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Environmental Factor, December 2011, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Speakers discuss hydraulic fracturing
By Robin Mackar
Workers conduct drilling operations. (Photo courtesy of Eric Esswein)
Duke researchers collected water samples from wells near fracking sites. (Photo courtesy of Robert Jackson)
The term fracking, or the hydraulic fracturing method of extracting gas and oil from underground deposits, is a subject frequently being discussed by a wide variety of audiences across the country, including the public, media, scientists, industry, and politicians. Two distinguished speakers brought their expertise on this topic Nov. 21 to the staff and leadership at NIEHS, as well as agencies affiliated with the National Toxicology Program (NTP).
John Bucher, Ph.D., director of the Division of the NTP at NIEHS, hosted the two lecturers, as the Institute begins to determine its role in this emerging field.
NIEHS/NTP Director Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D., who attended and participated in the lively discussions that followed each talk, said, "This is one of those emerging areas that we need to do our best to get ahead of the curve, so we can more fully understand any potential health impacts related to the development of this resource."
Assessing the impact on oil and gas workers
The first speaker, Eric Esswein, a senior industrial hygienist at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Public Health Service, presented an excellent overview on hydraulic fracturing and discussed his agency's efforts to assess chemical exposures in oil and gas workers.
"What we're really trying to do is develop partnerships with the oil and gas extraction industry to identify, characterize, and, if needed, control workplace chemical exposures," said Esswein as he walked agency representatives through the photo-heavy presentation from his field office in Denver. "There is very little exposure assessment information available to determine if occupational health risks exist for workers in this industry."
Esswein explained that hydraulic fracturing involves high-pressure injection of water, sand, and chemicals, to release shale-gas trapped in deep underground formations. He provided the audience with an overview of what goes on in the industrial setting related to drilling and hydraulic fracturing.
"There's a lot more going on at well sites than just the hydraulic fracturing. There's also site preparation and different types of drilling that occurs well before the hydrofracking can begin. A wide variety of services occur throughout the entire process, including transporting chemicals, water, and supplies to and from the sites," Esswein said.
Esswein talked about some potential risks to workers, including exposure to volatile organic compounds, dust particles, lead, oil mists, benzene, diesel particulate matter, and silica, among others. He pointed out more research needs to be done, and any new knowledge has to be communicated to the field, so they can put that knowledge into practice to ensure safety and health for the betterment of workers. A link to the NIOSH Fact Sheet describing the study is available at www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2010-130/pdfs/2010-130.pdf (https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2010-130/pdfs/2010-130.pdf) (1.7MB)
Impact of fracking on surrounding communities
Robert B. Jackson, Ph.D., director of the Duke University Center on Global Change at the Nicholas School of the Environment in Durham, N.C., focused his talk on shale-gas, the environment, and human health.
The majority of Jackson's presentation focused on research he and his colleagues are conducting on several hundred private wells in northeastern Pennsylvania and upstate New York that are near shale formations.
Jackson and colleagues' first paper, appearing in the May 17 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (http://www.pnas.org/content/108/20/8172.abstract) (PNAS), found evidence that methane contamination, in well water near the shale-gas extraction sites, appears to be related to natural gas extraction. He pointed out, however, that there was no evidence that the drinking-water samples were contaminated with fracturing fluids or brines from the hydraulic fracturing.
Jackson discussed some of the possible mechanisms by which the methane may have gotten into the wells, including the most likely possibility of leaky gas-well casings, and less likely mechanisms of physical displacement of gas through natural and fracturing-induced fissures from the target formation. Jackson also said that more research needs to be conducted to determine the health effects of methane.
In the PNAS paper and in the seminar, Jackson called for more environmental stewardship, and possibly more federal research and regulations, to ensure the sustainable future of shale-gas extraction. "We need systematic, independent data on groundwater quality, before and after drilling operations begin in a region. Having this baseline will go a long way toward preventing environmental impacts, and improving scientific knowledge and public confidence," Jackson said.
(Robin Mackar is the news director in the NIEHS Office of Communications and Public Liaison and a regular contributor to the Environmental Factor.)
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Baltimore political leaders seek briefings after report that NSA tool was used in ransomware attack
By Ian Duncan and Kevin Rector
Rep. C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger is seeking a briefing from the National Security Agency after seeing a report that a tool developed by the U.S. intelligence agency - and now available to hackers - was used to help spread ransomware that's debilitated Baltimore's computer systems. (Amy Davis / The Baltimore Sun)
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger are seeking briefings from the National Security Agency after a report that a spying tool developed by the agency and then leaked online was used to spread the ransomware that has debilitated Baltimore's computer systems.
And Council President Brandon Scott said the federal government should step in to cover some of the cost of Baltimore's recovery.
The New York Times reported Saturday that hackers used a tool known as EternalBlue to spread the ransomware through the city's systems. The Times cited anonymous security experts briefed on the case.
Ruppersberger, a Democrat whose district includes part of Baltimore, has previously raised concerns about the dangers posed by EternalBlue and other leaked tools — part of a huge cache posted online in 2017 by a group calling itself the Shadow Brokers — and says more needs to be done to counter them.
"If recent media reports regarding the origins of the Baltimore ransomware attack are true, the congressman's concerns are further validated," said Jaime Lennon, a spokeswoman for Ruppersberger. "We will be seeking a full briefing from NSA regarding these reports."
While the tools have been widely linked to the U.S. spy agency, and experts and former government employees have said they appear to be authentic, U.S. officials have never acknowledged the connection.
Van Hollen, a Democrat, said in a statement that he had been in contact Saturday with Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the party's top member on the Senate Intelligence Committee, and that they would seek a briefing from the NSA.
"We must ensure that the tools developed by our agencies do not make their way into the hands of bad actors," Van Hollen said.
Scott said he was calling on Gov. Larry Hogan to ask the White House for the ransomware attack to be declared a federal emergency, which would unlock funding.
"Given the new information and circumstances its even more clear that the federal government needs to have a larger role in supporting the City's recovery, including federal reimbursement for damages," Scott said.
"The fact that the root technology that enabled this attack came from our own federal government, just miles away, only adds insult to injury."
A spokesman for Hogan responded Saturday to the latest news on the ransomware, with a statement that said: "We continue to work closely with city leaders, including leveraging both state and federal resources, to help restore affected systems."
Lester Davis, a spokesman for Bernard C. "Jack" Young, said the Democratic mayor supported Ruppersberger's efforts to glean more information.
"The information that was included in the Times story was very troubling," Davis said.
"There's going to be a lot of speculation around this. What the mayor's going to be interested in is getting beyond speculation and hearing from the authorities that would have some insight into what actually went on."
The FBI and Secret Service have been working with the city to respond to the ransomware. An FBI spokesman did not respond Saturday to a request for comment.
Since the 2017 leak, EternalBlue has regularly been put to use by hackers from foreign countries to spread ransomware and other malicious computer code.
The leak rekindled a debate between security officials, civil libertarians and the cybersecurity industry over when spy agencies should disclose to technology companies that they have found flaws in their systems. The spy agencies can use those flaws to gather valuable intelligence about terrorists and foreign governments, but there is also a risk that criminals or rival spies find the same flaws and use them to target Americans.
In a report his office issued last year, Ruppersberger said the government needed to be prepared to take defensive steps against such leaked tools.
"The weaponization of these tools by malicious actors poses a significant risk to the U.S., our allies and the American private sector," he wrote.
Because the U.S. government has never acknowledged the connection between the Shadow Brokers leak and the NSA, there has been no public accounting of what steps the agency took to protect the powerful tools it created or whether it should have kept the weaknesses they relied on a secret.
The EternalBlue tool relies on a flaw in Microsoft software, though the company issued a patch before the leakers posted the tools online. Many systems remain vulnerable two years later, but the existence of the patch prompted some security researchers to argue Saturday that the responsibility for the Baltimore breach lies with the city.
"If an organization has substantial numbers of Windows machines that have gone 2 years without patches, then that's squarely the fault of the organization, not Eternalblue," security consultant Rob Graham wrote in a tweet.
But Jake Williams, a former NSA operative who now runs a security company, framed the argument differently.
"Should the victims have patched? Sure," he said, "But that's like me putting the gun in the hands of someone intent on killing a police officer. If the officer isn't wearing a bulletproof vest (but should have been), that doesn't absolve me of playing a role in his death."
Scott has formed a commission to review the city's computer security. He said the commission would look at what the city's IT office did to protect the network.
Scott said he wanted to learn what officials knew about the patch and whether steps were taken to install it — or if they failed to act.
"They have to be able to come up with a very good reason why they didn't do that," he said. "It's unacceptable if it was readily available and known to them."

