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Hot Air Balloon Flight with Bubbly & Chocolates - Pokolbin, Hunter Valley

Hot Air Balloon Flight with Bubbly & Chocolates - Pokolbin, Hunter Valley

Everyone should experience Hot Air Ballooning at least once. The tranquil exhilaration of floating with the wind at sunrise over beautiful scenery is absolutely unforgettable. Book now!

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  • Description

    Hot Air Ballooning in the Hunter Valley! If you have ever watched a hot air balloon in flight and wondered what it would be like to silently float above the treetops, then it is time to stop wondering! Anyone who has ever enjoyed the silent pleasure that comes with hot air ballooning in the Hunter Valley will tell you that there is no feeling like it in the world.

    • 1hr flight over the vineyards of the Hunter Valley
    • Local sparkling wine and chocolates after your flight

    You will meet at the Mercure Resort, Hunter Valley Gardens before sunrise to begin our balloon adventure. Following a short safety briefing you will be in the air. One moment you will be just a few feet above the trees, the next thousands of feet up looking down on the landscape below. With never more than 10 people in a balloon you are assured the best service and comfort possible from the Hunter Valley's only boutique hot air ballooning company.

    Ballooning is aviation like no other. The calmness and magic of a balloon flight is suitable for all ages and will give you memories that will last a lifetime. Following your flight of approximately one hour, all passengers are returned to the library of the Mercure Resort for a post flight champagne celebration and to be presented with your personalised flight certificate.

    Hot Air Balloon flights take place at sunrise. The exact time of your Hot Air Balloon flight experience will vary based upon the time of year and will be sent to you upon booking.

    This is a Hot Air Balloon Flight for 1 (there will be others in the balloon basket with you).

    Intensity: 3.0 Intensity
    Intensity: 3.0 Intensity
  • Experience Details

    Fitness and Experience

    • Anyone who can climb into the basket and stand for 1hr is welcome to come ballooning
    • Let us know if you've got any medical or dietary requirements before you fly
    • Minimum age is 7
    • Max weight 130kg
    • Not suitable for those that are pregnant, wheelchair users or those recovering from recent surgery

    What to Bring/Wear

    • Dress for the weather on the day as it's no hotter or colder once we're airborne
    • Bring shoes that don't mind getting muddy
    • A hat is recommended as the heat from the burners can be intense
    • Don't forget your camera!

    What is Supplied

    • Weekend 1hr Hot Air Balloon flight for one person (please note there will be others in the basket with you)
    • Professional pilot with over 10 years local experience and support crew
    • Local champagne and chocolates to enjoy after your flight
    • Personalised flight certificate

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PMDG’s acclaimed 777-200LR/F is now available natively for Prepar3D V4! The “Triple Seven” as it is affectionately known is one of the world’s most popular long-range airliners and is the world’s largest twin-engine jet.

Developed with technical input from Boeing and a team of real-life 777 crew and maintenance advisors, the PMDG 777-200LR/F is an extremely sophisticated simulation with nearly every function of its real-life systems modelled in high fidelity. Both the ultra-long range 777-200LR and the 777F freighter variants powered by massive GE90-110B1 engines are included. Numerous airline liveries and options are available for free download including all current operators of both types.

Including and building on all of the groundbreaking features present in our PMDG 737NGX, this version of the PMDG 777-200LR/F also comes with the highly detailed Electronic CheckList (ECL) system known from the FSX version. Watch as your Windows mouse cursor seamlessly transforms into the onscreen ECL cursor in the cockpit to allow you to interact with the system. This system greatly aids the pilots of the real airplane and now you have it too in the simulator with an extremely intuitive interface.

With the 777-200 LR/F, PMDG raised the bar in FSX already – and now, this complex aircraft comes to Prepar3D as well!

  • PMDG Operations Center – Includes the PMDG Operation Center, a stand-alone application which manages livery downloads and installations, livery options settings, documentation, support and much more
  • FMC – The flight management computer (FMC) contains real life 777 FMC features including Required Navigation Performance (RNP), LNAV, extremely accurate VNAV speed and altitude predictions and the full complement of scratchpad warning messages that a real crew could see
  • Flight Model – Engine and flight modelling that is within 5% of the actual Boeing aircraft performance charts, including single-engine operations
  • Autopilot – PMDG autopilot created for the 777 that replicates the precise yet smooth feeling you get from the real thing. Created with hours of video taken in the real airplane and actual 777 full flight simulator flying experience
  • Sounds – A meticulously created soundset that captures the raw power of the GE90-110B1 engines and cockpit environment. All sounds were recorded on the real airplane
  • RAAS – Fully functional Runway Awareness and Advisory System which calls out runway names and other information
  • User Interface – The aircraft’s fuel, payload and a large number of airframe and cockpit options are adjustable on the fly without ever touching the FSX menus or pausing the sim
  • Exterior Lighting – 3D volumetric exterior lighting that lights up the FS scenery. You can even see the flash from the strobe lights when looking out the cockpit side windows
  • Liveries – Free downloadable liveries for numerous world airlines, easily installable using the Livery Manager in our PMDG Operations Center
  • Documentation – Full documentation that includes the real-life 777 manuals, consisting of the Flight Crew Operating Manuals Vol. 1 & 2, the Flight Crew Training Manual and the Quick Reference Handbook. We’ve also included a 163 page introduction manual specific to the simulation and a 126 page tutorial flight that includes real Jeppesen charts

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This is a Bailey favourite piece - He prides himself on the brand's organic approach to creating cult bags - tanned and crafted in Italy, the leather is slightly pebbled and ages beautifully. With two perfect length handles and great size and shape, this Tote is a key shape of the collection and is one of those accessories that will go with everything.

