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Ibroihim Youssouf surnommé Djoudja, né le  à Itsandra, est un footballeur international comorien qui évolue au poste d'attaquant au Volcan Club de Moroni en première division comorienne.

Biographie
Ibroihim Youssouf naît en 1994 à Itsandra en Grande Comore.

Carrière en club
Il débute au Haïru Club en troisième division avant de jouer pour la Chirazienne de Domoni en première division comorienne, puis aux Enfants des Comores de Vouvouni.

Il évolue ensuite au Volcan Club de Moroni avec lequel il est sacré champion des Comores en 2018.

Repéré lors de ses apparitions en Ligue des champions africaine, il s'engage avec le club namibien de l'African Stars Football Club en  pour deux ans.

Il est revenu en janvier 2020 au Volcan Club de Moroni pour 4 ans à 2 millions d'euros mais rejoint le club mauritanien du FC Nouadhibou dès novembre 2020.

En mai 2021, il est sacré champion de Mauritanie avec le FC Nouadhibou.

Libéré par le club mauritanien et un temps annoncé de retour au Volcan Club, il s'engage finalement en septembre 2021 pour un an au TS Sporting FC, évoluant en deuxième division sud-africaine.

Carrière en sélection
Il joue en équipe nationale comorienne depuis 2017.
Il est convoqué en juin 2021 pour le tour de qualification de la Coupe arabe de la FIFA 2021.

Palmarès
Championnat des Comores
Champion : 2018
Championnat de Mauritanie
Champion : 2021

Notes et références

Liens externes

Naissance en Grande Comore
Naissance en février 1994
Footballeur international comorien


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Redlands Coast uses recycled waste for new roads
Posted on October 24, 2019 October 24, 2019 by Lauren Jones
In a Queensland first, Redland City Council is pioneering a process that turns recycled plastic into new roads.
The council is working with leading recycler Alex Fraser and Suncoast Asphalt to resurface a 1 kilometre stretch of Princess Street, Cleveland, with Green Roads PolyPave.
PolyPave is a high-performance asphalt product containing reclaimed plastics.
Redland City Mayor Karen Williams said that, in keeping with council's strong focus on sustainability, it was hoped the pilot project would lead to many more roads being built and resurfaced using reclaimed materials.
"Roads are big business for council, so if we can find a better way to build and maintain them using sustainable materials while removing waste from landfill that would be a major coup," Cr. Williams said.
"This is very much part of council's vision for our naturally wonderful Redlands Coast, so we are excited to be at the forefront of greener road building and the environmental benefits that can bring."
She said this project will see around 993 tonnes of RAP and about 90,000 hard plastics such as the milk and shampoo bottles you place in yellow-lid recycling bins. This is the equivalent of about nine months of kerbside recycling collected from Princess Street.
"I have been working with the Australian Local Government Association to investigate these sort of innovative solutions for years and I am pleased this work is delivering value for the community," Cr. Williams said.
Alex Fraser and Suncoast Asphalt General Manager Brendan Camilleri said this was a prime example of how circular economy could be achieved with local government, industry and community working together to recycle waste and invest in recycled materials to build new, sustainable infrastructure.
"Redland City council's progressive approach to the use of sustainable material is paving the way for Queensland. This is an outstanding example of how local government can harness recycling to build and maintain their cities, and reduce their projects' carbon footprint by up to 65 per cent," Mr. Camilleri said.
He said Green Roads PolyPave was also a more durable product which lasted longer than regular asphalt, bringing long-term costs benefits.
"When we incorporate recycled plastics into Green Roads PolyPave it becomes part of the DNA of the road, meaning there is no issue with micro-plastics entering the environment. There is also an enormous carbon saving, with the process producing 43 per cent less CO2 emissions when compared with conventional asphalt," he said.
"The addition of other recycled ingredients, such as reclaimed asphalt pavement, along with our energy-saving production methods further increases CO2 savings".
The resurfacing, between Bloomfield and Passage streets, is due to be completed on November 8, weather permitting.
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Q: iOS-Slide-Menu menu does not work when not set as app root controller When I have a "loading" root view controller when the app starts which will determine to load either the slide menu controller or another controller, the menu does not work. It is visible, and the animations work just fine, only all touches are disabled.
I've distilled my setup to this:
In the app delegate
self.window.rootViewController = [[TestViewController alloc] init];

And in the testViewController viewDidAppear:
SlideNavigationController *slideNavigationController = [[SlideNavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:[[ARootViewController alloc] init]];
    slideNavigationController.leftMenu = [[UINavigationController alloc] initWithRootViewController:[[MenuViewController alloc] init]];
    slideNavigationController.menuRevealAnimator = [[SlideNavigationContorllerAnimatorScaleAndFade alloc] initWithMaximumFadeAlpha:0.6f fadeColor:[UIColor darkGrayColor] andMinimumScale:.8];
    slideNavigationController.enableSwipeGesture = NO;
    slideNavigationController.view.layer.shouldRasterize = NO;

[self presentViewController:slideNavigationController: animated:YES callback:nil];

But then the menu does not respond to touches. If the slide navigation controller is the root view controller in the app delegate the menu does work correctly. It is really a matter of that the slide navigation controller must be the apps root controller. Is there a workaround or fix for this?

A: For others viewing this thread, implement SlideNavigationControllerDelegate and add below function in every controller that you do not wish to show side menu icon.
And most importantly it should be the root view controller in app delegate, otherwise it won't work.
Refer to documentation of developer here.
- (BOOL)slideNavigationControllerShouldDisplayLeftMenu
{
  //or no based on your preference
  return YES;
}

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In his startup practice for 20 years in LA, he treated celebrities, appeared on national TV, published articles on achieving optimal health, and provided workshops around the country for his peers. In 1996, he was awarded a United States Patent for his multi-vitamin and herbal formula. After moving to Atlanta, his practice evolved to focus more on fibromyalgia, migraines, and pain – the subject or our interview at CBJ/083. Here you will learn, through interesting examples, a brief orientation to kinesiology.
Be forewarned, in this CBJ/083 Episode, you will learn about more than just fibromyalgia. These different, edgy, yet effective diagnostic and treatment techniques that will likely encourage some skepticism if you think about fibromyalgia reductionistically. Therefore, in the spirit of searching for additional possibilities for other refractory conditions that might have an impact on the plague of pain treatments with opiates, take some time to listen up here.
In this CBJ Episode, 'Dr. Mike' digs deeper into the biomedical reality of multiple body and brain connections.
084 – Daniel Schmachtenberger | Neurohacker Prepare at once to listen up next Tuesday for Daniel's engaging insights on the evolution of mind science. From both an evolved systems perspective, with a deep appreciation for complex systems in a balanced process of effective communication, and a street awareness of how-to-make-it-happen, you will find yourself as encouraged as I am by his penetrating laser visions regarding the future of mind care. This is a must listen for anyone who follows our Path at CoreBrain Journal. You will love this guy. Must listen – he connects challenges with mind complexity in ways you likely have never heard before.
Dr. Greenberg claims to have a special "gift" of intuition. Where does his power come from? I am experienced with Theophostic Counseling which is guided be the Holy Spirit, but I couldn't identify where HIS power comes from. The rest of the information he shared was very sound and helpful.
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Posted on 12/21/2017 by Thomas Michael. 0 Comments.
A few months ago, we received a live chat on our website asking if we had a list of all SAP transaction codes – we didn't and so I wrote a blog where you can download all SAP tcodes. This blog turned out to be the most visited article of the year – who would have known?
Then recently someone asked me about this list on our Twitter feed, specifically, if our list also included the transaction codes for SAP's newest release, S/4 HANA (it didn't). So I went into our S/4 system and downloaded all transaction codes to an Excel spreadsheet and compared the 2 lists.
As a reminder, a transaction code in SAP is a shortcut to an activity. For example, AS01 is the code to create a new fixed asset master record, FB01 lets you post a financial document or use ME21 to create a purchase order, etc. pp.
You can see a complete list of all transaction codes by displaying the contents of table TSTCT – this is where SAP stores all tcodes and their description in all installed languages.
It turns out that there are about 7600 new transactions in S/4 (and that's on top of the roughly 100,000 tcodes that exist in SAP's ECC 6 release) …that's somewhat surprising to me – I would have guessed a lot higher.
Anyway, download all new SAP S/4 transaction codes and take a look for yourself.
Once downloaded, play around with it – for example, you can search for the string /ui2/ (=user interface 2) to find all new Fiori-related transaction codes quickly.
I hope you'll find the list useful and, as always, please comment below and share this post.
Thomas Michael is the CEO of the Michael Management Corporation – the company that killed death-by-PowerPoint training and made online SAP courses fun again. Tom recently discovered his love for eggnog and is looking forward to spending the holidays in New York City.


