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An investigation into the alleged smuggling of large wild animals from Tanzania to Karachi in south Pakistan has been launched by Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), after interventions from Interpol and the Tanzanian government.
The FIA and the National Central Bureau – Pakistan's local branch of Interpol – is questioning the management of Karachi Zoological Gardens and Safari Park over the "unlawful export" of African wild animals, including elephants and lions.
Four elephants reportedly arrived in Karachi from Tanzania in 2009 under an agreement with Karachi's now-defunct city district government, and a year later airport officials in Karachi seized four lions which had been imported on an allegedly expired permit.
The latest probe involving the country's protected wild animals follows the recent suspension of 34 wildlife officials from the Seregeti park after poachers killed two of the critically-endangered rhinos that were supposed to be under 24-hour protection by wardens.
In August 2011 Tanzania introduced a one and a half year-ban on licenses for exporting live animals and currently the government is believed to be working to remove loopholes in its existing animal welfare legislature. The same month Tanzania also suspended its director of wildlife, Obeid Mbangwa, pending an investigation into the smuggling of 132 live birds and animals, including four giraffes, out of Kilmanjaro International airport aboard a Qatari cargo plane in November 2010.


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The Himalayan Journal
Dr K. Biswas
NUPTSE
(J. WALMSLEY)
CAMBRIDGE EXPEDITION TO NAGIR, KARAKORAM
(W. P. GAMBLE)
NAVAL EXPEDITION TO NANDA KOT
(INST. LIEUT. M. S. KOHLI, I.N.)
HIMALAYAN SCIENTIFIC AND MOUNTAINEER�ING EXPEDITION, 1960-61
(M. B. GILL)
THE AUSTRIAN KARAKORUM EXPEDITION, 1961
(ERICH WASCHAK)
BACK TO THE BARA SHIGRI
(J. P. O'F. LYNAM)
WOMEN'S KULU EXPEDITION, 1961
(JOSEPHINE SCARR)
THE SALTORO EXPEDITION, 1960
(P. J. STEPHENSON)
ROYAL AIR FORCE KARAKORAM EXPEDITION, 1961
(A. J. M. SMYTH)
THREE MONTHS IN WEST NEPAL
(JOHN TYSON)
NEELAKANTHA-CHOWKHAMBA EXPEDITION
(COMMODORE S. N. GOYAL)
THE DERBYSHIRE HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION, 1961
(ROBERT PETTIGREW)
A REGIMENTAL EXPEDITION TO THE HIMALAYAS
(CAPTAIN J. S. KEEN)
A SUMMER TRIP TO NANDA DEVI
(HARI DANG)
MANA EXPEDITION, 1961
(BISWADEB BISWAS)
THE CONQUEST OF MOUNT EVEREST BY THE CHINESE MOUNTAINEERING TEAM
(SHIH CHAN-CHUN)
EXPEDITION TO KANGCHEN JAU (22,603 FEET), 1961
(SONAM GYATSO)
ASPECTS OF THE SNOWMAN
(H. B. GURUNG)
CLUB PROCEEDINGS, 1961-62
ROBERT KAPPELER
Robert Kappeler was born on February 16th, 1949, in Frauen- feld. He has left us, all too soon, on April 3rd, 1960. After much suffering, death has delivered him from a dreadful illness for which there was no hope of a cure.
A love of Nature and of beauty made him turn to mountaineering ; and when the popularity of skiing increased in the twenties he was one of its leaders-especially where ski-excursions were concerned.
We made our first big climbing expeditions together in 1934 from the Lauteraarhut; these included a direct ascent to the Grosse Lauteraarhorn from the Aauteraar Glacier, the Anderson ridge of the Grosse Schreckhorn, and a number of less important climbs. The following year we did the Badile north ridge, the Sciora couloir of the Ago di Sciora, and others.
In 1936 he was in the Dauphine, and traversed the Barre des Ecrins and the Meije. 1941 saw us in the Valais where we climbed the Taschhorn, the Dom, crossed the Nadelhorner and then the Zinalrothorn, Matterhorn, and a direct ascent in the Lyskamm from the Grenzgletscher. The climbs of the next summer include the Aiguilles Dorees, Argentiere and Chardonnet, and in 1943 the Bietschhorn, Lotschentaler Breithorn and others, as well as the North ridge of the Weisshorn. Then, in the next year, starting from the Mountet hut, we climbed the Zinalrothorn, the North ridge and Arben ridge of the Obergabelhorn, the Viereselsgrat of the Dent Blanche, and (from the Weisshorn hut) the Schalligrat.
During the rainy summer of 1946, we made up our minds to go to the Karakorum in 1947.
The coloured photographs and the cine film he made of this expedition remain an unforgettable document of it. He was spared long enough to see the Rakaposhi-which was also our goal in 1947 -conquered at last in the year 1958, after many vain attempts ; and it pleased him especially to know that the ascent, carried out along the route traced first by us, was successfully made by the Anglo- Pakistani expedition.
His own last big climbs were in the Dolomites in 1948: Pala di San Martino, Schleierkante of Cima della Madonna, the North Wall of Marmolada and the Towers of Vajolet.
Kappeler was also a water-sport enthusiast. Self-built boats and water-skis allowed him to practise his extraordinary talent in this direction. And after the Second World War the increasing popularity of private flying, too, became one of his greatest pleasures and he was one of the first members of the Frauenfeld flyers group.
His great and varied artistic leanings opened large fields for him for exploring photographic possibilities: his pictures are amongst the finest things he left behind. Unfortunately only a few of these are known ; except for the photographs in Vol. IV of 6 Berge der Welt1949, his friends alone have seen them all.
From my childhood onwards I had the great happiness to be his friend, and no words of mine can describe the true and faithful comrade he was. Only those who dare count themselves amongst those close to him have known his inner wealth of goodness and kindness. His keen enthusiasm, his wisdom, and his knowledge made him an understanding helpmate and a friend in the full sense of this word. The inevitable has happened now, and a rich, full good life has come to its close-too soon. All his friends and admirers are filled with grief and in gratitude they remember him.
Hans Gyr
HUGH RUTTLEDGE (1884-1961)
Hugh Ruttledge, the distinguished mountaineer and leader of two pre-war Mount Everest Expeditions, died at Stoke, Plymouth, on November 7th, 1961, at the age of 77. Born on October 24th, 1884, the son of Surgeon Lieut.-Colonel Edward Butler Ruttledge, of the Indian Medical Service, he was educated at Cheltenham College from 1896 to 190'3, when he gained a classical exhibition at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He passed high into the Indian Civil Service in 1908 and spent the following twenty years almost entirely in the United Provinces.
He began his mountaineering career in the Alps when on leave from India in 1921 and he was ideally suited to the post of Deputy Commissioner of Almora, to which he was appointed in 1925. He immediately made it his business to know at first hand every corner of his Himalayan domain and to master its human problems. Wise ami sympathetic, he was accessible to all. Accompanied by his wile, also an ardent and tireless traveller, and on some of his tours by such fine mountaineers as R. C. Wilson, Howard Somervell, and Tom Longstaff, he explored the then unknown north-eastern and southern approaches to the mountain rim of the 'inner sanctuary5 of Nanda Devi (25,645 feet). He made other notable journeys, including the first crossing of Traill's pass from north to south, a reconnaissance of Panch Chuli, and he crossed the Lipu Lekh Pass into Tibet, where he was the first European to complete the pilgrim circuit-parikrama- of the holy mountain, Kailas, north of Mana- sarowar. On several of these journeys he was accompanied by Chettan, the 6 father' of Sherpa porters, who had been on the early Everest expeditions, and who was later swept away and killed by an ayalanche on the north-east face of Kangchenjunga.
Hugh Ruttledge was one of the first to whom Sir Geoffrey Corbett and I wrote when contemplating the founding of the Himalayan Club. He became an enthusiastic founder member and the Club's expert adviser on travel in the Kumaun Himalaya. He retired from the I.C.S. voluntarily in 1932, though only 48 years of age. Later the same year, permission was received by the Mount Everest Committee in London for another attempt on the mountain through Tibet.
Nine years had elapsed since the last expedition, and an entirely new team of young climbers had to be chosen. Longstaff and Bruce recommended Hugh Ruttledge as leader, and the Committee unanimously agreed to his appointment. The choice of the team was left to the leader-by no means an easy task in the short time available. Ruttledge had all the necessary qualities for his task- thoroughness in organization, great energy and perseverance, wisdom, tact and humanity. He took immense pains to weigh up the lessons of past expeditions. Seeking the advice of such men as Bruce,, Longstaff and Norton, he supervised every detail of preparation, and made his own decisions when a.dvice was contradictory. The 1933 expedition was probably the most carefully planned expedition of all that set out to climb Everest from the Tibetan side. It had never been contemplated that the leader should reach the summit. It was his job to plan and organize, and to put the fittest members of his team within range of the summit. The expedition very nearly achieved success. Three men, Wyn Harris, Wager, and Frank Smythe, reached a point within 800 feet of the summit, where Norton had turned back in 1924. Complete success was prevented by the adverse weather, and by the then little-known problems of acclimatization.
Hugh was the most modest and unassuming man I have ever met. He himself had been to the North Col to make decisions for the final attempt and on his return to England was greatly disappointed at the lack of success. He made it clear that he was ready to stand down from the leadership in the event of another attempt. But the Committee retained their confidence in him and chose him again. He led his second expedition to Everest in 1936. Once again it was most carefully planned and all went well to the foot of the North Col. Thereafter the weather, the worst ever experienced by any expedition to the mountain, never gave the slightest hope of success.
