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Pupils from diverse backgrounds across Wales have been enthused by Cardiff University summer schools encouraging them to seek professional careers.
The residential schools are just one of the ways the University is spearheading the drive for better professional skills and qualifications in Wales. This year, around 100 children have had their eyes opened to new possibilities in law, architecture, accountancy and the health professions.
The events, organised by the University's Widening Access team, were targeted at pupils attending schools without a strong tradition of progression to university education
Would-be lawyers, all presently in Year 12, attended the Law Summer School, which was based on the theme of Law and War. During an inspiring visit to Maindy Barracks, students were given an insight into military law with a keynote address from Major General D M Howell OBE, Director-General of Army Legal Services, and a presentation by Captain Mitchell, Adjutant, Wales Universities Officer Training Corps.
Hosted by Cardiff Law School, the summer school is part of the Valleys Law Initiative and is run in partnership with Swansea University's School of Law and Reaching Wider Team. Acting as legal advisers in Cardiff Law School's mock court room, pupils participated in lively debates on issues such as child soldiers, torture and prohibited weapons.
A further 65 Year 12 pupils attended the University's Access to the Professions Summer School. In the past, the summer school has focussed on healthcare professions but this year it was extended to a wider selection of professional careers. Activities included research, project work, clinical and study skills using the latest technologies available at the University. The pupils also completed practical workshops on applying for professional university courses.
Improving access to higher level skills is a key aim of the Welsh Assembly Government's Higher Education Strategy For our Future.
Two other Summer Schools, funded by Reaching Wider First Campus, offered tailored provision for pupils within the Spectrum of Aspergers Syndrome and for children in care. The first, the Discovery Summer School, run in partnership with Autism Cymru and NAS Cymru, is unique in the UK and provides first-hand experience of the first few days of university.
The Confident Futures Summer School, now in its second year and backed by Looked After Children teams from Caerphilly, Bridgend, and Rhondda Cynon Taff is also a UK pioneer, giving young people an insight into making the transition from care to university life. It has been highly acclaimed by social work professionals across South Wales.
Sarah Harding, from Bridgend's Looked-After Team, said: "All the young people enjoyed the three days thoroughly and three of mine have decided that they would definitely like to go on to higher education."
Annie Mitchell, Manager of Cardiff University's Widening Access team said: "Our summer schools have a proven track record of inspiring young people to aim for university life. By staying for a few days in University residences, they get an insight into the social side of being a student, as well as the academic opportunities. Feedback from all four schools was extremely encouraging, and we hope to see many of this year's summer school students applying for University professional courses in the future."
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Over 300 people from over 40 countries have now registered for the Congress and the scientific programme has been finalised. All the latest news and information about the congress is provided below: Spreading the word through twitter: We are using #BGCI2013 to spread the word and share information about the congress through twitter. Please help us by tweeting about your preparations and hopes for the Congress. On-line registration: Online Congress registrations closed on Friday 4th October 2013. Anyone now wishing to register must do so in person at the Congress. Registrations will be from 7.30am to 9.00am each day. Only cash payments will be accepted on these days as there are no Credit Card facilities available at the Dunedin Centre. Special invitation - Alveston House: Olveston House in Dunedin has kindly extended an invitation to the members of BGCI, ICOM New Zealand and accompanying people to visit and take a tour free of charge (normally NZ$25) on the morning of the 25th of October, from 9am. Those accompanying members of either organisation are welcomed on their own as well. For those able to make it, ICOM New Zealand would like to offer morning tea at Olveston House. It is not necessary to be attending either conference. Bookings are, however, essential for catering purposes. Please contact Olveston House directly on email@example.com. Scientific programme: The detailed programme is available on the website (www.5GBGC.com) . If you are making a presentation, please check the programme on the website to find out when you will be speaking. Guidelines for speakers: Oral presentations should last for 20 minutes (including a few minutes for immediate questions). General questions and discussions will be held in each session after all the presentations have been made. Rapid fire presentations should last for an absolute maximum of 10 minutes. Computer projector facilities will be available in each room. Please let us know if you will require any other resources for your presentation. Filming at the Congress: We are hoping to film all plenary sessions and selected parallel sessions during the Congress. The films will be made available on the internet via the BGCI website. If any speaker does not wish to be filmed, or has any concerns about this, please let us know. We will assume that unless otherwise advised, all speakers give their permission to be filmed. Silent auction: We are planning to hold a silent auction on Thursday 24 October prior to the Conference Dinner. This will be in aid of the Sylvia Scholarship Fund to support training in botanic gardens in developing countries. We hope many of you will buy gifts during the auction but please note that payment will need to be in cash (NZ$) only. (More information about the Sylvia scholarship fund is available here: Special events during the Congress: As part of the scientific programme, a number of additional workshops / events will be held during the week. These include:
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"How difficult can this be ?" You may ask yourself after picking up the controller and trying out redlynx's newly released digital drug – Trials HD. Its almost demonic, how such a simple concept can be so addictive, yet frustrating at the same time. After battling it out against a particularly nasty track, you finish, not in victory, but rather with a feeling of relief. Yet, you feel that given another shot at the level, you can shave off yet a few more seconds off the time. Thus the cycle continues.
Trials HD is in its basis a 3D racing/puzzle game, played on 2D tracks. The main premise is that you have to get a bike to finish a track. Its incredibly simple, there is no turning, the only controls one has to worry about is the acceleration, the brakes, and shifting the riders weight. However, due to a clever physics engine, as well as fiendish track designs this is one of the more difficult games on the XBLA. By controlling the acceleration and braking, as well as the drivers body, the player has to complete the puzzles, disguised as courses.
