Selby Park Playground Replacement Process
The Selby Playground is now open!
The Selby Park Playground Project is finally nearing completion. After some challenging delays that included long waits on replacement of some equipment that arrived damaged and several staffing issues for the installation contractor, we are down to the final section of safety surfacing and some of the improvements around the perimeter that had to wait for installation crews to be out of the way including planting of trees, mulch and installation of the picnic tables under the new shade structures. All of that is scheduled to occur this week and we are planning to have it open by this weekend if we don’t experience any additional unforeseen issues. We appreciate everyone’s patience!
Construction on the Selby Playground is moving along although there have been some delays due to equipment which had arrived with damages and the wait to get replacements shipped. Most of the equipment is now installed and the next phase is to install the safety surfacing. We are hoping things can be wrapped up in another 10-14 days.
Our playground vendor doing the installation was delayed on their current project a bit by the weather earlier this month so they will be arriving next week to begin installation of the new playground. Demo of the old playground is nearly completed. We expect installation to take 1-2 weeks meaning it should be completed by sometime the first week of June.
Demo of old playground and equipment, including the removal of the split trunk oak tree – week of May 10 (weather depending)
Installation of the new playground equipment – week of May 17 and possibly extending into the week of May 24 (weather depending)
The playground will be closed starting May 10 until the installation is complete.
Final Design Selected
After reviewing all of the feedback from the open house and comments we received on-line, option number one was the clear favorite. We have worked with our vendor to make a few adjustments to it based on some of the specific feedback we heard. The color was adjusted to a more neutral, and natural combination, we were able to add to the swings to replicate the swings shown in option three as many commented on how much they liked those, and we added another slide as many asked for as many slides as possible. Finally, we are working to add a communications board to help with engagement and interaction between children of all abilities.
The Parks and Recreation Commission and City Council approved the final design on February 16 and the equipment will be ordered right away. We expect about six to eight weeks for the delivery and hope to be installing the new playground in April or May.
Selby Park Playground Oak Tree Removal
You may have noticed in our playground designs the beautiful, large, split trunk oak tree is missing. Many of you commented on it and we wanted to provide an explanation. Unfortunately, we will be removing it during the playground renovation. Our certified arborists have been monitoring the health and condition of that tree for many years. The double forked structure of the tree has been a concern as well as its declining health, especially given its proximity to the busy playground where so many kids and families congregate. Those split trunk trees are especially dangerous as they decline because they are prone to splitting and falling at a moment's notice. Since we have been aware of its decline for a while, we have been planting trees along the west boundary of the playground in anticipation of it being removed. We will also be improving the mulch area on the east boundary of the playground by planting new large species trees that will provide shade for years to come. All of our designs also included shade over the seating area in the middle of the playground.
Shelby Shelter Improvements
We saw many comments in our Selby Park Playground Replacement feedback about the shelter and when it might be improved. This has been an expressed goal of the city in the Parks Master Plan and there is funding in the 2022 Capital Improvements Program (CIP) to assess the west end of the park including the aging shelter building. The design work will look at the best future layout for the entire west end of the park (including the parking lot) and assess whether to renovate or replace the existing shelter. Staff will begin working with residents early in 2022 on the project.
Thank you to everyone who attended the in-person open house at Selby on February 10 and to everyone who submitted their comments online. We took all of the comments and input received and sent everything to our design team. We will be posting the final design and any other information shortly. The recommendation will go to the Parks and Recreation Commission and then City Council. If approved, construction will begin in the spring to replace the playground.
Selby Park Replacement Process Project History
City Council authorized funding for the replacement of the Selby Park playground in their 2020 Capital Improvements Program. The playground surfacing is beginning to come apart and we are having issues with some of the decks and connectors showing excessive wear. The project was placed on hold for most of 2020 due to COVID related budget concerns. We resumed planning for the project in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Planning began by gathering community input using a survey with Colonial Hills residents sent out through the Civic Association’s social media, website, and email list. We received 132 responses to the survey which provided feedback on usage patterns and preferences, colors, types of equipment, and open-ended input.
We also worked with Colonial Hills Elementary to survey students about the play equipment they would like to see. Our picture survey had 200 responses indicating preferences on slides, swings, climbers and more.
We provided both sets of survey results to our vendor who has utilized them to come up with three different designs (see below).


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At the preplanned interim analysis, performed by an independent data and safety monitoring committee after 359 PFS events were observed, median PFS was 6.9 months in the everolimus plus exemestane arm (n=485) vs 2.8 months in the exemestane plus placebo arm (n=239), according to assessments by local investigators (HR for progression or death, 0.43 [95% CI, 0.35–0.54; P<0.001). By central assessment, median PFS was 10.6 months and 4.1 months, respectively (HR 0.36 [95% CI, 0.27–0.47; P<0.001).
The most common grade 3 or 4 adverse events (AEs) that occurred more frequently in the everolimus plus exemestane group vs the placebo group were stomatitis (8% vs 1%, respectively), anemia (6% vs <1%), dyspnea, 4% vs 1%, hyperglycemia (4% vs <1%), fatigue (4% vs 1%), and pneumonitis (3% vs 0%).
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Results of the final, protocol-defined PFS data from the BOLERO-2 trial2 were presented at ASCO 2012 by Martine J. Piccart-Gebhart, MD, PhD, of the Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium, and colleagues. After 528 events and a median follow-up of 18 months, analyses confirmed the benefits of everolimus plus exemestane reported at 7.5-month and 12.5-month follow-up when compared with placebo plus exemestane.
The primary efficacy analysis, based on local radiologic assessment, resulted in an estimated 55% risk reduction for PFS (HR 0.45 [95% CI, 0.38–0.54; P<0.0001), which corresponded to a clinically meaningful 4.6-month prolongation in median PFS, from 3.2 months in the placebo plus exemestane arm to 7.8 months in the everolimus plus exemestane arm.
When PFS was analyzed based on central radiologic assessment, an estimated 62% risk reduction of progression or death was observed for the everolimus plus exemestane arm vs the placebo plus exemestane arm (HR 0.38 [95% CI, 0.31–0.48]; P<0.0001), which corresponded to a clinically meaningful 6.9-month prolongation in median PFS, from 4.1 months in the placebo plus exemestane arm to 11.0 months in the everolimus plus exemestane arm.
By local assessment, ORR was significantly higher in the everolimus plus exemestane arm vs the placebo plus exemestane arm; 12.6% vs 1.7% (P<0.0001), as was clinical benefit rate, 51.3% vs 26.4% (P<0.0001), respectively, with similar results observed by central assessment.
The most common grade 3 or 4 AEs were stomatitis, hyperglycemia, and fatigue. The AEs observed with everolimus plus exemestane are consistent with previous reports for mTOR inhibitors.10
At the cut-off date of December 15, 2011, 16.7% of patients in the everolimus plus exemestane arm and 4.2% in the placebo plus exemestane arm continued to receive study treatment. The primary reason for treatment discontinuation was disease progression. A higher percentage of patients in the everolimus plus exemestane arm (9.1%) discontinued treatment due to AEs when compared with the placebo plus exemestane arm (3.3%); a greater percentage in the combination arm also withdrew consent, 9.5% vs 2.9%, respectively. Higher discontinuation rates among patients treated with everolimus may be attributable to the longer treatment duration in the combination arm.
A total of 200 deaths had occurred at the cut-off date, 25.4% in the everolimus plus exemestane arm and 32.2% in the placebo plus exemestane arm. The next interim analysis of survival will be performed after 275 deaths occur, with final OS analysis conducted after 398 deaths.
These results support the use of everolimus-based endocrine therapy combinations in postmenopausal women with advanced ER+ breast cancer, Dr. Piccart-Gebhart reported.

