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Gender alert I: Women's rights in Afghanistan: Where are we now?
Date: Tuesday, 7 December 2021
In the first "gender alert" since the Taliban took over Kabul on 15 August 2021, UN Women brings gender data and analyses on the impact of the rapidly evolving context on women's rights in Afghanistan.
Gender-inclusive peace processes: Strengthening women's meaningful participation through constituency building
Date: Tuesday, 26 October 2021
This report on the proceedings of the global conference "Gender-inclusive peace processes: Strengthening women's meaningful participation through constituency building" explores current challenges, best practices, and recommendations on how best to leverage the practice of constituency building to further gender-inclusive peace.
UN Women: A decade of daring
UN Women's tenth anniversary publication, "A decade of daring", celebrates the milestones of the organization's first 10 years.
UN Women impact stories: Women, peace, and security
Date: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
The September 2021 edition of the UN Women impact stories is dedicated to women, peace, and security. These impact stories illustrate part of UN Women's work on implementing the WPS agenda through programming and partnerships that support the meaningful participation and leadership of women in building long-lasting peace in Bangladesh, the Central African Republic, Georgia, and Lebanon.
UN Women's highlights from 2020–2021
UN Women's highlights from 2020–2021 samples our top 2020 results showing how UN Women has effectively delivered for women and girls around the world, and presents some of the people who have inspired us most over the past year.
Understanding the journey: Past, present, and future of the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network
This research stems from the development of Regional Women Mediator Networks and the increased value these networks have acquired in recent years. With a focus on the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network, the paper aims to analyze the significant contribution this initiative can offer to the global agenda of Mediation for the 21st century and its unique added value for the next 20 years of the women, peace, and security agenda.
Strengthening women's participation in peace processes: What roles and responsibilities for states?
This report reflects the main arguments presented during the the high-level seminar, organized by UN Women in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on "Strengthening women's participation in peace processes: What roles and responsibilities for states?" in Rome, Italy, on 3 and 4 December 2019, including the persistent barriers to women's meaningful participation in peace and mediation processes and the opportunities that exist to remove them.
Increasing women's participation in mediation processes: What roles for the United Nations, regional organizations, and Member States?
This background paper was prepared ahead of the high level seminar, organized by UN Women in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on "Strengthening women's participation in peace processes: What roles and responsibilities for States?" in Rome, Italy, on 3 and 4 December 2019. The paper analyzes policies and strategies adopted by Member States and other international actors to foster women's meaningful participation, particularly related to mediating peace.
Financing gender-inclusive peace: Gaps in implementing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
Date: Wednesday, 7 July 2021
This research explores the causes of the under-investment in gender-inclusive peace in conflict and post-conflict settings and the significant gaps in financing that make the implementation of Women, Peace and security commitments more difficult. This paper focuses on the three case studies of Colombia, Iraq, and the Philippines.
Women's meaningful participation in peace processes: Modalities and strategies across tracks
This report on the proceedings of the 2018 conference "Women's meaningful participation in peace processes: Modalities and strategies across tracks", explores innovations, trends, and challenges in the interplay between official, high-level processes and unofficial processes in which civil society plays a leadership role.
A training manual: Women in preventing and countering violent extremism
Date: Wednesday, 10 February 2021
This training manual is designed for actors involved in the prevention and countering of violent extremism (P/CVE) in Europe and Central Asia including state officials, members of non-governmental organizations, community activists, staff of UN agencies, international and regional organizations to help them understand violent extremism's gender dimensions.
Addressing exclusion through intersectionality in rule of law, peace, and security context
This brief discusses the global context for intersectionality in conflict or crisis and transition settings, and considers the specific barriers faced in relation to the Women, Peace and Security and the Rule of Law agendas. It provides recommendations to overcome these barriers and points to positive actions to ensure that policies and programmes are inclusive and accessible for all.
New insights on women, peace and security for the next decade
Date: Monday, 30 November 2020
This brief series recognizes that, despite advancements, we have to build a stronger bridge between empirical scholarly work, new policy directions, and actual practice on the ground. The series seeks to address that gap and contribute to the realization of the women, peace and security agenda through the promotion of evidence-based policy and practice.
Global digital consultation: Voices and perspectives of civil society on the gendered dimensions of violent extremism and counterterrorism responses – Outcome report
Date: Monday, 9 November 2020
This report was produced by UN Women following the global digital consultation on the gendered dimensions of violent extremism and counterterrorism responses (25 May – 5 July 2020), organized on behalf of the Gender Working Group of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact. It reflects the views expressed by civil society participants in the consultation, and it was presented to Member States ahead of the 7th UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy revision, 2021.
Women, peace and security annual report 2019–2020
Date: Friday, 30 October 2020
This report documents UN Women's work to accelerate the implementation of the women, peace, and security agenda throughout 2019. It highlights how to shape the global agenda; some of the organization's numbers and solutions; how to finance the women, peace, and security agenda; and the priorities for 2020 and beyond.
Corporate thematic evaluation of UN Women's support to National Action Plans on women, peace, and security
UN Women has played a key role in supporting the development and implementation of National Action Plans (NAPs) on women, peace, and security (WPS) as the main tool by which global WPS frameworks are translated into actions and outcomes at national level. The corporate evaluation of WPS NAPs assessed the relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, and extent to which human rights and gender equality principles were integrated to meet WPS commitments and adopt accountability frameworks.
Gender perspectives and confidence building for inclusive peace: Getting parties to a shared negotiation table through trust
Date: Wednesday, 2 September 2020
Confidence building is an area that is receiving significant attention in mediation processes around the world. Meanwhile, feminist analysis of the theories and practices of confidence building is nascent. Based on conference discussions, this report summarizes perspectives and early analysis on confidence building from a women, peace, and security perspective. It also offers preliminary recommendations for further research and action.
COVID-19 and conflict: Advancing women's meaningful participation in ceasefires and peace processes
This brief addresses the importance of women's full, equal, and meaningful participation to an effective pandemic response and to peacemaking efforts, and how the women, peace and security agenda can provide a critical framework for inclusive decision-making and sustainable solutions. It also provides preliminary analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on women's participation in ceasefires and peace processes and offers a series of recommendations, including on "building back better".
Regular resources report 2019: Forging Generation Equality now and in the future
Date: Friday, 19 June 2020
This year's regular resources report analyses how UN Women mobilized its core contributions in 2019 to fulfil its normative, coordination, and operational activities mandate, in order to improve the lives of women and girls worldwide. Through the presentation of tangible results, this report presents case studies at the global, regional, and country levels to showcase the impact that regular resources have in the countries where UN Women is present.
Date: Thursday, 18 June 2020
This report tells UN Women's story over the period 2019–2020. It shares how we and our many partners are striding forward to realize a better world for women and girls—one of equality and empowerment. Looking forward, we will draw on our full resources and experiences in protecting and advancing the rights of all women and girls. That is what we do and who we are, as a leader, mobilizer, convenor, provider of programmes, and partner for change.


