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Setting for wedding in North Carolina
It worked out very well that our daughter-in-law had agreed to go with us since I had to change my flight to leave from Dallas but she was there to help Mom when I was not going to be on my original flight. We did end up on the same flight from Houston on to North Carolina. Our flights were scheduled so that we would arrive in N.C. at the airport just a few minutes after my sister who was coming from Idaho. That was the plan. Delays on my flight from Dallas changed that, but we ended up all together about an hour later that planned.
The next unexpected problem was a very long delay in getting our baggage, but in the early morning hours, the shuttle from the hotel picked us up and took us to our very welcoming beds. It had been a long day. My sister Debbie took the shuttle early the next morning while the rest of us slept in, and she got our rental car and came back to load us and our luggage to drive two hours to Black Mountain, North Carolina where the wedding would be held.
The entire weekend was filled with events of celebration. We had missed the first one since we did not arrive until late Thursday night, but on Friday evening we attended the rehearsal dinner. The afternoon was filled with our drive to Black Mountain, a visit with my other sister (mother of the bride) in the beautiful home they had rented, and then an additional drive to the house we had reserved. Our place was a lovely A-frame cabin in the woods. It was perfect for our needs. It was quiet, secluded, deep in the woods, and very comfortable. A close friend of our daughter-in-law joined us for Friday night. They had a great visit and talked long into the night.
The rehearsal dinner was beautifully laid out and was a unique experience with sort of a tasting of foods from Spain. It was good to have time with many of the extended family during that time. As for hearing, things went pretty well at the dinner. The tables were long but narrow. It is hard to hear across a wide table. Conversations were not loud throughout the room and I was able to converse with the mother of the groom who was seated beside me, and with my mom and sister who were across from us.
Rehearsal dinner
This little bird came and sat outside my window each morning at the
cabin and sang a sweet song (rain, fog, or sunshine).
Again, the hearing was fine. There were no mechanical noises overpowering the ceremony. A few birds sang. There were no traffic sounds, just peaceful, quiet, beauty. The couple had some amazing friends who had traveled from around the U.S. and the world to celebrate with them. The couple lives in Manhattan. As for the hearing at the reception, that was a different story. The room was crowded, the string quartet played, people were louder, and after the meal, a DJ set up with his huge speakers beside our table.
Mom being escorted to her seat for the wedding.Sunday morning after we took care of things at the rental cabin, we drove back to Black Mountain for a breakfast hosted by my sister Janet, mother of the bride (and Janet's husband). The gathering of friends and family was fun and lovely.
Lovely flowers and candles everywhere
My two sisters
Janet and Debra
Debra, Barbara, Mom, Janet, and me (Linda)
My mom with the bride and groom
It was such a lovely weekend. It would have been good to stay longer, but hopefully Ron and I can do that some day in the future. The month long break from my normal routine was nice. Ron and I missed each other and especially while I was on the two weekend trips, I would think of how much he would enjoy the trips.
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A major Auckland shopping mall was evacuated this morning as a man held a knife to a woman's throat for about 90 minutes.
The woman was visiting from Christchurch with her daughter, believed to be about 12 years old, who was stuck outside only to watch on as the incident unfolded at Manukau Westfield.
Police successfully defused the situation, arresting the man at about 10am.
A photo by a witness shows the man, dressed in a red hoodie and baseball cap, holding a knife to the woman near Burger King inside the food court.
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The scene, which kicked off at about 8:30am, sounds like something terrifying out of a horror movie. A manager from one of the stores at Westfield Manukau explained that she saw the man run towards the end of the food court and grab the woman by the neck, holding the knife against her.
A security guard ran towards her and said: "You need to move, you need to get out."
Police managed to diffuse the situation and the incident ended sometime before 10:00 am after about a 90 minute standoff.
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Thingstream data and low-power IoT efficiency
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LPWA (Low Power Wide Area) networks, such as Thingstream, allow low-power IoT devices to connect and communicate efficiently and effectively over large distances with minimal cost in terms of power. These networks are designed for sending small payloads such as information from sensors, alerts and status updates. For many remote devices, low-power is essential for preserving battery life and with the number of devices expected to rise exponentially, the environmental impact also needs to be considered.
To find out what low-power IoT really means, Thingstream CTO, Bruce Jackson puts Thingstream's low-power IoT claims to the test.
Low-power IoT communication – introduction
Thingstream is a service designed to provide connectivity for low-power IoT devices using the industry-standard MQTT-SN protocol across various cellular network technologies and bearers.
Like other end to end communications systems, Thingstream's low-power IoT communication solution is built upon a series of layers from the cellular radio access network up to the data transmission protocol. This layering is shown in the diagram below:
The protocols and embedded network integration used by Thingstream deliver a secure service that is highly optimised for both power and data efficiency.
A common question that arises is how Thingstream compares with other low-power IoT communication providers that use alternative protocols or implement them in different ways across cellular networks. This paper provides some side by side test results comparing:
- Thingstream over USSD (for 2G networks)
- Thingstream over LTE Cat-1 (for LTE networks)
- HTTP over LTE Cat-1
- HTTPS over LTE Cat-1
The communication layers for HTTP/HTTPS are shown below:
For all of these test cases, we look at both the power efficiency (how much power it takes to perform a typical operation) and data efficiency (how much overhead is introduced in sending a given message payload).
Test setup and methodology
In designing the tests we have tried to model cases that both reflect the real-world use we have seen in customers and also scenarios that are comparable across different technologies.
For all tests we have used the same hardware platform, shown below:
The "Frankenbutton" is a custom hardware platform based around the NXP LPC824 microcontroller, and used in the Thingstream Button modified to remove the SIMCOM 868 cellular modem and to allow connection to alternative external modems.
This hardware was chosen because it allows us to write tests that run "close to the metal" – the Frankenbutton hardware has no operating system or task scheduler, and therefore the code has complete control over the hardware and it is simpler to normalise out the power used by the microcontroller compared to the modem.
The cellular modem used for testing is a u-blox LARA-R211 module. This module allows us to control the radio access technology used for the tests and to swap protocols with relative ease from the same software base.
Power measurements were taken for the complete system via a Keithley 2280S connected to a PC to capture data, and using a combination of nginx and tshark to monitor and measure network traffic.