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Brix + Bailey epitomises well-thought-out British + New York design and meticulous Italian leather craftsmanship and materials. Brix + Bailey travel worldwide to find suppliers and partners to produce their collections. The leather factory in Italy has more than 100 years of experience producing leather goods and work with luxury and small scale brands. The artisans at their factory are expert craftsmen, so they value and trust them to help us source the best premium Italian leathers. SUSTAINABILITY: Sustainability is incredibly important to Brix + Bailey and they consider their footprint in everything! To prevent landfilling, they aim to produce hard wearing, top quality, and repairable products. Leather is the main material used and they aim to always source high quality skins preferably without the use of chromium and mercury in tanning. Leather is sourced from Italian family tanneries that follow strict EU environmental laws and they re-cycle and reuse as much as possible in their studios and packaging materials.

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Germany (Schroder) bests Italy (Belinelli) in EuroBasket 2017

Dennis Schroder scored a game-high 17 points to lead Germany to a 61-55 victory over Italy in a Pool B game of the EuroBasket 2017 Tournament on Tuesday. The Italian team featured Schroder’s new Hawks teammate Marco Belinelli, who finished with 12 points. The game was played in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Schroder scored six points in the fourth quarter to pace Germany, which leads the group standings with a 3-1 record. He was 5 of 12 from the field, including 0 of 2 from 3-point range, with one rebound, four assists and six turnovers.

Belinelli was 4 of 18 from the field, including 2 of 9 from 3-point range, with four rebounds and two assists for Italy, which fell to 2-2.

Germany concludes Pool B play against Lithuania on Wednesday.

Through four games, Schroder is averaging 23.0 points, 5.0 assists, 5.5 turnovers and 2.3 rebounds. His point average is third in the tournament behind Slovenia’s Goran Dragic (25.0) and Finland’s Lauri Markkanen (24.3).

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Aldec (tried to) quietly introduce our new friends from NEC Japan for the first time at DAC this year. They joined us in our booth in Austin and were soon the life of the party as many people were eager to learn about CyberWorkbench’s C-based integrated environment.

Aldec now has a distributor agreement in place with NEC, so we can proudly announce today that CyberWorkBench®, NEC’s well-established High Level Synthesis solution, is now featured in Aldec’s verification ecosystem. Here’s an excerpt from today’s press release:

“Aldec has been a trusted name in the EDA industry for 30 years. Combining high level synthesis technology from NEC with Aldec’s verification ecosystem provides designers a full solution for SoC design and validation.” said Kazutoshi Wakabayashi, Senior Expert, Embedded System Solutions Business Center and Green Platform Research Laboratories, NEC.

While traditional hardware design involves RTL development and debugging, the increase in the complexity of today’s designs render the traditional approach too time consuming and error prone. Where the entire focus of designing hardware is shifted from traditional RTL method to a higher abstraction level, development time and cost savings can be significant.

You can view the rest of this press release in the Aldec Newsroom.

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Upcoming Webinar: CyberWorkBench: C-based High Level Synthesis and Verification – Sept. 12

Satyam manages Aldec’s leading FPGA design entry and simulation tool – Active-HDL. He received his B.S. in Electronics Engineering from Sardar Patel University, India in 2003 and M.S in Electrical Engineering from NJIT, New Jersey in 2005.  His practical engineering experience includes areas in Solid state electronics, Digital Designing and functional verification. He has worked in wide range of engineering positions that include FPGA Design Engineer, Applications Engineer and Product Manager.

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15. The Process of Change

 The Alexander Technique is not relaxation; the required quietening of over-reactivity and release of excessive muscle tension has a purpose beyond relaxation. Non-doing is useful only to the extent that it permits and evokes the engagement of appropriate muscle tone.

If your back is not as healthy as it might be, or if the muscles of your neck and back have not been used for a number of years at their full stretch (the length at which they are strongest), then it is not unlikely that, in the process of rousing them to proper activity, you may experience some discomfort.

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Patrick Macdonald (1910- 1991), who trained with Alexander used to say:

You cannot change and remain the same, though this is what most people want.1

Although perhaps slightly uncharitable, his point is nevertheless valid: however much we may wish to learn to coordinate ourselves better, if the new information we have to assimilate in the process is incompatible with our current position, progress will only be possible to the extent to which we are prepared to reject inaccurate and outmoded old ideas at the same time as accepting new ones.

In the Japanese Zen tradition, the required attitude is known as hibi shoshon – “beginner’s mind”. This is the willingness to start from scratch over and over again. In traditional Judo, for example, having worked from white, through the coloured belts to black, the grades above black-belt are differently colour-coded until, at the highest level, one returns to wearing a white belt. This symbolises the understanding that the greatest achievement is to become a beginner – to reach finally a state of conscious, chosen unaffectedness.

The Alexander Technique demands not that we learn a new set of skills, so much as give up an old set – the set of skills through which we familiarly and habitually coordinate and express ourselves, and by which we interact with our surroundings and other individuals. For this reason the Technique can sometimes seem somewhat disorientating in effect – for in re-educating our kinaesthetic sense we are changing our “sense of self”.2

Alexander saw a strong link between personality and use:

Talk about a man’s individuality and character: it’s the way he uses himself.3

In accepting Alexander’s invitation to become what we might be, we must be prepared to give up what we already are.

