The Rescue Maxim: It takes at least 3 days for the dog to become familiar with his new family, and about 3 weeks for it to feel completely comfortable and, if they will work consistently with him, after 3 months he should be thoroughly acclimated to his new family and really feel at home.
Dogs need order and are extremely routine oriented. We recommend that you duplicate what you can from his previous routine before you start to re-orient him to the rhythms and schedules of your home. Work out your house rules and dog-care regimen in advance among the human members of your household.
Who will feed him at night? Will he be allowed on the couch or bed?
Where will he sleep at night? Will he be crated?
Everyone in the household should be consistent. You can have different rules, i.e., Mom may allow him to sit on the couch with her, but Dad doesn't. But, Dad can't punish dog for sitting on the couch with Mom.
Try and arrange the arrival of your new dog for a weekend - or when you can be home for a few days - for quality, hands-on time.
If you have resident pets, make sure they are up-to-date on their shots and in general good health before bringing home your new dog. Despite the best efforts of the rescue organization, previous owner or foster family, viruses can be spread and occasionally go home with adopted rescue dogs. You may wish to set up an appointment with your own vet to check out your new dog and set up an inoculation schedule, depending on the veterinary care your rescue dog has received.
Register for an obedience class. Don't ignore this very important step in setting yourself and your rescued dog up for success! Be dogged about finding an obedience class or trainer. There are many positive reinforcement-based dog obedience classes that teach dog manners, canine good citizenship and discipline. Try to register for a class starting bout 3 to 4 weeks after your dog has come home with you. It is important that your new dog has some time to adjust to you and your home before putting him into the stimulating environment of an obedience class. Even the shortest "dog manners" course offered at your vet's will reinforce the new bond between you and your new dog, will give you a valuable face-to-face resource for questions about your dog's behavior, and will provide a powerful tool for moderating your rescue dog's less attractive behavior traits!
Remember, Airedales need work - this is a really easy way to provide him with active, mental work that you'll approve of! The rewards are obvious - what a joy it is to have a well-mannered, Airedale companion!
New families often ask about changing the adopted dog's name. If you desire to, it is fine. Many times, the dogs are given names at random by a shelter. The dog will learn his new name if it's overused in the beginning. It is in no way traumatic to the dog to change his name.
You should expect your new dog to act differently than how he did when you met him at the foster/owner's home. He will be excited, nervous and maybe tired after the trip to your house. Being routine-oriented, your Airedale may have just gotten comfortable at his foster home and now recognizes that the routine is changing yet again. He doesn't know the smells, the sounds, and importantly, the routines and rules of your house. This is very confusing for your dog.
Dogs display anxiety and nervousness by: panting, pacing, lack of eye contact, "not listening," housebreaking accidents, excessive chewing, gastric upset (vomiting, diarrhea, loose stools), crying, whining, jumpiness and barking. This is a litany of behaviors any and every dog owner dreads! As long as you understand where these behaviors originate, you can perhaps address them before they appear and deal effectively when they do! Your goal in the next weeks is to reduce the "noise & confusion in his head" and get him to relax, to be calm and show him how to be good. Despite your joy at adopting this Airedale (and after a few enthusiastic hugs and kisses), you should be calm and gentle and firm. Talk to him in a calm, low voice as you travel home - avoid playing the car radio and having too many people with you when you pick him up.
tune out your praise over time!
LEASH YOUR DOG TO INTRODUCE HIM TO YOUR HOME!
When you first bring your new dog home, make sure you have her on a leash! Spend the first 15-30 minutes walking her outside around the perimeter of your yard or the area that you will be with her most on your property. Walk slowly - let her "lead" mostly - and let her sniff and pause if she wants to. She is getting used to the "lay of the land" and all the smells associated with her new home. She will undoubtedly relieve herself - this is her way of making herself at home by adding her mark to the smells of your home, and now her new home. Obviously you want this to happen outside! If you have a place you wish this to happen, encourage her to "get busy" in that area and praise her warmly when she does. The excitement of the move and new family will cause her to have to relieve herself more often than normal. You must be prepared to give her plenty of opportunities to do this in the beginning! Whenever the rescue dog is not confined, supervise her - set this dog up to win!
You might want to consider isolating the new dog from your resident dogs during the first entry to your home - he will appreciate safe and quiet at first as he explores your home. Crate your resident dog or have someone take him for a walk while your new dog explores.
Let the new dog explore the house - leave her on leash and make sure she's supervised AT ALL TIMES! We recommend leaving your new dog on leash in the house for the first day. Don't even leave the dog unsupervised while you answer the phone!
Once inside your house, a male may still accidentally mark a door, plant or chair when he first walks inside your home. This is out of nervousness (or he may smell another dog), so it is best to leave him on the leash indoors the first day. If he starts to lift his leg, give him a short jerk on the leash and tell him "No," that should stop him immediately and remind him of his housebreaking manners. Follow up this correction by taking him outside in case he's not just marking! Bear in mind that if your Airedale has a few accidents, it does not necessarily mean that he is not housebroken. We can't emphasize enough how much nerves and excitement can cause uncharacteristic accidents. Watch for typical pre-piddling behavior - circling, sniffing, etc. Do not scold or hit a dog for having an accident - rather, verbally get his attention, grab the leash, and take him right outside to his spot to do his business. If he does it, praise him! Once he relaxes and learns the rhythms and routines of your home, all his manners will return!
Even in a fenced yard, you'll want to leave your rescued Airedale on leash for the first week or so. This way, you can reinforce a recall command and help monitor pack behavior if you have other dogs. Until your new dog bonds to you and makes good eye contact, we recommend leaving her on leash.
Quiet time will be important for your new Airedale in the first week. Because of his nervousness and anxiety, he will get worn out fast. His recent past may include a shelter stay which has worn him out with worry. Despite your excitement, try and resist inviting friends and relatives over to visit him. Give him time to get used to your immediate family and resident pets only. If the dog does not solicit play or attention from you, let him alone to sleep or establish himself. Believe it or not, we don't want you to force him to play at first!
It is imperative to avoid smothering new dogs with attention their first few days home. It is understandable that owners are fascinated by their new pets and want to make the new addition feel welcome and happy, however constant togetherness sets the dog up for a fall when normal life is finally resumed. It is far better to avoid high contrasts in home and away time, the rule of thumb being many absences, beginning with extremely brief (>1 minute) ones and gradually progressing to longer over the first few days.
Feed your new dog twice a day; half in the morning, half at night. Ask and encourage the dog to sit before putting the bowl down. Put the food bowl down for 15 minutes. If the dog does not eat her food, pick up the bowl until the next mealtime. After a couple of days of this routine, even the most finicky of eaters will change their minds. Feeding this way you can monitor exactly how much she is eating.
If you have other dogs, feed your rescue dog away from them but at the same time. You can feed in the same room, but use opposite corners, putting the dominant dog's bowl down first. This is usually the resident dog on the first few nights - but that situation may change over time! You may want to arrange having another adult in the room for the first week of feedings to monitor the "pack behavior." Watch that each dog sticks to his own bowl. Keep vigilant over feeding time for a couple of months until the pack positions are worked out.
Many of the Airedales that pass through rescue have been crate trained at one time or another. Every dog needs a place to escape to, a place to call his own, and a crate provides an answer to these needs! Your new Airedale will have some degree of separation anxiety when you leave him for work or alone at home. Crating the dog in the beginning will eliminate accidents, chewing destruction, and other mischievous activity that is rooted in nervousness and insecurity. Your dog is safest in the crate when you are not home until you can totally trust him loose in the house. This is especially true if you have resident pets because you can't supervise their interactions when you're away or asleep! Children should be taught to leave the dog alone if he retreats to his crate. You should never use the crate for disciplining. The crate must be a dog's sanctuary for crate training to be effective. Crates are great for traveling with your dog later - the dog will always have a familiar den to retreat to and feel comfortable and reassured. Each time your dog is confined, make sure the dog knows she's a good girl. If the Airedale is particularly emotional or anxious, try making goodbyes and hellos as unemotional & nonchalant as possible.
While crating a dog helps make everybody safe, crating should NOT be abused by locking the dog in the crate all the time. Airedales need to be with you and should be with you unless they cannot be supervised or trusted alone in the house. For instance, if you are going to shower and the dog still sometimes chews, crate him for those 15 minutes for safety, but then let him out to be with you. If the dog is crated while you are work all day - you MUST make an extra effort to let the dog "hang" with you in the house until he is reliable loose in the house.
If you prefer not to crate, make sure to set aside a safe, indestructible space in your home for your rescue dog. You may want to try using baby gates in the kitchen, laundry room or hallway. Remember, you may really want to keep your dog on easy cleanup flooring at first!! If the area of confinement is too large, you may begin to have housebreaking accidents. We do not recommend the basement or garage, since your dog will not feel "part of the family" isolated away from it. If he can see and hear you, so much the better. This is why wire style crates are so effective in the house.
It is not unusual for him to whine or cry or bark if confined away from you at night - lights out at a new strange place is a stressful thing for him. If you put the crate close to your bedroom or somewhere he can see you, the problems are usually minimized. Safe chew toys in the crate at night will give him something to do if he's awake. Remember, during the first couple of weeks, the dog will probably get quite tired and worn out by the day's activities, so establishing a sleep schedule is usually not a big deal. As you wean him from the crating at night, make sure he has been well exercised - a tired Airedale is usually a really good Airedale indoors!!
Try to develop and use a consistent daily routine for feeding, exercising, and bathroom duties. Dogs are creatures of habit and routine translates into security for them. If you do the same things in the same way and in the same order, he will settle in more quickly and learn what is expected of him and when.
Let your new Airedale out to air and take care of business as soon as you rise in the mornings. Feed him after a short walk or romp in the yard. Give him another chance to relieve himself before you go to work. Upon return from work, immediately let the dog out for exercise and bathroom break (this is NOT the time to read the mail, make a phone call or flop yourself on the sofa!!!). If he's exercised heavily, wait 30 minutes or so before the evening feeding. He'll need another bathroom break anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours after the evening meal, depending on his age - it'll be your job to figure this out. He should get another airing right before you go to bed.
Rescue dogs come from a variety of backgrounds, but all dogs can do with more socialization. After your dog has time to settle in your home and is starting to look to you with confidence (2-3 weeks), start providing new socialization opportunities.
Now you can start inviting your friends and relatives over. Do introductions to new people gradually. Introductions can take the form of petting, playing fetch, even going for a walk. Do not force the dog to accept new people - do it positively, with lots of praise, allowing the dog to approach people rather than new people approaching your dog!!! Be sure to tell your visitors that your dog is new from rescue so they need to be more sensitive. Tell them not to reach for the dog right away - let him come to them. If he does not go to the new person, that visitor should completely ignore the dog. Suggest after the dog has met/sniffed the new person that they pat the side of the dog's neck or side of the shoulder instead. Patting a dog on the top of the head is interpreted by dogs as a powerful dominance attempt and can be a challenge to some dogs, a frightening thing to others.
Start taking your dog new places - nearby parks - and, especially to obedience classes! The opportunity will allow you to determine how your dog responds to strange people, dogs and places.
This is an adage used by workers in GSD rescue. It is appropriate for rescued Airedales, too, and we'd like people to think about it as they live with and train their rescue dogs. You do not need to frighten your dog into complying with household obedience commands, or prove to him that you are the toughest creature around by using brute force. You DO need to show your dog that you are the leader in the household, a leader he should put his trust in following. You can do this by "telling" your dog this in a language he understands - body language and daily habits. Respect is not something that you can force a creature into giving you.
Above all, be patient, firm and consistent with your new Airedale. Use positive reinforcement and lots of praise when she's good. When mistakes are made, correct her when it's happening, and praise her when she modifies her behavior. Undoubtedly you will get lots of advice - good and bad - from other dog owners! Read and research as much as you can to prepare yourself. Understand that sometimes you may need to try more than one approach to a problem because every Airedale is different.


