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Issue #2 - 2012
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|Jan Johnson's Pole Vault Safety and Technique News Letter - Issue #2 - 2012
Sky Jumpers Vertical Sports Club
Pole Vault Safety Certification Board
Atascadero, California
Proposed Safe Landing Zone Rule
This years contest was conducted using an experimental safe landing zone rule. It employed a box marked in chalk on the top pad; 15' wide by 14'6" deep measured from 6" behind the zero line. The contest was conducted on a landing mat that was 21'6" wide by 16'10" deep behind the strike plate. See photo below:
A total of seven vaults during the contest were cited with cautions and recorded into the score sheet. A caution was only cited if the vaulter touched or went beyond the safe landing zone perimeter upon first contact with the landing pads.
Below: Actual score sheet of our experimental contest
Note that a "c" was placed next to contestants name on the score sheet each time a caution was issued.
Chad (see line #2) would have been eliminated on the basis of either the 2 or 3 infractions rule. Two of his misses and one of his makes were cautions. Later Chad went on to PR at 14'6". However, by all accounts Chad was bringing danger to himself.
· Great attention was brought to where and how vaulters landed. Both coaches and vaulters were acutely aware that they must land within the safe zone to complete a successful attempt.
· Standard placement setters seemed to have perfect position to call fouls (yellow caution flags). The standard place setter on the right side was a complete novice and he had no trouble making the safety line calls.
· Some members of the IPVC association thought that the box could have been slightly wider. Others liked the size as it was.
· Several jumps were observed where the vaulter rolled back wards after his or her first impact but did not touch the safety zone line.
· Several vaulters were observed bailing out and just making it into the safety zone box. These vaults were not cited with a caution.
· Two vaults were cited with cautions when the vaulter bailed out and landed either in front of or on the front caution line (6" behind zero).
· One jump was observed where the vaulter landed immediately next to the standard base pads with feet on the caution line it was cited with a caution flag.
· The ultimate winner of the contest was cited with 3 cautions, how ever he was not eliminated from this particular contest. However he was dangerously traveling to the side on many of his vaults. On his winning vault he landed correctly in the middle of the pads.
· The head official was able to call the order, keep the score board and watch the landings on every vault of the contest.
· The enforcement of this rule did not slow the contest down in any way
· Only one competitor would have been eliminated based on too many unsafe jumps, interestingly, he was the eventual winner and he was vaulting unsafe.
· It was a unanimous opinion of the participating members of the Illinois PV coaches association that all jumps charged with caution flags were dangerous.
· During the course of the contest the landing pad moved back from 3" behind the zero line to nearly 9" back.
Below: Scatter diagram of the locations of unsafe vaults which were issued a caution.
*The 15' wide safe zone is 12" wider that the original one at SJVSC.
*Some committee members felt the Maine South one could have been slightly wider.
*All committee members felt that the 14'6 depth was good.
*Some committee members felt that the vaulter should have to land entirely inside of the safety zone for a fair jump.
*One committee member who had been a volleyball coach for 20 years said that in HS volleyball team members are the line judges but the head official can over ride any call.
*It was also noted that in volley ball the entire ball must land outside the line for the ball to be out of play.
*Several committee members reminded us that in the throws the implement must land within a prescribed sector.
*Additionally in the LJ and the TJ the athlete must land with in the prescribed landing pit area.
*Much discussion centered on if the entire body needed to land with in the zone and if arms legs or hands outside of the zone be counted as a foul.
* Two highly active Illinois HS officials both said that what ever the rule is it needs to be worded in such a way that it is "cut and dried" for simple and easy enforcement: "making a difficult to enforce rule that involves too much interpretation and will be a problem"
* A highly prominent HS coach from Green bay, Wisconsin said that the rule should only apply to warm ups and that if "a vaulter does not demonstrate safe technique in warm ups he/she should not be allowed to continue." Another coach
said some vaulters could simply "avoid warm ups to avoid disqualification."
* A prominent official noted that many times score keepers are very busy during warm ups and will not have time to pay sufficient attention to landing locations during the warm ups.
* A highly successful Illinois HS coach said that "by first warning and then eliminating participants from pole vaulting competitions represents a form of behavior modification that the sport badly needs. Over gripping is the root cause of the vast majority of unsafe jumps.
* It was unanimously agreed that over gripping and over bending the pole was first and foremost the cause of most unsafe vaults.
* Another well known HS coach said that: "The HS weight rule is a pain in the ass and does nothing for safety. I hate soccer, but this is a good idea, it puts more focus on control and reduces wildness"
* Another coach said that: "this rule would be far more effective than the HS weight rule or providing additional padding around the perimeter because it gets at the heart of the problem, we can't keep growing the size of the landing pads to accommodate those who choose to put them selves at risk, best of all it costs nothing"
Suggested wording for safe landing zone rules
During the course of competition, In the completion of a pole vault jump, the vaulter must land so that upon first contact of his or her entire body including head, arms, hands, legs and feet must be within a 15' wide x 14.5" caution zone box clearly marked on top of the landing surface. It is suggested that the box is marked using 2-3" wide lines of a contrasting color, so that the inside dimensions of the zone meet the 15'x14'6" standard safety zone dimensions. The size of the safety zone area shall be standard for all landing pads. The front edge of the safety zone be between 3 and 9" behind the zero line as defined by the top of the strike plate at the back of the planting box. It is suggest that standard placement and cross bar personnel should participate as front line observers and confer with the head official. The head official will have final approval of any cautions entered on to the score card.
Vaulters who do not land within this area will be awarded a yellow caution flag; the score keeper shall make a record of all caution flags on the score board. A maximum of two caution flags are allowed during the course of a contest with elimination from the contest on the third. The vaulters best height cleared will be used as his/her final mark.
Cautions shall also be used as the final method of resolving ties when scoring a vaulting contest.
Three consecutive misses will remain as the other way the vaulter may be eliminated from a contest.
Examples of dangerous vaults which would result in caution flags
* Any vaulter landing on or in front of the front edge of the safety line nearest the plant box.
* Any vaulter landing where first contact with the pads is touching any portion of the safety zone lines, with any body part.
* All vaulters landing in the plant box.
* All vaulter landings upon the standard base padding.
* All hand slips resulting in landings in or around the plant box area, where the vaulter makes contact in front of, or on the front line of the safety zone.
Note: Back rolls and or tumbles after first contact with the pads will not be cautioned.
Jim J --2/23 Comments:
Gives the official(s) the authority to remove a competitor rather than the cringing that we all do when we see this!Using the body rather than trunk and head clears any questions about where the points of a foul should start Questions line "Was it the inside or outside of the shoulder that hit the line?" won't need to be debated.
