The Oklahoma sun shines down on me.
Birds sing their afternoon song.
They have no use for reverence.
A hostile heart is becoming something new.
The cool grass sways near me.
My mind wanders, as is frequently the case.
A monologue is started for no one.
Something to put a restless mind at ease.
Redemption that will never come.
The time spent here is important.
Another trip may not be within me.
But my heart is changing.
All because you are here.
Never meant to be a symbol.
There are others who came before.
They carried the cross long before me.
A journey emblematic of the times.
Getting here took some time.
All emblematic of what was required.
I am surrounded by those who matter.
Their love consumes like the ocean.
I am planning on drinking it in.
What happens next is meant for me.
Emotion pours onto the street.
It is displayed in two-part harmony.
Something for all to hear.
Despite the volume, the message isn't meant for them.
It is the pain I feel.
The joy in my soul.
Meant to signify the coming of life.
So much to experience with the windows down.
Being an older brother is tough.
Assuming the role of child and parent at the same time.
Often expected to be one.
All the pressure, take me back.
Expected to be a mediator.
You needing some idea of childhood.
Wondering if you'll ever get one.
Offering words of wisdom when possible.
Letting them fail as you did.
Protecting them as you should.
Adult decisions looming before you.
Tears dropping to the carpeted floor.
Pressure I never asked for.
A never-ending source of energy.
A flurry of activity above.
A flurry of activity below.
Waves cycling toward the shore.
Standing, sand ankle deep, cold and salty water wash over me.
At this moment, I feel free.
My sins are baptized in the ocean.
A mind left to wander.
I possess a body willing to do the same.
A never-ending source of pain.
A flurry of life above.
A flurry of life below.
Drawing strength to push forward.
Such a defeating way to look at the world.
It ignores the possibility of progress and hope.
In that view, we move humanity forward.
Generation after generation is born again.
We are born to prosper.
Here, we can make ourselves better.
Humanity is given a chance to change.
We are born to embrace the long view.
What we do now holds weight.
The world is offered a fighting chance.
For me, nothing is more powerful than my regret.
It feels like Everest and I can't climb.
Living has become the hardest part.
It is measured in breaths successfully taken.
As hard as I wish, the past isn't done with me.
You will never leave that moment in time.
We are like anchors forgotten in the sea.
What might have been felt as real and constant as a pulse.
Thunderously beating, I rise and collect myself.
Now, we pretend to be strong.
Because we all have regret and lives to live.
Below me is a casket; it is holding you.
The words cascade from my mouth like never before.
In and out of an out of body experience, you guide me through.
I wish I could have done more for you.
It wasn't your song on the radio.
I don't even know if you like the band.
Every lyric reminded me of you, though.
Filled with guilt and regret, I drove on.
Holding firm to the wheel, I was torn to tears.
My car doing 60 in the center lane.
"Drugs or Me" screamed of you.
I wish there hadn't been a choice.
Your side should have been at the forefront.
Ultimatums usually do no earthly good.
Today's lesson came in the form of a song.
The interstate feels like hell today.
I fear the track to be played next.
Mixes can be a dangerous thing.
This weight is too heavy.
The bones of my shoulder are becoming ash.
Meant for the wind, they blow away.
I hope you can feel them surround you.
They reconstruct themselves to lift up your burden.
Here, we can hold up what one could not.
Support is done in every action.
All the while holding onto the pain.
All the while holding onto each other.
Angel wings for sinners who keep trying.
Wings for those who were called home too early.
We are still standing with trembling knees.
A never ending burden for us to hold.
Not just for ourselves but for everyone touched by grace.
Generations will not retire your name.
These kids have no idea.
They think they're here to hang out with friends.
I think they're here to learn.
We're both here to make it out alive.
This is our inner city America.
and dancing on playgrounds covered in fallen trees.
They're tougher than most, kinder than anyone I know.
They share food, tears, plans for futures most won't see.
knowing they believe in things I can't possibly understand.
For my 2016 writing project, I've decided to write a single line of poetry every day for an entire year. Below, is December's poem. Enjoy!
A year in the rearview.
We must make the most of this opportunity.
Do now what could be left for next year.
My reflection smiling back at me.
Be selfish in this moment.
Devote yourself to something bigger.
An actual member of the human race.
My fellow man deserves giving.
These are armies I can support.
Confront the new year boldly.
You don't need a revolution.
Hold dear those you love.
Hold more, if you can.
Those are actions that can save the world.
We are the new year.
nobody owned me but a cat named Sloopy.
that ever gave back love to me."
For my 2016 writing project, I've decided to write a single line of poetry every day for an entire year. Below, is November's poem. Enjoy!
Only death can defeat me.
We are like trees in a windstorm.
We've been to the brink.
We've stared over the cliff.
Edges are nothing to be feared.
Life defined in two parts.
My own personal B.C. and A.D.
I begin writing a new chapter.
Much will be said of this time.
It is my beacon of hope.
November 3rd can change things.
Things seemed so much better on the other side.
It was the only grass in plain view.
Now that you're gone, does the belief hold true?
Life pushed you toward this view.
So, is the grass greener on the other side?
The unknown is the hardest part.
We see greener hills and fields.
Are we beginning to see the truth?
Are we understanding a greener shade of grass?
For my 2016 writing project, I've decided to write a single line of poetry every day for an entire year. Below, is October's poem. Enjoy!
I am succumbing to a cascade of color.
Now, who I am meant to be.
I am falling deeply in love with you.
This time of year draws me nearer.
When all fails, you remain constant.
I have worked my whole life for this.
You are what I deserve.
This feels like something promised.
Fall clothes are dusted off.
The closet is filled with new life.
We live an honest love.
We ready ourselves for the cold.
Those darkened days will come.
This is truer than we realize.
If we would prepare for the moment.
Change surprises so many couples.
Our north star in the Seattle night.
Until then, I love you.
For my 2016 writing project, I've decided to write a single line of poetry every day for an entire year. Below, is September's poem. Enjoy!
The sun is fighting a losing battle.
Our unexamined lives feel like the frontier.
The search is without end.
I don't want this journey to cease.
Death is not my friend.
Neither is the changing of the seasons.
I feel occupied with the summer of my life.
Mediocre may be the best way to describe me.
Living a life wondering blindly.
Found in the darkness searching for the light.
Our summers deliver this feeling to us all.
Purpose discovered in the reaches of experience.
Life has plans for us.
Mountains are made to be conquered.


The popularity of SafeLawn sees Westland's Lawnman returning to TV in 2019. This is part of an extensive campaign to promote SafeLawn and drive the lawncare sector.
Since its launch two years ago, SafeLawn has become an established product in the sector. Retailers have benefitted from the results and growth. This is set to continue following the impact of the television advertising campaign.
The adverts are part of a £1.5 million campaign that will air on TV, including on on-demand services.
They will run from 17th April through to the 27th May.
The product is a unique, organic fertiliser made from natural ingredients. Parents and pet owners minds' are at rest knowing that it is safe to use around children and pets.
It nourishes and its formula guarantees a green, lush and thick lawn, with healthy grass from root to tip!
Marloes Rots, Brand Manager commented: "SafeLawn has been successful since its launch. We're expecting this to continue this year, particularly following last year's drought.


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I use ratio test, for finding convergence:
$$\Large \lim \frac{\frac{x^{n+1}}{1+x^{n+1}}}{\frac{x^n}{1+x^n}}=\lim \frac{x(1+x^n)}{1+x^{n+1}}=\lim x\frac{x^n(1+1/x^n)}{x^n(x+1/x^n)}=\frac{x}{x}=1$$
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Longmorn, another distillery which is a powerhouse for blenders, produces wonderful malt. I love the 16 year old, though now it has been turned into a "luxury" expression where you get the same thing for twice the price. Too bad. Because there aren't many distillery bottlings, if you can find them, most of the bottles of Longmorn are single casks from independent bottles like this from Douglas Laing. Each cask is different, sometimes significantly - but it really let you explore the distillery characteristics.
Amazing that a 25 year old longmorn can smell so fresh – green pear, peach, caramelized apricots, vanilla, oak, toasted cumin, dried apricot, leather, flax, bourbon, candle wax…The palate is odd. Sharp, with lots of fruit – orange, apricot, freshly stuck match, and caramel leading into a spicy finish full of cumin, orange peel, blueberry, and rancio. Slightly earthy throughout. Big, complex, full..
Value: Low, based on $265.