In case this sounds alarming, I should say that everyone I know who has experienced this aspect of the Technique reports that the changes involved, though at times disconcerting, revealed a personality which was “more themselves” and that inner conflicts had been resolved or diminished.

The American philosopher John Dewey (1859-1952) noticed the benefit of “beginner’s mind” for his own field of work:

Intellectually, Dewey said, he found it much easier, after he had studied the [Alexander] Technique, to hold a philosophical position calmly once he had taken it, or change it if new evidence came up warranting a change. He contrasted his own attitude with the rigidity of other academic thinkers who adopt a position early in their careers and then use their intellects to defend it indefinitely.4

And the astronomer Carl Sagan (1934-1996) remarked:

Scientists often say “that’s a really good argument; my position is mistaken”. Then they actually change their minds, and you never hear that old view from them again. I cannot recall the last time this happened in politics.

1 Body Know-How, Jonathan Drake, 1991, Chapter 3 “How to Change”.

2 See page 13, The Kinaesthetic Sense.

3 Alexander quoted in The Alexander Technique, The Essential Writings of F Matthias Alexander, Edward Maisel, 1969, Chapter 1 “Notes of Instruction”.

4 Freedom to Change, Frank Pierce Jones, 1976, Chapter 11 “Dewey and Alexander”.


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Habitat ScrubPainted Buntings breed in semi-open habitats with scattered shrubs or trees. Birds from the south-central U.S. breeding population use abandoned farms, strips of woodland between overgrown fields, brushy roadsides or streamsides, and patches of grasses, weeds, and wildflowers. Individuals of the coastal Southeast population breed in scrub communities, wooded back dunes, palmetto thickets, edges of maritime hammocks, hedges, yards, fallow fields, and old citrus groves. The two breeding populations also have separate wintering grounds, though both gravitate toward high grass, shrubby overgrown pasture, and thickets. Eastern breeders winter in shrubby or grassy habitats in Florida and the northern Caribbean. Birds from the south-central U.S. winter in similar habitats in southern Mexico and Central America. Back to top

Food SeedsPainted Buntings eat seeds for most of the year, switching to mostly insects in the breeding season. They forage on the ground for seeds of bristle grass, pigweed, wood sorrel, spurge, panic grass, St. John’s wort, sedge, dock, pine, rose, wheat, or fig. They may fly up to grab a plant stem and drag it to the ground, holding it in place with one foot while eating the seeds. During the breeding season they catch grasshoppers, weevils and other beetles, caterpillars, bugs, spiders, snails, wasps, and flies. In addition to ground foraging, in the breeding season they also forage in marshes and in trees, sometimes over 30 feet off the ground. The buntings may pull invertebrates from spiderwebs, or even dive straight through a web to steal a spider’s prey.Back to top

Nest Placement

Nest ShrubBoth members of a pair search through dense foliage for nest sites. They usually choose a spot 3–6 feet off the ground—sometimes as high as 50 feet when there is no low vegetation—with nearby perches and open feeding grounds. Common nest plants include Spanish moss, mulberry, mesquite, elm, Osage-orange, greenbrier, oak, myrtle, and pine.

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In as little as 2 days, the female builds a well-constructed nest that is firmly attached to a supporting plant. Forming an inner cup 2 inches wide and 1.5 inches deep, she weaves together some combination of weed stems, leaf skeletons, bark strips, twigs, rootlets, grasses, and sometimes tissue paper or rag scraps. She binds the materials with cobwebs and sometimes lines the nest with horsehair.

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Clutch Size:3-4 eggs
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Egg Length:0.7-0.8 in (1.8-2.1 cm)
Egg Width:0.6-0.6 in (1.4-1.5 cm)
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Nestling Period:9 days
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Condition at Hatching:Helpless and nearly naked, with some light down, weighing less than a tenth of an ounce.
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Behavior Ground ForagerMales vigorously defend territories of about 3 acres, fighting other males by pecking, grappling, and striking each other with their wings. Their fights end with lost feathers, wounds, eye damage, and sometimes death. A male may also dive at and hit a flying female, driving her to the ground and pulling at her feathers. When courting, however, the male goes to great lengths to ingratiate himself with his prospective mate. Among other displays, he spreads his feathers like a miniature male turkey, while the female pecks at the ground. The species is mostly monogamous, but occasionally two females will nest on one male’s territory. Though severely territorial during the breeding season, Painted Buntings may form small flocks on the wintering grounds, often joining other seed-eating species.Back to top

Conservation Low ConcernPainted Buntings are still fairly common, but populations have been dropping for several decades. The North American Breeding Bird Survey estimated a decline of 62% between 1966 and 1995, but the 1966-2014 survey does not find significant decreases, suggesting that populations may have stabilized, or at least the decline has slowed, since 1995. Partners in Flight estimates a global breeding population of 13 million, with 80% spending at least part of the year in the U.S., and 51% in Mexico. The species rates a 12 out of 20 on the Continental Concern Score, and is not on the 2014 State of the Birds Watch List. Painted Bunting is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Eastern populations suffer from habitat loss and degradation as humans destroy swampy thickets and woodland edges for urban development. Other important sites for conservation include molt staging habitats in Arizona and northwestern Mexico. Loss of riverside thickets in those areas may be hurting western Painted Bunting populations. In addition to facing habitat destruction, Painted Buntings are popular cage birds and are often trapped on their wintering grounds and sold illegally.Back to top

Backyard Tips

Painted Buntings eat seeds, particularly after the breeding season is over, starting in midsummer. They’re more likely to visit a bird feeder in a yard with low, dense vegetation.