- The jumper will need to come to a controlled completion state (sitting, lying or standing) of the jump so as to end the need to watch the boundary
If, by chance, there is a tie for 1st (total misses and misses at the last height) and the caution rule eliminates all the competitors, what will be done?
Jan Johnson 2/23 revisions
Revisions to original document added. Revisions are noted in red and bold
Jan Johnson 2/25 comments
I also need you all to send me as note regarding why the HS weight rule is bad for pole vaulting and does not impact safety as it was intended.
It will become part of my proposal to the NFHS.
2/26 comments from Jim J
Following the rules upon successful trial and clearance of the bar, I disagree with charging the third caution as a miss. If the athlete did successfully clear the height, he/she should be awarded that height.
2/26 comments from Tim J:
You might want to phrase that line about "the third caution will eliminate the vaulter from the competition" say the vaulter clears the height but lands on the line for the third caution. Does the third caution also count as a miss? you would almost need it to count as 3 misses at the height so you could easily factor it in for tie breaking .
2/26 comment from Chris S
Hmmmmm that would pretty much make the caution idea a mute point since it would eliminate the penalty since you are now saying that the caution only counts on first or second attemps and thirds if its a miss which would eliminate the vaulter anyway. It would work opposit of the intended purpose of the rule to reward a vaulter for taking a greater risk in a third attempt knowing he would not be penalized if he cleared the hight and hit the caution line for the third time
2/26 comment from Jan Johnson
The jumper would receive the height on the score sheet, but, since he/she received the third, will no longer be allowed to compete at the next height.
2/26 from Tim G 10:02
Interesting question for clarification, Tim. We've discussed the possibility of one or two accumulated "cautions" being a third tie breaking criteria after previous height misses and total misses, but it's been my sense that a final caution (whether determined to be a total of two or three) results in automatic elimination. Perhaps we have not clearly stated whether "elimination" means a complete forfeiture or whether attempts up to that point will be scored.
Nevertheless, a third or final caution would count as a miss (good point, Tim, if vaulter is scored up to that point.) Or does elimination mean, "out of the competition" or should it?
2/26 from Tim J 10:11
I remember back in the ancient times when the pole passed under the bar counted as a miss. Pretty agreegess rule but it was cut and dried no caution no if ands or buts if it was on the first second or third attempt.
2/26 Tim G 10:40
Yes, interesting that landing outside the zone is not such a foul as to constitute a failed attempt. If a caution is not a miss then Tim's point stands as regards Jim's rare hypothetical of a tie breaking jump off. Risking a third caution while clearing a final height could result in a risk averse victory.
2/26 from Tim J 10:58
I could go along with this concept. Not so agreeges but still gets the point across.
The jumper would receive the height on the score sheet, but, since he/she received the third, will no longer be allowed to compete at the next height.
2/26 From Jan Johnson 11:05 & 11:32
The precedence in track and field has already been set in the throws and the LJ and TJ. The athlete or the implement must land in the sector or the zone. Additionally in the throws, the athlete must exit under control from the rear of the ring.
I think in the PV for the rule to have its desired effect it will have to be strictly enforced. We cant give people a pass just because its third attempt.
Our goal is to set a president to get people jumping more under control. ie grip the pole lower, jump on a more appropriate pole and so on.
Patrick Sheridan - Elmwood Park H.S. Pole Vault
Pat, Thanks so much for your note. In my opinion we can't increase the size of the landing pads. They are as large as can be afforded and fit into our facilities. Additionally many places will not have room for perimeter padding. Clearly the 2 or 300 Chicago area schools who have indoor vaulting are at risk because the space is probably not available for perimeter padding at most of them.
We simply need to remove the weight rule and encourage people to land in the middle of the pit and penalize them if they do not.
Since pads were last enlarged in 2003 our catastrophic injury record shows 1 off the rear, one of the side and 14 in the box of legal sized landing systems. The situation can be easily remedied by padding the box and mandating that kids land in a required zone. Like Mike Fontana says: the rule needs to be cut and dried so that it is simple to enforce and not a judgment call.
Thanks for all you do, and the help you have given me and my group over the years
Steve White here, University of Minnesota
1-love the proposal
2-all good efforts need a slogan or a metaphor------in track and field the language needed here has already been invented-----a sector.
In other events, the performance only counts when completed in the sector. Vault needs a sector (the landing box you describe). I believe that not having a sector in vault should open up a discussion on the elimination of throwing sectors.
Thanks Jan
Wow ! Nicely said Mr White.
I totally agree with your. For example, if tomorrow someone threw the shot 85 feet but it landed out of the sector it would not count.
From: Tim Johnson
On Mar 4, 2012 10:12 AM, "JAMES Lonergan" wrote:
I just received the thread about the Safe Landing Zone proposal. (What don't you guys like me anymore.) Being a couple weeks behind the curve, I tried to take all the comments and put them into a Word document. I had a hard time keeping of who said what when. I put line numbers in the document and tried to color everyone's comments. I also removed last names to protect the guilty. I probably messed up a couple of times, but if it helps--great!
Here are my thoughts on the issues--
sorry to be so wordy. Remember, I'm an English teacher; it's an occupational hazard.
Jim Lonergan
English Teacher, Sophomore Girls Volleyball Coach, Asst. Boys Track Coach--Jumps
Maine South HS
Hey Jan – I don't know if you even know who I am. I've written the curriculum for Washington State's coach certification program which I showed you a few years ago at Reno. I was also the one who shouted most loudly at first news of rule 743 that, rather than pole fussing, we ought to mandate safe landings in the center of the pit, with border stripes and caution flags, much like you recommend here. I even sent the full proposal and diagram to Bob Fraley who loved it and produced it in the vault publication that spring. So I like the idea, I commend the progress, but fear it will get a hair complicated. As written, and there are a few grammatical errors and or typos within, I think you need to send a picture of a nicely repainted pit cover and perhaps a second diagram of an overhead view of it in simple computer image. I'll also remind you of two reasons my idea got shot down back in 98 or whenever it was I tried to first make this happen. One, the federation was tenaciously closed to more feedback on rule 743, which made many people angry for all the new poles we'd have to buy, etc. Second, coaches said they feared unpaid and untrained officials would cower at the burden of more responsibility or liability if they misjudged a vault. Everyone sues everyone today, and booting a kid or deciding not to could make officials feel vulnerable to angry parents. This should be worded in such a way as to assure officials they are not gaining new burdens or liabilities.
