinence from meat and sometimes "white meats" (cheese, milk, and eggs); in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England butchers and victuallers were bound by heavy recognizances not to slaughter or sell meat on the weekly "fish days," Friday and Saturday.
^ Vitz, Evelyn Birge (1991). A Continual Feast. Ignatius Press. p. 80. ISBN 9780898703849. Retrieved 27 April 2014. In the Orthodox groups, on ordinary Wednesdays and Fridays no meat, olive oil, wine, or fish can be consumed.
^ Lund, Eric (January 2002). Documents from the History of Lutheranism, 1517–1750. Fortress Press. p. 166. ISBN 9781451407747. Of the Eating of Meat: One should abstain from the eating of meat on Fridays and Saturdays, also in fasts, and this should be observed as an external ordinance at the command of his Imperial Majesty.
^ "Making Do with Less": Rationing in Canada Archived 16 December 2012 at archive.today
^ "History of Meatless Mondays". Pbs.org. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
^ The Way We Ate: The Year Harry Truman Passed on Pumpkin Pie
^ "City to launch 'one meat-free day a week' campaign". 27 July 2010. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
^ Pollack, Martin (30 July 2010). "City launches Meat-free Day". City of Cape Town. Archived from the original on 2 August 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
^ "South Africa scores for farm animal welfare, the environment and human health". Compassion in World Farming. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
^ "Meat Free Hong Kong". Retrieved 1 September 2015.
^ "International Meatless Day 2019". www.hellotravel.com.
^ "Vegans urge city folk to go veg on International Meatless Day". The New Indian Express. 23 November 2018.
^ This law was passed during Ayub's dictatorship, not during Benazir Bhutto's time.Going vegan in Pakistan... Saturday, 12 November 2011
^ Alter, S. Amritsar to Lahore: A Journey Across the India-Pakistan Border. pp. 107-109
^ "Veggie Thursday in Singapore". Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
^ "Taipei Times about Meat free Monday". Retrieved 30 July 2015.
^ Traynor, Ian (22 May 2009). "Meat-free revolution to help save the planet". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
^ "Ghent declares every Thursday 'Veggie day'". The Telegraph.
^ a b "Ghent's Veggiedag goes from strength to strength". Meat Free Mondays. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^ a b "Weekly 'vegetarian day' for public canteens promised in Germany's Green Party manifesto". Telegraph (London). Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^ Saul, Heather (30 November 2013). "Norwegian army placed on strict vegetarian diet". The Independent. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
^ "Der grüne "Vegi-Tag" greift um sich". Retrieved 1 September 2015.
^ Lowery, Wesley (12 November 2012). "City Council asks L.A. residents to go "meatless" on Mondays". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, CA. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
^ "Meatless Mondays". LACityClerk Connect. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
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reports,
An Essay on Abstinence from Animal Food, as a Moral Duty (1802)
Vegetable Cookery (1812)
A Vindication of Natural Diet (1813)
Reasons for not Eating Animal Food (1814)
Moral Inquiries on the Situation of Man and of Brutes (1824)
Nature's Own Book (1835)
Fruits and Farinacea (1845)
The Pleasure Boat (1845)
The Ethics of Diet (1883)
What is Vegetarianism? (1886)
Shelley's Vegetarianism (1891)
Behind the Scenes in Slaughter-Houses (1892)
Why I Am a Vegetarian (1895)
Figs or Pigs? (1896)
Thirty-nine Reasons Why I Am a Vegetarian (1903)
The Meat Fetish (1904)
The New Ethics (1907)
A Fleshless Diet (1910)
The Benefits of Vegetarianism (1927)
Ten Talents (1968)
Diet for a Small Planet (1971)
The Farm Vegetarian Cookbook (1975)
Laurel's Kitchen (1976)
Moosewood Cookbook (1977)
Fit for Life (1985)
Diet for a New America (1987)
The Sexual Politics of Meat (1990)
Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone (1997)
The China Study (2004)
Skinny Bitch (2005)
Livestock's Long Shadow (2006)
The Bloodless Revolution (2006)
Eating Animals (2009)
Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows (2009)
Animal (De)liberation (2016)
The End of Animal Farming (2018)
Meat Atlas (annual)
The Animals Film (1981)
A Cow at My Table (1998)
Meet Your Meat (2002)
Peaceable Kingdom (2004)
Earthlings (2005)
A Sacred Duty (2007)
Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead (2010)
Planeat (2010)
Forks Over Knives (2011)
Vegucated (2011)
Live and Let Live (2013)
Cowspiracy (2014)
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Cyril V. Pink
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The Corpus Christi IceRays are a Tier II junior ice hockey team playing in the North American Hockey League (NAHL). The IceRays are based in Corpus Christi, Texas, and play in the North American Hockey League's South Division. The "IceRays" moniker derives from the many different species of stingrays that inhabit the nearby Gulf of Mexico.

History

The franchise originally joined the NAHL as the Pittsburgh Forge from 2001 to 2003. They relocated to Toledo, Ohio, and became the Toledo IceDiggers from 2003 to 2005. They then became the Alpena IceDiggers, playing in the Northern Lights Arena located in Alpena, Michigan, from 2005 to 2010.

The original IceRays organization was established in 1998 and played in the minor-professional Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL) from 1998 to 2001 and the Central Hockey League from 2001 to 2010. Following the 2009–10 season, the IceRays' ownership purchased the IceDiggers franchise and transferred the IceRays' name, logo, colors, management, and coaching staff to the NAHL franchise before folding their CHL franchise. The new IceRays junior franchise played their first game on September 15, 2010, against the Traverse City North Stars at the NAHL Showcase, falling 1–0. The IceRays played their first junior game at the American Bank Center on October 1, 2010, against the Wichita Falls Wildcats, winning 4–3 in a shootout.