Hugh often reminded me of Edward Adrian Wilson, Scott's companion in the Antarctic, who was twelve years his senior in age. Both were lovers of nature. Both were indomitable and had great moral courage. Neither complained at ill fortune. Both shunned and hated publicity. It was always a grief to Hugh that, as City Magistrate of Lahore, he was refused permission to take an active part in the First World War. In the Second, at the age of 56, and in spite of his lameness, he became a keen member of the Home Guard and later chief observer in the Royal Observer Corps. His early retirement from India had been spent with his wife and children on his small island of Gometra, off the west coast of Scotland. Later his passion for the sea led him to spend much of his time on his yacht Eternal Wave. He finally settled in South Devon. He suffered much from heart trouble during his last three years, nursed by his devoted wife. He bore his affliction with calm courage. As was his wish, his ashes were scattered at sea.
Hugh's expeditions to Everest did not meet with the success they deserved ; but his judgement and planning were rarely at fault and much of the experience gained on these pre-war attempts was to bear fruit in later years. To me he was the pattern of a true mountaineer.
Kenneth Mason
J. L. PEIRCE
John Peirce died suddenly in Calcutta after a brief illness on October 24th, 1961.
When he joined the Club in 1956, his deep appreciation of the beauty of mountains and his great passion for photography made him one of the most enthusiastic members in Calcutta at the time.
Being concerned with the tea trade in Calcutta, he was accustomed to pay frequent visits to gardens in the Darjeeling hills and Assam. He always returned with a fresh series of cine film which he would project, glowing with eagerness and enthusiasm, before his friends. He visited Kathmandu twice and also Pokhara. He certainly possessed a flair for recapturing in photographs the mountain scenes, and the simple charm of the mountain folk.
In 1958, he took on the duties of Hon. Secretary in Calcutta. The Club had been going through a difficult period just then, with many of its oldest supporters and office-bearers either leaving India for good or relinquishing office owing to pressure of other work. He made an efficient Hon. Secretary, being painstaking and enthusiastic in whatever he did. His other interests were music and painting. He possessed a large and varied collection of gramophone records which he delighted in playing to his friends. The few colour and pencil sketches of his that I sa.w, I thought very commendable. Most of his holidays were spent in Italy, a country for which he had a great affection. He spoke Italian fluently.
T. H. Braham
C. F. W. NOYCE (1917-1962)
Wilfrid Noyce, almost certainly the greatest British mountaineer of his time, died on July 24th, 1962, together with his companion Robin Smith, after ascending a 19,785 feet peak in the Pamirs. He was a member of Sir John Hunt's 18-man Anglo-Soviet Expedition whose main objective was the ascent of Mt. Communism (formerly Mt. Stalin), 24,590 feet, the highest peak in the Soviet Union. The accident was pure chance ; one of those tragedies that can occasionally happen even among the greatest climbers. Few were richer in experience and skill than he ; and he was at the height of his powers.
Wilfrid Noyce was born on December 31st, 1917, at Simla, the son of Sir Frank Noyce, a( distinguished member of the Viceroy's Council. He was educated at Charterhouse and at King's College, Cambridge, where he obtained a first in Modern Languages. When he entered the Army in 1940 he was already regarded as one of the foremost young climbers in Britain. He had compiled (together with Dr. J. M. Edwards) two guide-books on Welsh climbs, having pioneered several hard, new routes; and he made many notable ascents in the Alps. He served in the Welsh Guards and King's Royal Rifle Corps; and, from 1942, in the Intelligence Corps in India. He became Chief Instructor at the R.A.F. Aircrew Mountain Centre in Kashmir. He carried out many new climbs there, both solo and with other climbers from the Armed Services ; and he compiled a very useful guide-book published in 1945 by the Club entitled A Climber's Guide to Sonamarg-now unfortunately out of print. It was during his service in India that he undertook two small expeditions to Garhwal in 1943-44, so delightfully described in Mountains and Men (published in 1947). In 1945 he visited Sik- kim in company with Angtharkay and climbed Pauhunri, 23,385 feet. I shall never forget my meeting with him in Gangtok immediately after this ascent-a quiet, kindly and utterly modest figure, scarcely eager to talk about the climb still less to flaunt the achievement.
On his return home, he did two more terms at Cambridge and then began his career as a Modern Languages master, first at Malvern and from 1951 at Charterhouse. The Club has reason to be very grateful to him for taking on the post of Hon. Editor during this very difficult period and for putting the Himalayan Journal back in circulation (Vol. XIII, 1946) after the long hiatus of the war years. In Easter 1946, whilst climbing in the Lake District among familiar crags, he had an accident, his third on well-known climbs. This accident-the personal injury meant nothing to him, but it had shaken his faith at the roots-acted very nearly as an obituary to his climbing. Within a couple of years he had withdrawn his membership of the Alpine Club. His visits to the hills were only occasional now ; and often they were merely to introduce boys to the mountains. In 1950 he married, and he seemed destined to settle down to a sedate, scholarly life with his abiding interest in poetry and literature.
Then in 1953 came John Hunt's invitation to join the Everest party, and his almost hesitant acceptance. Everest marked the turning point in his climbing career. From then on, his skill and reputation as a climber, no less than as a writer, rose to greater heights than ever before. His personal success on the expedition, in opening the route to the South Col, was followed by his outstanding book South Col, probably the finest account of a Himalayan expedition ever written. A poem published in the book reveals something of his personality:
"... That in the storm My hand may stretch to help, Not cringe in the glove to warm ; . . . That in the lottery (My last, my worthiest prayer) No envy bleed, When, as I know my heart, Others succeed . .
He was, in fact, one of the fittest and most competent members of the party during the crucial assault period.
South Col met with immediate success, and was translated into several languages including Russian and Japanese. He was an interesting lecturer ; and especially during recent years he was much in demand not only at home, but also in Europe where his fluency in languages was a great asset. He was elected to the committee of the Alpine Club and also the Climbers' Club; besides taking on the editorship of the Climbers' Club Guide-books. His first book of poetry {Michael Angela) was published in 1953. This was the forerunner to a regular output of work of high literary merit and quality ; poems, translations {Starlight and Storm by Gaston Rebuffat), a novel {The Gods are Angry); The Springs of Adventure, in which he attempts to analyse the feelings and motives of climbers.
There followed two important Himalayan climbs-and two more books. The first on Machapuchare in Nepal in 1957, which is described in Climbing the Fish's Tail. Noyce, together with David Cox, reached a point 150 feet from the top and it was only a turn in the weather and lack of time which prevented them from completing the ascent. In 1960, he led an expedition to Trivor, 25,370 feet, a hitherto unattempted Karakoram peak ; the expedition is described in To the Unknown Mountain (reviewed on p. 185), his last published work, and considered by many to be his finest. In addition to his onerous duties as leader, he also led the summit climb, being the fittest member of the party and at the top of his form.
There are very few expedition books which are free from the tiresome cliches and hoary platitudes of a long-drawn-out, even if successful, ascent. South Col is one; To the Unknown Mountain is another. Why ? Because the writer has put much more into them than the mere story of an expedition. He has projected his own highly sensitive personality honestly and without fear of criticism ; and he has brought to life a picture of his companions. This is writing of the highest order.
Wilfrid Noyce was rightly called a scholar mountaineer, in the classical tradition of the great climbers of the 'Golden Age' in Europe. But he was more than that. He was in step with the masters of the most advanced modern techniques, and he could compete with the best of them. A talk he gave to the Alpine Club in 1960 (reprinted in the Alpine Journal, Vol. 63) illustrated this perfectly. Scholarly and sensitive, it described climbs of a very high order indeed, carried out with much younger companions, e.g. the north face of the Dent d'Herens and the fourth ascent of the Furggen ridge of the Matterhorn.
In 1961, Noyce gave up schoolmastering to devote himself entirely to writing-a career in which he would have excelled with his sensitive temperament. His character was richly blended with courage, gentleness, modesty and integrity. The loss to British mountaineering that his death ha caused is immeasurable. Our deepest sympathy goes out to his wife and two sons.
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Етвел народилася в Лондоні та була єдиною дитиною Еллісон (уроджена Каїн), англійського мотиваційного оратора, і Гранта Етвел, американського індіанця, масажиста, фотографа і шамана. Етвел має подвійне громадянство — Великої Британії та США. Її батьки розлучилися, коли їй було два роки, однак вона проводила літо у штаті Міссурі з батьком. Після отримання середньої освіти в Римо-католицькій школі Сіон Меннінг для дівчат, Західний Лондон, Етвел здобула А-рівень в Ораторській школі Лондона та продовжила навчання у Школі музики і драми Гайдхел, яку закінчила в 2005 році.

