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Okonjo-Iweala's Brother Escapes Assassination
The Obi of the Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State in Nigeria's South-South region, His Royal Majesty Ifechukwude Aninshi Okonjo II, has escaped what appeared to be like a plot to assassinate him.
However, the attack on the convoy of the traditional ruler, who is a younger brother of the Director-General of World Trade Centre (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, left at least one person dead while two vehicles were burnt.
Moreover, several vehicles were reportedly destroyed during the incident, which occurred on Friday, but the monarch and his palace chiefs miraculously escaped unhurt.
There were conflicting reports as to who masterminded the bloody attack on the convoy of the royal father of the Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom, with one source blaming the attack on "some irate youths at the (neighbouring) Otulu satellite town," while another account claimed that some secret cult members carried it out.
The Ogwashi-Uku traditional ruler was said to have led a high-calibre team, comprising members of his Obi-in-Council and some community leaders to the satellite town to perform certain traditional rites, including prayers, intended to usher peace and tranquillity into the whole community.
Eyewitness accounts said that some youths of the Otulu community had made a bonfire on the road leading to the town appears to barricade the monarch's convoy and block his exit from the town after performing the said rites.
All entreaties by the Obi's younger brother, Prince Onyema Okonjo, and security agents to let the Obi have his right of way were allegedly rejected by the irate youths.
It was learnt that youths of Otulu had recently embarked on a protest march, demanding that relevant authorities in the state should grant the Otulu satellite community autonomous status.
One of the protesting youths was said to have been hit by a bullet in the ensuing confusion as the security personnel attempted to disarm the youths and remove the bonfire barricade.
The irate youths launched an attack on the vehicles in the monarch's convoy with two of them burnt and several others destroyed.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), while confirming the report yesterday, said that the Ogwashi-Uku king had gone to Otulu, a satellite town of Ogwasi-Uku, to perform some traditional rites and, in the process, a certain fence fell, prompting to the youths to go on a rampage.
Consequently, two vehicles were burnt while the youth who was hit by a stray bullet eventually died.
Meanwhile, the traditional ruler has affirmed that Otulu remains part and parcel of the Ogwashi-Uku kingdom, stressing that the agitation by a few to carve out the area from Ogwashi-Uku as an autonomous community was unwarranted and unacceptable.
A statement issued yesterday from the palace of the monarch also confirmed the incident, blaming the attack on cultists.
The spokesman of the monarch, Prince Greg Okwumbu, said in the statement that, "Obi and members of the Council of Ogwashi-Uku visited Otulu Ogwashi-Uku Friday, September 17, 2021.
"The visit was largely successful and the Obi met members of the community, prayed with them, and discussed with them about some issues.
"At the end of the visit and when the Obi was departing, cultists and thugs imported into Otulu who were aware of the visit attacked members of the entourage who were at the rear of the convoy.
"The thugs also attempted to forcefully seize a gun belonging to a law enforcement member who escorted the Obi on the visit. It is important to note that members of the press accompanied the Obi on the visit.
"Also, law enforcement agents from the office of the Area Commander and the Brigade Command in Asaba were also there at the visit and witnessed everything that happened," he noted, adding that, "The people who sponsored the thugs are known to us and will be brought to justice."
Omon-Julius Onabu in Asaba
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L'Institut Max-Planck d'astrophysique (MPA,  en allemand) est un institut situé à Garching bei München, en Allemagne. Géré par la société Max-Planck, il emploie environ 50 scientifiques, accueille 30 étudiants au doctorat ainsi qu'environ 20 scientifiques en résidence.

Le MPA est considéré comme un meneur mondial dans la recherche en astrophysique théorique. Selon Thomson Reuters, de 1999 à 2009, la société Max-Planck a effectué plus de publications et accumulé plus de citations dans les domaines de la physique et des sciences spatiales que tout autre organisme de recherche dans le monde.

Histoire
L'institut est fondé en 1958 sous le nom d'Institut Max-Planck de physique et d'astrophysique. Ce dernier se divise en l'Institut Max-Planck d'astrophysique et l'Institut Max-Planck de physique en 1991.

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Le MPA est l'un des nombreux Instituts Max-Planck spécialisé en astronomie et astrophysique. Les autres sont l'Institut Max-Planck d'astronomie, l'Institut Max-Planck de radioastronomie, l'Institut Max-Planck de physique gravitationnelle et l'Institut Max-Planck de physique extraterrestre, dont les locaux sont situés à côté de ceux du MPA.

Les locaux du MPA sont également situés près du siège social de l'Observatoire européen austral. L'institut collabore également étroitement avec l'université technique de Munich et l'université Louis-et-Maximilien de Munich

