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The Trailer of 'THE MARTIAN' Starring Matt Damon Lands
Cole Clay // Film Critic
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Kate Mara, Kristen Wiig, Donald Glover, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Peña and Sean Bean
Official Synopsis:
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
We've gotten a few peaks at Ridley Scott's (GLADIATOR) next film, THE MARTIAN, based on the best-selling novel by Andy Weir, but today we get a trailer. And boy, is it a doozy!
Damon (The BOURNE Series) stars as Astronaut Mark Watney, who is on a manned mission to Mars and pronounced dead after a fierce storm forces the crew to leave him behind. Now relying on all of his cunning, Watney must achieve contact with NASA or forever be a "Martian."
We have seen this basic lost in space premise before (looking at you, GRAVITY), but the aforementioned novel hit groundbreaking acclaim. Written by Drew Goddard (THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, Netflix's DAREDEVIL), the dialogue in the trailer is oozing with quip and quirk that has been synonymous with Goddard's work.
THE MARTIAN hits theaters on November 25.
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Horsham shoppers have been treated to an early glimpse of what the new Piries Place development could look like in a new behind the scenes video.
As works continue on two schemes at the popular town centre square architects behind designs for part of the redevelopment have issued a special virtual tour showcasing what the area is expected to look like when completed next year.
HNW Architects, as part of the design team lead by Kier Construction Southern, are the designer behind Horsham District Council's new £8m car park.
The firm has created a 3D virtual tour of the site with residents able to immerse themselves in what the scheme may look like as they are taken on a special journey around the development and the new car park.
The current 330 space building is set to be demolished and replaced with a new four-storey 516 space facility offering wider parking spaces to those visiting the area.
Alongside the scheme builders are currently carrying out multi-million-pound works on the shopping quarter with many of the old shops already knocked down and being replaced with new structures.
A new 92-bed Premier Inn hotel will be created along with a three-screen Everyman cinema, several shops and retail units.
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The Golden Thread is written by Pat Pilkington MBE, who co-founded Penny Brohn UK (née Bristol Cancer Help Centre). This review by Linda Shepherd is a personal account of Pat's influence and memoirs.
I was fortunate to meet Pat Pilkington through working at the Penny Brohn UK National Centre. I had great admiration for her, not just because she was a Co-Founder of the centre but because I always learned something new and inspirational whilst in her company. This is one of the reasons that I so enjoyed reading her memoirs in The Golden Thread, as it felt like having quality time with her once more.
Pat describes her early life through to setting up the Bristol Cancer Help Centre and her time at Penny Brohn but it is also very much a fascinating and enlightening first-hand account of Pat's personal spiritual journey. Often in life we meet someone who becomes a significant mentor for us as we develop and grow; and in Pat's case this was the Reverend Tim Tiley. Pat describes how his extraordinary story of how healing entered his life began a lifelong friendship and deeper exploration of love, light and faith. Pat illustrates how love as a golden shining thread that runs through everything, calling her book 'The Golden Thread, A Quiet Revolution in Holistic Cancer Care'.
I recommend this book to anyone with an open, enquiring mind wanting to explore more on spirituality and what it means to them. Pat Pilkington was very knowledgeable and always open and curious to learn more. Pat chronicles and references her influences and suggests further research and reading throughout the book.


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New COVID-19 Tracking App May Find 'Hotspots'
Signing up involves providing some basic health information and takes about three to four minutes, Chan said. After that, users are asked to spend about a minute per day registering updates, whether or not they have symptoms.
The app team hopes to eventually enlist a few hundred thousand participants. "The more data we collect, the more useful it will be," explained Chan, though he acknowledged some challenges. One is ensuring that older Americans — who may feel less comfortable with the technology — participate. And then there's the recognition that some Americans may have concerns over privacy.
To the later point, Chan noted that his team has "very clear guidelines around privacy that are outlined in the consent process in the app. We have our consent procedures reviewed by our hospitals institutional review board, and we abide by the strictest guidelines in terms of privacy of health information."
But privacy concerns could very well be a deal breaker for many Americans, cautioned Chunhuei Chi, director of the Center for Global Health at Oregon State University.
The difficulty, he said, is trying to strike "a delicate balance between societal needs to control the epidemic versus protecting individual privacy and freedom."
Other app efforts, such as one launched by Google, gathers location data to track the social impact of COVID-19, Chi pointed out. But in those cases, data collection has not focused on detailed information directly from individuals.
So it could be that "a substantial proportion of the American population may be uncomfortable with sharing such intimate health and behavior information via an app," Chi noted.
That concern was not shared by Maura Iversen, a behavioral scientist and clinical epidemiologist and dean of Sacred Heart University's College of Health Professions in Fairfield, Conn.
"I do think Americans will feel comfortable and be willing to share this information as we are pulling together to try to tackle this pandemic," she said. And "as economics and health are so closely intertwined," Iversen believes that widespread participation could ease the process of reopening the country.
"The sooner that we can get a grasp on who has the disease, how it spreads, and among which groups symptoms were mild then resolved, the easier it will be to make resource decisions and determine where and when to open businesses," Iversen said.
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DOE Data Explorer Dataset: Materials Data on Cs2Li2GeO4 by Materials Project
Title: Materials Data on Cs2Li2GeO4 by Materials Project
Cs2Li2GeO4 crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Cs1+ sites. In the first Cs1+ site, Cs1+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cs–O bond distances ranging from 2.95–3.57 Å. In the second Cs1+ site, Cs1+ is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cs–O bond distances ranging from 3.02–3.41 Å. There are two inequivalent Li1+ sites. In the first Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form distorted LiO4 trigonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent GeO4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent LiO4 trigonal pyramids, an edgeedge with one GeO4 tetrahedra, and edges with two LiO4 trigonal pyramids. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.93–2.21 Å. In the second Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form distorted LiO4 trigonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent GeO4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent LiO4 trigonal pyramids, an edgeedge with one GeO4 tetrahedra, and edges with two LiO4 trigonal pyramids. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 2.00–2.07 Å. Ge4+ is bonded tomore » four O2- atoms to form GeO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four LiO4 trigonal pyramids and edges with two LiO4 trigonal pyramids. There are a spread of Ge–O bond distances ranging from 1.76–1.82 Å. There are four inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to four Cs1+, two Li1+, and one Ge4+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to two equivalent Cs1+, three Li1+, and one Ge4+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to five Cs1+ and one Ge4+ atom. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Cs1+, three Li1+, and one Ge4+ atom.« less
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The Materials Project. Materials Data on Cs2Li2GeO4 by Materials Project. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.17188/1308031.
The Materials Project. Materials Data on Cs2Li2GeO4 by Materials Project. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1308031
The Materials Project. 2020. "Materials Data on Cs2Li2GeO4 by Materials Project". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1308031. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1308031. Pub date:Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 EDT 2020
title = {Materials Data on Cs2Li2GeO4 by Materials Project},
abstractNote = {Cs2Li2GeO4 crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Cs1+ sites. In the first Cs1+ site, Cs1+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cs–O bond distances ranging from 2.95–3.57 Å. In the second Cs1+ site, Cs1+ is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cs–O bond distances ranging from 3.02–3.41 Å. There are two inequivalent Li1+ sites. In the first Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form distorted LiO4 trigonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent GeO4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent LiO4 trigonal pyramids, an edgeedge with one GeO4 tetrahedra, and edges with two LiO4 trigonal pyramids. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.93–2.21 Å. In the second Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form distorted LiO4 trigonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent GeO4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent LiO4 trigonal pyramids, an edgeedge with one GeO4 tetrahedra, and edges with two LiO4 trigonal pyramids. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 2.00–2.07 Å. Ge4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form GeO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four LiO4 trigonal pyramids and edges with two LiO4 trigonal pyramids. There are a spread of Ge–O bond distances ranging from 1.76–1.82 Å. There are four inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to four Cs1+, two Li1+, and one Ge4+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to two equivalent Cs1+, three Li1+, and one Ge4+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to five Cs1+ and one Ge4+ atom. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Cs1+, three Li1+, and one Ge4+ atom.},


