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Dominated by the stunning Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, it goes without saying that there are plenty of things to do and see in Dorset, not just at the coast, but throughout its unspoilt countryside too. We've searched high and low to find the very best things to do in Dorset for all kinds of visitors, from keen walkers and sightseers to those visiting with children!
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For sightseers
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For historians
For wildlife watchers
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For the sightseers
As some of the most photographed places in the UK, you will likely recognise some of these incredibly beautiful places of interest in Dorset.
Durdle Door
This natural limestone arch is Dorset's most iconic landmark, eroded by the power of the waves. It's not difficult to see why it's probably one of the most photographed scenes in the UK and therefore one you must see for yourself! The best way to access the beach at Durdle Door is from the cliff-top car park at Durdle Door Holiday Park or via the short stroll from Lulworth Cove.
Old Harry Rocks
Just as famous, these unique chalk formations rise out of the sea at the end of Studland Bay within the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. Visit via The Old Harry Rocks Walk, an easy 3.5-mile route which starts at South Beach car park in Studland and conveniently passes The Bankes Arms Inn for some refreshments!
Standing at 627ft (191m), Golden Cap is the highest point on the south coast with views as far as Dartmoor in Devon and along the coast to Portland Bill and Start Point! The flat-topped sandstone hill sits on the cliffs between Charmouth and Bridport. Several fabulous walks on the Golden Cap Estate also take in Stonebarrow hill and Langdon Hill woodlands.
Portland Bill Lighthouse
This distinctive red and white tower has been watching over the waters around the Isle of Portland for over 100 years. As well as an interesting and informative visitor centre, the view from the top will take your breath away – if you're not already short of it from the 153 steps you'll have just climbed. Gazing out for miles along Chesil Beach and the Jurassic Coast, the climb will be worth it!
This picture-perfect hill will probably look familiar to you! The picturesque, cobbled street in Shaftesbury was made famous by Hovis after it featured in the 1970s TV advert. Described as "one of the most romantic sights in England", the view from the top should be added to your list.
Read our guide to the Dorset Coast to discover even more incredible landmarks and amazing scenery!
Discover the Dorset Coast
Keep the children of your group entertained with some family-friendly days out in Dorset that the kids will love too. We've picked a few of our favourites!
Monkey World
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As seen on the TV shows 'Monkey Life' and 'Monkey Business', this sanctuary for rescued and endangered primates is one of the most popular days out in Dorset for children. Gain an insight into life at the park during daily keepers' talks, book on to a guided tour, watch the apes interact and allow your own little monkeys to burn off their energy in the play area. Keep an eye out for special family events throughout the year, including the Easter Egg Extravaganza!
Weymouth Sea Life Adventure Park
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Take the kids on a fascinating journey through an underwater world! Get up close to over 1,000 creatures including otters, sharks, sea turtles and fairy penguins – the world's smallest penguins and the only colony that you can see in the UK! The Caribbean Cove play area and Pirate Adventure Mini Golf will bring an extra dose of fun to your family day out and during the summer, you can cool down in the Splash Zone with an outdoor pool and fountains.
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Make sure the little ones are well-rested because Farmer Palmer's offers a full day out of family fun with will a daily timetable of hands-on animal events. Every half an hour, children will have the opportunity to feed, groom and cuddle everything from guinea pigs to donkeys! After a spot of lunch in the Hen House Restaurant, kids will love discovering an array of fun activities including bouncy castles, go-karts, tractor rides, the sands and splash zone, and so much more.
Water sports enthusiasts
The Dorset Coast is one of the best UK locations for water sports, peppered with sailing clubs, academies and training centres – and plenty of opportunities for visitors to hire equipment. If you are looking for things to do in Dorset or adults and children, then look no further!
Test your nerve and explore Dorset's Jurassic coastline up close and personal. Book a coasteering experience, and you will find yourself swimming through caves, jumping from the clifftops, scrambling across rocks and climbing through tunnels!
Water sports tuition
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Located on the water's edge within the grounds of the National Sailing Academy on Portland, OTC Watersports offers expert tuition and the chance to try your hand at windsurfing, kite surfing or stand up paddleboarding under the watchful eye of the experienced OTC team.
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Based in the beautiful port of Weymouth, embark on a variety of deep-sea fishing trips with Snapper Charters. Catering for all abilities and ages, it's not only a fantastic way to try a new hobby, but it offers you a completely different perspective on the beautiful Dorset coast.
Kayaking & SUP
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Book on to one of Fore / Adventure's sea kayak or stand up paddleboarding tours for a unique insight into the Jurassic Coast, set within the sheltered Studland Bay against the backdrop of Old Harry Rocks. Choose from a two-hour taster session to master the skills or full adventure days – families welcome too!
Hire jet skis
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Like to take life at a faster pace? Have some fun out in the bay and hire jet skis from Jet Ski Safaris, located in Poole Harbour, near Sandbanks. Choose from a two-hour experience to the 'ultimate day on the water' which also includes jetpack experience with sister company Aquatic Jet Packs!
Delve into Dorset's past with a trip to some of these historic local attractions and discover lost villages, ancient castles, the Jurassic heritage and so much more.
Tyneham Ghost Village
Nestled between Kimmeridge Bay and Lulworth Cove, Tyneham is Dorset's very own lost village. In 1943, it was commandeered by the War Office for training and the people who lived there were given only days to leave their homes. Today some of the original buildings remain, with information on the families who lived there. Combine with a 1-mile walk from the village to the remote Worbarrow Bay.
Recognised for the world's best collection of tanks, The Tank Museum offers over 100 years of history through powerful exhibitions and almost 300 armoured vehicles - including the world's first-ever tanks! From today's frontline to First World War trenches, prepare to be transported!
Dinosaurland Fossil Museum
With over 20,000 specimens on permanent display, there is lots to see at this intriguing museum. It's not just for adults with a geological interest either – kids will love learning about the fascinating collection and in the map room, you can discover where best to find your own fossils!
Described as 'one of Britain's most iconic and evocative survivors of the English Civil War' this royal castle now managed by the National Trust is an enjoyable day out for the entire family. Not only can you delve into the captivating past of this stunning ruins, but special events and stunning walks will keep you entertained too. Catch the train from Swanage to Corfe on the heritage steam line for an extra dose of history.
Maiden Castle
Take a trip to one of Europe's largest and most complex Iron Age Hillforts, covering 47 acres – the equivalent to 50 football pitches! Open throughout daylight hours, enjoy a stroll to the top and take in the countryside views.
For the walkers
Where do we start? Dorset is quite simply a walker's haven, from incredible cliff-top walks along the coast path, to countryside rambles through nature reserves. We mentioned some fantastic walks to reach landmarks such as Durdle Door and Old Harry Rocks but for more ideas, check out our guide to Dorset coastal walks.
Dorset coastal walks
Rich in beautiful natural habitats and carefully protected RSPB nature reserves, it's no wonder that wildlife lovers are drawn to Dorset. Home to a huge range of animals and birds – including squirrels and little terns – and alive with a stunning mix of fauna and flora, here are a few of the favourite places to spot wildlife.
Arne RSPB Nature Reserve
Brownsea Island
Studland Beach & Nature Reserve
RSPB Weymouth Wetlands at Radipole Lake Nature Reserve
Abbotsbury Swannery
Cranborne Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Stanpit Marsh
We told you there was a lot of things to see in Dorset! So, where do you start? Find a lovely cottage to call home for a few days and start ticking some of these fantastic things to do off your list. Whether it's just the two of you, or you're treating the whole family to a break, we have plenty of cottages to suit all!
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Aziz Faye is a master drummer from Senegal. He is from a long line of griots or story-tellers. This is the fifth of five short videos in which Faye tells about the historical function of griots in Senegalese society and demonstrates some of the rhythms that have been passed down through the generations to identify particular families or even a particular type of food. He explains how drums are made and tuned and shows the three types of sound that are made with the drum. Faye believes that drumming and dancing are important contributions from his family to the whole world. This resource is part of the Travels with Music: Senegal & Nigeria collection.
Aziz Faye is a master drummer from Senegal. He is from a long line of griots or story-tellers. This is the fifth of five short videos in which Faye tells about the historical function of griots in Senegalese society and demonstrates some of the rhythms that have been passed down through the generations to identify particular families or even a particular type of food. He explains how drums are made and tuned and shows the three types of sound that are made with the drum. Faye believes that drumming and dancing are important contributions from his family to the whole world.