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Q: Show the sum for multiple items for a dynamic numbers I've a data dictionary extract from my project, i want to pickup items for example at the 2nd range, from different lists as value of dictionary, i tried a method suggested by a someone in this forum "Thank u for every help!" this time i want to select items from every key start with 345##### what ever the rest #### (Note: that selected items will be at max 20) , the loop start to select item and creat a sum if did't find the key at the next position it will hold the sum, and insert it at QtableWidget cell, i tried a different way :/ any suggestion please.
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (QWidget, QTableWidget, QHBoxLayout, QApplication, QTableWidgetItem)
from PyQt5.QtGui import QBrush, QColor
from PyQt5 import QtCore
#from FixalSolutions_build_1_3 import Ui_MainWindow

data = {'1111':['Capital 1','145321','94565','','','','74651','','','24651','','',''], '1112':['Capital 2','65115','','6149','6645','555641','','','','41245','98416','',''], '1113':['Capital 3','544453','','45345453','','555641','434556','','453453','','98416','','453453'], '1114':['Capital 4','7144453','','345453','3155485','','894556','','156453','326149','98416','',''], '1121':['Capital 5','87676','','534553','466149','','','95436','','','76745','','74568',''], '1122':['Capital 6','45645','','','47679','17345','555641','345256','','','412045','98416','',''], '1123':['Capital 7','4534453','74345','','466149','44645','1','98656','12564','','412045','98416','',''], '1124':['Capital 8','9784534','','','1326149','14553','555641','','45345','445345','412045','98416','',''], '1161': ['RAN SC', '', '', '', '32412.8', '', '32412.8', '', '', '', '', '', ''], '1162': ['Compte', '', '49850.22', '', '', '', '49850.22', '', '', '', '49850.22', '', '49850.22'], '1169': ['RAN SD', '22744.59', '', '', '', '22744.59', '', '', '', '22744.59', '', '22744.59', ''], '3455': ['item 1', '9880.4', '', '', '', '9880.4', '', '', '', '9880.4', '', '9880.4', ''], '34550200': [ 'item 2', '681.66', '', '', '', '681.66', '', '', '', '681.66', '', '681.66', ''], '34552010': [ 'item 3', '1083.87', '', '', '', '1083.87', '', '', '', '1083.87', '', '1083.87', ''], '34552020': [ 'item 4', '', '', '38026.61', '34080.67', '3945.94', '', '', '', '', '', '', ''], '34552140': [ 'item 5', '17358.79', '', '', '', '17358.79', '', '', '', '17358.79', '', '17358.79', ''], '34552200': [ 'item 6', '', '28037.7', '', '', '', '28037.7', '', '', '', '28037.7', '', '28037.7']}

class Table(QWidget):
    def __init__(self, *args, parent=None):
        super().__init__()
        self.data = data
        self.setuptUI()

def setuptUI(self):
  self.setWindowTitle("QTableWidgetItem")
                self.resize(1200, 800)
                conLayout = QHBoxLayout()
    self.tableWidget =QTableWidget(self)
    self.tableWidget.setRowCount(55)
    self.tableWidget.setColumnCount(14)
    conLayout.addWidget(self.tableWidget)

def setdata(self, k, v, n, m):
    i= 1
    l = str(k*10)
    item = 0
    while i < i+1
            if l in self.data
                  s = self.data.get(str(int(l)+i))[v]
                  i= i+1
                  print(item)
                  item = item + (int(s) if s else 0)
             else:
                  break

    self.tableWidget_Bilan.setItem(n, m, QTableWidgetItem(str(item)))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    windows = Table(data)
    windows.setdata(k="345", v=5, n=25, m=4
    windows.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

A: Try it:
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (QWidget, QTableWidget, QHBoxLayout,
    QApplication, QTableWidgetItem)
from PyQt5.QtGui import QBrush, QColor
from PyQt5 import QtCore
#from FixalSolutions_build_1_3 import Ui_MainWindow

class Table(QWidget):
    def __init__(self, data):
        super().__init__()
        self.data = data
        self.setuptUI()

    def setuptUI(self):
        self.setWindowTitle("QTableWidgetItem")
        self.resize(1200, 600)

        self.tableWidget =QTableWidget(self)
        self.tableWidget.setRowCount(55)
        self.tableWidget.setColumnCount(14)
        conLayout = QHBoxLayout(self)               # + self
        conLayout.addWidget(self.tableWidget)

    def setdata(self, k, v, r, c):
        item = 0
        for kd, vd in self.data.items():
            if kd[:len(k)] == k:
                s = vd[v]
                print("{:<10} -> `{: 10.2f}`".format(kd, float(s) if s else 0))
                item = item + (float(s) if s else 0)

        self.tableWidget.setItem(r, c, QTableWidgetItem(str(item)))

data = {'1111':['Capital 1','145321','94565','','','','74651','','','24651','','',''],
        '1112':['Capital 2','65115','','6149','6645','555641','','','','41245','98416','',''],
        '1113':['Capital 3','544453','','45345453','','555641','434556','','453453','','98416','','453453'],
        '1114':['Capital 4','7144453','','345453','3155485','','894556','','156453','326149','98416','',''],
        '1121':['Capital 5','87676','','534553','466149','','','95436','','','76745','','74568',''],
        '1122':['Capital 6','45645','','','47679','17345','555641','345256','','','412045','98416','',''],
        '1123':['Capital 7','4534453','74345','','466149','44645','1','98656','12564','','412045','98416','',''],
        '1124':['Capital 8','9784534','','','1326149','14553','555641','','45345','445345','412045','98416','',''],
        '1161': ['RAN SC', '', '', '', '32412.8', '', '32412.8', '', '', '', '', '', ''],
        '1162': ['Compte', '', '49850.22', '', '', '', '49850.22', '', '', '', '49850.22', '', '49850.22'],
        '1169': ['RAN SD', '22744.59', '', '', '', '22744.59', '', '', '', '22744.59', '', '22744.59', ''],

        '3455': ['item 1', '9880.4', '', '', '',                '9880.4',   '', '', '', '9880.4', '', '9880.4', ''],
        '34550200': [ 'item 2', '681.66', '', '', '',           '681.66',   '', '', '', '681.66', '', '681.66', ''],
        '34552010': [ 'item 3', '1083.87', '', '', '',          '1083.87',  '', '', '', '1083.87', '', '1083.87', ''],
        '34552020': [ 'item 4', '', '', '38026.61', '34080.67', '3945.94',  '', '', '', '', '', '', ''],
        '34552140': [ 'item 5', '17358.79', '', '', '',         '17358.79', '', '', '', '17358.79', '', '17358.79', ''],
        '34552200': [ 'item 6', '', '28037.7', '', '',          '',         '28037.7', '', '', '', '28037.7', '', '28037.7']}

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    windows = Table(data)
    windows.setdata(k="345", v=5, r=25, c=4)
    windows.show()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())


