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AJ Hackett is where it all began, the adrenalin rush of falling off a ramp or bridge secured only by an elastic cord tied around your ankles. Choose from the original 43m bungy jump bridge or brave the odds and jump from the phenomenal Nevis platform suspended 134m above the canyon floor.
Take the ultimate plunge, leap out and go from 0 to 200 km/hr in 12 seconds, and fall to the earth for about 50 seconds before your parachute opens and you glide on the wind surrounded by breathtaking lake and country views against the backdrop of the majestic Remarkables.
AJ Hackett also offers the world's highest swing, across a 70m long suspension bridge. With a starting point 160m high, 70m freefall and speeds of up to 200km/hr in a 300m arc this thrill ride is guaranteed to make you forget everything else. If that sounds like a bit too much, try the Shotover Canyon Swing. At only 109m high, the experience is all about you: choose your jump style and they allow you time to get the courage to jump, or not. No pressure, just fun.Ziptrek
Ziptrek Ecotours is a spectacular and exhilarating flying fox eco-adventure through the forest canopy high above Queenstown, on Skyline Gondola hill. Tours are either 4 lines or extend your adventure to complete all 6 lines available.
Take an exhilarating Tandem Paragliding flight from the top of the Skyline Gondola. An adrenalized flying trip or a relaxed sightseeing tour – it's your choice.
Soar gracefully over the spectacular scenery of the Arrow Basin, Remarkables and distant view of Lake Wakatipu. Takeoff site and departure are weather dependent and will be confirmed 30 minutes before takeoff.
A unique breathtaking ride through the iconic and dramatic narrow canyons of the Shotover River, with full 360 degree spins!
With a choice of white water rafting on either the Shotover or Kawarau Rivers, the experience is suitable for all levels of rafters. There's also an opportunity to catch your breath, enjoy the scenery, learn of the river's gold mining history and raft through tunnels and Lord of the Rings locations.
Only minutes from the lodge, descend into the canyon, plunge into pools, cascade down chutes, fly along zip lines, abseil waterfalls and swim narrow passageways. No experience is required for this unique aquatic adventure.


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Women's and Gender Studies 312. Feminist Theory
This advanced-level course is designed to explore in depth many of the theoretical frameworks and methodological issues that are touched upon in women's studies and gender-balanced courses. The course focuses on historical and contemporary writings from a range of perspectives, including liberal feminism, radical feminism, socialist feminism and postmodernism. Special topics such as racism, lesbianism and international women's issues are also examined.

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FrameMaker 2015: Packager
Delivering all assets necessary for projects with FrameMaker source files has finally been simplified and made foolproof. Adobe FrameMaker (2015 release) allows you to automatically generate a package for a FrameMaker book, map, or even an individual document file with all dependencies or related files automatically packaged into a .zip file. This is a huge time and error saver for customers who have projects that must be delivered to partners for language translation. Eliminate those endless "where are the graphics?" email


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Native Colorado Firefly (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Pyropyga
The firefly,
sometimes called the lightning bug, is neither a fly nor a bug, and
there is no fire or lightning involved. It is actually a beetle
(Coleoptera). The firefly is a predator, with larval stages feeding
upon potential garden pests such as snails and caterpillars. Adults
tend to prey on aphids and scale insects.
They are more often found in areas with higher humidity and
moisture, like lakes, ponds and golf courses.
Fireflies produce their light in an organ at the end of their
abdomen. This organ is full of a chemical called luciferin. When
the enzyme luciferase is released into the chamber, light is
generated. It's slightly more complicated than that, involving
oxygen and ATP but this isn't a biochem class. The beetle can
precisely control when it flashes and doesn't flash which is
important for mating.
One neat fact about this bioluminescence is that it produces no
heat. It's akin to those break and shake glow sticks; the chemical
reaction is based upon the firefly's luciferin/luciferase
During mating season, females will perch in foliage and flash a
species-specific pattern. The males flying around her will flash a
response back letting her known that they are ready to mate. Some
species harbor femme
fatales. After she mates, she changes her pattern to another
species, lures a male in, and eats him. Talk about false
The most common firefly species found in Colorado are not able
to produce light. Sad but true. Pictured is one such specimen of a
fireless firefly, caught in Denver City Park, 8 October, 2010.
There are curious occurrences of thousands of fireflies
synchronizing their flashing. It is unclear to entomologists as to
why they do this. One thought is they are trying to bring Disco back,
but that is only a guess and could be wrong. Here's an example of
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FOUR Burnley houses are to go up for auction with a guide price of just £8,000 each.
The houses, in Queensberry Road, Baker Street and Piccadily Road, are due to be sold by auctioneers Pugh in Manchester later this week.
They are all described as terraced properties in need of renovation or refurbishment.
Trinity ward councillor Tony Martin said he hoped the low asking price would attract buyers who would then want to bring the houses up to scratch.
He said: "I am very pleased they have gone on the market because we have got an awful lot of empty properties. I hope the low guide price will attract somebody.
"It is absolutely fantastic if somebody is prepared to take them on and make a go of it.
"It is not good for the image of the area when houses are boarded up."
According to the Land Registry Index, a house in Queensberry Road sold for £22,730 in December last year. Another went for £72,950 in 2007.
The councillor said he would prefer the houses to be bought by owner-occupier investors rather than landlords.
He said: "I am not happy with speculative investors doing them up and putting them on the market for rent.
"They might live out of the borough and they might not look after them. The properties would end up in a vicious circle where they are put back on the market.
"I would rather they went to owner occupiers. It is much better if you get somebody who is going to live in them themselves and take a bit of pride in them."
He added that he hoped renovation works would improve the image of the areas.
Coun Martin said: "Piccadily Road has some very nice properties in it and some in a bit of dereliction.
"Doing the houses up will stop the rest of the properties on the street declining because if you get one or two houses boarded up, the neighbours think the area is going down."


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A GROUP has launched to give youngsters a chance to get involved in girlguiding.
1st North Curry Rainbows aims to offer girls aged five to seven opportunities to further their learning through fun activities and games.
They meet for an hour on Tuesdays at the pavilion, using the motto Look, Learn, Love and Life.
Leader Gill Slocombe, a lifelong member of Girlguiding with over 30 years' experience, started the group with the aim of giving every young girl in the area a chance to make new friends and enjoy girl-led adventures.
She said: "They'e so eager to learn and try new things, and they clearly enjoy each other's company and just being themselves.
"I hope more girls will join us and benefit from the great opportunities open to Rainbows."
In the first two weeks members Hattie, Grace, Darcey and Florrie have learnt about the science behind bubbles, made rainbow snakes and found out about Olivia, the group mascot who shares in their adventures.
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Former Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) is expected to endorse Donald Trump at a New Hampshire rally Tuesday night, two unnamed sources told The Washington Post.
After being defeated by Elizabeth Warren (D) in the 2012 election, Brown ran an unsuccessful 2014 Senate bid from New Hampshire — the nation's second presidential voting state.
Scott would be the first current or former U.S. senator to formally endorse Trump. Julie Kliegman
The White House is preparing to send the Pentagon a memo with instructions on how to implement President Trump's proposal to ban transgender people from serving in the armed forces, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The new policy will let Defense Secretary James Mattis consider a service member's ability to deploy when deciding whether to remove them from the military, the Journal reports, and gives him six months to reestablish the ban on transgender soldiers. The memo also directs the Pentagon to stop paying for gender dysphoria treatments for transgender military members currently serving. Trump announced on Twitter last month he would reinstate the ban on transgender individuals serving in the military, a year after it was abolished by former President Barack Obama. Catherine Garcia
Most of its infrastructure has been destroyed and there are shortages of everything from food to medicine, and as fighting rages on, it's unlikely things will improve in Yemen anytime soon.
