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An electrician working for Suncor Energy Inc. has been killed at one of the company's oil sands sites, the second fatality among the company's workforce this year.
Suncor said an employee was "severely injured while working" Sunday and the company's emergency service personnel responded at around 11:30 a.m. The employee was taken to the Northern Lights Regional Health Centre in Fort McMurray and pronounced dead, Suncor said.
Authorities from the RCMP and Alberta Occupational Health and Safety are investigating.
"An electrician was working in an area containing electrical panels when he collapsed," Barrie Harrison, a spokesman for OHS, said in an e-mail. OHS also confirmed the man was 27.
Suncor is working with the "appropriate authorities and will complete a full investigation into the cause of the incident," the company said. Suncor says it is protocol for the RCMP and OHS to investigate such incidents.
"This is devastating news and a tragic loss for family, friends and co-workers," Mark Little, Suncor's executive vice-president of its upstream operations, said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to loved ones during this extremely difficult time."
Suncor provided neither the employee's age nor gender, although OHS' Mr. Harrison said the deceased was male. The name of the individual, Suncor said, is not being released but the company has informed the employee's family. Suncor did not say where the incident occurred, how the employee was killed, or what the employee did.
OHS confirmed the employee was an electrician and the incident happened about 20 minutes north of Fort McMurray. Suncor has mining, upgrading, and steam-assisted gravity drainage operations in northern Alberta's oil sands region.
The area has been secured for the investigation, OHS' Mr. Harrison said. RMCP called the death "sudden."
"The Wood Buffalo RCMP responded to a sudden death at Suncor at 12:40 today," Constable Natasha Lytwenko said in an e-mail. "At this time the matter is still under investigation."
There was one fatality in Alberta's oil sands industry in 2012, and another in 2011, according to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers' 2013 progress report. It is unclear whether this includes employees of contract companies working at oil-sands projects and companies who are not CAPP members.
Three people died at conventional oil and gas operations in Western Canada in 2012, the report said.
The death on Sunday is the second person killed at Suncor's operations in 2014. Jerry Cooper, a 40-year old man with 13 years experience at Suncor, was found dead in a pool of sand and water after a workplace incident in January. He was found "submerged" in soft ground at a sand dump.
The RCMP and Alberta Occupational Health and Safety investigated the case.
"We extend our sincere condolences to the family, friends and co-workers," Mr. Little said in a statement when Mr. Cooper's death was announced. "They are certainly in our thoughts and prayers during this extremely difficult time."
A Canadian subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned oil giant Sinopec in January, 2013, paid a record $1.5-million workplace violation fine for two deaths in 2007. The accident happened in April, 2007, as Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. built its Horizon oil-sands project. Two Chinese workers were struck and killed by falling steel. Five other employees were injured. Two of those had serious injuries. CNRL had contracted SSEC Canada Ltd. – a small arm of Sinopec – to work on Horizon.Report Typo/Error
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The United States may be headed toward a "fiscal cliff" at the end of 2012, but the vast majority of retirees expect the economy to start looking up after the general election, according to a Millionaire Corner survey of more than 990 investors conducted in April.
This positive outlook was expressed by nearly 75 percent of retirees participating in our survey who agreed with the statement, "I believe the United States economy will improve after the 2012 national elections."
Expectations that the job market will improve appear to be the most significant factor contributing to this upbeat sentiment. More than half – 55 percent - of the optimistic retirees based their opinion on expectations that the job market would strengthen.
The positive outlook also stems from the belief that consumer confidence will improve after the election, a belief held by nearly 48 percent of these retirees. A significant share – 43 percent - believe the end to uncertainty about who will lead the country will boost the economy. Greater confidence in American leadership will cause the stock market to go up, according to more than 42 percent of the retirees, and 36 percent believe the political climate will be better.
Few of the optimistic retirees believe the elections will lead to a more harmonious Congress, fewer regulations for small businesses, an improvement in the U.S. credit rating, greater confidence in the U.S. from foreign countries or a reduction in taxes.
Just over one-fourth of retirees participating in our April survey expect the economy to get worse after the election. Nearly 57 percent of these more pessimistic retirees believe the unemployment situation will stagnate or decline and 53 percent believe the stock market will go down due to a lack of confidence in American leadership. More than half - 52 percent - say the political climate will worsen and more than 58 percent predict consumer confidence will plummet, causing a drop in purchasing and investing. About 57 percent believe Congress will be more divisive, 55 percent predict an increase in taxes and more than half say foreign countries will have less confidence in the U.S.
This pessimistic view appears to resonate with economists and analysts who point to the expiration of roughly $7 trillion in federal income tax breaks at the end of 2012 and the likelihood the nation will once again hit the legal debt limit in the late Fall. A sharp increase in taxes could derail the nation's moderate recovery, while the growing federal deficit could hobble economic growth and development for decades to come.
"Policymakers face difficult tradeoffs in deciding how quickly to implement policies to reduce budget deficits, "according to today's blog from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. "On the one hand, immediate spending cuts or tax increases would represent an added drag on the weak economic expansion."
On the other hand, slowly phasing in spending cuts and taxes would cause the deficit to rise, said the blog, and might increase uncertainty about long-term policies to reduce the deficit. Most retirees who predict the economy to deteriorate following the election expect the worst of both worlds – an increase in both taxes and uncertainty about the nation's political direction.
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A man with long hair and a beard to match has been hailed as JESUS as he travels across Africa.
Daniel Christos might have the look - and a similar name - to the Son of God, but that's where the similarities end, he insists.
Walking with a staff and wearing flowing robes, Daniel says that he has been greeted as people screamed 'Jesus, welcome back Jesus'.
The backpacker from Perth, Australia has been travelling in Kenya and Ethiopia in recent months, but he took to Facebook on November 25 when a friend showed him an image which was circulation online.
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The picture shows him walking on a damp street in Kenya with the caption stating that he is "bare foot claiming to be Jesus Christ".
Australian man Daniel Christos hailed as Jesus while travelling in Africa
This image was shared online with a suggestion to crucify Daniel (Photo: Facebook)
The poster writes: "We want to set a committee to look for him from town to Ngong Hills [near Nairobi]... Crucify him there with two thieves... then leave him there to die.
"On Friday we take him to Lang'ata [a suburb of Nairobi] and we will check his grave on Monday."
Australian man Daniel Christos hailed as Jesus while travelling in Africa
People have been screaming 'Jesus, welcome back Jesus'
Daniel, a computer science graduate, says that he has been welcomed in the country - but he has never called himself the Messiah.
"I have been welcomed with so much enthusiasm like I've never experienced before in my life. In fact it's been so extreme that it's been a little overwhelming.
Australian man Daniel Christos hailed as Jesus while travelling in Africa
Daniel has been travelling through Ethiopia and Kenya (Photo: Facebook)
"Every single corner I walk on in Nairobi I have noticed someone either taking a photo or video while hundreds of times a day I hear people calling out 'Jesus!'
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He says that Kenyan people in general have been very friendly and loving - until he saw this photo of him circulating online.