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Lowther, Peter E., Scott M. Lanyon and Christopher W. Thompson. 2015. Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Lutmerding, J. A. and A. S. Love. Longevity records of North American birds. Version 2015.2. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Bird Banding Laboratory 2015.

North American Bird Conservation Initiative. 2014. The State of the Birds 2014 Report. US Department of Interior, Washington, DC, USA.

Partners in Flight (2017). Avian Conservation Assessment Database. 2017.

Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, J. E. Fallon, K. L. Pardieck, Jr. Ziolkowski, D. J. and W. A. Link. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, results and analysis 1966-2013 (Version 1.30.15). USGS Patuxtent Wildlife Research Center 2014b. Available from

Sibley, D. A. (2014). The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, USA.

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Hearing about the new “On the Air” podcast from the Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) got us wondering what other podcasts with an environmental bend are out there. So when you’ve had your fill of true crime, self-reflective introspection set to music, and three stories told in 2 acts, here are a few you should check out:

The Adaptors

This is a podcast “about life on Earth during a weird time: now.”  Hosted by Flora Lichtman, favorite episodes include this one about how dogs have adapted over the years to changes in the environment. And this one that explores the question, if humans were to go extinct, what would the planet look like?

HumaNature Podcast

The folks at Wyoming Public Media are pros at telling real stories about human experiences in nature. The tales they tell are meant to encourage reflection on our own place in the natural world. They are also pros at coming up with titles for their episodes that make you want to tune in like this one, A Ballroom Dancer, a shark and a PR problem.”

Home of the Brave

This is Scott Carrier’s podcast. If you aren’t familiar with Scott Carrier’s unique style of storytelling, you should start with this story that aired on This American Life in 1996 (it has nothing to do about the environment). Now Carrier lives in Utah, and he often tells stories set there. He’s done a five-part series on Bears Ears that you should really listen to. He also has a three-part series on the Grizzly bears of Yellowstone.

Host Ashley Ahearn travels the country to share stories about people making personal choices in the face of environmental change. Some of our favorite episodes include “Should we have kids, given where the planet is headed?” and “When Climate Change Makes it Hard to Breathe.”

No Place Like Home

The Sierra Club is behind this podcast that “gets to the heart of climate change through personal stories.” Favorite episodes include this interview about the intersection of civil rights, racial justice and climate change. And this rundown of climate change coverage from the world of pop culture.

Pennsylvania Legacies

Closer to home, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council has produced 68 episodes of a podcast that tracks state environmental legislation, news and ideas. Recent episodes include one about how to build nature-rich cities and another about how the state measures methane emissions.  Special bonus: Pennsylvania Legacies is hosted by a familiar-voice to our region, Josh Raulerson, who was the local host of Morning Edition for years.

Trump on Earth

We can’t finish this list without a little self-promotion. What started as an idea to track the Trump administration’s first 100 days in office has now spiraled into 36 episodes and counting. We sort through how changes to environmental policy affect you and people around the world — with deep analysis, clear information, and real talk from the critics, scientists and thinkers who know the issues. If you find it hard to keep up with all the news of the changes happening at the federal level with environmental policy, this is the podcast for you. Some of our favorite episodes include “Will This Land Still Be Your Land?” and “The Red State Paradox.”


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YG Entertainment surpasses SM Entertainment in market value

Following the chaos of Jessica's departure from Girls' Generation and Luhan's current attempt to depart from EXO and SM Entertainment, the agency is suffering a massive blow in the stock market.

Not only did stock prices drop 3,100 KRW immediately following the news but the agency has also now dropped in ranking to YG Entertainment in relation to market capitalization (market value or stock price multiplied by total shares offered).

For a very long time, SM has been on top, but following their latest scandal, the stock price hit a 52-week low and the market capitalization has dropped to 644.2 billion KRW (~ $600 million USD), putting YG Entertainment in first place with a market capitalization of 743.3 billion KRW (~ $700 million USD).  To put things in perspective, SM's market cap was around 1.4 trillion KRW (around $1.3 billion) back in October of 2012.

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Just today, SM dropped a total of 5,450 KRW (around 15%) and is now trading at 31,200 KRW (around $29) a share, whereas YG is trading at 49,350 KRW (around $46) a share.  Currently on the KOSDAQ market capitalization list, YG ranks at 25 while SM ranks at 32.

Meanwhile, other notable mentions are 1theK ranking at 12 and Key East Entertainment ranking at 159 after the Lee Byung Hun scandal.

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New Delhi(PTI): The Supreme Court constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money has received a new dossier on tax related business information on about 15 entities which have allegedly stashed illicit money abroad.

Work is also "in progress" in various investigation and enforcement agencies regarding 600 suspect names and addresses obtained from abroad by the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB).

The information about the dossier is part of a note prepared by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) for the SIT.

The note reveals that tax authorities and investigators probing black money cases have decided to hold one-on-one meetings with their overseas counterparts based in tax havens and other countries to "deepen" cooperation in the fight against illicit funds stashed abroad.