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 Société Max-Planck

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It all started Friday evening at 7:00. I had volunteered to chaperone the Jr. High lock in (yeah, I don't know what I was thinking). It ended up being super fun. We had free reign of bumper boats, race cars, putt putt, and the arcade (yes, they had Dance Dance Revolution!!!). It was so fun, I didn't even get tired til around 6:00am when we headed back to the church. I finally got home and in bed by 8:15 am, Saturday morning. I had to set an alarm because I had church duties that Saturday and had to be there by 4:15.
After church some of us had pulled together a very casual surprise party for Will's birthday. We got him really good, and it was completely thrown together! Sidenote: he (Will) has this thing where he thinks it would be so cool to be a scientist, particularly because he LOVES the lab coat they get to wear. So we (Rebecca and I) decided to get him a coat and used computer iron-on paper to monogram it to say "Dr. Will McCartney, Bible Scientist" IT WAS HILARIOUS!! He loved it!! All in all a great party, but bad decision to stay up till midnight after having stayed up all night the night before.
Then Sunday I had to be at church at 7:45am because I had to cover for the lady who usually supervises the preschool rooms that are open for the 8:00am service. Man, it was hard to get out of bed soooooo early. Then Sunday night a friend and I went to dinner and the $1.50 movie (we saw "Lucky Number Slevin," very weird flick, but hey, it was only $1.50). Once again I didn't get home till midnight...my lack of sleep was adding up!!!
Then Monday, Memorial Day!!! I hit 2 pool parties...soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much fun!!! Played an inventive game of water softball, made up the rules as we went, even had an umpire...hilarious!!! Left the second pool party around 6:00pm, then did dinner with friends and headed to see "Mission Impossible 3". This time I did manage to get home by 11pm, but after 3+ long days, it seemed sooooooooo late!!!
All in all I had a fantabulous weekend, but crazy busy and exhausting! I'm so grateful to have a night to myself tonight!
Super Duper: Having a group of fun friends to hang out with!
VBS is approximately 12 days away and the madness has begun. So if I don't post in the next few weeks that's why. Life will return to semi-normal after Camp Tallowood which is will be done mid June. Hope all is well.
Super Duper: Aunt's Weekend is on!! Set for July 6-8!!!!
Super Pooper: LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG list of things to do!
Well, I'm not sure how many of you know, but for the past 9 months or so, Rebecca and I have had a standing date with Gilmore Girls at my apartment. Well now GG is all reruns, which is good, but not the same. So tonight we decided just to hang out. We had been watching a new restaurant called "Kabob & More" being built super close to my apartment and had wanted to try it out. So tonight was the night. We brought it back to my apartment and actually ate at the table, not on the floor in front of the TV. After choking down our strange "Mediterranean" cuisine (note: we will not be returning to Kabob & More), we looked at some of my new clothes from the previously mentioned shopping excursion. Then we just talked, about anything and everything. We haven't done that in a long while. It was so good, to just sit and not have the TV on, just chit chat, a lil debriefing as we like to call it! All in all, a great night with a great friend!
Super Duper: Our preschool intern got here today, she's super fun and I think it will be a great summer!
Super Pooper: I'm out of touch with a lot of really dear friends right now!! I've got to get better at this!
I had a coupon to New York and Co. I thought it was for every $30 you spend, you get $15 off. I had 4 of these coupons. Meaning I could spend up to $120 and only have to pay $60. So that was my goal, only pay $60. So I tried on several things and finally decided on one skirt and top, one pair of Bermuda shorts and a top, matching flip flops, and 2 other good basic wrap shirts. There was a strapless black dress with lil white polka dots that I also really liked, but couldn't justify (I may have to go back for it though). Anyways, my total was $148. Anticipating getting $60 off, I was prepared to pay about $88 total. Well to my surprise, the lady gave me 66% off and I only had to pay $50 total!! For all those clothes!! I'm soooooooooooo pumped, fun new stuff for spring for sooooooooooooo cheap!! Yay, thank you Lord! Oh, did I mention that I thought I had lost the coupons, but that the Lord brought them to my attention this morning, and they would have expired this weekend! I'm so glad it all came together!
Super Duper: The end of a LONG week (work is stressful right now)!
Super Pooper: Only 3 weeks till VBS, and sooooooo much to do!
Thursday: got to Corpus around 7:00pm met my mom, dad, sister, and 2 nephews for dinner at Kikos!
Friday: got my nails refilled in the am with sister and took lil nephew. Big nephew went to school with my mom. We all met up for lunch. Then hung out at the house while the nephews napped. Took Brady to a Cinco de Mayo Carnival at my mom's school. He LOVED IT!! Then we did a lil shopping, then dinner at MY FAVE place in Corpus, POETS!!!
Saturday: got a pedicure, the boys got their pictures taken, (had to eat lunch at Luby's, I was NOT happy), shopped more, went home and hung out with the fam.
Sunday: went to church, lunch with Mamaw (she's kind of losing it mentally), ran to Wal-Mart, headed to the beach when the boys woke up from their naps. OH IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!! They both loved it! We got some stellar pics, I'll try to add them later (I know, I always say that). Then back home where dad and Brady worked in the garden...soooooooooo cute!
Monday: helped get Katy and the boys on the road, then met up with Jana, Teddi and Jacci (I used to babysit for them, Jana has been a long time mentor for me) for lunch. Always good to catch up with old friends!!
Overall a VERY fun long weekend. Not necessarily relaxing, but things never are with my family! Brady is precious and sooooooooo sweet, and Blake is the biggest giggle box ever! I love them so and miss them already!
Super Duper: yesterday was my first Monday with no school!!! I can get used to this.
Super Pooper: VBS craze already!
It has been almost a week since I posted, and you all know how I feel about that. I don't really have much to say. I finished seminary for the semester!!! Sooooooooooo excited about that. I almost don't know what to do with myself. Things are plenty busy at work though, which is fine. VBS is a month away and the intensity is settling in! As I said, I don't have a whole lot to say, but I am leaving tomorrow for 4 days in Corpus with my parents and Katy and her boys (Brady and Blake) are meeting us there!! Sooooooooo excited about that. I'll do a full update when I return! Hopefully with some pics! Till then, have a good weekend!
Super Duper: Made cornbread salad for the first time in along time!!! And I'm having leftovers for lunch tomorrow, we all know that it's better a day or two later!!
Super Pooper: I still have to pack tonight or in the morning!