Australian man Daniel Christos hailed as Jesus while travelling in Africa
The computer science graduate says he's been treated very well by most people
"I feel a little concerned by this person's comments. I don't know who wrote it and I don't know if it was just a joke or if they were serous, but it has made me a little uncomfortable to walk in the streets of Nairobi."
There's even been a #JesusinNairobi hashtag tracking his movement on social networks, which has added to Daniel's discomfort.


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But, in reality, I realized that they would only dump them on the side of the road then. Sometimes they didn't die and as the barrel was being wheeled out to the freezer room there would be crying from the bottom. The kennel worker had to dig down to the bottom of the barrel when this would happen to retrieve the surviving animal & would usually go to the director and ask for permission to give the animal another chance. What a horror, hug??? For this reason the state finally outlawed the use of gas and now it is done by lethal injection. New ACO's are required to watch the kennel worker do this at least once. I almost quit that day until another ACO begged me to stay and help get more adopted. After long days of calls we would come back to office and try to match up "wanted requests" to the animals we had and made phone calls. The other officers didn't give a shit. One said the more we put down then the less kennels to clean in the mornings. I always felt sorry for the kennel worker. He wasn't the one who put these animals in the position they were in. It was the pet's owner who had. They were the real executioners. We were only required to hold a stray for 3 days and "turn-ins" could be put down right away. Almost lost my job one day when an owner turning in her older dog so she could go on a 3 week vacation asked me for reassurance that her dog would get adopted out. I said, "No, probably not." She still turned the dog in & complained to the director. I told him I wasn't going to lie to these people when they asked me and yes, the dog was put down after a couple days. People brought their animals in for the stupidest reasons and made you wonder if they had kids and how they were treated. We had to work with animal save groups and they would only take what they deemed the most adoptable from us. They would also find animals, know the animal had an owner, but still keep them. They figured if your animal was out roaming then you didn't deserve to be a pet owner. I had to go on many calls of "theft" to get animals back to their rightful owners. Some of these save groups are nuts - typical tree-huggers and very judgemental. Others are just nice people who care and accept the fact that we can't find homes for all of the animals. One came into our office at our lunch time. She ran one of the local save groups. We were eating burgers. She had a fit and asked us how we could care about animals and eat meat. I noticed she had on a leather belt & sandals so asked her what was the difference from eating them or wearing them. She stormed out. I got in trouble for that one also even though she knew that I and the one other officer were the only ones at the shelter who made any kind of effort for these animals. These groups often make people sign strict agreements and can try to confiscate the animal after adopting out to you for some stupid reasons such as pet was found loose. Well, accidents happen and if it doesn't occur multiple times shouldn't be a reason in my book. It's a never ending battle and I don't know what the solution is. It would help, though, if most pets were neutered/spayed and not allowed to roam. Also there are too many "breeders". So many breeders are not reputable. I quit after a few years. It's not a job you can do for long without losing your sanity and your faith in humanity or becoming calloused. I try to help from the outside now a bit. I don't think it is a problem that ever can be solved. I hope I'm wrong. But every little bit of effort does help the situation. As far as caring about these animals and not children: I think that people that care about children would naturally care about animals. It's strange to me that people who care about children don't also have a trickle-down, residual effect of caring about animals also (and elderly, disabled, etc. people - all of the helpless and innocents). 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An Ordinance Amending Chapter 17.02 of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Watertown by Adding Sewer Trunk Line Connection Fee and Sewer Tapping Fee Within and for the City of Watertown.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that during the Public Hearing described above, any and all persons interested shall be given a full, fair and complete hearing, and the City Council may recommend, or refuse to recommend, the amendments as described therein.
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With the blessing of the First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, the first divine services were held at the newly opened Holy Myrrhbearers Orthodox 'Mission' in Harrisonburg, Virginia, on February 3, 2012.
In January, 2013, a decision was made to merge the congregation of All Saints of North America Russian Orthodox Church in Middlebrook with that of Holy Myrrhbearers. Fr. Gabriel Weller serves as Rector. Here is our church's Mission Statement.
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Andrea Kozai is a freelance ballet and modern dancer and owner of Virtuoso Fitness, LLC, a consultancy offering wellness teaching and training for dancers and dance instructors. Andrea received her BS with a double major in Exercise Science and Dance from Skidmore College, and earned her MSc (Distinction) in Dance Science from the University of Wolverhampton. Her research interests include quantifying daily workloads in dancers and determining optimal conditioning methods for injury mitigation and performance enhancement. She attended her first IADMS Annual Meeting in 2002, and was the 2004 Student Research Award recipient. Since then she has presented at numerous Annual Meetings and has been published in the Journal of Dance Medicine and Science and the Bulletin for Teachers. Andrea's service to IADMS began in 2005 as a founding member of the Student Committee, and has included co-chairmanship of the Student Committee, membership of the Development Committee, and chairmanship of the 2015 Host Committee. She resides in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Elsa is a dance educator, having worked in the dance sector for the last 20 years. She currently works as the DanceEast Centre for Advanced Training Manager in the UK, combining this with lecturing in higher education at undergraduate and postgraduate level, mostly at London Contemporary Dance School. She is also an assessor for Safe in Dance International. Her interests span dance performance and training, pedagogy in formal education and community settings, dance science and the impact of dance on health and wellbeing. Elsa's research focuses on positive psychology, with a particular emphasis on flow, having written for numerous peer-reviewed journals and dance industry magazines. She has also presented at a range of national and international conferences including for IADMS over the last seven years. Elsa acts as a freelance consultant with organisations such as Youth Dance England (now One Dance UK), dancedigital (now Dance Network Association) and Hampshire Dance, evaluating the impacts of dance on health amongst children and young people. Previously she has worked as Course Leader/ Programme Manager at a range of Higher Education Institutions including University of Bedfordshire (writing the MSc Dance science programme there), Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and University of Suffolk. As well as acting as Chair for the IADMS Dance Educators' Committee, she leads the Education Sub-Committee developing resources for the IADMS blog and social media. Elsa also sits on the One Dance UK Expert Panel: Children and Young People and is a member of National Centres for Advanced Training in Dance Partnership.
Alexander McKinven trained at The Arts Educational School in London, UK, in musical theatre. He has combined a career performing professionally with a career in physiotherapy, gaining his postgraduate MSc from King's College, London. Alexander has been involved with IADMS since 1997. At the IADMS Annual Meetings, he has presented on several occasions including topics from his master's research based on the work of Dr. Marijeanne Liederbach on the biomechanical effect of shoe heel height on jump landing in female dancers. He is an enthusiastic advocate of the dance science and medicine community and currently works as one of a team of physiotherapists at the Royal Ballet School in London (UK) where his role involves educating and implementing dance science into the school's curriculum, aiming to produce informed and healthy dancers.
