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Killer Whale

“Orcinus orca”

The Killer Whale is the largest member of the dolphin family and are without a doubt, the ocean’s top apex predator. Killer Whales are sometimes called the “Wolves of the Sea”, because they hunt in groups like wolf packs targeting even the largest animal on earth, the Blue Whale. Because of their fierce reputation, Killer Whales are sometimes called the Ballena asesina (“assassin whale”) by the Spanish. They were referred to as “whale killers” by sailors who witnessed their attacks on larger cetaceans and over time this name was changed to “Killer Whales”. A large majority of the world’s general public mistakenly call this animal “Orca” but from the scientific viewpoint, there is no cetacean known as “Orca”. The word “orca” in latin simply means “whale”. The genus “Orcinus” in latin means “bringer of death”. Therefore, any type of whale could be classified with the name orca a.k.a. Beluga orca, Sperm orca, Blue orca, Fin orca, Sei orca, Gray orca, Minke orca, False Killer orca, Humpback orca, etc. To further enhance this statement, the word “Orca” is never used with the Pygmy Killer Whale, Dwarf Killer Whale or the False Killer Whale. Orcus was a Roman God of the Netherworld and this genus “Orcinus” is likely a reference to the ferocious reputation of the Killer Whale. The Sea World corporation many years ago, coined the word as a marketing feature to the public to sell tickets to see the “little baby Orca” instead of the “little baby Killer”. Male Killer Whales known as “bulls” measure 20-26 feet long and weigh as much as 22,000 pounds. Females are slightly smaller at 16-23 feet in length and an average weight of 16,500 pounds. Their large size and strength make these oceanic predators among the fastest marine mammals, able to reach speeds in excess of 30 knots or about 34 mph.

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We need to consider actions (verbs) in more detail. We have already dealt with the simple verbs ending in "is", "as", and "os". Now we take a look at compound (two-part) verbs, in which the first part gives the general time of the action and the second part gives the state of the action.

Before looking at the Esperanto use of compound verbs, let's look at the use of compound verbs in English.

Ekzercoj, Leciono Ok (parto unu)

Append to the following sentences either "yesterday", "now" or "tomorrow" (General Time). Add also either "(completed)", "(on-going)", or "(not yet)" (State of Action).

Notice that the first part of the two-part verb, which we call the auxiliary or helping verb, is 'to be' except when the action has been completed; in that case, English uses the auxiliary verb 'to have'.

In Esperanto, the auxiliary verb is always esti (to be).

(yesterday)Li estis\/mangxinta(completed)
(now)Li estasXleganta(proceeding)
(tomorrow)Li estos/\skribonta(not yet)

The idea is simple, but the explanation is somewhat confusing and difficult; hang in there! Let's look now at a fuller demonstration of Compound Verbs in Esperanto....

Compound Verb Tenses - Active (inta, anta, onta)

Jeanne has regular habits. Using simple verb tenses we say:

every day at 8:00 "She eats her breakfast."
"Sxi mangxas sian matenmangxon." (sia - his/her own)
every day at 8:05 "She reads her paper."
"Sxi legas sian jxurnalon."
every day at 8:10 "She writes a letter."
"Sxi skribas leteron."

But none of these actions is instantaneous, and we can show this better by using the compound verb tenses:

and say at 8:00 "She is eating her breakfast."
"Sxi estas mangxanta sian matenmangxon."
and say at 8:05 "She is reading her paper."
"Sxi estas leganta sian jxurnalon."
and say at 8:10 "She is writing a letter."
"Sxi estas skribanta leteron."

Suppose we are spying on her, and we report by phone at 8:05; then at 8:05 we would say: present state of time action

"She has eaten her breakfast." "Sxi estas mangxinta sian matenmangxon."
"She is reading her paper." "Sxi estas leganta sian jxurnalon."
"She is about to write a letter." "Sxi estas skribonta leteron."

Later during the day, we may have to confirm in writing what we previously reported. Then we would say that by 8:05:

"She had eaten her breakfast" "Sxi estis mangxinta sian matenmangxon."
"She was reading her paper." "Sxi estis leganta sian jxurnalon."
"She was about to write a letter." "Sxi estis skribonta leteron."

Also, we must tell the next day's spy what to expect. We tell her that if she gets there by 8:05, she will find that:

"She will have eaten her breakfast." "Sxi estos mangxinta sian matenmangxon."
"She will be reading her paper." "Sxi estos leganta sian jxurnalon."
"She will be about to write a letter." "Sxi estos skribonta leteron."

Compound Verb Tenses - Active Participles

(action is preformed by the subject of the sentence)

inta (action recently completed)
anta (action still on-going)
onta (action soon to begin)

Please note: because participles are actually adjectives, [Cf. kuranta knabo, a running boy] they must agree in number with the subject. For example,

Ili estas mangxintaj They have eaten
Ni estis irontaj We were about to go
Vi estos skribantaj You will be writing

Ekzercoj, Leciono Ok (parto du)

(translate into Esperanto, using compound verbs):

  1. Father is reading a book [libro].
  2. Mother is making a cake.
  3. The boys are about to write.
  4. The boy is about to drink tea.
  5. Who has washed the small boy?
  6. Father was reading a book.
  7. Who has eaten my cake?
  8. Mother was making a beautiful cake.
  9. The boy was about to write.
  10. They were going to write.
  11. My brother has washed [lavi] my car [auxto].
  12. My sister had eaten my cake.
  13. Father will be reading a book.
  14. I will be selling tea and coffee.
  15. The boy will be about to write a letter.
  16. He will have eaten.
  17. He is shooting [pafi].
  18. He is going to score [trafi].
  19. He has scored.
  20. He had scored.

Perk up! The worst is over! Just some odd bits left over for the next two lessons.

Don't forget to mail these exercises to your tutor, with subject: 'FEC ekz 8'.


Friday, 6 January 2012

Death Row walkthrough

Hector starts off with 15 Health, 15 Mood, 15 Respect, 10 Work Ethic and $200.
Your mission is to find all 8 clues before 15 days are up (and Hector dies).
Buy all the furniture that you can. 7 of the clues can only be found after you've bought the furniture.
Sleeping will let Hector regain Energy, but switching off the light will allow Hector to gain Mood. Allow him to gain 2 Mood, then 1 Mood, then switch it on again. This is because the next thing that will happen will make Hector get angry.
Try to get Hector's Stats (i.e. Mood, Health, Work Ethic and Respect) to the maximum and not let them reach 0. If any of them reach 0, Hector will either die or kill himself. Also, your Stats will affect your Reformed percentage. A higher Reformed percentage will give you a higher chance of the Governor accepting your request.

#1: Window
#2: Blanket
#3: Plant
#4: Rug
#5: Table
#6: Newly-bought toilet (Not the old one)
#7: TV
#8: Dustbin

Immediately find Hector's favourite job. It could be any of the choices, so try until you know which one it is. Once you find it, make him work until he runs out of energy (or when the day ends). Note that occasionally Hector will do something dumb at work and he will be sent back to his cell (and something bad happens). With higher Work Ethic, Hector will work harder and faster, therefore the amount of cash he earns will increase.

Apple: +5 Health, -6 Mood, -$4
Cheese:  +4 Enegy, -4 Health, -$8
Coffee: +6 Sleep, - 3 Health, -$8
Hamburger: +12 Mood, -6 Health, -$12
Donut: +15 Mood, +5 Health, -$20
Cola: +15 Energy,  -5 Health, -$10
Broccoli: -10 Mood, +10 Health, -$18
Chicken Bucket: +25 Mood, -10 Health, -$40
Ice Cream: +15 Mood, - 7 Health, -$22

BOOKS (Costs $60 per book, maximum 1 book at any one time.)

