Schedule across time zones4/9/2024 ![]() Department of Transportation oversees the nation’s time zones and the uniform observance of Daylight Saving Time, including exercising the authority that allows a state to change its official time zone. ![]() law with the finalization of the Standard Time Act on March 19, 1918. Eventually this system was signed into U.S. Living on Railroad TimeĪs years went by and train travel continued to become an integral part of doing business from city to city, “railroad time” was gradually adopted as the official time in the U.S. Each time zone is set one hour apart, which allowed the railroads to coordinate train schedules across the entire country. ![]() The time zones, Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific, are still in place today. time zones, an idea that had been proposed 11 years earlier by Charles Dowd, a Yale-educated school principal. On November 18, 1883, the railroads moved forward with the adoption of four U.S. In addition to the railroads, around this same time frame, government officials and scientists were also pushing for time standardization in an effort to develop accurate reports across various locations throughout the country. When it came to telling time, it was clear the railroads, and those that utilized the railroads, were in desperate need of some order. Trains were crossing time zones much quicker, making it difficult to keep a standard schedule. Rather than getting around by foot or on horseback, trains were emerging as a powerful force to propel industrialization and commerce across the country at a very fast pace. When we fast forward a few decades to the mid-late 1800s, railroads were building track across the nation at lightning speed, drastically changing the way people traveled and transported goods. Think about all of the confusion that would cause in today’s busy world! A Railroad Revolution So, for example, while it could be 12:09 p.m. While this may have seemed like a good idea, this timekeeping method resulted in the creation of more than 300 local time zones across the country - not to mention disparity in local time depending on your location. Back in the early 1800s, the sun served as the official “clock” in the U.S., and time was based on each city’s own solar noon, or the point when the sun is highest in the sky. Long before the days of Rolex, Citizen and Apple, telling time was a little more complicated than simply glancing down at your watch.
0 Comments
Sound beam diffraction4/9/2024 It has been strictly proved that, in the paraxial limit the HB beam recovers the Airy solution 29. Besides, different from the paraxial Airy beam, the HB beam is an exact solution of the 2D homogeneous Helmholtz equation, since all plane wave components correspond to the same magnitude of wavevector (as a requirement of the monochromatic field). As shown below, the superposition of numerous plane waves contributes a curved propagation trajectory in the x-y plane. (1) the integral from 0 to π means that the 2D HB beam consists of a series of plane waves with positive y-component of wavevectors, which is crucially different from the conventional Bessel beam, integrating from 0 to 2π. Where ψ 0 is a unitary velocity potential, α is an arbitrary real number and k = ( kcosτ, ksinτ) represents the 2D wavevector in the background fluid. The large-angle transport could be greatly useful in the contactless manipulation of microparticles, such as to deliver biomedicines under complex conditions. The bending angle of the transport trajectory is considerably large (exceeding 90 o), which is unattainable by using conventional sound beams. It is of particular interest that in some situations the particle can be attracted into the strong field region and guided stably along a circularly curved orbit. The phenomena can be explained qualitatively from the competing effect between the gradient force and the scattering force. Distinct manipulation behaviors have been observed for the particles with different sizes and acoustic parameters. In this paper, we present the first theoretical study of the ARF acting on spherical microparticles illuminated by an acoustic 2D HB beam. This is greatly beneficial for manipulating microparticles without hampering by obstacles 37. Therefore, compared to the Airy beam, these nonparaxial accelerating beams can be used to achieve larger bending angles over a longer distance. ![]() These novel beams are exact solutions of the 2D Helmholtz equation, which can preserve their shapes well while propagating along circular, elliptic or parabolic trajectories. Recently, a new family of self-accelerating optic beams, i.e., Half-Bessel (HB) 29, 30, 31, 32, Mathieu 33, 34, 35 and Weber 33, 35, 36 beams have been demonstrated theoretically and experimentally. This leads to a serious limitation in practical applications. This condition fails and diffraction occurs when the Airy beam travels along the parabola trajectory and eventually bends into a larger angle. It is worth pointing out that, the Airy beam is only a solution of the 2D Helmholtz equation in the paraxial limit. These properties endow the self-accelerating beams with new degree of freedoms in contactless manipulations, e.g., guiding microparticles along a curved trajectory 27, 28. The beams with lateral shift, called self-accelerating beams, have two peculiar features: diffraction-free while propagating and self-healing even if blocked by obstacles. This cognition was broken up by the observation of Airy beams in optics 25, 26: the main lobes of Airy beams propagate along a parabolic trajectory. A representative example can be referred to the acoustic pulling effects by utilizing Bessel beams 20, 21, 22 or crossed plane waves 23, 24.