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I left Monday with Joe, we flew to Morrumbala. We took off from there to fly over the Zambezi river. As we were flying about 200-300 feet high, I was so shocked because I had never seen so much water in the Zambezi River. It is true that there was more water this year than in 2000 or 2001 or the flood we had last year. I've never seen so much devastation from a flood – I would say hundreds and hundreds of houses under the water. We followed the Zambezi from Morrumbala toward Caia. We saw so many people that were still being trapped by the water. I believe the government still did not see many of those people because you could only see them from the sky or a boat. I believe it would be really easy to rescue people with a boat because there are many places you cannot drive to. And also looking down, I found a lot of people have lost 1000's of acres of farms and I believe so many of our churches near the Zambezi were washed away.
Basically every house is underwater and there is nothing we can do. I was just really praying and thinking that I wish we just had a helicopter because there was so many people just waving and needing rescue but we could not pick them up because we were in an airplane. We did fly a little bit in Beira and we found that even in Beira a lot of places have been flooded. Then we flew into Tete where there had never been any flooding. We flew at 4500 feet and looked over Tete – the flooding was really bad and the water had taken over many places in Tete. The Zambezi had cut lines through the city, wiping out everything in the low places and leaving many people stranded on islands. A lot of people were waving and asking if we could help them, but there was nothing we could do.
wasn't very clean like the land we saw last time – basically that people are tearing everything with their bare hands because they don't have machetes or hoes to clear the land. There was a lot of joy when we handed out the food to the people, but there were so many people at the camps we passed that looked so sad because we had no food for them. It is true that there is so much more help that is needed and many people that need food and need to be rescued.
On Wednesday evening, I went to speak to a man who was a victim and ask him a couple questions. I asked him how bad the floods were, and he told me that they had never seen so much water before and he had never seen so many of the farms wiped away. Everything had been washed away by the current including their pots and pans. As we were talking, he told me that the day before the team got there, there were 6 people in two canoes trying to cross the river. The current caught the canoes and flipped them. There were 4 men and 1 woman with a baby in a capulana. The woman managed to hang onto a stalk of sugar but when she looked behind her the baby had slipped out of the capulana. The woman was the only survivor, and the man took me to the place where it happened. I was sitting with this guy and he told me so many people were trapped by the water.
On the 6th, while one man was trying to catch fish to feed his family, a crocodile came up and ripped off the flesh off the man's left arm and thigh. There was a man that came alongside and started beating the crocodile until it left the first man alone. I could not take pictures because I did not think the government would want me to. The man got taken to Kilimani hospital, but already the man had lost so much blood that he was not coherent. There are so many crocodiles and many people have been attacked or eaten by the crocodiles. There are many people that have tried to cross the floodwaters and so many of them have been attacked by crocodiles. It's really horrible.
For a lot of people it's hard because their houses are in the water and they cannot stay on their roofs because they don't have the nice metal roofs. I believe disease is going to be a real problem because many people are just standing in a couple inches of water. Malaria is going to be really bad and so is foot swelling because everyone is just standing in water all day. A lot of people really need clothes and plastic bags on the roofs. The kids need clothes, blankets, and plastic bags and they really need teams of people to play with the people and tell them Jesus loves them and that someone cares about them. I believe this is an opportunity for the worldwide church to come and show God's love to these people.
There must be people that are willing to go and play with the kids – a lot of the schools are under water and the kids can not go to school. Instead of just feeding people, I believe there is something else the Holy Spirit wants us to do – if we can buy rice seed and bean seed and corn meal along with hoes, the people will have a harvest in a couple months. This will help the people a lot because most of the people live through agriculture anyway. We feel like this will be a tool to help us invest in the people and give them something a lot more lasting than a little rice.
Pass on the message for people to pray about how they can help us. Whether they send money, food, or come themselves to help, we need all we can get.
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From "Ginseng Fights Fatigue in Cancer Patients," finds a Mayo Clinic-Led Study
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ROCHESTER, Minn. — High doses of the herb American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) over two months reduced cancer-related fatigue in patients more effectively than a placebo, a Mayo Clinic-led study found. Sixty percent of patients studied had breast cancer. The findings are being presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual meeting.
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Researchers studied 340 patients who had completed cancer treatment or were being treated for cancer at one of 40 community medical centers. Each day, participants received a placebo or 2,000 milligrams of ginseng administered in capsules containing pure, ground American ginseng root.
"Off-the-shelf ginseng is sometimes processed using ethanol, which can give it estrogen-like properties that may be harmful to breast cancer patients," says researcher Debra Barton, Ph.D., of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center.
At four weeks, the pure ginseng provided only a slight improvement in fatigue symptoms. However, at eight weeks, ginseng offered cancer patients significant improvement in general exhaustion — feelings of being "pooped," "worn out," "fatigued," "sluggish," "run-down," or "tired" — compared to the placebo group.
"After eight weeks, we saw a 20-point improvement in fatigue in cancer patients, measured on a 100-point, standardized fatigue scale," Dr. Barton says. The herb had no apparent side effects, she says.
Ginseng has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine as a natural energy booster. Until this study, its effects had not been tested extensively against the debilitating fatigue that occurs in up to 90 percent of cancer patients. Fatigue in cancer patients has been linked to an increase in the immune system's inflammatory cytokines as well as poorly regulated levels of the stress-hormone cortisol. Ginseng's active ingredients, called ginsenosides, have been shown in animal studies to reduce cytokines related to inflammation and help regulate cortisol levels.
Dr. Barton's next study will look closely at ginseng's effects on the specific biomarkers for fatigue. "Cancer is a prolonged chronic stress experience and the effects can last 10 years beyond diagnosis and treatment," she says. "If we can help the body be better modulated throughout treatment with the use of ginseng, we may be able to prevent severe long-term fatigue."
The study was funded by the National Cancer Institute and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Other authors include Breanna Linquist, and Charles Loprinzi, M.D.,of Mayo Clinic; Shaker Dakhil, M.D., of Wichita Community Clinical Oncology Program; James Bearden, M.D., and Travis McGinn, of Spartanburg Regional Medical Center; Craig Nichols, M.D., of Virginia Mason Medical Center; Grant Seeger, M.D., of Altru Cancer Center; Ernie Balcueva, M.D., of Saginaw, Mich.
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Embark on this spiritual Egypt tour to retrace the footsteps of Moses as he climbed Mt. Sinai to received the 10 Commandments from God and enjoy a historical and religious tour to see St Catherine's Monastery that purports to hold the burning bush that appeared to Moses. Together with a visit to Great Pyramids of Giza Plateau, the Egyptian Museum and Khan Al Khalili oriental bazaar in Cairo.
Arrival to Cairo International Airport, our representative will meet and assist you through passport formalities.
Transfer to the hotel where our representative will arrange for your check in and provide you all information for the next couple of days.
After breakfast, head to the Giza Plateau to witness the greatness of one of the seven ancient wonders of the world, the Great Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinos and the famous Sphinx.
After lunch, visit the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, treasure room for child King Tutankhamen. Then continue with a visit to Islamic Cairo where you will be able to take a walk in Khan Al Khalili, Cairo's oldest bazaar.
After breakfast, full day drive towards St. Catherine passing through the Sharm El Sheikh Road.
You will pass under the Suez Canal and by places that might have been where Moses once passed.
Have the lunch box looking over the sea en route. Upon arrival, check in your hotel to relax and have dinner.
At 2 am, pick up from the hotel to Moses Mountain escorted by our guide to climb the sacred mountain before sunrise and retrace the footsteps of Moses when he climbed Mt. Sinai to receive the 10 Commandments. Once on the top, it is a truly spiritual experience to watch the unique sunrise over the Sinai Mountains.
Upon the descent, visit St. Catherine Monastery, probably the world's oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery. You will have a glimpse of the burning bush and the stories from the old testament will come alive.
Of course you may also opt for an shorter less strenuous version and only climb one of the cliffs close to the Monastery in the early morning enjoying the awakening of the mountains.
After visits, have breakfast at the hotel and the rest of the morning is at leisure. After lunch in the hotel, we will begin our journey back to Cairo. Upon arrival, check in to the hotel and overnight.
After breakfast, transfer to Cairo International Airport for your departure.
Having recently concluded our stay in Egypt and already recovered from our hectic schedule, we would like to take the opportunity to thank you for your services. We were treated with great care and we can honestly say we had one of our best trips ever. We would also like to extend a special thanks to our guide Hanni, he was very professional, friendly and transmitted what he wanted to say perfectly as well as offering his help whenever needed.
I just wanted to thank you for the great care provided during our entire trip. Our guide Tarek was fantastic and the personnel that welcomed us and dismissed us at the airport were always very attentive and friendly. It was a very special trip and have returned delighted to our country.
I have just returned from my trip to Egypt, 4 nights in the Nile + 3 nights in Cairo, and I would like to congratulate you for a magnificent trip in general. Ramon, the representative was very professional and treated us excellently. However we would like to dedicate a few extra words to our guide Salah who was amazing, without him our trip would have not been the same. Please from my behalf (and the 17 other members of our group) congratulate him on a job well done. We hope that he keeps on transmitting his knowledge of the Egyptian culture to as many tourists as possible.
We loved him and we just wanted to transmit our feelings to the company.
I want to congratulate your company for the excellent services my wife and I received in the tour we took last April. Great organization, attention and variety (we would give it an optimum rating), but we would like to highlight 1 issue, as you may know 80% of the success of a trip relies on the efficiency of the guide. Mr. Mahmoud Ramzy not only complies with that premise, but also adds a superlative understanding of the Egyptian culture, great sense of humour, sensitivity, personality to manage the group and last but not least, academic expertise that stands out above all other guides Ive had in my life. And believe me I have had many; I am 68 years old and have been travelling for over 30 years.
Therefore, I again would like to congratulate your company and its managers for having the ability to find people like Mr. Ramzy. I would like that this recognition be made public among all the staff in your company as an example to follow.
Just got back from our trip to Cairo and wanted to extend to you our extreme gratitude for what me and my wife definitely consider to be one of the best trips we have ever had. You really do not know how grateful we are for all the attention we received from all the people working in your company that were always available and helped us in anything we needed. Special thank to our guide Khaled that was really amazing the amount of knowledge he had and how well he transmitted it to our entire group.


