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The Government's CANparent trial of universal parenting classes (2012-14) operates in four areas. It seeks to stimulate the development of a commercial market in high quality, stigma-free parenting classes to enhance the skills and confidence of mothers and fathers. In three of the areas, Camden, Middlesbrough and High Peak, the use of vouchers is being used to support this aim. Mothers and fathers of 0-5s who live in these areas are eligible for a free voucher entitling them to access a CANparent parenting course. These vouchers are redeemed by the class providers. Providers receive £75 for every parent starting a course, and a further £25 for every parent completing the course. Voucher distribution and local support to providers is managed by the trial delivery consortium: ECORYS, in partnership with Family Lives and Orion Security Print. Vouchers are widely available, including through the Foundation Years workforce and branches of Boots in the trial areas. Since November 2012, vouchers can be downloaded by parents from the CANparent website (http://www.canparent.org). Fourteen providers in all (up to 10 in an area) are offering CANparent parenting classes differing in length, focus and delivery mode. In the fourth trial area, Bristol, there are no vouchers. Instead, some light touch support is available, such as use of the CANparent brand and website, support from corporate and other organisations, and low/no cost marketing support. Nine providers were approved to operate under the CANparent Bristol brand offering parenting classes differing in length, focus and delivery mode. The Bristol trial encourages providers to operate different funding models, such as third party subsidy, or parents paying for classes.

A key element of national control programmes (NCPs) for Salmonella in commercial laying flocks, introduced across the European Union, is the identification of infected flocks and holdings through statutory sampling. It is therefore important to know the sensitivity of the sampling methods, in order to design effective and efficient surveillance for Salmonella. However, improved Salmonella control in response to the NCP may have influenced key factors that determine the sensitivity of the sampling methods used to detect Salmonella in NCPs. Therefore the aim of this study was to compare estimates of the sensitivity of the sampling methods using data collected before and after the introduction of the NCP, using Bayesian methods. There was a large reduction in the sensitivity of dust in non-cage flocks between the pre-NCP studies (81% of samples positive in positive flocks) and post-NCP studies (10% of samples positive in positive flocks), leading to the conclusion that sampling dust is not recommended for detection of Salmonella in non-cage flocks. However, cage dust (43% of samples positive in positive flocks) was found to be more sensitive than cage faeces (29% of samples positive in positive flocks). To have a high probability of detection, several NCP-style samples need to be used. For confirmation of Salmonella, five NCP faecal samples for cage flocks, and three NCP faecal boot swab samples for non-cage flocks would be required to have the equivalent sensitivity of the EU baseline survey method, which was estimated to have an 87% and 75% sensitivity to detect Salmonella at a 5% within-flock prevalence in cage and non-cage flocks, respectively.

During summer 1917, civilians using the city baths in Olmütz, Moravia, demanded that soldiers stationed at the local Emperor Francis Joseph infantry barracks cease swimming nude in the March River opposite the city baths, especially during the women's swimming hour. In addition to those of soldiers, the bathing habits of other culprits offended the good citizens of the city. One resident complained that children, adolescent boys and girls, and even some grown-ups, among them "buxom" prostitutes, were swimming nude in the March and thus offending the morals of others. "Flashers" also caught the attention of the public and the police, including the unknown man who made "immoral," but unrecorded, remarks and exposed himself to the women who frequented the promenade under the Freundschaftshöhe in the western Bohemian spa town, Karlsbad, during the summer. The offended women provided the police with a good description of this man, said to be between forty-five and fifty years old, of average size, with gray, grizzled hair, a graying mustache, and a goatee. They described his clothing, a dark suit with knee-length pants, knee-high stockings, hiking boots, and a panama hat. (Records do not indicate whether police apprehended the suspect.) In the Bukovinian provincial capital Czernowitz, an eighteen-year-old electrical technician accused a forty-seven-year-old man from Saxony who allegedly propositioned him on the city's Ringplatz one late summer's evening in 1918 of "crimes against nature." The most common "morals" problem to preoccupy the police and the military during the Great War, however, was neither flashers nor nude bathers; it was prostitution.