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Norway's Minister of Transport is looking seriously at the introduction of personalized car registration plates for vehicle owners in Norway, it was reported on Tuesday.
Ketil Solvik-Olsen, of the Progress Party, confirmed in a letter to Parliament, he is positive to the proposal, Stavanger Aftenblad reported.
The Norwegian Transport Minister has asked the Norwegian Public Roads Administration to take a closer look at the idea.
Will this begin a new trend of quirky and amusing car plate texts, such as "FEX" or "2RETANG" for fans of the pop group Mods ["Tore Tang" is one of the Mods' songs].
There will most likely be some form of regulation where inappropriate plates or plates with bad language are rejected. This is currently the case in Sweden.
The Christian Democratic Party presented a proposal to Parliament this year, asking for the introduction of personalized car number plates in Norway.
In the proposal, the MPs argued that the additional government revenue generated by customers wanting to own a personalized plate, can be used in Norway's traffic safety budget.
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Fowlmere Village Hall Farmers Market - last one before Christmas - craft and food stalls including mine!
I will be selling my handfelted teacosies (perfect Christmas gifts; very light to post), handmade Christmas decorations, there will also be Christine's Christmas Bunting and my sister's jewellery and table decorations!
Be there! 9am to 12 noon!
I hope you have a successful day!
The tea cozy really is lovely, much nicer than the tatty old tea towel I use every day.
Best of luck and wishing you many sales!
Thanks everyone for all your support! It went much better than I anticipated so I am happy. Will post more when I am back at my own computer.
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In a major blow to the Trump White House, a judge ruled in favor of the merger of AT&T and Time Warner. The merger, which took place in 2016, was being sued for violating antitrust laws.
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The battery company that just keeps going is taking a dive into the phone pool with their P18k Pop phone, which is three times as thick as an iPhone. The battery life is supposedly a week long. But good luck shoving that into your skinny jeans.
The FCC has formally offered $67 million in funds to strengthen broadband internet access in more sparsely populated parts of the country.


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The stereotype of the jangled new mother.
The weekend started with Beer Friday at the Slate offices. Everyone gathered around a table that held six-packs and an opener. Someone handed me a Brooklyn Lager—it must have been pulled from the back of the bodega refrigerator, because it was nice and cold—and I leaned against a desk. I was chatting with three women, all of whom I presumed to be in their 20s, and at some point I realized, I am an old person to them.
I did some math. For them, talking to me equaled me talking to someone who graduated from college in 1985: a historical era in which young women wore blouses with floppy ties to their jobs in Midtown buildings and ate, as suggested in The Official Preppy Handbook, a strawberry yogurt for lunch. The summer I graduated—1995—everyone wore slip dresses with T-shirts underneath and ate Tasti D-Lite—Pinkberry didn't exist. Yet despite the vast difference in the yogurts that had shaped our palates—one sweet, one tangy—I had gravitated toward the twentysomething girls. Why? Because my office self related to them.
My office self is like a girl who's just awoken from a coma. The last time I worked in an office, I was 26: ambitious, precocious, full of ideas about pop culture. A big part of who I was involved looking around the room and ascertaining I was the youngest one in it. But that was 10 years ago, and that workplace persona no longer fits.
Since having children, I've often tried to remember details about the mothers from the workplaces of my past. There was a mother who used a breast pump; only now do I realize, with personal outrage, that she had to operate the pump in a bathroom stall. There was a mother whose pregnancy I barely noticed; yet it must have been enormously taxing, because she gave birth to twins. And there was a father, too, who left with manuscripts in his leather briefcase just before 6 each evening. All the parents went home early, and the office became our clubhouse once they were gone.
On one hand, I love this paragraph because it's so well-observed. On the other, it contributes to the image of the working mother as a nervous wreck. On Beer Friday, if I'd had a couple more Brooklyn Lagers, perhaps I could have dispelled that high-strung image—both of working women in general and of me specifically. Yes, at times I feel as "jangled" as Wolitzer's new mother, but at others I'm able to deactivate the region of my brain that worries about the kids. I'm sure that most mothers experience the same thing. I wrote last week about the notion that a mother loses confidence when she stays home; I said this was an idea that resonated with me. Yet there's a bedrock confidence that underlies the decisions I've made about work since having children. I'm confident that even if, for the time being, I take on less or different kinds of work, as my children get older and I have more time and freedom, I'll be able to do more.
On the other hand, it's pretty easy to be confident when "cutting back" means finding stories that don't require tons of travel or writing a book in four years instead of two. Not everybody's field is so flexible. Last fall, for a magazine story that ended up not working out, I spoke with many suburban women who had left demanding jobs in law or finance to stay home with young children. They simply didn't have the option of doing some of both. Mike and I have never had to make an all-or-nothing choice. Everybody's circumstances are unique, but ours are uniquely fortunate.
I ducked out of Beer Friday early enough that when I came out of the subway in Brooklyn, the sky still held some light, and the kids were still awake.


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Q: 1st Order DQ Non Homogeneous $$\dfrac{\mathrm dy}{\mathrm dx} + p(x)\cdot y = q(x)$$
The idea behind this is we want the left expression to be in a form of product rule so we would be able to take the integral pretty easily. What if the expressions are not adding but subtracting from each other?
For example, $$\dfrac{\mathrm dy}{\mathrm dx} -(\dfrac 2x)\cdot y= x^3$$
If we use the integrating factor of $e^{\int -\frac2x\,\mathrm dx}$, the factor would be $\dfrac1{x^2}$.  Multiply the factor by the equation and then taking the integral of the left-hand side expression would give $\dfrac1{x^2}\cdot y$.
However, wouldn't what we use only work for product rule for which the form has to be an addition? Because if I take the derivative of $\dfrac 1{x^2}\cdot y$, I would get back an expression with an addition sign instead of subtraction.
thanks!

A: At first we compute an integrating factor:$$\mu(x)=e^{\int-\frac{2}{x}dx}=\frac{1}{x^2}$$ then we have
$$\frac{\frac{dy(x)}{dx}}{x^2}-\frac{2y(x)}{x^3}=x$$
and
$$\frac{\frac{dy(x)}{dx}}{x^2}+\frac{d}{dx}\left(\frac{1}{x^2}\right)y(x)=x$$
and this is $$\frac{d}{dx}\left(\frac{y(x)}{x^2}\right)=x$$
Can you finish?
Note that $$-\frac{2}{x^3}=\frac{d}{dx}\left(\frac{1}{x^2}\right)$$