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Heathrow plane in near miss with drone: BBC News
Posted: December 7, 2014 in Airlines, Aviation & Airports (General News), Heathrow, UK
Tags: Air China, Air One, Airbus, Airbus A320 family, Airliner, ATR (aircraft manufacturer), ATR 72, Boeing, Boeing 737 Max, Boeing 737 Next Generation, CAA, Civil Aviation Authority, collision, danger, distraction, drone, drones, pilot
[BBC News] An unidentified drone came close to hitting a plane as it landed at Heathrow, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has confirmed.
An Airbus A320 pilot reported seeing a helicopter-style drone as the jet was 700 feet off the ground on its approach to the runway at 1416 GMT on 22 July.
The CAA has not identified the airline or how close the drone came to the plane, which can carry 180 people.
It gave the incident an "A" rating, meaning a "serious risk of collision".
This is the highest incident rating the CAA can give.
Investigators were unable to identify the drone, which did not appear on air traffic control radar and disappeared after the encounter.
In May the pilot of an ATR 72 turbo-prop plane reported seeing a helicopter drone only 80 feet away as he approached Southend airport at a height of 1,500 feet.
The incidents have prompted a warning from the British Airline Pilots' Association (Balpa) that the rapid increase in the number of drones operated by amateur enthusiasts now poses "a real risk" to commercial aircraft.
The association's general secretary, Jim McAuslan said drones could cause a repeat of the "Hudson River experience", when a plane was forced to land in water in New York in 2009 after birds were sucked into its engines.
"The risk of a 10 kilogram object hitting a plane is a real one that pilots are very concerned about" he said.
"A small drone could be a risky distraction for a pilot coming into land and cause serious damage if they hit one."
Sales of drones have increased rapidly, with UK sales running at a rate of between 1,000 and 2,000 every month.
They are expected to be very popular as Christmas presents.
They cost as little as £35 for a smaller model – more advanced drones capable of carrying a high definition camera and travelling at 45 miles per hour cost almost £3,000.
Only a very small minority of people operating drones have attended training courses in how to fly them.
A spokesman for the CAA said it had to depend on people using their common sense when they operated drones.
He said the current level of risk should be "kept in perspective" but warned that breaking laws governing the use of drones could potentially threaten commercial aircraft.
"People using unmanned aircraft need to think, use common sense and take responsibility for them", he said.
"There are rules which have the force of law and have to be followed."
Drones may not be flown higher than 400 feet or further than 500 metres from the operator, and they must not go within 50 metres of people, vehicles or buildings.
There are exclusion zones around airports and the approaches to them for drones weighing more than seven kilograms.
Mr McAuslan said there was an urgent need for rules to be tightened before much larger unmanned cargo planes – potentially the size of a Boeing 737 – took to the skies.
Read the original story at BBC News…..
Ryanair profits at record high despite fuel cost rise: BBC News
Posted: May 20, 2013 in Airlines, Aviation & Airports (General News), Europe, Gatwick, Ireland, Manchester Airport
Tags: Boeing, budget airline, chief executive, Eurocontrol, Fuel costs, growth, low-cost carrier, Michael O'Leary, Record Profits, rising oil prices, Ryanair
[BBC News] Discount airline Ryanair has reported record full-year profits and rising revenues, despite soaring fuel costs.
Profits after tax rose 13% to 569m euros (£481m) on revenues of 4.88bn euros for the year to 31 March.
"Ultra-low cost carrier" Ryanair has big expansion plans and has ordered 175 new planes. Photo: Wikipedia
Passenger traffic grew 5% to 79.3 million as the airline added 217 new routes to its roster, bringing the total to 1,600.
But fuel costs rose by more than 290m euros, the company statement said, and now account for 45% of total costs.
Chief executive Michael O'Leary said: "Delivering a 13% increase in profits and 5% traffic growth despite high oil prices during a European recession is testimony to the strength of Ryanair's ultra-low cost model."
But he warned that growth would be slower in the 2013-14 financial year at Europe's largest budget airline, thanks to rising oil prices and "unjustified higher Eurocontrol and Spanish airport charges".
The company is forecasting net profits in the range of 570m to 600m euros for the coming year.
In March, Ryanair placed an order with Boeing for 175 planes worth £10.3bn ($15.6bn) to be delivered between 2014 and 2018.
The deal will increase its fleet by a third to 400 planes.
Boeing Dreamliner 787 fire and fuel leak add to safety concerns: Guardian
Posted: January 9, 2013 in Aviation & Airports (General News), Japan, USA
Tags: Boeing, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boston, boston logan airport, Federal Aviation Administration, fire, fuel leak, Japan Airlines, Logan International Airport, National Transportation Safety Board, Richard Walsh
[Guardian] As the battery in one plane explodes it is followed by a fuel leak in another, both incidents were at Boston airport and both aircraft are owned by Japan Airlines.
A Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner was towed back to the gate after a fuel leak at Boston Logan airport. Photo: Wikipedia
Two Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes have been the subject of safety scares within two days at Boston airport in the US, adding to concerns about the aircraft.
On Monday, an electrical fire erupted on one of Boeing's 787 Dreamliners operated by Japan Airlines at Boston Logan international airport. Authorities said a battery in the auxiliary power unit aboard the plane jet had suffered "severe fire damage".
On Tuesday at the same airport, a fuel leak forced a different 787 operated by JAL to cancel takeoff. Massachusetts Port Authority spokesman Richard Walsh said the plane was towed back to the gate after about 150 litres (40 gallons) of fuel spilled. He said the plane had 178 passengers and 11 crew members on board. Walsh said the plane was evaluated and departed that afternoon. A JAL spokeswoman said the crew had reported a "mechanical issue".
The two incidents have extended a series of problems that have dogged the jet for more than a month and increased concern about the plane.
The fire broke out on an empty Dreamliner jet parked at a gate in Boston. Officials said a battery in the auxiliary power system exploded around 10.30am, shortly after passengers had disembarked. A mechanic inspecting the jet discovered smoke while performing a routine post-flight inspection.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are looking into what caused the problem, which came within weeks of Boeing enduring a string of other electrical problems that briefly grounded three of the planes. The new jet also has suffered an engine failure and fuel leaks in the 14 months it has been in service.
The electrical fire is troubling in part because the 787 relies heavily on electrical power to drive onboard systems that in other jet models are run by air pressure generated by the engines. The new jet also suffered an electrical fire during a test flight, prompting a redesign of electrical systems.
Boeing spokesman Marc Birtel said on Monday: "We are aware of the event and are working with our customer."
The Dreamliner is Boeing's first jet to be made of carbon composites rather than aluminium, a change that reduces the plane's weight and allows it to use less fuel.
Since entering service in October 2011 the plane has repeatedly made headlines for……
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NEW PICTURES From Vienna – Door Ripped off flyNiki Airbus in Jetway Incident : The Aviation Herald
Posted: May 9, 2012 in Airlines, Aviation & Airports (General News), Europe
Tags: Airbus, Airbus A320 family, aircraft, Boeing, business, flyNiki, Jet Bridge, Jetway, Niki Airlines, ripped off, spain, vienna, Vienna International Airport
[Vienna] Yesterday we reported from Austria on the freak accident that involved an Airbus A321 at Vienna International Airport. The aircraft had its front left main door ripped away from the fuselage when the attached Jetway suddenly lifted about 1.5 meters up, entangled with and ripping off the aircraft door.
Click on the images for a full size photo: Photo's courtesy of The Aviation Herald
This evening The Aviation Herald has published large images of the incident, taken immediatlely after the event. Click on either of the images for the full size photos at The Aviation Herald.
The flight (HG-2715) from Malaga in Spain landed at Vienna International Airport and made its way to Gate C41, when it stopped at the gate ready for the passengers to disembark, the ground crew manoeuvred and docked the Jetway on to the aircraft.
When the crew opened the main door and passengers were about to leave the aircraft, the Jetway suddenly lifted about 5 feet up, entangled with the aircraft door and then lifted the entire aircraft by about 8 inches upwards.
At this point the aircraft door was ripped from the fuselage causing the aircraft to fall back onto the apron.
The passengers and crew were forced to leave the aircraft via the rear door and were then taken into an enclosed area of the terminal building and were asked if anyone had suffered any injuries from the incident. The travelers all confirmed that there were no ill effects at the time.
The aircraft received substantial damage and has been out of service since the incident on Sunday.
A spokesman from flyNiki confirmed that the Airbus had been lifted when the Jetway moved upwards and became entangled in the front door, and then fell down to the apron when the door sheared off.
A spokesman for Vienna International Airport said that, "Medical assistance was offered to all passengers following an aircraft being lifted by the Jetway, however no passenger reported any pain or injuries at the time"
The Jetway had correctly docked against the aircraft, but a failure of a sensor unit caused the Jetway to suddenly lift taking the aircraft door and aircraft with it.
Today (May 8th) a female passenger aged 76, reported feeling pain and was seen by doctors who diagnosed her with the fracture to her coccyx.
Investigations are expected to continue.
Read the original report at The Aviation Herald…..
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Emirates roll out larger plane on Dublin-Dubai route two months early: The Journal
Posted: May 8, 2012 in Airlines, Aviation & Airports (General News), Ireland, Middle East
Tags: Airbus, Airbus A330, Airline, Boeing, Boeing 777, Dubai, Dublin, Emirates Airlines, Larger aircraft
[The Journal] Emirates has introduced a larger aircraft on its Dublin–Dubai route to cater for increased passenger demand, two months ahead of its scheduled introduction.
The Boeing 777-300 was due to be rolled out on the daily route from July, but has been introduced from last week in order to cater for higher-than-expected demand for seats on the route.
The service began operation with an Airbus A330-200, with space for 237 passengers, on January 9, but Emirates announced within three weeks of that launch that it would roll out the larger Boeing craft from July.
From May 1, however, the larger Boeing craft – which also increases the storage capacity for luggage, from 15 tonnes to 25 – has been running on the route in order to satisfy the demand.
Emirates' senior vice-president for commercial operations in Europe and Russia, Salem Obaidalla, said the airline had continued to be impressed by the "phenomenal performance" of the new service.
"Now, Ireland has one of the largest aircraft in our fleet and we can now offer 52 per cent more seats."
The airline has previously said that the capacity offered by the Airbus craft, which allowed 3,318 people to travel from Dublin to Dubai and back each week, would usually be enough to cater for the first two or three years of a new route.
By comparison, the Boeing craft will mean a weekly capacity of 5,040 on flights to and from Dubai. Emirates runs one flight in……
Read the full story at The Journal…..
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Vienna – Airbus has Front Door Sheared off in Freak Jetway Accident: the Aviation Herald
Tags: Airbus, Airbus A320 family, Boeing, business, flyNiki, Jet Bridge, Niki Airlines, ripped off, vienna, Vienna International Airport
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[The Aviation Herald] Vienna – On Sunday an Airbus A321 had its front left main door ripped away from the fuselage in a freak accident. The 'flyNiki' aircraft had just arrived from Spain when the incident happened.
The Jetway suddenly lifted about 1.5 meters up, entangled with the aircraft door. Photo: Wikipedia
Today (May 8th) a female passenger aged 76 reported feeling felt pain and was seen by doctors who diagnosed her with the fracture to her coccyx.
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Photos of 787 Dreamliner as 'Dream Tour' Lands In Washington DC: 9 News Now
Posted: May 7, 2012 in Aviation & Airports (General News), USA
Tags: Boeing, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Dream Tour, dulles international airport, norway, Photo, Pictures, Reagan National Airport, Washington DC, Washington Dulles Airport