Ĭonventionally, it is believed that in homogenous space shape-invariant wave beams travel along a straight line only. Recently, the ARFs produced by nondiffracting acoustic beams (which preserve shape in propagation) have attracted much attention due to the capability of stable manipulation in a long distance. ![]() Besides the intrinsic properties of the objects, i.e., the geometry and acoustic properties, the ARF depends greatly on the property of the external sound source. Recent studies have also stated that, remarkable interactions can be induced by acoustic waves in multi-body systems 18, 19, through the aid of resonant coupling between artificial structures. This advantage enables the acoustic manipulation with wide applications, e.g., the DNA transfection and targeted drug delivery. In contrast to the other contactless manipulations, the acoustic radiation forces (ARFs) necessitate much less power and thus exhibit weaker damage to objects. Acoustic waves can also exert forces on illuminated objects by exchanging momentum between the objects and sound field 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. Many different techniques have been proposed, such as optical tweezers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and dielectrophoresis 6, 7, 8, 9. In the past decades, great efforts have been devoted to manipulate microparticles and even living cells under contactless conditions. Js rgb wheel color picker4/9/2024 ![]() The angle at which to place the selector is given by the Hue and the distance from the center is given by the Saturation. Get and Set the Color SelectorĬalculating the position for the color selector is done in ColorSelectorRectangle. In this loop, the coordinates are calculated, and the color is calculated by creating an HSL color and getting the Color property out of it. ![]() M_path.Add( new PointF(( float)x,( float)y)) I found that I cannot tell the difference between 1° and 5° steps, so I used 5° steps.ĭouble x = center.X + Math.Cos(angleR) * radius ĭouble y = center.Y - Math.Sin(angleR) * radius Since the color in the color wheel is represented by the angle (Hue), it is a matter of looping from 0 to 360 in ‘degrees’ steps. The points and colors are calculated in RecalcWheelPoints() which is called when the control is resized. This brush lets you specify a series of points with corresponding colors and a center point with the corresponding color. The drawing of the wheel is done using PathGradientBrush. The ColorWheel class is the actual color wheel control itself. I created the HSLColor class for wrapping the RGB-HSL, and with the help of Wikipedia, it was just a simple matter of typing in the formula. The Color class already implements a GetHue, Saturation and Lightness ( Brightness), but unfortunately does not implement the Set method, so I needed a conversion from a RGB color to an HSL color.Īfter a bit of online searching, I came across this article in Wikipedia which explains the HSL color space and most conveniently also includes the equations for converting between RGB - HSL and vice versa. The color in the color wheel is represented by its hue and saturation value, where hue is the angle (0-360) with red being 0°, green 120° and blue 240°, and where the saturation is the distance from the center, where 0 (center) is white and 1 (on the circumference) is the fully saturated color. Color control should appear as a combobox with the color picker in the dropdown container.Opacity slider to adjust the opacity of the color.Color wheel for selecting any arbitrary color.Color picker (eye dropper) which lets you pick a color from anywhere on the screen.Color table with some predefined colors.After looking at a couple of different color pickers, I decided to go ahead and implement my own version which would meet these few requirements: I needed a color picker for a project I was working on, and I wanted something different from the standard ColorDialog. There are already several articles here on CodeProject describing different types of color pickers, and here is yet another example. Mobile homes with log cabin look4/9/2024 Placing the wooden beam log that serves as the horizontal support tying the wooden columns to the porch rafters Wooden logs in the log cabin style of stacking are used for exterior claddingīuilding the deck in front of the container log cabin, with large boulders used as deck post foundations Wooden rafters are placed on top of the container to form the structural support of the sloped roof Yes, of course I would! Gallery of Brian’s Home Adding a double window into the walls of the container before the log cabin facade has been added Would you recommend building with shipping containers? ![]() Call it what you want, it is all in the eye of the beholder. Last, for all of you Eco-friendly folks, you can simplify it by referring to it as recycle, re-purpose and or reuse. The use of concrete for many people creates a large expense, an expense that typically gets back-filled and goes unseen. Being made out of steel, one may alleviate the use of large volumes of concrete. Containers have a structurally superior framework. Structurally they blow a stick-frame home out of the water. People are generating amazing new ideas that can be facilitated with containers, creating a very small footprint. It can be seen in every corner of the globe. The design versatility speaks for itself. In your experience, what are the advantages of building with shipping containers?