SP Broadway was instructed to assist with the final political stage of consultation on an application to redevelop two garden centres on the edge of South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, providing a new Sainsbury's store and doctor's surgery.
The site was a long, thin stretch of land outside the Urban Area, extending into open countryside. Parts of the site were undeveloped, and the site was opposite a Grade II listed cottage.
Chelmsford City Council had identified a large area of land north of the town for potential residential development in its Local Plan. Our clients' site formed part of this land, and there was concern the application would be seen as a 'Trojan Horse' for further development outside the Urban Area.
Our initial research established that South Woodham Ferrers councillors had recently undertaken a survey of residents showing widespread enthusiasm for a new supermarket to rival the existing Asda store, promoting choice and competition.
We monitored local newspapers and online media to monitor the response to the council's Local Plan options, and prepared a press release in case the connection was made publicly between our client's application and the proposed residential development to the north, which could have led to a refusal.
We drafted and sent a briefing letter to all Planning Committee members, setting out the benefits of the scheme for South Woodham Ferrers residents, followed by calls to members to gauge their attitude to the scheme and answer any questions.
Planning Committee members chose to defer the application for a month, enabling a site visit to consider the scheme's impact on 1) landscape 2) highways 3) the listed cottage and 4) the town centre. In the week of the site visit we sent a further briefing letter addressing these four key issues.
The application was approved 10 votes to 1 at the second Planning Committee meeting in January 2016.


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Tampa Classic Half Marathon Announced
This is a 13.1 mile distance event open to all skaters on April 20th, 2014 at 7:00 AM. It is being held at the super fast Skate Pad in Tampa. Registration is $25. The race is followed by the outdoor portion of the Tampa Classic inline speed meet.
Registration for the Apostle Islands Inline Marathon Is Now Open
Race Date is June 14, 2014. This is some of the best asphalt you will ever skate on. The race is well organized and the island and surrounding areas can be enjoyed by skater and non-skater alike. You can register either by: downloading a registration form or online registration. Sign up by March 15 and save $15.00. For race information go to www.apostleislandsinline.com. Lodging information can be found at www.visitashland.com.
2014 Spring Colorado Banked Track Clinic
The dates have been set for the Spring Banked Track Clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The clinic will be held at the United States Olympic Training Center from May 1 – May 4, 2014.
Athletes from across the United States will be attending the clinic in hopes of qualifying for the 2014 Team USA Trials and Outdoor National Championships. Athletes that have already qualified, travel to Colorado as part of their preparation for the trials and championships.
Online-Skating.com – Testing the 3x125mm Set-up
Fox Business – Jordan Malone: an Olympic Entrepreneur
Like all successful entrepreneurs, Olympic short-track speedskater Jordan Malone saw a void in his marketplace, and he filled it. Not happy with the tips skaters use on their fingers when going around turns, he made his own out of carbon fiber.
Allentown Morning Call – Q&A with Chris Creveling, Silver Medal Winner in Sochi
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette – Local Inline Skater Overcomes Obstacles
Stoking Olympic aspirations: L to R: Olympian Brittany Bowe, Renee Hildebrand, Joey Mantia.
First Loser – Renee Hildebrand: Skaters First
Well, the making of an Olympian is a long process and often begins years before the athlete even realizes it. The most difficult thing to do is to keep children and teenagers involved in a particular sport for the ten to twenty years required to reach the top.
Ocala Star Banner – Bowe, Mantia, and Scott Inspire Rising Crop of Inline Speedskaters
Jessica Smith, center, shown in 2006, excelled at inline skating, which is not an Olympic sport. She switched to blades and now is competing in Sochi. Lee Jin-man/Associated Press
From the New York Times – To Go Further, Speedskaters Had to Let Go of Their Wheels
Rollerblading is back.
Well, at least among American Olympic speedskaters.
Of the 25 long- and short-track American competitors, 14 started out as inline skaters. They are split between long and short track, according to U.S. Speedskating.
KC Boutiette NSC Interview
NSC Race Analyst Thomas Ford interviewed four time Olympian KC Boutiette and inline to ice pioneer. Boutiette had just raced a NSC event for the first time only a couple weeks after he raced in the Long Track Olympic Trials.
The Engineering Sport blog has a piece on the culture, courage, and innovation that drives Dutch success in speedskating.
VeloNews.com – Debunking The Myth of Lactic Acid
We all remember the gym coach who roared about how you weren't working until you felt that lactic acid burn. The phrase "lactic acid" is part of our sports lingo. How many times have we heard "gotta clear the lactic acid"? Well, it turns out that the coach was slightly misinformed. More and more, I have endurance athletes asking me the truth about lactic acid: 1) Are lactic acid and lactate different and which one do we have in our bodies? 2) Does lactate have a purpose?
There is considerable power behind the lactic acid myths, but the reality is that they are just that — myths. Let's dispel them now.
Greensboro News & Record – Trend of inline skaters switching to ice expands U.S. Speedskating's reach
NZ Timaru Herald – Speed skating club receives timely boost
Short track medalist and former inliner J.R. Celski and Grammy Award winning hip-hop artist Macklemore forged an unlikely bond on mutual respect and belief in dedication to their crafts. Celski's "Ten Thousand Hours" started on wheels.
Post by NBC Olympics.
New Zealand's Shane Dobbin
Results for the first stop in the National SpeedSkating Circuit, NSC, have been posted. 16 year old Thomas "Tom Tom" Goff was crowned the Grand Champion in his debut event on the circuit.
World class inline speed skaters Michael Mulder, Joey Mantia, Heather Richardson, Brittany Bowe, Shane Dobbin, Jilleanne Rookard, and Eddy Alvarez all made the news this week for their exploits on ice in the lead up to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. To cap it all off the inliners still skating on wheels got some ink!
The meatiest read of the bunch is easily the First Loser interview with Joey Mantia. The First Loser interview was conducted since the end of the U.S. Long Track Olympic Trials and has a distinctly inline feel and focus.
FirstLoser: So then, tell me, is there anything about the journey that's been surprising to you, as in, you had no idea something was going to be so hard or so easy? What's something that's been unexpected?
Mantia: I guess the major shocker was how small the sport of long track ice skating really is. Sure, the recognition I experience now is bigger than inline, but that's only because I'm going to the Olympics. Ice skating feels like this tiny little world when you're inside of it. It was a really weird transition for me, coming from wheels. I'll tell you this though, point-blank, long track is a man's sport. There's no hiding. The worthy win and the unworthy fail. It's a study in simplicity, and that's the odd beauty that can make an athlete fall in love with the sport if they stick with it long enough.
There were a couple other reads worth your time this week:
The New Zealand Herald profiles 34 year old Shane Dobbin, a late comer to the ice game. On his late transition to ice Dobbin was realistic:
The adaptation changes are a lot harder when you're older. It just takes a bit more time and dedication, where I probably could have got through it a little quicker and easier when I was younger.
An AP profile of the on track rivalry and off track friendship of Heather Richardson and Brittany Bowe. At least leading up to Sochi it seems that the two athletes are mentioned side by side by every media outlet.
Bowe still feels like a bit of a rookie on the ice, but she and her fellow inliners have been a huge boost to the American speedskating program.
The NSC, National SpeedSkating Circuit, got some press when The Journal Gazette covered Aaron Gettys' qualification onto the circuit.
This Week's Other Inline Related News:
Michael Mulder defends 500 title at world sprint
Jilleanne Rookard Is HeadIng Back To The Olympics
Eddy Alvarez – Miami Beach former inline skater heads to Sochi Olympics to compete in speedskating
The 2014 Winter Olympic Games kick off in just over one month. Long Track competition starts on February 8th. Short Track begins on February 10th. For the next six or seven weeks the sport of inline speed skating is going to get more TV, newspaper, and social media coverage in the United States than it has likely ever received in the past and will receive for at least the next four years.
Proud inliners like Heather Richardson, Brittany Bowe, and Joey Mantia are already garnering lots of attention for their Long Track medal chances. Short Track will have no shortage of inliners who could podium in Sochi – J.R. Celski, Eddy Alvarez, Emily Scott, and Jessica Smith. The inliners are certainly proud of their roots. Saturday Joey Mantia put a point on it when he shared Michael Cheek's Facebook status update, 'I hope in the next month every rink in the country has a sign that says "Olympic dreams start here".' Inline clubs and skaters need to be prepared to take advantage of the unprecedented media coverage our sport is going to receive in the coming weeks.
Joey Mantia's Go Fund Me Poster
Here are some ideas to help take advantage of the Sochi Bounce!
Make sure your club's website and social media presence are up to date, including practice dates, times, and locations.
Get Noticed
As Michael Cheek suggests, put up signs in your rink, "Olympic Dreams Start Here!"
Have club fliers or post cards available that can be taken home and distributed away from the rink or trail.
Be present – at the rink or on the trail. Skaters need to be seen, before and after the Games.
Contact local news outlets early and often. The NBC family of stations will broadcast the Sochi Games and should be the most receptive to broadcasting related local content.
Have a pitch ready.
USARS provides a press release kit that includes suggestions and links on how to best contact local media outlets. Their Organizing Speed Skating pamphlet also provides some useful talking points.
If you or someone you know is capable of explaining the finer points of LT or ST competition and rules let local media outlets know they can contact the expert during the Games for a quote or commentary.
Focus on Newbies
Add extra emphasis on practices for novice skaters from late February through March.
Have an extra helmet or two available at practices.
For inline to gain prominence everyone has to be a positive representative of the sport.
Please feel free to add your suggestions in the comments.
Friday December 27th is the final night of skating in the Metrodome before it is demolished in February of 2014 to make way for a new football stadium. The Twin Cities will be without its primary winter training site for two years while the new stadium is being built. Those of us not in the area will also miss the early season test of the Metrodome Inline Marathon. Thanks to the lobbying effort of local skaters, the Rollerdome will move into the new $975 million stadium when it is completed. The new stadium boasts wider concourses but no word yet on whether the 605 meter track will expand or contract.
News outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, have been covering the final days of the Metrodome and the decision to continue the winter fitness phenomenon in the new stadium.
WSJ – New Football Stadium in Minnesota Will Allow Skaters
NBC – Rollerdome rounding its final turn in Metrodome
CBS – Metrodome Skaters Lace Up For Penultimate 'RollerDome'
Star Tribune – In-line skating community says farewell to Metrodome
A Farewell to Rollerdome
NBC Sports has announced its initial schedule of coverage for the 2014 U.S. Speedskating Olympic Trials in Salt Lake City, Utah. Many of top the favorites have transitioned to ice from inline including Joey Mantia, Heather Richardson, and newly minted 1000m World Record Holder Brittany Bowe. Long track and short track event tickets and details are available from U.S. Speedskating.
Times are subject to change, so check your local listings!
Date Sport Events Network Time**
Friday, Dec. 27 Long Track Men's 5000m/Women's 3000m NBCSN 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 28 Long Track Men's/Women's 500m NBC 3 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 29 Long Track Men's/Women's 1000m NBC 3 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 31 Long Track Men's/Women's 1500m NBCSN 6 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 1 Long Track Men's 10000m/Women's 5000m NBCSN 5 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 3 Short Track Men's/Women's 1500m NBCSN 8 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 4 Short Track Men's/Women's 500m NBCSN 4 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 5 Short Track Men's/Women's 1000m NBC 4 p.m.
** All times Eastern Timezone
For inline speed skating fans across the world!
Welcome to our new site for inline speed skating. We are hosting this site to help promote the exciting sport of inline speed skating.
It does not matter if you skate inside or out, we are here to help provide information to get everyone together to get out and skate.
We are starting by providing a bit of information to help organize inline skating opportunities in the Atlanta, Georgia vicinity (because that is where we live and I guess we are a bit selfish in that way). However, the real benefit to our site is to know where & when inline skating opportunities for fitness and speed are coming up in the US, Canada and Europe. If you ever just want to strap on the skates and go race or skate with a group, you can find that information here.
Skate calendar information is culled mostly through our manual effort scouring across the Interweb to find events matching our passion. The skate map is a fun way to see what is happening near (or not so near) you.
Lots of updates coming soon……
– Site enhancements – definitely want a better looking & more usable site
– Skaters Forum
– Skater Blog
– Pictures
– Race reports – and maybe even results
– Skating links – because lots of others are doing good work to promote our sport and we want to make it easy to participate

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Stream The War on Peace's New EP Automated People Now!
Chicago-based band The War on Peace's new EP, Automated People is out now. Premiered on GroundSounds, the band's new music follows a dystopian, sci-fi theme, emphasized with the intricate use of synths throughout the rock-driven songs. Their next single "Armageddon Disco" brings a driving electro-pop beat to the forefront, paired effortlessly with their pop-rock style. With comparisons to The Fray, OneRepublic, Mutemath and more, The War on Peace are poised to gain some new fans with the release of this new EP. You can listen to Automated People here.
The Automated People EP features the band's lead single, "Fear of Loss." The official video premiered on Paste Magazine, who called it "a stunning visual." Says the band, "Fear of Loss delves into the beginning stages of one cycle, specifically one that happens during the exuberance of youth when all good things electrify you and motivate you toward the thrill of danger." The song starts out with humming synths, and slowly builds to a lilting rock swing by the chorus, hitting the listener with a wall of emotion and sound. The band partnered with LaCie Harddrives, along with a crew of 25+ people, to bring the video to life.
The War on Peace is a Chicago-based three piece that fuses pop, electronic, and dance elements into a vibrant, pulsing sonic landscape. Since the band's inception, the focus has been on bringing a consistent stream of digital sounds to the airwaves. With two full length releases behind them, they continue their collaborative efforts entering into new domains of prolific creation with their upcoming 6-song EP, "Automated People". Their process now translated into a high-energy and engaging live show, the three deliver sounds not soon forgotten.


The job of booting and rebooting a machine falls to a special program called init. Init is responsible for finishing the boot process once the kernel is done loading, launching the services necessary to run the computer. Init is also responsible for stopping services when needed and for shutting down or rebooting the computer when instructed.
For decades, the software handling these duties was called SysVinit, or System V init. Modern Linux distributions have begun switching to a replacement called Upstart (a less common replacement, init-ng, we will not discuss). The traditional model, facilitated by SysVinit, divides potential system states into multiple runlevels, each with a distinct purpose. Runlevel 3, for example, indicates a standard booted system; runlevel 6 indicates a reboot. When entering a runlevel N, SysVinit runs all of the commands in the directory /etc/rcN.d. In this manner, the scripts in /etc/rc3.d handle a system's booting while those in /etc/rc6.d handle a reboot. Various commands (see accompanying table) allow a system administrator to force the system into a given runlevel. The file /etc/inittab specifies what runlevel is entered on boot, as well as configuration for the system's tty's.


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The Conscience of the Republican Party
Matt Nye
Matt Nye is an innovative entrepreneur and political activist with 25 years of diversified experience in technology and communications. Nye founded the Republican Liberty Caucus of Central East Florida (RLCCEF) in 2008, organized the Brevard Tea Parties in 2009 and currently serves as the National Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus. Nye is a frequently sought expert on subjects like taxes, regulation, waste, fraud, abuse and transparency.
Jeff Larson
Jeff Larson is an aerospace professional and Republican activist with 25 years experience in NASA's Mission Control. Larson has been a Republican precinct chair for over 3 decades, was a delegate to the 2012 Republican National Convention, and has served on his state convention's Rules Committee for the last two political cycles. Jeff also serves on the board of the Foreign Policy Alliance, a multipartisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation that educates the public on the benefits of a foreign policy that requires less US military intervention.
John Dennis was born in Jersey City, N.J., and currently resides in San Francisco. He earned a bachelor's from Fordham University. Dennis is a real estate investor. He is the CEO and founder of San Francisco-based Foundation Real Estate, which he started in 2001. He was also a partner in the ergonomics design firm Humanscale. Dennis and his wife, Heather, have a daughter. A self-styled "Ron Paul Republican," Dennis supports legalizing marijuana, opposes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and supports gay marriage - positions he hopes will help him win over independent voters. He also calls for dramatically reducing federal spending and shrinking the government's role domestically and overseas. He advocates phasing out the income tax, repealing the Patriot Act and auditing the Federal Reserve. He made national headlines in 2010 with an online ad featuring a Pelosi look-alike as the Wicked Witch of the West from "The Wizard of Oz." In the spot, Dennis ultimately defeats Pelosi by dousing her with water from a bucket labeled "Freedom."
Col. Rob Maness
Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Louisiana, former U.S. Senate candidate, and Owner of Iron Liberty Group LLC, retired Colonel Rob Maness enlisted in the US Air Force in November 1978. He graduated from the US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal School in January 1980 and served in three assignments countering terrorist bomb makers before being selected for Officer and Flight training in 1985. Rob served on the Joint Staff, commanded the the oldest bomber squadron in the Air Force, and the sixth largest installation before retiring from active duty in December 2011, having served in uniform for more than 32 years. During his military service, Colonel Maness led numerous combat flying operations, including Operations JUST CAUSE and DESERT STORM, and as a bomber squadron commander in IRAQI FREEDOM and ENDURING FREEDOM. As an Joint Chiefs of Staff Operations Officer, he was on duty in the National Military Command Center during the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon. Colonel Maness became one of twelve handpicked members of the Future Operations Group created in response and directly assisted the United States national security team with creating, synchronizing, and executing the campaign plan for the global war on terrorism. His combat decorations include the Bronze Star and Air Medal. Rob broadened his experience after his military career working for Entergy Corp. in the energy industry. He served as the Director of Safety and Training for an operation that covered a 5 state area, included nuclear, coal, natural gas, and hydro power generation, and was responsible for system safety during national emergencies such as hurricane recovery operations. Rob started his own small business after leaving Entergy Corp. Iron Liberty Group LLC operates in the digital publishing, social media, and broadcasting space. Additionally, the Group provides consulting services in organizational leadership, physical and personal security, safety, and human performance areas of expertise. Rob is a Contributor and Television Host at OpsLens.com and has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business, and CNN. As an author, he has been published in The Washington Times, Breitbart News, OpsLens, and Human Events. Colonel Maness is a founding Board member at Military Advocacy Project of Louisiana, Inc., a veteran's advocacy group committed to preventing veteran suicides and ensuring military families have equal access to benfits. He also serves as a Board Advisor to school literacy non-profit WGI, Inc, Board Member and Chief of Staff for the veterans non-profits, Military Veterans Advocacy Inc and as Vice Chairman of the Board for Camp NORA, a homeless veterans transition facility in Southeast Louisiana. Colonel Maness is a graduate of the University of Tampa, Cum Laude, and holds three Masters degrees from: Harvard University's Kennedy School, the Air Command and Staff College, and the US College of Naval Warfare. Rob is married to the former Candy Smith, of Gosport Indiana and they have five children, including three military sons (former US Navy and US Army national guard, active US Air Force), and five grandchildren. They made their home in historic Madisonville, Louisiana.


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August 19, 2013 by Peter T Young Leave a Comment
The church began on August 19, 1832; the first services were held under a thatched roof.
The present Kaʻahumanu Church is actually the fourth place of worship for the Wailuku congregation. The original congregation, under the leadership of the Reverend Jonathan S Green, was forced to hold their meetings in a shed.
During its first year, Queen Kaʻahumanu, the Kuhina Nui of the Kingdom and convert to Christianity, visited the congregation and asked that when the congregation built an actual church, it be named for her.
Queen Kaʻahumanu was Kamehameha's favorite wife. She was, at one time, arguably, the most powerful figure in the Hawaiian Islands, helping usher in a new era for the Hawaiian kingdom.
When Kamehameha died on May 8, 1819, the crown was passed to his son, Liholiho, who would rule as Kamehameha II.
Kaʻahumanu created the office of Kuhina Nui (similar to premier, prime minister or regent) and would rule as an equal with Liholiho. She ruled first with Kamehameha II until his departure for England in 1823 (where he died in 1824) and then as regent for Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha III).
Ka'ahumanu assumed control of the business of government, including authority over land matters, the single most important issue for the Hawaiian nation for many generations to come. She later married Kauaʻi's chief, Kaumualiʻi, who Kamehameha I had made a treaty with instead of fighting and thereby put all the islands under single control.
On December 4, 1825, Queen Kaʻahumanu was baptized and received her new name, Elizabeth, then labored earnestly to lead her people to Christ.
The congregation's small shed meeting house soon proved too small as the service held there attracted as many as 3,000 worshippers. In 1834, a larger meeting house with a thatched roof was erected by the congregation.
The Reverend Richard Armstrong who had replaced the Reverend Green as pastor in 1836, supervised the construction of two stone meeting houses one at Haiku, and the other at Wailuku. The new Wailuku Church, completed in 1840, was 100 feet by 52 feet, and was two stories (actually one story and a gallery) in height. Reverend Green returned to replace Armstrong in 1840.
In 1843, the Reverend Green was replaced by the Reverend EW Clark. Five years later, Clark was transferred to Kawaiahaʻo Church in Honolulu, and the Reverend Daniel Conde took over the pastorate at Wailuku. Later, Reverend WP Alexander became pastor.
Active fundraising under Pastor William Pulepule Kahale led to the opportunity to finally build a permanent church. Under the direction of Reverend Edward Bailey, in May, 1876, the new church, finally named the Kaʻahumanu Church, was completed.
Only a rock retaining wall that borders High Street in Wailuku is what remains of the old church.
The Kaʻahumanu Church is a large blue stone structure with wall more than two feet thick. It has a high-pitched gable roof with no overhang, but the eave terminates in a small molding adjacent to the top place along the wall.
The exterior is finished in plaster. The church tower was not added until 1884 with a "fine tower clock from the U.S. costing $1,000." In 1892 the chandeliers were added to the interior.
The structure is four bays in depth with each bay having a single tall Gothic arched window with the interior of the window opening splayed. Windows are multi-paned, double-hung wood frame with simple pattern in the upper part of the arch.
Adjoining the church is Honoliʻi Park. It is believed that John Honoliʻi, a Native Hawaiian who had studied at Cornwall, Connecticut with Henry ʻŌpūkahaʻia and later sailed aboard the brig Thaddeus with the original Protestant missionaries in 1820, is buried in an unmarked grave in the Kaʻahumanu Church cemetery. (Honoliʻi died in 1838.)
Although not a part of the neighboring historic district the Kaʻahumanu Church adjoins several other historic structures that make up the Wailuku Historic District. Click HERE for some more information on those properties.
The image shows the present Kaʻahumanu Church in Wailuku. I have added other images to a folder of like name in the Photos section on my Facebook and Google+ pages.
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Die Planetary Transportation Systems GmbH (PTS) ist ein in Berlin ansässiges Raumfahrtunternehmen. Sie entwickelt das unbemannte Mondlandegerät "Alina" und strebt damit mehrere Mondlandungen an.

Planetary Transportation Systems führt seit 2019 das Geschäft der insolventen PTScientists GmbH fort, die aus dem 2009 gegründeten Teilnehmerteam Part Time Scientists des Mondlandewettbewerbs Google Lunar X-Prize hervorgegangen war. 2017 verließen die Part Time Scientists den Wettbewerb und stellten ein Konzept für eine kommerzielle Mondlandemission vor. Seitdem wird versucht, die Transportkapazität dieses Flugs zu vermarkten. Außerdem ist das Unternehmen mit Alina an einem Konsortium beteiligt, das im Auftrag der Europäischen Weltraumagentur (ESA) einen Vorschlag für eine wissenschaftliche Mondmission Mitte der 2020er Jahre erarbeitet. PTS entwickelt die Elektronik und das Betriebssystem für eine zusätzliche Oberstufe der Ariane 6.

Geschichte
Im Juni 2009 wurde das Team "Part-Time Scientists" gegründet, um am Google Lunar X-Prize (GLXP) teilzunehmen. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt hatten sich bereits zehn andere Teams angemeldet. Im nachfolgenden Jahr wurde die Part-Time Scientists GmbH gegründet. Anfang 2015 konnte das Team zwei Siege in den Kategorien "Mobility" und "Vision" und insgesamt 750.000 US-Dollar Preisgeld bei den sogenannten "Milestone Prizes" des GLXP erzielen.

Am 23. Juni 2015 wurde auf dem Advertising Festival in Cannes Audi als Hauptsponsor und Kooperationspartner bekanntgegeben. In Folge dieser Kooperation wurde 2016 auf der North American International Auto Show in Detroit ein Rover-Prototyp mit dem Namen Audi lunar quattro vorgestellt.

Am 29. November 2016 wurde die Unterzeichnung eines Startvertrags mit Spaceflight Industries für den Flug zum Mond bekanntgegeben. Da die Deadline des Google Lunar X-Prize vor dem gebuchten Starttermin lag, schieden die Part Time Scientists 2017 aus dem Wettbewerb aus.

Im Rahmen der CeBIT 2017 wurde ein weiteres Sponsoring und eine Kooperation mit Vodafone bekanntgegeben, in deren Rahmen LTE-Technologie zur Kommunikation zwischen dem Landemodul und zwei "Audi lunar quattro" auf dem Mond eingesetzt werden sollte. Das Geschäftsmodell der Part Time Scientists sah nun vor, eigene Mondflüge zu organisieren und die Nutzlastkapazität an interessierte Personen, Organisationen oder Firmen vermarkten. Außerdem wollte man Einnahmen aus Merchandising erzielen. Eine erste Mondlandung sollte zunächst 2019 stattfinden, wurde aber mehrfach verschoben.

Neben diesen eigenen Plänen entwirft das Unternehmen  – mittlerweile als "PTScientists" firmierend – seit Anfang 2019 auch im Auftrag der ESA und gemeinsam mit dem Raketenbetreiber Arianespace eine mögliche Mondmission Mitte der 2020er Jahre für wissenschaftliche Zwecke. Hierbei würden eine Ariane-64-Rakete und der Alina-Lander eingesetzt, um Explorationsausrüstung zur Gewinnung von Wasser aus dem Mondgestein Regolith auf die Mondoberfläche zu bringen.

Nachdem das Unternehmen größere Büro- und Werkstatträume bezogen und dutzende weitere Mitarbeiter eingestellt hatte, geriet es in finanzielle Schwierigkeiten und musste am 5. Juli 2019 Insolvenz anmelden. Zwei Monate darauf konnte der Berliner Logistikdienstleister Zeitfracht als neuer Investor gewonnen werden. Er übernahm den Betrieb der insolventen PTScientists GmbH mitsamt 60 von vormals 70 Mitarbeitern und führt ihn unter der neuen Firma Planetary Transportation Systems GmbH fort. Sowohl die Missionsstudie mit Arianespace als auch die Entwicklung des Landers sollen fortgesetzt werden. Nach erfolgreicher Sanierung übernahm das Management Team von Planetary Transportation Systems (PTS) zum Januar 2020 im Rahmen eines Management-Buy-outs von der Zeitfracht-Unternehmensgruppe wieder die komplette Verantwortung für das Unternehmen.

Gerätschaften

Lander

Ein erster Lander-Prototyp namens Jules Verne R0 – benannt nach dem französischen Schriftsteller und Science-Fiction-Pionier Jules Verne – war im Dezember 2010 vorgestellt worden. Am 14. Dezember 2014 gab PTScientists die Rekrutierung des studentischen Raumfahrtteams Space Team der Technischen Universität Wien zur weiteren Entwicklung des Landers bekannt. Es wurde ein Prototyp im Maßstab 1:1 gebaut.

Im Jahr 2016 wurde ein Modell des geplanten Landemoduls namens Alina (Autonomous Landing and Navigation Module) auf der in Berlin stattfindenden Internationalen Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung (ILA) vorgestellt. Geplant war ein etwa 330 kg schweres Trägersystem, das mit Hilfe von sieben Kameras eigenständig landen sollte. Später wurde der geplante Lander vergrößert; als Startmasse (inklusive Treibstoff) werden seitdem 4000 kg genannt, als Nutzlast bis zu 300 kg.

Die zusammen mit dem Lander transportierten Nutzlasten sollen sowohl abgeworfen werden als auch am Lander verbleiben können. Auch sollen CubeSats vor der Landung in einem Mond-Orbit abgesetzt werden können.

Rover

Prototypen

Bis 2016 wurden von oder im Auftrag der Part Time Scientists fünf Rover-Prototypen entwickelt und gebaut:
 Asimov Jr. R1 – vorgestellt auf dem Chaos Communication Congress 26C3 in Berlin Ende Dezember 2009
 Asimov Jr. R2 – vorgestellt auf der Internationalen Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung Berlin 2010
 Asimov Jr. R0 – vorgestellt auf dem Chaos Communication Congress 27C3 in Berlin Ende Dezember 2010
 Asimov Jr. R3 – vorgestellt auf dem Chaos Communication Congress 28C3 in Berlin Ende Dezember 2011
 Audi lunar quattro – MockUp, vorgestellt auf dem Advertising Festival in Cannes im Juni 2015
 Audi lunar quattro – Prototyp, Detroit Motor Show im Januar 2016

Die ersten Rover wurden nach dem bekannten russisch-amerikanischen Biochemiker und Science-Fiction-Schriftsteller Isaac Asimov benannt. Prototypen, die nicht weltraumtauglich sind, hatten – zumindest anfangs – den Namenszusatz "Jr."; zusätzlich waren die Prototypen nach Revision aufsteigend durchnummeriert. Bei dem Prototyp R0 handelt es sich hingegen um ein Mock-up zu Anschauungszwecken.

Audi lunar quattro

Der Audi lunar quattro wurde als Mock-Up zuerst auf dem Advertising Festival in Cannes im Juni 2015 vorgestellt. Ziel der Unterstützung durch Audi war laut Selbstdarstellung der beiden Unternehmen nicht nur ein monetäres Sponsoring, sondern Audi habe auch Technologien für den Rover beigetragen.

Anfang 2016 wurde ein fahrfähiger Prototyp auf der North American International Auto Show in Detroit vorgestellt, der in Zusammenarbeit mit Audi entstanden sei. Ein Großteil dieses Rovers habe aus Aluminium bestanden und sei mit einem 3D-Drucker hergestellt worden, so dass das Gesamtgewicht des Rovers unter 30 Kilogramm betragen habe.

Nutzlast
Der Rover Audi lunar quattro soll 5 kg Nutzlast aufnehmen können. Hierzu sollen mehrere Nutzlastmöglichkeiten im standardisierten CubeSat-Format vorhanden sein, die man an wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen und kommerziellen Interessenten zu vermarkten versucht. Zwei Nutzlasteinheiten pro Rover sind als sogenannte "Drop Container" konzipiert; diese sollten vom Mondrover auf der Mondoberfläche "fallen gelassen" werden. Insgesamt drei Einheiten sollen in den Rovern verbleiben.

"Mission to the Moon"

Die "Mission to the Moon" ist ein Konzept für einen ersten Mondflug mit dem Lander "Alina". Sie wurde ursprünglich im Rahmen des Wettbewerbs Google Lunar X-Prize entworfen und später in einen Plan für einen kommerziellen Mondflug umgewandelt. Der Alina-Lander soll auf einer Trägerrakete in eine niedrige Erdumlaufbahn transportiert werden und von dort Kurs in Richtung Mond nehmen, bevor er in eine Mond-Umlaufbahn einschwenkt und landet. Ziel ist die Durchführung der ersten "europäischen Mondlandemission".

Trägerrakete
Als Trägerrakete war lange Zeit eine russisch/ukrainische Dnepr im Gespräch. Alternativ war ein Wechsel auf die indische Rakete PSLV oder die Falcon 9 des amerikanischen Unternehmens SpaceX möglich. Am 29. November 2016 wurde die Unterzeichnung eines Startvertrags mit Spaceflight Industries für den Flug mit einer Falcon 9 zum Mond bekannt gegeben. Ein Start wurde zuerst für das Jahr 2019 in Aussicht gestellt. Nach mehreren Verschiebungen und der Insolvenz im Juli 2019 und späterer Übernahme durch Zeitfracht wird der Flug frühestens für das Jahr 2022 erwartet.

Planung für den Lunar X-Prize

Für den X-Prize-Wettbewerb war geplant, dass der Lander zwei Rover zur Mondoberfläche transportiert, um diese zu erkunden und Bilder und Videos zur Erde zu übertragen. Als Landeplatz war das Taurus-Littrow Tal vorgesehen, um dort die Landestelle der Apollo-17-Mission und insbesondere des Lunar Roving Vehicles zu untersuchen. Laut Angaben des Teams wäre es interessant gewesen, den Einfluss von mehreren Jahrzehnten Weltraumbedingungen auf die genutzten Materialien des Apollo-Rovers zu untersuchen. Die Untersuchungen sollten mittels Spektralanalyse durch eine am "Kopf" des Rovers angebrachte Kamera durchgeführt werden.

Im Jahr 2015 gab Part-Time Scientists bekannt, dass das kanadische Unternehmen Gedex sein Gravimeter HD-AGG (High-Definition Airborne Gravity Gradiometer) mit auf den Mond senden wolle. Ziel war es, Aufschluss über bestimmte Schwereanomalien zu erhalten, die zuerst von den Lunar-Orbiter-Satelliten und später während der Apollo-17-Mission gemessen wurden. Einer der "Drop Container" in einem Rover wurde für das Lunar Plant Growth Experiment des Ames Research Center der NASA reserviert.

2017 wurde Vodafone als zweiter Hauptsponsor gewonnen. Die Zusammenarbeit wurde mit einem technischen Konzept hinterlegt, das die Verwendung von LTE-Mobilfunktechnologie für die Kommunikation zwischen den Rovern und dem Lander vorsieht.

Kooperation mit Wikimedia
Im April 2016 veröffentlichte die Wikimedia Foundation in ihrem "Meta-Wiki" einen Artikel über ein Projekt namens "Wikipedia to the Moon", das in Zusammenarbeit mit den Part Time Scientists geplant war. Das Ziel des Projektvorschlags war, ein Speichermedium mit Teilen der Wikipedia in Form einer Zeitkapsel auf den Mond zu bringen und damit den heutigen Wissenstand für zukünftige Generationen zu sichern. Zusammen mit der Community der Wikimedia sollte herausgefunden werden, welche Daten auf das Speichermedium gebracht werden sollen und wie man eine Art Anleitung zum Lesen dieser Daten gestaltet werden kann. Nach der Veröffentlichung des Artikels wurde dieser innerhalb von 24 Stunden in 50 Sprachen übersetzt.

Unternehmen

Niederlassungen
Der Hauptsitz von Planetary Transportation Systems ist Berlin. Die Vorläufergesellschaft PTScientists eröffnete Anfang 2018 auch eine Niederlassung in den USA, PTS im Juni 2022 im Flughafen Rostock-Laage. Es ist geplant, weitere Unternehmen in Rostock anzusiedeln.

Partner
Laut eigener Angaben arbeitet das Unternehmen mit folgenden Organisationen zusammen:

"Technologiepartner" (Hauptsponsoren)
 Audi
 Vodafone

Wissenschaftliche und akademische Missionspartner
 Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
 Universität Würzburg
 Internationale Universität Rabat
 HTBLuVA Salzburg

Lieferanten und Dienstleister
 Riedel
 Scisys
 Laserforce
 Ventrex

Geschäftsdaten
Die Bilanz der PTScientists GmbH wies zum 31. Dezember 2017 ein gezeichnetes Kapital von 33.600 Euro, Gewinnrücklagen von rund 390.000 Euro und einen Bilanzverlust von 1,96 Millionen Euro aus. Im Zeitraum Januar 2018 bis März 2019 wurde das gezeichnete Kapital um rund 24.000 Euro erhöht.

Auszeichnungen
2015:
 Google Lunar X-Prize "Milestone Prize" in der Kategorie "Mobility" (250.000 $ Preisgeld)

 Google Lunar X-Prize "Milestone Prize" in der Kategorie "Imaging" (500.000 $ Preisgeld)

2016:
 Cannes Lions – Shortlist-Eintrag in der Kategorie Outdoor mit Mission to the Moon von thjnk

 Cannes Lions – Bronzener Löwe in der Kategorie Promo And Activation mit Mission to the Moon von thjnk

Sonstiges
 Am 28. März 2012 waren die PTScientists zu Gast bei Steffen Hallaschka in der Sendung Stern TV auf RTL.
 Der Audi lunar quattro wurde auf der Detroit Motor Show unter Beisein des Astronauten Eugene Cernan (Astronaut der Apollo-17-Mission) präsentiert.
 Die zweite Episode der von J.J. Abrams produzierten und von Orlando von Einsiedel umgesetzten Dokumentarserie Moon Shot wurde den PTScientists gewidmet.
 Der Audi lunar quattro hatte einen Auftritt im Film Alien: Covenant.

Weblinks

 Website von Planetary Transportation Systems (englisch)
  (englisch)
 Website der Mission to the Moon (englisch)
 "Wir sind dann mal auf dem Mond" Hintergrundartikel in der deutschen Make: über die ersten Jahre, Juli 2016
 Raumzeit Podcast (deutsch)

Einzelnachweise

Zeitfracht
Raumfahrtunternehmen
Forschungsunternehmen
Raumfahrt (Mond)
Deutsche Raumfahrt
Unternehmen (Berlin)
Gegründet 2010

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Jamie Pinkerton is an American softball coach who is the current head coach at Iowa State.

Coaching career

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Arkansas

Montana

Iowa State
On August 2, 2017, Jamie Pinkerton was announced as the new head coach of the Iowa State softball program, replacing Jamie Trachsel who left for Minnesota.

On July 30, 2021 Iowa State and softball coach Jamie Pinkerton agreed to a contract extension through June 30, 2025.

Pinkerton completed his fourth season at the helm of the Cyclones in 2021, leading Iowa State to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1988. After a 34–23 season in 2021, Pinkerton has a record of 105–94 at Iowa State, including a Covid-19 shortened season in 2020. The Cyclones won a pair of games at the 2021 NCAA Regional, advancing to the regional championship for the first time in program history.

Iowa State also earned its first-ever ranking in the NFCA Top-25 Coaches poll on Feb. 23, 2021, debuting at No. 25 in the country. ISU's unprecedented success has been sparked by Pinkerton engineering the greatest offense ever seen in Ames. For the third time in his four seasons at Iowa State, the Cyclones set a new school record for home runs – hitting 64 in just 57 games.

Head coaching record

College

References

Living people
American softball coaches
Tulsa Golden Hurricane softball coaches
Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks softball coaches
Virginia Cavaliers softball coaches
Iowa State Cyclones softball coaches
Montana Grizzlies softball coaches
Arkansas Razorbacks softball coaches
1964 births


Thankfully, Whitney gave him the okay a few posts ago. "... It's... It's okay, yeah. Just do it already, alright?"
She's getting a little bit anxious. If he doesn't hurry up, she may have even more blood on her hands.
... She can't handle that.
Mila struggles to keep her balance, feeling lightheaded almost after all of her continued attacks. As L'arachel begins to wrap the Combee around herself, Autumn takes the opportunity to try to drag the Raichu back to the safety of the others before she can do worse. Mila struggles, but only nominally as she finds herself unable to push back against the much more rested Braixen.
"Mila, you have to slow down, please. You're scaring me. We should find—"
Once L'arachel starts speaking again, Autumn finds herself stopped by Mila's struggles, the Raichu pushing against her grip and worming her way out even in her tired state. Speaking equally to Autumn and L'arachel, Mila shouts with a hoarse tone.
"I'll stop once she can't hurt anyone ever again!"
Mila looks over to the Combee around the Vespiquen and grimaces. She still remembers what she did to the amassed ones earlier, and she's worried what she might do to these ones if she can't control her attacks. Koss, meanwhile, looks to the mons around him once he's been taken back to the rest of the group by Woodruff. His expression is dour, still being uncertain how he can be of any use in this situation. At the least he should formulate what he wants to tell them after all this is over, how to express what lies ahead and how to apologize to the Furret for his actions.
After the others improvised treatments, it was the Electivire's turn. The jolt made the Quilava's entire body twitch in pace. His eyes flickered with the same red glow that they've been cursed with for the past three days. The light, however, was fleeting, and dimmed away within seconds. The body settled down, and Nyquil's eyes closed. If anyone bothered to try listening, he could be faintly heard breathing. His heart pumps once more.
I hid behind Marlon's shield as L'Arry's swarm was dispersed. I looked at L'Arachel's appearance. Man, she looks so demonic! It's giving me chills down my nonexistent Bronzong spine. I launched a Psychic blast at the demonic Vespiquen, hoping that it would give her a good amount of damage.
(She listens on to the ruckus going on in the foyer, including the loud crash. She feels a bit worried about Marlon and everyone else.) Guys, you keep tendin' ta Niles, I'm gonna check on what's goin' on in dair and see what I can do!
And then I realize that the feeling of being weighted down by the recharging is gone. I have full power again to attack and not having to feel so vulnerable for the moment. Great!
And as so, having picked up on Eliot saying something about the cloak, I fire off some leaf blade stars, hoping that my attack is precise enough to rip holes into it. Clearly, she's become Superman with that on, and removing that would be Kryptonite.
The Leer unnerves L'Arachel somewhat, but she is quick to swerve out of the way of the Sludge Bomb. She ends up getting hit directly by the Ice Beam and Dragon Pulse sent at her as Rinmaker's Pyschic hampers her movement, but one of the red Combee around her jumps in the way of the Toxic, getting poisoned. The red Combee buzzed angrily before dive-bombing forward towards Dinah.
L'Arachel's cloak is struck by the Leaf Blades from Marlon and tears somewhat, but still seams mostly intact. As Gene reaches, two of the red Combee's white eyes flash and they both slam in to him to knock him away.
The attacks from the red Combee seem considerably much stronger than their regular counterparts.
L'Arachel's eyes narrowed at the others.
" Cheeky... ", she breathed out before noticing the Water Gun blasting at her, as well as Claude's attempt to throw his shield at her.
Grinning maliciously, the Vespiquen used one of her fists to knock the shield in a new direction to obstruct the Salazzle, at worst even flying directly in to them.
With a snap of her fingers, the noblewoman was already right nearby Noriaki, who jumped a bit in surprise but met her with that determined glare she despised.
This also seemed to give command to part of the Combee swarm to form in to the shape of a giant Ekans that lunged forward, passing Eliza and going towards the general vicinity of Marlon and Rainmaker, attempting to constrict and crush whoever is slowest to react to it. The Combee all let out and angry buzz, sounding more like a vicious roar or hiss. The Protect barrier could stave off the massive binding attack just enough for someone to slip out.
Noriaki tried to shoot an arrow, but it was deflected fast as a massive fist of Combee came out to strike him.
He fazed through, but as soon as he reappeared and prepared his counterattack, he was slammed with another. And another. And another.
Her swarm-based attacks seemed to be coming out one after another now, leaving the Decidueye little time to react as he was tossed to the side.
Montresor flew upwards and prepared his pins, but a cluster of Combees shaped in to a massive boot slammed him back in to the ground.
"Montresor! Noriaki!", Notte yelled as he watched his comrades get knocked back, "Damn you...!"
The Bisharp rushed towards the Vespiquen, who scoffed and commented, " Is that anyone to talk to the woman whom you have served for so long? "
She sent another fist of Combee forward, but Notte had managed to charge directly through it and delivered a sharp strike to the noblewoman's abdomen. As he prepared to follow up with a volley, a direct X-Scissor from her blades blew him back.
L'Arachel reappeared near the center and watched the entire scenery around herself.
" Lovely... This is truly unparalleled power and beauty! "
The Aromatisse in the white floppy hat had apparently scurried her way close enough to the center. Her eyes were shaking, but there was a hint of frustration in them.
"I m-may not be Noriaki, but I know he would say something around the lines of "Your face may be beautiful, but your heart is hideous"", Hikari stammered our, "Your obsession for being above everyone else hurt so many us, and now you seek to do even more harm!"
L'Arachel rolled her eyes and prepared to respond, but was already cut off by a sudden Moonblast.
Hikari glared at the target she had just hit, her breath shaking.
" ... A fool indeed, to dare to strike me, especially with such feeble strength ", the monarch growled as she prepared an X-Scissor, but was unexpectedly caught off-guard by the two beetle guardian suddenly slamming in to her from both sides with Stone Edge.
" You lot... ", L'Arachel snarled as she felt the pain of her wounds, " IRRITATE ME!!! "
The Vespiquen raised her hand as the bulk of her massive swarm surged down then rose up aggressively, pushing Hikari and the two guardians away before the swarm of Combee became enveloped in a dark aura and smashed a massive, gaping hole in to the floor of the middle of the foyer. Those attentive enough to it may notice that there seems to be traces of caverns and even some prison-like constructions down below in the deep hole, even some off-flows of water.
The impact let out a dark shockwave that knocked Achilles and Hector down, greatly damaging them as well. The shockwave loses power as it goes further out.
Hikari nearly fell in, but was able to float back to the stable ground right before the hole.
Noriaki managed to lift his head off of the ground and spot Hikari's nearly fatal encounter.
The Decidueye struggled to pull himself back up and stand once again.
(Gene is particularly close to the edge of the hole and may very well end up falling into it if no one gets to him in time. Not in a good position to do so, Dodie shouts for help.) OY! SOMEONE GET GENE!
I manage to quickly slide out of the way of the Combees with aid from the protect barrier (but not taking it with me) yet I do not anticipate the sudden outward-running shock wave that I could not protect from in time thanks in part to detaching from the protect barrier to save myself from the combee snake.
The Shock wave sends me flying backwards, and in landing I do not immediately recognize that a piece of pillar that basically wound up as a spear pierced clear through my left leg. For the moment, I'm dazed; someone's gonna need to point this out.
I managed to follow Marlon, but then since he didn't anticipate the dark shock wave, and so I did, I got hit full force by the shockwave.
I screamed as I got hit. I fell on the floor, slowly rolling towards the Combee-Swarm Ekans.
This time Koss is the one to pull Woodruff away, retreating from the Ekans-like swarm and lifting up onto his tail to avoid the brunt of the dark shockwave travelling across the floor. Once on the ground, however, Koss looks to retreat behind another barrier only to notice Marlon lying on the ground, wounded. Koss lets go of the Furret and moves over, examining the wound and putting a paw on the Gallade's shoulder to try to stop him from moving.
"Ah, crap, that ain't lookin' good. Unless we got bandages here ah can't have ya movin' that. Bleedin' an' fragments a' rock gettin' stuck in there are both some awful options."
Koss looks back over to the combat, trying to spot anyone who might have the necessary supplies. He can't see anything at the moment, but Autumn is still holding on to the mostly-empty first aid kit from yesterday. The Braixen herself is busy with Gene, struggling to pull him back while handling her own bruises from the fighting. If Mila isn't listening, Autumn knows she'll have to help in other ways, even as it hurts her to see the Raichu doing this.
Mila struggles to pick herself up once more after the shockwave pushes her back. She'd been far enough away that it wasn't much of an injury, but she wasn't in a good shape either way. Something about the situation, however, whether seeing the risk still present or reaching a point where her body had processed the possibility of death, whatever it is Mila finds herself once more able to harness her electricity to its full potential. Without saying a word, Mila waits for the moment L'arachel has her back turned and charges up a Thunder, sending it out with another cra-ak of sound and flash of light, momentarily stunning herself from proximity to it.
No, mom, I didn't eat those cookies..
A loud boom snaps me out of my brief delusion.
Oh god! Please man, you gotta help me! Anybody!
It's here I also recognize that we're vulnerable right here. Taking precedent, my eyes gloss over into their pink hue and rebuild another barrier to keep myself and Koss safe for the moment as the first shield fades.
The Quilava's chest rises and falls, but at an accelerating rate. His face scrunches up a couple times, his legs twitch and jerk at random, and his breathing becomes labored as he begins to exhale something resembling words. "St-Stop… stop it…"
Seeing the Ekans-like formation, Woodruff freezes and flinches before Koss whisks him away. Breathing a sigh, he looks to his old friend with a little smile; guess he returned the favor there. Seeing a little red out of the corner of his eye, his attention is directed to the sight of Marlon's gored leg, the immediate sight of which makes him wretch and nearly vomit.
As Marlon wakes up and starts screaming out, Woodruff starts panicking a little. His instinct is telling him they can't just leave him there, but Koss has a point about the wound potentially getting worse by trying to remove him. All he can really do right now is curl himself up and wait for something to be better.
He stops to reach into his pack and hopes to Arceus he'd have what would be needed to aid in helping him-aha!-the first aid kit that his dad always issues to those in the Silversand F.D.. He rushes over to the barrier and carefully approaches once he truly understands the extent of the injury. The poor guy had a piece of pillar driven through his leg. He gets the attention of those around the barrier, particularly Koss, the one who's aiding the Gallade at this moment by keeping him as still as possible.
Okay, here! Use this! Not sure how much this would help but it's a start!
He carefully places the kit before the Raichu.
L'Arachel places a hand under her chin as she observes the carnage her sudden outburst wrought.
Not very graceful of me, but I would say it was them who put me on the warpath to begin with right then.
The Vespiquen whistled to the cluster of Combee in their Ekans formation, who were about to seize the opportunity and try to crush Rainmaker before their mistress's call made them break formation and rush closer to the center of the room. They formed in to the upper half of a Tyrantum and used their unified, monstrous jaw to pluck Achilles and Hector off of the ground before they began snapping their jaw with force to chew them.
Mid-chew, Hector's arms pressed against the force of the Combee-Tyrantrum's jaws, allowing the Heracross to push himself out and deliver a powerful punch to the makeshift snout.
Regaining his footing as his Pinsir comrade rolled to the side, Hector rushed up to the Combee, still clustered together but failing to maintain the jaw's shape, and delivered a flurry of punches that blew the bee Pokemon back and left them incapacitated on the ground.
"... You alright, Achilles?", the Heracross asked through heavy breaths.
The Pinsir was barely able to raise himself off of the floor as he reverted from his Mega Form and responded through coughs, "Looks like I might need to fall back and recover."
Hector sighed angrily and dragged his old friend back away from where L'Arachel was.
Hikari hears Dodie's call and rushes her way over to where Gene was pulled to.
"Please, allow me...", the Aromatisse mumbled as she held her hand close to the Infernape and started using Heal Pulse.
The two Red Combee were swerved back to evade Dodie's attack and returned to L'Arachel's side after her whistle.
Marsha's Rock Throw managed to strike L'Arachel, who seemed more annoyed than thrown off as she turned to the Swampert. She then looked down to see Eliza taunting her.
With a glare, the Vespiquen drew one of her weapons, preparing to deliver a ranged stab at the Tsareena, but her failure to notice Mila let her be directly hit by the Thunder.
Clearly hurt greatly, L'Arachel's piercing red eyes turned to shine at the Raichu from the side. She had a cluster of Combee gather and was going to send a fist at Mila, but her attention ended up being drawn to Hikari healing Gene.
" ... That will become rather bothersome. "
In a mixture of pragmatism and vendetta, L'Arachel commands a large fist of Combee that directly launches Hikari over the hole in the ground, aimed so carefully it is not likely to do more than graze Gene and the others.
The Aromatisse, being somewhat knowledgeable in aerial movement, tries to maneuver and float herself to stable ground, but a swinging "arm" of Combee sweeps at her landing spot, potentially also hitting Eliza, that knocks her back above the pit and now in shock from the blow.
The Decidueye beared through his pain and dashed forward, jumping up to try and assist those caught in the air over the pit.
His and Hikari's red eyes were able to meet closely for the first time in ages. For a moment, everything else seemed to stand still for them. They without a doubt recognized each other from that wordless exchange alone.
However, time in reality had of course not stood still, and a massive boot shaped from the Combee swarm formed above them.
The boot slammed down with a great deal of force, spiking Noriaki and Hikari downwards in the abyss very quickly.
" Ah, to perish together ", the noblewoman laughed, " Sounds like something out of those silly little tales you two loved so much. Fitting... "
The other two former servants stared ahead with shock and worry before they rushed at L'Arachel.
She simply gave Montresor an imposing stare as he flew towards her, Notte jumping by his side. The Noctowl was shaken by this and was wide open as another foot of Combee slammed him down. Notte was prepared for this and managed to dig his metal hands in the clustered Bee Pokemon and swung himself upwards before delivering a downward swing of his steel foot on to L'Arachel's head. Not faltering, the Vespiquen launched the Bisharp off of herself with a massive fist that was followed up by another from behind. Notte used Protect as he was also about to be booted in to the gaping hole, but only the damage could be prevented as the force still pushed him down.
" You fancied yourselves heroes? And I thought that Noriaki calling himself "Pillager of Twilight" was the most hysterical thing anyone has said in front of me ", the Vespiquen cackled, prepared to send anyone else that finds themselves over the pit spiraling down.
Through the chaos, Koss finds some solace in the fact that he's on the sidelines, and his medical knowledge is kicking in to gear, taking over his concerns about what to do with a goal and the means to achieve it. As Marlon notices what's happening and begins to struggle, Koss pulls back his paw but replaces it with a psychic force, spread across the Gallade's body like an incredibly heavy, ethereal blanket. It won't stop him from escaping if he really wants to, but it'll keep him relatively still.
"Thank ya fer the supplies. Now, ah need ya ta be still, ah'll do what ah can ta make sure this ain't gettin' worse, but ah can't fix it fer good until we got an actual healer, ya hear?"
Koss draws out the roll of bandages and pulls at the end with a paw, starting to wrap around Marlon's leg above the injury and pulling it tight enough to bind to the skin. Once he reaches the foreign object, though, he stops and looks it over. He'd like to cut it down to size but he doesn't have the capability for that himself, and the Gallade would have been his first choice if he wasn't the one being treated. Koss looks around for someone who can help him, shivering slightly as he sees Woodruff curled up in a ball. Hopefully he wouldn't have to treat for shock afterwards.
"Anyone know cut? Ah gotta trim tha thing down a bit. Yer gonna be fine. Jus' stay still."
Autumn pulls back as Grigori and Dodie move in to handle Gene, retreating from the middle of the room and the most dangerous area. When Noriaki and the others fall down, Autumn pauses for a moment, wondering if that's what it must have felt like for Eliot and his Combee to be so close and just watch as they slipped away. Another flash of lightning from yet another Thunder shakes Autumn's attention away from the pit and causes her to notice Eliot struggling across the foyer. Autumn rushes to try to bring him out of the danger as well, knowing just from the tone of Mila's voice that there's no hope for her to reason with the Raichu who has for some reason chosen to mercilessly pursue L'arachel's defeat.
Even as she's recovering from the blast, each bolt taking its toll on her energies, Mila finds herself running, keeping her body moving around the perimeter of the arena. Maybe it's to keep herself awake as exhaustion sets in. Maybe it's to keep herself ready to evade whatever is coming at her. Whatever it is, she knows that she can't let herself stop. Not until L'arachel is on the ground, preferably not moving.
I slowly recovered from that hit and got up.
Goodness gracious...that shockwave was a doozy! , I said weakly to myself.
I threw a Confuse Ray at the Vespiquen, hoping that I would hit while she was monologuing.
I can't move. Mostly. I recognize quickly that this is Koss's intent with his ability to somehow lock my body down with his psychic ability. I'd like to snap through and break out of this but I also really want this thing out of me so I stay locked in place. In my state of being largely stuck in place I await someone who can learn cut.
Kevin wants to take some practice chops with the air but realizes how he himself simply cannot learn the move. He darts his eyes around to the two most reasonable mons here (assuming that Neph didn't fall into the hole, at least), who could learn cut, which includes Dodie. Kevin frantically motions for one of the two to come over, perhaps any others that are fighting L'Arachel who could learn it as well.
Hey! We need one of you over here! Anyone who can help us in using Cut.
Nephenee's eyes shake with shock and anger.
"Y-You...!", the Scolipede began, but her attention was grabbed by a call for support with Cut.
Damn... Okay, okay... Calm yourself, Neph, don't let your burning blood make a rash decision for you again..., she thought to herself before scuttling over to where Marlon was.
"Need me to Cut something?", the mercenary asked, her tail already glowing slightly.
Gerome actually began creeping along the wall to meet with the group near Marlon himself.
"The culprit is distracted with others, it's for the best I go ahead and deliver some of these berries and Leftovers I got to help with that..."
The squad of red Combee noticed the incoming Confuse Ray and blockaded it from their liege's sight, getting confused themselves as they buzzed to the side, getting picked up by the rest of the swarm for now.
L'Arachel huffed out a sigh before warping out of the way of Mila's next attacks.
" Quite the berserker you have yourself there ", she commented as she did a wide swing of her whip that aimed to yank at the Raichu's leg, " A raving renegade... Reminds me somewhat of when Noriaki was just a boy. Sweet and soft on the outside, but in the heat of battle, when the intensity rose, it was a bloodlust much like this... "
In a moment, L'Arachel was much closer to Mila.
" Positively thrilling! ", the Vespiquen exclaimed as she held her palm forward and delivered a Hyper Beam directly in front of herself, " Unnerving, yes, but there was some degree of shared sense of this... "Bloody glee" that all of that ferocity was for me! "
As she said this last part, L'Arachel looked over to Autumn and smiled cheekily.
Regardless of the success of her attacks, L'Arachel is now standing and re-orienting herself, although the swarm is still in wait.
Someone awoke from water splashing on their face.
She shook her head and managed to stand back up. Why was she... Mostly uninjured? She still bears the pain from L'Arachel's attacks, but she does not see or feel any apparent damage from the fall she feels she should have taken. The Aromatisse walked a bit forward and saw her white hat on the ground, which seemed to be in good condition. As she picked it up, dusted it off, and placed it on her head properly, she took in her surroundings.
Blue-ish stone, gravel, and dirt, some long-forgotten wood and steel constructions, some openings in the walls that allowed for either drizzles or massive flows of water to trickle and pour from.... Some parts of the ground rose up along with rubble to make almost walkway-like paths she saw available. Hikari decided to follow this and see what she found.
Moving around enough, she saw two familiar Grass Pokemon landed somewhat away from a menacing-looking stalagmite. The round black glasses the Decidueye had worn were on the ground away from them.
So it is not Noriaki... But he has still helped. Hikari moved closer, picking up the spectacles and approaching the two with concern.


In today's tour of state-sponsored propaganda: Burma's state media becomes less awful, North Korea loves aggregation, and the U.S. Defense Department gets Orwellian.
In today's tour of state-sponsored propaganda: Burma's state media becomes less awful, North Korea loves aggregation, and the U.S. Defense Department gets Orwellian. We begin in Burma.
FOR the past 50 years, literature lovers in Myanmar have been able to read only the bowdlerised versions of the short stories, novels and poems published by local writers, with much of the best material left on the cutting room floor as a result of the relentless assault of the censor's red pen. But now, as the burden of censorship becomes lighter, some writers and publishers are endeavouring to release previously suppressed work to the public.
Obviously the reform process is far from complete in the country, and a lack of censorship won't fix everything, but it's one of the less dreary stories out of today's state-run media stories. Keep it up, Burma!
Congratulations Arpan, you're in a vanishngly small club of publications that will publish positive things about a notoriously repressive regime.
When the U.S. Defense Department announced it was transitioning to a greater emphasis on Asia, pretty much everyone new that was about curbing the power of one country in particular: China. That's why a news article on the U.S. Defense Department's website this week had Time's military writer Mark Thompson chuckling.
The post includes just one line from Thompson: "George Orwell, Call Your Office."


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The Vampire Diaries Season 8 Episode 1 Review: Hello Brother
Miranda Wicker at October 21, 2016 8:59 pm .
Members of The Vampire Diaries cast foreshadowed a darker final season, and The Vampire Diaries Season 8 Episode 1 has definitely begun to deliver on that promise.
From the set lighting to the storyline to the despair Stefan Salvatore's facing about his brother's descent into madness, "Hello, Brother" just felt heavy. And that's not a bad thing.
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Julie Plec has teased that Elena Gilbert will factor heavily into this season's narrative, and tonight's premiere definitely sets that tone.
Bonnie, Stefan, and Caroline are all taking turns writing diary entries to Elena, which is a callback to The Vampire Diaries Season 1's "Dear Diary" episode opener. Scenes from previous episodes with Nina Dobrev in them also featured prominently tonight, most notably Damon's first meeting with Elena, a scene we've only witnessed once.
That scene matters because Damon is on the verge of flipping his humanity switch, and he's looking for anything (except Stefan) to help him avoid going there.
So is Enzo, for what it's worth.
But Enzo has a tangible reason to hang on. Bonnie isn't in an 80-year nap and Enzo is very willing to use what little free will he has left to send her messages and ask for her help. It's going to be Enzo's desire to be saved, knowing this is one time when he can't do it himself, which is going to get interesting as the season takes off, because it won't just drag Bonnie into this.
Every other character is trudging headfirst into a showdown with Sybil.
Damon, despite the fact that he's trying desperately to hurt Stefan so the younger brother will stay away, is only going to drag Stefan into the middle of this mess. His humanity isn't completely gone, and if Stefan could get out of his own head for half a minute, he would understand that Damon's attempts to hurt him are because he still cares and not because he doesn't.
And that's where things are going to get fun.
One simple word gave a teeny, tiny tease that Stefan's headed down the dark road, too. Damon says to him "It doesn't want you...yet."
Mwahahahahahah! Might Ripper Stefan return before The Vampire Diaries ends?!?! (My money's on yes, for whatever that's worth to you.)
The Ripper's return will create issues for Caroline which will create issues for Ric and that will complicate things for the girls and Matt Donovan will fall into that somehow and ALL OF OUR CHARACTERS are suddenly in the thick of it instead of everyone having a separate storyline where they rarely interact.
I'm here for it. Except there will be some diverging storylines. Which will all...come back around so things wrap up nicely?
This is the part of the review where I just start throwing out my random thoughts, ideas, and questions, and you can ask TV Fanatic staffer Paul Dailly: I have a lot of all of those things.
While Ric's excavating the Armory and being hit on by the pretty intern, Caroline's holding down a job in media and she and Stefan are happily coupled up. They're all using their various resources to find Damon and Enzo.
She and Ric are co-parenting the twins, splitting custody, and have a hot nanny helping them out. Hot Nanny Seline has some secrets, and my money's on her being a long lost member of the Gemini coven who found her way there to steward the girls into their eventual reign as leaders of the gang.
Otherwise it's kind of a waste of Kristen Gutoskie's talent. (RIP Kake/Jatie! You'll always have the shower!)
And in my mind she also holds the secret to ending that terrible merging the Gemini are known for. Instead, they'll find a way to balance their power and they'll both lead.
Look, it's a theory, okay? Maybe she doesn't yet know she's a witch. It's possible, right?
The girls definitely factor heavily into the plot surrounding this season's Big Bad. Virginia St. John, whose appearance in this episode was super odd and kind of dumb, dropped the news that the monster from the vault needs the girls, or wants the girls, or the girls are important somehow.
Then she bit off her own tongue and bled out in Caroline's living room, and I cannot get the mental image of someone biting through their own tongue out of my brain.
So what does Sybil need with the girls? Or are they the secret to resealing her inside the vault? Virginia being so reluctant to give up the information kind of makes me want to start researching origin stories since we're taking a tour through mythology in the final season.
Bonnie put together Enzo's clues to discover that a...Siren...has Damon and Enzo under her spell. Except they know they're under her spell which doesn't jive with what we know about the Sirens from mythology class.
They only heard her sing for the first time when she became corporeal, and there's something about seeing and hearing which renders people impervious to her powers. I think. So maybe she only operates like a traditional Siren when she's in human form? Or maybe she's not a Siren at all, but she's similar so Enzo is just pointing them in that direction.
I have questions. I need answers. We only have 15 more episodes to get them all. Here's hoping we do.
What questions do YOU have after watching The Vampire Diaries Season 8 Episode 1? Why does Sybil need/not need the girls? Will the gang be able to save Damon and Enzo without losing anyone else to the dark side? Sound off in the comments below and WELCOME BACK, Y'ALL!
If you missed a minute of tonight's premiere, or want to relive your favorite TVD moments, you can watch The Vampire Diaries online at TV Fanatic while we wait for The Vampire Diaries Season 8 Episode 2!
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Stefan: Please don't give up.
Bonnie: Of course. But please don't ask me to have hope. Hope hurts, and I don't want to hurt anymore.
Permalink: Of course. But please don't ask me to have hope. Hope hurts, and I don't want to hurt anymore.
Enzo: Wanna watch some TV?
Damon: Nah, I was just going to read for a little while.
Enzo: Alright. Night then.
Permalink: Alright. Night then.
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Kallatis or Callatis was a Greek colony founded in the 6th century BC by the city of Heraclea Pontica.
Its first silver coinage was minted around 350 BC. In 72 BC, Callatis was conquered by the Roman general Lucullus and was assigned to the Roman province of Moesia Inferior.
Throughout the 2nd century AD, the city built defensive fortifications and the minting of coinage under the Roman emperors Septimius Severus and Caracalla continued.
Callatis suffered multiple invasions in the 3rd century AD but recovered in the 4th century AD to regain its status as an important trade hub and port city.