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Christmas retail footfall will fall 50% despite 24-hour shopping, says ParcelHero
Home » News » Christmas retail footfall will fall 50% despite 24-hour shopping, says ParcelHero
The news that the government is clearing the way for stores to be open 24 hours a day in December and January will do little to lure shoppers back to the High Street or fix the problems facing Arcadia and Debenhams, says the home delivery expert ParcelHero.
It says that when stores re-opened in June after the first lockdown, the initial flurry soon collapsed, with footfall down -58.4% year-on-year in the weeks following reopening.
This time around, circumstances are even more prohibitive. The combination of strict regional tiers and cold weather are unlikely to entice shoppers back to the High Street at the end of Lockdown 2.0, says ParcelHero's head of consumer research, David Jinks MILT.
'In the weeks after the first lockdown ended, High Street footfall was nearly -60% down year-on-year, according to the British Retail Consortium. It looks highly likely the same retail wretchedness will be repeated on the High Street over the Christmas season.
'When non-essential stores threw open their doors at the end of the last lockdown, hopes for a resurgence proved ill-founded. Compared to pre-pandemic shopping levels in February, High Street clothing store sales collapsed by -50% and department stores were down by over -28% in June, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). That's not encouraging for the likes of Arcadia Group's stores such as Topshop and Burtons, and the struggling Debenhams chain, all of which are now in administration.
'Christmas means shoppers' return to the High Street will be stronger than the brief uptick at the end of the previous lockdown, but far below the traditional December boom. At the end of the last lockdown, 70% of shoppers were 'not comfortable' about returning to shops, according to research from consultants EY. The latest ONS research, released on 23 November, found that 46% of Brits remain 'actively scared' about contracting coronavirus when going outside. Cautious consumers will be doing their best to avoid busy shops over Christmas.
'It stands to reason, therefore, that faced with a choice between staying safe and warm shopping online or braving the winter weather, most shoppers will choose the former. That's why we predict town centre footfall will be over 50% down on last year, while online will grab just over half of all retail sales for the first time.
'It's all very well for the government to give the go-ahead to stores, working with local councils, to introduce round-the-clock opening hours. However, if they think scores of shoppers will be thronging the High Street at 4am on a frosty December night, even to bag some Primark bargains, they are sadly mistaken.
'One positive result could come out of these plans, however. Retailers have been given the go-ahead to accept deliveries outside normal hours, which will reduce congestion and pollution. It's a move ParcelHero has been calling for since 2015. Overall, though, 24-hour opening will have little effect.
'Given the strain on delivery services during the Christmas period, we are expecting to see retailers bring their final order dates forward as Christmas nears. That's why our continually updated Christmas deadlines tool is so useful for keeping shoppers in the know with all their favourite retailers' final order dates

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Biden May Have Been On And Off In SUPPORTING Integration But He's Always PRACTICED Segregation For Himself And His Family
Earlier, An Interview: Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 1975, In A Format You Can Read and Joe Biden Read The Coleman Report...And Coleman's Backpedalling On Busing
Back in his saner day, Joe Biden worried that schools would become "racial jungle[s]" if integration was not orderly imposed.
"Unless we do something about this, my children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle with tensions having built so high that it is going to explode at some point," he said.
The remark was made in 1977 and "appears to come from a congressional hearing related to anti-busing legislation, Biden emphasized wanting to 'insure we do have orderly integration of society,' adding he was 'not just talking about education but all of society,'" according to businessinsider.com [Joe Biden worried in 1977 that certain de-segregation policies would cause his children to grow up 'in a racial jungle', by Grace Panetta, July 15, 2019].
The far-left "mainstream" media came to Senator Biden's defense after the remark was made public by the NYT's Stolberg, above in July, 2019 [How Joe Biden Became the Democrats' Anti-Busing Crusader, by Astead W. Herndon and Sheryl Gay Stolberg, July 15, 2019]. Biden, the media assured us, was advocating for racial integration. He just wanted it done in an orderly fashion.
Nonetheless, the choice of words reveals a long history of "insensitive" comments made by Biden. Those words, in turn, expose Biden's racially "insensitive" thinking.
Perhaps the former vice president requires a sensitivity training class; the type that was recently banned by President Donald Trump.
Biden's mansion in McLean, Va., according to guestofaguest.com
Biden has a long history of advocating for racial integration. He also has a long history of practicing racial segregation.
He reportedly resides at 1209 Barley Mill Rd. in the Greenville neighborhood of Wilmington, Delaware, 19807, according to zillow.com. Greenville is a predominantly white upscale neighborhood with a black population of 0.47 percent, according to datausa.com. He also rents a $4.7-million mansion in the Washington, D.C. suburb of McLean, Virginia. McLean, is a city of nearly 50,000 of whom about 1.8 percent are black, according to the 2010 census.
For comparison, the nation's black population is about 13 percent.


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Break Free Escape Barrow: Room 13
By escapethereview | May 15, 2019
by Break Free Escape Barrow (website)
Unit 1, 331 Rawlinson Street, LA14 1BS
On the way home from a vacation with your family, your car breaks down in the middle of nowhere with no reception to call for help. Seeking shelter from the dark of night, you decide to check yourself and your family in to one of the rural hotels nearby. The elderly caretaker of the run-down hotel informs you that there are no other hotels within walking distance. After checking into one of the rooms, you find a series of rather supernatural things occurring within the room and you have been locked in from the outside. Complete the puzzles within the haunted room to figure out a way to escape within sixty minutes or suffer the wrath of the spirits you have angered.
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Pedestrian Puzzling
My second room as part of a double bill at The Escape Room (I tackled Slaughterhouse first). It should be noted that, on my visit, the venue was undergoing renovations.
Escape the haunted hotel before the spirits get you.
The introduction was frustratingly confusing: we needed a hint to be told where the game actually started. After this, the pair of us were on our way and escaped with plenty of time left on the clock. We did some banal counting, searching and decoding. Meh.
Mise-en-scène
I appreciated the darkness aspect of this room, but, other than that, the scenery, props and ambience were tame. Only the corridor felt hotel-like. The 'flick a switch and a Game Operator will come to help' must be the worst hint system ever, as it totally took us out of the experience.
As I mentioned in my Slaughterhouse review, these rooms are not worth paying full price for. If another good Black Friday deal comes up, I'll return to do the other two rooms then! In the meantime, don't bother.
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A review of three rooms at The Escape Room in Manchester. As with most of the games at this chain, they were linear, relied heavily on darkness and didn't generally produce puzzles that impressed. The one highlight between them was the Secret Lab, a game that used to be raved about but even that is showing its age.
(reviewed in Manchester)
All games by Break Free Escape Barrow
All games in Barrow-in-Furness
Other copies of this game in other locations:
The Escape Room Manchester: Room 13 (Manchester)
The Escape Room Barrow-in-Furness: Room 13 (Barrow-in-Furness)
(Different copies of the same game sometimes have significant differences.)


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Medical Lake is a city in Spokane County, Washington. The population was 5,060 at the 2010 census. Medical Lake has a psychiatric hospital named Eastern State Hospital.
The city of Medical Lake was founded in 1890. The city is named after a nearby lake. The Spokane Native American tribe which lived in the area for a long time, thought the water from the lake could heal sickness and injuries. White settlers who moved to the area in the 1870s, sold salts from the lake as medicine.