In addition to recruiting players this offseason, Anthony Grant will now also have to recruit a new assistant coach. UT-Pan American announced today that Dan Hipsher has been hired as their new basketball coach. Hipsher has been on the Alabama staff since Grant came to Tuscaloosa. His relationship with Grant began at Dayton where Hipsher, then an assistant coach at the school, recruited Grant, and later hired Grant as an assistant at Stetson. Hipsher also coached at the University of Akron where he was named the MAC Coach of the Year in 1998. Best of luck to Coach Hipsher as he begins his new job.
I assume that Brannen or Pujols will be promoted to Hipsher's Associate Head Coach position. No names have surfaced yet regarding who will fill the vacant assistant spot. It will be an interesting story to follow for sure. Coaching turnover can be a tricky situation. Hiring a good assistant is just as important for a Head Coach as recruiting 4 and 5 star players. Hopefully the hire is made sooner rather than later so the staff is solidified before summer workouts begin.
I hope Pettway gets back on the staff. I think he got the shaft after his 1st year under Grant and deserves to be part of the coaching staff.
He was terrible at Alabama, he needed to go, so this worked out well for us. Having said that, I wish Hipsher good luck at his new job. I do not know who Alabama will hire, but whoever it is, Grant needs to let him run the offense, without any meddling.
crimsontider: please enlighten us how Dan Hipsher was terrible. Go ahead...we're waiting.
Why do you think he got the shaft? I thought Grant did him a favor letting him stay associated with the program. I think we need some new blood in there that has an offensive mind. Nothing against Pettway but we need someone in there to make the team fundamentally better and I don't think he does that.
Have you watched Alabama play offense for the last 4 years? I'm sure it has nothing to do with the coaches, but it has been dreadful. I don't care what he did in 1998, the unit he was paid to coach at Alabama stunk. It was not all his fault, as Grant clearly meddled to make sure Hipsher implemented his wildly successful stall ball offense, but there had to be staff changes, and I am glad there was.
I could explain to you the reasons for Alabama's offensive struggles a million more times and it still wouldn't sink in so I'm not going to waste my time. No coach since the implementation of the shot clock runs a "stall ball" offense, at least not on purpose. I mean, that's the reason you have a shot clock to begin with. Anthony Grant himself refuted that idea multiple times this season when asked.
You either have shot makers, shot takers, big men who can rebound and score or you don't. Alabama didn't have that this season (and yet still won 23 games with such awful coaching. what a miracle!). Hopefully the returning guys continue to get better offensively. I think you saw Releford, Randolph and Jacobs improve offensively as they became more aggressive on that end of the court. Lacey, Coop and Retin certainly have the potential to improve offensively and I expect they will.
And, quite frankly, no one in the college game was dynamite this season overall in scoring. Even in the Tournament, where you typically see scoring averages improve due to the high level of play, this has been the lowest overall scoring in a tournament since 1985. The offensive struggles in college basketball go far beyond Anthony Grant, Dan Hipsher and your imagined "stall ball" offense. We could get into those reasons, but it wouldn't fit your narrative concerning Grant and Hipsher so you would just tune out whatever logical arguments I made. God bless America.
Final thought: Hipsher brought a lot of experience to the bench. We'll see who Grant hires, but you just don't replace the game experience that Hipsher provided to a young coaching staff that is still learning the ropes.
My "imagined" stall ball offense. So, I imagined that Alabama ran 30 seconds off the shot clock every possession? Your point about scoring down in college basketball is valid, i'm watching Louisville Wichita State right now in the final four and it is taking basketball back 50 years.
It should be a heck of a game, no doubt. I like Louisville's experience and edge in the paint, but Michigan is the more talented team so it won't surprise me either way.
Michigan was probably a 4 seed because they went 5-5 in their final 10 games prior to the NCAA Tournament. The Big 10 had a lot to do with that.
The only problem with your point regarding Michigan and Wichita is that Michigan may be young but they also have four 1st round draft picks on their roster. Most rosters are lucky if they have one 1st round draft pick. Hell, most rosters are lucky if they one 2nd round pick.
Wichita was a great story in this tournament, but they were far from young. Armstead was a 5th year senior, who had played in a ton of games dating back to his time at Oregon. Early is a JC guy who was a national JC player of the year. Baker redshirted a year ago and didn't really contribute until late in the year. And Carl Hall's story (a heart condition almost ended his basketball career) alone makes him tougher and more experienced than most players. My point being that Wichita roster was different than a year ago, but there was a ton of experience and toughness. Oh, and they had their share of luck. Go back to the Gonzaga game. Wichita, a 35% 3-point team, knocks down 53% from the 3-point line. Talent and experience are great, but it takes a little luck to get to the Final Four.
No, you're imagining that is the offense that Anthony Grant asked his players to run. Go back and watch the games. The biggest problem for Alabama on offense were the countless early shots that were passed up. Guys have to step up and want to take shots. Part of being a good offensive player is having the confidence to step up and take shots.
The other problem is when you have no inside offensive game, it makes it very easy for the opposing perimeter defense to limit your drives to the basket and your open looks from the perimeter because the opposing guards don't have to rotate to double team a post player that is putting the ball in the basket. The result of that is you have guards passing the ball around the perimeter trying to find an open space and sometimes taking 30-35 seconds to get a shot off. If Alabama can just get some more offensive production from the bigs next season, that will open up the offense quite a bit. But I also think guys like Releford, Lacey, Randolph, Cooper, etc, when they have good looks early in the shot clock, they gotta take them. As long as it's a good shot, I guarantee Grant doesn't care what the shot clock says.
I get your point, but since Alabama had no rebounding big men, Alabama should have run a fast paced offense instead of trying to run a half-court offense.