As mentioned previously, the tests were built around the most common scenario we see in customers in the real world, namely a device sending a small payload of data to a remote system. Therefore, the tests all use the same sample payload (in this case the 12-byte string "Hello World!") encoded appropriately for each protocol as shown in the table below:
|Transfer method
|Thingstream 2G/USSD
|MQTT-SN PUBLISH at QoS -1*
|Thingstream LTE Cat-1/UDP
|MQTT-SN PUBLISH at QoS -1*
|HTTP/LTE Cat-1
|HTTPS/LTE Cat-1
* QoS -1 = MQTT QoS (quality of service) level -1
It is obviously possible to choose other protocols for comparison with Thingstream, including MQTT over LTE Cat-1. However, it is possible to extrapolate from the HTTP tests where these will fall relative to the tests we have conducted.
Furthermore, it should be noted that the HTTP/LTE Cat-1 test is not strictly a like-for-like test. Thingstream provides an end-to-end security model through integration at the network core level. The device is authenticated by the SIM card and data is not exposed at any point outside a secure encrypted private network. The HTTP test does NOT do this: it is a POST of data in the raw with no form of authentication of the device or encrypting of data.
Power / current tests
For power tests, we measured the current drawn by the test hardware (the Frankenbutton and external modem module) over time. During this period, the test software performed:
A boot sequence to setup hardware and UART interface configuration
Power up the modem and attach to a network
Send a message using the selected protocol and bearer
Shutdown the modem
The results of the tests are shown in the chart below:
From this, it can immediately be seen that both of the Thingstream test cases (the yellow and red lines) draw less current than the HTTP-based cases, and for Thingstream over USSD, is also "on air" for a shorter period of time.
In the following chart, we sum the current consumption data over time and then normalise this against the lowest value (in this case Thingstream over USSD) to obtain relative results for a single message transfer:
Numerically, this same data is shown in the table below:
|Relative power consumption
|Thingstream 2G/USSD
|Thingstream LTE Cat-1/UDP
|HTTP/LTE Cat-1
|HTTPS/LTE Cat-1
Data tests
The second factor that was tested was the efficiency of a given protocol when sending a message from a device to a remote system. In other words: how much does the protocol 'inflate' the message payload to perform the task required.
The efficiency is important for two reasons:
- the overhead introduced by a given protocol will impact on the power consumed to send a message
- a typical data plan for cellular communication provides an allowance in bytes for a given price (for example €1 for 10Mb). If a protocol is highly inflationary, then the data allowance will be taken up by the overhead and not the payload (where the actual value lies)
The table below shows the total bytes transferred between the device and the remote system over the cellular network for the "Hello World!" test message payload:
|Payload (bytes)
|Total transferred (bytes)
|Inflation factor
|Thingstream 2G/USSD
|Thingstream LTE Cat-1/UDP
|HTTP/LTE Cat-1
|HTTPS/LTE Cat-1
This same data is shown in the chart below:
Thingstream Low-power IoT conclusions
In real-world scenarios, Thingstream outperforms other low-power IoT solutions by a significant margin both in terms of power and also efficiency/cost.
Thingstream uses less than half the power of HTTPS (which while secure, introduces other management overheads) and is many orders of magnitude more efficient over the air.
While Thingstream on USSD uses less power than UDP, it is not significantly different. Our client SDK will automatically select the best bearer based on power and coverage concerns, thus allowing customers to choose a single solution and know that it is optimised for power and performance while providing coverage across all 2G, 3G and LTE network, thus future proofing the investment in technology.
For more information on how Thingstream low-power IoT communication can bring value to your business, get in touch.


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This weekend, 45 of Canada's brightest science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students gathered at Toronto Pearson to embark on a journey of a lifetime to this year's MILSET Expo-Sciences International (ESI), which takes place in Abu Dhabi, September 22 to 28.
Young innovators and chaperones from every province and two territories are representing the country at this year's edition of ESI, an international event that brings together students from nearly 60 countries to showcase the creativity of young scientists from all over the world.
All members of the Canadian delegation are previous finalists at the Canada-Wide Science Fair (CWSF), the largest national STEM event hosted each year by Youth Science Canada, a charitable organization that aims to help youth from Grades 7 through 12 get involved in STEM and project-based learning. Youth Science Canada coordinated the trip, which is being led by board member, Jamie Parsons.
"It is truly inspiring to see so many Canadian students eager to travel to Abu Dhabi simply out of their love for science and to share their ideas and creations with the international STEM community," says Reni Barlow, executive director at Youth Science Canada. "We are excited to see like-minded youth from across the globe connect at this event and engage in STEM exploration".
Organized by The International Movement for Leisure Activities in Science and Technology (MILSET), ESI is a non-competitive event focused on encouraging scientific culture among youth and highlighting scientific creativity across nations. The fair welcomes approximately 1,200 participants from 58 different countries.
Facts on youth participants:
- Alberta, 2
- British Columbia, 7
- Manitoba, 4
- New Brunswick, 1
- Northwest Territories,1
- Nova Scotia, 2
- Ontario, 13
- Prince Edward Island, 1
- Quebec, 12
- Yukon, 2
About Youth Science Canada Established in 1962, Youth Science Canada fuels the curiosity of Canadian youth through science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) projects. We work to ensure that Canadian youth have the capacity and skills to generate and answer questions and identify and solve problems. The not-for-profit also engages leading public and private sector organizations in the development of a national STEM network of Canadian youth. For more information, please visit https://youthscience.ca
About Milset Expo-Sciences International MILSET ESI is an initiative of the International Movement for Leisure Activities in Science and Technology (MILSET), a non-governmental, non-profit and politically independent youth organization, which aims at developing scientific culture among young people through the organization of science-and-technology programs. Milset ESI is the largest event in UAE focusing exclusively on the scientific creativity of young aspiring scientists from all over the world. For more information, please visit https://www.esi2019.ae
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We liked the idea and outcome so much from last year, that we decided to do it again this year with the English 12 classes. We have had so many things that have hit our staff unexpectedly this year, that we decided to focus on staff as our recipients. We wanted to have a little pick-me-up for our staff when they came back from Thanksgiving break. We had students draw names of staff members (the red and green slips of paper in the black bin above), and then they created Christmas/holiday cards that were personal to that staff member. Some of their awesome work is below!