[9 News Now] WASHINGTON – Boeing's 787 Dreamliner landed twice in Washington DC today, at both Dulles International Airport and Reagan National Airport, as part of its worldwide tour.
Eighteen views of todays Dreamliner visit to Dulles International Airport, Washingtion DC. Photo: 9 News Now
Boeing will take the 787 Dreamliner to just two more cities to conclude the sixth leg of the Dream Tour this month. Stops over the last few weeks have already included cities in the U.K., Norway and Italy.
The tour continues later this week ……..
The dates listed below are landing dates for each city or airport.
May 11 – Dallas, Texas
May 14 – St. Louis, Missouri
"The 787 Dreamliner applies breakthrough technologies to an all-new airplane design.
The advanced features of the 787 increase efficiency, simplify airplane ownership and operation and significantly improve the air travel experience," representatives from Boeing said in a news release.
Boeing states that it is the company's most fuel-efficient airliner and the world's first major airliner to use composite materials for most of its construction.
The huge airliner seats 210 to 290 people……
See the story and pictures at 9 News Now….
Dreamliner to visit Heathrow,Gatwick & Manchester Airports in '787 Dream Tour' (The Airport Informer)
First Dreamliner to fly to India today, courtesy JAL: Business Standard (The Airport Informer)
Lufthansa – First airline Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental leaves Everett: Seattle PI
Posted: May 2, 2012 in Airlines, Aviation & Airports (General News), Germany, USA
Tags: Boeing, Boeing 747-8, carsten spohr, Frankfurt, Germany, Lufthansa, Paine Field, Washington, Washington D.C.
[Seattle PI] On Tuesday Boeing celebrated delivery of the first airline 747-8 Intercontinental, the last in a series of new airplanes. Now the new model has to prove itself in service to bring what Boeing hopes is a pile of new orders.
Lufthansa's first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental leaves Paine Field yesterday bound for Frankfurt, Germany: Photo: Gail Hanusa / Copyright © 2012 Boeing. All Rights Reserved
"This was hard. This was six years of solving problems," Pat Shanahan, vice president and general manager of Airplane Programs at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, said at the Future of Flight Aviation Center, beside Paine Field airport and Boeing's Everett wide-body aircraft plant.
Lufthansa Chief Officer Carsten Spohr called the airplane a "new flagship," adding: "The queen of the skies is the result of great teamwork, of two great companies working together."
Lufthansa legally took delivery of the airplane April 25.
The airplane is scheduled to enter service June 1, after crew training and installation of some extras at Lufthansa's base in Frankfurt, Germany, said Nico Buchholz, Lufthansa's executive vice president, Group Fleet Management.
Lufthansa plans to start with service from Frankfurt to Washington, D.C., adding Los Angeles, Chicago and destinations in India soon after, and then switching routes from 747-400s to Intercontinentals as it gets more of the new airplanes…..
Read the full article at Seattle PI…..
By AUBREY COHEN, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF
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Emirates Airlines boss says Dubai carrier may expand in US, is open to acquisitions globally: Daily Reporter
Posted: May 1, 2012 in Airlines, Aviation & Airports (General News), Middle East, USA
Tags: Boeing, Dubai, emirates, Middle East, seattle, United Arab Emirates, United States, Washington
[Daily Reporter] DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — To say that the head of Dubai's Emirates airline wears many hats is something of an understatement.
The company is expanding in the United States. It flies from Dubai to 6 American airports, including Dallas/Fort Worth and Seattle, both added this year. It plans to add Washington flights in September: Photo courtesy ukzambians.co.uk
Sheik Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum holds several government positions in the Gulf city-state, and is an uncle of Dubai's ruler. He was appointed chairman of Dubai World in 2010 to oversee the troubled state conglomerate's turnaround plan.
But it is role at the helm of Emirates airline for which Sheik Ahmed is best known. The University of Denver graduate became chairman of the newly formed airline in 1985, and later took on the job of CEO too.
Today he oversees one of the world's fastest growing carriers, which boasts more than 120 destinations in 73 countries. Emirates Group, which includes the airline and related businesses, earned $1.6 billion in fiscal 2010. It expects to post another annual profit later this month.
The airline is a huge buyer of new airplanes, with standing orders for more than 230 jets. It operates the world's largest fleet of Boeing 777s, and was one of the first carriers to use Airbus' double-decker A380.
Emirates' torrid growth means it is constantly adding new destinations. Some are exotic, such as recently added Lusaka, Zambia, and Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, starting next month.
But the company is also expanding its reach in the United States. It now flies from Dubai to six American airports, including Dallas/Fort Worth and Seattle, both added this year. It plans to add Washington flights in September.
Two weeks ago, Emirates announced a new codeshare deal with New York-based JetBlue Airways. That arrangement will tack an Emirates code and flight number onto JetBlue flights from New York's JFK airport to a dozen U.S. destinations, including Chicago and Boston.
Sheik Ahmed, 53, spoke with The Associated Press on Tuesday in Dubai. He talked about……
Read this great AP Interview and story in full at the Daily Reporter…..
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First Posted: May 01, 2012
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First Dreamliner to fly to India today, courtesy JAL: Business Standard
Posted: April 30, 2012 in Airlines, Asia, Aviation & Airports (General News), India
Tags: Boeing, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boston, Dreamliner, India, Japan Airlines, New Delhi, Tokyo
[Business Standard] Japan Airlines (JAL) will become the first carrier to bring a Boeing 787 Dreamliner to India when it lands the aircraft in New Delhi from Tokyo tomorrow.
The first Dreamliner service will be launched in India from tomorrow: Photo - Aviationnews.eu
"With the launch of the Dreamliner, India will become the second country in JAL's operations to get this special high-end aircraft. This reiterates our commitment to the Indian market. The first Dreamliner service will be launched in India from tomorrow," said country manager Yasushi Isomura.
Japan Airlines runs Boeing 777 service five days a week, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. The Dreamliners will operate for four days, excluding Thursday, when the airline will operate Boeing 777.
With the operations of the Dreamliners, the airline will bring down its capacity on offer by 25 per cent. A Dreamliner has 186 seats compared to 215 in a Boeing 777. Delhi is the second international destination for JAL where it has launched a Boeing 787. Earlier this month, it launched its first Dreamliner service to Boston in the US. Isomura said India was one of the most profitable……
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During a wine and cheese event at the Canadian Museum of Flight, Gordie Howe's son Murray stands next to a poster showing the cover of Murray's newly released book, Nine Lessons I Learned from My Father. Troy Landreville Langley Times
Gordie Howe's son visits Lower Mainland, reflects on life with legendary Mr. Hockey
Dr. Murray Howe is in Langley to promote his book, Nine Lessons I Learned from My Father
Troy Landreville
The late Mr. Hockey's non-hockey playing son is in town to promote his book, Nine Lessons I Learned from My Father.
Gordie Howe's youngest son Murray had a dream of following his dad and brothers Mark (a Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman) and Marty (who played 646 pro games, 197 in the NHL and 449 in the defunct World Hockey Association).
But hockey wasn't in the cards for Murray.
Instead of hitting the ice, he hit the books, and became a doctor.
On Dec. 7, Howe was among the special guests at a wine & cheese event inside the Canadian Museum of Flight hangar at Langley Municipal Airport.
The invitation-only get-together, hosted by the Vancouver Giants, celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Memorial Cup.
Howe reminisced about his dad in a conversation with Langley Times reporter Troy Landreville during the event.
LT: What brings you out to Langley?
MH: I just came out with a book, Nine Lessons I Learned from My Father, so I'm trying to share that with the world. Of course, it all started in Canada, in Saskatoon, Sask., for my dad, so the book promotion really starts where he started. We just came from Saskatoon, and then… we're going to do a Vancouver Giants signing, and we have lots of friends out here, so that's always a draw for us, as well.
LT: What is the book about?
MH: It's really a book about who dad was as a man and as a father and the things I learned from him that I want to share with the world. He was such an unusual person — unusual from the standpoint of, everything he did, he did so well. He was obviously an amazing athlete, an amazing hockey player but he far exceeded that as a father and as a man. He was the most humble man that I've ever met. He didn't recognize his own greatness or his athleticism. He was also a very patient man. He's the only man I've ever known who never raised his voice his entire life. I try to aspire to that every day, and I always fall short. He taught by example as a father.
LT: Your brothers were accomplished hockey players. Did you play any hockey growing up?
MH: I was an unaccomplished hockey player. I focused my entire existence into becoming a professional hockey player. For my first 18 years, I wanted to be like my brothers and my dad, but I just lacked size and talent. I played junior hockey in Toronto with (Wayne) Gretzky and Paul Coffey with the Seneca (Toronto) Nationals. I did everything I could to be a pro but I got cut in my first year at the University of Michigan. I hung up my blades officially at that point and pursued a career in medicine.
LT: Obviously that was a good decision. No regrets?
MH: No regrets, and I based it on the fact that No. 1, I did everything I could to be a pro hockey player and No. 2, both my parents always encouraged us that the most important thing was to do what we love and follow our passions. As soon as I hung up the blades, I realized what I really loved doing was sciences and taking care of people. I was fortunate to be able get into medical school. Every day when I wake up to go to work I'm as excited as my dad was to go to his hockey.
LT: You treated your dad in his final few years?
MH: It was very satisfying, very rewarding to be able to give back because he and my mom were so good to us. For any kid to be able to help their parents in their later years is such a gift. And dad was amazing. Right to the last days of his life, he never lost his personality, never lost his 'joie de vivre,' so we loved to take him out, take him to the local ice arena. He would muck around with the kids, pose for pictures, get them in a headlock, and lift them up by their legs… it was so much fun bringing him around to places and seeing him react to the fans. It was such a beautiful experience.
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We had a great turnout of 41 SABR members and friends on Monday, June 19 for our chapter meeting in Houston. Thanks to all who came, including new member Bob Andrews plus Bob McCann and Phyllis Mira who agreed to join our group.
We had a number of highlights, including a terrific talk from Wayne Chandler about his lifetime love of baseball and his unique experience working with Judge Hofheinz in public relations and implementing many of the cartoons shown on the famous Astrodome scoreboard.
Next came Chris Chestnut with another of his wonderful statistical analysis presentations, this time on the very few games where game-winning home runs were hit when no other runners reached second base. As I recall, this has happened fewer than the number of perfect games or hitting for the cycle.
Mike Acosta hit a grand slam when he made a special presentation to Tal Smith that included a shadowbox of items related to what was once "Tal's Hill" in Minute Maid Park. Mike followed up with comments on the proposed Houston Astros Hall of Fame and then discussed plans and timelines for the start of construction on the Astrodome to make it a multi-purpose building.
Bill McCurdy also made a special presentation to Tal Smith, commemorating Tal's time at Duke University, and then he presented Larry Dierker with an original cartoon drawn by Bill's brother.
Larry asked for time to address our chapter and provided some heartfelt remarks about his career and what he thought was really important to the game of baseball, especially the impact and importance of fans on the game.
There is no meeting scheduled for July but we meet again on Saturday, August 19 at Minute Maid Park. We have secured 40 tickets for the game following our meeting, which cost $44 and they are selling fast. If you plan to join us, please send your check made out to the "Houston Astros" to Tom Plemons, 16011 Mill Point Drive, Houston, TX 77059. First come, first served.
If you already have tickets and plan to attend the meeting, please let us know immediately as the Board Room only seats 60 and we don't want anyone to be disappointed.