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2019 March CEO Report: Q1 Turnover Up 22% Over Last Year
Employers at U.S.-based companies announced 135 chief executive officer changes last month, 8.9% higher than the 124 CEO changes announced in February, according to a report released Wednesday by global outplacement and business and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
March's total was 40.6% higher than the 96 CEO exits announced in the same month last year. In the first quarter, 416 CEOs have left their posts, 22% higher than the 341 CEOs who left their posts during the same period in 2018.
First quarter CEO changes are 2% lower than the 425 CEO changes announced in the previous quarter. It is the highest first quarter total since Challenger began tracking CEO changes in 2002.
"We are seeing considerable churn in the chief executive role. Companies are grappling with changing consumer behavior and new technologies disrupting almost all industries," said Andrew Challenger, Vice President of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
Challenger tracks CEO changes at companies that have been in business for at least two years, with a minimum of ten employees.
"A difficult business environment, with economic uncertainty, is causing boards to make changes in their leadership ranks," he added.
In the first quarter, of the 331 named CEO replacements, 263 were men, or 79.5%. Twenty-seven of those men replaced women leaders. Of the 68 women who took over the top spot, 45 of them replaced male CEOs.
So far this year, women make up 20.5% of CEO replacements, compared to 23.7% in the first quarter last year. By the end of last year, women comprised 22.7% of all CEO replacements.
Companies in the Government/Non-Profit sector lead all industries in CEO changes with 95, 36 of which occurred in March. Health Care/Products companies follow with 41. Financial companies announced 37 CEO changes in the first quarter, including Wells Fargo's Tim Sloan, who announced his intention to leave in March. Technology firms follow with 34 CEO changes in the first quarter.
Through March, 169 chief executives stepped down into other positions within the company, usually as a Chairperson or other member of the C-Suite. Another 126 CEOs retired, while 34 found new positions in other companies. Three CEOs reportedly left due to scandal, while two left due to professional misconduct allegations. Another two left due to alleged sexual misconduct.
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Psycholinguistics is an interdisciplinary study of language development, language in relation to human mind, language in thought, etc. Therefore the analysis of different language units and structures can hardly be separated from the study of human mind and the way it functions. Let us proceed from the assumption that there are two spheres in human soul: the conscious sphere and the subconscious one. We will talk about those spheres in the next chapter.
When studying different aspects of the subconscious sphere, modern psychologists use the term"MIND SET".
It was D.N.Uznadze, a Georgian psychologist, who defined mind set as a state that precedes every human activity, including speaking. It is a special form of soul modification that underlies every involvement into the world. The mind set is the person's readiness to perform an action, it is the modality of human behavior. D.N.Uznadze shows that it is in the mind set that the person's need and the concrete situation are reflected in the form of a drive. So the mind set is the beginning of every human activity, and it underlies both conscious and subconscious behavior.
which correspond to the two main functions of language: the communicative function and the expressive function. Of course, when we speak, both functions are realized. However, the person's desire to say something may proceed from the necessity to get something from the hearer, which can be either of material or ideal nature: an object, an action, a piece of advice, even understanding and compassion. Of course, the speaker will do his best to be understood by the hearer. He will control what he is saying, he will keep in mind the hearer's social status, his specific character traits as well as different parameters of the communicative speech situation, like the time and the place. So when the speaker wants to share some information with somebody, he will proceed from the communicative mind set. Most speech acts are realizations of the communicative mind set.
Therefore, any speech activity, proceeding from the communicative mind-set is well controlled, and attention is highly involved, even though certain operations are realized automatically without the speaker actually controlling them.
When the expressive mind set is realized, the person is driven by the desire to pour out his soul, to get rid of something that is tormenting him. He doesn't care whether he will be understood or not. He perceives linguistic signs as a part of himself. The speaker creates, he is just like an artist or a composer. And it doesn't matter what will eventually appear: a poem, a hypnotic text, a joke or a schizophrenic text. What is really important is that the expressive mind set has been realized. The speaker forgets about the hearer or the reader to some extent. Of course, there can be different stages or levels of the speaker's drift from reality. Still it is the logic of wish-fulfillment that underlies everything that goes on. That is why the texts that are the product of speech based on the expressive mind set are, in most cases, samples of the negative speech material.
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Oil, Slowing Future Profits May Curb Stocks
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NEW YORK – Heading into the heart of earnings season next week the expected results look robust, but a slowing of future profit growth and the impact of surging oil prices on the economy could conspire to hold down stocks.
One more presidential debate remained for investors to digest. Barring a glaring goof by President Bush or Sen. John Kerry, markets are unlikely to react strongly to the final debate, analysts said.
For some, a surprisingly weak payrolls report Friday that showed only 96,000 jobs were added in September will sharpen criticism of Bush, though others said the election is still three weeks away and the news was just a minor irritant.
"People are trying to figure out what this dog race is going to turn into," said Scott Lynch, managing director of U.S. trading at CSFB. "We're going to stay within a trading range."
However, chief investment strategist Jeffrey Saut of Raymond James Financial said Kerry would likely spin the data to his advantage and make it very difficult for Bush.
"A Kerry victory from Wall Street's standpoint is not a good thing," Saut said, as a reduction in dividend taxes Bush had enacted could be in jeopardy under a Kerry presidency.
The second presidential debate was slated for Friday night, and the final one is scheduled next Wednesday in Phoenix.
For the week, all three major stock indexes declined, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling 1.4 percent, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipping 0.8 percent and the Nasdaq Composite Index off 1.1 percent.
Government reports next Friday are expected to show retail sales for September gained 0.7 percent, and added 0.3 percent in the non-automotive sector, while the Producer Price Index (search), with or without food and energy, likely rose 0.1 percent in September.
A third report about the economy in September is expected to show industrial production gained 0.3 percent, with capacity edging up to 77.4 percent.
Key companies in technology and banking, including Intel Corp. (INTC) and Yahoo Inc. (YHOO)on Tuesday, and Bank of America Corp. (BAC) and Citigroup Inc. (C) on Thursday, report their results as the third-quarter earnings season gets in full swing.
There is a growing sentiment among investment strategists and money managers that it is a good earnings season, which will be good for stocks, said Elliot Spar, options market strategist with brokerage and investment bank Ryan Beck & Co.
"But looking underneath that mantra, the third quarter is old news," Spar said. "Going forward, the negative economic impact of $50-plus oil and decelerating earnings will be the headwinds that will keep the market capped on the upside."
Investors will look to government data on oil supplies on Wednesday for clues about future prices for a barrel of oil, which surged to a record $53.40 on the last day of the week.
Earnings growth is forecast to have peaked in the second quarter at 16.90 percent for companies that make up the S&P 500 Index, and is expected to slow dramatically in 2005.
Year-over-year quarterly growth may be higher in the fourth quarter than the third, but that rate is likely to tumble to single digits in 2005, according to Reuters Estimates.
Earnings at Bank of America and Citigroup will be good, while Intel, part of the beaten-down semiconductor sector, has been doing OK, said Bill Punk, managing partner at Punk Ziegel & Co.
Some biotech companies and drugmakers are under pressure, he said. Merck & Co. (MRK), Pfizer Inc. (PFE) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) have tumbled on concerns about their arthritis drugs, after Merck pulled its blockbuster Vioxx (search) from the market on Sept. 30.
"A lot of these stocks year-end are going to be good buys, they'll be good opportunities," Punk said. "Towards the end of the year you're going to have some tax selling, and you can buy into that tax selling."