Question – In the event that an athlete, with good awareness and instinct, aborts a vault he/she knows was off due to take-off point or whatever, does not swing, but leaves the ground and searches for a front bun for a safe landing spot on the feet, should this athlete get a warning card? They might say, "But that wasn't a vault! I deliberately aborted and landed short for safety. I accept my miss, but please don't count it as reckless." Are you good with flagging them on those too? I wouldn't want an unintended consequence of an athlete's never aborting a poor vault for fear of a flag. See what I mean?
That's about it. We all know dangerous vaulters can be spotted many jumps before they crash, and this rule gives us a shot at them before they go there. I believe no one should be free to vault outside of the safe center of the pit, and I care nothing about which pole they use to land there. I'm fully supportive if these concerns can be consoled. I welcome more visiting if you would like. I offer my service as word-smith if there are no English teachers among you.
See ya – Tim Reilly
Northwest Pole Vault Camps
Thanks for your comments.
Thanks, jj
rsogle wrote:
Thanks for the newsletter though.
Bob Crawford
Are you getting this proposal endorsed by your section office and sent to the NFHS rules committee?
Donnie Nelson, NIAA
With a quick read you have the makings of a good safety first idea. Must a vaulter's body land completely in the zone? It was not clear to me. Is it your feeling that coaches do not emphasize the need to land in the center of the pad?
Dick Borkowski
Yes, we need to return landing in the center of the pads. We added the PLZ back in 2003 and it has had no effect. We started PVSCB for coaches certification in 2003 and it too has had no effect. I frankly think its time for some behavior modification .. Land in the middle of the pit and under control or be eliminated. All were trying to do is keep over grippers from hurting them selves.
Hi Jan - Not a bad idea, but perhaps it need to be "tweaked" a little. I don't really like the idea of an athlete getting a failed attempt if they make the bar and land out of the safety zone. No problem with the "flag" for the improper landing but she or he did make the jump. On the third flag you are done for the day, I like that! The other issue I have is having to exit out of the front of the pit between the standards. I'd be more comfortable with "must exit the pit in control". OK just my .02.
Define under control? Is a perfectly executed back roll extension off the side or the rear under control?
Thanks Jan.
We have a high school meet this Saturday. I will ask the coaches for this input.
Geoffrey Bradshaw
Cal State University Stanislaus
Thanks Brad, let me know the results.
fantastic......... full support
Not sure I agree with the awarding a miss if any part of the body lands outside the indicated lines. But, I do agree in a penalty system.
Jan –
While I appreciate this email, I am confused by this type of rule. Why penalize the jumper for a potentially dangerous jump? Placing tape markers on the pits doesn't prevent the jump in the first place and allow for safer jumps. The jump has been made and the danger already faced, the tape mark does not change that. It seems to me that coaches who routinely have this type of jumper and schools allowing kids to jump without coaches should be held accountable and potentially penalized, not the jumper who is just trying to participate in the sport. Most jumpers are learning the sport and mistakes will be made, especially with high school jumpers who only jump a few months out of the year and then to do so with inadequate or untrained coaches who do not know how to help correct this type of jump, this the problem – not the jumper!
If addressing safety is the main concern of this newsletter, I think a ruling enforcing all jumpers, regardless of their level of training, to wear helmets. This one action would increase the safety record of the sport dramatically and reduce the number of serious injuries.
Thanks for your note. In a future letter I address this issue of helmet use and several other forms of protective padding. However, for now let me just say the in our study they proved to be a very poor and expensive way to improve safety.
Doak Markley
I am confused by the caution zone & the safe zone. I see them clearly on your photo, however, the rules described in your proposal refer only to the safe zone. In reading the proposal, I see no need for the caution zone ... unless a vaulter who lands once outside that zone is out of the competition.
I suggested years ago to other coaches in the Northwest, that the current "Coaches Box" or "Safe Zone" that is painted on all new pits, should have a 3 strikes and your out rule.
I would be in favor of a high school rule that stated if a vaulter lands 3 times outside of the "Safe Zone" he/she is done vaulting in that competition. I would add the athletes' coach must be notified on each "caution flag" given. This would allow the athlete & coach to make adjustments prior the next attempt.
I would not give an athlete a "Caution Flag" when they bail on a vault without leaving the ground, yet fails to stop & runs up onto the pit. This would simply be a miss.
Thanks for your pursuit to keep the pole vault event safe!
God Bless,
Whats your take on this? I dont want to paint the mats, but I would like the three strike rule. Can we enforce this now?
Thank you for asking my opinion on this.
This is the cheapest method for the greatest safety ever before introduced to the pole vault event!
We have to get this passed to keep injuries from escalating as bars sky ward higher!
Every year more high school vaulters are reaching heights never before cleared and this safety zone is a must for the industry!
What is my take ? I am 110% all for it!
I hope you will join me to make it happen!
Bruce Caldwell
I really like this, but is there a way not to spray paint the mats? I know ducktape would leave an adhesive residue as well. Would this be something we could get passed this season as a NFHS amendment? Until it is adopted by NFHS, I know I will not be able to do it in Missouri.
From: Jan JohnsonI love it! Pass this rule, get rid of the weight labels and handhold bands, AND require mandatory coach's certification, and I think we'll have 99% of the safety issues sewn up.
I'm forwarding your proposal with my endorsement onto over 1000 email contacts I have in the pv community. I hope it will garner support!
From: "jan johnson"
Thanks for your support in this. Next week when I return to my desk I plan to publish some of the letters of support.
Kris Allison wrote:
I HIGHLY endorse this new rule proposal as a common-sense and low-cost approach to increasing safety in the pole vault. If you're not aware, 3 vaulters were killed in practice and/or meets in 2002 while pole vaulting, spurring on a series of attempts to make the sport safer including increasing the minimum dimensions of landing systems, requiring box collars and standard base padding, r&d on making "soft" plant boxes, new designs on box collars, and pole vault-specific helmets. Prior attempts at increasing safety included having manufacturers place maximum handhold bands at or near the top of vaulting poles and weight-rating labels and verification of vaulter's body weights to the poles they are to use. All of these actions were intended to increase/enhance safety in the pole vault at primarily the high school level, however in my professional opinion, many simply made the sport cost-prohibitive, tedious to administer at competitions, and created other safety issues for beginner level vaulters. This is the first rule that would address the crux of the problem: controlling the vaulter's trajectory and/or landing. I truly hope that it will gain support.
Kris Allison
The weight rule blows big time. I never liked the weight rule because there's so many levels not to like it and most importantly it's never accomplished it's goal of jumping safer it's just shifted the hazards from the back of the pit to the front of the pit by making kids jump on poles that are too stiff for there ability/mechanical balance.