Holiday Paper Circuit Cards
As part of our monthly Quickfires last year, our English 12 students made Christmas/holiday paper circuit cards for our local Senior Center. The students really enjoyed creating them and it was a great creative outlet. Due to the rigor of their classes as students get older, sometimes the content is deep and there isn't always a chance for the creative outlet, so I love working on creative projects for our older students.
We liked the idea and outcome so much from last year, that we decided to do it again this year with the English 12 classes. We have had so many things that have hit our staff unexpectedly this year, that we decided to focus on staff as our recipients. We wanted to have a little pick-me-up for our staff when they came back from Thanksgiving break. We had students draw names of staff members (the red and green slips of paper in the black bin above), and then they created Christmas/holiday cards that were personal to that staff member. Some of their awesome work is below!
I made sure to get to work early on the first day back from break (plus a snow day added at the end!) so I could stick the cards in the staff mailboxes. We included a little note explaining how the cards work (so they can test student work), who made them, and a little holiday note. The students were so curious to hear about what teachers thought! It made the whole experience personal for them knowing the card was going to someone they knew.
Circuitry - 3 Ways!
This trimester, our high school is offering a new class, Tech Support Internship, where students apply to be part of the class, choose a learning pathway (self-discovery), and also learn about the various aspects of tech support. Our Tech Director, Dan Townsend, and District Media Specialist, Kelly McGee, and myself are going to work with the classroom teacher, Jeff Patin, to do some weekly Quickfires to get them thinking critically and incorporate some aspects of some of the pathways they might have selected.
For this Quickfire, the constraints were pretty simple:
1st Way - Conductive Play-Dough
This was my first time trying conductive play-dough and it took a little bit of trial and error, but worked great! I try to do the activities that I share with students first because I am nerdy like that, but more so, it gives me great insight for problems that might occur and prompting questions I can ask. Plus, I had to see what kind of recognizable object I could create - you can totally tell it is a macaroon, right? :)
For the play-dough, I used the recipes found at Teach Beside Me and they worked great (recipes below)! I doubled the given amounts for both and it turned out to be the perfect amount for the group of students.
Conductive Play-Dough (I used lemon juice when I made it)
1 cup Water
1 1/2 cups Flour
1/4 cup Salt
3 Tbsp. Cream of Tartar (or 9 Tbsp Lemon Juice gives the same results)
1 Tbsp. Vegetable Oil
Food Coloring, if desired
Mix in a medium size pot and cook over medium heat stirring consistently. It will thicken into a dough as it cooks. Let it cool, then if it is still too gooey, knead in a bit more flour.
Insulating Play-Dough
1 1/2 to 2 cups Flour
1/2 cup Sugar
3 Tbsp. Vegetable Oil
1/2 cup Water (use distilled for better results)
Food Coloring, if desired
Mix well. Start with less flour, but add more if dough is too sticky. Mine was really sticky so I added quite a bit more flour to get it to the right consistency.
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2nd Way - Pipe Cleaner Circuits
Oh goodness - I don't even know where to begin. Other than if I personally never have to create a pipe cleaner circuit again, I am totally cool with that. This was a definite test of my patience and I couldn't tell you how many times I walked away and then came back to it. But I eventually got it to work and that is all that counts - right? Modeling perseverance is what this one was for me.
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3rd Way - Paper Circuits
I am not going to lie, I did not re-create this example of a paper circuit as I have done them a couple of times before (remember my gnome card from here?). For this one though, I do like to have an example on hand that I can pull out if necessary to help them work through their circuits.
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I didn't get that many pictures because I think the intentional lack of direction through some students for a loop and they had quiet a few questions. The conductive play-dough proved to be the most difficult station in learning how to work with the two kinds of play-dough to make the circuit (they did not realize that they were two different kinds of play-dough that needed to work together to make the circuit work). They seemed to enjoy the pipe cleaner circuit station (and made me question why I had so many problems with it!) as well as the paper circuit station. The interesting thing about the paper circuit station was that once they figured out how to make the basic circuit work, they started working on how many lights they could get to work on their existing circuit (they could get 2 to work consistently and sometimes a third!).
This was our first time working with this group of students and so we weren't sure quite what to expect with giving them little to no direction. It definitely test their skills in more ways than one! I saw a few of the signs turned around to the back, but they did not notice the websites I provided! ;)
Paper Circuit Christmas Cards
Now that Thanksgiving has passed, my mind travels towards holiday themed activities. Christmas is my favorite time of year (and luckily I LOVE snow and live in a place where we get a decent amount!) so I was ready to jump into some fun learning activities.
For this Quickfire, I worked with high school seniors to make paper circuit Christmas cards which we would give to our local senior center. The students could decorate their card however they wanted, but they were to include at least 1 LED light that when pressure was applied to one point of the card, the light would light up. I had a DonorsChoose project funded in which I received lithium batteries, copper conductive tape, LED lights, and cardstock paper. The only other resources I needed were tape and coloring resources!
If you haven't heard or seen paper circuits before - they are so awesome! Below is a short video (or you can view it here) for how to make a paper circuit card.
It was amazing how quiet the room was as the students were working. Students who made cards in the morning came back at lunch to show their friends their cards. Students who weren't even in the classes I was working with today wanted to come and make a card because they heard what we were making. I think everyone had a blast working on these and the senior center was blown away by the cards and were so excited to decorate with them where people could interact with the cards. What a fun way to use learning about circuitry to give back to the community!
Some Student-Created Cards
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Performance, Return to Play, and Career Longevity After Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction in Professional Catchers.
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Marshall NE, Jildeh TR, Okoroha KR, Meta F, Lizzio VA, Moutzouros V, and Makhni EC. Performance, return to play, and career longevity after ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction in professional catchers. Arthroscopy 2018; 34(6):1809-1815
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Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association
PURPOSE: The purpose of our study was to evaluate return to play and postinjury performance of professional catchers who sustained an ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) rupture requiring surgical reconstruction. We looked to evaluate these players to determine the rate of return to play, the level of return to play, and career longevity after surgery as well as how statistical performance is affected by reconstruction.
METHODS: Twenty-five professional catchers who underwent UCL reconstruction between 1985 and 2015 were identified and compared with an age-, position-, and competition-matched control group. Priority was placed on level of play, year of injury, age, and years played prior to injury in matching controls. Injury information and demographic data (age at injury, level of play, and career length) were collected from publicly available team websites and press releases. Offensive and defensive performance statistics were collected for 3 years prior to injury and 3 years after return. Return to play, return to level of play, and career after return were also analyzed.