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import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.ActionBarDrawerToggle;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentManager;
import android.support.v4.view.ViewPager;
import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ListView;

public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity implements
    ActionBar.TabListener {

private DrawerLayout mDrawerLayout;
private ListView mDrawerList;
private ActionBarDrawerToggle mDrawerToggle;
private ViewPager viewPager;
private TabsPagerAdapter mAdapter;
private ActionBar actionBar;
private CharSequence mDrawerTitle;
private CharSequence mTitle;
//slide menu items :
private String[] navMenuTitles;
private TypedArray navMenuIcons;

private ArrayList<NavDrawerItem> navDrawerItems;
private NavDrawerListAdapter adapter;
// Tab titles
private String[] tabs = { "Home", "Resume", "Skills", "Contact" };

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    /*drawer stuff - DEBUTE */
    mTitle = mDrawerTitle = getTitle();
    navMenuTitles = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.nav_drawer_items);
    navMenuIcons = getResources()
            .obtainTypedArray(R.array.nav_drawer_icons);
    mDrawerLayout = (DrawerLayout) findViewById(R.id.drawer_layout);
    mDrawerList = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.list_slidermenu);

    navDrawerItems = new ArrayList<NavDrawerItem>();
    //Home
    navDrawerItems.add(new NavDrawerItem(navMenuTitles[0], navMenuIcons.getResourceId(0, -1)));
    // About
    navDrawerItems.add(new NavDrawerItem(navMenuTitles[1], navMenuIcons.getResourceId(1, -1)));
    // Social
    navDrawerItems.add(new NavDrawerItem(navMenuTitles[2], navMenuIcons.getResourceId(2, -1)));
    // rate my app
    navDrawerItems.add(new NavDrawerItem(navMenuTitles[3], navMenuIcons.getResourceId(3, -1), true, "22"));

    navMenuIcons.recycle();
    mDrawerList.setOnItemClickListener(new SlideMenuClickListener());
    adapter = new NavDrawerListAdapter(getApplicationContext(),
            navDrawerItems);
    mDrawerList.setAdapter(adapter);
    getActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
    getActionBar().setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
    mDrawerToggle = new ActionBarDrawerToggle(this, mDrawerLayout,
            R.drawable.ic_drawer, //nav menu toggle icon
            R.string.app_name, // nav drawer open - description for accessibility
            R.string.app_name // nav drawer close - description for accessibility
    )  {
        public void onDrawerClosed(View view) {
            getActionBar().setTitle(mTitle);
            // calling onPrepareOptionsMenu() to show action bar icons
            invalidateOptionsMenu();
        }

        public void onDrawerOpened(View drawerView) {
            getActionBar().setTitle(mDrawerTitle);
            // calling onPrepareOptionsMenu() to hide action bar icons
            invalidateOptionsMenu();
        }
    };
    mDrawerLayout.setDrawerListener(mDrawerToggle);

    if (savedInstanceState == null) {
        // on first time display view for first nav item
        displayView(0);
    }
/*drawer stuff - END*/
    // Initilization
    viewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
    actionBar = getActionBar();
    mAdapter = new TabsPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());

    viewPager.setAdapter(mAdapter);
    actionBar.setHomeButtonEnabled(false);
    actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);

    // Adding Tabs
    for (String tab_name : tabs) {
        actionBar.addTab(actionBar.newTab().setText(tab_name)
                .setTabListener(this));
    }

    /**
     * on swiping the viewpager make respective tab selected
     * */
    viewPager.setOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener() {

        @Override
        public void onPageSelected(int position) {
            // on changing the page
            // make respected tab selected
            actionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(position);
        }

        @Override
        public void onPageScrolled(int arg0, float arg1, int arg2) {
        }

        @Override
        public void onPageScrollStateChanged(int arg0) {
        }
    });
}

private class SlideMenuClickListener implements
ListView.OnItemClickListener {
    @Override
    public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position,
    long id) {
    // display view for selected nav drawer item
        displayView(position);
}
}
    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
    return true;
}
@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    // toggle nav drawer on selecting action bar app icon/title
    if (mDrawerToggle.onOptionsItemSelected(item)) {
        return true;
    }
    // Handle action bar actions click
    switch (item.getItemId()) {
    case R.id.action_settings:
        return true;
    default:
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }

}

/* *
 * Called when invalidateOptionsMenu() is triggered
 */
@Override
public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // if nav drawer is opened, hide the action items
    boolean drawerOpen = mDrawerLayout.isDrawerOpen(mDrawerList);
    menu.findItem(R.id.action_settings).setVisible(!drawerOpen);
    return super.onPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
}
/**
 * Diplaying fragment view for selected nav drawer list item
 * */
private void displayView(int position) {
    // update the main content by replacing fragments
    Fragment fragment = null;
    switch (position) {
    case 0:
        fragment = new HomeFragment();
        break;
    case 1:
        fragment = new ResumeFragment();
        break;
    case 2:
        fragment = new SkillsFragment();
        break;
    case 3:
        fragment = new ContactFragment();
        break;

    default:
        break;
    }

    if (fragment != null) {
        FragmentManager fragmentManager = getSupportFragmentManager();
        fragmentManager.beginTransaction().replace(R.id.frame_container, fragment).commit();