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Back to back plane crashes; Are small planes too dangerous?
By Christine Karsten |
Posted: Sun 11:49 PM, Jan 27, 2013 |
Updated: Mon 11:45 AM, May 20, 2013
Investigators are trying to figure out why two planes crashed less than 24 hours a part. 50-year-old Christopher McKenna died Saturday after his ultralight aircraft went down just North of Niles.
Then Sunday, a small mooney aircraft crashed at the Warsaw Municipal Airport after crosswinds tipped the plane as it tried to land.
Luckily the pilot and his son walked away without a scratch but things could have been worse.
The aircraft hit one of the gas tanks but completely missed the airport's fuel farm and there were no gas leaks. The Flight Line Technician said it was one of those miracle moments where god somehow put him between those tanks, he said he has no idea how he did it.
The U.S. hasn't seen a commercial airliner go down for more than three years, so does that mean smaller private planes are more dangerous to fly?
After seeing back to back crashes many people are probably thinking they are, but in reality with the proper precautions they may be safer than you think.
In these two accidents the pilots most likely did nothing wrong. One Flight Line Technician said back to back crashes are simply a fluke. In fact, he says it is safer to fly than it is to drive.
"We had all of those multi-car accidents; you have a lot of them. They are in the news all the time. It's very rare that you see somebody in an aircraft" says Jim Rautenkranz
"In my career this is the first aircraft crash even though it was a single ultralight plane involved that I've investigated" says Sgt. Steve Barker
But what can make one crash fatal while another is left without even a scratch. Jim said part of it is the grade of the planes.
"An ultralight is like a powered hang glider there's really not a lot to it. It has a little body on it, tricycle landing gear wheels and a motor in the back and a huge wing. They are very light; hence forth the term ultralight and they are basically at the mercy of the winds" says Rautenkranz
"Now this one, you are talking about a couple tons here. A Mooney is a high performance plane with landing gear over 200 knots. They are heavy, they are thick, they are very well controlled, and they have all the gadgets…" Rautenkranz continues.
But no matter the aircraft you fly, Jim said its weather conditions that play a role in safety. He said in addition to checking weather conditions, know where you are going, and know who's in the area and who else is flying. He said all of those things will help keep you safe.
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Impact UK Location: Blackpool
Case 6 - Improving national surface water quality using an urban non-point pollution model and supporting database
Surface water runoff in urban areas makes a significant contribution to pollution of lakes and rivers, but historically is poorly addressed in catchment models. The School of Geography (SoG) developed a Geographic Information System (GIS) model and supporting database to quantify urban source area loadings of 18 common and priority pollutants. This knowledge improves catchment models and supports impact assessment and mitigation planning by environment managers. The research has been exploited on behalf of the Department for Energy, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the Welsh Assembly, and the UK water industry (UK Water Industry Research — UKWIR, and United Utilities). The research has had three distinct impacts: 1) its use addressing EU Water Framework Directive obligations; 2) its on-going influence on construction industry guidance; and 3) the commercialisation of its stormwater pollutant coefficient database for Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) planning software.
Earth Sciences: Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Environmental Sciences: Environmental Science and Management
Cultural capital in telling tales: the benefits to community and arts professionals of Helen Newall's portfolio of research-based 'responsive' play scripts.
The research and the practice methodology that underpin the emergence of the responsive play scripts, alongside the performances of the plays, have had the following impacts:
a) Educational — improving exposure to music and performance-making of over one thousand school students, and teachers, in over twenty schools,
b) Communities, the General Public, Audiences — restoring, and increasing opportunities for audiences disenfranchised from access to locally generated performance by Chester's Gateway Theatre's closure (2007), to see and/or participate in performance events of high professional standard and thereby engage with local narratives and histories
c) Local theatre professionals — restoring and increasing employment opportunities, and broadening skill sets appropriate to non-traditional performance contexts
Reach: theatre audiences: 7,480; audiences at outdoor events: 27,000.
Significance: evidenced by repeat commissions for playscripts and touring productions.
Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts
Studies In Creative Arts and Writing: Film, Television and Digital Media, Performing Arts and Creative Writing
Providing software, training and support to the police to allow them to identify criminal suspects using facial-composite images.
Frowd's research aims to understand the extent to which witnesses and victims of crime construct accurate facial composites (pictures of criminal's faces), and to develop techniques which maximize the effectiveness of composites, thus allowing the police to identify as many offenders as possible using this type of forensic evidence. The principal impact involves a software system (EvoFIT), a new interview (Holistic-Cognitive Interview, H-CI) and two formats (animated caricature and stretched composite) for the police to publish composites in the media. In the audit period, these advancements have been used by police forces in the UK, US, Romania and Israel.
Psychology and Cognitive Sciences: Psychology
Bringing recognition and improved welfare service provision to young adult carers
Publication of the first major piece of research on young adult carers [YACs] has led to recognition of a `new' group of carers in policy and practice, and the development of two new psychometric instruments.
Raising awareness with Government, policy makers and service providers, has resulted in the provision of new services and support and further education provision for YACs across the UK, and the psychometric tools are now being used extensively by organisations including Comic Relief, The Government Innovation Fund, the BBC, and in a dozen countries.
Development and evaluation of initiatives to protect, promote and support breastfeeding and to optimize infant and young child feeding practices
This case study describes the impact of a programme of work led by Professor Fiona Dykes, within the Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit (MAINN), at UCLAN. The unit was established in 2000 by Dykes. The research conducted in MAINN is underpinned by a range of interpretive and critical theoretical perspectives; it also actively engages in knowledge translation in a range of local, national and global contexts. Impact is particularly highlighted with regard to Global Policy, namely the WHO Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding, National Policy to include the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI), Key DoH publications and the NICE agenda.
http://www.uclan.ac.uk/research/environment/groups/maternal_and_infant_nutrition_and_nurture_ unit.php
1. Improved Flood Hydrodynamic, Hazard and Water Quality Model Predictions
The Hydro-environmental Research Centre (HRC) at Cardiff University has developed a widely used hydro-environmental numerical model, called DIVAST (Depth Integrated Velocities And Solute Transport). DIVAST addresses the need for more accurate models to predict flood risk and water quality levels for a range of extreme events. The model has been implemented in commercial codes, marketed by CH2M HILL (previously Halcrow), and used in design studies, for example, undertaken by Buro Happold. The impacts of the research are marked environmental, health, economic and industrial benefits. It is used by major organisations around the world on large-scale projects and, in particular, for mitigation planning against national and international risks associated with floods and water quality.
Civil and Construction Engineering
Earth Sciences: Oceanography, Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Engineering: Interdisciplinary Engineering
Improving outcomes for children, young people and families
Improving outcomes for children, young people and families focuses on supporting the development of health and social care initiatives to promote social inclusion and improve quality of life, family cohesion, and health outcomes for `troubled', at risk, and disadvantaged families, demonstrating the following impact:
Guiding practice, strategic decision-making and organisational change in partnership with local authorities and voluntary sector organisations, resulting in positive outcomes for children and families;
Influencing national policy development in relation to improvements in health and social care services, resulting in reduced dependence on services.
Improving the Sustainability of Micro-financial Institutions
Through Community Finance Solutions (CFS), an award winning research and development unit of the University of Salford, which addresses financial and social exclusion, Improving the Sustainability of Micro-financial Institutions is focused on providing leadership in increasing the sustainability of micro-financial institutions (MFIs) that provide credit or loans to the financially excluded, demonstrating the following impact:
Increasing access to finance for excluded groups, reducing unmanageable debt and improving the quality of life;
Supporting public authorities in developing financial inclusion policies;
Changing EU policy, developing a model of sustainability and transparency for MFIs through the European Code of Conduct for Microcredit providers.
Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services: Business and Management
Informing Social Tourism Policy and Practice
A body of research undertaken by McCabe in partnership with a Charity, the Family Holiday Association, has informed the development of policy and practice and raised awareness of issues concerning the inclusion of disadvantaged people in leisure travel. The research informed policy debate in an all-party parliamentary report and subsequently, Visit England's domestic tourism strategy. The work led to changes in the charity's practices, leading to new systems, services and underpinned a fundraising campaign. The research ultimately enhanced the Charity's capacity to influence and develop productive partnerships with UK and European policy makers.
Studies In Human Society: Demography, Policy and Administration
Museums and Galleries and the International Visitor Experience (MGIVE)
`Visitor experience' is a familiar notion within the gallery and museum sector, as institutions strive to make their collections accessible and enriching to a wide audience. Although UK visitors are often well-served, international visitors are rarely given specific consideration. Information is generally not as extensive as that in English, and quality is usually inferior even though UK museums and galleries receive more international visitors than ever, and are aware of the need for improvement. The research, carried out with a range of UK cultural institutions, investigated the needs and expectations of international visitors and its findings led to more awareness of these in the sector and to the development of culturally-informed and audience-targeted materials to meet these requirements.
Submitting Institution: All Institutions (16) East Midlands (2) Nottingham (University of) (2) London (2) University College London (1) Westminster (University of) (1) North East (1) Northumbria at Newcastle (University of) (1) North West (6) Central Lancashire (University of) (2) Edge Hill University (1) Manchester Metropolitan University (1) Salford (University of) (2) Wales (2) Cardiff University (2) Yorkshire And Humberside (3) Leeds (University of) (1) Sheffield (University of) (1) York (University of) (1)
Unit of Assessment: All Units of Assessment (16) Main Panel A (5) Public Health, Health Services and Primary Care (1) Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy (2) Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience (2) Main Panel B (1) Civil and Construction Engineering (1) Main Panel C (7) Geography, Environmental Studies and Archaeology (2) Business and Management Studies (2) Social Work and Social Policy (2) Sociology (1) Main Panel D (3) Modern Languages and Linguistics (1) English Language and Literature (1) Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts (1)
Summary Impact Type: All Impact Types (16) Legal (1) Health (1) Cultural (3) Societal (7) Economic (1) Environmental (3)
Research Subject Area: All Subject Areas (16) Earth Sciences (3) Oceanography (1) Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience (3) Environmental Sciences (1) Environmental Science and Management (1) Biological Sciences (1) Ecology (1) Information and Computing Sciences (2) Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing (1) Information Systems (1) Engineering (3) Environmental Engineering (2) Interdisciplinary Engineering (1) Medical and Health Sciences (5) Public Health and Health Services (5) Education (1) Curriculum and Pedagogy (1) Specialist Studies In Education (1) Economics (1) Applied Economics (1) Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services (2) Business and Management (2) Studies In Human Society (7) Demography (1) Policy and Administration (7) Sociology (1) Psychology and Cognitive Sciences (2) Psychology (2) Studies In Creative Arts and Writing (2) Film, Television and Digital Media (2) Performing Arts and Creative Writing (1) Visual Arts and Crafts (1) Language, Communication and Culture (3) Cultural Studies (3) History and Archaeology (1) Curatorial and Related Studies (1)
Impact Global Location: All countries (16) Africa (2) Egypt (1) Nigeria (1) Uganda (1) Asia (5) China (3) India (1) Israel (1) Japan (2) Kuwait (1) Philippines (1) Saudi Arabia (1) Taiwan (1) Europe (13) Austria (1) Belgium (2) Czech Republic (1) Denmark (1) France (1) Germany (1) Iceland (1) Ireland (1) Italy (2) Malta (1) Norway (2) Romania (2) Spain (3) Sweden (4) Switzerland (2) United Kingdom (8) North America (4) Canada (2) United States (4) South America (2) Argentina (1) Brazil (1) Paraguay (1) Oceania (3) Australia (3) New Zealand (2)
Impact UK Location: All places (16) Wales (2) Newport (1) Scotland (8) Aberdeen (1) Glasgow (1) Stirling (2) Northern Ireland (1) Derry (1) England (15) Birmingham (1) Blackburn (2) Blackpool (16) Bognor Regis (1) Bristol (1) Cambridge (2) Chester (1) Derby (1) Islington (1) Leeds (2) Leicester (1) Liverpool (1) London (5) Lytham St Annes (1) Manchester (1) Newcastle-upon-Tyne (2) Portsmouth (2) Rochdale (1) Sheffield (1) Southampton (1)
Project Funders: No funder selected (16) Arts and Humanities Research Council (2) Economic and Social Research Council (5) Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (5) Natural Environment Research Council (1) Royal Academy of Engineering (1) Royal Society (1)