RESULTS: The average age at time of UCL injury was 24.4 (standard deviation, 4.5) years old. Return to play for all catchers was 80% (20/25), with only one player not returning to the same previous level of play (95%). Average years in Major League Baseball (MLB) after return was 2.3 years versus 2.6 years in the control group (P = .07), with 4.3 years total (MLB and minors) versus 3.8 years total in the control group (P = .28). There were no changes in offensive or defensive performance before and after injury.
CONCLUSIONS: UCL reconstruction in professional catchers can lead to successful outcomes. Catchers can expect a high rate of return to play with high rate of return to previous level of play, similar performance, and no change in career longevity following return from UCL reconstruction.
STUDY DESIGN: Level III, case-control series.
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Subglacial volcanic features beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet interpreted from aeromagnetic and radar ice sounding
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The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) flows through the volcanically active, late Cenozoic West Antarctic rift system. Active subglacial volcanism and a vast (>106 km3) extent of subglacial volcanic structures have been interpreted from aerogeophysical surveys over central West Antarctica in the past decade, combined with results from 1960s and 1970s aeromagnetic profiles over the WAIS. Modelling of magnetic anomalies constrained by radar ice sounding shows volcanic sources at the base of the ice throughout large areas, whose subglacially erupted hyaloclastite edifices have been eroded by moving ice, as in Iceland. The 1800 m-high divide of the WAIS is underlain by the 400 km-long volcanic Sinuous Ridge, which rises above sea level; most hyaloclastite edifices there have also been glacially removed, indicating migration of the ice divide through time. Northeast of the divide of the WAIS there is a 400-nT positive magnetic anomaly over the shallowest, most rugged bedrock topography (elevation +380 m above sea level), probably comprising subaerially erupted flows erupted when the Sinuous Ridge area was deglaciated. Uplift of the Sinuous Ridge may have forced the advance of the WAIS. Other aspects of the subglacial volcanism in Antarctica can be observed in Iceland and have a direct bearing on our understanding of the subglacial conditions of the WAIS and its dynamics.
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(ROSEBURG, Ore.) - Sections of Oregon Highways 62 and 138E and the entire stretch of Oregon Highway 230 will remain closed through Tuesday, Feb. 5 as downed trees and large amounts of snowfall have made the highways impassable.
* Oregon 138E is closed at Susan Creek east to U.S. 97;
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"Drivers shouldn't make plans to travel on these highways until at least Wednesday," said Oregon Department of Transportation District Manager John Vial. "There's a lot of clean-up work ahead of us. Crews are working around the clock to reopen these highways but it will be slow going because there's so much snow and downed trees up there."
According to Vial, crews are focused on clearing the highways of downed trees, snow and other debris. Conditions worsened Saturday night as two feet of new snow fell in the Diamond Lake area. Snow berms along Oregon 138E now exceed 15 feet in height in some areas.
"Our staff, our equipment and our budget are stretched beyond what's available," Vial said. "Our focus for the rest of Sunday is to help the communities trapped behind these closures."
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58-year old Bert Fernandez, a 30-year ODOT employee with the High Cascades maintenance crew, was injured Sunday morning when a 32-inch fir tree struck his one-ton pickup. The incident happened shortly before 6:00 AM between Prospect and Union Creek on Oregon 62.
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Jefferson February 4, 2008 10:17 am (Pacific time)
Neal you are simply a newbie here in Oregon. Long before you were born our roads and highways were getting the funding that was allocated. As the democrats got more control, more of these funds were reduced. As usual, your lack of experience/knowldge diminishes your opinion, but hey, thanks anyway...
Neal Feldman February 3, 2008 11:06 pm (Pacific time)
Jefferson - Sorry but it was no different under Empress Minnis or under any republican governor. I think the Shrub administration of the past 8 yrs has completely discredited the rhetoric you are spewing. Ah well...
Jefferson February 3, 2008 6:00 pm (Pacific time)
Excellent example of what happens with a democrat guv and legislature. In the past this was not a normal happening...resources are being directed to one boondoggle after another.
Neal Feldman February 3, 2008 3:02 pm (Pacific time)
Its because ODOT does not plan well so it lacks the proper equipment to deal with these things. We have a freakin mountain range in the state and we don't have snow plows etc to clear highways? Sheesh! Ah well...[Return to Top]
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Many people install metal braces if they've got problematic or crooked teeth. Even though they are successful in providing wanted results, they can sometimes cause inconvenience and discomfort. Those in need of braces today are lucky because the dental and orthodontic world has made a lot of advancements. If you really want to learn more, read on to understand why you should see a dentist about Invisalign.
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I wanna preface this saying that I'm not trying to call you out or anything. However, if you are struggling with PP maintenance you cannot criticise ANYTHING that will help maintain PP. Whether it is food, SSAs, potentials etc. Radiant response intentionally gives low returns as it affects multiple aspects of PP. Active (not really relevant for partizan), Passive and PP cost reduction. If you are using atra it is a brilliant SSA for partizan and the only other real choice aside from the PP regen while guarding thing (I think it is heavenly protection). I could just as easily say 'struggling with PP? just get better xDDD' as there are players who play partizan with full damage SSAs (I used to but had to change it for endless and it stuck with me) and they can still manage the weapon fine due to expertise. Remember: Uptime will mostly trump raw power so if you have to fill all SSA slots with PP regen aids then that's how it goes. It isn't uncommon for people to do that with their partizan, especially if it isn't their main weapon. And as a matter of fact partizan mains even have a PP regen partizan (again I don't because I'm lazy but ideally I would) so they can still do damage while being able to manage their PP better.
Anyway the point is ANY SSA that helps PP in some way is useful. There is a new one called heavenly keeper or something that is pretty awesome considering it is -8% PP Consumption Reduction while in the air and +20% Natural & Attack PP Recovery while on the ground. I personally use cursed radiance because of the large PP you can get back. Considering it is per damage taken it also gives you godlike PP regen when statused with burn or poison and weak multihits immediately fill you up. If you use lethal intent S1 and cursed radiance (S2, S3 or both) then you get back 15%/30% of your PP every 20 seconds guaranteed.