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Q: My react project does not render properly when I change a category ok so I have this code (I'm using firebase) and this is my component Cards, I have another Component which has a link button that leads to another cathegory of my store, but in this code when I try to render the cathegory which is supposed to lead to, it doesnt render anything
import Card from "react-bootstrap/Card";
import { collection, getDocs} from "firebase/firestore";
import { db } from "../firebaseConfig/firebase.js";
import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
import "./Cards.css"
import { useParams } from "react-router-dom";

const Cards = () => {
  const [products, setProducts] = useState([]);
  const productsCollection = collection(db, "zproducts");

  const categoria = useParams()

  const getProducts = async () => {
    const data = await getDocs(productsCollection);
    if(categoria.category){
    const dataCategory = data.docs.map((doc) => ({ ...doc.data(), id: doc.id }))
    setProducts(dataCategory.filter(i=> i.category == categoria.category))
      console.log(products)
    }else {

      setProducts(data.docs.map((doc) => ({ ...doc.data(), id: doc.id })));
  }
}

  useEffect(()=>{

    getProducts()

  },[categoria.category])

    return (

      <>

        {products.map((product) => (

          <Card className="card" key={product.id} style={{ width: "18rem" }}>

            <Card.Img variant="top" className="cardImg" src={product.imgProduct} />

            <Card.Body>

              <Card.Title>{product.name}</Card.Title>

              <Link  variant="primary" className="btn btn-dark boton btnDetalles" to={`/Item/${product.id}`}>Ver Detalles</Link>

            </Card.Body>

          </Card>

        ))}

      </>

    );

  }

export default Cards;

also when I open the console, I have a bunch of errors for some reasons
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'indexOf')
    at rt.fromString (bundle.js:2286:13)
    at Aa (bundle.js:18047:18)
    at ItemDetailContainer (bundle.js:168:73)
    at renderWithHooks (bundle.js:53227:22)
    at mountIndeterminateComponent (bundle.js:56513:17)
    at beginWork (bundle.js:57809:20)
    at HTMLUnknownElement.callCallback (bundle.js:42819:18)
    at Object.invokeGuardedCallbackDev (bundle.js:42863:20)
    at invokeGuardedCallback (bundle.js:42920:35)
    at beginWork$1 (bundle.js:62794:11)
bundle.js:55331 The above error occurred in the <ItemDetailContainer> component:

    at ItemDetailContainer (http://localhost:3000/static/js/bundle.js:166:80)
    at RenderedRoute (http://localhost:3000/static/js/bundle.js:67267:5)
    at Routes (http://localhost:3000/static/js/bundle.js:67732:5)
    at Router (http://localhost:3000/static/js/bundle.js:67670:15)
    at BrowserRouter (http://localhost:3000/static/js/bundle.js:65875:5)
    at App

Consider adding an error boundary to your tree to customize error handling behavior.
Visit https://reactjs.org/link/error-boundaries to learn more about error boundaries.
logCapturedError @ bundle.js:55331
bundle.js:49671 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'indexOf')
    at rt.fromString (bundle.js:2286:13)
    at Aa (bundle.js:18047:18)
    at ItemDetailContainer (bundle.js:168:73)
    at renderWithHooks (bundle.js:53227:22)
    at mountIndeterminateComponent (bundle.js:56513:17)
    at beginWork (bundle.js:57809:20)
    at beginWork$1 (bundle.js:62772:18)
    at performUnitOfWork (bundle.js:62041:16)
    at workLoopSync (bundle.js:61964:9)
    at renderRootSync (bundle.js:61937:11)

my github link to the proyect: https://github.com/LeandroMore1/PreEntrega2-More

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Q: SSIS : Using a variable as the name of a flat file destination I have an SSIS solution where depending on a parameter, it launches the extraction of different databases, each in a different file, and the name must contain the date of the extraction so we can't hard code the name in the Destination wizard, I must use a variable where I concatenate the date to a file name, and I have to use that variable as the file name. But the destination wizard only seems to let me write plain text.

Any idea how I can do this ?

A: Select the connection manager in the Connection managers bar. Go to the Properties Pane and find the "expressions" option. Click the ellipsis in the adjacent blank window to open a new window.
Find "File Name" or "Connection String" in the drop down, and then in the expression, put the name of your variable.
If the file may not exist before the package is run, ensure you enable delay validation on the connection manager too.


Thanks for your interest in this website and in my personal story. I'm happy to share some of my experiences and adventures!
Hey! If you have landed on this page it means we're going to get to know each other better – great! I'll start by sharing a bit of my personal story, but I'd love to hear more about yours too. Feel free to drop me a line at info@fragmentsofevolution.org letting me know what brought you here, and how I can make this page more relevant and life-changing for you. But first things first – let me introduce myself.
I grew up in Rome, a beautiful, intense and chaotic city – I was a urban kid, living among computers, science fiction novels, scooters and electronic music. I had the incredible luck of growing up in a family which was full of love and understanding.
When I was a child, I used to play a game with myself at night, just before falling asleep: I would use a magic short word to stop my thoughts. As soon as I spoke the word inside my head, any other thought had to stop – this was the only rule of the game. Sometimes, I reached a point in which the magic word could stop even the magic word itself, so that, all of a sudden, there was perfect silence and stillness in me. With no more thoughts, I enjoyed this state of peace before falling asleep.
As a teenager, I started being more and more interested in sexuality, and I discovered the immense, frightening and delightful power of the Feminine. These were the times of broken hearts, sexual insecurities, and social awkwardness; for every moment of bliss, there were often weeks of struggle.
I learned that the path of evolution and growth is not an easy one, especially at the beginning, when so often it feels like you are wandering without a direction. In those years I also discovered the sharpness of radical political thinking, and I became involved with activism and social struggle. I felt a strong desire to change the world, starting from my own life.
This is how I came to experience living in communities and participate in socially conscious groups. There, I learned more satisfactory ways to live relationships, sexuality, friendship and political ideals. In those frenetic times I also came in contact with Tantra, by reading an inspiring and crazy novel. I started practicing sexual Tantra in the most spontaneous, unorganized way – and at least I discovered that there were some interesting ways to channel my sexual energy.
After a decade of living this lifestyle, I felt the need to move on, and I entered a time of crisis, uncertainty and change. What was going to be the next chapter in the book of my life? I only knew that I had to leave, and I had to travel. I decided to follow my intuition and travel to Asia. It felt like where something was persistently calling me there.
As soon as I set foot in the Asian continent, I realized that the next step in my personal evolution was going to happen there. Through a series of seemingly random events, I ended up meeting the teachers that, without even knowing, I was actually looking for.
I had finally found the next chapter of the book of my life, so I dove into it with enthusiasm and dedication. Since then, I have deepened my studies of Yoga, Tantra, relationships and sexuality, and I have come to understand that human evolution as a whole is what really matters to me. I realized that during my whole life, I had followed that same thread, searching for connection and harmony in different ways.
After some years of practice and study, I decided to share some of my experiences. This is how this website came into existence, as an attempt to give back at least a bit of what I have learned and received. Through The Network of Love, my workshop on relationships and sexuality, I have been helping hundreds of people expand their awareness around sexual polarity, jealousy, openness and communication in love relationships.
At the same time, I also love working with individual and with couples, one-on-one. For this reason I have created a coaching program, where I help people navigate through the sometimes difficult waters of love, sexuality and relationships.
Writing and sharing my experiences through articles and books is also one of my passions. Well, this is the original reason why I set up this website in the first place – it all started with a blog! A few months ago, I had the privilege of starting a collaboration with the Elephant Journal – one of the most well-known online magazines on conscious living and spirituality.
These days, I'm working at producing an online video course, and finishing up my first book. It should be out soon, so stay tuned for more info. So much to do! I'm grateful for this life, and for the opportunity to share some of it with you, my dear reader.
Everything you find here comes from my direct experience: a lifelong quest and exploration, and the failures and successes that I've experienced along the way.
I hope that you can find some inspiration in these fragments of my own, personal path of evolution.
May your love always shine free!


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Gerrards staff recognised for long service
Six members of staff at Gerrards Bakery in Wales have received long service awards, after collectively accumulating more than 180 years with the business.
Dawn van Rensburg, director of Gerrards Bakery, said: "The long service awards are another important milestone in the history of Gerrards and, in the next few years, we will have other members of staff who will have been with us for 20 years. I think it says a lot about the business that we have so many people who have been with us for such a long time – we have people whose parents and grandparents also worked here.
"There's a very strong sense of loyalty and family spirit within the whole business – not just the Gerrards family but the staff's families too. Every member of staff we have in the bakery and in the shops is vital to the smooth running of the business. We value their contribution."
Staff who received awards from the Wirral-based company included bakery foreman Chris Williams, bread foreman Adrian Munkley, baker and confectioner Jeanette Williams, van driver Colin Jones, payroll manager Teresa McNeil and retail manager Gloria Davies.
Van Rensburg took over as co-director with her husband Dirk from her father Philip Gerrard Jones. He started working in the bakery full-time in 1958 and took charge of the business for more than 30 years.
Gerrards, which was founded in 1838 and is now a sixth-generation family-run business, was one of the finalists in this year's Baking Industry Awards in The Craft Business Award.
Van Rensburg added: "I'm incredibly proud of the fact we were in the final three at the Baking Industry Awards. It was a huge accolade that would not have happened without the fantastic team of staff we've got in the bakery and out in our shops.
"Maintaining our high standards is vital to us. The economic climate isn't wonderful, but the one thing we won't compromise is the quality of the ingredients we use, as well as the love and attention we put into the products."