įor me, the advantages are as follows, in order: versatility of design, structural integrity, and the reuse or re-purpose of a seemingly solid piece of steel which has a story all of its own to tell. Here is my breakdown for a 20-foot low cube with a 10 x 20 foot deck with porch roof, which in total cost $16,900. Roughly how much did it cost to build? Can you give us a high-level breakdown? The highlight unfolded as the bright green evergreen container was delivered to historic Virginia City, Montana! The highlight for me was picking up the telephone and contacting Lockwood storage out of Missoula, Montana and inquiring about an 8 x 20 conex box. Can you talk about the process of building your home? What were some of the highlights of the process? In my mind, there is no substitute for quality insulating practices. ![]() This allows for peace of mind regarding thermal gain and the loss that can take place. Not only does it have the highest R rating available, once it has cured expanded and set, it becomes one with its backdrop. I insulated the container with core bond urethane spray foam this is the best product on the market. What more does one need to justify building with shipping containers?Ĭontainers are structurally sound making for the ultimate building block, from large-scale industrial versions to residential housing, to the mere microstructure! How did you insulate the containers? Be different, unique, innovative, and challenged. Due to their ability to have numerous design configurations and finishes, it is a no-brainer. The reasons for which I built with shipping containers are numerous for one I don’t know why you wouldn’t build with containers. Why did you decide to build your home out of shipping containers? Not long thereafter, I came to the realization that I must create a model for this concept. My passion as a log-smith would allow me to really rock one of these out. It was at this point we settled into a nice evening, that the thought occurred to me. It sat among 3 other containers, all equally as bright and beautiful. The cabin we reserved for our fishing trip on the magnificent Yellowstone River was a bright yellow 40-footer. Truth be told, it was a combination of a weekend getaway with my amazing girlfriend, to Pine Creek Lodge located just outside of Livingston, Montana. ![]() How did you get the idea of building with shipping containers? Today we have the pleasure of speaking with Brian Morris from Yellowstone Timber Fusion.īrian built what is believed to be the world’s first hybrid shipping container log cabin home. Following the success of our interview series, it’s with great enthusiasm that today we share another interview. Best lesbian porn website4/9/2024 It will all boil down to your tastes and preferences. You won’t make a mistake visiting any of the places mentioned. Here’s a list of a bunch of sites that I’ve enjoyed both alone and with my boyfriend. Naturally, there are tons of lesbian subreddits to explore and masturbate to. As one of the biggest sites of all time, Reddit has countless adult subs in any genre imaginable. ![]() It wouldn’t be a complete list of porn places worth visiting on the internet if Reddit wasn’t somewhere in there. The stories aren’t exclusively lesbian, but that’s only a plus in my book since the variety is insane, and there’s so much to read that your mind will explode. Some of the stories here made me cum harder than any XXX video ever did. Literotica is a different kind of porn site that is all about erotic literature instead of porn videos. You can enjoy everything from homemade lesbian fucking to strapon, old and young, Japanese girls, teens, grannies, and more. The landing page is packed with countless thumbnails leading to provocative categories within the lesbian genre. To expand on the collection of free porn tube sites that offer exclusively lesbian content, we have. You can scroll up and down until you find a scene that makes you wet, or you can use the search bar to go through more than a hundred thousand erotic lesbian videos. It looks like a classic tube with the landing page featuring a bunch of captivating thumbnails. Lesbify is the first fully-lesbian free tube on the list. It’s the closest you’ll get to a premium lesbian website without paying. On the other hand, five thousand or so scenes are nothing but pure quality and high-definition lesbian shenanigans. ![]() As a result, this XXX tube site has far fewer scenes and videos than others on the list. HQPorner aims to provide premium quality for free. With more than two thousand pages in the girl-on-girl category, it would take you multiple lifetimes to go through all that pussy licking, fingering, and scissoring. XHamster is similar in look and feel to Xvideos, and it’s just as good when you want quality lesbian action without having to pay. It’s our go-to place for quick and easy lesbian action. Some clips can last less than a minute, while others are full-blown hour-and-a-half movies. Their lesbian category offers more than a hundred thousand results. Xvideos is another massive free porn tube site with an endless supply of porn videos. Plenty of premium production houses upload their finest videos here as promo material to get you on their website, yet here it’s all free. There are pages upon pages of videos that go up to HD in quality and span across every lesbian genre imaginable. You might have to endure an ad here or there or go through some lower-quality videos before finding the good ones, but it’s all worth it in the end.