And the DOGMA that's evolved around it is very disturbing.
Tim Johnson
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recently i went to my home courtesy my dad's continuous persuation that i havent been home in a long tym(read since i started earnin :P).so i booked tickets to an from my home...both WAITING,thanks to the huge indian population no 1 gets a berth in any of the trains whatsoever dese days.an indian railways hav dis waiting concept wherein u pay for the ticket and den u r on ur own...
its lyk wen u enter a restaurant dey ask u menu and den ask u for d payment an VOILA!...THANK U SIR...u may go home now...
GOD DAMNIT where s d food??
i landed myself near d washbasin put my stuff on a paper and started d journey.now wen u r near the toilet u get to see how ppl think of trains as dere personal dumpyard and dey make sure dat dey use the lavatory well enuf so dey get the full value of the money...
so dere wr ladies doin all sorts of cleanin for dere kids...older folks makin all sorts of noises as if dey r gonna die an den AAAAKKKKTHUUUUU....an splurge of water(good heavens wt is wrong dese ppl)....an d worst part is it does not stop at dis...dey keep comin every 1 an half hour or so(oh yes!i timed it...didnt hav too much to do either)....
n den dere wr those AE CHAI...CHAI...CHAI...ppl,hell bent on feedin every soul present in every cabin...dere wr 4 of dem at any given tym in a coach.now i m a admant fan of tea but d sight of "tea" dey wr makin made me sick(seriously why do u even call that tea?..dont even get me started on the taste).....i was sick of dis whole thing an suddenly i heard a voice in d adjoining compartment askin
P1- "bhai akele ja rahe ho kya???..."
me- "???????"
P1="if u r goin alone come sit wid me...we can talk...it ll b easier to pass tym"(considerin dis train was goin patna...i was surprised to hear him talk in english *WINK*)
so he introduced himself an we got talkin..he was a army kid an was workin in uae..an thanks to him my journey which i thot wud suck for the most part was a comparatively easy 1..
back home i ate LYK A PIG...mom packed a lot(n i mean LOT) of stuff to eat wen i reahc at my place in DILLI(employment has its perks)...
i was again standin on the platform again d same nite boardin the same train ....an guess what ...with a WAITING ticket...dis tym RAC...an thanks to some REALLY REALLY cold air i was shivering whole nite and didnt sleep..
again that stupid tea...an guess what again an army man..(u hafta talk to a army man to see how funny dey r)...
d nite was over an i was in dilli...an a frend of mine arranged for a biryani treat which made me forget a lot stress...
came home aroung 9 in d night an FINaLLY slept after 2 nites lyk a baby in my own bed
i try to jot down whatever happnenS/ED wid me or my thots or whatever..try to keep up ;)
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i thought i had discovered some langland, gower or chaucer manuscript but on closer scrutiny i found out that it was promotional material for the indain railways.thanks . but you are in luck . you have discovered that police men have funny bones and now- surprise-people speak english on a train going to patna . keep blogging and keep springing surprises ( for yourself included)ReplyDelete
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|LASIK is the preferred option for higher corrections of shortsightedness, farsightedness and high astigmatism.
|PRK is the preferred option for lower amounts of correction, eyes with surface irregularities, those with thin corneas and patients predisposed to trauma such as athletes.
|In LASIK surgery, the surgeon creates a corneal flap that remains attached to the eye. The flap is gently lifted and the inner cornea is exposed. The laser beam starts to re-sculpt the cornea and then the surgeon puts the flap back into the original position.
|PRK works by removing the epithelium or first of the five layers of the cornea. After this top layer is removed, the inner layers of the cornea are exposed and the laser results the curve of the eye.
|Procedure time
|Lasik allows for both eyes to be done at the same time and hence is done and completed within an hour or two.
|Because clear vision takes longer after PRK, a doctor will correct each eye a week or two apart.
|In LASIK, no stitches are required and the flap normally stays in place because of the natural ocular pressure. A contact is normally not necessary after LASIK procedures.
|The benefit of PRK is that no needles or incisions are required for the procedure, making it a good choice for those who have sensitivity to others touching their eye.
|Minimum or no discomfort is found in majority of patients undergoing LASIK.
|There is more discomfort with PRK because, unlike Lasik, which creates a small flap in the cornea, PRK removes the outer layer of the cornea.
|On average, the LASIK surgery typically costs $1,000 to $15, 00 or more per eye per eye. This does not include the costs for any follow up examinations, operations, or prescriptions.
|The typical cost of the PRK surgery on one eye is about $1,800, though it can sometimes be found as low as $1,350 and as high as $2,500, depending on where you live and the surgeon you choose.
|Following LASIK, eye drop medication is used for about one week and the patient can normally return to work or normal activities within three days. Although the healing can happen quickly for some, it may take a few months for vision to become stable. Lasik patients may return to normal activities the day after surgery
|After PRK surgery, eye medication is used to prevent infection and promote healing, while a contact is placed on the eye to prevent infection in the first week after the surgery. It will take approximately three to four months for the epithelium to regenerate. Before resuming daily life activities, PRK patients will usually require a couple days of rest.
All in all, PRK is a conventional type of laser eye surgery is best suitable for patients who suffer from certain corneal abnormalities that do not allow them to undergo regular surgery. In PRK, an eye surgeon (ophthalmologist) removes excess corneal tissue from the eye by an excimer laser. However, due to certain associated complications such as pain, longer recovery time and resulting vision problems of haze or blurriness in some patients, PRK is now was being largely replaced by LASIK and other procedures. LASIK, on the other hand, is the most frequently practiced or common type of eye laser. Those people who have a normal cornea that can resist a cut through both the outer and middle layer are good candidates for Lasik. Hence, LASIK uses a blade to create a small flap in the cornea to provide laser access, It is commonly performed to correct farsightedness. LASIK surgery is completed quickly (within 2 minutes) and is relatively less risky as compared to other eye surgeries. The recovery time is usually one to two days.
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|17 Feb 2014
Kari, thank you so much for your fantastic tutorial. Worked great on a fresh install. However, I do have a question about an already installed Windows 7 that I've been using now for several months. I read Post 22 you linked to and I think I understand what to do. But my question is what happens to programs that are already installed? Will I need to reinstall them so they know where ProgramData folders are, do you know?
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Kari, thank you so much for your fantastic tutorial. Worked great on a fresh install. However, I do have a question about an already installed Windows 7 that I've been using now for several months. I read Post 22 you linked to and I think I understand what to do. But my question is what happens to programs that are already installed? Will I need to reinstall them so they know where ProgramData folders are, do you know?