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Should Texas adopt Proposition 14?
Paul Burka
https://www.texasmonthly.com/burka-blog/should-texas-adopt-proposition-14/
Proposition 14, adopted by California voters on Tuesday of this week, calls for open primaries, similar to a process that was used in Louisiana from 1975 until 2008. In an open primary, all candidates for an office are listed on the ballot, and the top two vote-getters go into a runoff, regardless of party affiliation. The objective of an open primary system is to reverse the polarization of politics and to move politics toward the center. Party primaries are designed to elect ideological extremists. The only people who vote are the party base. Centrist candidates don't run because they know they can't win. Moderate and independent voters don't turn out because they know that outcome will be the election of an ideological extremist. An open primary enhances the chance for centrist candidates to survive the primary. Voters hate primaries because the campaign doesn't address their real concerns; it is all about candidate A trying to outshout candidate B by over who is more extreme. Parties love primaries them because parties are run by ideological extremists who know that primaries as currently constituted tend to elect people like themselves. The idea is that an open primary will bring more voters to the polls and will break the hold of ideological extremists. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed the open primary because elections in California produced legislatures that were so polarized that it could not pass a budget. California has also taken redistricting away from the Legislature and given it to a citizen's panel. I am 100% for both of these reforms. The polarization that led to gridlock in California is going to be the norm in Texas. The Senate Republicans signaled their willingness last session to blow up the legislative process by changing the rules for Voter ID, which eventually led to a meltdown of the session. The House Democrats cheerfully did their part to assure gridlock. If you thought that was bad, wait until you see this session, with the budget crisis and redistricting and who knows how many special sessions. I think we're headed for the same kind of gridlocked, polarized politics California experienced — and it's coming this session. Here is the language of Proposition 14: Top Two Candidate Open Primary. All registered voters otherwise qualified to vote shall be guaranteed the unrestricted right to vote for the candidate of their choice in all state and congressional elections. All candidates for a given state or congressional office shall be listed on a single primary ballot. The top two candidates, as determined by the voters in an open primary, shall advance to a general election in which the winner shall be the candidate receiving the greatest number of votes cast in an open general election. Here are links to arguments pro and con: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/06/11/2814499/prop-14-is-triumph-for-state-centrists.html http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/3705-california-proposition-14-bad-news-independents-and-third-parties
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Trailer Park Cosmology – 4
Chapter Six – King Roach
A tornado is nature's demon. Rotating winds, tight as a knot, with a body and energy that give it life, coherency, and a dislike for trailer parks. It's lucky for me they are rare in Tucson. This town has so many trailer parks, and so few tornadoes, I hardly worry about them.
We do get hellacious thunderstorms, though. They make a lot of lightning and rain – never enough, of course – this is a desert, but it all comes down in the "monsoon" season, so for the moment it can seem like a lot. Monsoon season is July through September. It's often spotty. Storm days can be separated by weeks of blazing, cloudless, dog days.
Tornadoes and lightning are intimately related. You might not get that impression from consensus science – they don't treat them as related in any physical way other than the fact thunderstorms produce them both. Gee, that doesn't imply any connection does it?
No, say the consensus. Lightning is just a static discharge from hailstones rubbing together, and tornadoes form by some chance circumstance of cross winds into spontaneous, coherent spirals of death. The only connection is the winds that rub the hailstones and spin the tornado come from the same storm – that's all. Nothing else to see.
Tornadoes and lightning are two forms of electrical discharge from corona. Since the storm itself is a coronal construct of looping electrical current from the updraft core, it has to dump all that energy. Making rain, in some cases, isn't enough.
Three facts help help illustrate the connection. One is that the faster the updraft wind flows, the more lightning the storm makes. Another is that when a tornado forms, the lightning abates. And finally, tornadic storms are prone to produce more positive lightning.
It's a motor running. Plug it in and it sparks and spins.
My own experience with lightning began watching summer thunderstorms from the back porch. The roof of the porch extended the length of the house, facing north with a view of the mountains. Thunderstorms formed over the mountains, and spread across the valley to engulf us. Lightning was often intense before and during the downpour.
Watching thunderstorms form was more than casual entertainment. Thunderheads building over the mountains gave hope – hope that there would be rain to break the heat. In the sweaty days of August, the evaporative coolers – the only means of cooling the house – didn't work. The air is already saturated with moisture, so the damn things just blow hot air.
Thunderheads start with bright white cumulus piling over the nine-thousand foot peaks of the Rincon and Catalina mountains. The updraft can be seen doing its work, pushing the cloud into a tower, broadening its base until it turns black. Under the blackness is rain, winds and licks of lightning we see striking the peaks.
We will that horror to come our way, because it is preferable to the horror of melting alive in 110 degree heat. If the clouds lower and swallow the mountains, that is a good sign it's spreading out to get us, too.
As a child, I remember my Dad paid a lot of attention. He'd say, "Nope, that one will miss us. They have to form over there to reach here," and he'd point to the north-east. He also kept tabs on weather in the gulf of California and Mexico. "If they have a cyclone, it'll come our way," he'd say, anticipating days in advance the effects.
Dad's Antenna Tower
My Father was a ham radio operator. He also had several CB radios, and had erected a large truss tower for all of his radio antenna. I think he violated code when he installed it, and had to remove the top section to bring it into compliance. It's still there, though, the bottom section at least, used as a permanent ladder to the roof of the house.
When the lightning struck, I was in the living room with my niece.
"Holy crap," we said, or words to that effect. After that, it was, "Do you smell smoke?"
This quote I'm sure of. Dad's radio room was full of it. One of the CB's was still flaming when we got there. We found the CB antenna fifty yards away. It had speared off the tower like the crucifix on the church in the "Omen". Fortunately, there was no priest below to catch it (I doubt my Dad would have allowed a priest on the property).
I had another experience like this in Sumatra. For a few months, I lived in an oilfield work camp in the jungles of central Sumatra, a place called Duri. I and a colleague from another oil company were doing a feasibility study for a joint-effort project to be located there.
About to eat at a Padang cafe in Sumatra
We lived and worked in a three-bedroom bungalow with the address, Jati 103. Every day our team of a dozen local engineers and analysts would assemble in the bungalow and work with us on computer models and power-point presentations – that is how building a power plant begins.
It was like working from home – I never had to put my shoes on. After work when everyone left, Gary and I would pop bottles of Bintang, and relax with cockroach target practice.
Sumatran cockroaches are very large and wily. Jati 103 had a resident roach that was as big as a baby's shoe. He was the only one I saw there – apparently it was his territory.
The whole camp were these family bungalows for expats and local management. It was like a little suburban neighborhood sitting in the middle of the jungle. There was a golf course, if you didn't mind the cobras. Also a gym, a community store and a club with a nice restaurant and pub. And that was it.
I spent spare time at the gym, or taking a run through the camp. No one else ran there. I figured it must be the heat, but then found it was because of the monkeys. They ran in packs like coyotes. They'd tear into garbage and run across the roof of the bungalows at night. They were as big as chimpanzees and dangerous. They were not cute monkeys.
I found myself far at the outskirts of the camp on one run. I went all the way to the fence, behind which was a wall of green rain forest. My attention was drawn to a single huge tree. I didn't know why, but something seemed off about it.
After I stared at it for a minute, I saw a branch move, and one of these monkeys stared back. Then another branch moved, and another face appeared. This kept happening faster and faster, until I was being stared-down by a tree with a hundred monkeys. I ran for my life.
Lightning in Sumatra
Gary had brought a set of juggling balls with him for a time-passer. The cockroach had a timetable and was always punctual – at six P.M. he'd appear. The only uncertainty was where he'd appear, but he always came out like clockwork. So most evenings we'd drink beer and lay in wait with the juggling balls.
I don't know how, but King Roach always moved out of the way. We were both good shots, but never hit the thing even though it was as big as the side of a barn. We did hit some computers and lamps, I recall, but never the damn roach. Anyway, we were so occupied when Jati 103 got hit.
Wham! It was like a sledgehammer hit the ground. The house shook and we smelled ozone. Then the telephone wire began to buzz. A sparkling ball of discharging electricity passed down the wire in slow motion, maybe a foot from my elbow. It took at least three seconds for it to pass down the wire from the ceiling to the phone jack, where it exploded in blue flame.
It was way better than King Roach for excitement, however briefly it lasted.
Those storms in Sumatra were like storms in the mountains. The cloud comes right down to the trees and the lightning just pounds out of it. There is no flickering, no peeling crack, no counting seconds… just wham. Flash, crack and destruction in a single moment of awe.
I've seen a tree blown apart in the Sierra's. At ten thousand feet in the mountains you're part of the storm. Lightning damaged trees litter the high passes and ridges, and huge rocks are blown apart. Lightning has much more to do with erosion than it's given credit for.
Let's take a look at lightning, and tornadoes and see if we can't make sense of it all.
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When I was a Youngster growing up in the Shawangunk branch of the Catskill Mountain Range during a particularly powerful storm a ball lightning came through the front window of the house across the living room and strummed the guitar sitting in the corner.
We used to actually drive up into the mountains to watch storms walking on lightning legs down in the valley.
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"Storms walking on lightning legs" – I really like that.
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Your real life history narrative counterpoints with the EU information you are exploring and sharing, so that the shifts and flows between the two make the whole more interesting, more accessible in life and more distant from consensus views on the one hand and more like a familiar and beautiful story on the other as you go along. I've played and listened to a lot of music in places like that back porch. Shot holes in a lot of cans from there and in our case, watched a lot of storms and sunsets from high above the Big Sur coast etc. That uncle of yours and your dad remind me of an engineer AA, SD (All Around, Sans Degree) who taught me how to tie a bowline on a bight with one hand and how to observe my own mindstream… Bringing science into a more homely and personal relationship with us down here in "life its ownself" is probably as big a service to us as the remarkable information you are making obvious and intelligible about our place in a far more dynamic and interesting world than was presented to me. Gives people the idea that science is something real and accessible.
We abdicate our duty to being when we hand over the big questions to a bunch of priests of any ilk whatsoever. To be human seems to require persistent… well, as Zorba The Greek put it, "…to be a man is to hitch up your belt and go out and hunt for trouble…"
I can hardly wait for the next set of thunderstorms and the next installment of TPC.
I've had a lot of nice drives – car and motorcycle – through Big Sur. I saw the "green flash" in a sunset from Nepenthe once. Been hiking and camping in the mountains there, too. Astonishing beauty!
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Apple Music on Amazon Echo How Does It Fair
Handshake between Amazon and Apple to bring the music streaming service of the bitten apple on devices of the Echo line at home. Starting next month, more precisely from December 17, you can connect the Apple Music account to the application of Alexa and then ask the virtual assistant to start playing a song, an album or a playlist.
You can therefore interact with the AI through voice commands to start listening to one of the ladders curated by the team of Cupertino, dedicated for example to a particular genre (hip-hop, rock, classical and so on) or a period ( 80s). The catalog includes the Beats 1 station broadcasts with interviews and exclusive content. Since this is a premium access mode to the platform (subscription is required), the reproduction takes place without any kind of advertising interruption. Thus, Dave Limp, Senior Vice President of Amazon Devices, emphasizes the importance of the partnership.
Considering that HomePod is not yet available officially in our country, a move of this type makes the device less attractive for those who were waiting for it.
The integration of Apple Music on the Echo line confirms how much Amazon is focusing on support for third-party services to push the spread of its smart speakers, smart displays and Alexa . A vision confirmed by the words of Limp, which refers to the API made available to developers in order to make the most of the potential of the assistant.


