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EUCF 2016 – the British teams: Ka-Pow!
EUCF, EUCF2016, Kapow, Open, Previews
The European Ultimate Championship Finals begin on Friday in Frankfurt. Once again the best 12 Mixed and Women's teams and the best 24 Open teams in Europe will gather to crown a champion. The ShowGame will be running a series previewing the tournament from a UK perspective, with some additional pieces about how our Irish friends may fare and what to expect from European teams coming as well. Continuing the series, Sean Colfer looks at surprise packages Ka-Pow!
September 29, 2016 September 29, 2016 showgameblog 29 Comments
London Calling – Open Preview
#ukut1, Bad Skid, Brighton, Chevron, Clapham, club, DED, Devon, EMO, Fire of London, Flying Angels Bern, Glasgow Ultimate, Kapow, Leeds, London Calling, Manchester, Previews, Ranelagh, UK Ultimate, Zimmer
The club season is upon us! James Burbidge takes a look at the competition heading to the open division this weekend.
Returning to St Albans, Tour 1, this year's London Calling sees over 70 teams entered into the open division with 10 coming from overseas.
At the top of the pack, four teams will hope to prove themselves the best of the best in Europe: Clapham, Chevron Action Flash, Bad Skid and Flying Angels Bern. London Calling will doubtless provide top competition for these teams as they prepare for the big one: the World Club Championships in August.
Reigning National and European champions Clapham have split their team into two like last year (an O-line and a D-line), and are using the competition as the final part of a long and heated selection process. Captain Marc 'Britney' Guilbert returns to lead a club firmly focused on a peak in Lecco and will be hoping that his teams can meet in the final this year, rather than the semi. With no major player movement out, and more top recruits coming in – notably Ollie Gordon from Chevron, Matt Parslow and James Baron from Fire – they may find that the toughest competition is also the most familiar.
Photo courtesy of Graham Bailey.
Bad Skid beat Clapham's D-line last year at London Calling but lost to the O-line in the final. They met a full Clapham team in the semi-final of Euros and lost again. Since then the team has added a few younger players to the squad, as well as NexGen player Philip Haas, who won't make it to London. Captain Holger Beuttenmüller admits that the team needs to be at their best on both sides of the disc to be in with a chance of beating Clapham, but places faith in the trust between his teammates who have largely been playing and competing together since they were as young as 14.
In the battle for bronze at Europeans 2013, Bad Skid beat out Flying Angels Bern; the Swiss powerhouse is also making the trip to London. Whilst FAB finished fourth in 2013 and 2012, in 2011 and 2010 they took home the gold. Captain Silvano admits that the team coming is far from a finished product, and with only 13 of a 25-man squad able to make it over they may struggle to compete on Sunday afternoon. That said, with their eyes on a finish high up the table at Worlds, the team will be competing hard in every game and with their reliable combination of huge throws and rapid athletes are more than capable of causing an upset.
Also coming over from Europe in preparation for Lecco are the Swedish Viksjöfors and Ragnarok from Denmark. Both teams have a long-standing history of high level ultimate and will be looking forward to challenging games early in the season. Looking further ahead, Austria and France are sending national teams to London in preparation for the 2015 European Championships. Whilst neither country has a club at the elite level, it will be interesting to see how high their national sides can push in this competition.
Chevron has had to reshuffle their club hierarchy this season after the loss of coach/captain Josh Coxon Kelly. They have also lost some experience to the Master's division in Dave Sealy and Stu Mitchell, and the aforementioned blow of Ollie Gordon suiting up for their London rivals. As usual they have restocked with youth from the junior division, as well as tapping up Steve Dixon from Devon, a returning stalwart in Si Dathan and Jose-Luis Mendoza (call him 'Pepe') from the Mexican national squad. Chevron won their home tournament at the Fog Lane Cup, but not without stiff competition in a sudden death semifinal against Fire. With top teams from Europe in London, they'll find it far tougher than usual to make the final, but will push hard regardless and should stake a firm place in the top 8.
Emo will be hoping to force themselves into elite contention this year, and would love nothing more than to giant-kill their way to semis and even beyond. Drawing players from across the country with their well-earned Worlds qualification, competition for a place on the first team has been fierce. Returning players include Dan 'Colonel' Furnell, Rich Gale, Sion 'Brummie' Scone (all 3 of whom have at some point represented for GB at Open World Championships and World Games tournaments), Andy Tate, and offensive wildcard Ed 'Freddie' Walters. Chris 'Aussie' White (formerly Leeds, Chevron and Fire) has also been added to the roster. The team continues to put trust in youth, with Joe Wynder returning as playing coach and Rob Coddington as captain. Emo finished 2nd at Fog Lane after beating Jen in a friendly earlier this season, and are looking better than they ever have before. Whether this potential can be converted into the breakthrough year that they want so much will be one of the stories of the season.
Fire of London will be hoping to push back towards the top of UK Ultimate after some disappointing results during Tour last year. New captain James Dunn's squad is bolstered by members of the folded Tooting Tiger and Burro Electrico teams, as well as a contingent of Bear Cavalry (mixed) players – including World Games star Dave Tyler. Ka-Pow also have a new captain and a refreshed squad – Richard 'Pringle' Taylor has invested in the future by inviting plenty of trialists to be part of a massive training squad comprising over 30 players. When they met in the final game at the Fog Lane Cup, Fire handily defeated Ka-Pow to take 3rd spot. Both teams will be aiming to make semis at some point this season but will have a fight on their hands for a top 10 spot at Tour 1.
Photo courtesy of Graham Bailey
Building on their recent trip to Europeans, Devon have promoted some strong second team players and reportedly picked up a "wonder-Columbian" to replace the players they are losing to GB Juniors for the Tour season. They'll be as athletic and determined as ever – they came 6th at Fog Lane with just 9 players – but indicate that the Tour will be simply preparation for Nationals and (hopefully) another trip to Europe.
Ranelagh return to the club circuit once again, and, buoyed by their success last year (5th over the Tour season), are bringing a second team. We'll see if familiarity with the UK teams (and vice-versa) after the committed attendance of tour over the last few season will affect their results. Brighton City are coming off the back of one of their most successful seasons (4th overall at Tour), and Tour 1 will be a good indicator as to whether they can replicate that level of performance. The loss of deep cutter Dan 'Dyno' Friedeberg (reportedly to Devon) will be something of a blow but they will almost certainly have reloaded with talent from the dominant Sussex University program.
Zimmer – who are preparing for Worlds in the Masters division – are also a bit of an unknown. A surprising 83% percent of this commitment-averse squad will be attending London Calling. If they bring their A-game they'll be a force to be reckoned with; they only narrowly lost to Chevron in a friendly earlier in the season and are brimming with international experience and pedigree.
Further down, but looking to push up the table, Manchester and LeedsLeedsLeeds will be fighting for the title of 'second best team in the north.' Manchester took that plaudit last year, and return all but two of their squad. They've been training regularly with Chevron players but despite a successful run of winter leagues, had a disappointing weekend at Fog Lane, finishing 8th. Leeds played Fog Lane with only 9 players and finished 11th. Ben Bruin has left for Emo, and Rich Hims will be focusing on his run to Worlds with Cambridge (mixed) leaving behind a young squad with a significant battle on their hands to stay in A-tour.
North of the north, the battle to be Scotland's best team has taken an interesting turn with the complete dissolution of Fusion. Glasgow Ultimate top the pile at the moment, and will be looking to solidify the A-tour spot they earned last year. Sneekys have added a large number of Fusion's Edinburgh contingent to their roster, and yet only beat in sudden death new team NEO, who have recruited heavily from Aberdeen and Dundee universities. DED meanwhile, are refocusing on Open this year, and are one of the few club teams in the UK with a dedicated coach – Jonathan Saunders. The squad, captained by Sam Vile, has seen quite a large turnover and brought in plenty of young players, but promise has already been shown in preparation for the season with a trip to Rising POT, a tournament in Poland where DED finished 4th and won spirit.
There's a lot of top quality competition coming to London – and Si Hill is to be congratulated for once again attracting overseas teams. Tour's opening weekend is reliably one of the toughest tournaments in the calendar, and this year is no different. With a large but fairly static domestic scene, mainland-European competitors make for exciting matches, unfamiliar styles and the inevitable occasional shock result. With the battle for A-tour distorted by the influx of single-appearance teams, teams in the 12-24 area are going to scrapping for every single win.
What are your thoughts? Have we missed a sleeper? Will we see an all mainland-Europe final? Let us know in the comments. And remember to use #ukut1 for social media and smack talk. Finally, best of luck to all teams attending from tSG!
May 30, 2014 September 10, 2014 showgameblog 2 Comments
Dear C Tour: Why Trialling Might Be Worth A Shot
A Tour, C Tour, DED, Kapow, Trial Season, xEUCF
Harry Mason sends a message to all trialling hopefuls in 2014…
