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Маргарета Баварска () може да се отнася за:

 Маргарета Баварска (1325–1374), дъщеря на Лудвиг Баварски, съпруга на Стефан от Славония
 Маргарета Баварска (1363-1423), принцеса от Щраубинг-Холандия, чрез женитба херцогиня на Бургундия
 Маргарета Баварска (1442 – 1479), принцеса от Бавария-Мюнхен, чрез женитба маркграфиня на Мантуа
 Маргарета Баварска (1456–1501), принцеса от Бавария-Ландсхут, чрез женитба курфюрстиня на Пфалц
 Маргарета Баварска (1480 – 1531), принцеса от Бавария-Ландсхут, абатеса на манастир Нойбург


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Polar bears don't eat pasties because it's the totally wrong diet for them. As humans, we seem to have forgotten how to eat the food we were designed to. Is this the reason society is getting sicker and fatter? Find out about Banting and ketogenic diets, and what they can teach us about how we should eat.
It's a well-known fact that smells can immediately take us out of the present and transport us to another time and place. This post will show you how to use essential oils and the power of olfactory recall to banish fear, panic attacks and anxiety for good.
Ashwagandha is one of my favourite herbs for helping the body to cope with the effects of stress. Find out more about this incredibly useful plant.
Elderberries can be picked right here in Cornwall. As if by magic, they're ready for *harvesting* just before the flu season; exactly the time we need them most. Let me share with you my tried and tested methods for making a rich elderberry syrup that not only tastes divine, but is guaranteed to keep those pesky cold and flu bugs at bay.


The conservative hardliners are discussing a deal to support Paul Ryan for speaker in return for a low-ranking leadership post.
The House Freedom Caucus discussed in a private meeting Wednesday making a play for a slot in GOP leadership in return for backing Paul Ryan for another term as speaker, according to sources familiar with the plan.
Though the position would likely be low in the leadership pecking order, it would be the first time a member of the group of hardliners became part of official party governance.
The House Republican Conference is set to hold secret-ballot internal leadership elections on Nov. 15, so the Freedom Caucus will have to organize quickly. The full House will hold a floor vote in January to elect the next speaker.
Caucus members discussed the plan Wednesday at a rare election-season meeting at Rep. Mark Meadows' (R-N.C.) apartment in Washington.
Some caucus members group would like to remove Ryan as speaker but realize it's a tall task. He has the support of the overwhelming majority of House Republicans. A leadership post would allow conservatives to press from the inside for changes to House rules that empower the rank-and-file.
The Freedom Caucus's gambit could hinge on the results of the election next week. The more seats Republicans lose, the more powerful the Freedom Caucus could become, because its members would comprise a bigger share of a smaller conference.
But their power isn't absolute. The 40-something caucus members could deny Ryan (R-Wis.) the 218 votes he needs to win another term as speaker. But they'd need outside support to elect one of their own to a leadership post.
Hence the talk of cutting a deal.
Reaching a pact with Ryan and his leadership team is bound to be complicated. Ryan has signaled he's not going to negotiate for his job, and some have speculated he'd be willing to leave Congress if it came to that.
Caucus members have their eyes on a few potential leadership openings.
One attendee at Wednesday's gathering said Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), the House Republican Conference secretary, might step down. GOP insiders say Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kans.) could also leave her post as conference vice chair.
Changing House and party rules to empower rank-and-file members is a top priority for the caucus. House GOP leadership sources said this week they're preparing an overhaul some rules, but it's unclear if that will be enough to assuage the group.
The Freedom Caucus members also discussed possibly asking leadership to allow committee members to choose their own chairmen. Traditionally, the GOP steering committee, made up of leadership and senior members representing various regions, picks chairs. Moving that selection process to committees would amount to a huge transfer of power from leadership — and therefore it's unlikely to happen.
More broadly, Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania said the group discussed priorities and strategy for the lame duck session, but he wouldn't provide specifics. Perry didn't answer directly when asked if they discussed Ryan's fate.
"Of course his name came up. He's in the news everyday. He's the speaker!" Perry said, as he left the meeting. Asked whether the Freedom Caucus as a whole would come out for or against Ryan's reelection as speaker, he said it's "way too early to determine."
Perry said the group talked "a little bit" about a proposal to eliminate the legislative maneuver used to remove the speaker — called the "motion to vacate" — but said they would not be willing to enter into those negotiations. Ryan has indicated he wants to eliminate the mechanism.
Not all members of the Freedom Caucus were invited or even informed of the meeting, angering some in the group who felt left out of the fold.


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A modern gothic inspired by, amongst other things, a poem, 'The Dwarf', written by Matthaus von Collin and set to music by Schubert in Vienna in the early 1800s, the main character of The Dollmaker, Andrew is of short stature and his love of dolls not only provides him with a career but puts him in the way of another doll collector, Bramber, who is particularly interested in the dolls made by Ewa Chaplin, a woman who also wrote short stories that explore an uncanny fascination with dolls and dwarfs.
His correspondence with Bramber, begun through a collector's magazine, develops and Andrew falls in love with her and decides to travel across England to meet her. On the way, alongside Andrew, we read their letters and the eerie tales of Ewa Chaplin that twist their way into a narrative already rife with myth and alternative reality. Andrew has not told Bramber he is a dwarf and Bramber hasn't fully explained why she is living in what seems to be a mental institution. The clever way in which fairytale interweaves with the mundane, using the romanticism of poetry and myth (I couldn't help but be reminded of Tristan and Isolde when reading 'The Dwarf') brings a heightened sense of melodrama and chivalry with uncanny notes of the surreal – what is more uncanny than a doll made in the likeness of a real human being? – to a homely coach and train journey across England in which Andrew mainly stays in bed and breakfasts.
As the novel progresses the surreal aspects of the story increase but the ending remains grounded in the real, taking a turn both unsuspected and empowering without fitting into any of the tropes a reader might have expected. This is very pleasing.
So too is the novel's ability to translate into the unconscious imaginings of the reader. If you're aiming for uncanny, you want to unsettle the reader enough to get ripples of suggestion working through their dreams and Nina Allan does just this with The Dollmaker. It's an odd, quixotic tale; a modern playful gothic whose images linger in the mind. Out in April of this year, it's for anyone who likes to have their dreams invaded.
Next week I'm reading The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers.


By the time Ohioans get to the bottom of their ballots, Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor believes voters have run out of steam - and knowledge. Fully 25 percent of Ohioans don't bother to vote for judges, with O'Connor saying races for the bench get lost amid the attention and advertising lavished on races for president and statewide office.
By the time Ohioans get to the bottom of their ballots, Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O�Connor believes voters have run out of steam � and knowledge.
Fully 25 percent of Ohioans don�t bother to vote for judges, with O�Connor saying races for the bench get lost amid the attention and advertising lavished on races for president and statewide office.
She wants to better educate voters about candidates and elevate the visibility of judicial elections in hopes of enhancing voter participation and confidence in the often-overlooked branch of government.
� Lawmakers to place a constitutional amendment before voters in 2015 to move the election of all judges to odd years so they �get the attention they deserve� away from high-profile races. She also wants judicial races moved from the bottom of the ballot to the top.
� Creating a voter-education website to permit Ohioans to check on the credentials and positions of judicial candidates and encourage voters to not withhold their votes due to a lack of information.
� Increasing the legal experience required before candidates can run for election or hold a judgeship � six years for municipal court, eight years for common pleas court, 10 years for appellate courts and 12 years for the Supreme Court. Six years is the current standard for all courts.
The chief justice also announced a plan to partner with the Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron to stage a statewide judicial voter education and outreach program. The Ohio State Bar Association and the League of Women Voters have agreed to join the program to help inform voters about judicial candidates.
�Let�s put an end to the name game,� O�Connor said of the practice of voting for familiar last names.
The chief justice pulled back on some of her earlier �good ideas� for judicial-election reform, saying they �were not going to fly� after she consulted lawmakers and others.
O�Connor jettisoned proposals to eliminate party affiliations on primary ballots; create a formal system to recommend nominees for vacant seats filled by the governor; require the Ohio Senate to approve appointments to the Ohio Supreme Court; and increase the length of judges� terms.
O�Connor said current laws and limits on contributions are �reasonable,� but expressed concern about the largely unchecked ability of third parties to fund campaigns to effectively advocate the election or defeat of judges and justices.
Justice William M. O�Neill was elected in 2012 without accepting a cent from donors. He believes O�Connor�s ideas are �a very good start,� but would address the �corrosive affect of money on the judiciary.� He would opt for a system of funding all judicial campaigns by increasing court costs by $10.


