For obvious reasons of safety and grid maintenance, there must be a minimum distance between any building (or other structure) and the power system equipment at all times. Approach distances (clearances) depend on the type of line. The explanations below sum up the safe distances for work.
• The CNESST could halt your work if it is being performed within three metres of a power line and if the jobsite is not considered safe.
• Hydro-Québec could have to move the power line—at your expense.
• You could have to modify the building's area or features . . . and reimburse your buyer.
• Even if no one notices that the building is non-compliant, the danger is still very real. Someone could be seriously injured and you could be held responsible.
When you need to estimate the distance to a line, EYEBALL it—don't use a measuring instrument. If you estimate by eye that the distance is close to the minimum required, never try to measure it more accurately by placing anything at all near the line.
NEVER PLACE A TAPE MEASURE OR ANYTHING ELSE WITHIN 3 M OF A MEDIUM-VOLTAGE LINE.
There must be a minimum HORIZONTAL distance of 3 m between any part of a building and the closest medium-voltage line.
1There's a minimum VERTICAL distance of 4 m between the between the highest part of the building and the closest medium-voltage line.
2No part of a medium-voltage line passes over the building.
1The medium-voltage lines don't pass over the garage.
2The VERTICAL distance is at least 4 m.
No matter what the situation, if you estimate by eye that the distance is close to the minimum required, never try to measure it more accurately by placing anything at all near the line.
There must be a minimum HORIZONTAL distance of 1.6 m between any part of a building and the closest low-voltage line. This applies to all configurations of low-voltage lines.
Example: Adding a storey to a building near a low-voltage line.
1The low-voltage lines don't pass over the building.
2There's a minimum VERTICAL distance of 3 m between the highest part of the building and the low-voltage lines.
2The lines don't pass over the building.
4There's a minimum VERTICAL distance of 1.5 m between the highest part of the building and the twisted low-voltage lines.
The approach distances for service entrances are the same as for low-voltage lines. However, service loop lines may pass over a building—but only if they directly supply that building with power.
You might have to change the building's footprint or other features.
Hydro-Québec might have to move the power line—at your expense. What's more, your neighbors could be affected by the move, and not necessarily for the better—and that could mean trouble.
In keeping a safe distance from power lines, you'll avoid a lot of problems, including wasting time and money.
Maybe no one will notice if you don't follow the power line safety rules. But that doesn't mean it's not dangerous. Someone could be seriously hurt by touching a line that's too close and then try to hold you responsible. If you're the owner, you should also look ahead to when you sell your house. Irregularities will come back to haunt you.
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Four accused in Hyderabad rape and murder case shot dead by police
Agencies Hyderabad, Dec 6
Protesters in India demonstrate demanding death penalty for rapists in this file photo.
All four accused in the Hyderabad veterinarian rape and murder case have been killed by the police in what they claimed was an 'encounter', a term police are accused to use for extra-judicial killing of people under custody.
The men were killed around 3:30 a.m., according to Priya, a police sub-inspector in Hyderabad who goes by one name.
Another police official said the suspects tried to grab an officer's firearm and escape during a visit to the crime scene. That officer spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to the media.
The suspects were taken to reconstruct the crime scene, the rape as well as the spot where she was burned about half a kilometer away, according to Shreedharan, an official in the police commissioner's office. He also uses one name.
The charred body of the 26-year-old woman, working as an assistant veterinarian at a state-run hospital, was found under a culvert in Shadnagar area of Hyderabad on November 28, a day after she went missing.
Four persons were arrested in connection with the incident on November 29.
The woman went missing November 28 night and her body was found by a passer-by in an underpass on the outskirts of Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana state.
Her last call with her sister Bhavya shows how unknown persons had confronted her from moving ahead citing that she will be in trouble due to her scooter's flat tyre, New Indian Express reported.
In the call that lasted for six minutes 45 seconds, Priyanka was heard speaking normally, except when she said that she was feeling scared looking at the people who came to her aid.