Trials season is approaching. For many hopeful players, they'll be turned away, having gained experience from the trials but that's it for the year. Some players, having worked their way up the tours (or been on the training squad last year) might have their eyes on finally breaking the squad. And, just occasionally, there'll be an amateur who dares to dream big.
Last year, I was one such hopeful. In 2012, I played just one open tour. C tour. We battled well and were proud of how we'd done, and I enjoyed playing with them. I wasn't the best player, I wasn't able to single-handedly swing games, and at times I was a liability. Yet still I dreamed.
In C tour, I don't think it's unfair to say that sometimes you have to avoid putting certain team-mates in certain situations, I personally wasn't trusted with the disc as much for any assists, and in the wind everything went to chaos. At A-Tour and Euros, there isn't that luxury. You have to trust every team-mate. And I did. I can't identify anyone whom I would be uncomfortable giving the disc to and in return really didn't want to be the one player they couldn't trust. After those games I finally realised I could be trusted. That it wasn't beyond me.
Harry Mason skying for DED Mixed at MT3 in 2013. Photo courtesy of Graham Bailey.
So, swallowing my fears and with a scared lump in my throat I applied for DED open. I remember my heartbreak when injury knocked me out of the second trial. Then elation when, during the 3rd trial, Luke Tobiasiewicz came up, clipboard in hand, and said I was being strongly considered. Taking his advice I gave it my all.
A short while later, I received the email every C tour player would layout into a wall to receive. I had narrowly made the cut. Courtesy of a follow up email from Graham Bailey about how to improve (still flagged in my inbox) it was clear I was being taken on for my potential, not my current skill. This is the first difference I noticed: I was expected to have a much greater understanding of the mechanics of the game, I'd have to work harder, and be able to identify weakness in myself like I hadn't before.
I also trialled for DED mixed, and was told in no uncertain terms that, while they liked me and all that, I hadn't made the team. I was distraught, but looking at the squad I couldn't argue. However, thanks to international duties, they now needed an extra guy. I was brought in, permanently aware I was very much the final choice. That's how I started the season after 2 tough trials – a player taken for potential, and there to prove a point.
I'm not going to go through DED's season – it was brilliant and painful in equal measure – but there are a few things to highlight. Mainly, everyone at top level is tough. There's no easy match ups. Small things (like being pumped up, or an extra half hour of drills beforehand) give big advantages in these situations. It was a lot more professional, a lot more marginal and there was never a game where I was allowed to come away thinking "they were the better team, there was no way we could have won". I wasn't taught to beat myself up, but in nearly every game I now knew there was always a chance, on a different day, that it could have been ours.
My very first A tour level game was vs Kapow! on a huge 3G indoor astro and I was scared. People at the top may not understand this, but there is still an aura and mythology surrounding A tour and it's players. They're supposed to be giants, faster than Grove Farm wind and, if not able to fly, then at least give gliding a dang good shot. A Kapow! player layout D-ing through me on my very first point didn't help. But it wasn't just the layout, it was the fact that it apparently meant nothing. It was expected, rather than anything spectacular, and that blindsided me at least as much as the actual play.
Ka-Pow's trials started last weekend, but who will make it from these young hopefuls? Photo courtesy of KaPow Ultimate.
Distraught, I went to the experienced players for advice. Then, the impossible occurred. I started to get the disc, and pass it without being blocked. I got free occasionally! This wasn't supposed to happen. Not supposed to happen at all. The game was faster than I was used to – much faster – but it was still the game I knew. It wasn't much, yet to me it was the world. We lost that game, but it still meant a lot as the biggest jump I have ever, and probably will ever get in Ultimate.
The other huge moment came when playing for DED mixed at tour 3. Our first game was against GB World Games. Always fun. This was at Cheltenham, the same venue and (I'm fairly sure) the same pitch I'd played my first ever game at Tour back in 2010. Now, 3 years later, I was playing the best in the country.
Again, we lost that game. Badly. The margin that those players had over me was, to say the least, humbling. (At most, soul crushing, but let's ignore that). Yet, even playing against the royalty of Ultimate, you started to realise they were just players. Very, very good ones – clinical and dominant in equal measures – but players nonetheless. I actually managed to score (twice!), though mainly due to the throwing ability of my team mates (and being too insignificant to notice sneaking deep in a zone).
These games probably meant very little to most others involved. They were both games I lost, and very little was at stake for the result, so why should they mean anything to me? This season I played my first ever Club Nationals, and then my first ever Euros with DED Mixed. These tournaments were much more competitive, way more enjoyable and helped my physical skill improve far more than I can possibly measure. But it was those two games that let me break the mental barrier and say to myself that, yes, I had earned my place in high level Ultimate.
So, to all aspiring players let me tell you: it's possible. I wasn't the strongest player. I had to work harder than I've ever worked. I had to face the fact that, hey, Uni life was fun but, until exam time, it came second. But in one season I made the jump. It requires a lot of trust from the people picking. You'll have to face the fact the odds are against you, that it may not be your year. Well, it may not be, but it might be.
At the very least, like most times in Ultimate, it's worth a bid.
Good luck to all players trialling over next few weeks!
January 21, 2014 September 10, 2014 showgameblog 1 Comment
The Grapevine – 20/12
Fire of London, Kapow, Love at First Flight., SYC, The Grapevine, UK Ultimate
The Grapevine this week has a lot going on…
Fire of London have opened their trial applications..
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…as have Ka-Pow! who claim over 70 applicant already!
Post by Ka-Pow Ultimate.
Next up Shut Your Cake-hole … sorry SYC have released a little photo montage from the 2013 season.
Finally my personal favourite. We see many foreign students playing Ultimate in UK Universities and one lucky Turkish player (Eylem Caner) did so with Sussex University in 2012. From there he has gone on to represent his country at ECBU in their very successful WFDF debut and about a year ago he created this wonderful mini-documentary about the love of the sport. Includes some great UK and European Ultimate clips plus interviews with some of the central characters in Brighton (and UK) Ultimate. TheShowGame is very proud to (re)present "Love at First Flight".
Love at First Flight from Eylem Caner on Vimeo.
DP @ tSG.
December 20, 2013 September 10, 2014 showgameblog Leave a comment
Kapow, Morrill Performance, PushPass, The Grapevine, Understanding Ultimate., WUCC2014
Ultimate News from around the country and beyond…
WFDF have revealed which nations will be granted the additional bids for WUCC 2014…
Benji updates us with his throwing mechanics project…
Whilst Ultimate Rob posts on forehand mechanics from a different but still technical point of view…
Push Pass coverage of all 36 games from xEUCF is now online – check out a sly callahan by Kapow in this clip…
Tim Morrill has completed his tour of the UK and is soon to release the latest in his Ultimate Fitness Products – F.U.T.U.R.E 1.0…
Things have been a little quiet over the past few weeks at tSG but rest assured we are hard at work! Keep an eye out for new content in the coming weeks… – JCK@tSG
November 15, 2013 September 10, 2014 showgameblog Leave a comment
Get Horizontal, Kapow, The Grapevine, Tim Morrill, UK Ultimate, Understanding Ultimate., USA Ultimate, USAU Nationals 2013
Here, there, everywhere; The Grapevine brings you bits of news from the week.
Over the first week of November KaPow and UK Ultimate are hosting Tim Morrill in London, Liverpool and Manchester. Tim will be leading sessions on fitness and strength work for Ultimate, sign up and get to it!
In this months UKU newsletter we got a reminder of all the indoor dates. If you haven't already update your calendar…
…making sure to add the UKU General Meeting on 9th November. We are the board of directors, get you vote in either in person or online for a new UKU resolution.
Understanding Ultimate gives you some options for throwing if there are only two of you.
Our european partners Get Horizontal are very lucky to be at the USA Ultimate Nationals which started yesterday. Make sure to read up on their page as well as the Ultiworld live update page. A great watch is the following video recapping yesterdays play, can you spot our exported players?
Spot the Brits, twins?! Video Courtesy of USA Ultimate.
How's your off season shaping up? DP @ tSG
October 18, 2013 September 10, 2014 showgameblog Leave a comment
Bordeaux, Kapow, Strength and Conditioning, The Grapevine, Tim Morrill, Understanding Ultimate., xEUCF
The Grapevine – ultimate links and news from around the globe.
The UKU have released the known major outdoor dates ahead of next season – fill your calendar's now!
In exciting news for Ultimate fitness freaks, Kapow Ultimate have released details of their one-off London based fitness sessions with Boston Brute Squad and Ironside trainer – Tim Morrill.
Understanding Ultimate takes a look at disc reading in the latest of many insightful posts.
Get Horizontal have released a recap of xEUCF, which amongst other things sends out a strong message regarding SOTG of this year's open division.
Over the pond USA ultimate has been receiving recognition from mainstream media publications – check out these articles in TIME magazine and The Economist.
Well done to all British teams who entered xEUCF – keep an eye out for Bordeaux reviews and more on The ShowGame! – JCK @tSG
October 4, 2013 September 10, 2014 showgameblog Leave a comment