By Jonathan LaRowe SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) – For the second straight year, harmful algae blooms have popped up in Skaneateles Lake. Officials are testing the blooms for toxins that could be harmful if ingested by humans.
Multiple beaches in Skaneateles will be closed for swimming while officials test the blooms. Skaneateles Lake is a primary source of drinking water for people in the area and the presence of potentially harmful algae blooms could create a major issue for the drinking water.
Evan Weissman, assistant professor of food studies at Syracuse University, said the drinking water from the lake has largely been safe for local residents. Last year was the first time the presence of the blue-green algae threatened the drinking water.
Weissman said agricultural practices in the area are a main contributing factor to the presence of harmful algae blooms in the water.
"We should consider agriculture to be the most prominent culprit in providing the nutrient loads that are causing concern in the water," Weissman said.
Weissman also warned about the dangers of letting pets in the water.
"If your dog goes swimming, the dog is likely to lick themselves clean thus ingesting large amounts of cyanobacteria," Weissman said.
Weissman said regulating the algae blooms in the water supply can be very hard. He cited climate change and increased water temperature as two things that are very difficult to control.


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Ahead of her appearance at A Write Highland Hoolie, we caught up with poet and playwright, Jackie Kay
Two years ago, the award-winning Glaswegian writer Jackie Kay was appointed Scotland's Makar.
"I love being Makar," Jackie says, smiling broadly. "I can't imagine a greater honour than being asked to be a country's national poet."
The Scottish Government-appointed post of Makar lasts for five years, and though the highlights so far have been many, one in particular stands out.
"Reading my specially-written poem – Threshold – in front of my parents at the opening of the Scottish Parliament in July 2016 was a highlight."The Queen was also in attendance and one stanza of my poem says: Good day Ma'am, Ma'am, good day, Good morning Helen and John Kay. It was lovely to be able to include my parents, who adopted me when I was only days old, in the same verse as the Queen.
Jackie with her dad, John
"After the ceremony, my dad, who is 91, told me it was one of the best days of his life and my mum said, 'Who would ever have thought that the wee baby we brought home in a basket would one day be up there as Makar?'
"They're very proud of me," Jackie continues. "But I'm as proud of them as they are of me. I'm so lucky to have John and Helen Kay as my mum and dad.
"I'm equally proud of my son, Matthew, who makes amazing documentary films. He's only 28 and he's such a brilliant person. If I'd done nothing else with my life other than bring Matthew into the world, that would have been just fine."
However, Jackie Kay MBE has no shortage of achievements against her name. Among her long list of highly-acclaimed work, she has won awards for a collection of poetry, The Adoption Papers; her first novel, Trumpet; and bestselling memoir, Red Dust Road.
"Scotland has a very supportive creative community"
"As the third Makar, I'm following in the footsteps of two wonderful poets who I first met in the early days of my writing – Edwin Morgan and Liz Lochhead," says Jackie.
Scotland's first Makar Edwin Morgan was of huge influence to Jackie
"Edwin Morgan was a fabulous human being and poet. Latterly, Mum and I would visit him in his nursing home where we always had great discussions about poetry.
"Liz is such a good friend. She's been a huge influence on me and has always been there – one of the first poetry readings I ever did was in Scunthorpe with Liz.
"Scotland has a very supportive creative community," she says. "I started writing poems when I was still at school and I was given so much encouragement by Scottish writers, including Norman MacCaig, Sorley MacLean, James Kelman, Tom Leonard and Alasdair Gray, who was the first writer I ever met."
In fact, it was Alasdair who recognised Jackie's talent. He also inspired the then 17-year-old to follow a career in writing rather than acting.
"My English teacher sent me to see Alasdair after she'd read my poems. As Alasdair opened his front door to me, he said, 'There's no doubt about it at all in my mind, you are a writer.'
"I repeated those magic words all the way home. They seemed to grant me a lease of life."
Having very successfully lived up to Alasdair Gray's words, as Makar, Jackie is keen to encourage Scotland's next generation of writers.
"This is a good time to be a poet in Scotland, although I don't think there's ever been a bad time. Scotland's always been very rich culturally."
The Role Of Scotland's Poet Laureate
Jackie explains that she can shape the role of Makar as she wishes – even doing a poetry reading at the remote Rannoch train station!
"I have a lot of freedom. In my five years as Makar, I want to do lots of different things, including bringing poetry to unexpected places.
"It's my ambition to get round as many of Scotland's islands as possible so I can stitch together a tapestry of poems, with a stanza about each island. So far, I've been to Shetland, Harris, Lewis and Uist. I had a wonderful time in these islands, with people coming from all over to hear me.
"Being Makar enables me to get out and about and talk to people and I love that – and I'm continually surprised by how everyone's embraced the word 'Makar'.
"I like it when people stop me and ask 'Are you the Makar?' I love the old and the new in the word and I love the fact that 'the Makar' is a character distinct from myself."
"Poetry should play an active role in public life. Particularly at the moment when things are becoming increasingly worrying across the world. It's vital to have a strong alternative voice and that voice could be poetry.
"I'd like to get a number of poets to write a poem on a topical issue. We'd then attend the Scottish Parliament so the MSPs could listen to poets instead of other politicians.
"And I'd like to do a whisky tour of Scotland with a few poets when we would all write poems about whisky," laughs Jackie, expertly moving back into lighter territory.
Jackie shows First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh.
A Girl From Bishy
As well as being Makar, a writer and a poet, Jackie is also the Chancellor of Salford University.
"I live between my own house in Manchester and my parents' home in Bishopbriggs," says Jackie.
"I always enjoy being at home in Bishopbriggs. There are lots of good memories of growing up here with my brother Maxwell."
Helen and John Kay had also adopted Maxwell as a baby. They are passionate Communists, which perhaps explains why so many of Jackie's memories feature political marches, which she admits aren't a typical childhood pastime.
"I loved meeting at George Square and marching against apartheid, for peace, for the shipbuilders, shouting out chants and meeting up with other people," she says. "And I loved our family holidays. We would go to all these different places – Mull, Campbelltown, Torridon, Lochinver, even as far as Devon.
"Of course, my childhood wasn't always rosy. It wasn't easy being a black kid – and a lesbian teenager – in Scotland in the 70s. There was a lot of name-calling and bullying. Some kids were expelled from school because of things they did to me.
"But it's now 2017 and I'm 55 and lots of people have tricky childhoods.
"My son had a very different childhood to me. He grew up in an area where there were lots of black people. He possibly shared my feelings of being different from other children – but for Matthew, that was because his mum was a lesbian rather than his colour.
"But, like me, my son grew up with a lot of love. I poured all of my interests into him – and the more you pour into a kid, the more they get out of life, which is a philosophy I've borrowed from my amazing parents."
"Poetry holds up a unique mirror to a nation's heart, mind and soul"
Jackie grew up knowing she was adopted and that her birth father was Nigerian and her birth mother Scottish.
"I feel strongly Scottish and strongly Nigerian," explains Jackie, who wrote about finding her birth parents in Red Dust Road, a book she describes as "a love letter to my adoptive parents".
Jackie embraces both sides of her heritage
"When I'm in Nigeria, despite having been born and brought up in Scotland, I feel strangely at home. However, people from more than one place often find that happens. That's probably going to be the way of the world.
"In years to come, I think people like George Mackay Brown, who never move from the place of their birth, are going to be very, very unusual.
"Scotland has become a multi-tongued, multi-ethnic community. Poetry holds up a unique mirror to a nation's heart, mind and soul. As Makar, my ambition is to reflect the true face of today's Scotland. Syrian refugees, Doric Scots, Nigerian Scots, Muslim Scots, Gaelic Scots… We're all Scots and poetry can help bring us together."
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I know it is a little past rhubarb season here in Indiana, but when I spied some at Jungle Jim's at our last visit, I grabbed it. And a couple of pounds of strawberries. And the results in this strawberry rhubarb pie recipe were mouthwatering.
I was happy to find the recipe for the Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie in my Gooseberry Patch Farmer's Markets Favorites.
I started by cutting up 5 cups of strawberries and 2 stalks of peeled and diced rhubarb.
Then I combined the flour, sugars, cornstarch, salt and cinnamon.
Thanks to a little helper, the pie making went pretty fast.
Once the flour and sugar mixture is combined, mix into the strawberries and rhubarb.
In the meantime grab a pie crust. Let's not beat around the bush. I buy my pie crust in a red box with the words Pillsbury across it. It tastes good and leaves no dishes for me to wash. Prep the crust and chill for ten minutes. Then add the berry mixture.
Then cube up about a tablespoon and a half of butter and dot on top.
Then make the crumble top with 3 tablespoons of flour, 1 tablespoon of sugar and 1/8 teaspoon salt mixed together then incorporating 1 tablespoon of softened butter. Sprinkle over top. This by far is one of my favorite parts besides the fruit. Love love crumble top pies.
Then it bakes. 400 for 50-60 minutes. Let it cool for about 2 hours before cutting.
But when you cut it, you will love it!! Love it. My husband didn't but that is just because he "thinks" he doesn't like rhubarb. Silly man. Who wouldn't love this!
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie is the sweet and tart combination of fresh rhubarb and strawberries with a flaky pie crust and a butter crumb topping pairs perfectly with whipped cream or ice cream.
Combine the strawberries and rhubarb and set aside.
Sift sugars, flour, cornstarch, salt, and cinnamon together. Stir into strawberry and rhubarb mixture.
Place the pie crust in a nine-inch pan. Chill for 10 minutes.
Spoon the fruit filling into the crust. Dot with the butter.
Mix together the dry crumb topping ingredients and cut in the butter until crumbly.
Sprinkle the crumb topping over the filling and butter.
Bake at 400 degrees for 50-60 minutes or until the pie is golden.
Gooseberry Patch gave me their cookbook to try at no charge. After I make 10 recipes Gooseberry Patch has given me another book to give away to one of my lucky readers.
This looks really good! Strawberries are my favorite fruit. I haven't had rhubarb since I was a litle girl. My mom use to put it in everything.
It as so nice to meet you yesterday at the ball game! LOL…if you don't remember me, let's just say I was one of them there gals that was meltin' (wait, we don't we glisten?)…anyhow, that should cover it! 😉 Hope you had as much fun as we did.
I've seen a few people doing this, the gooseberry patch thing… how do you get involved with that? So cool!!!