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Heterogenia Linguistico Vol. 2
Heterogenia Linguistico
Hakaba's diverse traveling party, made up of half-werewolf Susuki and lizardfolk siblings Kashuu and Kekuu, welcomes its newest member, the minotaur Moo. Struggling to communicate through a series of wild gestures, guttural grunts, and the gnashing of teeth, Moo eventually gets his point across in Old Werewolf-a language that is new to the linguist at large! Discovering the varied ways Netherworlders communicate grants Hakaba fresh insights into how different species think and interact. And, unbeknownst to him, his human tendencies are being scrutinized just as closely?!
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Fantasy Manga
Hetergenia Linguistico
After his professor is injured, rookie linguist Hakaba is entrusted with his work, a research trip to study the language of monsters. Travelling together with his guide Susuki, he dives into the complex world of interspecies communication!
A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation
When Lizel mysteriously finds himself in a city that bears odd similarities to his own but clearly isn't, he quickly comes to terms with the unlikely truth: this is an entirely different world. Even so, laid-back Lizel isn't the type to panic. He immediately sets out to learn more about this strange place, and to help him do so, hires a seasoned adventurer named Gil as his tour guide and protector
Uncle from Another World
When a middle-aged man wakes up from a seventeen-year coma, he tells his nephew Takafumi that he's been adventuring in another world. It's a generation gap comedy starring an uncle who bridges two universes!
Mama Akuma
Seere is a subordinate demon to Amaimon, the eastern King of Hell. Serious in his work, he prides himself on his ability to make any wish come true. But when he's summoned from a grimoire, what awaits him is a little girl with but one wish: "Please be my mama!!" Seere's long road to motherhood starts here!
Hazure Skill: The Guild Member with a Worthless Skill Is Actually a Legendary Assassin
With a worthless skill, Roland managed to kill the most powerful demon lord that's ever lived. While he could have all the riches in the world, all Roland really wants now is a normal life. Such an unremarkable existence may not come easy to someone so exceptional, however...


Gästearea / Bannertausch » How to buy Portable Jaw Crushers online?
Hilfe Engel - Forum » Alles Für die Gäste » Gästearea / Bannertausch » How to buy Portable Jaw Crushers online?
There three factors should be considered when we buy portable jaw crusher online such as sales, service and cost performance.
First of all, we should consider the cost performance. When we buy jaw crushers online, the price is one of the important factors that customers consider. Because buying jaw crushers is not just to buy jaw crusher and after-sales service, technical support and so on. The different manufacturers are with the different prices of jaw crusher. So, when we buy jaw crushers, we should consider the price and product performance together. Then we can buy cost-effective jaw crushers.
According to the movement form of jaw crusher, it is divided into two kinds: simple pendulum jaw crusher and compound pendulum jaw crusher. The simple pendulum jaw crusher with six poles has developed into four poles. And its structure is simpler. We all know that the crusher workspace is a crushing cavity where the material is crushed and broken out. The crusher crushing cavity shape directly influences the processing capacity, energy consumption and the grain size of products. So these factors will be important factors for our buyers.
The discharging mouth range of the crusher can be adjusted. The range of crusher mechanism motion is reasonable. In order to get a smaller granularity, we should dispatch bigger discharging mouth. This is bound to cause that the tooth plate will be wore seriously. It can also reduce the life and the stress state goes worse. So our users can't require too much in the process of the production.
Last aspect is to know the moving oscillation frequency of the crusher which is an important working parameter. The hard materials should be adopted to obtain the fine particle size of product by higher oscillation frequency and longer granularity. In order to prevent excessive crush we ought to consider dynamic form of the board. On the design concept, different materials will have a best crushing cavity to achieve the best effect in the work process. Because many materials are different, it is impossible to design so many different line cavities. So we should consider the various factors influencing the optimization according to user feedback.
In addition, when we elect jaw crushers online, we should consider manufacturer. Many unqualified manufacturers sell products in the name of the big brands, but actually they produce the product which has no guarantee of quality. The accessories can't afford to use. The after-sales service is not perfect. In this case the customer will suffer some losses. When we buy equipment online, the customers tend to keep the price as the first element of choice. In fact this is a wrong thinking. When we are buying jaw crushers, we first should choose better manufacturers in the industry.
After-sales service of the jaw crusher is a very important factor which we should consider. This performance is according to the delivery speed, installation, the follow-up accessories, technical guidance, problem solving, etc. For jaw crusher machines, some customers do not understand and some manufacturers sell crushers to customers without any service. They also do not provide technical support which is very irresponsible. So before buying portable jaw crusher online, you should consider the after-sales service problems.


Trinity United Methodist Church (Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church) is a historic church at E. 18th Ave. and Broadway in Denver, Colorado. It was built in 1887 and was added to the National Register in 1970. Built by architects Robert S. Roeschlaub and Frederick Albert Hale.
LITTLE DENVER aims to bring tilt-shift photography from the fringe of interest and into the mainstream to all Denver art fans. Photographed by Gio Toninelo, LITTLE DENVER features the unique style of imagery which only tilt-shift photography produces – that of a diorama-like scene.


The classic rounded shape with two straps is supposed to take the form and spirit of the butterfly (Papillon). It was originally designed by Henri Vuitton in 1966 and has become one of most endearing bags of Louis Vuitton's collection.
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New York City, NY նախագիծ՝ ստեղծված Jeff Stark
The Dreary Coast is an original, site-specific immersive work that takes place on the Gowanus Canal from October 14th - November 1st. Imagine the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at night in the middle of a crumbling industrial neighborhood.
Our story centers on the character Charon, the boatman on the River Styx. It's got elements from Greek and Roman myths, pieces of Dante's Inferno, and blasts of black metal.
It's a tragedy. And it's very funny.
Two small audiences will see our show every night, encountering actors and performers at bridges, docks, and buildings along the canal and throughout the neighborhood. Our crew will blur the edge between landmarks in the neighborhood and the mythic locations of our story. Audiences will complete that transformation themselves.
There are still wild places in New York, and we think artists should be out there imagining them.
Tickets are available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/883620
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Tag Archives: physics
Life in China, Science and Technology
FAST: The World's Largest Telescope
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On Sunday 25th September 2016, China will unveil the world's largest telescope and begin test operations searching for signals to understand the origin of the universe and the Big Bang.
The Five-Hundred-Metre Aperture Spherical Telescope, known as FAST has been constructed over five years in a remote area of Guizhou province, south central China. It has been built in a 45 million year old crater, unlikely to be affected by flooding and far from human interference.
The 500m dish surpasses Arecibo radio telescope, built in Puerto Rico in 1963, as the world's largest and is three times more sensitive in detecting radio waves thousands of light years away.
Professor Richard Schilizzi, Associate Director of the UK's Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre says: China are taking a big step forward in astronomy. The science that is infront of them has great prospects of transforming our view of the universe.'
FAST consists of 4450 individual panels and Chinese project engineers had to design a cable net of ten thousand cables to manipulate it to detect signals. FAST's focus cabin is also unique thanks to a directional tracking system.
A key mission for the telescope will be detecting pulsars, the matter that remains when a star eight times the size of the sun explodes. These pulsars rotate thousands of times per second and, as Professor Phil Diamond of UK's Jodrell Bank Discovery explains, are the universe's most accurate clock:
'By measuring the sync of from these superb rotating clocks we can measure all sorts of subtle things predicted by Einstein, which we cannot do from earth or even in our own solar system.'
What do you think they will find? Are you excited to find out? Let us know in the comments below!
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The biggest Radio Telescope in the world
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This is the Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope (F.A.S.T for short), or at least it will be when it's completed in September this year.
This silver giant in remote Guizhou Province is the world's largest Radio Telescope, eclipsing the previous title-holder by THREE TIMES its size. This means that the paraboloid reflective dish will be able to detect signals 1000 light-years away, enabling scientists to see three times further than ever before.
What is it searching for? Well, for starters, the telescope will be looking for ancient signals of hydrogen to try to understand how the universe evolved. It will also be on the look out for never-before-seen stars, and of course, extra terrestrial life. What will we find when we look further into space than ever before? Will existing theories about the origins of the universe be confirmed or thrown into confusion? Am I going to get to meet E.T.?!
The telescope comes as part of a tide of innovation coming from China, which includes world-leading advances in A.I, driverless cars and even eye transplants. To get a visual example of this rapid technological advances, look at the development of Shenzhen over the last 40 years, from small fishing village to a rival for Silicon Valley!
The country that invented the compass, papermaking, printing and gunpowder is definitely experiencing a Scientific revival, and I'm excited to find out what the future holds.
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Q: SQL Linked Server "IBM DB2 for i IBMDASQL OLE DB Provider" / IBMDASQL Stopped Working - No Errors We have a linked server to pull data from an AS400 that worked every day for years, but randomly stopped working last night.