        // update selected item and title, then close the drawer
        mDrawerList.setItemChecked(position, true);
        mDrawerList.setSelection(position);
        setTitle(navMenuTitles[position]);
        mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawerList);
    } else {
        // error in creating fragment
        Log.e("MainActivity", "Error in creating fragment");
    }
}
@Override
public void setTitle(CharSequence title) {
    mTitle = title;
    getActionBar().setTitle(mTitle);
}
@Override
protected void onPostCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onPostCreate(savedInstanceState);
    // Sync the toggle state after onRestoreInstanceState has occurred.
    mDrawerToggle.syncState();
}
@Override
public void onConfigurationChanged(Configuration newConfig) {
    super.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
    // Pass any configuration change to the drawer toggls
    mDrawerToggle.onConfigurationChanged(newConfig);
}

@Override
public void onTabReselected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
}

@Override
public void onTabSelected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
    // on tab selected
    // show respected fragment view
    viewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
}

@Override
public void onTabUnselected(Tab tab, FragmentTransaction ft) {
}

}

A: write this in you OnCreate() If you're using ABS
ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
        actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
        actionBar.setHomeButtonEnabled(true);

and if you're using stock AB
ActionBar actionBar = getActionBar();
            actionBar.setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
            actionBar.setHomeButtonEnabled(true);

A: I usually have the following lines of code in my Activities that handle the NavigationDrawer:
@Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(final MenuItem item) {
    switch (item.getItemId()) {
        case android.R.id.home:
            toggleNavigationDrawer(!isDrawerOpen());
            break;
        //...
    }
}

private void toggleNavigationDrawer(final boolean show) {
    if (show) {
        drawerLayout.openDrawer(fragmentContainerView);
        navigationDrawer.setMenuVisibility(true);
    } else {
        drawerLayout.closeDrawer(fragmentContainerView);
        navigationDrawer.setMenuVisibility(false);
    }
}

A: a few months later I took a look back at my code, the problem was with the imports...There was a conflict.I had to use  android.support.v4 only.

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Integrated Approach for Characterizing Unconventional Reservoir Shale Hydrocarbon: Case Study of North Sumatra Basin
Abd. Haris, B. Seno, Agus Riyanto, A. Bachtiar
Integrated analysis of geochemical, rock mechanic and geophysics were carried out to characterize and map the unconventional reservoir shale hydrocarbon in Baong field, North Sumatera Basin, which is proven with the large potential hydrocarbon, particularly in the sand reservoir. The new challenge of this field is the present of thick shale layer, which is offering the new concept of an unconventional reservoir. The shale layer has the double role as source rock and reservoir. In this work, we performed geochemical analysis on the core data to determine the Total Organic Carbon (TOC), mineralogy, Tmax, and Kerogen type. In term of rock mechanic, the Rock Strength was calculated to determine the hardness and brittleness index. While for petrophysical analysis, we performed multi-linear regression of log data to estimate TOC relationship with the seismic attribute. In term of geophysics, we carried out seismic inversion to produce acoustic impedance, which is useful to map shale distribution. Our analysis shows that the target of shale layer has TOC range from 2 up to 3.5 wt.% with brittleness index of 0.48. Based on the predicted Tmax, this shale layer is categorized into early mature phase and classified into II Kerogen type, which means it has a potential to produce oil. The shale layer was indicated by the result of acoustic impedance inversion which has a value for over 25000 ft/s ∗g/cc and Rock Strength less than 3000 Psi.
Published - 24 Apr 2017
Southeast Asian Conference on Geophysics, SEACG 2016 - Bali, Indonesia
Duration: 31 Aug 2016 → 3 Sep 2016
Dive into the research topics of 'Integrated Approach for Characterizing Unconventional Reservoir Shale Hydrocarbon: Case Study of North Sumatra Basin'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
shales Physics & Astronomy 100%
integrated approach Earth & Environmental Sciences 71%
hydrocarbons Physics & Astronomy 66%
shale Earth & Environmental Sciences 55%
hydrocarbon Earth & Environmental Sciences 49%
basin Earth & Environmental Sciences 35%
kerogen Physics & Astronomy 34%
rock mechanics Physics & Astronomy 34%
Haris, A., Seno, B., Riyanto, A., & Bachtiar, A. (2017). Integrated Approach for Characterizing Unconventional Reservoir Shale Hydrocarbon: Case Study of North Sumatra Basin. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 62(1), [012023]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/62/1/012023
Haris, Abd. ; Seno, B. ; Riyanto, Agus ; Bachtiar, A. / Integrated Approach for Characterizing Unconventional Reservoir Shale Hydrocarbon : Case Study of North Sumatra Basin. In: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 2017 ; Vol. 62, No. 1.
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In October there is a flurry of intense activity in the garden. Making your bed takes more time, money and perspiration than the easier step of planting.
"Plan in September, plant in October". So before tearing open the seed packet there is soil preparation.
Over the years I have various organic fertilizers in the garden. I used to buy separate bags of bone meal. greensand, and dehydrated manures. Espoma makes a ready to use blend with those elements and more.
This year I am using Verdanta, a blended, organic granular that is homogenous and complete.
Feed the soil. Organic "Verdanta" 7-6-12.
Prevent nematodes with Rootguard: crushed crab shells.