Bhavya advised her to wait at the toll-plaza, but Priyanka refused saying it would be awkward to stand at the toll-plaza.
To which, Bhavya suggested to leave the scooter at the spot and come back home.
"I started my bike, but they started shouting from behind saying madam your tyre is flat and you cannot go ahead. Though I thought that I can get it repaired at the bus stand, they did not allow me to go ahead. They made me get down and sent a boy to repair it. But he also returned saying all shops were closed," Priyanka told her sister Bhavya over the phone.
Bhavya said Priyanka last spoke to her at 9.22 pm and her phone was switched off around 9.44 pm.
After waiting for some time, they rushed to the toll-plaza to search for her.
Later they inquired at the shops, at the toll plaza and searched in the surrounding areas, and then lodged a police complaint when they could not locate her.
India has been shaken by a series of sexual assaults in recent years, including the gang rape and murder of a student on a New Delhi bus in 2012.

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Why Wonder Woman 1984 Was A Critical And Commerical Failure
Jeffrey Bowie Jr. 2 months ago
In 2017, the live-action adaptation of the classic comic book hero broke barriers for the genre as a whole. However, in the eyes of executives, Wonder Woman was a hugely profitable film that made nearly $1 billion worldwide. Nearly four years later, Wonder Woman 1984 was released and the feature was surprisingly met with a disappointing critical rating. Being in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, it was never expected for Wonder Woman 1984 to make nearly a billion dollars again. However, once audiences checked out the movie for themselves then the once highly anticipated sequel slowly lost its buzz as time went on.
In Wonder Woman 1984, the film follows Diana Prince in the 1980s, who's successfully living a life curating ancient artifacts. However, the titular superhero's life is thrown for a loop when Maxwell Lord and Cheetah disrupt the status quo. Wonder Woman 1984 ended its box office run by making nearly $200 million; Which in retrospect isn't too bad of a number since most theaters were shut down during this time. According to Forbes, Wonder Woman 1984 was easily the most watched movie during Christmas weekend edging out Pixar's Soul. However, the key thing is that Wonder Woman 1984 fizzled out over time. The feeling is that Wonder Woman 1984 just wasn't on par with the original film and its lengthy runtime certainly didn't help. Still, Wonder Woman 3 is expected to be released to close out the adventures of Diana Prince, though a release date has yet to be confirmed. So why am I labeling Wonder Woman 1984 a commercial and critical failure despite the circumstances preventing the movie from coming close to reaching its true box office potential? Because the movie was unable to maintain the hype that got fans buzzing after the first Wonder Woman. Let's go deeper into the reasoning on why Wonder Woman 1984 was both a commercial and critical failure.
Wonder Woman 1984 Was A Muddled Mess. Sometimes an artist can get in their own way; Patty Jenkins has been vocal about the studio interfering with the first Wonder Woman movie; however, the filmmaker had more of her own voice in the sequel. The studio originally wanted to cut the mall and Amazon scene in 1984; however, Jenkins fought tooth-and-nail to keep them in the film: "It was the success of the first film, but it was also something else. I wouldn't [have] jammed it in there because of the success of the film, because it actually made the movie too long, " Jenkins told JoBlo. "We have two openings in our movie, and we would talk about it with the studio all the time, and they would say, 'You've got to cut the mall and the Eighties, or you've got to cut the Amazons. 'I was like, 'We can't, we can't cut either."