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For some reason Easter was more exciting than Christmas for me this year. Perhaps it had something to do with Lent, and the time spent preparing for this one day..but I was like a kid in a candy store excited for Easter Morning. I couldn't sleep the night before, and a handful of people came over to hang out- and an impromptu dance party happened in my living room, for almost 2 hours. It was so glorious. I felt like I was celebrating, and just kept thinking to myself "how blessed am I to have such a wonderful life". I felt almost like crying because I was so grateful for the life Christ gave to me in his death and resurrection.
The sunrise service at Lemon Hill was cold, but lovely. And now as tradition goes- I had people over for brunch after the service. We fit quite a lot of people in our house, but it was awesome. My favorite thing in alloflife is to have people over, and serve them. It makes me so unbelieveably happy. Thank you for sharing your day with me. There was so much good food! The rest of my pictures are on my flickr.
i had fun, too. thanks for the invite.


The 100 million dollar deal was funded $50 million in cash and $50 million in an increased credit facility closed 10/15/2018. This move to integrate Pursuit Boats into Malibu boats is a strategic move expected to expande the Malibu family market share across the US and internationally.
"As a leader in the saltwater outboard fishing segment, Pursuit is an incredible addition to the Malibu family. Over the past 41 years, Pursuit Boats has established a premium brand through its incredible dealer network and longstanding commitment to customers. With Pursuit, we have an opportunity to broaden our outboard offering, while leveraging the manufacturing and design expertise of the respective teams to continue to deliver the premium products customers expect," commented Jack Springer, Chief Executive Officer of Malibu Boats.
Florida Title & USCG Registration Fees January 08, 2019 Tampa Yacht Sales handles your purchase or sale from start to finish.


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Picture a room filled with colorful project displays and students who look like they just stepped out of the pages of a history book -- and you are imagining the view teachers and parents enjoy during a social studies fair. Included: Tips for starting a fair in your school.
Wearing long skirts and straw hats, third graders from Woodstock Elementary School spend a week learning in a one-room schoolhouse the way youngsters did in the mid-1800s. From using quill pens to rolling hoops, it's quite an education.
While studying the Holocaust, Whitwell Middle School students set out to collect 6 million paper clips to comprehend the number of Jews killed by the Nazis. They not only exceeded their goal, but with community help, created a memorial to those who died.
September 16 is the day this year for schools and all Americans to honor and study the U.S. Constitution. Louise Leigh, the founder of Constitution Day, hope lessons give students a new appreciation of their heritage and freedoms.
America and its educators recognize each September 17 -- the day our Founding Fathers signed the U.S. Constitution -- as Constitution Day. Education World has scoured our site and the Internet to gather dozens of teaching ideas to help you recognize this landmark day.
Students in grades 9-12 research the Tower of Pisa and write a report about its history. They examine the physics of why the Tower leans and whether it might fall. Finally, they plan a trip to Italy to see the Tower, developing an itinerary and budget for the trip.


