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Addendum 1 - COVID 19 School closure arrangements for safeguarding and child protection at The Dolphin School
The safety of our children, staff and families is our primary priority in all that we do.
Here at The Dolphin School, we are committed to the safeguarding and the protection and welfare of children. We aim to ensure that all child protection and welfare concerns and referrals are handled sensitively, professionally and in ways that support the specific needs of the individual child and family. Through providing a caring, safe and stimulating environment which promotes the social, physical and moral development of all our pupils, we foster an atmosphere of trust, respect and security.
We work closely together with families, carers, governors, The Trust, the community and a range of external professionals in order to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our pupils. We take a 'child centred' approach.
We follow closely the statutory guidance from the Department for Education.
If you have any concerns about the safety or wellbeing of any child, please contact the school's Designated Safeguarding Lead and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads.
Safeguarding is…
- How well pupils are taught to keep themselves safe
- How well the school protects pupils from bullying, racist abuse, harassment or discrimination, and promotes good behaviour
- The effectiveness of health and safety policies and procedures
- The effectiveness of arrangements to provide a safe environment and secure school site
- How well the school meets the needs of pupils with medical conditions
- How appropriately child welfare and child protection concerns are identified and responded to by the school
- How effectively the school works with key agencies to safeguard and promote the welfare of children
- The extent to which the school ensures that adults working with children are appropriately recruited and vetted, and receive appropriate training, guidance, support and supervision to undertake the effective safeguarding of pupils.
Our Family Support Worker can offer guidance and support about behaviour management, emotional health and wellbeing, finance and debt management and housing. We run weekly coffee mornings which are a great chance to get to know other families. Throughout the year we also run parenting workshops.
Our Pastoral Mentor works with our children to support them emotionally. Staff, families or children can refer themselves. Our Pastoral Mentor may work 1:1 or with a small group of children on issues including anxiety, behaviour, confidence and self-esteem and also support children who have been through big life events. Please see your child's teacher for further information.
Our culture of vigilance
At The Dolphn School we:
· Believe safeguarding and protecting children is everyone's responsibility
· Identify signs of concerns immediately
· Train all our staff to the highest level
· Keep all staff updated with new guidance and policies
· Monitor attendance thoroughly
· Have rigorous monitoring of vulnerable children
· Communicate regularly with external agencies
· Listen to our children
· Care for each other
· Have an open culture
· Support children and their families
· Teach our children to keep safe at all times
For further information please visit www.bristolsafeguarding.org
Safeguarding Team
Online Safety
Being safe online is a critical skill that children need to learn from 0 upwards.
At Dolphin School, we foster a safe online school environment by teaching discrete e-safety lessons to all ages through the year, having regular assemblies on staying safe online as well as hosting e-safety sessions for parents.
Safer Internet Day: every year the school gets involved in this global event to help inspire conversations about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively. All classes will be taking part on Tuesday 5th February 2019 with the theme Together for a better internet. https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2019
Useful Websites
Internet Matters: https://www.internetmatters.org/ - Age specific advice for staying safe online from a not-for-profit organisation that has a simple purpose - to help keep children safe in the digital world.
Ceop: For concerns about online sexual abuse or the way someone has been communicating online https://www.ceop.police.uk/CEOP-Reporting/
NSPCC Net Aware: A guide to the social networks and online games that children use https://net-aware.org.uk/#
Childline: 0800 1111 / www.childline.org - A 24 hour free helpline service for children and young people.
Age Limits
Did you know children need to be over 13 to play Fortnite and over 12 to play Pokemon Go? There is a good guide on parent controls and age-ratings on pages 40-45 of this below pdf.
Vodaphone Digital Parenting Checklists: Vodaphone produce some useful checklists for parents of different aged children to support them with addressing online safety issues. It is advised that all technology children use has parenting controls installed on it.
Under 5 checklist:
START setting some boundaries now – it's never too early to do things like set limits for the amount of time they can spend on the computer.
KEEP devices like your mobile out of reach and make sure you have passwords/PINs set up on them for the times you might lend them to your child… or for when they simply get hold of them themselves!
CHECK the age ratings and descriptions on apps, games, online TV and films before downloading them and allowing your child to play with or watch them.
EXPLAIN your technology rules to grandparents, babysitters and parents of your child's friends so that they stick to them when they're looking after your child.
REMEMBER that public Wi-Fi (e.g. in cafés) might not have Parental Controls on it – so, if you hand over your iPad to your child while you're having a coffee, they might be able to access more than you bargained for.
SET the homepage on your family computer or tablet to an appropriate website like Cbeebies.
Age 6-9 Checklist:
CREATE a user account for your child on the family computer with appropriate settings and make the most of Parental Controls and tools like Google SafeSearch.
AGREE a list of websites they're allowed to visit and the kind of personal information they shouldn't reveal about themselves online (like the name of their school or their home address).
DECIDE time limits for things like using the internet and playing on games consoles.
BEAR in mind what older siblings might be showing them on the internet, mobiles, games consoles and other devices and agree some rules as a whole family.
TALK to other parents about their views on things like what age to buy kids a mobile and don't be pressured by your child into letting them use certain technologies if you don't think they're old enough or mature enough… no matter how much they pester you.
FAMILIARISE yourself with age ratings and descriptions on games, and apps etc, so that you can be sure your child is only accessing age-appropriate content.
Some links to more information:
- Think U Know – containing internet safety advice for those aged from 5 to 16, along with parents and teachers, this site is produced by CEOP (the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre).
- Kidsmart – An award-winning internet safety programme for children.
- Know IT All – lots of useful advice for keeping yourselves and your children safe on the internet.
- Bullying UK – Information and advice about bullying for children, parents and schools.
- Kidscape – An organisation which helps to prevent bullying and child abuse.
- ChildNet – Top Tips on Gaming.
- PEGI – More Gaming Information to support Parents and Children.
- ParentInfo – Lots of Support for computers and other child related topics.
Community Links
If a child is at immediate risk call 999.
To report a safeguarding concern call First Reponses on 0117 9036444 (you can do this anonymously).
Childline - Tel: 0800 1111 www.childline.org
Equality Now (in Nairobi, Kenya and London, UK) - Tel (London): +44(0) 20-7304 6902 Tel (Nairobi): + 254 20-271-9832 - www.equalitynow.org
NSPCC FGM Helpline - 0800 028 3550 - www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/child-abuse-and-neglect/female-genital-mutilation-fgm - Email: email@example.com
For information on or to report a suspicion of online sexual abuse - www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/
Click on the below links to read or download the documents:


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Valley Social Studies Staff Plan Enriching Summer
Several Valley High School's social studies teachers have recently been selected for various summer enrichment opportunities, including programs on the Founding Fathers and the role of African-Americans and Native Americans in U.S. history and a study tour of Germany.
- Ann Krois was recently named a Senior James Madison Fellow, one of just 53 nationwide named this year. The Madison Fellows represent the most distinguished and promising of social science teachers from across the nation. Krois joins Valley High School colleagues Dan Kelly and Kevin Neal and Walnut Creek Campus colleague Tyler Maxon as one of just 1,500 Madison Fellows in the country. She will have the opportunity to attend a four-week summer institute on the U.S. Constitution held at Georgetown University in July.
- Krois was also selected from a pool of 170 applicants to attend the National Endowment for the Humanities one-week program, "The Rochester Reform Trail." This program brings teachers and scholars from across the United States to focus on Rochester's 19th-century technological, economic, and reform landmarks. The session examines the complex history of 19th-century reforms and examines the role religion, women, and African-Americans had on reform culture.
- Melissa Kelly was selected to attend the "Following in Ancient Footsteps: the Hopewell in Ohio" National Endowment for the Humanities one-week summer program. Thirty teachers will gather in Columbus, Ohio, to study the cultural achievements of pre-contact American Indian societies. Participants will focus on how best to bring ancient American Indian cultures to the attention of students while building on that awareness to give students a broader understanding of what these cultures represent in a global context.
- Dan Kelly was selected to participate in the Transatlantic Outreach Program's teacher study tour to Germany this summer. He will travel with 14 other teachers from around the United States on this program, which is sponsored through a public-private partnership of the German Foreign Office, the Goethe Institute, Siemens, the Bosch Foundation and Deutsche Bank. During his two weeks in Germany Dan will visit Hamburg, Braunschweig, Geisa, and Berlin. He will meet with government officials, publishers, members of the press, teachers, and students to explore a variety of topics including freedom of speech and hate speech in modern Germany, the press in democratic society, and evolving issues of German identity from the Nazi era of the 1930s and 1940s through the Cold War divisions to current issues with refugees and asylum seekers.