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Question: What will happen if Iran merely says that they've mined the Strait of Hormuz? It'd be enough to stop all big oil tanker traffic. But would this trigger a U.S./Israeli military response simply because we might be looking for a justifiable cause to bomb their nuclear facilities?
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When it comes to your Norfolk home's electrical system, you need to have professional electrical contractors ready to help you if you're doing Norfolk remodeling or any other type of construction work where electrical systems will be involved. Your home is important and so is the safety of everyone inside. Having work done on your electrical system that is far from superior just won't do, so you'll want to know that the electrical contractors you need are fully licensed, experienced, and know all there is to know about the systems.
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Staff Changes: Spring/Summer 2011
by Joe Savrock (May 2011)
The College of Education announces several staff changes this spring:
Derek K. Annan, multimedia specialist, arrived in the Education Technology Center (ETC) May 3--the very day ETC began its relocation to new office spaces. Derek has been working at Penn State since 2004, most recently in Information Technology Services. He takes the position previously held by Randy Persing, who retired in January. Derek can be reached in 230 Chambers Building, phone 865-2840, e-mail email@example.com
Three of our colleagues from the Office of Certification and Education Services have announced their retirements, effective June 30. Among them, they have more than 80 combined years of service to the education community.
- Dan Grow, coordinator of recruiting programs, certification, & academic services, has served the College of Education for 35 years. His effective retirement date is June 30.
- Iris Flynn, administrative support assistant and records examiner, has served the College for nearly 26 years. Her effective retirement date is July 1.
- Kep Sones, academic advisor, has been a member of the College for 25 years. His effective retirement date is June 30.
Cathy Watson, administrative support assistant in the Department of Learning Performance Systems, also plans to retire on June 30.
Rusty Z. Myers, systems administrator, has moved on to take a position with the University's Information and Technologies Systems. His last day in the College of Education was April 13.
Tina Vancas, administrative support coordinator in the Center for the Study of Higher Education, has assumed a new role in the Department of Geosciences, in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. She began her new assignment June 1.


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For reasons I'm not entirely sure of, I'm putting this in a separate post. I've almost completely finished Fez, though I'm still a bit shy of the ending for reasons that I'll explain later. I feel that I needed to write some sort of follow-up post to my previous entry, in which I pretty much ripped Fez to shreds. The post was incredibly unfair, as I based most of my opinions on my tired, unpleasant experience with the first ending in the game. If I had been truly professional about the experience, I would have played the game through to the end in order to take in the full meaning of not only that ending, but the post-game that followed. For that, I apologize for my horrible reporting the first time around.
Note that I'm not wholly redacting my first post though. Certain elements of my opinion still stand. The game is based on a mechanic that, between the time of announcement and release, has been duplicated by other games, and isn't used to the extent that it probably could have been used here. I was asked by a friend if my experience would have been changed if there weren't a five-year waiting period between announcement and release. I responded that the mechanic, no matter how you slice it, still gets old quickly, but without the time for copycats to come along and steal my attention, it might've held my interest for a little bit longer.
What's changed between my first posting and now? I have since chosen that "New Game +" mode, and I'm satisfied to note that it's a continuation of the first game that happens to start very similarly to the opening scenes the first time you play, but with a certain extra element given to your character allowing new puzzles to be unlocked (I'm trying to avoid spoilers this time). Those spoilers held my interest for a while, but eventually you realize that there are only so many new puzzles added; they're just repeated several times in different ways or places. For example (and I don't think this is too much of a spoiler), on one island with a clock tower, there are four bonus cubes that can be unlocked, allegedly on the schedule with one appearing once every minute, one once every hour, one once every day, and one appearing once every week. That's what I'm stuck on now. I have about two more days to wait to grab that last cube, that final cube that will let me finally finish the game with a proper ending. So yes, there's also an element of frustration that comes with some of the puzzles' designs.
So where does that leave me? I'm going to stick by the opinion I posted last time, and that's that you should try the demo and see how you feel about the game.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
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Whether you have naturally aligned teeth or not, there may be one element of your smile that's still plaguing you – a gap between your front teeth. Some people are delighted by this notable characteristic that makes their smile stand out from others and makes them memorable. Plenty of celebrities and models rock their front-teeth gaps: Anna Paquin, Vanessa Paradis, Uzo Aduba, Michael Strahan. But, celeb or not, if your gap makes you self-conscious and uncomfortable, Invisalign could be the solution you've been seeking.
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Swimmer Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian in history, but he isn't only known for his medal count – he's also incredibly recognizable for his teeth. In every interview Phelps does, it's impossible not to notice the slight lisp, the crowded teeth, and how his lips sit over his teeth. Could Invisalign help give this amazing American Olympian a smile makeover?
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Always coveted the straight smiles of other people? That alignment can be achieved in a few different ways. Porcelain veneers create an impeccable set of teeth while also fixing other cosmetic issues. And Invisalign straightens teeth completely under the radar. Both choices are viable, effective, and utterly transformative, but your dentist can tell you for certain what option is best for you.
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Cross-border Trade in Southern Africa: Language, Discourse and Survival Strategies
seminar presented by Jesta Masuku, PhD Candidate, Linguistics UNE
Southern African borders have simultaneously become contested spaces of hegemonic language impositions and arenas for 'free linguistics'. This talk presents data on the language practices of cross border traders collected from three border sites in Southern Africa to illustrate particular points about how different ideologies of language collude and collide in multiple and unpredictable ways at the zones of informal cross border trading. Based on oral interviews and on-site observations, it came to light that cross border traders have defied nation-state-centric language controls and exhibit multiple strategies of poly-communication that have sustained their survival and success of their business activities at the border sites (hereafter the contact zones). The language practices, discourse and survival strategies presented and discussed in this talk came out of preliminary analysis of data. Among the multiple ways of communication and negotiating meaning that were identified are the following: KISS (Keep It Simple Short) strategy, linguistic detours, semiotic and paralinguistic practices, inter-lingual agents, visual media techniques, mental language corpora/reservoirs and polyphonic translanguaging strategies. This talk, therefore, links these complex polyphonic language practices and poly-communication strategies to the fast changing notions of language definition and conceptualization. The overall intention is to suggest alternative understandings of how language functions as a multimodal and multilingual practice among real people in everyday real life.