The note also says that "certificates of incorporation" of eleven entities listed in the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) report which were received from two foreign Financial Intelligence Units have been shared with CBDT for further action.

Sources said they have got additional information on about four more entities in this regard. The dossier is said to contain information about the circuitous manner and the route taken by the entities to stash money abroad.

The ICIJ brought out these names early last year while some additional details were published by the global group this year on suspected world entities holding assets and shares in overseas business structures, including those with Indian connections.

The note added that the probe with regard to about 600 suspect names and addresses which were obtained by the CEIB last year through its exclusive channels is "in progress."

The official communication also spoke about enhancement of cooperation between India and Switzerland on these issues, a matter highlighted by quite often by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley himself.

"Switzerland has indicated willingness to provide information in respect of cases where investigations have been carried out by the I-T department independently from what Swiss government considers as stolen data.

"This development is very significant because there are a number of cases of account holders included in the HSBC list which were investigated by I-T department independent of the HSBC list obtained from the French government.

"Earlier, the Swiss government had not agreed to provide any information on names which were included in the HSBC list on the ground that these were stolen data and have been obtained in breach of Swiss law," the note said.

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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Does domesticated insurance cover preventive care?

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pet care insurance.In the case of at least two major pet health insurance carriers, the answer is "yup." Now are details for your veterinary crew when you pitch wellness--and when clients ask if they're covered.

Editor's note : Not sold on these domesticated assurance specimen?

Pet insurance companies give preventive care coverage, but what exactly does that necessitate? Your veterinary buyers may be even as clueless. To help, we tracked down some of the top domesticated insurance companies and grabbed the details of their preventive care perks. While companies like Petplan and Trupanion don't offer preventive care coverage yet, companies like Nationwide and ASPCA Pet Health surely do. Now are the basics of their plans:

Nationwide domesticated insurance

Nationwide is no other babies insurer in the United States that offers hurt, disease and wellness/ preventive care in a single mean: Whole Pet with Wellness. With these action plans, all preventive and wellness help( spay/ neuter, vaccinations, dental cleanings, flea-tick hold, heartworm remedy, etc .) is clothed, and representatives are reimbursed 90 percent of eligible veterinary expenses.

Nationwide also offers standalone wellness intentions( Wellness Plus and Wellness Basic, respectively) for those who don't want the full wellness package. These two consider :P TAGEND

> Physical exams

> Behavioral exams and treatments

> Vaccination or titer

> Heartworm or FeLV/ FIV test

> Fecal test

> Deworming

> Nail trim

> Microchip

> Flea hold or heartworm prevention

> One added experiment per policy call( health screen/ blood work, radiograph or ECG)

ASPCA Pet Health Insurance

With ASPCA Pet Health Insurance, there are three add-on preventive-care options for domesticated owners to choose from available with the Complete Coverage plan. Here's what each added option shields :

* Basic

> Dental clean or spay/ neuter

> Wellness exam

> Deworming

> DHLPP/ FVRCP vaccination

> Rabies, Lyme or FIP vaccination

> Fecal test

> Heartworm/ FeLV test

* Standard

> Everything from Basic, plus a health certificate

* Prime

> Everything from Standard, plus flea/ heartworm avoidance, a Bordetella / FeLV experiment, blood work and a urinalysis

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A photographer who was secretly recorded by Hugh Grant claims the actor knew all along that the paparazzo planned to publish the picture that triggered the stunt.

Hugh Grant with Paul McMullan

Picture: Paul McMullan disputes Hugh Grant’s claim that the photographer agreed not to publish this picture

Picture credit: Paul McMullan

A photographer who was secretly recorded by Hugh Grant claims the actor knew all along that the paparazzo planned to publish the picture that triggered the stunt.

Paul McMullan yesterday told Amateur Photographer (AP) that Grant fully expected the image to be published in the Sunday newspapers, contrary to what the actor wrote in the New Statesman magazine earlier this month.

?He knew I was a scummy pap. It?s b******s,? McMullan told AP.

Hugh Grant caused a media sensation when he turned tables on McMullan, a former News of the World photographer and journalist known for his whistle-blowing role in the tabloid?s phone-hacking scandal.

The actor secretly bugged a conversation he had with McMullan, during which the journalist revealed more details on phone hacking and those allegedly involved.

In an article about the encounter, Grant hinted that the bugging operation was fuelled by a photo of him with McMullan that was taken after the journalist had given the actor a lift.

Grant claimed that McMullan had agreed not to publish the picture after the star?s Ferrari had conked out in a remote part of Kent shortly before Christmas.

It was the actor?s disbelief at this apparent breach of trust that prompted Grant to secretly record the photographer.

The image ended up in the Mail on Sunday the following weekend.

In a bid to get the photographer?s side of the story, AP telephoned McMullan at the Dover pub which he owns and where the infamous interview by Hugh Grant took place.

Is this a wind-up?

Initially, McMullan seemed surprised by a call from AP?s news desk and somewhat wary of our intentions. ?Is this a wind-up?? he asked.

Satisfied with our credentials, McMullan seemed more than happy to talk.

So, had he agreed not to publish the photo, as the actor famously claimed in the New Statesman?

Far from it, it seems.

He claims the Notting Hill star was left in no doubt about where the photo would end up.

McMullan said that when the pair arrived at their destination, a golf club, he had asked: ?Can I get a club pro to take a picture of us shaking hands to put on the wall of the

When Grant agreed to the shot, McMullan said he told the actor he expected the picture to fetch ?three or four thousand pounds?.