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*John L. Straub (Law '69) has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016, one of the most highly-regarded referral publications in the legal profession. Straub is employed at the law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP in Toledo.
William F. Hayes (Law '77, Bus '80) has been appointed to chair the Aviation Law Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association. The OSBA maintains 32 standing committees and 11 sections, each of which monitors a particular area of law.
David W. Wicklund (Law '74) has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016, one of the most highly-regarded referral publications in the legal profession. Wicklund is employed at the law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP in Toledo.
Dr. David Sleet (PhD '73) was recently presented with the 2015 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award at the 66th Annual meeting of the Society for Public Health. Sleet was honored for his contributions that have led to better evidence, more effective translation, and greater adoption of injury prevention interventions. Sleet is the Associate Director for Science, Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention at the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC, in Atlanta, Ga. He was also awarded the Royal Order of Sahametrei Medal by the Government of Cambodia, with the rank of Officer-Knight 1st Class, conferred to foreigners who have rendered distinguished services to the King and to the people of Cambodia. He was honored due to his global road safety work.
**Thomas G. Pletz (Law '71) has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016, one of the most highly-regarded referral publications in the legal profession. Pletz is employed at the law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP in Toledo.
Jim Suhrbier (Pharm '72) was recently elected to a second term as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists. He serves as a representative of Region 2 (Pa. W.Va., Va., Del., Tenn., N.C., S.C.).
Jack G. Fynes (Law '77) has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016, one of the most highly-regarded referral publications in the legal profession. Fynes is employed at the law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP in Toledo.
Timothy J. Nusser (UTCTC '75, Univ Coll '78, Law '86) was awarded the prestigious AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings. The AV Rating is the highest possible rating given by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review for a lawyer.
John K. Nelson (Law '79) has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016, one of the most highly-regarded referral publications in the legal profession. Nelson is employed at the law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP in Toledo.
Joseph S. Simpson (Law '88) has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016, one of the most highly-regarded referral publications in the legal profession. Simpson is employed at the law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP in Toledo.
Martin G. Baum (Univ Coll '88) was named as senior vice president of commercial strategy at STELLAS Life Sciences Group. STELLAS, headquartered in Switzerland, is a development-stage biopharmaceutical company with its main focus on developing innovative products to treat cancers and central nervous system diseases.
Neema M. Bell (Law '86) has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016, one of the most highly-regarded referral publications in the legal profession. Bell is employed at the law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP in Toledo.
**Joseph Sawasky (Bus '85) has been selected as the President and CEO of Merit Network, Inc. Merit is a non-profit corporation owned and governed by Michigan's public universities. They own and operate America's longest-running regional research and education network and remains on the forefront of research and education networking expertise and services.
Kathryn J. Woodward (Law '86) has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016, one of the most highly-regarded referral publications in the legal profession. Woodward is employed at the law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP in Toledo.
Sandra Kreps (MEd '87) was hired by the Monroe Schools Board of Education as principal of Monroe, Mich. High School.
**Michael S. McGowan (Bus '78, Law '81) has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016, one of the most highly-regarded referral publications in the legal profession. McGowan is employed at the law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP in Toledo.
Alberto Coya (MEng '89) was named as the country manager in Peru for MWH Global, an engineering, consulting and construction firm focused on water and natural resources. Coya will be responsible for managing all services and work in the country. He will be based in Lima, Peru.
Michael G. Sanderson (Law '81) has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016, one of the most highly-regarded referral publications in the legal profession. Sanderson is employed at the law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP in Toledo.
John Walsh (UTCTC '87) was appointed to the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber Board of Directors. Walsh is the chief executive officer of ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital, located in Warren, Ohio.
Mark Van Hala (Eng '80) was named Florida Engineer of the Year by American Society of Civil Engineers. Van Hala has been an employee at Orange County Government for 14 years and currently serves as the public works representative.
Capt. Kenneth J. Szczublewski (A/S '84) had his official retirement ceremony in July 2015 at the US Naval Memorial in Washington, D.C. after a 30 year career defending our Nation as part of the US Navy.
Stephen Bellas (Bus '88) is the new chief financial officer for Commonwealth Credit Union, located in Frankfort, Ky.
Kirk G. Warner (Law '83) was elected the 102nd president of Rotary Club of Raleigh, N.C. Dedicated to serving the local and international community, the club is engaged in a variety of projects. Warner is the leader of the product liability defense practice group at Smith Anderson and a senior litigator on the firm's commercial litigation team.
Denise Hasbrook (A/S '81, Law '84) was appointed as Partner-in-Charge of the Toledo office of Roetzel & Andress LAP. Hasbrook focuses her practice on shareholder disputes, business litigation and representing employers in all types of issues. Roetzel & Andress has offices located throughout Ohio and Florida and also in Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C.
Dr. Karen Miner-Romanoff (Law '88) was announced as the associate provost for academic quality and executive director of the International Institute for Innovative Instruction at Franklin University, located in Columbus, Ohio.
*Timothy Yenrick (Ed '87, MEd '99) is the new president & CEO of Family Service of Northwest Ohio, located in Toledo. Family Service is a non-profit agency that empowers families to manage life's challenges by providing high quality and affordable counseling, home care, outreach, advocacy, prevention education services and comprehensive crisis care.
Dr. Sharon Master (PhD '96) is now a certified Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Microbiology. Master is currently the Biological Sciences Bureau Chief, Scientific Laboratory Division for the Department of Health.
James I. Rothschild (Law '93) has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016, one of the most highly-regarded referral publications in the legal profession. Rothschild is employed at the law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP in Toledo.
Dr. Lillian Shaffer (PhD '92) was recently elected president of the Caryl Crane Youth Theatre Advisory Board for the 2015-16 season. Shaffer is a senior portfolio director for the clinical research firm PAREXEL International, where she oversees business support and conduct of international drug trials.
Jeff Snyder (Ed '93) began a two-year term on the Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Directors. Snyder will serve as a Class AA representative on the state board, representing the Northwest District. He is currently the superintendent of Lincolnview Local Schools, located in Van Wert, Ohio.
Carol Pry (MBA '93, Law '93), managing director of Treliant Risk Advisors, received the 2015 ABA Distinguished Service Award. The award recognizes leadership, initiative and accomplishment in banking regulatory compliance management.
Jenifer A. Belt (Law '95) has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016, one of the most highly-regarded referral publications in the legal profession. Belt is employed at the law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP in Toledo.
Jeff Keim (Bus '91) is now the executive director of the Owens Community College Foundation. He is responsible for raising private and annual revenue for the foundation to provide for the needs of the college and its students.
Waleed Zoabi (Eng '90) was named as a shareholder for Clark Nexsen, an award-winning architectural and engineering firm providing innovative design solutions to U.S. and global clients. The shareholders are integrally involved in guiding the firm's client-focused strategy.
**Dr. Mark L. Fink (MEd '00, PhD '07) received the Center for Excellence award from the New Media Consortium for demonstrating excellence and outstanding achievement in the application of technology to teaching, learning or creative inquiry at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he serves as associate vice provost of online education. Fink was recently recognized among the Distinguished Women & Men in Nevada for his commitment to public service and continuously leveraging his years of experience in the technology sector to discover, develop and implement emerging and disruptive learning technologies to benefit higher education in Nevada.
Dr. Binesh Patel (MED '00) was named as the chief medical officer at Detroit Medical Center, located in Detroit, Mich.
Dr. Gratia Pitcher (A/S '03, MED '07) joined Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center, located in Duluth, Minn., as a hospitalist. Pitcher is certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties in internal medicine.
Robert A. Priest (MEd '03, Ed Spec '05) was selected to be the principal of Van Wert High School, located in Van Wert, Ohio. Recently, Priest was awarded with the America Lawyer Alliance's 2015 award for Teacher of the Year. He was selected from 16 candidates representing 12 states. Priest has been teaching at the high school since 2007.