During the 2011–12 season, IceRays goaltender Anthony Stolarz was scouted heavily by the National Hockey League (NHL), ending the season fourth in the NHL Central Scouting List among North American goaltenders. On June 23, 2012, Stolarz became the first player in IceRays junior franchise history to be drafted by a NHL franchise, joining the Philadelphia Flyers as the 45th overall pick (2nd Round).

After just three seasons in the NAHL, the IceRays earned their first playoff bid during the 2012–13 season, finishing with a 28–26–6 record and fourth in the South Division under former head coach and professional player, Justin Quenneville. The IceRays won their first playoff game on April 5, 2013, against the Amarillo Bulls in a 2–1 road victory before falling in three-straight games to drop the best-of-five series. Following that season, Quenneville stepped down as head coach after two years at the helm, making way for new hire John Becanic to take over for the next three seasons.

The IceRays set multiple franchise records during the 2014–15 season, marking the best record in junior franchise history at 31–24–5 and their second appearance in the Robertson Cup Playoffs. The team would fall in two-straight games at the American Bank Center to the Wenatchee Wild in the South Division Quarterfinals, 3–2 (SO) and 3–2, respectively. On Feb. 7, 2015, the IceRays set a junior franchise record for the highest attendance as well as a league attendance mark, bringing in 6,965 fans during the annual Stars & Stripes Night, honoring military, first responders and law enforcement.

In the 2015–16 season, the IceRays set one more junior franchise milestone thanks to former goaltender Pheonix Copley. On Feb. 27, 2016, the 24-year-old replaced St. Louis Blues goaltender Jake Allen with 4:26 remaining in the second period, marking the first player in junior franchise history to earn playing time in the NHL.

On June 30, 2016, the IceRays hired former assistant coach Brad Flynn as the team's fourth head coach in junior franchise history. Flynn left after the 2017–18 season to become an assistant coach with the Red Deer Rebels in the Western Hockey League. He was replaced by Ryan Cruthers, who had been with the Chicago Steel the previous season. Cruthers was hired as an assistant for Robert Morris University in 2019 and Al Rooney was promoted for the 2019–20 season. Rooney was fired after less than a season and a 13–33–3–3 record to be replaced by assistant Nate Weossner in the interim.

The end of the 2019–20 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the team already eliminated from the playoffs. The IceRays withdrew from participation in the 2020–21 season due to the on-going complications during the pandemic. Prior to their return in the 2021–22 season, Michael Lysyj was named the new head coach.

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Businesses, communities feeling pinch as Western Forest Products strike drags on
December 3, 2019, 10:18 p.m.
Western Forest Products workers have been on the picket lines for five months, sending economic ripples across Vancouver Island.
The strike affects about 3,000 coastal forest workers employed in the company's sawmills and timberland operations. Employees walked off the job July 1, demanding fair wages and working conditions.
"It's been devastating to our town," said Port Hardy Mayor Dennis Dugas.
"Our businesses and community feel like they're part of the collateral damage."
He says the long-lasting strike is impacting local businesses, because workers aren't buying consumer goods or spending money.
Revenues from local businesses are down significantly — in some cases, by more than 50 per cent — and some employers have had to shorten their work weeks and are facing layoffs, according to Dugas.
"Nobody is spending money," said Macrina Richards, owner of Tia's Cafe in Port McNeill.
"We don't have any customers."
The future is uncertain for her businesses if a deal isn't reached soon between the United Steel Workers' Union and the lumber company.
"If things don't change, I may have to shut down for a couple of days [a week]. I don't know how long my employees will stay with me — I still owe them from last paycheck."
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'We need this resolved'
Shelley Downey, a councillor in Port McNeill and owner of Harbourside Pharmachoice, described the situation as increasingly dire.
"Everybody has been impacted by this," she said. "Children are coming to school and they're hungry."
Local elementary schools are bolstering their food programs in response, with some offering breakfast and lunch to students.
"This is new for us to be operating and providing [these programs] at the level we are currently," she said. "It's what we just have to do."
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Downey wants to see more help from the provincial government and more pressure for the union and company to come to an agreement.
"We just want them to know that our area is important. It matters," she said. "We need this resolved. It's gone on far too long."
So far, negotiations have fallen flat with no resolutions.
"What we're seeing with the strike is symptomatic of a lot of uncertainty in the industry," said Ladysmith Mayor Aaron Stone.
"The impacts reach far beyond just those companies and those workers and really strike at the foundation of our local economies."
And with no talks scheduled, there doesn't seem to be any end in sight for the dispute.
"This is isn't to judge the company or the union. We know that there's a lot of challenges with the forest industry right now," he said. "All we can do is encourage them to talk."
Coronavirus: Toronto Mayor Tory says city 'will be ready' for mass-vaccination rollout
When asked about the closure of its COVID-19 immunization clinic pilot at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre due to a lack of vaccines, Mayor John Tory said Wednesday he feels the city "will be ready" to rollout vaccines outside of a hospital setting, adding that large-scale vaccination programs such as for the flu, have previously given officials some experience in mass-vaccination rollouts.
Grain elevator owner contemplates tearing down iconic landmark before someone gets hurt
After the large windstorm that hit Saskatchewan last week, Dallas Ostrom has a tough decision. His property includes the iconic Bents grain elevator, which has been featured in thousands of photos long after Bents became a ghost town. It was in decent condition until the wind storm. Now the elevator has been severely damaged and the top roof is expected to fall off soon. "I've had all sorts of people telling me not to burn it down," he said. "But I don't want anybody going in the elevator and getting hurt. "So I guess I'm wrestling with either burning it down in the wintertime here before the snow leaves or getting a company in to tip it over and see if we can maybe salvage some of the big timbers and stuff out of it. But that gets a little costly." Ostrom looked at the grain elevator every day when growing up because his parents' farm was right across the road. It's located about 94 kilometres southwest of Saskatoon. Ostrom came to possess the elevator after the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool decommissioned it and turned it over to the landowner. He said it wasn't usable even then, and he enjoys seeing people stop by. "We've had people come from all over the world to photograph that elevator," he said. "Like from Qatar, Montreal, all over the States.… It was kind of a sense of pride for me to have one that was so popular and so photographed. "It's a great iconic structure in Saskatchewan. It's too bad that time hasn't been a friend, and this last winter storm the other day kind of was the final straw. So it's a sad day for me." Because he doesn't want to pay the hundreds of thousands to fix it, he needs to decide the next steps. If he doesn't demolish it, he worries someone may get hurt, then sue. "Most people are good people, and they'll stop and ask permission," he said. "But there are a handful of people that come out there and steal stuff out of it and vandalize it and cause trouble. "I don't want to end up broke because somebody sued me for trespassing on my property when they got hurt." Other landmarks damaged in the storm Ostrom's grain elevator isn't the only historic landmark damaged in the storm. The Ogema firewall was destroyed and the Pangman grain elevator was badly damaged. Allan Spriggs, a hobby drone photographer, captured the damage done to the Pangman elevator, about 95 kilometres south of Regina. During the storm, he was concerned about property damage and wasn't planning to take out the drone for the aftermath, but was inspired to check it out after seeing some ground-level images on social media. "My first thought was, 'Wow.' It was incredible to see it ripped apart like that, with portions of the walls completely opened up from the wind, yet the shell of the structure and top of the elevator still standing," Spriggs said. "It looked like it could collapse any minute. "It really gives you a sense of the destructive power of the Prairie wind." Spriggs said people have a real attachment to their small-town elevators, which are part of the cultural identity of the province. "It's sad to see them slowly disappear. It's like seeing a part of our heritage become forgotten," he said. Spriggs hopes to capture more through drone photography before it's too late, and hopes the Pangman elevator will be repaired. He also hopes the old grain elevators will be maintained as heritage sites.
Summerside launches new tradition to celebrate new fire truck
The fire department in Summerside, P.E.I., has a new pumper truck, and they marked its arrival with a tradition that is new to the city, but is centuries old in fire departments across the continent. Firefighters gathered Sunday to push the truck back into its new home. "In the early 1800s when they used to pull the steam engines or the hand pumpers with horses, the horses can't back them into the building. That's where the tradition started," said Chief Ron Enman. "Right across North America it's been a tradition. I just thought it would be something we'd start here and we had a lot of fun with it." Identical setups The new pumper replaces a 25-year-old truck that had reached the end of its life span Apart from being new, Enman said the new truck also will make work a little easier for firefighters because it is the same model as the other two pumpers at the station. "They're identical and they're set up identical," he said. "So if you're looking for a hydrant wrench on engine one or engine two, engine three, it doesn't matter what truck you're on when you go to that truck." The new pumper truck cost $681,000. More from CBC P.E.I.