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No, this is not a joke nor a mere concept in the works—the invisible bike helmet is an actual, real thing!!! Though incredibly expensive, this is probably one of the coolest pieces of technology I’ve ever seen. It’s basically an airbag for cyclists, enabling bike-lovers to safely enjoy the freedom of biking without a hard, mushroom-shaped piece of plastic strapped to their head.
The technology lies in a collar, which is the only visible part of the helmet (see above photo on the left). It has sensors to detect when you’re in an accident and is made of a durable, ski-jacket type of material. Inside of the collar is an airbag consisting of an inner and an outer hood attached together by straps. It’s made in an ultra-strong nylon fabric that won’t rip when scraped against asphalt, which is why it protects your head in case of an accident.
Learn more about this cool helmet and how it works at www.hovding.com/en/how.
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This thesis concerns the equilibrium climate response to an anthropogenic change in aerosols since pre-industrial times compared to a 63 % increased CO2 level in the atmospheric GCM CAM-Oslo coupled to a slab ocean model. Recent studies suggest that changes in atmospheric circulation may be characterized as certain naturally occurring weather regimes becoming more or less prevalent in response to a given external forcing. The main purpose of this study is to investigate whether the CAM-Oslo model can simulate some of the weather regimes found in observed data. The output analysed consists of monthly mean values of the Northern Hemisphere winter (dec-mar) 500 hPa geopotential heights from 3 different experiments in the CAM-Oslo model; the first experiment (the control simulation) with present-day aerosols emissions and CO2 volume mixing ratio, the second experiment with pre-industrial emissions of aerosols and present-day CO2 and the third experiment with present-day emissions for aerosols and a 63 % increase in the CO2 mass mixing ratio. The data is detrended by removing a linear trend and the seasonal cycle from each simulation and the anomalies from each simulation is combined into one single data set. To define a reduced phase space based on the leading modes of variability a Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis is applied to the height anomalies. The principal component probability density function (PDF) from each simulation is computed separately in the reduced phase space spanned by the two leading EOFs of the combined dataset in order for comparison. The CAM-Oslo model reproduces the Pacific/North-American pattern, but is less able to reproduce the leading mode of variability over the Atlantic ocean; the North Atlantic Oscillation or the Arctic Oscillation. Two aspects of the non-linear perspective of climate change is discussed; the climate response to a small imposed forcing is primarily manifested in terms of changes in the frequency of occurrence of flow regimes and the geographical structure of the flow regimes is relatively unaffected by the small imposed forcing. Compared to studies based on reanalysed meteorological fields, this study based on model calculations gives considerably less support to these two aspects of the non-linear perspective.


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A team from Greenwich has successfully retained its title at the 2019 Better Club Games, representing the borough to compete against 500 over 55-year-olds at the Olympic-style event for older people, held at the Copper Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Thursday.
The annual event was run by the UK’s largest public leisure provider, Better, the consumer-facing brand of charitable social enterprise GLL.
Now in its 14th year, the event aims to encourage older people to become more active and to highlight the social and physical benefits that sporting activities can offer to individuals of all ages.
Participants took part in 11 sports, including walking football, walking netball, badminton, short tennis, table tennis, darts, short mat bowls, timed cycle, timed swim and dominoes.
Proudly representing their boroughs and districts the teams were drawn from across London and the south, including teams from Barnet, Camden, Croydon, Ealing, Epsom and Ewell, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hillingdon, Kensington and Chelsea, Islington, Lambeth, Merton, Reigate and Banstead, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Rugby and Sutton.
In a repeat of last year’s top two, the winning Greenwich team retained their 2018 title, with Epsom and Ewell taking the runners-up spot. Sutton took third place.

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Just received my new PS62/14 today and need some help with the install. Do I need to use four studs and do the new ones go in the rear near the motor? They sent me a new down pipe also but I did not they I needed it on a 2005.
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Bay Shore H.S. Wind Ensemble
The Wind Ensemble is directed by Mr. Ted Scalzo. This ensemble pursues the more challenging pieces of music written for the band idiom. Students will be challenged technically and artistically. Entrance in to the ensemble is by audition only.
Wind Ensemble Leadership Council 2012
Please refer to them throughout the year.
Smart Music software is supplied for every Wind Ensemble member. This is your text book for the year.
You will be expected to install and work with this piece of software to improve your technical and artistic skils.
if you have difficulties Smart Music has provided you with this number for technical support.
From time to time I will put excerpts from your performance pieces up for you to listen to and study for style and interpretation.
Wind Ensemble Ear Training
We will be training our ears to hear better and persue perfect intonation.
Use these to warm up on everyday using active listening!
|FRENCH HORN||PERCUSSION RUDIMENTS|
Special note to percussionists!
You are required to play all of the rudiments in a solo audition.
Please check the link above to begin practicing and building up your speed and accuracy.
All students are required to play a performance/audition exam for me at least once a quarter.
This will be accomplished through Smart Music Assignments!
The evaluation sheets listed below will give an indication of how I evaluate your performance.
Download them and prin them out for you to have when you are practicing at home.
Woodwind and Brass Evaluation
The Musical Circle of Life
The more you play, the better you sound, the easier it is, the more fun you have, the more you want to play-----------------
Check out the "Universe Below" commissioned by the Bay Shore Arts Education Fund and premiered April,2002 by the Bay Shore High School Wind Ensemble. Listen to the haunting introduction!
The Adventure begins!

