In the May issue of the Horse Journal, I reviewed air vests, and in the August issue of the Horse Journal, we have a short article on the recall of eight types of Happy Mouth bits sold by English Riding Supply.? Since last week I had a fall that caused me to ponder air vests again, and We've had two of those bits disintegrate, they're this week?s topic.
This spring, I wore a Hit-Air SV-2 air vest in two horse trials and on about a dozen other training days, and I wrote in the May issue and in my May 8 blog that I wouldn?t be continuing to wear either that vest or a Point Two vest. My experience was that, while air vests could become useful safety devices, they have too many functional problems to make them worth $800. they're not fail-safe?there are too many ways a user can accidentally render them useless.
I also think they're functionally impractical. And my experience last week gave me more evidence of that.
As a trainer, I know that I want to get back on the horse and solve the problem right away. I don't want to horse to sit there and stew. You have to solve problems like this right away. So, had I been wearing a Hit-Air or Point Two, my answer would have been to shed the vest, remount, and solve the problem.
I want to emphasize here too the fail-safe performance of the Woofwear Ergo crash vest I was wearing (one of the body protectors I tested in 2009) and of my Charles Owen helmet.
I landed in the ditch, slamming my mid-back against the front riveting and banging my head into the ground as I fell back. I was, as they say in the NFL, ?shaken up on the play.? As I took a moment to get back in the game (and to control my annoyance at myself), I thought I'd end up with a lovely bruise and soreness on my back. But I didn't end up with any bruising or soreness at all. Within an hour I could barely remember that I'd bashed my back. Clearly the Woof vest had done its job and dissipated the impact, as had the Charles Owen jockey?s helmet.
Both of these safety devices had performed in the fail-safe way they were designed?all I'd had to do was put them on and fasten the straps. And as soon as I stood up, they were ready to do their jobs again.
Fortunately, neither my wife, Heather, nor one of our students, needed a crash vest of any kind when the two Happy Mouth bits fell apart. Heather was actually about halfway around a cross-country course in competition when the joint broke. She was wondering why Myster suddenly became rather hard to steer, wondering if some kind of weird injury had befallen him. Then she saw half the bit hanging out of Myster?s mouth, but, since He's short-necked and she has long arms, she could reach down and grab hold of both sides of the noseband to pull him up.
The second malfunction happened while Heather was giving a lesson to a student on our schoolmaster Sam. Suddenly the student couldn?t turn Sam. She easily did a walk transition (Sam responds perfectly to the half-halt with your seat), and Sam walked over to Heather and spat the round roller out into her hand. It was as if this wise old horse was saying, ?Houston, we have a problem.? Quite amusing.
it's a shame these bits have this manufacturing flaw, because we (and our horses) really liked them. I guess we're atypical consumers in that we didn't complain?partly because we couldn?t remember where we'd bought them. Since we got the recall notice a few weeks ago from English Riding Supply, clearly we bought at least one of them there. But we have no receipt to prove it, so we can't get a refund.
I'm thinking perhaps I should try sports goggles. I wonder if I can find them big enough?
Do We Really Need Surveillance Cameras?
Maybe our trusting nature is a mistake?
For us, horses were a family activity, something we enjoyed doing together.
We horse people can do wonders when we're appropriately focused. Once in a while we should probably turn that focus outward.


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I can't imagine working with a better agent - EVER. I know you do what's right for your clients and in these times of craziness it's nice to feel so comfortable working with you. I know you're our agent but we really feel like you looked out for us like a friend. I only hope we're friends after all the dust settles because you're a good person and such people are few and far between.
Best. Greatest. Knowledge above all. Pleasant. Interested. Caring. Professional. Never met a lady like Donna Cox. Donna kept us updated all the time. She was lovely to work with and really was concerned about us and selling our home. She marketed our home professionally and kept our needs as her priority. I have sold many properties but have never met a real estate agent like Donna. I wish I had more homes to sell because I will miss working with her. As a disclosure we have no family relationship with Donna, we just love her. Hire her.
As the saying goes "the proof is in the pudding". My Nyack condo sold for full price in less than 2 months. The handling of my account from listing right through to closing was executed with extreme professionalism and courtesy. Donna Cox exemplifies the term "Realtor". Donna picks up on phrases that you mention regarding the property and incorporates them into the description of the property. The care and detail of the photography contributes greatly to how the property is presented to the market. She could give a course on marketing techniques.
If you are serious about selling your home then Donna Cox is the right agent. As a relocating executive I needed very quick and predictable results. We were in contract within two weeks in an extremely difficult market for sellers. Donna Cox has a strong marketing background and leverages her core knowledge, skills and current market dynamics when marketing homes to sell. My wife (who was a real estate agent for 15 years and has extremely high standards) and I agree that Donna Cox stands far, far above other agents we interviewed. We would highly recommend her to anyone who is serious about buying or selling a home.