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Justin Bieber Just Shaved His Entire Head
by Andrea Park
The traditional gift for a 50th wedding anniversary is gold; for 25 years, it's silver; and after six weeks of marriage, apparently, it's a drastic new haircut. That's according to Justin Bieber, who took to social media on Tuesday to debut a freshly shaved buzz cut, putting an end to all those precious matching messy-bun moments with similarly flaxen-haired wife Hailey Baldwin. In the photo—which Bieber posted on both his Instagram Story and Twitter feed, because, yes, it's that important—he stands in a pristine bathroom, flashing a smile while snapping a good old-fashioned mirror selfie on his phone. In front of him on the counter are a pair of regular classroom scissors that, hopefully, were not responsible for the major makeover.
The cut appears to be an extremely close shave, highlighting every peak and valley of his natural hairline that was previously hidden by his shaggy layers. In fact, it may be Bieber's shortest 'do yet: For most of his career, he's maintained some easygoing length and floppy bangs, and while he did debut a closer crop in mid-2016, it wasn't quite as buzzed as this pre-Halloween chop. We can only assume this has something to do with Baldwin's influence, since she previously took credit for convincing the pop star to shave his mustache, and was spotted sticking close by his side while he went under the scissors in early August.
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Bieber's new look comes only a few months after he declared his love for his longer hair and vowed never to part with it. "Long hair don't care and my ['stache] is gorgeous," he wrote in his Instagram Story at the time, per People. In a subsequent selfie, he added what may be the most ambitious midyear resolution in hair history: "I'm going to grow my hair down to my toes." Clearly, that hasn't panned out.
Despite the fact that it represents a failed goal for the Biebs and the end of a long-haired era, the new buzz cut is already a hit with his fans. While a small minority of Twitter users have replied to Bieber's selfie with mournful messages for his previous free-flowing style, most are more than thrilled with the new "Buzztin," as they've so lovingly dubbed the transformation. The real question, however, is how the biggest Belieber of all feels about her husband's new look.
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Controversial Barrick Gold starts work on Balochistan's Reko Diq mines
The event was attended by Chief Minister Balochistan Quddus Bizenjo, Speaker Balochistan Assembly Sardar Babar Musakhail, Opposition Leader Malik Sikandar Khan and local leaders. Bristow briefed the CM and other leaders about "the extensive social and economic development opportunities that would be generated by the mine, which is expected to have a life of at least 40 years."
In a press release, the company said: "it plans to finish the Reko Diq feasibility study update by the end of 2024, with 2028 targeted for first production from the giant copper-gold mine in the country's Balochistan province."
Acutely aware of the local conditions in Balochistan-poverty, coupled with suspicion of foreign investments, the Barrick Gold CEO said that the company plans to establish an amicable and working relationship with local communities, adding that it will make more investments in the future to uplift the communities.
The Canada-based miner was invited by the previous government of Imran Khan to mine copper and gold deposits from the mineral-rich Balochistan province. Since then, the country has proceeded with caution to pave the way for Barrick Gold to operate in the conflict-prone region. Pakistan has taken a series of legal and legislative steps to ensure that there are no hurdles in the way of the corporation.
The deal also allowed Pakistan to extricate itself from a long-drawn international dispute with Barrick Gold over the payment of $11 billion penalty. After signing the deal, Pakistan will not have to pay the penalty to the Canada-based corporation.
In the ceremony at Quetta, Bristow said that the company will try to inculcate a sense of partnership and ownership among the locals by giving them an opportunity to participate in the project. He added that the company will also transfer $3 million to the Balochistan government this month.
The company had provided flood relief to the province during the devastating monsoon in 2022 in the country. However, the nationalist organisations and the rebel groups are against the project as they feel it will turn into another exploitative project like the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Baloch rebel organisations have not reacted to the latest news on Barrick Gold starting its work in the province. However, on numerous occasions earlier, they have already made their position clear that they will oppose any mining or exploitation of their natural resources.
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Have a fabulous trip! I, too, will miss my early morning inspirational reads. Having said that, I must share that I was awed by your ability to share such insightful blogs so incredibly early each morning. I will watch this space, ever hopeful that more fun, thought-provoking words will appear.
To take a risk, you need to trust in yourself and those around you to provide support, thanks for your lessons I have found them inspiring and motivating and I too will miss your daily posts!
Isn't this A final lesson, not THE?
… and another door softly closes.
I'm going to miss reading your entries each morning Sharon. Your writing is heartfelt, moving and always entertaining and enlightening.
You are very clever – in fact, I want to be just like you when I grow up!
Have a great times on your travels, I know you will!


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University of St. Thomas offers empty residence hall rooms to hospitals
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Brittany Britto April 6, 2020 Updated: April 8, 2020 3:08 p.m.
University of St. Thomas offers empty residence hall...
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5of7View of University of St. Thomas Guinan Residence Hall dorm balconies on Monday, April 6, 2020, in Houston.Photo: Marie D. De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
University of St. Thomas cleared students from their residence halls in mid-March in the hope of protecting its community from COVID-19. Now, the university is offering those same dorm rooms to medical and healthcare professionals who are working on the front line to fight the virus.
With its close proximity to the Texas Medical Center, the private Catholic university offered its main student dormitory Guinan Residence Hall, which houses 150 rooms, to four different hospital systems to use for employees who want to protect their families from possible exposure to the virus.
St. Thomas President Richard Ludwick said the decision was a natural move for the university support these "healthcare heroes" on the front lines.
"So many nurses, physicians, and other care providers call UST 'home' because they graduated from here. This is a chance for us to share our sense of community with all who are sacrificing so much for the good of all," Ludwick said in a written statement.
So far, Baylor College of Medicine has accepted St. Thomas' offer, starting with 30 rooms for employees for two months, but has yet to sign a contract, said Spencer Conroy, vice president of finance and business affairs at St. Thomas, who has led the efforts. Conroy expects Baylor to sign the contract this week and to begin housing staff as early as next week, he said.
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"It is a great resource to have space available so close to the Texas Medical Center for our employees who may need these rooms in the event of a surge of the pandemic," Robert Corrigan, General Counsel for Baylor College of Medicine said in a statement. "We appreciate the University of St. Thomas stepping forward with this offer."
Rice University has made a similar offer for housing for healthcare workers.
Rice President David Leebron announced Sunday that the university would also open two residence halls with about 100 available rooms as temporary housing for front-line medical center workers.
Two of Rice's undergraduate halls, Wiess and Hanszen, will be available after April 12 for medical workers who want alternative housing. About 50 students and resident associates currently living in those dorms will be moved, Leebron said.
On the St. Thomas campus, hospital employees will reside in one main residence hall. Conroy said while there are about 15 students still residing on campus, they will be located in a different dormitory. He added that the university will clean weekly with protective equipment and that law enforcement and security will also be given the appropriate protective gear when inside the residence hall.
Other hospitals are still gauging employee interests in staying on campus, Conroy said. But he added "it's all moving very fast. We wanted to make these available as soon as possible," especially as experts predict a surge in coronavirus cases in the next couple of weeks.
Conroy said he was inspired by stories about at least one other institution that similarly offered on-campus housing to healthcare professionals and about employees who were afraid to return home or sought out hotel rooms in fear of endangering their families after coming into contact with COVID-19 patients.
"Hearing all those different needs out there, we thought this is an opportunity to step up and make partnerships with different hospitals so we can help people on the front lines right now," Conroy said.
The University of St. Thomas has also been in contact with area restaurants interested in delivering meals made-to-order for professionals and has encouraged healthcare officials inquiring about room availability to send an email to RoomsforHeroes@stthom.edu.
St. Thomas has aimed to help in other ways as well.
Conroy has led efforts to produce N95 medical grade face masks. St. Thomas biology professor Shivas Amin used campus 3D printers to produce pieces of the mask, and worked with biology professor Rosie Rosell and engineering professor Matthew Zelisko to craft face shields.
The masks will first be used for the St. Thomas community, which will be accompanied by how-to videos that will show people how to create custom masks for their families.
Conroy said he has sent a sample to both Harris Health System and Baylor College of Medicine to see if it will work for hospitals.
The university also issued a hopeful message to Houston via a billboard along US-59 North at the Fannin Street exit that says "Stay Safe" and "Be Healthy."
Staff writer Jenny Deam contributed to this report.
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The month of September brings up a lot of different emotions for everybody.
The nervous excitement for back to school season, the relief of getting back into routines, the anticipation of the return of Scandal and Grey's Anatomy.
For me, September signals casserole season. Dishes of hot and comforting baked pastas are not the type of meals I usually cook in the summer months. But come fall and yes, winter (said in a whisper), I start hankering for these comforting meals.
But it's not just that comfort food quality that draws me too them. They are mostly make ahead, freezable, and serve a crowd. All things that are important in the busy month of September. And this ravioli lasagna is all of these things, and more.
Now, I wouldn't necessary classify the traditional lasagna as "quick" or "easy." Layers upon layers of sauce, cheese, meat, and perhaps if you are getting a little fancy, a béchamel sauce. While delicious and comforting, it can be quite labour intensive. And here on How To Eat, we aim to give you recipe and meal ideas that fall more into the "30 minute meal" category.
The need for a creamy ricotta filling or béchamel sauce.
But have no fear – you won't miss any of that cheesy goodness. We've loaded this dish up with tons of smokey mozzarella and grated parmesan cheese. We loved the meaty flavour the smoked cheese adds. But if that's not your thing, any old regular mozzarella would do just fine. We've also used our go-to 4 ingredient tomato sauce that we've previously featured in our eggplant parm and baked gnocchi casserole. You could definitely substitute a store bought sauce to save a bit more time, but trust us when we say you should definitely try this magical red sauce at least once in your lifetime.
This casserole feeds a crowd as is, but you could also double it for a dinner party or freeze half for a crazy busy Thursday. It's also #kidapproved – so get those school lunch boxes ready!
While I may be lamenting the end of the summer season, I am kinda excited to begin casserole time. Bring on all that baked cheesy goodness!
This recipe easily double to feed a crowd. Simply double the ingredients and use a 9 x 13 baking dish.
To a large sauce pan over medium heat, add tomatoes, butter and onion. Bring to a boil and reduce to simmer for 20-25 until onion has completely softened and cooked through. Remove from heat and stir in chopped basil. Meanwhile, in a sauté pan over medium heat add olive and spinach and sauté until just wilted.
2. Spray an oven safe 1.5 litre baking dish (a 9x9 square baking pan would also work well) with non-stick spray. Layer 1/3 of sauce on the bottom of dish, followed by 1/2 the ravioli, 1/2 the spinach and 1/2 the cheese. Layer 1/3 of the sauce, the other half of ravioli and spinach. Cover with remaining sauce and finally, with remaining cheese.
3. Spray a piece of aluminum foil with non-stick spray. Bake ravioli covered for 30 minutes, remove foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes until browned and bubbly.
This looks delish—and so easy! Will have to try this week!