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Proof, if any were needed that we are now elderly.
17" CRT for a tenner!? A TENNER!?! And on the high street too.
Who you kiddin Badger . . .
I remember paying £110 for my lushio LG monitor.
THESE are the indisputable facts that we are becoming old!!
"c) I took the fuse out of the plug (because you never know when that'll come in handy"
Haha! Now there is the final indisputable fact, the rest just support this key fact imo! LOL!
. . . . my nice cardy and fleecy slippers!


A number of funding schemes operate in Scotland, designed to support capacity building and stimulate the development of high-quality research.
The Chief Scientist Office has recently reviewed its grant schemes and will now be providing a number of different funding streams to directly support research in Scotland.
Catalytic Grants Scheme – limit £35k.
As a result of significant CSO investment, researchers in Scotland can access a range of partner funding schemes, including most of the research programmes managed by the NIHR Evaluation. Trials, Studies and Coordinating Centre (NETSCC). Further information is available on the eligibility for NIHR support page.
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On Thursday morning we headed out early to drive to Utah.
I always pack a bag full of things to do and I usually spend all the time daydreaming and letting my mind wander.
There is something about seeing land that you have never seen before.
It is like putting a face to a name.
As we were driving I wrote a letter…to myself.
It may seem like a funny thing to do but at home there is always so much to do that I don't give myself enough time to be quiet.
You would think I couldn't find it in a packed 9 hour car ride….but I did.
One of my worst faults is that when I have too much to do ….I do nothing.
I am trying to work on that but sometimes I feel like there are so many things I want to accomplish and no time to do it.
The truth is I have the time to do it…but am I making time for it? Is it important enough to make sacrifices for?
Everything takes time, energy or money. Am I willing to sacrifice one of these three to get things accomplished?!
So, here I am after a full day of skiing.
My children are all cuddled in their beds watching a movie and Kelly is getting us some dinner.
I am letting my mind wander and figuring out what it is I am willing to sacrifice and what I need to just let go of.
I love the idea of using a long time in one place (like a car trip) to spend time doing things you don't normally have to do — and writing a letter to yourself sounds like an excellent way to do it! Being quiet — that's a good thing!
Oh, I know exactly how you feel, I am overwhelmed with all of things I need to do and just like you I do nothing. I am glad that your long drive helped you, I think I need one of those!!
I often complain about there not being enough time during the day but its really me and my lack of time management. I think we do what we think is important at that time but mostly I feel like a time waster. Good luck figuring it out and whatever you decide to sacrifice!
I often do this when traveling in the car. My husband loves to drive so I am free to wonder, sketch, think or be quiet. Your post comes at a perfect time as I too feel like I have way too much to do & not enough time. I am also feeling like I don't do anything very well… probably spreading myself way too thin. I tend to go a mile a minute… I multi task way too much. I feel like I am always on this tread mill bouncing between my creative side and being a mother, wife,and friend. I am taking a small road trip today I think I will write a letter to myself. Thank you so much for sharing and giving me such a great idea to try and give me direction and some definite focus. All my best to you & trying to figure your direction.
This post spoke to me! At this very moment I have a lot to do and I am sitting on the couch doing absolutely nothing. It is sometimes paralyzing.
I can totally relate to that feeling. I have a tendency to go full-force getting everything done to complete denial that I am too busy! You are centainly not alone! One day at a time. Don't be too hard on your self. 😉 Enjoy your time with your family.
I have the same issue with many things to do, but exhaustion tends to win. Lovely to meet you in person at Dream Girls.
Please keep us posted on your ideas and attempts to overcome this issue……….I would love to overcome this issue in my own life as well.
Fave post you ever, very real, very true…My dad taught me the most important thing is to BE CLEAR, what you want, what it takes, what it accomplishes… get clear and continually re calibrate. xo.
I think as mom's and wives we all do this. Time to do it all? Don't know. I have a 2011 list and wonder if I will ever have time to do it all. And my kids are grown and out of the house now. What's my excuse!
I know, I have that too. It just bugs me. I really dislike started on several projects at the same because I don't want to fall back in the same bad habbit I had years ago. Starting but not finishing! Which in the end costs even more money.
What I started doing is… (so I don't walk around with all the ideas in my head, or lay in bed wide awake thinking about it).
I would keep a notebook in the car, in my purse and one next to the bed.
If I write the ideas down, it feels like I give my head (brain) some space and myself a break.
Mostly because I want to do it all right now, afraid I will otherwise don't do it or forget the idea.
Glad you had a great time skiing.
Well, I wanted to make sure I could find it back in the "Word" But, I found it!
Just 2 days ago I was reading through it looking for an answer not knowing to what. I have that sometimes.
And this one spoke to me.
I am overwhelmed with being busy to have a baby and prepare a craft fair booth.


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Q: Regex shorthand for matching special characters I'm building a password validator for the back-end of a web app and I'm using the pretty standard uppercase, lowercase, digit, min length and special character requirement, and I'm looking to refactor a bit the regex so it's more compact. Is there a way to search for a match of any special character without having a pretty long regex with every special character written?
r'^(?=.*[\d])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[special chars regex])[\w\d special chars regex]{8,255}$'

So far my attempts have been around the idea of having a negation set like \S, which works to match them but since they also match digits, then it's still allowing for passwords with no special characters.
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What I mean with special characters can be summarized as, I want to catch characters with ASCII index between 33 and 126, excluding letters and digits (indexes 48 ~ 57 for digits, 65 ~ 90 for upper case letters and 97 ~ 122 for lower case letters) as those are indeed part of pre-existing regex short hands such as \w and \d.
Here's an ASCII chart for reference.

A: [^\w\s\d] will match a single character that's not a word character (lowercase or uppercase), a number, or a whitespace character.
That would mean you would in theory use [\w\d[^\w\d\s]] to indicate all the characters that a password can be composed of, but since that union doesn't seem to want to parse correctly, you can specify the Unicode range explicitly (though in hex, not decimal):
(?=.*[\d])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[^\w\d\s])[\u0021-\u007E]{8,255}