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Pink Diamond Could Fetch $11M at Christie's Geneva
Oct 24, 2021 9:26 AM By Rapaport News
RAPAPORT... Christie's will offer a number of high-value diamonds at its upcoming Geneva sale, including a ring featuring a 6.75-carat pink that could garner up to CHF 10 million ($10.9 million).
The heart modified brilliant-cut, fancy-vivid-purple-pink, SI1-clarity diamond will be one of the stars at the November 9 Magnificent Jewels sale, the auction house said last week. It will be joined by a pear modified brilliant-cut, 55.50-carat, D-color, VVS2-clarity unmounted diamond. The type IIa, potentially internally flawless stone carries a high estimate of CHF 5 million ($5.4 million).
Meanwhile, a ring bearing an oval brilliant-cut, D-color, internally flawless diamond weighing 43.19 carats is also set to go under the hammer. The jewel, which has smaller diamonds flanking the centerpiece, has a high valuation of CHF 4 million ($4.4 million).
Other notable items include a ring containing a rectangular cut-cornered, 42.98-carat, fancy-vivid-yellow, VVS1-clarity diamond, which is estimated at up to CHF 4 million ($4.4 million). Called the African Sunflower, the piece has kite-shaped diamonds weighing 1.70 and 1.69 carats bracketing the main stone. A brooch by Harry Winston set with a 7.37-carat, fancy-light-pink diamond along with white diamonds weighing 10.31, 9.59, 9.38 and 4.87 carats is also on offer. Designed in the shape of a flower, it has a CHF 4 million ($4.4 million) upper estimate.
The Geneva sale will feature several noble jewels, including a ruby and diamond Cartier bangle, given by the duke of Windsor to his wife on their first anniversary. The Wallis Simpson gem will be up for auction for between CHF 1 million and CHF 2 million ($1.1 million to $2.2 million). Diamond bracelets that belonged to Marie Antoinette, a ruby and diamond brooch, and a tiara that were formerly the property of Princess Pauline Bonaparte will also go on the block, Christie's added.
Image: The heart-shaped, pink diamond. (Christie's)
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Strategic consulting can be defined as a process of supporting management directions – a process which is unique for a given company, organisation or individual. Its essence is to develop and implement an appropriate strategy to ensure that these entities achieve success in terms of their finances as well as their position on the market, in the society and in the environment.
In reality, strategic consulting assumes the form of supporting a company's managerial staff in order to take decisions which adjust and prepare the organisation for specific market challenges and requirements. Strategic consulting is also an answer to the challenge posed by the need to predict and draw conclusions over a long period of time.
Building strategic solutions in a company or organisation demands that their employees co-operate at every level of management. A crucial element of the process is the unity and synergy of action centred around the most important task or goal. There are many directions and forms of strategic management (the strategies of horizontal integration, diversification, survival, the development of the market, product or service, CSR, HR, communication, the management of change, risk and so on). Regardless of the kind of support and applied policy the priority is always to set out strategic, tactical and operational goals. They support business and facilitate measuring the efficiency of the adopted solutions; they also ensure long-term functioning for companies, organisations and individuals in the market.


HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE TRUEWOW TEAM!
We would like to wish you and your families a very happy holiday season. Thank you so much for all the things we've managed to do together during 2017!
We all (staff and players) worked hard this year and overcame many challenges all along the way. But, of course, there are still many, many things for us to work on and improve on. To do so, it will undoubtedly require your continued assistance.
We are thankful for all of our experiences and hopeful that the 2018 will turn out to be even better, and bring more wonderful experiences to us all!
As announced briefly earlier, we'll be continuing the holiday tradition of a 20% discount to every item in our web shop between 24 December 2017 until 9 January 2018 as a gift to the community to celebrate the holidays. If you have web points to spare: stop by and grab yourself a little (or a big) something!
THE PENGUINS SEND THANKS 'N SEASONS GREETINGS!
Have you spotted these little cuties around Ironforge's tree yet?
Make sure to visit Greatfather Winter at Ironforge or Orgrimmar to check in with all the penguins rescued during the event! The little ones are sure to be missing you, and who knows, they might even have a present for you!
Also, the Smokywood Pastures folks have decided to use their brand new PJ-11 Alpha Recombulator Penguinizer MKII machines for the celebration as well. Players can use this to put on their own penguin costume!
If you are kind enough, maybe you could spare some Gingerbread Cookies for the penguin chicks. If you bond well enough, who knows? They may even become a permanent pet of yours! Or you could feed them Slitherskin Mackerel bits. They will follow you around as a temporary companion, if you do.
Don't worry, even if you didn't participate in the event you can still receive your TrueWoW Gift Box at either of the faction event cities (Orgrimmar or Ironforge) and enjoy all of the other features of the holiday events.
Don't worry, Horde players. There's penguin chicks by the Orgrimmar tree also!
May our dreams come true in the years to come.
I want to wish each and every one the best 2018 ever, may it be the best year ever! Miss you all!
A happy and prosperous new year, full of shinies and raid take downs to everyone, good luck.


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 Ali Waheed (* 1984), maledivischer Politiker
 Atif Waheed (* 1968), pakistanischer Kabaddispieler
 Hafsat Abdul Waheed (* 1952), nigerianische Schriftstellerin
 Ibrahim Mohamed-Waheed (* 1968), maledivischer Leichtathlet
 Ismail Asif Waheed  (* 1968), maledivischer Leichtathlet
 Nadia Waheed (* 1962), saudi-arabische Grafikerin
 Qazi Abdul Waheed (1922–??), pakistanischer Hockeyspieler


Appalachian Blind & Closet Company in Boone, North Carolina has proudly served the The High Country of Western North Carolina and The Tri-Cities of East Tennessee since 1993.
We provide shutters, blinds, shades, motorized and automated window coverings, closet storage systems and awnings.
Our parent company is Carolina Shutter Company, a shutter manufacturer in North Carolina that sells directly to the consumer thus providing for factory-direct discount prices.
We have another store in Newland, NC: Carolina Window Fashions.
Both, Carolina Window Fashions and Appalachian Blind & Closet are proud to be Hunter Douglas Gallery Dealers, offering the full line of Hunter Douglas products and services.
"I had the windows put in the front of the house to enjoy our views. I never thought much about how the glass would radiate hot & cold and how that amount of sunlight would fade my floors and furniture. Thanks for pointing that out to me, at least I was able to stop the damage from getting worse."
"I really had no idea that adding blinds in my home would make such a big difference in how we use the rooms in the house where we had them applied! It allows me to control the light, dressed the room up nicely, and now I have 24 hour access to every room in the house. Thank you."
"Thanks for giving me my room back! The glare in the afternoon and early evening made it hard to watch the game. The shutters look great and are a perfect match to the rest of the trim in the room."
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"Appalachian Blind Company solved a very, sticky problem for me when my painters broke the original set of vertical blinds that had been in my home for many years. They were able to re-hang track and replace verticals in a custom built cornice. Believe me, without their careful and skilled measurements and technical installation ability, I would have had a horrible dilemma on my hands. Thanks to Stobie and his team, I am back to enjoying my home and the look I intended."
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2019 Marian Barrett Lecture - Surviving paediatric critical illness
Over the past several decades, advances in pediatric critical care have saved many lives. As such, contemporary care has broadened its focus to include minimizing post PICU morbidity. Post-Intensive Care Syndrome, also known as PICS, is a group of cognitive, physical and mental health impairments that commonly occur in patients after intensive care unit discharge. In children, organ system maturation, psychosocial development, the interdependence of family also impact outcomes post critical illness. This session will review the recently articulated PICS-p framework that was designed to help illuminate the phenomena of surviving childhood critical illness and guide outcomes measurement in the field. Mapping out potential recoveries after pediatric critical illness is an important first step in designing interventional research to help improve patient outcomes.
Professor Martha Curley is the Ellen and Robert Kapito Professor in Nursing Science at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. She also holds a joint appointment in Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine at the University's Perelman School of Medicine and is a nurse scientist at Boston Children's Hospital. Her research, funded by NHLB (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute), NINR (National Institute of Nursing Research) and NICHD (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, has specifically focused on nurse-implemented interventions. Over several decades, her studies have illuminated relationship-based care when partnering with parents-of-critically ill children, supported parent presence during invasive procedures and resuscitation, and informed the practice of caring for critically ill pediatric patients with acute respiratory failure. Dr. Curley has also led the development and dissemination of core metrics in the field of pediatrics; for example, the State Behavioral Scale (SBS), the Withdrawal Assessment Tool (WAT-1), individualized numeric rating scale (INRS) and the Braden QD scale.
Professor Curley is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. She received a diploma in nursing from Springfield Hospital School of Nursing in Massachusetts, a Bachelor of Science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, an MSN in acute care pediatrics from Yale School of Nursing and a PhD from Boston College.


CODEO has over the years gathered reliable data that we intuitively display in graphs and maps to make incident reporting more user-friendly.
CODEO seeks to enhance citizen engagement in all phases of the electoral process through civic and voter education.
CODEO has since its formation advocated for, and supported the necessary electoral reforms for improving electoral administration.