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*When we do test connection / run a test open query against the linked server, it just spins and spins for hours, no failure or error message is provided.

*We have tried rebooting the SQL server

*We also use the the IBM i Access Client Solutions to pull data from the same server/host with the same credentials and have no issues, we are able to pull the data.

*We heard from our IT operations team that this patch was applied last night our server: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/july-12-2022-kb5015874-monthly-rollup-f7d12c29-5f30-4038-a614-0ed0de7aa931

*We also noticed that there seems to be extra "Authentication" steps in our organization as of last night as well. We had to re-log into a lot of applications/intranet pages/etc. that we use normally.

*We are trying to open tickets/get in touch with someone that can help us from the server we are trying to pull data from, but it is a slow process getting help.

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Over 17 years and five flights, Gennady Padalka has accumulated more time in orbit than any person, ever.
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - Gennady Padalka is late.
It's not something I was expecting from the former military pilot, who is also among Russia's most decorated cosmonauts. I pass the minutes by translating the names written in Cyrillic on the posters surrounding me in the Russian Academy of Science's Space Research Institute: Venera, Lunokhod, RadioAstron—all programs the Russians engineered during their long and storied history of space exploration.
In the early days of the space race, the Soviets were clearly winning. They launched Sputnik, the first satellite, in 1957. And on April 12, 1961, they put the first human in orbit, when 27-year-old cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin climbed into his spherical spacecraft and took to the skies.
Though it only lasted 108 minutes, Gagarin's mission proved that humans could visit space and safely return—and it fueled the ongoing competition between the world's duelling superpowers.
Today, humans live in space for months at a time, and some space travellers are lucky enough to visit the realm of microgravity more than once, learning not only how to survive in a hostile and alien environment, but how to adjust to life back on Earth.
With 879 days accumulated over 17 years, Padalka has spent more time in space than any other human, ever, so he seemed like the perfect person to talk to about how spaceflight changes a person.
Suddenly, the door bangs open and Padalka runs in, shaking off the dreary October rain and looking exactly like his photos. He mutters something about the cursed Moscow traffic, offers an apology, and then takes off, striding purposefully through a hall filled with model spacecraft and more information about the country's adventures in interplanetary exploration.
I have no idea where he's going, so I hustle after him with my recorder and notebook. His destination—the men's room—is not exactly the best place for an interview, so I stop short of the door when I finally realize where he's going. Ludmila Mekertycheva, who will be translating during our conversation, catches my eye, and we start laughing at the barely averted faux pas.
When Padalka returns, he sits down and apologizes again, as the traffic was just horrendous. He then says he won't be able to help me much with my story.
"I'm not philosophical," he says.
But for more than an hour, Padalka spoke generously about his time in space: his experiences, his regrets, his frustrations. At the end of our conversation, it was clear that although Padalka may not consider himself a philosopher, he certainly is a thinker who's not afraid of introspection, or of sharing his insights. Here, on the anniversary of Gagarin's record-setting trip, is an edited account of our conversation.
You've spent 879 days in space, over five flights and 17 years. Does the planet look different now than when you first flew?
No, the planet didn't change. Seventeen years, during which I made my flights—it's just a very short period of time. Our planet, as you know, is four billion years old. Nothing has changed.
Are there places or things on Earth that you missed, while in space? Did flying over home make you wish you were home?
I wouldn't say so. Not really. Of course you miss your home, of course you miss your family. But it's not that every time you fly over, you want to go home and visit and see. No. Like Moscow, for instance, you fly over Moscow … but then you remember the traffic. Oh, the traffic. It is good to be out of Moscow!
No traffic jams in space.
It took, to fly over, several seconds instead of many hours and days. But, for instance, I would love sometimes to come out and face the rain. I will never be able to do that up there. Or just jump into the sea. Or maybe climb up Mount Elbrus and shout from the top, here I am!
Many astronauts have said that seeing the planet from far away can cause them to care a bit more about it. Did you think about anything like that while you were in space?
Climate change, ecological problems, I don't consider them to be the main problems for the Earth. The bigger problem is people conflicting with each other. Look at what has happened in the world.
But if you take astronauts and cosmonauts, we work together in a very restricted space together, Americans and Russians and Canadians and Japanese. We speak a common language. We understand each other. Why can't the same approach be applied to Earth?
What can we learn from the way the space station is run?
During the last 20 years, I've been working in an international project. I visited the U.S. several times per year. Canada, Europe, Japan—all the countries that participated in this project. I have lots of friends. And being in space, flying above, we knew that whatever the situation is, we knew that the life of your friend depends upon you, too.
You've spent a tonne of time in space. Do you think humans are ready to be living in space for long periods of time?
In the '60s, we didn't understand many, many things. We didn't know whether a human being will withstand radiation, which is so strong up there, or whether the human being can withstand this weightlessness, and for how long? Now, since we have carried out tons of experiments, we are sure that the human being can easily live and work in the conditions of space, despite different factors which seem to be quite hostile toward the human being.
Easy to stay, easy to live, thanks to the designers' thoughts and ideas that save us in space and provide the conditions for staying. Mikhail Kornienko and Scott Kelly, they spent one year in space without any problems, no consequences. So humankind had proved to itself that it is possible to live and work in space.
Would you want to live in space for a year, or five years?
Not five years. One year, no more. With time, it just becomes tedious. You start to miss Earth. I remember always with great pleasure, I would enter the station. I would have great pleasure and enthusiasm in work, and with the same degree of pleasure, I would leave the station.
This is the response I get from everyone: 'Why does everyone call me a hero?' But I'm wondering, who are your heroes? Who do you admire?
Actually, I never had one.
Well, for instance, if somebody becomes your hero, a pattern for you to follow, you start to imitate what he does. And you lose your individuality. Everybody has his own talent. Everybody was born with some certain and very different capabilities. Somebody will become a great scientist, a Nobel prize winner, somebody will become a great mother. Somebody said that we don't live on the minefield to follow somebody's steps.
I was impressed at the very early stage of my space career, like the flights to space, to the moon, landing on the moon. But to say this guy, yes, I have to be similar to him? We are all talented. We are all heroes. Nyet. Don't suppress your own talent.