Īs one of the biggest and most famous free porn tube sites in the world, Pornhub’s lesbian section is absolutely massive. There are plenty of free alternatives that sometimes offer the same quality as premium sites. ![]() Of course, nobody says you have to spend money to enjoy erotic lesbian porn. And as much as I loved occasional action with two bimbos mindlessly eating each other out and fingering, I do have a refined taste when it comes to lesbian pornography. Plus, plenty of websites have mixed content, with only a smaller proportion of it being lesbian. ![]() Of course, I’m talking from the female perspective since the majority of pics and videos out there are tailored toward men. When it comes to lesbian porn content, it can be challenging to find really good stuff, even though there’s so much of it. Good Lesbian Porn Is Really Difficult To Find Which of These Sites Do I Use The Most (My Favorite)?.Good Lesbian Porn Is Really Difficult To Find. Pornographic, defamatory, libellous, scandalous, fraudulent, immoral, infringing or otherwise unlawful use of the Images is, of course, prohibited. The images may not be posted on any website, shared in any disc library, image storage mechanism, network system or similar arrangement. You may not further copy, alter, distribute or otherwise use any of the materials from this Site without the advance, written consent of the RSC. You may browse, download or print out one copy of the material displayed on the Site for your personal, non-commercial, non-public use, but you must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials. The RSC maintains this Site for your information, education, communication, and personal entertainment. The RSC has been granted the sole and exclusive right and licence to produce, publish and further license the Images. This Site has been carefully prepared for your visit, and we ask you to honour and agree to the following terms and conditions when using this Site.Ĭopyright of and ownership in the Images reside with Murray Robertson. Welcome to "A Visual Interpretation of The Table of Elements", the most striking version of the periodic table on the web. Images © Murray Robertson 1999-2011 Text © The Royal Society of Chemistry 1999-2011 Political stability of top reserve holderĪ percentile rank for the political stability of the country with the largest reserves, derived from World Bank governance indicators. The higher the value, the larger risk there is to supply.Ī percentile rank for the political stability of the top producing country, derived from World Bank governance indicators. The percentage of the world reserves located in the country with the largest reserves. The higher the value, the larger risk there is to supply. The percentage of an element produced in the top producing country. Low = substitution is possible with little or no economic and/or performance impact Medium = substitution is possible but there may be an economic and/or performance impact High = substitution not possible or very difficult. The availability of suitable substitutes for a given commodity. A higher recycling rate may reduce risk to supply. The percentage of a commodity which is recycled. The number of atoms of the element per 1 million atoms of the Earth’s crust. This is calculated by combining the scores for crustal abundance, reserve distribution, production concentration, substitutability, recycling rate and political stability scores. The Chemical Abstracts Service registry number is a unique identifier of a particular chemical, designed to prevent confusion arising from different languages and naming systems.ĭata for this section been provided by the British Geological Survey.Īn integrated supply risk index from 1 (very low risk) to 10 (very high risk). Where more than one isotope exists, the value given is the abundance weighted average.Ītoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons. This is approximately the sum of the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus. The mass of an atom relative to that of carbon-12. The transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas phase without passing through a liquid phase.ĭensity is the mass of a substance that would fill 1 cm 3 at room temperature. The temperature at which the liquid–gas phase change occurs. The temperature at which the solid–liquid phase change occurs. The arrangements of electrons above the last (closed shell) noble gas. These blocks are named for the characteristic spectra they produce: sharp (s), principal (p), diffuse (d), and fundamental (f). The atomic number of each element increases by one, reading from left to right.Įlements are organised into blocks by the orbital type in which the outer electrons are found. Members of a group typically have similar properties and electron configurations in their outer shell.Ī horizontal row in the periodic table. Click on 'Element Atomic Number', 'Element Symbol', 'Element Name' and 'Element Molar Volume' headers to sort.A vertical column in the periodic table. This Molar Volume table gives the Molar Volume of all the elements of periodic table in cm3/mol. ![]() The Mac version graduated to the test stage on 30 January 2012. On 2 June 2011, Piriform announced a public beta test program for CCleaner for Mac. It remained a Windows-only utility until 2012. History ĬCleaner was first launched in 2004 for Microsoft Windows. The browser is only available for Microsoft Windows. It is based on Google's free and open-source project Chromium. CCleaner Browser avoids advertising, avoids tracking, has built-in security against all kinds of malware, phishing, malicious downloads, and also avoids unwanted elements such as pop-ups or excessive browser cache. CCleaner Browser is included to optionally install in the CCleaner installer, but it can also be installed from its website. ĬCleaner also has its own web browser called CCleaner Browser. CCleaner can also automatically update installed programs and computer drivers. Since version 2.19, CCleaner can delete Windows System Restore points. CCleaner 2.27 and later can wipe the MFT free space of a drive, or the entire drive.