At the Smart Working summit last week, one of the speakers was asked his opinion on the growing acceptance of people using Smartphones, laptops and tablets during meetings. He replied that the fact workers are expected to plough through so many emails a day, it's hardly surprising that people are now more likely to check their devices more frequently. Now new research suggests that (unsurprisingly) over half of workers believe this negatively affects concentration. According to a survey of 1,002 UK workers in full or part-time employment carried out by Probrand 89 percent confessed to 'tech multi-tasking' – or checking their devices during meetings. A further 81 percent are also guilty of doing so when they are actually carrying out other tasks at work. And although 45 percent of those who do this kind of gadget-based multi-tasking found it actually helps them to be more efficient, 53 percent admit that their concentration actually suffers as a result.
Matt Royle, marketing director at Probrand.co.uk commented: "The rise of multiple devices in the workplace in addition to the advent of remote cloud-based technologies mean that it's never been easier for workers to be switched on 24/7 – but the research shows this isn't always helpful.


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Flooding due to above-average Kiremt rainfall and increased internal displacement contributes to high needs
Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes are expected to continue in northern Afar and southern and southeastern pastoral Ethiopia through at least early 2021. Some of the worst-affected areas, including pastoral lowlands of Oromia, northern and central Afar, and much of the Somali region, face the compounding impacts of multiple weather shocks and conflict-related displacement. Additionally, many poor households are not only facing high stable food prices but also lower than typical income and are having difficulty accessing food. The anticipated below-average deyr/Hagaya season, slightly below-average Meher harvest, and continued lower than average access to income across much of the country is anticipated to continue contributing to high assistance needs.
Between June and September 2020, the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases increased twelve-fold. Despite the significant increase, the State of Emergency expired on September 5. As a result, transportation services have restarted, and people are moving more freely, though not all people respect public regulations.
In September, reports from multiple sources, including the government and FAO, confirm the presence of desert locusts are in Dire Dewa, Ayasha highlands of Hararghe, bordering areas of Amhara and Afar, and bordering areas of Tigray and Afar. Swarms are also arriving from Yemen, which multiplied, traveling to eastern Amhara. According to the Regional Bureau of Agriculture, in September, desert locusts have already damaged over 150 hectares of cropland. Moreover, according to the same source, desert locusts have also been invading parts of South Wollo and Oromia Zone of Amhara.
June to September kiremt rainfall has been generally average to above average, favoring crop development; however, total meher production is likely to be slightly below average due to limited inputs and destruction of crops associated with flooding. Heavy rainfall in western Oromia, SNNPR, Amhara, Afar, and Gambella Regions resulted in flooding and the overflowing of rivers and dams. According to the NDRMC, as of early August, about 1.1 million people are affected, and 310,000 people are displaced due to flooding. Moreover, according to key informants and the logistics cluster, areas around the Awash river basin, Lake Tana, and some other flood-affected areas are difficult to access by humanitarian actors and traders.
Insecurity and localized conflict between ethnic groups and insurgents, mainly in areas of the Benishangul Gumuze region and Bale, and Arsi Zones of Oromia, as well as armed clashes between unidentified armed groups and the government in Guji and Wolega Zone of Oromia, have generally increased. This has led to higher levels of internal displacement. Displaced populations' livelihoods are typically disrupted, and find themselves in new areas where they often have difficulty accessing sufficient income or food to meet their minimum needs. As a result, many of these newly displaced populations are in Crisis (IPC Phase 3).
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Food security Crisis across much of eastern Ethiopia drives significantly above-normal needs for 2021
Food security Crisis expected to continue despite timely start to deyr season in areas of Somali Region
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GOVERNMENT AGREES ON A 15% COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE (COLA) FOR PUBLIC WORKERS
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The Government of Ghana, represented by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), Ministry of Finance (MoF), Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR), Ministry of Education and Ministry of National Security and Organized Labour comprising identifiable workers Unions and Associations within the Public Service of Ghana came into an agreement concerning the payment of the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA).
This come after various teacher unions embarked on strike action after the government failed to pay the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA). The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Ghana Medical Association (GMA), and other health unions also threatened to embark on a strike action if the government does not pay them 20% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA).
The government and public service workers have thus come to an agreement on 14th July 2022 with the following conditions:
1. That the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) will be paid at a rate of 15% of base pay.
2. That the effective date for payment of the COLA is 1st July 2022.
3. That all industrial actions underway and threats of same will be called off
immediately and that Labour would return to work.
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De 104e editie van de Ronde van Lombardije werd verreden op 16 oktober 2010. De 260 kilometer tussen Milaan en Como werden afgelegd in een kleine 6 uur. Deze race was de laatste wedstrijd voor de UCI Wereldranglijst 2010 en de laatste van het wielerseizoen 2010.

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Er startten 195 renners. Mauro da Dalto, Michael Albasini, Tony Gallopin, Gianluca Mirenda, Diego Caccia en Kjell Carlström sloegen vanaf het begin de handen ineen en behaalden gezamenlijk een voorsprong van 8 minuten. Langzaam maar zeker werd de voorsprong alsmaar kleiner. Vladimir Goesev en Giovanni Visconti roken hun kans, maar het was de Nederlander Bauke Mollema die een tijdje alleen op kop reed. Op 35 kilometer van de finish werd hij door Philippe Gilbert, Michele Scarponi, Samuel Sanchez en Vincenzo Nibali bijgehaald in de afdaling van de Sormano.

Op ongeveer 20 kilometer van de finish plaatste titelverdediger Gilbert een demarrage. Niet veel later kreeg hij gezelschap van Scarponi. Al snel kreeg dit duo een voorsprong van een minuut en het werd duidelijk dat een van hen twee zou winnen.

Op 5 kilometer van de eindmeet, vlak voor de top van de slotklim (de San Fermo de la Bataglia), toonde Gilbert zich heer en meester. In de afdaling wist hij een voorsprong van 10 seconden op te bouwen in een druistig herfstweer en reed met 6u 46' 32" de beste tijd. Gilbert volgt zichzelf op, Scarponi eindigt tweede op 12 seconden van de Belg.