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28 TAC §§1.1807, 1.1809 and 1.1815
1. INTRODUCTION. The Texas Department of Insurance proposes amendments to §§1.1807, 1.1809, and 1.1815, concerning negotiation and mediation of certain breach of contract claims asserted by contractors against the Department. The proposed amendments are necessary to address certain statutory provisions regarding the negotiation and mediation of certain breach of contract claims. HB 1940, enacted by the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, effective September 1, 2005, shorten some of the timeframes related to negotiation and mediation of breach of contract claims against the state. Title 28 Chapter 1 Subchapter P of the Texas Administrative Code establishes procedures regarding negotiation and mediation of certain claims of breach of contract asserted by a contractor against the Department under the Government Code Chapter 2260. Chapter 2260 of the Government Code requires state agencies to adopt rules to govern the negotiation and mediation of certain claims for breach of contract.
The proposed amendments to §§1.1807, 1.1809 and 1.1815 change the required timeframes for complying with Chapter 2260 to be consistent with the newly enacted legislation. The proposed amendment to §1.1807(c) changes the number of days that the notice of counterclaim must be delivered to the contractor after the Department's receipt of the contractor's notice of claim from 90 days to 60 days. The proposed amendment to §1.1809(b) changes the number of days that the parties shall begin negotiations from 60 days following the later of (i) the date of termination of the contract; (ii) the completion date, or substantial completion date in the case of construction projects, in the original contract; or (iii) the date the Department receives the contractor's claim of notice to 120 days following the date the Department receives the contractor's notice of claim. The proposed amendment to §1.1809(h) changes the number of days that the parties may agree to mediate the dispute from before the 270th day to the 120th day after the Department receives the contractor's notice of claim or before the expiration of any extension agreed to by the parties. The proposed amendment to §1.1815(a) changes the number of days that the parties may agree to mediate the dispute at any time before the 270th day to the 120th day after the Department receives notice of the claim of breach of contract or before the expiration of any extension agreed to by the parties in writing.
2. FISCAL NOTE. Karen Phillips, Senior Associate Commissioner and Chief of Staff, has determined that for each year of the first five years the proposed amendments are in effect, there will be no fiscal impact on state or local government, local employment, or local economies as a result of enforcing or administering the amendments.
3. PUBLIC BENEFIT/COST NOTE. Ms. Phillips also has determined that for each year of the first five years the proposed amendments are in effect, the public benefits anticipated as a result of the proposed amendments will be consistency of the Department's rules concerning negotiation and mediation of certain breach of contract claims asserted by contractors against the Department with the relevant state law and shorter timeframes for dealing with these types of claims. There are no costs associated with the adoption of these rules. However, if there are any such additional costs, the costs are the result of the legislative enactment of HB 1940 by the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, effective September 1, 2005, and are not a result of the adoption of the proposed amendments. Accordingly, the proposed amendments will not have an impact on small and micro businesses. The Department has considered the purposes of the relevant statute, which is to establish procedures and timeframes regarding negotiation and mediation of certain claims of breach of contract asserted by a contractor against the Department, and has determined that it is neither legal nor feasible to waive or modify the proposed timeframe requirements for small or micro businesses.
4. REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. To be considered, written comments on the proposal must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on February 5, 2007 to Gene C. Jarmon, General Counsel and Chief Clerk, P.O. Box 149104, MC 113-2A, Austin, Texas 78714-9104. An additional copy of the comment must be simultaneously submitted to Cynthia Villarreal-Reyna, Section Chief, Agency Counsel Section, Legal Services Division, P.O. Box 149104, MC 110-1A, Austin, Texas 78714-9104. Any request for a public hearing on the proposed amendments should be submitted separately to the Office of the Chief Clerk before the close of the public comment period. If a hearing is held, written and oral comments presented at the hearing will be considered.
5. STATUTORY AUTHORITY. The amendments are proposed under the Government Code Chapter 2260 and the Insurance Code §36.001. The Government Code §2260.052(c) provides that each unit of state government with rulemaking authority shall develop rules to govern the negotiation and mediation of a claim of breach of contract. The Insurance Code §36.001 provides that the Commissioner of Insurance may adopt any rules necessary and appropriate to implement the powers and duties of the Texas Department of Insurance under the Insurance Code and other laws of this state.
6. CROSS REFERENCE TO STATUTE. The proposed amendments affect negotiation and mediation procedures pursuant to the following statutes: Government Code §§2260.051, 2260.052, and 2260.056.
7. TEST.
§1.1807. Agency Counterclaim.
(a) - (b) (No change.)
(c) The notice of counterclaim shall be delivered to the contractor no later than 60[90] days after the department's receipt of the contractor's notice of claim.
(d) (No change.)
§1.1809. Timetable.
(a) (No change.)
(b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the parties shall begin negotiations within a reasonable period of time, not to exceed 120[60] days following the [later of:]
[(1) the date of termination of the contract;]
(2) the completion date, or substantial completion date in the case of construction projects, in the original contract; or]
[(3) the ]date the department receives the contractor's notice of claim.
(c) - (g) (No change.)
(h) The parties may agree to mediate the dispute at any time before the 120th[270th] day after the department receives the contractor's notice of claim or before the expiration of any extension agreed to by the parties pursuant to subsection (f) of this section. The mediation shall be governed by §1.1816 of this subchapter (relating to Mediation of Contract Disputes).
(i) (No change.)
§1.1815. Mediation Timetable.
(a) The contractor and the department may agree to mediate the dispute at any time before the 120th[270th] day after the department receives a notice of claim of breach of contract, or before the expiration of any extension agreed to by the parties in writing.
(b) (No change.)
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Eiden, Herman George. Palm trees in Zamboanga. 1941-05-03. University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. April 20, 2019. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/2016_008/item/452.
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Association of Friends
Association of Friends of OpernTurm
Let us do something good
Our intention is to influence society positively through sustainable, social and responsible action. Founded in December 2009 by tenants and patrons, the non-profit Association of Friends of OpernTurm has since launched various projects and initiatives relating to the tower.
Help us to do good
Verein der Freunde des OpernTurms e.V. pursues only and directly charitable and non-profit objectives.
The non-profit objective includes selfless support of the arts, culture, and social projects for the common good. This includes, for example, art exhibitions, lectures, readings, and cooperative projects with local social groups and initiatives.
The charitable objective includes supporting persons in need. Our intention is to launch our activities together with our members and in response to their suggestions.
"We believe modern entrepreneurial activity hinges on sustainable and non-profit action. This way, we can give something back to society."
Bringing people together, creating spaces for encounters, and giving society something beneficial – all this is close to our hearts. With its innumerable initiatives, the Association repeatedly succeeds in kindling people's enthusiasm for culture, providing a platform for dialogue, giving young people insights into the world of work, and supporting less privileged people.
Supporting cultural and charitable initiatives
The Association supports non-profit institutions and efforts in the form of regular donations, and particularly with events to promote culture and support families. These include, among others, concerts at Alte Oper, the Stoffel Open Air Festival in Günthersburgpark, and the Opernspiele games on Opernplatz, which offer children and young people plenty of fun and games in the heart of the city during the summer vacation.
In the framework of the moderated "Klartext" event, OpernTurm invites Association members and selected guests to a stimulating exchange of opinions on current and controversial topics at irregular intervals. Outstanding persons from the worlds of business, politics, society and culture as well as actors from all manner of interest groups in Frankfurt first debate among themselves and then enter into a moderated discussion with the audience.
FreuNacht
The goal of FreuNacht, an initiative the Association has been supporting since 2013, is to bring joy to children from families in need and to show their parents that they can rely on a strong community. In cooperation with Frankfurter Tafel, the children fill in Christmas wish cards, some of which are hung from the Christmas tree in the OpernTurm foyer, and socially committed staff at OpernTurm fulfil these wishes and place gifts or donations under the tree. Shortly before Christmas, the Fire Department distributes the gifts to the children and parents.
Support for people in distress
In coordination with non-profit institutions and advisory offices, the Association supports people in need in difficult situations in life. Through dialogue, sustainable solutions are devised and assistance provided accordingly. These efforts are often able to bring about favourable change in the everyday situation of individuals in distress.
OpernTurmgespräche
The annual "OpernTurmgespräche" familiarize final-year grammar school students in Frankfurt with the diverse worlds of work in OpernTurm. Representatives of various companies offer insights into their careers and their everyday working lives – in the course of leisurely conversations with the young people.
News from Verein der Freunde des OpernTurms
Opernspiele 2019
The bouncy castle is just one of the countless attractions at the Opernspiele. Verein der Freunde des OpernTurms e.V. supported the Opernspiele games at the heart of Frankfurt again this year.
Photo: © Reinhard / Verein der Freunde des OpernTurms e.V.
Stoffel Open Air Festival 2019
In May 2019, Verein der Freunde des OpernTurms e.V. hosted the "OpernTurmgespräche" for the seventh time. Thirty-two students from Bettinaschule engaged in leisurely conversation with representatives of five different companies and learned all about their careers and everyday working lives in OpernTurm.
OpernTurmgespräche 2019
Christmas Wishing Tree Campaign 2018
About 90 children from Kinder- und Jugenzentrums Fechenheim were once again given a thrill in the form of a Christmas present. This year, the Christmas Wishing Tree campaign run by Verein der Freunde des OpernTurms in cooperation with UBS Europe SE was once again very well received.
Yehudi Menuhin – Live Music Now
To the sounds of the vibraphone and percussion of Brazilian composer Ney Rosauro, Clara Louise de Groote of the Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now (LMN) association entranced patients in the psychiatric ward at the Frankfurt University Teaching Hospital. Verein der Freunde des OpernTurms supported no less than ten LMN concerts in social institutions over the course of 2017.
For those who are not standing on the sunny side of life, the Bahnhofsmission provides a cup of tea, warm clothes, a prayer in the tranquillity of the prayer room, or assistance for women and men in
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Skip Away (1995-2010), est un cheval de course pur-sang américain, élu cheval de l'année aux États-Unis en 1998 et membre du Hall of Fame des courses américaines.