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Kokugai Tsuihou Saremashita ga Futsuu ni Ikitemasu yo
Adventure Comedy Fantasy Historical Slice of Life
Gabrielle, a daughter of a Duke, was exiled from her country for a crime of bullying a certain Viscount's daughter she didn't commit.
The reason for this was that all the people who condemned her were under the charm spell of the Viscount's daughter.
Gabrielle, who was the only one to notice this during the condemnation, decided to cancel out the charm spell as a parting gift when leaving the country.
When she was gone and the charm was broken, the country was filled with a storm of regret.
They have done something terrible.
While they continued to suffer in guilt, Gabrielle was traveling normally.
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Class: J-Class
Before the J Class yachts came into existence, yachts were designed to be bigger and bigger. The towering rigs of the Big Boat Class such as 'Lulworth' and 'Britannia' dwarfed all other yachts. The late 1920s heralded discussion and agreement of the Universal Rule. This new formula controlled the size and displacement of the new yachts, enabling them to be raced as evenly as possible. Almost immediately, designs were being commissioned for the new, massive 'Bermudan rigs, with no bowsprits'.
The rule was based on ideas proposed by Nat Herreshoff allowing waterline length to be increased without sail area being restricted, as it had been under the International Rule. This was compensated by a larger displacement and so draught was limited to 15ft.
In 1929 Sir Thomas Lipton, owner of Lipton's famous for his import of Lipton Tea from India, issued his fifth challenge to the Americans for the America's Cup. He commissioned the build of the first J Class Yacht which signified the start of a new era in design evolution and racing. On each occasion he challenged for the America's Cup as a member of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club in Northern Ireland. RUYC are still involved with The Cup – presenting the Royal Ulster Cup to the Club of the winning challenger.
The Universal Rule came into effect in 1930. The size of a yacht was determined (by waterline length) and this was shown as an alphabetical list. "J" signified yachts with a waterline length of between 75 to 87 feet. The addition of the new design Bermuda mast allowed the yachts to carry a huge sail plan. Nothing so large and 'awesome' had been built previously. The Americans had a distinct advantage over Britain in the 1930 America's Cup. They had the money to build four J's over Britain's one, yet the British yacht, Shamrock V was a hot contender. She was designed by Nicholson and built at the family yard in 1930, and before she crossed the Atlantic to attend the Cup she had notched up more than 700 sea miles (1,296km), won 15 out of the 22 races she had entered and had been tweaked and tested to a high degree.
In answer to Lipton's challenge of 1929 the Americans designed four J-Class yachts as possible defenders. Enterprise, Whirlwind, Yankee and Weetamoe were launched within a month of each other; Weetamoe and Enterprise from the Herreshoff yard and Yankee and Whirlwind from Lawley & Son's yard in Bristol.
Whirlwind, the second J, was the most revolutionary of the four. Francis L Herreshoff had moved away from conventional yachts and designed a boat, which took the new rule to its extreme. Whirlwind combined many new ideas and Herreshoff experimented with hull shape and rig. She was the longest of the early J's at 86ft on the waterline and remained so until Ranger and Endeavour II were built in 1937.
She was built of semi-composite construction (the other three American Js were built out of the highly expensive Tobin bronze), was double-ended and had a permanent backstay. Uffa Fox described her profile as: "Very pleasing to the eye, the stem sweeping down to the keel in a very sweet line, and to a man who, like myself, believes that a pointed stern is a logical ending for all vessels, her stern is a joy to behold." He predicted, "If the Yacht Racing Rules govern well and wisely, we shall see Whirlwind racing 50 years hence. If they do not she will probably be cruising then." But Whirlwind met an early demise. Her building was delayed as she didn't meet Lloyd's A1 scantling rules and she wasn't chosen to be the 1930s defender. She was often out-performed when close hauled, her steering gear making her difficult to steer. She was eventually scrapped along with Enterprise in 1935. However, her unusual double-headsail rig was later adopted by the rest of the Js.
The third American J, Yankee, was the best all-rounder. At 84ft on the waterline and 125ft length overall, she was solidly made of Tobin bronze and was extremely well balanced. Designed by Frank Paine, Yankee had an almost straight sheerline and easy lines. She was a powerful contender for defender, but not fine-tuned enough to succeed. She did, however, take part in the 1934 America's Cup trials and with alterations to her rig, to carry more sail, and bow, which was lengthened and made more of a V-shape, she then proved more successful, especially in light winds.
The fourth of the American J's was Weetamoe, which was designed by Clinton Crane and was the narrowest of the early four. Despite claims that Yankee was the best all-rounder, Weetamoe is said to have been the closest rival to Enterprise to be the Cup defender. Charles Nedwick, in Ian Dear's book Enterprise to Endeavour, describes Weetamoe as having a profile "that is practically a triangle, with a straight line from the after end of the waterline to the bottom of the keel and thence a line which is slightly convex, and then slightly concave to the forward end of the waterline." In an attempt to better performance and make her less tender, her profile below the water was radically altered in 1934 with a new contour and bulb keel. The alterations failed and not long afterwards were reversed. In common with the other J's, she had about 43ft of overhang and her hull, Nicholson opined, "was the best of all the US Js".
When Shamrock V and Enterprise eventually met off Newport, Rhode Island, later that year, the two J's were well matched in hull profile, but differed significantly in rig. Enterprise's rigging was lighter, she had the Park Avenue boom, which was so advantageous to windward, and had lots of winches on board. Shamrock V meanwhile, was under-winched and hard work to sail. She has since, however, proved her success in that she is still sailing today.
The sixth J-Class yacht to be built, and the second built on British soil was Velsheda. She was the only J not built as a contender for the America's Cup. Her owner, WL Stephenson, who previously owned White Heather II, the 23-Metre converted to rate as a J-Class in 1930, had Velsheda built in steel in 1933 at the Camper & Nicholson yard. Velsheda was a great success. In 1935 she was significantly altered, her bow was snubbed around the waterline and her stern improved. The following season she won the King's Cup at Cowes Week.
The fleet in 1934
In 1934, Sopwith challenged for the America's Cup. His challenger was Endeavour. She was Charles Nicholson's third J-Class design and he said of her "She will have quite a normal hull… because I have thought it right to suppress possible experimental form, which would be most interesting to try out, but which I have to leave to American designers." He did, however, produce the most beautiful J-Class and her rig was innovative.
Sopwith experimented with new running backstay strain gauges, which controlled the trim of the mast and used electronic windspeed and direction indicators. It has since been suggested that part of the reason for her failure in the Cup was due to all the gadgets on board. She was matched 83ft 3in on the waterline against Rainbow's 82ft. However, despite being thought to be the best challenger Britain has ever built, she did not win the Cup. Rainbow, which was considered the inferior boat, beat her by four races to two.
Harold Vanderbilt's original Rainbow
Rainbow was designed by W Starling Burgess and launched in 1934 from the Herreshoff yard where she was built in just 100 days. The J stepped a pear-shaped duralumin mast, designed to take the strain of the double-headed jib – first used on Whirlwind – and she was originally rigged with a Park Avenue boom. This was later removed because it was considered too heavy.
The UK Class was depressed with the death of King George V and scuttling of his yacht "Britannia" off the South of the Isle of Wight, in accordance with his will.