The issue is that the mall scene doesn't serve much of purpose other than to give audiences some Wonder Woman action. The Amazon scene actually does come into play so I understand why Jenkins wanted that moment incorporated into the film. However, I bring up Jenkins having more control over the sequel because Wonder Woman 1984 feels more like an arthouse film than a superhero flick. There are several baffling choices through the feature that should've been examined further, notably the return of Steve Trevor and how that story is handled. Woman Wonder 1984 isn't a bad film and the actors are what keep the movie alive; however, it appears that Jenkins forgot what made the first film such a winning formula; which is a healthy mix of action, drama, and well…Wonder Woman! The sequel notably lacks much action and the multiple storylines never gel together. Plus, the plot is a bit convoluted. The hurdles the film goes through for the Steve Trevor plot device is lazy and uninspired, and it actually makes Wonder Woman look bad in the process. We're told that another guy is in the body of Steve Trevor, which is a confusing mess that's never explained. Diana uproots another man's life just to selfishly bring back her true love. Though Diana reverses the wish towards the end of the film, it doesn't undo the damage of some poor soul being used as a vessel for Steve Trevor's body.
The cheetah storyline was incredibly disappointing. It's a plot device that's been used a thousand times before: The unattractive girl (a beautiful Kirsten Wiig pretending to be klutzy and unattractive) gains strength and power as the film develops along. This is Cheetah, one of Wonder Woman's greatest rivals. I like that they tried to keep the friendship dynamic; however, the original backstory of Barbara Ann Minerva was stronger. Wonder Woman 1984 should've kept it simple and focused on Cheetah alone. The tragic story of the character and her wanting revenge because she blames Diana for her transformation is a more compelling arc than what Jenkins presents. I get being an artist, but it appears that Jenkins got in the way of Wonder Woman 1984. It didn't have the excitement or thrills that the first film had nor did it add anything interesting to the DC Universe. There are definitely worse DC superhero films out there; however, WW 1984 is a bland mess that actually hinders the brand more than helps.
Jeffrey Bowie Jr.
I've been a filmmaker for nearly ten years with my recent accolades being a finalist in the 2018 Oaxaca Film Festival and 2019 Emerging Screenplay Finalist. My short film as a writer and director, Minutes After Midnight, was a 2017 official selection and Gold Award Winner in the LA Film Neo Noir Film Festival. Also, I've been a freelance writer for the past five years, writing news editorials for theringreport.com, sportskeeda.com, raindance.co, and gamersdecide.com, which covers movies, television, and professional sports. I love movies and television. Whether it's timeless classics such as Psycho or The Wire, to modern greats such as Parasite or Brooklyn Nine-Nine, I've spent countless of hours watching (and writing) any movie or television show that I could find. Writing and entertainment is in my blood and I'm happy that I get a chance to share b


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What could be a better way to make someone discover Paris by night than to head down to the quais with a bottle of bubbly wine and watch the boats pass by and see the monuments sparkle like diamonds in their evening illuminations!
First comment?!? Your photos and posts have made another potentially dull day a little more bearable. We're getting 12 inches of snow in Boston today so thanks for sharing something so much better than that.
I adore Paris, and your blog is amazing.
Paris is my favorite city in the world, so to see your pictures brings back good memories.
these are great photos.. looks like some fun guys!
Totally beautiful - I'm jealous. I should be living there.


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La bête (The Beast)
9th September 2014 30th December 2018 Brian
When a film starts with a huge erect horse penis flailing around and close-ups of an engorged pulsating horse's vagina, you kind of get an idea of you might expect in the following 90 or so minutes.
So it is with one of Borowczyk's best known films – The Beast. Banned for many years by county councils across Great Britain's green and pleasant land it is a riot of sexually explicit imagery, horror with sprinkles of unusual comedy.
The storyline, such as it is, centres on the impending marriage of beautiful Lucy Beaumont and crippled dimwit Mathurin de Balo deep in the French countryside – a matrimony stipulated by will which will join two families into a union of power and wealth. The will stipulates the marriage ceremony should be conducted by Mathurin's father's uncle – a Cardinal, whose office in the Vatican hangs up whenever the family name is mentioned. There are clearly deeply buried secrets afoot, not least the legend of a Beast who comes to visit every two hundred years. So far, so typical horror.
What makes this film slightly extraordinary is its gleeful fascination with animal copulation. Images of bestiality are discovered all around the house and the prolonged sequence of horses mating at the beginning is how we are introduced to Mathurin, who manages the family stable.