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From Science Alert: "NASA Has Announced The Next Step in Their Hunt For Alien Life"
From Science Alert
(NASA/JPL-Caltech)
We're closer than ever before.
NASA is targeting technosignatures in its renewed effort to detect alien civilizations.
Congress asked NASA to re-boot its search for other civilizations a few months ago. Their first step towards that goal is the NASA Technosignatures Workshop, held in Houston from September 26th to 28th, 2018.
If you've never stared out to space at night and wondered if there are other civilizations out there, well…that's difficult to understand.
One of humanity's most ancient and persistent longings is to know if there are others out there. Though it may seem like a long shot, the attempt is irresistible. And NASA's newest attempt involves technosignatures.
What are Technosignatures?
Technosignatures are simply evidence of technology. They're the effects or signature of technological use. The most obvious example might be radio waves, but some experts in technosignatures reject those, because the universe is riddled with radio waves produced by natural sources.
SETI was the original search for alien civilizations. But SETI was more or less a search for intentional radio signals sent by another civilization. This new search will be different in scope. Technosignatures are the unintentional signals that provide evidence for a technological civilization.
Technosignatures include laser emissions, indications of massive megastructures like Dyson Spheres, or, sadly, highly-polluted atmospheres.
An artist's concept of a Dyson sphere, built by an advanced civilization to capture the energy of a star. Image via CapnHack, via energyphysics.wikispaces.com.
At the Technosignatures Workshop, they also talked about detecting megacities on other planets through their heat signature, and detecting satellites orbiting other planets.
But in each of these cases, any technosignatures would likely not jump right out at us. It will require some advanced sleuthing techniques to determine if what searchers are detecting are in fact technosignatures.
That's why NASA held the workshop. Presenters outlined the current state of the field in detecting technosignatures, what the most promising avenues of research are, and what investments can advance the science of technosignature detection.
A major stated goal of the workshop is to understand how NASA can support the whole field through partnerships with both private and philanthropic partners.
There's precedent for partnerships in the search for the detection of technosignatures. The SETI effort was a NASA program up until 1993 when Congress reigned it in.
SETI/Allen Telescope Array situated at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory, 290 miles (470 km) northeast of San Francisco, California, USA, Altitude 986 m (3,235 ft)
Since then, other organizations and wealthy people like Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, have kept SETI going.
SETI@home, a BOINC project originated in the Space Science Lab at UC Berkeley
Laser SETI, the future of SETI Institute research
But now NASA is back in the game, and their Technosignatures Workshop is their first step in a renewed effort to detect other civilizations.
This new effort comes on the heels of major discoveries in the past few years. For a long time we didn't know if other stars had planets in their orbits, or if our Solar System was unique. But the Kepler mission changed all that.
NASA/Kepler Telescope
Kepler has discovered over 2,600 exoplanets and is still going. And Kepler has only searched a tiny portion of the sky.
(NASA/Kepler)
With that data in hand, there's no reason to think that exoplanets aren't plentiful throughout the galaxy and the universe. Congress must have realized that, and decided to urge NASA to search some of the newly-discovered exoplanets for evidence of civilizations.
Telescopes now in the design and construction phases will allow us to image exoplanets, to study their atmospheres, and potentially detect hot-spots on their surfaces.
We may even be able to use the transit method to detect any satellites orbiting another planet. Nobody knows what we'll find, but it's hard not to get a little excited.
There's a lot of work to be done. Scientists will have to decide the best way to proceed. But once they get going, it promises to be a very exciting endeavour.
And then there is
Breakthrough Listen Project
Lick Automated Planet Finder telescope, Mount Hamilton, CA, USA
GBO radio telescope, Green Bank, West Virginia, USA
CSIRO/Parkes Observatory, located 20 kilometres north of the town of Parkes, New South Wales, Australia
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Q: How to install PyGSL? (Windows 7, 64 bit, Python 2.7, GSL 1.15) I'm trying to install PyGSL on my computer (64 bit Windows 7), with Python 2.7 and GSL 1.15 installed. I'm pretty much stuck and I would love for some extra help. GSL installed fine, but its the wrapper that's the problem. For some reason I can't build pygsl. Apparently gcc is the problem (got the same problem on another windows machine). Or it could be that pygsl appears to be using a file named AMD64 while my computer is x86. I would love to use the windows binary for pygsl, but it only exists for python 2.5, and my project needs 2.6 or higher. I've used both the windows binary for GSL and built it from source, but I get the same problem either way. I tried copying dlls from GSL into pygsl but that didn't work. Some forums mentioned a file called gsl.dll but I can't seem to find it. I've also tried to use Cygwin and to compile with minGW32 to no avail.
cmds I ran:
python setup.py install
python setup.py build
python setup.py build_ext -i
python setup.py build --compiler=mingw32

Any ideas?? Thanks.
Cheers,
Bereket
Got the same message in Cygwin as in the windows cmd prompt. Error message:
$ /cygdrive/c/Python27/python.exe setup.py build_ext -i
numpy
Forcing DISTUTILS_USE_SDK=1
Building testing ufuncs!
running build_ext
building 'errno' extension
C compiler: gcc -g -DDEBUG -DMS_WIN64 -mno-cygwin -O0 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes

compile options: '-DSWIG_COBJECT_TYPES=1 -DGSL_RANGE_CHECK=1 -DDEBUG=1 -DNUMERIC=0 -DPYGSL_GSL_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DPYGSL_GSL_MINOR_VERSION=15 -UNDEBUG -IC:\Users\Bereket\gsl-1.15\include -IInclude -I. -IC:\Python27\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\include -IC:\Python27\include -IC:\Python27\PC -c'
gcc -g -DDEBUG -DMS_WIN64 -mno-cygwin -O0 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -DSWIG_COBJECT_TYPES=1 -DGSL_RANGE_CHECK=1 -DDEBUG=1 -DNUMERIC=0 -DPYGSL_GSL_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DPYGSL_GSL_MINOR_VERSION=15 -UNDEBUG -IC:\Users\Bereket\gsl-1.15\include -IInclude -I. -IC:\Python27\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\include -IC:\Python27\include -IC:\Python27\PC -c src/init/errorno.c -o build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\src\init\errorno.o
Found executable C:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe
gcc -g -mno-cygwin -shared build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\src\init\errorno.o -LC:\Users\Bereket\gsl-1.15\lib -LC:\Python27\libs -LC:\Python27\PCbuild\amd64 -lgsl -lgslcblas -lm -lpython27 -lmsvcr90 -o C:\Python27\Lib\pygsl-0.9.5\pygsl\errno.pyd
build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\src\init\errorno.o: In function `add_errno':
/cygdrive/c/Python27/Lib/pygsl-0.9.5/src/init/errorno.c:14: undefined reference to `__imp__PyInt_FromLong'
/cygdrive/c/Python27/Lib/pygsl-0.9.5/src/init/errorno.c:20: undefined reference to `__imp__PyDict_SetItemString'
build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\src\init\errorno.o: In function `initerrno':
/cygdrive/c/Python27/Lib/pygsl-0.9.5/src/init/errorno.c:37: undefined reference to `__imp__Py_InitModule4_64'
/cygdrive/c/Python27/Lib/pygsl-0.9.5/src/init/errorno.c:40: undefined reference to `__imp__PyModule_GetDict'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
error: Command "gcc -g -mno-cygwin -shared build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\src\init\errorno.o -LC:\Users\Bereket\gsl-1.15\lib -LC:\Python27\libs -LC:\Python27\PCbuild\amd64 -lgsl -lgslcblas -lm -lpython27 -lmsvcr90 -o C:\Python27\Lib\pygsl-0.9.5\pygsl\errno.pyd" failed with exit status 1

A: I'm pretty sure now that my GSL install with Cygwin failed / had unresolved dependencies. I'm now trying to install it with visual studio 2010. Here are some good sites for doing that:
Instructions
Alt Method

A: Installing the Python 2.7 compiler for Windows is a good place to start
http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=44266
Running python setup.py build_ext --inplace does the trick for me.
If this doesn't work let me know. You might need to add an environment variable.
Is your Python 32 or 64? To check open Python and do
import sys
sys.versions


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Ha iniziato la sua carriera agli inizi degli anni ottanta ed ha preso parte in vari ruoli comici, tra cui in Beethoven 4. Ha recitato in diversi musical a Broadway, tra cui Company, La cage aux folles e Caroline, or Change.