As the sysprep as used in this tutorial changes environment variable values for locations of Users and Programdata folders, this procedure can also be done on an existing installation, with several existing user profiles and installed software because the changed environment variable values tell Windows exactly where to find those folders.
However, there are a few things you should consider before starting:
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|18 Feb 2014
I think I will go ahead and try it. If it messes things up, I'll just restore my backup image, or simply reinstall any programs that need to be. I don't have a whole lot of stuff on my PC yet, so I think now is the time to try it.
Do you know when changing the ProgramData folders, if it also changes the location for Windows temp files? If not, is there a way to change location of the TEMP directory? I'd like to have temp files on my D drive, if possible.
Thanks again for your help.
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|18 Feb 2014
You are welcome.
For additional tips, see my latest Sysprep tutorial: Windows 7 Image - Customize in Audit Mode with Sysprep :).
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|09 Apr 2014
Would like to do this on a fresh from factory computer....
Thanks for your work on this.
I want to do this on freesh from factory computer I have coming.
It seems to cover installing from a CD/DVD but not from an initial setup. My concern is this part:
<cpifflineImage cpi:source="wim:E:/sources/install.wim#Windows 7 ULTIMATE" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
I also came across this:
Don't move your Windows user profiles folder to another drive | ZDNet
It seems there can be problems when moving the user profiles with upgrading and service packs. Is this true?
Thanks for your time and any help, advice you can give.
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|10 Apr 2014
Hi Andy, welcome to the Seven Forums.
I also came across this:
Don't move your Windows user profiles folder to another drive | ZDNet
It seems there can be problems when moving the user profiles with upgrading and service packs. Is this true?
First you need to understand the basic rules of sysprepping (this method is done with Sysprep):
For the #2, you need to edit a value or two in registry, thereafter you can sysprep an upgraded Windows.
The article you mentioned says you cannot update or upgrade after relocating Users and / or ProgramData folders. This simply is not correct information and I have given the article a lot of thoughts, what made a respected IT writer to publish something like this? The only reference to an official Microsoft article (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...(v=WS.10).aspx) he has is an outdated one, published for Vista so many years ago both Windows and especially the Sysprep tool have changed a lot since that.
Summary: Windows Update works without issues also when Users and / ProgramData folders in Windows 7 are relocated to another drive. An in-place upgrade is not possible by default after you have sysprepped your Windows, but can be easily done changing some values in registry.
What does Microsoft have to say about this? Let's search for a more recent Microsoft article than the one mentioned in that ZDNet article bothering you, see for instance this: Relocation of the Users directory and the ProgramData directory to a drive other than the drive that contains the Windows directory, from which here a short quote:
%systemdrive% is defined as the drive that contains the Windows directory. There are various reasons why you may want to relocate the Users directory or the ProgramData directory to other drives.
For Windows, the most common reasons are as follows:
Note If you use the FolderLocations unattend setting to move user data to a location other than the %systemdrive% drive, some servicing components may not be installed. These components may include critical updates, security updates, hotfixes, and service packs. This issue is resolved if you have installed the servicing stack update for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 937287.
There are a lot of happy geeks saving space on C: after using this method. As you can see if you read through all 800 posts in this thread, all issues we have covered have been caused by user, either a typo or wrongly given command and so on. Absolutely no update issues, no broken computers, nothing.
|My System Specs
|10 Apr 2014
Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
I'm one of the many happy geeks who has used this method on 3 systems now. All are working very well. As Kari mentioned, I had some problems but they were due to typos and spelling. With Windows one must be exact.
|My System Specs
|10 Apr 2014
I also am extremely happy after using this method on 2 new PC's. I wish I'd known about it before I installed Windows 7 at home. I am going to attempt to do this on the PC that already has Windows 7 installed.
With that said, I do have a question. I had already moved the user's My Documents folder. What will happen when I use this method since that user is already on my second HDD. Will it create a duplicate of that user? Would it be better to first move that user's documents back to the C drive where the OS is installed?
|My System Specs
|10 Apr 2014
I had already moved the user's My Documents folder. What will happen when I use this method since that user is already on my second HDD. Will it create a duplicate of that user? Would it be better to first move that user's documents back to the C drive where the OS is installed?
When done, you are ready to sysprep. Please notice that this can take quite some time, depending on how much data the various user profiles contain. Also keep on your mind that Sysprep removes the activation data; find your product key before starting, Windows needs to be re-activated afterwards.
And, of course, an important reminder:
An upgraded Windows cannot be sysprepped. As this method is based in sysprepping, this tutorial is valid only for Windows setups which have not been upgraded.
This means that if you have for instance in-place upgraded Vista to Seven, you cannot sysprep. The same applies if you have upgraded from a lesser edition to a better edition, for instance from Windows 7 Home Premium to Professional.
Notice that a repair install is also an upgrade install, so if you have ever done a repair install (= in-place upgrade to same edition), you cannot sysprep.
In other words, when sysprepping an existing Windows setup it only works if the Windows was installed clean and has never been upgraded or repaired using repair install, or if it is the original pre-installed Windows.
|My System Specs
|10 Apr 2014
Thanks for your help.
Sorry i did not read thoroughly enough, but after 20 pages, I just went ahead and posted my question.
I get the new computer in a week. I will certainly post you on how it goes.
Take care,
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At a Monday night parent meeting at the Apalachicola Bay Charter School, called to review options for a possible charter high school, Franklin County School District officials and ABC School leaders sat alongside one other to answer questions about the county�s high school options.
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Beginning with Superintendent Nina Marks, and followed by the Franklin County School�s assistant principal Eric Bidwell, guidance counselor Roderick Robinson and reading coach Kris Bray, the educators reviewed details of the high school�s many offerings, from its partnership with Gulf Coast State College to its certified staff to its range of extracurricular activities.
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Kirvin said a change to state rules made it easier for the ABC School to boost its enrollment by up to 15 percent, without needing approval from the school district. She said the school could add up to one grade per year, but that if it were to compete for up to about $400,000 in start-up funds, it would have to secure a new charter for a high school.
She and Johnson reviewed the many requirements required of a new high school, including having teachers each certified in a specific content area, providing remediation for lower performing students, finding a suitable physical facility, hiring Advanced Placement, business and vocational teachers, and spending on a large number of expenses, such as textbooks, computers and instructional supplies.
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�They may value that union protection,� he said. �Any group of teachers could form a union.�
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�This is their lives, my child can�t be an �experiment,�� said Davie Lloyd. �I have to be assured and comfortable.�
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ABC School parent Mark Friedman cautioned that a leap to a new high school could drain resources from the current elementary and middle school. �It will suck energy and talent out of the elementary and maybe make them less prepared for going into high school,� he said.