Healthy Living: +4 Health
Improving your Mood: +4 Mood
Respecting the Law: +4 Respect
Working Harder: +4 Work Ethic
Bomb making: -4 Mood
After reading a few books, Hector will stop reading them until the next day.

TV (Costs $150)

Chance of: +4 Mood, +4 Work Ethic, -4 Respect, +4 Respect.
After watching it a few times, there won't be any effect from the TV until the next day.

Lessons: You have a chance of +20 Health, +20 Respect, +20 Work Ethic, -30 Mood.
Game: There will be an increase of Mood.
Hack the Pentagon: The computer will be confiscated, and you lose 90 Mood. Believe me, you don't want this. The computer costs $1200 and you'll work your ass off just so that you can get the computer again.
Emailing the Governor: The Moment of truth has come. If you succeed, the Governor will email you the code to get you out of jail, and you just need to type the code into the bar found on the clues page to win the game. If you don't succeed...then Hector kills himself.

If you want to be a loser...then fine. Type the following codes into the bar on the clues page.
OLLIE29: Maxed Stats
NESS28: $100000

If this guide is incomplete, please leave a comment saying what was not included. I will add it in ASAP. Thanks.
If you see that somebody else has already given feedback about the same thing, don't comment. I understand that you would like to comment, but to avoid spamming, please don't comment. I understand that you are doing it for the people reading this, and I commend you for it.
If this guide has helped you out, you're welcome.


Monday, January 17, 2011

Friends forever

My first day in the boarding school.
Papa left me there...
... to follow so many rules.
How could he leave me there alone?
Had his heart become stone?

My timid heart felt...
... that was not fair,
I uttered a cry of despair.
Fat tears strolled down my cheek,
I badly missed my parents and felt weak.

“They” arrived and wiped my tears,
Squeezed my hands in assurance and…
Made me understand…
…there was nothing to fear.

When my parents could not come...
... to meet me,
To see my fellow cuddling...
 ...with their parents I felt pity.
A pang of isolation crept inside me,
I found solace in their amity.

We grew up together
Pitched into the group of teenagers.
Shared beautiful moments
Jumped with elation...
... on our achievements.

We always stood beside each other,
And babbled making a circle.
We shared secrets of each other and…
…talked in the language...
... of signs and symbols.

When I was ill and needed...
... a touch of affection
Their camaraderie provided me...
... a feel of satisfaction.
They cared for me...
... with utter keenness,
I can’t thank them enough...
... for their kindness.

Now, when in my life I’m established
Memories of my friends I still cherish.
Maybe the love and care is now invisible
But the bond of friendship is loyal.
They are indeed the real gem,
That’s how I remember them…….

Prompts@: Theme Thursday (Jump)
Carry on tuesday (That's how I remember them)
Sunday scribblings (Invisible)
Also Linked to: One Single Impression

  1. Some of our most lasting friendships are forged at school. It is when you strike out on your own for the first time and make decisions not dictated by your parents. Great piece.

  2. It must have been so difficult, I'm so glad you had your friends, such a heartfelt poem :o)

  3. friendships are precious in many ways...

    amazing imagery.
    welcome to JP...

  4. Friendship forged in schooldays are so innocent, so pure that it is missed for the rest of life.

    A nice poem.

  5. A beautiful poem Tarang..and this reminds me of how I was separated from my parents since I started boarding in highschool till college...:)

    You have well said how one struggles to cope up with a new environment and gain friends at the same time...:)

    The actions of comfort from our parents and friends are enough assurance from them that they care for us so much...where language to express them is no longer needed...

    Action speaks louder than words so they say!

    Well done Tarang!

  6. Nice. It's a different language in boarding school and one starts enjoying speaking it :)

  7. It touches.. and I can see th eimages from my school days even after so many years.. Thanks Tarang..

  8. This is quite a beautiful poem and an amazing story.

  9. Oh I felt for the young student having to adjust to a new way of life. But from the sound of it, you did that very well. Lovely to have such happy memories of your school friendships.

  10. wonderful images and very well crafted words, make me stop and soak it in

  11. It is wonderful to feel such connections with one's friends. I think youth is the time to accomplish that kind of friendship is when one is young.......


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Martina Advaney

Ubiquitous sun, hot weather, endless beaches, layers upon layers of blue and dazzling sand. For this picture, a majority  would travel pretty long distances. Where are the most virginal beaches mirroring the Biblical paradise? Check out our list.

The way we live, what we share and whom do we share it with, how much can we know somebody...who controls whom, friends and online friends...These films depict the modern world we live in and how life has become in parts.....a travesty.

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Puzzling Acronyms

Acronyms are abbreviations created from the first letters of words and are themselves pronounced as words. This differentiates them from Initialism which are pronounced letter by letter (e.g. BBC). Acronyms were established in 1940 and gained popularity in the 21st century.

They say the best therapist has a fur and four paws. As  it seems there is something to it. People who have a pet at home usually know what is it to come home and be welcomed with great joy by their four-leged buddy. No wonder, places where animals were typically forbidden, now welcome them. Pets now "work" at cafes, at airports, even in offices - and all that to share and spread the calm that they carry within.

A couple of weeks ago, during February, Europe experienced very cold temperatures dropping down to - 20°C at night and not going above -10°C during the days. While in January, it seemed that spring would come early this year, the entire scenario changed rapidly, almost overnight. Not quite the same in the opinion of a bunch of yellow crocuses in our garden. The extreme cold did not bother them at all and they were happily blooming in temperatures of -13°C and colder. As it seems, at the end, nature knows better about the timing of the seasons.

For most people, an absolutely absurd idea. Houses that often have a maximum of one meter width are not on your everyday dwelling list. At the same time these cramped buildings often have an interesting history about their creation. With the rising prices of properties it is quite common that the building parcels are appearing in places where only garage might have been considered for construction.  Extremely slender buildings are not just a phenomenon of the moderns day.  As a matter of fact, they go back in time and can be found in many historical centres of cities till date.

Most major religions have obligations that must be undertaken one or more times in a lifetime with journeys to given destinations. For Muslims it is Mekka, for Jews Jerusalem, and for Hindus a ritual bath in the river Ganges. Christians also have their destinations, which in recent decades have, in many instances, developed a following even among non-believers – Santiago de Compostela, for example. Believers seems to understand these pilgrimages clearly; but when the call comes, the question of faith can be various for many, and also the place. After all, it is the journey that can be the destination. This weekend‘s movies are dedicated to pilgrimages and searches for higher aims.

Year after year we keep the tradition of making something sweet for Women's Day, and this year will be no exception. This time the recipe is slightly more complicated than usual, but the result will be very satisfying. Follow the photo recipe.

The result of the eruption of the volcano Vesuvius in 79 AD was thousands of deaths in neighbouring cities. The volcano that had been regularly sending warning signals finally burried two major cities Pompeii and Herculaneum which led to preserving them almost intact, in the shape they were left in, for several centuries. Predictions of volcanic activity today are more advanced than during the times of Pompeii. Nevertheless, tragedies are not always prevented. The greatest tragedy of recent times occured during 1985 in Colombia when the volcano Nevado del Ruiz caused estimatedly 25,000 deaths. Check out the list of active volcanoes around the world.