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Cross-section – I really like the shape of ceiling in this one – high enough to look great and expose ventilation pipes etc. but still reasonable in terms of cost of construction, heating, cleaning, acustics, safety, etc..
Windows These windows can cost between 30 k PLN (decent) and 90 k PLN (or more but this is recommended max.) All to be agreed. Of course windows in Polans are typically far better than in the UK anyway ?
SHED – this is not included in the building permit but requires a separate notification of small construction with local authorities (not a big deal).
Selected details – designed by MIDI Architects to prevent thermal bridges and air leakage for energy efficiency and comfort.
The Black Barn building on the map – this map is from the building permit documentation so the other building planned is not shown here.
Designed by arch. Martyna Kordys in cooperation with MIDI.


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Q: Can C# MVC act as standalone web api service? Lately I've been having problems returning JSON responses to a PHP and JQuery based url. I use the post request as:
$(document).ready(function() {
        (function(){
            console.log("ran");
                $.ajax({
                    type: "GET",
                    url: "https://chad-test4.clas.university.edu/Employees/Edit/22",
                    dataType: "json",
                    success: function (data) {
                        console.log("Response recieved");
                        console.log("Success: " + data);
                        empData = data;
                    },
                    error: function() {
                        console.log("Failed");
                    }
            });
        })();
    });

My Controller is:
public JsonResult Edit(int? id)
    {
        if (id == null)
        {
            return Json("Error: Id does not exist",     JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
        }

        employee chad = db.employees.Find(1);

        if (chad == null)
        {
            return Json("Error: employee does not exist", JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
        }

        chad.last_name = "Changed";
        chad.netid = "1111111";
        db.Entry(chad).State = EntityState.Modified;
        db.SaveChanges();

        Console.WriteLine("Successfully gotten");
        return Json(chad, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);

    }

This keeps either returning a full HTML page, or an error with the following console log:
Uncaught TypeError: $(...).alert is not a function(anonymous function)
@misc.js:633
display:410 ran
misc.js:783 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'elements' of
undefinedcalculateTotalPurposesAmount @ misc.js:783window.onload
@misc.js:627
display:421 Failed

Do I need to instead make a Web API project so that only JQuery data is returned?


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Нідерла́нди ( ) — країна на заході Європи на березі Північного моря.

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Поверхня країни – низовина. Вздовж берегів — дюни, вати, марші, польдери (осушені території).

Станом на початок XXI ст. нижче від рівня моря розташовано понад 50 % території держави, включно з майже всіма західними регіонами - від провінції Зеландія на південному заході до провінції Гронінген на північному сході. Більшу їх частину голландці почали відвойовувати біля моря ще у XIII ст. і зуміли перетворити в продуктивні орні угіддя. Ділянки боліт і мілин були обгороджені греблями, вода відкачувалася впродовж століть за допомогою енергії вітряків, а пізніше паровими і електричними насосами.

Рівні великих річок країни в їх нижніх течіях нерідко розташовуються вище навколишніх межиріч, складених пухкими осадами, і природним захистом від повеней є берегові вали, які зміцнюють греблями.

З 1927 року в Нідерландах почалося здійснення великого гідротехнічного проєкту Зьойдерзе з осушення затоки Зейдер-Зе. До 1932 було завершене будівництво основної греблі довжиною 29 км. Насамперед було осушено польдер Вірінгермер (Північна Голландія), потім Урк (нині входить до провінції Флеволанд). Таким же способом були осушені території Східного і Південного Флеволанду. Внаслідок відділення дамбою від моря та витіснення морської води водами річки Ейссел утворилися прісноводні озера Ейсселмер та Маркермер.

Ще один проєкт «Дельта», був реалізований під впливом катастрофічної штормової повені 1953 року. Роботи тривали з 1958 до 1997 року, з метою захисту зовнішніх частин дельти Рейну-Маасу з численним островами від повеней.

Сьогодні в Нідерландах розглядається проєкт будівництва гребель між Фрізькими островами, які обрамовують північне узбережжя країни. При цьому мілководне Ваттове море (Ваддензе), що тягнеться між цими островами і материком, також буде осушене. У 1990-х роках стратегія гідротехнічних і меліоративних робіт, що нараховували тисячолітню історію, істотно змінилася. Тепер планується перетворити бл. 240 тис. га, або приблизно 1/10 всіх сільськогосподарських угідь країни, в ліси, луги і озера з метою охорони навколишнього середовища.

Значна частина території Нідерландів розташована вище за рівень моря. Це піщані берегові дюни, плоскі і слабкогорбисті рівнини переважно на сході і півдні країни, а також крейдяне плато, розчленоване глибокими річковими долинами, на крайньому південному сході. Тут знаходиться найвища точка країни — гора Валсерберг (321 м над р.м.).

Річки
Є густа мережа річок, найбільші з яких — Рейн, Маас, Шельда. Озеро-затока — Ейсселмер та ін.

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Клімат морський, помірний. Завдяки переважанню західних вітрів, що дують з Північного моря, зимою в Нідерландах звичайно встановлюється м'яка погода, а влітку — прохолодна.

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 Map showing first two digits of postal codes  (see List of postal codes in the Netherlands), ditto
 Locate town or village; find municipality it is part of, range of postal codes, and some other basic data

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The Elephant's Trunk And The Crocodile Coincidence
It looks like Rudyard Kipling's story The Elephant's Child was all true, well judging by these photos anyway - quite a coincidence.
Below is the pic from Kipling's 1902 classic story and above is a scene caught on camera by photographer Johan Opperman in the Kruger National Park.
Kipling's Just So story told of how elephants got their long noses or trunks. The little elephant was looking for a crocodile and then he found him:
"Come hither, Little One," said the Crocodile, "for I am the Crocodile," and he wept crocodile-tears to show it was quite true.
Then the Elephant's Child grew all breathless, and panted, and kneeled down on the bank and said, "You are the very person I have been looking for all these long days. Will you please tell me what you have for dinner?"
"Come hither, Little One," said the Crocodile, "and I'll whisper."
Then the Elephant's Child put his head down close to the Crocodile's musky, tusky mouth, and the Crocodile caught him by his little nose, which up to that very week, day, hour, and minute, had been no bigger than a boot, though much more useful.
"I think," said the Crocodile - and he said it between his teeth, like this - "I think today I will begin with Elephant's Child!"
At this, O Best Beloved, the Elephant's Child was much annoyed, and he said, speaking through his nose, like this, "Led go! You are hurtig be!"
But all was not lost:
Then the Elephant's Child sat back on his little haunches, and pulled, and pulled, and pulled, and his nose began to stretch. And the Crocodile floundered into the water, making it all creamy with great sweeps of his tail, and he pulled, and pulled, and pulled.
And the Elephant's Child's nose kept on stretching; and the Elephant's Child spread all his little four legs and pulled, and pulled, and pulled, and his nose kept on stretching; and the Crocodile threshed his tail like an oar, and he pulled, and pulled, and pulled, and at each pull the Elephant's Child's nose grew longer and longer - and it hurt him hijjus!
Then the Elephant's Child felt his legs slipping, and he said through his nose, which was now nearly five feet long, "This is too butch for be!"
The Elephant's child eventually broke free from the crocodile but with a very much longer nose from all of that pulling and stretching.
And that is why today elephants now have long trunks. According to experts, crocodiles rarely attack elephants though, perhaps, baby elephants sometimes look tasty at lunch times.
The Dog Who Waited And Waited For His Owner
How Leaf Cutting Ants Look After Their Young
The Cat Who Just Wouldn't Go Away
Labels: Animal Stories, Photos
Love this one. And what a stunning synchro between the book and the photo. Good detective work, Mike!
Suzie Shine 14:51
I love Kipling and these comparable pics are great too. And it's good to know how the elephant got his trunk!
Nancy 06:42
That photo makes me sad. I have a thing for elles.
I meant to add (especially for Nancy) that the elephant was okay. Like you I love all animals including elephants - it's why I'm vegetarian!
im so glad to hear the elephant was ok !!!!
Johan Opperman 19:58
I am Johan Opperman, the photographer of the photo, and thought I'd share with you some amazing coincidences...
My photo is regarded as a depiction of Rudyard Kipling's "Just so" story. Kipling and I share the same birthday: 30th of December.
Kipling was 37 when his story was published. I was 36 when I took the photo.
I am a Freemason, as was Kipling.
Uncanny, Johan. How did the encounter end?