Kooi told the gathering he was impressed by what he was witnessing. �I�ve been to a lot of districts where this kind of discussion does not happen,� he said. �Whatever you are going to decide to do, in a community like this, it�s going to be so important you support whatever happens.�
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Recent events like the tragic gunning down of innocent people in Osloand the riots in London must surely force Europe to self-reflect. This is perhaps long over due.
After having dictated to the world for centuries on how to live and what to think, Europe stands before a mirror today to look itself in the eye. The problem is that a lot of people are very angry in Europe. In London, it is the anger of those fighting poverty. What the world witnessed in Norway was the anger of one trying to protect affluence. In both instances, the crisis is
over currency.
The bigger crisis is of values, or rather, a decline of values. The idea of valuing currency above everything else in life is a bad one. To allow the market to rule life is not such a good idea either.
Socialist values that once made Europe a shining example in the world are fading away. Once upon a time the young looked forward to being led by Europe's socialists and social democrats on a path that at least promised utopia. Today, young people have nothing to dream about. The future is a blank.
The thugs who set fire to London are among the 1.2 million people known as NEET: 'Not in Education, Employment or Training'. Since everything costs money, which the NEET do not have, they have taught themselves to grab what they would like to have.
A recent study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reveals that onlyPortugalbeatsBritainwhen it comes to a horrendous economic divide among its people. The problem is greed, responsible for having created over decades a gaping chasm between the rich and poor. According to BBC, Britain is haunted by homeless single parents and those without any means to earn a living. It is a miserable life in Britain for the poor who outnumber those who are not poor.
A UNICEF study ranks Britain as the most child-unfriendly country out of 21 major industrialised nations. There are 3.4 million children living below the poverty line in Britain, a seriously distressing number. In ugly neighbourhoods, violence is part of life. Some 60 per cent of children between the ages of 10 and 15 are victims of crime at least once in their life.
Headline news report anarchists torching cars in Berlin. The anger of people that has already spilled on to the streets is spreading across the continent.
The idea of the Europe an Union is a beautiful one. But, perhaps, the union takes its original spirit of unity based on commerce far too literally. As if other aspects of life matter less. Worldly success of individuals is celebrated, but there is no emotional safety net for those left behind in the rat race to make money.
Take the austerity measures introduced by governments inGreece,SpainandItaly, which are the worst hit economies today. All cut-backs to salvage the economy have hurt the majority who are already not well off. Education grants for those from low income families are taken away. Youth centres and community centres for the unemployed and the pregnant are locked up. Libraries are shut down, while casinos get a facelift. That is why the people are at war with their respective governments.
Even those who are monetarily well-endowed do not seem pleased with life. In the name of privacy, there are perhaps far too many lone wolves thinking their own thoughts and living alone.
Take the example of the seemingly well-brought-up Anders Behring Breivik: the gunman ofNorway. The son of a Norwegian diplomat, he is remembered as a good looking, well-groomed and polite young man even as his little mind planned and plotted the mass murder of his own countrymen for over a decade. Talking to the best friend of Breivik's mother, journalists wanted to know if she ever thought that Breivik was a terrorist.
"I don't know. He was too quiet. And he was very much alone. Always," the elderly lady recalls. Breivik had lunch with his mother on Sundays, but he lived alone. He is said to have brainwashed himself into thinking the way he did.
However, in societies where the lamp of socialist values still flickers and where family ties and community life are still valued, there is little unrest on the streets. As in Austria. So far.


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Ignore the whining over PRATT, I was extremely bored at the time, and I guess, that since I was drawing already, my mind wandered back to how mad I was at the guy, though, I'm really not at all.
2 comments:
- KennethJ said...
Try not to worry too much what PRATT says about your style, if dug enough into any of the artists' styles that attended you could see their influences. Believe me your style will be perfectly welcome compared to the many aspiring cartoonists that will be beginning just at their first year in college. Never be afraid to emulate a studio's style!
- February 6, 2010 at 7:11 PM
- Higgins said...
Hah, surfing dragon! Great! :)
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With its seven miles of golden sandy beaches, many with Blue Flag accreditation for quality, parks and gardens, temperate climate and popular nightlife, Bournemouth attracts a rich mix of professionals, students, creatives and sports enthusiasts. Why would you not consider this beautiful south west part of the UK to start / continue your nursing career?
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It was silenced by a voice I was learning wasn't quite my own; they'll never buy you a horse.
I didn't voice either opinion aloud in the white truck; I knew the condescending voice was right; they'd never buy me a horse. We were poor; I could see it in the soles of Daddy's shoes when we played checkers on the floor. Even if we weren't poor, I don't think my parents would ever buy me a horse, anyway. It wasn't that my parents didn't like me, they just didn't know what to do with me.
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Well, time keeps on slipping..and all that. I'm constantly amazed at the things I get to do. The world is so full of stuff, and there are so many amazing people in it (once you sort them from the dolts). In the last three years I have lived in Europe for 6 months, helped an international company save tens of […]more still →
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Man. I so meant to blog every day. I got lost. I stopped doing it. I am not going to make excuses. Obviously, I didn't want to do it. But, here I am now, thinking, all of my audience is SUFFERING so for my lack of publishing. Haha. I'll try doing better. I'm going to be whipping up some new […]more still →


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Mediocre economic growth could become the "new reality," leaving millions stuck without jobs and increasing the risks to global financial stability, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned yesterday.
Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the IMF, first warned in October the global economy could be stuck on a "new mediocre" growth path with high debt and unemployment, unless policymakers act.
"Today, we must prevent that new mediocre from becoming the 'new reality'," Lagarde said, according to remarks at the Washington-based Atlantic Council.
Speaking ahead of the release of the IMF's economic forecasts next week, Lagarde said global growth this year is similar to last year, while it is slightly better for advanced economies and slightly worse for emerging mar- kets.
In its last forecasts in January, the IMF said the global economy grew 3.3 per cent last year, advanced economies expanded by 1.8 per cent and emerging markets grew 4.4 per cent.


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Harriet Maria Brockman
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This page is part of the Genealogy Research being done by Samuel Antonio Minter. It represents the best information I have at this time on this individual. This site is a Wiki open to be edited by anyone. If you see errors, or have additional relevant information, feel free to update this page. If you are not comfortable editing the page directly, please email me with the information at email@example.com. Thank you!