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Contact: Under the supervision of the NOC Supervisor, you will be required to liaise and interface with other groups/departments typically involved in the Technical Management of the project.
Very good understanding of Main One's products and processes.
Excellent communicator with a natural flare for dealing with people.
Strong diagnostic, analysis and problem resolution skill with a flexible approach to problem solving.
Capable of multi-tasking, good time management and prioritisation of workload.
Ability to assess and prioritise faults and respond or escalate accordingly.
Coordinate with the sales team in formulating and building up proposal knowledge, including making technical demos and presentations to Main One customers.
Manage and develop strategic partnerships with third party suppliers and other internal stakeholders for Managed Network Services.
The Solutions Architect report directly to the Technical Sales Manager.
The Solutions Architect work closely with members of the Managed Network Service Team, Sales, Vendor Management, External Vendors, Project Management, Service delivery and members of other teams as required from time to time.
Technical Operations (TX, IP, OSP, DC and GNOC).
Knowledge of Radio/Microwave and terrestrial transmission systems.
Certifications in Cloud Technologies is considered a plus for this position.
At least two (3) years of experience in proposal development, designing architecture, and implementing enterprise applications and systems.
At least five (5) years industry experience.
Background in Telecom and/or satellite industry.
The NOC Technical Supervisor will be responsible for the first/second line network Support on the elements and components of the Main One network.
To support the MAIN ONE network 24-hour per day and 7 days a week basis.
Ensure that routine preventive maintenance procedures are carried out on all transmission, interconnect, and associated ancillary equipment contained within the network and deploy procedures for promptly implementing corrective maintenance.
Ensure the network restoration exercises, or network traffic restoration activity requested by the NOC are done as approved.
Develop technical solutions to faults and troubles and implement solutions as appropriate, ensuring that service is restored on an optimum schedule.
Ensure the provision of feedback to GNOC Manager on the status of network events.
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Under the supervision of the GNOC Manager, you will be required to liaise and interface with other groups/departments typically involved in the Technical Management of the project.
HND/B.Sc in any relevant discipline.
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Krav Maga Den Haag follows the self-defense system created by Imi Lichtenfeld. Imi created the Krav Maga-system initially as realistic and direct combat system for the Israeli army and police. The great effectiveness of his system motivated him and his first students to develop the system further to make it suitable for citizens, like you and me. We too can be confronted with situations in which we need be able to defend ourselves and our loved ones. Today Krav Maga is part of the standard training package of multiple army, police and special forces around the world, including the Dutch police and army.
Imi's most famous quote is "So one may walk in peace". Clear and simple, as also are his self-defense techniques, which can be executed in the minimum time required. In order to accomplish that, all techniques are based on the use of the body's natural weapons and take advantage of natural reflexes. Because of this the Krav Maga-system can be learned relatively easy and quick. The still growing popularity of Krav Maga speaks for itself.
Krav Maga combines direct and effective fighting techniques to be used in a realistic environment. A self-defense method that quit differs from most martial art-sports and fight-systems because is knows no rules. Krav Maga is all about using everything you have as well as using ordinary objects that may be nearby, based on the principle that the defender is in the disadvantage e.g. multiple attackers, large physical differences, use of weapons. This makes the Krav Maga-method very popular amongst other 'fighters'. Also Hollywood has discovered Krav Maga, e.g. Enough (2002 – Jennifer Lopez).
Imrich Sde-Or was born on May 26, 1910 in Budapest, one of the larger cities of the former empire of Austria-Hungary. Imi grew up in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. His father, Samuel Lichtenfeld, was a superintendent with the police and quite a special person. 13 Years of age he joined a traveling circus and devoted himself in the next 20 years to wrestling, weightlifting and various other disciplines. For Samuel the circus was also a place where he met professionals who liked other sports and who shared their skills and knowledge with Samuel e.g. martial arts. Encouraged by his father Imi trained hard on a whole range of sports. First he started swimming and after that came artistic gymnastics, wrestling and boxing. In 1928 Imi won the National Youth Wrestling Championship and in 1929 light-and Middleweight Championship for seniors. In that same year, he also won the national boxing championship and an international turn championship. In the next ten years he mainly focussed on wrestling, as an athlete and as a trainer. Change came in the mid-1930s, as fascist- and anti-Semitic groups started roaming the streets. In order to stop these gangs from entering the Jewish quarter Imi led a group of young Jewish men, most of whom had a background in boxing, wrestling and weightlifting. In the many street fights they fought Imi soon discovered that sports had not much in common with real combat situations.
Imi started developing a system of simple self-defense techniques applicable for life-threatening situations. In 1940 his activities had attracted too much attention of the anti-semitic local authorities. He had to leave his home, family, friends and left with the last ship with emigrants to escape the clutches of the Nazis. That ship was an old Riverboat, the Pentcho, rebuilt to help escape hundreds of refugees from Central Europe to Israel (Palestine called at the time). The gripping story of the Pentcho and its passengers is described in detail in the book Odyssey of John Birman (publishing house Simon & Shuster, New York, 1984). Imi's trip to Palestine took about two years. In 1944 Imi started giving classes to soldiers, training them in endurance, swimming, wrestling, knife-fighting and defense-fighting against knife-attacks. In this same period he trained various elite units of the Haganah and the Palmach (assault unit of the Haganah and forerunner of the Israelian special army units), as well as the Pal-Yam and policemen. When in 1948 the State of Israel was founded and the Israeli army was formed, Imi became Chief Instructor physical exercise and Krav Maga at the 'School of Combat Fitness' of the Israeli army. He served about 20 years in the army, during which he further developed and refined his unique method for self-defense and unarmed combat.
After leaving active service, Imi began customizing Krav Maga for civilian purposes. He made the Krav Maga-method suitable for everyone: men and women, boys and girls, everyone who needed to save his or her life or any attack to survive with least possible personal injury. To reach as many people as possible Imi opened two Krav Maga gyms, one in Tel Aviv and one in Netanya, while training teams of Krav Maga instructors. This training was accredited by the Israeli Ministry of education. In 1978, he founded the Israeli Krav Maga Association (IKMA).
In 1996, the International Krav Maga Federation (IKMF) was founded to bring the Krav Maga self-defense system into the rest of the world. Until the last years of his life Imi loved to supervise classes of those with high degrees in Krav Maga and did he spent time with instructors at home and abroad. He followed the progress and results of his pupils closely, who he inspired and motivated with his expertise and unique personality (source: IKMF website).
Avi Moyal was born in 1966 has been studying Krav Maga since childhood soon demonstrating such proficiency that his instructors began having him teach at an early age. In fact, Avi has been teaching Krav Maga for the last 35 years! In 1985 he received his Expert level and joined the IDF Marines. Avi completed his Officer's training with excellence and served as a Platoon Commander in a Terror Demolition Unit. He acquired many combat hours and experience while commanding subordinates on special operations in Lebanon including highly specialized missions behind enemy lines with various SWAT units. He also provided VIP protection for a high ranking IDF General and an intelligence officer. After active duty, Avi served as a Reserves Platoon Commander in a special operations unit. Avi Moyal graduated all of his trainer's courses including the senior trainer's course in the Wingate Institute. He later conducted instructor's courses in the Wingate institute for 7 years and today he is one of the highest ranking Krav Maga Masters in the world. Among Avi's instructors were Eli Avigzar RIP and of course Imi Lichtenfeld RIP. As a matter of record, Avi was Imi's direct and most trusted student as demonstrated by the fact that Avi is the former Chairman of the 'Aguda' (the very first Krav Maga organization).
Avi instructs women, children and adults in the Israeli private, commercial and governmental sectors. As a matter of fact, he was the IKMF Master who, at the request of the Israeli government, developed the techniques and teaching programs regarding Women's Self Defense, Car Rage Defense and Children's Self Defense. He also continues to instruct various military units and security organizations world wide as he has done for the last 20 years.
One of the things that make Avi such a renowned and respected authority in the world of Krav Maga is his vast 'real world' experience. He has proven IDF combat experience as an officer as previously stated and has also provided VIP protection in the civilian arena for world famous entertainment personalities such as Michael Jackson.


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Operacja Cerberus, znana w angielskiej literaturze jako Channel Dash ("rajd przez Kanał") – operacja przedarcia się niemieckich pancerników przez kanał La Manche, podczas II wojny światowej, przeprowadzona w dniach 11-13 lutego 1942 roku.

Podłoże
W 1941 roku niemieckie pancerniki "Scharnhorst" i "Gneisenau" i ciężki krążownik "Prinz Eugen" operowały przeciw alianckiej żegludze na Atlantyku z portu Brest na zachodnim wybrzeżu Francji, z niewielkimi jednak sukcesami. Po przystąpieniu do wojny USA, dysponujących liczną flotą, perspektywa udanych operacji niemieckich okrętów nawodnych na Atlantyku jeszcze zmalała. Co więcej, okręty w Breście stawały się coraz częściej obiektem ataków brytyjskiego lotnictwa. Dlatego Niemcy postanowili przenieść te okręty do baz w północnej Norwegii, skąd mogłyby atakować konwoje arktyczne do ZSRR. Nie zdecydowano się na podróż dłuższą, bezpieczniejszą drogą przez Cieśninę Duńską pomiędzy Islandią a Grenlandią, omijającą daleko od północy Wyspy Brytyjskie, z uwagi na niedoszkolone załogi pochodzące z nowych uzupełnień i konieczność uzupełniania paliwa w trakcie rejsu, utrudnioną przez utratę wielu okrętów zaopatrzeniowych. Droga ta ponadto była bezpieczniejsza tylko w teorii, gdyż z uwagi na jej długość, zwiększało się niebezpieczeństwo wyśledzenia i przechwycenia okrętów przez brytyjskie lotnictwo i ciężkie okręty, jak stało się z pancernikiem "Bismarck" pokonującym tę drogę w odwrotnym kierunku w czerwcu 1941. Dlatego niemiecka marynarka opracowała śmiały plan przejścia okrętów najkrótszą drogą, przez kanał La Manche, pod bokiem brytyjskiej marynarki i lotnictwa z baz w Wielkiej Brytanii.