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American crude oil production hit nearly 6.5 million barrels per day in September, the highest volume since January 1998, the federal Energy Information Administration said Tuesday.
And Colorado’s booming energy fields have helped push that number up, according to the agency.
The agency credited production from shale formations, which require the use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to access their oil reserves.
Colorado’s Niobrara formation is believed to hold about 2 billion barrels of oil and energy companies are investing billions in the state to access the reserves.
And the agency has a chart of monthly production figures highlighting several states that have seen gains in oil production, including Colorado.
On an annual basis, Colorado’s energy companies in 2011 pumped about 38.8 million barrels of oil from the ground, according to the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC).
That’s about 600,000 barrels shy of the 39.4 million produced in 1977, the highest amount since 1970, according to Colorado Geological Survey records.
Industry experts have said that Colorado could set new production records set this year.
COGCC reports the state produced about 33 million barrels of oil through the end of October.
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Little history of my Jeep; it was special ordered back in the 1990's by my Uncle. He drove it for many years, until he later retired it and gave it to his son (my cousin). This cousin wrecked it three times, thankfully they fixed it just fine. After his son went to college the Jeep sat around, was driven somewhat frequently to move my uncles boat. In 2008 (i think) my uncle gave the Jeep to my oldest brother to have as his car. It then preceded to get handed down to my other brother, who then let the oldest drive it again, and then a year ago he gave it to me, a few months before I turned 16 he gave it to me. When I got it the Jeep had around 235k on it I believe.
It's the 5.2l V8, Limited.
[Edit: Please be aware, the first big post of this build was when I went through my 'rice' stage, if I could go back I would have spent my money better.]
Heres when i first got it, in July 2011
Here's what it looks like as of today; it may be hard to tell the difference, the most noticable things arel the fog lights, I bought new ones and installed them; the gold trim on the bottom i painted black and the white styrafoam I also painted black as well, bacause I couldnt find a replacement plastic cover....
Just thought I'd update, i got the wheels painted and they look really good!
So i got the smoked headlights installed! look great, I'll get better pictures tomorrow after daylight, head over to page #4 for details and pictures of the installation
So yeah, it looks great!
So last thursday i decided i should fix up the luggage rack, so i took it off and painted the metal parts blue. As you can tell the factory paint was worn out, and looked pretty bad..... so i taped off the plastic parts.
and after i put it back on....
....Well spent $8..... I'll get better daylights pics at somepoint, i always work at night so you cant see anything in the pics
So first update in awhile, i put a black pin stripe over the gold strip, you can sorta see it here.......
and i painted all of the Jeep logo's an decals blue...!
an i put some extra blue leds on the insides on the doors, and plan to replace the ones in the cieling too.
I removed the rear vents from the back so i could repaint them black, but when I took them off, i decided they would look kinda cool blue, and now they do.....
Im sure a lot of people may not like the blue Ive got on here, but Im mostly doing it for fun, i mean its an old car, so its gotta stand out somehow right?
Bought felt to cover my sub, so it doesnt look so ghetto now! Gotta love wal-mart. Before (left) after (right)
Ive done a good bit since my last update, got new tailights, new speakers and tinted the fog lights black to match the head lights, hears some pics!
old speakers, (left) new speakers (right
Alpine type E's , I replaced all four stock ones, only one still barely worked before I did it.
Fog lights, tinted black (left light) before tint (right light)
So thats pretty much it, I'll get better daylight pictures of the new lights at some point, I may end up tinting them darker, (the tailights) I haven't decided yet.
I am in the proccess of repainting the interior, its following the same black and blue scheme that i have been using, so far the dash is done and I am working on the rear door, pictures soon!
Here's before and after of the dash, I did this around two weeks ago.
And heres after its all painted and re-installed, looks great with the blue Leds.
Haven't updated lately, but here's what I've done:
Trimmed front bumper and moved my fogs down to the front.


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HUNDREDS of naked cyclists pedalled through Brighton at the weekend in a sight for saddle sore thighs.
Visitors to the city centre were forced to grin and bare it as nude riders took over the streets.
The annual event celebrates ‘human-powered travel’ – with participants urging others to give up both their cars and clothes.
Those who stripped off and hopped on beamed for the cameras as they cycled by the seaside.
Many had daubed festival-style paint on themselves and decorated their bikes ahead of the ride.
They were joined by officers from Sussex Police – although the coppers were doubtless relieved to learn they could keep their uniforms on.
The bizarre group took a naked sightseeing trip from the Pavilion to the seafront.
They then pedalled through Brighton’s famously tight and winding Lanes – likely causing a shock to window shoppers – before finishing the event at Black Rock naturist beach.
Steve Sims, who helps to organise the event, told the Brighton Argus: “We had to postpone last year and we’ve had to push it forward to now – it’s usually in June – but we have got lucky.
“This is a really good turnout – we are very, very pleased.
“Police always assist and they are always very good to us.”
While many Brits will only ever disrobe before hitting the saddle in their most feverish nightmares, Steve said he never worries.
“I never get nervous. First time, yes, but it’s all by the board now,” he said.
‘NOTHING TO CHAFE’
“Riding a bike naked is no more uncomfortable than riding with clothes – there is nothing to chafe.”
The popular cycle aims to “empower” participants – and demonstrate “the vulnerability of human bodies in urban traffic”.
One rider said he missed last year’s event, which was cancelled because of the pandemic.
“We weren’t sure if we were going to get a good turnout or not,” he said.
“The numbers are better than we thought.”


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FAA announces rule making to let private pilots fly some aircraft with a driver's license in place of a third class medical certificate.
FAA backs off on sleep apnea policy. New guidelines reasonable.
Learn about the new AOPA Rusty Pilots Initiative. We want to help you get back in the air!
President Obama proposes a $100 per flight "surcharge" for air traffic control.
Progress towards being able to fly some aircraft without a 3rd class medical certificate.
New policy makes it easier and cheaper to retrofit angle of attack indicators on certificated aircraft.
Judge orders mediation on city of Santa Monica suit against the FAA.
FAA asks judge to dismiss lawsuit by city of Santa Monica
FAA apologizes for delay on answering petition for a driver's license medical.
How does the Debonair handle?
AOPA schedules weekend fly-ins across the country.
AOPA announces six regional AOPA Fly-Ins for 2014, and the AOPA Homecoming Fly-In at the association's Frederick, MD (FDK) headquaters to mark AOPA's 75th anniversary.
Tom Haines interviews Rep. Todd Rokita of Indiana on a bill that would direct the FAA to allow many pilots to fly using a driver's license for a medical certificate.
One expert says the FAA is wrong on how it wants to determine who might be at risk for obstructive sleep apnea.
Find out why this could make airplanes twice as safe and half as expensive.
The City of Santa Monica, California flied a merit less lawsuit against the FAA. Find out what the city claims this time in their endless effort to shut down the KSMO airport.
AOPA President Mark Baker talks about AOPA reorganization and the associations commitment to encouraging flying clubs and good flight instruction.
Tom Haines talks to aerobatics legend Patty Wagstaff about her career, learning to fly, women in aviation, and flying an OV10 on fire fighting duties.
CBP can't cite any specific authority to stop pilots. AOPA says federal agents must have real probable cause to search aircraft.
Some selections from the full interview with Mark Baker, AOPA President & CEO.
AOPA Board of Trustees selects Mark Baker to succeed Craig Fuller as AOPA President & CEO.
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text: The human gut microbiome is more important to health than most people realize. It is filled with trillions of microbes ranging from fungi to bacteria and viruses. This paper focuses on preservatives and emulsifiers and the effects they have on the gut microbiome. These two food additives affect different types of bacteria differently. Emulsifiers and preservatives increased bacteria that tend to have negative effects on the body, while decreasing beneficial bacteria. This can have many different effects on the body from Crohn's disease to dysbiosis and even increase antimicrobial resistance in bacteria. This review looks to explain why preservatives and emulsifiers have such negative effects, why it is such a relevant and important topic, and alternatives to preservatives or emulsifiers, or ways to mitigate the effects of these two food additives.