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Zie ook
 UCI Wereldranglijst 2010

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Q: Excel copy paste range of cells How to copy/paste range of cells with preservation of cells' properties' values (row height/width for instance). I do the following:
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And result is messed up. Rows/columns' height/width differ from their original values.

A: There is a Range.PasteSpecial which corresponds to what you can do with the keyboard/menus. It allows you to specify what you want copying, see:
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I found some interesting examples (in PowerShell) here:
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Lavrov Seeks to Retain Turkmen Gas
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Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks Thursday with the new leader of gas-rich Turkmenistan amid U.S. efforts to break Russia's near monopoly on the Caspian country's exports of the fuel.
Lavrov met with President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov in the Turkmen capital, Ashgabat, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on its web site. His visit comes one month after the United States revived a plan to ship Turkmen gas to Europe via Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.
Lavrov would try to persuade Berdymukhammedov to reject the U.S. proposal, Kommersant reported Thursday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Boris Malakhov said he was not able to comment immediately when contacted by telephone.
Reinvigorated foreign interest in helping Turkmenistan diversify its energy export routes could put Russia's virtual monopoly on Turkmen gas in jeopardy.
"There are many Russian rivals in Turkmenistan, like Europe and China," said Valery Nesterov, oil and gas analyst at Troika Dialog.
In a signal of the high priority Russia is lending to bilateral relations, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Naryshkin was appointed co-chair of the Russian-Turkmen Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation by Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov at the end of March, Itar-Tass reported.
The commission will likely play an important role in future relations and shows that Russia is hoping energy cooperation will get a new impulse and become more predictable with Berdymukhammedov, Nesterov said.
Russia uses its control of a Soviet-era pipeline network to buy Turkmen gas cheaply and resell it at higher prices to Ukraine and Western Europe. Turkmenistan plans to boost gas production by 20 percent, to 80 billion cubic meters in 2007, enough to supply Italy, Europe's third-largest gas consumer.
Lavrov said after the talks Thursday that he had conveyed Russia's "interest in deepening trade and economic ties" with Turkmenistan, the Foreign Ministry statement said.
U.S. State Department official Steven Mann discussed the proposed gas pipeline from Turkmenistan at a March 5 meeting with Berdymukhammedov, the U.S. Embassy in Ashgabat said.
Mann, a former U.S. ambassador to Turkmenistan, said after that meeting that it was "the hope of the United States that Turkmenistan will develop its energy potential to the fullest," the U.S. Embassy said in a statement on its web site.
In March, Azerbaijan's deputy foreign minister said EU energy security would strengthen if it bought Turkmen gas directly, via a trans-Caspian route, instead of via Russia, Reuters reported.
But a trans-Caspian pipeline project -- which Lavrov is trying to prevent -- is risky, has no short-term perspective and is unlikely to get started before agreement is reached on the delineation of the Caspian Sea, Nesterov said.
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Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov
Turkmenistan, which borders Afghanistan and Iran, last year sold 42 bcm of gas to Russia and 8 bcm to Iran. For 2007 to 2009, Ashgabat has agreed to sell 50 bcm per year to Russia.
Since coming to power, Berdymukhammedov has made positive gestures toward foreign investors, pledging to fulfill existing contracts, encourage foreign investment and stimulate the development of private business.
Last month, Ireland-registered Dragon Oil, which operates two offshore oil and gas fields in the Cheleken area in the Caspian Sea, was reported by Turkmen state media to have launched the first foreign-owned refinery in Turkmenistan.
A spokesman for Dragon Oil in London confirmed that the refinery had started working, but said he could not confirm that the refinery was completely foreign-owned.
Vedomosti reported March 14 that Berdymukhammedov had reorganized the country's energy sector, setting up a new government agency under his direct control to regulate the energy sector and award licenses.
"It's too early to say what this will mean," said Jonathan Hines, a partner at the Moscow office of law firm LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae who has been involved in oil and gas deals in Turkmenistan. "Things don't happen quickly there. We have to see how it functions first."
In 2000, Turkmenistan adopted detailed administrative rules for hydrocarbon operations and the basic standard contract "is not so bad," Hines said. Rigidity on the government side, however, makes it very hard to negotiate away from the standard contract, he said.
There have been no changes to oil and gas laws since Berdymukhammedov came to power, Hines said.
Turkmenistan has an infrastructure problem, hindering its gas getting out, said Nadya Kazakova, an analyst at MDM Bank.
Increasing the capacity of the main gas pipeline to Russia, currently the country's only westward export route, appears to be the easiest short-term way to fix this problem, Nesterov said. Russia is eager for such an increase, he said.
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The recent publication of the PREDIMED trial provided definitive evidence that a Mediterranean diet provides protection against cardiovascular disease. Two articles published in BMC Medicine provide further understanding of why this may be the case, by considering contributory effects of olive oil, a core food in the diet, and polyphenols, a class of identifiable protective compounds. Using a number of statistical models, analyses were conducted to show around a 35% cardiovascular disease risk reduction in the highest consumers of olive oil and a similar degree of risk reduction for all-cause mortality comparing highest to lowest quintiles of polyphenol intake. The effects were an advance on cohort studies not related to trials. This suggests that it may be necessary to have better control of the background diet to enable exposure of the value of individual foods and nutrients in a dietary pattern, bearing in mind that, by nature, it is difficult to separate out effects of foods, nutrients and whole diets.
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Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of death throughout the world. Lifestyle factors including diet, physical activity and smoking habits play a major role in the development and amelioration of disease risk [1, 2]. Fifty years ago the links between dietary saturated fat, blood cholesterol and coronary heart disease were introduced, but Keys' observations valuing the Mediterranean diet in that context may have been overlooked . Later, guidance on the Mediterranean diet highlighted vegetables, legumes, fruits and nuts, cereals, olive oils, fish, with moderate intakes of cheese and yoghurt, low intakes of meat and poultry and regular small quantities of wine with meals . More recently, studies have appeared in the literature providing direct evidence of protective effects.
One of the first substantial observational studies involving Greek adults showed that greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet was inversely associated with death from coronary heart disease (Table 1) . A further analysis found the relative dietary contributions to benefits were moderate alcohol consumption (23.5%), little meat (16.6%), high consumption of vegetables (16.2%), fruits and nuts (11.2%), and legumes (9.7%), and a high dietary monounsaturated fatty acid:saturated fatty acid (MUFA:SFA) ratio (10.6%), . The use of the MUFA:SFA ratio may have been problematic, because it referenced nutrients (fatty acids) rather than foods (such as olive oil) . Olive oil is a characteristic food of the Mediterranean diet, yet by only referring to fatty acid ratios its value could be lost in translation. Later studies remedied the problem.
1Two-point increment in Mediterranean diet score.
2Trend for upper versus lower quartile of olive oil intake.
In the EPICOR study of Italian women, olive oil consumption was associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease (Table 1) . This was similar to the value for a prospective cohort analysis of the PREDIMED trial reported by Guasch-Ferre et al. in BMC Medicine,which also found a further 4% risk reduction if the olive oil was extra virgin. The PREDIMED study population was a smaller intervention group of older Spanish adults, yet the findings were similar to those obtained from the Spanish EPIC cohort (Table 1). EPIC Spain also showed a greater reduction in risk with virgin olive oil , but this difference was not detected in a later period of follow-up (Table 1) . The lack of an association may reflect many things, including a loss of power and greater variation in total dietary intakes.
Plant foods, the basis of the Mediterranean diet, and olive oil in particular, are rich in polyphenols. Processing to produce ordinary olive oil can reduce this attribute, and the bioavailability of these compounds is variable . The polyphenol content of olive oil is important, not only for the delivery of compounds with strong anti-oxidant capacity, but also because it exists in conjunction with fatty acids that are potentially oxidised . Within nutrition science, the critical concept of food synergy recognises that nutrients exist in a purposeful biological sense within foods, delivering them in combinations that reflect biological functionality . Thus, while it is difficult to separate out the effects of foods within a total diet, it is also difficult to study effects of nutrients and bioactive substances in isolation of foods.
Having said that, in the re-analysis of the PREDIMED trial data reported in BMC Medicine, Tresserra-Rimbau et al. found a 37% relative risk reduction for all-cause mortality between the highest and lowest quintiles of polyphenol intake (HR 0.48; 95% CI 0.25 to 0.91; P trend 0.04), adding to another analysis showing a 46% risk reduction of cardiovascular disease (CVD) comparing Q5 and Q1 of polyphenol intake (HR 0.54; 95% CI 0.33 to 0.91; P trend 0.04) . The most abundantly consumed polyphenol and phenolic group were 5-caffeoylquinic acid and hydroxycinnamic acids, found in coffee, and the main food sources at baseline comprised coffee, oranges, apples, olives/olive oil and red wine, indicating their significance. However, when compared to other countries, the consumption of olives and olive oil was the main differentiating factor for the Spanish cohort in the consumption of polyphenols . There are other nuances to consider. Total polyphenol intake had a stronger inverse association with mortality risk in women who did not drink alcohol , and those beginning with the worst dietary habits more frequently made changes toward better compliance to the diet , a phenomenon that has been shown elsewhere . The re-analysis of the PREDIMED trial data reported in BMC Medicine found no apparent modification of the polyphenol effect between diet groups, but then the trial was not designed to test the effects of polyphenol intakes. Trials such as PREDIMED produce a wealth of data, but re-analyses demand an appreciation of primary outcomes and sophisticated statistical analyses, all of which have been demonstrated in the papers reported here.
As Ros  correctly points out, despite adjustments for confounders such as education, adiposity and diet quality, observational (cohort, case control and cross sectional) studies and analyses cannot infer causality given the possibility of residual confounding. Large-scale trials are required. The PREDIMED study was a major trial comparing the effects of a Mediterranean diet supplemented with olive oil or nuts to a control low-fat diet. The primary results were outstanding, showing a 30% reduction in cardiovascular events in the treatment arms, proving the effect of the diet . There is some discussion as to whether the PREDIMED study tested the effects of the Mediterranean diet or the supplemental foods (olive oil and nuts) . The recent analyses of the PREDIMED study [9, 13] address this concern in part by confirming associations with key foods and food components, showing that it is all these influences occurring together. Different forms of analysis on a single trial are informative, as they help to clarify critical elements. This is particularly the case in nutrition science where it is difficult to separate out effects of foods, nutrients and whole dietary patterns . The main take-home message is that the diet is effective and the foods are readily identifiable, but further analyses can be of value.
Not only were the participants in the PREDIMED study at high CVD risk, but they also received healthy dietary advice (both intervention and control). The strength of the food-based analysis reported by Guasch-Ferre  is that it distinguishes effects that could be attributed to olive oil, a food that is clearly at the centre of the Mediterranean diet. It may not have been possible to do so if the background diet were much more variable, as may be the case in non-trial cohorts. The lack of an association in the control and the presence of an association in both MedDiet groups (extra virgin olive oil and nut supplemented) seem to confirm this position. The same can be said of the findings reported by Tresserra-Rimbau et al.. It may also explain the inability to observe significant associations in observational studies, although developments in statistical approaches are proving very helpful. It may be necessary to have better control of the background diet to be able to appreciate the value of individual foods and nutrients in a dietary pattern. The re-analyses of data from the PREDIMED trial cohort throw light on many issues. Most importantly, they help us better understand the primary outcomes of the trial, and like all good research, they raise further questions for separate investigation.
LT is a Professor of Nutrition, with undergraduate qualifications in biochemistry and pharmacology, postgraduate qualifications in dietetics and medical education, and a Ph.D. in nutrition and public health. She has conducted and published many dietary intervention trials, researching the effects of dietary fatty acids, various individual foods and healthy dietary patterns. She is a Fellow of the Dietitians Association of Australia and has served on numerous government and non-government organisations relating to nutrition science and policy development.
SFA: monounsaturated fatty acid:saturated fatty acid.