- Kevin Neal will be one of 30 teachers from across the nation attending "Worlds Apart But Not Strangers: Holocaust Education and Indian Education for All" for one week in Billings, Montana. Participants will explore ways to make connections between the genocide of the Holocaust and the treatment of Native Americans. The class will explore some of the general characteristics of both contemporary state-sanctioned and non-sanctioned oppression including the roles of perpetrator, bystander, and ally.
- Greg Hudson will be one of 25 teachers from across the nation attending "The Era of George Washington" seminar for one week at Washington's Mount Vernon Estate in July. Participants will explore ways to make connections between George Washington's era and the present, while learning about America's most prominent Founding Father.
Congratulations to these teachers, who continue to enhance the Valley High School social studies department through their own learning and enrichment experiences.
Watch for more staff achievements in the upcoming student and staff recognition report.

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As late as 2 million to 10,000 years ago Palawan was believed to be connected by land bridges to borneo, the island to the south was shared by Malaysia and Indonesia and regions far away as india and southchina. Geogologist in fact assert Palawan was a hefty chunk that broke off an entirely different geological plate from the rest of the Philippines. A specific expalanation for the fact that the province topography and resident species of flora and fauna cannot be found anywhere else in the Philippines but can be seen in asian continents.. Proof of early inhabitants who walked away to Palawan over the land bridges who later sailed across the unchartered waters and made their homes in caves after land bridges disappeared was found in – Tabon Cave, Lipuin point, Quezon. On palawanIsland western coast. This archeological treasure may have been the earliest human dwellingsin Southeast asia..
Burial jars – 4000 yrs old and items , flake tools used by man some 50,000 years ago to signs such as porcelain ans stoneware from china as early as 12th century.
The early palawenos are the people who planted, traded and gatheres natures bounty. The local tribes were the palaw'an who lived in the mountains; The Tagbanuas who made their homes in the riverbanks and the Batak who foraged and built their dwellings in the forests.
It was also believed that the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan on an expedition for an exploration for Spanish crown have dropped by the calamianes island on palawans northernmost tip to the far east on 1506. In spreading Christianity by Spanish colonizers by 1636 . Historically the place was named after princess Eulalia of Spain born in 1864 to Queen Isabella 2nd and her consort. When the princess suffered an untimely death the Queen changed the name to Puerto dela Asoncion.
In 1898 the American colonizers took over and John elmick changed the name from Spanish paragua to Palawan and moved the capital to Puerto Princesa as it is known today.
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, CAPITAL OF last frontier is accessible both by air and by sea.
Several airlines have Daily flights available route:. Manila to puerto.
Thrice a week flights are available in Iloilo –> Cebu –> Puerto Princesa
Puerto Princesa City is an hour away by plane from manila.
Flights offered Daily from manila,( air Philippines, Cebu pacific, Philippine airlines, air asia, tiger airways, zest air)
From Iloilo – Monday, Wednesday and Friday
From Busuanga – Thursdays and sundays
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Dry weather has led to a sharp decline in water level in an important reservoir which helps supply water from Malaysia to Singapore, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Vivian Balakrishnan said yesterday.
The water in the Linggiu Reservoir in Johor has been steadily depleting due to prolonged dry weather in Malaysia and has now reached a historic low of 54.5 per cent of the reservoir's capacity.
Dr Balakrishnan said this is cause for concern, especially as it affects Singapore's ability to draw its full 250 million gallons entitlement from Malaysia's Johor River.
Under a 1962 agreement, Singapore can draw up to 250 million gallons of water a day from the river. This can meet up to 60 per cent of the Republic's current needs.
In 1994, Singapore built the Linggiu Reservoir upstream of the river, so that it can collect and release rainwater to push seawater back into the sea, ensuring Singapore's water supply. But since the start of this year, national water agency PUB has had to stop drawing water from the river temporarily on 77 occasions, due to seawater intruding from the sea into the river.
A weather phenomenon called El Nino is also expected to lead to even drier weather than usual for Singapore and Malaysia for the rest of the year, which will further affect the water supply from the river as well as Singapore's own reservoirs which store rainwater. If the situation continues to worsen, Singapore may have to restrict some uses of drinkable water, such as for washing vehicles and floors, said Dr Balakrishnan at a media briefing at the reservoir.
He added, however, that water rationing is not on the cards. Singapore has been keeping its own reservoirs healthy by ramping up water supply from its seawater treatment and Newater plants. "The key point that I want to share is that we are concerned but there is no need for alarm," said Dr Balakrishnan, even as he urged Singaporeans to do their part by using less water.


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Our beautiful Corten Steel round fire tables are stunning!
The round shape allows you to enjoy the warmth and atmosphere that this garden fire has to offer from all sides.
Starting out as blue steel, once corten steel is exposed to the elements it will naturally weather over time and develop a protective layer of rust, giving its unique browny orange colour.
We also offer our fire table with the option of a built in grill to help kick start that outdoor cooking!
The rusting process can take a varied amount of time depending on the weather conditions, but this process can be sped up by simply spraying water & salt mixture onto your fire table to reach your desired rustic affect. Once it has reached your disired rust look we recommend using our Owatrol varnish to stop your firepit rusting any further, simply Click Here to add to your order.


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A fine example of good YiWu tea leaves and another winning selection from White 2 Tea. Nice whole leaf; clear pale yellow tea liquor; very mellow and easy to drink. This is a gentle tea – nothing flashy or bold; no bitterness; no astringency. I think I prefer the 2011 Taochaju Yiwu Guyun (also offered by Paul at White 2 Tea) but this one is a bit cheaper and definitely a tea to purchase and enjoy.
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The Express News Home, Garden & Landscape Show is a great, local tradeshow representing some of the best local companies in the Waukesha County area for home and landscape improvements. There are over 100 different companies represented from various aspects of the home improvement and landscape industries. We are happy to announce that Kelly's Greenscapes, LLC will be among them again this year featuring a brand new landscape display! Each year we aim to create an even better display than the year before, and this year we are confident that we will achieve that goal!
Location: Waukesha County Expo Center
Date: February 21-23, 2014
Additional info available here: http://discoverhometown.com/specialSections/HomeGardenLandscapeShowinfo.asp
Due to the particularly brutal cold this winter, all of us at Kelly's Greenscapes are anxious for Spring to get here, and I am sure we are not alone in this! We look forward to the opportunity to give everyone a "taste of Spring" at this show. What better way to cure those winter blues than to start planning for your new outdoor paradise! (…or at least to dream about it for an afternoon!)
In addition to planning your dream landscape, you will also find great ideas for other home improvement projects and may just learn a thing or two. The show really has something for everyone, and at only $5 per person admission (free for children under 12), and free parking, it is truly a great value! We sincerely hope to see you there, and until then, "Think Spring"!
—Kelly's Greenscapes, LLC is a full-service Landscape Design/Build Company offering residential landscape design, construction and installation services in Waukesha County and surrounding SE Wisconsin communities.


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In an attempt to provide enhanced value propositions to the customers, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) today announced the launch of 2 New Daily Voice Packs which offer cheapest Local and STD callings for its 2G and 3G prepaid subscribers in Delhi circle.
Under extreme competition from the over crowded telecom sector and huge demand of user friendly Mobile Calling Plans, MTNL Daily Local Pack offers local calls to any network 18 paisa/minute (effective cost) while with the Daily STD pack subscriber can make STD calls to anywhere in India for 35 paisa/minute.
MTNL Daily Local Pack comes at Rs.11 and offers 60 minutes of local call usage (any network with in Delhi and NCR) valid for 1 day. While Daily STD Pack priced at Rs.21 provides 60 minutes for STD calls anywhere in India.
Terms of Usage :
- The recharges are available only on Pyro recharge at MTNL Sanchar Haat in Delhi.
- The free minutes (Local or STD) are valid for calls made from Home Circle only and not on roaming.
- There will be no limit on the number of recharges the customer can do at any given time.
- There is NO cumulative usage validity on doing multiple recharges. Only the minutes given on the recharge will be cumulated if the customer does multiple recharge of on the same day.
- For more information dial 1503 / 9868112345 (toll free)


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These are four people that you don't want to have teaching you anything to do with how you drive. They are reckless, dangerous, and most of all stupid. But don't take it from us, get to know them yourself and let us know what you think.
First off, read each of the four profiles with their supporting facts and materials.
Come up with an idea for a witty, clever or serious video about the Fatal Four. It can be done for one character, or all. It's your choice.
Then take out a video camera or mobile phone and capture your idea in beautiful motion picture.