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EDWARDS — Friday was the longest day of the year — a good day to grab the board and head for the skate park.
Every year on June 21, skateboarders around the globe unite for the love of the sport. Friday, the skatepark at Freedom Park in Edwards attracted riders of all ages who came out to show off their skills.
Sponsored officially by the International Association of Skateboard Companies, the day gives boarders the opportunity to get outside with the support of the community.
"Back in the '70s, my dad bought himself, my brother and I a skateboard, and I've been skating ever since I was three," said Jason Schetrompf, the skateboard programs coordinator for the Western Eagle County Metropolitan Recreation District, which runs the Freedom Park skatepark. Schetrompf is also the lead author for Vail's snowboard teaching handbook.
"The best thing about boarding is pushing yourself and doing things you'd never be able to do on land," said Declan Miner, 10, who has been skating for four years now.
Miner has been enrolled in previous summer camps under Schetrompf's instruction.
Mike Staten, the recreation district's field house and Freedom Park director, coordinates something for the locals every year and saw National Go Skate Day as the great opportunity to support the sport.
"This year we had a couple different vendors come out, like Eagle Skate Supply, who donated a lot of swag for the event," said Staten.
Freebies of the day included T-shirts and board decks, as Freedom Park attracted boarders ranging in age from 5 to 50.
The recreation district's participation in helping fund the skate park with Eagle County and local donors began in 2005 with Pat O'Toole, Rob Bak, and Schetrompf. They worked with Staten from the district's skateboarding program, and from there the summer skate camp was born.
Now a 12-week program held Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon, kids ages 6- 13 can keep busy with their skating passion in a camp that's specifically designed to the park's layout. Enrollment in the camp is $99 for the 4 days.
"It's nothing really contest-related; It's more in the spirit of skateboarding so everyone can shred and have a good time," said Staten.
Friday, the shredding lasted long into the long daylight hours of the summer solstice.


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Broadcom MASTERS Top 300 are musical, sporty and speak many languages
The top 300 Broadcom MASTERS are an interesting and diverse group of young people who not only excel in science, technology, engineering and math, but they also participate in a wide array of other activities. While it might not be surprising that 76 MASTERS are involved in science club, 129 participate in their local science or math Olympiad and 136 say they are involved in robotics, it is exciting to learn that nearly a third (96) are involved in student council, 65 participate in an art club and 36 are involved in a school publication.
Here are 10 fun facts about the Broadcom MASTERS
244 are involved in music
222 play a sport
146 play the piano
148 speak a language other than English
90 sing or are involved in choir
81 are swimmers
63 run track or cross country
56 are involved in the scouts
28 play the guitar
6 have patents or patents pending
Follow the Society on social media to learn more about the MASTERS and check back on September 14 to find out which MASTERS were named as finalists.
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Gurugram: South City residents complains of poorly planned construction
They have also alleged that safety and pollution control norms are being violated. Ipsita Pati | TNN | October 12, 2019, 11:00 IST
GURUGRAM: Residents of South City 1 have complained that poorly planned construction work by builders who are developing four floors over stilt is endangering buildings in their vicinity.
They have also alleged that safety and pollution control norms are being violated.
Last week, a group of residents filed a police complaint with the Sector 40 police station after an iron structure from one of the construction sites fell on the opposite house, damaging a part of it along with the wires that supply electricity in the area. As a result, the entire area had to stay without electricity for more than 12 hours.
"It was a terrible accident. On October 3, a heavy iron structure from the construction site right opposite fell on our house at around 8 pm. Portions of the terrace chipped off and the electricity wires were damaged. Fortunately, we were all out and so, no one was injured. We had to suffer as power supply was disrupted for the rest of the night," said Nandita Mathur, a resident of South City 1.
Locals pointed out that since the government has increased the floor area ratio (FAR) of residential plots in licensed colonies, people are adding floors to existing structures. But some of these houses are more than 20 years old and might not be able to sustain the additional load of floors, they fear.
They also alleged that drinking water is being used for these construction works, and even after several complaints to the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) and the department of town and country planning, no action has been initiated against the builders.
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"The civic agencies are not examining if anybody is constructing buildings by flouting the norms. They are colluding with property owners. These construction sites are not using proper green sheet to cover the dust which is affecting health of people who are living in the area. Entire construction materials are kept on the road which poses a threat to commuters," said S Puri, a resident.
"We are already witnessing problems with basic amenities like water, electricity, roads, lack of security and parking space. These new units will aggravate the problems as the number of residents will go up," said another resident, Chirag Saini.
Meanwhile, MCG said that they have been conducting raids on illegal constructions but since South City-1 area is not under its jurisdiction, it cannot take any action. "We will send an enforcement team to visit the sites and stop any kind of unauthorised construction," said Sudhir Chauhan, senior town planner, department of town and country planning.
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The Brewers Look to Snap Skid Behind Freddy Peralta
By Robin Adams April 6, 2021 Updated: November 26, 2021 No Comments3 Mins Read
CLEVELAND, OHIO - SEPTEMBER 04: Daniel Vogelbach #21 hits a foul ball to left. during the first inning against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field on September 04, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
The Brewers have lost three straight games after winning in walk-off fashion on Opening Day. The Crew will look to right the ship and get back to winning ways behind the right arm of Freddy Peralta. Peralta, who has pitched out of the bullpen for about a season and a half, unexpectedly won the Brewers' fifth starting role out of Spring Training. Peralta did appear out of the pen on Opening Day. He pitched two scoreless innings, walked three, and struck out six.
Brewers' Starter: Freddy Peralta
As mentioned, this will be Freddy Peralta's second appearance of the season and his first start. Peralta has enjoyed moderate success against the Cubs in his young career. Wilson Contreras has two hits against him in five at bats, and Javy Baez has two hits in six at bats. They, however, are the only current Cubs players to get more than one hit off of Peralta, and none of their current roster has hit a home run off of him.
Peralta, known for his fastball, has added a nasty slider and a changeup that make him even more frustrating to face. He struggles to control these pitches, though, and may walk a few batters. Do not be surprised if he only lasts four or five innings. He may keep the Cubs off the scoreboard, but his pitch count will be up there.
Cubs Starter: Adbert Alzolay
Adbert Alzolay, like Peralta, put together a strong Spring Training to earn the Cubs' final starting spot. The young rookie has made 10 appearances over the past two season, but really came on strong towards the end of 2020. Late last season, Alzolay made six appearances (four starts). He went 1-1 with a 2.95 in 21.1 innings pitched.
Alzolay has a 95-mph fastball to go along with a slider, curveball, and changeup. He is a strikeout pitcher, with an 11.9 K/9 ration so far in his young career. The Brewers' offense, which has struggled early, will need to be patient at the plate as they wait for him to make a mistake.
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Game 2 gets underway at 6:40 p.m.
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Artist's view of star formation in the early Universe.
The study presents the first measurements of the changing strengths of oxygen emission lines from the present day and back to 12.5 billion years ago.
The main conclusions are that the strength of doubly ionized oxygen increases going back in time, while the strength of singly ionized oxygen increases up to 11 billion years ago and then decreases for the remaining one to two billion years.
The cause of the two different evolutions is due to the changing physical conditions inside star-forming galaxies. The amount of ionizing energy inputted into the gas by newly formed stars is much higher in the early universe.
The results, recently published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, help set the framework for future surveys using next-generation telescopes, such as the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope, that will allow researchers to study the conditions inside star-forming galaxies to the era of the first galaxies.
A galaxy can be thought of as a factory that produces stars from cold gas, with some galaxies being more productive than others. Therefore, what roughly defines the evolutionary parameters of a galaxy is the rate of star formation, stellar mass, and gas content.
The rate at which stars form in galaxies has not always been the same. The typical star formation rate in galaxies rose for the first two to three billion years after the Big Bang and has steadily decreased for the past 10 to 11 billion years.
In other words, the universe is in a production crisis as galaxies are becoming less active in creating new stars. Because cold gas is the fuel of star formation, it is imperative to understand how the physical conditions of the gas are changing throughout the universe's history.
The emission lines are only visible while the most massive stars shine, therefore the timescales traced by these lines are dependent on the lifespan of these stars (about 10 to 50 million years). Therefore, emission lines can be used to trace the instantaneous activity and conditions in star-forming regions of galaxies.
In the study, the researchers used a sample of emission line selected galaxies from the High-z Emission Line Survey (HiZELS) to trace the evolution in the strengths of emission lines associated with singly ionized and doubly ionized oxygen.
The importance of these two lines is that they provide information regarding the energetic excitation (ionized) state of the gas since the main difference between the two lines is the energy needed to go from singly to doubly ionized oxygen.
This is accomplished because of the unique design of HiZELS. The survey uses four narrowband filters, one installed on the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii and the other three on the United Kingdom InfraRed Telescope (UKIRT), also in Hawaii. These filters are narrow enough that the light from an emission line would dominate the detector of the telescope. As emission lines are narrow and redshifted, they act as testifiers of four different time slices (one for each filter) of the universe's history.
The authors also used a wealth of ancillary data from various ground-based telescopes such as the Canada France Hawaii Telescope in Hawaii as well as space-based telescopes such as the Spitzer Space Telescope. Their samples also include spectroscopic follow up using the DEIMOS and MOSFIRE spectrographs on the W. M. Keck Observatory, and spectroscopy from other studies. The study is comprised of 7,000 galaxies.
The paper, "The Nature of Hβ +[OIII] and [OII] emitters to z ˜ 5 with HiZELS: stellar mass functions and the evolution of EWs," was coauthored by David Sobral (Lancaster University in the United Kingdom), Bahram Mobasher (UC Riverside), Ian Smail (Durham University in the United Kingdom), Behnam Darvish (Caltech), Hooshang Nayyeri (UC Irvine), Shoubaneh Hemmati (Caltech), and John Stott (Oxford University in the United Kingdom).