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Prehistoric Man in Ayrshire
STEVENSTON DISTRICT
ON East Castle Hill, near Hullerbirst, there is a small mound 8 paces in diameter, and 2 feet high. The Castle Hill itself, from its commanding position, as well as from its name-for castle hills were originally prominences on which forts were constructed - was in all likelihood a fortified position; and in this case there may have been a stone and lime castle, for part of a foundation can be seen coming out from below the grass. We are informed by the late Rev. David Landsborough, in the
New Statistical Account, that in 1832 there was laid bare under a sand mound at Dubbs, a causeway 18 feet long by 2 feet broad (Fig. 35). At one end of this causeway there was a stone about a ton in weight, and at the other end a stone coffin, 3 feet long by 2 feet wide, which contained two urns and five jet buttons. The 'jet buttons ' were probably constructed of parrot coal, the substance of the district which lends itself best to be made into articles of this description, and of which a great many ancient things got in this neighbourhood have been manufactured. I have seen none of these local ancient articles made of real jet. One of the greatest emporiums in the West of Scotland of antiquarian articles is the Ardeer Sands. They have yielded several thousands of weapons, implements, ornaments, fragments of fictile ware, etc. The most abundant implement is the flint scraper, and
of this the most common form is that in shape of a thumb-nail (Figs. 37, 38, 40, 41 and 4 2). Some are duck-bill-shaped (Figs. 44 and 45), and a few have been chipped hollow, and evidently used in making arrow-shafts, bone needles, etc. (Fig. 46). It is very rarely that one is found which has been chipped all round (Fig. 43). An occasional one has got a very long handle, as is represented in Fig. 36. In nearly every case the flint scraper-maker has taken advantage of the conchoidal manner in which flint breaks, and by breaking chips off the convex side of a flake has brought his implement to a very sharp edge. Awls and borers of flint are of much rarer
occurrence than the scrapers. The borers are generally chipped on alternate sides, which gives them somewhat the appearance and advantage of an engineer's drill (Fig. 47). A few flint implements, only about a quarter of an inch wide, have turned up, and these have probably been brogs for boring holes in skins (Fig;. 5 I),
some of the brags being sharply pointed, as in Figs. 48, 49, and 50. Some of the flint implements are so delicately pointed that one is apt to think that they have been used for tattooing and surgical purposes (Figs . 53 to 56).
Flint knives, double-edged and sharp-pointed, are rarely got. Three of them are represented in Figs. 57, 58, and 59. Some flint knives are beautifully worked all over the surface , as In Fig . 60; others are more rudely shaped (Figs. 61 , 62, and 63). Oddly-shaped articles of flint, such as those represented in Figs. 64 to 70, may have been used as strike-a-lights, etc.
Flint saws (Fig. 71), curiously-toothed articles (as in Figs. 72 and 73), cores from which flint flakes for forming the various articles had be en struck (Fig. 74), and flakers of flint , which had been used in fashioning the other articles, and easily known by their bruised edges (Fig. 75), are sometimes amongst the spoil. The flint arrow-heads form a desirable feature in the spoils to be procured from the sands. They are of seven types . The triangular and the lozenge-shaped patterns are equally rare with
that of the leaf-shaped (Fig. 76). Fig. 77 may also be a leaf, but, from its serrated edge, it could easily have been used as a saw. The type with the hollow base, as represented in Figs. 78 and 79, is found in about the same proportions as the above . Fig. 79,
although worked on both edges, and on both sides of the edges,
in the usual manner of an arrow-point, is peculiar in having one of the barbs longer than the other; and this is to be seen in several examples, so that if used as an arrow-point the arrow would not go straight; this may, of course, have been intentional. Although none of the arrow-heads are common, that form with a central stem and barbs is the most frequently found (Figs. 80 to 87); in which Figs. 80, 82, 85, and 86 are made of chalk flint, Fig. 82 of green jasper, Fig. 83 of chalcedony, Fig. 84 of carboniferous chert, and Fig. 87 of fine-grained felstone. A few of the stemmed arrow-heads have got very short barbs (Figs. 88 to 90), and in some specimens the barbs are entirely
wanting (Fig. 89), the specimen figured being very rudely made, evidently the work of an apprentice, but having notches at the sides for holding the sinew with which it was fastened to the shaft, a feature which is unique in an Ayrshire arrow-head. The one represented in Fig. 88 is formed of quartzite. I have a curious implement of carboniferous chert 3 inches long, with a wide flat handle and a round blunt-pointed stem. From the manner in which it has been worn -away, it has evidently been in use for a long time as a borer or widener (Fig. 91). Bronze articles generally consist of pins (Fig. 92 ) and needles, some of the latter with an ' eye ' ; and I have a well-shaped bird, which has formed the head of a pin, on one of its wings being a
centre -punch mark , and it is placed on top of what appears to have been a ringed cross, on which there are numerous centre punch markings (Fig. 93). Fig. 94 represents part of a clasp, Fig. 95 a socketed gouge, and Fig. 96 may have been a surgical instrument, or perhaps an ' elshin.' [ Shoemaker's awl] Curious little hollow bits of bronze, not much more in diameter than a darning-needle, are got. They have been made by bending a strip of the metal into the form of a long tapering cone; but what they have been used for it is difficult to conjecture.
Bronze rings (Figs. 97 and 98) and ornaments (Figs. 99, 100 and 101) are of rare occurrence, Fig. 101 having probably been a brooch. Fig. 102 represents a brass buckle, peculiar in having a little flat handle at the side. Sometimes the fragment of a coin turns up, but generally so wasted by the wind-blown sand that it is next to impossible to make out to whose reign it has belonged. Landsborough tells us that ' a coin of Faustina, and a speare of mixed metall,' were got on the sands near ruins.
Of iron objects a few have come to light by the away-blowing of the sand. They are always reduced to rust, and I have a barbed and socketed fish-spear preserved in this manner, and still retaining its shape pretty well, being 3 5/8 inches long, and another similar, but not so shapely. The sand has acted like a sort of salt, and, getting amalgamated with the rust, has bound it together (Fig. 103) .
Two kinds of pottery are found-a hand-made variety, which is very coarse, and rather rare; and a wheel-turned kind, which is abundant. The former is never glazed ; the latter sometimes has got a greenish glaze (Fig. 104). The pottery is for the most part plain, but sometimes ornamented
bits turn up. As burnt bones are abundant, the potsherds are likely in great measure to be the remnants of urns; and some fragments show that the potter's clay had been mixed with grass before being put into shape, and burned, in the same manner as the Egyptians did of old, refusing to the Israelites the luxury of straw to mix with the clay they made into bricks.
Some of the paste of the hand-made variety had, by way of tempering it, been mixed with pounded white vein-quartz, in fragments of about 1/16 of an inch. I have never seen a complete piece of pottery got from these sands, but I am informed that about fifty years ago some boys found a complete urn, which they demolished by throwing stones at it. From the great quantity of fragments lying about, this must often have taken place. I have a bit of this pottery, which has the mark of the point of a human finger imprinted on it. I have never seen any lettering, or figures of men or animals, on any of this pottery.
At a certain spot on the moor there are so many roasted pebbles, generally in a fragmentary state, charcoal (of wood), burnt bones; urn fragments of the hand-made kind, that there cannot be the slightest doubt that this place was an ancient crematorium and urn-field .
About thirty yards from this place the remains of two handmade urns were laid bare by the away-drifting of the sand - a large sand dun, about 60 feet high and a quarter of a mile wide at the base, had passed over them. These urns had been shaped and fired, were evidently being kept ' in stock, ' and had never been used, as no bone fragments were found in connection with them. Rings (Figs. 105 to 107) made out of the parrot-coal (a species of gas-coal which takes a bright polish) of the neighbourhood are fairly common. Most of them are hand-made, but a few of them have the appearance of having been turned ; but of course this might be done with the hand in a circular groove cut in a bit of sandstone. As this coal splits into laminae by long weathering, it is seldom that a complete ring is to be got. Fig. 105 represents a brightly-polished fragment of a bracelet. Perforated pieces of the same kind of coal are frequently got, but no attempt has been made to reduce these bits to an ornamental shape, and they have possibly been used as charms, or, like the horseshoes of a late generation, hung up on the aboriginal native huts to keep away the witches, as in Fig. 108, the hole having been made entirely by chipping.
I have a single hit of coal-money, not quite complete, just a shade larger than our crown piece, and in its day probably much more valuable (Fig. 109); and Mr. Downs has another bit, smaller, and not quite circular, from a shell mound in West Kilbride parish, got at a depth of about 4 feet (Fig. 110).
A few spindle-whorls and fragments of same, generally made of sandstone, have turned up. One got by Mr. Downs is made of a potsherd. Bits of heavy black slag-apparently iron-slag-are quite frequently to be got, and at one spot there are the remains of a bloomary, which has, in part, at least, been constructed of fireclay.
We see from what has been stated that what is now a howling sand wilderness, always shifting, or seldom at rest, was at one time a populous locality. But at that time there were no sandhills, unless perhaps along the shore-line . Here and there amongst the duns we can still detect patches of a black soil resting on sand. Under this soil not a single article of antiquity has been got, so that we may safely come to the conclusion that when the ancient people lived here there were no sand-hills. When once the sand is blown on to the soil, the latter seems to dry up, so that when the sand gets blown a bit further along, the soil is blown away with it, as well as some 10 or 12 feet of the sand below the soil. Very little of the sand has come from the shore, most of it having been derived from the deformation of the raised beach. As there is no chalk formation in the district, the question comes to be: Where did the flints of which the weapons and implements mentioned above come from ?
And the answer is : They came out of the sand. I have gathered more flint nodules from the sand than would make all the flint articles that have been got. But flint is not generated in sand, and the further question arises : How did it get there? I think by seaweeds carrying it from the coast of Ireland (Antrim); but I have discussed this question in a paper printed in the' Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow,' vol. vi., part 2. Seaweeds are great carriers of stones, but their carrying capacity is limited ; so is the size of the flint nodules in the sand: they are all of small size; so are the manufactured flints all of small size compared with those which are got in districts where large flint can be obtained. When the wind drifts away the fine sand in this district, the stones are left, and these are found to be polished by the wind having blown the sand against them. So is it with the flint articles: they are all highly polished and glitter.
An occasional one which may be got in a permanently damp spot is found to have its surface slightly porcelainized. At certain parts numerous scaly chips of flint are to be seen, and these, like many of the worked flints, are all highly polished, and are evidently bits knocked off when the manufactured flints were being got into shape. These thin chips are often blown on to the top of the sand-duns, a position in which no worked flint is ever found. In many cases they are so transparent as to admit of microscopic examination, when some of them are found to be filled with minute fossils. Sometimes larger fossils are got in the flint-shells, -sea-urchins, remains of belemnites, polyzoa, etc., all generally converted into flint. Some of the worked flints are cracked all over their surface in the manner of calcined ones, and no doubt these have either been accidentally burned, or perhaps placed on the funeral-pyre when the act of cremation was being performed.
The remains of ancient fireplaces sometimes turn up, and, of course, are of a very primitive description. One of them was simply -surrounded by a ring of water worn stones, and the remnants of the fire were still inside of the stone ring, and consisted of charred branches of trees. Another was peculiar in having a layer of tough yellow clay, such as is still to be got in certain localities, where it appears to be a rewash from the surface of the boulder clay, before it became covered with vegetation, placed about 4 inches below the bottom of the fire, the intervening space being filled up with sand. Glass beads, composed of a greenish coarse paste (Figs. 111 and 112), and all but opaque are occasionally, but very rarely, got, and others of a fine deep blue' colour, and composed of a more refined material, sometimes turn up (Figs. 113 and 114). The one shown in Fig. 112 is spirally twisted. The implements with which the ancient flint articles were manufactured are also well represented, in the shape of flakes of flint; small anvils of quartzite, and hammer-stones, generally of the same material, but sometimes of chert or vein-quartz. It is astonishing with what care these hammers have been used, and in using them sharp ridges, sometimes of great symmetry, have been produced, generally on all the worn angles of the quartzite pebbles selected. Sometimes, of course, they have been broken when too hard a stroke has been struck. Some of the quartzite anvils have by long usage got a shallow groove worn along the summit of a blunt angle, showing us that flakes of flint were held edgeways in this groove when being worked into shape. Polishers, in the shape of small dressed blocks of sandstone, are sometimes got, but they must belong to a later period than that of the flint, as not a single particle of flint got here shows the smallest signs of having been rubbed on a polisher ; the polishers were therefore, in all likelihood, used in sharpening the bronze and iron articles, and in giving them their final shape (Figs. 115 and 116).