K. Michael Rowley is a PhD Candidate in the Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Michael is from Lancaster, PA, USA, and completed dual degrees in Exercise Science and Biological Sciences with a minor in Dance from the University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA. Michael has performed with local modern and post-modern dance companies in Lancaster, Newark, and Los Angeles, including Cobalt Dance Company, Nova Dance Company, and the Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble. Michael's research at USC includes his dissertation work investigating the role of conscious motor processing on trunk control during dynamic balance as well as ongoing Kulig Lab Group projects developing and testing non-surgical prevention and treatment of tendinopathies in dancers. Michael has been a member of IADMS since 2011 and has served on the Promotion Committee for multiple years as the IADMS Blog Coordinator.
Frances Clarke is Senior Lecturer and the Course Leader for BA(Hons) Dance at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, and a member of the Research Centre for Sport Exercise and Performance. In a performance career spanning over three decades she worked as a dancer in the UK and abroad and as Artistic Director of Springs Dance Company. In education, she has founded and led a number of dance departments in the UK (secondary and FE), and been an advisor for the BBC, Birmingham Royal Ballet Education, Rosie Kay Dance Company, Centre for Advanced Training, the University of Oxford, and the University of Cambridge. Originally trained at Arts Educational Schools, she gained a BA(Hons) in Dance Theatre from Trinity Laban, London. Following her interest in dance science, she received an MSc (Distinction) in Dance Science from the University of Wolverhampton and is currently a PhD candidate at that institution, looking at balance within dance populations. Frances's research interests focus primarily on the application of dance science to enhance dance training and performance. In particular, she is interested in the development of balance testing and training for dancers. Other research interests include performance enhancement, the effects of dance footwear on stability, the use of performance profiling, imagery and self- talk in dance training and performance, and performance enhancement mentoring for professional teachers and artists. Frances regularly presents her research at international conferences and has presented original research at the last seven IADMS Annual Meetings, winning the President's Prize for Poster Research in 2007. She was on the host committee for the 20th IADMS Annual Meeting in Birmingham, UK. She has co-authored a number of peer-reviewed journal papers in Medical Problems of Performing Artists and the International Journal of Sports Medicine. Frances is a reviewer for International Journal of Sports Medicine, Journal of Dance Medicine & Science, and Research in Dance Education.
Dr. Ambegaonkar is the Director of the Sports Medicine Assessment, Research, and Testing (SMART) Laboratory, Coordinator of the Exercise, Fitness, and Health Promotion (EFHP) Graduate Program, and Associate Professor in the Athletic Training Education Program (ATEP) at George Mason University, Virginia, USA. Dr. Ambegaonkar is a certified athletic trainer, strength and conditioning specialist, and occupational therapist. His research interests include dance medicine and science and injury prevention during physical activity. Dr. Ambegaonkar is an associate editor for the International Journal of Athletic Training and Therapy and on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Dance Medicine & Science. His research has been published in multiple journals including Journal of Dance Medicine & Science, Medical Problems of Performing Artists, Journal of Athletic Training, Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, International Journal of Athletic Training and Therapy, Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, Work, Dance Research Journal, Journal of Orthopedic Research, Sports Health, Isokinetics and Exercise Science, Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, and Journal of Allied Health. Dr. Ambegaonkar has presented his research and has been invited to speak at multiple regional, national, and international conferences.
Amanda Clark recently completed her MFA in the Department of Dance at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She earned her BFA in Dance from Kent State University (Kent, OH) in 2008. Clark is currently dancing professionally, lecturing at local colleges, and pioneering a new PK – 8 Dance Program in Cleveland Metropolitan Schools. She has danced internationally as an independent artist in the United States, Australia, and the Netherlands with a premiere of her solo work, which connected Dance to Environmental Science at the DANscienCE Festival in Brisbane, Australia in 2015. Shortly after becoming a member of the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science, Ms. Clark attended her first Annual Meeting in Singapore in 2012. Clark presented two of her studies at the 24th Annual Meeting in Basel, Switzerland and has presented as the Committee Chair of the Student Committee at the 25th Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has also presented research in Brisbane, Australia at the DANscienCE Festival in 2015 and hopes to continue researching to continue to contribute to the field. Her research interests are in dancer wellness and in the implementation of biomechanically appropriate pedagogical strategies.
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And this might be why it's a lucky thing Channing Tatum is so hot—because he's not exactly Mr. Wise, at least not in how women act (not to mention feel!). In an interview with MTV, Tatum talks about making Magic Mike, his upcoming male stripper movie (yup, you read that right!), also starring Joe Manganiello, Alex Pettyfer, and Matthew McConaughey:
It's hard for guys to be out on a stage naked. Girls, y'all just walk sexy naked.
Yes, Channing. We just "walk sexy naked." 'Cause we're all confident like that.
Magic Mike is "a story of friendship set in the world of exotic male dancing and is inspired by (but not based on) Channing's experiences at a Chippendales-style revue early in his career. Channing plays the main character (Mike), who mentors a young dancer (The Kid) played by Alex Pettyfer and teaches him the fine arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money."
Magic Mike opens in theaters June 29, 2012. 'Fess up—you gonna see it? (Some of us at H&H are thinking field trip.)


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In an attempt to strengthen existing laws and prevent further abuses of the system, Liberia has formed an Ad-hoc Central Adoption Authority that is working to pass adoption legislation for the safeguarding of prospective adoptive children, their birth parent(s) and prospective adoptive parents. The U.S. Embassy remains in frequent contact with Liberia, but there is no indication of when the moratorium on adoption might be lifted.
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The National Haemovigilance Office continues to support transfusion education for hospital based Haemovigilance Officers and staff involved in the transfusion process. Support is also provided for nursing and laboratory science students.
Degree Level Modules
NHO in partnership with Dublin City University (DCU).
The partnership between the National Haemovigilance Office (NHO) at the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) and School of Nursing at the Faculty of Science and Health at Dublin City University (DCU) has enabled the provision of stand-alone professional development modules in blood transfusion and haemovigilance since 2004.
The NHO working with DCU will is delighted to inform you of the successful development of a new 10 credit level 8 haemovigilance module.This module is aimed at practitioners with an interest in haemovigilance and blood transfusion practice. This new module includes many of the subject areas previously covered in the previous three modules: NS 447, NS448 and NS 449, which will now become inactive.
The module has been designed to be delivered in the National Blood Centre at the Irish Blood Transfusion Service over a period of 5 days in of two distinct study blocks. This approach aims to facilitate work- life balance of students' and delivery by subject area specialists working in haemovigilance and blood transfusion practice. All teaching will be carried out by medical consultants, medical scientists and nurses educated to at least MSc level.
Post-graduate module in Haemovigilance in Dublin City University 2015
Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances the NHO are now unable to deliver the stand alone module: Haemovigilance in Practice during Semester One 2015. We understand this is very disappointing for interested applicants but unfortunately it is beyond the control of the NHO. Thank you to all who expressed an interest and the NHO apologizes for any disappointment or inconvenience.
Dublin City University must be contacted directly regarding registration: Faculty of Science and Health, Dublin City University, Dublin 9 tel: +353 (0) 1 7008975, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
E-Learning News: Laboratory Module.
Transfusion Laboratory - Safe Practice, a revised version of Module 1 Safe Transfusion Practice for Laboratories, has been launched on LearnPro NHS.