The United Nations says the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn Middle Eastern country is the worst in the world, and 10 million people need immediate assistance. The fighting began in 2014, when Houthi rebels faced off against the government; in 2015, a Saudi-led coalition began fighting the rebels in order to restore the government, and today, the Houthis control the west and the government and its backers control the south and east. Over the past two-and-a-half years, constant airstrikes have killed civilians and destroyed bridges and hospitals, and because the coalition has shut down the capital's international airport to civilian planes, supplies cannot fly in and sick and injured Yemenis cannot leave for treatment in other countries.
The New York Times has an in-depth look at one of the biggest problems facing Yemen: Cholera, the bacterial infection that is spread by feces-contaminated water. It is not life-threatening in developed countries, and can be treated with antibiotics, but in Yemen, it's hitting children and the elderly hard. As garbage piles up in the streets and sewage systems fail, Yemenis have to get their water from wells that can easily be contaminated. In just three months, cholera has killed nearly 2,000 Yemenis, the Times reports, and more than 500,000 are infected.
Half of all Yemenis do not have quick access to an operating medical center, and many have to borrow money to get treatment; a Yemeni soldier who told the Times he has not been paid in eight months brought his six-year-old daughter to the capital Sana'a for cholera treatment. She is malnourished, after surviving off of yogurt and milk from neighbors, and her father said they are "just waiting for doom or for a breakthrough from heaven." As humanitarian workers watch the situation escalate, they are cognizant of the fact that if they had additional funds, they could make more of a difference — the United Nations estimates Yemen needs $2.3 billion in humanitarian aid this year, but only 41 percent has been received. Read the entire report at The New York Times. Catherine Garcia
President Trump is annoyed with several Republican senators doing things he believes might damage him, like working on bipartisan bills sanctioning Russia, and he called two of them to privately vent his frustrations, several people familiar with his conversations told Politico.
In late July, Trump called Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and tried to convince him that the bill sanctioning Russia was bad policy and unconstitutional, three people with knowledge of the call told Politico, but Corker made it known the bill would pass and there wasn't anything Trump could do about it. On August 7, Trump rang Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who is working with Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on a bill that aims to protect special counsel Robert Mueller should Trump attempt to fire him, one person familiar with the call told Politico. Trump let Tillis know he wasn't happy about the legislation, and didn't want it to pass.
One senior GOP aide told Politico it seems Trump is "just always focused on Russia," but it's now going to be a lot harder for him to make surprise phone calls to Republican senators — senior administration officials said John Kelly, Trump's new chief of staff, has been trying to get a handle on the president's impromptu calls with legislators by requesting that senior White House aides be notified and present for all conversations. Catherine Garcia
When 1,500 self-described Republican and Republican-leaning voters were asked who they would vote for in a hypothetical GOP presidential primary held today, with three established senators and a governor facing off against President Trump, 50 percent said they would cast their ballot for Trump.
@POTUS crushing a hypothetical GOP primary field. So much for the "buyer's remorse" the DC insiders are convinced the GOP has. pic.twitter.com/y4fL2wY12Z
— Tony Fabrizio (@TonyFabrizioGOP) August 23, 2017
GOP pollster and strategist Tony Fabrizio of Fabrizio, Lee & Associates posted the survey results on Twitter Wednesday, commenting that Trump was "crushing a hypothetical GOP primary field. So much for the 'buyer's remorse' the D.C. insiders are convinced the GOP has." In this match up, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas came in second place with 14 percent, followed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich with 10 percent and Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas each with one percent. The poll found that 42 percent of respondents said they would "definitely" vote for Trump, while 24 percent were undecided.
Several Twitter users questioned why Fabrizio would say Trump was "crushing it," since he's only at 50 percent just seven months into his presidency, and he defended his word choice, arguing that it was a five-way field with "several well-known opponents, two of which ran against him previously. He is crushing Kasich or Cruz nearly 4 to 1." Others wondered why Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida wasn't part of the equation, along with the always popular "literally anyone else." Catherine Garcia
This New York City condo lobby is decorated with images of Robert E. Lee, swastikas, and Hitler
A New York City councilman is urging police to investigate the property manager of a condo building in Queens that's adorned with images of guns, a swastika, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Josef Stalin, and Robert E. Lee.
The building's entryway features two 10-foot-tall statues of Uncle Sam and a crucifix. Once inside, residents are confronted with National Rifle Association stickers, a tribute to President Trump, and an array of images that includes Martin Luther King Jr., George Washington, and Jim Crow. The directory lists everyone from Nazis Rudolf Hess and Josef Mengel to rappers LL Cool J and Biggie Smalls.
#Sunnyside condo bldg plastered w #Nazi #Hitler #Mussolini #Trump posters in lobby. Condo board says it's "a celebration of WWII victory" pic.twitter.com/hA00ZXK8f9
— Kirstin Cole (@kirstincoletv) August 23, 2017
Photos: Is This Queens Condo Lobby A Hate Crime?
https://t.co/LkZVEi4EAF pic.twitter.com/clywMVpWHe
— Gothamist (@Gothamist) August 23, 2017
A Queens condo lobby filled with racist imagery sparked calls for an investigation into alleged tenant harassment https://t.co/L8BW79V1Jz pic.twitter.com/jg0zLROSAb
— amNewYork (@amNewYork) August 23, 2017
In a rally Wednesday outside the building, Queens City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer declared the lobby "a hate crime." "I see and have had them tell me personally how afraid they are, and they're literally unable to speak out for fear of retaliation from this man, so we as a community have to speak out for them," Van Bramer told Gothamist. "If you put it all together — the images in the lobby with the fear I've been told firsthand by people who live there — you realize there's something much larger going on."
Residents say they believe the decor is the work of the building's property manager and board president, Neal Milano, who apparently has a track record of harassing tenants and condo owners. A lawsuit has been filed against Milano and the condo board, and the New York City Police Department's Hate Crime Unit has been alerted.
CBS New York reported that Milano is "currently out of the country, but his attorney said the murals were approved by the board" and that the posters are "patriotic and historical." Becca Stanek
For $1,000, you can buy a five-night cruise to the Bahamas, a new laptop, or a king-size mattress. Or, you know, you could buy Samsung's Galaxy Note 8. Shortly after debuting the new phone Wednesday, Samsung revealed that people are going to have to shell out a hefty $930 to get it.
Crazy as that price may sound, it's not wildly out of the range of what phones are costing nowadays. The upcoming iPhone 8 is estimated to cost more than $1,000. The Samsung Note 7, infamous for sometimes spontaneously combusting, cost more than $800 before it was discontinued.
The Verge noted that Samsung hasn't been selling its new Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus for full price "all that often," thanks to frequent deals. The phone also boasts some pretty high-tech features, like a massive infinity screen, dual mega-pixel cameras, and an S Pen Stylus that can translate complete sentences.
Still, watching $930 hit the ground when you inevitably drop your phone couldn't feel good. Becca Stanek
Reuters accidentally suggests college football broadcaster is a supernatural twin of General Robert E. Lee
Reuters had a bit of trouble writing a tweet on Wednesday about ESPN pulling announcer Robert Lee from covering a Virginia college football game because his name sounds too similar to the Confederate general's.
In their multiple attempts, Reuters both claimed that Lee — who is Asian-American — is a look-alike or supernatural twin of General Robert E. Lee, or had been directly named after him (he wasn't):
Upcoming Reuters headline:
"Literal physical reincarnation of General Robert E. Lee pulled from Upcoming UVA football broadcast." pic.twitter.com/xwutb5kAOq
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) August 23, 2017
Writing, of course, is not easy, especially as ESPN's decision to pull Lee from the broadcast has been mocked as an overreaction to a non-controversy. "We're watching Reuters headline writers in real-time trying to figure out what was wrong with Lee broadcasting the game," joked one Twitter user.