On one part of the moor there is a small block of sandstone all worn over one face, as if articles had been often rubbed on it. I have at least one small oval slickstone 2 1/8 inches in length, and made of syenite. On one of its edges it is marked with five nicks, and these were probably the private mark of the possessor. The late Mr. John Marshall of Stevenston, blacksmith, found on the Auchenharvie Sands a very fine clay slate celt, 10 1/2 inches long, by 3 1/4 wide at th e cutting-edge, and ending in a point at the butt-end. It is figured in the Ayr and Wigton Collections.
I have a Pict's knife of fine-grained schist, which was got by Mr. Danneial Kirk some distance to the south-east of where the Auchenharvie celt was got. It measures 7 inches in length, and 2 3/4 inches at the broadest part, and there is a hole bored in the middle of the handle for suspension. I believe this is the only Pict's knife that has been found in the south-west of Scotland (Fig. 117).
The stone implements and weapons got in this district are generally very neatly formed, but I have a few which simulate palaeolithic types, although I believe nothing palaeolithic has ever been found in Scotland, this country having at that period "been covered by ice. Fig. 118 shows one of these palaeolithic-looking articles, and is made of carboniferous chert. Figs. 119 and 120 represent specimens equally rude, and are
made from chalk-flint.
I have a finger and thumb hammer - stone (that type with hollows worked into each side) from Stevenston Sands. It measures 3 1/4 inches in length, by 3 in breadth, and is 2 inches thick. It is made of quartzite, has been very much worked with, especially on the ends, and has got somewhat cracked with the frost. This is a very rare type of implement in Ayrshire, only some two others having been found.
Lying on the moor there is a piece of sandstone in which a cup-working has been excavated . It has been fractured right through the middle of the cup. At one spot on the moor there is a small patch which has evidently been the magazine for keeping the clay with which the ancients manufactured their fictile ware. Here the sand is much mixed with clay, and does not drift. Near to it there is a stony patch, the stones having been all broken by heat, and probably this was the spot where the ware was burned. There are many forgeries of flint arrow-heads, etc., nowadays, but they are easily known from the genuine old article ; the art of producing the fine chipping or flaking which is seen on the old arrow-heads appears to have been lost.
A short distance to the north-east of the sand-hills, and at the spot where the Caledonian Railway crosses the Penny Burn, there was discovered, when the foundation-pits for the bridge were being excavated, the remains of an ancient crannog. Several of the mortised oak beams were taken out, and some of them are still preserved. They have been roughly dressed, the largest one being 11 inches "square," with, mortise-holes, and the smallest one is 4 inches square, with mortise-holes. Last winter the wind laid bare a small mound on Ardeer Sands. It was 16 feet in diameter, and completely covered over with gravel. I turned it completely over, but found no relics. A somewhat similar structure was blown bare on the Torrs sand-hills , near Glenluce, and on the sand being blown away, two urns, with bronzes and quartz pebbles placed beside the burnt bones, were discovered. In this case the gravel had not completely covered the mound, and was left as a ring when the sand was blown away.
In Ashgrove Loch there are probably the remains of six crannogs, and of one of them I made a pretty thorough exploration. In recent years the level of the loch has been considerably lowered by drainage, a deep ditch, locally called a 'cunnel,' having been cut; and on a hole being dug for a fence-post, considerably within what used to be the limit of the loch, sea-shells, horns, and bones, were found. This turned out to be the refuseheap in connection with a crannog. This crannog was peculiar, if not unique, of its kind, in having been built of stone, without the intervention of wooden piles or beams (Fig. 121). The stone wall was nearly circular, and 43 feet in its largest outside diameter, being 9 feet thlick towards the land-side, and about half of that thickness on the loch-side. The stones it was built of, mostly sandstone, were all rough and unhewn, and laid in a mortar of tough yellow clay, similar to what we have seen under an old fireplace on the Ardeer Sands. Within the area of this wall the following section was cut through:
1. Sandstone rubble (under the turf) .. . 4 feet
2. Wattling of heather-carpet. .. 3 inches
3. Causewaying of rough sandstone slabs 4 inches
4. Built drain, covered with sandstone slabs (depth ) 2 feet
The drain had been excavated in peat moss, and the sides of it built with rough sandstone blocks. It was got in several trenches, and found to have been built in a zigzag fashion. It appeared to have been entirely constructed within the area of the wall, and no trace of it was found either through or on the outside of the wall. Where the sandstone covers were taken off it was in perfect condition, and nearly filled with water, and it is still in its original state.
From these appearances the inference was drawn that here we had a primitive water-tank, so as to insure a supply of good water in the event of the place being besieged, and the zigzag manner in which it has been built possibly indicates that the area within the circular wall was divided into compartments, as if the place had been inhabited by different families, each having an independent water-supply. That this building was a fortress we see from its position-in a lake-and from the strong manner in which the part of the wall most exposed to the enemy has been built, and that at the same time it was a dwelling, carpeted with heather, we shall see from what follows. .
The refuse from this habitation had been thrown into the lake at a point on the south-east side of the wall, and in trenching this bit of ground over the following section was laid open :
1. Rotted bits of yellowish sandstone and lumps' of sandstone ... 1 foot 2 ins
2. Dark sandy clay, with pieces of sand stone, whinstone, and a large quantity of periwinkle shells; complete bones, split bones, jaws, horn fragments of red deer, ancient implements, etc. ....2 feet
3. Brown peat ... 1 foot 1 ins
4. Fine bluish clay (not cut through)
The circular stone wall of this crannog had commenced to be built on the peat, and as if by way of stiffening the foundation a bit, a layer of branches had been placed under it.
In the relic-bed No. 2 were got a large number of bones, both entire and split, of red deer, oxen, pigs, sheep, and goats, several of which were made into implements; the one figured (Figs. 122 and 123) is made of the bone of an ox. The largest one measured 6 1/8 inches in length ; a bone awl (Fig. 124) has been made from a splinter of a large bone ; a bone knife (Fig. 125) 7 5/8 inches long, with a remarkably small handle, made from a split rib - in fact, a number of the ancient relics got in the district conclusively prove that they had been used by a very small-handed race of people; a bone needle perforated in the centre (Fig. 126); a well-made bone spoon (Fig. 127 ), 4 1/2 inches long ; bone implements of simple construction (Figs. 128 and 129) several hammer stones and a few smooth stones; a bit of parrot-coal with a hole bored through it (Fig. 130) ; and a pair of steel sheep-shears, of the pattern still used, but small (Fig. 131).
The last article was of considerable interest, as occurring along with such primitive relics ; but there could be no doubt of its having been contemporaneous with them, as I took it out of the relic bed with my own hands ; but, of course, iron articles are frequently found in Scotch crannogs, Several portions of stags' horns were got which had been divested of the tines, except the brow one. The largest of these measures 22 inches in length; they look remarkably like picks (Fig. 132), and have probably been used as such.
All around this stone crannog there was evidence of its decay in the layers of sand, and occasional stones which had fallen from the wall and got embedded in the sandy layers.
It had probably lasted for a considerable time, but its final overthrow came, indicated by the sand stone debris, and possibly a large amount of which had at one time been taken away to build a neighbouring dry-stone dyke, the tail end of the debris and 'kitchen midden' being covered over by a deposit of fine mud, a foot in thickness, laid down by the waters of the loch.
Some of the articles, especially the stags' horns, were covered over with a coating of amorphous vivianite , or phosphate of iron, frequent in and on bone and horn articles got from caves and crannogs. The site of this stone crannog was indicated by a small grassy mound rising above the waters of the loch when the sluices are, shut in the winter-time ; but this mound, formed by the collapse of the crannog, when it was possibly taken and destroyed by an enemy, had no name, neither were there any tradition s in the neighbourhood regarding this one, or any of the other fortress-'dwellings in this loch, which, when in there ' glory, ' must have formed a rather quaint little lake-village. It is rather a pleasant spot during spring and summer, with abundance of the beautiful bog-bean flowers, water-lilies, both white and yellow, cowbane, loosestrife, and the tall ' binnels, ' Scirpus lacustris, with many other flowering plants and mosses; and during certain seasons of the year the loch is visited by thousands of water-fowl, and being nearly surrounded on all sides by rising ground, it forms for them a pretty snug retreat.
This Ashgrove crannog is probably the first one entirely built of stone that has ever been discovered. G. H . Kinahan, in his 'Geology of I eland,' has shown that stones were sometimes substituted for wood in the construction of artificial islands in 'lochs; and in' the Airrieonlland crannog, partly examined by Sir Herbert Maxwell, there is a wall 3 feet high, enclosing a circular space of 54 feet in diameter, built of thin flags; but in this case the stone wall was built on piles, driven into 7 feet of moss, which probably formed an original pile dwelling. Dr. Munro informs us that in the White Loch of Ravenstone, near Ravenstone Castle, there is the foundation of a rectangular building, 55 feet by 47 feet, divided into five compartments, but this building has been founded on the top of a more ancient wooden crannog.
In Kielziebar Loch, Argyle, as the Rev. J. Mapleton tells us, there is a crannog not yet properly explored, but, like the last one, probably a more recent stone structure raised on an older wooden crannog, as considerable remains of woodwork are to be seen on its east, south, and west sides.
A description of the exploration of the Ashgrove stone crannog, with plan and section and illustrations of some of the articles got, will be found in the seventh volume of the Archreological Collections of Ayr and Galloway.
In the village of Stevenston there was an old pottery.
On the Ardeer Sands the action of the wind laid bare what looked like a grave, which had been surrounded by hewn blocks of sandstone, but no relics could be found in connection with it.
On the banks of the Glen Burn stand the ivy-covered ruins of Kerila Castle, one of the strongholds of the Cunninghames, which was destroyed by one of the Lords of Eglinton in retaliation for a like compliment paid by the Cunninghames to Eglinton Castle. It is said that the hall of this castle was decorated with shields, bearing coats of arms of the nobility, taken from Kilwinning Abbey, and the story is likely to be true, as 'th' breest 0' th' Lord's Laft' in Kilbirnie Church is similarly decorated at the present day, and I have seen an inn in Ludlow where one of the rooms was ornamented with' boards of war' taken from a neighbouring castle. Another castle that belonged to this district was Castleweerock, said to have stood on the north side of what is now Saltcoats Harbour, but the site of which is not exactly known, and there is said also to have been a Rough Castle.
At the head of Saltcoats Harbour stand the ruins of an old salt manufactory, and the remains of other 'saut pans' stand on a jutting rock to the west of same.
At the base of Ardeer Bank there is said to be a natural cave, but, as far as I know, it has never be en explored ; and beyond the east end of the said bank stood the village of Piperheugh, the inhabitants of which are said to have been famous makers of jews-harps, called ' trumps.'
At the 'Old Kiln' there were got some curiously-formed earthenware pipes. They were made with a taper, and had been fashioned on the wheel, a spiral groove running from one end to the other of them, the narrow end of one pipe fitting in to the wide end of an other. They were highly glazed with a brown enamel.
The district of Stevenston is said to have taken its name from a person of the name of Stephen Lockhart, who erected the first houses in what is now the town.
There are the remains of three old canals, called 'cunnels,' amongst the Ardeer sand-hills, and the Master Gott has been made partly in the line of one of them. The house that contained the second steam-engine that was erected in Scotland for drawing water from coal-workings stands towards the west part of the district, and the wand-house, where coal-creels were made, is beside the Master Gott.
There are a number of march-stones surrounding Ashgrove Loch, and others are .covered by the shifting sands of Ardeer Wilderness.
Stevenston Fair occurs on October 30, which is St. Monoch's Day, popularly called Samyneuk's Day.