Julia Dunn takes a closer look at Russia, probably the biggest surprise so far in the Women's division following their rise from ninth in Europe to World quarter-finalists.
Russia's Women's team, the fourth seed in pool D going into the tournament, made their mark on the tournament today by upsetting the second seed Australia. Beating all their competitors except Colombia thus far, the dynamic squad showed that intense defence wins games. Coming in seventh place at EUC last year, the team has really grown in the past year leading up to Worlds.
The team led Australia comfortably by one or two points the entire game. Russia played a very systematic and controlled game, making all the right decisions. Their handlers have ease in creating power positions by moving the disc at low stall counts. Olga Kochenova, an amazing handler, opened up the entire field with her inside breaks. Aleksandra Pustovaya also contributed to the fast disc movement for Russia. Australia scored on only one break the entire game because of Russia's fast transitions and tight defence.
Russia put on amazing defensive pressure that stifled Australia's offensive flow. The team focused on hard man defence the entire day, stalling both Australia's (and France's in the following game) flow. Kochenova and Margarita Parshukova had a number of Ds each. In the end, Natalya Mashyanova threw a beautiful inside break for the score to Natalia Shebunyaeva to secure their second seed before pre-quarters (15-12). Russia stormed the field, celebrating the biggest upset of the Women's division.
Despite the score difference, the game felt extremely tight and spirited. The Australians fought hard for every point. Simone Ryan, a dominant receiver, scored most of the points for Australia, connecting with Cat Phillips a number of times. Despite the loss, Australia still entered quarters, and will face Japan in the morning.
Russia celebrate their win over France. Photo by Gavin Thompson.
Later that day, pre-quarters did not present a challenging match-up for Russia. The talented squad easily beat France. Russia pulled into the back of the end zone multiple times, a location where France could not handle the stifling defence. Russia found Inga Ivakina with a lay out bid in the end zone to finish the game (15-11).
Russia meets powerhouse Canada today, who have only lost to Japan. Canada's team predominately boasts Vancouver Traffic members that have played together for years. Both teams have a similar style of play with fast transitions, a systematic offence and shutdown defence. Russia has demonstrated that they belong to the top of European Ultimate, but can they compete with the teams across the pond?
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You need to send a confidential message to a co-worker. It's important that you receive confirmation that the recipient receives your message and it's also important that the message is absolutely secret. You want to keep it safe from eavesdroppers. You don't want anyone but the recipient to read it. You don't want any record to exist that you even contacted the recipient. Here's the question: what is the most secure way to transmit this message?
Trick question! None of these options actually provides true end-to-end security. Depending on who your adversary is in this scenario (snooping co-workers, a rogue IT department, a private investigator, the government armed with a warrant [or not]), all of the communication channels listed above can be compromised. Email in particular is vulnerable to eavesdropping and monitoring, since it is transmitted via an unencrypted protocol.
Encryption: Message contents are scrambled during transit by a secret key. Only the recipient who holds the matching decryption key can unscramble the message.
Integrity: Message contents can't be modified by an outside party while in transit.
Authentication: Third parties cannot insert themselves into a conversation or impersonate members of the conversation without being detected.
Forward Secrecy: If a security key is compromised, past (and future) messages can't be decrypted because Signal implements forward secrecy.
The app and its underlying technology (the Signal Protocol) were both developed by the nonprofit Open Whisper Systems.
Why Signal Instead of Other Messaging Apps?
Other applications do not use the most secure implementation of the Signal protocol. In Google Allo and Facebook Messenger, the Signal Protocol is disabled by default and has to be turned on by the user. In What's App, users are not notified about security key changes for their contacts. The Signal app, on the other hand, uses the most secure implementation of the protocol by default.
All of these apps are owned by companies that make much of their revenue from advertising, which gives them an incentive to collect data about their users to better target ads (though both companies deny collecting any data from secure messaging). Open Whisper Systems, on the other hand, is a nonprofit and has no financial incentive for accessing, storing, or retaining user data.
In the same vein, Google and Facebook do retain some metadata regarding their secure messaging apps. They may not be able to access the content of your message, but they do keep some records of who you've contacted, when, and how often. Open Whisper Systems, by contrast, only retains the minimal amount of information for messages to be delivered.
For both platforms, you'll need to verify your phone number by entering a security code that you receive via SMS text message. You'll also need to grant the app permission to view your contacts.
There's also a Signal app for Mac, Windows, and Linux desktops. You'll need to already install one of the mobile apps first, however; it's not possible to use Signal Desktop without having the mobile app already installed on your smartphone. Instructions for installing Signal Desktop can be found here.
If you're an Android user, you'll have the option to use Signal as your default SMS messaging app, which means that you can use Signal for all of your text messaging. If you use an Apple device, you won't have this option.
After you verify your phone number, you can start using Signal to send messages. To do this, launch the app and click on the pencil icon on your screen. It will be in the bottom-right (Android) or top-right (iOS) corner of your screen. You can then select your recipient from a list of contacts.
For non-Signal users, on the other hand, your message field will read "Unsecured SMS" and you won't see a lock icon in the upper-right hand corner.
If you want to attach stickers, GIFs, photos, or other files to your message, you can tap the paper-clip icon next to the message composition box, which will bring up attachment options, including your most recent photos. Tapping the microphone button or the camera button, on the other hand, will allow you to record an audio message or take an image to send, respectively. Signal also has the ability to send disappearing messages and group messages.
Signal also allows you to have secure, encrypted conversations with other Signal users. To initiate a Signal call, follow the same steps as sending a Signal message. When you reach the message composition screen, click on the phone icon in the upper-right hand corner. You'll later be prompted if you want your call to be voice-only, or if you want to use your webcam to video chat.
Signal keeps conversations private by issuing the parties in a conversation private security keys that authenticate them to the service. If you want to verify someone's security key, you can do this with a feature called "Verify Safety Numbers". While you can do this over the phone or via another communication channel, it's best to verify safety numbers in person, so you can be sure that the you're sending messages to the person you think you're sending them to. You can read more about how to verify safety numbers here.
Signal is set up to warn you, by default, if the security key for one of your contacts changes. More often than not, this happens because your contact got a new phone, reset their phone, or re-installed the Signal app. It's also possible, however, that an attacker is trying to impersonate the person you're contacting. Of course, it's unlikely that you're actually being spied upon, but if it's really important that your message isn't being intercepted, you might want to use another communication channel to ask your contact if they recently got a new cell phone, or meet them in person to re-verify safety numbers.
Enable full-disk encryption on your phone (Android tutorial, iOS tutorial). Recent versions of iOS and Android encrypt your device by default.
Of course, there's always someone on the other side of every conversation. If your correspondent isn't taking steps to secure their device, you have the same weaknesses in the system, just from the other side.
In addition, it's also important to know that you probably don't want to use an encrypted messaging app for all of your correspondence. If you're negotiating with a partner organization about a contract, or engaged in a discussion with Human Resources, or disciplining a subordinate, you probably WANT a saved record of your email exchange for documentation purposes. Secret messages have their place, but email is the way to go for any message where you WANT to leave a paper trail, or you want to be able to recover it down the road.


As Melbourne's population swells to 12 million humans, how will design, as a profession, champion, support, create and maintain the city's status as one of the most liveable cities?
This is the question posed to the panel of speakers at the Future Melbourne/Future Design seminar this week. And, though each answered in his or her own unique way, the overarching theme was this: we need to take a holistic approach to design.
When our population growth swells, things like congestion on public transport and in traffic become bigger issues. How do we accommodate for a population size of New York City in Melbourne?
Soren Luckins, Creative Director of Buro North, believes we need to focus on densification. By this, he means we can't forever grow outwards. We need to successfully densify our housing while maintaining a high level of connectivity for our citizens.
A prime example of a well-balanced residential project with advanced connectivity? Melbourne Grand. It sits in the middle of Lonsdale Street in the city, providing direct access to an array of public transport, shops and schools while simultaneously offering spaces in which neighbours can connect, like the Coffee Bar in The Lonsdale Club.
Director of Interior Architecture Kirsten Day, however, suggests we focus on the triple bottom line. The term refers to an accounting framework which focuses on three parts — social, environmental and financial impact.
"Having a good idea about the context in which we design, knowing our materials and impacts, and understanding the social impact of what we do as well as understanding the economic opportunities, will allow us to create sustainable homes," Kirsten says.
Breathe Architecture, a Melbourne-based sustainable practice which helped craft The Commons and Nightingale 1 using the Nightingale model, has brought its expertise to Breese Street by Milieu.
The affordable apartments in Brunswick achieve a 7.5-star sustainability rating. Inside, each home features an intelligent use of recycled materials and energy efficient appliances. From low volatile organic compound paint and double-glazed windows to concrete floors and ceilings, Breese Street by Milieu exemplifies a consideration for the triple bottom line.
Finally, Kyle Wolf explains how the higher our population grows, the more people are feeling lonely. Kyle calls this the population paradox and to combat it, he says we need to take a human-centred approach.
We need to connect with one another. And, in recognition of this, more and more developers are crafting apartment projects with an emphasis on establishing a community between residents. Balfe Park Lane encourages resident interaction through the on-site noticeboard and a communal rooftop garden. Residents can even decide, collectively, what the hub on the ground floor should be used for.
So while the population growth number is scary, we can have faith that industry professionals like those at the Future Melbourne/Future Design event and developers such as the ones mentioned above will respond to the changing needs of our population.
Find out about other Melbourne Design Week events here.