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The mole term is THE MOLE similar to the “dozen” term.

“n” Just as a dozen  The mole is also represents “12”; the referred to as mole represents 6.022 Avogadro’s number, 23. A very large x 10 NA amount.  1 mole = NA= n = 6.022 This is due to atoms & x 1023 particles molecules being very  Particles could be small. atoms, molecules, ions, electrons, even eggs.

The atomic or formula mass (weight) is measured in reference to the mole. The atomic/formula mass is also known as the MOLAR MASS. Molar mass = MM = m/n or mass/mole. Units for molar mass is grams per mole or g/mol. For example: H = 1.008 amu = 1.008 g/mol = 6.022 x 1023 atoms = 1 molar mass

K2CO3 = 2K + C + 3O= 2(39.10 g/mol) + 12.011g/mol + 3(16.00g/mol) = 138.11g/mol

Calculations involving the mole
Mass(g) Molecular Mass Avogadro's # MOLE 6.022 x 1023 Atoms, Ions, or Molecules

1. Calculate the formula weight of sucrose, C12H22O11.
2. Calculate the number of moles in 28.0 g of water. 3. How many oxygen atoms are present in 4.20 g of NaHCO3? 4. Calculate how many methane (CH4) molecules there are in 25.0 g of methane.

Workshop on the MOLE

Problem #1: Calculate the formula weight of calcium nitrate. Problem #2: How many moles of glucose, C6H12O6, are in 538 g? Problem #3: How many glucose molecules are there in 5.23 g of glucose? Problem #4: Calculate the number of moles in 325 mg of aspirin, which has the following structural formula:

• The percent composition is the mass percentage of each type of atom(element) in a compound.

% X = (total atomic mass of X / molar mass which contains X)
For Example:

Calculate the percent composition of nicotine, C10H14N2.
 Molar mass = 10C + 14H + 2N = 162 g/mol  %C = (10C / C10H14N2)100 = (120 g/mol /162 g/mol)100=74.1%  %H = (14H / C10H14N2)100 = (14 g/mol / 162 g/mol)100 = 8.6%  %N = (2 N / C10H14N2)100 = (28 g/mol / 162 g/mol)100 = 17.3%

The Mole
1. Calculate the percent composition of aluminum sulfate. 2. A solution of sulfuric acid contained 65% H2SO4 by mass and had a density of 1.56 g/mL. How many moles of acid are present in 1.00 L of the solution? 3. What mass of sodium will contain the same number of atoms as 100.0 g of potassium?

Mg + O2  MgO

First list all atoms in order of metals, nonmetals, then “H” & “O” last. Leave the species that is split between more than one compound for last. Mg - 1 Mg - 1 O-2 O-1 Next, start with the top atom; one Mg on the reactant side and one Mg atom on the product side. The Mg atom is balanced. Now do oxygen, two “O” atoms on the reactant side and one on the product side. The product side needs to change so place a “2” in front of MgO. Remember you can not change the formula. Mg + O2  2 MgO This now makes the list: Mg - 1 Mg - 2 O-2 O-2 If a two is placed in front of the Mg on the reactant side; 2 Mg + O2  2 MgO Mg - 2 Mg - 2 O-2 O-2 Now the equation is balanced.

Balance the following molecular equations

1. NaBr(aq) + Cl2(g)  NaCl(aq) + Br2(l)

2. SbCl3(aq) + Na2S(aq)  Sb2S3(s) + NaCl(aq)

3. Mg(OH)2 (aq) + H2SO4 (aq) H2O (l) + MgSO4 (aq)

4. C2H4(g) + O2(g)  CO2(g) + H2O(g)

Mass % of elements
Assume 100g sample

Empirical Formula
Calculate mole ratio

Grams of each element
Use Atomic Masses

Moles of each element

Step 1: If given the % composition, assume a 100g sample then convert % to grams. Step 2: Use the atomic masses to convert grams to moles. Step 3: Divide the moles of each element by the SMALLEST mole fraction. Step 4: The results from step 3 should be a whole number, if not, make it so by multiplying by a common factor.

Empirical Formula Hydroquinone, used as a photographic developer, is 65.4% carbon, 5.5% hydrogen, and 29.1% oxygen by mass. What is the empirical formula of hydroquinone? Molecular Formula Adipic acid is used in the manufacture of nylon. The percent composition of the acid is 49.3% carbon, 6.9% hydrogen, and 43.8% oxygen by mass. The molecular weight of the compound is 146 g/mol. What is the molecular formula?

Workshop on Percent Composition, Empirical Formula, and Molecular Formula Determination
1. Calculate the percentage composition of sucrose, C12H22O11. 2. Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) contains 40.92 percent C, 4.58 percent H, and 54.50 percent O by mass. What is the empirical formula of ascorbic acid? 3. A 5.325-g sample of methyl benzoate, a compound used in the manufacture of perfumes, is found to contain 3.758 g of C, 0.316 g of H, and 1.251 g of O. What is the empirical formula of this substance? 4. Mesitylene, a hydrocarbon that occurs in small amounts of crude oil, has an empirical formula of C3H4. The experimentally determined molecular weight of this substance is 121 amu. What is the molecular formula of mesitylene? 5. Sorbitol, used as a sweetner in some sugar-free foods, has a molecular formula of 182 amu and a mass percent composition of 39.56% C, 7.74% H, and 52.70% O. What are the empirical and molecular formulas of sorbitol?

Empirical Formula Combustion Analysis Menthol (MM = 156.3 g/mol), a strong smelling substance used in cough drops, is a compound of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. When 0.1595 g of menthol was subjected to combustion analysis, it produced 0.449 g of CO2 and 0.184 g of water. What is its molecular formula?

Workshop on Combustion Analysis 1. Cyclopropane, a substance used with oxygen as a general anesthetic, contains only two elements, carbon and hydrogen. When 1.00 g of this substance is completely combusted, 3.14 g of CO2 and 1.29 g of H2O are produced. What is the empirical formula of cyclopropane? 2. Isobutyl propionate is the substance that provides the flavor for rum extract. Combustion of a 1.152 g sample of this carbonhydrogen-oxygen compounds yields 2.726 g CO2 and 1.116 g H2O. What is the empirical formula of isobutyl propionate?

3. A compound contains only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Combustion of 10.68 mg of the compound yields 16.01 mg of CO2 and 4.37 mg of H2O. The molar mass of the compound is 176.1 g/mol. What are the empirical and molecular formulas of the compound?

Reactants (starting materials)  Products (ending materials)

(g) = gas

(l) = liquid

(s) = solid

(aq) = aqueous
(dissolved in water)

D = heat

 = yields

X  = catalyst

+ = combines

The number of molecules (moles) involved in the reaction are written in the front of the chemical formula.

CHEMICAL EQUATIONS represent chemical reactions which, in turn, are driven by changes like: Change Observation • formation of a precipitate solid is formed • formation of water heat is formed • formation of a gas bubbles formed other changes are:  Electrochemistry  Thermochemistry

electrons are transferred heat is transferred

There are three basic types of chemical equations: Molecular, Ionic, & Net ionic.