12 stycznia 1942 na konferencji w kwaterze Hitlera zapadła decyzja o przeprowadzeniu operacji, nazwanej Cerberus (Cerber). Przygotowania do niej były szeroko zakrojone i otoczone tajemnicą. Prowadzono na miejscu akcję dezinformacyjną, że celem kolejnego rejsu będzie południowy Atlantyk. Na początku lutego lekkie siły niemieckie w postaci 5 flotylli trałowców i 3 flotylli kutrów trałowych, nocami trałowały miny w kanale i na Morzu Północnym. Przerzucono też tam z Kilonii flotyllę niszczycieli, przy tym, podczas tej operacji, 25 stycznia 1942 niszczyciel "Bruno Heinemann" zatonął na minie.

Przebieg akcji

11 lutego 1942 roku ok. godz. 23 "Scharnhorst", "Gneisenau" i "Prinz Eugen" wyszły z Brestu i po północy weszły do kanału. Zespołem dowodził wiceadmirał Otto Ciliax na "Scharnhorście". Bezpośrednią eskortę stanowiło 5 niszczycieli: Z-29 (okręt flagowy dowódcy niszczycieli kadm. Beya), Z-25, "Richard Beitzen" (okręt flagowy dowódcy 6. Flotylli Niszczycieli kmdr. Bergera), "Hermann Schoemann" i "Friedrich Ihn". Do osłony okrętów z powietrza przeznaczono 252 myśliwce Luftwaffe 3. Floty Lotniczej (głównie dywizjonów JG.2, JG.26, JG.1), przy tym okręty miały na pokładach zapewnionych przez generała Adolfa Gallanda oficerów łącznikowych naprowadzania lotnictwa. O 6.30 12 lutego zespół minął Cherbourg. Po drodze do eskorty dołączyła 2. Flotylla Torpedowców z Hawru (T 2, T 4, T 5, T 11, T 12), 3. Flotylla Torpedowców z Dunkierki (T 13, T 15, T 16, T 17) i na wysokości przylądka Gris Nez 5. Flotylla Torpedowców ("Seeadler", "Falke", "Kondor", "Iltis", "Jaguar").

Nad kanałem Brytyjczycy posiadali w tym czasie dostępną jedynie flotyllę 6 niszczycieli oraz dwie flotylle kutrów torpedowych. Operacja zaskoczyła Brytyjczyków, którzy byli przede wszystkim przygotowani na przejście pancerników Cieśniną Duńską. Liczyli się wprawdzie z ewentualnością przedarcia Niemców kanałem La Manche, lecz przypuszczali, że będą oni chcieli wypłynąć z Brestu w dzień, aby minąć najwęższy punkt – cieśninę Dover, z brytyjskimi bateriami nadbrzeżnymi, w nocy. Niemcy jednak wypłynęli w nocy, stawiając na pierwszym miejscu uniknięcie wykrycia. Zgodnie z planem, okrętom niemieckim udało się przez dłuższy czas uniknąć wykrycia przez brytyjskie lotnictwo. Zostały odkryte dopiero przypadkowo przez dwóch pilotów myśliwców, lecz ponieważ nie szukali oni okrętów, przekazanie tej informacji zajęło nieco czasu.

O 12.29 niemiecki zespół wszedł w zasięg rażenia brytyjskich baterii nadbrzeżnych z South Foreland koło Dover, które wystrzeliły 33 pociski według wskazań radaru, lecz niecelnie. Niemcy byli też nieskutecznie atakowani przez 8 kutrów torpedowych z Dover i Ramsgate. Ok. 13 niemiecki zespół minął klify Dover. Dopiero o 13.34 okręty zostały zaatakowane przez 6 brytyjskich samolotów torpedowych Fairey Swordfish z 825. Dywizjonu w osłonie myśliwców, lecz wszystkie Swordfishe zostały zestrzelone. O 14.45 zespół został zaatakowany przez 5 myśliwco-bombowców Whirlwind, które jednak zostały odparte. Przez następne godziny ataki lotnicze powtarzały się ze zwiększoną intensywnością, lecz niewielką skutecznością.

O godz. 15.31 "Scharnhorst" został uszkodzony bliskim wybuchem postawionej parę dni wcześniej miny magnetycznej i musiał zastopować. Okręt nabrał ok. 1220 t wody. Wiceadm. Ciliax przeniósł się ze sztabem na niszczyciel Z-29, po czym "Gneisenau" i "Prinz Eugen" w eskorcie 2 niszczycieli popłynęły dalej. Po kilkunastu minutach sytuację opanowano i "Scharnhorst" podążył za zespołem, wciąż będąc w stanie rozwijać dużą prędkość 27 węzłów.

O 16.17 niemiecki zespół został zaatakowany przez pośpiesznie zorganizowany dywizjon 5 brytyjskich starych niszczycieli z Harwich, próbujących ataku torpedowego z odległości 2–4 km, lecz bezskutecznie (były to HMS "Campbell", "Vivacious", "Worcester", "Whitshed", "Mackay"). "Gneisenau" i "Prinz Eugen" w odpowiedzi ciężko uszkodziły niszczyciel HMS "Worcester". W tym czasie zespół niemiecki był też bezskutecznie atakowany przez grupę bombowców Hudson i Beaufort. Po zapadnięciu ciemności stał się też obiektem nalotu średnich bombowców Wellington, również nie przynoszącego skutków. Łącznie w atakach wzięło udział 242 brytyjskich bombowców lotnictwa bombowego (RAF Bomber Command), z których jedynie 39 zdołało odnaleźć niemiecki zespół, oraz 35 samolotów bombowych i patrolowych Hudson i Beaufort lotnictwa obrony wybrzeża (RAF Coastal Command). Ponadto do atakowania okrętów z broni strzeleckiej rzucono aż 398 myśliwców, głównie Spitfire i Hurricane. Łącznie w akcji przeciw zespołowi niemieckiemu wzięło udział 675 samolotów RAF, które jednak zdołały tylko zadać lekkie uszkodzenia niszczycielom eskorty "Richard Beitzen" i "Hermann Schoemann", na skutek bliskich wybuchów bomb i ostrzału. Lekko uszkodzono też torpedowce T 13 i "Jaguar", zatopiono jedynie patrolowiec (Vorpostenboot) V 1302. Spora liczba samolotów brytyjskich została zestrzelona przez osłonę Luftwaffe i obronę przeciwlotniczą.

O godz. 19.55 na wysokości Terschelling w Holandii "Gneisenau" został uszkodzony przez bliski wybuch miny magnetycznej, która wybuchła w rufowej części, zachował jednak zdolność do płynięcia z mniejszą szybkością i o 3.50 dotarł do Helgolandu.

O godz. 22.34 "Scharnhorst" został uszkodzony przez kolejny bliski wybuch miny magnetycznej, lecz po pół godzinie odzyskał możliwość ruchu z mniejszą prędkością. Rano 13 lutego był na wodach niemieckich, po czym dotarł do Wilhelmshaven. "Gneisenau", "Scharnhorst" i "Prinz Eugen" następnie zostały przebazowane do Kilonii.

Podczas operacji niszczyciel Z-29 został uszkodzony przez wybuch własnego pocisku w lufie.

Podsumowanie
Operacja była względnym sukcesem Niemców. Udało im się uzyskać efekt zaskoczenia i na skutek udanego współdziałania marynarki i lotnictwa, bezpośrednio na skutek przeciwdziałania brytyjskiego nie ponieśli praktycznie strat. Jedynie pośrednio w związku z operacją utracili jeden niszczyciel, a "Gneisenau" i "Scharnhorst" odniosły uszkodzenia na minach i skierowano je do remontu w Kilonii. "Scharnhorst" wyremontowano do lipca 1942 i wziął udział w dalszych bojach na północy. Co do "Gneisenau" natomiast, wprawdzie jego uszkodzenia naprawiono do 26 lutego 1942, lecz w nocy na 27 lutego został poważnie uszkodzony w brytyjskim nalocie na Kilonię i mimo planów jego remontu i przezbrojenia, po przeholowaniu do okupowanej Gdyni, nie został wyremontowany do końca wojny.