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Don't play dirty politics over Pulwama attack: PM tells oppn
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday flayed certain opposition parties for "playing dirty politics" on last year's Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir and urged all political parties "not to play in the hands of anti-national forces" trying to break the country.
He said that when the entire nation was mourning the death of the brave soldiers in the Pulwama attack, some people indulged in dirty politics for their political gains.
The Prime Minister said that the "truth" behind the February 2019 Pulwama attack, in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed in a car bomb blast, had been accepted in Pakistan Parliament.
Modi's remarks come days after Pakistan Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry admitted to his country's role in the Pulwama attack during a debate in the National Assembly.
Modi paid tribute to 'Iron Man Of India', Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, for his contribution to national unity and integrity and said: "Today, 130 crore countrymen are working towards building a strong and competent nation wherein there is equality of all and immense opportunities.
"Only a self-reliant (Atmanirbhar) nation can be assured of progress as well as national security. Therefore, the country is moving towards becoming self-sufficient in the defence sector. Not only this, India's mindset and approach towards safeguarding its borders have also seen a considerable change," the Prime Minister said while speaking after paying tributes to Sardar Patel at the Statue of Unity at Kevadiya in Gujarat on his 145th birth anniversary.
"Today, while watching the paramilitary forces' parade, there was another picture in my mind -- of the Pulwama terror attack. The country can never forget that when the whole country was saddened by the martyrdom of its brave soldiers, some people were not part of that sorrow. Instead, they were looking to derive political mileage from the Pulwama attack."
"The country cannot forget what kind of language was spoken and how many divisive statements were made by several Opposition parties. The country cannot forget the low-level politics which was at its peak -- filled with selfish means and arrogance when the nation was reeling under a brutal blow," the Prime Minister added.
Modi said that news from neighbouring Pakistan a few days ago and the manner in which truth behind the terror attack was accepted in Parliament there had exposed the real faces of several opposition leaders before the country.
"To what extent such people can stoop to for their selfish political interests is evident from the politicisation of the Pulwama attack, which is a primary example of divisive politics," the Prime Minister remarked.
Modi urged all political parties not to indulge in such politics for securing national security and the morale of our security forces.
"In order to fulfil your selfish political interests, knowingly or unknowingly playing into the hands of anti-national forces, neither will you be able to serve national interests nor those of your political outfit," he cautioned.
"We must always remember that the nation's interest is above all. When we keep everyone's interests in mind, only then will we prosper and develop as a nation," Modi added. - IANS


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Katie Bolton January 13, 2020 at 11:00am
Editor's note: Five years ago, we published one of my favorite stories, and I wanted to share it with you here.
Matthew Hua. Photo: Dustin Whitlow/DWhit Photography
Matthew Hua relished his first season of cross country at J.E.B. Stuart High School (now Justice High School). With no prior athletic background, his 24-minute three mile time is a point of pride. Lifelong health problems have been an obstacle in his running career, but they haven't stopped him from fully participating as part of the team — except maybe in the team dinners.
Matthew's gastrointestinal system has never functioned normally. He is unable to eat at all and drinks very little. In fact, virtually every one of his bodily systems is compromised. He is deaf in his left ear and his left vocal cord is paralyzed. Underdeveloped lungs have led to chronic conditions such as tracheomalacia (softened cartilage around the trachea) and asthma. He has ongoing orthopedic problems and his immune system is compromised, leaving him susceptible to infection and illness.
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Allison Bourg Sauntry January 6, 2020 at 11:00am
Mark Robinson poses with members of the Bell Multicultural High School track team. Photo: Courtesy of Mark Robinson
In 2011, Mark Robinson, a longtime coach at Catholic University, was at a crossroads.
He was essentially juggling two full-time careers: His job as head cross country coach and assistant track coach at Catholic, and his job as a curriculum manager for a D.C. nonprofit.
Robinson, a CU graduate who set records on the track that still stand today, opted to retire from coaching to focus on the job that paid his bills.
"It was a gut-wrenching decision," he said.
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Charlie Ban December 17, 2019 at 11:00am
Jenna Goldberg leads the senior race at the DCXC Invitational. Photo: Dustin Whitlow
With two 10th place teams at Nike Cross Nationals, another individual qualifier and two girls in the top 20 at Foot Locker, the annual report for the D.C. area's cross country circuit was quite strong. Loudoun Valley's girls return much of their team, as do Lake Braddock's girls, Oakton's boys, Walter Johnson's girls and St. John's boys and girls. The season lacked 2018's rain-related meet cancellations, and on a personal note, I was pleased to have state meets on three consecutive weekends, rather than two in one day.
Their pant cuffs still soaked with mud from a season that barely gave them time to dry off, our coaches panel of John Ausema Jim Ehrenhaft, Emily Farrar, Kevin Hughes, Mike Mangan, Kellie Redmond, Giovanni Reumante, Chris Pellegrini, Chad Young all had input into the selection of post-season honors for 62 of the D.C. area's top cross country runners. While races at the end of the season held the most weight, the coaches did not discount mid-season achievements.
They chose the top 10 boys and girls overall, along with second teams — seven each from — Northern Virginia, Washington, D.C. and the Maryland suburbs.
I've begun moving our photos from cross country races (there are a few college and open races in there too) and road races to a SmugMug page – you can see them here. You can also read all of this season's cross country coverage here.
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The 4A boys begin the state meet. Photo: Charlie Ban
Virginia saw individual and team sweeps of the 4A and 6A divisions, with Loudoun Valley defending its titles, West Springfield boys winning their first title since 1995 and Lake Braddock girls ending their one-year title drought. Loudoun Valley nearly matched its 1-5 sweep from 2017, and Oakton's all-underclassman team came close to upsetting the Spartan boys. The Bruins' surprise competition came from John Champe, which made a brief stay in 6A before being divded up after redistricting next year.
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Maryland postseason 2019
Surafel Mengist, Jacob Marks, Timothy Boyce, Ayalew Fantaw and Sean Enright lead the chase pack at the Montgomery County Championships. Photo: Charlie Ban
Suburban Maryland saw Northwood's boys repeat as Montgomery County champions and state runners-up with a new cast and Walter Johnson's girls fight back to the top three in the state, lead by Jenna Goldberg's comeback year, but also a team-best finish by the Montgomery Blair boys.
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D.C. postseason 2019
Charlie Ban December 17, 2019 at 9:30am
Trying to keep track of team scores at the D.C. state meet gets a little dicey when Georgetown Day , Georgetown Visitation, Maret and Woodrow Wilson are involved. Photo: Charlie Ban
With a young team already realizing success, St. John's figures to be a force in D.C., though Gonzaga wasn't ready to concede the boys' title just yet. The girls, on the other hand, avenged a state meet loss in 2018 to Woodrow Wilson. Cullen Capuano ran away for the boys' win, but Georgetown Visitation sophomore kicked away from St. John's freshman Meredith Gotzman for the girls' title.
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DCXC, Trials Fever
GW XC great Hogan closing on her first Olympic Marathon Trials starting line
Jacqueline Feldscher December 12, 2019 at 11:00am
Megan Hogan finishes the 2019 Boston Marathon. Photo: Justin Britton
Some people spend years training to qualify for the Olympic Marathon Trials, but George Washington alumna Megan Hogan did it twice before she ever got to run a marathon.
But eight years after she left D.C. to embark on a brief professional running career, Hogan finally ran a marathon, finishing Boston in 2:42:00 to qualify for the Trials for the third time. It followed a "pretty conservative" training cycle, and she is now eager to begin training for the trials and devote more of her focus to marathon training, in hopes of making it to the race without injury for the first time. She made the 2012 Trials with a 10k time qualifier and the 2016 Trials with a half marathon time.
The Ballston Spa, N.Y. native still maintains a relaxed approach to her running and nutrition, openly admitting that she sometimes misses training runs because of work deadlines she faces as an interior designer and regularly indulges in a glass of wine.
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Cross country gives masters runners a chance to be truly over the hill
Charlie Ban December 9, 2019 at 2:00pm
Steve Martin, Chris Johnston and Bob Briggs prep at Burke Lake for the USATF Club Cross Country Championships. Photo: Ed Lull
If David Sullivan meets someone and tells them he's a runner, they invariably ask him if he does marathons.
He blanches.
"To them it's like nothing else exists," he said. "But I get it."
Not so for Sullivan and the members of his Athletics East Track Club who will race at the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships this Saturday at Lehigh University.
Of the 16 masters runners who will compete for the club's teams, 14 are D.C.-area locals, and Sullivan, of Kingstowne, hopes to keep giving runners over 40 a life beyond the marathon grind.
He found West Springfield resident Bob Briggs at Burke Lake one weekend earlier this year, during the club's weekly Saturday run.
"David came up to me and said, 'Hey, you look like a pretty fast old guy – want to run with us?'" Briggs said. Briggs is 62 and shooting for a sub-3 at the Houston Marathon in January. Soon enough, Briggs became a member of Athletics East, which Sullivan managed and coached while living in his native Boston, then revived in 2018.
Carlos Shultz leads locals into national cross country meets
Carlos Shultz leads the 4A race at the Virginia state meet. Photo: Bruce Buckley
Sam Affolder was hurting in the third mile of Nike Cross Nationals last December.
After leading Loudoun Valley throughout the year in defense of its 2017 first-ever national title, things were looking grim for the senior. Most runners behind him saw him as a target to pass, but Carlos Shultz saw him and knew that's where he needed to be.
"I saw Sam up there, and I knew if he was falling off, I couldn't be 'back there,'" he said.
Lake Braddock surprises, Loudoun Valley repeats
Charlie Ban November 17, 2019 at 11:00am
Lake Braddock's girls celebrate upon hearing they won the 6A championship. From left: Amelia Bradecamp, Sophia Rossen, Caroline Fleenor, Kayla Nocerito's back, Alexandra Hague. Photo: Bruce Buckley
It had been a while since Bethany Graham had run down the long stretch that leads to the Virginia state meet finish line at Great Meadow. Three years in fact, since she had made it through a cross country season unscathed. In that time, John Champe high school grew to 6A from 4A, and when the senior finished first with a 34-second margin of victory over Ocean Lakes sophomore Aniya Mosley running 17:42, she nearly led the Knights to a team title in the state's largest division.
Her own race held true to her formula all season – go out fast and hold on. Within seven minutes, she was alone.
"The last mile was pretty difficult, but I managed to finish strong," she said. "I was pretty lucky all season to stay healthy."
But unfortunately for Champe, the six of the top 11 finishers were running without their teams, meaning Lake Braddock's top finisher Sophie Willis's 12th place finish only counted as six points, cutting the advantage Graham offered. Lake Braddock put seven ahead of Champe's fifth and edged the Knights by eight points.
"We didn't even think we'd be on the podium," Graham said. "We were going up against so many teams that been so good for so long. After we lost Mythri Madireddy to an injury, it encouraged the younger girls to step up, and they did."