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RE: This is not a joke - 6/22/2017 5:32:07 AM
Status: offline You are really not a New One
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RE: This is not a joke - 7/3/2017 10:04:49 AM
RE: This is not a joke - 7/4/2017 6:54:53 PM
Status: offline Here is another scenario dedicated to the TotH Family
who love war gaming on the Eastern Front in World War II.
Sacred Big Ivan, Russia on the day of independence
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RE: This is not a joke - 7/6/2017 8:55:19 AM
Status: offline 99% Players want :
1 - Smoke grenades *****
2 - Bypass and Dash movement
3 - Multi-Hex Firegroups
4 - MGs fireline (firelane
5 - Spraying fire
6 - Better LOS checker *****
7 - Hexside terrains
8 - Multi-Level Bulding
9 - Ground Snow- Mud
10 -Low Visibility modeling
11 - Factory buildings
12 - User-placed foxholes
13 - User-placed road blocks, mines, wire
14 - Zoom
15 - H-t-H online game
16 - more speed game
17 - more vehicles and units 1939-1943
17,5 - a truly ferocious IA showing a bit more will to fire than a bunch of hippies or most Italian units during Operation Compass...
18 - ETC...ETC...
RE: This is not a joke - 7/6/2017 12:37:11 PM
From: the woodlands, texas
Status: offline that's a nice list. i can get behind it...
+1 and
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From: Genoa, Republic of Genoa (occupied by Italy)
Status: offline 1% of the players (perhaps only myself) would instead like to have a truly ferocious IA showing a bit more will to fire than a bunch of hippies or most Italian units during Operation Compass...
Chasing Germans in the moonlight is no mean sport
Long Range Fire (A7.22)........1/2 FP
(in reply to dox44)
Status: offline What else?
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RE: This is not a joke - 7/23/2017 12:21:36 PM
RE: This is not a joke - 7/25/2017 5:09:28 PM
Status: offline Impossible is not rico
Status: offline 17,6 Looting weapons
Status: offline I wait the writing patch...
Status: offline I'm lucky, our Editor is back!
Status: offline You never visited this sort of zoo
AAR: ASL 114 - Cautious Crusaders
Nick Drinkwater
Before I got my head handed to me in Dash To Mt. Croce at the last game day, I managed to get in a slighter meatier scenario against Allen 'It's good to be the' King. Earlier in the week, we'd settled on ASL 114 Cautious Crusaders, which looked to have a fun mix of zany early war Axis Minor Action. It had been far far too long since I'd last played Allen, so I was really looking forward to our game.
Cautious Crusaders is a pretty interesting scenario for a number of reasons. From a purely historical standpoint, it's one of the very few battles featuring the Slovakian army in Russia. From an ASL standpoint, both sides have 4-4-7 as their majority squad type, but the attacking Slovaks are actually outnumbered throughout the entire game, and both sides have a number of important decisions to make about when and where to give battle.
The Slovakians appear to be the more challenging side to play. Their twenty squads trickle in over the first third of the nine turn game, and crossing board 48 under fire and capturing a railway station (represented by a Factory) and six other multi-hex buildings from the Russians is no easy task. They do get five nice Czech tanks to help them, along with some truly terrible armored cars, and skillful use of these assets is the key to a Slovakian victory. They also receive some 70mm OBA, which, thanks to a mild breeze, is likely to be used as smoke to cover the advance.
The Soviets, meanwhile, get some 80mm OBA of their own and have the traditional Russian advantage of plenty of bodies to work with. Eleven 4-4-7s and six 4-2-6s start on map, with another eight 4-4-7s joining the fun on turn three. That gives the Soviets 25 squads in stone and wooden buildings against the 20 Slovakian squads coming through the open. The Russians also have an edge in that they start with a nice assortment of on-map SW, including a HMG and Lt. MTR, while the Slovaks have minimal non-inherent firepower, having to wait until turn three for a single MMG.
Despite all those advantages, the Soviets still have challenges of their own. Their first and worst problem is the set up restrictions. Two-thirds of their force is locked into setting up in buildings or foxholes on the forward map. This places the bulk of the Soviet force squarely clustered around the board 48 'crossroads of death,' which is impossible to defend, especially when you are facing superior armor.
This brings us to the second Soviet challenge, which is facing the Slovakian AFVs. Although the five Czech tanks aren't exactly Panthers, they do have 3/1 armor and 8 machine gun factors. The Slovaks also have three armored cars, which are a bit of a joke with 18 MP, red B11, no reverse movement or radios, but which still serve well for cutting rout paths or VBM freeze. Against these eight AFVs, the Soviets have two ATRs, an on-map 37L AT gun, and another 37L that gets towed onmap on turn two. Overall, the Slovakian can't go completely wild with his armor, but the tanks will certainly dominate large areas of the battlefield.
Along with the interesting match-ups between the opposing sides, there are also plenty of tough decisions to be made. The Soviets, with their numerical superiority, can try a very aggressive defense and take advantage of the Slovak staggered entries. Conversely, a quick retreat to board 49 is very hard to stop and has the advantage of preserving the Russian force for the end game. A choice must be made between defending the factory to the death and dispersing forces throughout the multi-hex buildings as well. Meanwhile, the Slovakian has to decide how hard to push with his initial six squads that enter on turn one, how aggressive to be with the tanks, and decide if it's better to go for capturing buildings or killing Russians during the early and mid-game.
Obviously, there's lots to think about in this scenario, and Allen and I had a pretty decent discussion about it ahead of time, even probing into minutia like the advantage the Slovakians have because their 4-4-7s ELR to 3-4-7s, not 4-2-6 conscripts. When it was all said and done, Allen decided to play the Communist hordes, and set up a fairly dispersed defense on board 48, with several units clustered around a level two hill overlay. Back on board 49, the key railway station was devoid of troops, but a large upper level stack with good LOS threatened HMG fire over a large section of the map.
Faced with this display of force, my first challenge was how to get my initial wave of troops onto the map. I had to enter two tanks, three armored cars, and six bicycle squads. After some thought, I abandoned the bicycles off-map as being impossible to use, and send my entire force in on the extreme left side, with lots of vehicular smoke being used. The advantage of this attack was that it let my six squads face just two of Allen's, and it threatened both the level two hill and the railway station.
This attack saw lots of my infantry break from hilltop MTR fire, but my tanks were able to clear out the opposition pretty quickly. The Slovak armor really paid off by not just breaking the Soviet squads, but also cutting their rout paths and forcing surrender. Killing off units for failure to rout is obviously an important ASL tactic, but it's even more vital in a scenario like this. As I pulled out the prisoner counters, I joked to Allen that since the scenario card describes the two sides as Slavic brothers, I was going to try and capture his entire force without killing a single Russian.
That approach actually worked well over the next few turns as the remainder of my troops entered the field of battle and engaged the Russian pickets. In several cases, Allen's conscripts failed MCs and Disrupted, and the few scattered 4-4-7s I ran into were quickly broken and captured as well. Even better, my initial push down the left side was able to capture the lightly defended railway station with relative ease, bagging me another platoon of Russian prisoners. The combination of point-blank machine gun fire from the tanks and the rout-cutting and VBM freezing of the armored cars was vital in accomplishing this, although one funny moment arose when a bypassing armored car had to spend several turns blocked in by Allen's OBA. You'd think someone would have figured out that driving in reverse could be a handy feature...
Despite my early success and my peaceful 'take prisoners' policy, Allen was still doing a great job of making my attack a slow, bloody process and his Slavs showed no compunction at killing my Slavs. Although the Soviets had taken heavier losses, they still outnumbered me, especially considering how many of my troops were tied down guarding prisoners. Worse, I'd lost three tanks to ATRs and OBA. Amusingly, Allen wasn't just satisfied with doing damage to my men; his artillery was tearing up the town too, with multiple buildings on fire and partially rubbled. This traditional Soviet scorched earth tactic was a lot of fun to watch, but didn't really help me with my next task: capturing the remaining six multi-hex buildings against a numerically superior force.
Once again, it was the AFVs that would have to carry me to victory. At this point I caught a big break when my infantry stumbled over the Soviet AT gun. It was in a spot with decent LOS and I'd luckily never moved a tank near it. Now it was caught without infantry support and quickly overrun. That left Allen with a single AT gun, but I knew where it was, and could afford to be very aggressive with my remaining armor. Over the next few turns, I repeated my earlier tactics, using the tanks as hammers to break up the Soviet infantry, while the armored cars cut rout paths and (more importantly at this stage) made it really tough for Allen to shift his troops from building to building.
It had been a close game throughout, and things only got more intense as we moved towards the final turn. I think board 49 really does a nice job of capturing the transition from rural to urban terrain, and that transition was captured in the fighting, with the fray devolving into a series of point-blank attacks and close combats. The same basic challenges we'd faced in the early game still applied, with the Soviet struggling to bring his numbers to bear, and the Slovakian working hard to obtain a series of local superiorities, but every unit and every move took on an increasing importance.
It ended up being an extremely chaotic and tense end-game, with both sides leaving victory buildings empty while enemy squads lurked just across the street. The difference was that Allen just couldn't get his troops where he needed them; I was forced to leave my buildings empty because I just didn't have the manpower to both garrison them and attack. In the end, I was able to slip some squads around a flank to grab some more buildings, and ambushed and killed a very pesky 10-0, 4-4-7, HMG combo that had survived four or five 16+3 attacks. That lucky CC got me another building and freed up my tanks to interdict the roads even further.
Allen still had a very good chance at a turn eight counter-attack, but played a bit too conservatively and instead massed his troops for a huge turn nine onslaught. By that point, I was able to use my superior maneuverability to establish at least a tenuous garrison in each of my captured buildings, and that made the last-ditch Russian offensive a very long shot indeed. It's amazing how much more difficult a multi-hex building becomes to capture when even a 7-0 is in it! Allen made a good try of it, and I was forced to actually kill a good deal of the Soviets, but in the end I had the win with a building or two to spare.
It was a really great game, and I want to thank Allen for a fantastic time. There's very little that's more satisfying than discussing a scenario, playing it out, and having it go down to the last turn with good play on both sides. As far as the scenario goes, Cautious Crusaders offers an interesting situation where both sides have tough decisions and lots of options throughout, and the feel really changes as you shift from board 48 to board 49. I'm pretty terrible at judging balance, especially after a single playing, but I'm sure some people will give the edge to the Russians since they have the edge in numbers and terrain and that may be the case.
Ultimately, though, I think that as long as the Slovakian player is very comfortable with armor, it's gonna be a fun fight for both sides and that's all that really matters. In the end, Cautious Crusaders is a meaty scenario that really lets both sides try different things (build a factory festung, backed by the AT guns and OBA, or disperse?), and things like that are more important to me than ensuring it's exactly balanced 50/50. I'd rate the scenario pretty high. Thanks to Allen for another great ASL experience, congratulations to the designer, and thanks to you for reading,
Status: offline Great AAR! I'm a bit busy to try it now, but I will ASAP!
Status: offline Hailstone will soon wake!
Hailstone
From: Phoenix, AZ
Status: offline Shhh, we hunting Soviets. I love the smell of dead Soviets in the morning with my coffee.
RE: This is not a joke - 10/25/2017 2:39:33 PM
Status: offline Winter is coming
RE: This is not a joke - 11/3/2017 10:03:17 AM
AAR - Storm of Steel
ASL AP2
GREAT SCENARIO, TRUE GEM.
Attractions : Fortifications (I just love them), Mines galore (oh boy...), Elephants, Movement, Good Troops, FT, DCs,....
Germans get 4 Ferdinands (aka elephants), 2 or 3 StuG42 (notice a Should Be Errata : the OB talks about the (L) model that
wasn t around in 43 and whihc uses sN that did not exist either), 4 Goliaths and a bunch of good quality Infantry. One FT and
a few DCs. And a Pillbox.
Russians get AT Ditchs, Trenches, 2 45LL , 3 57LL, 1 .50, 1 HMG and a bunch of guys. All set up on board 42 and cannot leave it
so that they cannot shoot at the German crossing the grainfields of board 43. They also get a few 328 (yes, russian HS at last.
Of course you rather have them combined in this case but they are HIP and without being able to stack...) HIP on board 43...
and with a DC and a hero maning an ATR.
Two hexrows (2 and 3) have both AP and AT mines which must be crossed by the German who need to exit 75 CVPs (a lot).
I took the Russian for I love defending with fortifications. I blocked the path to the AFVs on my right using the pond the AT
Ditches, connecting woods and one AT mine of 2 factors in the only remaining spot. I set up the Pillbox with the 57LL inside on
the only hill which is the only good spot to be in (READ : a must target for smoke from the many smoke capable german afvs). I
set up the .50 next to the pillbox, in a trench. I set up my HIP units next to the board 42 where I vol rout most of them to
(by SSR is the only way to extricate them from board 43).
The germans came near the middle along both sides of a hedge figuring that my fire would only catch half of them on OG, the
other half haveing the benefit of the hedge TEM. A nice move. The BiV (represented by Goliaths) are a little brittle and could
be immobilize on mine, destroyed by ATR, not breach, etc. I would say that probably most of the time 3 out of 4 make it but
sometimes that would be jsut 2 and it better connecting hexes... In my game the 4 made it. Dam! My hero was not up to the task
anyways and after failing to harm the goliath it failed the MC to become wounded.
Arnaud kept having smoke all the game (only ONCE did he failed) which mae the board 43 crossing easy for him. Then came the
close fight with me trying to kill tanks and getting (as usual) no effect against them but nasty effects on the infantry (this
is usual too). The best being me keeping 6 times ROF on the 45LL and reduce a 3 squad + leader in a +3 TEM building to
nothing... (don t stack!). Cool. But failing to even DI a single elephant (these guys are worth 8 CVPs!!!). And rolling Dud on
a 57LL hit on a StuG 42... Uncool.
The game went all the way up to the last turn and Arnaud manage to exit just 4 or 5 CPVs more than required. Had he immobilize
one of his Ferdinands on some 20 plus start up rolls...
When a 11 turn scenario is that close you gotta love it no matter the outcome. This was a 12 hours puppy that remains in our
memory as one of the greatest asl time we had in some 70 or so scenarios we have played with each other. Try it out. It is
-Bruno
RE: This is not a joke - 11/13/2017 8:48:13 AM
Status: offline AFT E R M A TH : The fight was incredibly violent. The M16s fired on the German infantry, decimating it. All the M7 105mm guns fired direct hits and the losses quickly increased in the German troops. During 30 minutes, the fight outcome stayed uncertain, but the American resources were not unlimited and the losses also increased among them. The defense begun to bend under the German repeated assaults, that desperately wanted to break the encirclement. When the conclusion seemed near, elements of the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment joined the fray and saved the American defense from collapsing. The bulk of the Germans was repelled in the pocket, leaving on the field 126 KIAand 9 tank wrecks. Only a few groups succeeded in escaping. For their part, the Americans did not communicate their losses on this action. But they had to have been at least as high as the Germans.
Status: offline HF
Status: offline As long as the problem of the update is not resolved,
I continue to do my scenarios on the old version to penalize No One.
Cough Rico.
RE: This is not a joke - 12/1/2017 2:21:01 PM
Peter Fisla
From: Canada
Status: offline Rico21, I'm glad this version is working for you :) I have updated the editor as well so grab it and let me know if it's working for you. I will later on submit the updated game end editor executables to matrix games so that they can publish the files officially.
Big Ivan
From: Mansfield, OH
ORIGINAL: rico21
Real Nice Map Rico!!
May I ask where you found it?
Blitz call sign Big Ivan.
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Arrow Season 4: Diggle's Superhero Costume Revealed
by Hannah Shaw-Williams
While the rest of Starling City's resident vigilantes leap around in tight leather and domino masks, Oliver Queen's driver, bodyguard and right-hand man John Diggle has been steadfastly trudging along beside them in regular clothes, without so much as a code name to disguise his identity. As Arrow's fourth season approaches, however, Diggle will have to finally submit to having a vigilante alter ego, which means that he's getting a code name and a costume.
The Arrow himself is getting a new costume in Season 4, perhaps because he realized that Arsenal had a better outfit than him, but Oliver's new look is a spin on the familiar. Diggle is getting an entirely new look, and now we can finally see it for ourselves.
The CW shared the first look at the new and improved(?) Diggle on Twitter today, and the immediate eye-catching detail is the jaw-length helmet and chinstrap he's wearing in order to conceal his identity. This seems to fit with our earlier speculation that Diggle is going to be a version of DC superhero The Guardian, who in the comics was police officer called Jim Harper (Roy Harper's great-uncle) who turns to vigilantism to fight crime that the justice system can't handle. The original Guardian, like Diggle, did not have superpowers but was an adept fighter who wore a helmet and carried a shield.
Of course, the Guardian's helmet and shield were golden and the helmet had a slightly different design, so Diggle's alter ego may be a different DC Comics character or an original creation. The code name would, however, be a clever spin on Diggle's original role as a bodyguard. Check out Diggle's new look below.
Check out Diggle's new suit in action Wednesday, October 7 on the season premiere of #Arrow! pic.twitter.com/X2kK91hpKs
— Arrow (@CW_Arrow) September 3, 2015
The dark color palette isn't too different from the clothes that Diggle usually wears and the leather jacket is probably something that he could get away with in a trendy bar, but that helmet really is something else. The response from fans so far has largely been one of bewilderment, with some suggesting that Diggle looks like Magneto (and not in a good way). On the bright side, at least he now has a pretty powerful headbutt in his arsenal, and the outfit might end up looking better in action.
Do you think John Diggle's vigilante costume will have criminals shaking in their boots or quaking with laughter? Share your thoughts on this ensemble in the comments below.
Season 2 of The Flash premieres Tuesday, October 6 at 8pm/7 central; Season 4 of Arrow debuts Wednesday October 7 at 8pm/7 central; Legends of Tomorrow begins in 2016.
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Zachary Levi Reunites With Two Chuck Co-Stars in Feel-Good Video