Powodzenie akcji Niemcy w dużej mierze zawdzięczali przypadkowi. W momencie wyjścia zespołu w morze jednocześnie zawiódł francuski agent pilnujący okrętów w Breście, brytyjski okręt podwodny stojący u wyjścia z portu wyszedł w morze naładować akumulatory, a samolot Hudson patrolujący rejony portu wrócił do bazy z powodu awarii radaru. Ponadto gdy samoloty brytyjskie wykryły niemiecki zespół, zwlekano z powiadomieniem dowódcy Coastal Command, ponieważ ten w tym czasie odbierał defiladę. Dopiero jednak po wojnie wyszła na jaw główna przyczyna powodzenia operacji. Podczas niej Niemcy dokonali największej w historii akcji zagłuszania pracy radaru. Ponad 200 stacji zakłócających zlokalizowanych na wybrzeżu Francji sprawiło, iż radary brytyjskie nie wykryły zespołu przedzierającego się przez kanał La Manche.

Bibliografia
 William H. Garzke, Robert O. Dulin: Battleships: Axis and Neutral Battleships in World War II, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1985.

Bitwy morskie w historii Wielkiej Brytanii
Front zachodni (II wojna światowa)
Działania zbrojne w 1942
Operacje Osi w II wojnie światowej
La Manche

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IndySportsDay: A state with a worse college hoops season than Indiana
A lot has been made of Indiana's woes as a state in college hoops this year.
IndySportsDay: A state with a worse college hoops season than Indiana A lot has been made of Indiana's woes as a state in college hoops this year. Check out this story on IndyStar.com: http://indy.st/1iIVaDk
@MattGlenesk Published 8:43 a.m. ET March 14, 2014 | Updated 4:53 p.m. ET March 14, 2014
Yhe Purdue bench reacts in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Ohio State in the first round of the Big Ten Conference tournament on March 13, 2014, in Indianapolis. Ohio State won 63-61.(Photo: Kiichiro Sato AP)
Not one of the state's 10 teams will make the NCAA tournament.
And five of the state's teams finished either last or second to last in their respective conferences as pointed out by my Star colleague David Woods.
But as bad as it's been, it's been even worse to our west.
Illinois has 13 men's Division I programs. Only two have a winning record (Illinois and Illinois State) and of those two, neither has a winning record in conference play.
And as long as Illinois and Northwestern don't make an unexpected run through the Big Ten tournament, the Land of Lincoln will go 0-for-13 when it comes to the NCAA tournament.
On the whole, Indiana's Division I teams combined for a 151-171 record (.469 winning percentage).
This season, Illinois' schools went an abysmal 160-249 (.391).
So, sure not having any team in the NCAA tournament stinks, especially considering the state's storied basketball history. But it could be worse.
We could be Illinois.
Ball State 5-25
IUPUI: 6-26
Evansville: 14-19
Butler: 14-17
Purdue: 15-17
Notre Dame: 15-17
Indiana: 17-15
Valparaiso: 18-15
Indiana State: 23-10
IPFW: 24-10
TOTAL: 151-171, .469
Illinois-Chicago: 6-25
Loyola: 10-22
Western Illinois: 10-20
SIU-Edwardsville: 11-20
Eastern Illinois: 11-19
Bradley: 12-20
DePaul: 12-21
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Northwestern: 14-18
Northern Illinois: 15-17
Illinois State: 16-15
Illinois: 19-14
Nothing To See Here, Keep It Moving
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The Cardinals beat Rutgers, 92-31. That score is correct. Louisville won by 61 points.
Welcome to the Big Ten, Rutgers!
Funny thing is, the team's official Twitter account went radio silent for hours after the 7:59 mark of the first half. Guess whoever runs the account had seen enough and felt like sparing Rutgers fans.
The live-tweeting stopped with 7:59 left in the first half. pic.twitter.com/tIABC8S6iX
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Well one UK fan thinks the Wildcats are a lock to win the 2014 NCAA men's basketball national title.
How sure is he?
Sure enough to get a tattoo of it.
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Furthermore, a significant number of new renewable energy projects were announced in 2016. These projects showed an increase in the amount of large scale renewable power generation being financed in that year (2016) than any year prior to that. While this was good, the Regulator mentioned that for progress to be satisfactory, a total capacity of 3 gigawatts (GW) of new build was needed. That being said, only 1350 megawatts (MW) of new capacity was committed.
In the coming years it is expected that the supply and demand will be pretty tight and approximately 3 gigawatts (GW) and 1 gigawatt (GW) will need to be committed in 2017 and 2018 respectively. In addition a great deal of political and industrial support is further required if the target is to be attainable.
The Executive General Manager of the Clean Energy Regulator, Mark Williamson announced that the generation capacity of these new projects exhibited an increase that was five-fold in 2016 when compared to 2015. This increase was approximately more than 2000 megawatts. He further acknowledged the increased momentum at the end of 2016 and into the current year and that Australia is now in a pretty strong position to meet their 2020 Renewable Energy Target.
In addition to this, policy certainty seems to be playing an important role with the authors of the report stating that the settled policy towards the 2020 target has contributed towards an increased and improved investment for the environment. This together with the range of potential projects continues to remain in excess of the level required to actually meet the target.
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Questa voce raccoglie le informazioni riguardanti il Faenza Calcio nelle competizioni ufficiali della stagione 1998-1999.

Rosa

Bibliografia

1998-1999


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Francesc Barber i Bas (València, 1864 - 1897) fou un poeta i periodista valencià. Fa família humil i educació autodidacta, va treballar com a redactor a La Correspondencia de Valencia i fou el fundador de La Correspondencia Alicantina, alhora que participava en les vetllades literàries de l'Escola d'Artesans amb Ramon Andrés i Cabrelles, amb el qual fou un dels fundadors de l'Oronella el 1888 amb el que considerava el seu mestre Constantí Llombart. Alhora, va presentar alguns poemes als Jocs Florals de València, que foren publicats a la Ilustración Valenciana (òrgan de Lo Rat Penat) i El Túria. Va rebre dos premis el 1887 i la flor natural el 1891. També compongué algunes peces de teatre costumista.

Obres
 De València al Grau (1888)
 Dos marruecos, un diner! (1889)
 El que menja de baldraga (1891)
 El dengue (teatre)
 Les corregudes de cavalls (1911)

Enllaços externs
 Biografia

Dramaturgs de València
Dramaturgs valencians contemporanis en català
Periodistes de València


Citation: JIA JIAOYANG (2003-12-15). Limited information estimators. ScholarBank@NUS Repository.
Abstract: In this thesis, we examine several versions of the heteroskedasticity-consistent covariance matrix estimators for the factor analysis model. These estimators are extensions of Hinkley (1977), White (1980), Shao and Wu (1987) and Cribari-Neto (2000) that were proposed for the ordinary least squares estimators in the classical linear regression model. We consider the two-stage least squares estimation method and present versions of these heteroskedasticity-consistent covariance matrix estimators for the factor loadings in the factor analysis model. A simulation study was conducted to assess and compare these variance estimators, under different factor and error distributions.


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Probably most of you have seen that ridiculous scene in The Wedding Planner where Jennifer Lopez's character feeds the best man a toast line-by-line through an earpiece. Ridiculous because, well honestly, that's not really something wedding planners do. The best man and maid of honor's toasts to the bride and groom should be personal, customized and prepared ahead of time. Can it be intimidating? Sure. But as wedding planners, something that we DO do is help steer you in the right direction. Here are a few easy suggestions to help make sure your toast to the happy couple is something special.
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Keep it short and sweet. Try to keep to one to three minutes, and take your time, speaking clearly and slowly. Remember to breathe.
If you need some inspiration, check out this video highlight we shared with you in the past of one of our beautiful weddings that has a couple of really sweet toasts from the matron of honor and the bride's father. Love these!