• MOLECULAR EQUATIONS are written as if all substances were molecular, even though some substances may exist as ions. HCl (aq) + NaOH (aq)  NaCl (aq) + H2O (l) • IONIC EQUATIONS have the substances which exist as ions written in ionic form. H+ (aq) + Cl- (aq) + Na+ (aq) + OH-(aq)  Na+ (aq) + Cl- (aq) + H2O (l)

• Precipitation, Acid/base, and Redox reactions can all be written depicting the appropriate substances as ions

• NET IONIC EQUATIONS are ionic equations with the Spectator ions removed. H+ (aq) + OH-(aq)  H2O (l)
• SPECTATOR IONS do not participate in a reaction (that is they do not react to form a new substance). Common Spectator ions are Group I, many Group II, and NO3- (nitrate) and C2H3O2- (acetate) ions.

Write the molecular, ionic, & net ionic equations.
1. Aqueous sodium acetate is mixed with aqueous cobalt (II) chloride to produce cobalt (II) acetate and sodium chloride solutions. 2. Solid silver chloride is dissolved in nitric acid to produce aqueous silver nitrate and hydrochloric acid. 3. Solid iron (II) sulfide reacts with hydrobromic acid to produce hydrogen sulfide gas and iron (II) bromide solution. 4. Sulfuric acid is mixed with potassium hydroxide.

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Antibacterial hydrogel coating by electrophoretic co-deposition of chitosan/alkynyl chitosan.

Despite much effort has been paid to develop aseptic implant devices, the infection associated with medical implant still remains a significant problem. Here, we report a potential coating material derived from a natural biopolymer chitosan. Firstly, chitosan functionalized with alkynyl moiety (ACS) was prepared by reaction between chitosan and 3… (More)
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Three ways to reach out with good advice

Young people, like many of us, are overwhelmed with information about the choices available to them. Universities, colleges, employers – they all promote a huge range of pathways and courses. This information spans a number of sources, including many websites.

The sheer volume of information can be confusing and daunting for anyone. This is especially so for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, who are much less likely to have access to the networks which can provide support. Exposure to people with relevant experience, for example, could guide them through the higher education landscape.

If a young person in year 7, 9 or 11 attends a careers fair to help them make subject and course choices, how do they gain a comprehensive overview of the choices and pathways available? Where universities and colleges are competing for students this is a challenge.

The Surrey-based Higher Education Outreach Network (HEON) – one of 34 local National Networks for Collaborative Outreach – is set up to support outreach work with clear and impartial information, advice and guidance.

So what does this mean exactly? Here are three examples:

1. Mapping pathways

What are my options after key stage 4?

At regional higher education and careers events, local colleges, universities and employers are usually present in force with an exciting variety of post-16 and post-18 options.  But information about the ‘big picture’ is often a bit more variable.

During Years 8 and 9, young people begin to select GCSE options. Teachers encourage them strongly to consider how these decisions could affect their future.

Yet, at HEON, we found that young people were often unclear about the different ways into a career. Some also had no idea about their future. Young people needed a simple overview of the information, and a clear way to navigate their way through it.

Working closely with an established local careers adviser, Natalie Papworth at Innervate Career Services, we came up with the idea of impartial pathways maps for different age groups to help young people work out what they want to do. The maps are student friendly, and include questions to prompt decision-making at each stage of their educational journey

The first map looked at post-16 options. It explained A-Levels, BTECs, and Apprenticeships, without bias, and dispelled any negative assumptions young people held.

The end product is ‘What are my options after Key Stage 4?’, an A5 booklet outlining their options. This also folds out to an A3 pathways poster that a teacher can use with young people on an individual basis.

2. Quick guides to university

Quick Guides

It’s also clear that younger students can find bulky university prospectuses overwhelming. We found it challenging to communicate information about HEON’s four network partner institutions quickly and clearly, using their different prospectuses.

So we created A5 ‘quick guides’. These offer accessible snapshots of different aspects at each university in the network.

They turn on a key question – what is a university? They offer facts about each campus and its facilities, extracurricular activities and a student profile.  This enables young people to see several different types of universities, and prompts them to consider where they see themselves in the future.

3. Working collaboratively

We have also worked closely with other NNCO networks across the South. This means our networks can work more effectively and efficiently. Areas of work have included:

  • Discussions about what outreach works well for particular groups in certain contexts.
  • Addressing particular regional challenges, such as reaching out to students in rural and coastal areas with limited transport links.
  • Sharing information so that we do not target the same students or produce the same resources.

Schools in England have a statutory duty to provide independent careers guidance to all year 8 — 13 pupils (12-18 year olds). One way we have recently helped schools in this area was to adapt and re-print a teachers’ guide on post 18 options, originally created by the Western Outreach Network.

This guide is specifically designed to appeal to teachers and provide good advice. It is given to teachers at events so that they have the information they need to hand. This leaflet has been warmly received by teachers’ as it provides high-quality information quickly.

All HEON’s resources are available online and free printed copies have been offered to our schools.

To date, 27 schools have requested over 10,000 copies from the range of resources.

Feedback from teachers has indicated that they are used at careers and HE fairs, to support one to one careers advice and as stock in careers libraries.


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Analysis of fluid obtained by the cyst via a fine needle is then used to differentiate between types of cysts and pseudocysts. Putting pressure against heat pack stimulates the periods are rapidly. Their definition of stress included tension, nervousness, impatience, anxiety, or sleeplessness while other factors such as childbirth and menopause were also considered. Dr Janet Gray MA MB BCh FFHom MRCGP DRCOG has recently retired from General Practice and, together with her husband, is taking a sabbatical from her homeopathic practice and teaching this year. If you are struggling to get pregnant and if you don't have any fertility problems then I strongly recommend you to check for fibroids and follow the steps in this website uterine fibroids how much does lap band surgery cost shrink fibroids and get pregnant fast. The primary endpoint was improvement of symptoms; secondary endpoints were procedural characteristics, major complications, time to discharge from hospital, length of sick leave, re-interventions required, and satisfaction with treatment at 2 year follow-up. Any one can have uterine fibroids and they are very common, and the exact cause is not known. For those that do unidentified, yoga exercise for uterus tumor enough to do normal activities, pelvic pain you might have. Please visit our Facebook Page to discuss this or other news stories, as well as connect with others interested in Uterine Fibroids. I suspected fibroids were back even though I've never experienced this kind of pain before. Daily administration of mifepristone 5 mg and 10 mg has shown uterine volume reductions of 48% after 6 months and 52% after 1 year, for both doses. Careful palpation helps the surgeon to target hard-to-reach intramural fibroids during the open procedure. Differentiation from a submucosal fibroid can however be difficult and sonohysterography can aid diagnosis. A copy of the questionnaire can beobtained the first 2 days I was on.

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Many of our patients wish to become pregnant or at least fibroid center of south florida to retain the option of falling pregnant at some time in the future. The other two werent preventing pregnancy but they could have cause miscarriage and pre-term labor. Uterine fibroids are one of the most common causes of abnormal uterine bleeding, but the reason why some women develop fibroids is unclear. As compared with other fibroids, submucous fibroids that extend into the uterine cavity are the most disruptive to endometrial integrity, implantation, and the capacity of the myometrium to contract and stop menstrual bleeding from the endometrial blood vessels; thus, even small submucous fibroids are associated with excessive or irregular bleeding, infertility, and recurrent pregnancy loss. Up to 50 percent of women have at least one of them and they are the main reason that women get hysterectomies.