One quickly learns that hitting the gas is not the way to finish the game, they must also master breaking, and controlling the bikers body position. As you can guess the levels get fiendishly difficult towards the ends of the game. In the beginning, tracks can be done in under a minute, often flawlessly. Later on, you'll really appreciate the generous error limit (the amount of times you can crash out) as well as the frequent checkpoints. The checkpoints are well placed (they have to be), each one just before a physics "puzzle". No doubts about it, later on the game is hard. However, this is partially relieved by being to restart at the previous checkpoint, instantly, at the press of a button. The physics are spot on whether driving through chaotic courses, or whenever you crash out, you know the errors in your control that contributed to that crash. To pass the later levels, you would have to be taking off at the right speed, land at the right angle, and lean perfectly not to crash out. The crash outs themselves are also ingenious – there seems to be bombs and barrels conveniently placed on, or around the track, and the rider has a tendency to hit them, causing both bike and body to be thrown around the desolate course. A bright comic styled "crash" sign rubs in the failure, yet seems optimistic, almost daring you to try again.
The tracks mostly seem to take place in dingy warehouses, and although the background is slightly repetitive, there is enough variation in level design to over look that. If you're tired of the levels, you can try out the challenges. These were my favorite puzzles, just because they were so varied. They range from you flinging your driver, trying to break as many bones as possible, to transporting bombs, to even flying(literally) through aerial fire loops. However, they are only unlocked after the stages are completed.
If you don't wanna drive anymore, there is also an extremely comprehensive level editor, where you can build your own levels, and create your own obstacles and puzzles. The editor allows you to create levels as varied and convoluted as those in the game, for those who have the patience. However, sharing tracks is extremely disappointing. You can only download tracks your friends have made, there is no community option, either to upload, or download maps.
Graphics for this game are neither really exceptional, nor anything too bad. The bike looks good, as do the levels and the player. Explosions are nice and beefy as is the fire and the way the bike breaks after doing a mistake. The environment looks dings (as it should) and objects fall and break as expected. Sound also is adequate, with the music neither being neither inappropriate nor over bearing. When ever pulling off some of the more audacious stunts, you'll hear voices cheering for you, although these are really meant for comic effect.
In the end, theres nothing really revolutionary with Trials HD. The game is simple yet excruciating at times, and more often than not you finish levels more relieved than anything. However, the games solid physics and tight controls, along with the unique challenges keep you gong back for more. Theres a lot of levels to choose from, and along with the map editor, as well as infuriating difficulty in the later levels, you'll be playing this game for a while.
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Sound is nothing exceptional, with the soundtrack being decent but not over bearing. The whimsical cheers can either provide comic relief, or annoy, depending on how many times you are trying the same stunt. |
Plenty of levels , plenty of challenges, and a leader-board that will have you trying to shave your time as much as possible means that this is worth your MS-points. | ||||
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There's nothing like the relationship between a father and daughter, and families looking for ways to spend time together will be able to celebrate this special union at the first-annual Daddy-Daughter Dance next month. Hosted by the Monroe Boys & Girls Club, the flyer boasts a long list of activities for the night, including a live DJ, an ice cream sundae bar and a magician.
As a part of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Snohomish County which started in 1946, the non-profit organization in Monroe is there to provide a safe and positive place for youth ages 5-18 to spend their time before and after school and during the summer. They also host various events throughout the year, including career fairs and sports clinics; activities aimed to put kids on the path to success.
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"It is our hope that this event builds a stronger Monroe community," she said. "We hope this event will give local families the opportunity to create a family memory with their loved ones, and better acquaint the community with the Boys & Girls Club and the services we have to offer."
Athletic Director Nancy Lothrop came up with the idea from an event she'd heard about previously and collaborated with Marta to create the first ever event Monroe. The purpose is to unite the community and, for this reason, not just fathers, but father figures, as well, are invited to participate and dance the night away (or at least until 9 p.m.).
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Beijing To Shake Up Its Energy Infrastructure - A solar-powered traffic light is seen in front of the Tiananmen Gate on January 17, 2007 in Beijing, China. Beijing plans to boost its power-generating capacity and do more to promote conservation, according to an official plan released about one month ago. The plan also calls on the city to reform its energy structure by increasing the share of high-quality energy sources like electricity, natural gas and renewable energy in the city's overall energy supply. By 2010, renewable energy is expected to account for 4 per cent of all the energy consumed in Beijing, compared with the present 1 per cent. This comes after the nation failed to achieve its target to reduce energy consumption per unit of GDP by 4 percent and pollutant emissions by 2 percent last year. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)
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A worker wears a safety mask as he rests beside a pile of coal at a mine yard in Huaibei, central China's Anhui province on November 24, 2009. More deadly accidents like the one that killed at least 104 Chinese coal miners recently are inevitable as China remains reliant on coal to feed its energy-hungry economy, experts said, even as China talks up its commitment to clean energy on the eve of key climate change talks in Copenhagen, analysts warned that heavily polluting coal would remain the main source of energy here for at least the next decade.
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Workers place power cables into the tower of what will become China's biggest energy-producing windmill at the Zhangbei Gutou Wind Power Plant, 24 May 2006 in Zhangbei, outside of Zhangjiakou in northern Hebei province, north China. According to Chinese studies, the nation has the potential to tap over one million megawatts of wind power resources, of which 250,000 megawatts are land based and the rest could be tapped in offshore wind farms.
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Hello all....I'm kind of goofing around with the concept of a Mi-Go deck - just for fun mostly...but what I've come up with tends to get handled pretty easily by all my other decks (Pure Agency, Cthulhu-Hastur, Shub-Ghouls-Night, Pure Yog-Sothoth).