- Date: 22 Feb 1819
- Location: Greensville District, SC, USA
Immediate Ancestors
- Father: Thomas Patterson Brockman
- Mother: Mary Kilgore
Immediate Descendants
- John Crawford Anderson (b 18 Jan 1842 in Spartanburg Co, SC)
- Mary Elizabeth Anderson (b 1845 in Spartanburg Co, SC)
- Henrietta Alethia Anderson
- James Henry Anderson (b 10 Aug 1848 in Spartanburg Co, SC)
- Thomas B Anderson (b 1851 in Spartanburg Co, SC)
- Harriet "Hattie" Maria Anderson (b 1853 in Spartanburg Co, SC)
- David Anderson (b 1855 in Spartanburg Co, SC)
- Emma D Anderson (b 1859 in Spartanburgh Co, SC)
Places Lived
- Spartanburg District, SC, USA (10 Aug 1850)
- Poolsville, Spartanburg Co, SC, USA (21 Jul 1860)
- Reidville Township, Glenn Springs Post Office, Spartanbur Co, SC, USA (11 Jun 1870, 1880 Censuses)
- David Perrin Anderson (married 28 Mar 1839 in Pliny, Greenville Co, SC, USA by Rev John G Landrum)
- Date: 1 Jul 1892
- Location: Spartanburg Co, SC, USA
- Burial: 3 Jul 1892 in Nazareth Presbyterian Church, Spartanburg CO, SC
Biographical Information
- Mary Sue Wootton 2005-12-16 Packet Page 38
- Rootsweb Index to History of Spartanburg, SC Page 1
- Rootsweb "In Memory of 'J. J.' McMurry" (this link now gives an error)
- Rootsweb "Bentley, Davis, Bennett and Nodine branches of Karen's Family"
- Rootsweb "kith and kin far and near" (this link now gives an error)
- Mother Mary Kilgore had the nickname "Polly".
- Bentley source lists birth date as 28 Feb 1819
- kith and kin lists birth date as 23 Feb 1819
- Most sources have Harriet not Harriett so I've gone with that.
- HMB's brother Benjamin has a Wikipedia page: Benjamin T Brockman
- One source is an index to History of Spartanburg, South Carolina a book I do not have, but want
- Another source references William Anderson and Rebecca Denny and their descendants 1706-1914 another book I do not have but would like


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Africans into Creoles: Slavery, Ethnicity, and Identity in Colonial Costa Rica (Dialogos)By: Russell Lohse (author), Kris Lane (editor)Paperback
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DescriptionUnlike most books on slavery in the Americas, this social history of Africans and their enslaved descendants in colonial Costa Rica recounts the journey of specific people from West Africa to the New World. Tracing the experiences of Africans on two Danish slave ships that arrived in Costa Rica in 1710, the Christianus Quintus and Fredericus Quartus, the author examines slavery in Costa Rica from 1600 to 1750. Lohse looks at the ethnic origins of the Africans and narrates their capture and transport to the coast, their embarkation and passage, and finally their acculturation to slavery and their lives as slaves in Costa Rica. Following the experiences of girls and boys, women and men, he shows how the conditions of slavery in a unique local setting determined the constraints that slaves faced and how they responded to their condition.
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Somalia's Federal Government President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has arrived back in Mogadishu on Saturday morning, after attending the London conference.
President Farmajo has returned from London, where he attended a one-day Intentional Conference on Somalia, which focused on the country's security, and humanitarian crises.
During his stay in London, Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo met with several leaders and top officials, including the United States Secretary of Defense James Mattis.
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Automation, digital platforms, and other innovations are changing the fundamental nature of work. Understanding these shifts are imperative for business leaders and professionals to move forward and successfully transcend this digital tsunami.
Digitization, Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality are transforming production, distribution, consumption and innovation. These are allowing competitors to emerge unseen and change the rules of the game. Both companies and people are getting disrupted.
To remain ahead in the race of tech transformation, organizations require agility, velocity and a culture of learning & innovation. This makes it imperative for companies to invest in creating learning platforms for their talent pool so that a culture of continues learning (#LearnEveryday) can be created at a mass personalization level.
In its continued efforts from past 4 years of facilitating peer learning and creating a digital library of Workplace Insights on #FutureofWork in India, Corporate Shiksha organized its second edition of the Future Learning Conclave in India's financial capital on December 1, 2017. The conclave was in partnership with SP Jain School of Global Management, one of the most premiere education institutes in the country, recently ranked among world's top 20 by Forbes for 5th consecutive year.
This unique knowledge exchange program saw the participation of CEOs, CHROs, CLOs & HR Leaders from 60+ companies from 18+ Industry sectors. Leaders from companies like Sony, HDFC, Vodafone, Credit Suisse, Piramal Group, DHFL, BIC – Cello, Ador Welding, TCS, Deloitte, Mahindra & Mahindra and Corporate Shiksha shared Workplace Insights on Technology, jobs, and the future of work
The full-day event was segmented into three sessions:
- CEO Dialogue on Future of Work
- CHRO Dialogue on Creating a Culture of Learning
- CHRO Dialogue on Technology Trends & Insights from Best Workplaces
The Conclave began with Mr. Vikram Pandya, Director Fintech at SP Jain School of Global Management welcoming the distinguished guests and formally announcing the Conclave open.
The day kicked off with the CEO Dialogue on the Future of Work. In the panel was Mr. Uday Sodhi, Head – Digital Business at Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt Ltd., Mr. Dhiraj Relli, MD & CEO, HDFC Securities, Mr. Ankur Sethi, Founder CEO, Corporate Shiksha and Mr. Banesh Prabhu, Chief Strategy Advisor at Intellect Design Arena.
It was indeed fascinating to hear thought-provoking insights from business leaders and how are they preparing for the digital disruption in their respective industry sectors and on creating the winning culture in the organisation.
Next was the CHRO Dialogue on Creating a Culture of Learning. In the panel was Niranjana Harikumar, Head – Learning, Talent & OD, Piramal Group, Rajendra Mehta, Chief People Officer, DHFL, Dr. Sanjay Muthal, Former Managing Director, RGF Management Search, Rahul Ghatak, CHRO, BIC- Cello (Writing) Group of Companies and P Senthil Kumar, CEO from Gardener Consulting. They all shared insights on what it takes to build the culture in the digital age and how can organisation prepare to mitigate commonly known challenges in their tech transformation journey.
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The panel was moderated by Sanchayan Paul, Senior VP & Head of Rewards at Vodafone and was accompanied by Prashant Bhatnagar, Director HR, Credit Suisse, Manoj Pandey, Head HR, Ador Welding Ltd., Rahul Ghatak, CHRO, BIC- Cello (Writing) Group of Companies and Shrikant Patil from The Boston Consulting Group.
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Platforms like the Future Learning Conclave provides a unique opportunity for the corporate leaders to come together on a platform, discuss, understand, strategise and prepare themselves for the fast-changing Future of Workplace.