This module has been significantly reworked and now contains 6 individual units. It offers a comprehensive learning experience for all staff involved in the laboratory transfusion process. Attached is an information sheet giving an overview of the module and learning objectives
Learn Cell Salvage
Learn Cell Salvage Module is available to learners on the learnPro NHS platform(please see attached flyer).
This module is designed to increase your awareness of a range of blood conservation techniques. In particular you will develop an increased understanding of intraoperative cell salvage (ICS) and postoperative cell salvage (PCS).
The module is targetted at all relevant disciplines working in theatres e.g., ODP, theatre nurses, CSWs (theatre), clinical perfusionists, dedicated cell salvage operators, all grades of anaesthestists and surgeons
General Information on E Learning
The Better Blood Transfusion Continuing Education Programme (BBCEP) was developed by the Effective Use of Blood (EUB) Group of the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service. This is web based programme is provided by LearnProNHS and offers 6 options:
·Good Manufacturing Practice for Hospital Blood Banks: covers professional and legislative requirements and standards for blood transfusion practice.
· Module 1-Safe Transfusion for Paediatrics: aims to promote safe transfusion practice for health care workers involved in the care of paediatric patients.
· Module 1-Safe Transfusion Practice: is designed for all health care workers involved in the administration of blood components.
· Module 1 -Safe Transfusion Practice (Lab): aims to promote safe transfusion practice through the provision of information on the role of the hospital transfusion laboratory in promoting best practice.
· Module 2-Blood Component Use: covers the indications for use of the various blood components, the risks, possible complications, and the management of adverse reactions. It is aimed at practitioners who regularly use blood components in clinical practice.
· Module 3 – Appropriate Transfusion Practice: is for specialist registrars and doctors and nurses who are regularly involved in blood transfusion practice.
Each module has several units, and is supported by self-directed learning materials, links to additional resources, and a helpdesk. The patient scenarios provide learners with interactive learning, and address various aspects of transfusion practice such as, triggers for transfusion, informed consent and alternatives to transfusion.
Self-directed learning packs, face-to-face learning content, guidelines and hyperlinks to additional materials supplement the programme content. There are assessments for each module except Module 3: Appropriate Transfusion Practice which consists of four scenarios involving the management of patients requiring blood components. The e-learning programme can be accessed at: www.learnbloodtransfusion.org.uk
Access to the site is funded by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service. Roll out of the elearning programme is ongoing and is co-ordinated from the NHO. For more information contact the NHO at email@example.com
See further information on IT requirements, user manuals and tips on E Learning here.
All newly appointed hospital based Haemovigilance Officers are invited to attend an induction training programme run once a year by the NHO in the National Blood Centre.
Among the topics covered on this day are:
If you are newly appointed and working in haemovigilance and would like to attend an upcoming Open Day , please contact the office at firstname.lastname@example.com
National Blood Centre, James's Street, Dublin 8. Tel: 00 353 1 4322800 Fax: 00 353 1 4322930


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March 4, 2013
Ottawa Senators need to drop the gloves more
By DON BRENNAN, QMI Agency
Injured and out of the Islanders lineup, Matt Carkner saw his old teammates only briefly Sunday afternoon.
As he gave post-game hugs and handshakes to members of the training staff, one couldn't help but think how much the Senators really do miss the artist formerly known as "Big Country."
Carkner was already one of the most intimidating players in the NHL before his fourth last time in a Senators jersey. But in Game 2 of last spring's playoffs, when he beat up Brian Boyle for pushing Erik Karlsson around two nights earlier, he not only provided a spark that helped the Senators even the series, but he also greatly enhanced that reputation.


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Metcash shares have rebounded from an eight-year low after the wholesaler announced plans to separate its food and grocery distribution and convenience businesses, unwinding a merger of the divisions put in place almost two years ago.
Metcash chief executive
"To provide a greater turnaround platform for our supermarkets business and optimise the growth opportunities identified in the convenience channel, we have decided that the Metcash food and grocery pillar will be run in two divisions, each led by a separate CEO," Mr Morrice said.
Metcash's chief operating officer, food and grocery, Silvestro Morabito, will leave the company later this month as his position will disappear.
Fergus Collins,who is currently the chief executive of Metcash's liquor distribution business, ALM, will become CEO Supermarkets.
Scott Marshall, currently general manager of merchandise and marketing at ALM, will take over the role of ALM's CEO. A new CEO of convenience will be appointed in the near future.
Mr Morabito was head of IGA Distribution until January 2012, when Metcash merged the grocery and convenience businesses and stopped reporting separate results for each division.
At the time, former chief executive
But Mr Morrice, who took the helm from Mr Reitzer in June, has a different view. He said on Monday that the new structure would deliver a more-focused approach to managing the food and grocery pillar and that it was necessary to execute the strategic plan.
Deutsche Bank analyst Michael Simotas said the management changes were not surprising, given the strategic review, but the timing of the split and the haste of Mr Morabito's departure was "interesting," given the announcement came after last week's profit result and before next March, when Mr Morrice is to the details of the strategic plan.
"Although the additional focus on the key supermarkets business may make some sense, the separation of supermarkets and convenience appears to undo the April 2012 restructure, which combined IGA Distribution and convenience "to end the duplication of many processes".
Last week Mr Morrice outlined a five-year turnaround plan aimed at restoring sales and profit growth at IGA-D by closing the gap between prices at Metcash's independent grocery retailers and the major chains, striking better deals with suppliers in return for higher volumes and by rolling out a wider range of private label groceries.
The former chief of New Zealand discount department store chain The Warehouse also outlined plans to boost sales of fresh food in IGA stores to drive higher basket spending, improve store formats, boost online sales in grocery, liquor, hardware and automotive products and use data from more than 1000 independent retailers to achieve better insights into shopping behaviour.
Metcash also plans to convert all its remaining Campbells Cash & Carry stores to a new big-box format, Value Depot.
Mr Morrice paid tribute to Mr Morabito, saying he had led the food-and-grocery business through a very-challenging trading period, battling price deflation and more intense competition between
Mr Morabito was one of four internal candidates under consideration to take over as chief executive when Mr Reitzer retired earlier this year.
Mr Morabito appears to have paid the price for the decline in sales and earnings in the food and grocery business amid intense competition between Woolworths and Coles and grocery price deflation,which has prevented Metcash from recovering rising costs.
Food and grocery earnings before interest tax depreciation and amortisation fell 13.9 per cent to $150.7 million and sales slipped 1.5 per cent to $4.48 billion in the six months ended October 31.
ALM, under Mr Collins, has been a strong performer for the last few years. EBITA jumped 45.2 per cent to $24.1 million in the first half as sales rose 20.9 per cent to $1.53 billion, fuelled by new distribution contracts and promotions.
Metcash shares, which fell to an 8 ½-year low of $3.02 last week, rose 8¢ to $3.10 on Monday.
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Next, here's what I like in a man: comfortable, easy masculinity (quick to smile, a little cocky maybe, loose fitting t-shirts), confident intelligence (means curious not opinionated), fitness (wellness).