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My rant in the last blog was well received and even gave me my first ever comment on a blog post in 64 attempts so thanks for that Mr/Mrs/Miss Unknown: it was gratefully received on my part.
My October was improving, I enjoyed a fantastic performance by soon-to-be stratosopheric (imho) indie rock sensations Blossoms, my signed copy of indie popsters White Lies' new album had landed on my mat and my man-flu was on the way out. Add to that my first Whitley Bay Park Run in two weeks and you could say life was on the up. Surely my good fortune would rub off on the lads!
My journey from Newcastle, where I had joined my better half and eldest daughter in a spot of shopping and lunching out, didn't go according to plan. Thanks to the wonderful 900 bus that was supposed to effortlessly and instantaneously whisk me from North Shields station to Whitley Bay, it had taken me an hour to get to the coast. I abandoned the Metro at Cullercoats at 3pm, raced home, grabbed my trusty stead (my bike of course - where do you think I live? Earsdon?) and arrived at Hillheads 15 minutes late. I thought the lads at the gate were joking when they said the Bay were 2-0 up and had to ask a number of fans before I finally believed it: Tommy the Tea Emperor doesn't lie! General Patton had scored a penalty after 4 minutes and Kyle Fryatt had produced a cracking bit of skill to beat a defender then score (apparently).
My immediate thought was that we were going to lose 3-2 and it would all be my fault but the lads were playing well, Chan was standing up and away from the bench and....the sun was shining!
I was in time to see Shanks get booked and then witness a bizarre argument between Adam, Mr Bay Twitter, and Dale Connor in the Washington goal. It started when Josh (staying a bit longer at the Bay) Nearney went down in pain after 'heading' the ball. Connor shouted something helpful towards the ref doubting the validity of the stoppage in play.
"It was a head injury!" helpfully called Adam.
"He should have headed it properly." replied our sensitive visiting keeper.
"This is a man's game..."
"All you big men behind there!"
We studied the waist high pole that separated us then watched Josh being helped off the pitch to be replaced by Callum Munro.
Next thing we knew our friend was having a go at the Wandering Minstrel Barry. We dare not ask either what it was about for fear of either accusations of fans' bravado (protected by a waist high pole) or a protracted description that ended in an appalling joke.
"The lack of keeper-supporter banter in the Northern League"
"I love banter if it is any good." OOooooh! Mr Huffy!
"You should have stopped the two goals shouldn't you?" 2-0 back of the net. Ha!
Robbo then turned the ball past our friend and as he turned to celebrate, it bounced off what I thought was the post but had in fact been the diagonal pole supporting the post and base. It then rolled along the goal-line and out. The lino hadn't spotted it had crossed the line either, unfortunately.... but our at least our visiting chum was smiling.
Fryatt found himself through on goal but his attempted lob was easily saved.
In fact this was a much better Bay performance, with General Patton living up to his name and being the link we've missed in midfield. It was also nice to see Nick Allen back from injury and growing in confidence throughout the game.
The man himself hit a cracking shot wide before being subbed along with Fryatt, who had played much better today. The Fryster had been more physical up front, taking players on more effectively in the same manner that had excited the fans in the pre-season friendlies.
The chances continued to come for the Bay and it was the Prof this time who was out of luck when Mr Grumpy saved his point blank effort.
Was the fact that the Bay were playing well connected with the fact that Chan had ended his 'sit down protest'? In fact, Chan had not sat down on the bench at all so the moment I set off to record this event, the visitors' Marc Costello scored, forcing the Chan to sit down in shock. Thankfully the Great One resumed his touchline vigil and the Bay surged forward. At one point defender Ryan Keltie set off on a mazy dribble that ended with a charged down shot. Supersub Callum almost scored as the ball squirmed across the goal but beyond his despairing lunge. Supermac was also being found more often and his runs down the wing were causing more problems for Washington. He almost finished the day off with great aplomb as he fought his way into the box before playing keepy-uppy (last count was 17 - although this is probably exaggerated) to get the perfect shot.
The performance was miles better than the previous two. At last we had a win. Next up: those nice lads and lasses from Newton Aycliffe.


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A Piggyback attack is an active form of wiretapping where the attacker gains access to a system via intervals of inactivity in another user's legitimate connection. It is also called a "between the line attack" or "piggyback-entry wiretapping".

In security, piggybacking refers to when someone tags along with another person who is authorized to gain entry into a restricted area the term is applied to computer networks in this context.

References

Surveillance
Internet security


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January 13, 2012 Msc
All False statements involving Mitt Romney
PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter.
False statements involving Mitt Romney
Romney earns PolitiFact's "Lie of the Year' for Jeeps made in China"
Robert Reich Debunks 6 Big Republican Lies About The Economy
Study: PolitiFact says Republicans lie more
The fact-checking organization PolitiFact has found Republicans to be less trustworthy than Democrats, according to a new study. Fifty-two percent of Republican claims reviewed by the Tampa Bay Times fact-checking operation were rated "mostly false," "false" or "pants on fire," versus just 24 percent of Democratic statements, according to George Mason University's Center for Media and Public Affairs.
republicans are liars, republicans lie more than democrats


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Gordos is een Spaanse film uit 2009, geregisseerd door Daniel Sánchez Arévalo.

Verhaal

Abel leidt een groep mensen die samenkomt om te ontdekken wat de reden is dat ze kampen met overgewicht. De film laat de verhalen zien van de groepsleden. Enrique worstelt met zijn homoseksualiteit, Andres heeft thuis twee opstandige kinderen, Sofia is seksueel gefrustreerd door haar zwaar gelovige vriend en Leonor heeft problemen binnen haar relatie. Ook Abel zelf is niet vrij van problemen en ontwijkt zijn zwangere vriendin die thuis zit.

Rolverdeling

Ontvangst

Recensies

De Volkskrant schreef: "Arévalos kracht ligt (...) bij de menselijkheid van zijn personages. Net als in zijn debuutfilm Azuloscurocasinegro weet hij in afzonderlijke scènes tragiek en humor knap met elkaar te mengen." NRC gaf de film 3 sterren en schreef: " Sánchez Arévalo voert in zijn caleidoscopische film personages op die worstelen met homoseksualiteit, religie, zwangerschap, overspel en pesten. Gordos wordt zo tot een mengeling van drama en komedie (...)."

Prijzen en nominaties

De film werd genomineerd voor 8 Premios Goya, waarvan de film er één won.