It may be that too many of my "good cards" for Shub are tied up in the Ghouls deck....so this might be a problem right away....but what I notice with the little fungoid Mi-Go's is that they aren't very "punchy" - and capable in fighting....even when several of them are out. In particular, they have a HUGE weakness to Terror, since none of them have Willpower (not even Mi-Go Commander) - and none of them (released so far, that I can tell) have any Terror icons. The Cthulhu-Hastur deck played them today (solo testing games) ...and just destroyed them with a simple Lord of Silver Twilight Turn-1 pretty much locking them down until they had enough guys to actually win a combat step....this took an Ageless Mi-Go coming out and being given Alhazred Lamp to at least give him 1-Terror and 1-Combat....sad, I know.
None of that mattered though, when the Cthulhu-Hastur's paid 3 to deploy the dreaded Terror of the Tides, along with the Lord of Twilight and a Seeker of Mysteries as a blocking force against the beefed up Ageless Mi-Go and an accompanying Mi-Go Surgeon (IIRC).
One Mi-Go went insane (Surgeon) and Ageless took a Wound (lost Combat easily against Terror of the Tides), lost Arcane, got 1-token for Investigation, and then lost Skill as well.
After that it was pretty easy to continue to steamroll them, as none of the Mi-Go cards have any "direct damage" or "direct removal" of any sort. There is no "Mi-Go Blaster Cannon" - Support - Attach to a Mi-Go character. Pay-2 and Exhaust Mi-Go Blaster Cannon and the character to which it is attached to choose and wound a character."
Even something simple like that would be helpful to them....but they seem to have no such things to turn to. Maybe I've just failed to construct them properly (note that I did say many of my "best" cards are tied up in the other Shub Ghoul deck at the moment....or maybe Syndicate is not a good pairing for them ?).
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Dr. Seymour has begun his first month at the helm of Cleveland State, succeeding Dr. Carl Hite.
The new president was the choice of a search committee headed by Gary Farlow, president and CEO of the Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce. He was appointed in December by the Tennessee Board of Regents. Before moving to our city, the new president was at Jackson State Community College where he served as vice president of instructional development.
Congratulations to Dr. Hite for a job well done. He is only the fifth president at Cleveland State, providing 17 years of leadership. That makes him the longest serving president of the college since its beginning in 1967.
During his tenure, Cleveland State has earned an excellent reputation for academic success, technological training for students to enhance the region's workforce and supporting sports and arts events.
The leadership change emphasizes the important role Cleveland State has played in our community since the mid-1960s when local leaders like the late Mayor William Fillauer, Frank Manly, Eugene Callaway, John Dunlap and so many others worked hard to secure one of Tennessee's first community colleges.
Recently, a 1969 promotional video was discovered in the archives. It was shown Sunday afternoon to the Cleveland/Bradley County Historical and Genealogical Society. The first college president, Dr. D.F. Adkisson, spoke while the camera panned across the then brand-new campus.
"The area served by Cleveland State Community College is fast becoming a highly industrialized area of our state," Dr. Adkisson said on the video. His comment illustrates now the vision those community leaders had over four decades ago.
As Dr. L. Quentin Lane, then dean of students, explained the goals of the community college on camera, he detailed how to apply as a student, the associate degree programs and vocational educational opportunities. As he spoke, the camera showed what were then state-of-the-art laboratories, computers and electronics gear.
In other scenes, beloved instructors like the late historian Roy Lillard can be seen as some of those first students were recording comments about why they chose Cleveland State.
A lot has changed since that first class of 681 students in 1967, and the campus has expanded with more buildings.
Today, Cleveland State's enrollment totals more than 3,500 credit students and 1,500 non-credit students.
The college has reached out to our business community through the years. One area where the college has quite an impact is through its Small Business Development Center, which is one branch of Tennessee Small Business Development Centers. This incorporates a network of professional business consultants with 14 centers and seven affiliate offices throughout the state of Tennessee. The TSBDC provides expert business advice to all types of businesses, whether you're running a manufacturing, retail, service or professional business. Counseling for small business is available and several new enterprises have gotten their "jump start" from this program. It's just one example of how the institution has reached out and filled a need in our city.
But the mission of Cleveland State Community College remains as steadfast as when it began in 1967, and that is, simply and importantly, to "add to the region's quality of life" in every way possible. And indeed it has done, and is continuing to do, just that.
Cleveland is indeed blessed with a high quality of higher educational facilities with both CSCC and with Lee University. The two complement one another in serving a broad spectrum of students on both campuses.
One needs only to drive through the Lee University campus via North Ocoee Street, Church Street or Central Avenue to see what an impact the growing school has on our community. Moving their campus into our historic district has not only enhanced their educational offerings, but also plays a big role in our downtown revitalization and urban forestry projects that have been ongoing for the past two decades.
During this time, Lee has become one of the largest Christ-centered private institutions in Tennessee, and has undergone a remarkable transformation that has included significant growth in academic programs, student enrollment, faculty expertise and diversity.
Both CSCC and Lee University are "on the move" and we are all the beneficiaries.
Again, our city offers our congratulations and well wishes to Dr. Carl Hite and a warm welcome to his successor, Dr. William Seymour.
The year 2014 is moving forward in our community's higher education arena with tradition and great expectations.


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With special programming, extra support, and lots of fun ways to get to know classmates, our four First Year Experience (FYE) Residence Halls are a popular freshman housing choice.
"One of the things that helped me during my freshman year was living in the First Year Experience buildings. I lived in Wilber," said sophomore Katie Wood. "I made a lot of new friends, and it was great because they were going through the same thing that I was."