Stay tuned for the video insights from our Digital Dialogue series. To subscribe, email us at email@example.com
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Founded in August 2013, Corporate Shiksha is a learning and executive education company with a purpose to enable people and organizations Re-imagine and Prepare for Future of Work. In past 4+ years, we have worked with 140+ companies like American Express, Airtel, HCL Technologies, Boston Scientific, Maruti Suzuki, PNB Metlife, Bajaj Corp, BBC Worldwide, Perfetti Van Melle, IndiaMart.com to name a few. Our video content library is reaching a million seconds. Our learning communities across management functions such as HR, Finance, Marketing and Leadership reach out to 1.3 lac professionals from 3000+ companies. For more information, please visit www.corporateshiksha.in
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SP Jain is a world-class business school with campuses in Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore and Sydney. Our education ethos is strongly influenced by our mission of crafting global business leaders for the 21st-century workplace. We pride ourselves on providing a learning experience that is modern, relevant and truly global. At SP Jain, you will learn how business practices differ around the world. Our multi-country learning model provides a unique opportunity for global exposure and experience. This will give you the edge in a competitive global business environment. For more information, please visit www.spjain.org


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Surnames Of Wales
The dominance of a small number of common surnames in Wales can be a major stumbling block for those researching their Welsh ancestry or wishing to distinguish between individuals within a given community as part of a local history study. This book attempts to dispel many of the myths which surround the subject of surnames in Wales - such as the widely-held belief (outside Wales) that nearly everyone is named Jones - by describing the development of surnames within Wales down to modern times. Equal emphasis has been given to common names found throughout Wales and to rarer ones found only in specific localities.
There are nearly 40 maps showing the incidence and distribution of the more interesting or typical surnames in the early part of the nineteenth century. These have been derived from a survey involving more than 270,000 surnames found in parish records throughout Wales and for this second edition it has been extended to cover given names. The most important additional work relates to the transition from patronymic naming to settled surnames.
This illustrates very clearly how late the patronymic system survived in many parts of Wales. A method for predicting a possible place of origin within Wales for small groups of people (who may have migrated or emigrated), based on a knowledge of the distibution and incidence of both surnames and given names, is also described. The book draws heavily upon examples of surnames and given names recorded in ancient pedigrees and more recent family history research.


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A vampire-themed "Beauty and the Beast": When Isobel's neighbors sacrifice her sister as tribute to the mysterious "demon" who dwells in the nearby castle, Isobel offers herself as a substitute. Her new master, Reynard, proves very different from what she expected. As he preys on her body and ravishes her soul, she finds herself falling in love with a creature who isn't even human. How can she endure the heartbreak when Reynard wants to send her home for her own good? A thousand years later, a descendant of Isobel's sister travels to England to delve into her family's history…and discovers that the ruined castle on the hill is not totally abandoned. These two stories, "Payer of Tribute" and "Demon on the Hill," were originally published in GOOD GUYS WEAR FANGS 4.
Right before his death, Paula's husband warned her not to publish his latest horror novel. She appeals to Doug, his agent and their best friend, for help when an obsessive fan keeps telling her the stories in the previous books are based on fact and she is in danger. Doug insists they should publish the book, but she's determined to obey her husband's dying wish.
When they investigate the labyrinth at the heart of the story, they cross over into another realm of magic and monsters. The experience, though horrifying, triggers their long-suppressed mutual attraction. Is it lust or love—the product of an alien carnal force or of their own desire too long denied?
Erotic paranormal romance: At midnight on Christmas Eve, Nicole goes home with her lover Cal to spend the holiday at his house. Knowing he plans to give her an engagement ring, she hopes to find out why he hasn't previously invited her to stay at his place longer than one night at a stretch. Before proposing, he confesses the truth he's been hiding—he has an identical twin brother. More shocking still, Cal reveals a secret that may destroy his relationship with Nicole—or transform it.


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TriVest also provides equity for and organizes the acquisition of privately-held or smaller public companies, as well as subsidiaries or divisions of larger business enterprises. The management team of the acquired entity will typically have a meaningful investment and a performance-based compensation plan.
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Princess Anne has called for an end to the ban on gassing badgers, saying it is the most humane way to control the population and stop the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB).
Speaking to the BBC's Countryfile programme, to be broadcast tonight, she called for the ban to be lifted, and also reiterated her call for horses to be farmed for their meat.
The princess has lost 15 of her rare breed cattle to bovine TB, a disease spread by badgers, in the last two years.
She told the programme: "Most of the people who did it in the past will tell you that gas is a much nicer way of doing it, if that's not a silly expression, because of the way it works.
"And how it works is that you go to sleep, basically."
Her comments come just days after the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) announced that it would not be expanding trial badger culls to new areas. An independent report found that trials culls so far have failed to kill anywhere near the required number of badgers.
A senior member of the National Farmers' Union (NFU) told the BBC that the Princess' comments would be welcomed by farmers. Andrew Guest, the NFU's county chairman for Gloucestershire, said: "The Princess Royal is noted for outspoken views and her forthright honesty.
"I think it's an option that needs looking at. And provided we can tick all the boxes as far as humaneness goes then it would certainly be an option to consider."
Defra issued a statement saying: "Initial investigations into the use of gas as a potential culling method are taking place as set out in the 25-year strategy to free England of bovine TB, which includes plans for more sophisticated TB testing, developing cattle and oral badger vaccines, tighter cattle movement controls, badger vaccination in the buffer zone and badger culling in areas where disease is widespread.
"It is not possible to say at this very early stage if or when gassing is likely to be a realistic or humane method of culling."
The princess also called for the return of farming horses for human consumption. She said that thousands of horses are currently neglected, and that "An awful lot of the abandonments are because they don't perceive there to be any value in the animals."
"But the meat trade adds value to the animal, so there is some point in keeping it healthy if it's got an end point that it can go to," she added.
Asked if she would eat horse herself, she said: "Oh certainly," and added it that it was "very good."


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Evelyn "Jade" Baxter, an author, and successful businesswoman commands a crowd of young, urban, up-and-coming women. Jade's followers believe she is the epitome of success, but what they don't know is Jade is haunted by her past.
Despite her success, more than anything Jade wants to forget her painful past. Unfortunately for Jade, someone very close has no intentions of letting her forget her not so illustrious beginning.
When her twin sister, Lynn Baxter, decides to expose Jade's past to her followers, she sets off an emotional roller coaster in Jade's life, as well as her own. To make matters worse, Lynn's cruelty could cause Jade to lose the man she loves.