In the end, Reuters offered a helpful clarification for anyone they might have confused. Jeva Lange
CLARIFICATION: Announcer with same name as Confederate General Lee pulled from broadcast; not named after Lee https://t.co/ZY7xOJIjFl https://t.co/PmgCcDhBLW
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 23, 2017


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Cricket Canada has named former England u19 and Canada coach Andy Pick as its coach for the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in New Zealand.
Pick, who coached Canada in 2007 at the 2007 Cricket World Cup looks to turn around a program that fell down at the 2013 World Twenty20 qualifier finishing a dissapointing 12th.
Pick was excited to take on the challenge and is looking for the best out of his charges in New Zealand.
"It hasn't really sunk in yet but I am looking forward to working with the Canadian team again. I seemed to have been in the right place at the right time and having worked with most of the players at various times in the past i am looking forward linking up with them again. They've had a tough time in UAE and must regroup and work hard to produce better results in New Zealand and I hope to be able to facilitate that process"
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YOU'VE been sending us your questions all week, and today we put them to Swindon Superintendent for Wiltshire Police Gavin Williams, as he took to the Hotseat.
Here's what he had to say to your burning questions.
Q. What is your view on plans to slow people down in their vehicles, with obviously limited manpower? In my opinion, there is a reluctance to tackle this ever increasing issue.
A. A lot of this is done nowadays through our Community SpeedWatch, which members of the community are involved in. This is about, firstly, identifying the problem - often it can just be people's perceptions of speeding vehicles, rather than the speed itself being a problem. If it is found that there is a problem with speed in a particular area, we would go down the route of recruiting volunteers and that has proven to be really successful and popular.
Q. My experience of Swindon is that most people are great, but police seem to be so stretched that they cannoy respond. I don't remember the issue being this bad when the station was in town with lots of police moving in and out. Could this have been a deterrent?
A. The town centre police station closed a number of years ago, and what I can say is crime has dropped significantly - that is what I set out to do two and a half years ago, that is what the Home Secretary wants us to do. Clearly all public sectors are being held more accountable and of course there is less money. People like to see officers pounding the beat, but I've got to make the best use of my resources. I'm really keen for people to report crime - I want to know about it. If I don't know about it, I can't target the resources to deal with it, and sooner or later it becomes an issue and that is when it gets out of hand.
We've got the town centre police point now and we have a visible policing presence within the town centre. It is all part of the PCC's objective - to strengthen neighbourhood policing by creating Safer Neighbourhood Teams. It is not just about the copper walking down the street in the hope they might see something. It's about a more effective, targeted use of resources.
Q. What is being done about untaxed cars/vans in the town?
A. As of October 2014, the government is changing to an electronic system, but wherever we see untaxed vehicles at the moment we do report it to the DVLA - it is for them to deal with, not us.
Q. What is being done about the number of people driving while using their phones and not wearing seatbelts?
A. Wherever we see it, we will deal with is robustly. It is a road safety issue, and we would much rather deal with it at this stage rather than deal with the consequences. It is not acceptable, there are reasons why it is against the law, it is very dangerous.
Q. After the 2010 election, the chief constable at the time said one area to be looked at to save money was the huge murder squad we had when Wiltshire had relatively few murders. He said the murder squad could be hired out to other forces or diverted to other duties. Have any of these options been implemented?
A. What we have now is the Major Incident Team under the Brunel Collaboration, which is a Tri-Force collaboration and the advantage to this is we don't have a permanent murder squad or major incident team, we have a team that is flexible and when we do have a major incident to deal with, we can count on these people turning up and dealing with it. They may or may not be Wiltshire Police staff, that collaboration will task wherever the need is and that saves on resouces. Traditionally, what used to happen is there would be a murder come in and the whole division was on it, all your detectives were out, everybody. But now we don't even notice it, the team comes in, sets up an incident room and it doesn't disrupt local policing at all.
Q. Wiltshire Police is on track to dip below 1,000 police officers in the next 12 to 15 months. How do you see the force coping when it's below this 'tipping point' figure?
A. They have set a pretty clear goal as to where they want to be and this is constantly reviewed. There has been a drop in crime but there has been a lot more police responding to issues that were nothing to do with police. What the Spending Review has done is make all public bodies look hard at what they do, so police won't be responding to things they should never have been responsible for.
It is safe out there, and part of our challenge is to make people feel safer. We know it is safer, but it's our challenge to make people feel it.
When you look at our shift patterns, they are designed to meet demand. We now have more officers on duty on a Friday evening than a Monday morning, for example, rather than having a blanket of staff at times when they may not be needed.
Q. Salisbury police station has been closed and officers will have a two to three hour journey to process a prisoner in Melksham. With Melksham custody full, will further prisoners be sent to Swindon? If Swindon is full, what happens next?
A. Firstly, this is a short term measure to enable a new custody centre to be built at Salisbury, so it's a holding position. Yes, an overflow would be Swindon, but also we've got surrounding forces and they are all subject to the same laws and procedures when we take people into custody. But for now, this is just a holding position while we build a purpose built facility at Salisbury.
Q. Which are the three most common crimes committed in Swindon?
A. Theft, shoplifting and minor damage.
Q. Why do you think some people do not report crime?
A. There are a number of issues. I need people to report crimes to us, but there are a number of issues why they might not. The media doesn't always help us, at times when they are saying about under recording of crime - we want to record it, we need to know where to target our resources, we don't know unless the public tell us. Sometimes people won't report it if it is fairly low level crime, they just see it as an acceptable loss to them. There will be those individuals who think the police may not be interested, it is fairly trivial and it is unlikely that we will get the offender. Our message is tell us and let us be the judge of that.
Q. Recently, a chief constable from another force said drugs gangs were able to operate within just two hours of being raided following organised operations, like your recent Op Harness. What is your take on this?
A. I've always said we are not complacent about this and I am conscious of the fact that, because of the way the drugs trade works, people will seek to fill the breach. We know the demand in Swindon was significantly affected by our recent raids and we also know that users and dealers do talk to each other. You can compare it to any business with people making money, they will try and exploit any opportunity they can - it can be within a number of hours but we try to keep one step ahead. We rely on members of the public coming forward and being our eyes and ears. We will always act on the information we receive.
Q. Should police officers be required to be fitter? The bar seems to be set quite low.
A. There is a national fitness test which all officers, as of September, will be required to pass. We need to be at a reasonable standard of fitness. I need officers to be fit enough to chase a burglar, thieves and criminals. We expect a reasonable level of fitness and I am content with the level of fitness the test requires.
Q. There seems to be a very high number of accidents on Thamesdown Drive due to speeding and as a resident, I regularly see cars jumping red lights. What is being done to tackle this problem?
A. We will target it according to complaints - the Community SpeedWatch scheme enables the local community to take action, but if it becomes an area of serious complaint, we will task it to the roads policing department. The issue we have with Thamesdown Drive is we have a long, straight road, with no traffic calming measures and we will find that people's speed is creeping up. Having somebody stood on the side of the road in a hi-vis jacket and a speed gun catching drivers speeding, and following this up with a warning letter can really work, and it has been really popular.


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Town centre managers Kingstonfirst have set out their stall for the next five years.
They launched their bid yesterday at the Rose Theatre to retain the reins in Kingston for the third iteration of the town's business improvement district.
The company claims success in saving cash through recycling and crime initiatives over the last 10 years, including a radio network linking shops to help them share information.
But it has come under fire in other areas, including the regeneration of the ancient market place.
Town centre businesses have to vote whether to continue with the BID, funded by a 1 percent levy on business rates.
Last time around, in 2009 they said yes, with 263 yes votes from a 40 percent turnout.
Chief executive Ros Morgan said Kingstonfirst would invest more than £8m if business rate payers opted for another five year term, taking them up to 2019.
Voting will take place from Thursday, May 29, to Thursday, June 26, with the result announced the next day.