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Will.I.Am's Jackson Benchmark
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will.i.am uses Michael Jackson as the benchmark by which he judges all of his own songs.
will.i.am claims Michael Jackson is behind all his biggest hits.
The 'Black Eyed Peas' hitmaker - who has produced number one singles for a host of stars including Usher, Estelle, Cheryl Cole and his own group Black Eyed Peas - says he uses the 'King of Pop' for inspiration when he's trying to write a hit track.
He said: "We call it 'A-B-ing.' Anything you make, there's nothing new under the sun. So there's always an 'A and B', whatever your approach is.
"So if you want a song to be a big number one smash, then you have to play a Michael Jackson song while you're making your song."
Will also admitted he uses Michael - one of the greatest pop stars of all time, and a notorious perfectionist, who made the biggest selling album of all time 'Thriller', and collaborated with Will before his death from acute Propofol intoxication last year - as the benchmark to decide if tracks will be a hit.
He explained to MTV: "What you don't want to do is have a 'hit record' and then turn it on and it isn't as loud as Michael Jackson's."
Meanwhile upcoming female US rapper Nicki Minaj - who enlisted Will's help on her song 'Check It Out' - praised his ability to improvise.
She said: "That's when I knew he was a freaking, next-level - he was not even a human when he recorded me. The word 'producer' means different things depending on who's using the word. Will's the only producer that produced me. He really sat there and he got this weird sound, and I was like, 'What?' He just made the beat on the spot."
Mmm, "I Gotta Feeling" is now a big number one smash in the American Billboard 100. Wat is Will saying ...is Michael (still) behind this? 8-)
It's all for L.O.V.E.
auntielizzie
Re: Will.I.Am's Jackson Benchmark
Since Wil.i.Am collaborated with MJ it may not be surprising MJ made a cameo appearance in the video Where is the LOVE. Well at least i THINK i spotted MJ!!
I was just watching and enjoying the video, and suddenly, sort of subliminal, i felt i saw Michael!!
So i stop-play-stop-played it, its a fraction of a second but i really belive it is MJ. I think Paris is there as well.(left of Michael)
The song would totally have MJ's approval, its his main theme; Love, Peace, values of humanity, suffering children....
CHECK OUT; 1.08 SECS, AND 1.10 SECS.
[youtube:3m8mdb81]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpYeekQkAdc[/youtube:3m8mdb81]
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Thanks for sharing this information and also for the video. I couldn't see MJ in the video but I really liked the video and the message was very "Mjish".
I think anyone would do well to follow Michael's lead in making hit music. However, it takes more than just a few words to make a hit and Michael definitely had "it" that very few, if any, that came after Michael can legitimately claim. Blessings.
I'm proud to be a child of God and a member of MJ's Army of L.O.V.E.
"Press coverage of my life is like [watching] a fictitious movie...like watching science fiction. It's not true." ~Michael Jackson (2005)
"You should not believe everything you read. You are missing the most important revelations". Craig Harvey 3-15-2012
ok, i have a screenshot!!
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[youtube:10s5jlfi]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpYeekQkAdc[/youtube:10s5jlfi]
Thank you Auntielizzie, I believe I saw Michael too when I checked out the video!! If I am correct Michael is disguised as a clown (I think he'd love that) and Paris is on the left side of Michael with the beige hat and black-white jacket. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I beLIEve so.
Where is the LOVE is one of my favourites, especially because of the main theme like you mentioned and if I may add Injustice! I agree this song suits well in where MJ stands for.
Nite, I'll go to dreamland.
L.O.V.E. lives forever
simalves
truthprevails
You guys have good eyes! I agree that it could be MJ there...
Michael was truly unique in his combination of talents and passions (singer-songwriter-dancer-choreographer-visionary-humanitarian), but other people do good things on different levels, and the more people are inspired by MJ and spread his message, the better off humankind and this planet will be... So it's nice to see that Will.I.Am is inspired by MJ and uses him as a benchmark (a great compliment, BTW). I also recall that Will.I.Am showed a lot of respect to MJ during that interview shot in their work studio in Ireland... He said that he and all the Justin Timberlake's of today are a product of MJ. He seemed to think the world of Michael!
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Thats what 15 months of investigating does to a person!
I have a sort of built in spy-eye for anything concerning MJ.
I didnt really SEE it though, its probbably not more then 2 or 3 frames, so its sort of subliminal.
I wouldnt be surprised if MJ helped with the fundings for this video, coz the message agrees so much with him. Also, i think Katherine Jackson said something like; the kids are already in showbusiness.(I believe its Paris by his side there) so maybe she referred to little cameos like this. Maybe there are more around, "Hidden in plain sight" :lol:
@truthprevails
Thanks to auntielizzie I noticed MJ in the video. Michael, no doubt about it, no sorry that's not true.. there's a little doubt, 'cause the image isn't sharp enough. However, when I look at his face contour and his height (different opinions on this forum about that :? ) I think it's him. This videoshot is too short to see him move. If there was by any chance an occasion that Michael was walking in front of me on the street, I think I'd recognize him, although he's a master of diguise 8-)
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I also recall that Will.I.Am showed a lot of respect to MJ during that interview shot in their work studio in Ireland... He said that he and all the Justin Timberlake's of today are a product of MJ. He seemed to think the world of Michael!
Yes, I noticed that respect too. I think Michael is an inspirational mentor for promising singers/actors. Was this interview taken in a work studio in Ireland?? Do you have a link of this complete interview?
BTW, I suppose that not all songs of Will.I.Am are getting Michael's approval. I mean in "Where is the Love" I see MJ (not only figuratively), but in "I gotta Feeling" I don't recognize any of his work, may be I'm wrong.
everlasting L.O.V.E.
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:lol: Did your well trained spy-eye :shock: by any chance find more little cameos "hidden in plain sight" of which we aren't aware of? The video you posted was a good exercise for my less trained spy-eye
Thank you for your detective work!
Below is the interview I referred to, with Michael and Will.I.Am. It's from 2006, when Michael was living in Ireland. The interviewer said that the house in which Michael was staying at the time was equipped with a recording studio - where I understand this interview was held:
[youtube:2d89uxen]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqm6qkWaoro&feature=related[/youtube:2d89uxen]
[youtube:2d89uxen]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeJGMhUwdM0&feature=related[/youtube:2d89uxen]
Thanks a lot for the video's. I really enjoyed them. I love to watch Michael when he's relaxed & having fun. At the end of the 2nd video MJ says that he's inspired by the "Timberlakes", which shows his true modesty.
These vids are very interesting. To me, they imply that Michael is still preparing for his big return, like Will said: "with a joke (vid 2: 1.58) back to that monstrosity of entertainment & music".
This "joke" could be Thriller 2, which is mentioned in vid 1. "Monstrosity" nice choice of words concerning Thriller Although this interview was in 2006, the planning & producing is running now. Michael loves films & producing & camara's. TII is a masterpiece, but it's just a preview of the "real thing" Thriller 2. Michael is coming back for the "real thing". I'm pretty sure 'bout that. Hope so anyway
L.O.V.E.& faith
Black Eyed Peas To Go Back To The Beginning
Follow-up to chart-smashing The E.N.D. drops November 30.
By Gil Kaufman
The Black Eyed Peas have already taken millions of us to The E.N.D., so it only makes sense that on their upcoming album they're going to take us back to The Beginning. That's the name of the sequel to last year's nearly triple-platinum album, which just last week fell out of the top 40 on the Billboard albums chart after more than a year on the tally. A spokesperson for the band's label confirmed the title of the LP and its November 30 release date to MTV News.
In a recent Dipdive.com interview from the set of will.i.am and Nicki Minaj's "Check It Out" video, BEP leader will.i.am revealed that the band has a new collaborator on the disc: Damien "DJ Ammo" LeRoy, who worked on four songs. According to his online bio, the little known, Los Angeles-based Ammo regularly DJs all over the world and has played parties for Will, BEP singer Fergie and Outkast. Ammo is also behind remixes for the Veronicas and the BEPs and produced Kelis' single "4th of July (Fireworks)," which was released on Will's label via Interscope.
Will said that in addition to producing three songs himself on the 12-track Beginning, dance-floor master David Guetta had a hand in producing two others. Describing the prequel to The Associated Press back in July, Will described it as symbolizing "growth, new beginnings and starts, fresh new perspective."
The Peas have a tough act to follow, considering The E.N.D. is certified double-platinum in the U.S. and has produced three #1 singles, including the mega-smashes "I Gotta Feeling" and "Boom Boom Pow." A first single from the album is tentatively due in October and while fans haven't heard it yet, will.i.am recently broke down his hit-making strategy for MTV's "The Seven."
"We call it 'A-B-ing.' Anything you make, there's nothing new under the sun. So there's always an 'A and B' to whatever your approach is," he said of producing smashes for everyone from Usher to Estelle and Nicki Minaj. "So if you want a song to be a big #1 smash, then you have to play a Michael Jackson song while you're making your song."
He said using an artist such as Jackson as a benchmark will usually let a producer know if a track really has that "It" factor. "What you don't want to do is have a 'hit record' and then turn it on and it isn't as loud as Michael Jackson's."
Okay, we all know that Michael was cooperating with Will.I.Am, so I find the title The Beginning after The E.N.D. quite interesting. Release in November (also!). Is Michael behind this album too? 8-)