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Rev. Raphael Warnock's historic win in Georgia senate race
Early voters make their voices heard
by Layla Garms
The early voting fervor struck East Winston last week, as hundreds of Forsyth County residents flocked to the Mazie Woodruff Center and 14th Street Recreation Center to do their civic duty.
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Timothy Scales stands outside the Fourteenth Street Community Center after voting on Oct. 26.
As of the end of the day on Tuesday, 3,977 and 3,460 residents had cast ballots at the Woodruff Center and 14th Street Recreation Center, respectively. In all, 53,484 residents had taken advantage of the early voting countywide as of Tuesday, according to the Forsyth County Board of Elections.
Richmond, Va. native Georgia Porter was among the thousands who cast their votes at the Woodruff Center on Lansing Drive. Porter, a retired housekeeper, has been registered to vote since 1972. In that time, the great-grandmother of one has never missed the opportunity to cast her vote in a presidential election.
The Carver High School alumna doesn't own a car, but she refused to let that deter her from showing her support for President Obama. She enlisted the support of the Forsyth County Democratic Party, which aided her by providing transportation to the polls last week.
"My son's always working and when he gets off, he's tired, so I wanted to make sure I got my vote in this time," related Porter, who lives just a short drive from the Woodruff Center.
Friday was Porter's first time voting early in an election. The 76-year-old said she voted early in memory of a fellow member at Union Chapel Baptist Church who would not have been able to participate in the 2012 election if not for early voting.
"We had a lady that passed and we were going to honor her by voting early," Porter explained. "It was pretty easy after I got the hang of it. It's been a great experience."
Preston McConnell, a retired R.J. Reynolds electrician, drove Porter to the Woodruff Center. Porter is one of 10 voters McConnell, a registered Democrat, has driven to the polls this election cycle. The city native transported hundreds of voters to the polls in 2008.
"I was out there everyday from six in the morning until the polls closed," related the 68 year-old. "If they call me anytime the polls are open, I'll come and get them."
The grandfather of two, who also participates in voter registration and Get Out the Vote efforts on behalf of the Democratic party, said he lent his support to the initiative because he felt it was important to make sure everyone who wanted to vote was able to do so.
"You've got to get the folks out to vote," he declared. "They've got to vote. We don't want anybody to be discouraged."
McConnell said he has already taken advantage of one-stop voting, and he urges others to do the same. He even volunteered to drive the Mount Zion Baptist Church van on Sunday, transporting fellow members to the Government Center as part of the Souls to the Polls effort.
Organizing for America, President Barack Obama's re-election effort, has been strongly encouraging North Carolina voters to take advantage of one-stop early voting to ensure that they don't miss their chance to vote if unexpected issues arise on Election Day. Early voting sites also allow voters to register on the spot, an option that is not available on Election Day. The president's 2008 campaign benefitted greatly from early voting options, which many say were responsible for tipping the scales in his favor.
Elon University alumnus Dan Stokes and his wife, Carita took advantage of one-stop voting at the 14th Street Recreation Center Friday afternoon. The couple, who have been married 30 years, live on the west side of town, but opted to vote at 14th Street because they had heard the lines were shorter there, explained Dan Stokes, an independent travel consolidator. True to form, the two only had to wait five minutes in line to vote, Mr. Stokes said. He believes the contrary will be true on Nov. 6.
"I think the lines are going to be pretty large on Election Day. I think there's going to be a big turnout," he commented. "…(this) was easy – it was a breeze."
City native Timothy Scales said he also chose early voting in hopes of avoiding long Election Day lines, and he felt it was important to support President Obama.
"He has good values to me … (unlike) the Republicans," commented the 24 year-old. "Where they want to lead the country is not good for young people like myself."
Scales, a history student at Forsyth Tech and a Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center employee, said he isn't sure if the president has garnered the same level of excitement among Scales' peer group as he did in 2008.
"I hope they see that we need another four years, because if it goes back to what the Republicans want, it's not going to be good for us, especially African Americans," he stated. "They want to take away a lot of the advantages that we have, like Pell grants, so it's basically going to make it harder."
Eearly voting numbers still have some ways to go before they top 2008's tally. Four years ago, 78,883 Forsyth County residents voted early. There are still three more days of early voting left, and on Monday, Oct. 29, eight more early voting sites opened, including ones at Winston-Salem State's Anderson Center and the Brown and Douglas Rec Center. On Saturday, Nov. 3, the last day for early voting, the Obama Campaign will host a "Final Dash to Early Vote" cookout in the parking lot of Piney Grove Baptist Church, 4715 Indiana Ave., from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. The church is next door to the Brown and Douglas Rec Center.
Statewide, early voting numbers are on par wit the previous presidential election. As of Tuesday, more than 1.5 million voters had already cast their votes in this election cycle, compared with a total of 2.4 million early voters in 2008, according to the State Board of Elections. Historically, the latter part of the early voting cycle has seen the highest attendance numbers.
Satellite locations Clemmons Library, 3554 Clemmons Road; 14th Street Recreational Center, 2020 NE 14th Street; Kernersville Senior Center/Library, 130 E. Mountain Street; Mazie Woodruff Center, 4905 Lansing Drive; Old Town Recreation Center, 4550 Shattalon Drive; and Southside Library, 3185 Buchanan Street; Brown & Douglas Recreation Center, 4725 Indiana Avenue; Harper Hill Commons Shopping Center, 150 Grant Hill Lane; Lewisville Library, 6490 Shallowford Road; Polo Park Recreation Center, 1850 Polo Road; Rural Hall Library, 7125 Broad Street; Sedge Garden Recreation Center, 401 Robbins Road; Walkertown Library, 2969 Main Street; and Winston-Salem State University's Anderson Center, 800 Price Street;are open Thursday – Saturday (Nov. 1-3) 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. The polls will be open on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. For more information, visit HYPERLINK "http://www.fcvotes.com" www.fcvotes.com or call 336-703-2800.
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Arctic Bootcamp Blitz, a funny slalom racing game with the penguins of Madagascar.
Play Online Penguin Game "Arctic Bootcamp Blitz"
Help the penguins of Madagascar to navigate their icy slalom in one piece!
Choose one of the penguins, Skipper, Rico or Kowalski and try to pass the training course without damage. Collect fish and coins on your way for extra life and points. Use bonus help from your penguins of Madagascar team and avoid hazards.


June 7, 2018. Today KDE released the second stability update for KDE Applications 18.04. This release contains only bugfixes and translation updates, providing a safe and pleasant update for everyone.
About 25 recorded bugfixes include improvements to Kontact, Cantor, Dolphin, Gwenview, KGpg, Kig, Konsole, Lokalize, Okular, among others.
Non-technical contributors are an important part of KDE's success. While proprietary software companies have huge advertising budgets for new software releases, KDE depends on people talking with other people. Even for those who are not software developers, there are many ways to support the KDE Applications 18.04.2 release. Report bugs. Encourage others to join the KDE Community. Or support the nonprofit organization behind the KDE community.
Packages. Some Linux/UNIX OS vendors have kindly provided binary packages of KDE Applications 18.04.2 for some versions of their distribution, and in other cases community volunteers have done so. Additional binary packages, as well as updates to the packages now available, may become available over the coming weeks.
The complete source code for KDE Applications 18.04.2 may be freely downloaded. Instructions on compiling and installing are available from the KDE Applications 18.04.2 Info Page.


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Clubul Sportiv "Magnum" Botoșani, prescurtat CSM Botoșani, este o echipă profesionistă de handbal masculin din municipiul Botoșani, România, care evoluează în Divizia A. Echipa, antrenată de Florin Ciubotariu, a fost înființată în anul 2016 și își desfășoară meciurile de pe teren propriu în Sala Polivalentă "Elisabeta Lipă", care are o capacitate de 1700 de locuri.

Istoric
În 2016, după înființare, CS "Magnum" Botoșani s-a înscris și a participat în Divizia A a campionatului național de handbal masculin. A continuat să evolueze în eșalonul secund până în sezonul 2018/2019, când s-a retras din competiție pe fondul lipsei de buget care o putea menține în Divizia A.

Un an mai târziu, cu un buget crescut și cu câțiva handbaliști importanți în lot (Cristian Adomnicăi, Bogdan Șoldănescu și Florin Ciubotariu), CSM Botoșani revenit în Divizia A, iar la finalul sezonului 2019/2020, încheiat prematur din cauza pandemiei de COVID-19, a reușit să se claseze pe locul al doilea din Seria A. Pe primul loc s-a clasat rivala sa regională, CSU II Suceava. Cu această performanță, echipa din Botoșani a promovat în Liga Națională, unde însă nu s-a putut menține decât un an.

În iulie 2021, CSM Botoșani a fost subiectul mai multor articole de presă, după ce autoritățile locale din Botoșani au decis să îi aloce suma de 1 milion de lei, în dauna altor asociații sportive și echipe din oraș.

Pe 3 ianuarie 2022, CSM Botoșani a anunțat, conform adresei nr. 1/03.01.2022 trimisă Federației Române de Handbal, că din cauza problemelor financiare se retrage din campionat. Potrivit Regulamentului de desfășurare a Diviziei A de handbal masculin sezonul competițional 2021-2022 și a Regulamentului de organizare și desfășurare a competițiilor naționale de handbal contractele încheiate de CSM Botoșani cu sportivii și antrenorii și-au încetat valabilitatea, aceștia putându-se transfera la alte echipe.

CSM Botoșani Junior
Cu ajutorul jucătorilor Florin Ciubotariu și Bogdan Șoldănescu, la Botoșani a luat naștere proiectul CSM Botoșani Junior. În februarie 2021, la categoria juniorilor activau peste 60 de cursanți.

Sponsorizare
Principalii sponsori sunt Primăria Municipiului Botoșani și compania Electroalfa, dar echipa este susținută și de alte firme private.

Mass-media
CSM Botoșani are o pagină oficială de Facebook unde postează noutățile din cadrul echipei și prezintă noi transferuri sau meciuri. În decembrie 2021, clubul a lansat și un nou site web pentru suporteri.

Partidele de pe teren propriu se transmit în direct pe canalul YouTube CSM Botoșani.