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Rent warehouse in Wieden – 4th district of Vienna
On the Wieden - a little green, a lot going on
With only 10% green area, which consists of 100% parks and meadows, the 4th district is a typical inner district. No agriculture, forests or recreational areas but rather a lot of traffic, work and living space characterize the Wieden. There's always something going on in the fourth district. With the numerous bars and coffeeshops, many events and the daily hustle at the beautiful Karlsplatz it never gets boring. The approximately 260.000 guests per year confirm Wieden's popularity. With about 18.500 inhabitants/km² Wieden ranks 6th in the most densely populated districts of Vienna. Also, the 4th district is among the top 10 of Vienna's most expensive districts.
Many citizens, a lot of work space, expensive rents -> little space! To be able to afford an office or an apartment on the Wieden, space often has to be dispensed with. Apartments are designed smaller, underground garages are built in new buildings, instead of cellars and attics are converted into expensive apartments. Storage space receives little attention during planning but is becoming increasingly important, due to modern lifestyles.
Renting warehouses instead of space problems
Order is not only important at home, a clean environment at the workplace also ensures more concentration and a better overview. If there is not enough storage space, a rental warehouse is an optimal alternative. Rent a storage compartment near you and off you go.
There are many differences in prices, location, security and storage conditions among selfstorage providers. Lockable containers on the outskirts of the city are often refer to themselves as selfstorage. But a safer storage compartment near your apartment or workplace would be more pleasant, right?
Storebox – Warehouse rental made easy
Storebox offers a warehouse near you, with many inner-city locations in Austria and Germany. Renting a storage space is very easy. A completely digital booking process makes it possible to book a storage compartment online or via app, in only two minutes. Compartments are also available for one month only. All storage boxes are video monitored and your contents are insured. Smart sensors measure humidity and temperature to ensure optimal storage conditions. With your personal access code, you have 24/7 access to your warehouse. Additional features such as environmentally friendly storage boxes, heavy-duty shelving and a transport service are also available.
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How Can Workplace Bullying be Prevented?
Posted by Ryan Howard on Fri, Mar 04, 2016
For anyone who has been the victim of bullying, you know the psychological and physical toll it takes. For victims of adult bullies, especially in the workplace, the damage goes beyond your place of employment and frequently impacts life outside of work as well. Today's workplace is hyper-competitive and unfortunately, with that competition comes abusive and hostile tactics designed to take down even the best employees.
Preventing workplace bullying is the responsibility of both employees and their employers. Here's how workplace bullying can be prevented.
Identifying Workplace Bullying
One of the first challenges in preventing or stopping workplace bullying is defining and identifying bullying behavior. Workplace bullying can typically be defined as repeated and unreasonable mistreatment in the following ways¹:
- Verbal, physical or emotional abuse
- Humiliating or intimidating behavior (verbal or non-verbal)
- Interfering with work contributions (sabotage)
According to the Workplace Bullying Institute, bullies tend to target those who are perceived to be a threat, to the bully or what the bully wants, in some way. Therefore, many targeted victims are the most skilled or veteran employees, well-liked, ethical, honest and helpful. In fact, many victims refuse to act in retribution or aggression, therefore the bullying continues, generally unknown to the employer.
Bullying in the workplace has many warning signs, but to the target appears as:
- a perpetrator's need to control or manipulate
- stealing credit for another's work in order to gain status or praise
- information or activities withheld from the target or acts against the target
- a perpetrator's coercion or involvement of others to "gang up" on or isolate the victim
- damaging, leading to stress-related physical harm, emotional or psychological health harm, social status harm or economical harm.
Who are the office bullies?
Unfortunately, in 72% of the cases², the perpetrator is management. These are cases where management will pit one employee over another for a promotion or raise, causing attack or employee intimidation. Ambition and narcissism take over, disguising itself as charisma or eagerness, which appeals to management. Many of those in management may not wish to see a subordinate gain credit for hard work if the manager's job is at stake.
A "dog-eat-dog" environment, where employees must defeat others in a Hunger Games style of climbing the corporate ladder, easily contributes to a bully/victim personality contest. High levels of competition for scarce resources yields high stress and a hostile work environment. Personality defects and anger issues also rise to the surface with stress or hostility. If an employee has tendencies towards narcissism, obsession or egocentricity, they may also appear as bullies while under duress. Some may act out their anger in an obvious way while others do so much more covertly.
How to Prevent Bullying
Because many of the activities are done in secret, and because the targeted victims may refuse to speak up, both employees and employers can work together to prevent workplace bullying in the following ways:
- Create clear and concise workplace policies and enforcement against bullying - These policies must apply equally to employees and management.
- Create a healthy and safe work environment - This includes training employees to identify bullying behavior and how to address it.
- Offer support and resources - Allow employees the safety of counselors and the protection of anonymity if they need to speak up about workplace bullying.
- Pre-Employment screening - Pre-employment background screening could identify previous workplace infractions or other criminal behaviors. Behavioral interviews could also reveal underlying personality disorders or attitudes that could go against a healthy company culture.
Talk about workplace bullying
One of the best tactics in preventing workplace bullying is to talk about it at your organization. Some employees may not recognize that they are being bullied and others may be too ashamed to speak up. Talking about it removes the secrecy of it and brings it into the light.
Your hiring process, from your job listing through the background screening process to the final interview, are all opportunities to make a candidate aware of anti-bullying policies in your workplace. Understanding that these behaviors are not welcome and will be identified is a powerful way to cull your candidates down to employees that will create a healthy and safe workplace for all.