Of the American Js, Yankee was the only one to sail in British waters when she was bought by Gerald Lambert and crossed the Atlantic in 1935. She was scrapped in 1941. Enterprise and Whirlwind were both scrapped in America.
1937 saw the building of the last two J's on both sides of the Atlantic. Both Ranger and Endeavour II took the waterline length to its extreme, measuring 87ft LWL. Ranger, the American boat, was built at Bath Ironworks in Maine and designed jointly by W Starling Burgess and Olin Stephens. It was a design combination, which produced the greatest J of the fleet – the 'super J' as she was later known. She was built, for the cost of the materials only, of flush riveted steel plating and soon after launching had an accident. The upper parts of her rod rigging which stayed her duralumin mast shook loose and her mast snapped "with a report like a cannon".
Ranger's success on the water was widespread. Of 37 starts she won 35. Owner-skipper Harold Vanderbilt described her as being "slower to turn and to pick up speed, but (she) held her way longer, and was perfectly balanced on the wind." The challenger, Endeavour II, was designed by Nicholson again and built at the C&N yard. She too was steel, but flush-plated above and below the waterline. Sopwith towed her and Endeavour, plus an entourage of 100, to America where he worked on tuning her rig. Sadly, Ranger saw off the competition, easily winning four races, and dashing British hopes.
Although they became recognised the most beautiful yacht design in the world, only 10 J Class yachts were ever built – 6 in the USA and 4 in the UK. Most of these competed in trials for the America's Cup, or competed in the Cup itself. Several existing large British yachts, 'Astra', 'Candida', 'White Heather II' and 'Britannia', the King's yacht, were all converted to comply with the rule and raced alongside the J's.
After the victory of Ranger over Endeavour II, Vanderbilt wondered whether the boat was so much faster than the competition that it might kill the class. History would show this was not the case as analysis of the Holm design shows that it would likely have been faster than Ranger.
1937 marked the end of an era – it was the last America's Cup contest for 21 years and marked the end of Big Yacht racing. Shamrock V was sold to Mario Crespi, the Italian Senator and publisher, who converted her to a ketch rig and renamed her 'Quadrifoglio', with a literal translation giving her authentic name of '4 leaves' in Italian. This was in accordance with an Italian law, which forbade foreign names.
Weetamoe was scrapped in this year, while at the end of the season Ranger was laid up, prior to being scrapped in 1941.
HANDLING THE J CLASS YACHTS IN THE 1930's
The Skippers had to be experienced in racing and their skill on the race circuit became a matter of pride. These mighty craft had no engines and they had to be handled with great precision to get into and out of ports. Often their experience came from sailing all types of small craft, including fishing boats, during the winter months, when the J Class yachts were laid up. The permanent racing crew in the early days was probably around 16 men thou this may have been augmented to around 30 for racing. When not required for sail changes, spare crew were often moved to below decks.
With the incredible loads on the rigging and systems it was a constant concern that J Class masts could collapse in winds above a Force 3.
Sailing small boats in often inhospitable waters gave them the skills to manage their J Class yachts. The same is true today. Skippers have to deliver their yachts across Oceans, and compete around the race course, using their skills and all the technical advantages that are available today.
It is now clear that there was another J Class Yacht under development in 1937. Several years ago, drawings for a J-Class boat by Swedish naval architect Tore Holm were discovered by Fred Meyer, (Société Nautique de Genève – the Defender of the 32nd America's Cup).
Now known as the Holm Project, this was to be a Swedish yacht with an innovative design. Many of the hull plates were made – and exist to this day. The project was put on hold prior to the outbreak of War in 1939 and was forgotten for more than 60 years. Endeavour and Endeavour II (K6) were laid up at Camper & Nicholson's yard in Gosport, England.
Rainbow was scrapped.
By the end of 1941, all the US yachts, which had been laid up were scrapped for their metal, with the last two being Yankee and Ranger. None survived. Yankee's owner Gerard Lambert allegedly donated her scrap money from the yacht to Queen Mary to be used at her discretion in the London Hospital, in memory of the courtesies shown to Yankee by King George and the Queen herself.
Endeavour II was sold for scrap to Charles Kerridge Limited but her hulk remained until the late 1960s. Endeavour and Velsheda became houseboats in a mud berth on the River Hamble. This is where they stayed for more than 30 years, protected by the mud, which they had sunk into. Only Shamrock V was still sailing.
Endeavour II was broken up and scrapped in Southampton. Quadrifoglio (Shamrock V) had been hidden in Italy in a barn throughout the war years and following Crespi's death in 1962 was sold to Piero Scanu, who saved her just two weeks before she was due to be broken up in Genoa.
During the 1970s Endeavour's hulk was sold for £10 and restoration was started.
Quadrifoglio (Shamrock V) arrived from Italy and was refitted at Camper & Nicholson's yard where she had been built, supervised by Paolo Scanu the naval architect, and son of the owner.
The large holes in Endeavour's hull were plugged and she was towed to the old seaplane base at Calshot Spit on the Solent to start restoration.
Terry Brabant rescued Velsheda from her Hamble mud berth and gave her enough of a refit to get her chartering and, occasionally, racing again in events like the annual Round the Island Race, hosted by the Island Sailing Club in Cowes. Despite being in rather poor condition she still acquitted herself well and looked magnificent from a distance. Swiss plans to restore her came to nought and the old racing yacht was eventually laid up afloat in Gosport. Elizabeth Meyer took on the challenge to continue with the rebuild of Endeavour at Calshot.
Quadrifoglio (Shamrock V) was purchased in 1986 by the Thomas Lipton Company, and given back her original name of Shamrock V, when she became the property of the Newport Museum of Yachting. Endeavour was towed from Calshot, to Cowes on the Isle of Wight to have her fittings and rigging fitted. She was then taken on a barge to the Royal Huisman Shipyard in Holland to continue and complete the rebuild.
Endeavour was relaunched in Holland. Endeavour and Shamrock V match raced each other over the Old America's Cup course in Newport, Rhode Island in August.
Velsheda was purchased from a bankrupt C&N boatyard and brought to Southampton Yacht Services to start her rebuild. She was relaunched in 1998 and started her programme of racing and cruising around the World.
Velsheda, Shamrock V and Endeavour raced against each other in Antigua Classic Week.
The Owners met in England and formed the J Class Association to protect the interests of the Class, present and future. Class Rules were established for the construction of Replica Rebuilds from original plans. Shamrock V came out of a major refit at Pendennis in Falmouth under the supervision of the Dykstra office.
Velsheda & Ranger
The first J Class Regatta is held in Christchurch Bay on England's south coast over three days, followed by the Jubilee Regatta in Cowes.
Ranger replica was commissioned and construction started at Danish Yacht Shipyard.
Ranger was launched and started her racing programme.
Replicas of Endeavour II (Hanuman) and Ranger (Lionheart) are commissioned.
Replicas of Rainbow and Paine design (JH7) are commissioned.
Hanuman, replica of Endeavor II launched.
Lionheart launched.
Lionheart, 2011
Rainbow launched. Cheveyo commissioned from Sparkman & Stephens / Spirit Yachts.
Information courtesy of the J Class Association
Svea, Ranger, Topaz & Velsheda, J Class Worlds, Newport, RI @Rob Migliaccio
Svea, Velsheda and Topaz at the St Barths Bucket, 2018.
Svea marches on @Claire Matches
Topaz – epic @Carlo Borlenghi
Velsheda in her essence @Carlo Borlenghi
Velsheda, Svea and Topaz flying down the course @Cory Silken
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Distance Running 2009 October-December > Features > A race of superlatives
The Matterhorn is considered to be the most beautiful mountain in the world and decorates the front page of nearly all guidebooks.
A race of superlatives