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The headline act at The Acoustic Yard Music Festival is the multi platinum winning songwriter 'Mundy'. He is one of a number of artists to successfully make the transition from street busking in Dublin to international stardom during the '90s.
Mundy's mainly acoustic, folk-based pop/rock has been compared to Damien Rice and Josh Ritter; however, his style is more upbeat and celebratory than either, and his jangle pop influence and tendency to experiment with unconventional sonic textures and beats further distinguishes him.
Galway Girl was recorded on his live album 'Live and Confusion' as an encore and went on to become the best selling single and most downloaded song 2 years in a row in Ireland.
www.theacousticyard.com with doors opening at 7.30pm on Saturday May 12th 2018.
The Acoustic Yard Festival programme for Saturday afternoon May 6th in the Auditorium of the Westport Town hall Theatre. All concerts are free during the day but if you want to reserve a seat then email music@theacousticyard.com as they are limited.
Padraig Lalor born in Belfast, living in Wales and recently released his debut solo album Ismay's Dream which is an evocative journey through Ireland's Titanic history that will appeal to anyone who loves great stories and great songs.
He has a fascination with his country's musical history and a love of the stories that permeate its culture, bring an engaging authenticity to his songs. Capturing the passion and contradiction of the people and places of Belfast has seen Padraig earn the reputation of a modern day Seanachaí. Not surprising perhaps, that he lists both the great Irish Tenor Josef Locke, and Belfast's Kathleen Largey amongst his key musical influences.
Sarah Passmore is a young Swansea musician whose self-penned songs belie her age. With a pathos and ability far beyond her years she has mesmerised audiences across Wales and will continue to do so. Her songs tell of an experience unique in one so young and definitely one Welsh singer to look out for.


As a school counselor, I used bibliotherapy to teach character education. I found using books or stories a powerful tool to teach values and life lessons at any age. When kids relate to the message and characters in a book, learning takes place and moral lessons can be applied to their life. Using stories to develop a child of character is an effective way to connect with your child on their level and then move them forward where you want them to be.
When choosing a story to teach a character lesson, determine if it is age-appropriate in content and comprehension. If you know a story is above your child's ability, find ways to tone down the content, focus on the message you are trying to convey, and help your child relate to the characters. If a story is below your child's ability, don't shy away from using it to teach a lesson. Kids will learn regardless of the reading level if they relate to the plot and characters.
At Families on the Home Front, we're in this together raising children of character! If you have a book you love that teaches values or a resource about character development you have found helpful, please share with us.