Finally upload it either via the Fatal Four App or website and await your new found fame.


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The European Commission does not want any crisis with Italy over its budget plans, but it expects answers to its concerns, European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said on Monday.
An Italian government source said that Rome was expecting the EU executive to take the unprecedented step to ask it to revise its 2019 draft budget, which includes lifting the deficit to 2.4 percent of GDP from 1.8 percent in 2018.
"The European Commission does not want a crisis between Brussels and Rome," Moscovici told France Inter radio. "My state of mind is that of constructive dialogue."
Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Monday that the Italian government was ready to discuss its budget targets with European Union authorities.
The Italian government is expected to send a letter on its budget to the Commission by noon. Moscovici said the European Commission would meet on Tuesday to discuss the response, adding that he could not say when it would take a decision.
"When you are an EU member and a member of the single currency, of the euro zone, you must respect a number of joint rules," Moscovici said, reaffirming the concerns the EU executive has expressed over the past weeks on Italy's budget plans. Italy's structural deficit is way too high, he said.
Moscovici, a French Socialist, said he was making a difference between Salvini's political ideas, which he disagrees with, and the Italian government, which he says he respects.
"I can fight Mr Salvini as party chief; I can fight his ideas; I can consider that, he also belongs to the illiberal democracy space. After all he is Mrs Le Pen's friend, let's not forget this," he said, referring to the French far-right leader.
"I fight the National Front and I fight the League on a political level, but I respect the Italian government. And it must also respect EU rules," he said. "It is mutual respect that allows us to move forward in this diverse Europe."


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Such wonderful vintage radios!! Thanks for sharing them with us. 🙂
~ Wendy
What a great post! I grew up with a radio in the kitchen -and the lounge, and the studio, and the carport, and the shed…
basically my Dad had the whole house set up in a way that you would never be out of earshot of the 40s music station.
It doesn't seem right to have a kitchen without a radio.
i'm a big fan of the tivoli radio. reminds me of a braun that my mom had in the kitchen.
love the blue one!!!
Now I want to wallpaper a little breakfast book drop-leaf table!
They're gorgeous!!!
What a great round up! Radios are so wonderful, they give instant texture and such a pretty vintage vibe to an entire room.
love a good retro radio. Nice post
nice post, great radios!
hellooo great works!! 🙂 congratz!! 🙂 well, I'd like to use Lillian Day picture for an article if I can get ur permission of course. Your name will be mention in this case.. ?


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Please note this show has moved from Islington Academy, original tickets remain valid. This is a 14+ show.
Maryland rockers CLUTCH have announced their new album, Earth Rocker, along with their Earth Rocker world tour, including this special one-off London date.
Frontman Neil Fallon commented on the the recording process for Earth Rocker and how it relates to other CLUTCH albums:
"Last minute overdubs are fun. Harmonicas, tambourines (yes, we use those), claps, the odd backing vocal. Recording can be monotonous, so those unintended moments can be a lot of fun. It's kind of like kindergarten music class, but with beer. And sometimes the spontaneity of a last ditch idea breathes a lot of life back into a song that we've been beating up for weeks on end. A looming deadline can be a great muse!"
He continues, "It has a lot in common with Blast Tyrant in that Machine's production techniques are really unique. It differs from Blast Tyrant and a lot of other CLUTCH records in that, overall, the songs are faster and concise."
When asked about how this record differs from other CLUTCH releases guitarist Tim Sult added, "As far as the composition of the songs go, this is the heaviest and fastest CLUTCH album to date."
Early gig offers - enjoy a drink on our roof terrace before the support band
£2.50 Specials…
Becks Vier 440ml
Bulmers Cider 440ml
House Wine 175ml
Vodka & Mix (excl. Redbull)
From 7-8pm Sunday to Thursday and from 5:30-9:30pm* Fridays (ticket holders only).
*if an early show is booked on a Friday the offer runs 7-8pm only.
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August 27, 2016 (JUBA) - Regional countries that negotiated South Sudanese shaky peace agreement have signalled recognizing controversially appointed new First Vice President Taban Deng Gai according to media reports.
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) said Gai is "naturally accommodated" by provisions of the Agreement to Resolve Conflict In Republic of South Sudan (ARCSS). The agreement gave position of first Vice President to SPLM in opposition leader Riek Machar. Machar fled was sworn in April but fled Juba in Juba when his bodyguards clashed with thousands of soldiers loyal to President Slava Kiir.
In an email message to the press on Friday, Sharon Kuku, a spokesperson for the IGAD states, said that the decision by Juba to replace Machar has never being rejected by IGAD.
"[This decision] is naturally accommodated by IGAD and IGAD did not stop Gen. Deng from attending the summit nor speaking for the South Sudan government," said Kuku as quoted by Kenyan independent newspaper, Nation.
IGAD statement is the second such utterance after the United States Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters in Nairobi on Monday that Machar replacement is "legal" under the provisions of the peace accord.
The top U.S diplomat's statement was echoed by State Department spokeswoman on Friday in Washington.
US State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudea said that ''the [peace] agreement provides the top leadership of the armed opposition the power to nominate a new first vice president if that position is vacant.''
Machar supporters said the replacement is illegal and insist that Gai is an illegal First Vice President.
But Machar's silence, after exiting South Sudan to Democratic Republic of Congo and being hospitalized in Khartoum, Sudan last week, is fuelling speculations that he is not capable of making his comeback in politics.
Analysts say the diplomatic change of position is attempt to persuade Juba to allow United Nations Security Council-authorized 4,000 troops to be allowed deployment in Juba. The government has rejected the extra troops, claiming it's an attempt to effect regime change. But president Kiir has since softened his stance rejection to the force.


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Thai police clear some protest sites in Bangkok
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Police have been deployed in Bangkok to retake some sites occupied by protesters since they kicked off their anti-government campaign in November.
Police moved into one of the main roads in the Thai capital's royal quarter, facing little resistance.
But they had to pull back from another protest camp at a government complex because of the likelihood of violence.
The protesters, who want the government to resign, have set up camps at key junctions and government offices.
National Security Council chief Paradorn Pattanatabut said several sites would be targeted.
"We will re-take wherever we can and arrest protest leaders," he said. "It's not a crackdown on the protests - it's enforcement of the law over the protest sites."
The operation was focusing on government sites, rather than the blocked road junctions in commercial and business areas, reports said.
Near Government House, hundreds of police removed barriers blocking a main road, with no immediate opposition from protesters - many of whom had already chosen to leave.
But police had to abandon their plan to retake a larger, well-fortified protest camp in a northern suburb next to several government ministries after protesters refused to move.
To date, security personnel have steered clear of confronting the protesters to avoid violence.
At least 10 people have died since the protesters took to the streets in November. They want the government of Yingluck Shinawatra to resign, saying the prime minister is controlled by her brother, ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra.
They allege that money politics have corrupted Thailand's democracy and want the government to be replaced by an unelected "people's council" to reform the political system.
In response to the protests, Ms Yingluck - who leads a government that won elections in 2011 with broad support from rural areas - called a snap general election on 2 February.
But the polls were boycotted by the opposition and disrupted by protesters in some places, meaning by-elections need to take place in April before a government can be formed.
The opposition also challenged the legality of the poll, but Thailand's constitutional court rejected the move, citing insufficient grounds.


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Moderated Discussion Areas
ContinuousWave: Small Boat Electrical
Reversed Battery Cables
|Topic: Reversed Battery Cables
posted 12-08-2004 09:50 PM ET (US)
Well, I finally did the inevitable act of stupidity. I accidently connected the battery cables to the wrong terminals! It was getting dark and starting to rain and I was working on my 25 Johnson. I connected the negative cable to the positive terminal and the positive cable to the negative terminal. It sparked a bit and in less than a minute there was a loud hiss and a few white puffs of smoke came off of the coils or rectifier. I assume that I fried the rectifier, coils, or possibly the stator. Is this an accurate assumption and what is the best way to check this out and figure out what parts to replace without taking it to the dealer for an expensive repair service? I did not attempt to start it, just disconnected the crossed cables and stared in disbelief... Ideas anyone? Thanks, Brian
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posted 12-08-2004 10:11 PM ET (US)
Maybe not the starter. I think that when you do this the starter runs the oposite way. But you should be ok if you didn't try to start it. Now the coils are probably ruined.
posted 12-08-2004 11:43 PM ET (US)
Start by tracking the smell of burned electonics. You got smoke, so something will smell. Though it may not be all that's fried.
Get your hands on the service tests for the components. That's really the only way to be sure. They are generally in the service manual.