Shelley Musshel Kennedy (Law '05) has been appointed to chair the Aviation Law Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association. The OSBA maintains 32 standing committees and 11 sections, each of which monitors a particular area of law. Kennedy is a staff attorney for the Hon. James D. Jensen at the Sixth District Court of Appeals in Toledo.
Dr. Manu Malhotra (MED '00) was recently named chief medical officer at Henry Ford Hospital, located in Detroit, Mich.
Josh Love (A/S '09) was recently hired as the assistant news director at WTVG-TV, Channel 13 ABC in Toledo. Love has also served as executive producer, producer and photographer/editor, as well as a live truck technician.
Dr. Mohammad Shukairy (MED '02) joined Midwest Orthopaedic Institute in their Sycamore, Ill. office. Shukairy specializes in minimally invasive spinal surgery, neck and back pain and microscopic neurosurgery.
Emily Samlow (Law '07), was inducted as a Fellow of the Ohio State Bar Foundation. To become a Fellow, lawyers must first be nominated by their peers before going through a selection process and committing their time to the Foundation's outreach programs. Samlow was also awarded the 2016 Ohio State Bar Foundation Community Service Award for Attorneys 40 and Under for District 3. Additionally, she is taking part in a Group Study Exchange through Rotary and is one of only four young professionals spending March 2016 in Scotland. Samlow is a staff attorney with the Court of Common Pleas in Wood County, Ohio and president of the Wood County Bar Association.
Courtney Tolson (Bus '07) was named as a consultant to the Change Management and Communications practice in the human resources consulting firm Findley Davies, located in Maumee, Ohio. Tolson develops strategies focused on employee development, change management, and organizational effectiveness.
Matthew Dills (Law '04) joined ITC Holdings Corp. as vice president, human resources and chief human resources officer. ITC, based in Novi, Mich., is the nation's largest independent electric transmission company.
Stacy Krzyston (HSHS '12), Air Force Airman 1st Class, completed basic training with honors from Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. She will graduate in October from Tech School Security Forces at Lackland AFB. She then plans to report to Patrick AFB in Florida with the 45th Security Forces Squadron.
Matt D'Anniballe (Bus '10, MSA '11) is a certified public accountant who recently joined the Cleveland market of The Siegfried Group, LLP as a senior associate.
Blake Young (MEd '11) has been selected as the new principal of Wauseon Primary School, located in Wauseon, Ohio.
Katie Shepherd (Ed '15) is a new music teacher at Jamaica, Nautilus and Starline elementary schools, located in Lake Havasu City, Ariz.
Dr. David Peterson (MED '10) was accepted for a 2015-16 Hand fellowship with the University of New Mexico (UNM) Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation. Peterson is one of only five physicians who are joining this accredited fellowship program at UNM.
Faculty, staff & friends
Dr. David Nemeth (UT Professor in Geography and Planning) won the May edition of Inside Higher Ed's cartoon captioning competition. This monthly contest requires participants to come up with a creative caption for a cartoon provided by the magazine. In addition to having the caption and cartoon published in the magazine for the month, Nemeth received a signed copy of the comic by the artist and a cash award for his efforts.
Births and Marriages
Alysia Kay Buchs (NRS '09, NRS '11) and Christofer Douglas Crites were united in marriage in June 2015. The ceremony was held at St. John's Lutheran Church in Defiance, Ohio.
Julie Ann Kostura (NRS '11) and John Joseph Milius (Eng '12) were married in June 2015 in Columbus, Ohio.
Michael D. Haskins (HSHS '11) and Elyssia K. Yado are engaged and will wed on October 3, 2015.
Dr. Casey Poupard (HSHS '10, OTD '13) and Isaiah Bross married in August 2015.
Brandon Arnold Wilkins (Eng '11) and Kristi Ann Yoder exchanged vows in August 2015 in Mt. Hope, Ohio.
Kevin Mitchell (A/S '03) and Brandi Lopez will wed on October 23, 2015 at Upland Country Club, located in St. Upland, Calif.
Andy Seger (Eng '11) and Sarah Petty were married in August 2015 in the St. Remy Catholic Church in Russia, Ohio. Seger is employed by Honda of America as a mechanical engineer and Petty is employed by Shelby County Department of Job and Family Services as a financial and medical services specialist.
Gregory John Edelbrock (Eng '07) and Brianna Money Swift exchanged vows in September 2015 at Villa Siena, located in Gilbert, Ariz. Edelbrock is a project manager at FNF Construction and Swift is employed at Friendship Village Retirement Community.
Allison Bayes (NSM '12, MEd '13) and Keon Ruplinger were united in marriage in June 2015. The ceremony and reception were held at Nazareth Hall in Grand Rapids, Ohio.
*Charles Machala (att. 1945), Toledo at 95.
**Dorothy Schafer (att. 1944), Bradenton, Fla. at 93.
**Robert Sickelbaugh (att. 1976), Toledo at 83.
**Joan Ryan, Toledo at 85.
**Dr. Robert Wolfe, Holland, Ohio at 86.
*Dale Fischer, Bokeelia, Fla. at 85.
Dr. Anna May (Newton) Klippel, Worcester, Mass. at 93. She taught chemistry classes at UT in the late 1940s.
Marilyn Wandtke (UTCTC '78), Perrysburg, Ohio at 85. She was a nurse at Maumee Valley Hospital and moved to work at the Medical College of Ohio Hospital.
James Koelsch (Eng '73), Metamora, Ohio at 69. He taught civil engineering at UT.
Dr. Stephen B. McConnell, Toledo at 74. He was a technical services chair on the board of directors for UT's Coalition to Access Technology and Networking in Toledo. Sloan also assisted with University field research on coral reefs and wild horses.
Dr. Rhua C. Ernst, Rosenhayn, N.J. at 75. She joined the UT faculty in 1967 as an assistant professor of general studies and director of the Instructional Resources Center at the former Community and Technical College. In 1970, she was named coordinator in library technology. Ernst left the University to start a family and became an elementary school teacher.
Dr. Robert L. Gibson, Bloomington, Ind. at 95. In 1957, he joined the UT faculty as associate professor and chair of guidance and counselor education. Gibson was promoted to professor two years later. The West Virginia native ran the Counseling and Guidance Training Institute, an annual summer program, in the early 1960s. He left UT in 1965 to teach at Indiana University.
Dr. John M. "Jack" Lowe Jr. (PhD '71), Mechanicsburg, Pa. at 89. He coached track and cross country at UT from 1960-1970.
Edward B. "Ned" Wickes Jr., Madison, Conn. at 97. He was a longtime faculty member in the College of Education. He joined the faculty as an assistant professor in 1951 and was promoted to associate professor of curriculum and teaching in 1955. Wickes taught at UT until his retirement.
Dr. R. Kenneth Wolfe, Holland, Ohio at 85. He came to the University in 1973 after working at Owens-Illinois Inc. and IBM Corp. In 1994, he received one of UT's Outstanding Teacher Awards. Wolfe served on Faculty Senate and was chair of the systems doctoral program. He retired from the University in 1997.
Dr. Robert Binkley (A/S '48), at 90.
Miriam Richey (Ed '41), Ottawa Lake, Mich. at 96.
Sarah Bertram (A/S '46), Toledo at 91.
**Helen Benschoter (Ed '44), Toledo at 93.
James Pearson (Bus '40), Groves, Texas at 98.
Jane Kreps (Ed '46), Mason, Ohio at 88.
Jane Emery (Bus '47), Sylvania, Ohio at 90.
Joseph Shugarman (Bus '48), Toledo at 91.
William Mikesell (Bus '49, Law '50), Oregon, Ohio at 92.
John Muller (Bus '48), Rochester Hills, Mich. at 89.
Jahn Tinglum (Ed '49), Madison, Wis. at 90.
**Robert Colgan (Eng '47), Sylvania, Ohio at 93.
John Weaver (Eng '43), Heath, Ohio at 94.
Richard Smith (Eng '49), Englewood, Fla. at 90.
Edward Zoltanski (Law '58), Perrysburg, Ohio at 89.
Dr. Beverly Collier (A/S '53), Williamston, Mich. at 80.
Dr. Richard Collier (A/S '53), Williamston, Mich. at 82.
Jo-Ann Teufel (A/S '50), Ottawa Hills, Ohio at 87.
**Richard Harner (Bus '58), Toledo at 86.
Mickey Hardcastle (Ed '50), at 87.
Mary Line (A/S '51), Findlay, Ohio at 86.
**Donald Caldwell (Pharm '53), Lakeside, Ohio at 84.
Bernard Janis (Bus '59), Maumee, Ohio at 84.
William Moll (Eng '56), Maumee, Ohio at 79.
**George Green (Bus '50, MBA '51), Dearborn, Mich. at 94.
Leonard Krauss (Bus '55), at 82.
Douglas Yeager (Bus '54), Grand Rapids, Ohio at 84.
Virginia Richmond (Ed '54), McHenry, Ill. at 83.
**Berniece Williams (Ed '56), Pickerington, Ohio at 96.
Dr. William Richmond (A/S '52), at 87.
**Virginia Moll (A/S '51), Maumee, Ohio at 94.
Donald Ziemke (MEd '58), Maumee, Ohio at 96.
Robert Wilson (MEd '68), Baltimore, Md. at 72.
Dr. Rhua Ernst (UTCTC '65), Rosenhayn, N.J. at 76.
*Thomas Beidleman (UTCTC '68), Holland, Ohio at 68.
Lynda Clark (Ed '68), Toledo at 69.
Francis Nagy (A/S '63), Solon, Ohio at 78.
Adrian Potter (Bus '64, MBA '69), Knoxville, Tenn. at 81.
David Zawodny (UTCTC '68), Toledo at 68.
Donald Seymour (UTCTC '62), Toledo at 76.
*William Bates (Law '69), Rocky River, Ohio at 71.
Dr. Jerry Mallett (MEd '64, PhD '72), Findlay, Ohio at 76.
*Roger Verny (Ed '70, MEd '75), Newburyport, Mass. At 67.
Dr. John Lowe (PhD '71), Vero Beach, Fla. at 90.
Dr. Ronald Fulkert (Ed '75, PhD '97), Ypsilanti, Mich. at 67.
Timothy McCartney (Pharm '79), Toledo at 67.
Stanley Harmon (Ed '71, MEd '85, Ed Spec '85), Toledo at 71.
Nicholas Batt (Law '76), Holland, Ohio at 63.
Diane Armstrong (MEd '78, PhD '82), Perrysburg, Ohio at 67.
Margaret Paraham (UTCTC '76), Toledo at 65.
Robert Schnapp (Bus '72), Toledo at 71.
Barbara Rainey (Ed '74), at 81.
Helen White (UTCTC '74), Toledo at 89.
James Daniel (UTCTC '77), Holland, Ohio at 72.
Raymond Dupuis (Ed '70, MEd '80), Sylvania, Ohio at 83.
Philip Provo (Ed '70), Naples, Fla. at 69.
Thomas Connolly (A/S '73, Law '77), Oak Harbor, Ohio at 67.
Michael Whalen (UTCTC '72), Maumee, Ohio at 94.
Dr. Ann Spodnik (MED '75), at 61.
Dr. Edwin Weathington (MED '76), East Lansing, Mich. at 75.
Warren Hem (Bus '84, UTCTC '88), Toledo at 57.
Sister Mary Dale Burgard (MEd '81), Toledo at 76.
Nancy Bowers (MEd '82), Brooklyn, Mich. at 82.
Mary Doljack (MA '85), Columbus, Ohio at 62.
Richard Schultz (Eng '82), Monclova, Ohio at 67.
Charles Ellerbrock (Eng '80, Law '86), Toledo at 63.
Miriam Hamm (MEd '81), Toledo at 82.
Michelle January (UTCTC '84), Toledo at 55.
Gwendolyn Ezepue (Bus '81), Cleveland, Ohio at 57.
Janice Payne (A/S '96), Toledo at 68.
*Joy Dougherty (MEd '90), Toledo at 74.
*Kenneth Crothers (Univ Coll '97), Toledo at 91.
Julie Steedman (UTCTC '95), Northwood, Ohio at 49.
Kent Nord (Law '93), Bloomville, Ohio at 47.
Stephanie Larkins (UTCTC '93, Univ Coll '01), Oregon, Ohio at 46.
Sherry Madigan (UTCTC '92), New Madrid, Mo. At 54.
Bonita Owens (UTCTC '98, UTCTC '99), Bradenton, Fla. at 68.
Shannon Spino (HSHS '04), Toledo at 35.
**Kathy Woodard (Ed '01), at 39.
Kristen Wingate (A/S '05, Ed '05), Independence, Ohio at 32.
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#include "swoole.h"