The FYE team collaborates with the Residence Life department to offer special programming focused on the social and academic transition that freshmen make as they enter the college. Students who opt to live in Golding, Littell, Tobey and Wilber halls have the opportunity to meet more than 150 of their classmates, enjoy social activities, develop leadership skills and attend programs on topics ranging from choosing an academic major to negotiating roommate conflicts.
"A lot of the RA's put on great programs that you can attend to get involved, and you can get involved with hall government. It just made a really great community for me," said Katie, who is now showing the next batch of first-year students the ropes as a volunteer Orientation Leader.
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The time has come - the little messengers of spring cover the forest floors in the north again. Arctic starflowers, false-lilys-of-the-valley and many many more make this time of the year a feast for close-up photographers. It's getting warmer every day, willow warblers and mistle thrushes are singing and, last but not least, it's still too early for the mosquitoes.
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Combat Veteran with PTSD Diagnosis Surrendered at Ft Hood, TX: A Test of Pentagon's New Policy of "Compassion and Caring" for Combat Vets
PFC Jacob Wade, 22, of Cortland, NY surrendered to the 1st Cavalry Division's B Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2d Brigade Combat Team, at Ft Hood on May 10, 2010. He was accompanied by Tod Ensign, a lawyer with Citizen Soldier, his mother, Laurie, and sister, Amelia, both of Cortland.
Wade returned with an extensive psychological evaluation, which had been prepared by Dr. William Cross, PhD of Syracuse, NY. Cross wrote that Wade suffered an acute breakdown and overwhelming fear when his two weeks of home-leave ended and he was scheduled to return for another six months of combat duty in Iraq. He also wrote that Wade suffers from other psychological disorders that go back to his teen years.
Ensign reported that the soldier and family had met with Wade's commander, LT COL. Sicoli, and other members of his staff, when Wade surrendered on base. "We told them that Jacob is worried about harassment or retaliation for his refusing to return to Iraq," Ensign said. "I told the colonel that we wanted his word that no harassment would be permitted and that the soldier would be processed out as quickly as possible.
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Jacob Wade with his family.Three months ago, Defense Secretary Robert Gates installed a new Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, former Marine Major General Clifford Stanley. At the same time, Gates forced out two senior deputies, including one who has been overseeing the high priority programs which care for troops with mental and physical wounds from fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. In a recent interview with the New York Times, Stanley said that his goal was to make the Pentagon's vast personnel operation "more responsive, sensitive, and aware of our constituency." In the meantime, he is trying to "hold up a mirror of compassion and caring" to reflect a more welcoming face of the Pentagon's leadership.
Graduating from boot camp at Fort Benning. (Wade is encircled.)Stanley said that his mandate from Secretary Gates was to "dissect the problem by taking a look at what programs and organizations are working, which are not and to identify necessary fixes as soon as possible."
The soldier also suffers from chronic injuries to his hips, legs, and joints as a result of his military service. He will seek evaluation of these problems by an orthopedic specialist once he returns to Ft Hood.
A soldier has a legal right under the Rules for Courts Martial (Sec. 706 (c) (2))to ask his command to convene a Sanity Board composed of mental health professionals who would determine, among other things, his present mental state. Dr. Cross has agreed to testify before this board.


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The New Jersey Nets reopened their team facility to players on Thursday and the first player through the door was center Johan Petro.
"Get this thing started," Johan said upon his arrival. "I'm here. I'm ready to go. Crazy as it sounds, I miss my teammates."
Johan is ready for a new season in New Jersey (Getty Images).
Johan has spent much of the offseason in the New York/New Jersey area, so while many of his teammates were still making arrangements to get back to town, JP was ready to start training the moment the doors opened.
"As soon as we left, everyone went home and worked out there," he said. "For me, this was my home, so I was here. But if I had to be in Florida working out, I would be there."
The big man did spend some time if Florida, where he has family and went home to France for a short time, but the bulk of his time was spent working out close by as he waited out the lockout.
"Was I upset? Of course," he said. "I was out of a job. Was I understanding what's going on? Yes. I think everybody was – even somebody who wasn't following basketball, at some point – the same thing said over and over again, so you get to understand what's going on."
One topic that was raised in Johan's first media session of the new season was Nene Hilario, his former teammate with the Nuggets.
Nene, a free agent after nine seasons in Denver, has been linked to the Nets in rumors this offseason. JP believes the center could be a fit with any team, the Nets included.
"Nene's a strong big," Johan told the Star-Ledger. "That, I think, was a concern going through last year. I think everyone knew we were a little soft down in the post. He could help any team, actually, with his talent and the size that he is."
With Brook Lopez currently in place as the New Jersey center and Johan as his backup, No. 27 said he believes Nene could fit alongside at the power forward position.
"Nene is more of a face-drive type of guy," he said. "And he can pass the ball like crazy. People don't really realize that but he can pass the ball. So yeah, I think he can be a strong 4, especially since he's not 7-footer or anything. Plus he can take people off the dribble and he's strong enough to be a 5."


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I've picked up a bunch of doors (will total 15) at the Community Forklift here in the DC area. Some I'd love to strip, but there are decades of paint on them. A couple French doors have decent, white-ish paint jobs on them.
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19 March 2012
More than a million homes in England do not have a smoke alarm, fire service leaders have warned.
A public opinion poll, commissioned by the Local Government Association ahead of its annual fire conference this week, revealed that seven per cent of people in England did not have a smoke alarm in their home.
Separate analysis by the LGA suggests that this equates to an estimated 1.5 million homes in England.
Fire and rescue service leaders are now urging householders to ensure their home is not a potential 'fire death trap' by making sure there is a working alarm fitted.