Film uit 2009
Spaanse film


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Costs are Rising
This is a partial data dump from an in-progress database I'm compiling for subway construction costs around the world. The key point is that costs are rising: in cities with enough historical data points we can see a secular increase in construction costs. The difference between expensive cities like New York and London is that their costs have been high for a while, whereas cheap ones like Madrid and Seoul are seeing construction cost growth from a very low basis.
As a note of caution, while growth in costs seems universal, the rate of growth is not the same everywhere. Some cities, most notably Singapore and Toronto, have seen a cost explosion in the last 15-20 years; others, most notably Seoul, have seen only a moderate increase in costs.
I also urge readers to look at some 20th century historical costs here, as in this post I am going to focus on the very end of the 20th century and the 21st century.
Paris: the original Metro Line 14 cost €1.174 billion for 9.2 km (link), built between the 1990s and 2007; deflated to 2012 euros, the baseline year used for ongoing extensions, this is around €160 million per km. More recent projects in Paris cost around the same, including the Line 1 extension and Grand Paris Express – but those are mostly suburban extensions, whereas M14 had to go underneath central Paris.
Toronto: Jonathan English, who has been working with me on Canadian construction costs issues, notes that the Sheppard subway, opened in 2002, cost C$1 billion for 5.5 km, but ongoing projects are far more expensive. The one-stop 6.2 km Scarborough subway is projected to cost around C$3.5 billion not including extra items for interfacing with the existing rapid transit line along the same alignment, which is to be dismantled. Not only is the nominal cost 3 times higher – and the real cost is still around twice as high – but also the Scarborough subway has just one station to be constructed, which makes it a simpler project.
Montreal: Jonathan equally looks at the cost explosion in Montreal. The Laval extension was built in the 2000s and opened in 2007, costing C$742 million for 5.2 km and 3 stations, or C$143 million per km, crossing under the Rivière des Prairies. In contrast, an extension of the Blue Line planned for next decade is to cost C$3.9 billion for 5.8 km and 5 stations, or C$672 million per km – and even adjusting for inflation only reduces the cost differential to a factor of about 3.
(In case Canadian readers wonder why I'm not covering Vancouver, even though the escalations on the Broadway subway have pushed its per-km cost well beyond that of the Canada Line, the reason is that the Canada Line was built cut-and-cover whereas the Broadway subway will be bored.)
Singapore: Singapore's cost overrun history in the 21st century has been unusually severe. Built mainly in the 2000s, the original Circle Line cost S$10 billion for 33.3 km, or S$300m/km, an overrun of 50% over the original budget. Subsequently, the Downtown MRT Line, built from 2008 to 2017, cost S$21 billion for 42 km, and the Thomson Line S$24 billion for 43 km. The Thomson Line has a complex interchange at Orchard, but also long segments in easy suburban areas – Upper Thomson Road, after which it is named, is very wide and borders modernist housing projects on one side and a forest on the other. Moreover, the last stage of the Circle Line, completing the circle, is to cost S$4.85 billion for 4 km and 3 stations – depending on PPP rates, it may be the first line outside New York to cross the US$1 billion/km line.
Seoul: South Korean costs are fairly stable. JRTR has data for the Seoul Metro going back to its start in the 1970s. After adjusting for inflation, costs were initially about $70 million per km, and rose gently to $80-90 million. The cost increases are continuing, albeit at a slow pace. As best as I can tell, the 2020s' expansion program is budgeted at about $110 million per km in PPP terms.
Madrid: in the 1995-2003 period the city built tunnels for very low costs. The 1995-8 program cost $55 million per km, all underground, and the 1999-2003 program cost €3.147 billion for 74.7 km, 77% underground, around $52 million per km based on the era's PPP conversion rate. In the conditions of 2010 this would be roughly $65-70 million per km – but the Line 2 extension, built 2008-11, cost €315 million for 4.6 km and 4 stations, and the Line 9 extension, built 2009-15, cost €191 million for 3 km and 2 stations, about $80-90 million per km.
Update: since people have asked for high-speed rail data, it confirms the same story. Ferropedia has costs in Spain, which have risen from €4.88 million per kilometer in 2001 terms for Madrid-Seville, which opened in 1992, to about €15-20 million per kilometer in 2006-7 terms for subsequent lines from the 2000s and 2010s. France displays the same history of escalation: built in the early 1980s, the LGV Sud-Est cost €5.5 million per km, much less than the late 1980s and early 1990s' LGVs Nord and Atlantique (which cost €10 million), let alone this decade's LGV Est (which cost €16 million for Phase 1 and €19 million for Phase 2); all of these lines are through comparable terrain, with very little to no tunneling.
Written by Alon Levy Posted in Construction Costs, Transportation
2019/07/01 - 02:44 Dan
Spain built HSR for ~$11 million per mile and now it is $25, the Ctrain was built for ~$40m per mile, is it increasing labor costs or less attention to cost-effectiveness?
Do you adjust for fixed project costs? Madrid's recent projects that you list would seem to be much shorter than the projects of the previous decade; that would inflate the cost per km for them, even if long projects can still be built for the same low price per km.
Many of the projects of the previous decade were pretty short, too. I'm using two short projects now just because I couldn't find overall lengths for everything the way I did for 1995-8 and 1999-2003.
How much of this is utility relocation, which gets more expensive with the profusion of underground telecom cables? It would be interesting to compare cities that place all utilities in a single tunnel with cities that don't.
2019/07/01 - 14:42 Adam
Los Angeles Red Line three phases, 1980s-2000s
inflation adjusted to 2012 per mile costs:
phase 1 (downtown) 1986 $685M/mile
phase 2 (branched to Hollywood Highland and Wilshire Western) 1991 $437M/mile
phase 3 (3 mile mountain underpass) 1994 $323M/mile
In other words, for a certain period, subway construction in america got cheaper with experience (and per mile costs were driven down enormously by tunneling a long under-mountain section where there are no utilities nor jet grouting nor station palaces).
Naturally, Metro today, in estimating the cost of a new 5.5 mile tunnel under the same mountains (Sepulveda pass tunnel), they are assuming a per mile under mountain cost of $550M/mile, in the very document where they outline the above
source: page 8 below link
http://media.metro.net/projects_studies/sfv-405/images/final_compendium_report/6.0%20Preliminary%20Cost%20Report.pdf
And all of the money of the rising costs is going to consultants look at the memo on page 34 and 35 of the above: the baked in assumption is that the total cost of the most recent in-kind project will be multiplied by 50%, and that number will be the "project management" rent extracted from the new project. In other words, each project, must, of necessity, cost 150% the cost of the previous project. with all of the cost increase going to project management.
even though project management was included in the cost of the previous project!
So extrapolate that out through four or five iterations and how much total percentage of the cost becomes project management.
so in the above mentioned aerial rail project, the cost is $80M/mile (project management included in that amount, let's assume it was $20M of the total cost)
first iteration (as outlined in the page 34-35 memo above mentioned) the cost is now $120M/mile (project management is $40M of the total per mile cost)
(total project management cost is now $60M/mile)
Second iteration the cost is now $180M/mile
(total project management cost is now $120M/mile)
third iteration, the cost is now $270M/mile
fourth iteration, the cost is now $405M/mile
fifth iteration, the cost for aerial rail is now $607,500,000 / mile of track.
(total project management cost is now $547,500,000 / mile of track)
TOTAL percentage of costs that Project management represents after five iterations is 90.12%
The above memo on page 34-35 has been inserted into virtually every LA metro cost planning document of the last seven years. They literally plan on spending 50% more on EVERY project with ALL of the increase going to project management.
2019/07/02 - 09:23 Piccadilly line service to Cockfosters (@mazuretsky)
Can it be explained solely by the Baumol's cost disease – while construction is not a service sector, it has similarly awful labour productivity growth? Do you have the data on the number of the man-hours?
I don't think private-sector construction has seen the same cost explosion?
2019/07/03 - 06:57 Alex Mazur terminates at Morden via Bank (@mazuretsky)
Wow. Construction costs for new residential buildings in Spain (Eurostat's wonderfully named sts_copi) rose 40% since 1997 *in nominal terms*. This is really weird because it suggests the annual growth (since 1980) of only about 1.7% – much less than I would expect. I am somewhat interested in how they measured pre-euro prices though
2019/07/02 - 23:45 df1982
Do you have any data on rail construction costs for American private freight railroads? I know they're more into sweating existing assets than constructing new lines, but surely there must at least be small projects (grade separation, passing loops, etc.) with costings. This would be a good comparator to see if rail construction inflation is mainly a public sector issue or not.
Virgin Trains/ Brightline?
Wow. Construction costs for new residential buildings in Spain (Eurostat's wonderfully named sts_copi) rose 40% since 1997 *in nominal terms*. This is really weird because it suggests the annual growth (since 1980) of only about 1.7% – much less than I would expect. I am somewhat interested in how they measured pre-euro prices though.
Didn't realize Scarborough RT is finally coming down. I hope they preserve a part of Kennedy station as a monument to the unique horrors of 1980s Anglo futurist transit station design.
2019/07/03 - 18:06 Mathieu Boucley
Montreal blue line extension would now cost C$600 million more, at C$4.5 billion for 5.8 km.
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/cost-of-metros-blue-line-extension-rises-to-4-5-billion-reports
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1169677/prolongement-ligne-bleue-metro-cout
https://journalmetro.com/actualites/montreal/2321744/ligne-bleue-600-m-dimprevus-et-derreurs-dexpropriations/
It's an old truism that today's investment is cheaper than tomorrow's…
How big might the "low hanging fruit first" effect be?
I don't know how big it is, but I suspect it's not that big. The first lines to be built tend to be the most cost-effective, not necessarily the cheapest.
No Hong Kong?
It would be interesting to compare with Singapore. With the island state do you think the inflation has anything to do with nepotism-corruption, or are public sector infrastructure projects run cleanly there? My impression has been that it is clean and efficient in HK but of course I have no particular insight into either city-state.
I presume that last segment of the Circle Line is expensive because it is submarine, and probably mushy geology of mud and sand.
The underwater premium is not a factor of 5.
(I don't have much if any Hong Kong cost data.)
Then that should make that section (of Singapore Circle Line) a good case study. The responsible factors should stand out, yes? Especially compared to, say, earlier Circle Line projects.
I haven't looked at it carefully enough but it struck me that that last section of Singapore's Circle Line might be very similar to the Island & Tung Chung MTR Line as it passes thru Kowloon West Reclamation and crosses the harbour, ie. a watery reclamation of sand & mud? It is remarkable they can build one of the world's tallest buildings (ICC) on such "land". It was on tv news last night, in the background to the latest HK protests which were centred around the HSR Kowloon West station, which is a little slice of Chinese extraterritoriality and the new entry point of most mainlanders to HK.
2019/07/14 - 13:01 Matthew Hutton
I find it hard to believe a country as technocratically governed as Singapore would allow costs to rise so much without good reason.
I suspect they underbuilt the first lines, that immigrant labour is more expensive as the region has got a lot richer and that the more advanced technology used in newer lines is more expensive up front, but presumably with lower running costs.
South Korea has gotten richer, too. Costs there are still very low. Almost as if Singapore is a kakistocracy masquerading as a meritocracy.
Right, but wouldn't it be nice to show it unequivocally? I see that some big Chinese construction companies are involved.
It at least remains feasible that there is something special about this section of the circle line, and is the reason why it was left until now. Perhaps the cost is 'hiding' a lot of other associated public works?
I dislike the excessive focus on the last phase of the Circle Line – it's far more expensive than anything else, yes, but even the Thomson Line is near-tied for most expensive subway outside New York, especially given how easy the alignment is. So maybe there's something shady going on specifically with the Circle Line, but then there's still a real problem with the entirety of this decade's MRT construction in Singapore.
Not really, the Circle line still sticks to the old port area which was mostly around during colonial times?
Literally half the price tag is because they're doubling the size of the existing depot area, all of which is underground. The idea is that they'll able to make the money back through land savings.
@alon I'm curious as to how you think the Thomson Line is "easy", and coming from someone who's seen the extreme risk aversion of the local authorities at work, how you'd do it better.
Upper Thomson Road is wide and flanked by a forest on one side. I wouldn't even bother boring underneath it, I'd go cut-and-cover.
Well, it's because there's a forest on one side that there are only two stations on Upper Thomson Road itself (not even consecutive) – other stations deviate from the road. And that's only the northern half.
I'm not going to make excuses for them anyway – things like highly dense station spacing in the CBD, an insistence on cut and cover even though the stations are 30+ metres deep at that point, poor usage of spaces within the stations (you thought SAS' full mezzanines were bad?) make it hard for me to do so.
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Q: How can I unit test a method with database access? I have already had some difficulties on unit tests and I am trying to learn it while using a small project I currently am working on and I ran into this problem these two problems that I hope you can help me with
1- My project is an MVC project. At which level should my unit tests start? They should focus only on the business layer? Should they also test actions on my controllers?
2- I have a method that verifies an username format and then access the DB to check if it is available for use. The return is a boolean whether this username is available or not.
Would one create a unit test for such a method?
I would be interested on testing the format verification, but how would I check them without querying the DB? Also, if the formats are correct, but the username is already in use, I will get a false value, but the validation worked. I could decouple this method, but the DB verification should only happen if the format is correct, so they should somehow be tied.
How would someone with unit tests knowledge solve this issue. Or how would someone refactor this method to be able to test it?
I could create a stub for the DB access, but how would I attach it to my project on the user testing but detach it when running locally?
Thanks!