typedef struct _swFixedPool_slice
{
	uint8_t lock;
	struct _swFixedPool_slice *next;
	struct _swFixedPool_slice *pre;
	char data[0];

} swFixedPool_slice;

typedef struct _swFixedPool
{
	void *memory;
	size_t size;

	swFixedPool_slice *head;
	swFixedPool_slice *tail;

	/**
	 * total memory size
	 */
	uint32_t slice_num;

	/**
	 * memory usage
	 */
	uint32_t slice_use;

	/**
	 * Fixed slice size
	 */
	uint32_t slice_size;

	/**
	 * use shared memory
	 */
	uint8_t shared;

} swFixedPool;

static void swFixedPool_init(swFixedPool *object);
static void* swFixedPool_alloc(swMemoryPool *pool, uint32_t size);
static void swFixedPool_free(swMemoryPool *pool, void *ptr);
static void swFixedPool_destroy(swMemoryPool *pool);

void swFixedPool_debug_slice(swFixedPool_slice *slice);

/**
 * create new FixedPool, random alloc/free fixed size memory
 */
swMemoryPool* swFixedPool_new(uint32_t slice_num, uint32_t slice_size, uint8_t shared)
{
	size_t size = slice_size * slice_num;
	size_t alloc_size = size + sizeof(swFixedPool) + sizeof(swMemoryPool);
	void *memory = (shared == 1) ? sw_shm_malloc(alloc_size) : sw_malloc(alloc_size);

	swFixedPool *object = memory;
	memory += sizeof(swFixedPool);
	bzero(object, sizeof(swFixedPool));

	object->shared = shared;
	object->slice_num = slice_num;
	object->slice_size = slice_size;
	object->size = size;

	swMemoryPool *pool = memory;
	memory += sizeof(swMemoryPool);
	pool->object = object;
	pool->alloc = swFixedPool_alloc;
	pool->free = swFixedPool_free;
	pool->destroy = swFixedPool_destroy;

	object->memory = memory;

	/**
	 * init linked list
	 */
	swFixedPool_init(object);

	return pool;
}

/**
 * linked list
 */
static void swFixedPool_init(swFixedPool *object)
{
	swFixedPool_slice *slice;
	void *cur = object->memory;
	void *max = object->memory + object->size;

	do
	{
		slice = (swFixedPool_slice *) cur;
		bzero(slice, sizeof(swFixedPool_slice));

		if (object->head != NULL)
		{
			object->head->pre = slice;
			slice->next = object->head;
		}
		else
		{
			object->tail = slice;
		}

		object->head = slice;
		cur += (sizeof(swFixedPool_slice) + object->slice_size);
		slice->pre = (swFixedPool_slice *) cur;
	} while (cur < max);
}

static void* swFixedPool_alloc(swMemoryPool *pool, uint32_t size)
{
	swFixedPool *object = pool->object;
	swFixedPool_slice *slice;

	slice = object->head;

	if (slice->lock == 0)
	{
		slice->lock = 1;
		/**
		 * move next slice to head (idle list)
		 */
		object->head = slice->next;
		slice->next->pre = NULL;

		/*
		 * move this slice to tail (busy list)
		 */
		object->tail->next = slice;
		slice->next = NULL;
		slice->pre = object->tail;
		object->tail = slice;

		return slice->data;
	}
	else
	{
		return NULL;
	}
}

static void swFixedPool_free(swMemoryPool *pool, void *ptr)
{
	swFixedPool *object = pool->object;
	swFixedPool_slice *slice;

	slice = ptr - sizeof(swFixedPool_slice);
	slice->lock = 0;