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6,000 riders to take part in Tour of Cambridgeshire Gran Fondo this weekend
Some places still available in the Enervit Tour of Cambridgeshire Gran Fondo (June 6-7), with online entry closing on Friday
Erwin Vervecken rides the route of the Tour of Cambridgeshire gran fondo
By Nigel Wynn
The inaugural Enervit Tour of Cambridgeshire Gran Fondo, taking place this weekend (June 6-7) in Peterborough, has currently attracted over 6,000 riders, with participants coming from all over Britain and Europe, and aged between 16 and 80.
The two-day event is billed as the first of its kind in Britain, and comprises a 28-kilometre (17 miles) time trial on Saturday, June 6, and a 128-kilometre (79.5 miles) mass participation ride on Sunday, June 7. Both events will be run on closed roads and are part of the UCI World Cycling Tour.
Leading British time trial riders Matt Bottrill and Julia Shaw are among the 700 riders taking part in Saturday's TT. The top 25 per cent of riders in the event will qualify for the places in the UCI Amateur World Championships in Denmark in September.
>>> Cambridgeshire to host UK's first ever Gran Fondo
As Sunday's Tour of Cambridgeshire is a Gran Fondo and not a sportive, racing is allowed. Riders will be timed, with the fastest 25 per cent qualifying for the UCI Amateur Road World Championships. A prize of £1500 will be awarded to both the fastest male and female riders on the day. All participants are expected to maintain a minimum of 19.3kmh (12mph) average speed.
"With 6,000 places already taken from riders across the UK and Europe, the Enervit Tour of Cambridgeshire promises to be a world class event," said Tom Caldwell from event organiser Vericool Sports Management.
"The response to the Gran Fondo format similar to that popular in Europe has been incredible and it will be great to see so many people on the day being competitive or simply enjoying the countryside riding on closed roads."
Although the time trial is sold out, places are still available for Sunday's Gran Fondo, with online entry closing at midday on Friday, June 5. For more information on the event, and online entry, visit www.tourofcambridgeshire.com.
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Ultimate Guide to Hybrid Appliances
by Kathy Price-Robinson
Tanning Shower
It's a shower. No, it's a tanning bed. No, it's a shower. Wait! It's both!
Photo Courtesy of ProSun International
In the world of tanning beds, there's a chicken-and-egg question: Do you shower before you tan or after you tan? The ProSun SunShower solves the dilemma: You shower and tan at the same time.
According to the company, the shower uses a balanced UV light spectrum similar to that of natural sunlight. And by tanning just a little bit everyday, rather getting a whole big bunch of UV light on a tanning bed once a week, it could be easier on the body.
This hybrid appliance is made by ProSun International in St. Petersburg, Fla., and sold at high-end kitchen and bath stores. ProSun introduced the SunShower in 2006 and won the award for Best Bath Product at the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show 2006 [source: KBIS].
In 2008 ProSun introduced the SunShower with an anti-aging option, which is a panel of high-intensity LEDs that, the company says, "employ near-infrared light to penetrate deep into the skin in order to reduce the appearance of aging, fine lines, wrinkles, enlarged pores and crow's feet." It sounds like the fountain of youth has finally been invented.
How Often Should You Clean Your Humidifier?
Gas vs. Electric Stoves: Which is really more efficient?
Magnetic Air Conditioners: A High Tech Way Of Keeping Cool
What natural gas home appliances are available?
Should all of my appliances come from the same manufacturer?


Happy New Year to everyone! I hope folks are taking it easy and not too tired or hung-over from last night's fun, if you participated. Any New Year's resolutions among my readers? Mine is to try to be more organized and on top of things this year. Tied into that is a desire to break this terrible habit of procrastination that I have. Also a few other habit-related goals. Breaking habits are some of the worst sorts of resolutions because they can be so hard to follow through on and then continue with, but hope springs eternal, and at this time of year, the springs are probably at their highest.
I've only been to one or two New Year's parties over the years, preferring instead to spend it quietly with loved ones at home, and so last night found Dan and I curled up on the couch, watching some programs on TV and generally having a relaxing evening. Today my parents came by for a holidays visit, which was also nice. It has been a couple months since they were last up, they haven't been by since they bought their new home (the primary reason they were up this way so frequently before was because of the house search, and the length of the drive from their old home). We all went out together to take Raven for her daily walk (she was a bundle of excited energy over the arrival of visitors), and I took them down the road to my favourite property. I didn't take any photos today, these are from a visit a few weeks back, when the snow cover wasn't quite as deep.
Speaking of springs, I discovered this one on the property, just another reason I'm so taken with the place. I had followed the little creek back along its length upstream to find its source, since I knew the water didn't cross the driveway anywhere, Sure enough, the stream seemed to emanate from the tangled roots of two large birch trees. I couldn't see the water's source itself, the hollows under the arching roots too dark to discern anything. The flow was strong enough that the source had to be more than just a seep in the rock bed.
There are three primary types of springs. The first, the one that most people have probably seen at some point, is a seep. Seeps are responsible for forming these sorts of icicle formations on the sides of rock walls or cliffs. They can be found occurring naturally, but just as often are the result of human activity, frequently the excavation of rock hummocks or ridges to allow the passage of roadways. More often than not when I pass a rock cliff along the highway during the winter it has at least a few icicle formations flowing from it. Seeps are the result of water flowing between rock layers, or through the gaps in porous rock, under the surface of the ground. When the water comes to a spot where the rock has been sheared away or otherwise exposed the water flows down along the rock face or pools on the ground, often creating a small creek.
The second results when the landscape is composed of rock, such as limestone, that is very susceptible to erosion, and over (a very long) time a network of holes and tunnels develop through the ground. Water flowing from one source may encounter a sinkhole, a spot where erosion has formed a tunnel through the ground, and the stream seems to disappear. The tunnel ends further along in the landscape, where the stream pops back to the surface and continues on. Such landscapes are called Karst landscapes, or Karst formations.
The third is the sort I suspect to be the case here, given that most of the rock in the area is granite, and is where water is actually forced by pressure upwards through a hole in the ground. If the pressure is constant, the water on the surface can't flow back down through the hole, and ends up pooling around it. Some water will inevitably trickle back down through the soil, but if the pool basin is mostly rock, or if the rate of water being pushed out of the hole is greater than what can seep through the soil, the water will eventually overflow the basin's edges and start off downhill, forming a small creek or stream.
What sort of pressure can cause groundwater to be forced upwards to the surface? There are two possible causes. The first is if the well goes down to an aquifer that is completely contained within bedrock walls. The pressure from the surrounding rock pressing in on the water will push it up through the hole, even though it's against gravity. The other cause is a function of topography. In an area where the geology includes a layer of porous rock bookended above and below by dense, impermeable rock like granite or clay, a pool of water may collect in the porous layer if the ground level rises to each side. Water that trickled through the soil in the higher areas will flow through the porous layer and result in an aquifer in the depression in the middle. If it fills up enough such that the water level at the sides, where the porous rock layer curves upward, is higher than the ground surface in the middle, then there will be enough pressure from the surrounding water to push the stuff in the depression up through a hole or well that forms in the surface. This sort of spring is called an artesian spring (and the aquifer an artesian aquifer), named after the former province of Artois, France, where the first such wells were originally used.
Confused? Try imagining taking a colander and duct-taping up all but one hole at the bottom. Push it into a sink full of water, just so that the edges are still slightly above the surface, but the bottom of the bowl is well below the surface level. Water will quickly begin rushing up through the hole in the bottom of the colander because of the pressure being exerted from the water in the rest of the sink, even though it's moving in a direction opposite to gravity. The duct-tape is probably not completely sealed, though, and I bet you see trickles coming out from the edges. These are like seeps, where the groundwater meets a hole in a vertical rock surface.
Springs can be classified by order of magnitude. The biggest springs, with the label 1st Magnitude, are ones that produce in excess of 100 cubic feet per second (2800 cubic litres per second) at their source. They decrease, as the system suggests, approximately by orders of magnitude (2nd is 10 to 100 ft3/s, for instance, and 3rd is 1 to 10 ft3/s), down to the 9th Magnitude, which is less than 1 pint/minute (8 mL/s). Without having an actual tool to measure the flow of water in the little creek, I would estimate it to be a 5th magnitude spring – one that produces water at a rate of about 10 to 100 gallons per minute (0.63 to 6.3 L/s). It moved along at a reasonable rate for its size, certainly at least a litre per second, probably more.
The water wound its way through the forest, the narrow stream bed bordered by hemlocks, Yellow Birch and other trees that enjoy moist soil, and emptied out into a small wetland that bordered the edge of the lake. I've found a few springs in our area, but this one is my favourite, both because of the mystery behind the origin of the water, hidden as it is beneath the roots of the birches, and because of the surroundings the little creek passes through and ends at.
Great information…I used to have a cabin in vermont..on the property we had a spring…dont know what kind it was…but we had nice fresh water from it.
Thanks for this great explanation. I have encountered many of these springs on my hikes through the Escarpment and didn't know where they came from. I will keep my eyes open and investigate next time.
I discovered your blog through the festival of trees. I enjoyed your story about your Christmas tree adventure.
Thanks, Dawn. I haven't been tempted to try the water from our springs, but it's probably nice and fresh, too.
Glad to have you stop by, Avery! The escarpment is beautiful, especially the areas with water features.