Carrière de course
Élevé en Floride, Skip Away passe en vente à la breeze-up (vente de poulains de 2 ans qui, avant de passer sur le ring, font un essai chronométré en piste devant leurs éventuels acquéreurs). Sonny Hine, entraîneur du côté de New York, cherche un cheval gris à offrir à sa femme Carolyn pour que celle-ci, souffrant de problèmes de vue, puisse bien le repérer dans un peloton. Il jette son dévolu sur ce poulain qui lui coûte une somme relativement modeste,  dollars. Avec ses seuls gains en courses, Skip Away en rapportera trois cents fois plus. Avant cela, les débuts du poulain sont relativement discrets. Il décroche son maiden en août mais en fin d'année il manque la victoire de peu, et par deux fois, dans des groupe 2.

À 3 ans, Skip Away s'affirme de plus en plus comme un prétendant aux épreuves de la Triple Couronne. Sa deuxième place derrière le vainqueur l'année précédente de la Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Unbridled's Song, atteste de son sérieux, et plus encore son succès dans une préparatoire prisée au Kentucky Derby, les Blue Grass Stakes, face à Louis Quatorze. Mais sa prestation dans le Derby est calamiteuse, il finit à 10 longueurs de Grindstone. En appel dans les Preakness Stakes, Il se réhabilite en terminant deuxième de Louis Quatorze et réédite dans les Belmont Stakes, cette fois derrière Editor's Note. Skip Away décroche son premier groupe 1 à l'été dans le Haskell Invitational Handicap, prend la troisième place des Travers Stakes et finit l'année en beauté en remportant le Woodbine Million et surtout la prestigieuse Jockey Club Gold Cup d'une tête devant le grand champion Cigar, qui venait de remporter 17 de ses 18 dernières courses. Comme aucun poulain n'a vraiment régné sur les classiques du printemps, la fin de saison de Skip Away, et notamment sa victoire contre Cigar, lui vaut le titre de 3 ans de l'année.

L'année suivante, Skip Away ne remporte que quatre des onze courses qu'il dispute mais ne descend jamais du podium. Et il s'est trouvé une bête noire : Formal Gold, 4 ans comme lui et une vitesse de base hors normes qui lui vaut d'avoir décroché le quatrième plus haut score de l'histoire sur l'échelle du Beyer Speed Figure, un système de rating purement américain basé sur le chronomètre créé en 1975 (il a obtenu un 126, Skip Away un 125). Formal Gold sort vainqueur de quatre de leurs six confrontations, mais en termes de palmarès la comparaison s'arrête là, d'autant que Formal Gold stoppe sa carrière après les Woodward Stakes. La voie est libre pour Skip Away, qui s'offre un doublé dans la Jockey Club Gold Cup et une consécration dans la Breeders' Cup Classic, qu'il survole avec six longueurs d'avance sur ses poursuivants. Au moment d'élire le cheval d'âge de l'année, l'hésitation est permise, mais c'est Skip Away qui est sacré aux dépens de Formal Gold, plus doué peut-être, mais nanti d'un palmarès moins fourni, roi sans couronne.

Débarrassé de son rival, Skip Away se montre à la hauteur de ses lauriers en réalisant une année 1998 parfaite : sept courses, sept victoires entre février et septembre et cinq nouveaux groupe 1 dans la musette. Presque parfaite en réalité, car la fatigue se fait sentir au moment où il tente d'imiter le légendaire Kelso, seul cheval à avoir remporté plus de deux fois la Jockey Club Gold Cup (et même cinq fois, en ce qui le concerne) : il est nettement battu. Et il ne deviendra pas non plus le premier cheval à conserver son titre dans la Breeders' Cup Classic : il finit sixième et il est temps de rentrer au haras. Skip Away obtient enfin le titre suprême de Cheval de l'année, devançant aux votes le 3 ans Real Quiet, qui avait manqué d'un nez la Triple Couronne. Au mérite et au vu des dix groupe 1 que compte son palmarès, qui lui permettent de flirter avec la barre des 10 millions de dollars de gains. Sur la liste des 100 meilleurs chevaux de sport hippique américain du  siècle établie en 1999 par le magazine The Blood-Horse, il occupe le  rang. Le Hall of Fame des courses américaines l'attend, il y est admis en 2004.