Are you a town centre business? What would you like to see included in the latest BID? How have Kingstonfirst done for the past four years? Let us know at email@example.com or call 020 8744 4244.


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THERE won't be any more puddles on the floor at Upton's scout hut, now that a brand-new roof has been installed.
The town's scout group worked for six long years to raise the £10,000 needed to fund the work.
Val Holland of the group said: "We approached many local councillors to assist with our funding and the group us very pleased to acknowledge the generous support from Roger Sutton, Lucy Hodgson and the late Bob Bullock.
"We also received assistance from the Baden Powell Guild. Special thanks must go to a very generous local donor, Mrs Eleanor Grigson.
"Thanks to a dedicated team of adults, the Cub pack is so successful that we have had to start a waiting list and have opened a new Beaver Colony for boys and girls aged six to eight."
The hut has also new lighting provided by Kevin Tyrell, father of one of the cubs, and the next task is to upgrade the wiring and install a new cooker.


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Get an overview of this hotelFamily-friendly Chiang Mai hotel in Chang Khlan, near Chiang Mai City Arts & Cultural Center
Popular property highlights
Located in Chang Khlan, this family-friendly Chiang Mai hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Central Chiang Mai Memorial Hospital and Chiang Mai Night Bazaar. Chiang Mai City Arts & Cultural Center and Wat Chiang Man are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Hotel Features
A full-service spa, a restaurant, and an outdoor pool are available at this hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a fitness center, a bar/lounge, and an outdoor tennis court are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 281 rooms feature thoughtful touches like bathrobes and slippers, along with conveniences such as refrigerators and coffee makers. Free WiFi and 24-hour room service are standard, as are flat-screen TVs with cable channels.
Guest Highlights
- Spacious guestrooms
- Good location
- Pool
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
Shangri-La Hotel Chiang Mai
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, Shangri-La Hotel Chiang Mai features an outdoor tennis court and an outdoor pool. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 5-star property offers access to a business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. 4 meeting rooms are available. This luxury hotel also offers a fitness center, a sauna, and a children's club. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- 24-hour front desk
- Children's club (surcharge)
- Number of floors - 12
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Conference space
- Fitness facilities
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Full-service spa
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Business center
- Children's club
- Luggage storage
- Garden
- Concierge services
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Laundry facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Meeting rooms 3
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 281
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Sauna
- Shopping on site
- Steam room
- Outdoor pool
- Wedding services
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Number of meeting rooms - 4
- Tennis on site
- Outdoor tennis court
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Outdoor tennis court
- Laundry facilities
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Refrigerator
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- DVD player
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Bathrobes
- Private bathroom
- Bidet
- Desk
- Cable TV service
- Iron/ironing board
- Free bottled water
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Coffee/tea maker
- DVD player
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Minibar
- Free newspaper
- In-room massage available
- Refrigerator
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Slippers
- Phone
- Turndown service
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
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DUDLEY Sports need to start turning draws into wins, says boss Tony Gore.
His side has claimed a point from four of the last six games as they look to stay clear of a West Midlands League relegation scrap.
They picked up another point when drawing 1-1 away to Wednesfield last Saturday thanks to a late penalty from Justin Nixon. Even though a draw was a good result for Dudley, it is an area Gore thinks his side could improve to their advantage.
"We played really well on Saturday and because those around us lost, a draw proved to be a good result. We have drawn a lot of our games recently so it is something we need to look at improving. If we can turn some draws into wins it will really help our points tally at the end of the season," he said.
Dudley Sports were set to face Wellington at home last night and will take on Bilston at home on Saturday.
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Both teams are keen to finish in the top two to gain promotion from the West Midlands League Division 2.


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AS HAUNTING images and reports of diplomatic frustration crowd accounts of the horror of life in today's Syria, memories of blood-curdling conflicts from the too recent past, in which Moscow and Washington were key players, have been a forceful brake on international calls to see off the diminished dictator of Damascus, Bashar al-Assad.
Despite reducing his country to a charnel house, can the Syrian president hang on, in what now is a regional proxy war? Or, despite impressive military gains in the past few weeks, can Assad's opponents topple him without full-throated international support?
When Vladimir Putin sees pictures of devastation in Aleppo, they may remind him of Moscow's mid-1990s carpet-bombing of Grozny, capital of the restive republic of Chechnya.
And Barack Obama's advisers remember too well another mid-'90s conflict, in which rebel forces who had used American-supplied weapons to end the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan then turned on each other, so traumatising their nation that the Taliban were welcomed as they imposed a fundamentalist peace, but then made the country a haven for Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda.
So Putin has stuck with Assad for almost two years, allying with China to block action against his regime at the United Nations. And Obama has kept his head under the blankets, doling out the minimum in ''non-lethal'' aid to the rebels in Syria.
Now there are signs that both may be shifting - Obama to embrace the rebels, Putin to loosen his embrace of Assad.
Obama backed last year's NATO mission in Libya on the grounds that Muammar Gaddafi had threatened violence against the rebel city of Benghazi, but in the face of 40,000 actual deaths in Syria, Obama averted his gaze as best he could.
That is until this week, when he used intelligence reports that Syrian forces appeared to be preparing chemical weapons for deployment to draw a line in the sand. US officials have indicated that Washington will soon recognise the latest version of the Syrian opposition leadership as the ''legitimate representative'' of the Syrian people. It may also designate an al-Qaeda-like rebel unit, Jabhat al-Nusra, as terrorists, perhaps to allay fears that weapons supplied by the US will go to fundamentalists.
At the same time, reports from Moscow indicate a dilution in what has been rock-solid support for Assad. Rebel successes have prompted official speculation that it might be time for Moscow to back a transition of power.
But there is never a perfect moment for intervention. Syria is likely to get uglier and to haemorrhage as a global crisis.
NATO this week agreed to deploy Patriot anti-missile batteries on the Turkish border; the UN is withdrawing its staff; and the onset of winter will exacerbate an already grave humanitarian crisis.
The rebel fighters are making impressive territorial gains in the north and the east. Much of their new zeal is being attributed to the militia that Washington is set to blackball.
Rebel forces are also unnerving the regime by pulling the fight back to the capital, where the regime repelled their advances in July. Without men and machines to blanket the country, Assad could be forced to abandon more territory.
''We're not yet at a point where the regime is in total panic mode and can no longer make rational - however nasty - decisions about military strategy,'' says Emile Hokayem, a Bahrain-based analyst for the International Institute for Strategic Studies. ''[But] he has to decide which cities around Damascus to destroy and which cities to keep in hand.''
Many analysts are reserving judgment on the reliability of the newly formed National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, which already has the backing of Britain, France, Turkey and the Gulf states.
''The problem is that events on the ground have largely overtaken this effort at statecraft,'' University of Oklahoma analyst Joshua Landis wrote this week. ''[The rebels] tend to look at this national coalition as a foreign concoction, selected by unknown hands, and representing only itself.''
He warned: ''Today, Syria is ruled by guns, radicals and tough guys. It will take a miracle for the US to glue this new exiled leadership on top of the militia lords in Syria.''
It is highly unlikely that the death, capture or exile of Assad would be the start of a peaceful new era in Syria. Instead, the rebels can be expected to turn on one another - secular versus Islamist and the rebel forces settling scores with Christian, Kurd and Alawite minorities.
A former State Department spokesman, P. J. Crowley, warns in The Daily Beast: ''One dire possibility is that Assad's fall will not actually end the civil war. The Iraqi army dissolved after the fall of Saddam Hussein, with a significant portion joining the insurgency. Likewise, the losers in Syria, whether the Alawites or other regime elements, or its supporters, are not likely to go quietly.''