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Remember, a holistic approach is needed to shrink fibriods so try and utilize all 6 recommendations if you can. These days we hear more about the use of apple cider vinegar as a cure for everything from Type 2 Diabetes to eczema, high cholesterol, and obesity. Laparoscopic Surgery has better pregnancy outcome than any other any method of treatment of Myoma. Generally, if fibroids aren't causing any problems they don't require treatment; they simply need to be monitored. A uterine rupture can be a life-threatening complication of childbirth for both the mother and the baby. While menopause can provide some relief from fibroids due to the decreased fibroid treatment without surgery india ink of estrogen production, menopause also has its own problems. Almost all pre-menopausal women with growing fibroids have benign uterine fibroids. CA-125 is a protein that is shed from damaged ovary cells, and is often elevated in ovarian cancer. However, studies have demonstrated that sexual satisfaction does not appear to differ after hysterectomy between women with and without a cervix. Symptoms of cervicitis include midcycle spotting, unusual vaginal discharge, pain during sexual intercourse, vaginal pain and pelvic pressure.

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By decreasing the production should a 5 cm fibroid be removed estrogen, these drugs have been shown to shrink fibroids and decrease the symptoms of fibroids. Women who were taking mifepristone had a good reduction in symptoms including decreased pelvic pain and menstrual bleeding. Many women report having increased sex drives after using progesterone cream. Embolization is still a relatively new procedure, and selecting the appropriate women who will clearly benefit from UFE is still a work in progress. In the early stages of looking into this, although my mom had fibroids herself that were removed when she was in her 40s, it was considered that I might have cancer.

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Fibroids may regrow after myomectomy, with recurrence rates of between 10% and 30% by 3 to 5 years after treatment. Whether progestins are effective on the fibroids or have a beneficial effect on the endometrium is unknown. Elizabeth Farrell: They are present in so many of us and probably about more than 50% of women will have fibroids by the time they get to about 70. Other imaging techniques that may be helpful specifically in the evaluation of lesions that affect the uterine cavity are hysterosalpingography or sonohysterography. However, cysts that are larger than 4 centimeters in diameter will usually require surgery. Levens ED, Potlog-Nahari C, Armstrong AY, Wesley R, Premkumar A, Blithe DL, et al. These include myomectomy through laparoscopy or open surgery to remove the portion of the uterine wall containing the fibroid tumor. Where robotic and standard approaches are very limited in the size and number of new treatments for large fibroids they can remove, the LAAM technique can remove any size or number of fibroids within the uterus. The good news is that there are indeed homeopathic remedies for uterine fibroids.

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Many fibroids contain elements of more than one fibroid type; that is, fibroids may have submucous and subserosal components and may be transmural. Treatments primarily consisted of progestational agents to stop excessive uterine bleeding, oral contraceptive agents to regulate menstrual bleeding, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents to treat pain. Some doctors may recommend a hysterectomy for fibroids even when there is no bleeding or pain. While fibroids do not always cause symptoms, their size and location can lead to problems for some women, including pain and heavy menstrual bleeding. I have been having pain on the bottom right side symptom of fibroid cyst my stomach since July 2011.

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Hades Disney
Name: Hades
Origin: Hercules
Gender: Male
Classification: Deity
Age: 2,000+

  • Hades is below the level of a deity of Zeus' authority.
  • Hades can be harmed by other deities, as shown when a fully empowered Hercules managed to knock him into the River Styx.
  • Hades is not omniscient nor omnipresent, as he has often called on the help of the Fates to determine the future.
  • it has been shown that Hades is bound by certain rules in regards to contracts made with others, such as the fact Hercules regained his demigod abilities after Meg was harmed due to it violating his previous contract.
  • Hades is often arrogant and ill-tempered, further limiting his power as he under-estimates his opponents and often flies into a rage when things do not go his way rather than seek out more constructive solutions.

Powers and Abilities

  • Nigh-Invulnerability


A Title Survey is Needed for Conveyance of Property

When you buy a house or other property, including commercial property, and you get a mortgage, the lender will require you to get a Title Survey.  The Title Survey shows if there are any easements or encumbrances that affect the property.  The Title Survey includes a Boundary Survey.  If there are any encroachments onto the boundary of the property, they will show up on the survey.  This protects the buyer and the lender against issues that could arise due to encroachments or easements.  Typically, the Title Survey also shows building setbacks and the improements on the property, including structures such as houses.
The Moore Group provides all types of surveys, including Title Surveys, Boundary Surveys, Tree Surveys and Topographic Surveys.


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Blockchain Outage

Database Glitch Causes Outage

The bitcoin wallet and block explorer service has been down since late last night (17th March) and it seems the issue is bigger than originally anticipated. A problem first came to light when a reddit user started a thread about a failed ‘shared coin’ transaction. responded to his post and quickly moved to disable shared coin functionality.
“We have temporarily suspended shared coin transactions while investigating some transactions that are ‘stuck’. The particular transaction in question is Rebroadcasting this transaction in bitcoind results in Error code -22.”
Shared coin transactions were re-enabled four hours later, but further issues came to light and was taken down soon after.


Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Submarine Warfare in the North Atlantic - Who Has The Advantage?

Over the past two years since the hostilities in Ukraine began, we've seen a cooling off of diplomatic relations between Russia and NATO, most particularly the United States.  Russia, under Vladimir Putin, has become the new "boogeyman" and has become the point man for just about anything that goes wrong globally including defecating on the carpet of an American diplomat's home and rearranging their furniture and hacking into the Democratic National Committee's computers to steal the DNC's deepest, darkest secrets about how the party was going to rid itself of the scourge that was Bernie Sanders.  The mainstream media in the United States, Europe and Canada has latched onto the genesis of the "Cold War Part II" and seems to be swallowing hook, line and sinker, the talking points that are fed to it by Washington.  With that in mind, let's take a look at a recent report by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) which looks at the potential for submarine warfare in Northern Europe, comparing the current subsea capabilities of NATO and Russia.  While many of us would think that Russia's relatively weak economy, thanks in part to the impact of sanctions on Russia, would have negatively affected its ability to fund its submarine program, such does not appear to be the case.

Let's start with a map showing NATO member countries (in purple) and NATO's partners around the globe to give you a sense of the potential theatre of operations should hostilities break out:

Here is a map showing NATO's presence in Europe during the Cold War:

The study by CSIS focusses on the scope of the Russian undersea challenges in the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea.  The authors note that the deployment levels of Russia's submarine fleet in this region is at its highest level in the post-Cold War era.  This has taken place despite the fact that dropping oil prices, a devaluation of the ruble and an overall weakening of the Russian economy has resulted in budgetary constraints for most of the Russian military machine.  In the State Armament Program for 2011 to 2020, 26 percent of the 19.5 trillion ruble budget was allocated to the navy.   Russia is in the process of modernizing its oldest Soviet-era submarine fleet, replacing it with a modern ballistic missile submarine force.  Over the past two years, Russian submarines were reportedly present in Swedish waters in the Baltic Sea in 2014 (unconfirmed),  off the coast of Finland in April 2015 (also unconfirmed), and off the coast of Scotland in 2014 (also unconfirmed).  Press reports also note that Russian submarines are operating in regions where critical communications cables cross the North Atlantic.  It is important to note that there is a great deal of uncertainty regarding all of these incidents, however, it is this ambiguity that is causing concern among NATO partners.

Russia's Navy has three objectives:

1.) Sea-based deterrence through the use of a nuclear maritime force that is at a high state of readiness.

2.) Sea Denial which consists of sea control (dominance of the marine region) through the use of blockades etcetera and sea denial through the use of submarines equipped with long-range, antiship cruise missiles.