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We try to get out in the fresh air as much as possible, but sometimes it's not always achievable, especially if it's a little bit too fresh! We had a bank of 'go-to' entertainment venues which we frequented during inclimant weather, but as The Boy gets older, our needs have changed. We had spotted that there was a new golf course open in the centre of Cardiff, but as it was in St. David's 2 shopping centre's car park I wasn't entirely sure how it worked and what it would be like.
Treetop Adventure Golf is actually a very clever use of an area of the popular car park which was rarely used, and provides an afternoon's entertainment for all the family.
Over the past few years we've discovered the curious corners of Cornwall and the wonders of this part of the west country. A truly beautiful part of Britain, it holds some of the most beautiful beaches and quaint curiosity villages I've seen. Traditionally I'm a Dorset stalwart, but Cornwall is rapidly growing on me.
We were recently invited to stay at Bosinver Farm Cottages, just on the edge of St. Austell. As we normally holiday in north Cornwall, I was keen to see what the south had to offer, plus the opportunity came at what has been a very stressful time for me and my family of late.
The Boy adores going to London, he thinks it's a really special place to visit because of the variety of things we get to do. We usually visit in the Summer and spend time wandering through the parks and enjoying the great outdoors. I had been eager for quite some time to visit London at Christmas time so we could see the lights and the wonderful shop displays.
A few weeks before Christmas, this was made possible when we were invited to stay at The Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington for the weekend. I have to say it is quite possibly one of the most luxurious, and child-friendly, hotels I've stayed in with one of the most amazing views over London.
Family time over Christmas is so important, and with time being such a precious commodity in modern life it can be hard to fit in the special events and occasions which make memories.
We were recently invited to spend a weekend at Bluestone National Park Resort in west Wales in order to enjoy their Christmas extravaganza of the Kingdom of the Elves, and it was without a doubt the perfect thing to start off our celebrations over the festive season.
I absolutely adore Autumn. It is a glorious time of year; full of colours and treasures, walks through crunchy leaves while listening for bouncing squirrels overheard. It's also the time of year that we start exploring new National Trust places, arboretums in the grounds of stately homes are glorious in Autumn.
Last weekend we visited Dyrham Park for the first time, and we soon realised that it was going to be first of many visits.
After four holidays to the Butlin's resort in Bognor Regis over the past few years, I've decided to collate some of the things we've learnt into a top tips post. Planning, forethought and research can help get the most out of what will be a very busy holiday.
How To Make Car Journeys Easier!
I love Spring and Summer, not least of all because of the fun weekends away we have interspersed with holidays around our fine country. We don't go further than around three hours away, and while I'd like to blame that on The Boy, it's actually me that is a dreadful traveller.
When Butlin's sent us an emergency travel kit to aid 'the long and whining road', I chuckled. There are some PR pitches which are spot on quite frankly, and this is one of them.
If you are thinking about booking your first holiday abroad with young children then there's a lot that's need to be though about. The whole experience of looking after a child and ensuring they are happy whilst travelling can be a stressful one. However, by following a few simple tips and staying organised, you can stay in complete control of your time away.
Last year we were lucky enough to be given a media pass for the National Trust, in conjunction with my blog promotion for their 50 Things To Do Before You're 11 & ¾ campaign. When it ran out at the end of the year, we rushed to buy our family membership as it provided us with a plethora of opportunities for days out as a family, exploring nature, the nation's history, and having fun in their beautifully landscaped outdoors!