More than one in three fires attended by fire crews are in buildings which do not have an alarm, official statistics show. Firefighters have also raised concerns that even in homes where alarms are present, they are not being properly checked. Guidance issued by the Government recommends people to carry out weekly tests.
But the results of an opinion poll carried out by Comres on behalf of the LGA last weekend reveals that only one in eight people test their alarms as regularly as they should do. The poll found that:
The survey also revealed that people aged between 18 and 24 were nearly twice as likely as older people to say they do not have a working smoke alarm in their home.
Cllr Brian Coleman, Chairman of the LGA's Fire Services Management Committee, said: "It is nothing less than shocking that more than a million homes in England do not have a smoke alarm installed.
"A working smoke alarm can make the difference between life and death and should be seen as every bit as essential as a lock on the front door.
"More than 300 people still die in fires every year. People who do not have a working alarm are putting themselves and others at risk.
"Smoke alarms are available for free in many areas and most DIY shops sell them for a few pounds.
"We would urge anyone who hasn't got one fitted already to make sure they are not needlessly putting themselves at risk of the death and destruction fire can cause by getting in touch with their local fire authority and requesting a home safety check."
1. ComRes surveyed 1785 adults in England online between 9 and 11 March 2012. Data were weighted to be demographically representative of all adults in England. ComRes is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules. Data can be downloaded at: http://www.comres.co.uk
2. The estimated number of households without a smoke alarm has been calculated based on the fact that seven per cent of respondents did not have a smoke alarm in their house. The most recent DCLG household projections estimated that in 2008 there were 21.7 million households in England; 1.5 million houses is seven per cent of this figure rounded to the nearest 500,000. DCLG household projections can be found at: (http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/corporate/statistics/2033household1110)
3. Smoke alarms were absent from the fire area in 37 per cent of dwelling fires (16,400 fires) in 2010/11 Of the total of 306 dwelling fires fatalities in the Great Britain that year, 112 (37 per cent) of these fatalities were in fires where there was no smoke alarm present, and a further 76 fatalities (25 per cent) where a smoke alarm was present but did not operate. Figures from London Fire Brigade last year show that 51 per cent of homes in London that had a fire had no smoke alarmhttp://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/corporate/statistics/monitorq1q42011
4. Government guidance advises people to test smoke alarms once a week: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/InYourHome/FireSafety/DG_071751
5. The Local Government Association Annual Fire Conference and Exhibition 2012 takes place on Tuesday 20 March and Wednesday 21 March at the Highcliff Marriott Hotel, St Michael's Road, Westcliff, Bournemouth. Over two days, Government Minister Bob Neill MP, fire authority chairmen and chief officers, top councillors and leading lights in the fire industry will come together to hear from the foremost experts and thinkers in the field. The full agenda is available at: http://www.local.gov.uk/web/guest/events/-/journal_content/56/10161/16924/EVENT-TEMPLATE
6. People can find contact details for their local fire and rescue service by entering their postcode here: http://www.cfoa.org.uk/frs?postcode=


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UNOS to oversee hand, face transplants like organs
December 27, 2013 10:39 am | by Lauran Neergaard, AP Medical Writer | News | CommentsThe government is preparing to regulate the new field of hand and face transplants like it does standard organ transplants, giving more Americans who are disabled or disfigured by injury, illness or combat a chance at this radical kind of reconstruction. The United Network for Organ Sharing, or UNOS, will develop the new policies over the next few months.
Stents may not help treat clogged kidney arteries
November 18, 2013 4:00 pm | by MARILYNN MARCHIONE - AP Chief Medical Writer - Associated Press | News | CommentsNew research raises serious questions about a very common medical procedure—placing a stent to prop open a narrowed kidney artery. A study found that people treated with these stents plus various heart drugs fared no better than people treated with medicines alone.
Robots let doctors 'beam' into remote hospitals
November 17, 2013 9:54 am | by TERENCE CHEA - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | CommentsThe doctor isn't in, but he can still see you now. Remote presence robots are allowing physicians to "beam" themselves into hospitals to diagnose patients and offer medical advice during emergencies. A growing number of hospitals in California and other states are using telepresence robots to expand access to medical specialists, especially in rural areas where there's a shortage of doctors.
Surgeons describe new ligament in the human knee
November 8, 2013 7:00 am | News | CommentsTwo knee surgeons at University Hospitals Leuven have provided the first full anatomical description of a previously enigmatic ligament in the human knee. The ligament appears to play an important role in patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears.
Restoring surgeons' sense of touch during minimally invasive surgeries
October 16, 2013 10:11 am | by David Salisbury, Vanderbilt Univ. | News | CommentsDuring open surgery, doctors rely on their sense of touch to identify anatomical structures: a procedure they call palpation. But this practice is not possible in minimally invasive surgery where surgeons work with small, specialized tools and miniature cameras. A small, wireless capsule has been developed that can restore the sense of touch that surgeons are losing as they shift increasingly from open to minimally invasive surgery.
U.S. research team wins $1 million prize in Israel
October 15, 2013 2:32 pm | News | CommentsAn Israeli nonprofit group has awarded a $1 million prize to a U.S.-based research team that is developing technology that allows paralyzed people to move things with their thoughts. BrainGate is developing a brain implant that can read brain signals and allow the paralyzed to move robotic limbs or computer cursors.
Study suggests robotic surgery complications are underreported
September 4, 2013 7:44 am | News | CommentsDespite widespread adoption by hospitals of surgical robot technology over the past decade, a "slapdash" system of reporting complications paints an unclear picture of its safety, according to Johns Hopkins researchers. When an adverse event or device malfunction occurs, hospitals are required to report these incidents. But this doesn't always happen, the researchers say.