Other things I like and / or offer: love of: dogs, kids, bikes, art, yoga, movies, New York Times, New Yorker, New York, Tennessee Valley Road in Marin, beaches, gratitude, lattes, thoughtful television choices, serious books, frivolous magazines, the Internet, Sondheim, Joni Mitchell, Silversun Pickups, Gaga, Radiohead, jazz, laughter, Reich, Glass, books, bodies, unexplainable things.
At the moment my current faves:
TV: Homeland, Girls, Mad Men, Downton Abbey, Enlightened, Ray Donovan, Orange is the New Black
Books: 10,000 Saints, Beyond the Beautiful Forevers, The Art of Fielding
Movies: Shame, anything with Ryan Gosling, especially Blue Valentine, (but my all time favorites include all the Godfathers, Manhattan, Cabaret, My Life as a Dog)
Music: Girl Talk mash-ups, always Joni Mitchell, Sondheim, and Silversun Pickups (I will marry the man that likes all of these . . . )
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Autofocus speed and accuracy on 400D (XTI) / 600D (T3i) / 50D / [100D (SL1)]
Fra_Pe wrote:
Hello all,
after having a 'total write-off' of my 400D (failure of electronics) I am looking for a predecessor for it.
One of the main concerns (and there were not much concerns with it) I had with the
400D was the speed and accuracy of the AF. Compared to the 50Ds ability to focuse fast
and easy also within low light / weak contrast situations the 400D was slow and was often
not able to focus under the same conditions. This happened with the same lenses,
with the Sigma 17-50 F2.8, Sigma 10-20, the Canon 70-300 IS USM, ....
As far as I know the 600D (and also the 100D when available) are using the same AF module
as the 400D. Is there anyone who compared the AF of 400D with the one in the 600D?
Is there a difference in terms of another module, of speed and accuracy?
Also is there a difference between 50D and 600D?
Thank you for all feedback,
Kind regards, Fran Peterz.
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I have the 400D, 50D, 7D and 5DMKII cameras and I use them all. I do not find any substantial difference in speed and accuracy of its AF, compared with the other cameras. I would say that in the 10000 shots I have taken with my 400D, 90% are fine, and that result is about the same of the other cameras.
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I used IUD from 17 to 22 years old in the 1980's and I would not recommend to adolescents/young women without kids. Unfortunately, when my husband and I decided to get pregnant I experienced a series of problems that may be linked to the previous use of IUD. First I had an ectopic pregnancy that led to losing one fallopian tube, second I tried to get pregnant for 3 years until I was diagnosed with having a blockade on the other fallopian tube. The doctors were never able to know the reason but it is possible that the use of IUD for 5 years induced a low grade inflammation that affected the tissue of my two fallopian tubes. I could not get pregnant since. Doctors don't really know all the consequences of the use of IUD..
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(This is between the Sand, the Mist, the Stone and the Cloud only.)
I mean, it might not seem the obvious answer but it has to be the Sand right?
The cloud village has an impressive little roster of familiar faces (We know about twelve Cloud Ninja at least)
We know plenty of Stone Ninja and know a lot about the Tsuchikage, Deidara's past and how he utilised the Akatsuki.
The Mist Village itself still remains fairly mysterious but we know about all of the 7 Swordsmen, The Tobi/Yagura business and the fact that it was a pretty harsh place to be. We know a good 10 ninja who come from here.
But the Sand...the Sand is just the sand. We literally only know 5 people from the Sand Village. (Gaara, Gaara's Father, Temari, Kankuro & Baki) We've had a fight even set in the Sand Village but we really still don't know much about it.
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ITworld.com –
In the last couple of columns, I've been covering strategies for supporting Active Directory's (AD's) DNS requirements, particularly from the standpoint of shops that have DNS implemented on non-Windows platforms such as Unix, Linux, or NetWare.
In my last column, I covered the first AD/DNS integration option -- migrating a Unix-based DNS to Windows 2000. In this column I follow up with option number two -- leveraging your current Unix-based DNS environment to support AD. In my next column, I'll round out the series by covering the third strategy -- integrating Windows 2000-based DNS servers with your current DNS environment.
The caveats
If you've been in the business for more than say, a week, you can easily deduce that deploying AD on anything but a Microsoft-based DNS may not be such a great decision.
After all, Microsoft has shipped all the DNS features required to support AD right in the Windows 2000 box. And although you can support AD on a Unix-based server, in the back of your mind you have to wonder whether, at some point down the road, a bug will pop up that requires a specific fix or modification not available for DNS on your chosen platform.
Or what if a service pack makes a modification to the Windows 2000 DNS to support a specific feature, and you're out of luck because your DNS won't support the feature?
And then there is always the customer-support concern: Will Microsoft provide support if you're running on a Unix-based DNS? Although they might not turn you away, it's a safe bet that whoever is on the other end of the phone probably doesn't have much experience with your DNS implementation.
These are all very valid concerns, but with a good understanding of DNS and its deployment implications with respect to Active Directory, you might still decide that you can live with the risks -- especially if either migration or the effort required to support a mixed Unix/Windows 2000 DNS environment is undesirable. In other words, running AD on a Unix-based DNS might not be as terrible as the idea first sounds.
The path of least resistance
For starters, you avoid the planning overhead required to move completely to Windows 2000 DNS (i.e., the DNS migration scenario), and you won't need to plan for accommodating the various workaround issues (some of which I will cover in my next column) that are called for when implementing a mixed Unix/Windows 2000 DNS architecture. And although the version of BIND you are running may require an update, the current DNS infrastructure that you may have relied on for years stays otherwise intact.
Given these factors, proposing to support AD on an existing Unix-based DNS will probably be the path of least resistance in your organization. Here are some key elements and examples to assist you in your planning.
Implementing support for dynamic update of SRV records
As I discussed a couple of columns back, in order to deploy Active Directory over a Unix-based DNS, your BIND implementation needs to support SRV resource records and dynamic update (dynamic DNS or DDNS). In addition, it's worth noting that the DNS server needs to support dynamic update of SRV records, so that the actual SRV records can be registered dynamically. In order to support these features, your Unix servers need to be running BIND version 8.2.2 or greater. (You can download the BIND source code at ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src.)
To support dynamic update, you need to add an option statement to the DNS server's
/etc/named.conffile for each DNS zone in which you want to allow dynamic updates. I've illustrated the syntax in the following example, a sample zone section of /etc/named.conf with dynamic update enabled:
 zone "itworld.com" {
 type master;
 file "db.test";
 allow-update { 192.168.10/24; };
 }

In this example, the keyword
allow-updatespecifies that dynamic update is allowed from hosts in the IP address range 192.168.10.0 to 192.168.10.255 (i.e., subnet 192.168.10.0 with a 24-bit subnet mask).
You'll need to make such modifications only on one machine -- the primary (or master) name server for that zone -- since that's where all record updates are performed. Once you've implemented this change, you need to restart the named service in order for the change to take effect; then you can verify functionality.