Guests: Christine's daughter Annika, Brad's guest Eric Chambers and wife.
Dannon announced member birthdays and Rotary anniversaries, and then related more from the club history during 1998-9.
Please let Carlye know if you can make the Third Thursday BBRC lunch at Hearthfire Grill Feb 16 at noon.
Fellowship event: Terry Myers announced the possibility for a BBRC after-hours gathering to have dinner and then see "Ladies of Laughter" comedy show at the Mount Baker Theatre Saturday March 18th; if we have enough interest, we will receive the group ticket discount.
Brad Cornwell introduced our new member, Eric Chambers, who is the director of the Northwest Council for Computer Education (https://www.ncce.org). He went to Edmonds high School, served in the Air Force, then attended Central WA and UW, now works at the NW Council for Computer Education, advocating for technology in the classroom. In addition to hosting the largest education conference in the Northwest (held each March in either Seattle or Portland), NCCE currently provides a variety of year-round professional learning opportunities to K-20 educators throughout the Northwest and beyond. Eric and wife Julie have 3 kids. Bill Unrein conducted the induction ceremony. Welcome Eric!
Tim Krell had a great hockey night, also nice skiing, a trip to Bosman, and he recently scored a goal in a hockey game!
Christine Palmerton husband gift of flowers today, lots of travel this year, also ten years of Nauti Girl!
Trisha welcomed our speaker, Dr. Christy Smith MD, the Associate Medical Director for Mechanical Circulatory Support (heart surgeon) at Peacehealth St Joseph's Hospital. Prior to joining St Joe's, Dr. Smith was Assistant Professor in Surgery at the University of Arizona for 10 years.
Christy shared some of the new technology and techniques available to cardiac surgery now. "Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement" (TAVR) surgery is a new aorta valve inserted through the groin - minimally invasive surgery. Another new technology that will be available soon in Bellingham is a Mitrovalve clip, also inserted through the groin. Everything is generally getting smaller and more precise. Bellingham is lucky to have such a strong Cardiac Center here at St. Joeseph's Hospital.


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Великолепный эльф, или великолепная кокетка, или Чудесный колибри-кокетка () — вид колибри, птиц из отряда стрижеобразных.

Одна из самых мелких птиц, её длина составляет от 7,1 до 7,7 см, а средняя масса — 2,66 г. У обоих полов короткий, прямой, красный клюв с чёрным концом и бронзово-зеленая верхняя часть тела с белой полосой на пояснице. Взрослые самцы имеют хохолок из удлиненных рыжевато-оранжевых перьев и белые с темными поперечными полосами веерообразные длинные перья на щеках. Его лоб и горло радужно-зеленые, а нижняя часть тела серовато-зеленая. Его центральные рулевые перья бронзово-зеленые, а остальные рыжие с бронзово-зелеными кончиками и краями. У взрослой самки нет хохолка и длинных перьев на щеках. У неё беловатое горло с рыжими дисками и темными пятнами в виде полумесяца. Нижняя часть у неё серовато-зеленая, как у самца, но хвост в целом темно-бронзовый с рыжими концами. Молодые особи похожи на взрослую самку.

В основном молчаливая птица. Во время кормления издает короткое «цип». В полете её крылья издают низкое похожее не пчелиное гудение.

Распространена на востоке Южной Америки на юге и юго-востоке Бразилии, от Эспириту-Санту на юг до Риу-Гранди-ду-Сул и на запад почти до Боливии и Парагвая. Иногда её регистрировали на севере до Алагоаса. Населяет полуоткрытые и открытые ландшафты, такие как опушки влажных лесов, вторичные леса, кофейные плантации, сады и серрадо. Встречается на высоте до 1000 м над уровнем моря. Считается обычным видом, легко расселяется в искусственных средах обитания, таких как плантации и цветущие сады. Встречается на нескольких охраняемых территориях.

Совершает некоторые сезонные миграции, по-видимому, после сезона цветения и гнездования.

Питается мелкими членистоногими и нектаром самых разнообразных мелких цветковых растений. Она ловит насекомых с насеста на высоте от 2 до 5 м над землей.