Résumé de carrière

Au haras
Ses origines ne prédisposaient pas Skip Away à un grand destin de reproducteur, mais son palmarès et son talent lui ont valu de commencé sa carrière à $  la saillie. Il a effectué douze saisons de monte et terminé à $ , donnant quelques chevaux utiles mais pas de champions. Il meurt d'une crise cardiaque le 14 mai 2010 dans son paddock de Hopewell Farm à Midway, dans le Kentucky.

Origines

Skip Away est le principal titre de gloire de son père Skip Trial, triple lauréat de groupe 1, dont un doublé dans le Gulfstream Park Handicap. Il doit sa robe grise à sa modeste famille maternelle, et à sa mère Ingot Way, qui n'a pu donner au haras d'autres chevaux de valeur.

Pedigree

Références

Cheval de course
Cheval de course né en 1993
Animal né en 1993
Étalon pur-sang anglais
Lauréat d'un Eclipse Award
Cheval de l'année aux États-Unis
Membre d'un Hall of Fame des courses hippiques

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Полиевкт:

 Полиевкт — имя греческого происхождения.
 Полиевкт (ум. 970) — Патриарх Константинопольский.
 Полиевкт Мелитинский — святой, был первым мучеником в армянском городе Мелитене; ему посвящена драма Корнеля «Полиевкт» (1642).
 Полиевкт (Пясковский) (1817—1906) — епископ Русской православной церкви, епископ Рязанский и Зарайский.
 Полиевкт (Финфинис) (1912—1988) — епископ Константинопольской православной церкви, митрополит Анейский.