by Andrea Schneider
Zermatt Marathon
Sat 4 July 2009
With nearly two thousand metres of altitude behind you and with the Matterhorn in sight – what more reason do you need to battle your way on to the finish of the Zermatt Marathon at Riffelberg?
The 8th edition of the race had almost 1500 finishers, again breaking the record for participation. This is not surprising, because the Zermatt Marathon is full of superlatives. The event has the potential to become the shooting star of the Alpine races. Here are eight reasons, why the Zermatt Marathon, which takes place on 10 July next year, should be in your race calendar:
The Matterhorn: After the red and white national flag the Matterhorn, with an altitude of 4478m, is the identifying symbol of Switzerland par excellence. It is also considered to be the most beautiful mountain in the world and decorates the front page of nearly all guidebooks. Time and time again runners can catch a glimpse of the triangular peak of the Matterhorn which takes the breath away. At the finish on the Riffelberg they can look at another 28 four thousand metre mountains.
The challenge: With 1944m of climbing – and 444m of descent – the Zermatt Marathon is one of the most challenging mountain races. For runners it is convenient that the climb is moderate, beginning right after the start – and does not suddenly rise steeply as in the LGT Marathon in Liechtenstein . Or that effort is packed into the last third of the course as in the Jungfrau Marathon.
The final ascent: After 39km runners reach the Riffelalp, which lies at an altitude of 2211m. Here the atmosphere reaches a peak: enthusiastic spectators, entertaining live music and a breathtaking panorama. It is a relief to fill up on energy here, because a crucial final ascent of 400m lies ahead of you. These three kilometres are the apex of the race – most of the participants are not running by the time they get here, but everybody afterwards adores these last metres alongside the Gornergrat Bahn up to the finish line that lies at an altitude of 2585m.
The start: Runners assemble in St. Niklaus at an altitude of 1085m. The course leads through Switzerland's deepest valley, alongside the roaring Vispa, in the direction of Zermatt. St. Niklaus, with nearly 2400 inhabitants, lies at the centre of the "Mattertal" valley and it is the starting point for reaching holiday resorts such as Zermatt, Grächen and Saas-Fee. The Meiertower (dating from around 1270), is the oldest building in the valley, and houses the only mountain guide museum in the world. This museum gives the visitor an overview of the 150-year old mountain guide tradition of the village. St. Niklaus also made it into the Guinness book of records, by having the biggest Santa Claus in the world.
Halftime in Zermatt: At the half marathon mark, runners reach the glamorous holiday resort of Zermatt. In the peak season around 30,000 visitors rub shoulders with around 5700 inhabitants. Attracting the applause of spectators and tourists, participants run through the 600m long main street, and past the many shops, boutiques, hotels and restaurants of Zermatt. This atmosphere does not leave any runner cold. Zermatt is the changeover zone for the Marathon relay race.
Supporters on the move: A train from the "Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn" Company offer a special excursion for the race, leaving St. Niklaus just after the participants and carrying spectators, supporters, and invited guests to Zermatt. The railway line mostly runs alongside the marathon course. The train stops from time to time to allow spectators to cheer runners in flat-out effort and to take photos. There is a commentary on the development of the race and a lot of particular details about the "Mattertal" valley
The Matterhorn railway: In Zermatt spectators change trains and take the Matterhorn railway (Gornergrat Bahn), Europe's highest open-air cogwheel railway. While the runners in Zermatt still have 21km to go and 1336m to climb, the railway takes a direct route up and after about 8km arrives at the finish in Riffelberg. For the last two kilometres the cogwheel railway tracks lie just next to the course. Runners benefit here from the encouragement offered by the railway passengers, as they witness the runners' most difficult test from very close up. It is also great for the runners in the train on the way back down to remember their experience by looking down on the valley and seeing the course of the race.
The general programme: On Friday, at lunchtime, the big pasta party takes place in front of the famous railway station in Zermatt – the meeting point for all runners. The body's carbohydrate store is filled up and in the background traditional Swiss music is playing – alpenhorn players, yodeller groups or the legendary Schwyzerörgeli – the atmosphere is great and every runner is in pleasant anticipation waiting for next day's Zermatt Marathon.
After the marathon, when all the runners' supporters are glad that their friends safely reached the finish, and runners are exhausted but full of emotion at their achievement, everyone returns to Zermatt. Then it is good to relax and listen to some traditional Swiss music. After the Zermatt Marathon on the Saturday a church service with yodeller music takes place in front of the railway station. Afterwards people can re-live their earlier experience by looking at the first pictures of the marathon day on a big screen. The day ends with a typical meal from the Valais, the Raclette and a glass of Johannisberg, a good white wine from the Valais. All the runners agree: they always like to come back to Zermatt, its fantastic mountain world and impressive Matterhorn – that's the unique appeal of the Zermatt Marathon.
1 Jonathan WYATT NZL 2:57:48
2 Anssi RAITTILA FIN 3:15:52
3 Helmut SCHLIESSEL GER 3:17:13
4 Jean-Christophe DUPONT FRA 3:18:22
5 Gerd FRICK ITA 3:22:46
1 Claudia LANDOLT SUI 3:43:31
2 Corinne ZELLER SUI 3:46:35
3 Michaela MERTOVA CZE 3:52:00
4 Britta MEULLER GER 3:57:50
5 Tanja AMIET SUI 4:01:31
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Over the last 2 years I was in charge of developing a responsive web-based Line of business UI that would compliment an existing WPF UI that used the MVVM pattern. The mission was to reproduce the desktop experience on the web while reusing all the business and validation logic that was developed for the WPF UX.
How adaptable is your software? How much effort would it take to deliver it in other languages? We were asked to do that recently. The answer was surprising.
A great, short video about how we became Software Superheroes and the tool we created, Accelerator, that made it possible. You can become Software Superheroes too!
Seeing is believing, so the saying goes. This holds true in software as well. The power of Accelerator is hard for many to believe, so we have demonstrations and trials for you to try before you buy. But, be warned, your mind may be blown!
Another great fall conference put on by Common. This year it came with a UI Modernization Challenge and we crushed it.
Putting on a brand new event is always full of challenges. And so it was for the recent Virginia Beach IBM i User Conference hosted by Hamway Software Solutions, yet the challenges were met in championship form.
This year's Common Annual Conference and Exposition in New Orleans, LA exceeded our expectations.
Join us for appetizers and drinks, live jazz, giveaways and nothing but N'Awlin's good times!
Another great Microsoft Build conference with some exciting announcements making it a great time to be a .NET Developer.
User Experience (UX) Design aims to enhance how a user feels when interacting with a system. A system can be anything from a website, web app, desktop software or smart device app for emerging technologies such as smart watches.
Awesome people, great sessions, beautiful location!
The Common Fall Conference is the small conference that packs a powerful punch with awesome people, great sessions and, for this year, another fantastic location.
UX Matters: First Impressions matter. So making an impression that lasts is essential.
First impressions are lasting impressions, whether or not we choose to admit that. From the first time we see something, we judge it solely based on appearance and interaction. This applies to nearly everything in life, including the applications we use every day. So it's fair to say that both UI and UX matter.
Common 2015 - Another Great Conference!
As a companion to the IBM i Modernization Redbook published a couple of months ago, IBM has published a Redpaper in which Accelerator is one of the featured solutions.