	//list head, AB
	if (slice->pre == NULL)
	{
		return;
	}
	//list tail, DE
	if (slice->next == NULL)
	{
		slice->pre->next = NULL;
	}
	//middle BCD
	else
	{
		slice->pre->next = slice->next;
		slice->next->pre = slice->pre;
	}
	slice->pre = NULL;
	slice->next = object->head;
	object->head->pre = slice;
	object->head = slice;
}

static void swFixedPool_destroy(swMemoryPool *pool)
{
	swFixedPool *object = pool->object;
	if (object->shared)
	{
		sw_shm_free(object);
	}
	else
	{
		sw_free(object);
	}
}

void swFixedPool_debug(swMemoryPool *pool)
{
	int line = 0;
	swFixedPool *object = pool->object;
	swFixedPool_slice *slice = object->head;

	printf("===============================%s=================================\n", __FUNCTION__);
	while (slice != NULL)
	{
		if (slice->next == slice)
		{
			printf("-------------------@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@----------------\n");

		}
		printf("#%d\t", line);
		swFixedPool_debug_slice(slice);

		slice = slice->next;
		line++;
		if (line > 100)
			break;
	}
}

void swFixedPool_debug_slice(swFixedPool_slice *slice)
{
	printf("Slab[%p]\t", slice);
	printf("pre=%p\t", slice->pre);
	printf("next=%p\t", slice->next);
	printf("tag=%d\t", slice->lock);
	printf("data=%p\n", slice->data);
}

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Events > Running events > London Marathon
414,000+ runners entered via the ballot for the 2019 event.
See London's iconic landmarks and make memories that will last a lifetime.
An event fit for Royals! Harry, William and Kate show their support to passing runners.
Cutty Sark - one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest too.
The Running Show - FREE entry, test new kit, meet celebrity runners, watch interviews, win great prizes and soak up the inspiring atmosphere.
Enjoy the booming crowd atmosphere on the day.
Soak up the energy of the big day as you come across Tower Bridge.
Runners cross Tower Bridge - this is a running experience like no other.
Head past the imposing Tower of London.
Make London Marathon your big goal for 2020.
Run for The Christie
The Christie charity places in Virgin Money London Marathon
London, Greater London, UK
Sunday 26 April 2020 10:10 AM
26.2 miles Road running
The world's largest annual fundraising event will be celebrating it's 40th year in 2020 - secure your place today. Join The Christie and receive specialist one-to-one support on your fundraising journey to help towards a future without cancer.
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Secure your place in the 2020 London Marathon
The Virgin Money London Marathon is one of the world's greatest marathons, accepting 42,500+ entries a year and broadcasted live on television in over 200 countries around the world. Undoubtedly one of the biggest events in the sporting calendar for any runner and not one to be missed.
Complete a World Marathon Major
Rare closed-road run throughout London
Enjoy London's famous landmarks
Huge crowd support from thousands of cheering spectators
One of the biggest and most prestigious running events in the world
The mass start for the London Marathon will begin at 10:10am from Greenwich.
London Marathon route
Starting in Greenwich and banked with supporters throughout, follow the iconic route taking in the breath-taking landmarks of London and finishing down the beautiful Mall.
Please click here to view the London Marathon course map
Live tracker app
Participants can use the Official Virgin Money London Marathon app to gain access to event day and race week information. Spectators can use it to find and track runners during the race, keep track of split times, view results and more - all via the mobile app.
The Running Show
FREE entry for you and the family, test new kit, meet celebrity runners, watch interviews, win great prizes and soak up the inspiring atmosphere.
Make a weekend of it in London
London Marathon weekend doesn't just have to be about the run - bring the whole family along and take a ride on the London Eye, pop over to London Zoo in Regent's Park or go and watch a West End show!
"...most re warding experience of my life..."
"Running the London Marathon was possibly the most rewarding experience of my life... I think I could achieve anything!" - Jane Francis, Haywards Health
"That was my first ever marathon and it was the most amazing experience. Thank you for enabling me to do it and give my support to such a worthy charity. Thank you!" - Emily, London
"When you run the London Marathon for charity, take everything that you've ever heard about the marathon experience, double it, and you're somewhere near the true sense of achievement." - Peter Roberts, Plymouth
How to enter the London Marathon
Ballot entry
The 2020 London Marathon has received a world record 457,861 ballot entries. With only around 17,500 of these ballot entrants running on the day, the only way to guarantee yourself a place in the London Marathon is to obtain a charity place.
Not only would you have the added reward of raising funds for those less fortunate than yourself, running for charity is the best way to secure yourself a place in this oversubscribed favourite.
Get my place
Being part of a charity team with like-minded individuals and en-route cheer stations can significantly enhance your London Marathon experience - in the run-up to the event, on the big day itself and afterwards.
Included in your entry fee
Finisher bag
Nutritional bar & energy restoring drink
Foil blanket
Your finish time will be recorded
The feeling of completing an achievement of a lifetime!
Fundraise for The Christie
The Christie charity is committed to revolutionising the fight against cancer by funding world reaching research, treatment and care, education and additional support services.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and that's why The Christie charity is committed to continually improving the patient experience. Thanks to charitable support, we are able to provide a range of enhanced services in superb facilities over and above that which can be provided from NHS funding. Furthermore, this helps us to attract world-class clinicians and scientists who wish to work at The Christie for the benefit of all our patients.
Thanks to our world-reaching cancer research and ground-breaking treatments, more and more of our patients are going to beat cancer. In fact, cancer survival ratese have doubled in the last 40 years. But much of our pioneering, life-saving work is only possible with donations from the good people of the North West and all our supporters across the UK.
With your support, we can carry our more research, give more people the very best treatment and care - and save even more lives.


''Make it real'' could be the rallying cry for much contemporary painting, Charles Spurrier's included. For nearly a decade Mr. Spurrier has literalized painting by using chewed gum, Vaseline and most consistently an idiosyncratic technique in which he begins with surfaces made of clear tape colored with his fingerprints in paint and then adds colored papers, foils, images and even plastic beads.
With this exhibition, Mr. Spurrier seems to pull out all the stops, as if to prove that his method's possibilities are as limitless as those of more traditional methods. But in some ways he seems to cut the ground out from under himself. For one thing, making it real often comes down to making it slick and at times so superbly finished that the surface seems machine-made.


The Wankhar Entomology Museum is truly a memorable museum in Shillong. There is a beautiful collection of pinned butterflies, gruesome Rhinoceros beetles and incredible stick insects, which have all been displayed in a room. The museum can be visited from11:00am to 4:00pm from Monday to Friday.
Wankhar Entomology Museum is very well-connected to all nearby foremost places in Shillong and neighboring state via road network.
Wankhar Entomology Museum is in Shillong itself and the easiest way to get here is by hiring a cab or by using bus service.
The closest junction is Guwahati, about 104 km from Wankhar Entomology Museum, Shillong and also well connected with all major Indian cities.