3.) Signalling Russia's intentions to regain control of its traditional sphere of influence through the manipulation of its adversaries (i.e. Sweden's response to the alleged surfacing of a submarine in 2014).

Let's look at Russia's current submarine capabilities.  When the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s, Russia inherited approximately 240 submarines, a number that has declined to around 56.  Despite the collapse of the Soviet Navy and its submarine program, at the end of the Cold War, analysts believed that the USSR was very close to overtaking the United States in terms of acoustic quieting of its subsea fleet, a critical part of submarine warfare.  Russia also maintains a large fleet of anti-submarine capable materiel including dedicated surface naval vessels and long-range aircraft.

Here is a table showing the current types of Russian submarines:

Russia divides its Navy into four fleets including Northern, Pacific, Black Sea, Baltic as well as a flotilla based in the Caspian Sea.  The Northern Fleet is Russia's largest and most formidable.  Here is a table showing an inventory of the current Russian Northern Fleet:

The Baltic Fleet has no nuclear-powered submarines and has only two diesel-powered, 1980s vintage Kilo-class SSK attack submarines.  Part of the reason why the Baltic Fleet is so small is that the Baltic Sea is a very shallow and highly complex subsea operating environment that is littered with ordinance from the First and Second World Wars.   This is a particularly problematic operating theatre for the United States; its Virginia-class submarine is 377 feet long and draws 30 feet of water, making it very difficult to operate in the Baltic Sea region.

Now, let's look at the flip side, the submarine and anti-submarine capabilities of NATO in the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea regions:

Here is a table showing the submarine fleets of NATO member states in 2000 and 2016:

You can quickly see where the problem lies.  In general, there has been a decrease in the capacity of NATO member states to mount a credible anti-submarine warfare campaign in the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea.  Much of the equipment is aging in contrast to the improvements in Russia's submarine acoustic quieting.  As well, in 2000, the United States was responsible for 54 percent of the submarines operating in the region; this had risen to 65 percent in 2016.

In contrast, let's look at more details on Russia's plans for its submarine fleet.  Over the next decade, Russia plans to build an additional eight to ten Dolgorukiy-class SSBNs, eight to ten Severodvinsk-class SSNs and a mix of diesel-powered SSK submarines.  The Severodvinsk-class vessels are leading edge and are the first Russian submarines to use a vertical launch tube for cruise missiles.  They are also the first Russian submarines to be equipped with a life of the boat nuclear reactor that will not require a mid-life refuelling.  It also appears that Russia is developing unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) that will revolutionize undersea warfare.  Interestingly, it appears that Russia has purchased tactical unmanned aerial systems from Israel that they may have reverse engineered to install on UUVs.

While Russia is stirring the pot in the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea regions, China is making no secret of its maritime aspirations in the South China Sea.   Under the "Asia-Pacific Rebalance" policy of the United States, the U.S. Navy plans to have 60 percent of its entire fleet based in the Pacific by 2020.  This means that the inventory of American submarines and anti-submarine equipment will shift from their traditional locations in the North Atlantic to America's ports of call in the Pacific Ocean, making protection of the region more difficult.

Let's close with these quotes from the study:

"The Russian Navy and its submarine force have remained somewhat insulated from the economic and personnel challenges impacting Russia’s broader military modernization efforts. Moscow has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the development and maintenance of its submarine-based strategic deterrent and has emphasized nonnuclear submarine capabilities, certain surface warfare capabilities, and long-range anti-ship missiles over carrier battle groups, for example. For this reason, Russian submarines are generally believed to be very capable vessels when properly maintained. In Northern Europe, the Russian Navy’s use of submarines to signal presence, reach, and power achieves an effect that is disproportionate to the resources committed...

NATO along with key regional partners, Sweden and Finland, must rebuild lapsed proficiency in integrated anti-submarine warfare in order to deter and, if necessary, counter Russian undersea activities across Northern Europe. This should be pursued through (1) preparing organizational structures, (2) upgrading capabilities, and (3) enhancing posture. These steps will serve as the cornerstone for improving allied proficiency in the undersea domain. The long-term success of these e orts will ultimately depend on the alliance and its partners maintaining a unifed political front in the face of Russian aggression, as Russia will exploit any ssures in European collective security."

It certainly appears that NATO has its work cut out for it if it hopes to successfully defend the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea regions.  Russia has quite clearly stated its intentions.

  1. One can swallow Washington's talking points or Putin's. I am no fan of American Imperialism but given a choice, I know who I am cheering for.

  2. With all the talk about war it is important to on occasion revisit the subject of nuclear weapons. Like many people I do not find what is known as the concept of Mutual Assured Destruction, or MAD to be reassuring.

    The nuclear deterrent we hold is a hundred times larger than needed to stop anyone sane or rational from attacking America, and for anyone else an arsenal of any size will be insufficient. The article below delves into the risk, size, and cost of these weapons.

  3. The world should be happy Russia has its dead hand programme as this makes the lunatics in Washington reluctant to a first attack.


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Nichols (Nic) is a Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist who graduated from University of Queensland with a Masters of Speech Pathology. He is a member of Speech Pathology Australia and is involved in their professional self-regulation program. He has worked across a variety of settings including private practice, hospitals, community health, supported accommodation and education. He has extensive experience working complex disorders and managing diverse needs. Nic has had additional training in:

·       PROMPT (dyspraxia)

·       Verbal Motor Learning (dyspraxia)

·       Early Start Denver Model

·       Lidcombe for stuttering

·       AAC with complex disabilities

·       SOS for feeding

·       Hanen “Takes Two to Talk”

·       Teaching people with visual and hearing impairments

Nic is passionate about helping families with children with complex and multiple disabilities and play based therapy.

Nic is also the practice manager of the Voice Within. As Practice Manager, he is our liaison person for any queries, cancellations or payments, and will be able to answer all of your questions relating to appointments, costs and resources to assist your time at the Voice Within.

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Veronica completed her Master of Speech Pathology at La Trobe University in 2014, following her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne, with a double major in Linguistics and Spanish. Prior to being a speech language pathologist, she worked in the University of Hong Kong (Faculty of Speech and Hearing Sciences) as a research assistant, where she gained knowledge and hands on skills working with multilingual children and families.

Veronica has joined the Voice Within team since 2015 and she has rich experience managing a variety of complex cases. She is a passionate therapist and devotes maximum energy to succeeding. She continues to increase her knowledge and has undergone different professional development programs in the areas of autism, stuttering, ADHD, phonological awareness, swallowing and apraxia of speech.

Veronica is also a multilingual speaker of Cantonese, Mandarin, English and Spanish. She is passionate in bringing out the best potential that is within a child. She believes in the importance of using a child’s special talents and interests to develop speech, language and communication goals. She looks forward to providing multilingual speech therapy services to children and families that are in need.

Brooke joined the Voice Within team in 2017 and has completed a Bachelor of Health Sciences and Master of Speech Pathology at La Trobe University. She enjoys working closely with her clients and their families to ensure practice is achievable, and their goals are functional and relevant to their needs. Brooke believes that everyone learns best when they are having fun, so she strives to make each session as enjoyable for her clients as possible while pushing them to achieve their goals.Brooke enjoys assisting her clients in multiple areas including::

·       Articulation and Sound Production

·       Receptive and Expressive Language Abilities

·       Social Skills

·       Literacy Development

Brooke tailors each of her sessions to her individual clients needs and ensures that they feel supported throughout their time at The Voice Within.