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) visited the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC) last week to tour and discuss the role of the facilities in the future of space exploration. Sen. Moran is a senior member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, which has oversight over NASA.
“I appreciated learning more about the priorities and missions of NASA and discussing ways to advance STEM education and opportunities in the aerospace industry for Kansas research institutions and manufacturers,” Sen. Moran said. “Thanks to JSC Deputy Director Mark Geyer, Kevin Templin and the space center team for the opportunity to visit their impressive facilities.”
Joining Sen. Moran on the tour was Wichita State University Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer and National Institute for Aviation Research Executive Director Dr. John Tomblin. Wichita State serves as the lead institution on the Kansas Space Grant Consortium.
“I was pleased to join Senator Moran to tour NASA’s first class facilities at the Johnson Space Center,” Dr. John Tomblin said. “Wichita State is proud to partner with NASA, enabling WSU students to have direct involvement in NASA projects through the Jump Start program and helping to advance research and education in the aviation and space industries. I appreciated the opportunity to share my thoughts on the benefits of the program and NIAR’s role in R&D in Kansas with those at the Space Center, and I am thankful for Senator Moran’s leadership in protecting STEM education and learning opportunities for students beginning their careers in the aerospace industry.”
During the visit, Sen. Moran visited with a number of Kansans, including Anthony Williams of Murdock, Kan. Serving as an intern this semester at JSC, Anthony is a Kansas State University senior double-majoring in physics and digital media.
Also at JSC from the Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson were President and Chief Operating Officer Jim Remar and Director of Information Technology Jack Graber. The Cosmosphere was recently selected for participation in the renovation of the Mission Operations Control Room exhibit at JSC, set to be unveiled for the 50th anniversary of the first steps by man on the moon in 2019. The only Smithsonian-affiliated museum in Kansas, the Cosmosphere claims the Apollo 13 command module among its 13,000 spaceflight artifacts – the largest collection in the world.
As the leader and originator in human space flight, JSC’s mission has expanded to pursue more distant “deep space” explorations, with new spacecraft known as Orion that will carry Americans into these challenging new frontiers. Manufacturing suppliers for the Orion program include 10 Kansas companies.
On March 21, 2017, Congress passed into law the NASA Transition Authorization Act, providing stability for NASA to sustain and build upon existing national space investments designed to advance space exploration and science.


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Elizabeth Lim is a genius and I’ve already pre-ordered her next book. It’s a Wild Swans retelling, which is only one of my favorite fairy tales.
Despite some technical difficulties this weekend, there’s a new review up!
I’ve got a new favorite author! Until next time, word nerds!
Here’s a quick look at what I’ve been doing with my book lately. Until next time, word nerds!
We’ve waited almost 20 years for this movie. And it was not good. Until next time, word nerds!
I’m back with a new book review!
I’m creating a new section of videos that I’m calling “Kate’s Writing Corner”. It’s a place for me to answer (or try to, anyway) questions about writing! So if you have any questions you want me to answer, leave them in the comments below. Until next time, word nerds!

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Canal Date 2nd March 2013
Current Location Hopwood
Well, this is our last night at Hopwood and tomorrow we start our 2013 world cruise of the Inland Waterways. It has not been a bad winter as winters go. Most of the winter stoppages have now been finished. The icebergs have now all gone.
It feels good to be moving again.
We spent much of the day sorting out all the last minute things that should have been sorted out over the winter but were not done. We are now ship shape and ready. Just waiting for the off.
We will raise the anchor and set sail at the crack of dawn, heading due north for Birmingham city center If we set off by 1100 hrs we should be moored up by the N.I.A. at 1500 hrs. Plenty far enough for the first day.

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In Luke 15:11-32, Jesus told the Parable of the Prodigal to rebuke the Pharisees and scribes for grumbling against Jesus who was eating with tax collectors and sinners. I recognize that in the context the prodigal represents the sinners, the older brother represents the scribes and Pharisees, and the Father represents Jesus or God. He was asking the scribes and Pharisees to rejoice that the sinners were coming to Him. They just couldn’t get it.
However, as we apply this story to us today, I can’t help but ask when the prodigals come seeking help, how do I respond. Am I like the father or like the older brother?
Keep in mind what is happening here. The prodigal son had made all kinds of mistakes. The prodigal’s demise was completely of his own making. He was in dire straits because he had done stupid and sinful things. He hadn’t lived right, but life treated him poorly. He hadn’t just been a victim of circumstance. In the story, notice that he didn’t actually come back to the father seeking forgiveness; he came back seeking help. He didn’t say, “Forgive me and accept me back as one of your sons.” He planned to say, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.” Why was he planning to say this? Because he was eating with the pigs and the hired servants in his father’s house were better off than he was. His father could help.
However, he didn’t even get to finish his speech. The father was so excited that the son had realized his errors and was seeking him, he jumped in and said, “Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him…” You know the rest.
There was a fly in this ointment. The older brother got home and learned about the father’s compassion and mercy. He learned that the father hadn’t simply treated the prodigal like a servant but like a son. That “son of yours” didn’t deserve it. He had brought his misery on himself. He had made his mistakes. The older brother had never made mistakes. He hadn’t wasted his inheritance. He had always done just what the father asked. But the father hadn’t even given him a young goat. It would have been one thing if the younger son had lived like the older brother and life had just mistreated him. If he had ended up with the pigs through no fault of his own, the older brother could potentially see a reason for help. But this was ridiculous. It was perhaps even sinful. This was the wrong response. The right response was punishment. The right response was leaving him to suffer in the natural consequences of his own stupid, sinful mistakes.
Sadly, the older brother was unable to see the grace of his father in his own life. He hadn’t recognized that the clothes on his back came from the father. He didn’t see that every meal he had eaten in that home had come from his father. All he could see was his work and how he had accomplished so much for the father. This celebration should have been his, not the prodigal’s. The father should have declared a feast for him because of his goodness, not a celebration of this prodigal’s profligacy. The father should have shouted from the highest rooftop, “Look at my older son. He is awesome. Look at how well he has managed his life in my service. Let’s have a feast for him.” It was a slap in the face to his good service to watch this younger brother be helped when he hadn’t been as wise as the older. Which shows another struggle. The older brother didn’t understand what the celebration was about. The feast was not a reward for the prodigal’s sins. It was a celebration of the prodigal’s return. The prodigal recognized he had done something wrong and turned to the father for help. That should be celebrated. That should be met with mercy and compassion.
But what about us? When prodigals seek help, how do we respond? Are we like the father, responding with compassion and mercy? Or are we like the older brother, responding with self-righteous indignation? When the drug addict comes forward for the 100th time, do we turn up our nose or are we willing to embrace him and compassionately help him in this decision to return to the Father? “Why do the elders keep putting up with that man? Haven’t they noticed me? I’ve never done drugs.” When someone’s child goes astray spiritually, are we willing to weep with the parents who weep or do we remain aloof asking, “What did they expect with the way they raised that child?” Do we think to ourselves, “Why does everyone rush around to support them? I’m the one who raised good kids”? When poor stewards of money come to say they are in dire straits and they need advice and help, do we embrace them for recognizing their problem and offer compassion or do we judge them saying, “You made your bed, go lie in it. Nobody ever gave me any handouts. I’m doing so well because I’ve worked at it”? Do we grumble, thinking, “It just isn’t fair. It’s all these people who mess up their lives that get help. Nobody ever helps me”? When the adulterer whose family is falling apart asks the congregation to pray for her, do we not only pray for her but with her or do we walk passed with eyes askance, avoiding her look because we just can’t understand how anyone could do such a thing and then have the nerve to ask us to pray for her. Do we think, “How dare she come here asking for this after what she’s done. She should be more like me. I’ve never committed adultery”?
Of course, we are certain we are like the father because if folks from the world come to us with these awful stories but are willing to become a Christian, we race to them, embracing them, forgiving their past, and offering to help. However, keep in mind in the context of this story, the sinners and tax collectors were not “alien sinners” coming to God. They were children of the covenant who hadn’t kept the covenant. The Pharisees and scribes were lawyers of the covenant, spending their days and nights studying it to the nth degree. Yes, we’ll often be the father to folks from the world coming in, but what about to our younger or older brethren who have made different mistakes from us? Are we the father to them? Or are we the grumbling older brother, complaining, resting in self-righteousness?
Finally, at the heart of this story is the fact that the older brother did not recognize his own prodigality. It is utterly ridiculous for him to claim, “I never disobeyed your command.” He may not have gone off into the far country. He may not have been as vile and rebellious as the prodigal. However, there is not a son alive and never has been (except Jesus) who never disobeyed his father. He didn’t realize how much he needed the father’s mercy and compassion himself. He thought he had earned what he had and that the father hadn’t actually given him what he deserved. Perhaps if we can all recognize how prodigal we’ve been, how much we need mercy and compassion, we’ll be more like the father to our brethren.

