Countries with the best infrastructure will have the best future - that could have been the theme for the tunnelling conference held in London this week (Tuesday, 29 Sept) where major urban projects were showcased. It was instead a statement by Martin Herrenknecht who opened the proceedings and illustrated how countries around the world are improving their national infrastructure systems using Herrenknecht TBMs of various sorts and sizes.
A slide show of major Herrenknecht projects illustrated the road through problems and improvements that have advanced the company's TBM technology arriving today at the machines designed for the challenges of the Lake Mead water intake tunnel in the United States (17 bar pressure design specification) and the Hallandsås railway tunnel in Sweden (100 litre/min water ingress at 13 bar pressure).
A most interesting slide came towards the end of the presentation when a map of the world with large circles drawn over the United States, Russia, Australasia, the Middle East and South America indicated the brightest spots for the company's foreseeable order books. Herrenknect explained that the US needs to invest heavily to improve their aging and under capacity infrastructure in all sectors - transport (urban and intercity), energy, water supply and sewerage; Russia, despite hard economic times recently, continues to plan major infrastructure projects across its vast territory; Australia and Singapore are investing actively in transport projects, and, quite astoundingly, 160 Herrenknecht TBMs are working currently in China with much more planned; Iran and the Emirates are busy in the Middle East; and South American countries, particularly Brazil, are beginning to sort out their economies, combat endemic corruption and put capital to work for the public good. No circle around Europe although Herrenknecht said in a teasing way; "This could change with Crossrail. It's up to you."
Lok Home was a fine foil to the Herrenknecht presentation - "We've had the soft, this now is the hard" - although Home stated that The Robbins Company is developing a range of soft ground TBMs to add competition to that rapidly growing market. In speaking about hard rock tunnels, it was confirmed that good, strong, competent rock comprises less than 5% of all 'hard rock' tunnels. More often the TBMs and their crews are having to deal with either loose, blocky or soft rock in the face, rock fallouts and overbreak in the crowns and sidewalls, and water ingress to flood proportions as experienced at the Parbati project in India.
Managing these issues was then matched to the different types of rock TBMs. Open main beam gripper machines have the advantage in that the rock can be seen and understood; the disadvantage being that supporting loose rock and applying support close to the cutterhead is difficult. A surprise admission from Home was that the distinctive finger shields of the Robbins grippers TBMs will be no more. They are often ineffective and frequently torched off by customers. Instead, a system of installing steel rebar rods into hollow channels in a TBM shield and strapping these back to the tunnel profile as the TBM advances has proven to be a much more effective system. Developed by Canadian contractor McNally for working through the blocky shale of the Toronto region, the system is licensed to Robbins and has been applied to good affect on the difficult Olmas project in Peru, described as being as, or more, difficult as the Gotthard tunnels with severe rock bursting problems under an overburden cover of up to 2,500m.
Using Olmas as an example, TBM tunnelling was still said to be the best choice over drill+blast - yes progress is only 4-5m/day in the bad reaches but drill+blast would not be doing better than that and the TBM turned in 600-700m/month in the better reaches. News of the Niagara tunnel was that better progress was being made now that the alignment has risen into the better sandstone that was encountered on the project's initial decline to get under the buried glacial gorge. The Arrowhead project in California was mentioned with the firm belief that it should have been a rock TBM project with the ability to provided easier access for drilling ahead of the face for water control grouting. Home also stated that all rock TBMs should be using 20in cutters. "They last longer and perform better that 17in cutters which should be retired."
In speaking about Jinping in China, where Herrenknecht has one machine and Robbins has two including a 12.4m diameter TBM that launched recently, Home admitted that the rock support on the machine was not right and that modifications have been required on site. Against recommendation by Robbins to remove the ring beam erector, the client insisted that it be modified and retained. As part of the modifications Robbins also incorporated a pair of booms from which workers can better access the large diameter profile and apply immediate support more easily. But in speaking of ring beams Home was adamant. "Please, no ring beams in diameters of 8m and more." They are much too difficult to install and their effectiveness as rock support is minimal to nothing in such large spans. NATM support elements of rockbolts, mesh and shotcrete were said to be more effective and easier to apply.
Of the two shielded type TBMs Home said he is not a fan of single shield machines preferring instead the double shield system. Despite being shorter and providing for a quicker launch, single shields can only push off the lining and present little flexibility. Grippers in the double shields provide the option; allow for cutterhead pull back; and make possible concurrent lining and boring when using the grippers. The disadvantage is that probing is too far behind the face. These pros and cons lead to news that the Robbins team is working on development of what is the holy grail of tunnelling - an ACT - All Condition Machine. Details understandably were scant but an illustration showed a half shield, half open gripper type TBM with a wide 'free space' in front of the grippers to allow easier application of support and as close as possible behind the cutterhead.
To close, Home made a plea. "Let us please have better dialogue between consultants and TBM manufacturers before machine requirements are specified. A TBM specification is about six lines in a contract document, achieving it in practice can be impossible."
The programme moved next to detailed discussion of NATM or SCL tunnelling with some revealing information of its own. Alun Thomas spoke thoroughly about the design of SCL structures blowing first of all the "myth" of having to design for the full overburden pressure. Graphs of in-situ stress measurements confirmed that the load on a lining is never more than 70% of the full in-situ stresses. The discussion moved on to the economies of spray concrete final linings. With costs of about £45/m3 for in-situ concrete and about £110/m3 for spray concrete, the material costs are high but the savings are accrued in time, with substantial savings on project programme, and in materials consumption. If a single shell, load-sharing SCL final lining is adopted, a conventional reinforced in-situ concrete lining of some 600mm (300mm primary support + 300mm final lining) is reduced to a total 400mm single shell SCL permanent lining.
Ross Dimmock continued with the prospects for removing lattice girders as aids for controlling profile in SCL tunnels. A photo of the Hindhead SCL road tunnel in southeast England was used to illustrate how the profile was maintained to ±30-40mm on an 11m span without using lattice girders. The advance of shotcrete robots was reported with the holy grail here being the ability of the robot to spay to the profile as well as minimum thickness to compensate for uneven excavations. Spray-on waterproofing systems were highlighted as an extra tool in the arsenal for designing cost effective, quality long-term underground structure. The bonding of the spray-on linings to the primary lining and to the final lining was said to be the major advantage with effective surface preparation the key to the success.
An SCL alternative for top down excavation of escalator shafts presented the SCL option offering a flat invert across part of the excavator profile and an almost vertical face on the side as the incline goes down in rounds. A final consideration was for the use of shotcrete as the architectural finish of underground spaces with illustrations of glass cladding to side walls of a metro station, allowing the shotcrete to remain on show, and the shotcrete surface in another metro station being used as a canvas for local folk art.
Volker Wetzig of the Hagerbach Test Gallery in Switzerland spoke of the work being undertaken to develop new shotcrete techniques and materials, describing how mixes had to be designed to withstand 8hr travelling times on the Gotthard Baseline railway tunnel headings and application, once there, on rock surfaces with temperatures of more than 40°C. Wetzig also presented news about a polymer additive that will reduce rebound of shotcrete by up to 50%. This raised considerable interest but time was moving on and the presentation ended with emphasis of operator training and promotion of the EFNARC system of nozzlemen certification.
• Tenders for the two big tunnel contracts under London (C300 Royal Oak Portal at Paddington to Farringdon and C305 Farringdon to Pudding Mill Lane Portal and Victoria Dock Portal) are to be invited by December 2009 and the contracts awarded by March 2010.
• The first TBM is programmed to start on 15th Nov 2011 from the Royal Oak Portal at Paddington.
• Expressions of interest for the two big station contracts for C410 Bond Street and C420 Tottenham Court Road are to go out by December 2009, with tenders invited in March 2010 and award by June 2010.
• The intention is to have the station caverns complete for a 'walk' through of the TBMs when they arrive. For this reason Bond Street Station on the C300 tunnel contract is the critical path.
• Proposals from contractors to build both the Bond Street (C410) and Tottenham Court Road (C420) stations as one and with illustrated cost savings would be considered.
• the intent is to award the two big tunnelling contracts to different contractors.
• C805 is the one large muck haulage contract for transport by barge of all the central tunnel contracts from loading points along the Thames to a licensed disposal site on Wallasey Island in the Thames Estuary.
• There will be a separate contract for rehabilitation of the existing Connaught rail tunnel for incorporation into the project and this will be advertised in mid to late 2010.
• Invitation to tender the Thames River Tunnel to Woolwich at the same time as the two station contracts has been deferred to better suit project cash flow and capital draw down.
The schedules for bidding the other large underground elements were presented but furious note-taking failed to get the information scribbled down before the slides disappeared.
• EPB TBMs are specified for the central London tunnels with slurry TBMs for the Thames Tunnel.
• The EPBMs will be required to operate in full EPB mode at all times. No open mode operation.
• Two EPB machines are envisaged for the central contract C300 from Paddington to Farringdon Street Station and six EPBMs are needed on the largest contract of the project, C305 for the tunnels east from Farringdon to Liverpool Street and Canary Wharf.
• There will be no prequalification of the TBM manufacturers rather there will be a set of minimum requirements for power and performance.
• A two-part annular grouting gel is specified to be injected via a through the tail shield system.
• Steel and polypropylene fibre reinforced segments are being considered for the segmental linings.
Neil Moss, Crossrail Tunnelling Engineer, followed with a presentation about the requirements for monitoring ground movement over the underground excavation. Some 2,500-4,000 buildings lie within the corridor of influence. C701 is the contract to be awarded for managing data systems and run a central control room. Arup Atkins are currently working on the plans and specification of the needs.
Preparing a skilled workforce for building the Crossrail project and other major tunnelling projects, in the London and UK region, is the task of the Tunnelling Academy that is being sponsored significantly by Crossrail. Paul Chatten, Director of the Academy described how it will function and operate from its new base to be built in the East London borough of Newham. Some 14,000 workers will be employed on Crossrail at peak with some 3-4,000 of these involved on tunnelling and underground space contracts.
After a packed start of the day, three equally interesting and engaging presentations closed out the day. A paper about avoiding contractual disputes and claims by Michael Stokes and Garry Crossley was followed by a comprehensive report on the design and on-going construction of the 46km long Line 9 project for the Barcelona Metro. Engineer Nicola Della Valle described in particular the method by which the station platforms are built into large diameter running tunnels. The tracks and the platforms sit one above the other with an adjacent access shaft, of significantly smaller proportions than an open cut station box, providing access to the surface.
The final presentation was an engaging telling by Colin Eddie of the ups and downs of the Croydon cable tunnel project by Morgan EST. From the need for special consideration to avoid disturbing ground water aquifers, to no escaping a down hill drive of 10km long, to the incredible inflow a 100litre/sec of ground water through a fissure in the chalk geology that needed control by intense pumping to get through the water inflow reach into a reach where the water disappeared as quickly as it had appeared. The drive was successfully completed and the tunnel is now being fitted with the 400kV electric cable and a man-rider car that travels the 10km cable tunnel on a monorail attached to the crown.
As well as the fast moving conference sessions there was an exhibition of some 20 stands representing major suppliers and service providers to the tunnelling industry. During a coffee break among the stands, and while there was a lot of anticipated excitement about Crossrail, there was also concern about the delay in awarding earlier tunnelling projects. Colin Eddie for example, explained that Morgan EST had submitted tenders for about £1 billion of work during 2009, include the Lee Tunnel for the Thames Tideway CSO sewer project in London and other cable tunnels, none of which have been awarded. Eddie also explained that once the company's job in Belfast, Northern Ireland holes through in the coming weeks, it will be the first time in 50 years that the company is not actively excavating a tunnel. Finishing off tunnelling contracts yes, but not actually operating a TBM or advancing SCL work.
Much hangs on maintaining the momentum of Crossrail and getting the contracts awarded to keep a tunnelling capacity in the UK. The hope is that next year, when a similar conference might be co-sponsored by the BTS (British Tunnelling Society), there will be more to celebrate and more tunnellers in town and working on London and UK projects.


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The North Sea Variation (or Norwegian Defence) is an opening variation in chess. It is a line in the Modern Defense complex that occurs after the moves:

1. e4 g6
2. d4 Nf6
3. e5 Nh5

Discussion
According to Jim Bickford, one of the characteristics of this defense is the "cork-screw" maneuver the knight makes by traveling to the second rank via f6 and h5. In the introduction to his monograph, Bickford quotes the late Tony Miles as saying "The black knights are better on the second rank – a shame it takes two moves for them to get there."  This joke is a reference to the fact that black knights on the second rank would likely occupy the squares d7 or e7; however, in the uncommon openings favored by Miles they tend to wind up on less characteristic squares along that rank, such as f7, g7, c7 and b7.

Sideline gambit
Norwegian Defence, Norwegian Gambit: 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.e5 Nh5 4.Be2 d6, most famously played by Magnus Carlsen against Michael Adams at the 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad.

See also
 List of chess openings
 List of chess openings named after places

References

External links
The Modern, North Sea Variation on Brooklyn64
Review of Jim Bickford's book

Chess openings

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Congress sets deliberation for mandatory COVID vaccination bill
This August 1, 2021 article from the Manila Bulletin provides an update on the mandatory COVID vaccination bill authored by Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga [we first introduced this bill in April 2021, see House bill seeks to make COVID-19 vaccine mandatory]. According to the article, the bill, known as House Bill No. 9252, is set to be deliberated on by the Committee on Health either this August or September 2020.
The bill seeks to amend Republic Act No. 11525 or "An Act Establishing the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Expediting the Vaccine Procurement and Administration Process, Providing Funds Therefor, And For Other Purposes" which makes it mandatory for anyone who is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine to take it. Under the bill, "no persons who are covered by this Act, as determined by the DOH, shall be allowed to enter, convene or occupy public places, whether or not government or privately owned".
Barzaga says that this bill aims to curb vaccine hesitancy in the Philippines.
Editor's Note: We must remember that his bill has been entertained by the Congress despite explicit statements from the Department of Health (WHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) stressing that vaccination should be voluntary [see DOH says COVID-19 vaccination should be voluntary and W.H.O. does not back vaccine passports – for now]. We are also getting new information from global experience that the vaccines cannot be used for herd immunity as both the vaccinated and the unvaccinated can transmit the virus. Science has also shown us that the vaccine can fail, as evidenced by the many people who have tested positive for COVID, and consequently been hospitalized [see COVID 'vaccine failure' more likely if you have a weakened immune system, New COVID surge in 4 out of 5 top vaccinated countries in the world, World's most vaccinated nation activates new lockdowns as cases rise, Dr. Harvey Risch: 60% of new COVID patients have received vaccines, CDC: 5,800 fully vaccinated Americans have contracted COVID-19, 74 dead, Almost 50% infected with Delta variant in Israel are fully vaccinated]. What is behind this drive to force people to take the vaccine?
Under this mandatory COVID bill, good citizens of this country who refuse to take the vaccine are treated as criminals. It provides governments the right to abuse their authority and to violate citizens' right to movement and self-governance. It is telling us that we are no longer sovereign individuals and our bodies are owned by the government [In a previous article, Nicanor already mentioned that these illogical coronavirus policies are violating at least 38 provisions of the Philippine Constitution, see Attention Lawyers! Take Action! We are in the Midst of Medical Martial Law. Our Human Rights Are Being Trampled Upon and Millions Harmed by Illegal lockdowns. Plus Hundreds of Thousands are Killed/Harmed by Illegal Vaccines. Disaster Amidst a Fake Health Emergency in the Philippines.].
We must not forget that these vaccines are still in the experimental stage and reports of injury continue to be received. The "small" number of adverse events and deaths in the Philippines is not because the vaccines are safe, but because Filipinos who experience these adverse events do not file reports. Also, we need to remember that the virus is not as deadly as the government and the media want us to believe [see New estimates put COVID infection fatality rate at 0.15%]. Even the "dreaded" Delta variant is not as deadly as they want us to think [see Delta and Other Variants: Fear Appeal for Permanent Lockdowns, Killer Vaccines. Strengthening Natural Immunity the Way Out.]
Vaccines cannot guarantee ones' safety from the disease, nor does it have a significant effect on mortality as the press has been parroting [see COVID Case fatality rate has been stagnant since November 2020]. Is Rep. Barzaga aware of any of these facts? Will he stand to gain from his oppressive bill? If he is acting in the interest of citizens of this country, then he should check the facts first, before making such useless proposals.
Previous Finland study shows vaccines, universal masking, useless against Delta variant
Next Vaccines may turn out to be deadlier than COVID
Mandatory Masking
DepEd allows optional wearing of face masks in classrooms
Philippines Institutes Voluntary Masking In Most Settings
DOLE: Masking in workplaces no longer mandatory

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ROBERT HURST III, JAZZ BASSIST EXTRAORDINAIRE RELEASES NEW CD
(Published: September 05, 2010)
©2010 Bebob Records
Robert Hurst III, jazz bassist extraordinaire, returns triumphant to the CD scene with his newest release, Bob Ya Head, on the Bebob Records label. Joining Hurst on the 2010 release are Marcus Belgrave- trumpet, Vincent Bowens- tenor sax, Scott Kinsey- keyboards, Darryl "Munyungo" Jackson- percussion and Karriem Riggins on drums. Sy Smith's vocals grace the album with lyrics by Robert himself. Bob Ya Head was recorded at Bebob Music Studios in Calabasas, California, Track Records Studio in North Hollywood, CA. and Studio-A Recording in Dearborn, Michigan, near where Hurst resides as an Associate Professor of Music with Tenure at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
You may recognize Robert Hurst as the bassist in the house band of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for eight seasons, from 1992 to 1999. His work in performing, directing, arranging, and composing on the NBC program were highlighted with Emmy Awards in 1995, 1996, 1997 & 1999. Hurst has performed with a truly dizzying array of acclaimed artists; from Beyonce to Barbara Streisand, from Garth Brooks and Willie Nelson to Dr. Dre, from Wynton and Branford Marsalis to John Lee Hooker and Buddy Guy, from Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock to Dave Brubeck, Pharaoh Sanders, Chris Botti and Diana Krall.
In addition to composing the music on Bob Ya Head (with input on two selections by renowned percussionist Munyungo Jackson) Hurst, a six-time Grammy winner, also produced this record. Just as important to Robert as his compositional, production and playing duties is his ongoing commitment to education.
During the 80's, Hurst's ascension was already being tracked as a recipient of the National Endowment of the Arts Presidential Scholarship Award (a coveted award recognizing the very best high school graduates in the Arts). The formally educated Hurst has been actively involved in teaching and promoting music education, entertainment industry protocol, and Jazz history fundamentals for most of his career. He has conducted multiple Master's classes at: the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, the Julliard School of Music, California State University at Northridge and the Stanford Jazz Workshop & Festival. It is obvious that Hurst loves teaching and recognizes the importance and rewards of giving back to young people. Robert works daily to convey the wisdom and life experience gleaned from a life on the road as a performer in his current post at the University of Michigan's School of Music, Theatre & Dance.
Bob Ya Head comprises thirteen tracks including: - Obama Victory Dance / Optimism / X Static / Comes You Comes Love / Forty Four / Da- Da- Da -Dah, / Munyungo in the Jungle / Oral Roberto / Alice & John / Unintellectual Property / When Drums Stop.
Release date is set for September 3, 2010 on The Bebob Records Label. For further information please visit: www.roberthurst.com and to purchase: www.cdbaby.com/cd/Robert Hurst.
Click here to streamline tracks from "Bob Ya Head" by Robert Hurst
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Sofoklis Schortsanitis (, * 22. Juni 1985 in Tiko, Kamerun) ist ein ehemaliger griechischer Basketballnationalspieler, Sohn eines griechischen Vaters und einer kamerunischen Mutter.

Karriere
Der 208 Zentimeter große Center wurde in der Nachwuchsmannschaft von Iraklis Thessaloniki zum Basketballer ausgebildet, 2000 gab er seinen Einstand in Iraklis' Erstligamannschaft.

Er war griechischer Juniorennationalspieler und zeigte im Jugendalter auf internationaler Ebene teils überragende Leistungen: Bei der U18-Europameisterschaft 2002 verbuchte er im Schnitt 19,9 Punkte sowie 8,9 Rebounds pro Begegnung, bei der Junioren-Weltmeisterschaft 2003 erreichte der Innenspieler Mittelwerte von 18,1 Punkten sowie 9,8 Rebounds je Partie. Die Los Angeles Clippers sicherten sich 2003 beim NBA-Draftverfahren an 34. Stelle die Rechte am Griechen, der jedoch nie in die nordamerikanische Liga wechselte.

Seine besten statistischen Werte in der EuroLeague verzeichnete er 2002/03 mit Iraklis (11,5 Punkte, 6,2 Rebounds/Spiel) sowie 2010/11 mit Maccabi Tel Aviv (11,8 Punkte, 4,9 Rebounds/Spiel).

2009 spielte Schortsanitis in einem Vorbereitungsspiel mit Olympiakos Piräus gegen die NBA-Mannschaft Cleveland Cavaliers. In dieser Partie kam es auf dem Spielfeld zum Aufeinandertreffen zwischen dem Griechen und Shaquille O'Neal. In Anlehnung an den riesenhaften US-Amerikaner hatte Schortsanitis den Spitznamen "Baby Shaq" erhalten. Schortsanitis erzielte vier und O'Neal zwölf Punkte.

2014 gewann er mit Tel Aviv zum einzigen Mal in seiner Laufbahn den wichtigsten europäischen Vereinswettbewerb, im Endspiel gegen Real Madrid erzielte Schortsanitis neun Punkte in zehn Minuten Einsatzzeit.

Schortsanitis unterstützte seinen Landsmann Giannis Antetokounmpo und dessen Familie. Als Antetokounmpo 15 Jahre alt war, trainierte er im Sommer gemeinsam mit dem Jugendlichen und half dessen Vater bei der Suche nach einer Arbeitsstelle. Im Dezember 2020 gab Schortsanitis das Ende seiner Leistungssportlaufbahn bekannt.

Nationalmannschaft
Mit der griechischen Nationalmannschaft wurde er 2006 Vize-Weltmeister. Seine Leistung im Halbfinale des Turniers im Spiel gegen die Vereinigten Staaten machte ihn bekannt: Der 156 Kilogramm schwere Schortsanitis erzielte gegen die US-Amerikaner mit Größen wie LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony und Dwight Howard in 17 Einsatzminuten 14 Punkte und zog mit Griechenland ins Endspiel ein. Dort brachte es der griechische Innenspieler auf lediglich zwei Punkte. Eine ebenfalls denkwürdige Leistung lieferte Schortsanitis bei der Europameisterschaft 2009 im Spiel um den dritten Platz ab, als er zum 57:56-Sieg seiner Mannschaft gegen Slowenien als bester Korbschütze 23 Punkte beitrug. Bei der WM 2010 war er mit 12 Punkten je Begegnung zweitbester Korbjäger der Griechen, verpasste aber die ersten beiden WM-Spiele wegen einer Sperre, nachdem er in seinem Vorbereitungsspiel gegen Serbien in Handgreiflichkeiten verwickelt gewesen war.

Erfolge
 EuroLeague-Sieger als Triple Crown: 2014
 Israelischer Meister: 2011, 2012, 2014
 Griechischer Meister: 2013
 Griechischer Pokalsieger: 2010, 2013
 Israelischer Pokalsieger:  2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
 Israelischer League Cup: 2013
 Adriatic League: 2012
 Stanković Cup: 2006
 Silbermedaille bei der Weltmeisterschaft 2006
 Bronzemedaille bei der Europameisterschaft 2009
 Bronzemedaille bei der U18-Europameisterschaft 2002
 Bronzemedaille bei der U18-Weltmeisterschaft 2001

Olympia-, WM- und EM-Teilnahmen
 Europameisterschaft 2009
 Weltmeisterschaft 2006
 Weltmeisterschaft 2010
 Olympische Spiele 2008
 U18-Europameisterschaft 2002
 U18-Weltmeisterschaft 2003
 U16-Europameisterschaft 2001

Auszeichnungen
 Teilnahmen am griechischen All Star Game: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2020
 Teilnahmen am israelischen All Star Game: 2011
 All-Euroleague First Team: 2011
 MVP des griechischen All Star Games: 2006

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 2008
Basketballnationalspieler (Griechenland)
Mitglied der ESAKE Hall of Fame
Basketballspieler (Iraklis Thessaloniki)
Basketballspieler (Aris Thessaloniki)
Basketballspieler (Olympiakos Piräus)
Basketballspieler (Panathinaikos Athen)
Basketballspieler (PAOK Thessaloniki)
Olympiateilnehmer (Griechenland)
Israelischer Meister (Basketball)
Griechischer Meister (Basketball)
Mann
Geboren 1985
Grieche
Basketballspieler (Pallacanestro Cantù)
Basketballspieler (KK Roter Stern Belgrad)
Basketballspieler (Maccabi Tel Aviv)


Patriot is using Smore newsletters to spread the word online.
Rehearsals Monday and Tuesday are FULL DRESS REHEARSALS (mandatory for all cast, crew & pit). We will try to end by 7 pm, but please be prepared to be flexible with times. Wednesday is the Seniors Show, beginning @3:30 pm. Thursday is an "as needed" rehearsal date. (Please do not make plans for Thursday!) The schedule for the week is detailed below (including call times for this weekend.) If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Mrs. Eisenberg at patriot_players@cbsd.org. Thank you!!!
2:45 pm - @7:00 pm. We will certainly try to end as soon as possible! Bring water and healthy snacks for yourself. (Please NO candy, thank you!) Also listed below are call times for performance days!
Tickets on sale at lunches next week! Help spread the word...almost sold out!!!
Please save the date!! We will be attending the Bucks County Playhouse Student Theatre Festival AGAIN on Friday, April 10, 2015 (all day!) We will be able to attend theatre workshops, perform numbers from Peter Pan and Anything Goes and be adjudicated by theatre professionals. Tentative PRACTICE DATES for the event are Wednesday & Thursday, April 8 & 9, 2:45 - 5 pm.
See note below from Producer, Lydia Fichtman.
See note below from Director, Sasha Eisenberg.


Highlights: The Grand Ballroom was the perfect canvas for our fall palette of brown, yellow, and black for Emma's Bat Mitzvah at Oheka Castle. Floral and custom fabricated, black silk lampshades draped in crystal graced three 70' long tablescapes. Cirque performers appointed throughout the grounds added a element of surprise. Guests transitioned to the grand ballroom after dinner for an all out dance-party.
Cinematography: Millimeter Photography, Flowers: Tantawan Bloom, DJ: Hank Lane, Lighting + Pipe & Drape: NY Lounge Decor. Linens: The Finishing Touch, Photography: Millimeter Photography, Rentals: Party Rental Ltd.


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Avengers: Infinity War Monday (4th Day) Collection Report. Gone Nuts.
Avengers: Infinity War has simply gone nuts on Monday (4th day) at Indian Box Office. Film has not only hold well on start of weekday but has shown extra-ordinary hold from Friday. Drop from Friday is just around 35% which is mindboggling. Just imagine Friday business was in excess of 30 crores. Hence, even a 50% drop would have been nice.
Avengers has collected an approx 20-20.5 crore nett for Day 4 as per estimates. Thus, film total business currently stands at approx 114.3-114.8 crore nett. Film is simply unstoppable right now. Avengers will enjoy May day Holiday on Tuesday (5th day) and expect business to be in the region of 25 crore mark or even more.
Avengers first week business is certain to touch or cross 170 crore mark. Film is almost certain to cross 200 crore in India now. In fact film has a great chance to even cross 250 crore in India and may be even touch 300 crores. This is simply insane. No other Hollywood film has ever touched 200 crore, forget 300.
Friday -> 31.3 crore nett.
Saturday -> 30.5 crore nett.
Monday -> 20.5 crore nett (est).
Total -> 114.8 crore nett (approx).
Thanos Beats Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and all others!
LMAO! THAT sound when u know bwood don't hv answers to their misery. Hope 2.0 would bring some pride. Last year Bahubali raped them but that anyway was an Indian film and this year Hollywood PEE on em. Hahahaa toomuch fun. Keep making the same products expecting different result.


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A crowdfunding campaign has launched for Chroma Chrono, a hotshoe-mount LED flash claiming to be the "world's first programmable multi-colour camera flash".
Sporting a high-powered LED, the Chroma Chrono can be controlled remotely from a smartphone, tablet or desktop computer, allowing the user to adjust the colour and duration of the light. You can control up to ten different Chrono units at once.
It is made out of aluminium and runs from three AA batteries. Though a 'flash' in name, the developers are keen to emphasise its capabilities for long-exposure photography.
Rather than have a dedicated app for each platform, the Chroma Chrono has a web interface, controlled over local WiFi. This makes it possible to use the flash with any kind of laptop or mobile device.
The product has been devised by Pecelec Studio, a UK-based electronics company, who hope to raise £15,000 by the end of September 2018. The Chroma Chrono is £140 to backers, with an estimated delivery date of February 2019. Visit the Kickstarter campaign page for more information.
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Phoenix Commons Breaks Ground on Bay Area's First Senior Cohousing Project in Oakland California
OAKLAND, CA - The Bay Area's first senior cohousing community, Phoenix Commons, broke ground on its 41-unit project along the Oakland/Alameda Estuary during a ceremony that included future residents, cohousing advocates and Oakland city leaders.
The groundbreaking celebration took place on Jan. 9 at the future site of Phoenix Commons, a cooperative lifestyle community for senior living that uses cohousing principals to create a sustainable, active lifestyle for older adults.
"Phoenix Commons is an innovative, collaborative and environmentally sustainable senior community where, together, residents will have control over their own futures," said Lauren Zimmerman-Cook, chief financial officer of Elder Village Development, which is spearheading the project. "This is more than just a building – it truly is a community where people can come together to create the kind of lives in retirement that they've always dreamed of."
Since 1990, Elder Village Development has designed and developed several highly regarded skilled nursing and assisted living communities in the Bay Area.
Phoenix Commons will be located at 340 29th Ave., on the waterfront of the Oakland/Alameda Estuary in the eclectic Jingletown neighborhood. The building will contain 7,000 square feet of communal living space and will feature large glass doors that lead to the waterfront patio and adjacent boardwalk that runs along the waterfront.
Additional community spaces are available that can be used for a spa or therapy and fitness activities. Depending on the resident community's interests and needs, more spaces can be adapted for such uses as an art studio, workshop, library, theater/media room, conference room or playroom for grandchildren. The property has an emphasis on using eco-friendly technology and green design, such as solar panels, recycling water and vegetation screens to help regulate indoor temperature, and incorporates the principle of universal design for ideal accessibility.
Alongside Zimmerman-Cook, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Oakland City Councilmember Noel Gallo, Alameda Elder Communities CEO Christian Zimmerman and project architect Jeff Zimmerman gathered together during the event with future residents, cohousing advocates and supporters to celebrate the start of the project's construction phase, which is expected to be complete in early 2015.
Councilmember Gallo praised the project as being an important part of what is fast becoming one of the most attractive areas of Oakland and said he was excited to welcome the new residents to his district. Mayor Quan lauded the project's role in helping to re-energize Oakland's waterfront areas and bringing critically important senior housing opportunities to the city.
Cohousing communities, like Phoenix Commons, are a type of collaborative housing in which residents actively participate in the design and operation of the community. The physical design of Phoenix Commons is intended to encourage both social connection and individual space. Private homes contain all the features of conventional homes, but residents also have access to extensive common facilities. The cost of some meals, transportation, future care, community maintenance and other administrative and operational duties are shared among community members. Unlike traditional senior living communities, cohousing residents decide together the amenities and services they want and need.
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Q: Localhost subdomain on XP Pro IIS? Is there a way to setup subdomains udner Xp Pro IIS for something like test.localhost
Can it be done via IIS or the hosts file?  Need to do a tets on a site that uses pathign back to the root so having the site ina virtual directory like localhost/test causes issues.

A: As you're probably well aware that out of the box IIS 5.1 only supports one web site. What you can do is use the adsutil.vbs tool to create a second site in IIS 5.1 and configure it to use that.
The following article explains the process:

IIS: Creating Multiple Web Sites within IIS on Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional

There's even a GUI widget to make life easy:

http://www.firstserved.net/support/downloads

So in a nutshell:

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*Add a host header for
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address above

A: Easiest way is to just switch the document root of the lone site you already have to the different folder with the target site. Then you can switch it back when done.
If you are building stuff in virtual directories off the root, this shouldn't even effect any ongoing projects.
I seem to recall there was a tool which did this for you, but I've forgotten it's name and coordinates.

A: Create a new website in IIS. The host header value should be your subdomain like "sub.localhost", and then add the domain to your hosts file.

A: open with notepad the file c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc
and add this line:
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AT&T will make three additional contributions every week of September to The Hidden Genius Project, Art Works for Change and Black Girls Code. Each week, AT&T will highlight a "September Giving" awardee and their efforts empowering students on Twitter using the hashtag #SeptGivingOAK. Organizations and programs benefiting from "September Giving, " the first of which included the Peralta Colleges Foundation gift of $35,000. Kevin Kosik, Executive Director of the Peralta Colleges Foundation, pictured, accepted the check from AT&T.
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So snarls murderous outlaw Frank Griffin in the monologue that gives Godless, the new seven-episode Netflix miniseries premiering on November 22nd, its title. Leading a pack of marauders out to terrorize and slaughter every man, woman, and child that crosses their path, he's not merely a creature of the American West in the 1880s. Griffin is some otherworldly manifestation of it, a reminder that anyone who ventures into this borderless, lawless country can expect none of the mercies of civilization. (Think Cormac McCarthy's "The Judge" from Blood Meridian, only a tad less ornery.) "Same God that made you and me also made a rattlesnake," he continues. Don't expect to live long. And don't expect your fate to be sensible or just.
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The fact that writer-director Scott Frank has tapped perennial nice guy Jeff Daniels for the role of the larger-than-life bad guy only increases the sense of danger; not since Henry Fonda was cast as the blue-eyed menace in Once Upon a Time in the West has an actor so savagely upended his image. But from the pre-credits sequence in the very first episode, which ends with the harrowing image of a small boy hanging by the neck over the train tracks, it's clear that while this man may be evil, he's not exactly wrong. And to hear the show's creator talk about Godless's view of our frontier nation, with its unforgiving landscape and predatory claims, you'd think there's
little separation between his view and that of his villain.
"You were well and truly alone out there," says Frank. "If you believe that God will save you or that God is looking out for you, you're doomed. The only way you'll survive is to count on yourself. I think there's truth in that, in terms of surviving the Old West."
After spending the Nineties as one of Hollywood's most sought-after screenwriters, with credits that included Dead Again, Out of Sight and Get Shorty, Frank conceived of Godless in the early 2000s as a project for Steven Soderbergh. The director balked at the idea – "I don't know how to photograph horses," he recalls Soderbergh saying – and Frank's interest in directing it himself met resistance from studio executives. They were reluctant to make Westerns, and doubly reluctant to trust a first-time filmmaker.
So Frank filed away the feature-length version of the script and moved onto other projects, before finally going behind the camera for the 2007 thriller The Lookout (which featured Daniels in a supporting role) and the 2014 Liam Neeson vehicle A Walk Among the Tombstones. After Soderbergh made The Knick for Cinemax, he encouraged Frank to expand the script and bring it to television. "What had taken 13 or 14 years to get anywhere as a feature took about a week to get set up as a [TV] miniseries," he says.
For as much as Griffin's prophecy hang over the show, Godless expands in many different directions over its seven-episode sprawl, a few of which top out at 70-75 minutes long. Frank talks about poring over history books and novels to get an authentic feel for the American West, but as a genre specialists, he rattles off an endless series of cinematic touchstones, too. Like Rio Bravo, the show is about local jailers having to protect the gunslinger they've arrested from an outside attack – only here the sheriff (Scoot McNairy) wanders out of town and the inmate (Jack O'Connell) is sheltered by a woman (Michelle Dockery) who springs him to work on her ranch. And like McCabe and Mrs. Miller, the fate of a mining town falls to the encroaching forces of big business and its well-armed agents.
The big hook of the show, however, reveals another, more optimistic truth about the Old West as a land of possibility and reinvention. Much of the action takes place in the literal no-man's-land of La Belle, a town run almost entirely by women courtesy of a silver-mine collapse that killed off their husbands. Two years later, they're approached by arrogant businessmen who promise to revive the mine, bringing money and men back into town, but the late mayor's feisty widow Mary Agnes isn't eager to concede. She wears her dead husband's clothes. She's sleeping with a former prostitute. She's devastatingly quick on the draw.
And she's played with scene-stealing ferocity and wit by Merritt Wever, the Emmy-winning actress from Nurse Jackie (see her Joe Pesci-esque acceptance speech) and the sixth season of The Walking Dead. "I think that she sees the women in the town are in this unique opportunity to make the town financially viable without sacrificing this chance they have at economic independence," she says. "That's a big deal for her. And I think she's pretty pissed off and feels pretty betrayed that the other women in the town don't see it that way, or don't realize what an opportunity that is."
Though Godless was conceived over 15 years ago, it happens to come out at a time when stories of sexual misconduct from Hollywood to Capital Hill have exposed the abuses of men in power. A Western about a town run by women would seem to hit the culture in stride, but Frank has mixed feelings about the comparisons. "People are saying, 'Won't that be good for the marketing of it?'" he notes. "And it makes me a little uncomfortable, because I feel like it cheapens what's happening now …and it also makes you look at this story in slightly different terms."
"I never fancied myself any sort of feminist spokesman or storytelling because I don't think I can be," Frank adds. "I'm a man with all my flaws, and made all the mistakes one could make. I felt like what I could do is honor these women I was reading about, who seemed really interesting to me – these characters no one had ever told stories about."
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The lunar dust plus some tiny rocks that Armstrong also collected are worth an estimated $2 million to $4 million.
NEW YORK — Moon dust collected by Neil Armstrong during the first lunar landing is being sold at a New York auction.
The lunar dust plus some tiny rocks that Armstrong also collected are zipped up in a small bag and are worth an estimated $2 million to $4 million.
They're just some of the items linked to space travel that Sotheby's is auctioning off to mark the 48th anniversary of the first lunar landing on July 20.
Armstrong's snapshot of fellow Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the moon could go for up to $4,000. Also on the block, is a documented flight plan that astronauts used to return to Earth.
Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. He died in 2012 in Ohio.


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Lim + Lu is an award-winning inter-disciplinary architectural design practice initiated in New York City, currently based in Hong Kong. Lim + Lu works internationally providing architecture, interior, branding, furniture, and product design services. Lim + Lu's designs, inspired by familiar images from everyday life, push the trend of individualization by presenting flexibility, practicality, and a breath of fresh air in every project.
Vincent Lim is co-founder and Creative Director of Lim + Lu. He was born and raised in Hong Kong, studied and worked in New York, and currently lives in Hong Kong. He received his Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University's College of Architecture, Art & Planning. He has worked in the offices of Davidclovers Architects, Gravity Partnership, and CL3 Architects in Hong Kong, as well as Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates in New York City.
Elaine Lu is co-founder and Managing Director of Lim + Lu. She was born in China, raised in Atlanta, studied and worked in New York, and currently lives in Hong Kong. She received her Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University's College of Architecture, Art & Planning. She has worked in the offices of Boldsen & Holm Architects in Copenhagen, Denmark, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, and Tiffany & Co. Store Design in New York City.
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Quarry Bay Residence in Hong Kong / Lim + Lu
Hong Kong, 22 January 2019 – Lim + Lu, the New York-founded multidisciplinary design practice, announces the transformation of a 1,200 square feet vacation-like haven that was previously abandoned for over 15 years in Hong Kong's Quarry Bay neighborhood.
Colourliving Showroom Featuring Seven Unique Bathroom Scenarios by Lim + Lu
Colourliving Showroom, a distinctive concept lifestyle store that brings together meticulously selected European home furniture, fittings, and lifestyle products, has tasked Lim + Lu to redesign the sanitary showroom of their flagship store in Hong Kong's Wan Chai district.
Pushcart Furniture Series for Cornell University, New York
Cornell University's College of Architecture, Art and Planning unveils a 12-piece versatile bespoke furniture series designed by Hong Kong renowned architecture office CL3 and award-winning interdisciplinary design studio Lim + Lu for the college's New York studio.
Industrial Warehouse Converted into a Family Home and Creative Workshop Space
The 2600-square-foot property was previously a industrial warehouse space. The clients asked to maintain the rawness of the space while transforming it into a family home and creative workshop space
Happy Valley Residence – a Complete Revamp of a 1,200 sq.ft Apartment in Happy Valley, Hong Kong
Lim + Lu, a New York-based multidisciplinary design practice, has recently announced the complete revamp of the Happy Valley Residence, a 1,200 sq.ft apartment in Hong Kong. From the architect: To revamp a traditional 3-bedroom apartment in an aged residential building in Hong Kong. Lim+Lu's strategy for the task was to challenge the typology of the […]
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SCUM Review
First of all, sorry for my absence, but hey, what better way to come back to writting then to review a game that blew up on Steam, Twitch, Youtube etc. The devs were nice enough to provide me with the game so let's do this.
An open-world, early access survival game with crafting mechanics and zombies… Have we stepped into a time portal back to 2013? Remember Dayz? Yeah, neither do I, that game was a huge success... and then it flopped... badly. Despite being exhausted with that type of experience, SCUM is fantastic. It's still very much an Early Access title but the gameplay is polished, bugs are few and far between and there's a solid foundation here that will only get better. Gameplay-wise, the basics are the same as every other open-world survival on the market: loot and craft your way from zero to hero. The lore and background on the other hand is rather unique. Everyone is a prisoner, thrown into this arena as punishment. Drones fly around and film the prisoners as some sort of sadistic television program for people on the outside. Currently, all the drones do is film you for a while and make you soil yourself in fright, but the developers have hinted at an ominous purpose in the future.
Aside from the reality TV gist of things, the goal is to survive and right now, there's not really an end-game. PvP is enabled so other players can be a serious threat. However, if you're on a fairly unpopulated server, the bigger worries come in the form of zombies. They can be found near every place of interest, whether it's a farmhouse, seaside village or military compound. They're not particularly tricky to take down though, and the simplistic melee combat system means a quick swing with your melee weapon of choice, or your fists, followed by a step back to avoid their counter-attack, should see you winning a war of undead attrition.
The other major threat comes in the form of enormous mechs that patrol military compounds, underground bunkers and the hottest spot on the map; the airfield. They shoot on sight, can spot you from quite a distance and, no matter what you're packing, you'll be dropped in a burst of gunfire. Of course, they defend the areas with the best loot, so if you want to gear up, you're going to need to evade these robotic beasts. Don't think about trying to take them down: in the few days since the game launched, only one group has managed to take one out. It required going into a private server and fiddling with the settings to reduce their damage to zero, followed by about 15 of his community members shooting it non-stop. Taking out these godless killing machines isn't feasible for most players.
While the game has crafting mechanics, they're not quite as central to the experience as you may think. From the get-go you're going to want to find two stones on the ground so you can create a stone knife, followed by chopping up a bush so you can carry an improvised wooden spear. That's largely where the majority of crafting comes in, creating makeshift versions of the tools you don't have yet. You'll always be able to find better versions of your stuff inside buildings and compounds so while it seems intimidating, don't spend too much time pondering what you need to make. Haul yourself to the nearest place of interest instead and hope you don't run into any mechs.
Crafting is very much needed when it comes to cooking food though. You'll find a variety of fruit and vegetables in the wild and in buildings you might stumble upon some crisps or a chocolate bar, but they're nothing compared to roasting multiple skewers of human flesh. As grim as it sounds, becoming a cannibal is the best way to stay satiated – for every zombie you kill, there's multiple limbs you can chop up, put on a skewer and roast over an open fire. Various animals like deer, pigs and horses roam the wild but since they flee from you and zombies eagerly run toward you, one is far easier to harvest than the other.
Characters don't persist across servers which means you can have a lot of different "save files", so to speak, on the go at any one time. Each character you create has their own "fame" ranking, which is essentially a points system. The better you perform with finding gear, crafting tools and killing zombies, the more fame points you'll earn. It's a neat system since fame can be spent on reviving your character if you die – want to respawn next to a squadmate? It'll cost you 100 FP. Not bothered about where you restart? You'll only have to part with 25 FP. If you're tired of the survival aspect, you can spend your hard earned FP on entering Deathmatch games too. We haven't seen any with rewards for winning yet but they offer a great way to get used to the gun mechanics.
Bringing up your inventory will show a few tabs across the top, one of which is "Metabolism". It seems overwhelming at first but there's not much to worry about here. Pay attention to "Sicknesses" under BCU Body Monitor as that tells you whether you need to heal up with bandages or pills. On the right-hand side, try to keep all your nutritional values in the green but none of it actually matters too much. If your health isn't ticking down and you're regularly eating and drinking, you've got nothing to worry about. It's possible to min-max your character by eating a mixed diet, but it's not something we've got to the bottom of yet.
Could this be the first game to teach you to eat right in the real world? As long as it's asking you to barbeque bits of zombies, that's inconclusive.
Eventually though, provided you are keeping yourself satiated, your character will need to urinate and defecate. Yes, you have to do this manually. Your character will tell you on the left side of the screen what they needs and to go to the toilet, you have to hold tab, navigate to the toilet icon then select which action you wish to take. It's crude and unnecessary for the devs to include such a thing, but, in spite of myself, it was pretty funny seeing my prison inmate squatting over a plant and letting loose.
It's alright, as I said before, it's kind of a sadistic reality TV show and you're a part of it, not much to say about that.
SCUM is beautiful, and (since I am from Croatia and the developers are Croatian) the towns and vegetation really reminds me of my country. I mean... it should since the game map is actually in a small part of Croatia.
AUDIO PRESENTATION
Audio is working great, but it still needs some fixes, and believe me, the devs are fixing everything every couple of days.
FINAL SCORE: 9/10
SCUM could very well be the next big thing. It's seen immense growth on Twitch and social media channels in the few days since it launched and for good reason. Despite being in early access, the package you get is solid, albeit a little bare. This is one to watch. Can't wait to see what they are planning for the future.
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Seems to be a nice game, saving Money to get it! :)
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CDC Says Vaping Related Illnesses Linked To Chemical Exposure
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Do you use e-cigarettes or vape marijuana extract? You may want to take note.
Recent mystery pulmonary illnesses across the country are now being attributed to vaping, according to the Center for Disease Control. As of this past Friday, the CDC was reporting 450 cases in 33 states, including five deaths, according to NBC News.
Vitamin E acetate, which is okay if taken as a supplement or spread on the skin, but when vaped into the lungs turns into an oil like substance that may produce recently observed symptoms, like gasping for air.
Health people at looking at all commercially available vaping products, including those that have also been purchased "off the street."
The Maine CDC issued an advisory on August 30th, that there "had been no confirmed cases of vaping-related respiratory illness in Maine", attributed to e-cigarettes, but did ask doctors across the state to report any suspicions.
In New York, the Governor there has advanced the warning to ask the Department of Health in that state to ask people to stop vaping entirely until more is learned.
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Verify that the SPN's are correct for the server that has the Reporting Services database. Many ways to do this, but I like the Kerberos Configuration Manager. The SPN tab should show "Good" for the instance that hosts the database. If not, fix (typically requires domain admin). Don't let them tell you it's working if this doesn't report good!
Impersonate should be set to true in the Reporting Services web.config (Note: there is no IIS for this) on the servers that host the 'reporting services service', which is not always/often the same as the database server that hosts the reporting services database.
Data source should be set to "Windows Authentication". Test it from the reporting services portal page (which means it uses your credentials).


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Bai Juyi (Wade-Giles: Pai Chu-i; ; 772–846), or Bo Juyi (Wade-Giles: Po Chu-i), was a Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. Many of his poems concern his career or observations made as a government official, including as governor of three different provinces. Burton Watson says of Bai Juyi: "he worked to develop a style that was simple and easy to understand, and posterity has requited his efforts by making him one of the most well-loved and widely read of all Chinese poets, both in his native land and in the other countries of the East that participate in the appreciation of Chinese culture. He is also, thanks to the translations and biographical studies by Arthur Waley, one of the most accessible to English readers".Watson, 184. Bai's works were also highly influential in the historical development of Japanese literature.
Bai Juyi was born in 772,in Taiyuan, Shanxi, which was then a few miles from location of the modern city, although he was in Zhengyang, Henan for most of his childhood. His family was poor but scholarly, his father being an Assistant Department Magistrate of the second-class.Waley (1941), 126-27. At the age of ten he was sent away from his family to avoid a war that broke out in the north of China, and went to live with relatives in the area known as Jiangnan, more specifically Xuzhou.
Bai Juyi's official career was initially successful. He passed the jinshi examinations in 800.Bai Juyi may have taken up residence in the western capital city of Chang'an, in 801. Not long after this, Bai Juyi formed a long friendship with a scholar Yuan Zhen. Bai Juyi's father died in 804, and the young Bai spent the traditional period of retirement mourning the death of his parent, which he did along the Wei River, near to the capital. 806, the first full year of the reign of Emperor Xianzong of Tang, was the Bai Juyi was appointed to a minor post as a government official, at Zhouzhi, which was not far from Chang'an (and also in Shaanxi province). He was made a member (scholar) of the Hanlin Academy, in 807, and Reminder of the Left from 807 until 815, except when in 811 his mother died, and he spent the traditional three-year mourning period again along the Wei River, before returning to court in the winter of 814, where he held the title of Assistant Secretary to the Prince's Tutor.Waley (1941), 126- 130 It was not a high-ranking position, but nevertheless one which he was soon to lose.
At this time, one of the post-An Lushan warlords (jiedushi), Wu Yuanji in Henan, had seized control of Zhangyi Circuit (centered in Zhumadian), an act for which he sought reconciliation with the imperial government, trying to get an imperial pardon as a necessary prerequisite. Despite the intercession of influential friends, Wu was denied, thus officially putting him in the position of rebellion. Still seeking a pardon, Wu turned to assassination, blaming the Prime Minister (another Wu, Wu Yuanheng) and other officials: the imperial court generally began by dawn, requiring the ministers to rise early in order to attend in a timely manner; and, on July 13, 815, before dawn, the Tang Prime Minister Wu Yuanheng was set to go to the palace for a meeting with Emperor Xianzong. As he left his house, arrows were fired at his retinue. His servants all fled, and the assassins seized Wu Yuanheng and his horse, and then decapitated him, taking his head with them. The assassins also attacked another official who favored the campaign against the rebellious warlords, Pei Du, but was unable to kill him. The people at the capital were shocked and there was turmoil, with officials refusing to leave their personal residences until after dawn.


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A Game-Changer in Syrian War? al-Qaeda-led Factions take Idlib
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) –
The provincial capital Idlib, a city of 165,000 in the old days and administrative center of the northwestern Idlib province, appears to have fallen completely to a Muslim fundamentalist coalition spearheaded by Ahrar al-Sham (Free Men of Syria) and the al-Qaeda affiliate, the Support Front (Jabhat al-Nusra). Most of the Idlib countryside has long been in rebel hands, and some of it was held by pro-Western, relatively secular-minded forces until last fall, when they were preyed upon and defeated by the Support Front, which is loyal to Ayman al-Zawahiri's core al-Qaeda (responsible for the 9/11 attacks).
Although the forces taking Idlib were a coalition of rebel groups, Free Men of Syria, which is known to have been penetrated by al-Qaeda operatives, and the Support Front, which is openly an al-Qaeda affiliate, took the lead. The US Air Force has bombed both groups as a sidebar to its bombing raids against Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) in northern Syria. An attempt by Free Men of Syria and the Support Front to form a broad coalition with Daesh last year failed, in part because Daesh is so predatory and brutal that it targets its allies opportunistically. Also participating were Suqur al-Sham (Syrian Eagles), a fundamentalist group forming part of the Saudi-backed Islamic Front.
The fundamentalist coalition that took Idlib showed tactical discipline according to Al-Hayat. They gradually took Syrian army outposts on the outskirts of the city, gradually moving into its center over five days amid heavy fighting and in the face of regime bombing raids. YouTube video also shows al-Qaeda using American BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles that they likely captured from the American-backed moderate Syrian Revolutionary Front last fall. Saudi monetary support for the Islamic Front factions that took part may also have allowed them to get better equipped.
The Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad repressed peaceful demonstrations in March of 2011 and after in Idlib and has turned the largely Sunni town into a concentration camp. It allegedly committed a massacre of 15 prisoners there just a few days ago. (The regime has tortured at least 10,000 prisoners to death around the country.) Many residents saw themselves as liberated, according to YouTube videos, though non-fundamentalists and Christians were no doubt less sanguine about the future. Some remaining residents are said to be fleeing to the countryside from fear of the fundamentalists or because they know that the genocidal al-Assad regime typically responds to the loss of urban centers and neighborhoods by targeting them for "barrel-bombing." This is the regime practice of indiscriminately dropping barrels of petroleum on them from military aircraft as a form of cheap munitions that nevertheless do a lot of damage. Indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas is a serious war crime in international law.
Aron Lund seems to argue that the fall of Idlib city is not terribly consequential. It was already nestled in the midst of rebel-held territory. The chief strategic danger to al-Assad's forces is that the Sunni fundamentalists could use it as a launching pad to move against the Alawite Shiite populations around Latakia and to attack Latakia port to the west. The latter is important to resupply for the regime, which still controls the roads from the capital of Damascus up to Homs and over to Latakia. So far, however, the regime has managed to hold about two-thirds of the country population-wise, and these advances of rebels have sometimes been reversed, albeit with the help of Lebanon's Shiite militia, Hizbullah. Al-Hayat also mentions the danger that the fall of Idlib could further isolate regime-held areas in the major northern city of Aleppo.
Some Syrian and Western supporters of the rebel forces are annoyed to have it pointed out that Free Men of Syria and the Support Front are extremist fundamentalists or that the latter, which is al-Qaeda, played a leading role in the past week's Idlib campaign. But for those of us in the US who lived through 2001, it is unforgivable that the Support Front pledged fealty to the mass murderer of Americans Ayman al-Zawahiri. That is not to say that al-Assad's forces are preferable. In my own view, it is a shame both cannot lose to some sane group. But the revolution and war have erased sanity from all sides, and the secular or even just non-Salafi rebel forces have been targeted and wiped out by al-Qaeda, Daesh and so forth. Those who support the rebel side should reach out to the Support Front and let them know that until they repudiate al-Qaeda and declare for democracy, they have no cheering sections in the West and they are de facto helping al-Assad by their stance.
Euronews: "Islamist alliance takes Syrian city of Idlib"
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