ĬCleaner can uninstall programs or modify the list of programs that execute on startup. The program includes a registry cleaner to locate and correct problems in the Windows registry, such as missing references to shared DLLs, unused registration entries for file extensions, and missing references to application paths. An Android version was released in 2014.ĬCleaner can delete potentially unwanted files left by certain programs, including Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari, Windows Media Player, eMule, Google Toolbar, Netscape, Microsoft Office, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, McAfee, Adobe Flash Player, Sun Java, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and GIMP along with browsing history, cookies, recycle bin, memory dumps, file fragments, log files, system caches, application data, autocomplete form history, and various other data. It was originally developed for Microsoft Windows only, but in 2012, a macOS version was released. ![]() It is one of the longest-established system cleaners, first launched in 2004. įreemium for home use commercial for use in organisations and institutions ĬCleaner ( / ˈ s iː ˌ k l iː n ər/, originally Crap Cleaner), developed by Piriform Software, is a utility used to clean potentially unwanted files and invalid Windows Registry entries from a computer. Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azeri (Latin), Belarusian, Bosnian, Brazilian Portuguese (Portugues do Brasil), Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan (Catala), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Corsican, Croatian (Hrvatski), Czech (Ceský), Danish, Dutch (Nederlands), English, Estonian (Eesti keel), Farsi, Finnish (Suomi), French (Français), Galician, Georgian, German (Deutsch), Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian (Magyar), Indonesian, Italian (Italiano), Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian (Lietuviu), Macedonian, Malaysian, Marathi, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish (Polski), Portuguese (Portugues), Romanian (Romana), Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish (Espanol), Swedish (Svenska), Tatar, Thai, Turkish (Türkçe), Turkmen, Ukrainian, Vietnamese. Kindergarten syllable worksheet4/8/2024 ![]() This syllable type is usually taught only after the first 5 are mastered. #6 Consonant-le Syllable: This syllable has no vowel sound as the silent e is the only vowel. Use the All About the Sound Teacher Tip Cards to help teach and understand all 44 phonemes including r-controlled! Part of the Sound Wall Bundle Here or grab them separately here. Examples include car, star, far, her, bird. This combination gives a unique blended vowel sound. These are typically not taught in kindergarten but some students might be ready to start reading and writing these syllable types! #5 R-Controlled Syllables: These syllables have at least one vowel followed by an r. It’s important to teach that these vowels form one sound and not two! Examples include: mail, boat, play, meet. #4 Vowel Teams: Two vowels that make one sound. Examples include kite, bike, cute.Ī good way to transition to magic e is by adding e to the end of familiar CVC words and teaching the different sounds. This silent e makes the vowel before it have a long sound. Magic e has a final silent e with a consonant just before the silent e. Open syllables should be taught alongside open or shortly thereafter, so students see, understand, and apply reading them differently! #3 Silent E: Sometimes called a magic e, silent e changes the vowel to say its long sound. #2 Open Syllables: Ends in a vowel and produces a long vowel sound. This includes most CVC words and where reading instruction typically starts after sounds and letters are understood by students. # 1 Closed Syllables: Ends in a consonant and produces a short vowel sound. Most kindergarten curriculums will not cover all 6 syllable types but some students might be ready to go beyond and learn them all. Knowing how to split words into syllables and decode them makes it easier for students to read accurately! 6 Types of Syllablesĭid you know there are actually six different types of syllables? Wow! These are important for teachers to know and understand to help instruct their students. Syllable rules and types are important to teach so that students understand that English is logical and makes sense! As backed by the Science of Reading research, explicit phonics instruction is key to helping students understand spelling patterns and move to reading automaticity instead of memorization. Teacher Tip: You can count syllables by listening to how many vowels sounds you hear! Note: vowel sounds not vowels written. So it is a part of the word that has at least one vowel sound and needs to be blended together for reading to take place! ![]() After blending consonants and vowels, syllables are blended into words, and words are used in meaningful sentences.