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Report Says FDA Selected Option 1 for Proposed Final Rule (Update)
The Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association (TVECA) claims that it has gotten its hand on the proposed final ruling of the deeming regulations from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), and in it, there doesn't appear to be great news for the cigar industry.
we now possess critical documents concerning the future of the industry in the US. We will headline this information tomorrow on all outlets
— TVECA (@TVECA) October 25, 2015
While the organization says it will leak the document in full later today, the leaked table of contents appears to indicate that FDA has chosen Option 1 in regards to regulating premium cigars, meaning it did not choose an exemption for premium cigars.
On page three of the leaked table of contents, a chapter titled "Regulation of Cigars and Selection of Option 1" appears to show the agency's decision. Furthermore, it goes onto indicate FDA believes that "Youth and Young Adults Use Premium Cigars."
The news is not great, but it's not the doomsday scenario.
This document is only FDA's proposal to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), which took place sometime in the last few weeks. OMB is now reviewing the proposal and can make changes before the new rules are entered in the federal register and become law.
(To better understand the FDA/OMB process, click here.)
Under Option 1, cigars will be subject to approval, likely in the form of substantial equivalence. This process is expected to be costly both financially and time-wise. It would require any cigar not marketed prior to Feb. 16, 2007 to go through approval process and any cigar introduced after the regulations take effect would be unable to enter the market until approval.
Option 2 could have changed most of that. It would establish a definition of "premium cigar" and products that met the requirements would be exempt from FDA control.
Cigars being marketed prior to Feb. 15, 2007 would be grandfathered in, subject only to new warning labels, ingredient disclosure and a ban on free samples.
The good news for cigar smokers is FDA's decision was neither entirely unexpected, nor final.
It was OMB and not FDA that proposed the exemption for cigars in the first place and OMB has been far more receptive to the cigar industry's request than FDA. Despite FDA's decision, OMB could ultimately overrule the agency and exempt cigars altogether.
That decision might take some time, OMB has a non-binding 90-day review window, but needed six months to deal with the deeming regulations when they were submitted as a draft in 2013.
For more information about the proposed regulation of premium cigars, visit halfwheel.com/fda.
Update (Nov. 4, 2015) — On Oct. 31, FDA released a statement indicating it was aware of the alleged leak, but would not confirm or deny the legitimacy of the document possessed by TVECA. In the statement, FDA said that it submitted the final draft of the rule to OMB on Oct. 19.
Most importantly, FDA indicated that it had spoken directly to TVECA and reached an understanding that TVECA would not be leaking the document.
The fact the FDA is issuing a statement gives at least some legitimacy to the initial claims by TVECA as it seems likely the agency would simply ignore or deny the validity of any document that was not authentic.
FDA's full statement is as follows:
The FDA has not yet issued its final rule and other documents related to extending the agency's authority to other currently unregulated tobacco products. We are aware that the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association (TVECA) has indicated publicly that it has a copy of the draft final rule. We cannot confirm if TVECA has a copy of the most recent version of the draft final rule, or even if their copy is authentic. It is our understanding based on recent conversations between the FDA and TVECA, that the group will not be releasing the document in question.
As a matter of policy, the FDA does not share draft documents or negotiate with outside groups while they are under review. The FDA is committed to maintaining the integrity of the regulatory process. It is important to note that the rule is still in draft form and was submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Oct. 19, 2015. OMB is required to review all significant regulatory actions.
The FDA remains committed to an open dialogue with all interested parties, including industry, consumers and the public health community – and looks forward to the completion of this important rulemaking.
This story was originally published on Oct. 27, 2015.
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1. Hang multiple butterflies at various levels from the ceiling, but with the wings at different stages of flight—easily done by adjusting the length of the string attached to the wings.
2. Use an uninflated butterfly as a stencil for cutting additional paper butterflies to put onto walls.
3. Hang butterflies and large paper flowers on the trees outside your church to draw the attention of your community to your VBS.
4. Attach inflated butterflies to bulletin boards to add a 3D effect for recruiting and advertising for VBS. If there's not room to attach them, hang them from the ceiling to hover around the board.
5. Hang a few in the baby rooms at a height low enough for babies to touch—either close to the floor (with supervision), or at a height where a baby being held by a teacher could touch it.
6. Use a butterfly as a foundation for a mobile in your babies and toddler rooms.
7. Hang room signs, numbers, or rotation site names from butterflies suspended from the ceiling.
8. Purchase extra inflatables to give away as door prizes.
9. Have butterfly races on Celebration Night. Make straps around the body of the butterfly so that it can be worn "backpack-style" by the contestants.
10. Use 2 or 3 butterflies, flowers, and Inflatable Dragonflies (005651431) as props in your VBS photo booth on Celebration Night.
What are some other ways you plan to use the Giant Inflatable Butterfly on your Journey? Share with us!
Great tips here. The one from above that really sticks out is: Attach inflated butterflies to bulletin boards to add a 3D effect for recruiting and advertising for VBS. If there's not room to attach them, hang them from the ceiling to hover around the board. Have never thought about this idea before. Thanks so much for sharing!


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Amiodarone use together with warfarin increases risk of stroke/SE and lowers TTR
Literature - Flaker G et al., J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 - J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Oct 14
Amiodarone, Anticoagulation, and Clinical Events in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Insights From the ARISTOTLE Trial
Flaker G, Lopes RD, Hylek E, et al; ARISTOTLE Committees and Investigators.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Oct 14;64(15):1541-50. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.07.967
Amiodarone is an effective anti-arrhythmic drug for the prevention of atrial fibrillation (AF), recommended for patients with frequent, symptomatic AF episodes [1]. Amiodarone interferes with warfarin metabolism through the CYP 2C9 pathways, and makes it more difficult to maintain INR values of 2 to 3 [2-5]. This limits the use of amiodarone in patients with AF who receive warfarin to prevent stroke.
Amiodarone may also cause noncardiovascular side-effects, including occasionally possibly life-threatening pulmonary toxicity [6,7]. Amiodarone has furthermore been associated with an increased risk of cancer [8-10] and excess non-CV deaths [11].
This study evaluated the effects of amiodarone on outcomes in the ARISTOTLE trial. The effects of apixaban or warfarin treatment on CV outcomes (stroke and systemic embolism (SE), death and bleeding) in relation to amiodarone use at the time of randomisation were compared. 2051 patients enrolled in ARISTOTLE received amiodarone and 15856 patients did not. Mean follow-up time was 21.7 months for the amiodarone group and 21.8 months for patient who were not on amiodarone.
Patients assigned to warfarin showed a mean TTR of 56.5% when they also received amiodarone and 63.0% if they did not (P<0.0001). Mean time below range (INR<2) was 28.5% for those on amiodarone and 24.2% for those not on amiodarone (P<0.0001). 15% and 12.8% of time was spent above range (INR>3) in those with or without amiodarone respectively.
For patients assigned to amiodarone, stroke/SE rate was 1.24%/year for those on apixaban and 1.85%/year for those assigned to warfarin (HR: 0.68, 95%CI: 0.40-1.145). In patients not assigned to amiodarone, the respective stroke/SE rates were 1.29% and 1.57%/year (HR: 0.82, 95%CI: 0.68-1.00).
In amiodarone-receiving patients, the rate of all-cause death was 4.15%/year when assigned to apixaban and 5.65%/year when on warfarin (HR: 0.74, 95%CI: 0.55-0.98). In patients not on amiodarone, the rates were 3.43%/year on apixaban and 3.68%/year on warfarin (HR: 0.93, 0.83-1.05).
The rate of major bleeding in patients receiving amiodarone was 1.86%/year on apixaban and 3.06%/year on warfarin (HR: 0.61, 95%CI: 0.39-0.96). In patients not on amiodarone at baseline, the rate was 2.18%/year on apixaban or 3.03%/year on warfarin (HR: 0.72, 95%CI: 0.62-0.84).
A propensity score-adjusted analysis revealed that patients on amiodarone (1.58%/year) had a higher rate of stroke/SE than those not on amiodarone (1.19%/year, adjusted HR: 1.47, 95%CI: 1.03-2.10, P=0.0322). Amiodarone-treated patients showed numerically, but not statistically significantly higher rates of all-cause death, C death and non-CV death.
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This analysis of the ARISTOTLE trial shows that amiodarone use in patients with AF was associated with a significantly increased risk of stroke and SE and a lower TTR when used simultaneously with warfarin. Apixaban consistently and similarly reduced the rate of stroke and SE, death and major bleeding when compared with warfarin, whether patients received amiodarone or not.
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Black Veil Brides (formerly Brides) is an American rock band formed in 2006 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The group is composed of Andrew "Andy Six" Dennis Biersack (vocals), Ashley Purdy (bass, backing vocals), Jake Pitts (lead guitar), Jeremy "Jinxx" Miles Ferguson (guitar, violin), and Christian "CC" Coma (drums). Black Veil Brides are known for their distinct appearance, mainly being inspired by Kiss's infamous stage persona as well as numerous 1980's glam acts.


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Update on krill: East Antarctica to become a Marine Protected Area?
Russia, China and Norway still resisting!
Ban krill from food supplements!
Calling for the end of SUP!
SUP or Single Use Plastic is killing the ocean!
Women finally get their first WSL BigWave Challenge!
And Paige Alms shows the world how to do it!
Trump walling beach in Ireland?
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The Diamondbacks set a Monday deadline for Aaron Hill
By Craig CalcaterraNov 11, 2011, 1:57 PM EST
Jack Magruder of FOXSportsArizona.com reports that the Diamondbacks have a multi-year offer on the table for Aaron Hill. They want an answer from him by Monday.
The fact of the offer is not news — Nick Piecoro reported this earlier this week — but then it was said to have been an open-ended thing with nothing imminent. Magurder's report of the deadline is new. Perchance Kevin Towers is trying to spur Mr. Hill into action one way or the other.
It has been infielderpalooza for Arizona so far this fall. They have already signed John McDonald and Willie Bloomquist. Hill is the most valuable of the bunch by far, of course, having hit .315/.386/.492 in 33 games after being acquired from the Jays.


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Berhampur: At least ten persons were injured in a clash between supporters of ruling BJD and opposition Congress at Gopalpur in Ganjam district after declaration of urban local bodies polls, triggering tension in the area, police said on Sunday.
Armed police force in strength was deployed in the sea-side town and senior police officers were camping there following the violence that took place yesterday.
"The situation is under control and a peace committee meeting is being conveyed to restore peace in the town," said Berhampur Superintendent of Police Anirudha Singh adding no arrest made in this connection.
Trouble erupted after results of local 11-ward Notified Area Council (NAC) were declared on Friday and ruling BJD won eight seats.
However, the situation turned ugly yesterday as the supporters the two parties came face to face and fought a pitched battle pelting stones at each other and using sticks, police said.
In the last civic body election in 2008, the BJD had won in 10 out of 11-wards.
In another post-poll violence at Buguda NAC in the district, a woman was injured when supporters of rival group attacked her. The injured person was shifted to MKCG Medical College Hospital here. Police had registered a case, but no one was arrested, police said.