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Cupa României
Sfert-finalistă: 2019–20

Ani competiționali
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Lotul de jucători 2021/2022
Conform paginii oficiale a clubului:

Portari
 1  Mihai Nicolaevici
 12  Raul Fîntînă
 23  Teofan Hirghiligiu
   Sergiu Petrula

Extreme stânga
 4  Iulian Roșu
 9  Antonio Pintilei
 20  Marian Ștefan

Extreme dreapta
 19  Oleksandr Starcenko
 22  Ionuț Vamanu

Pivoți
 3  Andi Tofănel
 17  Răzvan Farcaș
 27  Vlad Lazoreac

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Intermediari stânga
 5  Iustin Handrea
 11  Claudiu Lazurca

Centri
 6  Răzvan Lesniuc
 7  Bogdan Cozorici

Intermediari dreapta
 8  Cristian Adomnicăi
 10  Robert Alupoaiei
 31  Mihai Dumitrescu

Conducerea tehnică și administrativă
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 Contul Facebook al CSM Botoșani

Botoșani, CSM
Fondări în 2016 în România
Handbal în Botoșani

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Future of the natural environment after the EU referendum
Contribute to our response to the Environmental Audit Committee's new inquiry.
The Environmental Audit Committee has launched an inquiry into the future of the natural environment in the light of the EU referendum. Issues include the future of funding for biodiversity and agri-environment schemes, the likely changes in the devolved administration, and the role that managed rewilding can play in conservation and restoration.
The Committee has invited submissions on some or all of the questions below:
What are the implications for UK biodiversity of leaving the EU, in particular the Common Agricultural Policy? To what extent do initiatives to support biodiversity in the UK depend on CAP-related payments? What risks and opportunities could developing our own agri-environment policy and funding present?
How should future support for UK agriculture be structured in order to ensure there are incentives for environmentally-friendly land management? What are the positives/negatives of current schemes (e.g. Countryside Stewardship) that should be retained/avoided?
How should future UK agri-environment support be administered, and what outcomes should it focus on?
What are the prospects and challenges for future environmental stewardship schemes in the devolved administrations? How much divergence in policy between the nations of the United Kingdom is likely? How can divergence be managed?
What are the future risks and opportunities to innovative land practices, such as managed rewilding? What role can rewilding play in conservation and restoration of habitats and wildlife? What evidence is there to support the incentivising of such schemes in any new land management policies?
If you would like to contribute to our response, please contact Camilla Morrison-Bell by 5 August with any responses to the questions identified, suggested relevant papers or reports or any additional information. There will be additional opportunities to comment on draft responses.
The Committee is also recruiting a Specialist Advisor for this inquiry with knowledge of EU funding streams for agroecology, biodiversity and environmentally-friendly land use. Expressions of interest are invited by 7 September. Find out more.


how much power can i get out of punching out the cats?
Top Speed for a 2001 A6 2.7T & chipped Top Speeds???????
Question about logging air mass in different temps.
anyone know how many different software versions there are for ko4 kits?
Did some one ever do a Dry Sump setup on 1.8t?
HMM what do you guys think about this kind of a weird idea?
OEM Strut Tower Bar figured out.
SKS still around these parts?
Used AEB, ABA blocks worth anything?
if i had a bazooka, i would shoot ATP right now.
Got the Mod Bug, and some funds... Chip or Suspension first?
Lookie here if you'd like an AWD dyno in the central Ohio area!


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Anti-Semitism appears to have reached its worst levels since World War II, French President Emmanuel Macron told Jewish community leaders on Wednesday as he announced new measures to ban racist groups.
Anti-Semitism appears to have reached its worst levels since World War II, French President Emmanuel Macron told Jewish community leaders on Wednesday, a day after thousands of people took to the streets to denounce hate crimes.
The scourge has grown in recent years "and the situation has got worse in recent weeks," Macron told the annual dinner of the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (CRIF).
"Our country, and for that matter all of Europe and most Western democracies, seems to be facing a resurgence of anti-Semitism unseen since World War II," he added.
Europe's biggest Jewish community is reeling after a string of attacks that have made global headlines.
Macron announced measures including legislation to fight hate speech on the internet, to be introduced by May.
He said he had asked his interior minister to take steps to ban racist or anti-Semitic groups, singling out "for a start" three far-right groups -- Bastion Social, Blood and Honour Hexagone and Combat 18 -- which he said "fuel hatred, promote discrimination or call for violence".
Crif chairman Francis Kalifat (CL) arrives with French President Emmanuel Macron (C) and his wife Brigitte Macron (CR) for the 34th annual dinner of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France.
He also vowed that France would recognise anti-Zionism as a form of anti-Semitism.
Macron earlier balked at a call by a lawmaker in his Republic on the Move party to criminalise anti-Zionist statements, which criticise the movement that established Israel as a home for Jews.
On a visit Tuesday to a cemetery in the Alsace region, near Germany, where 96 Jewish tombstones were daubed with swastikas, Macron promised: "We shall act, we shall pass laws, we shall punish."
Also Tuesday, thousands of people, some carrying banners proclaiming "That's enough", held a rally in Paris to denounce anti-Semitism -- one of around 70 protests staged nationwide.
Macron and his government have linked the appearance of swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti on artworks, shopfronts and headstones to far-right and
far-left elements within the "yellow vest" protest movement.
'France is ours'
A protester caught on video hurling abuse at Jewish writer and philosopher Alain Finkielkraut during a "yellow vest" demonstration in Paris last weekend was taken into custody Tuesday in the eastern city of Mulhouse, authorities said.
Police confirmed the suspect, who has been named in French media as telephone salesman Benjamin W., was the bearded man seen on video calling 69-year-old Finkielkraut a "dirty Zionist" and telling him "France is ours" after the philosopher ran into demonstrators on the street.
Police sources described the 36-year-old suspect as a small-time delinquent with ties to ultra-conservative Muslim groups.
He was one of the most vocal members of a group that jeered Finkielkraut and called him a "racist", apparently referring to his past warnings about what he sees as the failure of Muslim immigrants to integrate into French society.
The incident caused outrage both in France and abroad, with Israel's Immigration Minister Yoav Gallant urging French Jews to "come home" to Israel for their safety.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin voiced support for Macron and Finkielkraut, calling the anti-Semitic incidents an "affront" to France.
Earlier Wednesday, Rivlin spoke with Finkielkraut to express his solidarity over the "wicked and hurtful attack."
"I heard that the demonstrators told you to go back to Tel Aviv. I am sure you know that Tel Aviv is a wonderful place but be in no doubt that every Jew, and every person, has the right to choose wherever they live", said Rivlin, who also wrote to Macron to thank him for visiting the Jewish cemetery.
Also on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by telephone with Macron, the Israeli leader's office said.
Focus on anti-Zionism
Several officials have accused radical "yellow vest" of fomenting a climate of hatred.
The anti-government protests began three months ago over fuel taxes but quickly grew into a broader anti-establishment, anti-capitalist rebellion, with some demonstrators using anti-Semitic slurs to denigrate Macron, a former Rothschild investment banker.
The number of anti-Jewish crimes rose 74 percent last year.
Anti-Semitism has a long history in France where society was deeply split at the end of the 19th century by the Alfred Dreyfus affair over a Jewish army captain wrongly convicted of treason.
During World War II, the French Vichy government collaborated with Germany notably in the deportation of Jews to death camps.
Traditionally associated with the far right, anti-Semitism has become ingrained in the high-rise French housing estates that house many members of France's Muslim community, Europe's largest.
Jews have been targeted in several attacks by French jihadists in recent years.
But the proliferation of anti-Semitic graffiti is seen as a new trend.
In recent days, the word "Juden" was spray-painted on the window of a Paris bagel bakery and swastikas were daubed on postbox portraits of late French Holocaust survivor and women's rights icon Simone Veil.


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Allied submarines were used extensively during the Pacific War and were a key contributor to the defeat of the Empire of Japan.

During the war, submarines of the United States Navy were responsible for 56% of Japan's merchant marine losses; other Allied navies added to the toll. The war against shipping was the single most decisive factor in the collapse of the Japanese economy. Allied submarines also sank a large number of Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) troop transports, killing many thousands of Japanese soldiers and hampering the deployment of IJA reinforcements during the battles on the Pacific islands.

They also conducted reconnaissance patrols, landed special forces and guerrilla troops and performed search and rescue tasks.  The majority of the submarines involved were from the U.S. Navy, with the British Royal Navy committing the second largest number of boats and the Royal Netherlands Navy contributing smaller numbers of boats.