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Amaluna – Cirque Du Soleil at the Royal Albert Hall
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Amaluna invites the audience to a mysterious island governed by Goddesses and guided by the cycles of the moon.
Their Queen, Prospera, directs her daughters coming-of-age ceremony in a rite that honours femininity, renewal, rebirth and balance which marks the passing of these insights and values from one generation to the next.
In the wake of a storm caused by Prospera, a group of young men lands on the island, triggering an epic, emotional story of love between Prospera's daughter and a brave young suitor. But theirs is a love that will be put to the test. The couple must face numerous demanding trials and overcome daunting setbacks before they can achieve mutual trust, faith and harmony.
Amaluna – Cirque Du Soleil runs from 12 January 2017 until 26 February 2017 at the Royal Albert Hall
Cirque du Soleil's blockbuster circus riff on 'The Tempest' is thrilling stuff – Time Out
the aerial wizardry is intoxicating – Evening Standard
strong on spectacle – The Stage
Important info: Latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance. Late wheelchair users may not be admitted until the interval. Running time: 2 hours
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Preview: 'Machine VR' is an Awe-inspiring Trip Through a Crystalline Fractal Universe
Produced by Dutch visual effects artist Julius Horsthuis, Machine VR is the newest installment of a line of contemplative fractal 360 videos—this time taking you into an infinite world of crenelated metallic structures that is sure to ignite the imagination.
The human mind has a weird way of perceiving the world, like when you look at a cloud and see distinctive shapes, or when you look into the dark corner of your room and see an imposing figure where a pile of clothes used to be. The mind is grasping at connections by way of a psychological phenomenon called pareidolia—seeing patterns that aren't really there.
Horsthuis, a VFX supervisor at Hectic Electric in Amsterdam, conducts Machine VR to a backdrop of an ominous instrumental track that draws you in closer into the crystalline metallic structures, where you'll see faces, mountains, continents, the inside of a Borg Cube ship—almost anything you can think of, you'll see for a fleeting moment along your way. Clocking at 12 minutes,
"Fractal fly-throughs can be boring," writes Horsthuis. "[I] made this one extra long to make sure you would get super bored. That is unless you start to forget the world around you and let your imagination fill in the fractal void."
Despite it's name, Machine VR is much less architectural and machine-like than Horsthuis' previous work, Foreign Nature, which we saw earlier this year. "The deeper you go, the more intense this place will feel," continues Horsthuis. "You'll be so immersed you won't comprehend that this massive world exists almost entirely in your imagination – since the mathematical formula to create this world is so tiny we could text it to you."
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Horsthuis uses a specialized program called Mandelbulb 3D to make his fractal creations, he told The CGBros.
Usually I start by playing around with formulas, until I settle on a shape I like. Then I try different color palettes. Mandelbulb3D is set up in such a way that you can render a still (which can take a couple of minutes) and after that, you can change color schemes on the fly. Even lighting, fog color, and textures can all be changed without re-rendering. This makes it so that I can easily try a lot of different things to see what works. When I settle on a look, I start animating. Sometimes only a fly-through, but sometimes I like the fractal itself to morph. I set off the animation to the farm, and load up some frames in After Effects, where I play with the Z-buffer to diffuse the background, making it look foggy, or create depth of field, which makes it look small and microscopic. Sometimes I use a camera-tracker like syntheyes to add other 3d elements of use 3d compositing tools.
For everything I liked about Machine VR, I still find it slightly beyond my capacity to take on twisty turns. I was by no means nauseous, but flying up, around, down, and to the sides—even at a leisurely pace—can still play with your stomach a fair bit, so 'VR sealegs' are a must if you really want to properly "fill in the fractal void."
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If you don't own a VR headset, you can view the experience on Littlstar, which allows you to pan around the 360 video with a mouse.
For DK2 owners we suggest using Whirligig VR player (working with Oculus 0.7 runtime) to view Machine VR. Gear VR owners may want to drop the 3.17 GB mp4 file into their Oculus 360video folder, but we've found that judder is a continual issue with 4K spherical video on mobile devices, even at the low-ish rate of 25 fps, so you'd be better off sticking with PC-driven headsets for the full experience. You can of course always downsample the video to something the mobile platform can digest, but you'll most certainly lose out on some finer detail.
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You can find more 360 fractal experiences on Horsthuis' website like the ones seen in his 2015 show reel posted below.
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When Gear VR. With the Rift, Oculus has moved itself far outside the financial reach of most people and certainly outside of mine.
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Nonsense. Do you have any idea how much VR cost before Palmer came along? Sony wanted to sell you a HMZ T1 for $1500. It was very poor technology compared to Oculus.
The Rift CV1 could be $400. That's still more affordable than VR pre-Oculus and certainly worth the money. Gear VR is about 10 years behind PC VR. It's a first start but it's still very limited by mobile hardware.
Same thing with the automobile, the computer, the cell phone, the television. Are you not aware that new technology is often expensive when it first hits the market. It's only thanks to those folks who HAVE money that these things come down in price (as more people buy them the cost decreases). That being said, the Rift and the Gear VR are HARDLY out of the reach of most people. $100 for the Gear????? That's outside the reach of most people? And don't even try to say few people can afford a cell phone. Good grief.


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THE MONDAY MORNING HI-QUALITY VINYL RIP : Parts Thirty eight and nine: SOUTHERN MARK SMITH
Today's offering is a tribute to the late Pat Fish, who passed away suddenly, at the age of 63, on 5 October 2021.
I can't claim to be a huge expert on The Jazz Butcher. Indeed, most of what I have on the hard drive consists of songs included on compilation albums or box sets, although I do have a second-hand vinyl copy of an actual Jazz Butcher compilation – Bloody Nonsense, released in 1986 – which I picked up during one of my trips over to Canada, and while I can't say that every song is a stand-out or has made a positive impression, there's been enough to make me a casual fan.
This blog hosted an excellent guest ICA back in March 2018, courtesy of Friend of Rachel Worth.
"The Jazz Butcher in some ways are ideal for an ICA. No wild variations in style and a catalogue of LPs all of which are a bit patchy. Actually getting to grips with their discography is one of the biggest challenges, with various compilation LPs and some tracks appearing on more than one album. Then there is the slight variations of name, sometimes Jazz Butcher Conspiracy, sometimes just Jazz Butcher and sometimes something else entirely.
The line-up changes with the weather (same with record labels) with songwriter and singer Pat Fish being the only consistent factor. All in all they are a tough band to keep track of.
When they are good they are fantastic in a jangly guitar, smart lyrics way. However each LP also either has something that is head-scratchingly awful at best and annoyingly novelty record like at worst."
Pat Fish was born as Patrick Hunrods in December 1957. As FORW pointed out, he was damn near impossible to pigeonhole as a musician, always looking for ways to challenge his fans and the critics. He was writing and performing right up to his death, and indeed just two days prior, on 3 October, he had been scheduled to perform a web concert, only instead to appear on-screen at the scheduled time to make an apologetic announcement that he wasn't feeling well and would re-schedule for about a week later. It is hardly a surprise that his death came as such a shock.
Of the song featuring today, FORW offered these words within the ICA:-
Probably if you know one song by the Jazz Butcher it will be this one. Pat Fish describes it as "The Albatross. A record, I feel, of its time. We were young(ish) and cocky and I think it shows. I still haven't learned to sing on this one, which bugs me too. Still, it was cheap and cheerful, and it helped us to meet an awful lot of people"
It was actually the debut single, released on Glass Records in 1983. The following year, it was re-recorded and included on the band's second studio album, A Scandal In Bohemia, again on Glass Records. The first version is fast and heavily reliant on keyboards to drive it forward. It borders on manic in places but at all times it is toe-tappingly superb with a killer sing-along chorus. The second version is markedly different, like a classy 80s pop song as the keyboards blend with acoustic guitars while Pat Fish sings in a melancholic manner, certainly to my ears, that in places isn't a million miles removed from Lloyd Cole. The lyrics are also slightly different, and it is just as equally brilliant in its own way as the original. I can never make my mind up on which of the two versions I prefer, and that's why both are on offer today:-
mp3: The Jazz Butcher – Southern Mark Smith
mp3: The Jazz Butcher – Southern Mark Smith (Big Return)
RIP Pat. There's plenty who will miss you.
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Saw the Jazz Butcher down the bill on numerous gigs back in the 80s and then again a couple of years ago in a slightly lacklustre support slot with Luke Haines. His albums did range from the sublime to the ridiculous. In terms of quality control he had a similar approach to Felt's Lawrence, where works of sublime beauty would be undercut with novelty throwaways.
Saddened and a bit alarmed to hear of his death. The bands that meant a lot to me in the 80s, Joy Division, The Clash, The Fall, The Go-Betweens, The Triffids, Associates, had key creative figures die well before their time and this is a sad addition to that list.
What a bummer. There were quite a lot of very good, very funny songs in the JB catalog. And they were a fun live show, too. A precursor to the likes of Art Brut, in a way. Another untimely loss no one needed.
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Parents demand a public school at proposed Glendale shelter site and ADA accessibility districtwide
By Mark Hallum
Community Education Council 24 is asking for big improvements to schools in the southwestern Queens district by issuing a set of resolutions to build a new school at a proposed homeless shelter site in Glendale, and requests that all of the district's schools comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Demand for the 78-16 Cooper Ave. site not only goes along with work from Councilman Robert Holden, but leaders from CEC 24 want the possible facility in review by the School Construction Authority to act as a release valve for overcrowding, according to the resolutions.
"I appreciate the CEC's efforts in advocating for improved school safety, construction and funding," Holden said. "School District 24 is overburdened and I have made it my mission to change that by fighting for locations such as 78-16 Cooper Ave. and by working closely with the SCA on multiple locations."
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CEC 24 is calling for the Cooper Avenue site to become a high school to help relieve overcrowding in the area as the district is one of the most congested in the city.
The city Department of Homeless Services began negotiations to create a shelter at the location this summer, months after it announced an earlier shelter plan was off the table. Holden intervened and said he would help the agency find a different location to house the homeless.
The councilman was first to suggest the Cooper Avenue site, recently cleared in an environmental study for asbestos, as a new public school site, and announced the DHS' cooperation with his office in that shelter search at a September meeting.
While the 2018 city budget only included $150 million to increase ADA accessibility in schools, CEC 24 is calling for $850 million in the 2020-2025 capital plan to increase accessibility with only one in five schools being compliant with the law passed in 1990.
Citing a clause from the law itself, CEC 24 seemed to make the argument that the city was discriminating in not fully funding the effort to make every school compliant with the law, leaving to students to seek an education elsewhere and often sacrifice the quality of learning in the process.
"[Students] with physical disabilities find themselves cut off from the majority of DOE schools because of architectural barriers and are, instead, forced to travel significant distances and make academic and curricular compromises to attend schools they can physically access," the resolution read.
Only $100 million was approved in the DOE 2015-2019 capital plan for the renovations to make schools ADA compliant while the effort to install an elevator at P.S. 9 in Maspeth was slated to cost up to $5 million, but has since been canceled.
P.S. 9, on 57th Avenue, is a school that serves mainly students with disabilities such as autism and Down syndrome.
One of the resolutions also calls for a rezoning in order to build Q398 at the location of 69-01 34th Ave. in Jackson Heights which could possibly serve around 475 students.
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Andy Rooney Retiring His Regular 60 Minutes Segment
The 92-year-old commentator is taking a step back after over three decades on the show
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Andy Rooney, everybody's favorite bushy-eye-browed curmudgeon, is ending his regular appearances on "60 Minutes." TV Newswer broke the news on Tuesday afternoon, and Mark Knoller at The New York Times added via Twitter that "CBS News Chairman Jeff Fager says its become harder for Rooney to do weekly essays, but can return to 60 MINUTES 'when the urge hits him.'"
Rooney, 92, has been with CBS for 62 years and his segment has capped the 60 Minutes broadcast since 1978. TV Newser notes, "Over the years, '60's' resident curmudgeon has been criticized frequently for being out of touch with contemporary culture." However, upon finding this video of Rooney hanging out with Ali G, we'd beg to differ.
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Q: Finding the inflection point(s) of a function $$f(x)=x^2(x-1)^2$$
Sketch the graph of $f(x)$
and label all the critical points $C(x, y)$ and inflection
points $I(x, y)$ on the graph.
So I've got the critical points at $$C(0,0), C(1/2,1/16), C(1,0)$$
And then I've calculated the second derivate of $f(x)$
Which is $$f''(x) = 1/2 ± (√5/3)/2$$
$$= -0.1455$$ and $$1.1455$$
Then inserting this in $f(x)$
$$f(-0.1455) = -0.01545$$
$$f(1.1455)  = 0.2716$$
But looking at the graph it doesn't look like inflection points, so is it wrong or can any body help me?