“ According to, a syllable is “ a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word e.g., there are two syllables in water and three in inferno. Sexlab aroused redux sse4/8/2024 There are a wide variety of body meshes and armors that are NSFW.When you sign up for Nexus you agree to a ToS that says you will not do these things. No we don't care about your views on the finer points of copyright law.This includes sharing/rehosting a mod without the original author's express permission.If you promote piracy or seek help in modding a pirated game you will be banned. If you submit a link to or explain how to obtain pirated material you will be banned.We have worked hard to cultivate a positive environment here and it takes a community effort.Hop in and chat with other members of the community! Modding Skyrim: Modder's Edition Use this and the CK Wiki together to start creating!.Everything you need to know about the Creation Kit!.Youtube channels related to skyrim modding.Community Discussions based around various themes.Tips for figuring out what's causing your issues! Maintained by /u/Thallassa.A community curated list of 'essential mods.'.A comprehensive list of many guides and resources covering a wide variety of topics.If you want to know the main advantages and disadvantages of SSE so you can decide what to play, here they are.If you are brand new to modding work through this before asking where to start.You may not post about questions that are answered in the FAQ.Submit Help Post Submit Text Post Posting Rules FiltersĪdd, ,, , or in the title of your post so posts can be filtered! Unfilter Using Mods ![]() I want others to know recovery is possible.” I changed so much in the time I was there and was not the same person when I left. There was a time that I could not go 24 hours without using drugs. I never thought I could be clean for four and a half years. My children have got their mum back, and I have a life that I love. I still follow the tools, routine and structure in my life today. “Phoenix has changed my life, it taught me tools to take with me out of the service, including basic life skills that I did not have in the chaotic lifestyle and living on the streets. She fed back the following, after celebrating over four years remaining in recovery and caring for her daughter. She had lost contact with her family and her older children and she had limited positive support around her. She already had two older children who were living with a family member and was scared that, without support, she may have a further child removed from her care. This includes a mother, ‘A’, who attended the service after finding out she was pregnant with her third child. ![]() This includes 1-to-1 support and therapeutic group work, which are provided alongside parenting guidance and intervention.įeedback from parents who successfully graduate and complete the programme is positive, with families staying in touch and celebrating successful recovery years after leaving the service. It is designed to encourage the development of parenting, life, and social skills through engagement in daily structure, routines and activity. The therapeutic community model is a participative, group-based approach to address substance use and focus on recovery. The specially designed treatment programme is focused on long-term recovery. Our family service offers safe, structured residential drug and alcohol treatment to parents and their children, up to and after birth. Recent data shows that 84% of families complete our programme successfully and research has shown that 70% of families were still together and thriving four years after completion of the programme. We have been supporting families for more than 20 years and achieving positive outcomes. This includes single parents, couples and pregnant women and the service allows them to address their substance use whilst caring for their children. The service, based in Sheffield, supports families from across England and Wales in an abstinence- based residential setting. Our National Specialist Family Service works with families to break down these barriers and allow parents to break that cycle whilst in a supportive environment caring for their children. We are aware that confronting change is not easy, especially when balancing the needs of parenting. Enabling families to end this cycle of addiction and abuse allows stability and reduced impact much wider than the family themselves. Children will grow up wanting to know their parent is safe, can meet their needs and can provide them with a stable loving home. We are aware that addiction has a big cost on society, where one person’s substance use can affect up to five others, including those directly related and children. They are unlikely to trust, or feel able to be open with, professionals in order to confront change. This can be due to them feeling fear of judgment, shame due to societal stigma towards addiction or that their children may be removed from their care. Parents can find it hard to make the decision to access appropriate support to address longstanding and complex needs relating to their substance use. ![]() Sadly, support, education and the systems around families can be stigmatising towards addiction, fail to support positive change for the whole family and inadvertently perpetuate intergenerational trauma and addiction. It is recognised that many adults accessing drug and alcohol support have witnessed substance use and experienced trauma in their own childhood. AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |