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Omphalocele
Omphalocele is a congenital anterior abdominal wall Anterior abdominal wall The anterior abdominal wall is anatomically delineated as a hexagonal area defined superiorly by the xiphoid process, laterally by the midaxillary lines, and inferiorly by the pubic symphysis. Anterior Abdominal Wall defect in which the intestines are covered by peritoneum Peritoneum The peritoneum is a serous membrane lining the abdominopelvic cavity. This lining is formed by connective tissue and originates from the mesoderm. The membrane lines both the abdominal walls (as parietal peritoneum) and all of the visceral organs (as visceral peritoneum). Peritoneum and Retroperitoneum and amniotic membranes. The condition results from the failure of the midgut to return to the abdominal cavity by 10 weeks' gestation. Omphalocele is frequently associated with genetic syndromes and chromosomal abnormalities. Prenatal diagnosis can be made by prenatal ultrasound, maternal blood elevated ⍺-fetoprotein, and fetal chromosomal analysis. Treatment includes immediate hemodynamic stabilization followed by primary or staged surgical repair.
A congenital defect of the anterior abdominal wall Anterior abdominal wall The anterior abdominal wall is anatomically delineated as a hexagonal area defined superiorly by the xiphoid process, laterally by the midaxillary lines, and inferiorly by the pubic symphysis. Anterior Abdominal Wall located at the base of the umbilicus in which the intestine and other abdominal viscera are only covered by the peritoneum Peritoneum The peritoneum is a serous membrane lining the abdominopelvic cavity. This lining is formed by connective tissue and originates from the mesoderm. The membrane lines both the abdominal walls (as parietal peritoneum) and all of the visceral organs (as visceral peritoneum). Peritoneum and Retroperitoneum and amniotic membranes
Giant omphalocele measure ≥ 4 cm, contain the liver Liver The liver is the largest gland in the human body. The liver is found in the superior right quadrant of the abdomen and weighs approximately 1.5 kilograms. Its main functions are detoxification, metabolism, nutrient storage (e.g., iron and vitamins), synthesis of coagulation factors, formation of bile, filtration, and storage of blood. Liver, and are associated with small undeveloped abdominal and thoracic cavities.
Large omphalocele containing omphalomesenteric duct cyst
Image: "Large omphalocele containing OMD cyst" by Yousuf Aziz Khan, MBBS, FCPS (Paediatric Surgeon), Department of Paediatric Surgery, National Institute of Child Health, Rafiquee Shaheed Road, Karachi – 75510, Sind, Pakistan. License: CC BY 3.0
Gastrointestinal (GI) system development from 3 germinal layers:
Mesoderm: connective tissue Connective tissue Connective tissues originate from embryonic mesenchyme and are present throughout the body except inside the brain and spinal cord. The main function of connective tissues is to provide structural support to organs. Connective tissues consist of cells and an extracellular matrix. Connective Tissue (wall of gut tube, blood vessels, smooth muscle)
Endoderm: epithelial lining
Ectoderm: epidermis and neural crest (neurons of the GI tract)
GI tract divisions:
Foregut: oral cavity to 1st part of the duodenum
Midgut: mid-duodenum to 1st ⅔ of the transverse colon Colon The large intestines constitute the last portion of the digestive system. The large intestine consists of the cecum, appendix, colon (with ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid segments), rectum, and anal canal. The primary function of the colon is to remove water and compact the stool prior to expulsion from the body via the rectum and anal canal. Colon, Cecum, and Appendix
Hindgut: last ⅓ of the transverse colon Colon The large intestines constitute the last portion of the digestive system. The large intestine consists of the cecum, appendix, colon (with ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid segments), rectum, and anal canal. The primary function of the colon is to remove water and compact the stool prior to expulsion from the body via the rectum and anal canal. Colon, Cecum, and Appendix to upper anus
6th week of gestation:
Rapid growth of GI tract
Midgut herniates through umbilical ring, developing entirely outside the peritoneal cavity.
10th week of gestation:
Abdominal cavity is large enough for developing midgut.
Midgut completes rotation and returns to abdominal cavity.
Diagram showing the normal process of intestinal rotation and herniation during embryologic development
A: The midgut (multi-colored loop) before herniation
B1–B3: As it grows rapidly, the midgut herniates through the umbilical ring and begins rotation.
C: The midgut returns to the abdominal cavity.
Prevalence: 1 in 5,000 births
Boys > girls
Seen more commonly with younger or older mothers (< 20 or > 40 years old)
More prevalent in Black patients
60%–70% have associated abnormalities, including cardiac and chromosomal.
May occur as part of syndromes:
Beckwith-Weidemann constellation of anomalies (macroglossia, macrosomia, hypoglycemia Hypoglycemia Hypoglycemia is an emergency condition defined as a serum glucose level ≤ 70 mg/dL (≤ 3.9 mmol/L) in diabetic patients. In nondiabetic patients, there is no specific or defined limit for normal serum glucose levels, and hypoglycemia is defined mainly by its clinical features. Hypoglycemia, visceromegaly, and omphalocele)
Cantrell's pentalogy (cleft sternum, ectopia cordis, anterior midline diaphragmatic hernia, cardiac anomalies, epigastric omphalocele)
Trisomy 13 Trisomy 13 Trisomy 13, or Patau syndrome, is a genetic syndrome caused by the presence of 3 copies of chromosome 13. As the 3rd most common trisomy, Patau syndrome has an incidence of 1 in 10,000 live births. Most cases of Patau syndrome are diagnosed prenatally by maternal screening and ultrasound. More than half of the pregnancies result in spontaneous abortions. Patau Syndrome (Trisomy 13), 18, or 21
Cloacal exstrophy (vesicointestinal fissure)
May be associated with prematurity, intrauterine growth restriction
Often seen in familial clustering
Pathophysiology is not definitively understood; 2 main theories:
Failure of the midgut to return to the abdominal cavity by 10 weeks' gestation results in omphalocele
Failure of abdominal folds to seal, leaving midline defect and externalized abdominal organs
Gastroschisis and Omphalocele
Most cases of omphalocele (90%) are diagnosed prenatally:
Ultrasound:
Part of routine prenatal screening
Can show other associated abnormalities
Maternal serum ⍺-fetoprotein levels: Elevated levels are non-specific signs of omphalocele.
If detected prenatally, parents should be offered:
Testing for Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Microarray chromosomal analysis to evaluate for aneuploidy and trisomies
Prenatal echocardiogram
Newborn Newborn A neonate, or newborn, is defined as a child less than 28 days old. A thorough physical examination should be performed within the first 24 hours of life to identify abnormalities and improve outcomes by offering timely treatment. Physical Examination of the Newborn findings:
Full-thickness ventral wall defect
Herniation of intestines through umbilical ring, may also contain abdominal organs
Covered in clear sac composed of amniotic membrane and peritoneum Peritoneum The peritoneum is a serous membrane lining the abdominopelvic cavity. This lining is formed by connective tissue and originates from the mesoderm. The membrane lines both the abdominal walls (as parietal peritoneum) and all of the visceral organs (as visceral peritoneum). Peritoneum and Retroperitoneum
Size usually varies from 4–12 cm
Occur centrally, in epigastrium, or in hypogastrium
Delivery can be challenging and requires a specialist.
Rupture of omphalocele sac can occur in ⅕ of cases.
Umbilical cord clamping must be carefully done to avoid damaging intestinal structures.
Obstetric ultrasound at 37 weeks showing an omphalocele containing intestines and part of the liver Liver The liver is the largest gland in the human body. The liver is found in the superior right quadrant of the abdomen and weighs approximately 1.5 kilograms. Its main functions are detoxification, metabolism, nutrient storage (e.g., iron and vitamins), synthesis of coagulation factors, formation of bile, filtration, and storage of blood. Liver
Image: "Obstetric ultrasound at 37 weeks containing intestines and part of the liver Liver The liver is the largest gland in the human body. The liver is found in the superior right quadrant of the abdomen and weighs approximately 1.5 kilograms. Its main functions are detoxification, metabolism, nutrient storage (e.g., iron and vitamins), synthesis of coagulation factors, formation of bile, filtration, and storage of blood. Liver" by Gynaecology and Obstetrics Department I, University Hospital Hassan II, Fez, Morocco. License: CC BY 2.0
A large omphalocele
Image: "Aspect of the omphalocele at birth" by Gynaecology and Obstetrics Department I, University Hospital Hassan II, Fez, Morocco. License: CC BY 2.0
Perinatal management
Attend to vital signs and evaluate respiratory distress (due to lung hypoplasia).
Avoid pressure and manual reduction.
Cover omphalocele with non-moist dressing.
Screen for hypoglycemia Hypoglycemia Hypoglycemia is an emergency condition defined as a serum glucose level ≤ 70 mg/dL (≤ 3.9 mmol/L) in diabetic patients. In nondiabetic patients, there is no specific or defined limit for normal serum glucose levels, and hypoglycemia is defined mainly by its clinical features. Hypoglycemia, associated with Beckwith-Weidemann syndrome.
Apply nasogastric tube decompression.
Administer prophylactic broad-spectrum antibiotics in case of rupture.
Perform echocardiogram prior to any surgical procedure.
Small-to-medium–sized defects with normal lung: early (within 24 hrs) primary repair (resection of membrane and closure of defect)
Giant omphalocele: multi-staged procedure to allow intra-abdominal accommodation and pulmonary maturation
Enteral feeding can be established very early after closure.
Staged closure of a giant omphalocele using synthetic mesh: Daily sequential reduction of synthetic mesh silo content
Image: "Daily sequential reduction of synthetic mesh silo content" by Department of Pediatric Surgery, GMC Hospital, Ajman, United Arab Emirates. License: CC BY 3.0
Staged closure of a giant omphalocele using synthetic mesh: complete closure of a giant omphalocele
Image: "Complete closure of giant omphalocele" by Department of Pediatric Surgery, GMC Hospital, Ajman, United Arab Emirates. License: CC BY 3.0
Gastroschisis Gastroschisis Gastroschisis is a congenital abdominal wall defect characterized by the complete lack of closure of the abdominal musculature. A portion of intestine does not return to the abdominal cavity, thereby remaining in its early embryonic herniated state but with no coverings. Gastroschisis: a full-thickness defect of the anterior abdominal wall Anterior abdominal wall The anterior abdominal wall is anatomically delineated as a hexagonal area defined superiorly by the xiphoid process, laterally by the midaxillary lines, and inferiorly by the pubic symphysis. Anterior Abdominal Wall through which the intestine and/or other abdominal viscera freely protrude. No membrane or sac covers the bowel/intestine. Diagnosis is via prenatal ultrasound and treatment is surgical after birth. Gastroschisis Gastroschisis Gastroschisis is a congenital abdominal wall defect characterized by the complete lack of closure of the abdominal musculature. A portion of intestine does not return to the abdominal cavity, thereby remaining in its early embryonic herniated state but with no coverings. Gastroschisis is not commonly associated with other birth defects.
Pentalogy of Cantrell: a rare syndrome consisting of multiple congenital abnormalities, including a lower sternal defect, anterior diaphragm Diaphragm The diaphragm is a large, dome-shaped muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity. The diaphragm consists of muscle fibers and a large central tendon, which is divided into right and left parts. As the primary muscle of inspiration, the diaphragm contributes 75% of the total inspiratory muscle force. Diaphragm defect, pericardial defect, abdominal wall defect, and congenital heart anomalies. Diagnosis is made prenatally by ultrasonography. Treatment requires complex medical and surgical care.
Bladder exstrophy-epispadias complex: a spectrum of congenital defects: epispadias (failed closure of urethra), bladder exstrophy, and cloacal exstrophy (most severe defect, which includes anal atresia and omphalocele). Treatment is surgical, with goals to close abdominal wall defect, achieve urinary continence, and reconstruct genito-urinary area.
Umbilical hernia: presents as a protrusion in the neonate's umbilical area. There is incomplete closure of the fascia of the umbilical ring, but with intact skin Skin The skin, also referred to as the integumentary system, is the largest organ of the body. The skin is primarily composed of the epidermis (outer layer) and dermis (deep layer). The epidermis is primarily composed of keratinocytes that undergo rapid turnover, while the dermis contains dense layers of connective tissue. Structure and Function of the Skin covering the ring. It is important to determine the reducibility, as incarcerated hernia is a complication. Surgery is indicated for defects > 1.5 cm in those > 2 years of age and for complications such as strangulation, incarceration, or rupture.
Stallings EB et al. (2019). Population-based birth defects data in the United States, 2012–2016: A focus on abdominal wall defects. Birth Defects Res. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1607
Marshall J et al. (2015). National Birth Defects Prevention Network. Prevalence, Correlates, and Outcomes of Omphalocele in the United States, 1995-2005. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000920
Bhatia, A., Shatanof, R., Bordoni, B. (2020). Embryology, Gastrointestinal. StatPearls. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537172/
Roux N et al. (2018). Early surgical management for giant omphalocele: Results and prognostic factors. J Pediatr Surg. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2018.04.036
Glasser, J., Windle, M., Carter, B. (2019). Pediatric Omphalocele and Gastroschisis (Abdominal wall defects). Medscape. Retrieved 4 Oct 2020, from https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/975583-overview#a5


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Q: Understanding summary of inner query Problem understanding subquery
I do not understand this example from www.sqlitetutorial.net/sqlite-subquery :

Only one number is returned by the inner query: 1422138358

But the average of this number is different:

So why is the average of 1422138358 not 1422138358? The two queries are not independent? If I remove "ORDER BY albumid" the result is the same:

Example data:
http://www.sqlitetutorial.net/sqlite-sample-database/
Edit: Ok, there is probably some integer overflow going on as the columns are integer, but I still don't understand why the example take the average of a single number?

A: Very possibly that it was a mistake
1)
From the text you can see that they wanted to 'sum the size of an album' and you`re querying Tracks table, which supposedly have an album_ID column
2)
You cannot use ORDER BY if you`re using only aggregation column
such as
select SUM(bytes)
from Tracks
Order by albumID

because it has nothing to order it by from.
Also note that you cannot use order by in subqueries
Finally what was missing here was this remaining of the query :
Select AVG(album.size) as [avg(album.size)]
from (
select albumID,SUM(bytes) as size
from Tracks
GROUP BY albumID

) as album

You can learn more about subqueries here
And if you want to play around with these, heres the code that you can replicate and use it for further exercies on that website:
    CREATE TABLE tracks (AlbumID int,bytes int)
    CREATE TABLE albums (AlbumID int, title nvarchar(50))
    insert into Tracks values (1,2),(2,10),(3,15)
    Select AVG(album.size) as [avg(album.size)]
    from (
    select AlbumID,SUM(bytes) as size
    from tracks
    GROUP BY albumID

) as album

Hope it helps

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Michael O'Dwyer on City University of London's visit to the European Parliament in Brussels
In December students on the MA in financial journalism course at City University of London spent three days visiting the European Parliament in Brussels. During the trip the students received briefings from EU officials on how the organisation is structured, the work of the European Parliament and about the upcoming European elections, which are scheduled to take place in May 2019. They were hosted in Brussels by the European Parliament's UK Liaison Office.
During the trip, the students had roundtable discussions with several members of the European Parliament (MEPs), including Mairead McGuinness, currently the vice president of the European Parliament and a former journalist (member of Fine Gael from Ireland), Daniel Dalton (Conservative, West Midlands), Richard Corbett (Labour, Yorkshire and the Humber) and Jean Lambert (Green, London).
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The students were also given a tour of the European Parliament's media facilities, including the television and radio studios. The group was also given access to the European Parliament's press centre.
The trip took place in the first week after the end of the autumn teaching term and was led by Jane Martinson, Marjorie Deane Professor of Financial Journalism at City University of London, and Tom Felle, a senior lecturer also at City. A number of the students will be getting work experience at various media outlets over the Christmas holidays. Later in the academic year, the students on City's MA in financial journalism course will travel to Fudan University in Shanghai and New York University for summer schools on journalism and the global economy. These trips will be financed by the Marjorie Deane Financial Journalism Foundation.

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The purpose of liquidating of an insolvent company is to have an independent and suitably qualified person (the liquidator) take control of the company so that its affairs can be wound up in an orderly and fair way for the benefit of all creditors.
Creditors vote for liquidation following a voluntary administration or a terminated deed of company arrangement, or an insolvent company's shareholders resolve to liquidate the company and appoint a liquidator.
In a court appointed liquidation a liquidator is appointed to wind up a company, following an application, usually by a creditor. Others, including a director or a majority of shareholders, can also make a winding-up application.
After a company goes into liquidation, unsecured creditors can no longer commence or continue legal action against the company unless the court permits it.
Distribute the proceeds of realisation (after payment of the costs of the liquidation and subject to the rights of any secured creditor) — first to priority creditors, including employees, and then to unsecured creditors.
Apply for deregistration of the company on completion of the liquidation.
Except for lodging documents and reports required under the Corporations Act 2001, a liquidator is not required to do any work unless there are enough assets to pay their costs.
If the company is without sufficient assets, one or more creditors may agree to reimburse a liquidator's costs and expenses of taking action to recover further assets for the benefit of creditors.
In this case, if additional assets are recovered, the liquidator or particular creditor can apply to the court for the creditor to be compensated for the risk involved in funding the liquidator's recovery action.
A liquidator has the ability to recover, for the benefit of all creditors, certain payments (known as unfair preferences) made by the company to individual creditors in the six months before the start of the liquidation.
Broadly, a creditor receives an unfair preference if, during the six months prior to liquidation, the company is insolvent, the creditor suspects the company is insolvent, and receives payment of their debt (or part of it) ahead of other creditors. To be an unfair preference, the payment must put the creditor receiving it in a more favourable position than other unsecured creditors.
Not all payments from the company to a creditor in the six months before liquidation are unfair preferences. The Corporations Act provides various defences to an unfair preference claim.
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Let's Read a Chick Tract: Dark Dungeons
December 14, 2016 Jeff Silvers
Jack Chick was the creator of small, comic book-like religious tracts meant to recruit new Christians, but he was so hilariously paranoid of anything not fitting his strict fundamentalist worldview that most "Chick tracts" seemed like they were found scrawled in the notebook of a Jesus-themed serial killer. His stories usually meandered around aimlessly until a character ended up in hell, and the only two kinds of non-Christians he knew were "people who have literally never heard of Jesus" and "dicks." His tracts targeted groups like Catholics, Muslims, and—on at least one insane occasion—nerds. Chick Publications put out a tract in 1984 called Dark Dungeons about the dangers of games like Dungeons & Dragons. Read on to see why it's even stupider than you're imagining.
Parents in the 80s were constantly told that Satanic cults were out to kidnap or recruit their children, and nobody bothered to fact check any of it. Adults genuinely feared that Ouija boards were ancient tools of dark mysticism despite being a registered trademark of Parker Brothers. You could come home one day and find your mom smashing all of your video games because a talk show told her that "Atari" was the name of a scorpion demon-god. My point is that life was shitty enough for Dungeons & Dragons players in 1984 without Jack Chick telling their parents they were secret occultists, but that's exactly what he did with Dark Dungeons.
This insane mess starts with a woman leading a group of teenagers in a role-playing game that's technically not Dungeons & Dragons but absolutely is. Marcie completely loses her shit when her game character is killed, and everyone immediately remembers why they stopped inviting her to board game night.
"Hmm… how about… B4."
"NO, NOT THE BATTLESHIP! NO, NO! I'M GOING TO DIE!"
"Goddamnit, Marcie! Every fucking time!"
Marcie's friend Debbie fares better, and we learn the sinister truth of role-playing games when she's invited to join a witches' coven because of her immense Dungeons & Dragons skills. That's not a joke—Jack Chick really thought that some board games might be tests for occult recruitment. Maybe Guess Who? was an entrance exam for psychic druids.
This isn't a twist ending, by the way—it happens on page four of a twenty-one page tract. The idea of role-playing games being secret Satanic indoctrination devices might seem like a head injury dream to the rest of us, but it was such a foregone conclusion to the average Chick tract reader that they had to get it out of the way early just to move the story along.
Let me remind you again that this was supposed to be a realistic cautionary tale for parents before I explain that Debbie has learned how to use actual fucking magic from her witch coven/RPG fan club. She claims to have cast a "mind bondage spell" on her dad, though judging by the face she's making that might only be the aneurysm talking.
Trying to convince teenagers not to practice black magic is sort of like the D.A.R.E. anti-drug program: sometimes you fuck it all up and make the thing you're preaching against sound awesome. Halfway through writing this tract, Jack Chick realized he'd only made the RPGs he was trying to vilify look like a fun way to socialize with friends and telepathically manipulate others for personal gain, so he decided to up the ante the Game of Thrones way: by killing a character.
Marcie hangs herself because she's still super-bummed about having been kicked out of the game earlier, which suddenly makes every post-Monopoly fight you've ever had seem pretty reasonable in comparison.
Debbie decides to leave the cult, and what do you know—here comes a handsome, well-spoken Christian to set her straight! This is as good a time as any to point out that most Chick tracts contained at least one scene of transparent evangelical wish fulfillment where somebody is talked into a new religion faster than most people are talked into a second slice of cake. You start to wonder if maybe Chick included all that bullshit about black magic being real just so this one hokey scene would look more believable by comparison.
Considering the sanitarium fire of madness that makes up the first half of this tract, the second half is predictable and mundane—Debbie abandons the game with the help of her new buddy Jesus and a preacher whose exorcisms apparently come with warning labels:
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2022 Free Agency Primer: Big Name Running Backs to Monitor
by Matt Barbato | @realmattbarbato | Featured Writer
Will Melvin Gordon find a new team this offseason?
The paint hasn't even dried on the 2021 fantasy football season. Heck, the NFL regular season isn't even over yet. But the best fantasy managers are the ones who stay a step ahead. And while it's hard to project what will happen three months from now, it's always fun to take a glance into what the future might hold.
In this case, we're talking about running backs. While this year's running back class doesn't feature a marquee name like Aaron Jones from last season, it's filled with plenty of fantasy viable tailbacks. I'm going to keep this list to the most relevant names, so I apologize to more obscure runners like Tevin Coleman and Boston Scott, who are mainly complementary pieces.
Let's dig into the 2022 tailback free agency class and predict their fates.
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Melvin Gordon (RB – DEN): RB21 in half-PPR formats
Gordon has put up a solid season considering he was inserted into a pretty even timeshare with Javonte Williams from the beginning of the season. But there could be change coming to Denver. It wouldn't stun me if the Broncos moved on from Vic Fangio, which would mean that the regime that brought in Gordon would be entirely gone.
And even if Fangio stays, I suspect Denver will look to hand the keys over to Williams, who finished as the RB17 this season.
Prediction: Gordon goes, and Javonte Williams goes in Round 2 of fantasy drafts as a result. Gordon finds a new job and joins another timeshare, thus limiting his fantasy ceiling.
Leonard Fournette (RB – TB): RB5
The flyer the Buccaneers took on Fournette keeps paying big dividends. After a breakout performance last postseason, Fournette finished as the RB5 in fantasy before suffering a hamstring injury that knocked him out for the rest of the regular season.
I suspect Tampa would love to bring Fournette back, and he may be willing to take a discount if Tom Brady returns. But the financials make this a really tricky situation. The Buccaneers are projected to have more than $31 million in cap space heading into the 2022 offseason. But key players like Chris Godwin, Jason Pierre-Paul, Ryan Jensen, Ndamukong Suh and Rob Gronkowski all will be needing new deals too. And Fournette is definitely due for a raise. The Bucs will have some tough decisions to make.
Prediction: Brady returns for perhaps a chance at a three-peat, and the Buccaneers find a way to bring Fournette back. He remains a low-end RB1 / high-end RB2 heading into 2022, while Ronald Jones moves on.
Cordarrelle Patterson (RB – ATL): RB8
Patterson emerged practically out of nowhere to finish the season as a top 10 fantasy tailback. But it's fair to wonder whether Patterson's breakout year was a fluke. After an incredible start to the season, Patterson put up 12.9 fantasy points or fewer in five of his final six outings.
Now, Patterson hits the open market as one of the most intriguing free agents out there. But it's no sure thing that Atlanta will bring him back, as they have just $11 million in projected cap space this offseason.
Prediction: Atlanta brings Patterson back on a short-term deal, but Patterson doesn't produce nearly as much in 2022 once opponents figure him out.
Chase Edmonds and James Conner (RB – ARI): RB32 and RB7
Interestingly, Arizona's backfield tandem could both hit the open market this season. Conner has had a tremendous season, but his fantasy value has been primarily tied to his 14 rushing touchdowns. Conner had five games where he didn't score a rushing touchdown this season and only cracked double-digits in one of those games. He's a nice early down and red zone option, but the odds of him repeating this season feel really low. He also isn't the most durable, as evidenced by his recent absences to close out the year.
As for Edmonds, he brings a little more of a diverse skillset and offers much more value as a pass catcher. However, he suffered from Conner's red zone proficiency, as he only got in the end zone twice this season.
The Cardinals have more than $21 million in projected cap space. And while both tailbacks could be due for raises, they certainly won't break the bank from a cap hit perspective.
Prediction: Both Edmonds and Conner return to Arizona, making for one of the league's most obvious timeshares.
Rashaad Penny (RB – SEA): RB47
Penny's finish to the 2021 season certainly has given Seattle something to think about. After being a non-factor for most of the season, Penny exploded on the scene starting in Week 14 and ran for at least 137 yards in three of his final four games. The injury-prone, 25-year-old back finally showed some of the promise many saw in him coming out of San Diego State.
Now the question is, was this small sample size enough for Seattle to commit to Penny once again? His durability is clearly a concern, as he's missed 28 games through his first four seasons. But Seattle also doesn't have any viable answers at the position. Chris Carson's career might be over and DeeJay Dallas is just another guy. Seattle will have more than $50 million in cap space to work with.
Prediction: The Seahawks give Penny a cheap, short-term deal and pair him up with either Carson or another free agent back like James Conner should he leave Arizona. Given his durability concerns, Penny is probably best suited for a timeshare. He enters the 2022 season as an RB3 with upside.
Sony Michel (RB – LAR): RB30
Michel is another tailback who emerged late and has now given his team something to think about. Michel has done an admirable job filling in for the injured Darrell Henderson, putting up at least 12.5 fantasy points in four of his last five outings.
However, the Rams are currently in salary cap hell and have gone all in on winning it all this season. Los Angeles is projected to have $4 million in cap space. Plus, Cam Akers should be fully recovered from an Achilles injury. And Henderson is still under contract.
Prediction: After a strong playoff showing, the Rams part ways with Michel, who signs on as a starting back elsewhere. Michel enters 2022 as an RB3 with upside.
Darrel Williams (RB – K.C.): RB18
Williams is a really interesting free agent. He's mainly been the backup to Clyde Edwards-Helaire. But when he's been put in a starting role, he's mostly delivered. Williams has nearly 1,000 all-purpose yards and eight touchdowns despite starting just six games this season. And with Edwards-Helaire not exactly delivering on his potential, the door is definitely open to Williams coming back.
Prediction: Williams returns to Kansas City, continuing to serve in his current role. He will primarily be a high priority handcuff in 2022.
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Pavement: Selecting The Best For One Side Of A C90
David McNamee , January 5th, 2009 04:46
David McNamee trawls his dusty racks for gems by American indie overlords Pavement to make up a compilation for one side of a cassette.
From: Stockton, California, USA
Genres: Indie rock; lo-fi; noise pop
Years active: 1989-1999
Associated acts: Gary Young's Hospital; Marble Valley; Preston School Of Industry; Silver Jews; Sonic Youth; Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Members: Stephen Malkmus (vocals/guitar); Bob Nastanovich (percussion); Scott Kanberg (guitar/vocals); Steve West (drums); Mark Ibold (bass)
Albums: Slanted and Enchanted (1992); Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994); Wowee Zowee (1995); Brighten The Corners (1997); Terror Twilight (1999)
1. 'Major Leagues' (from Terror Twilight, 1999)
"They wear you down sometimes/Kids like wine/Magic Christians chew the rind"
On November 20 1999 in Brixton, Pavement played their final ever gig. Frontman Stephen Malkmus had a pair of handcuffs attached to his microphone stand. "These symbolize what it's like being in a band all these years." A couple of weeks later, Domino Records issued a statement to the press reading: "Pavement are retiring for the forseeable future to: 1. Start families 2. Sail around the world 3. Get into the computer industry 4. Dance 5. Get some attention."
2. 'Stereo' (from Brighten The Corners, 1997)
"I'm on the stereo!/Stereo!/Oh my baby baby baby baby baby babe gave me malaria!/Hy-ster-ia-ha!"
Some days, a lot of Pavement songs make me want to hurt my iPod. At other times the same songs make me feel full of California sunshine, drunk and giggling, looking at the world like it's all on LSD – maybe that's how the band felt too, like they had to write down every thought they had in those see-through-time moments to remember how ridiculous all stuff is.
'Stereo' is a song that corkscrews right to the heart of the love/hate thing. Coming around at a time when the likes of Barenaked Ladies, Smash Mouth, Cake, Weezer and Ween were floating about in the charts, its carefully-quirky words and college rock cuteness were a heartbeat away from stone-cold WACKY.
3. 'Gold Soundz' (from Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, 1994)
"So drunk in the August sun/And you're the kind of girl I like/Because you're empty and I'm empty/And you can never quarantine the past"
The sound of 'Gold Soundz' is so blissful and fast and heart-in-mouth melancholic. Lines jump out at you, that are surface-sentimental, that fit the flow of the music and that the listener can hook their heart into and take comfort from, while at the same time they are surrounded in enough lyrical gibberish and detritus to prevent them from being anything other than fragments, protected from the uncool, sappy obviousness of the nostalgia-prizing, relationship-questioning narrative of most contemporaneous indie rock songs.
4. 'Here' (from Slanted and Enchanted, 1992)
"Come join us in a prayer/We'll be waiting, waiting where/Everything's ending here"
Slanted and Enchanted sounds exactly like it looks. Those scars and scrawls of correction fluid and action painting doodling match the itchy-scratchy guitar lines, and Malkmus' vomited lyrical splurges form a kind of action painting-pop. 'Here', though, is a weird poem, right in the middle of the album, sung like a prayer, evoking California heatstroke, listless weekend afternoons and a strange comfort in inertia.
5. 'The Hexx' (from Terror Twilight, 1999)
"God installed that radar in your pointy little beak so you'd return"
It's the way it glides from so-supertense-it-must-be-angry Slint in the verse to the sighing, releasing bridge – Pavement doing visceral for the first time in a way that doesn't involve punkish amateurism.
6. 'From Now On' (from Perfect Sound Forever EP, 1991)
"Can I see the skin rot?/On a dog's stray hide, on a dog's stray hide"
The funny thing about early Pavement is how convincingly in their fuzzed-out-forever amateur-rock you could imagine them as permanently blitzed Californian kids, etching nonsense lyrics as grafitti in the heat-softened asphalt of mall parking lots. In fact, several members were in their 30s, and troubled original drummer Gary Young was even pushing 40 by this point.
7. 'Two States' (from Slanted and Enchanted, 1992)
"Two states!/We want two states!/North and south/Two, two states"
It was songs like this that caused such smouldering long-term resentment from Malkmus' hero, Mark E. Smith.
8. 'Debris Slide' (from Perfect Sound Forever EP, 1991)
"Wheeze hack cough wheeze hack cough"
Sometimes just a fist-in-the-air two-word fuck-yeah ("Debris slide!") and a bouncing-bomb of a backing vocal ("Ba-ba-baba-ba!") makes everything alright forever.
9. 'We Dance' (from Wowee Zowee, 1995)
"Chim chim chim sing a song of praise/For your elders"
Wowee Zowee is Pavement's White Album. Just the A-side of this double-album, kicking off with 'We Dance', has them proficiently if distractedly running through every form of music available to them.
10. 'Grounded' (from Wowee Zowee, 1995)
"Doctors leaving for the holiday season/Got crystal ice picks, no gift for the gab"
'Grounded', musically, could be Pavement's purest moment. Scott Kannberg's guitar pulls hard on the song, forcing it up into the air, banking drunkenly and nose-diving hard in a way that makes you feel dreamy and queasy.
11. 'Fillmore Jive' (from Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, 1994)
"I'd like to invite you to a taste of my chalice/It's a special one, it's made of gold"
Crooked Rain… introduced a teasingly petulant lyrical mode for Pavement. In Range Life Malkmus tried to cop the diss-loving throwdowns of hip-hop in amusingly abstract slights against Stone Temple Pilots and Smashing Pumpkins. 'Cut Your Hair' plays with notions of industry faddishness and 'Fillmore Jive' has Malkmus listing and dismissing every rockist subculture tribe, tartly reminding them that it's goodnight for rock & roll and he needs to sleep.
12. 'Raft' (b-side to 'Range Life' single, 1994)
"Stimulate the open chords"
The b-side to "our 'Hotel California'", not quite as classic yet, weirdly, more commercial. A love song?
13. 'Shady Lane (Krossfader)' (from 'Shady Lane' single, 1997)
"Blind date with a chancer, we had oysters and dry lancers/And the cheque, when it arrived, we went dutch, dutch, dutch"
A great example of how Pavement, when they did bother to make perfect pop sounds, really had a knack for hitting on spine-tingling melodies. Malkmus does an almost Shaggs-y thing of harmonising vocal and guitar runs, while babbling out a vignette from a hotel restaurant. A top 40 hit over here, two months after the Pavement-like 'Beetlebum' had hit number 1.
Stephen Malkmus – 'Post-Paint Boy'
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – 'Cold Son'
Silver Jews – 'We Are Real'
Guided By Voices – 'Hold On Hope'
Sebadoh – 'On Fire'
Built To Spill – 'Carry The Zero'
Olivia Tremor Control – 'The Opera House'
Sonic Youth - 'Teen Age Riot'
Dinosaur Jnr. – 'Freak Scene'
Yo La Tengo – 'Autumn Sweater'
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12 Members and guests visited the Lambeth Archives on Friday, 4 April 2014 where they were warmly welcomed and congratulated on finding their way by the part-time archivist Len Reilly. The archives are not easy to find, sharing a small building with the Minet library, in a residential area some distance from public transport. Health warning No 1: If you visit the archives via Loughborough Junction railway station, ignore the nearby road sign which points in the wrong direction!
Fortunately, the modern Borough of Lambeth matches very closely the original parish of Lam-beth with a few bits added on in 1965 such as Streatham and Clapham. Even more fortunate for researchers, is that Lambeth have managed to acquire many of the relevant records from the areas that were added with that local government reorganisation in 1965. Because Lambeth was somewhat off the beaten track in former times, it has no known Roman remains. Indeed the mediaeval settlement changed very little until the Blackfriars and Westminster Bridges were built in the mid 18th century. Lambeth is noted for a number of well-known organisations, including St Thomas's Hospital, the 12th century charity hospital, Brixton prison (1819), Sainsbury's former headquarters (1890), MI6 former headquarters, County Hall former headquarters of the original London County Council (1889), HMSO, Doulton potteries, the Old Vic and, of course, the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lambeth Palace (no connection!). Former local personalities include Dan Leno, Charlie Chaplin and John Major, if we dare mention him in the same breath as the others!
Health Warning No 2: The Minet library has no public toilets, the nearest being in the nearby Myatt's Fields Park. If they are closed the nearest is still Myatt's Fields Park!


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Energy investment in India shifting quickly to renewables
Date posted: 7th Jan 2019
The Financial Times has reported on the shift of investment away from coal-fired power generation to renewable power generation capacity in India. Between 2013 and 2016, investment in thermal power generation in India far exceeded renewables as a whole, with around 20 GW of thermal capacity added per year compared to perhaps 5 GW for solar, wind, hydro and other renewables together. In 2017 a major transition occurred – thermal capacity was still the largest additional source of capacity, though only at around 7 GW, but both solar and wind contributed 5 GW of additional capacity, and hydro and other renewables around another 5 GW. The transition continued in 2018, with 9 GW of solar capacity and 4 GW of wind capacity added in comparison to 3.5 GW of thermal capacity, a definitive inversion of investment. This year is expected to be similar to last, with thermal decreasing and solar increasing once more in 2020. Some coal projects have been cancelled, and coal-focussed companies are increasingly considering renewables as alternative projects. As Navroz Dubash of New Delhi's Centre for Policy Research told the FT, "You'd have to be quite courageous to invest in coal at this point. The speed with which the story has reversed is quite astonishing." Coal will, however, continue to be the main source of power generation for years to come, with so much capacity already installed and domestic supplies relatively plentiful. By 2026-27, coal is still expected to constitute 38% of the country's total installed capacity, down from 57% in 2017-18.
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You may have flaws but I love every single one of them.
I feel bad because you didn't hold anything back from me so why should I hold back from you?
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Fresh Perspectives to present Ohio premiere of Contralto
January 22, 2019 by Mike Telin
by Mike Telin
What is a percussionist? What is a woman? These two questions will be examined on Friday, January 25 at Glo Cleveland, when Fresh Perspectives presents "I Am," a celebration of identity through art and music. The evening will feature the music of percussionist/composer Sarah Hennies, including the Ohio premiere of her groundbreaking work Contralto, for video, strings, and percussion. The work features a cast of transgender women vocalizing over a live musical score.
The program will also include Hennies' Everything Else for four or more performers and Settle for vibraphone (two players), performed by Hennies and Justin Gunter. Attendees can enjoy a new generative video installation by Brooklyn-based Natalie Braginsky and a poetry bar hosted by Cleveland-based poets, offering made-to-order poems you get to take home. Food and drinks are available. Tickets are available at the door on a sliding scale of $5 to $15. Doors open at 6:30 pm — 2460 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland.
On her website, Hennies writes that Contralto — "defined in musical terms as 'the lowest female singing voice' — uses the sound of trans women's voices to explore transfeminine identity from the inside and examines the intimate and peculiar relationship between gender and sound." Click here to view a four-minute trailer.
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The PS4 is great, but it is not perfect. Here are 10 things Sony needs to fix.
The PS4 is now over four years old; in this period, it has firmly established itself as the market leader, selling well beyond the competition, and ending up with industry leading third party support as well as an enviable slate of exclusives. It is, in other words, a fantastic console that has firmly implanted itself as the go-to console for players this gen. If you can only get one console, the PS4 should be your first choice.
And yet, it's not perfect. There are still many, many, problems with the system, and with how Sony has handled it. Here are ten of the most glaring ones that we feel Sony needs to address.
Supersampling is the technique of a higher resolution image being downscaled for a lower resolution display, so that the image quality and assets are better than they would have been had the image been rendered at that screen's native resolution. It's a great feature! It means that someone with a 4K console can still enjoy higher quality graphics on their 1080p screen- and yet, Sony does not offer this on the PS4 Pro. Some games, like The Last of Us Remastered, do have this functionality, but while the Xbox One X automatically supersamples all games for 1080p displays, the PS4 Pro does not. Come on, Sony- what gives?
No, we're not talking about how it is relatively 'weaker' than the Xbox One X here- it came out a year earlier, and it's $100 cheaper, so fine, we'll put up with it not being as good. But for a 'Pro' console, the PS4 Pro feels curiously low quality. For instance, take its fan, which is exceptionally loud as it tries to dissipate the heat the system generates- we get that the heat needs to be dispersed properly, but the Xbox One X is more powerful and smaller, and also quieter. Surely Sony could have come up with a better solution? And don't even get us started on the lack of the UHD 4K Blu Ray drive- even the Xbox One S has that!
"For a 'Pro' console, the PS4 Pro feels curiously low quality."
At this point, the reason I remain subscribed to PS Plus is not because I care about the monthly 'free' games or the online play- it's because a feature as basic as cloud backups for your save files, something that Xbox offers for absolutely free, is locked away behind a PS Plus subscription. It's even worse, because the online storage you get for saves on PS Plus is limited, while Xbox offers you unlimited storage- come on Sony, how do you justify this?
Sony should not presume to speak for its players- and yet, it does. While Xbox players can enjoy fantastic third party services such as EA Access, Sony won't let the service on the PS4. And why? EA has openly called Sony out on blocking the service on their platform, and Sony's excuses have been damp squibs at best. It is clear they are doing this to keep their PS Now streaming service looking attractive, which it wouldn't next to EA Access- but PS Now is passable at worst (and a whole other can of worms), and blocking actual value for your users is bad form, Sony.
For the longest time, Sony insisted that they were the good guys who would wholly embrace cross platform play if only Microsoft, who had gated Xbox Live, would- and then Microsoft opened the gates and embrace cross platform play, calling Sony out on their bluff. Over the last year and a half, more and more games have moved towards full cross platform play, first between Xbox and PC, then between Xbox, PC, and Nintendo Switch- Sony and PS4 alone are left out of the party, because Sony refuses to play nice with the others. This is arrogance.
"Over the last year and a half, more and more games have moved towards full cross platform play, first between Xbox and PC, then between Xbox, PC, and Nintendo Switch- Sony and PS4 alone are left out of the party, because Sony refuses to play nice with the others."
Once, Sony made their name by offering players continuity of their libraries across generations. The PS2 was fully compatible with the PS1. The PS3 was initially fully compatible with PS1 and PS2, and later, with only PS1 and partially the PS2. The PS Vita was wholly compatible with digital PSP games, as well as PS1 games. The PS4 is… not compatible with any previous PlayStation. In fact, not only is it not compatible with previous PlayStation games, but you need to rebuy digital PS2 games you might have already purchased on PS3 if you want to play them on PS4- Sony, even Nintendo lets you keep your games across generations!
Sony pissed off Bethesda, and a lot of players, when they decide to throw a tantrum regarding mods on the PS4. And while they eventually relented, the mod support on the PS4 is so limited and constrained by restrictions, it would almost have been better if there had been none to begin with. The file size limitation on the PS4 alone kills the mod scene- just boot up Fallout 4 on your PS4 and Xbox One, and look at the difference in the number of mods available.
"We want to be able to change our display names without having to lose our Trophies, Friends Lists, and digital purchases."
Sony, some of us made our PSN accounts all the way back in 2006- when we were maybe 15 and thought that xXLinkinParkXx was a cool username. But it's not 2006, it's 2017, we've grown up, and we want to be able to change our display names without having to lose our Trophies, Friends Lists, and digital purchases. Even Nintendo offers this option- there is zero reason why today, we are still stuck with our PSN IDs once we make them. This is, without a doubt, the most egregious issue Sony needs to address.
Okay, there is that stupid LED on a PS4 controller. It exists. Apparently with good reason, because that's how the PS Camera tracks the controller when you play PSVR games. So, fine. It's there, no one is asking you to get rid of it. But at least let us turn the damn thing off! I don't play VR games- I shouldn't have to put up with a battery sapping light on my controller that can often break immersion for no reason whatsoever- Sony currently lets us dim it, but not turn it off outright, which is just stubborn. Come on, Sony, this isn't even a fix, this is literally allowing for one more option.


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A Coal Plant Shutdown and the Undoing of a Wind Energy Bottleneck
J. Wylie Donald
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Everyone knows the transmission bottleneck is the boot on the neck of wind energy. The Plains States have megawatts of wind energy. Getting it to the places with megawatts of demand, like Oregon and Washington, aye, there's the rub. If only an operating plant would expire and shuffle off its transmission lines to a wind farm.
Something like that may just happen. Earlier this week Talen Energy and Puget Sound Energy settled a Clean Air Act suit brought by the Sierra Club and the Montana Environmental Information Center. Plaintiffs alleged violations of the Clean Air Act by four coal-fired generating units at the Colstrip Power Plant in Colstrip, Montana. As part of the settlement the two 1970s-vintage units will be closed by 2022; the other two 1980s-vintage units will continue to operate.
Presumably the litigants are satisfied with their settlement. As reported in RTO Insider, Governor Steve Bullock of Montana, not so much: ""I stand with the workers and the community of Colstrip in being angry about this settlement outcome. The parties of this lawsuit took care of themselves. I am going to work to take care of the employees and their families." So how does one do that?
As the plant fact sheet points out, 360 people work at the plant and millions of dollars are contributed as property taxes to Rosebud County, Montana. While the two more modern remaining generating units (1480 MW) will continue to employ some and make their contributions to the taxman, the county and some of its citizens are going to take a hit – unless something can come in and take the place of the two units. One excellent possibility is a wind farm. Montana is recognized by the American Wind Energy Association as a national leader in wind energy potential.
As it turns out, a wind farm is not only a possibility, it is becoming a reality, albeit an hour away from Colstrip. Clearwater Energy is developing the largest wind farm in Montana in nearby Forsyth. It is estimated that the 300 MW project will generate 100 jobs in construction, and 10 full time operations jobs - not nearly the employment of the two retired units, but a start.
One of the reasons for the decision to develop the wind farm was the proximity of the transmission infrastructure at Colstrip. And this was before the Colstrip closures were announced. With that announcement, the odds are good that the 614 MW capacity opening up on the transmission lines, which will be only partly filled by the Clearwater project, will attract more wind development. Needless to say, all wind projects will contribute to the tax base.
We opened with a comment about the transmission bottleneck plaguing wind energy operators and then plagiarizing Shakespeare regarding its resolution. We continue in that vein. In Montana at least, to be or not to be a transmission line is never the question. Instead, the transmission line is, and, as shown by the Colstrip Power Plant, the question is how best to use it.
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Why Russia Was Desperate for a 'Nuclear' Aircraft Carrier
Brent M. Eastwood
The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) leads a close formation of 42 ships and submarines from 15 international partnership nations during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 20,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC Exercise from June 26 to Aug.1, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of the sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Dustin Kelling/Released)
The US Navy has quite a few nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Why not Russia? The Russians have bad luck with aircraft carriers of all types for decades now, clearly a good thing for the United States and NATO.
Its only carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, is cursed with all kinds of problems and deadly mishaps.
But Russia could have perhaps changed all that had they implemented plans for a nuclear carrier in the 1970s. Dubbed the Ulyanovsk, it would have sported around 70 airplanes such as MiG-33s and Su-29s that would have launched from two steam catapults. It would have provided an ample boost to naval morale and grist for the Soviet propaganda mill.
But she never set sail. Here is her story.
Nuclear Super Carrier Would Have Been a Jewel in the Crown
Ulyanovsk was supposed to have been a nuclear-powered supercarrier at 1,000 feet long and 85,000-ton displacement with a ski-jump deck.
The ship would have been armed with 24 launch tubes for cruise missiles with 3,400 sailors serving aboard.
It would have had three elevators planned to serve at least 44-fighters and several early-warning aircraft including helicopters.
The Soviets wanted the Ulyanovsk to have four nuclear reactors. This would have given the carrier true "blue water" capabilities to allow it to steam at 30-knots in many areas of operations to compete with the U.S. Navy.
Able to Form Soviet Carrier Strike Groups
The Ulyanovsk could have formed strike groups with guided-missile frigates that would have formed a formidable offensive asset. Nuclear weapon-equipped submarines could have patrolled with the strike group as well. Early warning aircraft would fly out front.
Carriers Have Political Value As Well
The supercarrier would have had provided Soviet Navy and society a substantial morale boost. Huge ships capture the imagination of propaganda organs, and the Soviets would have made some hay politically when testing, completing sea trials and eventually entering it into full-time service.
Could Moscow Have Kept Her Sailing?
It's not easy keeping a supercarrier afloat and the Russians have a horrible track record when it comes to these big warships aircraft.
The Soviet Navy and even today's Russian navy would have had difficulty maintaining such a large ship. To include just a few unlucky examples: Admiral Kuznetsov has seen a crane collapse, a hole in its flight deck, plus a fire in the engine room that killed two workers.
So, the Ulyanovsk died in 1992 on the chopping block with high costs and delays. Also, the Cold War was ending and the Soviet Union disintegrated–making it difficult to keep building such a large ship.
Russian Aircraft Carriers: What's the Problem?
The failure of this program begs the question – why do the Russians have such difficulty building and maintaining large ships?
Most likely the cream of the Russian defense engineering and physics crop goes to work on rockets and ballistic missiles, especially hypersonics. The Russian navy has very competent guided-missile frigates, including a new ship-based hypersonic cruise missile. But large shipbuilding may not attract the expert human capital that is needed for success.
The Russians also seem to have a problem with long-range budgeting and financing programs over a number of years. They may not have agreed-upon contracting, acquisition and procurement, and regulatory policies that both the government and defense contractors practice. Schedule slip is a big problem for Russian shipbuilders, but they are doing better with submarines like the Borei-class, these are obviously much smaller than aircraft carriers.
The United States and NATO can only hope the Russians don't ever get it together and that they stay out of the blue water carrier business. We will have to see what plans Putin has for the aircraft carrier program. He does have his heart set on a new carrier called the Lamantin, but it remains to be seen whether the Russians can get that vessel to fruition.
Admiral Kuznetsov Photo Essay
Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov (Picture source: Военный Осведомитель)
Admiral Kuznetsov. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia's last aircraft carrier. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Admiral Kuznetsov Aircraft Carrier. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
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Russia's Admiral Kuznetsov. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
1945's new Defense and National Security Editor, Brent M. Eastwood, PhD, is the author of Humans, Machines, and Data: Future Trends in Warfare. He is an Emerging Threats expert and former U.S. Army Infantry officer.
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Smith & Tinker: The Land of Oz
June 20, 2013 Patricia Palumbo
Smith & Tinker
Smith & Tinker was an inventing firm based in the town of Evna. That town is located in The Land of Oz.
I read all of the books as a kid; fourteen I believe. Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) wrote them.
Thank you Mr Baum.
One artist & one scientist
There isn't a tremendous amount written on these two characters. In fact there is very little, but here I have some snippets. There will be no references for today. I copied this information from here and there some time ago. 😀
"Mr. Smith and Mr. Tinker were artistic inventors who created several fantastic machines. One of these is Tik-Tok the clockwork man, whom the firm sold to King Evoldo of Ev. Another is the iron giant which was made for the Nome King to keep folks from finding his underground palace."
"The firm is now closed, due to the loss of both partners. Smith, the artist of the duo, painted a picture of a river that was so real that he fell in and drowned. Tinker, the inventor, made a ladder so tall that it reached to the moon. He climbed the ladder to the moon and once there pulled it up so no one could follow him. (Ozma of Oz)"
Smith & Tinker are only briefly mentioned and never actually appear in the Oz books.
A nice domain name
Would've been a nice domain name for an artist/inventor who cut her teeth (or rather learned to read) on stories about OZ, Wonderland, The Secret Garden. I can't leave Science Fiction out of that mix. Science fiction and Fantasy Literature. Maybe it should be the reverse. Too bad some programmers got to making it a domain name first! I mean good for them. 😀 I was a tad jealous, but it's alright.
Wait, they don't seem to be using it… :/ It's for sale. I am talking about smithandtinker.com
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Entertainment, Hilarity
Steve Wilhite says it's pronounced Jif!
Like the peanut butter!
Ok this is sooo old, (3 weeks ago) but I just saw it.
"Tumblr founder David Karp presents Steve Wilhite with the 17th Annual Webby Lifetime Achievement Award for inventing the GIF file format."
This man knows what funny is. 😉 Listen to the music too… Sure maybe it got a bit of polish from staff..still… Yes!
Congratulations Steve Wilhite!
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The changing of sunlight to moonlight…
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It's all about changes
Managing Change MSM608.SP13 / Planning for Change MAT613.SP13 is a class I am taking which is essentially all about the human side of Project Management. We reviewed a few songs that are all about changes; there are many of them since it is a constant in our lives!
Here is my offering today. If you are not familiar with the Marmalade they are a 60's group from Scotland.
The Marmalade – Reflections of My Life
Creating a new future
This song seems uber sad and sappy at first. But really it is a song with an underscore of hope, as when he says, "oh but I don't wanna die". This is a person who is undergoing big changes and yet is courageously embracing his past and reintegrating that past into creating a new life. The most important point about change is that the transitions, letting go of the past and embracing the future are the hardest part of change.
Still, he never wants to forget his home; nor where he comes from!
The Marmalade – Reflections of My Life, Lyrics, 1969
Reflections of my life, oh how they fill my eyes
The greetings of people in trouble
All my sorrow, sad tomorrow
Take me back to my old home
All my cryin', feel I'm dyin', dyin'
Take me back, to my old home
I'm changin', arrangin', I'm changin'
I'm changin' everything, ah everything around me
The world is a bad place, a bad place
A terrible place to live, oh but I don't wanna die
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Contestants answered questions for the opportunity to roll huge dice for cash and prizes, by eliminating numbers one through nine on a game board.
A general knowledge question was read to two competing players. The first player to correctly answer received the chance to roll two large dice.
When the dice were rolled, the player used the numbers that appeared to deduct that number from a large board of nine numbers.
Each of the three columns of numbers (which appeared in a tic tac toe-like board) contained a prize. Players tried to eliminate the numbers in the columns to win their prizes.
If, however, a player rolled an inactive number, they were defeated (for example, if a player rolled a six and six had already been eliminated, they lost their turn and a new question was read).
The first player to win two games was the winner and received the prizes they had uncovered.
The series aired on NBC from July 1974 to June 1976 (465 episodes were produced).
From September 1975 to September 1976, 200 episodes were produced for syndication.
The series returned to NBC (April 1978 to June 1980) where 502 additional episodes were produced. The show was called The New High Rollers when it returned for its second NBC run.
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Darwin professor suggests Mozart claimed credit for some of his sister's compositions
Retired professor Martin Jarvis detected discrepancies between handwriting on several original Mozart manuscripts. (ABC News: Dane Hirst )
A Darwin academic says he has found evidence that suggests one of the greatest composers of all time claimed credit for some of his older sister's work.
The controversial findings could raise questions about the true repertoire of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart more than 230 years after his death.
Portrait of Mozart from 1770. (Saverio Dalla Rosa)
Despite the potential backlash, retired Charles Darwin University professor Martin Jarvis is standing by his hypothesis.
Since 2007, the former conductor has been forensically studying Mozart violin concertos after he noticed a difference in handwriting on some of the original manuscripts.
"Initially I thought, well, there's nothing here, but then I noticed something very strange," he said.
"Of the five violin concertos, three of them were composed by a person called Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and two of them — in a different handwriting — were composed apparently by Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart."
Professor Jarvis, who founded the Darwin Symphony Orchestra, said his research had led him to believe the signature 'Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart' had been written by Mozart's older sister, nicknamed Nannerl.
"We know that she composed because even in some of [his] letters, Mozart compliments her on her music," he said.
An original manuscript signed 'Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart', which Professor Jarvis believes was written by Mozart's sister Nannerl. (ABC News: Dane Hirst)
It's not the first time Professor Jarvis has taken aim at a musical icon.
In 2011, he ignited debate with forensic research that suggested famous Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach plagiarised his second wife's work.
"We know that various composers, including Bach, copied other people's music and then put their name on it."
Plays, films and musical history professors have also explored the idea that Mozart had a secret, talented sister.
Dr Scott Davie, a concert pianist and music lecturer at the Australian National University, said there was "clear evidence" that Nannerl wrote down some of Mozart's compositions for him when he was a young child.
He also said he wouldn't be surprised if Nannerl chose to have her work published under her brother's name because at that time, "women were not supposed to be composers".
However, Dr Davie watered down suggestions that Mozart intentionally took credit for his sister's work.
Professor Jarvis said it was possible Nannerl decided it was more worthwhile supporting her brother's music career rather than trying to build her own.
"She may well have, with her sister-in-law, pushed herself out of the picture because of the value of the manuscripts if they were thought to be by her brother," he said.
In 2019, an original handwritten score by Mozart sold for €372,500 ($AU600,000) at an auction in Paris.


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Steppe Gold Limited is very pleased to announce the following development update towards initial production from its flagship Altan Tsagaan Ovoo Gold Project.
Toronto, ON – Steppe Gold Limited (TSX: STGO) (the "Company" or "Steppe Gold") is very pleased to announce the following development update towards initial production from its flagship Altan Tsagaan Ovoo Gold Project (ATO).
The Company has received all land certificates for the ATO project area.
Mining Contracts have been agreed with Mongolia's leading operators. All mining contractors have demonstrated significant commitment and ability to establish their presence on site. The open pit mining contractor has now mobilized to site. Initial equipment includes a CAT 14H grader, CAT 330 Excavator, CAT D8 dozer and three Howo 30t trucks. Haul road construction and preparation for mining has now commenced.
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All power will be supplied by CAT generators. The camp is run on a CAT C9 275kVA and DE110E2 as back up. Both generators have been fully paid for and commissioned, in addition to this the main power source for the ADR plant and crusher has been ordered consisting of 1.2MW CAT3512B 2.0MW and a CAT 3516B for approximately USD800,000.
The fuel station has been completed with a maximum capacity of 200,000 liters of diesel fuel, with initial 180,000 liters delivered to site.
The 3 stage crushing unit has been purchased and the unit is currently in transit to site. The mobile crusher has a maximum output of 300 tonnes per hour and will crush down to <25mm. Expected delivery date is late June.
ADR plant design has been completed. All equipment and installation material will be available from July 25th, 2018. Initial deposits have been made and a final payment of approximately USD1.3 million is due prior to delivery.
A fully equipped 200 man mining camp has been completed and fully paid for. Facilities include: offices, kitchen, guest rooms, laundry, medical, ger accommodation and meeting rooms. All furnishings and services are also installed and fully paid for.
ALS Global have been contracted to provide all onsite laboratory facilities and services which will be housed in the ADR plant. There is no capital cost to the Company in this contract.
The GMobile telecommunications tower has been relocated to include the ATO mine site. Full services are now available.
Over the past six months the operations team has grown to include the following key personnel. Over the next three months the team will increase significantly to a maximum of 72 full time people. All company employees will be on a 4 weeks on and 2 weeks off roster.
Designed by Knight Piesold. (Highly experienced HL designers).
Stage 1 consists of 2 cells, drainage corridor and ponds.
Stage 1 cells requires very little cut and fill as the site has a natural 1-1.5 gradient slope.
Stage 1 cells can contain 600,000 tons of ore. (This is more than sufficient room to stack through the first winter before stage 2 construction commences).
Stage 1 operation requires 53m3/hr of water. (Nearby water source is greater than 200m3/hr).
Ore will be crushed to 25mm (3 stage jaw and cone crushers).
The ore will be truck stacked. (Less than 500m from the crusher to the leach pads).
The process is a standard ADR plant. (6 carbon columns containing 5 tons in each column).
Gold and silver bars will be produced onsite.
Total Production for 2018 will be 1,007K tonnes, Ore Production 607K tonnes with and average grade of 1.29g/t with a strip Ratio of 0.66.
Steppe Gold is a precious metals exploration and development company with an aggressive growth strategy to build Steppe into the premier precious metals company in Mongolia. The Company owns the advanced staged Altan Tsaagan Ovoo (ATO) Gold Project, where three drilling rigs are currently undertaking exploration and development drilling. Construction of the ATO mine and heap leach project has commenced and the company expects initial annual production of 40,000 oz Au Eq per year with cash costs of sub US$350 per oz. The ATO project is being delivered for a CAPEX of sub US$20m.
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