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NPR has last Wednesday night's performance by The Good, The Bad & The Queen, at the 9:30 Club in D.C., available to stream or download. Excellent stuff from one of my favorite records so far this year.
RollingStone.com has posted (far too few) audio excerpts from the wonderfully freewheeling interview that Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills gave at the magazine's offices last Monday afternoon, hours before R.E.M.'s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I especially enjoyed hearing about the squalid conditions the band was living in when Rolling Stone named Murmur the best album of 1983, over Michael Jackson's Thriller.
A huge, slip-cased coffee table book that details "EVERYTHING related to the Beatles recording sessions, including beautiful, almost-pornographic photos of every mixing board, mic, tape deck, etc. ever used in a Beatles session," and costs over a hundred bucks? Yes, please! (tip from DJ Cayenne at BGB)
Need a cheat sheet on release dates for upcoming CDs, music DVDs and even books about music? Pause & Play has you covered.

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FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – Turn on the TV, pick up a newspaper or scroll through various social media threads and there are bound to be stories about blue-green algae (also known as cyanobacteria) blooms plaguing communities across Florida.
Now scientists are teaming up to study this phenomenon.
“The time has come for us to research what factors contribute to these blue-green algae blooms, what we can do to mitigate them when they happen and, more importantly, what can we do proactively to stop them from happening or lessen their impact,” said Jose Lopez, Ph.D., the primary investigator on the genetic analysis portion of the project. Lopez is also a research scientist and professor at Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography.
This study is being funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to the United States Geological Survey (USG) and the Caribbean Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU), and includes researchers from Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) and the USGS Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center. NSU’s Halmos College Ocean Campus will be the home base for the research, with Lopez co-leading the project along with Barry Rosen, staff scientist for the USGS Southeastern Region.
Lopez said the research could run up to three years with a focus on how water quality, nutrients and harmful algae blooms interact in Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee River, looking at the factors that come into play when these blooms occur. Given the importance these blooms have garnered the past few years, including Florida’s Governor creating a “Blue-Green Algae Task Force,” it’s clear this research can go a long way in helping address this issue.
We have all seen the photos and video footage of large blooms. Harmful algal blooms (HABs) happen when some types of cyanobacteria grow out of control. Harmful algal blooms, or HABs, are not always toxic, but some cyanobacteria produce toxic compounds that can harm people, fish, marine mammals, and birds.
“There are many species of cyanobateria, so we need to characterize the diversity and better understand which ones contribute to the blooms and what their normal function is in the ecosystem when there is no harmful algae bloom. This project will have a strong genomics basis [reading DNA and RNA sequences] at the molecular level,” Lopez said.


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Executive Director, Social Security Works
Jon (Bowzer) Bauman
Electoral politics and public policy activist
Donald Trump was elected president on a promise, central to his campaign, to protect Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. That’s what the American people voted for. But now that he’s in the White House, Trump is championing the so-called “American Health Care Act” (AKA Trumpcare) which would be a massive violation of that promise. Trumpcare would raid Medicare, gut Medicaid, and be an utter disaster for older Americans and Americans with disabilities.
In the face of a grassroots uprising from around the country, Trump and the GOP failed to jam Trumpcare through the House back in March. Now they’ve made the bill even worse, gutting the Affordable Care Act’s protections for people with pre-existing conditions, to win the support of the far-right House Freedom Caucus. Now is the time for everyone to call their House members and demand they vote no on Trumpcare, so that the bill never makes it out of the House.
But if it does, the Senate, where Republicans can only afford to lose three votes, will be the last bastion of defense against this horrific bill. That’s why are traveling around the country on our Hands Off Medicare and Medicaid Tour, looking for 3 Republican Senators to vote no on Trumpcare and any other reconciliation bill that includes cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security. That is how we found ourselves in Kokomo, Indiana, the heart of the heartland, last week.