Despite Thailand's official reclassification of drug users as "patients" deserving care and not "criminals," the Thai government has continued to rely heavily on punitive responses to drug use such as "boot camp"-style compulsory "treatment" centers. There is very little research on experiences with compulsory treatment centers among people who use drugs. The work reported here is a first step toward filling that gap. We examined experiences of compulsory drug treatment among 252 Thai people who inject drugs (IDU) participating in the Mitsampan Community Research Project in Bangkok. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify factors independently associated with a history of compulsory treatment experience. In total, 80 (31.7%) participants reported a history of compulsory treatment. In multivariate analyses, compulsory drug detention experience was positively associated with current spending on drugs per day (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.86; 95%CI: 1.07 - 3.22) and reporting drug planting by police (AOR = 1.81; 95%CI: 1.04 - 3.15). Among those with compulsory treatment experience, 77 (96.3%) reported injecting in the past week, and no difference in intensity of drug use was observed between those with and without a history of compulsory detention. These findings raise concerns about the current approach to compulsory drug detention in Thailand. Exposure to compulsory drug detention was associated with police abuse and high rates of relapse into drug use, although additional research is needed to determine the precise impact of exposure to this form of detention on future drug use. More broadly, compulsory "treatment" based on a penal approach is not consistent with scientific evidence on addressing drug addiction and should be phased out in favor of evidence-based interventions.

The properties of UWFC (Ultra Wide-Field Camera) astronomical systems along with specific visual data in astronomical images contribute to a comprehensive evaluation of the acquired image data. These systems contain many different kinds of optical aberrations which have a negatively effect on image quality and imaging system transfer characteristics, and reduce the precision of astronomical measurement. It is very important to figure two main questions out. At first: In which astrometric depend on optical aberrations? And at second: How optical aberrations affect the transfer characteristics of the whole optical system. If we define the PSF (Point Spread Function) [2] of an optical system, we can use some suitable methods for restoring the original image. Optical aberration models for LSI/LSV (Linear Space Invariant/Variant) [2] systems are presented in this paper. These models are based on Seidel and Zernike approximating polynomials [1]. Optical aberration models serve as suitable tool for estimating and fitting the wavefront aberration of a real optical system. Real data from the BOOTES (Burst Observer and Optical Transient Exploring System) experiment is used for our simulations. Problems related to UWFC imaging systems, especially a restoration method in the presence of space variant PSF are described in this paper. A model of the space variant imaging system and partially of the space variant optical system has been implemented in MATLAB. The "brute force" method has been used for restoration of the testing images. The results of different deconvolution algorithms are demonstrated in this paper. This approach could help to improve the precision of astronomic measurements.

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Ergonomics on 20th February 2007, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/ ; Military personnel are required to carry heavy loads whilst marching; this load carriage representing a substantial component of training and combat. Studies in the literature mainly concentrate on physiological effects, with few biomechanical studies of military load carriage systems (LCS). This study examines changes in gait and posture caused by increasing load carriage in military LCS. The 4 conditions used during this study were: control (including rifle, boots and helmet carriage, totalling 8 kg), webbing (weighing 8 kg), backpack (24 kg) and a Light Antitank Weapon (LAW, 10 kg), resulting in an incremental increase in load carried from 8, 16, 40 to 50 kg. Twenty male soldiers were evaluated in the saggital plane using a 3-dimensional CODA™ motion analysis system. Measurements of ankle, knee, femur, trunk and craniovertebral angles and spatiotemporal parameters were made during self-paced walking. Results showed spatiotemporal changes were unrelated to angular changes, perhaps a consequence of military training. Knee and femur ranges of motion (control, 21.1º ±3.0 and 33.9º ±7.1 respectively) increased (p<0.05) with load (LAW, 25.5º ±2.3 and 37.8º ±1.5 respectively). The trunk flexed significantly further forward confirming results from previous studies. In addition, the craniovertebral angle decreased (p<0.001) indicating a more forward position of the head with load. It is concluded that the head functions in concert with the trunk to counterbalance load. The higher muscular tensions necessary to sustain these changes have been associated with injury, muscle strain and joint problems.