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Product news in brief
By Dr Matt Wilkinson
16-May-2007 - Last updated on 19-Jul-2008 at 21:19 GMT
Related tags: Thermo fisher scientific, Cell lines, Positron emission tomography
LabTechnologist.com brings you a round up of brings you a round up
of some of the latest news and releases from A2, GE Healthcare,
Guava, Millipore, Radleys, Syngene and Thermo Fisher Scientific.
A2 Technologies has introduced a new portable Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer designed for use in the field. The rugged Mobility spectrometer range features three systems, the MLp, ML and MLx. The spectrometers incorporate two diamond based sampling systems to allow a broad range of liquids, solids, oils, gels and pastes to be easily analysed. The systems portability reduces the need of sending samples to remote laboratories minimizing laboratory bottlenecks and ensuring faster analysis. GE Healthcare has been awarded the Frost & Sullivan 2007 Product Innovation Award for its pre-clinical imaging systems which cover optical imaging, computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). "GE Healthcare is the pre-eminent diagnostic imaging company with its extensive product line in the X-ray, MRI, CT and PET imaging sectors," said Dr Subha Basu, an industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan. "The considerable resources that GE invests annually toward expanding the limits of innovation are positioning the company as a leader in pre-clinical imaging as well."  Guava Technologies has introduced new software for its EasyCyte Plus microcapillary cytometry system to simplify multi-colour detection. According to Guava, the software allows you to visualise up to eight plots simultaneously while still allowing access to data analysis and operation functions. Millipore has released two new cell lines, the MEL-1 and MEL-2 human embryonic stem (HES) cell lines, used in research for the treatment and potential cure of disabling and terminal diseases and conditions. According to the company, the cell lines have been extensively tested with its HEScGRO media and are a valuable addition to Millipore's expanding range of HES cell lines. The MEL lines were derived by Stem Cell Sciences in collaboration with Melbourne IVF and the Australian Stem Cell centre and are under license for the Australian Natioonal Health and Medical Research Council. Radleys has released new literature describing the company's range of chemically inert polyester Tough-Tags labels. The labels adhere strongly to all common laboratory materials and are resistant to organic solvents, caustic agents and other aggressive chemicals as well as being temperature resistant from -196oC to 400oC. Syngene has introduced a new automated image analyser, the G:BOX Chemi XL, that produces images of Western blots labelled with any Qdot colour allowing the differentiation of proteins tagged with different fluorescent markers. The company believes this will allow easier differentiation between total and post-translationally expressed proteins. The analyser contains a 5.5 mega pixel, 16 bit cooled camera that is fitted inside a darkroom and has a motor driven sample stage. "As well as being able to separate different Qdot colours from each other, the system's peltier cooled camera also allows chemiluminescence imaging and means the G:BOX Chemi XL is an essential tool where accurate imaging of fluorescent and chemiluminescent Western blots is critical to the research," said Laura Sullivan, Syngene's Divisional Manager. Thermo fisher Scientific has announced a new general purpose centrifuge system, the Heraeus Multifuge 3 Plus, for both clinical and research applications. According to the company, the 3l centrifuge offers the highest bench-top processing capabilities on the market, and comes with carbon-fibre rotors and high capacity adapters to improve researcher's everyday sample preparation processes. Thermo Fisher Scientific has also developed a new PCR buffer, ReddyMix, which contains a red tracker dye enabling samples to be loaded directly onto an agarose gel for electrophoresis separation after thermal cycling. This should reduce pipetting and reagent handling steps in the PCR process, reducing contamination risks and enhancing test reproducibility.
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Horses. No person shall use, ride or drive a horse in any park except by permit.
Animals at large. No person shall cause or permit any animal owned by him, in his custody or under his control, except a dog restrained by a leash, to enter any park, and each such animal found at large may be seized and disposed of as provided by the law or ordinance covering disposal of stray animals on highways or public property then in effect. Immediate removal of animal feces is the responsibility of the owner or person in whose company the animal is at the time.
Smoking. It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of 18 to smoke cigarettes in any public park in the Village of Chittenango.
No person shall injure, deface, disturb or befoul any part of the park.
In addition to the prohibitions and penalties in effect pursuant to state and federal statutes, no person shall, within any park, throw, cast, lay, drop or discharge into or leave in the waters in any park or in any storm sewer or drain flowing into said waters any substance, matter or thing, liquid or solid, which may or shall result in the pollution of said waters.
No person shall deposit in any part of any park any garbage, sewage, refuse, waste, fruit, vegetables, foodstuffs, paper or other litter or obnoxious materials other than in receptacles provided for such purposes.
Traffic laws. Vehicular traffic laws of the State of New York apply to all Village of Chittenango parks.
Vehicles. No unauthorized person shall drive a motorized vehicle in any park within or upon a walk or any part of any park not designated or customarily used for such purposes.
Parking and standing. No owner or driver shall cause or permit his vehicle to park or stand in other than designated parking spaces, except a reasonable time in a drive to receive or discharge passengers.
Recreational vehicles and power sleds. Power sleds and motorized recreational vehicles are prohibited from all Village of Chittenango parks at all times except in permitted vehicular travel areas and only then by persons licensed and only if fully registered and insured in accordance with the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York.
Except as otherwise provided by state or federal statutes, any person committing an offense against any of the provisions of this article, or anyone conspiring, abetting or assisting in the offense, shall be guilty of a violation pursuant to the provisions of the Penal Law and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable for each offense by a fine of not more than $250 or by imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both. In addition, the Village of Chittenango Board of Trustees shall have such other remedies as are provided by law to restrain, correct or abate any violation of this article and to recover for damages incurred by the Village of Chittenango by reason of such violation.