Bioresorbable scaffold wins 2013 R&D 100 Award
August 8, 2013 2:42 pm | News | CommentsAbbott's Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold was named one of R&D Magazine's 2013 top 100 technologies as part of its 51st annual R&D 100 Awards. The Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold, similar to a small mesh tube, is designed to open a blocked heart vessel and restore blood flow to the heart.
Robot uses steerable needles to treat brain clots
August 8, 2013 2:29 pm | News | CommentsSurgery to relieve the damaging pressure caused by hemorrhaging in the brain is a perfect job for a robot. That is the basic premise of a new image-guided surgical system under development at Vanderbilt Univ. It employs steerable needles about the size of those used for biopsies to penetrate the brain with minimal damage and suction away the blood clot that has formed.
Mice "incepted" with false memories
July 29, 2013 9:12 am | News | CommentsResearchers at the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have used optogenetics techniques to implant false memories into mice, potentially illuminating the mechanisms underlying the human phenomenon of "recalling" experiences that never occurred.
"Intelligent knife" tells surgeon which tissue is cancerous
July 17, 2013 3:39 pm | News | CommentsScientists have developed an "intelligent knife" that can tell surgeons immediately whether the tissue they are cutting is cancerous or not. In the first study to test the invention in the operating theatre, the "iKnife" diagnosed tissue samples from 91 patients with 100% accuracy, instantly providing information that normally takes up to half an hour to reveal using laboratory tests.
The story behind the 3-D-printed splint that saved an infant's life
July 11, 2013 7:57 am | News | CommentsHalf a millennium after Johannes Gutenberg printed the Bible, researchers printed a 3-D splint that saved the life of an infant born with severe tracheobronchomalacia, a birth defect that causes the airway to collapse. While similar surgeries have been performed using tissue donations and windpipes created from stem cells, this is the first time 3-D printing has been used to treat tracheobronchomalacia—at least in a human.
Surgeons implant bioengineered vein
June 6, 2013 2:19 pm | News | CommentsIn a first-of-its-kind operation in the United States, a team of doctors at Duke University Hospital helped create a bioengineered blood vessel and transplanted it into the arm of a patient with end-stage kidney disease. The procedure was the first U.S. clinical trial to test the safety and effectiveness of the bioengineered blood vein.
From Legos to Medical Devices
June 6, 2013 11:38 am | by Lindsay Hock | Articles | CommentsIn seventh grade, now 25-year-old Nikolai Begg, 2013 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize winner, was assigned a general project for English class where he had to pick a topic and write a report. That year, in life science class he took a great interest in this field, choosing to write his report on surgical robots. Able to interview surgeons using surgical robots and engineers designing them, Begg discovered an incredible field.
Doctors rescue Ohio boy by "printing" an airway tube
May 23, 2013 8:26 am | by Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer | News | CommentsIn a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby boy who used to stop breathing nearly every day. Because of a birth defect, the Kaiba Gionfriddo's airway kept collapsing, causing his breathing to stop and often his heart, too. Doctors in Michigan had been researching artificial airway splints but had not implanted one in a patient yet.
Printable "bionic" ear melds electronics and biology
May 1, 2013 5:39 pm | News | CommentsScientists at Princeton University used off-the-shelf printing tools to create a functional ear that can "hear" radio frequencies far beyond the range of normal human capability. Standard tissue engineering involves seeding types of cells onto a scaffold of a polymer material called a hydrogel. But this method is not useful for complex 3D shapes, which is why researchers turned to 3D printing methods.
Robot hot among surgeons but U.S. taking fresh look
April 9, 2013 6:10 pm | by Lindsey Tanner, AP Medical Writer | News | CommentsThe biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci, used in nearly 400,000 surgeries in America last year. But now the high-tech helper is under scrutiny over reports of problems, including several deaths that may be linked with it, and the high cost of using the robotic system. Is it time to curb the robot enthusiasm?
MRI-guided laser treatment for brain tumors is promising
April 5, 2013 4:37 pm | News | CommentsThe NeuroBlate Thermal Therapy System is a new device that uses a minimally invasive, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided laser system to coagulate, or heat and kill, brain tumors. The MRI basically "cooks" brain tumors in a controlled fashion to destroy them. The first-in-human study of the system finds that it appears to provide a new, safe and minimally invasive procedure for treating recurrent glioblastoma, a malignant type of brain tumor.
Telerobotic system designed to treat bladder cancer
April 3, 2013 9:18 am | by David Salisbury, Vanderbilt University | News | CommentsAlthough bladder cancer is the sixth most common form of cancer in the U.S. and the most expensive to treat, the basic method that doctors use to treat it hasn't changed much in more than 70 years. A research team may soon be changing that dramatically after having developed a prototype telerobotic platform designed to be inserted through natural orifices—in this case the urethra—that can provide surgeons with a much better view, making it easier to remove tumors.
Heart repair breakthroughs replace surgeon's knife
March 24, 2013 4:27 pm | by Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer | News | CommentsHeart care is in the midst of a transformation. Many problems that once required sawing through the breastbone and opening up the chest for open heart surgery now can be treated with a nip, twist, or patch through a tube. These minimal procedures used to be done just to unclog arteries and correct less common heart rhythm problems. Now some patients are getting such repairs for valves, irregular heartbeats, holes in the heart and other defects—without major surgery.
RTI International's 3D heart catheter receives innovation award
March 11, 2013 10:46 am | News | CommentsAn RTI International-developed prototype catheter that can generate live, streaming 3D ultrasound images from inside the heart has recently received a Cardiovascular Innovation Award at the 2013 Cardiovascular Research Technologies Annual Symposium. Called a live volumetric imaging intracardiac catheter, the technology has the potential to improve catheter-based heart procedures.