Oct. 18, 1999 16 pgs. GCSU president Christy Biggs facing impeachment charges for removing Pro-Tem issue from frosh kits; University of Toronto cutting back on radio station production; a feature on the political standing of prostitutes in Canada's political spectrum. Contributers: Geoffrey Young, Ian Savage, Jeff Parent, Esther Raanani, Noel Barnett, Mino, Sierra Nelson, Yehudah Lionel Cullman, Tammi Kisoff, Natalie Flute, Andrew Loung, Kelly Pedro, Kathleen Imbeau, Jake and Kitty (distribution), Melissa Major, Chantal Regimbal, Helene Di Papajupni, Lidia Jeunvau Managing Editor: Melanie J. Cadieux Assistant Editors: Rob Shaw, Rae Perigoe News Editor: Colleen McConnell Arts Editors: Catherine Hancock Perspectives Editor: Patrick Tomlinson Features Editor: Rob Shaw Fiction and Poetry Editor: Danielle Seville Photography Editor: Loic Oliver Production/Layout: Shai, Sarah Moreault CUP Liason: Patrick Tomlinson Business Manager: Patrick Bolduc Intern: Natalie Flute Revisions: Julien Daviau, Jean-Philippe Nadeau Article titles: Our lifeblood: you Passion is like genius: a miracle We need more blue-uniformed rotten baloney on the grill.along with the "bacon which we can hear sizzling". Open to the world-but not to neighbors GCSU inc.? Calling all the frosh First Bill Clinton, now Christy Biggs? CUPE strike vote successful Miss the bus? Four CIUT volunteers get the boot Mmmm.yummy in the tummy dilemma of the immortals The real prostitution story McDonald's et l'ascendance vertigineuse du "big mac" Le lendemain matin. Drive Me Crazy Mystery, Alaska Upcoming events It's your gallery Le Septieme Salon du livre: un succes croissant Forever swing entertains Glendon student dances life's tango El tuerto The ministry of SELF Half a wish remembered on the ha'penny bridge

To say that Nigeria is yet to be met with great and good news of feats and development since after independence is not an exaggeration. The true face is that the little the colonial masters did before they handed over is what we have enjoyed. Now most of them have dilapidated. There is no sign of a better future. One wonders what happened to Nigerian Telecommunications. There was a time we have phone boots on the streets. With a coin one can conveniently make calls. Fax machines were available in offices for private and public use. One can even send a telegram. To say that GSM and internet replaced them is an escapist manoeuvre. Think of Lagos Main Land Bridges, Niger Bridge, trains etc. People attribute the cause to corruption. The leaders are singled out as corrupt. But who are the leaders? People tend to limit their searchlight to the President, Senators and Governors. Evidently, they are not the managers of parastatals. They are not the law enforcement agencies etc. Yet, the truth is still obvious that a good leader can always push his subjects to a set vision and mission. What Nigeria needs is a servant leader. This paper is structured to examine in the main, the concept of the Servant of God, a servant leader as envisioned by Prophet Isaiah in what is popularly known as the Servant Songs. It is the belief of the researcher that a leader of such calibre is what Nigeria needs even in her recession to move forward.

KRIEGSBILDER NR. 33 1917 Tagespost (-) Kriegsbilder Nr. 33 1917 (Nr. 33 1917) ([1]) [Abb.]: Das österreichische Kaiserhaus. Zum 30. Geburtstag des Kaisers 17. August 1917. ([1]) Die Monarchie im Weltkrieg. ([2]) [3 Abb.]: (1)Paradeaufstellung der Akademiker im Park der k.u.k. Theresianischen Militär-Akademie in Wiener-Neustadt. (2)Fürst Zdenko Lobkowitz, Generaladjutant des Kaisers und Königs, in seinem Arbeitszimmer. (3)Englischer bewaffneter Dampfer "Dalton", versenkt westlich Kap Matapan durch ein österreichisch-ungarisches U-Boot. ([2]) [3 Abb.]: (1)Das Ensemble des Fronttheaters "Lovcen" mit seinem militärischen und künstlerischen Leiter Leutnant Dr. Krüger (X) in Skutari. (2)Torpedoboote der k. und k. Kriegsmarine. (3)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Flieger nach der Rückkehr vom Schio. (3) Wiener Nachtstimmungen. ( - ) [3 Abb.]: (1)Kreuzgang an der Minoritenkirche. (2)Aufgang zur St. Ulrich-Kirche. (3)Wiener Nachtstudien: Donauweibchen-Brunnen im Stadtpark. ( - ) [3 Abb.]: (1)Wiener Nachtstudien: Donnerbrunnen am Neuen Markt. (2)St. Stefankirche: Kapristrankanzel. (3)Historische Nische am St. Stefan-Dom. ( - ) Der österreichische Krupp. ( - ) [3 Abb.]: (1)Die Uebernahmshalle in den Skodawerken. (2)Mitte: 2500 Tonnen-Presse in der Kanonenfabrik. (3)Unten: Blick in die Kanonendreherei bei Skoda. ( - ) Die neuen Männer im Reich und in Preußen. ( - ) [6 Abb.]: (1)Exzellenz Dr. Spahn, der neue preußische Justizminister. (2)Der neue Staatssekretär des Aueßeren, Dr. Freiherr v. Kühlmann, bisher Botschafter in Konstantinopel. (3)Regierungspräsident Oskar Hergt, der neue preußische Finanzminister. (4)Staatssekretär Dr. Helfferich, Vertreter des Reichskanzlers und Sprechminister, in seinem Heim. (5-6)Die Unterstaatssekretäre im neuen Reichsernährungsamt: Freiherr von Braun, bisher Ministerialdirektor im bayrischen Ministerium. Dr. August Müller, bisher Vorstandsmitglied im Kriegsernährungsamt. ( - ) Bilder vom Tage. ( - ) [6 Abb.]: (1)Dr. Rudolf Schwander, Unterstaatssekretär des neuen Reichswirtschaftsamtes. (2)Dr. von Krause, der neue Staatssekretär des Reichsjustizamtes. (3)Dr. Drews, der neue preußische Minister des Innern, auf dem Wege zum Amt. (4)Dr. Friedrich Schmidt, der neue preußische Kultusminister. (5)Staatssekretär Rüdlin, der neue Leiter des Reichspostamtes. (6)Besuch des Kaisers und Königs Karl im befreiten Ostgalizien. Die Vertreter der spanischen, schwedischen, peruanischen und dänischen Armee vor dem Kaiser in Tarnopol. ( - )