On my motors there is a fuse that protects everything from this. It would blow. Check the circuit diagram.
|Chuck Tribolet
posted 12-09-2004 12:08 AM ET (US)
Probably fried the rectifier, not the coil.
posted 12-09-2004 10:40 AM ET (US)
Just kidding Brian. That's in my long list of screw-ups.
posted 12-09-2004 10:52 AM ET (US)
That kind of smoke is normally kept under pretty high pressure, and it is usually pretty hard to get it to back in where it came from...
posted 12-09-2004 03:55 PM ET (US)
Thanks for the comments everyone. I'll start with replacing the rectifier and see if that takes care of it. Hopefully an easy fix and lesson learned... Brian
|Chuck Tribolet
posted 12-09-2004 05:35 PM ET (US)
You should be able to test the rectifier before you replace
it. Get a multimeter. Rectifiers conduct in one direction
but not the other. I don't know the pinout of this one,
but I'll bet someone does.
Kingfish: the hard part about getting the magic smoke back in
posted 12-09-2004 08:52 PM ET (US)
Reversing the battery polarity is certain death for the rectifier. If the rectifier went to an open circuit it may have saved the stator. If the rectifier went to a short circuit, then the current was passed to the stator coils. They may be damaged, too.
If the battery did not blow the rectifier and melt the stator coils, it was not much of a battery. You should have discarded it long ago. On the other hand, it may have saved you an expensive repair.
There is no rectifier made that can withstand the current of a fully-charged 12-volt Group-24 battery into a dead short.
posted 12-09-2004 09:04 PM ET (US)
Thanks Jimh, I was afraid that may be the case as I have a brand new battery with a full charge. Could turn out to be an expensive lesson. Brian
posted 12-09-2004 09:40 PM ET (US)
Any diode with sufficient voltage rating could withstand a 12 volt battery, no matter how much charge it contained. The rectifier is just a set of diodes.
Some outboards seem to have a blocking diode just for this problem. I've always fumed that all such circuits were not so protected. Or that the rectifier diodes were not just a slight bit higher voltage rating so they would stop it. It's just poor design wherever it's found. Automakers seem finally to have gotten the word for at least some of their stuff, maybe the outboard manufacturers need a bit of a push to do it right. We are talking diodes that cost pennies to a manufacturer.
On my T9.9 the rectifier when I got it was a dead short, something I knew about. But the stator was unharmed, the dead short kept anything from the battery getting to it, shunting it into ground instead. Only a diode set that shorted across a stator coil rather than to ground would burn the stator. And then the fuse should blow first. At least my T9.9 has a fuse in the line. A 20amp for it's 10 amp charging setup.
I don't know if that applies to this motor. Sounds like it's not protected.
posted 12-10-2004 08:32 AM ET (US)
That's a roger - and as soon as you turn your back on a particle you've stuffed back in to go get another one, the furshlugginer thing slips back out again...it's nearly an impossible task-
|Chuck Tribolet
posted 12-10-2004 09:23 AM ET (US)
Voltage rating on a diode is how much voltage they can
block in the non-conducting direction. Current rating is how
much current they can handle in the conducting direction.
No reasonable diode could withstand the CURRENT of a 12V
I said no REASONABLE diode because there are some heatsunk
Putting a blocking diode in would cause a voltage drop of a
posted 12-10-2004 01:22 PM ET (US)
When the battery is connected in opposite polarity, the diodes in the rectifier will be forward biased and will lead to very high current flow.
Exactly how the diodes will react to the excessive current flow is hard to predict. Sometimes they blow apart into an open circuit or a very high resistance, sometimes they melt together into a short circuit with a varying amount of resistance but generally quite low.
In the course of working with solid state rectifiers since I was about nine years old, I have seen many different failures as a result of excessive current. I don't think you can predict the results. At least I have not seen pattern. The best result would be to hope for an open circuit, as this will tend to stop the current flow.
Well, really, the open circuit is usually the result, because if the current flow gets really excessive, as happens when the failure initially leads to a short circuit, the current usually generates so much heat that it ultimately burns up the conductor, producing the open circuit.
In any case, good luck with the repairs. If you are lucky it will be just the rectifier. The coils associated with it may have survived, but they may have absorbed some current and gotten warmer than usual in the process.
posted 12-10-2004 01:27 PM ET (US)
Just think what a few cents worth of fuse could have done to those massive currents.
If the charging circuit on your outboard does not have a fuse I'd sure think about putting one. For next time.
posted 12-11-2004 08:24 AM ET (US)
Thanks Walt. A good idea for the fuse. Motor is a '95 Johnson with low hours. Would hate to screw it up from something so simple to prevent. Brian
posted 12-11-2004 09:06 PM ET (US)
The automakers try to have no section of wire that's not protected by a fusable link, fuse or circuit breaker. And cars are metal. Our boats are much more easily burned, it's a good idea to emulate the automakers.
I don't know the Johnson circuit, on the Yamaha's I deal with a single wire comes out of the charging headed for the battery. That's where they put their fuse, before it joins the high amp starting circuit. It only has to deal with the rated charging ability that way. On my T9.9 they use a 20 amp fuse to protect the 10 amp charging circuit. So they do allow some margin. And they build a spare fuse holder in right next to it.
Be sure and check the full length of the wires going from battery to motor. If it's small in any of that it could have damaged insulation now. If it's a big wire for starting as well it's probably ok.
posted 12-12-2004 10:38 AM ET (US)
In all outboards that I have seen, the charging circuit output is connected directly to the primary battery positive conductor under the cowling of the engine, without any fuse protection.
I don't think there is a fuse made that could pass the full charging current of 30-amperes or more with no significant voltage drop, and at the same time be able to open fast enough to protect a solid-state rectifier from the current flow that occurs when connected to the wrong polarity of a fully-charged battery.
When you connected that battery backwards, the diode was destroyed in a matter of a few milliseconds. No conventional fuse would be able to open that fast. If the link was fused, the fuse would only open after the diode was destroyed but was still conducting because it was now just a fused mass, not a diode anymore. This prolonged current would then heat the fuse element enough to open the circuit. That is sort of what happens inside the rectifier in an instant.
If you do this same thing in your car you will blow the diodes in your car's alternator, too. The fusible link is there to stop a fire from starting, not to protect the alternator diodes.
posted 12-12-2004 08:53 PM ET (US)
Obviously you have not looked inside a Yamaha F50 or T9.9. Both have fast blow fuses in the line between rectifier and starter terminals.
I expect quite a few other Yamaha's have fuses in the same location.
It might not protect the diode, but it would prevent the runaway current flow through the stator that you described. I'm certainly not going to test mine.
posted 12-21-2004 10:13 AM ET (US)
I did the same thing a few yrs back with the mustang I had, trying to jump it my girl but the cables on one way at her battery, and I did the other way and next thing ya know-smoke!- but you're right-fortunately there was a fuseable link so I was a lucky man, and learned to tripple check....
|Mumbo Jumbo
posted 12-21-2004 09:55 PM ET (US)
I have a 150 two stroke Yahama (1999, I think). i took a battery out to charge it and reversed the cables when I re-installed the battery. When I turned the battery selector swich to "on", the resulting short melted all the battery cables, fried the switch, blew the fuse in the ignition switch, and blew a 30 amp fuse on the engine. After new cables were fabricated and installed correctly, a new battery switch installed, and the blown fuses replaced, the engine cranked instantly and has run for a year with with no problems. Although i am no marine engine expert, I attribute the lack of other problems in this episode to the protection afforded by the fuses placed at what appear to be stategic locations.
|Chuck Tribolet
posted 12-22-2004 12:12 AM ET (US)
Mumbo: do you have TWO batteries?
posted 12-22-2004 12:29 AM ET (US)
When I hooked my 30 hp Yamaha up with reversed leads, the fuse blew. I took it in to a repair shop that seems quite qualified. They found no other problems. I don't run it long enough to really see if the battery is being charged, so I'm not making an absolute claim that I got away free. I guess the message is that you should not assume that you have a certain set of blown parts until they are tested. Good luck. Dave
posted 12-22-2004 12:48 AM ET (US)
When I hooked my 30 hp Yamaha up with reversed leads, the fuse blew. I took it in to a repair shop that seems quite qualified. They found no other problems. I don't run it long enough to really see if the battery is being charged, so I'm not making an absolute claim that I got away free. I guess the message is that you should not assume that you have a certain set of blown parts until they are tested. Good luck. Dave
|Mumbo Jumbo
posted 12-22-2004 07:39 PM ET (US)
Chuck- I do have two batteries.
|Chuck Tribolet
posted 12-22-2004 07:55 PM ET (US)
With two batteries, one reversed, the current flow was taking
the path of least resistance -- through the other battery.