A: Note that
$$f'(x) = 4x^3 - 6x^2 +2x\implies x=0,\, x=\frac12,\,x=1$$
$$f''(x) = 12x^2-12x+2=0 \implies x=\frac12\pm\frac{\sqrt 3}{6}$$
thus there are two inflection points.

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Families Receive Homes in Colombia
by Michael Ireland December 16, 2021
COCONUT CREEK, FL. (ANS) — Just two months ago, Marcos de Jesus and his two sons, Marcos Andres and Thomas Felipe, lost their wife and mother from scleroderma, a cruel skin-hardening disease. Paying the rent was a challenge.
FFTP's Astrid Cortes presents a house key to Marcos de Jesus and his two sons.
But now they have the security of a new home in Granada, Colombia, and don't live in fear of being evicted, thanks to the generosity of Food For The Poor (www.foodforthepoor.org) donors and Minuto de Dios, the charity's in-country partner.
"It is a dream come true because, thanks to God, I have a little job to feed my family," Marcos de Jesus said. "It is a blessing because before, we had to pay rent and sometimes, I didn't have the money and the landlord would threaten to kick us out."
Marcos de Jesus and his sons were among the 20 families who recently received the gift of a home in Palma Real.
Though their old home was just a few blocks away, Marcos de Jesus didn't feel it was safe for his children. But in Palma Real, a sense of community is building where neighbors look out for one another and children safely roam outside.
"It is a huge blessing, thanks to Food For The Poor. God bless, guard, and protect all of you," Marcos de Jesus said.
The first 20 homes of Palma Real were inaugurated in March. Twenty additional homes are under construction and are expected to be completed in the spring. Land for the homes was donated by the mayor of Granada.
A team from FFTP traveled to Colombia for the inauguration on Nov. 29 and to visit other projects.
One of those projects involves providing clean drinking water for two dozen families in the rural community of Charco Trece.
For more than 40 years, families living here have relied on collecting rainwater or making many daily trips to bring back buckets and cans of water to the community. Without a proper way to store the water, families are at risk of getting sick from stagnant water.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for increased handwashing residents are in dire need of help. Water from the new potable water system may begin flowing just in time for the dry season.
In his inaugural address to the families at Palma Real, Fr. Mario Polo, Executive Director of Minuto de Dios, said the homes are a gift from God this Christmas.
"How beautiful is it to have a place to come to and a place where we can recline our heads," Fr. Polo said in a video posted on Minuto de Dios' Facebook page.
"He (Jesus Christ) didn't have a place to recline his head," he added. "Jesus Christ did not have a home; he was born in a stable but always lived united to the home of Jose and Maria. He lived in a loving home, loving humans."
The ceremony included families who received homes in March. Some held banners welcoming the newest families who are now neighbors.
For Edgar, his wife, Darly, and their two children, the gift of a home made this year one of the best in their lives. His children have friends their own age close by.
"Thanks to Food For The Poor and Minuto de Dios that gave us this little grain of sand and remembered this piece of our country," Edgar said. "All of this is thanks to God. God is the one that gives blessings."
In addition to the homes, a community center is being built where the families and potentially hundreds of others in the surrounding area will receive education, training and the tools to help them flourish on their own.
Over the next five years, an FFTP team will monitor and evaluate Palma Real to determine what's working or needs refining, while looking for tangible ways the lives of the families have changed for the better, and if they are on the road to overcoming poverty.
FFTP President/CEO Ed Raine said the partnership with Minuto de Dios is providing families of Palma Real with the training and skills they need to succeed, in addition to giving them a safe home.
"This is our shared vision with Minuto de Dios," Raine said. "In time, these families will have the ability to sustain themselves economically to cover the costs involved with the utilities in their homes and provide for generations to come."
FFTP began serving in Colombia in 2014. Since 2019, the charity has partnered with Minuto de Dios to bring relief to families, including tens of thousands of Venezuelan migrants who fled their country to escape shortages of food, water, and medicine.
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Via the Autopsy, it comes about a minute in. Not the first "progressive" to admit to rooting for a hurricane, but the setting alone makes this special. Rest assured, had a conservative offered something like this about the Democratic convention, it would have earned a 28-minute speshul komment replete with light show and opening act. Coming from Michael Moore, it earns nothing more terrible than an oafish, shinola-eating grin followed by a moment of incandescent ironic beauty as Olby sneers at the viscerally distasteful prayer for rain during Obama's speech made by one of James Dobson's spokesmen, blissfully oblivious to the fact that Moore delivered the secular equivalent to the "Countdown" faithful assembled not 30 seconds earlier.
Moore does say he hopes no one dies; all he's after is a heap of destruction and demoralization that can be exploited for political advantage. Exit question: Does that sound familiar?


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The Relentless Builder: Don't Marry from that Village!
I know the minute you read that title, the names of a dozen villages, towns, etc that you've "heard about" just floated through your head. Apart from tribal stereotypes, we (Nigerians) also have specific stereotypes about people from particular villages or towns.
Women from that village (or area) are too promiscuous.
Men from that village are drunkards and wife beaters (the act, not the singlet).
People from that village are very, very fetish. If you marry any of them, God help you!
People from that town are well-known scammers. In fact, their great grandfather/ancestor was cursed for stealing and their town is called SCAM in their native dialect.
Notice how many of these stereotypes are linked with criminal activity or vices: stealing, domestic abuse, scams, rituals, murder, etc.
What usually happens is that people you know will mention these stereotypes in passing, over the course of your life. That includes parents, relatives, friends, neighbors, random strangers, etc. In short, anybody who has a mouth will talk.
If you hear it once, you might not take it seriously. But when more and more people keep saying the same thing, you might start to believe it.
That's the problem with stereotypes, i.e. you judge people even before you get to know them based on something someone told you about people from that village.
But are stereotypes just stereotypes or is there some truth in them?
I believe that in most cases there is no smoke without fire. There might be some truth in stereotypes as far as history goes e.g. maybe a village really has a strange name because of its dark history.
Also, I don't think it is wise to disregard warning signs and negative patterns that you may observe in a particular family. There are certainly such things as generational curses, etc that should be taken seriously before marriage.
But generally, I believe in making an informed decision. Making an informed decision means that you use information you acquire to arrive at a sensible decision.
Get to know a person first before writing him/her off because of his or her village/town of origin.
What do you say? Are there certain villages or towns you've heard stereotypes of? Do you take those stereotypes seriously? Let's hear it!