Stroke prevention device misses key goal in study
March 11, 2013 9:16 am | by Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer | News | CommentsThe future is unclear for a promising heart device aimed at preventing strokes in people at high risk of them because of an irregular heartbeat. Early results from a key study of Boston Scientific Corp.'s Watchman device suggested it is safer than previous testing found, but may not be better than a drug that is used now for preventing strokes, heart-related deaths and blood clots in people with atrial fibrillation over the long term.
In-brain monitoring shows memory network
January 30, 2013 10:50 am | News | CommentsWorking with patients with electrodes implanted in their brains, researchers in California and Texas have shown for the first time that areas of the brain work together at the same time to recall memories. The unique approach promises new insights into how we remember details of time and place.
Human eye gives researchers vision for new lens technology
November 14, 2012 12:28 pm | News | CommentsDrawing upon nature for inspiration, a team of researchers has created a new artificial lens that is nearly identical to the natural lens of the human eye. Made up of thousands of nanoscale polymer layers, the lens may one day provide more natural performance in implantable lenses. It also may lead to superior ground and aerial surveillance technology.
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September 14, 2012 8:18 am | by Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | News | CommentsIn recent years, researchers working to enhance transdermal drug delivery have focused on low-frequency ultrasound, because the high-frequency waves don't have enough energy. However, these systems usually produce abrasions in the treated area. In a new study, engineers have combined high and low frequencies to enhance the permeability of skin to drugs, making transdermal drug delivery more efficient.


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key questions about how the Department plans to ensure funds are spent wisely.
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Friday, December 11, 2009
The difficulty is to both push kava into global markets while protecting local rights to the plant.
Dr. Lamont Lindstrom, Professor of Anthropogy and Chair of the Department, publishes new article on intellectual property rights and kava. Lindstrom's article discusses cultural property rights concerning kava, the traditional South Pacific pepper plant that has pharmacological and psychoactive properties. His article, "Kava Pirates in Vanuatu?)" appears in the recent issue (vol 16) of the International Journal of Cultural Property.
Abstract Cultural property activists have worried about the bioprospecting, or even biopiracy, of kava (Piper methysticum), a plant exchanged and consumed for many Pacific social and ritual purposes. By the 1990s, kava and concoctions made from the plant's component kavalactones were increasingly popular products within global markets for recreational and medicinal drugs. Starting in 2002, however, a number of European countries among others banned kava imports after initial reports that some heavy users suffered liver damage. This has complicated the kava story as producer efforts shifted from protecting rights to the plant to reopening blocked export markets. The difficulty is to both push kava into global markets while protecting local rights to the plant. A promising strategy may be developing consumer awareness of geographic indicators and "noble" kava varieties that Vanuatu's local producers may control yet globally market as "the best in the world."
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I think its only fair if my first account gets unbanned... i've obviously proven that i've changed... i want my first account back for the skins/name that i lost
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Im pretty sure Pendragon stopped that "event" you will probably never get your main account back. Granted you could email support but... Once an account is permabanned... I havent heard one case of that being reverted.
my friend has literally has his perma ban reverted 3 times...
well it has been reverted before but the one person I read that has was permabanned not long after. this request makes no sense though. What about the people who have like 6 lvl 30s who's never been banned? ideally; it would be forfeit 3 lvl 30's with 1500+ elo to recover one permabanned account. That's more acceptible but good luck with whatever you are trying to do.
my request does make sense... i want my main account back and im using anecdotal evidence to prove why i should get it back...
Submit a ticket to Riot with full information? o-o
having 3 lvl 30s with +1500 does not excuse the abuse you inflicted on numerous games that resulted in reports that went to tribunal. such anecdotal evidence shows no remorse since you should be lucky to play the game after riot expressly told you to not play it anymore. In short you give nothing up but gain 3 accounts plus one account back. That's a good deal for you but not for those who reported you for behavior you shouldn't have been engaging in to begin with.
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Yeah, but if a player is clearly receiving the message, and changes ways, is not also important to give him some simpathy? I mean, if a robber/rapist can get out of jail earlier for good behavior, why I player in a game should loose all the money he spent? If the actions of a bad player are considered toxic, should not be considered positive the actions of a repent one? I rather gove him his account back, than keep punishing him on his others accounts for still being a ******... Nowhere in the summoners code says "You should hold a grudge until stones turn to sand" Now, how this can be implemented is way beyond me, but I support his idea. Let's set a bar, and if a player banned raises above that, let's review his case.
Wow Riot could make some serious money off of this kind of idea. Would probably need to be amount of ip collected per account rather than elo though.


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BOSTON — Now the Blackhawks know how the high-powered, star-studded Pittsburgh Penguins feel.
And it's an empty feeling — a goal-less feeling.
Goalie Tuukka Rask can do that to folks. Rask posted a 28-save shutout in the Boston Bruins' 2-0 victory against the Hawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden on Monday.
"He's been focused since Day 1 of the playoffs," Bruins coach Claude Julien said.
Rask shut out Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, James Neal and the rest of the Penguins twice in Boston's sweep of the Eastern Conference final. He allowed just two goals that whole series.
The Hawks have only been able to beat Rask once in the last two games. Is Rask in their heads a little bit?
"No, I don't think so," Jonathan Toews said. "We worked through the series we had against Detroit [where] we had a little time where we had trouble scoring goals. Sometimes it happens. Goaltenders got a lot of confidence.