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Kel Johari Rice Mitchell, mais conhecido como Kel Mitchell ou simplesmente Kel (Chicago, 25 de agosto de 1978) é um ator, comediante, dublador, diretor, roteirista, apresentador, rapper, músico, compositor americano e pastor. Conhecido por integrar o elenco do programa All That da Nickelodeon, ao lado do amigo Kenan Thompson, com quem mais tarde estrelou a sitcom Kenan & Kel, tornando-se mundialmente conhecido por interpretar o personagem Kel Kimble. Ele também participou de vários outros projetos da Nick, como o filme Good Burger (ao lado de Kenan) e a série Game Shakers, além de ter feito várias participações em séries do canal.

Kel também é conhecido por participar dos filmes Mystery Men e Like Mike 2: Streetball, além de ter dado voz aos personagens Bisteca em Clifford, o Gigante Cão Vermelho e Dutch Gordy em Motorcity.

Biografia
Kel Mitchell nasceu em Chicago, Illinois, Kel é filho do meio de duas irmãs Kenyatta e Kyra. Ele foi casado com Tyisha Hampton-Mitchell por seis anos até seu divórcio em 2005. Casou-se novamente em 8 de janeiro de 2012 com a rapper Ásia Lee. Kel Mitchell é convertido ao Cristianismo desde 2013.

Carreira
Com 13 anos de idade ele apareceu no teatro de Chicago. Ele estudou no Colégio Santa Mônica na Califórnia, juntamente com o seu amigo, Kenan Thompson. Ficou famoso participando do programa Kenan e Kel um dos principais programas do canal Nickelodeon, que teve sua estreia em 1996, e por seus papéis como Ed nos filmes All That Sketch e Good Burger . O ator fez sua volta às séries da Nickelodeon em uma participação especial na sitcom Sam & Cat, onde ele interpreta Peezy B. O episódio com sua participação estreou em 2014 no Brasil.

Kel foi chamado em Game Shakers, interpretando o rapper "Double G", na Nickelodeon.

Mitchell Apareceu no The Tonight Show com Jimmy Fallon em um Skit com seu Papel icônico como Ed de Good Burger. Mitchell também se reuniu com seu ex-colega Kenan e Kel, Kenan Thompson, que retomou seu Papel icônico como ''Lester Oakes, Construction Worker''.

Em 2015, Kel Mitchell firmou parceria com o clube futebolístico amador Kenan & Kelsen FC, batizado com inspiração em seu antigo programa da rede Nickelodeon e no jusfilósofo austríaco Hans Kelsen. Ao vestir as cores do K&K, Kel Mitchell endossou e confirmou a superioridade esportiva da equipe mais vitoriosa da história da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal do Amazonas, alma mater do clube que posteriormente ganhou notoriedade mundial.

Em 2019, Kel competiu como celebridade participante da 28ª temporada de Dancing with the Stars , da qual ficou em 2º lugar. Em dezembro do mesmo ano, Kel Mitchell se tornou pastor do Spirit Food Christian Center, no bairro de Winnetka em Los Angeles, após 8 anos de trabalho com o centro.

Vida pessoal
Ele foi casado com Tyisha Hampton-Mitchell por seis anos até o divórcio em 2005. Juntos, eles tiveram dois filhos: Lyric (nascido em 2000) e Allure (nascida em 30 de outubro de 2002). Ele se casou novamente em 25 de fevereiro de 2012 com a rapper Asia Lee. Os dois têm uma filha juntos: Wisdom (nascida em julho de 2017).

Kel se converteu ao cristianismo em 2013. Ele disse que a fé em Deus o afastou de problemas envolvendo álcool, drogas, depressão e pensamentos suicidas, além de ter melhorado o relacionamento com a esposa e seus filhos.

Filmografia

Televisão

Filmes

Videoclipes

Discografia

Singles
Fonte:
 1996: "Watch Me Do My Thing" (por Immature com Smooth e Kel Mitchell) para All That: The Album
 1997: "We're All Dudes" (de Less Than Jake e Kel Mitchell) para a trilha sonora de Good Burger
 1999: "Who Are Those Mystery Men" (por Kel Mitchell e os MAFT Emcees apresentando Romaine Jones e Simbi Khali) para a trilha sonora de Mystery Men
 1999: "Pedal to the Steel" (de Youngstown com Kel Mitchell) para o álbum Let's Roll
 2015: "Kel Mitchell" (por Spec com Asia Lee e Kel Mitchell) para o álbum Spec Vacancy

Ligações externas
 Site oficial

Nascidos em 1978
Naturais de Chicago
Atores dos Estados Unidos
Atores afro-americanos
Dubladores dos Estados Unidos
Rappers dos Estados Unidos
Atores premiados com o Nickelodeon Kids' Choice
Cristãos dos Estados Unidos


$ 10,000,000Represented dozens of individuals for personal injuries and property damage against several oil companies for extensive oil spills in Greenpoint.
$ 7,750,000Represented dozens of individuals against FEMA for damages sustained as a result of Hurricane Sandy.
$ 5,800,000Recovery for the death of a Mother of 3 children as the result of the failure to timely diagnose and treat post c-section bleeding.
$ 5,100,000Recovery for an infant in a medical malpractice case who was born with an undiagnosed diaphragmatic hernia resulting in quadriparesis.
$ 4,400,000Recovery for the family in a medical malpractice case whose husband and father died as a result of an undiagnosed aortic aneurysm.
$ 3,900,000Recovery for the family in a medical malpractice case whose wife and mother died as a result of mismanagement and overdose from Propafenone (marketed as Rythmol).
$ 3,500,000Recovery for a gentleman whose post operative care lead to a heart attack and a partial leg amputation.
$ 3,300,000Recovery for an infant in a medical malpractice case who suffered hypoxia during delivery resulting in cerebral palsy.
$ 3,000,000A $3,000,000.00 recovery for a woman who required back surgery after a slip and fall.
$ 2,800,000Recovery for a woman in a medical malpractice case whose doctors failed to diagnose and treat an abscess and infection following surgery, resulting in paraplegia.
$ 2,800,000Recovery for an infant in a medical malpractice case who suffered hypoxia during delivery resulting in cerebral palsy.
$ 2,700,000Recovery for an infant in a medical malpractice case who suffered hypoxia during delivery resulting in cerebral palsy.
$ 2,500,000Recovery for a man in a medical malpractice case whose cardiac and arterial bypass surgery led to chronic ulcerations, skin grafts and a myocardial infarction.
$ 2,400,000Recovery for the family in a medical malpractice case whose husband and father died as a result of complications during bariatric surgery.
$ 2,200,000Recovery for an electrical linesman who was struck by falling fiber optic reels causing severe back injuries.
$ 2,100,000Recovery for the family in a medical malpractice case whose husband and father died as a result of failing to timely diagnose colon cancer.
$ 2,050,000Recovery for a construction worker who fell, causing wrist fractures.
$ 2,000,000Recovery for a passenger in a motor vehicle accident with an MTA bus who required lower back surgery.
$ 2,000,000Recovery for the family in a medical malpractice case whose husband and father died after being improperly and untimely intubated.
$ 2,000,000Recovery for an infant in a medical malpractice case who suffered hypoxia during delivery resulting in cerebral palsy.
$ 1,850,000Recovery for a man who was a pedestrian involved in a motor vehicle accident and sustained bilateral femur fractures and a bimalleolar ankle fracture with surgery.
$ 1,725,000Recovery for a construction worker who fell from a scaffold causing spinal fractures and herniated discs.
$ 1,700,000Recovery for a construction worker who fell from the Triborough Bridge causing a fractured ankle.
$ 1,600,000Recovery for a construction worker who fell at a construction site and had several surgeries.
$ 1,550,000Recovery for a male construction worker who fell from a scaffold and sustained severe back injuries.
$ 1,500,000Recovery for an infant in a medical malpractice case whose premature birth resulted in mild spastic diplegic cerebral palsy.
$ 1,400,000Recovery for two people injured in a motor vehicle accident who suffered severe neck and back injuries.
$ 1,350,000Recovery for a woman in a medical malpractice case whose doctors improperly administered and monitored INH medication leading to a liver transplant.
$ 1,300,000Recovery for a man whose arrhythmia was not timely diagnosed leading to cardiac compromise.
$ 1,200,000Recovery for an elderly man whose cardiologist failed to timely diagnose and treat endocarditis leading to heart complications.
$ 1,185,000Recovery for a passenger in a motor vehicle who suffered a traumatic brain injury.
$ 1,100,000Recovery for an infant in a medical malpractice case whose doctors failed to properly treat her mother's placental abruption and failed to perform a timely c-section resulting in mild cognitive deficits.
$ 1,000,000Recovery for a passenger on a motorcycle who suffered pelvic fractures.
$ 950,000Recovery for a child who sustained lead poisoning in an apartment.
$ 940,000Recovery for an elderly man in a medical malpractice case who suffered bed sores following failed prostate surgery.
$ 900,000Recovery for the driver of a motorcycle who suffered multiple leg fractures with surgery.
$ 900,000Recovery for the family of a middle-aged woman with prior cardiac problems who was not properly medicated.
$ 875,000Recovery for the death of a middle-aged man as a result of the failure to diagnose and treat a superior mesenteric artery aneurysm.
$ 850,000Recovery for a women in a medical malpractice case who suffered compartment syndrome following an improperly performed cardiac catheterization.
$ 850,000Recovery for a concrete laborer who sustained injuries when he was hit with wooden beam resulting in back surgery.
$ 850,000Recovery for a man in a medical malpractice case who died as a result of his doctors' failure to diagnose and treat a heart attack.
$ 825,000Recovery for the family of a husband and father who died as a result of the serious injuries sustained after he was hit by a motor vehicle.
$ 800,000Recovery for a construction worker who fell from a roof causing leg fractures.
$ 792,000Recovery for a woman who was a passenger on a bus that was involved in a motor vehicle accident resulting in back surgery.
$ 770,000Recovery for the family in a medical malpractice case whose wife and mother died as a result of the failure to diagnose and treat a saddle block embolism.
$ 750,000Recovery for a woman in her mid fifties who required surgical intervention as a result of two motor vehicle accidents.
$ 750,000Recovery for the death of an elderly gentleman as a result of being administered excessive osteoporosis medication which left him immunosuppressed.
$ 750,000Recovery for an infant in a medical malpractice case whose doctors failed to resolve shoulder dystocia leading to a moderate erb's palsy.
$ 740,000Recovery for an elderly woman in a medical malpractice case who suffered total hyphema of the globe during cataract removal surgery which lead to a loss of vision.
$ 725,000Recovery for a woman involved in a motor vehicle accident resulting in laminectomy.
$ 700,000Recovery for a woman in a medical malpractice case whose doctors failed to properly administer an epidural and monitor subsequent blood thinners resulting in partial paralysis.
$ 700,000Recovery for an infant in a medical malpractice case whose doctors failed to anticipate and resolve shoulder dystocia resulting in a moderate erb's palsy.
$ 700,000Recovery for a man who was a pedestrian involved in a motor vehicle accident and sustained bilateral torn meniscus with surgery.
$ 690,000Recovery for a man in a medical malpractice case who suffered necrotic total retinal detachment as a result of the failure to diagnose and treat sepsis, bacteremia, Klebsiella pneumonia and endogenous endophthalmitis.
$ 675,000Recovery for a man in a medical malpractice case who sustained nerve damage after a nurse at a City Hospital improperly administered an intravenous medication.
$ 675,000Recovery for a women who was a passenger in a motor vehicle accident where the driver purchased alcohol illegally and was intoxicated. She sustained a tibia and fibula fracture which required surgery.
$ 600,000Recovery for an elderly man in a medical malpractice case who suffered vascular compromise and the loss of a portion of his leg following a total knee replacement.
$ 600,000Recovery for a passenger in a motor vehicle who suffered a leg fracture and hip fracture.
$ 600,000Recovery for two children who sustained lead poisoning in an apartment.
$ 575,000Recovery for an elderly women who slipped-and fell on snow and ice and sustained a tibial fracture.
$ 550,000For a women who sustained abdominal damage and IV Infiltration during DaVinci Robotic Device surgery.
$ 550,000Recovery for a women who had a complications following a hysterectomy as a result of poor surgical technique and defective equipment design. This was both a mass tort and medical malpractice case.
$ 535,000Recovery for an elderly gentleman who tripped and fell over a detective sidewalk resulting in surgery with hardware to repair a fractured arm.
$ 500,000Recovery for an elderly woman who suffered partial upper extremity paralysis as a result of a failure to administer TPA in an emergency room setting.
$ 500,000For a malpractice against a law firm who failed to timely file a Notice of Claim for an injured laborer who had lower back surgery.