Tools and testing
To test dynamic update you can use the Unix
nsupdatetool, a command-line utility that allows you to perform and test dynamic updates to a DNS zone. You can use
nsupdateto perform several updates from a text file in a batch mode, or you can use the tool in interactive mode. Here is an interactive-mode example that helps test dynamic update:
 $ nsupdate
 > update add Windows 2000dc1.itworld.com. 3600 IN A 192.168.10.15
 > update add _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.itworld.com. 600 IN SRV 0 100 389
 Windows 2000dc1.itworld.com.
 >

Let's step through the example.
In the first line, I simply load
nsupdatein interactive mode. In the second line, I add a host or a record for the host
Windows 2000dc1to the itworld.com domain. Finally, in the third line I add an SRV record indicating that the LDAP (
_ldap.) service is available, via the TCP protocol (
_tcp.), for a domain controller (
dc.), for the AD domain
itworld.com.
Note that I skipped over one piece of the record:
_msdcs. Microsoft registers all the SRV resource records for AD under this
_msdcsDNS parent container for the domain. In DNS terms, this is actually creating a nondelegated DNS subdomain called
_msdcs, within the zone
itworld.com, for the purposes of registering AD SRV resource records.
nsupdateis a great tool for testing dynamic update. Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn't really make available any direct Windows 2000 equivalents, although you might be able to track down a third-party version. Instead Microsoft offers two tools worth noting to assist you in testing and troubleshooting problems with dynamic update. These are
ipconfigand
dnscmd.
ipconfigis simply the standard command-line tool that was available in Windows NT 4.0 for troubleshooting TCP/IP configuration problems. In Windows 2000 the tool has been updated to include some new arguments, such as
/registerdns, which you can use to refresh a host's DHCP lease and to reregister the host with DNS. The
/registerdnsfeature itself is somewhat limited, but nonetheless it's worth checking out all of
ipconfig's new arguments; to do so, type
ipconfig /?at the Windows 2000 command line.
The other tool,
dnscmd, is much more like
nsupdatein functionality, in that it allows you to perform dynamic DNS updates from the command line. However, this tool is really useful only against Windows 2000 DNS servers, as it uses Windows 2000 RPCs to perform the update operation.
There is also a way to test compatibility of SRV resource records on your Unix-based DNS without necessarily using dynamic update. If you are interested in doing this, you can import the contents of the
netlogon.dnsfile, which is found in your
winnt\system32\configdirectory on your Windows 2000 domain controller, to add the requisite AD SRV records to the zone's database file on the DNS name server. Remember that these entries are static, though, and are based on the domain controller's configuration at the time that the machine was promoted to domain controller status.
Based on the results of your testing, you may find that running AD over your Unix-based DNS is a very viable option. If you decide to go down this path, however, be aware of the potential support concerns that I mentioned. In addition, since a different department may actually maintain DNS in your organization, remain sensitive to not overwhelming that department with a lot of postdeployment requests if AD's DNS requirements change. The last thing you want to do is start requesting frequent BIND version updates or DNS-configuration changes just to support AD requirements. If this could be a problem in your organization, you may want to consider one of the other two deployment options.
Windows on the Enterprise is a biweekly column that focuses on Windows 2000 technologies and on deployment and support strategies for enterprise environments.


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A cartoon by CHUN Gye-young, which was one of the most popular cartoons in the late 1990s, is made into an animation after 8 years of work. The films leading characters, with appearances typical for girls cartoons, are already popular as various licensed products. Four musical prodigies, who never had a chance to get a music education, meet in a band called Recycled Band. In the band, they open their minds to each other and follow their dreams in music. (Mina OAK)
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Purchased and installed wheels from 2Crave alloy less than a year ago. Wheels corroded at the seam on all four wheels. Contacted company by email. No response. Called and spoke to a customer service rep who assured me he would look into the issue.
Emailed photos of damage to him like requested. No call back after a reasonable amount of time. Eventually made contact and rep stated he would have to check with the factory to determine the problem. Called back on date and time when told and the rep continously avoided my calls.
After about a month of leaving messages and repeated calls, finally made contact. Rep stated that brake dust caused the corrosion on the wheels. Really? Brake Dust?
I cleaned and maintained the wheels with soap and water on a weekly basis if not two times a week, and this company claims that brake dust causes corrosion on wheels less than a year old? Unreal. [continued below]....
I have never had custom wheels corrode, much less be told that 2crave wheels are suseptable to corrosion due to brake dust. I suppose you need a car without brakes to use these wheels.
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2Crave worked with me to remedy the problem
SUBMITTED: Thursday, February 05, 2015POSTED: Thursday, February 05, 2015
2Crave representative David Kwon worked with me to find a solution. I am satisfied with the response from 2Crave and although it may have took some time my problem has been solved. I would recommend doing business with 2Crave after Mr. Kwon went above and beyond to satisfy my concerns.
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So what do I do???
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, May 14, 2014POSTED: Wednesday, May 14, 2014
2Crave gives a rebuttal, so what is my next stepo to correct the warranty not being honored? Call my retailer and say what??
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SUBMITTED: Monday, May 12, 2014POSTED: Monday, May 12, 2014
It is unfortunate that you had to deal with corrosion.
However, our warranty is issued through the retailer, in that, what you should do is contact them, let them figure out whether or not this is a warranty issue and not just customer negligence. If the retailer determines that this is a warranty issue then they would let us (2Crave) know, in which case we will gladly replace the wheel(s).
We are a manufacturing and distribution company, we do not typically deal with the public.
If you're willing, please let us know where you purchased the wheels, and we can arrange to have the shop inspect them to identify the actual issue.
We appreciate your honesty and apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you, and want to help in any way we can to resolve the issue.
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Drop in homes for sale is strengthening prices in many spots
The nation has fewer homes for sale, and that's helping prices in markets where low supplies are meeting strong demand.
The U.S. had 2.37 million existing homes for sale at the end of March. That was down 22% from a year ago and 41% from the peak in mid-2007, the National Association of Realtors reported Wednesday.
First-quarter home sales, meanwhile, were up 5.3% from a year ago.
The combination of improving sales — coming off one of the worst years ever for home sales — and declining inventories is helping prices.
NAR says median existing single-family home prices rose in 74 of 146 U.S. markets in the first quarter, while they fell in 72 areas. In last year's fourth quarter, 29 markets showed gains from a year earlier.
"Given the steadily dwindling supply of inventory and notably higher listing prices … prices are expected to show further improvements," says Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist.
At current levels, the housing inventory is at a more "normal" level, says CoreLogic economist Sam Khater. If home prices aren't already at the bottom, "We're not far away," he says.
Home price data from CoreLogic and Zillow both show prices up slightly in March from February. Meanwhile, Fiserv Case-Shiller predicts home prices will stabilize this summer and post a 0.8% drop for the year.
Fewer homes for sale
|The supply of U.S. homes for sale in March each year:
3.38 million
3.41 million
3.09 million
3.09 million
3.03 million
2.37 million*
|* = Preliminary; source: National Association of Realtors
As prices rise, after six years of declines, sellers who have kept homes off the market will increasingly put them on, says Jed Kolko, Trulia economist.