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Q: Compiling ICU for Android: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '*' token In putil.cpp there is a call to U_INTERNAL UVoidFunction* U_EXPORT2, but UVoidFunction is somehow not being defined because of U_ENABLE_DYLOAD. When I attempt to set U_ENABLE_DYLOAD=1, I get "warning: U_ENABLE_DYLOAD" redefined.
/home/tim/icu49/icu/source/common/putil.cpp:2253: error: expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '*' token

Update Appears to be fixed by declaring --enable-dyload=yes in configuration. But not sure if this is what I should be doing.

A: Fixed by declaring --enable-dyload=yes.

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(bmmagazine.co.uk) - India set to overtake US as the second biggest fine jewellery market in the world by the end of 2018 new research finds. China remains the biggest market for fine jewellery with sales reaching USD $86.3billion by the end of 2017, and expected to reach USD$92billion by the end of this year. Overall Chinese market has grown by over 21 per cent in the last five years. According to Euromonitor International, the Indian fine jewellery market will be worth USD $62.8bn, $4billion more than US retail spend which will reach $58.6bn, by the end of 2018.


We need to find someone to configure PHP List and integrate it with our Wordpress installation.
1. Make sure we comply with all bulk mail guidelines from Gmail, Yahoo, etc.
2. Set up and configure auto responders.
3. Integrate our opt in form with Wordpress.
4. Move existing lists to PHP List.
We are in Hawaii, USA right now so someone in Hawaii, Alaska or the west coast of the USA or Canada would be best. New Zealand might be okay too. We like working with people in our time zone or close to it.
and tell me a little bit about your experience with PHP List. Please let me know how much you are asking per hour. We pay for this kind of job on a per hour basis, not as a flat rate.
I forgot to say this in the original post.
We will be using PHP List to promote foreign language learning on our web site.
I'm not sure if we will end up with separate installations of PHP list for these sites or if we can use one install and just have multiple mailing lists.


I got to work on the artwork. You can download the wallpapers.
Have a lovely Merry Christmas! I'll be on break until the new year!
I'M JESS AND I MAKE THINGS.
I blog about things I love like DIY projects, home decor, lettering, design, recipes, music, fashion, running a business, and adoption. I also have a podcast with @musicgoon.
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Last week I gave myself a 2 day creative retreat. I tried really hard to not do any of my part time jobs and freelance work. Besides failing a bit on that, I'm so happy to make progress on what I want to do. I think it's important to spend moments like this working on your artistry and finding the joy in your passion projects. It's easy for me to use all my creative juices on everyone else but it's also important to save some for myself. Cheers to finding what brings you joy and finding time for yourself!


Clothing swaps are a cost-effective way to recycle clothing that you no longer need. It's also a highly efficient way to obtain garments that you do need. Most clothing swaps bring a group of people (mostly women) together, hauling their unwanted garbs with them in the hopes of exchanging them for something in the pile that catches their eye. Very often, the one item you've been hoping to have can be found at a clothing swap organised between you and your friends.
But what if you can't find what you're looking for within your circle? Then you have to expand your coverage. How about nationwide? Don't worry—thanks to sites like Closet Thief, you can now clothes-swap with anybody from Adelaide to Wollongong.
The concept of clothes-swapping sites like Closet Thief is pretty straightforward in that it allows you to find and request items you want from fellow users and make the exchange with them. Users may hunt around for items depending on the category they fall under (Clothes, Jewellery, Accessories, Shoes), and once they find another user who'll agree to a swap, then the deal is finalised. Each of them will then receive an email confirmation containing details as to whom and where to send the items.
Granted, this is a relatively new way to shop, and as such, people might need some time to grow more accustomed to it. This is where a Sydney fashion PR agency like Polkadot PR can come in; i.e., to help sites like Closet Thief get the word out about their company and about how they work.
PR agencies help companies develop their brand and enhance their reputation. They do this through a variety of means including writing and distributing press releases, pitching ideas to journalists and bloggers, planning events, and setting up advertising campaigns, among others. With the help of a PR agency, innovative business models like online clothes-swaps can attract more customers and, ultimately, boost turnover.
Do you have a business that is relatively new in its industry or that offers a product or service as unique and innovative as Closet Thief does? Do you need help in reaching your target market in more meaningful ways? An equally avant-garde Sydney public relations agency such as Polkadot PR can help you realise those professional goals.


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Lone Star Music
Lone Star Music Could Be In Trouble
If you're paying attention at all, you probably know that music magazines, music blogs, independent record stores, and other institutions of independent music are under threat and closing down left and right like never before. In the case of Lone Star Music, it is a Texas music mainstay that falls under the category of "all of the above."
Lone Star Music, San Marcos, Zach Jennings
The Numbers Are In for Texas Country in 2014
A couple of the mainstays of Texas music in retailer Lone Star Music and the radio resource Texas Music Chart have just released their 2014 tabulations, and they give a good glimpse into what Texas music fans in Texas and beyond are listening to. Check out the top selling albums, and the most played songs on Texas radio.
2014, Lone Star Music, Texas Music Chart
6th Annual Lone Star Music Awards Nominees Announced
Lone Star Music, the Texas music cornerstone that has such good taste and cool vibes that appreciation for it's unique approach of putting the music first spreads well past the Texas border, has just announced the nominees for their 6th Annual Lone Star Music Awards, and I'll be damned if it doesn't hit the sweet spot in showcasing many of the artists that are helping to save country music.
American Aquarium, Chris King, Cody Canada, Dave Cobb, Guy Clark, Jason Boland, Jason Isbell, Kacey Musgraves, Lincoln Durham, Lloyd Maines, Lone Star Music, Lone Star Music Awards, Nominees, Patty Griffin, Reckless Kelly, Shinyribs, Slaid Cleaves, Sturgill Simpson, Turnpike Troubadours, Will Hoge, Zane Williams
Ryan Bingham Burns Country Bridge
Hey Ryan, it's me, Country Music. I've been hearing some interesting things lately, about how you're eager to dispel that your music is country. This puts me in a weird position, because I'm used to people using my name to call things "country" that are not. But I heard your first two albums, and though I wouldn't say they are solidly country…
BBC, Bob Harris Country, country, Lone Star Music, Marc Ford, Oscar, Ryan Bingham, Waylon Jennings
Lucky Tubb Releases New Album "Hillbilly Fever"
Well I knew there was a new album called Hillbilly Fever coming from traditional country rising star Lucky Tubb and his band the Modern Day Troubadours, but I didn't know it was coming so quickly. The album will be released tomorrow (5-11) and will feature 10 tracks, including a few with Wayne "The Train" Hancock, […]
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Giorgi Javakhishvili (; ; born June 10, 1941) is a Georgian academic, politician, and diplomat. He served as Foreign Minister of Georgia in the closing years of the Soviet era from 1985 to 1990. He is ranked as First Class Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Envoy.

Biography
Javakhishvili was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, in 1941 and graduated from the Faculty of Journalism, Tbilisi State University, in 1965. From 1965 to 1979, he was part of the faculty at his alma mater, eventually as a professor at the Faculty of Journalism. As a Communist Party activist, he served as a First Deputy Chief of Department of Agitation and Propaganda of Central Committee of Georgian Communist Party from 1979 to 1982. Javakhishvili was then rector of the State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages of Tbilisi, one of the predecessors of the current Ilia State University, from 1983 to 1985 and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Georgian SSR from 1985 to 1990.