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Originally Published MDDI April 2004
Cover Story
The winners of the 2004 Medical Device Excellence Awards represent a broad range of outstanding achievements. From the Algo 3i newborn hearing screener to the Zassi bowel management system, the winners meet the highest standards of design, engineering, and innovation. In our exclusive coverage on the following pages, the 28 winning products are announced for the first time.
Sponsored by MD&DI magazine, these awards are devoted specifically to recognizing innovation and excellence in the design of medical device products. The 2004 winning products and their suppliers are listed below. If a product is highlighted in one of the feature articles that follow, a page reference is provided in place of the product's detailed description.
Following the list of winners, three articles highlight more than half of the winning products, providing extensive details behind the designs. The people behind the products share the stories of how their passion for their concept led to an award-winning design.
Ideally, products combine both innovation and great design. Innovation and Good Design: A Winning Combination takes a look at how products can achieve this balance. This article examines the design goals, methods, and execution of a few of the winning products.
Innovation is certainly a driving force behind the development of breakthrough devices. This key design element is the focus of Breakthrough Products Could Put Lesser-Known Firms on the Map. A few of the winning products are discussed to illustrate the critical connection between innovation and design excellence.
No matter how innovative, however, if a device isn't easy to use, it is unlikely that it will succeed in the marketplace. As described in Blending Form and Function: Good Design Starts with Usability, usability was noted as a major factor in the winning products. Although defining ease of use is subjective, the products featured in this article represent prime examples of the integration of this core design element.
All three articles provide different but equally important perspectives on how a winning product rises to a level of achievement that merits the coveted Medical Design Excellence Award.
The winners are selected by a panel of experts. A short biography of each juror is provided in Jurors Bring Wide Range of Expertise to MDEA Program.
Gold and Silver designations will be announced at the MDEA presentation on Wednesday, June 16, 2004, during the Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) tradeshow at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The ceremony is open to all show attendees. Winning products will be on display throughout the show.
For a closer look at how ingenuity and creativity make a winning product, just look below.
2004 Winning Products and Suppliers
Critical-Care and Emergency Medicine Products
Audicor cardiograph expansion system, manufactured by Inovise Medical Inc. (Newberg, OR).
Supply and design credit: Sirius Technol-ogy (McMinnville, OR), Andrews-Cooper Technology (McMinnville, OR), Oliver Products Co. (Grand Rapids, MI), and Long Beach Memorial Medical Center (Long Beach, CA).
LifePort kidney transporter, manufactured by Organ Recovery System (Des Plaines, IL). Entry submitted by IDEO (Palo Alto, CA). The LifePort kidney transporter perfuses kidneys with cold physiologic solution to improve organ condition during transport to transplant recipients.
Supply and design credit: IDEO (Palo Alto, CA).
Dental Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies
BiteStrip disposable bruxism test, manufactured by SLP Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel).
PrepMaster disposable air abrasion instrument, manufactured by Groman Inc. (Margate, FL). The PrepMaster is a disposable air abrasion instrument that enables dentists to perform all classes of cavity preparation and therapeutic surface etching, yet has a low unit price that makes disposability feasible.
Supply and design credit: A&G Plastics Inc. (Hialeah Gardens, FL), The R&D Group (Coconut Creek, FL), Lasereliance Inc. (Longwood, FL), K-Tube Corp. (Poway, CA), and Global Thermoforming & Engineering (Miami).
Finished Packaging
Dermabond topical adhesive ProPen XL, manufactured by Closure Medical Corp. (Raleigh, NC).
Supply and design credit: GW Plastics Inc. (Bethel, VT).
General Hospital Devices and Therapeutic Products
Algo 3i newborn hearing screener, manufactured by Natus Medical Inc. (San Carlos, CA). The Algo 3i new-born hearing screener is a portable, handheld device used to screen the hearing of infants between the ages of 34 weeks corrected gestational age and 6 months.
Supply and design credit: Pemstar/Pacific Consultants (San Jose), Seiko Instruments Inc. (San Jose), ACTiSYS (Fremont, CA), Elpac Power Systems (Irvine, CA), GCX Corp. (Suisun City, CA), Worldwide Manufacturing (San Bruno, CA), and SMAC/Bay View Funding (San Francisco).
Avalon CTS cordless fetal transducer system, manufactured by Philips Medizin Systeme GmbH (Boeblingen, Germany). The Avalon CTS cordless fetal transducer system provides for continuous, cordless patient monitoring in the antepartum period and during labor and delivery.
Supply and design credit: Kunststoff Christel GmbH & Co. (Bad Durrheim, Germany), and W. L. Gore & Associates GmbH (Putzbrunn/Munich, Germany).
Syndeo patient-controlled analgesia syringe pump, manufactured by Baxter Healthcare Corp. (Round Lake, IL). The Syndeo patient-controlled analgesia syringe pump is designed for the safe and precise delivery of analgesic, sedative, and anesthetic solutions in hospital or in alternative medical environments.
Supply and design credit: Herbst LaZar Bell Inc. (Chicago) and Insight Product Development (Chicago).
System 100 fluid removal system, manufactured by CHF Solutions Inc. (Brooklyn Park, MN).
Supply and design credit: YY Design (New York City), IN Inc. (Los Alamitos, CA), John Smith Medical Device Engineering (Oceanside, CA), MJL Engineering & Manufacturing Inc. (Escondido, CA), Smtek International Inc. (Marlborough, MA), EAD Motors (Dover, NH), Introtek (Edgewood, NY), Integrated Power Design (Wilkes-Barre, PA), Harding Energy (Norton Shores, MI), Genesis Medical Technology (Owings Mills, MD), Sonny Behan Consulting (Duluth, GA), DataKey Electronics Inc. (Minneapolis), TriVirix International Inc. (Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK), Indulgent Technologies (Stow, MA), Donbar Industries (Long Valley, NJ), CarTika Medical (Plymouth, MN), Dunn Industries (Manchester, NH), Grove Engineering (Buskirk, NY), Bunzl Extrusion Massachusetts Inc./Pexco Medical Products (Northborough, MA), Spectrum Laboratories Inc. (Rancho Dominguez, CA), Quality Mold and Design (Londonderry, NH), Merit Medical Systems Inc. (South Jordan, UT), Minnetech (Minneapolis), Pelham Plastics (Pelham, NH), Method Associates Inc. (Keyport, NJ), Venetec International Inc. (San Diego), Colder Products Co. (St. Paul, MN), InterV/Manan Medical Products Inc. (Wheeling, IL), B. Braun Medical (Plymouth, MN), and Halkey-Roberts (St. Petersburg, FL).
Zassi bowel management system, manufactured by Zassi Medical Evolutions Inc. (St. Louis).
Supply and design credit: Yeungnam University Medical Center (Daegu, South Korea), Yushin Medical Co., Ltd. (Bucheon City, South Korea), Command Medical Products (Ormond Beach, FL), Jamak Fabrication Inc. (Weatherford, TX), Parylene Coating Services (Katy, TX), and Cycles Inc. (Sterling, MA).
Implant and Tissue-Replacement Products
Bion microstimulator, manufactured by Advanced Bionics Corp. (Valencia, CA).
Supply and design credit: The Alfred Mann Foundation (Valencia, CA), Quallion (Sylmar, CA), and the Al Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering, USC (Los Angeles).
In Vitro Diagnostics
CellTracks AutoPrep system, manufactured by Immunicon Corp. (Huntingdon Valley, PA). The CellTracks AutoPrep system is used with immunomagnetic reagents that capture target cells and labeling reagents that differentiate them. The first application is based on isolation and characterization of rare circulating tumor cells.
Supply and design credit: HS Design Inc. (Gladstone, NJ) and Astro Instrumentation LLC (Strongsville, OH).
Paradigm Link blood glucose meter, developed jointly by BD Medical, Diabetes Care (Franklin Lakes, NJ), Medtronic MiniMed (Northridge, CA), and Nova Biomedical (Waltham, MA), and manufactured for BD Medical, Diabetes Care and Medtronic MiniMed by Nova Biomedical. The Paradigm Link blood glucose meter is the world's first untethered wireless glucose meter that provides bidirectional communication between a glucose meter and insulin pump.