The set piece of the entire movie is an extended dream sequence in which Lucy imagines herself first ravaged, seemingly raped, and then enjoying sex with a kind of werewolf. A werewolf with an enormous ejaculate oozing penis. Over and over again the image of the beast's spurting member is revisited with explicit and pornographic glee.
It is certainly a provocative movie. Any film which has a character being sexually assaulted by, and then enjoying sex with any form of attacker, human or animal, is treading through dubious moral waters. The fantasy element of both the movie and the sequence for the character means it is clear that she is okay with what she has imagined. She returns to the fantasy, masturbates over it.
Whether we as the audience should be okay with it though is less clear.Lucy's waking dream as she experiences this kind of sexual awakening while wearing a diaphanous nightie, is a crudely drawn way of exploring animal passion, and no doubt there is a connection between the beast's expiry from sexual exhaustion and the French phrase for the orgasm – le petit mort or little death.
Thankfully, and probably wisely, the introduction of the actual beast – a sort of shoddy werewolf costume, happens very late in the film and as such doesn't appear quite as ridiculous as it would have done if introduced much earlier. By this point we've already seen people fucking in cupboards while children sleep on their beds, priests kissing boys on the mouth and a servant using the words "daddy-oh" with apparent seriousness. And snails. Lots of snails.
For a horror film it's not particularly scary, more slightly unnerving – there is continuing mystery over why Mathurin has his arm in plaster, which is fabulously revealed at the end, probably the best moment in the entire plot. The sex is utterly over the top, and clearly intended to be so. The weird thing is, that it kind of works.
Taken separately all the elements of this film just wouldn't function without being almost jaw-droppingly inappropriate. Combined they remain inappropriate but unnervingly so. The theme of sex with animals has a clear, supernatural reason behind it. Lucy remains fascinated and naïve. She ends naked, all but for a fur coat.
Visually the film is daring as hell. Pornographic, sumptuous, disgusting, ornate – all of these things. The pace is unusually good despite the paucity of plot or explanation. In many ways the reveal at the end is like the culmination of a shaggy dog story – you can kind of see it coming but it's quite fun going on the journey to get there.
It's quite an achievement for a movie made nearly 40 years ago to remain as bold-facedly shocking as it is, while at the same time remaining quite daft.
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Dec. 1 was the deadline for county employees to show proof of vaccination for COVID-19.
Updated: 3:53 PM EST Dec 2, 2021
SHELDON: YES, WE ALSO SPOKE WITH AN ALLEGHENY COUNTY EMPLOYEE WHO STILL REFUSES TO RECEIVE THE VACCINATION, AND HE SAYS HE WILL ABSOLUTELY BE TERMINATED, AND OF SAME TE, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SAYS HOW COUNTY SERVICES MIGHT BE AFFECTEWITHD ADDITIONAL TERMINATIONS. SHANE CHESHER IS ONE OF THE FEW HUNDRED ALLEGHENY COUNTY EMPLOYEES WHO REFUSE TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST THE COUNTY MANDATE. HE SAYS HIS FATES ISEALED AFTER APPEARING AAT HEARING TO DETERMINE HIS JOB STATUS. SHELDON WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU : AT THAT HEARING? >> THEY SAID THAT IF I DON'T PR ESENT MY VACCINATION STATUBYS 11:59 P.M., I WILL BE TERMINATED AS OF DECEMBER 2. SHELDON ALLEGHENY COUNTY EMPLOYS : ABOUT 5,000 PEOPLE BUT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SAYS MORE THAN 90% OF THE WORORKFCE IS VACCINATED. HE ALSO SAYS COUNTY SERVICES WILL NOT SUFFER AS A RESULT OF THE FEW HUNDRED EMPLOYEES WHO WILL BE LET GO BECAUSE THEY REFUSE THE VACCINATION. CLERKS EVERYTHING WILL CONTINUE. -- >> EVERYTHING WILL CONTINUE. WHETHER IT'S SNOW REMOVAL IN PUBLIC WORKS, WHETHER IT'' SERVING PEOPLE WITH OUR COUNTY POLICE, WHETHER IT'S PEOPLE AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHETHER IT'S PEOPLE AT OUR PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES, THERE'S GOING TO BE NO INTERRUPTION IN SERVESIC . SHELDON: CHESHER AND OTHER COUNTY EMPLOYEES WHO REFUSE TO GET THE VACCINATION BELIEVE THE CO UNTY IS INFRINGING ON THEIR RIGHTS. >> I THINK THIS IS A VIOLATION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND MEDALIC FREEM.DO I MIGHT LOSE THIS BATTLE, BUT IF WE LOSE THE WAR, WE WILL LOSE IT FOREVER, IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE UNVACCINATED TO GET FULL EMPLOYMENT, AND QUITE FRANKLY FUNCTION IN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SOCIETY RIGHT NOW. SHELDON: ALSO TONIGHT, ALLEGHENY COUNTYS I TRYING TO DETERMINE IF SOME VERSION OF A PAYOUT WILL BE EXTENDED TO EMP
Allegheny County employees who are not vaccinated for COVID-19 and do not have a pending request for an exemption have been terminated, the county said Thursday.An exact number was not immediately available. The county said the notification process was continuing Thursday afternoon.Wednesday was the deadline for county employees to provide proof of vaccination in compliance with the county's mandate."As of this morning, over 94% of county employees have submitted paperwork regarding their vaccination status. These numbers will continue to increase in the coming days," the county said in a statement Thursday. "The remaining percentage are either unvaccinated or are working through the accommodation and exemption request process with Human Resources."One county employee who refuses to be vaccinated is Shane Chesher, who works in the county parks. He said he attended a hearing Wednesday morning to determine his job status."They said that if I don't present my vaccination status by 11:50 p.m., I will be terminated as of Dec. 2," Chesher said.Even with the slate of terminations, County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said none of the county services would be affected."None. Everything will continue. Whether it's snow removal in public works, whether it's serving people with our county police, whether it's people at the health department, whether it's people at our parks and human services, there's going to be no interruption in services," Fitzgerald said. Fitzgerald announced the vaccine requirement in September. It applies to every county employee under the executive branch, which is about 5,000 workers. Those who do not comply and do not have a medical or religious exemption will be terminated."This is both a personnel and legal matter. For that reason, there is only limited information that we will be providing publicly," the county said Thursday. "Out of respect to the employees going through this process, we are going to continue working with and communicating directly with them on their status."The vaccination requirement does not include the courts, the county council, or elected offices such as controller, district attorney, sheriff and treasurer, although Treasurer John Weinstein, Sheriff Bill Mullen and Controller Chelsa Wagner have said that their offices will also adopt the vaccination requirement.These departments and divisions are included in the mandate: Administrative Services, Budget & Finance, County Manager, Court Records, Economic Development, Elections, Emergency Services, Equity & Inclusion, Facilities Management, Health, Human Resources, Human Services, Information & Technology, Jail, Kane Community Living Centers, Medical Examiner, Law, Parks, Police, Property Assessments, Public Defender, Public Works, Purchasing & Supplies, Real Estate, Shuman Juvenile Detention Center, Special Events, Veterans Services and Weights & Measures.The vaccine mandate marks a change from requirements announced in early August when the county said current employees could be tested regularly and wear masks if they were unvaccinated but all new hires would have to be vaccinated.Fitzgerald said the mandate is not just about protecting co-workers, but also protecting the public."As we continue to see cases of COVID in our county, and different populations being affected than were previously, it is even more important that our workforce be protected so that the public that we serve is protected as well," Fitzgerald said in a statement. "The CDC, the FDA, the Pennsylvania Department of Health, the county Health Department and even the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are in agreement that vaccines are highly effective at protecting most fully vaccinated people against symptoms and severe disease from COVID. This is the right thing for our county and our workforce."