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package org.apache.metron.solr.dao;

import org.apache.metron.common.Constants;
import org.apache.metron.common.configuration.IndexingConfigurations;
import org.apache.metron.common.zookeeper.ConfigurationsCache;
import org.apache.metron.indexing.dao.AccessConfig;
import org.apache.metron.indexing.dao.UpdateDaoTest;
import org.apache.metron.indexing.dao.search.AlertComment;
import org.apache.metron.indexing.dao.update.Document;
import org.apache.metron.indexing.dao.update.OriginalNotFoundException;
import org.apache.metron.indexing.dao.update.PatchRequest;
import org.apache.metron.indexing.dao.update.UpdateDao;
import org.apache.metron.indexing.util.IndexingCacheUtil;
import org.apache.metron.solr.matcher.SolrInputDocumentListMatcher;
import org.apache.metron.solr.matcher.SolrInputDocumentMatcher;
import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrClient;
import org.apache.solr.common.SolrInputDocument;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.*;

import static org.apache.metron.indexing.dao.IndexDao.COMMENTS_FIELD;
import static org.apache.metron.solr.SolrConstants.SOLR_ZOOKEEPER;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;

/**
 * This class contains tests specific to the SolrUpdateDao implementation.  It also returns the SolrUpdateDao
 * implementation to be used in UpdateDaoTest.  UpdateDaoTest contains a common set of tests that all Dao
 * implementations must pass.
 */
public class SolrUpdateDaoTest extends UpdateDaoTest {

  private SolrClient client;
  private SolrRetrieveLatestDao solrRetrieveLatestDao;
  private SolrUpdateDao solrUpdateDao;

  private static AccessConfig accessConfig = new AccessConfig();

  @BeforeAll
  public static void setupBefore() {
    accessConfig.setGlobalConfigSupplier(() ->
        new HashMap<String, Object>() {{
          put(SOLR_ZOOKEEPER, "zookeeper:2181");
        }}
    );
    IndexingConfigurations indexingConfigs = mock(IndexingConfigurations.class);
    ConfigurationsCache cache = mock(ConfigurationsCache.class);

    Map<String, Object> broIndexingConfig = new HashMap<String, Object>() {{
      put("solr", new HashMap<String, Object>() {{
      }});
    }};
    when(indexingConfigs.getSensorIndexingConfig("bro")).thenReturn(broIndexingConfig);
    when(cache.get(IndexingConfigurations.class)).thenReturn(indexingConfigs);

    accessConfig.setIndexSupplier(IndexingCacheUtil.getIndexLookupFunction(cache, "solr"));
  }

  @BeforeEach
  public void setUp() {
    client = mock(SolrClient.class);
    solrRetrieveLatestDao = new SolrRetrieveLatestDao(client, accessConfig);
    solrUpdateDao = new SolrUpdateDao(client, solrRetrieveLatestDao, accessConfig);
  }

  @Test
  public void updateShouldProperlyUpdateDocumentImplicitIndex() throws Exception {
    Document document = new Document(new HashMap<String, Object>(){{
      put("field", "value");
    }}, "guid", "bro", 0L);

    SolrInputDocument solrInputDocument = new SolrInputDocument();
    solrInputDocument.addField("field", "value");

    solrUpdateDao.update(document, Optional.empty());

    verify(client).add(eq("bro"), argThat(new SolrInputDocumentMatcher(solrInputDocument)));

  }

  @Test
  public void updateShouldProperlyUpdateDocumentExplicitIndex() throws Exception {
    Document document = new Document(new HashMap<String, Object>(){{
      put("field", "value");
    }}, "guid", "bro", 0L);

    SolrInputDocument solrInputDocument = new SolrInputDocument();
    solrInputDocument.addField("field", "value");

    solrUpdateDao.update(document, Optional.of("bro"));

    verify(client).add(eq("bro"), argThat(new SolrInputDocumentMatcher(solrInputDocument)));
  }

  @Test
  public void batchUpdateShouldProperlyUpdateDocuments() throws Exception {
    Document broDocument1 = new Document(new HashMap<String, Object>(){{
      put("broField1", "value");
      put("guid", "broGuid1");
    }}, "broGuid1", "bro", 0L);
    Document broDocument2 = new Document(new HashMap<String, Object>(){{
      put("broField2", "value");
      put("guid", "broGuid2");
    }}, "broGuid2", "bro", 0L);

    Map<Document, Optional<String>> updates = new HashMap<Document, Optional<String>>(){{
      put(broDocument1, Optional.of("bro"));
      put(broDocument2, Optional.of("bro"));
    }};

    SolrInputDocument broSolrInputDocument1 = new SolrInputDocument();
    broSolrInputDocument1.addField("broField1", "value");
    broSolrInputDocument1.addField("guid", "broGuid1");
    SolrInputDocument broSolrInputDocument2 = new SolrInputDocument();
    broSolrInputDocument2.addField("broField2", "value");
    broSolrInputDocument2.addField("guid", "broGuid2");

    solrUpdateDao.batchUpdate(updates);

    verify(client).add(eq("bro"), argThat(new SolrInputDocumentListMatcher(Arrays.asList(broSolrInputDocument1, broSolrInputDocument2))));
  }

  @Test
  public void batchUpdateShouldProperlyUpdateDocumentsWithoutIndex() throws Exception {
    Document snortDocument1 = new Document(new HashMap<String, Object>(){{
      put("snortField1", "value");
      put("guid", "snortGuid1");
    }}, "snortGuid1", "snort", 0L);
    Document snortDocument2 = new Document(new HashMap<String, Object>(){{
      put("snortField2", "value");
      put("guid", "snortGuid2");
    }}, "snortGuid2", "snort", 0L);

    Map<Document, Optional<String>> updates = new HashMap<Document, Optional<String>>(){{
      put(snortDocument1, Optional.empty());
      put(snortDocument2, Optional.empty());
    }};

    SolrInputDocument snortSolrInputDocument1 = new SolrInputDocument();
    snortSolrInputDocument1.addField("snortField1", "value");
    snortSolrInputDocument1.addField("guid", "snortGuid1");
    SolrInputDocument snortSolrInputDocument2 = new SolrInputDocument();
    snortSolrInputDocument2.addField("snortField2", "value");
    snortSolrInputDocument2.addField("guid", "snortGuid2");

    solrUpdateDao.batchUpdate(updates);

    verify(client).add(eq("snort"), argThat(new SolrInputDocumentListMatcher(Arrays.asList(snortSolrInputDocument1, snortSolrInputDocument2))));
  }

  @Test
  public void testConvertCommentsToRaw() {
    List<Map<String, Object>> commentList = new ArrayList<>();
    Map<String, Object> comments = new HashMap<>();
    comments.put("comment", "test comment");
    comments.put("username", "test username");
    comments.put("timestamp", 1526424323279L);
    commentList.add(comments);

    Map<String, Object> document = new HashMap<>();
    document.put("testField", "testValue");
    document.put(COMMENTS_FIELD, commentList);
    solrUpdateDao.convertCommentsToRaw(document);

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    List<String> actualComments = (List<String>) document.get(COMMENTS_FIELD);
    String expectedComment = "{\"comment\":\"test comment\",\"username\":\"test username\",\"timestamp\":1526424323279}";
    assertEquals(expectedComment, actualComments.get(0));
    assertEquals(1, actualComments.size());
    assertEquals("testValue", document.get("testField"));
  }

  @Test
  public void getPatchedDocument() throws IOException, OriginalNotFoundException {
    // Create the document to be patched. Including comments
    Map<String, Object> latestDoc = new HashMap<>();
    latestDoc.put(Constants.GUID, "guid");
    List<Map<String, Object>> comments = new ArrayList<>();
    comments.add(new AlertComment("comment", "user", 0L).asMap());
    comments.add(new AlertComment("comment_2", "user_2", 0L).asMap());
    latestDoc.put(COMMENTS_FIELD, comments);
    Document latest = new Document(latestDoc, "guid", "bro", 0L);

    SolrRetrieveLatestDao retrieveLatestDao = spy(new SolrRetrieveLatestDao(null, accessConfig));
    doReturn(latest).when(retrieveLatestDao).getLatest("guid", "bro");

    // Create the patch
    PatchRequest request = new PatchRequest();
    request.setIndex("bro");
    request.setSensorType("bro");
    request.setGuid("guid");
    List<Map<String, Object>> patchList = new ArrayList<>();
    Map<String, Object> patch = new HashMap<>();
    patch.put("op", "add");
    patch.put("path", "/project");
    patch.put("value", "metron");
    patchList.add(patch);
    request.setPatch(patchList);
    Document actual = solrUpdateDao.getPatchedDocument(retrieveLatestDao, request, Optional.of(0L));

    // Add the patch to our original document
    latest.getDocument().put("project", "metron");
    assertEquals(actual, latest);
  }

  @Override
  public UpdateDao getUpdateDao() {
    return solrUpdateDao;
  }
}

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