Foreign Minister
As a minister, Javakhishvili pushed for the efforts to obtain greater autonomy from the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs and upgrade the Georgian diplomatic service. During his tenure, Georgia vitalized contacts with Israel, Turkey, UNESCO, and UNIDO, opened quasi-missions in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, and Austria, and became the first Soviet republic to join the Assembly of European Regions. He was succeeded by Giorgi Khoshtaria in 1990.

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Female Terrorism in America
Past and Current Perspectives
Jonathan Matusitz
Elena Berisha
Female Terrorism in America: Past and Current Perspectives
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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of female terrorism in America, both past and present.
The volume takes a fresh look at women's actions of left-wing political violence, right-wing political violence, and religious extremist violence (among others). It also examines the multitude of roles that women have played over the past few decades in such organizations (including leadership positions and more passive roles)—not to mention the diverse methods of recruitment, radicalization, and propaganda. The objective of this book is to examine—using a wide range of case studies, facts, statistics, and theoretical methodologies—how collective or personal factors have influenced or reinforced the actions that these women take.
Government agencies continue to underestimate the ability of women to support and perpetrate terrorism. As such, the United States is facing a wholly inaccurate and incomplete picture of the complexities of domestic terrorism, and this is contributing to a serious neglect of the issue at the national level. This volume ultimately aims to offer policy-relevant solutions to decrease the threat of domestic female political violence in the United States.
Female Terrorism in America will be of much interest to students of terrorism and political violence, American politics, gender studies, and sociology.
2. Definitions and Background
3. Theoretical Perspectives
4. Female Terrorism in Left-Wing American Organizations
5. Female Puerto Rican Terrorism in America
6. Female Terrorism in Right-Wing American Organizations
7. Roles in Female Terrorism: From Leadership to More Passive Positions
8. Radicalization to Terrorism
9. Depictions in the Media
10. Motivations for Joining Terrorist Organizations
11. Muslim Female Terrorists in America
12. The Influence of Social Media
13. The Inflammatory Rhetoric of Female Terrorists
14. Conclusions, Implications, and Solutions
Jonathan Matusitz is an Associate Professor in the Nicholson School of Communication and Media at the University of Central Florida, USA.
Elena Berisha is an active member of the National Organization for Women (NOW).
Contemporary Terrorism Studies
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Military & Strategic Studies
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LORP Czapla (en français : Héron) était un dragueur de mines polonais de la . Selon la nomenclature utilisée dans la marine de la Seconde République polonaise, il était appelé mouilleur de mines. Construit en Pologne, au chantier naval de la marine polonaise à Gdynia, il faisait partie de la deuxième série de dragueurs de mines de la classe Jaskółka. Il était le premier des trois navires de ce nom qui ont servi dans la marine polonaise. Quoique inachevé, il participe à la campagne de Pologne, au cours de laquelle il est coulé par l'armée de l'air allemande dans le port de pêche de Jastarnia. Il est renfloué par les Allemands, et son sort ultérieur est inconnu.

Commande et construction
Les dirigeants de la Marine (KMW), mettant en œuvre le programme d'augmentation des forces de la Marine qui avait été adopté, ont décidé de poursuivre l'expansion des unités de lutte contre les mines. Lors de la construction des premiers dragueurs de mines de série, le chef du chantier naval de la marine polonaise (WPMW) à Gdynia, le capitaine Witold Szulc, a demandé le 7 décembre 1935 au chef du service technique de KMW l'autorisation de construire un remorqueur d'une puissance de 300 ch ou deux autres dragueurs de mines. Construits dans les années 1933-1936, quatre petits dragueurs de mines ne convenaient qu'au service côtier, c'est pourquoi il était prévu de construire des navires de mer plus grands avec un déplacement de 300 tonnes. Malgré les plans et les économies de 200 000 PLN réalisées lors de la construction des quatre premières unités par KMW, il n'a pas été possible d'obtenir des ressources financières adéquates, de sorte qu'il a été décidé de construire deux autres unités légèrement modifiées de la première série.

Compte tenu de l'expérience positive dans la construction et l'exploitation des « oiseaux », il a été décidé de construire de nouveaux navires au WPMW à Gdynia. Le contrat pour leur construction a été signé le 14 août 1937 par le chef du service technique du commandement du port de guerre à Gdynia et le chef du WPMW, et la construction de l'unité a commencé à l'automne de la même année. Le navire devait être fabriqué selon les mêmes plans que les navires de la première série, mais avec quelques modifications. Une porte étanche a été installée dans la cloison séparant les locaux de l'équipage avant des cabines des officiers. Cela a été dicté par l'expérience des navires exploités, sur lesquels une forte vague de tempête est entrée dans les locaux de l'équipage. Le chef des services KMW a accepté cela le 25 mars 1938. Sur l'unité nouvellement construite, les salles de bombes hydrostatiques (submersibles) avec une soute à munitions ont été remplacées. L'installation de tuyaux d'aération du système de carburant a été modifiée. Grâce à cela, il a été possible de réduire le temps d'approvisionnement en carburant de 10 minutes. Un couvercle de plate-forme en acier (au lieu d'un couvercle en toile) a été ajouté.

Lors de la construction des dragueurs de mines, l'objectif était de limiter autant que possible les approvisionnements provenant d'entreprises étrangères et de les remplacer par des produits de l'industrie nationale. Celle-ci, cependant, n'avait aucune expérience, de sorte que les négociations commerciales et l'exécution des commandes ont traîné dans le temps. Les moteurs devaient être livrés par la fabrique Silników i Armatur PZInż., la même qui les avait fabriqués pour les navires de la première série. Le contrat correspondant a été signé le 4 août 1937. Les essais de réception des moteurs ont eu lieu du 5 au 16 juillet 1938. Au cours de ceux-ci, la commission d'acceptation (composé du capitaine Michał Gierżod, de l'ingénieur Marceli Leśniczak et de l'ingénieur Czesław Śladkowski) a constaté un certain nombre de défauts, beaucoup plus que dans les moteurs de la première série. Le chef du WPMW, l'ingénieur Szulc, n'a passé toutes les commandes nécessaires pour terminer le navire qu'en octobre 1938. De gros problèmes, à la fois en termes de temps et de qualité, sont également apparus dans la construction de générateurs à courant continu, qui ont été fournis par Rohn-Zieliński S. A. de Żychlin. L'exécution de la commande a été considérablement retardée et, en outre, les générateurs avaient moins de puissance que ceux commandés. En janvier 1939, la commission d'acceptation les accepta cependant avec des réserves, en abaissant leur prix. Le navire a été lancé le 22 août 1938 et il a commencé ses essais en 1939.

Conception
L'ORP Czapla avait une longueur totale de 45 mètres, tandis que la longueur à la ligne de flottaison était de 43 mètres. La largeur maximale du navire est de 5,5 mètres et le tirant d'eau était de 1,55 mètre à un déplacement standard de 183 tonnes. L'unité avait une coque à pont lisse, construite en acier. De la proue au milieu du navire s'étendait une superstructure, derrière laquelle se trouvait une cheminée. En raison de l'emplacement de longues rampes de mine, le navire n'avait pas de faille à bord, donc afin d'améliorer les prouesses maritimes, un ascenseur a été placé dans la partie proue. Afin d'améliorer les qualités maritimes et de faciliter les opérations de dragage, la poupe du dragueur de mines était large. Ceci a permis de monter deux arbres d'hélice. Pour améliorer la stabilité, des quilles basculantes ont été installées au milieu du navire. La construction du dragueur de mines était principalement rivetée, bien que certains éléments aient été soudés.