Jack Hamm er 2 is a video slot betting game that is a sequel to Jack Hammer which is made by Net Ent. In Jack Hammer 2, the lead character pursues the villainous Don Crabby who has abducted the beautiful songstress Pearl. The game utilizes fifteen independent reels each exploring a different story line and it has ninety-nine bet lines and also includes the trademarked Sticky wins, Free spins, and the Wild symbol.
Jack Hammer 2 starts with a brief animated film which introduces the players to the game's lead character, namely Jack Hammer a detective and the protagonist, Pearl a jazz singer and the damsel in distress in this game, and Don Grabby the main antagonist in the game. During the rest of the game, Jack Hammer enlists help to find and save the beautiful Pearl on what is bound to be an epic action packed adventure. It is accessed online through the personal computers.
get the bet amount per spin, the bet level is multiplied by the coin worth.
The winning is in the form of huge cash prizes and the game can be played for free, but still have the chance to win huge cash prizes. When making a subsequent spin, the previous sticky spin is used as an allowance for that particular relation. If the player gets more winning symbols or combinations during subsequent spins, these are also preserved, and the reels are spun again. This continues for as long as more winning symbols or combinations appear.
With consistent participation in the game, an individual wins free Spin rounds which take place in Don Crabby's secret lair where Pearl is tied and suspended over some electric eels, while Don Crabby is threatening to let go of Pearl and let her plunge into to her death. For Jack Hammer to save her one has to play the Free Spin where they are likely to win. After the Free Spin round is finished, Jack Hammer Saves Pearl Once again. Jack Hammer has shown himself to be a great detective, and the individual has won great prizes along the way.