The photographer explained that, the day he had given Grant a lift, he had been using a Canon EOS 50D DSLR and a 15-year-old 70-200mm f/2.8 L-series lens, which he always keeps in his car.

?It [the 50D] is good enough, though not a 100% pro camera,? he told us, adding that he also had with him a Sigma 17-70mm zoom.

McMullan said he was highly impressed with the Canon and Sigma kit, unlike the actor, who had reacted with fury when McMullan used his camera to pap Grant through the window of his Ferrari earlier on.

McMullan has made his fortune from taking such pictures and suggested Grant should really have known better.

The photographer revealed that he paid ?cash? for the Castle Inn, the Dover pub which he bought last July.

And he is not shy of saying where the money came from.

?I bought it thanks to Brad Pitt and Paul McCartney?s ex, Heather Mills,? he told us.

McMullan said he was paid ?£40,000? for pictures of Brad Pitt in the south of France.

It has now emerged that Grant secretly recorded his conversation with McMullan using a device built into a pen. It was reportedly used by a friend who was listening into the conversation nearby, while pretending to do a crossword.

Hugh Grant bugs paparazzo

Hugh Grant at Castle InnHugh Grant at the Castle Inn, Dover, where he bugged Paul McMullan using a hidden recording device

Picture credit: Paul McMullan

Hugh Grant's car breaks downBefore giving Hugh Grant a lift, McMullan used a Canon EOS 50D to photograph the actor after his Ferrari had broken down

Picture credit: Paul McMullan


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Chilean progress in emergency management

The 2010 Chilean earthquake and tsunami gravely affected two million people and generated losses of US$30 billion, approximately 18% of national GDP, according to official figures from the country’s financial regulatory authority. In fact, between 1980 and 2011, Chile registered average annual losses of around 1.2% of GDP as a result of natural disasters. While adequate emergency management is a critical factor for all nations, this holds particularly true for a country seeking to mitigate the serious and ongoing risks posed by Mother Nature. In the case of Chile, this approach also includes entering into cooperation agreements with other nations, including the United States.

By Claudia Marín

The Secretario Nacional de Bomberos (National Secretary of Firefighters), Raúl Bustos, was in charge of the coordination work undertaken in the area around Constitucion following the 2010 earthquake. Despite the subsequent arrival of over a thousand volunteers to the region, which was one of the most severely affected by the earthquake, the area was inadequately prepared to confront a situation of such magnitude. As a result, it was not only emergency assistance that was required, but also clarity regarding the chain of command.

The earthquake marked a before and after in terms of emergency management in Chile. The seismic event that shook the central-south of the country at 3:34am on 27 February 2010 was one of the most devastating to strike Chile and, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the sixth largest in history.

With a magnitude of 8.8, the earthquake (known locally as 27F) struck 233 municipalities and 370,000 homes, gravely affecting 2 million people. In financial terms, in was the fifth most expensive in history, representing 18% of Chilean GDP, according to the report ‘Terremoto 2010’ (‘2010 Earthquake’) compiled by the Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros (Superintendence of Securities and Insurance). The same report highlights government estimates of the economic impact of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami at around US$30 billion.

The situation revealed the lack of adequate infrastructure for confronting a disaster on this scale, as well as a severe lack of coordination among the key authorities involved in the emergency response.

For firefighters, it was the turning point and highlighted the need to create a national operations system to coordinate a streamlined movement of response teams across the country. What was most needed, says Bustos, was the systemization of procedures.

“The United Nations has always said that in Chile, maybe due to national idiosyncrasies, people are not fans of written procedures and protocols. Today, at least, the Chilean Fire Service is”, he adds.

Reforming the system

Chile is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters because of its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a region highly susceptible to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that sits directly above the meeting point of tectonic plates. Its extensive coastline means the majority of the country is at the mercy of tsunamis and other tidal waves, and it also has to contend with over 500 potentially active volcanoes.

Largely as a consequence of its precarious geographical location, between 1980 and 2011, Chile registered average annual losses of around 1.2% of GDP due to natural disasters, according to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).

This statistics reveals how preparation is a key element in overcoming adversity. Due to its administrative characteristics, Chile responds to emergencies through State infrastructure, such as municipal, provincial and regional authorities, as well as the Ministerio del Interior (Ministry of the Interior). The country relies on public and private entities to support the Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil (National Civil Protection System), or SNPC by its Spanish acronym, whose technical organizations monitor threats and activate alert systems, in conjunction with the Oficina Nacional de Emergencias (Office of National Emergencies), or Onemi.

In turn, Onemi is responsible for coordinating, planning and executing preventative action, alerts, responses and immediate reconstruction efforts. Through the Sistemas de Comandos de Incidentes (Incident Command Systems), or SCI, specialized institutions also participate in these processes, while certain entities, such as the military, contribute their expertise across a range of situations.

According to Rodrigo Cienfuegos, Director of the Centro Nacional de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Desastres Naturales (National Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management), or CIGIDEN, this system was insufficient for coping with the situation arising from the 2010 earthquake and tsunami.

In response, in 2011 the government of Sebastián Piñera took steps to modernize Onemi by submitting a bill to Congress that sought to establish the Sistema Nacional de Emergencias y Protección Civil (National Emergencies and Civil Protection System) as well as the Agencia Nacional de Protección Civil (National Civil Protection Agency). In 2013, the bill was subject to discussion in the Senate, but in 2014 President Michelle Bachelet introduced a substitution clause which resulted in the bill undergoing a thorough review.