That's one reason why the diodes and alternator coil didn't
fry. The other may be that the 30A fuse was protecting the
25A alternator.
Musta been pretty impressive.
|Chuck Tribolet
posted 12-22-2004 08:02 PM ET (US)
This reminds me of the circuit card for a new disk drive a
a while back. The very first time we powered the very first
card up: BANG. Blew the tops off a couple of ICs. We spent
about three hours chasing the bug, pouring over schematics,
scratching our heads, and were about go have a Coors design
session at the local pub when we (me, a software guy, actually)
figured out that the Y connector we'd hooked it up to the
power supply with has +12 and +5 reversed. I've still got
that cable somewhere, with a big red DO NOT USE tag on it.
|Mumbo Jumbo
posted 12-22-2004 11:43 PM ET (US)
It was impressive, and scary. When I turned that battery selector switch from "off" to "Both" after putting in the battery, things began to happen quickly. The batteries immediately began to smoke with the corrosive stench of sulfuric acid, the switch knob and housing melted in an eyeblink, and I watched forlornly (from a distance with the fire extinguisher in my hand) as the insulation melted from the battery cables I had just constructed to aircraft quality standards. All my fine work in mess: battery boxes half melted, cables with the insulation melted off and the copper ashen grey, and the batteries and switches ruined. I just glad the Outrage didn't burn to the waterline. Anyway, I needed new batteries and an expensive reminder to not to do stupid things while in boats. The third set of cables was even better than the second.
|Chuck Tribolet
posted 12-23-2004 12:36 AM ET (US)
How long did it take the copper in the battery cables to
|Mumbo Jumbo
posted 12-23-2004 08:03 AM ET (US)
The copper didn't melt. It, for the lack of a better description, "fried" The strands were separated, brittle, and were covered with an grey powder. The cables were intact, in a sense, but when I removed them they seemed less heavy than before (even considering the loss of the plastic insulation) -but that may have just been my imaginaion. My guess is that the entire episode took less than 90 seconds.
posted 11-10-2005 09:03 AM ET (US)
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A jury sitting at the inquest into the death of a talented ballerina who died under a train at St Pancras Station has retired today to reach its conclusions.
West Hampstead schoolgirl Tallulah Wilson, 15, died from severe head injuries after she jumped in front of a train in October 2012.
Tallulah was addicted to a blogging website, where she created a fantasy account portraying herself as a cocaine-taking anorexic, it was heard during the five-day inquest at St Pancras Coroner's Court.
Tallulah's mother Sarah Wilson told the jury last week that the ballet dancer, once headhunted by the Royal Ballet School, talked about suicide on her online blog and posted disturbing images of self-harm for her 18,000 followers.
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Zoroastrian Texts
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Zoroastrianism by Khan Academy
Zoroastrianism by Story of God (National Geographic)
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Tools of the trade
September 2011
After several decades of groundbreaking findings, researchers now more than ever before are commencing, broadening or accelerating their examination of stem cellsand for new stem cell insights to continually emerge, the biomedical research community demands constant support from life science research tool suppliers, according to a recent report by market research firm Frost & Sullivan.
The July 2010 report, "Strategic Analysis of End-user Preferences in the U.S. Stem Cell Research Tools Markets," measures brand perceptions of tools and technologies currently at the forefront of stem cell research specifically. Additionally, the study measures perceptions of equipment manufacturers for their service, quality and value as well as current and future plans for stem cell research.
"Additional advancements in stem cell research are unattainable without innovative and cost-effective technologies that deliver reliable and reproducible results," Frost & Sullivan notes in its report. "With superior customer service and a wide portfolio of high- quality and valuable products, life science research tool suppliers can have an enormous impact on stem cell research progress."
According to the firm, there are five major categories of life science technologies needed for stem cell research: Bio- imaging and microscopy, cell biology tools, immunochemicals, molecular biology tools and protein biochemistry tools.
Bio-imaging and microscopy products include: chemilluminescence imaging; confocal microscopes; fluorescence microscopes; fluorometer/fluorescence detection instruments; in-vivo imaging systems (small animal imaging systems); infrared imaging (FTIR/IR imaging); laser capture microdissection/laser microdissection; live cell imaging; microscope slide scanner/digital pathology (digital histology); molecular imaging; multiplex assay systems/fluorescence multiplex arrays; and others. Top tool providers in this area, according to Frost & Sullivan's survey, include Carl Zeiss Inc., Nikon Corp. and Olympus America Inc. Other high-ranking companies, according to the survey, include Amnis Corp., Applied Biosystems, BD Biosciences, Kodak and Leica Microsystems.
Cell biology tools include: cell analysis equipment; cell culture equipment, media and reagents; cell isolation tools; cell proliferation tools; cell signal transduction tools; cell-based assay design and development tools; cell-based assay kits, cells and cell lines; flow cytometry; infectious agents; research animals and accessories; serum; stem cell culture reagents; and transfection tools. Frost & Sullivan's survey found that above all suppliers, Invitrogen ranks first in terms of customer service, product quality, best cost and best value. Other suppliers ranking high in the survey include BD Biosciences; Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.; EMD Biosciences; Lonza; Promega; Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC; StemCell Technologies; and Thermo Fisher Scientific/Cellomics.
Immunochemicals include: antibodies; cytokines, chemokines and growth factors; ELISA and multiplexed ELISAs; enzymes; histochemistry/immunohistochemistry tools; immunoassays; and immunoglobulins. According to Frost & Sullivan, Abcam PLC leads as the primary supplier of immunochemicals, followed closely by Invitrogen and Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc. Other top-ranking suppliers in this category include: AbD Serotec; Active Motif; BD Biosciences; Cell Signaling Technology; Millipore; R&D Systems; Rockland Immunochemicals; and Signalway Antibody Co.
Molecular biology tools include: cloning and expression tools; DNA sequencing; microarray scanners; microarrays; molecular biology reagents; nucleic acid analysis tools, labeling and purification tools; PCR/real-time PCR; RNAi technology (siRNA/miRNA/shRNA); and other genomics tools. Again, Frost & Sullivan's survey ranked Invitrogen as the top supplier in this category. Other top-ranking suppliers, according to the survey, include: Applied Biosystems; Clontech; Millipore; New England Biolabs; Promega; QIAGEN; Roche Applied Science; and Thermo Fisher Scientific/Cellomics.
Protein biochemistry tools include: biochemistry reagents; chromatography equipment, media and columns; protein analysis/protein characterization tools; protein expression, modification and purification tools; other proteomics tools; Western blotting tools; and mass spectrometry. Frost & Sullivan's survey ranked Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. as the top supplier in this category. Other companies gaining favor from survey respondents include: Abnova; EMD Biosciences; GE Healthcare; Invitrogen; Millipore; Promega; Sigma-Aldrich; and Thermo Fisher Scientific.
The market for tool suppliers is expected to grow as human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research "is allowed to blossom as an industry," says Jonathan Witonsky, industry manager of Frost & Sullivan's Drug Discovery Technologies & Clinical Diagnostics division.
"One thing to keep in mind is that with a lot of researchers we talk to, they are not necessarily looking solely at hESCs. So some of the controversy does not necessarily represent a major drawback for these product categories, but at the same time, as research progresses, it will drive more demand for these tools," he adds.
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Filed under: Art, Books, Film, Life, Photography, Poetry, Politics | Tags: country of the pointed first, crossing to safety, ha jin, ocean of words, robert altman, sarah orne jewett, waiting, wallace stegner, ziyi zhang
One of the best books that I've read in the last several years was Waiting by Ha Jin. Something about the way that he writes has that beautiful quality I also admire in Sarah Orne Jewett or Wallace Stegner: stillness, silence, peace. I think part of the reason I like those things in fiction is hereditary. My mom introduced me to Jewett in high school or undergrad with a beautiful edition of Country of the Pointed Firs, which is prefaced by a collection of black and white images of coastal Maine. Several years later she recommended Waiting (which we had both recently and separately picked up in thrift stores), while I introduced her to Stegner's Crossing to Safety, still possibly my favorite novel, sometime in high school.
This morning I finished reading Ocean of Words by Ha Jin. It's his first published book of non-poetry, from 1996, a collection of short stories about Chinese army life on the border with Russia in some tense years of the early 1970s. I have long known that the majority of my knowledge of history (and plenty of other topics) comes from reading fiction, and it's been proven once again by the fact that I had no idea that Russia and China were at the edge of war in 1970. This certainly puts Nixon's visit to China in a different light. (The fact that we have traded with China and overlooked its human rights violations for decades begins to make sense, when trading with China is part of war with the USSR.)