The Allied submarine campaign is one of the least-publicized feats in military history, in large part because of the efforts of Allied governments to ensure their own submarines' actions were not reported in the media. The U.S. Navy adopted an official policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, and it appears the policy was executed without the knowledge or prior consent of the government. The London Naval Treaty, to which the U.S. was signatory, required submarines to abide by prize rules (commonly known as "cruiser rules"). It did not prohibit arming merchantmen, but arming them, or having them report contact with submarines (or raiders), made them de facto naval auxiliaries and removed the protection of the cruiser rules. This made restrictions on submarines effectively moot.

A major reason why the U.S. submarine campaign is little known is the defective Mark 14 and Mark 15 torpedoes.  They were mass produced without adequate testing during development, leaving four major engineering faults and only a 20% success rate from December 1941 to late 1943.  For those two years U.S. submarines struggled to sink any Japanese warships or merchant ships.  For example, during the 1941-42 Philippines campaign the United States Navy's Asiatic Fleet's 23 modern state-of-the-art submarines failed to sink a single Japanese warship even when scoring direct hits, because the torpedoes all failed to explode for myriad reasons.

Background

The U.S. had the largest and most powerful submarine force of all the Allied countries in the Pacific at the outbreak of war. Pre-war U.S. Navy doctrine—like that of all major navies—specified that the main role of submarines was to support the surface fleet by conducting reconnaissance and attacking large enemy warships. Merchant ships were regarded as secondary targets, and the circumstances in which they could be attacked were greatly limited by prize rules set out in the London Naval Treaty, to which the U.S. was a signatory. The U.S. Navy built large submarines which boasted long range, a relatively fast cruising speed and a heavy armament of torpedoes. United States submarines were better suited for long patrols in the tropics than those of the other major powers due to amenities such as air conditioning (which German U-boats, for instance, lacked) and fresh water distillation units. The submarines' commanders and crewmen were considered elite and enjoyed a strong esprit de corps. On 7 December 1941, the USN had 55 fleet- and 18 medium-sized submarines (S-boats) in the Pacific, 38 submarines elsewhere, and 73 under construction. (By war's end, the U.S. had completed 228 submarines.)

While Britain stationed a force of submarines in the Far East prior to the outbreak of war, no boats were available in December 1941. The British had 15 modern submarines in the Far East in September 1939. These submarines formed part of the China Station and were organised into the 4th Flotilla. Although the number of British submarines in the Far East increased in early 1940 when the 8th Flotilla arrived at Ceylon, both flotillas and all their submarines were withdrawn in mid-1940 to reinforce the Mediterranean Fleet.

The Netherlands also maintained a submarine force in the Far East in order to protect the Netherlands East Indies (NEI). In December 1941, this force comprised 15 boats based at Surabaya, most of which were obsolete.

Strategic implications
Throughout the war, Japan was dependent on sea transport to provide adequate resources, including food, to the home islands and supply its military at garrisons across the Pacific. Before the war, Japan estimated the nation required  of shipping to maintain the domestic economy and military during a major war. At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor Japan's shipping capacity was much greater than that, totaling  of shipping: the Japanese merchant fleet was capable of , and smaller craft were capable of an additional .

At the start of the war, the U.S. submarine fleet was ineffective, for multiple reasons:
 A high proportion of the submarines deployed against the Japanese were obsolete.
 U.S. boats were hampered by defects in their primary weapon, the Mark 14 torpedo.
 Poor training led to an excessive reliance on sonar.
 Skippers were insufficiently aggressive, and they exhibited an undue fear of destroyers' sonar and aircraft.
 Poor dispositions – the fleet were scattered on close surveillance of Japan's major bases.
 Command was divided, which kept submarines out of one of the best hunting areas, the Luzon Strait, for fear of friendly fire.
Despite an awareness that shipping was vital, the Japanese military seriously underestimated the (eventual) threat from Allied submarines. This overconfidence was reinforced by the ineffectiveness of Allied submarines in the early part of the war. Anti-submarine warfare was accorded a low priority and few warships and aircraft were allocated to protecting merchant shipping. Japanese destroyers formed the bulk of convoy protection; they had impressive night fighting capabilities, but had deficiencies in sonar and radar compared to equivalents of other navies. Moreover, Japanese Navy doctrine in relation to commerce defense was very bad.

The size and effectiveness of the Allied submarine force increased greatly during the Pacific War. The U.S. increased production of modern submarines from 1942 onward. The efforts of Admiral Charles A. Lockwood were crucial for the rectification of the Mark 14's problems (which were nevertheless not resolved until September 1943). He also selected more aggressive submarine skippers. Signals intelligence broke the "maru code" in January 1943, after a gaffe by U.S. Customs pre-war had caused Japan to change it, and American aircraft engaged in aerial minelaying in Operation Starvation. As a result of all of these developments, U.S. submarines inflicted devastating losses on Japanese merchant shipping in 1943 and 1944, and by January 1945 had effectively destroyed the Japanese merchant fleet.

Poor torpedoes claimed at least two U.S. submarines out of 48 lost on patrol.

Countering the Japanese offensive

In a break with pre-war doctrine (which, like Japan's, had presumed a rush across the Pacific and a "decisive battle" between battleships), with the London Naval Treaty, and with long-standing U.S. defense of freedom of the seas, U.S. naval commanders in the Pacific were ordered by the U.S. Navy Chief of Staff to "execute unrestricted air and submarine warfare against Japan" on the afternoon of 7 December 1941, six hours after the Japanese attack. This order authorized all U.S. submarines in the Pacific to attack and sink any warship, commercial vessel, or civilian passenger ship flying the Japanese flag, without warning. Thomas C. Hart, commander in chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet, issued the same order at 03:45 Manila time (09:15 in Hawaii, 14:45 in DC) on his own initiative (but knowing U.S. Navy Chief of Operations Harold "Betty" Stark intended to do so).

The Pacific Fleet submarine force had emerged unscathed from the attack on Pearl Harbor and  departed on the fleet's first offensive war patrol on 11 December. The Asiatic Fleet's 27 submarines (including more fleet boats than at Pearl Harbor) also went into action on the first day of U.S. involvement in the war, beginning war patrols in the waters around the Philippines and Indochina. Due to inadequate prewar planning, which made no provision for defensive minelaying, nor for placing submarines on station around the Philippines, nor off enemy harbors, the Asiatic Fleet's efforts to counter the Japanese invasion of the Philippines were unsuccessful and the fleet's surviving submarines were forced to withdraw to Surabaya in the Dutch East Indies (DEI).

British, and U.S. submarines took part in the unsuccessful defense of British Malaya and the DEI in late 1941 and early 1942. In December 1941, five Dutch submarines attacked the Japanese invasion fleet off Malaya. These submarines sank two Japanese merchant ships and damaged four others, but three of the attackers were sunk. The two surviving Dutch submarines were withdrawn to defend the DEI where they were assisted by two British submarines, which had been transferred from the Mediterranean Fleet, and several U.S. boats. The U.S. Asiatic Fleet's submarine force left Surabaya for Fremantle, Western Australia, on 1 March. (They would remain in Australia, on the most hazardous and unproductive stations for U.S. submarines, for the duration.) By this date, the Asiatic Fleet's 27 submarines had sunk 12 Japanese ships for the loss of four U.S. boats. Following the fall of the DEI, only a handful of British and Dutch submarines were based in the Indian Ocean, and these had little impact on Japanese forces in the area.

War of attrition

After the Battle of the Coral Sea, the U.S. Navy detached eight submarines to finish off the damaged aircraft carrier , but she evaded all of them. At the Battle of Midway, although the attack on the battleship  by  had been unsuccessful, it drew the destroyer Arashi temporarily away from the main fleet to drop depth charges, and the destroyer's return was traced by 's VB-6 to the Japanese task force, where the dive bombers promptly set on fire the fleet carriers Akagi and Kaga. Overall in 1942, U.S. submarines had managed to sink the heavy cruiser  and the light cruiser .