Сезон размножения длится с августа по март. Самка делает чашеобразное гнездо из растительного пуха и мха, которое снаружи покрывает лишайниками. Обычно она размещает его как седло на ветке куста или небольшого дерева на высоте от 2 до 5 м над землей. Самка высиживает кладку из двух белых яиц; инкубация длится от 12 до 13 дней. Птенцы оперяются примерно через 20 дней после вылупления.

Примечания

Колибри
Птицы Южной Америки
Животные, описанные в 1817 году


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Birthing Centre Newsletter | November 2020
Jacquie Nutt - Whāngai Ora Milk Bank
Meet Lesley-Anne Grobler
As hard as the COVID-19 pandemic has been for many, not least our health workers, it has resulted in a nucleus of great minds coming together to examine how we adapt and move forward to deliver better outcomes for our people. I have been privileged to hear about the cumulative research and the direction of neuroscience that can alter the landscape of how we support mothers and their babies' future wellbeing.
The promises of our reformed Government mean that we can expect to, at last, make changes in policy to reflect the critical importance of the first 1000 days of life, including from conception. It is not rocket science to understand that security for mother and baby in the first 24 hours is of utmost importance to the beginnings of attachment. It is not rocket science either to understand that the environment of birth and postnatal care, along with caring professionals to guide new parents over those first few days, can create a lifetime of love and connection.
This is why we do what we do at Birthing Centre. The motivation for us in building the centres from the get-go was to 'go where no woman has gone before'. We hoped that the beautiful facilities and the careful nurturing they offer in the first days would clearly and compellingly bring attention to policymakers that, with equitable loving care, the futures of our children and the wellbeing of their mothers and whānau stand a far greater chance of success. It is not only common sense, it is research, it is science. It is kindness, it is love.
The narrative comes in bucketloads: postnatal depression, whether it begins in pregnancy or flares up later, is not accurately reflected in the reported data - though the data is shameful anyway. The narrative tells us, through story after story, that key factors such as shame, lack of confidence to ask for help, belief that no help will come, and fear of losing their children are preventing women from reporting the crippling effects of PND. This means these women sometimes suffer for a lifetime, along with their children.
The Mothers Matter campaign was initiated to boost knowledge about women's legal right to a minimum of 48 hours postnatal care and to petition the Government to provide equitable care for those who, for a number of social reasons, are dismissed. Certainly, the Birthing Centre initiative - our mahi, philosophy, practice of care, and purpose - has been shunned by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health and attracted scandalous comments from the Associate Minister of Health and Minister for Women.
Through no choice of our own we were forced to close two of the non-funded Birthing Centres last Christmas. We hoped that the silver lining to this difficult situation would be to draw attention to the stresses of mothers, midwives, and families around this time of year. In turn, we hoped that the bureaucrats who make decisions about maternity care might come to their senses and adopt reasonableness by putting the health of our mothers and babies first. Untold millions of dollars are frittered away in talkfests, resulting in postponement of decisions. How many of these decision-makers turn up at these meetings? How many use their voices for the good of humanity? How many are accountable to the people who voted them in?
Rumour is rife, I discovered, around these two Birthing Centres closing again this Christmas. We have decided to keep the centres open this year, despite being in the same situation where funding is nil. We don't want to cause mothers and their whānau stress again this year. We just plead with those who have the power to legislate for the basic care mothers need at this time to sit up and take note. 'Chinese whispers' abound and yet not one person has asked me directly about these centres over the Christmas period. Open mouths find open ears.
After all these years of struggle I have concluded that the potential for Birthing Centres to close would come through:
A shortage of midwives, or midwives whose support is directly linked to union control. A union that, in my opinion/experience, is more committed to a culture of dependency and control than in best outcomes for mothers.
A final closing of the door on any collaborative relationship with DHBs and targeted Government support for mothers that we can be a part of.
I feel we have earned our place at the table and offer a prayer for inclusivity and transparency.
"There is a story behind everything. But behind all your stories is always your mother's story because hers is where yours begins." – Mitch Albom
Arohanui,
Chloe ❤
Chloe Wright
Founder/Director
As we reach the end of another year with no targeted Government support for at-risk mothers, the Mothers Matter campaign is more important than ever.
Yes, there was $242 million announced for primary maternity services – including $35 million for a Maternity Action Plan to decide what to do with the rest – but the time for talking is over. Vulnerable mothers and babies need our help now.
The statistics we shared in our front-page advertisement in the New Zealand Herald in September make for grim reading. We've had a huge response, with messages from both women and men, and the message is clear – our birthing system and postnatal care must change!
Mothers Matter founder Chloe Wright and spokesperson Dame Lesley Max followed up the advertisement with an appearance on the Breakfast show on TVNZ to discuss the campaign with John Campbell.
We now have more than 4000 signatures on our Mothers Matter petition calling for DHBs and the Government to recognise and fund private and charitable primary birthing units so maternity care funding follows the mother's choice of care and needs. Have you signed and shared it? Find it here and help make a difference for our mums.
Meanwhile, Mothers Matter social media goes from strength to strength, with more than 9800 Facebook followers. Add your voice here.
Milk Bank established in Palmerston North
While Te Papaioea Birthing Centre is now under the management of the MidCentral District Health Board, the Wright Family Foundation continues to support the centre's Milk Café breastfeeding support group and the newly established Whāngai Ora Milk Bank.
The milk bank has been established for the safe collection and distribution of breast milk for vulnerable babies in the MidCentral district. It is working out of the kitchen at Te Papaioea Birthing Centre and is awaiting delivery of a pasteuriser from overseas, donated by a local businessman.
Whāngai Ora Milk Bank is run by a board of trustees made up of local lactation consultants and mothers with a passion for supporting breastfeeding. One of the founders, Jacquie Nutt, is an experienced milk banker (in South Africa) and lactation consultant and oversees the collection and pasteurisation of the donor milk.
The milk bank already has already built up a good supply of donated milk and is awaiting the finalisation of paperwork to start dispensing it.
"We've had an excellent response to our call for donations – our freezers are full. Mums have been really generous," says Jacquie.
"Tremendous teamwork has been involved, enabled by the Wright Family Foundation, the assistance of the DHB and the tireless volunteer work of the steering committee."
This will be the first milk bank in the North Island, with only two others in Christchurch.
"There's a lot of renewed interest in milk banking and the partnership with the Wright Family Foundation has enabled us be at the forefront of this," says Jacquie.
Donations of breast milk from screened, tested donors are processed for babies requiring supplemental feeding, if they don't have full access to their own mother's milk.
"This means that new parents who need to supplement their baby's feeds, but do not wish to use formula to do so, do not have to find their own suitable donor when they are under stress and have a fragile newborn to look after," says Jacquie.
The milk is free to recipients, but if milk is in short supply, the most ill and the most premature babies will be supplied first.
In rare cases, viruses and bacteria can be passed through breast milk, so testing, screening, and pasteurising is carried out to reduce the risks.
"Milk, unlike blood and other donated tissues, can be pasteurised while still remaining useful," says Jacquie.
To keep up to date with Whāngai Ora Milk Bank's progress, follow the Facebook page here.
Jacquie Nutt stores some of the donated milk in the freezer at Te Papaioea Birthing Centre.
Donated milk is pasteurised before distribution.
Lesley-Anne Grobler
Not everyone is a fan of working night shifts, but for Bethlehem Birthing Centre maternity care assistant Lesley-Anne Grobler, it's the perfect time to enjoy cuddles with babies.
Lesley-Anne moved to New Zealand with her husband and daughter from South Africa in 2016 where she had worked as an intermediate life support paramedic. She worked as a caregiver in a rest home for three years while volunteering with St John.
She joined the BBC team just over a year ago and loves the camaraderie among her colleagues, as well as the interaction with mums and babies.
"It was challenging in the beginning. The work of a paramedic is more focussed on pre-hospital care, whereas working in a facility such as Birthing Centre is about providing continuous care. It's quite different, but I love it!"
Lesley-Anne's role includes preparing birthing rooms, assisting in emergencies, and sometimes helping the staff midwives during a birth if the woman's lead maternity carer hasn't arrived, but largely involves postnatal care and education.
When she is not working, she enjoys exploring New Zealand with her family.
"The three things I Iove the most are family time, patient care and business studies."
Lesley-Anne obtained her SMME business management qualification at the University of South Africa in 2015 and is currently studying human resource management and people practice at Milpark Business School in South Africa through distance education.
She recently achieved her Level 3 Certificate in Health and Wellbeing in New Zealand and is looking forward to studying for Level 4.
News from our centres
Bethlehem Birthing Centre is celebrating its sixth birthday this month, with 2129 babies born there since it opened in 2014.
New carving
Bethlehem Birthing Centre has a new carving in its foyer thanks to a group of carvers at Rimutaka Prison.
'Ko Rangi Raua Ko Papa' represents the first conception between Ranginui (the Sky Father) and Papatūānuku (the Earth Mother) from which all life was born.
The first pregnancy, the first birth, the intertwined bodies are the symbols for growth and expansion, which is fitting when we speak of a child coming into the world and a man and woman becoming a whānau.
The prisoners also gifted a carving to Te Awakairangi Birthing Centre in Lower Hutt to celebrate its opening in 2018.
BFHI certification
Bethlehem Birthing Centre has been reaccredited with its Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) certification.
BFHI is an international programme launched in 1991 by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to ensure all maternity services become centres of breastfeeding support worldwide.
Baby friendly facilities work to see that all women, regardless of their feeding method, receive unbiased information, support and professional advice in their decision to feed their babies.
BBC is immensely proud of its exclusive breastfeeding rate of 97 percent.
Clinical midwife manager Alexandra Deas says it is a privilege to work in an environment where all the team are passionate about supporting mothers to feed their babies.
"I have never worked anywhere where all the midwives give such consistent advice and support. Bethlehem was originally guided by an incredible and passionate lactation consultant, Shauna Walters, who guided the team through our initial Baby Friendly accreditation, so the foundation is strong. Our latest accreditation is a credit to the entire team for their passion, dedication and hard work, and the amazing mothers we work with."
Find out more about BFHI here.
Nga Hau Māngere
Birthing Centre features in Baby Done
CMM Tish Taihia with some of her family at the premiere of Baby Done.
Have you seen the fabulous new Taika Waititi film Baby Done?
Wannabe-adventurer Zoe (Rose Matafeo) freaks out when she falls pregnant to her long-term boyfriend Tim (Matthew Lewis). As Tim embraces the prospect of fatherhood, Zoe attempts to rush through her dreams.
Not only is it a great movie to see if you're pregnant, but one of the scenes was filmed at Nga Hau Māngere Centre! The filming took place before the centre opened to the public last year.
Actress Rose Matafeo also has a special connection to Nga Hau Māngere – her auntie is our very own clinical midwife manager Tish Taihia!
See the movie trailer here. See if you can spot Birthing Centre in it!
NHM a port in a storm
American couple Arwyn and Andrew Rogers gave birth to their son, Atticus, at Nga Hau Māngere Birthing Centre on 1 October after the super yacht they were crewing on got stuck in New Zealand due to COVID-19.
The rest of the crew has since flown home but the couple decided to stay with the boat until the borders open again.
Clinical midwife manager Tish Taihia says the couple, who also have another son Lionel, opted to birth at Nga Hau Māngere and were "full of praise" about the experience and the care they received at the centre, and their LMCs Amanda Fergus and Donna Ritchie.
Arwyn and Atticus returned to the centre recently for a visit.
Te Awakairangi
Knitting donation
A special thanks to Barbara Hinton who brought some beautiful woollens into Te Awakairangi Birthing Centre for our babies in October. Donations of knitted woollens are greatly appreciated at all our centres.
Our website, birthingcentre.org.nz, is a great port of call for anyone who wants to find out more about primary birthing, our philosophy and service.
You can also find previous issues of our newsletter here.
Check out our Facebook pages too:
Bethlehem Birthing Centre: facebook.com/BirthingCentreTauranga
Te Awakairangi Birthing Centre at Melling: facebook.com/mellingbirthingcentre
Nga Hau Māngere Birthing Centre: facebook.com/birthingcentremangere
"Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers - strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength."
Barbara Katz Rothman
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Just like Big Bazaar's "Sabse Sasta din", Ford is running a day specific offer on December 5th. Called the Ford Midnight Sale, Ford India will be offering deep discounts, freebies and lucky draws on this day. Last time Ford tried this event on a weekend, now on a weekday.
Discounts from 25k to 80k are on offer on all Ford Models- Figo, Classic, Fiesta and Endeavor, plus spot gifts and contests. Ford has also launched a facebook app to promote the sale. Do rush to your nearest Ford Showroom to check out in person- they're open till midnight.
Ford started advertising this couple of days ago. I feel it would have been better to promote such events couple of weeks in advance, giving enough time for customers to be ready with their finances, test drive of competition vehicles etc.
Almost all manufacturers run year end offers, since customers hesitate to buy in December (A car bought on Jan 2013 will have higher value than the one bought in Dec 2012).
Thank you Shrinidhi for the mention.