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Jean Kimbunda Mudikela a été le gouverneur de la ville province de Kinshasa en République démocratique du Congo du  au . Originaire du Bandundu, il est issu du Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et le Développement (PPRD), le parti de Joseph Kabila.

Sa politique « Kin ville propre » l'a rendu impopulaire auprès des Kinois. Son opération de salubrité publique « Coup de poing » aura tout de même permis à Kinshasa de se débarrasser de kiosques ou garages montés sans respect des règles urbanistiques, ainsi que d'une grande quantité d'immondices. Il avait aussi entrepris de mieux équiper la police provinciale afin d'améliorer la sécurité ; il n'y arriva pas par manque de soutien des autres pouvoirs publics.

Il fut fortement critiqué par l'ONG des droits de l'homme, La Voix des Sans-Voix (VSV), pour ses propos à la radio Top Congo, à la suite de la répression à coups de balles et de grenades lacrymogènes de la marche pacifique des organisations des droits de l'homme de la société civile le  à Kinshasa.

Un décret du Président de la République, Joseph Kabila, remplace Jean Kimbunda par Kimbembe Mazunga.

Liens externes
 Prestation de serment mercredi des nouveaux gouverneurs et vice-gouverneurs de province devant le Président Joseph Kabila,  - Digital Congo | MMC
 Par décret présidentiel Kimbembe remplace Jean Kimbunda à la tête de la ville de Kinshasa,  - Digital Congo  (CP) | Forum des As/J.R.T./Fda

Kimbunda, Jean
Kimbunda, Jean
Date de naissance non renseignée (XXe siècle)

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May 1: Journeying West with William John Clarke
On May 1, 2015 January 15, 2017 By BrooksongIn Clarke, Family History
The following is an excerpt of William John Clarke's diary. This was day 36 of their journey, and they were traveling through Nebraska. They had left Council Bluffs, Iowa (at that time known as Kanesville) some ten days prior.
As usual rolled out and drove twenty-five miles of the most unpleasant road I ever saw. We had to wrap our handkerchiefs over our eyes. Johnathan Emes and me started on horseback after some antelopes at which time we lost our road and got into the sand mounds where we rode for six or seven hours without success. We first took a south west direction rode god knows how far and almost discouraged turned to the right and left but still our hope was blighted. After wandering about between hope and despair but still I did not like to give up the chase, rode up to the top of a sand hill and while there was as it were flung from one danger to another, for there I was surrounded by about eight or ten large wolves which seemed as though they would have liked to taste Irish blood. I was in a desert and depended altogether on my eyes and a rifle and only four bullets which I did not like to waste with wolves, as I had not yet got dinner and depended altogether on my eye and rifle which I knew if it ered it was the first time in my life. We at last took as it were, a north easterly direction which brought us to the Loup Fork of the Platt River which I knew as soon as I saw although it was twenty-five or thirty miles from our way which we left to our right and at four o'clock struck the road at which time our team was twenty miles ahead. We rode onto almost discouraged again. Johnathan was thoroughly fatigued and hungry, was for lying down on the road, but hope seemed to grow brighter with me for about six miles ahead I saw a light. I knew that in all it must be our camp. I encouraged Johnathan and whipped the horse until I arrived in camp.Our camp was all in consult what to do wheather to depart or go in search of us. Some of them was going to leave. One was James Gilmore of which I not expect it of his hand, but there are still some merciful men. Out of sixty-three men only three was willing to leave us. When we came to camp one of our men had killed a fine buffalo cow. Camped on Wood River. Made to on my race about eighty miles. Teams made about thirty four.
Council Bluffswagon trainWilliam John Clarke
William John Clarke's Long Journey to California
California: The Dream Realized


The flashback is an operating system restore for the HMIs. It contains drivers for the different hardware platforms (serial, ethernet, different size touchscreens, etc).
As computer hardware is upgraded, newer Parker HMIs will be updated and thus a Compact Flash (CF) card used for an older HMI cannot be re-used on a newer HMI.
Example, XPR2 has different operating system/flashback than the prior XPR.
Newer Parker HMIs will include a CF card already formatted for that unit's hardware. Users can then use the HMI software, such as Interact Xpress Manager to download the project to the CF card. Projects can be downloaded from a PC through Ethernet/serial connection but it is slower.
Loading a CF card into the reader, run the flashback utility for your particular HMI hardware. This will erase the previous operating system and any projects.
After running the flashback, this formats the card and loads the HMI operating system. Exit the flashback and then users can use the HMI software to load the project onto the CF card.
Note, best practice is to eject USB devices from the system tray in Windows before unplugging from the PC.


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DAY-715: PROBABLY CHANGED YOUR MIND!
GK Dutta > DAILY PHOTO BLOG > DAY-715: PROBABLY CHANGED YOUR MIND!
You asked me to go out with you. I know you probably changed your mind. But you should know, the answer was yes. It's always been yes when it comes to you.


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A Concise History of Bulgaria
Title A Concise History of Bulgaria
Authors Crampton R
Series Title Cambridge Concise Histories
Keywords Bulgaria, Edirne
Richard Crampton presents a general introduction to Bulgaria at the cross-roads of Christendom and Islam. This concise history traces the country's growth from pre-history, through its days as the center of a powerful medieval empire and five centuries of Ottoman rule, to the political upheavals of the twentieth century which led to three wars. It highlights 1995 to 2004, a vital period during which Bulgaria endured financial meltdown, set itself seriously on the road to reform, elected its former King as prime minister, and finally secured membership in NATO and admission to the European Union.