This resulted in a revised bill that now seeks to create the Sistema Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos y Emergencias (National Risk and Emergencies Management System), along with its implementation mechanism, the Servicio Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos y Emergencias (National Risk and Emergencies Management System). This bill is currently under discussion in Congress.

Onemi recognizes that 27F revealed distinct operational and preventative shortcomings in the national emergency response system. Nevertheless, the organization stresses how it has learned the appropriate lessons and that this has led to the creation of a comprehensive civil protection system with strong institutions. This was demonstrated by Onemi’s response to the large earthquakes that affected the localities of Iquique in 2014 (8.2 magnitude), Coquimbo in 2015 (8.4 magnitude) and Chiloe in 2016 (7.6 magnitude).

In response to the 2015 Coquimbo earthquake, then-head of UNISDR, Margareta Wahlström, noted that “On this occasion, Chilean investment in resilient infrastructure, early warning systems and urban planning has led to fewer fatalities, despite the sizeable magnitude of the quake”.

With this in mind, Ricardo Toro, National Director of Onemi, explains that climate change and the increasing vulnerability of different regions to the full force of nature “obliges us to consider more complex scenarios. In turn, this requires the creation of a legally binding and cross-cutting framework that facilitates the deployment of integrated expertise”.

In the long term, an emergency agency, with improved powers and management capabilities, must be combined with the mandatory application of planning that incorporates all levels under a common government vision, says Toro. Furthermore, a law to define these aspects as well as to establish the responsibilities of SNPC committees and members, and the incorporation of management instruments and budgetary funds are also required.

In the meantime, Onemi has taken steps to overcome the prevailing shortcomings. For example, regional management offices were created in 2008 and began to operate in 2010 with six staff working 24 hours a day. Today, each center has a personnel of 15 and includes Centros de Alerta Temprana (Early Warning Centers), or CATs, that are connected centrally to the CAT Nacional (National CAT) and their respective Sistemas Regionales de Protección Civil (Regional Civil Protection Systems).

In addition, standby communication systems have been established, including the Red Satelital de Emergencia (Emergency Satellite Network) and the Red Nacional de Telecomunicaciones HF (National High Frequency Telecommunications Network), as well as a fleet of vehicles equipped with radio satellites.

Clear protocols, standardized procedures, telecommunication tests and simulations have all been developed and implemented as a result. The Visor de Gestión de Riesgo de Desastres (Disasters Risk Management Viewer), or GRD, has also been launched as a platform to identify areas at risk. It includes over 40,000 data entries related to critical infrastructure that could be affected by an emergency. There is also a new Sistema de Alerta de Emergencia (Emergency Alert System), or SAE, in which tsunami alerts are broadcast via cellular phones and coastal sirens in the Regions of Arica and Parinacota, Tarapaca, Antofagasta, O’Higgins and Maule.

Greater collaboration

International experience has been an important underlying factor in redefining public institutions in this context. Japan, for example, is a noteworthy reference point due to the prioritization of prevention and civic culture within that country’s national emergency system. Its approach means that the general public is encouraged to play an active role in overcoming disaster situations.

The United States has also contributed to the development of Chile’s emergency response capabilities. California in particular has been prominent due to its own experience of natural disasters. For example, in 2016, after five years of severe drought, the state was hit by flooding that caused large-scale damage. That was followed by a spate of serious forest fires in 2017, the most recent of which in December precipitated the evacuation of 100,000 people from their homes.

In fact, it was precisely another fire, one that affected 620 hectares near Oakland in 1991, that motivated the state to create an organized, multi-level emergency response system, capable of providing a structure to the flow of information and resources.

“The state of California is considered a leader in emergency management” says Helen López, Assistant Director of International Affairs at California’s Governor Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES). “Having experienced so many natural disasters, we have learned to manage, prepare, train for and overcome these types of situation. The system we use in California and across the United States generally is the Standardized Emergency Management System”, she adds.

Under this system, all relevant agencies work together within a single mechanism that prioritizes needs and directs all responses and information to the relevant stakeholders. López explains that this system was adopted by the federal government and that in order for Washington DC to contribute funds to the local and state levels, the use of this system has become necessary.

López explains that as a result of this sophisticated approach to emergency management, “a large number of delegations come to California to learn, since many countries want to adopt the system for themselves”.

Chile is one of these. In 2011, a delegation of 24 representatives from Onemi, the Carabineros (the national police force) and Conaf (the national forest corporation), among others, traveled to California. Since then, the relationship and work in preparation, training and exchange of best practices between Chile and California has flourished.

As such, in 2016 a memorandum of understanding was signed with the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to strengthen risk reduction related to disasters and to promote resilience in both countries. Towards that end, the Director of Cal OES, Mark Ghilarducci, in conjunction with the Director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), Ken Pimlott, as well as other authorities traveled to Chile to learn about the local work being undertaken. Pimlott also signed a collaboration agreement with Conaf to reinforce prevention and risk management in forest fires.

Private sector response

The interruption of basic services is another issue that must be confronted following an emergency. Indeed, this issue was one of the topics of intense public debate in Chile in 2017, particularly following the electricity blackouts and water cuts that affected Santiago and other cities as a result of landslides and severe storms.

The interruptions continued for a number of days in certain areas, placing the preparedness of the utility companies involved in doubt. Experts put these natural phenomena down to global warming and undoubtedly this is something that is posing a challenge to public service companies in general.