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Have you ever felt that anxious strong call of Mother Nature while you're out camping, hunting, or doing any other outdoor activities?
Perhaps you've felt the urge to pee or take a dump outside, but sadly, as you frolic to and fro while keeping that relaxed breathing because, you know, it might explode then and there if you succumb to the feeling, you realize that there are no toilet rooms everywhere in the area. GREAT! Just great!
Have you ever experienced that kind of problem? I did. I did countless times, and I learned from it the hard way.
It took me a couple of overnight camping trips before I said to myself that I am not going to let it happen anymore. Yes ladies and gents, I made my own portable camping toilet.
A portable toilet is a must-have if you're going to be outdoors frequently or for a long time because you'll rarely find any bathroom stalls in the mountains. But if you don't have one, we got you covered.
Women can't just wee like men. It's unfair!
A portable camping toilet is especially useful for us women because we can't just wee while facing the tree, right? Moreover, some of my friends won't go out with me to camp even if they wanted to because of the lack of toilet facilities.
That just ruins everything right? I say don't miss out on the pleasures of camping just because there are no toilets outdoors.
What If You Don't Have A Portable Toilet At The Moment?
This part is pretty self-explanatory. If you're a man, you can pee while standing up, facing against a tree or a bush.
If you're a woman, it'll be a hassle since you can't pee standing up – just find a covered bush, or a spot distant to your camping area then go do your thing.
A modern tool used by women today for urinating outdoors is a FUD or a female urination device. These are funnel-shaped devices made of plastic that allows women to pee like a man – standing up.
Now you may think that's weird, but let me tell you: it's very advantageous. First of all, you won't have to take layers upon layers of bottoms just to take a quick pee.
It's very convenient! Secondly, it's less messy since your pee won't scatter into unplanned directions which often happens when you squat. Lastly, you'll want just to use a FUD instead of peeing in filthy and disgusting toilets without decent hand sanitizers.
Oh! FUDs are also a great alternative if you don't have any rubbing alcohol or hand sanitizers because you know you won't be touching any filthy surface while peeing.
An exceptional FUD that I and many female campers use is the Shewee Extreme FUD. Aside from its lightweight and reusable features, it has a thoughtful addition-- an extension pipe.
I love that feature because most FUDs have the standard pipe length that I think is too short because I still get splatters of pee on my shoes and pants whenever I use them.
Moreover, the Shewee FUD comes with a storage case. In case there's no running water available outdoors, you can just let it dry a little then store it in a case. Again, most FUDs doesn't have storage cases. Need I say more?
After using it, just wash it with soap and water, and it's good for another round.
However, taking a dump is an entirely different thing. You'll need some plastic bags (an airtight one is better), tissue paper, and a digging tool such as a small shovel.
Again, find a concealed spot, then take the bag out and use it to catch the dump. Afterward, seal it then dig a hole deep enough to bury the bag.
Additionally, you can put some leaves or a clump of dirt on top of the burial site of your droppings to conceal it further.
If you have an outdoor activity tomorrow and you don't have time to purchase a portable toilet, you can just customize your typical house buckets or milk crates.
Big or small buckets will do just fine. If you plan to use buckets as an alternative, make sure they have lids to keep the smell from diffusing outside.
As for me, I opted for smaller buckets when I don't have a portable one yet because they're much lighter, easier to bring, and I figured that I wouldn't release that much to fill up a big bucket.
Most campers I know also utilize 5-gallon buckets as their portable camping toilet.
It's advantageous to bring two buckets, one for pee and one for poop. Mark them with a marker or a printed sign to distinguish them from one another.
It's better if you have an old toilet seat or buy a snap-on one on top of the bucket to allow you to sit on the bucket conveniently. Snap-on ones have hinges that will quickly latch onto any standard 5-gallon buckets.
There are other materials you can use if you don't have an old toilet seat. I've seen some campers use pool Noodles (cylindrical foam) to line the circumference of the bucket. It's very cozy to use that kind of toilet seat alternative because it's soft like real foam which is very comforting for um, long hours of sitting.
If you are looking for sheer comfortability, then all you'll need is an old garden chair high enough to fit the bucket underneath, a toilet seat, and of course, a bucket.
First, cut a hole using a soldering iron or a hole saw that fits the circumference of your toilet seat into the chair. I suggest you lay the toilet seat on top and cut the area inside the seat.
Easy peasy! All you need to do afterward is to set it up outdoors, put the bucket underneath the chair and you're good to take a dump. Always bear in mind to close the bucket with a lid after every session to prevent the unpleasant smell from spreading.
Also, do not forget to bring garbage bags or plastic bags large enough to fit inside the bucket. You need to put it inside first before anything else so you can just seal and discard it afterward and keep the bucket for later.
Do you still remember how to discard a plastic bag stuffed with droppings? Dig a hole and bury it there. It's the proper way.
A stenching waste is a big no-no!
Human dropping, just like cat litter and dog poop, can be intolerable.
Most stench removers can be found in your kitchen. All you need to do is pour them on your personalized portable camping toilet.
If somehow, you find yourself lacking a portable camping toilet or even a plastic container, so you must went straight to the ground to do your thing, here are some tips that will help you cover the stench.
If you packed a baking soda along with you, this would be very handy in covering the smell. It has potent compounds that mask unpleasant odors that also kill the bacteria present in the waste.
Sprinkle the baking soda on top of the waste or mix it with water first before pouring, so it's more effective.
If you have a bleaching soap or chlorine with you for some reason, they will also prove useful for removing the odor. They're also anti-bacterial. All you have to do is pour the concentrated liquids on the waste, and you're done.
I'm sure you brought a body soap or liquid/powder detergent with you for camping purposes. If you don't have baking soda or bleach, you can just use the regular soap instead.
Just mix it with water and make it as concentrated as possible for efficiency. Pour it in the area, and the stench will be gone in an hour or so.
If you know you're going on an outdoor trip and you haven't made or purchased your portable camping toilet yet, you can bring a bag of sawdust or wood shavings with you.
Sawdust is an excellent odor remover for compost pits (many use sawdust primarily for this reason), animal litter, and quite surprisingly, human waste. Sawdust is a moisture absorber and odor eliminator.
After shitting on the toilet, plastic bag or bare ground, just layer it with sawdust on top. The foul smell will be gone in a few minutes!
If you're an OC person like me who wants all things to be neat, organized and smelling fresh, you might be delighted to use a DIY air freshener.
Together with the stench removers, we have enumerated, air fresheners further help in removing the awful smell and leaving behind a fresh scent.
If you're planning to use only the scent spray for removing the stench, you shouldn't dare. Since air is very volatile and spray scents tend to have minute molecules that diffuse with the air, the scent won't last that long.
So what makes up a home-made air spray? Well, it's up to your fragrance preference, but I usually use a commercial lemon oil, tea tree oil, and distilled water.
Just mix those three in an old perfume or cologne spray bottle, and you're done. You can spray it after every toilet session.
You see, you don't have to purchase a portable camping toilet just to enjoy your camping trip because ladies and gents, you can actually make your own.
It's pretty easy and the materials needed won't cost much. Of course, it doesn't end in just making the toilet because the stench of the droppings is another thing to worry about.
As I have shown you, you can easily make your own stench removers.
I just want to share with you guys how glad I was after making my own portable camping toilet.
I realized that we always buy camping gears and equipment so when I heard that there is such a thing as a portable camping toilet, I didn't think twice about buying.
But when I saw that there are resources I can use to make my own, I immediately started building, and after I finished, it just gave me a feeling of sheer pleasure.
You don't have to buy everything, look at the resources you have and turn it into a useful thing. Resourcefulness is, after all, the key.
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I have to admit my sporting knowledge of Frisbee amounted to memories of playing it during lazy summers in Kelvingrove Park and on California's sandy beaches. But guzzling cold beers, and avoiding tenacious dogs while doing so, didn't exactly take a lot of exertion. So I was slightly cynical about the "sport" of Ultimate Frisbee as I joined the Ultimate team, (dropping the frisbee element as there are issues over copyright), at one of their weekly training sessions in the Kelvin Hall.
After the warm-up I joined Coach Phil Webb in some throwing practice and he explained a bit more about the game to me. The object is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone, similar to an end zone in American football. But unlike football, players may not run while holding the disc, so it's more similar to netball in that respect. This fusion of sports is also complemented by the fact that they play mixed teams.
It was all sounding very liberal to me. So it was no surprise to learn it all started in 1960's America, where it was described as being the "ultimate game experience". The rules governing movement and scoring have not changed over the decades, with gentlemanly behaviour the order of the day. A foul was originally defined as contact "sufficient to arouse the ire of the player fouled". All Ultimate matches (even at World Championship events) are self-officiated. How noble and refreshing, especially after the recent Thierry Henry 'Hand of Gaul' incident, that here we have an honest way to play sport. "No referees," I hear you cry, "surely anarchy will ensue!" But in speaking with Phil, he says it is surprising just how honest players are over incidents. Ultimate's self-officiated nature demands a strong spirit of sportsmanship and respect. But cast aside any idea that this is just a game of pleasantries — from what I saw it is just as vigorous and arduous as football or basketball.
Indoor Ultimate evolved as a variant of the standard outdoor game and is more popular in the UK due to our climate. I watched some practice games, and I was astounded at how frantic and action-packed they were. As a regular five-a-side football player, I was blown away by how fast this game is and how much of the pitch the players cover. Phil explained that games run for twenty minutes and they are virtually non-stop. With that you can dispel any notion of a leisurely game in the park, this is lung bursting stuff! For me it ticks all the boxes for a sport: it's a team game; it has technique and skill; it's competitive; and above all else, it's thoroughly enjoyable. My eyes were well and truly opened to this unique game and I recommend everyone to try it, it's a great work out!
With around fifty members, they are a bigger club than most people would give them credit for. They train up to three times a week, and attend regular tournaments all over the UK, and with an emphasis on everyone being involved, I think a lot of mainstream sports at Glasgow could learn a thing or two from this club. Ultimate has been going for around ten years and has produced players who have represented Britain and Sweden at the European Championships. For all you cynics who didn't give them a second look at the Freshers' Fair, get down to the Kelvin Hall and, who knows, you may find yourself representing Glasgow at a tournament in the not too distant future!