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Q: Concisely deep copy a slice? In Go, what's a concise/well-performing way to deep copy a slice? I need to copy the slice to a new backing array, because the other array is owned by something else and may be modified after the copy.
I'm currently doing it like this:
copy := append([]T{}, orig...)

where T is the element type of orig.

A: slicecopy := append([]T(nil), slice...)

For example,
package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    type T int
    slice := make([]T, 8)
    for i := range slice {
        slice[i] = T(i)
    }
    fmt.Println(len(slice), cap(slice), &slice[0], slice)
    slicecopy := append([]T(nil), slice...)
    fmt.Println(len(slicecopy), cap(slicecopy), &slicecopy[0], slicecopy)
}

Output:

8 8 0x10322160 [0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7]
8 8 0x103221a0 [0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7]

References:
Arrays, slices (and strings): The mechanics of 'append'
// Make a copy of a slice (of int).
slice3 := append([]int(nil), slice...)
fmt.Println("Copy a slice:", slice3)

Benchmarks:
package main

import "testing"

var result []T

const size = 1000

type T int

func BenchmarkCopy(b *testing.B) {
    orig := make([]T, size)
    for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
        cpy := make([]T, len(orig))
        copy(cpy, orig)
        orig = cpy
    }
    result = orig
}

func BenchmarkAppend(b *testing.B) {
    orig := make([]T, size)
    for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
        cpy := append([]T{}, orig...)
        orig = cpy
    }
    result = orig
}

func BenchmarkAppendPreCapped(b *testing.B) {
    orig := make([]T, size)
    for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
        cpy := append(make([]T, 0, len(orig)), orig...)
        orig = cpy
    }
    result = orig
}

func BenchmarkAppendNil(b *testing.B) {
    orig := make([]T, size)
    for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
        cpy := append([]T(nil), orig...)
        orig = cpy
    }
    result = orig
}

func main() {}

Output:
$ go version
go version devel +ffe33f1f1f17 Tue Nov 25 15:41:33 2014 +1100 linux/amd64
$ go test -v -bench=.
testing: warning: no tests to run
PASS
BenchmarkCopy                   200000        9983 ns/op
BenchmarkAppend                 200000       10004 ns/op
BenchmarkAppendPreCapped        200000       10077 ns/op
BenchmarkAppendNil              200000        9960 ns/op
ok      so/test 8.412s
$ go test -v -bench=.
testing: warning: no tests to run
PASS
BenchmarkCopy                   200000       10000 ns/op
BenchmarkAppend                 200000       10112 ns/op
BenchmarkAppendPreCapped        200000        9892 ns/op
BenchmarkAppendNil              200000       10005 ns/op
ok      so/test 8.422s
$ go test -v -bench=.
testing: warning: no tests to run
PASS
BenchmarkCopy                   200000        9967 ns/op
BenchmarkAppend                 200000        9898 ns/op
BenchmarkAppendPreCapped        200000       10123 ns/op
BenchmarkAppendNil              200000       10022 ns/op
ok      so/test 8.424s
$