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Kofi Annan has resigned as the international envoy to Syria. He cited "finger-pointing and name-calling" in the UN Security Council as the reason for his departure as Syria mediator, Reuters said.
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon expressed his "deepest gratitude" to Annan, the joint UN-Arab League envoy for his efforts made to solve the crisis.
"Kofi Annan deserves our profound admiration for the selfless way in which he has put his formidable skills and prestige to this most difficult and potentially thankless of assignments," he said.
The UN secretary-general said consultations with the Arab League were under way to find successor.
While adding that "bloodshed is not the answer", Ban admitted that Annan's six-point plan had failed to "turn away from violence in favour of dialogue and diplomacy".
"The UN remains committed to pursue through diplomacy an end to the violence and a Syrian-led solution that meets the legitimate democratic aspirations of its people," Ban said.
Russia's UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin said: "We have supported very strongly Kofi Annan's efforts. "He has another month to go and I hope this month is going to be used as effectively as possible under these very difficult circumstances."
Chris Doyle, director of Council for the Advancement of Arab British Understanding, tweeted: "There should be a successor to Annan but only with a very powerful mandate and a commitment from key powers not to undermine the mission." .


Pro Player Health Alliance, Living Heart Foundation, Dr. Swick MD, Dr. Wolf DDS and retired NFL players will be producing a "Tackling Sleep Apnea With NFL Greats" film with PBS.
Since taking the country by storm four years ago, Pro Player Health Alliance (PPHA) has treated hundreds of former professional athletes and their families for sleep apnea. Their mission has received increasing coverage in the media after PPHA began working through the Living Heart Foundation and its HOPE Program sponsored by the NFL Players Association (NFLPA). Recently it has been confirmed that PBS will be producing a short film in Chicago with Richard Dent, Roy Green, Archie Roberts who is the founder of Living Heart Foundation and other unconfirmed players in regards to tackling sleep apnea with NFL greats.
In addition to Dr. Todd Swick, Board Certified Sleep M.D., David Gergen, President of PPHA and Dental Director of the American Sleep and Breathing Academy, will also be featured in the film with Dr. Wolf who is a member in the academy and has taken hours of courses on dental sleep medicine. Mr. Gergen has said in reference to the several previous and planned health evaluations in different cities for retired NFL players, "Andre Collins of the NFLPA and Dr. Roberts of the Living Heart Foundation are doing a fantastic job of helping the former players. Without them, a lot of these guys wouldn't have been treated." Traveling the country to conduct health evaluations for the players is all part of the HOPE Program created by Dr. Archie Roberts. Due to the health risks associated with sleep apnea, David Gergen and PPHA partners have teamed up with the program to oversee that aspect of the evaluation as the experts on the sleeping disorder.
The dedication of David Gergen and NFL greats such as Roy Green, Mike Haynes, Derek Kennard, Mark Walczak and many more to spreading word of sleep apnea and getting people tested have been the driving force behind what they call the "Tackling Sleep Apnea" campaign. Stemming from their own personal struggles with sleep apnea, they are compelled to help others and together have spread the word to thousands across the United States and are even rumored to be looking into going global with PPHA's awareness mission.


Ved Prakash's latest restaurant takes over the former Bayleaf site.
The closing of Bayleaf India Bistro left a serious hole in the lunch buffet scene in Polaris.
That's going to change on Friday, when Cumin takes over the vacant restaurant at 1025 Polaris Parkway.
Owner Ved Prakash, who also goes by Vince, has completely revamped the interior, installing stone, tile and white Italian marble while building a 4-foot-tall border around the lounge area.
"I want to give the impression it's not the same restaurant, it's a new restaurant," he said.
The transition also includes a new menu, which is about 25 percent bigger, with a large assortment of seafood, including spicy mango shrimp, lobster lababdar and Malai halibut. There are plenty of standard plates, as well, such as various styles of tandoori, biryani and vegetarian dishes. Most entrees from the a la carte dinner menu are in the $8 to $12 range.
Still, the all-important lunch buffet will be served daily. On the weekends, it will include the chaat station, as Bayleaf had.
Anyone who's witnessed it firsthand knows that Indian buffets are extremely popular on the Far North Side. Prakash laid the foundation at Cuisine of India, 8475 Sancus Blvd. That was followed by Bayleaf and then Maanas, another large space off Polaris Parkway, west of South Old State Road.
"People noticed my success," said Prakash, who opened Cuisine of India in 2004. But the space is smaller by comparison, seating 68. Cumin, meanwhile, will seat 140.
Where Cumin will offer a wide assortment of fare from the northern part of the country, Cuisine of India's menu will be transformed to include only dishes from the south, such as dosa, medu wada, sambar, idli and chicken chettinad. Prakash said the conversion will allow the restaurant to differentiate itself from the others.
The extra space will allow Prakash to pursue his burgeoning catering business, which now serves 700 lunches per week.
"Once I open up (Cumin) then I could add 500 easy," he said.
Cumin will be open for lunch and dinner daily. For more information, call 614-854-0775.
In other Indian news from Polaris, Masala BBQ has opened at 8939 South Old State Road. Aqil Khan's new restaurant specializes in Indian and Pakistani cuisines. The menu is by no means extensive. Instead, it is primarily focused on tandoori, often described as Indian barbecue, and biryani dishes. Most entre prices are in the $7 to $10 range.
Masala BBQ is open six days a week, closed Sunday. For more information, call 614-433-0108.
The father-and-son team of Yiagos and Stratis Kostoglou are putting the finishing touches on Greek to Me, a breakfast-and-lunch locale at 4697 Reed Road on the Northwest Side.
The restaurant, set to open the first week of January, will take over the space that was home to a slew of pizza shops, most recently Pizzano's.
The Kostoglous say the menu will be a mix of American and Greek fare. They will work from family recipes for avgolemeno soup, pastitsio, lamb, baklava, galaktoboureko and other classic Greek dishes.
They have applied for a beer and wine license.


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No. 610 - Magnet - St Patrick's Catholic Church
The former township of Magnet was located at the edge of Tasmania's Tarkine region. It developed around the Magnet Silver Mine in the shadow of the Magnet mountain ranges. The settlement was mostly populated by workers from the mine. By the start of the Great War, Magnet's population peaked at about 500 with 200 men employed in the mines. The township was connected to nearby Waratah by a narrow gauge railway. The area is now a popular fossicking destination and remnants of the settlement can still be seen in the bush.
One of the best descriptions of Magnet dates back to 1928 although by this time the town was well past its prime:
"Notwithstanding that the township of Magnet has been in existence for a period of over 34 years, it has not assumed any great dimensions in the way of population. It is generally viewed as a very remote village, or, in mining parlance, described as a dead end. The main buildings consist of a very cosy and comfortable public hall that does credit to the generous support accorded it by the local people. The hotel, which is not of city pretensions, is well conducted,….the churches consist of a Roman Catholic and Methodist, the last named being used at intervals for Anglican services".
In addition to the hotel, hall and churches, Magnet also had several stores and businesses, a post office and a State school. Magnet's Catholic church opened in 1913, some 20 years after the town was established. The first report about the church appears in the Launceston Examiner in August 1913:
"Good progress is being made with the erection of the new Roman Catholic Church at Magnet, the framework of which is now completed. The building, when finished, will be a very compact one, and will suit the requirements of the place and the adherents of that church for some time to come".
In November 1913 the Zeehan and Dundas Herald described the church's official opening:
"The weather conditions on Sunday last proved very boisterous, which prevented a large number of Waratah people from attending the opening ceremonies of the new Roman Catholic Church. A special train conveyed the Archbishop and Father Hayes to the township, and at 11 a.m. the church, which was prettily decorated, was filled to the doors. Mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father Hayes, and the choir rendered special music. Mrs N. Gaunt presided at the organ. The Archbishop delivered an eloquent discourse. The collection amounted to £40….".
The church remained active for another two decades and the last mention of it is in 1932 with reference to a fundraising ball. With the cessation of mining activities in the mid 1930's, Magnet's population collapsed and by 1936 it was reduced to 14 men, 7 women and 16 children; 12 of whom were attending the State school. By the following year the township was in its final death throes:
"Since the cessation of mining at Magnet a few years ago, the town has been practically deserted, the population dwindling to a mere half-a-dozen residents. Consequently, the dwellings, being mostly of the unstable build characteristic of small mining towns, rapidly assumed a dilapidated appearance. The roads, footpaths and bridges too, without the necessity for continuous maintenance, quickly deteriorated".
Mining activity was briefly resuscitated in 1937 and 1940 but these ventures ended in failure and what was left of the township was either removed or swallowed up by the bush. St Patrick's Catholic church was probably removed around 1933 or 1934. I have yet to establish the place where the church was relocated.
Additional information and sources about the church are most welcome as all articles are updated. I can be contacted through this page or my Facebook page "Churches of Tasmania" which is linked here: Churches of Tasmania.
St Patrick's at Magnet (1914) source: Weekly Courier
The Magnet Silver Mine - Source: Libraries Tasmania - LPIC147-7-153
The narrow gauge railway at Magnet (c.1900). Source: Libraries Tasmania - PH30-1-1861
The location of Magnet in Tasmania's Tarkine region. placenames.gov.tas.au
Examiner, Monday 16 January 1911, page 2
Examiner, Friday 29 August 1913, page 3
Zeehan and Dundas Herald, Thursday 20 November 1913, page 4
Examiner, Tuesday 25 November 1913, page 7
The Weekly Courier, Thursday 4 1914, page 21
Examiner, Wednesday 11 July 1928, page 5
Advocate, Tuesday 18 October 1932, page 8
Advocate, Wednesday 25 November 1936, page 10
Advocate, Wednesday 20 October 1937, page 10
1910-1919 Catholic North West Tasmania