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If you’re not the type to take care of your belongings, you might want to check out Outlier’s new Minimal Backpack when you’re on the hunt for a new bag. You can think of it as the Tonka truck of carry-alls, except that instead of metal it’s actually made from a lightweight fabric called Dyneema that has a strength-to-weight ratio that’s about 10 to fifteen times stronger than steel.
So what makes this Dyneema so wonderful? Well, it’s actually made from a thermoplastic material called ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene — or UHMWPE for short — that’s odourless, nontoxic, highly resistant to corrosive chemicals, low absorbent, and has the highest impact strength of any plastic we’ve cooked up. And in the case of Dyneema, it’s spun into fibres to create an incredibly strong and durable fabric that’s used in everything from parachutes, to vehicle armour, to bulletproof vests.
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Double Trouble and the Government Response
Usually houses are sold as freeholds where a purchaser buys the building and the land it stands on outright. In some cases, houses are sold as leasehold. This may be appropriate for some houses for example because they are on National Trust land. However, in other instances it seems that new build houses are being sold on a leasehold basis to create an income stream for the freeholder from the ground rent, or to generate additional income from the sale of the freehold interest or a lease extension at a later date.
A purchaser of a new build house will often be granted a long lease of up to 999 years and will also pay an annual 'ground rent' to the freeholder. These may be nominal rents where no money is actually collected by the freeholder often a 'peppercorn' or more whimsically 'one red rose'. There has however been a recent trend towards a starting ground rent of £200-£600 a year doubling every 10 years.
It has been well reported that tenants of these properties are now finding that they are struggling to sell their properties due to the fact that a number of lenders are now refusing to lend on properties with rent reviews like this or similar and there is fear that more will follow suit. It is important to note that this issue does not apply only to houses and many new-build flats also have doubling ground rent clauses where the same problem is arising.
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has set out plans to ban new build houses being sold as leasehold as well as restricting ground rents to as low as zero and the government’s Housing White Paper ‘Fixing our broken housing market’ highlighted the government’s aim to improve consumer choice and fairness in the leasehold sector. This consultation, which closes September 2017, looks at a range of measures to tackle unfair and unreasonable abuses of leasehold; in particular, the sale of new leasehold houses and onerous ground rents.
The consultation also seeks views on excluding leaseholders from possession orders because of arrears of ground rent; and views on freeholders being able to challenge service charges for mixed tenure estates with shared facilities.
We eagerly await the outcome of the consultation but in the meantime speculation is rife that government intervention may lead to another compensation scenario of the likes seen with PPI with major housing developers setting aside substantial funds to cover legal disputes.
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Posted by Becca Larsen on Nov.23, 2009
The previous installment discussed discovering that your child is different, whether because of autism, learning disorder or attention disorder. Click here to read Discovery
The first, and possibly the most fraught, step in developing an intervention plan is determining what you need to intervene in. Though lumped together because they are all neurological problems and may coexist in the same child, autism, learning disorders and attention disorders are unique problems that each require their own approaches to interventions.
Autism is a spectrum of neurological disorders that affect social interaction and communication. Autistic Disorder is only one of five related diagnoses of pervasive developmental disorders from the DSM-IV. The others are Rhett’s disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder, Asperger’s syndrome and PDD-NOS, a diagnostic category used for atypical autism. All five ASDs are identified through a list of characteristics. Though autism is generally accepted as a neurological problem, there aren’t clinical tests like a blood test or brain scan that show physiological symptoms of autism.
Learning disabilities are categorized by whether they are input, integration, memory or output problems. These problems often overlap, or snowball, so determining the exact nature of the problem can be difficult even for parents, even though they are with the child the most and have the most intimate knowledge of how the child communicates.
Input problems are difficulties with auditory or visual perception; doesn’t process information effectively. Integration problems occur when the brain doesn’t put the individual pieces of information together, and the brain can have problems putting information in order, discerning meaning or organizing the whole package. Memory problems keep children from acquiring all the necessary information because they can’t keep individual bits of information long enough to accumulate a useful whole, like remembering all the words in a sentence to be able to discern its meaning. Output problems can be language or motor skill issues that impede verbal or nonverbal communication, including writing; the child understands everything perfectly well, but can’t get that out properly through speaking, writing or art.
ADHD is characterized by high levels of activity and difficulties focusing. While adults can have ADHD, the main issues with ADHD are in the school years, since a typical classroom situation, with lots of sitting still and paying attention to the teacher, is the exact environment that children with ADHD have the most difficulties. Though the causes of ADHD aren’t clear, brain scans have shown children diagnosed with ADHD have thinner tissue in parts of the brain that regulate attention.
A professional diagnosis from a child development expert is definitely helpful if your child needs accommodations in school. Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004, schools need to provide accommodations for children with diagnosed disabilities.
A diagnosis can also be a double-edged sword, slapping a label on your child that risks defining him or her. Not only can the label become central to the child’s identity, effectively defining her by a deviation from “normal,” but the diagnostic label can prompt teachers, or even parents, to assume that a child with a learning disability can or can’t do certain things. Teachers may assume that, because dyslexics have trouble reading, a child with dyslexia doesn’t like reading. Autism, learning disabilities and attention disorders are diagnosed based on a list of traits, and a child doesn’t necessarily need to exhibit all of those traits. However, as a child is assessed and after a diagnosis, the list of behaviors may call attention to traits that describe the child, like daydreaming a lot, that may not have caused a problem before and would have gone unnoticed.
Schools and doctors can both be good resources for helping determine the exact nature of a child’s issues. Because the definitions of the problems are somewhat fuzzy, getting a second, independent opinion can safeguard against an inappropriate diagnosis. Even if the initial evaluation is done through the school system, you are legally allowed to get a second opinion, an Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE), from experts not employed by the school district.
Creating an Intervention Plan
Early and consistent intervention can minimize the lifelong effects of a child’s particular problem, either by training the child to adapt to their abilities or by taking advantage of the brain’s plasticity–essentially, the brain can rewire itself when provided with the right stimuli–to “fix” the neurological problem. If you have found that intervention is necessary, make a plan and make it flexible. Focus on encouraging your child to work with and around his difference, essentially turning his “weakness” into a strength. Use only what approaches work in an intervention plan; throw out what doesn’t.
Intervention strategies are numerous, as children differ. Using certain teaching techniques, adapting home routines to the child’s differences, and even adjusting nutrition and dietary supplementation can all help. Games can train both a child’s brain processes and her responses, minimizing the issues, and the child is learning through his natural language, play.
If you have your child evaluated by the school, the evaluation should include recommendations for interventions and accommodations. Check with other parents and reliable sources about potential interventions to incorporate into your plan. What works for one child may not work for the next, and there is no blanket solution. Be creative in your approaches as you help your child compensate for their issue.
One of the most important things to consider when developing an intervention plan is to keep it simple. Only address the problems your child is having. These neurological problems are all defined by lists of typical characteristics, and your child may not have all the ones on the list. If your child is diagnosed with ADHD, but doesn’t have problems losing things, no intervention is necessary there even though that is a typical sign of ADHD.
If you choose to use an individual education plan (IEP) or other interventions in school, the IEP should keep an eye toward your child’s future. As a parent, try to ensure that the IEP encourages your child to do as much as possible without interventions, because the larger world does not have IEP plans. The sooner and better your child learns to accommodate differences himself, the better off he will be outside of school, mixing with and competing for jobs with those who are “normal.”
“Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).” National Institute of Mental Health. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder/complete-index.shtml
Types of Learning Disabilities” Learning Disability Association of America. http://www.ldanatl.org/aboutld/parents/ld_basics/types.asp
“What is Autism.” The Autism Society. http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_whatis
Article By: Becca Larsen
Profile: Becca Larsen is a lifelong outdoorswoman. A mom of 2 and stepmom of 2, she is committed to natural, green parenting and teaching her daughters good nature stewardship and healthy living. Becca has her heart in the desert and her home in the Pacific Northwest.
Latest posts by Becca Larsen
- Spa-Beautiful DIY Skin Care Products - February 4th, 2010
- Parenting a Different Child: Prepare for Life - December 7th, 2009
- Parenting a Different Child: Explaining their Differences - November 30th, 2009
- Raising a Different Child: Intervention - November 23rd, 2009
- Raising a Different Child: Discovery - November 16th, 2009
- 3 Ways to Recycle Your Harvest Decor in the Garden - November 9th, 2009
- Back to Nature: Camping Games for Kids - August 25th, 2009
- Back to Nature: Easy, Healthy Camping Food - August 21st, 2009
- Back to Nature: Finding Campsites and Essential Camping Equipment - August 18th, 2009
- Camping to Remedy Nature Deficit Disorder in Kids - August 14th, 2009