A: It would seem the fastest way is to append to a slice with the necessary space. I've extended @Anisus answer with the benchmark results, and the resulting fastest solution.
BenchmarkCopy            100000 18240 ns/op
BenchmarkAppend          100000 18276 ns/op
BenchmarkAppendPreCapped 100000 16407 ns/op

BenchmarkAppendPreCapped is likely avoiding zeroing and/or growing of the slice. It looks like so:
copy := append(make([]T, 0, len(orig)), orig...)

A: Not sure which solution is fastest without a benchmark, but an alternative is using the built in copy:
cpy := make([]T, len(orig))
copy(cpy, orig)

From the documentation:

func copy(dst, src []Type) int
The copy built-in function copies elements from a source slice into a
  destination slice. (As a special case, it also will copy bytes from a
  string to a slice of bytes.) The source and destination may overlap.
  Copy returns the number of elements copied, which will be the minimum
  of len(src) and len(dst).

Note
The solution will copy all the values in the slice. If the slice contains pointers or structs with pointer fields, these pointer values will still point to the same values as the orig slice.
Benchmark
Benchmarking the two options, you can see they have very similar performance.
BenchmarkCopy     100000         24724 ns/op
BenchmarkAppend   100000         24967 ns/op
ok      benchmark   5.478s

This is the benchmark code:
package main
import "testing"

var result []T

const size = 10000

type T int

func BenchmarkCopy(b *testing.B) {
    orig := make([]T, size)

    for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
        cpy := make([]T, len(orig))
        copy(cpy, orig)
        orig = cpy
    }
    result = orig
}

func BenchmarkAppend(b *testing.B) {
    orig := make([]T, size)

    for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
        cpy := append([]T{}, orig...)
        orig = cpy
    }
    result = orig
}

I am not sure when/if the zero-fill is performed. But if you look at the assembly, in the append version you will have:
CALL    ,runtime.growslice(SB)

while the copy will call:
CALL    ,runtime.makeslice(SB)

and I would guess that both of these calls performs the zero-fill.

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Yesterday, April 12, 2016, United States Representative Michael Honda (CA-17) introduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives, House Res. 670, recognizingMay 5, 2016, as the National Day of Reason. The National Day of Reason is an initiative by the American Humanist Association to promote reason as a secular alternative to the National Day of Prayer.
Upon introduction of the resolution, Rep. Honda said "The National Day of Reason celebrates the positive impact the application of reason has had on humanity. The evolution of my Silicon Valley district into the world's center of innovation came about through the use of the scientific method and the application of reason. These are fundamental pillars that scientists and engineers in Silicon Valley and around the country depend on to develop new technologies and cures for diseases. I introduced this resolution declaring May 5th, 2016 a National Day of Reason because the application of reason has proven to improve the conditions in which people live, offer hope for human survival on Earth, and cultivated intelligent, moral, and ethical behaviors and interactions among people. I encourage everyone to take this occasion to reflect upon the way that philosophical principles developed during the Age of Reason influenced our Founding Fathers as they formed our country and how the employment of reason, critical thought, the scientific method, and free inquiry can help resolve human problems and improve the welfare of humankind."
"National Day of Reason is a day for all Americans since everyone can see the value of reason in addressing the needs of the day," said Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the American Humanist Association. "While some may seek personal guidance from their god or gods, we encourage our elected leaders to use reason, compassion, and egalitarianism as their guides in determining what's best for America."
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Q: Module seemingly reimported in memoized Python function I'm writing a Python command line utility that involves converting a string into a TextBlob, which is part of a natural language processing module. Importing the module is very slow, ~300 ms on my system. For speediness, I created a memoized function that converts text to a TextBlob only the first time the function is called. Importantly, if I run my script over the same text twice, I want to avoid reimporting TextBlob and recomputing the blob, instead pulling it from the cache. That's all done and works fine, except, for some reason, the function is still very slow. In fact, it's as slow as it was before. I think this must be because the module is getting reimported even though the function is memoized and the import statement happens inside the memoized function.
The goal here is to fix the following code so that the memoized runs are as speedy as they ought to be, given that the result does not need to be recomputed.
Here's a minimal example of the core code:
@memoize
def make_blob(text):
     import textblob
     return textblob.TextBlob(text)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    make_blob("hello")

And here's the memoization decorator:
import os
import shelve
import functools
import inspect

def memoize(f):
    """Cache results of computations on disk in a directory called 'cache'."""
    path_of_this_file = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
    cache_dirname = os.path.join(path_of_this_file, "cache")

    if not os.path.isdir(cache_dirname):
        os.mkdir(cache_dirname)

    cache_filename = f.__module__ + "." + f.__name__
    cachepath = os.path.join(cache_dirname, cache_filename)

    try:
        cache = shelve.open(cachepath, protocol=2)
    except:
        print 'Could not open cache file %s, maybe name collision' % cachepath
        cache = None

    @functools.wraps(f)
    def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
        argdict = {}

        # handle instance methods
        if hasattr(f, '__self__'):
            args = args[1:]

        tempargdict = inspect.getcallargs(f, *args, **kwargs)

        for k, v in tempargdict.iteritems():
            argdict[k] = v

        key = str(hash(frozenset(argdict.items())))

        try:
            return cache[key]
        except KeyError:
            value = f(*args, **kwargs)
            cache[key] = value
            cache.sync()
            return value
        except TypeError:
            call_to = f.__module__ + '.' + f.__name__
            print ['Warning: could not disk cache call to ',
                   '%s; it probably has unhashable args'] % (call_to)
            return f(*args, **kwargs)

    return wrapped

And here's a demonstration that the memoization doesn't currently save any time:
❯ time python test.py
python test.py  0.33s user 0.11s system 100% cpu 0.437 total

~/Desktop
❯ time python test.py
python test.py  0.33s user 0.11s system 100% cpu 0.436 total

This is happening even though the function is correctly being memoized (print statements put inside the memoized function only give output the first time the script is run).
I've put everything together into a GitHub Gist in case it's helpful.

A: What about a different approach:
import pickle

CACHE_FILE = 'cache.pkl'

try:
    with open(CACHE_FILE) as pkl:
        obj = pickle.load(pkl)
except:
    import slowmodule
    obj = "something"
    with open(CACHE_FILE, 'w') as pkl:
        pickle.dump(obj, pkl)

print obj

Here we cache the object, not the module.  Note that this will not give you any savings if the object your caching requires slowmodule.  So in the above example you would see savings, since "something" is a string and doesn't require the slowmodule module to understand it.  But if you did something like
obj = slowmodule.Foo("bar")

The unpickling process would automatically import slowmodule, negating any benefit of caching.
So if you can manipulate textblob.TextBlob(text) into something that, when unpickled doesn't require the textblob module, then you'll see savings using this approach.