As regards Ocean of Words and history, I would guess that there is a lot of history to be derived, as the author actually served in the People's Liberation Army of China for six years, beginning in 1969, and coming to the US in 1985. Checking out his Wikipedia entry makes me realize how much of his work I have yet to read.
My hope now would be for a ridiculously good director to make a movie out of this book. Too bad Altman's dead. Just to see, I did check out imdb for Ha Jin, and there is a movie version of Waiting being made (starring Ziyi Zhang!).
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Mickey Owen
Date and Place of Birth: April 4, 1916 Nixa, Missouri
Died: July 13, 2005 Springfield, Missouri
Major League
Position: Catcher
Rank: Unknown
Military Unit: US Navy
Area Served: United States
Arnold M "Mickey" Owen was
born on April 4, 1916 in
In 1936,
Owen jumped from Class D to Class AA with
Owen made
his big league debut with the Cardinals on May 2, 1937 against
This was the beginning of a new era for Owen. In four pre-war seasons with the Dodgers he was named to the all-star team each year and in 1941 he committed just three errors all season for a .995 average. But despite being a solid defensive catcher, Owen will always be remembered for mishandling a Hugh Casey pitch in game four of the 1941 World Series that started the Yankees on their way to a comeback victory against the Dodgers.
played 24 games in 1945 before entering military service with the
Navy in May. Based at Sampson Naval Training Station,
On June
19, 1945, he collected three hits – half his team's total – in
leading Sampson to a 6-3 victory over the Curtiss-Wright team of
was discharged from service on April 12, 1946, and
expected to return to Brooklyn, but he failed to reach an agreement
with the Dodgers and signed a contract to be a player-manager with
In retaliation for the defections, Commissioner Happy Chandler sought a lifetime suspension for all the players involved, but the penalty was later reduced to three years and Owen returned to organized baseball – aged 33 – with the Chiacgo Cubs in 1949. He remained with the Cubs as a backup receiver until released at the end of 1951.
In 1952, Owen played for
Following his retirement as a player, Owen spent two seasons
(1955-56) as a Red Sox coach and managed briefly in the minor
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Today is my last day in Vietnam! I'll be leaving hectic Hanoi and heading back to the homeland. Somehow, a casual 'let's go on an extended holiday in Asia' turned into 'let's go live in Vietnam and get a job and apartment and motorbike and friends and many other much more long-term stuff…' I genuinely don't know how it happened, but I'm glad it did.
I've learnt lots of stuff – namely, the bucket of water next to a squat toilet is not for washing your hands, one cup of Vietnamese coffee is always enough and red lights are merely a suggestion. Never ask for food recommendations (oh good, chicken feet, again), waving your hand in a certain manner means 'no' and don't go shopping first thing in the morning. Sleeping at work is fine, never trust a menu without prices and how to make the Vietnamese 'ng' sound with out coughing on someone.
I've also still got lots to learn – How on earth do you say 'water' in Vietnamese? (I get a different drink every single time I order water.) Is it the same rooster that wakes me up at 5am, no matter where I move to? Why do people keep asking if I'm Russian? What on earth is the group exercise that people do by the lake in the mornings? (It bears no resemblance to any exercise I've ever seen before.) Why don't people call their pets fun names? ('What's your dog called?' 'Dog.' 'Oh… Lovely.') How many of things I'm doing are illegal? (Approximately once a week, someone tells me something very normal is theoretically illegal.)
And lots of things have changed – For some reason, I really like lakes now, I truly believe every ailment is due to the weather, I am very impatient, I wear ridiculous clothes to avoid sunburn rather than putting on suncream, and I say 'sorry' 50% less (keep in mind Brits say 'sorry' approximately 975 times a day, so it's a work in progress).
Some days living in Vietnam has been surreal, some days it's been mundane. Some days have been mindblowingly wonderful, others have been heartbreakingly awful. Just like living a where, I suppose!
People often think that when you move abroad, your days consist of siestas, sun-bathing and partying, regardless of whether you're in a country that has siestas/sun/bars. In actual fact, I've found that life in a foreign country is much the same as at home. Once you start calling it home, and realise you're no longer on holiday, you create a routine, get responsibilities and have commitments. You're anchored in your new country in the same way you were at home.
Some people I've met out here have been disappointed their life isn't a 24/7 party. I've been pleasantly surprised how easy it is to set up shop in another country. After a few mild disasters, embarrassing miscommunications and many tears, I started to make some headway. And, eventually, I made Hanoi my new home.
I know some may find the idea of being 'anchored' in a new spot negates the point of travelling. For me, it does the opposite. It reminds me that homes don't have to be permanent. Vietnam has been a lesson in how achievable it is to anchor myself somewhere new, and float somewhere else when you're ready.
"A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." – John A. Shedd


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Topic: H2020-INFRADEV-3-2015
Type of Action: RIA
Duration: 42 months
Start Date: 1 October 2015
Grant Agreement Nr: 676550
Web: BBMRI-ERIC website
Coordinator: Erik Steinfelder
Total requested Grant by Consortium: €4,950,860.00
Total requested Grant by BBMRI-ERIC: €3,786,840.00
(includes funds for Headquarters, Common Service ELSI, Common Service IT, linked third parties)
Linked Third Parties/BBMRI-ERIC Framework Agreement:
BBMRI.at/MUG; BBMRI.fi/THL; BBMRI.mt/UoM; BBMRI.it/UNIMIB
Benefit/tasks for BBMRI-ERIC: Coordinated by BBMRI-ERIC, funding for key activities
Project deliverables can be viewed and downloaded here.
Of particular interest is Deliverable 6.2, Handbook for biobanks to meet users' needs for
biomarker discovery, development and validation
Read more about the project here and about the Colorectal Cancer Cohort here.
Topic: FP7 -HEALTH-2012-INNOVATION
Type of Action: SP1 Collaboration
Duration: 72 months
BBMRI-ERIC full partner: as of 1 April 2015
Start Date: 1 November 2012
Grant Agreement Nr: 305444
Web: http://rd-connect.eu/
Coordinator: Hanns Lochmüller
Total requested Grant by Consortium: €11,997,111.00
Total requested Grant by BBMRI-ERIC: €100,000.00
Linked Third Parties/BBMRI-ERIC Framework Agreement: none
Benefit/tasks for BBMRI-ERIC: Set and implement quality standards for rare disease biobanks, contribution to the biomaterial sharing work, incorporate new biobanks, develop synergies among BBMRI-ERIC and RD-Connect training activities, investigate sustainability options.
Read more about the project here.
Topic: FP7 INFRA-2011-2.3.2
Type of Action: CP-CSA Infra
Duration: 36 months
Start Date: 1 January 2012
BBMRI-ERIC full partner: as of 1 October 2014
Grant Agreement Nr: 284209
Web: http://www.biomedbridges.eu/
Coordinator: Janet Thornton
Total requested Grant by Consortium: € 10,494,998.69
Total requested Grant by BBMRI-ERIC: € 8,400.00
Linked Third Parties/BBMRI-ERIC Framework Agreement: none
Benefit/tasks for BBMRI-ERIC: Connecting BMS RIs
Lead by European Molecular Biology Laboratory: BioMedBridges (Building data bridges and services between biological and medical infrastructures in Europe) will form a cluster of the emerging biomedical sciences research infrastructures (BMS RIs) and construct the data and service bridges needed to connect them.
The BMS RIs are on the ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructure) roadmap. The missions of the BMS RIs stretch from structural biology of specific biomolecules to clinical trials involving thousands of human patients. Most serve a specific part of the vast biological and medical research community, estimated to be at least two million scientists in Europe across more than 1,000 institutions from more than 36 ESFRI Member States and Associated Countries. Each of them brings together its own large community of users to build a coordinated infrastructure.
This process has already had a major impact on coordination of national infrastructures within each member state. Essentially all BMS RIs are distributed infrastructures, with nodes in many European member states.