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Home » Issues » August 2003 » As good as Nuvolari?
As good as Nuvolari?
Bill McLauchlan
Guy Moll
…Enzo Ferrari thought so. Mark Hughes tells the story of a short but spectacular career
Pescara 1934. The Coppa Acerbo: 20 laps of the 16-mile circuit that runs along the Adriatic coast and through dusty hillside villages. Crowds are lining the route, excited at the prospect of their beloved Alfa Romeos and Maseratis taking on the weird and wonderful new monster cars from Germany. Even light drizzle can't dampen their passion as the race begins. Rudolf Caracciola, Luigi Fagioli and Hans Stuck immediately demonstrate the savage power of the new-age silver machines. Tazio Nuvolari's Maserati and the Scuderia Ferrari-run Alfa P3s of Achille Varzi – soon using his silky skills and ice-cool temperamant to get in among the Teutons – and Guy Moll, represent Italian racing red.
A grand prix megastar of life-long standing, Varzi would have been familiar to the crowd. But intrigue would have surrounded Moll, the 24-year-old Algerian who had made such as sensational impact on the sport in just his second season of international racing. He'd gone head to head with Varzi several times already, locked horns as if he'd barely even heard of him.
Moll gets off to a slow start – it is a track that is new to him – but he's fifth at the end of the first lap. The longer the race goes on, the more comfortable he becomes and his pace steadily increases. Helped by mechanical failure from Stuck's Auto Union and a crash by Caracciola's Mercedes, he is leading the race by half-distance, slugging it out with Fagioli's Mercedes…
Enzo Ferrari's direct experience of grand prix racing lasted from 1924 to '88. He had a great feel for a great driver, someone who could pick out their qualities and analyse them. One man – Tazio Nuvolari – was his reference point: he personified the perfect racing driver. Ferrari picked out three others – in all those years – whom he felt worthy of comparison: Stirling Moss, Gilles Villeneuve and Moll. Of them all, Moll is the least known. His front-line career lasted less than two years and it was all so long ago; heroic deeds deep in the mists of time, a fallen young warrior long forgotten. But what a driver he was.
There's been only one other Algerian grand prix driver: Marcel Lehoux. And he was present at Algiers on the day in 1932 that Moll made his racing debut in a small-time amateur event, driving a Lorraine-Dietrich. Lehoux was already a successful international racer, and he was deeply impressed by the attacking style and apparent fearlessness of the man 20 years his junior. He introduced himself and from that moment became his mentor.
Moll, born to a wealthy French businessman father and Spanish mother, had only just completed his college studies and was not yet ready to settle into the commercial life his family had mapped out for him. His appetite for adventure was well and truly whetted by the things Lehoux told him of the places he'd raced, the gypsy life a successful racer could lead.
Algeria was at that time a French province, and business and sporting links with Europe were far closer then than now – to the extent that European teams would travel to take part in the Oran Grand Prix as part of a 'temporada' of North African races. Lehoux decided to enter Moll for his second-ever motor race at this event – using Lehoux's spare Bugatti T35C. He can't have been disappointed: sensationally, Moll led the first few laps, holding off the faster T51 of the great Jean-Pierre Wimille before retiring with mechanical trouble. The performance of this confident youngster caused a real stir among the visiting Europeans. Lehoux loaned him the Bugatti again for the Casablanca GP a month later. This time he retired without making such an impression, but there was consolation for Lehoux; he won in the sister car.
As a taster for the following year, Lehoux entered Moll in the late-season Marseilles Grand Prix at Miramas, this time in a T51 he had traded his 35C for. In this, his first truly international race, Moll finished third, beaten only by Raymond Sommer and Nuvolari. As far as Moll was concerned, this clinched his future: he knew now he need fear no one. If it was astonishing that he should instantly compete on equal terms with the best in the world, it apparently wasn't to him. No respecter of reputations and imbued with an enormous swashbuckling confidence, he had the mindset of a champion.
For 1933, Moll ordered himself a new Alfa Romeo Monza, a favourite with privateer racers. It wasn't ready in time for the Pau Grand Prix, the race that went down in history because much of it was held in snow, so Lehoux instead lent him one of his T51s. Against a quality field that included Lehoux, Wimille and Philippe Etançelin, Moll led the first 15 laps before being passed by Lehoux and finishing second. The establishment was astounded – again.
The Alfa arrived in May, just in time for Moll to enter the Nimes GP, where he finished third behind Nuvolari and Etançelin. A week later he drove it in his biggest race to date – the French GP at Montlhéry, against a full array or works teams – and finished fifth. At Reims for the Marne Grand Prix, he was leading when he realised that agonisingly he wasn't going to make his fuel last for the final two laps and had to make a splash-and-dash. He finished thrid behind the duelling Etançelin and Wimille, only to be disqualified for receiving a push in the pits. He completed his season with a second place – to Lehoux – and fastest lap in the Monza Grand Prix.
It seems that Lehoux and Moll both had orders for P3s accepted by Scuderia Ferrari for 1934, but that Alfa Romeo then overruled the sale of its GP car to privateers. An accommodation was reached between the Algerian drivers and Enzo, whereby they became official members of Scuderia Ferrari. Whatever the financial and admin arrangements, it meant Moll was now driving for a factory team – alongside the great Varzi and Louis Chiron.
Moll's headstrong bravery and garabaldino style were very much to the taste of Enzo, who used Moll's presence to stir and agitate his established stars – a method that Il Commendatore was to employ to his dying days. He was therefore delighted by the outcome of Moll's first race for the team: the MOnaco Grand Prix. Chiron looked all set for victory, having led from the moment his jumped start – rather than the starter's flag – had defined when his home race was underway. Two laps from the end, though, Louis lost concentration at Station Hairpin, ran wide and hit a straw bale. The car wasn't badly damaged and he was able to manoeuvre himself back into the race – but not before Moll had blasted by with not a moment's hesitation and zero respect for Chiron's senior status. "That day," Enzo recalled in his autobiography, "Moll revealed the style of a great champion, asserted his personality as a driver and vindicated my faith in him."
Just to help the infighting process along perhaps, Moll was allocated the team's best engine for the Tripoli Grand Prix. There remain suggestions that, with the P3s being the fastest cars there, the drivers prearranged the finishing order so as to benefit from the big-money lottery and that, in the race's late stages, the order of Varzi, Chiron, Moll was as discussed. If true, perhaps it was pride, or a realisation that he didn't need the money, that caused Moll to step up his game and attack Chiron mercilessly. He got past with one eight-mile lap to go and set about catching Varzi. Up to the final corner preceding the main straight Moll got a run on his team-mate, but Varzi was ruthless enough to cut across his bows, forcing Moll onto a sandy strip at the track's edge. Still Moll wouldn't give up and, using his superior straight-line speed, closed as they raced for the line. It was a photo finish but Moll had failed in his bid by just 0.2 sec. The moment they got out of the cars, Moll was in Varzi's face. Tempers frayed as he accused his senior team-mate of dangerous driving. Just as in the cockpit, Moll was demonstrating that he subjugated himself to no-one, despite his youth and inexperience. Enzo recalled: "Beneath the coating of oil and brake dust on their faces, the bitterness could be seen. These were not team-mates, but individuals racing each other." You get the strong impression that he very much approved.
The mind-games continued in the lead-up to the Avusrennen, around the 12-mile blast comprising two stretches of autobahn linked by banked turns at either end. It called for raw horsepower, low drag and unblinking, fearless nerve. It was the race that saw the first of the Nazi-backed überwagens in action, with a three-car entry from Auto Union. Knowing of the scale of the challenge, Ferrari had one streamlined version of the P3 built, with bodywork designed by an aircraft designer. It was also fitted with a 3.2-litre straight-eight rather than the standard 2.9. Varzi was assigned to race it, but he pronounced it "undriveable" after a test on the autostrada. Moll, though, didn't need to be asked twice: he would race the streamliner, with Varzi and Chiron in standard cars. Ferrari had been right to be concerned about the German challenge as Stuck roared off into a big early lead. Moll was soon up to second, his unstable machine flying down the straights at 175mph – quick, but around 15mph short of Stuck's car. But Stuck knew he would be stopping for tyres. For Moll there was no such plan, and when Stuck's stop overrran, Moll went in front – and stayed there, recording the race's fastest lap of 129mph on the way. In his first three races for Scuderia Ferrari, he had won two and been beaten by ).2sec in the other. On tracks he had never seen before…
Keeping him on his toes, Ferrari used him only as a reserve in the French Grand Prix. He took over Felice Trossi's car and finished a close third despite gearbox problems. Then it was on to the Coppa Ciano at Montenero. Here he was gaining the upper hand in a furious dice for the lead with Varzi when he suffered a puncture – fortunately when quite close to the pits. Once under way again, he began cutting into Varzi's lead.
Enzo takes up the story: "I decided to give him the signal of slowing down for it was not good practice for members of the same team to engage in such a battle and carry it even to the point of provocation. But as Moll approached and I displayed the signal, his car went into a terrifying 180-degree skid. As he spun, he changed down and – here is the astonishing part – made a sign to me that he had understood (my signal). I'd never seen such coolness and self-assurance to split the reasoning in two under superhuman stress. I realised, from that moment on, the greatest risk he would have to face would be in the inferiority of competitors… in defending themselves against his greater skill and daring."
Moll dutifully finished second, consoling himself with fastest lap. Again, such a performance needs to be given the extra perspective of this being his first visit to the 12.5-mile circuit and its 50-plus bends through the mountains and along the corniche.
Three weeks later came Pescara.
Moll pits first, and when Fagioli resumes after his stop, the Mercedes retains the lead. With no more planned stops, it is all down to speed in the remaining laps. Moll moves up a gear, begins driving at a different rate to everyone else. Lapping at over 90mph on lap 16, with four still to go, brings him to within 29sec of Fagioli. The crowd stirs; at this rate he is going to catch the leader. On the next lap, though, he spins and stalls. He gets going but now his task is yet more desperate. He passes through the village of Cappelle and on the following Montesilvano straight starts to catch the Mercedes of Ernst Henne, whome Fagioli has just lapped…
In Chris Nixon's Racing the Silver Arrows, Henne recalls: "He caught me at a point where the road was very narrow. I could see that he wanted to pass, but he had only to wait for two to three kilometres and the road was very wide, wide enough for three or four cars to run side by side. But Moll would not wait. We were doing about 270-280kph (168-174mph) down this very narrow road. In those days the Prancing Horse badge of Scuderia Ferrari was positioned right at the front of the Alfa's bonnet and I could see it out of the corner of my eye. I was just waiting for the terrible moment when Moll's fron wheel would collide with my rear. But then he seemed to change his mind. I looked in my mirror and suddenly saw his car swerve violently and go out of control."
Some say they touched, others that Moll was blown off course by a strong gust of the scirocco. At that speed, even if he'd caught the initial slide, not even Moll had a hope of getting the lock back off in time for the counter-slide – though, according to Henne, he almost did so. The Alfa found a ditch, overturned and made a crazy path along it, taking out saplings as it went, bouncing off a bridge and coming to rest against a wall. Moll died shortly afterwards.
The impatience of youth? Inexperience? The inferior skill of a rival? Too damn brave? Or just plain bad luck? Ferrari said that Moll resembled Nuvolari in his aggressive spirit, in the calm assurance with which he drove and in the equanimity with which he was prepared to face death." While Nuvolari faced it for two decades, Moll for only two years, Ferrari recognised that greatness has nothing to do with time frames; it's there or it's not. Moll possessed it.


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