L'unité était propulsée par deux moteurs diesel Nohab à huit cylindres en ligne, fabriqués à l'usine de moteurs Ursus à Varsovie. Chacun des moteurs avait une puissance de 525 ch et entraînait un arbre d'hélice séparé. La puissance totale des machines était de 1050 ch, ce qui permettait d'atteindre une vitesse maximale de 18 nœuds. Les moteurs entraînaient deux hélices de la société allemande Theodor Zeise d'Altona. L'équipement auxiliaire était alimenté électriquement par trois groupes électrogènes, alimentés par des moteurs diesel d'une puissance totale d'environ 120 ch. La tension dans le réseau électrique du navire était de 220 Volts. Le navire était équipé d'une radio émettrice et réceptrice de type RKM/K et d'un émetteur-récepteur et d'une radio de réception de type Z-32. Des indicateurs de déviation du gouvernail de fabrication suédoise ont également été installés. L'équipage de l'unité était composé de 27 à 30 personnes.

L'armement de base du navire devait être un canon de 75 mm modèle 1924. Il a été acheté le 18 août 1938 en France, mais n'a pas atteint la Pologne avant le déclenchement de la guerre. Pour cette raison, le navire était armé d'un canon de 75 mm modèle 1897. Pour la défense antiaérienne, le navire devait être armé de mitrailleuses lourdes Hotchkiss de 13,2 mm, qui devait être placées au milieu du navire, mais jusqu'au déclenchement de la guerre, il n'a pas été possible de les monter. L'armement antiaérien a été complété par deux mitrailleuses Maxim MG 08 de 7,92 mm. Elles ont été placées sur des plate-formes latérales spéciales sur la superstructure, des deux côtés de la cheminée. Sur le navire, il y avait deux rampes de largage de mines, sur lesquelles le navire pouvait transporter 20 mines à orin de contact modèle 08. Le dragueur de mines a également été adapté pour poser des mines de type SM-5, utilisées sur les sous-marins de . L'unité avait la capacité de transporter 20 charges de profondeur pour combattre les sous-marins. Leur détection était rendue possible par l'équipement de la société britannique Hughes. L'équipement pour le dragage des mines se composait de deux chaluts Renarca et d'un chalut d'attelage, qui était remorqué conjointement avec un autre dragueur de mines. Quatre grues ont été placées à l'arrière pour faire fonctionner les chaluts.

Service
La situation politique tendue a abouti à ce que le navire incomplètement équipé soit mis en service à la fin du mois d'août 1939. La date exacte d'entrée en service officielle n'est pas connue. Le 26 août, l'ORP Czapla a été incorporé à l'escadrille des mines, mais des problèmes avec la machine de direction, l'installation électrique du gouvernail et la surchauffe du moteur gauche n'en ont pas fait un navire pleinement opérationnel. Le premier commandant du navire pendant la construction a été nommé le 25 juin 1939, le capitaine Tadeusz Rutkowski. Il a occupé ce poste jusqu'au 8 juillet 1939. Il est remplacé à ce poste par le capitaine Eligiusz Ceceniowski. Un équipage a été rassemblé à la hâte, dont la plupart étaient constitués de réservistes.

Le 1er septembre 1939, le navire était dans le port de guerre d'Oksywie. A 5 h 20 du matin, trois hydravions allemands Heinkel He 60 du 1. (M)/506 sont apparus. Ils n'ont pas été identifiés immédiatement, car un épais brouillard qui régnait ce matin-là. Après avoir reçu l'ordre d'utiliser les canons antiaériens et les mitrailleuses, les membres de l'équipage ont ouvert le feu mais leur tir s'est avéré inefficace, car les machines ennemies étaient hors de leur portée. Le dragueur de mines, ainsi que les autres unités de l'escadrille, sont sortis dans la rade. Vers 14 heures, l'ORP Czapla participe à repousser le raid aérien allemand sur Gdynia. À 15 h 00, à bord de l', une réunion a eu lieu avant l'opération de minage prévue sous le nom de code « opération Rurka ». Selon ses hypothèses, du 1er au 2 septembre, le mouilleur de mines  devait installer un chenal miné sur la ligne de Hel à Sopot, et les dragueurs de mines devaient occuper les secteurs de protection à 22 h 00. À cette fin, le Czapla, avec les autres dragueurs de mines, deux canonnières, le destroyer ORP Wicher et le mouilleur de mines ORP Gryf se sont rendus dans la zone du port de Hel.

Avant 18 h 00, à trois milles marins du port de Hel, le groupe de navires polonais a été attaqué par des bombardiers en piqué Junkers Ju 87 (Stuka) du IV./LG 1. Trente-trois avions ont concentré leur attaque sur les plus grands navires, à savoir les Wicher et Gryf. Au cours du raid, des problèmes avec la machine de direction du Czapla se sont manifestés. Le gouvernail était coincé, de sorte que l'unité commençait à tourner en rond à pleine vitesse. L'électricien n'a pas été en mesure de réparer la panne et un spécialiste de l' a été envoyé à bord. Après avoir repoussé l'attaque allemande et après l'annulation de l'opération Rurka, le Czapla est resté en rade du port de Hel toute la nuit du 1er au 2 septembre, de sorte qu'en cas d'attaque aérienne, il pouvait manœuvrer librement. Le lendemain à 4 h 00 du matin, sur ordre du contre-amiral Józef Unrug, le navire est allé à Jastarnia avec les dragueurs de mines restants. À 6 heures du matin, trois bombardiers Ju 87B ont attaqué les unités dans le port.

En raison des problèmes avec le gouvernail, tout l'armement du Czapla a été retiré du navire et placé dans les tranchées. Le canon de 75 mm a été placé à l'entrée du port, tandis que les mitrailleuses de 7,92 mm renforçaient la défense antiaérienne du port. L'équipage du Czapla était logé dans des maisons de particuliers situées près du port et participait à la défense antiaérienne du port. Le navire n'a pas pris part aux opérations ultérieures de l'escadrille. Le 14 septembre à 7 h 29, des bombardiers allemands Ju 87B du 4.(St)/186(T)), qui avait été créé pour opérer à partir du futur porte-avions Graf Zeppelin, ont effectué le premier raid sur Jastarnia de ce jour-là. A la suite de ce raid, le bâtiment hydrographique , le remorqueur Lech et l'ORP Czapla ont coulé. L'une des bombes SC 250 a explosé près de la proue, et une autre bombe SC 50 a explosé à la poupe. L'explosion des bombes a arraché le revêtement et percé un trou sur le côté. Le navire a commencé à s'incliner et a rapidement coulé. Le 16 décembre 1939, le navire a été renfloué par le Marine Bergungsgruppe Gotenhafen, puis remorqué jusqu'à la baie de Puck. Le sort ultérieur de l'unité est inconnu.

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The hedge-fund manager asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan to approve a $17 million interim loan from ABN Amro Holding NV as part of $30 million in financing for the funds. They owed ABN Amro $436.5 million as of April 30, Lisle, Illinois-based Ritchie said in court filings yesterday.
The Chapter 11 filings cover Ritchie Risk-Linked Strategies Trading (Ireland) Ltd. and Ritchie Risk-Linked Strategies Trading (Ireland) Ltd. II. They listed debt of $811 million and an unspecified amount of assets.
The funds were formed in 2005 to invest in life- settlements, where wealthy individuals over age 65 sell their policies for less than the death benefit and more than the cash- surrender value. The buyer continues to pay the premiums, betting that the named-beneficiary of the policy will die soon enough to make a profit.
The Ritchie companies bought policies from Coventry and its affiliate LST I LLC, intending to profit either from a securitization or from collecting death benefits.
Ritchie said it was sold "non-conforming" policies by Coventry and its affiliate LST I LLC, which prevented them from being securitized. That led to a "precipitous decline" in the funds' assets that Ritchie said eventually led to its bankruptcy filing.
Curiously enough, Coventry has filed a request to purchase the assets of the two imploded funds from Ritchie Capital.