"But buyers will come out, too," says Stan Humphries, Zillow economist.
The broad trend is for home sales to be 5% to 10% above last year, he says.
Some markets are already seeing tight supplies, leading to price gains.
In Phoenix, the supply of homes for sale in March was down 64% from a year earlier, says Michael Orr, real estate expert at Arizona State University.
Home inventories in Phoenix peaked in late 2010 and began to fall. Now, prices for homes under $500,000 are rising and "there's no sign of it stopping, because supplies are so tight," Orr says.
Yun says NAR has noticed "broad shortages of lower-priced homes," most notably in Phoenix; suburban Washington, D.C.; Orange County, Calif.; Naples, Fla.; Seattle; and North Dakota.
Foreclosures may rise following the recent $25 billion foreclosure settlement between mortgage servicers and federal and state officials. But the number of foreclosed homes for sale isn't likely to swamp markets due to increased efforts to modify home loans or allow short sales, Khater says.
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Rational Robot recognizes taskbar as generic and in coordinates only
Technote (troubleshooting)
Recording a window restore from the Windows taskbar in an IBM Rational Robot script results in object recognition through coordinates.
Rational Robot recognizes the taskbar item as a generic object through coordinates only. As a consequence the playback restores any window that happens to be in the same coordinates.
You can observe the recognition issue in Windows 7, but not in Windows XP.
In Windows XP, Rational Robot records the following script.
Under Windows 7, the recording results in the following script.
The cause is unknown.
Resolving the problem
- Make the following change in your script manually.
Window OpenIcon, "Caption=<Title of the applicaion>", ""
- Add MSTaskListWClass to the object class list as follows.
- Click Tools > General Options.... .
- Click the Mapping tab.
- Select Object Type as ListView.
- Click the Add button and enter class name MSTaskListWClass. Then click OK.
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Celebrities bared souls, revealed secrets to Oprah
Tell Oprah all about it. Over the course of 25 years, Oprah Winfrey's couch has been the place where stars reveal big news to the world. USA TODAY's Arienne Thompson takes a look back at some of the biggest reveals to come from Winfrey's stage.
Oprah Winfrey: 1986
Winfrey provided her own exclusive when she stunned the audience by revealing for the first time that she had been sexually abused by a relative when she was 9 years old.
John F. Kennedy Jr.: 1996
STORY: Oprah's legacy: Sense of self
PHOTO: Winfrey through the years
INTERACTIVE: Memorable 'Oprah' moments
Winfrey scored the first sit-down interview with the handsome George magazine publisher, who was having a banner year that included speaking on behalf of his uncle Sen. Ted Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention and marrying Carolyn Bessette.
Celine Dion: 1999
The Canadian singing sensation announced her informal retirement — via Winfrey — at the ripe old age of 31. She told the talk-show host she wanted to focus on family and building a life with René Angelil, whom she had married in 1994.
Tom Cruise: 2005
The action star's antics helped introduce a new term into the vernacular: couch-jumping. Cruise was so smitten by new girlfriend Katie Holmes that he couldn't help but jump all over his good friend Winfrey's couch. As he proclaimed his love for Holmes over and over , Winfrey tried to rein him in, repeating "You're gone."
Mackenzie Phillips: 2009
The actress dropped one of the biggest bombshells in Oprah show history when she revealed for the first time that she had been involved in a sexual relationship with her father, John Phillips, for more than a decade. Phillips appeared to promote her book, High on Arrival, which detailed the incestuous relationship she had with the Mamas and the Papas singer starting when she was in her late teens.
Prince Michael, Paris and Blanket Jackson: 2010
Winfrey landed the coveted first interview with the children of pop star Michael Jackson, who died unexpectedly in June 2009. The talk-show host visited the Encino, Calif., home of Jackson's mother, Katherine, who is raising Prince Michael, 14, Paris, 13, and Blanket, 9, and asked them to share their memories of their father.
Tina Fey: April 2011
The 30 Rock creator and reigning queen of comedy let Winfrey in on a little secret when she appeared last month to promote her memoir, Bossypants: She's expecting her second child.
Maria Shriver: May 2011
Just hours after her estranged husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger, announced that he had secretly fathered a child with a member of the family's household staff, Shriver stopped by to tape a final episode of pal Winfrey's show. She spoke briefly but poignantly, thanking Winfrey for "giving me love, support, wisdom, and most of all, the truth."
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FLORENCE, S.C. – Paintings by Mike Williams will be displayed at Francis Marion University as part of FMU's Art Gallery Series, Sept. 3 through Nov. 5.
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A native of Sumter and a B.F.A. graduate of the University of South Carolina, Williams is a professional artist who maintains his studio at 808 Lady St. in the heart of Columbia's artistic Congaree Vista district.
Williams' sculptures and paintings have been shown in individual and group exhibitions from South Carolina to Illinois. His modern, semi-abstract and fiercely expressionistic style has made Williams one of the state's most successful young artists. His work is in the Columbia Museum of Art as well as in private and corporate collections, and pieces have been commissioned for public spaces in Columbia and Sumter.
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His rise to fame began in 1960 when he appeared at the Edinburgh Festival alongside Dudley Moore, Peter Cooke and Jonathan Miller.
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Writing for the stage was the direction his early career took, but it was not long before Leeds-born Bennett also turned his attention to television.
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May 2012- working on the garden
Independence Gardens. Thank you Karen!
fruit trees- 2 espaliered asian pears, 2 apples, 2 paw paws, 1 plum
2 starter veggie beds
May 8, 2012- PGE says we can turn solar panels on!
Here's sample solar panel output (dawn to dusk) from a sunny day (May 10, 2012)....
May 14, 2012
Exterior paint and trim work done.
Jeff Cole (Silver Peasant Productions) interviews Rob and Bart about their next Passive House project.
July 18, 2012
Garden progress...
Asian pears...
December 26, 2012
Yes, Ella and Randy just celebrated living a full year at TrekHaus West! Living net zero is no longer a fantasy. We generated more energy than we used in 2012! Here are the numbers...
TrekHaus West Energy Use/Generation Summary
Year 1
(12/26/11 to 12/26/12)
Total Energy Use 1st Year: 3322 kWh
Average Energy Use Per Day: 9.1 kWh/day
Total Energy Generation 1st Year: 3748 kWh
(PV turned on 5/8/12, so just 7.5 months of solar power)
Expected annual energy generation: about 4600 kWh from 4.70 kW system
Estimated annual energy production/excess: 1260 kWh
(enough to power EV about 3800 miles)
Additional solar capacity exists if needed in future.
(room to add 5 more rooftop PV panels)
Number of occupants: 2
Thermostat: 68° F day, 66° F overnight
March 20,2013
PGE's net metering annual billing cycle just closed. TrekHaus West donated excess credit of 1520 kWh to PGE's low income assistance program. 1520 kWh is enough electricity to power a Nissan Leaf about 4500 miles!
April 9, 2013
Spring garden preparation.
Strawberry beds (left) and juniper raised beds with veggie starts.
April 28, 2013
Hon tsai tai with sweet edible yellow flowers.
