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Evaluating Websites. Assistance Dogs & Animal Outreach - HopeWorks Foundation. Mobility dogs are partnered with people living with long term physical disabilities including cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and spinal cord injuries. Mobility Assistance Dogs Trust now provides three categories of Mobility Dog; A Service Dog provides support both in the home environment and out in the community with full public access rights.

An Assist Dog provides support at home, and public access is managed by a facilitator. A Skilled Companion Dog provides the support of a highly skilled pet and mitigates at least three aspects of disability. In addition to dogs trained for individual placement, Mobility Dogs also has a Facility Dog trained to assist a therapist working with a client in a rehabilitative setting and four Ambassadogs – Chance, Hugo, Elsa and Fleur – who work to raise awareness of the invaluable work of Mobility Dogs. According to recipient needs, dogs may be trained to perform tasks such as: Applying for a Mobility Dog Phone: 027 700 7018. The 1981 Springbok rugby tour - 1981 Springbok tour | NZHistory, New Zealand history online. Immunization. July 1981 – This month last century.

30 years ago the South African rugby team is welcomed to New Zealand at the Poho-o-Rawiri marae, Gisborne, at the start of its tour of the country (17 July 1981). Rugby Union has long had a prominent, if not undisputed place in New Zealand culture. Kia Ora Rugby Team, 1921, Maker unknown, New Zealand. Te Papa However, the game caused bitter disputes and often violent clashes around New Zealand when the South African rugby team toured the country from July to September in 1981. The Springboks’ four previous tours of New Zealand, in 1921, 1937, 1956 and 1965, were all eagerly anticipated and fixed in popular culture and memory.

For example, in 1956, P. W. Record, ’All Blacks’ Football Song’, 1956, His Master's Voice (N.Z.) The tour in 1956 was especially momentous because the All Blacks finally won a test series against their South African rivals on home turf. Rugby ball, 1956, Watts Sports Depot Limited (1935–1959), New Zealand. New Zealanders had warmly welcomed the Springboks in 1956. Who are refugees? Deforestation Facts, Information, and Effects. Modern-Day Plague Deforestation is clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale, often resulting in damage to the quality of the land. Forests still cover about 30 percent of the world’s land area, but swaths half the size of England are lost each year. The world’s rain forests could completely vanish in a hundred years at the current rate of deforestation. The biggest driver of deforestation is agriculture. Farmers cut forests to provide more room for planting crops or grazing livestock.

Often, small farmers will clear a few acres by cutting down trees and burning them in a process known as slash and burn agriculture. Logging operations, which provide the world’s wood and paper products, also cut countless trees each year. Not all deforestation is intentional. Effects of Deforestation Deforestation can have a negative impact on the environment. Deforestation also drives climate change. Trees also play a critical role in absorbing the greenhouse gases that fuel global warming. Why did so much forest convert to dairy? - Whiteboard Friday.

Endangered Species | Endangered Species Foundation. Thought extinct since 1924, the ancient looking Canterbury knobbled weevil (Hadramphus tuberculatus) was rediscovered in 2004 by Laura Young, inhabiting golden speargrass in Burkes Pass, in the McKenzie country of South Canterbury. This critically endangered weevil was once reasonably widespread in the Canterbury region (based on specimens collected over the last 120 years), but is now restricted to just one small localised grassland area of a few hectares.

Whilst the spiky golden speargrass leaves are thought to provide this large weevil with some protection from introduced predators, the total population numbers less than 100 adults. Encouragingly recent attempts by Lincoln University researchers succeeded in captive rearing Canterbury knobbled weevils. Four adult weevils were introduced into a small enclosure in a glass house, which contained two species of Aciphylla speargrass plants (the preferred diet). Circulatory System | ENT 425 – General Entomology.

Insects, like all other arthropods, have an open circulatory system which differs in both structure and function from the closed circulatory system found in humans and other vertebrates. In a closed system, blood is always contained within vessels (arteries, veins, capillaries, or the heart itself). In an open system, blood (usually called hemolymph) spends much of its time flowing freely within body cavities where it makes direct contact with all internal tissues and organs. The circulatory system is responsible for movement of nutrients, salts, hormones, and metabolic wastes throughout the insect’s body. In addition, it plays several critical roles in defense: it seals off wounds through a clotting reaction, it encapsulates and destroys internal parasites or other invaders, and in some species, it produces (or sequesters) distasteful compounds that provide a degree of protection against predators.

The hydraulic (liquid) properties of blood are important as well. Statistics. Number of deceased organ donors in New Zealand Please click below to download a printable PDF version. PDF 55kb Number of transplant operations in New Zealand PDF 60kb Success rates The success rates for transplantation in New Zealand are comparable to the international rates. PDF 62kb Causes of organ donor death PDF 58kb International deceased donor rates 2014 Data sourced 30 July 2015, from IRODaT website For more in-depth information about organ and tissue donation and transplantation in New Zealand, visit the Knowledge Centre Back To Top. Julius Caesar: Historical Background. 102/100 BCE: Gaius Julius Caesar was born (by Caesarean section according to an unlikely legend) of Aurelia and Gaius Julius Caesar, a praetor.

His family had noble, patrician roots, although they were neither rich nor influential in this period. His aunt Julia was the wife of Gaius Marius, leader of the Popular faction. c. 85 BCE: His father died, and a few years later he was betrothed and possibly married to a wealthy young woman, Cossutia. This betrothal/marriage was soon broken off, and at age 18 he married Cornelia, the daughter of a prominent member of the Popular faction; she later bore him his only legitimate child, a daughter, Julia. C. 79 BCE: Caesar, on the staff of a military legate, was awarded the civic crown (oak leaves) for saving the life of a citizen in battle. 75 BCE: While sailing to Greece for further study, Caesar was kidnapped by Cilician pirates and held for ransom. 72 BCE: Caesar was elected military tribune. Sources Barbara F. North Taranaki - New Zealand Wars. North Taranaki War 1860-61 War broke out in North Taranaki in March 1860.

The issue over which the war commenced was a block of land, called the Pekapeka Block, now for the most part covered by the township of Waitara in North Taranaki. An Issue of Land In 1859, a local Te Atiawa chief, Te Teira offered to sell the Pekapeka Block to the Crown, an offer he had made on a number of earlier occasions. Many other Maori objected to the sale. Those objecting were led by Wiremu Kingi, regarded by Te Atiawa as their paramount chief. Wiremu Kingi therefore spoke for all Te Atiawa, especially for those who were actually living on the block itself (about 2000).

The Crown was caught in a bind; but not for long. An Issue of Authority This decision angered Te Atiawa, who were not about to allow the Crown to occupy the disputed Block. When an attempt was later made to survey the Block, Te Atiawa obstructed the surveyors and removed them from the area. Battle at Te Kohia. Klima-Tuvalu |  Climate change on Tuvalu. The nine islands of Tuvalu are located in the middle of the Pacific. Funafuti, the main island and capital, is at 1000 km North of Fiji.

Tuvalu became, notably thanks to the climate conference in Copenhagen in 2009, the international symbol of the consequences of climate change. Sea-level rise, one of the most known consequences, is a major threat for Tuvalu, considering that this countrys highest point is 4,5 meters over sea-level (whereas most of the land is way below that point). The consequences of climate change will have and already have considerable impacts on these islands. In the National Adaptation Programme of Actions (NAPA), the government of Tuvalu has identified seven main and immediate threats for the livelihoods of Tuvaluans.

These seven adverse effects are presented here: Coastal: Following the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, sea-level has already risen by 20 centimetres between 1870 and nowadays. Anti-Vietnam War ProtestsIn New Zealand - Overview.