MC the Max is gearing up for a comeback!
On December 28, the ballad group released the music video teaser for "After You've Gone," the title track to their ninth full-length album 'Circular,' through their official social media channels.
The teaser shows beautifully shot moments shared between a man and woman in a relationship, from the happy times they shared when they were together to the heartbreak both experienced individually after they broke up. The video also reveals a teaser of the track itself, which creates a strongly sentimental soundscape complete with swelling violins and MC the Max's emotional vocal power.
Meanwhile, "After You've Gone" and its album 'Circular' are both set for release on January 2 at 6 PM KST.
Check out the teaser for "After You've Gone" above!


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Jon Jones' Mom: Fighter Out Of Rehab, Will Attend Patriots-Colts Game
by Ricky Doyle on Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 10:51AM
Jon "Bones" Jones is expected to be in Foxboro this weekend.
Jones' mother told WBNG in Binghamton, N.Y., that the UFC champion, who checked into rehab last week after testing positive for cocaine, spent only one night in the drug program. She also revealed that Jones plans to attend Sunday's AFC Championship Game between the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts, as his two brothers — Chandler (Patriots) and Arthur (Colts) — are playing in the contest at Gillette Stadium.
Jones recently defeated Daniel Cormier at UFC 182, extending his winning streak to 12 fights. The light heavyweight champion tested positive in an unannounced drug test shortly before the fight, but the result of the bout was upheld because the test was considered out of competition.
Jones' mother said her son is continuing to educate himself on the subject. She also thinks the positive test might have been a blessing in disguise.
"I'm glad that this happened to Jon. This stopped him in his tracks, this let him know that he may need to change some friends, you know, because everyone is not for you for the best," Jones' mother, Camille, told WBNG. "So this is a good thing as far as our family is concerned, so we wasn't upset. Me and my husband considered it a blessing from God that our child was able to be helped and know that he need to stop and know that he needed the assistance to stop before it came to something worse."
Jon (27) is between Chandler (24) and Arthur (28) in terms of age.
Thumbnail photo via Kyle Terada/USA TODAY Sports Images


The program for the 13th Amherst College Commencement. Beginning with the program for the first Commencement in August 1822, commencement programs contain the order of exercises for commencement ceremonies. Since 1826, most programs also provide a list of candidates receiving their bachelor of arts degrees. Other information contained in programs has varied over the years.
Sidney Brooks essay on the United States and its destiny including how long its government, level of happiness and prosperity, and institutions might continue. In writing on the topic, he also discusses the downfalls of previous nations and kingdoms. Brooks argues that the judgement of God will determine the destiny of the nation and discusses national sins along with redeeming influences such as a spirit of reformation. This essay is presumed to be related to Brooks' studies at Phillips Academy or Amherst College.
Sidney Brooks writings on the Fourth of July, also known as Independence Day, and whether or not the common celebration of the holiday is in harmony with the spirit of "our free institution" (the United States). This document is presumed to be related to Brooks' studies at Phillips Academy or Amherst College.
Judah Ely letter to the students and alumni of the Amherst Collegiate Institution in which Ely writes regarding the death of Zephaniah Swift Moore and suggests an annual essay contest with a monetary reward, in Moore's honor. Ely writes that he had sent Moore a letter and three dollars for the purchase of a prize to go to an essay winner and that he had suggested to essay subject should be "the evil arising from an intemperate use of distilled liquors in the U. States and the best means of preventing them." He explains his plans for the essay contest he had proposed further, and proposes a new plan for a prize essay contest to honor Moore, called the "Moore Prize Essay" for which a "Moore fund" could be raised. He suggests two possible subjects, one relating to the importance of Christianity to national prosperity and happiness and the other regarding the evils of slavery and best means of removing them. Ely then writes regarding his own opinions on each subject, discussing current topics such as a decreasing reference to God in government and the aims of the American Colonization Society. He also states that he is enclosing ten dollars to go towards the Moore fund. The letter is addressed to the alumni of Amherst Collegiate Institution though the salutation of the letter states it is to the students of the Institution.
Written by Elmer Nelson, the first volume of "Five Years in the White Mountains" is presented as having been published by the fictitious publishers, Green and Little, representing the alter egos of Elmer and Arthur Nelson respectively, as part of their Forest Series. The volume includes a list of chapters and a full list of illustrations, providing additional evidence that the Nelson boys were developing their skills not only as writers and illustrators, but also as makers of quality books. Over the course of six chapters, the boys (the narrator and his brothers William and Ethan) are attacked by a moose and by a bear, they climb a mountain and discover a lake, they hunt and fish, they go beachnutting and blueberrying, and they spend time ice skating and sugaring.


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Kia Motors quarterly profit swells
SEOUL: Kia Motors Corp. said net profit swelled to 402 billion won ($339 million) in the third quarter after a loss the year before boosted by a weak South Korean won and global efforts to spur demand for vehicles.
South Korea's second-largest automaker, maker of the Sportage compact SUV and Forte small sedan, said Friday that quarterly sales rose 32 percent to 4.51 trillion won from 3.43 trillion won a year earlier. It posted a net loss of 22.1 billion won in the third quarter of 2008.
Yonhap news agency said the net profit was Kia's highest on a quarterly basis, citing company officials. Kia spokesman Michael Choo said he could not immediately confirm the report.
In a press release, Kia said its global auto sales jumped in the third quarter, rising 30 percent to 279,969 vehicles from last year. For the first nine months of 2009 net profit surged to 846 billion won from 39 billion won the same period last year.
Revenue rose 12 percent to 12.69 trillion won and auto sales rose 6.8 percent to 739,000 vehicles. The company attributed the performance to weakness in the South Korean won against the dollar and to government incentives in South Korea and overseas to stimulate vehicle purchases.
Kia is an affiliate of South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. Together, they form the world's fifth-largest automotive group.
Both companies have been expanding aggressively overseas in recent years. Kia has plants in China and Slovakia and has completed one in the United States with production scheduled to begin soon.
KIa's results came a day after Hyundai Motor announced that third quarter net profit more than tripled to a record high for a second straight quarter amid sharply higher sales. Both Hyundai and Kia have benefited from won weakness, which helps make their products more competitive in overseas markets.
A weaker currency can also increase the value of profits earned overseas when they are sent back to South Korea and converted into the local currency. The won declined 14 percent on average in the third quarter this year against the dollar compared with the same period last year.
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