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Jade Ninja is an action casual game developed by Monkey Potion. It had been online on APP Store since last year. The Android version is finally available on Google Play several days ago.
This game twists the endless runner and slashing. Players will be a ninja who run towards the right edge of the screen to protect Ninja girl, helping her escape from enemies advancing from the left. The control is simple. Players swipe the screen to destroy chasing troops. There are up to 30 types of enemies including Ninjas, bandits and ghosts. A powerful weapon will help players deal with enemies easier, which uses different energy to defend them. But the swiping will cost energy. The character can’t attack the enemies if the energy is zero. This stops players simply swiping arbitrarily. Players couldn’t advance next never until they achieve all three stars in each stage.
The game offer in-app purchases. Some weapons and special abilities can be unlocked by the coins and gems. Now players can download the unlimited coins and gems on their Android for free: http://bit.ly/1iRcO5S

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Dodge County Business Impact Survey Seeks Input from Business Leaders
8 Jul 2020
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Greater Fremont Development Council to assess business impact of COVID-19
Fremont, NE., July 8, 2020 – The Greater Fremont Development Council (GFDC) has launched a Dodge County Business Impact Survey to assess the impact of COVID-19 on local businesses. The survey will run from July 8th through July 17th, 2020 and can be taken online.
GFDC previously surveyed local businesses in April, 2020. By asking similar questions, the organization will be able to ascertain the extent of the impact COVID-19 has had on current operations and future growth plans.
“We are hoping to find out how businesses have been impacted by COVID-19, if they are now opening back up to normal operations, what their employment numbers are today and what they anticipate them being in the future. For example, are they reducing staff or increasing staff? Answers will help us to determine how to best allocate time and resources to supporting the business community,” said Stephanie Schurkamp, Director of Business Services for GFDC.
Survey questions are designed to ascertain operation status, employment changes and future plans per industry. In addition, the survey asks companies if they have applied for or received any loan or grant support. Participants are also invited to leave comments.
“At GFDC we are actively taking steps to support local businesses as they recover from COVID-19 disruptions. Industry data allows us to tailor our response to provide the most effective support possible,” said Garry Clark, Executive Director of the Greater Fremont Development Council.
Businesses who participate can also request a Zoom meeting with Stephanie Schurkamp to discuss any needs that they may have. As the Director of Business Services, Schurkamp helps businesses to solve challenges and capitalize on opportunities. She also coordinates services and programs with local partners, making her an ideal contact for businesses in need of support during the recovery process.
All local businesses are encouraged to participate in the Dodge County Business Impact Survey and to share the survey with other local businesses. The survey can be accessed here http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07eh6hvd5zkc54jjaq/a009kcawk6fr/questions.