As a result of several key improvements the previous year, U.S. submarines inflicted tremendous losses to the heavy units of the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1944. They destroyed the Japanese fleet carriers Shōkaku and  in the Battle of the Philippine Sea, and sank or disabled three Takao-class cruisers at the start of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Also sunk that year were the battleship  (being the only Japanese battleship lost to a submarine), the escort carriers Shin'yō, Taiyō and Un'yō, and the fleet carriers Unryu and Shinano, the latter being the largest vessel ever sunk by a submarine.

From 1943, Allied submarines waged an increasingly effective campaign against Japanese merchant shipping and the IJN. By the end of the war in August 1945, the Japanese merchant marine had less than a quarter of the tonnage it had in December 1941. Overall, U.S. Navy submarines sank around 1,300 Japanese merchant ships, as well as roughly 200 warships. Despite the need to maintain sea lanes for its empire, the Japanese never successfully developed a cost-effective destroyer escort better suited for convoy duties, while it also did not have the industrial might to replace the losses of its heavily armed destroyers, nor of its ill-protected merchantmen.

In 1943, U.S. Congressman Andrew J. May revealed the fact that Japanese depth charges were not set deep enough to destroy U.S. submarines. While it has never been definitively established that May's disclosure actually prompted the Japanese to augment their strategy, Japanese anti-submarine warfare grew in effectiveness, particularly after the debut of radar in the IJN.

British and Dutch submarine operations
The British submarine force in the Far East was greatly expanded from August 1943 onward. The British Eastern Fleet was responsible for submarine operations in the Bay of Bengal, Strait of Malacca as far as Singapore, and the western coast of Sumatra to the Equator. Few large Japanese cargo ships operated in this area, and the British submarines' main targets were small craft operating in inshore waters. The submarines were deployed to conduct reconnaissance, interdict Japanese supplies travelling to Burma, and attack U-boats operating from Penang. The Eastern Fleet's submarine force continued to expand during 1944, and by October 1944 had sunk a cruiser, three submarines, six small naval vessels,  of merchant ships, and nearly 100 small vessels.

The British submarine force expanded its areas of operation in the last months of the war. In late 1944, the 8th Flotilla—with 11 British and Dutch submarines—was transferred to Fremantle and operated in the Java Sea and surrounding areas under the command of the U.S 7th Fleet. The 4th Flotilla and the newly formed 2nd Flotilla remained at Ceylon.

By March 1945, British boats had gained control of the Strait of Malacca, preventing any supplies from reaching the Japanese forces in Burma by sea. By this time, there were few large Japanese ships in the region, and the submarines mainly operated against small ships which they attacked with their deck guns.

In April the 8th Flotilla moved to Subic Bay in the Philippines and the 4th Flotilla replaced it at Fremantle. At this time, there were 38 British and Dutch submarines in the theater, and an additional five boats on their way from Europe. The submarine  torpedoed and sank the heavy cruiser  in the Bangka Strait, taking down some 1,200 Japanese army troops.

Three British submarines were sunk by the Japanese during the war:  , , and  (which was mined).

Merchant shipping losses

Different sources provide varying figures for the size of the Japanese merchant marine and its wartime losses.

Size of the Japanese merchant fleet during World War II (all figures in tons)

Japanese merchant fleet losses during World War II (all figures in tons, taken from JANAC)

One Japanese reference reports 15,518 civilian ships lost. JANAC reports 2,117 Japanese merchant ships lost with a total tonnage of  and 611 IJN ships lost with a total tonnage of .

Attacks on IJA troopships and hell ships
In addition to taking a heavy toll on Japan's merchant shipping, a large number of troopships were also sunk. This resulted in the loss of thousands of Japanese troops, who were being transported to bolster Japan's already declining manpower on land in the final years of the war. Allied submarines sank an estimated 44 Japanese troopships with greater than 1,000 casualties in 33 of them. The threat of submarine attack seriously hampered the ability of the Japanese Army to move troops.

Allied submarines also sank a number of hell ships, which were transporting Allied POWs and rōmusha slave labourers. It is estimated that 10,800 POWs died at sea. Most of these deaths were the result of an Allied submarine attack. Donald L. Miller has estimated the loss of life among POWs was twice that, asserting "approximately 21,000 Allied POWs died at sea, about 19,000 of them killed by friendly fire."

Other duties

Allied submarines served in a range of other duties during the Pacific War. U.S. Navy submarines were often used for surveillance. This included taking photos of areas of interest (such as potential beaches for amphibious landings), and reporting on the movements of IJN warships. U.S. submarines landed and supplied reconnaissance and guerrilla forces and played a role in sustaining the guerrilla movement in the Philippines, at the cost of their diversion from attacks on Japanese commerce.

In late 1944 and 1945 several submarines were fitted with a newly developed FM (frequency modulated) sonar that was intended for detection of submerged mines, first Tinosa and Spadefish, and later Flying Fish, Skate, Bonefish, Crevalle, and Sea Dog. Tinosa surveyed and mapped the minefields around Okinawa prior to the US invasion, and the boats of Operation Barney used the sonar to map and penetrate the minefields of Tsushima Strait prior to operating inside the Sea of Japan.

They also occasionally transported commandos, such as Nautilus and  landing Marine Raiders for an abortive raid on Makin Atoll.

From early 1944 U.S. submarines were also used to rescue the crews of aircraft which had been forced down over the ocean. By the end of the war, submarines had rescued 504 airmen (including George H. W. Bush, who later became the 41st President of the United States).

British and Dutch submarines also landed and supplied special forces troops, rescued airmen, and shelled shore installations on nine occasions.

Britain also deployed a flotilla of midget submarines to the Far East which were used to conduct sabotage raids. The Fourteenth Flotilla, which was equipped with six XE-class submarines, arrived in Australia in April 1945 but was almost disbanded in May as no suitable targets could be found. The Flotilla's fortunes improved in early June, however, when undersea telegraph lines in the South China Sea were identified as being worthwhile targets along with a heavy cruiser at Singapore. On 31 July, XE4 cut the submerged Singapore-Saigon telegraph cable near Cape St. Jacques in French Indochina and XE5 cut the Hong Kong-Saigon cable close to Lamma Island, Hong Kong. At the same time, XE1 and XE3 penetrated the Straits of Johor where they severely damaged the Japanese heavy cruiser  with limpet mines.

Submarine captain Medal of Honor awards

   • Samuel D. Dealey
  •  John P. Cromwell
   • Eugene B. Fluckey
   • Lawson P. Ramage
   • Richard O'Kane
  •  Howard W. Gilmore
  •  George L. Street

Post-war
Allied actions in the Pacific are believed to have been a mitigating factor in reducing the sentence of Großadmiral Karl Dönitz following the Nuremberg Trials, who was accused of similar actions in the Battle of the Atlantic; indeed, Admiral Nimitz provided Dönitz with a statement saying his boats behaved no differently. The official judgment of the International Military Tribunal cited the statement as part of the reason Dönitz's sentence was "not assessed on the ground of his breaches of the international law of submarine warfare."