The similarities between the handfish's hand-like fins, crocodile feet, platypus forepaws and human hands does not mean that these have a common evolutionary ancestry. Rather, living things share many similarities because they share the same Designer. See www.creation.com/lookalikes.
The red handfish (pictured below) is one of several species of handfish that live in coastal waters of southeastern Australia. It has quite unusual fins. The front pair of fins look a bit like hands, while the pectoral fins are extended away from the body like arms, ending with a hand-like paddle. The fish pushes against the seabed with these fins to move along in search of food. It is quite capable of swimming quickly if the need arises, but it prefers to stay on the seabed most of the time.
The fish's motion could be described as 'walking', but it is not the same kind of walk as that of land animals. Land animals support most or all of their weight on their legs, which must be strong and heavy-boned to work. But living under water, the handfish's body weight is mostly carried by its buoyancy, so the fins bear little weight. Their structure is light, well-suited to its way of moving under water.
At least five species of handfish live around Tasmania. The red handfish (Brachionichthys politus) was first described in 1849, being found in the vicinity of the Port Arthur convict settlement. It is small, typically being about 8 cm (3.2 inches) long when fully grown. They live in depths of 2–30 m (6–100 ft). They were once fairly common in that area, but are now rare. Just a few specimens have been collected. Their habitat is quite restricted, as they are only found in a few places along Tasmania's southeastern coast. They tend to remain in one area, not roaming freely like many other fishes.
The spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) is somewhat more common, but even it is only found in a few locations nowadays. Early settlers around Hobart reported them being common, but now they have mostly vanished, and are now considered endangered. Only 20 years ago a book described them as 'an excellent aquarium specimen'.1 But now their numbers are so low that their location is not publicized, to guard against collection for illegal trade. Reasons given for their decline are loss of habitat, run-off from built-up areas, and particularly the introduction of the Pacific sea star, which eats their eggs.
Handfish are closely related to the better-known anglerfish. Anglerfish also have extended pectoral fins, but their best-known feature is their 'lure'. Both anglerfish and handfish have a projection on their head, which in anglerfish serves to attract other fish. Smaller fish investigate what looks to them like a tasty morsel, only to find themselves swiftly becoming a meal for the anglerfish. However since handfish eat mostly worms and crustaceans, they do not appear to use their lure in quite the same way. Nevertheless the lure can be lowered or raised, so it may serve to attract prey too.
There is no suggestion that handfish are in any way a 'missing link' between fish and animals with legs. The handfish is undoubtedly a fish, with gills and fins, living at the bottom of the sea. So even though it can be said to 'walk', that does not mean that it is part-way along some evolutionary path to becoming a land creature. At the beginning God created all the living creatures to reproduce 'after their kind.' Handfish have always been handfish just as God said, and their offspring will always be handfish too.
We will do well to conserve this intriguing little creature, and try to keep it from extinction. It is one of the many treasures of God's creation, over which He has made us stewards.
Last, P.R., Scott, E.O.G. and Talbot, F.H., Fishes of Tasmania, Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority, Tasmania, p. 250, 1983.
Edgar, G.J., Australian marine life, revised edition Reed New Holland, Australia, p. 412, 2000.
Kuiter, RH., Coastal fishes of southeastern Australia, Crawford House Publishing Pty Ltd, Australia, pp. 45–46, 2000. Return to text.


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package org.apereo.cas.trusted.authentication.storage;

import org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.support.mfa.trusteddevice.TrustedDevicesMultifactorProperties;
import org.apereo.cas.trusted.authentication.api.MultifactorAuthenticationTrustRecord;
import org.apereo.cas.trusted.authentication.api.MultifactorAuthenticationTrustRecordKeyGenerator;
import org.apereo.cas.util.DateTimeUtils;
import org.apereo.cas.util.ResourceUtils;
import org.apereo.cas.util.crypto.CipherExecutor;
import org.apereo.cas.util.serialization.JacksonObjectMapperFactory;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import lombok.SneakyThrows;
import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
import lombok.val;
import org.hjson.JsonValue;
import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;

import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.TreeSet;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

/**
 * This is {@link JsonMultifactorAuthenticationTrustStorage}.
 *
 * @author Misagh Moayyed
 * @since 5.2.0
 */
@Slf4j
public class JsonMultifactorAuthenticationTrustStorage extends BaseMultifactorAuthenticationTrustStorage {
    private static final int MAP_SIZE = 8;

    private static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = JacksonObjectMapperFactory.builder()
        .defaultTypingEnabled(false).build().toObjectMapper();

    private final Resource location;

    private Map<String, MultifactorAuthenticationTrustRecord> storage;

    public JsonMultifactorAuthenticationTrustStorage(final TrustedDevicesMultifactorProperties properties,
                                                     final CipherExecutor<Serializable, String> cipherExecutor,
                                                     final Resource location,
                                                     final MultifactorAuthenticationTrustRecordKeyGenerator keyGenerationStrategy) {
        super(properties, cipherExecutor, keyGenerationStrategy);
        this.location = location;
        readTrustedRecordsFromResource();
    }

    @Override
    public void remove(final String key) {
        storage.keySet().removeIf(k -> k.equalsIgnoreCase(key));
        writeTrustedRecordsToResource();
    }

    @Override
    @SuppressWarnings("JavaUtilDate")
    public void remove(final ZonedDateTime expirationDate) {
        val results = storage
            .values()
            .stream()
            .filter(entry -> entry.getExpirationDate() != null)
            .filter(entry -> {
                val expDate = DateTimeUtils.dateOf(expirationDate);
                return expDate.compareTo(entry.getExpirationDate()) >= 0;
            })
            .sorted()
            .collect(Collectors.toCollection(LinkedHashSet::new));

        LOGGER.info("Found [{}] expired trusted-device records", results.size());
        if (!results.isEmpty()) {
            results.forEach(entry -> storage.remove(entry.getRecordKey()));
            LOGGER.info("Invalidated and removed [{}] expired records", results.size());
            writeTrustedRecordsToResource();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public Set<? extends MultifactorAuthenticationTrustRecord> getAll() {
        remove();
        return new TreeSet<>(storage.values());
    }

    @Override
    public MultifactorAuthenticationTrustRecord get(final long id) {
        remove();
        return storage
            .values()
            .stream()
            .filter(entry -> entry.getId() == id)
            .sorted()
            .findFirst()
            .orElse(null);
    }

    @Override
    public Set<? extends MultifactorAuthenticationTrustRecord> get(final ZonedDateTime onOrAfterDate) {
        remove();
        return storage
            .values()
            .stream()
            .filter(entry -> entry.getRecordDate().isEqual(onOrAfterDate) || entry.getRecordDate().isAfter(onOrAfterDate))
            .sorted()
            .collect(Collectors.toCollection(LinkedHashSet::new));
    }

    @Override
    public Set<? extends MultifactorAuthenticationTrustRecord> get(final String principal) {
        remove();
        return storage
            .values()
            .stream()
            .filter(entry -> entry.getPrincipal().equalsIgnoreCase(principal))
            .sorted()
            .collect(Collectors.toCollection(LinkedHashSet::new));
    }

    @Override
    public MultifactorAuthenticationTrustRecord saveInternal(final MultifactorAuthenticationTrustRecord record) {
        this.storage.put(record.getRecordKey(), record);
        writeTrustedRecordsToResource();
        return record;
    }

    @SneakyThrows
    private void readTrustedRecordsFromResource() {
        this.storage = new LinkedHashMap<>(MAP_SIZE);
        if (ResourceUtils.doesResourceExist(location)) {
            try (val reader = new InputStreamReader(location.getInputStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
                val personList = new TypeReference<Map<String, MultifactorAuthenticationTrustRecord>>() {
                };
                this.storage = MAPPER.readValue(JsonValue.readHjson(reader).toString(), personList);
            }
        }
    }

    @SneakyThrows
    private void writeTrustedRecordsToResource() {
        val file = this.location.getFile();
        val res = file.createNewFile();
        if (res) {
            LOGGER.debug("Created JSON resource @ [{}]", this.location);
        }
        MAPPER.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValue(file, this.storage);
        readTrustedRecordsFromResource();
    }
}


At Albemarle Veterinary Health Care Center (AVHCC), all of our patients receive the best quality medical care —because state-of-the-art, full-service pet care is our standard.
Welcome to Albemarle Veterinary Health Care Center!
As a partner on your journey with your pets and family members, Albemarle will be with you every step of the way to support whatever care your animal may need. We understand how important pets are in our lives, and we treat each of our patients as if they were our very own.
Our highly trained veterinary professionals provide a range of services from annual and semi-annual wellness examinations to specialized medical care and cutting-edge surgical procedures. Such as tta surgery. We have a fully digital x-ray center, where we provide digital dental x-ray, as well as digital radiology. We believe it's not the number of veterinarians or the size of your building, but the level of commitment you make to quality care. Because we know you love your pet, we pledge to treat all of our patients with the same attentive, expert care. Ultimately, medicine is always practiced one patient, one client and one relationship at a time.
We have earned the Cat Friendly Practice Designation through the American Association of Feline Practitioners, which means we have a better understanding of feline behavior. Our veterinary hospital offers less stress for you and your cat, and more education and knowledge about your pet's unique needs.


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Which future HOF QB will the Chiefs beat and send to the Super Bowl?
By Joel Thorman@JoelThorman Feb 17, 2016, 10:00am CST
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If recent history holds up, the Kansas City Chiefs will be playing - and beating - next year's Super Bowl winners while also getting their Hall of Fame QB benched.
The 2014 season saw the Chiefs dominate Tom Brady and the Patriots on national TV. Brady was benched late in the game. And then the Patriots went on to win the Super Bowl.
The 2015 season saw the Chiefs embarrass Peyton Manning and the Broncos during the regular season. Manning threw four picks in one of the worst starts for a quarterback in recent memory. And then Manning went on to win the Super Bowl.
That brings us to 2016. Which future Hall of Fame QB will the Chiefs beat and then send to the Super Bowl? I see a few options:
Drew Brees: He has the credentials of a Hall of Famer but the Saints suck. I can't see them making a run.
Andrew Luck: Too early to call him a future Hall of Famer but this fits the mold of a good team who can make a run (even if they did suck last year).
Cam Newton: Like Luck, too early to talk about the Hall of Fame but clearly the Panthers are capable of making the Super Bowl.
Ben Roethlisberger: Here it is, the Steelers. They are listed along with the Patriots as AFC favorites. Big Ben has two titles and a ton of yards -- it's a decent bet he's going to the Hall of Fame. This would be my pick.
Check out the Chiefs 2016 opponents here. Who would you pick?