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The Wallabies were soundly beaten 35-17 by an effective second string Springbok side last week in Johannesburg, and will be keen to get back to winning ways before their Bledisloe clash against the All Blacks. Bet on the Chiefs, tip. Played 9, chiefs won 3, waratahs won 6, most recent match Chiefs 39 Waratahs 27 (May 2018). Sunwolves will be starting and that match is one that should go to the home team if their 2/15 win odds are to be believed, for those of you who are more online sports betting rankings 2020 of the mind it will.
The battle of the North Island cities of New Zealand is always a spicy affair and with the Blues playing some of their best Rugby in years, this could be a close affair. Best Rugby Betting Odds, tOP rugby betting sitesjuly 2020, options for Placing Rugby Bets. Now that online betting is taking over conventional bookmakers, more and more Australians are placing rugby bets on their favourite game. Many rugby betting sites today also offer mobile options to punters and this is a great way to place rugby bets on the go any time of the day or night. The draw odds are 26/1 and the Chiefs are 17/4 to win that match at BetHard. Everyone has a favourite team, but sometimes it is wise to find out if your team is likely to win or not before placing your bet.
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When placing a bet on a rugby team making the right choice is extremely important and doing research ahead of time can really give the bettor an advantage. Predictions, betting odds super rugby team best Bet Predictions, bettingTop10 Australias Super Rugby Betting expert betting panel have selected the best online sports betting tips for matches involving the Australian Super Rugby franchises in Round 6: Betting Tips, tip. Check our Round 6 predictions with links to the top betting sites with the best sports betting odds on the links below. Surprisingly, we believe the Reds may well stick with the well-drilled Canterbury outfit for long periods of the match. Reds match and if you are putting together an Acca bet then your money will be best placed on a win for Waratahs for win that match they should do consider their odds of doing so are tiny at just 2/7! Elsewhere in Aussie team action, itll be tough for the Waratahs to take on the aforementioned Chiefs, while the Rebels vs Lions and Sunwolves vs Brumbies loom as potential Aussie wins.
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these vehicles is reviewed by Bartz and Horsewood (1969). This review includes an extensive bibliography.
The remainder of this paper deals with the rendezvous by means of a low-thrust, solar electrically propelled vehicle because (1) this approach is generally better from a payload and flight-time basis compared to the high-thrust method and (2) it has a large degree of flexibility and can be applied to a variety of missions. It should be emphasized that here we are concentrating on rendezvous missions only, which are necessary precursors to the more complex landing or sample-return missions. The remainder of the paper deals with our results to date.
In choosing an asteroid for a mission target, one would first assume that size would be the major criterion and pick the largest one because it would present the largest surface for study. Thus a mission to Ceres would be studied at the outset as well as missions to the other asteroids if they are significantly less demanding in terms of energy and/or flight time. Such other possible targets may traverse the main asteroid belt near Ceres but have smaller inclinations, or else they may have smaller orbits passing inside that of Mars. In addition to Ceres, we have considered here missions to three bright asteroids with inclinations successively smaller than Ceres and to one with a significantly smaller orbit than Ceres as illustrated by the orbital elements of table I. Pallas and Juno were not considered because of their high inclinations of 34°8 and 13°0, respectively.
To estimate flight times for transfers to be accomplished in less than one revolution about the Sun, we indicate the value of the trip time To for a Hohmann transfer from Earth to a circular orbit at the radius of the semimajor axis. This serves as a guide because the Hohmann transfer, which uses a heliocentric central angle of 180°, is an optimal impulsive transfer between two circular orbits. It generally occurs, however, that optimal low-thrust rendezvous trajectories utilize central angles considerably greater than 180° so that flight times can be expected to be 20 to 50 percent greater than Th.
TABLE I.—Orbital Properties of Selected Asteroids
Asteroid a, TH, Synodic no. Name i AU e dāys period, yr
! . . . . . . . . . . . Ceres 10°6 2.77 0.076 473 1.28 4 . . . . . . . . . . . Vesta 7.1 2.36 .089 398 1.40 10. . . . . . . . . . Hygiea 3.8 3.15 ..100 546 1.22 20 . . . . . . . . . . Massalia .7 2.41 . 143 407 1.37 433 . . . . . . . . . Eros 10.8 1.46 .223 249 2.29
Fortunately, for solar electric propulsion, the choice of flight time is not particularly critical for determining mission feasibility.
RESULTS Launch Date Selection
Ranges of possible launch dates to be used as initial estimates of detailed searches may be found using a simple procedure that is described below. We first replace the orbits of Earth and the target asteroid by circular coplanar orbits, and we choose the time of flight and central angle to be traversed. The procedure is illustrated in figure 2, which shows launch date possibilities for Vesta from 1975 to 1977. We plot the mean anomaly of Vesta M2 versus the mean anomaly of Earth M1 as it actually occurs for the launch years we wish to consider. That is
Using the time of flight to and the central angle A0 to be traversed on the transfer orbit, we plot the mean anomaly on the target orbit M2 at the time of departure versus the mean anomaly on Earth orbit M1 at the time of departure. The relationship to be plotted is obtained by expressing the longitude of the arrival point in terms of the motion of the spacecraft along the transfer orbit and the motion of the target. Thus we obtain
where is the longitude of perihelion and n is the mean orbital rate. Intersections of lines for equations (1) and (3) indicate values of M1 for which launches meeting the requirements chosen for to and A0 selected are possible. The corresponding calendar date can be read from the abscissa. We may choose a different value for A6 and plot another curve of M2 versus M1 thus obtaining a range of launch dates for the chosen range of central angles. Having found a reasonable range of launch dates, we make a search over that range by means of a computer program that determines payloads and accurate trajectory characteristics for the particular type of mission under consideration. The optimum launch dates found for the solar electricpropulsion missions are indicated by an O.
Equations (2) and (3) can be modified to be more representative of the true situation by including the effect of the eccentricities of the two orbits. True anomaly intervals are used to obtain the longitude at arrival and thus M2 versus M1. The relation is now a curve that oscillates about the straight line and must be computed for each case of A0 and to desired. Such a graph is shown for Eros for 1974 to 1977 in figure 3.
For each asteroid chosen, the low-thrust program CHEBYTOP (Han, Johnson, and Itzen, 1969) was used in a launch-day scan mode to locate the departure data that resulted in greatest payload for a given flight time. The launch vehicle chosen was the Titan IIID/Centaur, except for Eros in which the Atlas/Centaur was used. The remaining spacecraft and launch parameters required as input for Ceres, Vesta, Massalia, and Hygiea rendezvous are as follows:
(1) Hyperbolic departure velocity at Earth, Vh1 = 5 km/s
(2) Total mass injected (at whl = 5 km/s), 3450 kg
(3) Thrustor specific impulse, Isp = 3500 s (exhaust velocity c = 34.3 km/s)
(4) Tankage factor, 6 percent (propellant and tank mass = 1.06 X mass of propellant needed)
(5) Engine efficiency, 0.667
(6) Propulsion system specific mass, 30 kg/kW
The power level at 1 AU Po is calculated by the program, but the payload results quoted have been scaled to correspond to a power level of 16 kW. The optimum hyperbolic escape velocity depends on the size of the target orbit, and for Eros it is very close to 2 km/s. With a Titan IIID/Centaur launch vehicle, payloads for Eros missions would be more than 2000 kg, which is considered to be more than necessary for preliminary missions. For this reason, the smaller Atlas/Centaur launch vehicle, which results in a total injected mass of 1000 kg at whl = 2 km/s, was used. Otherwise the values listed pertain also to Eros missions. Mission data results are presented in table II. Here flight time, payload, and encounter geometry are shown for at least two launch dates for each asteroid in the period from 1974 to 1977. It is interesting to note that inclination does
TABLE II.-Solar Electric Asteroid Rendezvous Missions
*Atlas/Centaur launch vehicle (fully optimized trajectory data) (Po 10 kW).

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There are different strategies on how to handle and manage interference in wireless networks. The choice of strategy mainly depends on the signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) at the receiver. If interference is very weak, it should be ignored and treated as noise. If interference is stronger—about as strong as the desired signal—we want to avoid it and allow only one node to transmit at a given time or frequency in a certain spatial region (orthogonalization). Both strategies are commonly used in wireless technologies in practice. If interference is even stronger than the signal of interest, it is favorable to allow interference and decode it at the receiver rather than to avoid it. A major limitation of all three strategies is that their per-node throughput decreases with an increasing number of transmitting nodes.
This fundamental challenge is tackled by interference alignment, which is a “revolutionary wireless transmission strategy” (El Ayach) that gives a fresh perspective on capacity limits and has the potential to significantly improve the spectral efficiency of wireless communications. The basic idea is that transmissions of multiple senders are coordinated in a way that each receiver obtains the intended signal during half of the time (“everyone gets half the cake” (Cadambe)), and the accumulated interference (the signals from all other senders) occupies the other half. In general terms, each sender encodes its signals over multiple dimensions of the signal space. To be able to recover its signal, two conditions must hold: its own signal space must not be inside the signal space spanned by all the other senders and the dimension of the signal space spanned by all other senders must be strictly smaller than the number of measurements. When these conditions hold, all interference signals occupy a low-dimensional signal space, and the desired signal can be recovered at the receiver by projecting the received samples into the null space of the interference. The great advantage is that—in contrast to traditional orthogonal multiple access—the capacity is no longer the limiting factor in a multiple node scenario, but the network throughput increases linearly with the number of nodes.
Different flavors of interference alignment have been investigated since its invention seven years ago. They can be classified according to their level of channel state information (CSI) required at the transmitter. There are schemes requiring global CSI, retrospective schemes that can cope with outdated CSI, and completely blind schemes. Researchers have investigated the feasibility conditions of interference alignment on its different variations and developed computationally efficient schemes, such as iterative alignment and distributed alignment. The design of practically feasible alignment techniques is still at an early state. Open issues include the following: How to handle the feedback requirement for global CSI over time-varying channels? How to apply interference alignment in large networks?
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