Topics: Human Resources, Employee Relationship Management, Employment Background Screening


text: The week in wildlife – in pictures ngoc Environment 1,778 Views A leopard spotted in the Sujan Jawai Leopard Camp, Rajasthan, India. A leopard spotted in the Sujan Jawai Leopard Camp, Rajasthan, India. The agile cats are ambush hunters who rely on their mottled fur to blend in with their surroundings as they creep up on prey. Photograph: Adam Bannister/Barcroft Media Wood storks rest on treetops at the the Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Townsend, Georgia, US. Photograph: Stephen B. Morton/AP A lotus flower in bloom in West Lake, Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang province. Photograph: Li Zhong/Corbis A spotted flycatcher feeds its young in a nest built into a stone wall of a stable, near Corwen, Wales, UK. The young are fed over 30 times in 45 minutes. Photographer Richard Bowler wedged a piece of wood underneath the sloping stone to prevent the nest from falling on the ground. Photograph: Richard Bowler/Rex Features A black-tufted marmoset monkey (Callithrix penicillata) climbs a tree at 'Cidade do Galo', where Argentina's national football team has its base camp in Vespasiano, near Belo Horizonte. Photograph: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images A bee sits on lavender flowers in a field in Huocheng, Kazak, in the valley of Ili River, northwest China. Bees are vital to habitats but insecticides used in commercial farming could wipe them out, threatening the world's food supplies. Photograph: Zhao Ge/Corbis Koushki, an Asiatic cheetah, crouches at the Miandasht Wildlife Refuge in Jajarm, northeastern Iran. The country is conducting a campaign to rescue the Asiatic Cheetah which has disappeared from the continent except in Iran, where fewer than 100 remain. Photograph: Vahid Salemi/AP Mt Field national park, a world heritage forest in Tasmania, Australia. The UN rejected Australian government's request to delist the site to allow logging. Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA A Baird's beaked whale head is carved out and put on display for school children and local residents at Wada port in Minamiboso, Tokyo. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Wildlife rangers stand near the carcass of an elephant, in Tsavo East, Kenya. Poaching and illegal wildlife trade is funding terror groups, according to a UN report. Photograph: Khalil Senosi/AP The first hand-reared spoon-billed sandpiper, one of the world's rarest birds, has returned to breed in Russia. The bird is one of two dozen hand-reared over the past two summers by Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust expert Roland Digby on their breeding grounds in north eastern Russia, to give them a head-start in life. Photograph: PA A park ranger shows one of the 18 cuts made on a 1,000-year-old redwood tree outside Orick, California. Redwood burls can sprout clones and are highly sought after for their unique grain patterns in high end furniture and artwork, making the trees a target for illegal logging. Photograph: Nick Adams/Reuters Red poppy in a meadow near Frankfurt, Germany. The harmful impact of insecticides on habitats has sparked a debate in farming circles. Photograph: Frank Rumpenhorst/AP/ An iguana in the Pantanal wetlands, in Pocone, Brazil. Pantanal is the planet's largest wetlands, near World Cup host city of Cuiaba, located in the exact geographical centre of South America. Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters An urban fox in London. Photograph: Sean Smith for The Guardian Polar bear cubs play in the snow near Spitsbergen, north of Norway. Climate change is the biggest threat to polar bears, listed as vulunerable by the IUCN. Melting polar ice is reducing the hunting grounds of polar bears. Photograph: Paul Goldstein/Exodus/Rex Features 2014-06-30 ngoc Share Facebook Twitter Google + Stumbleupon LinkedIn


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The Youshan Courtyard Holiday Hotel is one of the newest hotels in Hangzhou, having been renovated in 2017. With Free in-room Wi-Fi available, you'll have no problems keeping connected.
With Hangzhou Railway Station just 8km away and Xiaoshan International Airport only 34km away, transportation is very convenient. Many local tourist attractions including the Lingyin Temple and Leifeng Tower can easily be reached with a short drive.
In their spare time, guests can explore the hotel's surroundings. For those driving themselves, parking is provided on site.
Our guests consider this hotel to have excellent service. This hotel is a popular accommodation for guests traveling with families.


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As a member of the U.S. team, Megan O'Reilly provides research and expertise on energy and environmental issues to enhance RAP's policy support to decision-makers.
Before joining RAP in 2018, Ms. O'Reilly worked with the Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy (CCAE)—a group of local, regional, and national non-governmental organizations—to advance clean energy policy in New Mexico. She represented the coalition in proceedings before the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission involving renewable energy, energy efficiency, rate design, and distributed generation. She also coordinated advocacy to increase renewable energy in rural electric cooperative service areas. During her time with CCAE, Ms. O'Reilly was awarded a Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship in Germany. She used the yearlong fellowship to work first with Agora Energiewende and then with RAP's office in Berlin, exploring ideas of common interest in Germany and the U.S. on energy policy.
Ms. O'Reilly's work in energy policy is informed by her experience using environmental law to protect communities and the health of the environment. As a staff attorney and later Climate and Energy Program director at the Western Environmental Law Center, she focused on the effects of coal and natural gas production and combustion in the Western United States. Ms. O'Reilly earlier worked as a solo practitioner in California, representing environmental organizations in federal litigation to protect water and air quality and in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission relicensing proceedings to restore rivers.
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A week ago Saturday, our little Spence-Myster performed for the 1st time with his Boys Hip Hop Class. He really has enjoyed doing the class & is actually pretty good at it. I'm so glad that we have found something that he likes to do that is active. Spence has been in this Boys Hip Hop class since late Fall & has come to really enjoy it. He prides himself on doing the move called the "Baby Freeze."
Spence talked his friend Ezra into joining & they have had fun together in the class.
Some of Spencer's FANS at the Recital:
*not pictured Grandma Kathy & Grandpa Tom*
It was a nice surprise to have Grandma Debbie there, feeling okay & in town, along with Grandpa Ron who is walking so well. Aunts Carrie & Lacey also made it there just in time.
I love seeing my kids discover what they LOVE to do.
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Malta ratifies OECD's Multilateral Convention
The Maltese government has ratified the OECD's multilateral convention (MLI) to counter base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS)
The Maltese government has ratified the OECD's multilateral convention (MLI) to counter base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS)
In 2015, the government launched the Malta Residence and VISA Programme (MRVP). The MRVP is available for applicants who are third country nationals (Non-EU/EEA/Swiss) and their dependents.
With the implementation of the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering (4th AML) directive, the EU is aiming to enhance tax transparency, prevent abuse and focus on the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
By virtue of Legal Notice 37 of 2018, the Maltese government introduced the Notional Interest Deduction (NID) Rules. Generally, companies operating in Malta that are debt financed can deduct their interest expense from their taxable income giving them an advantage over equity financed companies that do not have a corresponding deduction. The NID aims at equating the tax treatment of debt and equity by allowing the deduction of a notional interest over equity.
In 2014, the government has introduced the Individual Investor program that offers the Maltese citizenship to foreign individuals investing in Malta. The Maltese citizenship provides numerous benefits which among others include.