Flowering pawpaw...
May 3, 2013
Mission Furniture Unplugged).
May 8, 2013
West unit solar panels have been up and running for 1 full year today!
May 2012 to May 2013 energy generation and use numbers:
Total energy generation: 5012 kWh (exceeded expectations by more than 400 kWh)
Total energy used: 3223 kWh (average 8.8 kWh/day)
Annual excess generation: 1789 kWh (enough electricity to power a Nissan Leaf more than 6100 miles).
This is 56% more electricity than we needed to achieve net zero.
May 14, 2013
May 31, 2013
Dining tonight on our PDX lanai...
June 15, 2013
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December 6, 2013
Rare snow day in Portland. Winter garden covered with straw and cover crops (mix of crimson clover, cereal rye, ryegrass, Austrian winter peas, and vetch).
December 26, 2013
Just celebrated Christmas and our 2nd year anniversary living in TrekHaus West! It's not a fluke. We are still net positive after 2 years. Here's our 2013 energy checkup...
TrekHaus West Year 2 (12/26/2012 to 12/26/2013)
Total Energy Use 2nd Year: 3361 kWh
Average Energy Use Per Day: 9.2 kWh/day
Total Energy Generation 2nd Year: 4960 kWh
Average Energy Generation Per Day: 13.6 kWh/day
2013 Excess Generation: 1599 kWh
Our average daily household energy use has been quite consistent over 2 years, averaging about 9 kWh/day both in 2012 and 2013.
Happy 2014 everyone!
January 18, 2014
New tree planted this morning by Friends of Trees bicycling crew.
In memory of TrekHaus mom, Cynthia Wong (1919 to 2014).
Thank you Friends of Trees!
Today was also the largest bicycle tree planting ever held in Portland. KGW Channel 8 stopped by briefly to check out the event. See KGW local news, Trees and bicycles come together for Portland planting.
March 22, 2014
PGE's net metering annual billing cycle just closed for 2013/2014. TrekHaus West donated excess credit of 1582 kWh to PGE's low income assistance program for 2013/2014. This is a little more than the 1520 kWh donated for 2012/2013.
April 11, 2014
May 2014
TrekHaus West's 4.70 kW PV system has been up and running for over 2 years now.
Here's a look at the numbers..
AVERAGE SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION: 14 kWh/day (May 8, 2012 to May 8, 2014)
Year 1: annual average of 13.7 kWh/day
Year 2: annual average of 14.1 kWh/day
(Note: Our 4.70 kW system was expected to generate average of 12.5 kWh/day)
AVERAGE ENERGY CONSUMPTION: 9 kW/day (May 8, 2012 to May 8, 2014)
Year 1: annual average of 8.8 kWh/day
Year 2: annual average of 9.5 kWh/day (colder winter)
Overall, NET POSITIVE by average of 5 kWh/day. This is enough electricity to run a Nissan Leaf about 5500 miles per year or 15 miles per day.
May 31, 2014
Veggie and strawberry beds flourishing...
July 11, 2014
October 17, 2014
Saffron crocus have started blooming.
March 24, 2015
PGE's net metering annual billing cycle just closed for 2014/2015. TrekHaus West donated excess credit of 1921 kWh to PGE's low income assistance program for 2014/2015. This is more than the 1520 kWh donated for 2012/2013 and 1582 kWh donated for 2013/2014. Net positive for over 3 years now!
May 2015
Believe it or not, over 3 years net-positive now!
Our 3 year average (May 8, 2012 to May 8, 2015):
Average energy consumption: 9.3 kWh/day
Average solar energy generation: 14.4 kWh/day (4.70 kW system)
That makes us net-positive with a greater than 50% margin (i.e. 55%).
(3BR/2BA house, 2 adult occupants; thermostat set at 68F first 2 years and 69F third year)
Credit goes to Rob and Bart (PDX Living) who built such a great house!
Also, SolarCity whose panels have performed 15% better than expected!
Happy Spring!
March 24, 2016
PGE's net metering annual billing cycle just closed for 2015/2016. TrekHaus West donated excess credit of 1808 kWh to PGE's low income assistance program for 2015/2016.
TrekHaus > Home Progress Photos >


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Dollar to rebound, Scotia says
The Canadian dollar has been driven down by global events but will see parity with the U.S. currency again by the fourth quarter of the year and rise slightly through 2011, Scotia Capital says in a report today. The loonie will be worth $1.03 U.S. by the fourth quarter of next year, it said in a foreign exchange outlook. The dollar's shine "might have been temporarily tarnished, but parity is still on the horizon," currency strategist Camilla Sutton wrote.
Projections for global growth, hurt by Europe's debt troubles and the potential impact of government austerity measures, have affected oil prices, which in turn help drive the loonie, but the outlook is still reasonably robust, she said. And while there are "hurdles" ahead for Canada's economy, it is still well placed. As well, the Bank of Canada has begun raising interest rates, with its first move yesterday, which also should help boost the currency. The dollar climbed sharply today to retake the 96-cent U.S. level.
Markets bet on next rate hike
Mark Carney's quarter-point interest rate hike yesterday was ... so yesterday. Markets are now looking ahead to the next Bank of Canada meeting July 20 and their odds are 36 per cent of another increase in the benchmark overnight rate of one-quarter of a percentage point, which would bring it to 0.75 per cent. Yesterday, the central bank made its first move since the financial crisis and recession, becoming the first among the G7 to do so. But it also sent a signal that it would take into account the turbulence in the markets and further economic data before hiking again.
How will rate hike be felt?
The hike, which still holds the benchmark rate at an exceptionally low 0.5 per cent, was largely symbolic and the economy won't feel it, Scotia Capital economists Karen Cordes Woods and Derek Holt said today, citing two reasons.
"One is that longer borrowing costs have fallen in offsetting fashion, and has [the Canadian dollar]" they wrote. "Forget the spread watchers, it's the yield that matters to main street, including main street USA where the all-important 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell from a peak of 5.25 per cent in April to the 4.9-per-cent mark today driven by safe-haven seeking into government bonds."
Also, they said, "financial innovation" in Canada gives borrowers much more control to adjust principal repayment schedules in response to rate changes. That has developed since the mid-1990s, beginning with the popularity of revolving lines of credit that see the borrower determine the principal repayment schedules, and has since spread.
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Messier, Bronfman on trial
Edgar Bronfman Jr. and Jean-Marie Messier face trial in a Paris court today on charges related to the near collapse of Vivendi Universal, the one-time water company that became a major media concern. Mr. Bronfman, the grandson of Montreal's legendary Samuel Bronfman, Mr. Messier and five others are involved in the saga involving Vivendi, whose shares plunged several years ago amid massive debts from the takeovers of Universal and Europe's Canal Plus pay-TV operation, among others. Prosecutors in the case recommended that it be tossed out, but a judge ordered the trial to proceed regardless.
The case involves allegations of misleading investors. A lawyer for Mr. Bronfman, accused of insider trading, asked the court today to drop the charges, saying he "should not be before this court" and that the judge was wrong. Read the storyReport Typo/Error
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