European Molecular Biology Laboratory/ELIXIR, University of Oxford, Karolinska Institutet, Science and Technology Facilites Council, Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Leibnitz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Technische Universität München, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohm, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Technologie- und Methodenplattform für die vernetzte medizinische Forschung e.V, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Medizinische Universität Graz, Stichting VU-VUmc, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, University of Copenhagen, University of Helsinki/Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, European Grid Infrastructure, CSC-IT Center for Science Ltd., University Medical Center Groningen, Consorzio Interuniversitario di Risonanze Magnetiche di Metalloproteine, Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe
Topic: H2020-WIDESPREAD-2014-1
Type of Action: FPA-SGA
Duration: 12 months
Start Date: 1 September 2015
Grant Agreement Nr: 664561
Web: http://www.ucy.ac.cy/cybiobank/en/
Coordinator: Constantinos Deltas
Total requested Grant by Consortium: €460,637.50
Total requested Grant by BBMRI-ERIC: €64,475.00
Linked Third Parties/BBMRI-ERIC Framework Agreement:
Benefit/tasks for BBMRI-ERIC: Work Package 5: Standards, ELSI Compliance and Data Management; Task 5.1: Standards/Procedures Adoption & Quality Processes; Task 5.2: ELSI Compliance; Task 5.3: Data Management Plan (raw data availability and Gold access policy); Task 5.1/Deliverable 5.1, Task 5.2/Deliverable 5.2, Task 5.3/Deliverable 5.3
Lead by University of Cyprus: The upgrading of MMRC into a CoE and its close partnership with the named Advanced Partners is a safe and sound strategy that will assist Cyprus over the next decade to enter large European networks and participate at ongoing and future epidemiological studies with mutual benefit to the Cypriot and the European patients.
List of Participants: University of Cyprus, Medical University of Graz/BBMRI.at, BBMRI-ERIC, RTD Talos Limited
Topic: FP7/2007-2013
Type of Action: IMI
Duration: 84 months
Start Date: 1 October 2009
BBMRI-ERIC full partner: as of 1 October 2015
Grant Agreement Nr: 115015
Web: http://www.emtrain.eu/
Coordinator: Mike Hardman
Total requested Grant by Consortium: €4,000,000.00
Total requested Grant by BBMRI-ERIC: €9,754.45
Linked Third Parties/BBMRI-ERIC Framework Agreement: none
Benefit/tasks for BBMRI-ERIC: Education & training platform, IMI (Innovative Medicines Initiative)
EMTRAIN will establish a pan-European platform for education and training covering the whole lifecycle of medicines from basic research through clinical development to pharmaco-vigilance. The public consortium consists of the six pan-European biomedical research infrastructures from the ESFRI roadmap, that cover a broad spectrum of competencies from molecules to humans, with a pan-European dimension. The EFPIA consortium has considerable experience in training and education, management, pan-European geographical outreach, and an extensive external network of contacts. The participants, together with the coordinators of IMI&T topics will participate in the Strategic Co-ordination Board to ensure coordination between the IMI&T topics whereas the Steering Committee will supervise the management of the project. E&T (Education and Training) topics representatives will be invited to participate in work packages activities. Based on extensive mapping of existing resources and on a gap and overlap analysis (Work Package 3) the consortium will develop and implement a strategy for harmonisation and accreditation (Work Package 4) of Master level Work Package 5) and PhD programmes (Work Package 6) as well as continuous education programmes (Work Package 7). It will develop innovative concepts and methods in conjunction with the other topics (Work Package 8) that will support the content for the IMI education programmes. National implementation will be facilitated through contacts with university authorities, ministries of higher education, and through national liaison offices. After implementation in a core group of institutions, extension is planned both within countries represented and in additional countries (Work Package 4), with the support of a dissemination and communication activity (Work Package 9) The harmonisation and the modular nature of these programmes will allow trans-disciplinary curricula as well as trans-border mobility, and PhD programmes will be designed to foster industry/academia mobility and collaboration.
AstraZeneca, Genzyme, Novartis, Bayer, Pfizer, Roche, GSK, UCB, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, Boehringer Ingelheim, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Orion, Almirall, Ludnbeck, Esteve, Medizinische Universität Wien (ECRINpartner), Karolinska Insititute (EATRIS partner), KUK (ECRIN partner), UniMan (BBMRI partner) ECRIN-ERIC, BBMRI-ERIC, EMBL-EBI (ELIXIR partner), HZI (EATRIS partner), GIE-CERBM (Infrafrontier partner), UOX (Instruct partner), MRC-HU (ECRIN partner) Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria
Topic: H2020 EGI-EINFRA-1-6
Type of Action: RIA
Duration: 30 months
Start Date: 1 May 2015
Grant Agreement Nr: 654142
Web: https://www.egi.eu/about/egi-engage/
Coordinator: Tiziana Ferrari
Total requested Grant by Consortium: €8,000,000.00
Total requested Grant by BBMRI-ERIC: €128,550.00 (includes funds for linked third parties)
Linked Third Parties/BBMRI-ERIC Framework Agreement:
BBMRI.cz/Masaryc University, BBMRI.se/KI, BBMRI.nl/LUMC
Benefit/tasks for BBMRI-ERIC: Work Package 1: Technology exchange, outreach, training and support with the following deliverables; Task 1.1: Support and outreach to the user community Task 1.3: Coordination.
Lead by Stichting European Grid Initiative: High-throughput technologies are more accessible to research-biobanking and the number of biobanks providing services that require large storage capability and parallel data analysis is increasing dramatically. Moreover, data from multiple biobanks must now be pooled to reach statistical power to elucidate meaningful associations, while complying with legal and regulatory issues. This BBMRI-ERIC EGI (European Clinical Research Infrastructures Network) Competence Centre thus focuses on helping BBMRI-ERIC to bridge this gap with the implementation of big data storage in combination with data analysis and data federation using EGI federated cloud infrastructure.
List of Participants: Stichting European Grid Initiative, Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee VZW, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Swiss National Grid Association, CESNET, Zajmove Sdruzeni Pravnickych OSOB, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angew Andten Forschung E.V, Gesellschaft fur Wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung MBH Gottingen, Agnecia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, CSC-Tieteen Tietotekniikan Keskus Oy, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, The Greek Research and Technology Network S.A., Sveuciliste u Zagrebu Sveučilišni Računski Centar, Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia Szamitastechnikai es Automatizalasi Kutatointezet, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Consorzio Interuniversitario Risonanze Magnetiche di Metallo Proteine, Provincia Lombardo Veneta Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Dio – Fatebenefratelli, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Engineering – Ingegneria Informatica SpA, SURFsara B.V, Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica – Academic Computer Centre CYFRONET AGH, Laboratorio de Instrumentacao e Fisica Experimental de Particulas, ICETA – Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Institut za Fiziku, Beograd, Uppsala Universitet – Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing, Ustav Informatiky, Slovenska Akademia Vied, Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure – European Research Infrastructure Consortium, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Organisation for Nuclear Research, EISCAT Scientific Association, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Agro-Know I.K.E, Maat France SARL, The Trustees of Indiana University, Academia Sinica, Advance Science and Technology Institute, Institut Teknologi Bandung BHMN, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Universiti Putra Malaysia, National Science & Technology Development Agency
Topic: INFRA-2012-1.1.9
Type of Action: CP&CSA
Duration: 57 months
Start Date: 1 February 2013 – 31 October 2017
BBMRI-ERIC full partner: as of 1 April 2014
Web: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/108236_de.html
Coordinator: Markus Perola
Co-Coordinator: Gertjan van Ommen
Total requested Grant by Consortium: €8,000,000.00
Total requested Grant by BBMRI-ERIC: €14,552.00
Linked Third Parties/BBMRI-ERIC Framework Agreement: none
Benefit/tasks for BBMRI-ERIC: BBMRI-LPC Forum, BBMRI-ERIC
Lead by UH-FIMM.
BBMRI-LPC unites the large study sets of the European Biobanking and Biomolecular resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), thus achieving a worldwide unique scale of integration.
Specifically, we aim to:
1. Evaluate/improve the harmonisation of individual data on health, lifestyle and other exposures;
2. Develop/implement harmonised definitions of diseases;
3. Improve biobanking and research technologies and develop innovative solutions facilitating high-quality, fair transnational access to samples and data;
4. Provide free transnational access by users, through study proposals selected by an open, pan-European call;
5. In the framework of these studies, generate and provide access to whole genome sequences, transcriptome, proteome, metabolome and methylome data;
6. Build new public-private partnerships involving large-scale prospective cohorts, and strengthening existing ones, allowing transparent industrial access to academic expertise;
7. Build a network transferring the expertise of established European large-scale biobanks to new biobank initiatives under development in other countries (BBMRI-LPC Forum).