Supply and design credit: Nova Biomedical, Medtronic MiniMed, and Herbst LaZar Bell (Chicago).
ThinPrep imaging system, manufactured by Cytyc Corp. (Boxborough, MA). Entry submitted by Battelle Healthcare Products (Columbus, OH).
Supply and design credit: Battelle Healthcare Products (Columbus, OH).
VersaTrek automated microbial detection system, manufactured by Trek Diagnostic Systems Inc. (Cleveland). Entry submitted by Plexus Technology Group (Neenah, WI). The VersaTrek automated microbial detection system is a clinical laboratory instrument that combines blood culture, sterile body fluid culturing, mycobacterial detection, and mycobacterium tuberculosis susceptibility testing in a single platform.
Supply and design credit: Plexus Technology Group (Neenah, WI) and Mayville Engineering Co. (Mayville, WI).
Over-the-Counter and Self-Care Products
HealthWear weight loss system, developed and manufactured by BodyMedia Inc. (Pittsburgh) and marketed by Roche Diagnostics Corp. (Indianapolis).
Supply and design credit: K Development Inc. (Erie, PA), Millennia Technologies Inc. (Cheswick, PA), Nypro ADC (Elmhurst, IL), and Theron Inc. (Carmel, IN).
Vicks underarm thermometer, manufactured by Kaz Inc. (New York City). Entry submitted by Smart Design (New York City). The Vicks underarm thermometer accurately and comfortably takes the axillary temperature of children aged 2 to 7 years. It is especially suited for children too old for rectal measurements, yet too young to hold an oral thermometer.
Supply and design credit: Smart Design (New York City).
Radiological and Electromechanical Devices
Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter and CryoConsole, manufactured by CryoCath Technologies Inc. (Montreal, QC, Canada). Entry submitted by Morelli Designers (Montreal, QC, Canada). The Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter and CryoConsole system achieves cryotherapeutic temperatures as low as –75ÞC, providing electrophysiologists with a precise, minimally invasive solution for treating cardiac arrythmias.
Supply and design credit: Morelli Designers (Montreal, QC, Canada).
CT Exprés advanced contrast media delivery system, manufactured by Swiss Medical Care, SA (Lausanne, Switzerland).
Supply and design credit: Debiotech, SA (Lausanne, Switzerland), LRE Technology Partner GmbH (Nordlingen, Germany), and Medisize (Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland).
Partner Rhythm Assistant, manufactured by Guidant Corp. (Indianapolis). Entry submitted by Worrell Inc. (Eden Prairie, MN).
Supply and design credit: Worrell Inc. (Eden Prairie, MN).
Secca fecal incontinence treatment system, manufactured by Curon Medical Inc. (Fremont, CA).
Supply and design credit: Ambrit Engineering Inc. (Santa Ana, CA), MOS Plastics (San Jose), D & N Precision Inc. (San Jose), Watson-Marlow Pumps (Wilmington, MA), and Innerstep (Fremont, CA).
Rehabilitation and Assistive-Technology Products
Hand Mentor rehabilitation system, manufactured by Kinetic Muscles Inc. (Tempe, AZ).
Supply and design credit: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).
Omega T-Ring CAD tool, manufactured by Ohio Willow Wood (Mount Sterling, OH).
Storm Series TDX5 power wheel-chair, manufactured by Invacare Inc. (Elyria, OH).
Surgical Equipment, Instruments, and Supplies
Diego powered dissector, manufactured by Gyrus ENT LLC (Bartlett, TN). Entry submitted by IDEO (Palo Alto, CA). Supply and design credit: IDEO (Palo Alto, CA).
Endoscopic Full-Thickness Plicator, manufactured by NDO Surgical (Mansfield, MA). Entry submitted by Item New Product Development (Providence, RI). The Endoscopic Full-Thickness Plicator is designed to grasp, retract, fold, and fixate tissue near a weakened lower esophageal sphincter as a treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Supply and design credit: Item New Product Development (Providence, RI), DaTuM 3D (Watertown, MA), Optimum Technologies (Southbridge, MA), and BarenBoym Co. (Framingham, MA).
Indigo Optima laser system, manufactured by Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. (Cincinnati). The Indigo Optima laser system consists of a diode laser and unique diffusing fiber optics to provide office-based, minimally invasive treatment of benign prostatic hyper-
plasia. The system uses a thermotherapy process known as interstitial laser coagulation.
Supply and design credit: Plexus Corp. (Neenah, WI), and Elcan Optical Technologies, a Raytheon Co. (Midland, ON, Canada).
MicroTargeting Platform System, manufactured by FHC Inc. (Bowdoinham, ME).
Supply and design credit: StarFix Inc. (Portland, ME), Aerohydro Inc. (Southwest Harbor, ME), Z-Kat Inc. (Hollywood, FL), IVS Solutions AG (Chemnitz, Germany), and Harvest Technologies (Belton, TX).
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15 August 2013 03:31 PM #1
I think your bumble is most likely a male Bombus lapidarius . Edwards & Jenner indicates that it could be confused with B. monticola, if the orange-red tail extends over half the abdomen but I don't get the latter where I live, so can't be sure from your pic.
15 August 2013 08:18 PM #2
Thanks urbanbumble…I did wonder whether it was lapidarius but I have only seen one worker all summer….b.lapidarius have been very scarce in the garden for the last few years. I last noticed a lot them in the garden in 2004, there must have been a nest either in or near the garden…ever since I've been trying to remember what I was growing that year to draw them in
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16 August 2013 10:15 AM #4
Hi again,
This is a male Bombus pratorum - early bumbles that do a good pollination job on my raspberries. These have mostly finished here now.
I agree with you about the lack of Bombus lapidarius this year. I'm seeing more males now that ever I did the workers, so there must have been a nest somewhere local. They do like foraging Campanulas - maybe the flowering period was out of sinc with the B. lap. workers and I missed their activities.
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STUDENTS from Malvern will have access to more further education courses from September thanks to a new bus.
South Worcestershire College will be providing college transport, for a small charge, from Malvern to its Evesham Campus, with possible pick-ups along the route according to demand.
Among courses offered at the Evesham campus include engineering, graphic design, games design, animal care, and plumbing and heating.
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Regional Trading Standards officers are urging Keighley people to stay secure in their homes by saying "no" to cold calling doorstep traders.
As part of the Trading Standards Institute's annual National Consumer Week, householders are being encouraged to tell doorstep traders to go away.
And officers stress that traders who refuse to leave are committing a criminal offence and should be reported to them or the police.
A spokesman for the campaign said: "More than 10,000 complaints are made about cold calling doorstep traders every year, but this is likely to only be the tip of the iceberg. We know victims are often embarrassed and frightened and many incidents will go unreported.
"One incident that was reported to Trading Standards was of a 'tree surgeon' who posted fliers through doors of elderly residents touting for gardening work.
"The trader offered to cut down various trees for an 86-year-old lady with dementia, and tried to charge £8,000 for the work but the true value of the work was nearer to £300.
"West Yorkshire Trading Standards Service received a complaint and intervened to assist the elderly consumer. She stopped the cheque and no money exchanged hands."


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Initiative 502's DUI provision will bring few changes, prosecutor and police say
The first provisions of Initiative 502, the measure legalizing marijuana for recreational use at the state level, will go into place Dec. 6, pending election certification later this month. On that date, up to one ounce of useable marijuana will be decriminalized and the Driving Under the Influence of Drugs mandate will go into place.
Marijuana-friendly critics of the law, like Anthony Martinelli of the legalization group Sensible Washington, have expressed concern that the per se TetraHydroCannabinol limit—5 nanograms per milliliter of whole blood—will result in unintoxicated citizens being arrested and convicted for driving under the influence.