"They're playing well around [Rask]. We just got to be better and work harder for those loose pucks. We've done it before and we'll find away to do it now."
Coach Joel Quenneville agreed wholeheartedly. The Hawks failed to make Rask's job tough in Game 3.
"We ran up against some of the best goalies in the league here," Quenneville said. "Tonight, I thought we made it rather easy on him as far as traffic and finding and seeing pucks. We got to be better at going to the net in non-puck areas."
Of course, the Bruins' defense in front of Rask deserves a lot of credit. They've boxed out the Hawks and continue to block a lot of shots, including 17 on Monday. A woeful power play and poor performances in the faceoff circle only complicate matters for the Hawks.
"They had shots, but most of them came from the outside," Rask said. "We eliminated a lot of those rebound opportunities."
The Hawks, though, aren't short on confidence.
"We've had no problem scoring goals, ever really, since I've been here," Patrick Sharp said. "We're in the Stanley Cup Final against a team that deserves to be here, is here because of the way they've played defensively and check away from the puck. So, it's tough to score out there, but we've got to find a way. We know what's on the line."


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We've been going the chemical route for our lawn for a long time and were looking to switch to organic this year. The lawn isn't in the best shape.
From what i understand the first step is to spread some compost on the lawn? How do i know which compost to buy and if its quality? How much should I spread? How do i spread it? Thanks!! |
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The key to a successful organic lawn program is the soil. It must be alive with wide variety of beneficial microorganisms and bugs. Beneficial microbes both feed and protect the plants from disease-causing microbes. All the organic gardener does is feed the beneficial microbes and let them do their work. Beneficial microorganisms include bacteria and fungi found in finished compost. There are two ways to get the microbial benefit from compost. One way is to topdress your lawn with compost. The other is to apply ACT or aerated compost tea. ** Keep in mind however that the introduction of additional microbes isn't entirely necessary. Your soil already has microbes just waiting to be fed so they can multiply.** For more information on how to apply ACT, see this link: Home ACT brewer. If you want to apply compost to your lawn, spread it around in piles on the lawn with a wheelbarrow. Sling it from the piles onto the grass with a shovel. Then use a push broom to sweep it off the grass blades and down into the turf. Water it in to activate the compost microbes and wash them onto your soil. Apply compost to grass at a rate of no more than 1 cubic yard per 1,000 square feet. This results in a thin layer about 1/3 inch deep when spread out uniformly. |
I'll agree with okcdan. Compost is fine but of all the options available its one of the more labor intensive and the main benefit, increasing microbes, is more easily gotten from tea which isn't hard to make at all. Also start practicing good lawn culture. Mow high, mulch, and water deeply and infrequently. |
So i'm making some compost tea like it says in the guide, but i wasn't sure do i need to add some sort of microbacteria starter? In the guide he says he used pond water but i don't have any ponds near me. Will the compost on its own be enough? |
Uhg...too many "rules" with too little context makes things harder than they ought to be. Piotr01 assuming your compost is good quality you don't need to do anything more than use chlorine free water, aerate it, and maybe some molasses to feed the microbes. Let it brew for a day or so and then spray or pour it on whatever you want to treat. Boom you're done. You'll know if your compost is finished if it is dark colored, sweet smelling, and decomposed to the extent that you can't tell what was in the pile originally. The point of tea is to multiply and harvest the microbial life already present in the compost. You can apply it straight or dilute it, with cholrine free water, and its still all good. You aren't fertilizing with this stuff, you are feeding the soil so it can break down the organic matter already present and what you'll be adding. The microbes in the tea release the nitrogen in the organic matter which in turn is taken up by your plants. Pond water would be nice if you have a pond and know what's in it. Personally I wouldn't use pond water, assuming I had one which I don't, unless I was sure there was no pesticide run off in it. And I do mean sure. Organic lawn care is too full of these kinds of "whizz bang" rules that aren't really rules at all or even necessarily good suggestions in every case. Do what makes the most sense for you and your situation and you'll be fine. There is a world of flexibility in organics and very few "wrong answers". |
decklap, thanks for the reply. I'm not sure if my tap water is chlorinated, but all i have to do is bubble it for a few hours and the chlorine should evaporate right? |
Roughly yes or you can just let it sit for a day or so in a five gallon bucket. Tea is great. You can't over-apply it so don't worry about that. If you're coming off of a long term chemical care program its likely that you have very poor microbial activity in your soil. Earthworms and other creepy crawlies are a good indicator of how much biology you've got going on in your lawn. Can't have too much of that either. The only caveat with tea is that you should dump it if it smells bad. Once you stop bubbling it then it has a "shelf life" of 4-6 hours, maybe a little longer if you keep it out of the direct sunlight. So basically once you unplug the pump you should use it the same day. |
Okay great, i just applied my first batch. I guess everything went well. ;p The bucket is slimy and looks to be a lot of work to clean. What is the maximum temperature i can brew in, we got a heat spell here in NY and i had the bucket brewing outside. The tea got up to 90 degrees. |
In the interest of full disclosure I'd have to say I've never looked at the difference in tea brewed at different temps under a microscope so I can't say for sure if the heat really impacts the biology. I tend to doubt it though. |
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Close to 100 teams vied for the top stringer weight and top big bass recently at the 2014 Dr. Bill Shelton's Totally Awesome Fishing Adventure. While many fishermen took home cash and great prizes, the real winners are the patients benefitting from the more than $24,000 raised through participants and sponsorships. The tournament was held at the Dr. Bill and Emily Shelton Pavilion at Cassels Boykin Park on Lake Sam Rayburn. All proceeds from the tournament benefit those in need at the Arthur Temple Sr. Regional Cancer Center.
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