See also
 Hell ship
 Imperial Japanese Army shipping artillery – Gun crews for Japanese troop transports and defensively equipped merchant ships
 Japanese submarines in the Pacific War
 List of ships sunk by submarines by death toll
 List of most successful American submarines in World War II
 List of lost United States submarines
 Operation Starvation
 United States Submarine Operations in World War II by Theodore Roscoe

Notes

References

Further reading

External links

 Combined Fleet Website
 In the Shadow of the Titanic: Merchant Ships Lost With Greater Fatalities by David L Williams

Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II
United States Navy in the 20th century
Submarine warfare in World War II


As a special release for the 2019 range, the all new Stingray is a dedicated windsurfing foil board with an incredibly easy and fun character. If you thought windsurfing foiling is too technical for you – the Stingray will prove you wrong!
All details of this shape are aimed to make your foiling experience fun from the start. Easy take off, controlled and efficient flight, gentle and forgiving touch-down are all written in the Stingray's job description. It's the board you want to enter the foiling world with and go way beyond.
The Stingray has a foiling-optimized stance and outline and a forgiving scooped nose section with bevelled rails for extremely safe landings. Mounting options for both – 4-Way Track and Tuttle Foil Box – leave you plenty of room to play with all types of foils and make sure your board is ready for the quick evolution in this exciting segment of our sport. The extra long mast track caters for all sail types and sizes.
Lift your fun factor, confidence and skill level to new heights with the Stingray – our hot new Free-Foil Board!
Dedicated foil use only, while the Gecko Foil offers the option of Freeride Windsurfing. The Stingray is more efficient, more comfortable and more forgiving when foiling. It's compatible with most foils and it's the best board you can find for just plain fun Free Foiling!
Free Foiling. The Stingray is more suitable for learning the basics of foiling and the most comfortable and forgiving flight. The Falcon Foil is purely built for performance and to win races!


Chinese online game company ZQgame will cooperate with Shanda to form a joint venture in the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone.
The new joint venture will have registered capital of CNY1 million, with each party investing CNY500,000.
ZQgame said the aim of establishing this joint venture is to use the advantages of the Free Trade Zone to actively distribute their businesses in the Internet and gaming sectors.
The company also revealed that after the press conference, they will launch a new client-based online game developed by ZQgame.
ZQgame was founded as a subsidiary by Powerleader Science & Technology Company. In 2011, ZQGame's first U.S. branch opened in Silicon Valley. At present, the company has over 1,800 employees and 20 studios.


Yes, up to 12 plants and 12 seedlings. All marijuana must be cultivated in one location. All marijuana must be cultivated in one location. Must be stored in an indoor facility.
Non-residential – no more than 10 ounces of usable marijuana, 48 mature marijuana plants, and 48 seedlings.
Residential – no more than 10 ounces of useable marijuana, 24 mature marijuana plants, and 24 seedlings.
Yes, the caregiver must be 21 years of age or older. Primary caregiver may assist no more than 5 qualifying patients with their medical use of marijuana. Patients can appoint no more than one caregiver.
Yes, authorizes a patient with a debilitating medical condition, with a registry identification card (or its equivalent), to engage in the medical use of marijuana. Also authorizes a person to assist with the medical use of marijuana by a patient with a debilitating medical condition.
Thank you, NORML.ORG for this comprehensive look at Rhode Island's cannabis laws.


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Акрил, лак; техника «One stroke»; размер 14,5 х 20 см.; 2011 год.
2011. Chopping Board. Painting on wood. «One stroke» technique. Acrylic paints, acrylic lacquer; dimensions: 14,5 х 20 cm.
Акрил, лак; техника «One stroke»; размер 12 х 33 см.; 2011 год.
2011. Chopping Board. Painting on wood. «One stroke» technique. Acrylic paints, acrylic lacquer; dimensions: 12 х 33 cm.
Акрил, лак; техника «One stroke»; 2011 год.
2011. Chopping Board. Painting on wood. «One stroke» technique. Acrylic paints, acrylic lacquer.


New Year's Eve is passing quickly. The Sorcerers' Privy Councillor Beelzebub Irrwitzer and his aunt, the money witch Tyrannja Vamperl, are running out of time. They have not yet fulfilled their target of evil deeds, and that is not something their boss will be amused about. Jakob the raven and Maurizio the tom-cat witness how the pair of them come up with a satanic plan: With the help of the Notion Potion, the witch and sorcerer could still catch up on their backlog. Maurizio and Jakob have only a few hours left to prevent a disaster.
They are planning to poison rivers, to bring pandemics to the world and to manipulate the climate … Twenty years after it was first published, Michael Ende's magic adventure is more relevant than ever. First and foremost, however, it is a great read full of sparkling humour and adventurous ideas.
'The Night of Wishes' is a witty book that creates a good mood. A "Commedia infernale" with an enjoyably clear construction, and even though it tells us once more about the salvation of the world, it does so cheerfully and with a wink in the eye.
Bibliothek der Süddeutschen Zeitung/Junge Bibliothek Volume 17 (205 S. with Illustrations by Regina Kehn), 2005.
Shortened reading, 2 audio book CDs, DerAudioVerlag 2006. Speaker: Tommi Piper.
3 parts, Karussell 1999. Also available as MC.


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Q: How to insert inline content from one FlowDocument into another? I'm building an application that needs to allow a user to insert text from one RichTextBox at the current caret position in another one.  I spent a lot of time screwing around with the FlowDocument's object model before running across this technique - source and target are both FlowDocuments:
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
{
    TextRange tr = new TextRange(source.ContentStart, source.ContentEnd);
    tr.Save(ms, DataFormats.Xaml);
    ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
    tr = new TextRange(target.CaretPosition, target.CaretPosition);
    tr.Load(ms, DataFormats.Xaml);
}

This works remarkably well.
The only problem I'm having with it now is that it always inserts the source as a new paragraph.  It breaks the current run (or whatever) at the caret, inserts the source, and ends the paragraph.  That's appropriate if the source actually is a paragraph (or more than one paragraph), but not if it's just (say) a line of text.
I think it's likely that the answer to this is going to end up being checking the target to see if it consists entirely of a single block, and if it does, setting the TextRange to point at the beginning and end of the block's content before saving it to the stream.
The entire world of the FlowDocument is a roiling sea of dark mysteries to me.  I can become an expert at it if I have to (per Dostoevsky:  "Man is the animal who can get used to anything."), but if someone has already figured this out and can tell me how to do this it would make my life far easier.

A: Your immediate problem is that you are using TextFormat.Xaml instead of TextFormat.XamlPackage.
The property that controls whether or not lines are merged when documents are combined is the Section.HasTrailingParagraphBreakOnPaste property.  This property is only effective when loading or saving the XamlPackage text format.  When using Xaml text format instead, the property is omitted during Save() and ignored during Load().
So the simple fix is to simply change the Load and Save calls:
tr.Save(ms, DataFormats.XamlPackage);
ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
tr = new TextRange(target.CaretPosition, target.CaretPosition);
tr.Load(ms, DataFormats.XamlPackage);

Note that this also fixes another problem you would eventually run into:  Embedded bitmaps will not be copied properly when using DataFormats.Xaml because there is nowhere to put the image bits.  With DataFormats.XamlPackage an entire package is built so bitmaps and other package items will come across ok.
Once you make this change you may discover another fact that may or may not be an issue for you:  Your sample code uses document.ContentStart and document.ContentEnd.  If this is your actual code you will discover that any range from document.ContentStart to document.ContentEnd necessarily consists of full paragraphs, so copying it will always insert a paragraph break at the end of the insertion.  If this is a problem, use something like RichTextBox.Selection (if this is UI driven) or use TextPointer to back up ContentEnd to before the implicit paragraph mark, for example:
var tr = new TextRange(document.ContentStart,
                       document.ContentEnd.GetInsertionPosition(
                                                  LogicalDirection.Backward));

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With careful selection of variations, Black players can make the O'Kelly work and work well. In fact the O'Kelly was first played by Savielly Tartakower, but it was the repeated adoption of 2...a6 by O'Kelly de Galway after World War Two that gave the variation its name. Club players will enjoy adding the O'Kelly to their repertoire and many opponents will be unfamiliar with the unusual problems that Black is posing.