"Rhetoric and politics aside, the new driving under the influence of drugs policy for THC, which is per se (meaning your blood level, not actual impairment, is the determining factor of guilt), will ensnare innocent individuals, especially patients, and especially those under 21, for whom it's a zero-tolerance policy," Martinelli wrote in a Nov. 6 editorial on Sensible Washington's blog.
But local justice personnel in Bonney Lake and Enumclaw say DUID procedure will be mostly business-as-usual, pending unforeseen future case law.
"It's not going to be that much different," Enumclaw City Prosecutor Mike Reynolds said. "Alcohol and/or drugs that can cause intoxication are both already covered under state law. You can have a DUI for prescription medication. A DUI for marijuana isn't new. The only complication was in the THC blood level."
Just how long THC—the psychoactive component in marijuana plants responsible for the "high"—stays in the system has been a source of concern for the law's pro-marijuana critics.
"Active THC lingers in the body for days, and we have no home test for individuals to determine if they're below 5 (nanograms per milliliter of whole blood) before they drive," Martinelli wrote in his editorial.
But New Approach Washington, the organization that crafted Initiative 502, argues that the idea that a driver could be intoxicated days after smoking is based on a chemical misunderstanding.
It is true that common drug tests, like those administered by an employer or court monitoring, can detect recent marijuana use days after the fact; even a month for heavy users. But such tests measure carboxy-THC, an inactive chemical that hangs around in the body well after the drug has been metabolized.
New Approach Washington cites analysis from a 2009 article in Addiction, a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by London's National Addiction Centre. Analysis of plasma during and after smoking a single 3.55 percent THC marijuana cigarette showed an average user would see carboxy-THC levels rise above 40 milliliters per nanogram within an hour of smoking and stay above 40 for at least four hours after use.
But the state blood limit measures active delta-9-THC. In the same plasma study, the average user's active THC levels skyrocketed to 150 milliliters per nanogram shortly after use, before dropping to less than 20 within an hour. Blood levels of active THC gradually decreased to near-zero four hours after use.
"We've never gone purely mechanical (on DUI charges)," Reynolds said. "What we examine is, 'Is your driving affected by intoxication?'
"For example, a person who is not a drinker at all may have a little bit and become impaired from that amount. The chemical presence might not be a lot, but because of their ability to drive being impaired, they could still be charged with DUI."
Before a standard suspicion-of-DUI stop, officers first consider whether a vehicle is traveling erratically in a way that might suggest an intoxicated driver. If it is, an officer will initiate a stop and contact the driver, noting any strange behavior, slurred speech or smell of intoxicants.
"There typically is a good indication (if a driver is under the influence of a substance) because they act differently," Bonney Lake Police Chief Dana Powers said. "Typically, if you have the telltale signs, an officer will move on to FSTs."
The Standardized Field Sobriety Test, commonly abbreviated by law enforcement officers as SFSTs or FSTs, is a battery of three tests administered to determine impairment and establish probable cause for an arrest. They are the horizontal gaze nystagmus test—a check for exaggerated involuntary jerking of the eyes as they follow an object side-to-side—the walk and turn test along a straight line, and the one-leg stand. Research sponsored by the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration has determined that the combined results of the three tests create an accurate idea of intoxication 91 percent of the time.
It's at this point that alcohol and drug-related DUI stops differ.
In a drinking-related DUI or DWI investigation, an officer follows the SFST with a portable breath test to determine whether the driver is in excess of the 0.08 Blood Alcohol Content limit. The portable test provides a presumptive—but not evidentiary—BAC level that factors into an officer's decision whether to arrest a suspect and administer two evidentiary breath tests during booking.
Marijuana and other non-alcohol drugs have no such presumptive test.
"There are an advanced form of SFSTs," Enumclaw Lt. Bob Huebler said. "Officers may decide they're needed on stops where drivers show impairment, but not necessarily intoxication."
The advanced tests, as described by Huebler, examine a host of physical signs of drug use, including respiration and pulse, and require the expertise of a trained Drug Recognition Expert. Certification is a rigorous process that requires demonstrable knowledge of the effects of a whole wide world of drugs, and it's rare for a local department to have one on staff. Enumclaw Police have a DRE on staff, and Bonney Lake calls one in from other Pierce County agencies when needed.
If the criteria for suspicion of drug use are met, police can have the suspect's blood drawn at a medical facility. The blood is extracted to vials provided by Washington State Patrol and submitted to a state lab for analysis. That's true for suspicion of any drug, and is already true for marijuana, Reynolds said; the new THC blood limit simply sets the standard for presumed intoxication.
But a blood level below the legal limit doesn't guarantee protection against charges, according to the text of the law. In cases where a sample—of either THC or alcohol—is obtained more than two hours after the suspect was driving, any result above zero may be used as evidence of sufficient intoxication while behind the wheel.
Additionally, drivers younger than 21 are subject to zero tolerance on THC blood levels, in contrast to the 0.02 blood alcohol limit for minors.
With marijuana DUI law brought closer to that of alcohol, law enforcement's approach is part status quo, part wait-and-see.
"The state is obviously going to have to look at (the law)," Powers said. "You can possess it now. It opens up a lot of questions no one has all the answers to yet. So as we work through this, we'll be paying close attention to case law that arises in the future.
"We'll do our best to work with the state and the county through it all."
Huebler agreed.
"We're keeping our ears to the ground," he said. "Case law guides us and gives us a better idea of things (as cases are decided in court). We're here at the will of the people, and if (recreational marijuana) is what the people want, it's our job to work with that."
The Courier-Herald called Buckley Police Department Officer Kevin Goss, a trained marijuana technician and high-volume DUI arrester, Wednesday regarding the DUID provision of Initiative 502. Goss responded with a voice mail message Thursday morning. He was not sure how Initiative 502 would play out, he said, but he was "sure" DUID arrests would go up once officers had the proper field training.
For Further Reading:
13 Things you may not know about Initiative 502
Initiative Measure 502 Full Text (Washington Secretary of State website)
The International Drug Evaluation and Classification Program


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Neutrogena Oil-Free Moisture SPF 15 Reviews
Great moisturizerIt takes a couple days to get used to the slight sunscreen-like smell but its definitely worth it. Moisturizes well but if you apply too much your face can end up looking quite greasy. If you mix it with your foundation and then apply the mix it really help even out your skin tone. It absorbs pretty fast and is overall just a wonderful product. Occasionally I have to reapply during the day which is why I give it a 9 and not a 10. — 5 years, 5 months agosportimonki13 | 51 reviews
Still a Top Favorite!Lightweight, non-sticky, and with SPF! A little of this moisturizer goes a long way, and the small bottle also packs well when traveling! For those with oily skin, finding good moisturizer with sufficient SPF protection that is oily free is quite hard, but do give this one a try! — 7 years, 2 months agotheycallmerainbow | 106 reviews
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hmmi really like this! its just the amount of moisture without being greasy with spf, and i love using it under my makeup and i also love mixing it with my foundation for a more sheer look for summer — 6 years, 3 months agoaddkg777 | 237 reviews
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Great for sensitive, dry skinTried this out one year when my face was extremely dry one winter and nothing else seemed to help. my brother let me borrow some of his lotion and I was hooked! been using it since. I have sensitive skin and have never had a problem with it. I've even tried other moisturizers but always come back. also, it last FOREVER! I use it every morning and it goes a long way. — 2 years, 3 months agomarisrad | 19 reviews
Will not buy againThe two only good things about this moisturizer is the SPF 15 and the oil free formula. It is really light and I skin doesn't feel moisturized after use. I also have sensitive skin and as soon as I put it around my eyes, my skin and my eyes start burning. I will definitely go back to my favorite moisturizer from Desert Essence. — 4 years, 8 months agodanaevc | 20 reviews
Works great and has sun protectionHave been using this product for years. Goes on light, works well under foundation, and provides sun protection. It doesn't have a strong scent like some other neutrogena moisturizers I've tried, which is good. — 5 years, 4 months agoWestcoastGirl9 | 2 reviews
love!!!i love it! spf 15, oil free, and cheap!! i have extremely oily skin, and its perfect. very lightweight. it lasts forever, because you don't need to use a lot of it. target's brand is just as good also, and even cheaper. — 5 years, 5 months agocarrie_wallace | 2 reviews
Magical MoisturizerLightweight, non-greasy, fresh scent, absorbs quickly. Leaves my oily skin looking matte for a few hours. This moisturizer does seem to decrease the oil slicks on my face. I purchased from Target for 10 bucks. — 5 years, 6 months agoforever25 | 6 reviews
Not a Moisturizer!I orginally bought this a while ago, so I don't know if they came out with a better formula, but this isn't a moisturizer! Is feels and smells just like sticky, poor quality sunscreen and doesn't do much different to your skin than it! I put this on and Immediately smelt that sunscreen smell you associate with a hot, sweaty day at the pool, not my everyday makeup routine. I normally let my moistur...read moreizer sit into my skin for 3-5 minutes, so as I waited while getting dressed I noticed it still felt oily and sticky. I ended up waiting 10 minutes for it to sink into my skin, but it just wouldn't. I re-washed my face since this obviously wasn't working, and used my normal moisturizer. So disappointing, I usually love Neutorgena :'( — 5 years, 11 months agorazzberrry | 4 reviews
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Hi all,
I want to extend a heart felt thank you to all the new friends I met on the Sierra Nevada Pashnit Tour.