Concertino da Camera pour Saxophone Alto et Onze Instruments ("Short concerto for alto saxophone and eleven instruments") was written by Jacques Ibert during the year 1935.
The work is in two movements, the first, Allegro con moto, is lively and technically challenging and the second, Larghetto – Animato Molto begins with a hauntingly lyrical passage before resuming the energetic pace of the beginning, interrupted by a short cadenza. The concerto is distinctive for its large range requiring the use of saxophone altissimo. The accompanying ensemble consists of: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet and strings (small string orchestra). The piece shares similarities with his concerto for flute.


Academies: force a real u-turn!
Jonathan Ostry, an IMF economist with a long record of arguing that extreme income inequality harms capitalist growth, has published a new article on the theme with two IMF colleagues, Prakash Loungani and Davide Furceri.
Capitalist crises generally come through sudden shutdowns of investment and luxury spending by the rich which then snowball through the economy. The poor are less apt to go in for sudden bouts of holding on to our cash. The greater the proportion of spending controlled by the rich, the more unstable.
This debate is between one set of people who want to exploit us in Europe, and one who want to exploit us out of Europe.
It is about two people battling for the leadership of the Tory Party. If there is a big vote to leave the most likely outcome is that Boris Johnson will replace Cameron as Prime Minister. There is absolutely nothing to gain for working people from a vote to leave.
In March, the University of Manchester announced plans to restructure its subsidiary company, UMC, making 46 redundancies in catering while moving the remaining staff on to "term-time only" contracts.
This latter move would have meant cuts of about one third to their total pay. But now, as a result of solid negotiating by Unison, and agitation, occupations and disruption by students, management have backed down. There will be no compulsory redundancies, no loss of hours and no pay cuts.
The Labour Party has launched a new initiative, entitled "Workplace2020", aimed at developing policies for workers' and trade union rights.
The scheme is part consultation, part policy platform, with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn announcing that the approach would be "based on full employment, a high-skilled workforce with decent pay, rights of the self-employed and the employed, and a voice that works for a collective bargain." Unite general secretary Len McCluskey has welcomed the initiative, and says Unite will be encouraging its members to take part in the consultation.
On Saturday 21 May a meeting of Momentum's National Committee voted by 27 votes to 6, with 4 abstentions, for a left "in" position on Europe.
The motion from Northern (north-east and Cumbria) and London regions, reflects a lot of discussion among local groups.
Ken Livingstone states he gets his evidence and ideas for his comments on Hitler and Zionism from Lenni Brenner's books. This review of two of Brenner's books, Zionism in the Age of the Dictators and The Iron Wall: Zionist Revisionism from Jabotinsky to Shamir, was published in Socialist Organiser on 4 October 1984.
In 1900, the Irish Socialist Republican Party (ISRP) scored a victory when the Paris Congress of the Second International recognised its delegates, E.W. Stewart and Tom Lyng, as representing a separate national group from the British socialist organisations.
Amongst the delegates supporting this stance — against the British SDF — were those from Daniel De Leon's American Socialist Labour Party (SLP), whose struggle against reformism and opportunism in the socialist movement was admired by the Irish socialists.
During the past year junior doctors have learnt a lot. From how to organise a picket and deal with the media, to contract law and equality impact assessments.
On Wednesday 18 May, the Government taught us a lesson in media management.
News of the deal at the government arbitration service ACAS broke, and the Government was able to shape the story. "The war is over", "the deal is done", "BMA agrees terms with NHS Employers".
It left a lot of junior doctors scratching their heads. Was that it? Had we just lost?
NHS trusts in England trusts ran up a record deficit of £2.45 billion in the year 2014-15, according to figures released on 20 May.
And the deficits are rising. The Government's projections admit that health care costs will rise: from a little over £100 billion in 2015, they reckon, by a further £30 billion.


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Plenty of Jobs and Scholarships for Paper Engineering Students
Submitted: The Two Sides Team October 20, 2015
At SUNY-ESF, students are likely to graduate with two distinct advantages: Freedom from school debt, and a high-wage job.
With an effective career placement program, opportunities for paid internships, and plenty of support from the Syracuse Pulp and Paper Foundation SPPF, students in the State University of New York (SUNY) Environmental Science and Forestry program are likely to graduate with a good job waiting… and little to no school loan debt. Students in the program receive automatic scholarships, depending on year and grade point average.
The department also runs its own career placement program. During September and October, students can schedule interviews with various companies that recruit on campus. "Over the next three weeks we have ten companies coming in to recruit," says Dr. Gary Scott, chair of the Department of Paper and Bioprocess Engineering.
Another thing that SUNY-ESF students graduate with: a rewarding career in an industry marked by technological advancement and creative opportunities. Recent graduate Stephen Tramposch says he fell in love with the paper industry as soon as he saw the school's machinery; he now works as a process engineer for Verso Paper in Maine. "I do an enormous amount of different things," he said. "I come into work with one thing in mind and end up doing 100 different things."
Learn more at www.esf.edu


Tuna Potato Pea Salad with Fennel and Sprouts,usher in Spring with this healthy,protein rich, and vegetable forward nutritious salad!
sunflower seeds add crunch and vegetable protein to this super delicious Spring entrée salad.
protein rich, and vegetable forward nutritious salad!
Enjoy! Perfect with a crisp dry white wine!


University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Occupational and Public Health Sciences, Public health science. Department of Health Science, Section of Public Health, Mid-Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden.
Center for Public Health, Västernorrland County Council, Härnösand, Sweden.
Department of Health Science, Section of Public Health, Mid-Sweden University, Sundsvall, Sweden.
Objective: Suicidal ideation have been found to be a strong predictor of suicide attempt as well as completed suicide. Currently, there is an on-going debate on the impact of the recent economic recession on mental health outcomes, including suicide behaviours. Northern Sweden continues to bear the consequences of the recent recession which started in 2008.Thus, this study investigates differentials in twelve months suicidal ideation by socio-economic position (SEP) among economically active persons residing in Västernorland County. In addition, the study discusses the importance of employment status as a fourth measure of socio-economic position in the context of economic hardship.
Method: The study uses cross-sectional data from the 2010 Västernorrland in 2010 "Health on Equal Terms Survey", which consisted of 5,050 in economically active persons aged 16-65 years. Descriptive and weighted regression analyses were performed and results are presented as OR´s (with 95% confidence intervals).
Results: Suicidal ideation was statistically significantly associated with SEP as measured by education, occupation, income and employment status. Respondents who had primary education, were manual workers, or had lower income and were out of work had odds ratios of 2.19 (CI 1.51-3.16); 2.95 (CI 2.04-4.27); 3.40 (CI 2.41-4.79) and 3.24 (CI 2.84-4.21), respectively. Controlling for demographic, socio-economic and health-related variables only eliminated the statistical significance for education and income.
Conclusion: SEP as measured by education, occupation, income and employment was associated with suicide ideation in Västernorrland County. Also, employment status was found to be an important measure of SEP within the context of economic recession. There is a need for social protective policies for the less privileged in the population at all times, but especially during times of economic crises.


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Mali In Transition Conference 2013: Dr Alessandra Giuffrida
Mali In Transition Conference 2013: Dr Alessandra Giuffrida	Thu, 2013-08-08 17:14
Panel 2 - Dr Alessandra Giuffrida Longing to go home? A view from Malian Tuareg refugees in Mauritania Organised by the Centre of African Studies and SOAS, University of London, with the support of the MBI Al Jaber Foundation, ASA-UK and Goldsmiths? College, this conference aims to provide an...
Panel 2 – Dr Alessandra Giuffrida
Longing to go home? A view from Malian Tuareg refugees in Mauritania
Organised by the Centre of African Studies and SOAS, University of London, with the support of the MBI Al Jaber Foundation, ASA-UK and Goldsmiths? College, this conference aims to provide an interdisciplinary and research-based platform to Africanists from Europe, Africa and the USA, to initiate a debate about the causes of the present political and humanitarian crisis in Mali, but also its impact on the country?s social and cultural diversity.
Al Jaber foundation
Dr Alessandra Giuffrida
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