It was an entertaining well-crafted series. She did a great job with her characters. They were amazing, and I recommend the books.
Isn't it funny to think of the dramatic difference of enjoyment levels in flying with kids and flying without them.
I just started City of Bones this week and I'm really enjoying it. I love Jace, he cracks me up!
Renee, tell me about it. The difference is night and day. Relaxing on an airplane without kids while reading, it's like heaven.
Jade, Jace is awesome. He makes me laugh too.
Everytime I'm at BN I always pick up the first book of the series, but for some reason it always loses out to the other many books I grab. Okay I usually sit with like a pile of a dozen books and have to narrow them down to 2-3. One day I need to just buy the books and end this ongoing flirtation!
I'm so impressed you read a whole series in one vacation. It's amazing what vistas having no kids with you can open.
I'm going to have to steal these from Matt next time I go home. He's my own personal Barnes and Noble, but he's free!
My niece gave me all three of these to read. They're next on my list.
Just started the series...about 300 pages in and really enjoying it. Thanks for bringing them to my attention.
My husband read the whole series, but I just couldn't get into them. I got 3/4 through the first and really had no desire to continue. I may come back to them at a later date. Who knows.
Megan, that's funny, I did the same thing with another series and finally ended up buying it this last time.
Chantele, I love Jace too. No worries, you'll be happy with the ending.
Matthew, have I heard your opinion on the book? I mean, someone hasn't updated his blog in eons so the reviews have dried up. :) But no, I don't remember hearing your opinion. We must talk.
Candi, yes, steal them so that we can talk about them.
Patti, isn't it awesome when we can borrow good books from our nieces. The reading world has definitely gotten better since we were young.
Renee, yay, I love bringing books to someone's attention. And I've learned recently (through buying a couple of bad ones) that the best way to go is through a recommendation.
Nikki, no? You didn't get into it? What about your husband? What did he think?
Thanks for the review. I'm going on a 2 week long kid-free trip next month and I just might take this series along. I saw it in the book store awhile back & was tempted to buy them all but the public librarian part of me shouted "no, wait!"
PS: Is it me or do you look like Uma Thurman? Or just maybe in your blog pic you do? It's eerily cool.


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Q: Ways of Creating List from Dask dataframe column I want to create a list/set from Dask Dataframe column. Basically, i want to use this list to filter rows in another dataframe by matching values with a column in this dataframe. I have tried using list(df[column])  and set(df[column]) but it takes lot of time and ends up giving error regarding creating cluster or sometimes it restarts kernel when memory limit is reached.
Can i use dask.bag or Multiprocessing to create a list?

A: when you try to convert a column to a list or set with the regular list/set Python will load that into memory, that's why you get a memory limit issue.
I believe that by using dask.bag you might solve that issue since dask.bag will lazy load your data, although I'm not sure if the df[column] won't have to be read first. Also, be aware that turning that column into a bag will take a while depending on how big the data is.
Using a dask.bag allows you to run map, filter and aggregate so it seems it could be a good solution for your problem.
You can try to run this to see if it filters the list/bag as you expect.
import dask.bag as db

bag = db.from_sequence(df[column], npartitions=5)

bag.filter(lamdba list_element: list_element == "filtered row")

Since this is just an example, you will need to change the npartitions and the lambda expression to fit your needs.
Let me know if this helps


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Simonsig's Johan Malan is Diners Club Winemaker Of The Year
By Press Release On Dec 18, 2020
THE Diners Club Winemaker of the Year Award for 2020 was awarded to Simonsig Estate's Johan Malan. Each year the wine style or variety used differs. The styles and varieties are already in place until 2025, giving winemakers the opportunity to prepare – particularly red wines – for the awards. For the 40th anniversary, the wine style chosen was Cap Classique, the name given to the South African wine made by the traditional method of a second fermentation in the bottle.
The coveted title was presented to Malan for the 2015 Kaapse Vonkel Brut. "Dom Perignon said 'come quickly I am tasting the stars!' I felt as though I was tasting the stars, and appropriately, it was Diane's and my wedding anniversary too. Also so timeous with 2021 being the 50th anniversary of the first Kaapse Vonkel and also for Cap Classique! This award is full of meaning and symbolism for me and my team, all of whom played a part in this award. I am humbled and grateful."
The Diners Club Winemaker of the Year Awards was originally founded by wine legend Peter Devereux and Hugh Peatling, CEO of Diners Club, with the first award being presented in 1981. Since then, it has become the South African industry's premier award for winemakers.
Johan's father, Frans Malan, Stellenbosch wine pioneer, started experimenting with this style of wine using Chenin Blanc. In 1990 Johan Malan travelled to Champagne on a study tour. His travels inspired him to plant Pinot Meunier and in 1997 Simonsig Kaapse Vonkel became the first Cap Classique to include all three of the classic grape varieties: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. The first wine was named Kaapse Vonkel, now a legend in its own right. For many years Frans was the only winemaker to make bottle fermented sparkling wine in the Cape. In 2021 this milestone will be celebrated with the 50th anniversary of Cap Classique.
Kaapse Vonkel Brut 2015 is available online or from the farm at R195 per bottle. For more information, click here or email [email protected]
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I've worked across a wide range of industries and have seen first-hand, the awful consequences of injury and compromised safety practices. At SiteZone Safety we've focussed on reducing worker/vehicle collision because the accident and fatality rates remain high in the UK. I want to continue to raise awareness about this danger, as employees are seriously injured or killed every year because they've been struck by a moving vehicle.
This blog is where I'll share my insights and thoughts on the issues surrounding personnel/collision risk. Worker/vehicle collision is a threat across several busy and thriving UK industries. Unless you work in these industries, it's not really perceived as a pressing issue. We generally only ever hear about accidents on public highways when pedestrians and cyclists are hit by vehicles on the road.
However, in any industry where workers on foot and work vehicles are interacting in contained spaces, the threat of collision between the two is always there. Construction sites are obvious danger spots. Waste/refuse recycling sites and depots also represent a challenge for those trying to introduce effective safe systems of work. The same can be said of the transport sector with fleets of lorries or vans constantly operating alongside workers in depots. There are several more collision risks that I could name.
Despite safety practices, the statistics tell a grim story. The 2017 HSE accident report listed being struck by a moving vehicle as the second most common cause of fatalities accounting for 17% of the total number of work-related fatalities in the UK. However, there were also tens of thousands of non-fatal injuries reported where being struck by machinery was the cause, including being hit by vehicles.
I believe that technology can play a major part in keeping workers safe. Improved technological applications have a much bigger part to play in the day to day risk management when workers are in potential danger.
However, more than technology, sharing key information with workers and managers to raise their daily awareness on the job is probably more important. Regular briefings and training are vital to keep workers aware of the dangers.
It's good to share and discuss topics that will help to revolutionise work-related safety culture. No at-risk sector should be excluded and if it helps managers and workers alike to think differently and more acutely about safety, then together we can only go from strength to strength. Welcome to my blog.


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PLYMOUTH, MICH., Dec. 19, 2013 – A designer for Johnson Controls, a global multi-industrial company with core businesses in the automotive and building industries, was honored as a finalist in the 2013 World Technology Awards competition.
Dinard Mata, who works as an automotive fabric designer in the supplier's Automotive Seating division, was recognized in the annual World Technology Network (WTN) award competition, which honors 21st century visionaries with a focus on exploring the possibilities and importance of emerging technologies.
One of Mata's automotive concepts recognized by the WTN, "Project EYE," was focused on urban mobility and co-developed with Fiat. The concept was developed to optimize space while transporting individuals in large cities. The EYE compact vehicle is gyroscopically balanced allowing the stabilized vehicle to monitor its surroundings and runs on an electronic propulsion system making it ecologically correct. A unique factor of this concept is its elliptical wheel, which allows the EYE to rotate on its axis making other irregular obstacles possible to navigate.
Mata has more than 10 years of experience as a designer, with an impressive list of concepts to his credit. Currently, he serves as senior fabric designer for Johnson Controls Automotive Seating in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Mata received a bachelor's degree in publicity and advertising from FAMINAS, and a master's degree in graduate design and digital technology from Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado.


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