Helsingin Yliopisto (UH-FIMM); Academisch Ziekenhuis Leiden Leid Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC); Centre International de Recherche Sur le Cancer (IARC-WHO); Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (ICL); Medizinische Universitat Graz MEDUNI Graz (MUG); Karolinska Institutet(KI); Genome Research Limited (WTSI); Academisch Ziekenhuis Groningen (UMCG); Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Gesundheit un Umwelt GmBh (HMGU); Norges Teknisk Naturvitenskapelige Universitet (NTNU); Tartu Ulikool (UTARTU); Uppsala Universitet (UU); Centre Nacional D'Anàlisi Genòmica Fundacio Centre de Regulacio Genomica (CNAG-CRG); Cambridge Protein Arrays LTD (CPA); Pecsi Tudomanyegyetem University of PECS (UP); The Research Institute of the Mc Gill University Health Centre (RI MUHC); Legal Pathways BV (Legal Pathways); Islensk Erfdagreining EHF (DECODE); Terveyden Ja Hyvinvoinnin Laitos (THL); International Prevention ResearchInstitut IPRI Management (IPRI); Latvijas Biomedicinas Petijumu un Studiju Centrs (LBMC); Sveuciliste U Splitu University of SPLIT (CCGH); Wroclawskie Centrum Badan EIT + Sp. z o.o. (EIT+); Klinikum Rechts der Isar der Technischen Universitat Munchen (TUM-MED); Institut national de la Sante et de lat Recherche Medicale (INSERM); MedLawconsult (Medlaw); Universiteit Maastricht (MU); Nasjonalt Folkehelseinstitutt (NIPH); Statens Serum Institut (SSI), University of Bristol (UBRIS), BBMRI-ERIC, Universita Degli Stufi di Milano Bicocca (UNIMIB)
Topic: INFRASUPP-6-2014
Type of Action: CSA
Duration: 36 months
Start Date: 1 July 2015
Grant Agreement Nr: 654404
Web: http://www.b3africa.org/
Coordinator: Erik Bongcam-Rudloff
Total requested Grant by Consortium: €201,250.00
Total requested Grant by BBMRI-ERIC: €70,000.00
Linked Third Parties/BBMRI-ERIC Framework Agreement: none
Benefit/tasks for BBMRI-ERIC: contacts to Africa, ELSI activities will be informative for the work of the Common Service ELSI
Lead by Sverige Lantbruksuniversitet
B3Africa (Bridging Biobanking and Biomedical Research across Europe and Africa) will dramatically improve and facilitate the development of better predictive, preventive and personalised healthcare worldwide. The rapidly evolving African biobanks are an invaluable resource: The African population has the greatest genomic diversity on the planet and represents an incredible resource of information to advance biomedical research. B3Africa aims to implement a cooperation platform and technical informatics framework for biobank integration between Africa and Europe. The collaboration harmonises the ethical and legal framework, biobank data representation and bioinformatiCommon Service pipelines for sharing data and knowledge among biobanks and allowing access for researchers from both continents.
Main actors from the relevant initiatives including Human Heredity and Health in Africa project (H3Africa), European Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources research infrastructure (BBMRI-ERIC) and LMIC Biobank and Cohort Network (BCNet) collaborate in B3Africa to address the following objectives:
B3Africa will provide the critical mass to maximise efficiency in biomedical research, supports defragmentation through integration and allows efficient leverage of existing biobanks and e-infrastructures in Europe and Africa. The technical informatics framework will be designed for easy upscaling and integration with other research infrastructures.
List of Participants
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; BBMRI-ERIC; Karolinska Institutet; Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics; University of the Western Cape; Makerere University; University of Stellenbosch; IARC; International Livestock Research Institute; Medical University of Graz; Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria
Topic: H2020-WIDESPREAD-2016-2017
Type of Action: CSA
Duration: 12 months
Start date: 1st September 2017
Grant agreement: 763677
Web: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/211429_en.htm
Total request Grant by Consortium: € 384,867.50
Total request Grant by BBMRI-ERIC: € 43,005.00
Linked Third Parties/BBMRI-ERIC Framework Agreement: none
Benefit/tasks for BBMRI-ERIC: Developing methods for integrating biobanks with exposome data.
The aim of this project was to exploit research capacities built in Central Europe with support from the European Structural and Investment Funds and develop a cutting-edge research platform capable of addressing major scientific and societal challenges of contemporary Europe in the area of Environment and Health. It enhanced a scientific value of existing regional population studies and turned them into the accessible source of valuable information by developing sustainable biobanking platform and harmonizing their protocols, questionnaires, and standard operating procedures to allow for their joint assessment and interpretation of results. Existing research programmes were expanded to address questions related to a wider range of factors (generically called exposome) impacting human health and wellbeing. To identify new biomarkers of exposures, effects, and susceptibility to pathologies, innovative approaches to the assessment of multiple exposures were developed including omics technologies, novel methods for integrative analysis, software tools and computational models, chemical sensors and triggers allowing for tracing such processes in biological systems. This innovative research is well aligned with the European and national strategic priorities and documents (including the National Innovation Strategy), and will generate substantial new knowledge needed for prioritization of future research and policy actions in the area of chemical management as well as practical tools applicable in health protection, prevention, diagnostics, and intervention with the aim of minimising the burden of disease, improve the health and well-being of citizens and lower health costs.
Topic: H2020 -EINFRA-1-2014
Type of Action: RIA
Duration: 36 months
Start Date: 1 September 2015 Grant
Agreement Nr: 654241
Web: http://phenomenal-h2020.eu/home/
Coordinator: Christoph Steinbeck
Total requested Grant by Consortium: €8,810,922.00
Total requested Grant by BBMRI-ERIC: € 145,076.00
Linked Third Parties/BBMRI-ERIC Framework Agreement: none
Benefit/tasks for BBMRI-ERIC: proposal trying to organize the metabolomics community at the European level, and we are keen to do it in full synergy with BBMRI.
Lead by European Molecular Biology Laboratory
During the next 10 years, a significant number of the 742,000,000 European citizens will have their genome determined routinely. This will be complemented with much cheaper measurement of the metabolome of biofluids which will link the genotype with data on the exposome of patients, which for the first time enables the development of a truly personalised and hand tailored medicine based on hard scientific measurement.
List of Participants:
EMBL-EBI, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Leibniz-Instiitut für Pflanzenbiochemie, Universitat de Barcelona, University of Birmingham, Consorzio Interuniversitatio Risonanze Magnetiche di Metallo Proteine, Universiteit Leiden, The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Uppsala Universitet, BBMRI-ERIC, Commissariat a l'entegie atomique et aux energies alternatives, Institut national de la recherche agronomique, SRI International, The Governors of the University of Alberta/University of Alberta
Topic: INFRADEV-04-2016
Type of Action: RIA
Duration: 24
Start date: 1st January 2017
Grant agreement: 739563
Web: https://eoscpilot.eu/
Total request Grant by Consortium: €9,953,067.50
Total request Grant by BBMRI-ERIC: €78,405.00
Linked Third Parties/BBMRI-ERIC Framework Agreement: none
Benefit/tasks for BBMRI-ERIC: Development and piloting of policies of medical data sharing as a part of European Open Science Cloud.
Lead by Science and Technology Facilities Council: The EOSCpilot pro- ject will support the first phase in the development of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) as described in the EC Communication on European Cloud Initiatives [2016].
These actions will build on and leverage already available resources and capabilities from research infrastructure and einfrastructure organisations to maximise their use across the research community. The EOSCpilot project will address some of the key reasons why European research is not yet fully tapping into the potential of data. In particular, it will:
In this way, the EOSC pilot project will improve the ability to reuse data resources and pro- vide an important step towards building a dependable open-data research environment where data from publicly funded research is always open and there are clear incentives and rewards for the sharing of data and resources.
List of Participants:
Science And Technology Facilities Council, CSC-Tieteen Tieto- tekniikan Keskus Oy, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Wissenschaften Ev, Eu- ropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Surfsara BV, Stichting EGI, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique CNRS, Karlsruher Institut Für Technologie, The University of Edin- burgh, Stichting Liber, Trust-It Services Limited, Athena Research And Innovation Center In Information Communication & Knowledge Technologies, Jisc Lbg, Partnership For Ad- vanced Computingin Europe Aisbl, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Stiftung Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron Desy, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional De Su- percomputacion, Georg-August-Universitat Gottingenstiftung Offentlichen Rechts, Konink- lijke Nederlandse Akademie Van Wetenschappen – KNAW, ICOS ERIC, GEANT Vereniging, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Biobanks And Biomolecular Resources Research Infra- structure Consortium (BBMRI-ERIC), European Spallation Source ERIC, Natural Environ- ment Research Council, European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility GmBH, ECRIN Eu- ropean Clinical Research Infrastructure Network, The University of Manchester United, Pin Soc.Cons. A R.L. – Servizi Didattici e Scientifici Per l'Universita di Firenze, Commis- sariat A L Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives, Consorzio Interuniversitario Cineca


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