Numerous Benefits Of Trying To Use And Also Investing On SAP Software

SAP or system analysis and program development is a set of business application software modules that is well designed and also patented by computer engineers that have formed the company of the same name. These types of modules are mostly designed to client or server environment, the modules are mostly combined and also unite different types of functions which are needed by big companies for their computer and also software systems. Some of these important functions would get to include manufacturing, finance, sales distribution and also human resources and there are over a thousand business processes which each type of module can easily address.

SAP software has become one of the biggest and also popular type of software in the world, it usually provides companies and also other services with important software which they can use to improve their service. The software usually deal with ERP or otherwise known as enterprise resources planning, there are also other software which gets to deal with customer relation management for the company. SAP software can also offer product life cycle management or PLM, it can also offer supply chain management or SCM and also supply relations management or SRM are just some of the most popular kinds of features of SAP software.

The software would get to target the software requirements used in medium sized and also big companies in all types of industries and also sectors and they are also made up of a number of modules. These specific type of modules would get to include utilities for marketing and sales, product design and development, human resources, finance, accounting, production control and also inventory control.
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The first set up cost of the system is cost efficient but the company needs to also pay for the additional training costs of using the system, there are mostly various problems that they can experience when using the software. Some of the problems that can get to include the failure to specify operational objectives, the software can also fail to handle organizational differences and also not enough testing of their different products.
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The next important advantage of the software would allow companies for very easy global integration, this would mean that the difference in language, exchange rates of currency and also a number of differences in culture would get to be bridged. The updates could only need to be done one time and it can then be automatically implemented across the entire company, the real time information it offers would effectively decrease the chances of errors. It is that vital for most companies to get to invest on SAP software to assist them to improve their total daily production rate and also various services to their clients.


bug ball trail - TRAIL

bug ball trail - Trail, Yamagata, Japan

joe again. ummm, yeah found this trail just recently. it is a very fun trail that is perfect for beginners as it has no technical sections.
to get to the trailhead at tamamushinuma (ball+bug+pond thus, bug ball trail) the quickest and easiest way is to go to yamanobe chugakko (middle school) which is in the north-(and very far)west edge of yamanobe. a good way to find the road i mean is to follow rt.18 due west from yamabe station. at the intersection when it takes a 90degree rt turn to go along the mountains, keep going straight into them. it will turn into a narrow road. as you see the middle school field on your left, the road forks; one going right/up and one going left/down. right/up will get you to the trail which exits on the left/down road.
continue on the road up and over the first mountain/hill. at the bottom on the other side, this small road touches rt.18 for the first time. i like to continue on the small road rather than on 18. you will climb again and, by staying on this road, you will eventually meet 18 again when the small road you are on Ts. turn left and you are about 200meters from the 3-way intersection you want. 18 goes straight and continues down the other side of the range to asahi-machi. instead, take the left at the covered bus stop and vending machines (you will also see a sign with a sheep on it and indicating that the left will bring you to yamagata golf club). follow this road about 2 kilometers or so and you will come to tamamushinuma on your right. look immediately to your left and you will see a strange little parking lot. the dirtroad next to it is the trail.
this is just a really fun access road for all of the powerline towers that go down to yamanobe. stay on the main trail the whole way. there are some off shoots that might be fun. feel free to explore, i havent had a lot of time recently, but most go up to the adjacent towers. at one point the trail seems to fork. there is some kind of warning sign about unauthorized motor vehicles. go that way (left). the only downer about this trail (other than it not being much longer) is that there is a set of stairs in the middle (about 100 steps. ride them if you like but they are very mossy and slick so dont break you ribs/clavicle on them. other than that, go like hell. a friend and i cleared a lot of fallen trees but we left some for you to duck under. at the bottom, follow the road down and you will end up where you started the climb.
(*be respectful of the temples nearby. also, take the time to check out a REALLY big, old tree near the parking lot at the top of the road where you exit. if you follow the road where you exit up to its terminus, there is a small parkinglot/turn around area. you will see a trail up to the temple looking east. there is a lower trail the also heads east. to the right of that trail are some totally rotten stairs. walk down them and go anther 30 meters. there is an amazing old tree. wow. big.)

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Although millions of people around the world continue to buy iPhones every year, it’s hard to deny that the enthusiasm for Apple’s smartphones has diminished somewhat over the past few generations. The iPhone 6 was the last major upgrade, and in the years since its launch, other vendors have moved on to bigger and bolder designs. Thankfully for Apple fans, the long wait for another overhaul might be nearly over.

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been fawning over some of the most impressive iPhone 8 concepts on the internet. While none of them are likely to mirror what Apple has in store for this fall, they often reflect what we’d like to see Apple do for the iPhone’s 10th anniversary release.

This week, the YouTube channel ConceptsiPhone shared a stunning design from Iskander Utebayev that takes inspiration from Samsung’s Galaxy “edge” models, with the display curving around the side of the device. Additionally, Utebayev has moved the camera inside the Apple logo on the back of the phone, which would be quite a predicament for case makers everywhere (but is a neat idea nonetheless):

While we have seen more extravagant and exciting designs in the past, Utebayev’s actually feels grounded in some sort of reality. Whether or not the iPhone 8 actually ends up looking anything like this, it certainly doesn’t seem impossible that Apple would take some of the same risks.

At the end of the day, Apple fans want to see the company try something new in 2017. Another rendition of the iPhone 6 just isn’t going to cut it for the 10th edition of the most popular phone on Earth.


Birth Planning, Labor Tools

Am I in Labor?

Contrary to popular movies, labor seldom begins with a sudden strong contraction that makes the mother double over. Instead, her body begins preparing for labor with contractions that come and go weeks before the baby is born. These contractions are called Braxton-Hicks.

It seems unfair that the best advice most experienced mothers will give you is, “You’ll know when it’s labor.” Even if it is true, it is not especially helpful for the first time mother or her labor support. As her labor support, you will likely be the first person she asks, “Do you think this is really labor?” What signs should you both be looking for to know labor is really starting?

It is normal to go through periods of Braxton-Hicks contractions that may be regular or irregular for days or weeks before true labor begins. These contractions may feel strong or mild, some women do not notice them. But they will have some differences from true labor contractions.

The first difference is that true labor contractions will not space out or slow down when a woman changes activities, pre-labor contractions will. In fact, very often true labor contractions will increase with activity change.

Another difference has to do with the overall pattern of contractions. In true labor, contractions will build in intensity and length, and they will get closer together. Pre-labor contractions will remain the same for many hours, sometimes days.

Testing for True Labor

There are a few “self-tests” you can do to determine if what she is experiencing is actually labor.

Drink some water- Dehydration can cause contractions that look just like true labor, but are not productive (there is no cervical change).

Eat something – Some women find hunger brings on Braxton-Hicks (pre-labor) contractions. Eating seems to stop these contractions.

Change activity – With pre-labor, changing activity (like resting if you have been walking around or going for a walk if you have been resting) can cause the contractions to stop.

Observe the contraction pattern – Even if she is having contractions less than 10 minutes apart, it may not be true labor. Time five contractions, wait an hour or two and time five more. If the contractions are staying the same (not getting closer together or longer) it is pre-labor.