A: In your specific case, one easy thing you could do is decompose your verification method into 3 different methods: one to check formatting, one to check DB availability, and one to tie them both together. This would allow you to test each of the sub-functions in isolation.
In more complex scenarios, other techniques may be useful. In essence, this is where dependency injection and inversion of control come in handy (unfortunately, those phrases mean different things to different people, but getting the basic ideas is usually a good start).
Your goal should be to decouple the concept of "Check if this username is available" from the implementation of checking the DB for it.
So, instead of this:
public class Validation
{
    public bool CheckUsername(string username)
    {
        bool isFormatValid = IsFormatValid(username);
        return isFormatValid && DB.CheckUsernameAvailability(username);
    }
}

You could do something like this:
public class Validation
{
    public bool CheckUsername(string username,
                              IUsernameAvailabilityChecker checker)
    {
        bool isFormatValid = IsFormatValid(username);
        return isFormatValid && checker.CheckUsernameAvailability(username);
    }
}

And then, from your unit test code, you can create a custom IUsernameAvailabilityChecker which does whatever you want for testing purposes. On the other hand, the actual production code can use a different implementation of IUsernameAvailabilityChecker to actually query the database.
Keep in mind that there are many, many techniques to solve this kind of testing problem, and the examples I gave are simple and contrived.

A: Testing against outside services can be done using mocking. If you've done a good job using interfaces it's very easy to mock various parts of your application. These mocks can be injected into your unit and used like it would normally handle it.
You should start unit testing as soon as possible. If your application is not complete or code needed for testing is absent you can still test against some interface you can mock.
On a sidenote: Unit testing is about testing behavior and is not an effective way to find bugs. You will find bugs with testing but it should not be your goal.
For instance:
interface UserService {
    public void setUserRepository(UserRepository userRepository);
    public boolean isUsernameAvailable(String username);
}

class MyUserService implements UserService {
    private UserRepository userRepository;

    public vois setUserRepository(UserRepository userRepository) {
        this.userRepository = userRepository;
    }

    public boolean isUsernameAvailable(String username) {
        return userRepository.checkUsernameAvailability(username);
    }
}

interface UserRepository {
    public boolean checkUsernameAvailability(String username);
}

// The mock used for testing
class MockUserRepository {
    public boolean checkUsernameAvailability(String username) {
        if ("john".equals(username)) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }
}

class MyUnitTest {
    public void testIfUserNotAvailable() {
        UserService service = new UserService();
        service.setUserRepository(new MockUserRepository);

        assertFalse(service.isUsernameAvailable('john')); // yep, it's in use
    }

    public void testIfUserAvailable() {
        UserService service = new UserService();
        service.setUserRepository(new MockUserRepository);

        assertTrue(service.isUsernameAvailable('mary')); // yep, is available
    }
}


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Same "crappy" pressing as the rest. The sound is really better than ALL represses from 2013 with poor sound quality? It was released on May 3, 2005, through Island Records as the band's major label debut.
Fall Out Boy – Live In Phoenix. Label: Island Records - 00602557111330,Universal Music Group International - 00602557111330 • Format: 2x, Vinyl LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue Blue Translucent • … 2 × Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn't Get SuedI've Got A Dark Alley And A Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song)Champagne For My Real Friends, Real Pain For My Sham FriendsI Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About MeA Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More "Touch Me" Anyone want to bet this will be of the same paltry quality as the 2013 and earlier-2016 pressings? How is the sound quality? From Under the Cork Tree is the second album by the American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on May 3, 2005, through Island Records as the band's major label debut.
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It is a plain vinyl record with the newer cover art on it. I also thought it had the original cover art (as pictured). Over the past year, I have made it my mission to get their albums on vinyl, and finally the last puzzle piece falls into place – Hot Topic is getting 2000 Coke Bottle Blue copies of Fall Out Boy's amazing, critically-acclaimed sophomore album, From Under the Cork Tree. 2 × View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2018 Red / Black Split Vinyl release of From Under The Cork Tree on Discogs. Fall Out Boy – From Under The Cork Tree (black Vinyl). From Under the Cork Tree is the second studio album by alt-rockers Fall Out Boy. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2013 Maroon Vinyl release of From Under The Cork Tree on Discogs. Including printed insert with lyrics and credits. It does not. How do these sound? Limited double 180 gram vinyl LP pressing.
Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, our shipping and processing times have been extended. no way it's 180g that gotta be false advertising. I've waited 11 years to own this on vinyl. Get the best deals on from under the cork tree when you shop the largest online selection at eBay.com. Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn't Get SuedI've Got A Dark Alley And A Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song)Champagne For My Real Friends, Real Pain For My Sham FriendsI Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy And All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About MeA Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More "Touch Me" View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2016 180g Vinyl release of From Under The Cork Tree on Discogs. Those pressings were an absolute crime against vinyl; willing to bet this will be more of the same, given UMG's recent track record.
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