I sometimes struggle expressing myself in words but I will try by telling what happened Sunday after the tour ended.
I thanked Tim and expressed to him what a special thing he and Tim M. had created. With a full tank of gas I headed north toward South Lake Tahoe not thinking about much, just winding down, pretty straight road, light traffic going my way, heavy the other way. Heading into some curves I begin to ride a little harder my mind beginning to pour over the riding tips I overheard, usually hanging around Keith, everyone was so eager to talk about riding, turning, body position, counter steering, lean, more turn for less lean angle…etc. that all I had to do was hang out around Keith and listen in to learn from some skilled and accomplished riders.
I could see in my minds eye Alan at the end of the dinner describing a climbing uphill right hand turn even though I could not hear a word he was saying. There was an unmistakable way he moved his body while talking, hands on the grips, dropping right shoulder, gentle push on the right grip, head looking far around the corner. A dynamic description of how to turn a motorcycle that is worth a thousand posts in a forum. I see him as the turns get tighter and my wrist rolls on more power, I feel my body trying to emulate the artistic way Alan moved, awkward at first but a little more natural with each turn.
I roll into Tahoe unsure of my immediate future. I stop at a small local store, buy a beer and a map and put them both in my T bag. Slowly rolling along the lake comes into view…wow… I stop at a park and beach next to the lake take the beer and map out and sit at a picnic table, sip the beer and pour over the map (by the way since childhood I have been fascinated with maps).
I begin to wax nostalgic about the previous 58 hours, wait is that all it was…58 hours…that can't be right. Let's see..7:30AM Friday it all started…all these strangers…all these bikes…a lot of speed here… lord, what have I gotten myself into. Anyway the hours 7:30 Saturday is 24... Sunday makes 48..It's 5:00 PM Sunday now, wow 58 is right. How could so much happen in just 58 hrs? How could so much change in just 58 hrs?
I sat looking over the lake for about an hour blissfully reliving the last 58 hrs. As my reminiscing began to catch up with real time I began to feel a wave of sadness wash over my entire soul. It was over…the adventure was over, but why was I sad, 58 hrs. straight and not one negative word or gesture or thought…. Wait, is that right? …………..It was……How could that be.
14 adults from all backgrounds, from places like Georgia, Louisiana, Las Vegas, England, Japan spend 58 hrs together with no BS. No attitude. No drama then it dawned on me….why I was sad. It was over. I knew I would see some of these folks again, that I would make sure of. Keith will be in Vegas in July I will see him then. I will see both Tim's again, this will certainly not be my last tour with them. I realized that even though I will see these people again We will never be together, all together, like this again….It's over…forever. I'll never have that 58 hrs. again….over…click…
A switch flipped in my brain, time to go home. 6:00 PM…. too early to get a room, 2 hrs. of daylight left. Can I make Lee Vining? Don't know, I should try. I pointed my nose into the wind, it was all business now, get home.
I stopped for the night in Bridgeport and was home in Las Vegas by noon Monday.
Thanks to everyone for the time of my life.


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Emphasizing the synergies between science and engineering, these video clips highlight the research of professional ocean scientists and engineers in various disciplines. The clips are accompanied by additional relevant content including images,... (View More) data visualizations, graphs, animations, and other information. Content has been organized into more than a dozen thematic areas such as Solving Old Problems with New Technology and Small Scale Observations and Large Scale Ideas. All content has been aligned with science and engineering practices from the Next Generation Science Standards, including "asking questions and solving problems" and "planning and carrying out investigations," providing applicable resources for teachers who want to provide role models of effective practice for their students. (View Less)
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This is an activity about color. Participants will use scientific practices to investigate answers to questions involving the color of the sky, sunsets, the Sun, and oceans. This activity requires use of a clear acrylic or glass container to hold... (View More) water, a strong flashlight, batteries for the flashlight, and powdered creamer or milk. (View Less)
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This Science On a Sphere (SOS) module is designed to help the public better understand the story of water on Mars and how we're learning more about it. It portrays the mystery of what happened to the water on Mars in the context of a detective... (View More) story. NASA's MAVEN mission (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutoN) will help solve this mystery by studying the Martian atmosphere, how it has changed over time, and how it interacts with the Sun and the solar wind. The module also delves into Mars exploration, featuring past, present, and future Mars missions, and includes an activity comparing images of water-related features on Earth and Mars. It will help people understand that a planet's climate can change over time and how learning more about Mars helps us learn more about Earth and other planets as well. Resources included are: script, SOS playlist and datasets, background and tips for the docent or facilitator, and image comparisons of water-related features on Earth and Mars. (View Less)
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Full-time day care places at a nursery school rated outstanding in its last three Ofsted inspections could be lost because of a funding crisis.
Low Hall Lane Nursery School and Children's Centre, in Low Hall Lane, Walthamstow, must enrol more children in less than three weeks or face a significant cut to services.
An emergency meeting held with parents and staff on Tuesday revealed that a drop in enrolments meant a significant restructure could be imminent – resulting in shortened hours and potential job losses.
The nursery, rated outstanding three times since 2006, currently has 97 children on its books.
Governor and parent Dan Edelstyn said: "It's the best place in our area, undoubtedly a treasure to the children who attend and their families.
"It would be very sad to see such an amazing community resource close."
He said enrolments have decreased because the centre lacks visibility - both to passers-by and to the "increasingly technologically savvy" parents in the borough.
"We need online presence to show what an exceptional place this is. The only thing we're missing is awareness," he said.
"There's a crisis in early years education and here's a place that's struggling to catch people's attention."
Governors five additional children must enrol for full-time day care by February 11 to prevent the cuts.
Executive headteacher Sandra Campbell said: "To lose such a valuable community resource would be a real blow to the parents and children of west Walthamstow.
"Low Hall Nursery has long been seen as a beacon in terms of its special needs provision and general early years foundation stage education.
Interm deputy headteacher Mandy Douglas said: "We want to keep the nursery daycare open next year, service the community and providing a happy and constructive environment for the children who come here."
An open day will be held at the nursery school on Thursday, running from 8am until 11am and from 1pm until 2.30pm.


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