For example, the General Manager of the Asociación de Empresas Eléctricas (Association of Electricity Companies), Rodrigo Castillo, argues that the events of 2017 demonstrate the need to define certain key aspects. These include the type of electricity network that Chile wants to construct moving forward, the regulatory standards that are required to confront emergency situations, and how these steps can be fulfilled.

Accordingly, companies from this sector are adapting and improving their processes through a range of initiatives, including intensifying permanent plans for clearing vegetation located near to electricity transmission lines; incorporating new technologies, such as drones, into their operations; utilizing new protective equipment for energy infrastructure; and incorporating the coating of lines, among other measures.

The Asociación Nacional de Servicios Sanitarios (National Association of Santitary Services), or Andess, stresses that its industry generally responds well to contingencies. For example, three days after the 2010 earthquake, 87.5% of the water supply had been restored, rising to 90% after five days.

Executive President of Andess, Víctor Galilea, underlines that the sanitary sector as a whole invested US$537 million in 2016, which is 17% more than in 2015. Half of this figure, he stresses, was earmarked to ensure the production of drinking water and the construction and maintenance, as well as the search for, new water sources.

Also in this industry, Aguas Andinas has joined the SNPC and is working with the authorities to forge a culture of prevention. The company also participates in the Servicio de Gestión de Crisis y Resiliencia de las Organizaciones (Crisis Management and Organizational Resilience Service), or SeCRO.

In the power sector, the Chilean energy company Empresa Nacional de Energía (ENEX) works with an Occupational Health and Safety and Environment management model that factors in preparedness in order to be able to operate under risk scenarios. This obliges the company to review and check its emergency and contingency planning in order to guarantee that its effectiveness and controls conform to the established standards.

Simulations, adoption of new technology and staff training are just some of the actions undertaken by the company in this regard.

Generally, despite pending tasks in terms of legislation and institutional framework, Chile appears to be progressing towards a more sustainable emergency management model, especially with regard to the consideration of the associated human, social and economic impacts of natural catastrophes.

Steps towards collaboration

Following the signing of distinct agreements between Chile and a range of US institutions that specialize in emergencies, Helen López explains that the Deputy Director of Planning and Preparation of Onemi has visited California as part of a knowledge exchange. During his/her visit, the Deputy Director was able to learn about the tsunami and earthquake program as well as Cal OES’ volunteer scheme.

Similarly, with the support of the Chile California Council and the Consul General, representatives of Conaf met their counterparts from CAL FIRE in September 2017 to conduct night overflight training, fire detection techniques, and responses to certain types of fires, among other aspects.

In October 2017, a team of two instructors traveled to Chile to work with Conaf and certify a group of around 40 people in the Community Emergency Response Team program, which instructs communities on how to respond in the first few hours of an emergency. “We see excellent leadership from Onemi, who are doing everything in their power to transfer the techniques and experience from California to Chile”, says López.

Word-class firefighters

One of the first actors to respond to any emergency is the fire service. Accordingly, following the shortcomings that were made evident throughout the system in 2010, a strategic decision was taken to strengthen the fire service’s procedures and to ensure it operated with specialized teams.

After seven years of preparation, in mid-November 2017 the Grupo Urban Search and Rescue Bomberos de Chile team was evaluated and certified by the United Nations International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG). In so doing, it became the first Latin American team to receive an international qualification for this work of this type. The accreditation means the team is now qualified to provide assistance internationally following natural disasters and other emergencies. The United States is the other country with certified teams in this category.

Research contribution

Until 27F, academic focus into seismology had concentrated on areas related to geophysics. This led to significant contributions to the development of construction standards, says Rodrigo Cienfuegos, from CIGIDEN, an entity that constitutes the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad Andrés Bello, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María and Universidad Católica del Norte.

Cienfuegos adds that the 2010 earthquake provoked a reaction from higher education institutions and Conicyt, the Chilean government’s student funding body, to begin allocating resources specifically towards interdisciplinary research on topics such as climate change and natural disasters, as well as the social sciences. One of the objectives of this research is to facilitate the determination of threats to the mental health of emergency response teams.

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FAA reauthorization bill passes with riders for disaster policy reform, Hurricane Florence funding, and geospatial data

NASA hurricane satellite image

President Trump signed a long-sought reauthorization for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) into law on October 5, which included a major set of reforms to address the rising costs of natural disasters in the U.S. and help communities improve their pre-disaster mitigation and recovery practices. The FAA reauthorization also contained supplemental appropriations for victims of Hurricane Florence and provisions of the Geospatial Data Act.

Senate Commerce Committee discusses hurricane preparation and response capabilities

NASA hurricane satellite image

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Transportation, and Science held a hearing to examine the status of local and federal agencies’ recovery from the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, and ongoing preparation for the 2018 season. The hearing focused on the importance of disaster relief funds for local communities, as well as the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) investigation of the 2015 sinking of the US-flagged El Faro cargo ship.

ASCE Shares Member's Reflection on Post-Maria Puerto Rico #HurricaneMaria

Puerto Rican residents walk in flooded streets in Condado, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The American Society of Civil Engineers shared a dispatch from one of their members and her reflections on Puerto Rico's infrastructure from an engineer's perspective following Hurricane Maria. She shares how collapsed roads are affecting communities, and trips to buy gas can take all day. Read her account here.

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