49ers defense "might have something serious"
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Patrick Willis bounced from one drill to the next, delivering hits and asking questions all over the San Francisco 49ers' practice field with a physical presence impossible to miss.
The All-Pro linebacker and leader of one of the NFL's best defenses started studying all aspects of the game this offseason. Willis has worked with linemen on both sides of the ball in training camp, even spending time with wide receivers and tight ends to learn how they adapt to coverages.
"I'm starting to understand more," Willis said Saturday. "I feel like the more I understand, the more that it's going to catch up with my body. And once those two finally catch up with each other, then we might have something serious."
That's a scary scenario for NFL offenses.
After a dominating defense carried the 49ers to the NFC championship game, Willis and the rest of his teammates are searching for new ways to sharpen a squad already considered among football's fiercest. All 11 starters are back from a young unit that had two other All-Pros - linebacker NaVorro Bowman and defensive tackle Justin Smith - and the runner-up for the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year award in Aldon Smith.
The 49ers led the league in takeaways (38), rushing defense (77.2 yards per game) and finished second only to the Pittsburgh Steelers in points allowed per game (14.3). Pittsburgh averaged 14.2 points allowed.
Yet the only statistic defensive coordinator Vic Fangio reminds his players about is the thrilling 36-32 victory in the divisional round of the playoffs against the favored New Orleans Saints and the heartbreaking 20-17 overtime loss to the eventual champion New York Giants that followed.
"Everybody that's on this defense that was here last year that is still here, that was their first playoff victory in their careers, all of them," Fangio said. "And it was their first trip to the championship game for all of them. And I don't think we have anybody that's going to be satisfied with just that. I think if anything else it wets their appetite even a little bit more, and they're looking for more. So I don't think complacency will be an issue."
The willingness for veterans to do new things is perhaps what makes San Francisco special.
Willis dropped into coverage and chased tight ends more last season in a sudden shift from the blitz-happy middle linebacker he had been for his first five seasons. Along with Bowman, the pair pushed and provoked blockers at will, not even allowing a rushing touchdown until Week 16 against Seattle.
Through the first two days of training camp, Willis has been spotted leaving linebackers drills to do everything from milking defensive line coach Jim Tomsula for information to becoming coach Jim Harbaugh's blocking buddy as wide receivers and tight ends run routes.
"I'm always asking them, 'What made them do this? Or why'd you do this?'" Willis said. "You can ask the offensive coaches. I'm always trying to pick their brain like, 'I know you said this, but he didn't do this. What made him do that?' They have what they do and why they do it. Those guys get pretty advanced."
Willis is not the only one.
Justin Smith also showed a strong fervor, playing multiple positions on the line and, at times, even shifting to outside linebacker last season. Smith was selected to the All-Pro team at two different positions - a first-team defensive tackle and a second-team defensive end - setting the tone for a 49ers defense that mixed and matched players to their potential.
"You kind of set a baseline," said Smith, who had 105 tackles and 7 1/2 sacks last season. "Now our goal is to go out and start at the baseline and hopefully to continue to get better. That's why you play the game, to always improve, and there's always stuff to work on. And hopefully try to win a championship.
This season, Aldon Smith is making one of the biggest adjustments.
Converted from a defensive end out of Missouri, Smith played almost exclusively on passing downs as an outside linebacker in San Francisco's 3-4 scheme last season. He piled up a franchise rookie-record 14 sacks to go with two forced fumbles despite never starting once.
Smith is expected to take over the starting role for veteran Parys Haralson this season and play alongside Willis, Bowman and Ahmad Brooks.
The carryover effect has cornerbacks Carlos Rogers and Tarell Brown eager to do more blitzing. Dashon Goldson and Donte Whitner are still expected to be the hard-hitting safeties, although even they are taking on new zone coverages and formations. And Fangio, while not about to release his schemes, is working on new wrinkles to give opponents a fresh look.
All of it has 49ers players giddy to build a defensive dynasty.
"You can see it out there," Willis said. "Last year, coming into training camp we were just as eager to go and take on the season not knowing what was ahead of us and the outcome. I feel like we're back out there in that same mode. We're out here working just as we were last year to be even better."