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"The Space Between" audio version is out!
The audiobook of "The Space Between" is now available for download from audible.com!
It's 4 hours and 13 minutes long (by far the longest audiobook of any of the novellas so far), and it's narrated by Davina Porter, who does the narration for the OUTLANDER audiobooks. I haven't listened to it yet, but I'm really looking forward to it!
You can hear a sample here.
(For those of you outside the US: I have no idea if it's available where you live.)
For more information about "The Space Between", see my FAQ page here.
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Connie said...
Thanks for the tip, Karen! I just downloaded it. And best wishes and prayers for your dad.
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One Enemy, One Battle, and Same Predicament.
During the FeesMustFall at Wits University students went to other campuses to urge for participation. But there is one group that was left to keep the protest into motion. Most of the fire-keepers have passed the 50s, and they are approaching 60s.
It is difficult to comprehend the core reason as to why would a group of above 50s and 60s jump up and down all over the streets with the students, despite the shots of stun grenades and rubber bullets which were fired by the police at the students.
The 2017-FeesMustFall has led to another revelation which has not been heard in the media.
Three cleaners at the University of Witwatersrand finally chose to speak up about their concerns as mothers, and as a class of poorer.
Samuel Gafani ( left), Valencia Nkantsha ( middle) and Thandeka Mbhele ( right).
This is the story of their own predicament as they reflect their own perspective as to why they actively support the FeesMustFall Movement.
"When we try to support the students in their quest for free education, we are told to continue to work," said Samuel Gafani, 60, a cleaner at Wits University.
"Since Mandela came out of prison I have never seen freedom. Our freedom has been taken by other people," Valencia Nkantsha,54, who is also a cleaner a Wits.
"One thing I am asking is that why when democracy came, they said there will be free education but that has never happened," said Thandeka Mbhele, 53, a cleaner at Wits.
Gafani says that the leaders of this country are reluctant to listen to the challenges the poor students are exposed to. He continues to say that if fees are further hiked poor people will never have access to education, and this is amongst the causes that compel people to engage with illegal things.
"Our children are marketing themselves with spades and forks, yet children of the privileged market themselves with University degrees. What is happening within universities is wrong. Our children will never have access to education," said Gafani.
"How will my children enter into university because I do not have money as universities are for those who can afford," he added.
Nkantsha lives in oppression yet in a democratic country. She reveals that previously at Wits they were earning R 2 700, and the students fought on their behalf, that now they are earning R 6 000 per month. She feels like they are owing to the students a favour to support them in their struggle, which becomes reciprocal.
One aspect that makes Nkantsha to live in oppression is that their expenses far exceed their monthly salary meanwhile the government has turned a blind eye to keep the promise which they made before the dawn of democracy, to implement free and accessible education by all.
The majority of those who are in laborious work in many Universities in South Africa were outsourced workers. This has triggered cleaners and others who are the proletariats to embark on strikes early this year as they struggled to pay fees of their children at Universities.
Mbhele says they are insourced because of the students who stood and fought for them. This marks a platonic bond between cleaners and the students who have currently put the country in turmoil.
"We will die for them, and we shall see what the outcome would be," says Mbhele.
Mbhele believes that they are fighting the same battle that had been caused by the same enemy.


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5 REASONS WHY RUSSIA WILL NEVER JOIN NATO
On Sept. 22 in New York, the NATO-Russia Council met for the first time after ties were severed in the aftermath of the Russia-Georgia war of 2008. On the eve of the meeting, Ivo Daalder, U.S. ambassador to NATO, dropped a hint about future NATO membership for Russia. While referring to Article 10 of the alliance's charter, which says NATO membership is open to any European country, he stressed that this article certainly applies to Russia — as long as it meets the alliance's requirements.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, head of a panel working on a new mission statement for NATO, and former NATO Secretary-General George Robertson have also supported the idea of working toward NATO membership for Russia. In addition, Igor Yurgens, head of the liberal Institute for Contemporary Development think tank, has said repeatedly that NATO membership is in Russia's best interests.
Unfortunately, this is all wishful thinking. There are five main reasons why Russia will never become a NATO member.
1. NATO requires that its members have civilian and democratic control over their armed forces. This is a fundamental principal that allows for military integration and inter-operability among members. Although NATO countries have different political systems — some are presidential republics, others are parliamentary — they all have transparent defense budgets and public and legislative oversight over their countries' military affairs. This includes independent investigations into military failures and abuses, parliamentary control over how funds are allocating — or not allocated — for weapons programs and constitutional checks and balances on a leader's ability to send troops to fight in foreign military operations.
In Russia, however, civil control over the military is anathema to the basic principles of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's vertical power structure, which has effectively folded all three branches of power into one huge executive branch. Any autocratic power, by definition, rejects public accountability in all spheres of government — and this is particularly true for its armed forces. In Russia, a lack of public and parliamentary accountability allows the Defense Ministry to cover up the true scope of its inefficiencies, blunders and overall backwardness. In addition, a closed military structure also allows rampant corruption at all levels of the military to continue unchecked. As long as the vertical power structure is in place — whether it be headed by Putin or his successor — there will never be civilian control over the military.
Another reason why Russia will fiercely resist NATO's requirement for transparency in military affairs is that it is hypersensitive about sharing its "military secrets" with NATO — particularly concerning its nuclear forces — even when its so-called secrets are well-known in the West. Nonetheless, a commitment to transparency is a basis for cooperation among NATO members.
2. Russia needs NATO as an "enemy," not as an alliance partner. NATO is seen by conservative and nationalist forces that dominate the defense and security establishment as an inherently anti-Russian alliance. All the talk about NATO's revised strategy and focus on new threats — terrorism, sea piracy, narcotics or cyberattacks — is a sham, we are told. The alliance's real target remains Russia, just as it was during the Cold War. Even Dmitry Rogozin, Russia's envoy to NATO, wrote on Twitter in March that NATO's top brass to this day are developing military strategies and plans aimed against Russia.
This fear was reflected in Russia's latest military strategy, published in February, in which NATO was listed as the country's No.1 danger. Hardened NATO opponents within the political, military and government-controlled media elite are against any cooperation (including joint projects in Afghanistan) with the alliance, which they view as a tool for U.S. imperialist aggression and military expansion — "an iron leviathan that crushes all humanity," as Maxim Shevchenko, host of Channel One's "Sudite Sami" political talk show, described NATO in a September 2009 interview on Ekho Moskvy radio. As soon as Daalder and Yurgens floated the idea of possible NATO membership for Russia, the first thing we heard from many of these opponents was: "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. This is another NATO trick."
3. China. If Russia ever became a NATO member, it would extend the alliance's territory to China, which has a 4,000-kilometer border with Russia. This would upset the tripolar global security balance between NATO, Russia and China, and it would cause China — which is just as suspicious of enemy conspiracy theories as Russia is — to believe that Russia and NATO are joining forces to "contain," or even weaken, China. It is clearly not in the interests of Russia or the United States, which both have deep economic ties with China, to heighten tensions or provoke China, even if Beijing's fears are exaggerated.
Moreover, we are told, the possibility that the United States' or NATO's next reckless military venture will be aimed at China (or Iran) should not be excluded. If this happens, Russia, as a NATO member, would automatically become a target for a Chinese (or Iranian) counterattack. To avoid this scenario, the argument goes, Russia should insist on strict military neutrality from NATO.
4. The Collective Security Treaty Organization. NATO membership would effectively mean the end of the CSTO, which Russia has worked so hard on since its creation in 2002 to compete with NATO for influence in the global security arena. "I believe it [Russia's membership in NATO] is absurd," said CSTO chief Nikolai Bordyuzha on Sept. 16. "What is the sense of NATO membership if Russia has created its own security framework with its allies and this system of collective security functions well?"
Rogozin, for his part, in an April 2009 interview with European-Asian News service, said: "We can handle our security problems independently. … We don't need NATO."
5. Russia's global ambitions. Most important, Russian membership in NATO would all but mean the end of Russia's dream of restoring its former superpower status. By joining NATO, Russia would effectively become "just another large European country" on the same level as Germany, Britain or France — a "sacrilege" for the derzhavniki, or great-power nationalists, who remember when the Soviet Union was larger and more powerful than these three countries combined.
It would also be an admission that Russia is de facto subordinate to the United States in the world's largest and most influential security organization, which is unacceptable even to moderate members of the political and military establishment. Although the Kremlin no longer has messianic ambitions to create a Third Rome or Third International, at the very least it will want to preserve its sovereignty and independence as a regional and global power. That will be impossible to accomplish if it becomes a member of NATO with the United States at the helm of the alliance.
The United States' disingenuous peace feelers to Russia about NATO membership was clearly more PR and provocation than anything else. As President Dmitry Medvedev attends a NATO-Russia Council meeting in Lisbon on Saturday, it would be much better if both sides focus on smaller, more realistic NATO-Russian partnership projects — such as regional missile defense or fighting terrorism together — and forget once and for all about Russia ever becoming a member of NATO.
19 November 2010 The Moscow Times
By Michael Bohm
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Abaarso School nurtures the academic, intellectual and character development of promising Somali students so that they can effectively and ethically advance their society. In seven years of operation, Abaarso has graduated three classes, and over 70 students have been accepted on full scholarship to top universities throughout the world, including Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, MIT, Georgetown, Amherst and Oberlin.
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Takeover of Tayside and Fife-based retailer could bring store closures and job losses
by Rob McLaren
November 25 2020, 11.31am Updated: November 25 2020, 10.10pm
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A woman shops in a near deserted Debenhams store
Up to 60 shops of a fashion chain could close next year under takeover plans.
Debenhams has been in a protected administration since April and has been seeking a buyer since the summer.
It has emerged that JD Sports is in advanced talks to buy the fashion chain, which operates from the Overgate Shopping Centre in Dundee, Perth's High Street and Kingsgate Shopping Centre in Fife.
Jobs at risk
According to reports, JD is thought to be mainly interested in the Debenhams website and may only take on half of the group's 124 outlets.
The possible closures would put thousands of jobs at risk in the group, which employs more than 12,000 staff.
Debenhams in the Overgate Shoping Centre in Dundee.
While the takeover deal could be announced next month, any decisions on store closures is unlikely to come until after the festive period.
Sport Direct founder Mike Ashley also made an offer for the company but it fell short of its owners' hopes.
Retailer's struggles
Debenhams appointed Hilco Capital, a firm which specialises in helping to wind down distressed retail businesses in August.
The move came just four days after Debenhams announced it was to axe 2,500 staff across its estate.
At the time a Debenhams spokesperson said the chain was assessing its options and said liquidation was "a contingency plan in the unlikely event all other avenues be exhausted".
The Debenhams store, High Street, Perth
Debenhams also fell into administration last Spring at which point it launched a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) to secure agreement for store closures and rent cuts.
Then in April this year, it hired administrators from FRP Advisory in a protective measure against creditors demanding their money.
It has shed around 4,000 jobs and closed 18 stores since the start of lockdown.
Debenhams signed an agreement to remain in Dundee's Overgate until at least January 2022 in April.
At the time Overgate centre manager Malcolm Angus expressed his delight that a deal had been made with Debenhams at a time the retailer was considering reducing the size of its store estate.
Also from The Courier:
'People want chips': Clark's Bakery to spend £30k on fries at new Dundee shop
Dunelm enjoys Christmas sales boost despite store closures
Scottish business confidence crashed in final days of 2020, research suggests
JD Sports warns UK stores 'likely' to be closed until at least Easter