197. HEFT 1914/18 Der Krieg . in Wort und Bild (-) 197. Heft 1914/18 (197. Heft 1914/18) ( - ) Einband ( - ) Kriegskalender 197. (1561) I. Teil: Der Weltkrieg - die eigentliche Kriegsgeschichte - (Der Krieg zu Lande, zu Wasser und in den Lüften). ([1561]) [Abb.]: Russische Kriegsschiffe werden von ihren Besatzungen im Finnischen Meerbusen verlassen. ([1561]) [Abb.]: Deutsche Truppen im Kampf mit Roten Gardisten beim Vormarsch auf Hangö. (1562) [2 Abb.]: (1)Bahnschutz durch Weiße Gardisten und deutsche Soldaten an der Bahnstrecke Hangö-Helsingfors. (2)General von der Goltz, der Führer der Truppenexpedition nach Finnland. ([1563]) [Abb.]: Truppenschau der Weißen Garde in Helsingfors. (1564) [2 Abb.]: (1)Einzug des Generals Mannerheim in Helsingfors. (2)Das Hoch auf Deutschland durch die Bevölkerung von Helsingsfors auf dem Platze vor dem Dom beim Einzuge der deutschen Truppen. (1565) Die deutsche Offensive an der Westfront 1918. (1566) [Abb.]: Deutsche Heerführer. Generalleutnant von Schöler. Generalleutnant Fritz von Gontard. General von Carlowitz. Generalmajor Lequis. Generalleutnant Ritter und Edler von Oetinger. Generalmajor Bacmeister. Generalleutnant Fritz von Seckendorff. ([1567]) [4 Abb.]: (1)General de Villaret. (2)General Roques. (3)General Gerard. (4)General d'Urbal. (1568) [Abb.]: Vernichtung der amerikanischen Marinebrigade am Walde von Belleau am 8. Juni 1918. ( - ) II. Teil: Der Weltkrieg in Einzeldarstellungen. ([1561]) [Abb.]: Schwere Niederlage der Amerikaner bei Seicheprey am 18. Juni 1918. ([1561]) Der Vormarsch zur Marne. (1562) [Abb.]: Aus den Kämpfen bei Reims: Deutsche Infanterie passiert die eroberten feindlichen Stellungen bei Loivre am Brimont. (1562) [Abb.]: Aus der Schlacht zwischen Aisne und Marne: Bincelles an der Marne im feindlichen Artilleriefeuer. (1563) Überquerung des Moonfundes mit einer Fernsprechleitung. (1563) [Abb.]: Ein deutsches U-Boot unter Segel im Atlantischen Ozean. (1564) Die Kriegführung bis zur Eisregion. (1564) [Abb.]: Österreichisch-ungarisches Barackenlager am Sellapaß. (1565) [2 Abb.]: (1)"Schwalbennester" (österreichisch-ungarische Unterstände) auf der Marmolata. (2)Aufstieg zu einem österreichisch-ungarischen Abschnittskommando an der italienischen Hochgebirgsfront. (1566) [4 Abb.]: (1)Oben links: Dolomitenstellung (2) - Rechts: Die höchste Geschützstellung im Marmolata-Abschnitt. (3)- Unten links: Drahtseilbahn. (4)-Rechts: Unterstand im ewigen Eise auf 3500 Meter. ([1567]) [Abb.]: Unterirdischer Gang zu der höchsten österreichisch-ungarischen Stellung auf der Marmolata. (1568) Werbung ( - ) Einband ( - )