The Shays-Meehan bill would help reform campaign financing--but there is a much better solution.
The terrain of the battle for campaign finance reform has now shifted to the House of Representatives and, less noticed but more important, to the Massachusetts legislature. Two approaches to reform are at issue. One limits the ways that private money can be given and spent in elections; the other holds that replacing big donations with public financing is the only way to cleanse a rotten system.
In the House, reformers are collecting signatures on a discharge petition that would force a floor debate and a vote on the Shays-Meehan campaign finance bill, which the GOP leadership buried in the last session. They need 218 signatures; Common Cause had tallied 205 signatures on the petition, including fifteen Republicans.
House passage of Shays-Meehan would be a significant victory for Congressional reformers, but it will not win the war against the big money corrupting the system. Like McCain-Feingold, its Senate counterpart, Shays-Meehan bans soft money, but it also doubles the amount of hard-money contributions wealthy special interests can make. US PIRG reports that had these changes been in effect for the 2000 elections, the top 144 lobbying firms in Washington would have been prevented from giving $1.4 million in soft money, but they could have legally given $8.7 million more in hard money.
The only way to achieve meaningful campaign finance reform is through full public financing. That's why Massachusetts, where a Clean Elections bill is currently bottled up in the legislature, is so important. Like similar legislation already implemented in Maine, Arizona and Vermont, Clean Elections would enable public officials to run fully funded, viable campaigns for office without having to depend on private donors to any significant degree. Under Clean Elections laws, candidates who agree to raise little to no private money and abide by strict spending limits can qualify for equal grants of full public financing for their campaigns. Additional matching funds are given if a participating candidate faces a high-spending opponent. Prospective candidates qualify by collecting a fairly large number of very small (around $5) contributions. The laws free them from the private money chase and make reaching out to voters on the issues and organizing a grassroots base more important than fundraising ability. In short, democracy the way it ought to be.
In 1998 Massachusetts voters passed a Clean Elections initiative by a two-to-one margin. But Thomas Finneran, the Democratic state House speaker, has used various maneuvers to prevent the law from going into effect for the 2002 election. Finneran's machinations have rallied reform-minded citizens to the law's defense. Pressure from grassroots activists led by Mass Voters for Clean Elections has been so intense that several lawmakers were compelled to switch their positions after a vote this past spring in the state House that would have stripped the law of its funding. Later, the state Senate overwhelmingly backed a countermeasure that fully funds the system. Now the matter is bottled up in a conference committee, while Republican Governor Jane Swift has tried to force the issue by including full funding for Clean Elections in an interim state budget and, we hope, will continue to do so.
On August 1 candidates for statewide office started the process of collecting the 6,000 contributions (of no more than $100 each) the law says they must have to qualify for a base-level grant of $1.6 million for the primary. Lower-level and legislative candidates are seeking to "run clean" as well. But the vision of a people-driven democracy won't be realized in Massachusetts until Finneran relents in his opposition to a Clean Elections law. Readers can help by going to the website www. massvoters.org or by calling Finneran's office at (617) 722-2500. A March for Democracy, from Lexington to Boston, is planned for September 16.
Just as woman suffrage started with laws passed in the states and led to the Nineteenth Amendment, the Clean Elections movement is bubbling up from the states. After four pioneering states gave women the vote, it took another twenty years before woman suffrage was national. Let's hope it won't take that long for Clean Elections to become the law of the land.


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You have been faithful about taking Fido on walks every day since the vet has told you he needs to lose a few pounds. But now a big snow storm is rolling in and it looks like you won't be able to walk him for a few days. Does this mean you should stop exercising all together? Absolutely not, it is still very important that you pup gets physical and mental exercise every day. Here are some activities that you can do indoor with you dog that will stimulate them daily when you can't go outside.
This game gets your dog moving around the house without throwing a ball. Put your dog in a separate room and then take your dog's favorite toy or a couple pieces of his/her daily allowed kibble and hide it in the another room. Start by placing the toy in an obvious place that is easy for your pup to find. Let him out of the room and tell him to seek. (You may have to show him/her where you hid it the first couple of times). Once he finds the toy or kibble praise him with tons of affection. Take her out of the room again and hide her toy or kibble again, continue to make the hiding places harder and harder until your dog is a hide and seek pro. You can also play this game with people instead of toys. Have someone help you distract your dog while you hide. Once hidden call your dog and tell him to seek. Once he finds you give him a piece of kibble and lots of affection. Note: If you use all of your dogs allowed dinner do not feed him that evening. He does not need any extra food just because you fed it in a different way.
Command stations are a great way to stimulate your dog mentally! Set up different stations around your house, and mark them with a sign that has a command written on it. Walk your dog from one station to the next and make them do the command that is on the sign several time. Reward him/her with praise or a pieces of their allowed daily kibble.
Create stepping stones out of bath mats or none slip rugs and place them around the house. Start with the mats very close to each other. Place you dog on a leash and have him walk on the mats rewarding him every time he goes from one mat to the next without stepping on the floor. Slowly increase the distances between that mats making him have to leap from one to the next. Use caution not to extend the mats too far out.
Use objects such as empty drawers, broomsticks, pillows, cushions, hula hoops, and cardboard boxes to create and obstacle course around your house. Have your dog weave, jump, tunnel, navigate, and crawl through your obstacles.
You can also do some gentle warm-ups before doing work out with your dog. You can do this by putting him/her on a leash and walking around you house, make sharp, slow turns around doorways, and walks up and down steps. You can also help work your dog's core muscles by having him sit, lay down, and then stand back up repeatedly.


A young Kamiak team gained some valuable experience at the Wes-King 4A girls basketball tournament.
The Knights' youth, however, probably was a little too much to overcome, as a veteran Newport squad easily prevailed 61-22 in a loser-out game Thursday, Feb. 7, at Newport High School.
Newport, also known as the Knights, finished second in the Kingco Crest Division with an 8-5 mark (12-11 overall). The team came into Thursday's game with six seniors and three juniors. Kamiak (6-7, 6-14) had two seniors – Casey Gonzales and Rachel Coleman.
Kamiak coach Brian Norman is hoping the five juniors – Margo Manalo, Brooke Erlandsen, Polina Startsev, Jordyn Porea and Sloane Loudenback – who logged significant minutes this season, learn from this season's brief postseason appearance.
Kamiak shot only 17 percent from the field and scored only 1 point in the fourth quarter. Norman noted that he brought up some of the players from junior varsity so that they also could see court time in the playoffs.
But the Kamiak coach added that the Knights have to work on their shooting. The struggles from the field were a reoccurring theme this season.
Loudenback led her team with 8 points with a strong inside game against a Newport team that had a height advantage. Norman did like that Kamiak limited its turnovers to 14 for the night.
"It was one of lows of the season," he said.
In sharp contrast to Kamiak's shooting woes, Newport connected on 10 3-pointers.
Norman has preached throughout the season that the Knights need to work on their fundamentals and that includes better defense.
Kamiak's up and down season ended for the most part on the upside with back-to-back wins over Monroe and Mariner during the final week of the regular season. "Each of us individually, coaches and players, needs to get a little better," Norman said.
WAITING GAME: Like everyone else, Mariner has been playing the waiting game for its Wes-King 4A district opener. The Marauders, who last played on Feb. 1 when they beat district rival Kamiak, were scheduled to host Skyline in a loser-out game on Tuesday, Feb. 12, after the Beacon's deadline. The winner advances to the double-elimination portion of the tournament and is scheduled to play Kingco No. 1 seed Mount Si at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 13 at Mount Si High School. The Wildcats were 13-0 in the Kingco Crest Division and 20-2 overall.