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Peta Mullens was born on the 3rd March 1988 in Bendigo, Victoria (Australia). Since the day she was born Mullens has a very interesting story. She was born a twin, four weeks premature and unconscious. After eight minutes with no air and a tube down her throat, she took her first breath. She was born an 'Aussie Battler'.
Mullens was an active child from the age of 9, competing in athletics and cross country, and at just 14 she completed her first marathon. At 15 she was crowned Australian Mountain Running Champion, then dabbled in Triathlon for 3 years before collecting Junior Australian titles in Road & Track Cycling, in addition to a bronze medal at the Junior Worlds. She raced for the AIS in Europe for two years before meeting a boy in Bendigo and leaving the sporting culture she had lived and breathed her whole life.
She tried to ease herself into the real world but instead wanted a piece of everything it threw at her. She was working full-time in Retail Management, studying a Diploma of Conveyancing and renovating houses in-between training when she secured another two National titles in XCM and XCO MTB disciplines. After missing an Olympic year cycle, Mullens enlisted the training advice of Mark Fenner and ventured back to Europe, raced on the MTB at the Commonwealth Games and completed three years with the Worlds-leading Women's Professional team, Wiggle High 5. During this time, she claimed another four National Titles including being crowned the 2015 Australian Road Race Champion.
In 2016 Mullens headed to the US, and in the proceeding 4 years raced for the professional Hagens Berman | Supermint Pro Cycling Team and most recently the Australian registered Roxsolt Attaquer Cycling Team where she clocked up 59 podiums and 18 wins. In the 'off-season' she also won two Australian Cyclocross Championships which makes us wonder, how does Mark Fenner even fit all of the cycling disciplines on the training program? We can't wait to see what 2020 brings!
Follow Peta's travels here:
Twitter: @PetaMullens
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Other riders
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Ben Kanute
Brendan Johnston
Cameron Ivory
Lydia Boylan
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Romy Kasper
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The batteries used in the PBA-4 and PBA-4L are standard AA alkaline batteries. The batteries (which are included) will operate the scoreboard for approximately 500 hours, which is 200 2-1/2 hour games. This is several seasons for most organizations. A replacement set of AA batteries for the next several seasons costs about $6.
Contrast this with any other system that uses rechargeable batteries that must be plugged in and charged before every use. Invariably, someone will forget to plug the unit in and it will die in the middle of a game.
The PBA-4's batteries will require NO attention for the entire season and more, for most leagues. You just take it to the game and use it--no fooling around with "plugging it in". The unique design of the displays and electronics in the PBA-4(L)* makes the outstanding battery life possible.


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Scottish Nature Photography Awards Winners Announced
In a year when our connection with nature has never felt more important, the annual Scottish Nature Photography Awards provided the judging panel, photographers Mhairi Law, Charlie Phillips and Niall Irvine, with a wealth of environmental, abstract, botanical, wildlife and landscape images to choose from.
Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2020 is Edinburgh based nature photographer Charles Everitt whose image, Taking Root, of Pink purslane rooted in the base of a tree won the Scottish Botanical category before being chosen by the judges as the overall winner. Charles, who has run his own photography business since 1998, finds much of the inspiration for his work in his local area and this image was no exception.
Taking Root © Charles Everitt
Charles said: "The Water of Leith is a wonderful little river that starts in the Pentland Hills and flows through the city of Edinburgh. Well managed by its own Conservation Trust, the river has become a corridor for fauna and flora as it flows through both woodland and urban environments.
"While walking in a wooded area along the banks of the Water of Leith just outside Edinburgh, I noticed a pocket of Pink purslane rooted in the base of a tree beside the river. I returned the next day and was blessed with dappled sunlight so just needed to wait until the flowers became illuminated. Scotland has a wide range of wild flowers and I always enjoy the challenge to try to capture their beauty."
Judge Niall Irvine said: "This image draws you in. The purslane is nestled in its own miniature landscape of the old tree roots, highlighted by that wonderful dappled light. It takes sensitive observation to see the potential in this plant growing wild. Charles has distilled its story into a quietly powerful image."
The winner of the Junior Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2020 (under-18s) is Max Eve (15), from Hexham.
Coral Beach, Applecross Peninsula, ©Max Eve
Max said: "The awards help motivate and inspire me to go out and give my photographic interpretation of the natural environment. Unfortunately, I was unable to visit Scotland last year due to the Covid 19 restrictions. This image was taken the year before.
"I wanted to create an image showing detail of a rocky outcrop in the sea, with the distant mountains of Raasay and Skye beyond. I chose a very long exposure to simplify the image, removing detail of clouds in the sky and waves in the water. The aim was to concentrate attention on the rocks and mountains beyond. The very light coloured coral sands beneath the water help the subject stand out. I was pleased with the result and very happy it has now been recognised."
Student Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2020 is Emily Cassidy, an Art and Design General Foundation student at the University of Dundee. Entrants were asked to submit a portfolio of three images on the theme of natural light and Emily's winning entry was Hazen Rays of Winter's Encroaching Grasp.
Hazen Rays of Winter's Encroaching Grasp © Emily Cassidy
Emily said: "It was in that strange part of winter where the sun was already setting at 3pm and my sister and I went for a walk at Morton Lochs. A thick mist settled as the sun set, and we were privy to a gorgeous array of rays and beams of light emanating from behind the silhouettes of trees laid bare by winter. With nippy fingers on the camera (my gloves forgotten at home) it was assuredly not autumn any more...
"I feel incredibly lucky, firstly to simply have been able to witness and capture such beautiful natural light as it transpired before me and secondly to have been awarded Student Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2020. My heartfelt thanks to the judges for selecting this work, and recognising in it the beautiful interplay of nature and light I sought to capture. I greatly appreciate this honour, thank you!"
Judge Mhairi Law said: "It was a pleasure to judge the Student category. The responses to the theme of 'natural light' were creative and right on point. Emily's portfolio stood out as a succinct body of work that had variation and interest. Her keen eye and technical grasp of her medium meant she created strong and balanced images of rich colour and subtle detail that unfolded itself the more I viewed them. One to watch!"
Winner of the Scottish Nature Video Award 2020 for short nature films is Hare Today, Hare Tomorrow?,which the filmmaker, Paul Carpenter, describes as a 'video of hope' regarding the protection of mountain hares. Paul also won second place with his documentary film about life and nature in the pandemic, The Year The World Shut Down.
Winning images and videos will form an exhibition later in the year and will be published along with the shortlisted images in a Portfolio Yearbook in the summer. Details at www.scottishnaturephotographyawards.com
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