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Maryland gives no voice to independent voters
by Len Lazarick | July 4, 2022 | Commentary, Election | 2 |
Image by Greg Melahn from Pixabay
This an updated version of a column that runs in the July issue of The Business Monthly covering Howard and Anne Arundel counties.
Mail-in balloting is already underway for the July 19 primary and early voting in person begins Thursday, July 7. But for independent voters – called "unaffiliated" in state law – and members of third parties – people who choose not to register as a Democrat or Republican — there is not much reason to vote.
Maryland is one of 14 states that has what is known as a "closed primary." In 36 other states – some of which have no party registration at all – any eligible voter, including independents, can vote in partisan primaries in some fashion.
But in Maryland, these independent folks can only vote in non-partisan races – basically for school board. That's 60,000 registered voters in Howard County, 104,000 in Anne Arundel County, and almost 170,000 people in Montgomery County – over 25% of registered voters in each county.
As registered Democrats and Republicans are choosing candidates for executive, county council and state legislature in a primary election that is paid for by all taxpayers, independents have no say. And in a county like Montgomery, where every single elected official is a Democrat, there's no way of telling how many voters register "Democrat" just to have some say in who governs or represents them.
As we have increasingly seen, Democratic primary voters have moved left, and Republican voters have become more conservative or Trumpian. Independents wouldn't necessarily move either party to the center – research has shown that even so called "independent" voters lean to one side or other — but open primaries allow voters to influence who might govern them.
Pernicious primaries for judges
The closed primary is particularly pernicious when it comes to contested races for circuit court judge, as we have again this year in Howard County.
Like all judges in Maryland, judges for the circuit courts are appointed by the governor after candidates go through an extensive vetting process by nominating commissions that get input from bar associations, including ethnic groupings, even Maryland's LGBTQ Bar Association with its 115 members.
Once they're appointed, circuit court judges, who oversee jury trials among other matters, must run for election in which any lawyer can challenge them for their seat on the bench. These judges serve for 15 years, so the long-term administration of justice is at stake.
Here's where the closed primary really deprives independents of a voice.
Regardless of their own partisan affiliation, the appointed judges and their challengers are put on the ballot in both the Democratic primary and the Republican primary. That's it. No say for independents.
In Anne Arundel County, former Del. Michael Malone, now a newbie circuit court judge, must have been relieved when no lawyer filed to run against him. He will be able to serve 15 years at a current annual salary of $174,433. And after judges are forced to retire at 70 years old, they can continue to serve as senior judges, picking up both a pension and part-time pro-rated salary.
Challenging Judge Stephanie Porter
Circuit Court Judge Stephanie Porter in Howard County was not so lucky. A former Howard County magistrate and 14-year prosecutor in Baltimore County, Porter is being challenged by Alicia Altamirano, an attorney with extensive experience in criminal defense and family law.
In a brief conversation at a Democratic event for a book signing by Rep. Jamie Raskin April 2, Altamirano told me that she had not applied for the vacancy because a person like her was unlikely to be appointed by the governor.
Instead, on her campaign website, Altamirano says: "I witnessed, in our judicial system, unconscious facets of bias while representing people from all walks of life in various counties of Maryland, and fairness will be achieved with me as judge because I understand the need for progressive approaches and restorative justice.
My legal experience defending the marginalized and underrepresented is the training and spirit only I can offer the bench and our community."
In case this is too subtle, the website also describes her as "The Democratic Choice" courtesy of the endorsement from the Columbia Democratic Club and shows pictures of Altamirano with Democratic elected officials such as the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball and others. And there is a Spanish-language video interviewing her from Somos Baltimore Latino media.
"I am the only Democrat in the race," Altamirano said on Twitter.
Alicia Altamirano, second from left, and her family. Campaign website photo
Partisan and racial politics
This reflects a trend to make these judicial races more partisan and ethnic. In Howard County's election two years ago, Quincy Coleman, a Black Democrat with experience in criminal defense, beat Circuit Court Judge John Kuchno in the general election. Kuchno was a Republican appointed by Gov. Larry Hogan but also endorsed by a number of Democratic officials, including Attorneys General Brian Frosh and Doug Gansler for whom Kuchno worked. Coleman beat several other Democrats in the Democratic primary. Kuchno had won the Republican primary.
Judge Porter's campaign website counters Altamirano's message in words and photos. Her home page has a picture of her with her Black husband Ed and her two daughters obviously a product of this interracial marriage. She also posts photos that emphasize diversity, including a casual photo with Calvin Ball.
Judge Stephanie Porter and her family.
Two campaign mailers from Porter emphasize the same points with family photos – not typical a judicial campaign. One mailer quotes extensively from an endorsement by the African American Coalition of Howard County, noting her "close-knit interracial family with two Black daughters."
"In 1997 while searching for a place to call home, my husband Ed & I chose Columbia due to the desire to establish our family in a diverse and inclusive community," Porter says on her website. "My desire to continue to serve our community lies in my commitment that all residents deserve an experienced judge who is committed to listening to cases fairly, without partiality or prejudice. Thus, I have chosen throughout my 22 years as a public servant to be independent and unaffiliated with any party."
If that's still the case, it's too bad Porter won't be able to vote for herself in the primary.
There have been numerous attempts in the legislature to change this system which allows any lawyer to challenge the sitting judges appointed by the governor after an extensive interview process. Change is opposed by an odd coalition of Black lawmakers and Republicans, who both feel they have not been treated fairly by past governors. The appointments by Hogan have been both politically and racially diverse, but no matter.
The legislature's failure to change the process to at least a non-partisan election for judges unfairly excludes 60,000 independent voters in Howard County, as does the closed primary overall. The same goes for the 170,000 unaffiliated and third-party voters in Montgomery County, where Marilyn Pierre, a Black attorney, is making another challenge to a panel of four judges appointed by Hogan, including a Latino former prosecutor, a former Democratic delegate and a longtime public defender.
With all the squawking about voter suppression and threats to voting rights in other states, Maryland's Democratic legislature might look closer to home and cure its disenfranchisement of over 900,000 voters who choose not to be part of the two-party duopoly.
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Len Lazarick
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Len Lazarick was the founding editor and publisher of MarylandReporter.com and is currently the president of its nonprofit corporation and chairman of its board He was formerly the State House bureau chief of the daily Baltimore Examiner from its start in April 2006 to its demise in February 2009. He was a copy editor on the national desk of the Washington Post for eight years before that, and has spent decades covering Maryland politics and government.
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KEnny G on July 8, 2022 at 8:50 am
As another unaffiliated registered voter, I have to ask the same question: Is there any interest in the Maryland legislature to correct this injustice? This disenfranchisement of so many Maryland voters needs to end. Unaffiliated voters need to write to their representatives in the legislature to find out why.
Melanye Parcells on July 7, 2022 at 8:09 pm
As an unaffiliated registered voter, I agree with you 100%: "With all the squawking about voter suppression and threats to voting rights in other states, Maryland's Democratic legislature might look closer to home and cure its disenfranchisement of over 900,000 voters who choose not to be part of the two-party duopoly." Is there any interest in Maryland legislature to correct this injustice?