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2022 Drift King Keiichi Tsuchiya attempts to slide an 800 HP Dodge Hellcat Red Eye
Even for the best drivers, 800 horsepower is an insane number. But Keiichi Tsuchiya, the heart and soul of Japanese motorsport, is no stranger to a challenge. This time it comes in the form of one Dodge Challenger. But not your average Challenger either, but rather the 800 hp SRT Hellcat red eye wide body.
A LEGEND TRIES MUSCLE
His goal is to feel the American muscle legend on the track for the first time ever. He could also try to slide it through every corner. Thanks to his own YouTube channel DRIFT KING TELEVISION, we go on an exploratory journey of speed. Your first thought might be "Wide Body Red Eye in Japan? Didn't even know that was a thing" and you'd be right. This Dodge is an export of the American import specialty store Amesha-World. "Amesha" is the Japanese term for American cars. This dealer has a full selection of American vehicles for sale, from Jeeps to Corvettes.
TOP SPEED VIDEO OF THE DAY
Still, they had no intention of giving one of the greatest drivers of all time an automatic V-6 Mustang for testing. This is how the tense Challenger 2021 makes its debut. For more context, Tsuchiya made a name for himself racing the streets of Japan in the early 1970s. He would later move into professional racing. His skills were leagues higher than his competitors and he would get bored leading races. For example, he would slide his car through the corners to make racing more fun.
Tsuchiya would be the catalyst that would start an international movement known as drifting. Now, even at the age of 66, the two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is no slouch behind the wheel. He remains a hero and inspiration to enthusiasts around the world.
So what can the mind of the Drift King think about the outrageous American muscle car? Impressed by the size of the supercharger, he believes 800 horsepower is "dangerous". The owner of the car explains that his absolute dream was to have Tsuchiya drive the Dodge.
TESTING THE BEAST ON THE TRAIL
Tsuchiya only has to drive his first lap at the famous Tsukuba Circuit in Japan. A tight and technical circuit, Tsukuba will not forgive the two-ton weight of the Hellcat. As he begins to feel the car, he notices how good the car sounds. The next comment? "It's heavy. It won't stop." As he rounds the corner and accelerates, you hear, "You must be kidding! It's tremendous power."
One of the most polarizing cars on the market, the Challenger Hellcat is an absolute handful. Over the course of the session, Tsuchiya mentions his weight at least ten times. Not something the heavy Dodge gets over easily. Still, he mentions the supercharged V-8's impressive torque as much as its weight.
Still, neither torque nor weight is the cause of problems for Tsuchiya on track. Instead, it's the invasive electrical stability control that steps in. After building some confidence in the car, the Drift King tries to slide through every turn on the track. Still, the task is much more difficult than he imagined. He notes that the car has no problem entering or exiting the corner. It is the center of the corner where the electronics intervene. As a result, it has never been able to modulate the rotation of the car in the middle of the corner.
After his first session on the track, Tsuchiya gets out of the car and tells a hilarious anecdote. "I was sweating very strangely. It's a car that loves danger."
Three weeks after that session, Tsuchiya got another spin in the Red Eye Wide Body. This time it was a rainy track, but the Dodge still struggled to break grip in corners. Even when all electronic devices were turned off, the 800 monster didn't budge. The drift king remained stunned by the engine and said, "Great. Great torque. Unbelievable. No way, this torque. It's true."
Towards the end of the session, Tsuchiya was harassed by a modified S2000 as he struggled from corner to corner. After the embarrassment of losing a car with four times less horsepower, the Drift King retired to the pits to cool the stalled brakes. Still, Tsuchiya had only good things to say about the car: "This is amazing. Bigger than you can imagine… this is a monster. It's another dimension."
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"Those who turn back know only the ordeal, but they who persevere remember the adventure." -Milo L. Arnold.
At the beginning of this year I told you that I wanted our motto to be "God answers our prayers!" Here it is the beginning of 2017 and Wow! You guys have been incredible, because Father is answering prayers in ways that we have never seen before. Each week you pray with us and for us and it is turning our lives inside out. Father is answering prayers every single week. Sandy and I have seen more prayers answered in our lives this past year than ever before!. Thank you so much for praying.
I believe that this year will be the most significant year of ministry in our whole lives. It will only happen as Father responds to the prayers of his children. Thank you so much for being a part of our lives and this work. Your role cannot be understated! It simply can NOT be understated! Your prayers each week are vital to our survival and to the successful completion of this work that we, you and us, have been given to complete. We are asking Father to allow an additional 100 new prayer partners to join us in 2018. If you know of someone who might be interested in changing the world with us...please invite them to join us. Just let me know and I will send them a personal invitation and link. Thank you so much.
Please remember to click the link on your text message on your phone or the URL at the bottom of your email each week. This helps me to know if we are indeed getting the prayer coverage for which we hope. It seems like a small thing, but I am seeking to build a 24/7 payer coverage for our lives and work. This will help me gage how we are getting there.
The situation in Syria has progressed beyond what anybody could possibly imagine. The human cost has been extraordinary. Over 9 million Syrians have been left homeless. Think of half of New York City all of a sudden being left on the streets. Three million have had to flee Syria all together to countries such as Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey. 100's of thousands are streaming into Europe this year and they are expecting two or three times as many to come next year. In Frankfurt we are seeing huge numbers arriving.
I spoke with my new friend this week. He began to tell me how he is being hunted by his past even here in Germany. One afternoon he arrived back to his refugee center. A man speaking his native language approached him and asked him who he was. He told him his name and asked him why he wanted to know. The man said never mind and left. Thinking nothing of it, my friend went out that evening as he always did for a walk. When he was returning he got within about 150 yards from his center when a car pulled up and two men jumped out and grabbed him and threw him into their car. He tried to speak, but there were two men in the back seat who began to hit him in the head with a short blunt pipe. Very quickly he lost consciousness. He woke up two days later in a hospital with a fractured skull, two broken arms, a broken leg and three knife wounds.
My friend is a brave young man, but he still bears the emotional scars of that night. He is an active sharer of the Good News, but he confided in me that he still has much trouble sleeping at night and that often he fears for his life. Please pray for this dear brother. He has suffered much for his faith in Jesus Christ. He has been prohibited from seeing his wife for 3 years. He walked to Europe from his homeland taking 15 months to get here. He spent three months in jail in Iran, 4 months in jail in Turkey and almost died several times during his trek. With all the memories, one thing stands out about him. He exudes a thankfulness that I rarely see. Pray for my friend and our brother. He is a gracious witness to us all of God's incredible goodness.
The higher way is more extreme than the extremists! It is the way of Jesus followers going to dangerous places, putting our lives at risk, and sacrificing all we have and hold dear to bring the message of God's love in Christ. It is the way of caring for war widows and healing suffering soldiers, of taking the gospel into the strongholds of ISIS.
Did you know that Jesus is leading the battle for ISIS? Reports are coming out now of ISIS leaders turning to Jesus. I have no verification of those reports, but I believe it is like Jesus to do that. He is on the front lines, fighting valiantly for the hearts and lives of people. Right now... He is there, among ISIS leaders in Iraq and Syria. He is appearing to them like He did to Paul on the road to Damascus, on his way to kill and imprison believers.
Jesus' weapons are the cross, forgiveness, and the sacrificial service of His followers laying down their lives to share the good news.
Have you ever seen or heard things happen that are just really difficult to process, because the framework you are working under leaves little room for interpretation? These kinds of things have happened to Sandy and me over the years in the work we are involved in. We believe that both their frequency and magnitude are increasing.
This past week for instance, during our outreach, one of our teams were out and were on a bridge. They came upon a man who was walking with a cane. They were inclined to ask him why he was walking with a cane. He told them an interesting story about how every year at Ramadan he got this really unusual pain in his body which caused him to experience severe back and abdominal pain. He carried a cane because he knew that it was going to happen again. Our team asked him if they could pray for him and being a rather devout Mslm man, he kindly agreed.
As they prayed for this man, his body began to convulse and he began to writhe and twist and make deep dark sounds with his voice. They continued to pray and call out to Jesus as they realized that something dark and demonic was happening in this man's body. After some time, the man went limp and after a moment or two he sat up. He said that the pain in his body was completely gone. He got up and began to rejoice, by jumping up and down!
He all of a sudden realized that this healing had come as they prayed and that they were praying in the name of Jesus. He pressured my teammates, asking them to tell him about this Jesus who heals and forgives. They bowed with that man right there near the bridge and he invited Jesus into his life after receiving a deliverance from the demon that was inside him. He was so filled with joy that he continued jumping up and down proclaiming that Jesus had delivered him and rescued him from his oppression.
Bless the Lord with us as we praise him for this deliverance and salvation for this new dear brother in Christ.
If you haven't checked out our blog yet at www.lighttravellers.org you might want to. I will be posting more regularly on it as we move forward. It is a great way for us to recollect How Father is working in our lives and through us.
If you are not signed up with us yet...please do immediately. We need you. I know it takes a couple of minutes, but the impact you will make will be incredible!
Thanks for taking a few minutes to help us launch this great new prayer tool. My hope is that Praelude 20/20 will do two key things: 1. Provide such a convenient way for people to pray for us and our work that we end up with prayer going on around the clock throughout the week! Think how cool that will be. And 2. Provide a simple, doable way for people to undergird that work financially.
Then, if this flies, I hope that ten's of thousands of other cross-cultural workers will use it to quickly raise the prayer and financial resources they need. Along with the developers of Praelude, who are my friends, I pray that God will use this resource to speed the redemptive work he's doing on our planet. And you are such an important part of its launch!
We are seeing many people join us in this initiative. Won't you join us as well? Prayer does change things...and how we need God to work for us!
Sandy and I would like to pray for you as well. Please send any personal prayer requests you may have so we can pray for you.