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Allegheny County employees who are not vaccinated for COVID-19 and do not have a pending request for an exemption have been terminated, the county said Thursday.
An exact number was not immediately available. The county said the notification process was continuing Thursday afternoon.
Wednesday was the deadline for county employees to provide proof of vaccination in compliance with the county's mandate.
Allegheny County will require COVID-19 vaccine for county employees
"As of this morning, over 94% of county employees have submitted paperwork regarding their vaccination status. These numbers will continue to increase in the coming days," the county said in a statement Thursday. "The remaining percentage are either unvaccinated or are working through the accommodation and exemption request process with Human Resources."
One county employee who refuses to be vaccinated is Shane Chesher, who works in the county parks. He said he attended a hearing Wednesday morning to determine his job status.
"They said that if I don't present my vaccination status by 11:50 p.m., I will be terminated as of Dec. 2," Chesher said.
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Even with the slate of terminations, County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said none of the county services would be affected.
"None. Everything will continue. Whether it's snow removal in public works, whether it's serving people with our county police, whether it's people at the health department, whether it's people at our parks and human services, there's going to be no interruption in services," Fitzgerald said.
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Fitzgerald announced the vaccine requirement in September. It applies to every county employee under the executive branch, which is about 5,000 workers. Those who do not comply and do not have a medical or religious exemption will be terminated.
"This is both a personnel and legal matter. For that reason, there is only limited information that we will be providing publicly," the county said Thursday. "Out of respect to the employees going through this process, we are going to continue working with and communicating directly with them on their status."
The vaccination requirement does not include the courts, the county council, or elected offices such as controller, district attorney, sheriff and treasurer, although Treasurer John Weinstein, Sheriff Bill Mullen and Controller Chelsa Wagner have said that their offices will also adopt the vaccination requirement.
These departments and divisions are included in the mandate: Administrative Services, Budget & Finance, County Manager, Court Records, Economic Development, Elections, Emergency Services, Equity & Inclusion, Facilities Management, Health, Human Resources, Human Services, Information & Technology, Jail, Kane Community Living Centers, Medical Examiner, Law, Parks, Police, Property Assessments, Public Defender, Public Works, Purchasing & Supplies, Real Estate, Shuman Juvenile Detention Center, Special Events, Veterans Services and Weights & Measures.
President Biden outlines strategy to combat omicron variant this winter
The vaccine mandate marks a change from requirements announced in early August when the county said current employees could be tested regularly and wear masks if they were unvaccinated but all new hires would have to be vaccinated.
Fitzgerald said the mandate is not just about protecting co-workers, but also protecting the public.
"As we continue to see cases of COVID in our county, and different populations being affected than were previously, it is even more important that our workforce be protected so that the public that we serve is protected as well," Fitzgerald said in a statement. "The CDC, the FDA, the Pennsylvania Department of Health, the county Health Department and even the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are in agreement that vaccines are highly effective at protecting most fully vaccinated people against symptoms and severe disease from COVID. This is the right thing for our county and our workforce."


Hugh Acheson brings a chef's mind to the slow cooker, with 100 recipes showing you how an appliance generally relegated to convenience cooking can open up many culinary doors.
Hugh celebrates America's old countertop stalwart with fresh, convenient slow cooker recipes with a chef's twist, dishes like brisket with soy, orange, ginger, and star anise, or pork shoulder braised in milk with fennel and raisins. But where it gets really fun is when Hugh shows what a slow cooker can really do, things like poaching and holding eggs at the perfect temperature for your brunch party, or for making easy duck confit, or for the simplest stocks and richest overnight ramen broth. There's even a section of jams, preserves, and desserts, so your slow cooker can be your BFF in the kitchen morning, noon, and night.