When a resident company (or a branch of a non-resident company) distributes profits to its shareholder (both individual and corporate), the shareholder may claim a refund for tax paid in Malta. The amount of the refund depends on the nature of the distributed profits and if these have benefited, or not, of any double taxation relief mechanisms.
Maltese residents may benefit from three main types of double taxation relief in the following order.
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See part 1, here.See part 2, here.See part 3, here. See part 4, here.See part 5, here. It's been quite a while since my last post. The reasons for this delay is that I thought, before continuing to concretize my thoughts into the written form, that I should give myself some time to read, reflect, … Continue reading Coming to Terms with Faith and God (P.VI)
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Coming to Terms with Faith and God (P.II)
In my previous post (see here), I began my introspective exploration of Revelation. Here is Part II of this series, which I feel I am writing a bit hastily, but whatever. This is more of an artistic endeavor than a scholarly exposition. Welcome to my inner painting, I suppose. It is in light of … Continue reading Coming to Terms with Faith and God (P.II)
Coming to Terms with Faith and God (P.I)
This is the first in a series of posts where I try my best to convey my (nearly) 5-year struggle with faith and God. I've left out the autobiographical details pertaining to my gradual departure from the Baha'i community and resignation from the Faith -- which I have recorded in a private journal for my … Continue reading Coming to Terms with Faith and God (P.I)
I Have an Inner Life.
I have an inner life. A network of thoughts and discursive inner-dialogues, sometimes coherent – often dogmatic – but never at peace. It's a universe borne through me with laws and parameters, nodes and relationships, tones and patterns. It's an inner life with an ecology that expands inwards and extends out into the world. It … Continue reading I Have an Inner Life.
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Perhaps I'm going about this all wrong. My worldview has become more incoherent as I drift towards nihilism. A tempting drift though it may be given the dearth of evidence to suggest otherwise, nihilism contradicts another conception to which I subscribe; namely, that the individual can only ever hold an incomplete view and should, therefore, … Continue reading Course Change


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Davy Klaassen's one and only season at Everton was an absolute disaster for the player.
Signed under the Ronald Koeman tenure, a lot was expected of the former Ajax star and he wasn't able to show he'd been a worthy signing.
Things didn't get any better after the Dutch manager left, and Klaassen's days at Goodison Park looked numbered for some time. Still, his agent insisted in the summer than the midfielder wouldn't be leaving, determined to show he could make it at Everton and hadn't been a flop.
That all changed when Werder Bremen came in for the player and were happy to break their transfer record, parting with €13.5m, in a move that raised the eyebrows of the more critical followers of the German club.
Things have worked out rather well since the Everton exit. A good preseason has been followed by a steady start to the current campaign.
Delmenhorster Kreisblatt report that 'the running miracle' has so far covered more ground than anyone else in the Bundesliga, notching up 62.67km in five matches.
Whilst it's conceded his performances have been up and down, it's stated the footballer's performance against Hertha Berlin this week is proof he's worth the money sent to Everton.
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Known as Stadtbahn, Dortmund city features an intergrated metro system (rapid transit subway- Stadtbahn) supplimented by tram, S-Bahn train and U-Bahn underground. In total the entire network sum 83 stations and 8 lines, of wich 37 stations and 3 lines are subterranean. The overall plan for the construction of the Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn designed in the early seventies planned three routes for the city f Dortmund, wich are already completed. It was inaugurated on May, 1976, with a 4.1 km tram section from Kirchderne to Grevel station.
The first is a route from northwest to southeast, and the second route goes from northeast to southwest. Both lines are connected directly in the Westfalenhallen station, where the U46 line trains continue as U45 to Hauptbanhof and backwards.The third route was projected like a east-west tunnel wich became operational in 2008, but service is provided by low-floor tram
Dortmund Metro Lines
Currently there are eight lines with a total of eighty three stations.
- Line U41: going from Clarenberg station to Brambauer station.
- Line U42: going from Grevel station to Grotenbachstraße station.
- Línea U43: going from Dorstfeld station to Wickede Bf
- Línea U44: going from Marten station to Westfalenhütte station.
- Línea U45: going from Westfalenhallen station to Hauptbahnhof
- Línea U46: going from Westfalenhallen station to Brunnenstraße station.
- Línea U47: going fromWesterfilde station to Aplerbeck station.
- Línea U48: going from Hacheney station to Hauptbahnhof station
- Hauptbahnhof station is the long distance trains central station, and also metro, trams and commuter trains pass by. It is the center of the city of Dortmund.
Metro Opening Hours:
The metro runs from 03.30-04.30 a.m to 00.45 a.m
Frequency of service
Every 10 minutes during the day and between 15 to 20 minutes by night. (Note: in line U42 only run every 20 minutes)
Fares and Tickets
Dortmund is part of the VRR (Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr) integrated tariff that also includes other cities like Düsseldorf, Essen or Bochum. The rates depend on the number of zones in wich we move, A zone is for Dortmund city area. In some cases, (monthly passes) price will depend on the hour in wich we will use the pass. Some prices:
Single Metro Ticket: 1,75€
4 Tickets pass: 5,60€
1 Day Pass: 6,35€
1 Week Pass; 14,70€
Monthly Pass; called Ticket 1000 is a non transferible monthly pass valid for two adults and a maximun of three children in the nights and during weekends.This Pass is cheaper if it is going to be used out of the Peak hour, (after 09.00 a.m). Price is 44,70€ and 32,25€ after 09.00 a.m.
Monthly Transferible Pass: called Ticket 2000, this pass is transferible and allows the transportation of a bicycle. With the same caracteristiques in all the refered to the families than the Ticket 1000. Price is 49,30€ and 35,40€ for use out of the peak hour.
Dortmund airport is only 13 kms away from the city center.There is an hourly express bus service that ends in the "Zentraler Omnibus Bahnhof" just in front of the Dortmund central Station (Hauptbahnhof )
It takes 25 minutes and it is the fastest way to reach the center.
Adults: 6.50 €
Children from 6 to 14 years: 2€
Children younger than 6 years travel for free.
The first express bus departs from Dortmund bus station at 04.30 a.m and the last departs at 22.00 hours. Airport is also reachable taking the rail line Dortmund vía Aplerbeck, it takes around 45 minutes.