Bond investors will find the coming year challenging.
What's been bad for the unemployed and for Americans worried about joining their ranks has been a boon for bondholders. As yields fell in response to a tepid economy, bond prices rose across the board the past year. As a result, returns for almost every fixed-income category ranged from good to terrific. The leaders: long-term Treasuries, junk bonds and emerging-markets debt, which returned between 13% and 17% in 2010 (through November 5).
Bonds have performed so strongly that some analysts are describing the action in Treasuries as a bubble -- but not Phil Condon, head of municipal-bond management for DWS Investments, part of Deutsche Bank. Condon agrees that bond yields are more likely to rise than fall from today's current levels but, he says, "I don't agree with those who say there's a bubble in bonds as there was for the Nasdaq index or the housing market." In other words, you won't lose 50% of your money in bonds, "but investors could sure be disappointed" in 2011, he says.
Forecasting interest rates is especially difficult because of the combination of a slumbering economy and a Federal Reserve Board that is using every trick at its disposal to goose growth. Among other things, the Fed is essentially printing hundreds of billions of dollars, which it's using to buy Treasury bonds and bring down their yields. The Fed may succeed in the short term, but it runs a risk of stoking inflation over the long term. And inflation is the biggest enemy of bond holders.
Kiplinger's believes the Fed will leave short-term rates unchanged over the coming year (see Kiplinger's Economic Outlook). That means money-market funds and short-term CDs will continue to pay between nothing and next to nothing. We think long-term Treasury-bond yields could rise a full percentage point. If we're right, expect the price of the ten-year Treasury and funds that invest in bonds of that maturity to lose 9% of their value.
To preserve capital. A good strategy is to invest in a fund that buys high-quality debt with short maturities. For example, the price of Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade (symbol VFSTX) should fall only 2% if interest rates rise one percentage point. In the meantime, you get a 1.7% yield.
For high income. The two categories that offer the best yields -- junk bonds and emerging-markets debt -- have seen big run-ups in prices (and accompanying declines in yields). It's hard to argue that either area is undervalued. If you want to put a small amount of your bond money into junk, consider T. Rowe Price High Yield (PRHYX). A consistent performer, it yields 6.4%. Likewise, don't go overboard on emerging-markets bonds. As the condition of developing nations continues to improve, rating agencies are likely to upgrade their assessments. But the bonds are still risky. A top choice is Fidelity New Markets Income (FNMIX), which yields 4.5%.
To diversify. You want a fair yield, but you don't care about short-term changes in principal as long as you don't suffer permanent losses. One idea is to build a ladder of Treasuries maturing in one, two, three, four and five years. Then add a diversified fund, such as Dodge & Cox Income (DODIX). It has an average maturity of seven years and a yield of 3.6%.
With money funds paying nothing, you must take chances to get yield. Don't forget: They higher the yield, the bigger the risk. The following is a roundup of average yields, as of November 5, from different types of investments.


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Marlins End 4-Game Skid, Scratch Out Win Over Nationals, 3-2
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MIAMI (AP) — The Miami Marlins' runs came home on an error, a walk and a hit batsman, helping them break a four-game losing streak by beating the Washington Nationals 3-2 Friday.
Miami, last in the majors in runs, totaled just six hits and went 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position. But pinch-hitter Martin Prado's bases-loaded walk in the sixth put the Marlins ahead for the first time since Saturday, and they won after being shut out in the past two games.
Caleb Smith (2-0) struck out eight and allowed one run in six innings. He won his second start in a row and lowered his ERA to 2.35.
Three relievers completed a six-hitter. Sergio Romo pitched a perfect ninth for his second save, and his first since March 31 as Miami (5-15) won a series opener for the first time.
Anibal Sanchez (0-2) allowed three runs in 5 1/3 innings.
Washington's Anthony Rendon doubled to extend his hitting streak to 17 games, longest in the majors this year. Teammate Brian Dozier hit his second homer.
The Marlins took the lead in the sixth inning, and they had help. With the score 1-all and runners at second and third, Sanchez fielded Rosell Herrera's bunt and threw home while the runners held, which loaded the bases.
Sanchez walked Prado on a 3-1 pitch to make the score 2-1. Reliever Matt Grace's first pitch hit Curtis Granderson in the hip, bringing in another run.
The Marlins ended a streak of 24 consecutive scoreless innings when they broke through in the second, and again they had help. An error by first baseman Ryan Zimmerman allowed a runner to come home from third.
Washington scratched out a run in the first. Adam Eaton led off with a bunt single, took second on a wild pitch and came home on Juan Soto's single.
ROSTER MOVE
Before the game, the Nationals placed RHP Austen Williams (sprained right AC joint) on the 10-day injured list retroactive to Thursday, and recalled RHP Austin Adams from Triple-A Fresno.
Nationals: RHP Max Scherzer (1-2, 3.33), who is scheduled to start Saturday, won all five of his starts last year against Miami with a 2.38 ERA. In 19 career starts against the Marlins, Scherzer is 12-3 with a 2.98 ERA.
Marlins: RHP Jose Urena (0-3, 6.53) went 2-0 with a 2.14 ERA in three starts against Washington last year.
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Eric Barrett Winter (born July 17, 1976) is an American actor and former fashion model. He is known for his television roles as Rex Brady on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives and Dash Gardiner on the Lifetime fantasy-drama series Witches of East End.
Before his acting roles, Winter was a male model and had some high-profile campaigns, such as one print campaign for Tommy Hilfiger. He appeared in a television commercial with Britney Spears for her fragrance, Curious.
Winter is played the role of Rex Brady on the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives from July 8, 2002 until July 26, 2005. After leaving Days of our Lives, he had many small roles in television shows, such as CSI, Love, Inc., Charmed, and Just Legal. He guest-starred on ABC Family's Wildfire for five episodes. His character, R.J. Blake, a bull-rider who dated the character of Dani Davis (played by Nicole Tubiola), was killed in the episode "Heartless" which aired originally on February 28, 2007. Winter also appeared on The Parkers in the episode "The Boomerang Effect". Winter appeared in an episode of the CBS series The Ex-List, and a recurring role of Jason McCallister, the brother of Senator Robert McCallister (Rob Lowe) and love interest of Kevin Walker (Matthew Rhys) on the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters. He was a regular on the short-lived CBS series Viva Laughlin and Moonlight. Winter appears in the feature films Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) and The Ugly Truth (2009).
Eric Winter (May 15, 1905 – 1981) was a children's illustrator, most notable for his contributions to Ladybird books. Before his work for Ladybird Books, he worked on commission, producing work for Eagle, Swift and Girl magazines.
Eric Winter was born in Edmonton, North London on May 15, 1905 and is perhaps best known for his contribution to some of the more popular Ladybird books, including such titles as Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel and The Princess and the Pea.
He had an older brother called Francis John and a younger sister called Irene. Francis and Eric were educated at Latymer Public School and this is where Eric first became interested in art.
He later studied at Hornsey Art School where he specialized in commercial and fine art and charcoal. He painted in both water colors and oils, but preferred the use of water colors.
In order to provide for his family Eric had to take up commercial art and in the 1950s he was commissioned by Abbey National Building Society to design their logo, which became their famous trademark of two people sheltering under the roof of a house.
Plot: Eleven year old Tim plays fate and takes a flight to Scotland with his father Eric. They were happy there two years ago, shortly before his mother Anna died in a car accident. In Scotland, Tim combs through the Hartspring Castle and whose crypt. He finds a chart with Celtic characters, that refers to the true existence of the legendary Loch Ness monster.


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The National Observatory for Women in Agriculture and Rural Areas-NOWARA launched, last Wednseday, the third edition of its award for best economic initiative carried out by rural women in Lebanon. This year's award is addressed to women engaged in cooperative work (presidents, members of directors of cooperatives). The programme invited all women benefiting from programmes implemented by cooperatives or involved in the development of rural women in collaboration with public institutions and NGOs or international organization and who meet the eligibility criteria to come forward for the award.
A special committee will assess the different files and will score them according to the criteria listed below. The committee will also verify the information provided through undertaking their own field visits of the shortlisted candidates. The 2013 NOWARA award will be a non-cash prize of a value of USD 3000 which will be given to those nominated for the first prize in each of the selected categories and who were able to improve their economic projects. The prizes will be offered along with a certificate during a special event which NOWARA will organize in October and November 2013.
For the eligibility criteria (available in Arabic only) please check the following link.