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Car alliance Renault-Nissan - North American vehicle production forecast 2010-2015
North American vehicle production forecast of the car alliance Renault-Nissan from 2010 to 2015 (in million units)
by Statista Research Department, last edited Jan 15, 2011
The statistic shows a North American vehicle production forecast of the car alliance Renault-Nissan from 2010 to 2015. The North American vehicle production of the car alliance Renault-Nissan will increase from about 1.0 million units in 2010 to about 1.29 million units in 2015. That corresponds to a compound annual growth rate of 5.3 percent between 2010 and 2015.
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YTD market share of selected car manufacturers in Europe 2019
Leading car companies' market share in the United Kingdom 2014-2019
Yearly number of cars produced in the United Kingdom (UK), 2003-2018
Production of commercial vehicles in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015-2018, by brand
Statistics on "Automotive manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom"
Industry overview I
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Vehicle engine production sales
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Wheels and suspension production sales
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Selected passenger car manufacturers' European market share in May 2019, based on new registrationsYTD market share of selected car manufacturers in Europe 2019
Yearly number of passenger cars produced in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2003 and 2018Yearly number of cars produced in the United Kingdom (UK), 2003-2018
Number of passenger cars produced in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2014 to 2018, by the five leading brands (in units)Car production in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014-2018, by brand
Number of passenger cars produced in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2016 to 2018, by leading car modelsCar production in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016-2018, by model
Number of commercial vehicles produced in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2018, by the leading brands (in units)Production of commercial vehicles in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015-2018, by brand
Home and export sales of passenger cars manufactured in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2003 to 2018UK car industry: home & export sales of cars produced in the United Kingdom 2003-2018
Comparison of leading car companies' market share in the United Kingdom (UK) from March 2014 to June 2019Leading car companies' market share in the United Kingdom 2014-2019
Number of car engines produced in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2017Volume of car engines produced in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013-2017
Contributions of the motor industry to the UK economy from 2009 to 2018 (in billion GBP)Motor industry contribution to the economy of the United Kingdom (UK) 2009-2018
Added value generated by automotive industry suppliers in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2018* (in billion GBP)Automotive industry supply chain value in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013-2018
Number of local units in VAT and/or PAYE based enterprises in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers sector in the United Kingdom in 2018, by employment size bandLocal enterprise units in the UK motor vehicles industry 2018, by employment size
Number of enterprises in the motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2018, by turnover size bandManufacture of motor vehicles: number of enterprises in UK 2018, by turnover
Number of enterprises in the motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers manufacturing sector in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by employment size bandNumber of motor vehicles manufacturing enterprises in the UK, by employment 2018
Number of people employed in the automotive industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2018Number of people employed in the automotive industry in the UK 2013-2018
Number of people employed in the manufacturing sector of the automotive industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2017Number of people employed in automobile manufacturing in the UK 2013-2017
Large spark-ignition engine vehicles sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of large spark-ignition engine vehicles in the UK 2010-2017
Small spark-ignition engine vehicles sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of small spark-ignition engine vehicles in the UK 2010-2017
Medium diesel engine vehicles sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of medium diesel engine vehicles in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Small diesel engine vehicles sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of small diesel engine vehicle in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Spark-ignition piston engine sales value in the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of spark-ignition piston engines in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Bodies for motor cars and other motor vehicles sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of bodies for motor vehicles in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Vehicle body parts and accessories sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of car body parts and accessories in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Motor vehicle bumpers sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of motor vehicle bumpers in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Seats for motor vehicles sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of seats for motor vehicles in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Vehicle safety seat belts sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of vehicle safety seat belts in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Road wheels and accessories sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of road wheels in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Sales value of new pneumatic rubber tires for cars in the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Pneumatic car tires: sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Sales value of rubber retreaded tires for cars in the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Rubber retreaded tires for cars: sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Motor vehicle suspension systems and their parts sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of motor vehicle suspension systems in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Vehicle drive-axles and their parts sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of vehicle drive-axles in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Steering equipment for motor vehicles sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of vehicle steering equipment in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Vehicle brake parts sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of