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General Director Ryan Taylor has announced that Arizona Opera will present its first ever world premiere with a new production, Riders of the Purple Sage, in the spring of 2017, composed by Craig Bohmler and librettist Steven Mark Kohn. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Zane Grey, Riders is the first Western Opera written by an American living in the Western United States. With scenic design by world-renowned artist Ed Mell to evoke the sweeping vistas of the Southwestern landscape, this operatic retelling of the classic novel follows the dramatic story of the faithful Jane Withersteen and a mysterious gunfighter with a troubled past. A Wild West adventure, this vivid story underscores the on-going conversations surrounding the right to bear arms, women's independence, land conservation and the delicate balance of an individual's deeply-held religious beliefs.
Billie Jo and Judd Herberger serve as Executive Producers for Riders of the Purple Sage. Conductor Keitaro Harada will lead the music from the pit, with Stage Director Fenlon Lamb engaged to direct. Cast includes Karin Wolverton and Laura Wilde sharing the role of Jane Withersteen, baritones Morgan Smith and Joshua Jeremiah as Lassiter, Joshua Dennis as Bern Venters, Amanda Opuszynski as Bess, Kris Irmiter as Bishop Dyer and Keith Phares as Elder Tull.
One hundred years after the initial publication of the 1912 novel, Bohmler was inspired by the story and began creating his composition and working with members of the Marion Roose Pullin Arizona Opera Studio to develop the piece. His collaboration with Steven Mark Kohn led to a full commission by Arizona Opera as part of its new Arizona Bold Artistic Initiative, centered on presenting works relevant to the Arizona community.
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At its annual Customer Retreat, Infocepts, a global leader in Data and Analytics solutions, announced a realignment of its service operations spanning Advisory, Cloud, Modern Analytics, Data Management & Managed Services that will enable its customers to drive digital transformation in a more forward-thinking and cost effective manner. Building upon the industries richest talent, Infocepts technology teams will align in support of the critical pillars of a successful data strategy:
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Low-to-Moderate income families in Genesee County can file their taxes for free with an IRS-certified volunteer through United Way's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. VITA is a volunteer run program in partnership with the IRS to help families access the EITC and other credits that can boost financial stability. The schedule below list sites and times for walk-in and appointment tax preparation. Before you go, make sure to review this list of items to bring with you to assure your tax preparer can complete your return.
Shiawassee County taxpayers with 2018 income of $55,000 or less can have their federal, state and city (if applicable) taxes prepared and filed for free at the Vernon Public Library this year through the Scan and Go Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA). To schedule an appointment, call the library at: 989.288.6486.
For the 2016 tax year, we had 5 tax sites operating with 68 volunteers. Here is a snapshot of the work completed at our sites this past tax season. For the 2016 tax year, we had 5 tax sites operating with 68 volunteers. Here is a snapshot of the work completed at our sites this past tax season.
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Investors Vote To Protect Their Real Estate Homes: CREW Forum
By Mary Edem December 17, 2017 Real Estate News No Comments
CREW readers voted massively in favour of marijuana regulations prohibiting growing in rental units.
89% said the government should update pot rules to prohibit growing in rentals, 8% preferred otherwise and the remaining 2% were undecided.
One CREW reader wrote in the forum, "I believe they should since renters have no to stake in the property and (because of) how much damage that could be done to the home". "Who will know how many plants were grown in the home? Owners will have to be vigilant when drafting rental agreements."
The Cannabis Act which was introduced in the House of Commons last week provides that; adults will be permitted to grow as many as four marijuana plants in their homes.
This announcement prompted one landlord group calling for reform.
The Canadian Federation of Apartment Associations President John Dickie told CBC News; "Fundamentally we want marijuana growing to still be prohibited in rental units and in multiple-dwelling units, (including) condos (and) co-operatives because, from that point of view, there are impacts on the neighbours."
There are also concerns about the impact and effect grow-ops can have on the resale value of a home because of the effect attached to those homes. For example, growing in-house plants can also cause mould issues and increase the possibility of fire hazards, both of which could lead to costly bills for homeowners.
According to several mortgage brokers, many lenders also avoid financing former grow-op homes.
"I think the government is obviously balancing a lot of issues here," Dickie told CBC. "They do want to break the black market, and that's important. But we think we can break the black market if they let people [only] grow it in their own owner-occupied homes, and the product is readily available in stores or by mail order."
Some landlords argue that this situation should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
"I think that should be up to the owner of the building being rented and put into their lease. Marijuana plants in themselves are simply plants, as is a tomato plant, a fern etc.," another reader wrote on the forum. "You only have problems if people are using humidity and lights. (But) many household plants are grown in front of windows."
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