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This is my favourite dorama…..The story revolves around a young women named Mei, who was rescued as a young girl by sameone calling himself her butler. His name is Rihito. With only a vague memory though, the experinece seems like just a dream. But one day, after her parents’ accidental deat, he appears: Rihito comes from aline of outstanding butlers, and he has been appointed to serve he. Now her ordinary life has completely flipped, as she discovers that she’s actually the heiress to a fortune, and is force to transfer St. Lucia girl’s academy, where all students have butlers. As a result her childhood friend, Kento decides to enroll in a butler

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Enterprise of the Indies

During the 1470s and early 1480s, Christopher Columbus participated in several long voyages that took him as far as Iceland and Africa. Trade with Asia (then called the Indies) was very profitable at the time, and he began to formulate the idea that it would be faster and easier to travel to Asia by sailing westward from Europe, going across the Atlantic Ocean, than by traveling east, as was commonly done. Contrary to legend, all educated fifteenth-century Europeans knew that the earth was round, but no one had any idea about its size; most theories underestimated the size of the earth by about one-third. Most people also believed the earth was one huge landmass, consisting of Europe, Africa, and Asia, surrounded by water. It was not surprising that Columbus guessed incorrectly at the distances between continents.

Naming his plan to reach Asia on a westward route “The Enterprise of the Indies,” Columbus tried unsuccessfully to persuade Portuguese king John II (1455–1495) to support an expedition proving his theory. In May 1486, Spanish queen Isabella I (1451–1504) agreed to hear his plan. Besides finding a new trade route and untold riches, part of Columbus’s goal in his enterprise was to bring Christianity to the world’s peoples. This appealed to Queen Isabella, who wished to create a vast, worldwide, Spanish empire that would spread the Christian religion to every corner of the earth.
In April 1492, Queen Isabella and her husband, King Ferdinand II (1452–1516), signed an agreement with Columbus to fund his voyage. Columbus secured three ships—the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria—and a crew of about ninety men and boys. The Santa Maria, at 100 feet in length, was the largest of the three ships.

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Contact sports, head injury and dementia risk

5. Calling for high quality research into head injury and dementia

Research into head injury in this context is particularly difficult because of the long timeframe between playing sport, sustaining a head injury and the subsequent development of dementia. Further, many mild episodes of head injury are not recorded. Rigorous prospective studies, where people are followed from the point of sports-related head injury, will therefore take many decades. Retrospective studies, where people who developed dementia are asked about head injury or concussion during lifetime, rely on people self-reporting their experiences as minor head injuries are rarely put into healthcare records. These self-reported studies are subject to bias as people may not recall the exact details of when they received an injury or how severe it was.

The round table made a number of recommendations for research studies that are required to address this issue:

  • The expert group recognised that prospective studies will need to rely on finding accurate biomarkers which can indicate the start of neuropathological processes in the brain. These could include magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, with measurement of key indicators of dementia in the brain (such as hippocampal volume); positron emission tomography (PET) studies to detect the hallmark amyloid or tau proteins in living people; and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis for proteins and signals related to dementia. However, many of these techniques are still undergoing evaluation as markers of neurodegeneration and are not able to give definitive answers at the moment.
  • There are a number of ongoing studies that are following large numbers of people for a long period of time. These studies could seek to collect retrospective information about a person’s history of head injury or concussion. These records are still subject to bias.  For example people will make different (and inconsistent) judgements as to the severity of their head injury. There seems to be a range of different questions and scales used to ascertain exposure to head injury/ previous concussions, and there is an opportunity to further develop, validate and standardise these between studies.
  • Neuropathological studies will remain at the core of understanding possible mechanisms between sport, head injury and dementia risk. Helping retired sportsmen or veterans to understand the value of brain donation could make a valuable contribution. The presence of CTE-like pathology in the general population should be characterised in a large number of brains.
  • Whilst it is clear that not everyone develops CTE or dementia following a head injury, little is known about the risk factors that affect this. It seems likely that the risk of developing CTE might be mitigated by other genetic and lifestyle factors, for example how highly educated a person is or whether they have an active, healthy lifestyle. Risk factors for CTE following head injury are an area for more investigation.
  •  Another key issue is that head injury – particularly head injury that does not result in loss of consciousness – is often not recorded in people’s medical records. This is because people often don’t feel the need to visit their GP after a minor head injury, and sporting bodies often do not record minor injuries.  In order to fully understand the risks of head injury, these data need to be included in official healthcare records, which can then be used for data analysis in the future. This should include whether someone receives a head injury through playing sport.
  • We need patient and public involvement, particularly through engagement with current and former professional sportsmen and sportswomen, to determine whether they want to take part in research of this nature. This engagement could include making medical records relating to their period of professional sport available to researchers after players have retired, or having regular follow-up to assess their cognitive health over a long period of time.


Snap Dragon
Tikari Toebraker

Snap's Story: Douglas McHawthorn's story isn't an extraordinary one. In fact, any attempts he has made at fame are in present times. The McHawthorn family was (and is) a fun-loving clan of lurikeens who live in a small estate east of Ardee. Some of them are such strange characters that there have been rumors that their ancestors were former enslaved court jesters in Albion, but others simply say that those same ancestors were dropped on their heads a few too many times.

Many of the McHawthorns came up with nicknames for themselves or each other. Douglas's, Snap Dragon, was given to him by his grandfather. Snap Dragon (Snap, to his friends) as a child was found by his grandfather one day in his mother's garden, using a bow he made out of tree branches and twine with arrows made out of his mother's silverware. His grandfather was about to stop him, but something made him stop. Snap was aiming at his mother's snapdragon bed and, even with the makeshift bow, he was hitting his mark! Three arrows flew and three flower tops lay on the ground next to the forks that severed them. His grandfather stopped him after that and told him that he wouldn't tell his mother if he cleaned everything up. To tease him though, his grandfather started calling him Snap Dragon every time he saw him. A few months later, Snap started to learn more about archery from his grandfather, and the nickname grew into one he started using, himself. It wasn't long after his ! training that he started to venture out, looking to test his bowman skills on more... active targets.

Tikari's Story: So that's Douglas's story, but what of his grandfather, Jim McHawthorn? Yes, he too has a nick name, Tikari Toebreaker. Many years ago, when Jim was in his earlier years, he was playing a little too far from home. He had a large mallet that he carried with him to squish any of the overgrown Hibernian insects that wanted his lunch. When he was resting for a moment, a firbolg member of The Dagger, a local bandit group, ambushed him. In a split second reflex, Tikari grabbed his mallet and brought it down as quickly as possible, landing right on the large bandit's foot with a mighty crash. Tikari ran home as the thief screamed in pain, his severely broken foot imbedded six inches in the ground. The story of his escape gained him the title of "Toebreaker" and he started to practice using his hammer more often, combining it with the magics of the champions in his family.

Many years later, when Jim grew up, he and two other champions from his family laid a small siege on The Dagger, slaying most of the members and causing the survivors to become harmless individual bandits, who often killed each other more than innocents. As the leader of the dagger lay dying at Tikari's feet (or knees), he choked out his final words, "Se Tikari", Finnish for "The Dagger". Thus, the Toebreaker of The Daggers was born, Tikari Toebreaker. Ever since, he has been continuing his practice, gaining an unquenchable desire for adventure and strength. Now, in his old age, he seems to only be getting stronger. Jokes around the McHawthorn household say that he'll die of old age while still swinging his hammer.

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Additional Notes: Snap and Tikari, out of respect for each others weapons (or, some might say after that night in a tavern when Tikari left with a stab wound in his arm and Snap got himself a broken foot), have never been seen side-by-side in battle. In fact, they only seem to see each other when they meet back home for family gatherings. In other gatherings, such as functions of the guild they both belong to, it's common to see only one of them.