Meet this week’s trio, Helen, Felix and Girl! Helen is a mostly blind and completely deaf dapple mix. Her parents were ill-equipped to give Helen the care that she needed, and she became an owner surrender. Felix is a small, long haired Dachshund. Felix had once been physically abused, including being thrown against a wall. Daisy (Girl), is a wire-haired dachshund mix, with a very sweet personality. She caught the eye of her foster mom in the shelter kennel, right next to Felix. Felix, Girl and Helen are now waiting for their forever homes at Denver Dachshunds Rescue in Colorado.
Meet this week’s trio, Helen, Felix and Girl! Helen is a mostly blind and completely deaf dapple mix. Her parents were ill-equipped to give Helen the care that she needed, and she became an owner surrender. Felix is a small, long haired Dachshund. Felix had once been physically abused, including being thrown against a wall. Daisy (Girl), is a wire-haired dachshund mix, with a very sweet personality. She caught the eye of her foster mom in the shelter kennel, right next to Felix. Felix, Girl and Helen are now waiting for their forever homes at Denver Dachshunds Rescue in Colorado.
During her 20-year career in finance and insurance, Dawn Johnson of San Antonio, Texas, supported a variety of community programs. Following her career at USAA, Dawn Johnson continues to be an avid philanthropist supporting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Suggested Readings for Children and Teenssuzi smith
Preschool/Elementary
Brown, Laurie and Marc. When Dinasours Die. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. April 1988. Simple language, explains feelings people may have regarding the death of someone they love, discusses ways to honor the memory of someone who dies.
Burleigh, Robert. Goodbye Sheepie. Marshall Cavendish Corp. Tarrytown, NY 2010. A dad helps his son deal with the death of his pet dog.
Buscaglia, Leo. The Fall of Freddie the Leaf. Charles B. Slack Co. 1982. Uses the life of a leaf to talk about death as part of the life cycle.
Fitzgerald, Helen. The Grieving Child. A Parents Guide. Simon and Schuster, NY. 1992. A guide for parents seeking to explain death to a child. Suggestions given to deal with emotional responses and helping a child’s adjustment to a new life.
Hazen, Barbara Shook. Why Did Grandpa Die? A Book about Death. Golden Book, NY 1985. Death and loss in a family setting, Deals with the suddenness of death and a girl’s anger, covers stages and the process of grieving.
Dogs can be strangers to each other just like people.
Meet Zephyr and Sabre! A few weeks ago, these two had no idea about each other. They were brought to Orange County Animal Control in Orange, California. Zephyr and Sabre were terrified while they were living in the shelter. As each day passed, they were shaking in fear, terrified for their lives.
How Advanced Simulation will Impact the Offshore Industry both Now and in the...Altair
The easy days of Oil and gas extraction is over, and the ability to extract Oil and Gas from harsh enviornments is very dependent on the ability to overcome technical challenges through the use of advanced numerical analysis and simulation. Technical challalenges currently faced in the industry include High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT), Utra Deep Water (UDW) with water depths greater than 10,000 ft, and the Arctic with potentially 20% untapped hydro carbon reserves. These technical challenges are overcome through more use of advanced analysis and simulation, and this allows cost effective solutions to be obtained.
Also the Industry is currently being challenged by a low oil price, and lots of companies are forced to look at cost and schedule. This as a result, allows the opportunity for the use of advanced analysis to help solve Engineering challanges in an efficient manner and save potentially millions of dollars in the Engineering. The ways that this is undertaken is presented and discussed.
There are different types of Analysis simulation used in the Offshore Industry, for example FEA, CFD, Coupled Analysis etc. Also computer power is ever increasing in compuational efficiencies, and novel methods, such as the use of Cloud computing, has had a big impact on the way that analysis is undertaken. These different methods of software and hardware are discussed in relation to the Offshore Industry, and an indication is given in to how these methods will affect the Industry in the future.