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In association with the HACCP sanitary regulation in Italy, foodservice operators as well as all institutional channels are required to use paper rolls for cleaning surfaces in place of textile cloths. Use of textile cloths is supposed to leave small hairs and residue during the cleaning process, that is in contrast with the most basic hygienic rules. Consequently, HACCP rules determined an increased use of professional paper towels in large rolls.
Euromonitor Internationals Away-from-Home Tissue and Hygiene in Italy report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data 2012-2016, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market be they new product developments, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2021 illustrate how the market is set to change.
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Q: ActiveRecord Join Query and select in Rails In my rails 4 application, a client (clients table) can have many projects (projects table). I have a column called name in each table. I am trying to write a join and then select which uses projects as the base table and clients as the lookup table. client_id is the foreign_key in the projects table:
I am writing my query as follows:
Project.joins(:client).select('projects.id,projects.name,clients.name')

I get the following response:
Project Load (0.6ms)  SELECT projects.id,projects.name,clients.name FROM "projects" INNER JOIN "clients" ON "clients"."id" = "projects"."client_id"
=> #<ActiveRecord::Relation [#<Project id: 1, name: "Fantastico Client">]>

If I try to alias it like so:
Project.joins(:client).select('projects.id,projects.name,clients.name as client_name')

Then I get the following response:
Project Load (0.8ms)  SELECT projects.id,projects.name,clients.name as client_name FROM "projects" INNER JOIN "clients" ON "clients"."id" = "projects"."client_id"
=> #<ActiveRecord::Relation [#<Project id: 1, name: "The Dream Project">]>

In either case, ActiveRecord looses one of the names as you can see from the above response. How should I be writing this query?

A: To get both project table name and client name you can do like below query
Project.joins(:client).pluck(:name,:'clients.name')

A: your query don't looses any thing. Actually you have applied join on models and you have written Project.joins(:client) that why it is looking like.
means It will hold Project related data as it is and associated data hold with alias name that you have given 'client_name' in your query.
if you use
Project.joins(:client)
   .select('projects.id project_id, projects.name projects_name,clients.name as client_name')

then it look like
      [#, #]
but it hold all the attribute that you selected.

A: Try This:
sql = Project.joins(:client).select(:id, :name, :"clients.name AS client_name").to_sql
data = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.exec_query(sql)

OUTPUT
[
  {"id"=>1, "name"=>"ProjectName1", "client_name"=>"ClientName1"},
  {"id"=>2, "name"=>"ProjectName2", "client_name"=>"ClientName2"}
]

A: You can use :'clients.name' as one of your symbols.  For instance:
Project.select(:id, :name, :'clients.name').joins(:client)

I like it better because it seems like Rails understands it, since it quotes all parameters:
SELECT "projects"."id", "projects"."name", "clients"."name"
FROM "projects"
INNER JOIN "clients" ON "clients"."id" = "projects"."client_id"

(I'm not 100% sure that's the exact SQL query, but I'm fairly certain and I promise it will use "clients"."name")

A: If the column in select is not one of the attributes of the model on which the select is called on then those columns are not displayed.  All of these attributes are still contained in the objects within AR::Relation and are accessible as any other public instance attributes.
You could verify this by calling first.client_name:
Project.joins(:client)
       .select('projects.id,projects.name,clients.name as client_name')
       .first.client_name

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Vote Alert: Obamatrade: Fast Track Authority for TPP
CR Staff	· June 23, 2015
This vote was to advance the procedural provision known as Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). TPA grants a special fast-track status to trade deals negotiated by the president and as such has been dubbed Obamatrade. While conservatives generally support trade agreements as important tools for lowering tariffs and trade barriers, and TPA is often needed in order to effectively negotiate with other countries, this particular TPA was problematic for a number of reasons.
Typically, a TPA is passed at the beginning of negotiation cycles so that Congress directs the president to negotiate along specific parameters. In this case, the three primary treaties that would receive fast-track status under this TPA have already been negotiated in secret for years. There is no reason to pass fast track authority without releasing more details about these trade agreements to the public.
Moreover, given this president's penchant for implementing major policies without Congress, there was a widespread fear that Obama would use these trade agreements to pursue liberal policies, such as changes to our immigration system, labor laws, and global warming regulations.
For example, according to WikiLeaks, one of the impending trade deals – the Trade in Service Agreement (TISA) – contains an entire immigration section, including a provision prohibiting US authorities from conducting in-person interviews for certain visa categories. Additionally, the main trade deal – the Trans Pacific Partnership – contains a "living agreement" provision, which could enable Obama to expand the scope of the agreement during the final months of his presidency or add countries like China to the agreement.
Finally, GOP leadership negotiated a deal to advance Trade Promotion Authority and, in exchange for Democrat votes, promised to renew the crony capitalist Export-Import Bank and a failed government handout program known as Trade Adjustment Assistance, a subsidy bailout for labor unions.
The motion passed on June 23, 2015 in a roll call vote of 60-37. To see how your elected officials stack up or other votes that comprise the Liberty Score, view our full scorecard here.
Conservative position: NO
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Power amplifiers that provide reasonable power require a power supply sized according to the circuit. Most amplifier circuits require a symmetrical + -V power supply. The schematic features a traditional non-regulated symmetrical source assembly with transformer, rectifiers, and large filter capacitors.
The diodes for the circuit should be sized according to the amplifier being used. The electrolytic capacitors should be at least 1000μF for each current ampere used in the power supply of the amplifier.
Good filtering of the power supply is what guarantees the excellent sound quality in hi-fi systems.
Example: We will use a 200W Class AB amplifier of full power.We know that AB class will yield about 60%.
Let us assume that the maximum supply voltage is + -40V (80V).
We will use the next lower commercial value that this value is found, in this case a 28V + 28V transformer.
For our 200W Class AB amplifier, we need a 28 + 28V / 5A transformer.
So let's choose to meet these parameters, at least 30% more.
Vr = Ripple voltage allowed for the circuit.
Let's divide the total power consumption to determine the current on each side of the power suply.
This tension depends on the purpose of your design and your wallet.
We will use capacitor of commercial value of 10.000μF in our project. Note that when it is said that high capacitance is good for bass, it is precisely at the moment that the amplifier is requesting high current from the power supply.
Attention: If you use a power supply that provides voltage greater than the amplifier circuit, the power transistors or the integrated circuit will burn. The amplifier circuits usually accept various voltage supply values, so if you use the minimum value you will have less power, you will use a smaller heatsink and capacitors with a lower working voltage.
About power supply circuit Resistors R2 and R5 are safety components as they discharge the large capacitors when the amplifier is switched off. C7 and C8 are bypass capacitors, and the RC networks R4 / C13 and R5 / C14 reduce the parasitic inductance of large electrolytes, this improves the performance of the power supply at high frequencies and the performance of the amplifier in complex loads. The led indicates the operation of the power supply and should be placed on the amplifier panel. For circuit safety, use a fuse in the 220v line at the power supply and at the connection with the amplifier circuit.
The power supply circuit can be placed in the same enclosure where the power amplifier is mounted.
Printed circuit board, solder, wires, transformer according to design, Box, etc.
Printed circuit board, solder, wires, transformer according to design, Box, etc..
Hi Tony, what PCB software did you use in this project? Thank you in advance for your attention!
The calculation and design are very helpful. In some audio amplifiers the supply is single. In that case, can we use only the half of this circuit or anything else to be added ?
I can follow your calculation but I do not get the 1.6 from this: C = 3,5A / (2 x 60 X 1,6) = 0,01041F of 10,410μF How do I get that 1.6 in this formula?


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Dan Simmons 'Drood' Review
Posted on February 22, 2013 in Authors M-Z // 9 Comments
Written by: Wayne C. Rogers
Let me start out by first saying that I'm a big, big fan of the novels by Dan Simmons and have been for over a decade. I think his book, The Terror, was one of the finest horror/historical novels ever written, and I was hoping for more of the same with Drood. Unfortunately for me, Drood proved to be somewhat boring during the last half. It's nearly eight hundred pages long, and the blasted thing took me a solid month to read. I almost stopped several times during the course of those four weeks. The Terror, on the other hand, is nearly a thousand pages in length; yet, I read it in eight days, which pretty much says it all.
Drood deals with the last five years of Charles Dickens' life as told by his one-time friend and collaborator, Wilkie Collins, the author of Moonstone. In 1865, Dickens was in a terrible train accident that left dozens of people dead or injured. As the great English author was helping those still alive, he encountered another passenger named Edwin Drood, whose appearance would be enough to give children nightmares for the rest of their lives. While Dickens is attempting to give comfort to other passengers, Drood appears to be sucking the life right out of the individuals he comes into contact with and brings about their deaths.
The actions and strange physical appearance of Drood begins to haunt the author's mind after he returns to London and his life of writing, public readings, his family and mistress, and to his close friends in the literary community. In time, Dickens attempts to discover more about Mr. Drood and eventually learns the man is an outcast from Egypt and lives in the catacombs of underground London.
Dickens' trip through the catacombs with his friend, Wilkie Collins, is one of the most suspenseful and terrifying journeys he has ever traveled and it leaves a definite mark on Wilkie's psyche. Still, in many ways, this is only the beginning as Dickens makes contact with Drood and then quickly finds himself bound to this unusual person for the last few years of his life. The rest of the story pretty much deals with Collins and how his relationship with Dickens slowly deteriorates over time and how he, too, becomes a victim of Drood's mesmerizing powers.
Now, that brief synopsis makes the book sound rather interesting, doesn't it? Yet, the book completely fails to deliver in my opinion. I will say the novel offers a great deal of information on the lives of both Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, and some readers will certainly that.
I found the descriptions of eighteenth century London and the life of Dickens to be interesting for the first couple of hundred pages, but after passing the halfway mark, the story began to drag, and I was like a kid being led to the dentist's office every time I had to pick the book up. Why? The main reason is that though Edwin Drood is discussed throughout the book, he only makes a short number of actual appearances, covering less than forty pages of this massive tomb. Also, though Drood is the most intriguing and scary character in the story, the tale seems to center around Wilkie Collins and his growing jealousy of Dickens' success.
I wanted more of Edwin Drood.
After all, the novel is named Drood, not Wilkie Collins. Instead, what happens is that the reader gets a series of long dissertations on how Charles Dickens spent the last five years of his life doing public readings in England and America, working on his magazine, arguing with Collins over trivial matters, divorcing his wife, visiting his mistress, complaining about his son-in-law, who happens to be Wilkie's brother, etc., etc., etc. You also have the same experiences being discussed by Wilkie Collins about his own life, but at least they hold your interest for longer periods of time and are occasionally inter-mixed with information about Edwin Drood.
Dan Simmons is one of the best writers today in the field of horror, and when he writes a descriptive horror scene, it will stay in your mind for weeks to come. He does this with about five scenes in the novel: the train wreck at the beginning, the journey of Dickens and Collins through the underground catacombs, the hunt for Drood in the catacombs by Detective Field and his team of a hundred men, the journey through the top floors of several buildings by Collins and Detective Barris, and when Collins goes up the employee's staircase in his new house and encounters a dangerous ghost.
If there had been more scenes like this in Drood, the novel would've reached the excellence of The Terror because Simmons knows to create atmosphere and dread and danger lurking in the dark shadows. This is when the novel flows with an energy that captures you within its solid grasp, holding you prisoner until the scene has ended, lost in a world where death is anxiously awaiting only a few feet away. I couldn't put the book down during these magnificently written scenes, and Drood is one heavy novel to hold.
I should also note that Mr. Simmons creates many fabulous characters in Drood such as the tough police officer, Hatchery, and private investigators, Field & Barris (though Field may be based on an actual individual), plus the student from the train wreck, Edmond Dickerson, who's befriended by the famous writer. There's also King Laazaree, who controls the opium den in the underground part of London; and, of course, the infamous Edwin Drood.
Still, all of these positives weren't enough to win me over, especially when I finally reached the ending. The final pages of Drood leave the reader hanging out on a limb and not knowing what to believe. Dickens says one thing about Edwin Drood, while Collins believes the opposite. At this point, the real question would probably be–Who cares?
Maybe I was expecting too much from Drood. I don't know. I certainly wanted to enjoy the entire book and have kept it in my library with the other novels by Mr. Simmons. Let me once again state that whenever Edwin Drood appears within the novel, the books comes alive in the most frightening ways, demonstrating the author's unique skills at writing horror. I only the whole book had been about Edwin Drood.
Now, if you want to read a truly horrifying story that will leave you awake at night and shivering beneath the bed covers, I would recommend The Terror by Dan Simmons. This is indeed the author at his best!
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9 Comments on Dan Simmons 'Drood' Review
Hunter Shea // February 22, 2013 at 11:39 pm // Reply
It took me exactly one month to read this, too. Yes, it was dense, but I actually grew more intrigued by the Wilkie storyline than Drood. There aren't many authors that could pull this concept off, but I think Simmons did a great job. It's not for the casual reader, though.
Wayne C. Rogers // February 23, 2013 at 2:13 am // Reply
You may be right, Hunter. There were parts I loved about the book, but those involved Edwin Drood. I definitely look forward to his new novel this Fall. It sounds really exciting–The Abominable. I think I got the title right.
James Keen // February 24, 2013 at 3:56 pm // Reply
Excellent review, Wayne. Have not read the novel yet but I find Simmons' historical novels fascinating; his Crook Factory was a blast. Will be giving this baby a whirl shortly.
In terms of having the shit scared out of you, have you read his Summer of Night?
Wayne C. Rogers // February 24, 2013 at 7:08 pm // Reply
Over the years I've read everything by Dan Simmons except for his Science Fiction novels, which he has several of. I've never not enjoyed a book by him, unless you count the last half of Drood. Summer of Night was excellence, a solid A+, while it's sequel, Children of the Night was an A-. A Winter Haunting–an A-. The Crook Factory and Darwin's Blade are both an A+. His Hardcase trilogy is a solid A+, and I wish he would bring back Kurtz for one more novel. Carrion Comfort is an A+, Song of Kali an A-. Black Hills is an A- and Flashback is also an A-. I anticipate that his new novel this fall, The Abominable, will be another A+ novel. I'm anxiously awaiting for it to come out.
Is there a plot synopsis for 'The Abominable', Wayne?
I agree on the Kurtz call.
For my money, Simmons' 'Phases Of Gravity' is his best novel, regardless of genre. Have you not been tempted to check that one out?
Amazon.com has a brief synopsis on The Abominable. The thing is I'm behind on so many books to read that I just don't have time to start a new genre. Plus, most of my free time from my 9-to-5 job is spent writing. But…and I say but…I might just check out Phases of Gravity based on your recommendation.
'Phases' is mainstream fiction; ignore the current paperback cover. I think you'd enjoy it. Given your obvious predilection for the bulk of his work I'd be surprised if you didn't find it, at the very least, engaging.
Brother // November 30, 2013 at 2:10 am // Reply
I'm now hovering around the 600th page of DROOD, and have to confess that my patience is wearing thin. You've described the book extremely well, and when Simmons decides to flex his writing muscles and produce a scene of true terror, he's shattering. But those scenes are so few and far between. And wrapped around them like thick cotton gauze is a portrayal of Wilkie Collins that makes him out to be a truly wretched man. Whining, cowardly, egotistical, cruel, eaten alive with jealousy, obsessive, paranoid, petty…Collins comes across as being, frankly, a monumental creep. The elusive Drood doesn't seem to be the villain here; it's Collins that the reader ends up wanting to shoot!
Patrick musta // January 30, 2016 at 4:11 am // Reply
I think that is the point of the whole novel. It is really not about the powerful and mysterious drood but the drug addicted tormented Wilkie Collins. I did find the book somewhat boring but marveled at the depiction of Collins, and his descent into an unlikeable pshycopathic charecter. The ending leaves you unfulfilled, unless I missed something…