vehicle brake parts in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Vehicle gearboxes and their parts value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of vehicle gearboxes in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Clutches and parts for motor vehicles sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of motor vehicle clutches in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Vehicle radiators and their parts sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of motor vehicle radiators in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Starter motors and generators sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of starter motors and generators in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Sales value of plastic parts and accessories for all land vehicles in the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Plastic parts for land vehicles: sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Vehicle insulated ignition wiring sets sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of vehicle ignition wiring sets in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Spark plugs sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2014 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of spark plugs in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2014
Vehicle alarms sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)Sales value of vehicle burglar and fire alarms in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2017
Car alliance group Renault-Nissan - vehicle production forecast 2016/2023
Renault-Nissan - projected vehicle production by bodytype 2023
Vehicle production forecast for Renault-Nissan Group 2012-2014
Car alliance Honda Group - vehicle production forecast 2015
Car alliance Ford Group - vehicle production forecast 2016/2023
Middle East and Africa - vehicle production forecast 2012-2017
Car alliance BMW Group - North American vehicle production forecast 2010-2015
Car alliance Hyundai Group - vehicle production forecast 2016/2023
Car alliance VW Suzuki - North American vehicle production forecast 2010-2015
Hyundai Group - North American vehicle production forecast 2012-2017
Car alliance Daimler Group - North American vehicle production forecast 2010-2015
Car alliance group VW - vehicle production forecast 2016/2023
Car alliance Honda Group - North American vehicle production forecast 2010-2015
Car alliance BMW Group - vehicle production forecast 2016/2023
Car alliance Toyota Group - North American vehicle production forecast 2010-2015
Car alliance PSA Group - vehicle production forecast 2016/2023
France - forecasted vehicle production 2010-2015
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Automotive manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom
Automobile manufacturing industry in China
BYD Auto Annual Report 2017
Dongfeng Motors key figures 2017
2014 Top 100 Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers
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Selected passenger car manufacturers' European market share in May 2019, based on new registrations
Yearly number of passenger cars produced in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2003 and 2018
Number of passenger cars produced in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2014 to 2018, by the five leading brands (in units)
Number of passenger cars produced in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2016 to 2018, by leading car models
Number of commercial vehicles produced in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2018, by the leading brands (in units)
Home and export sales of passenger cars manufactured in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2003 to 2018
Comparison of leading car companies' market share in the United Kingdom (UK) from March 2014 to June 2019
Number of car engines produced in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2017
Contributions of the motor industry to the UK economy from 2009 to 2018 (in billion GBP)
Added value generated by automotive industry suppliers in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2018* (in billion GBP)
Number of local units in VAT and/or PAYE based enterprises in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers sector in the United Kingdom in 2018, by employment size band
Number of enterprises in the motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2018, by turnover size band
Number of enterprises in the motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers manufacturing sector in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by employment size band
Number of people employed in the automotive industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2018
Number of people employed in the manufacturing sector of the automotive industry in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2017
Large spark-ignition engine vehicles sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Small spark-ignition engine vehicles sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Medium diesel engine vehicles sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Small diesel engine vehicles sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Spark-ignition piston engine sales value in the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Bodies for motor cars and other motor vehicles sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Vehicle body parts and accessories sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Motor vehicle bumpers sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Seats for motor vehicles sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Vehicle safety seat belts sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Road wheels and accessories sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Sales value of new pneumatic rubber tires for cars in the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Sales value of rubber retreaded tires for cars in the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Motor vehicle suspension systems and their parts sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Vehicle drive-axles and their parts sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Steering equipment for motor vehicles sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Vehicle brake parts sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Vehicle gearboxes and their parts value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Clutches and parts for motor vehicles sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Vehicle radiators and their parts sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Starter motors and generators sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Sales value of plastic parts and accessories for all land vehicles in the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Vehicle insulated ignition wiring sets sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Spark plugs sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2014 (in 1,000 GBP)
Vehicle alarms sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2010 and 2017 (in 1,000 GBP)
Vehicle production for the car alliance group Renault-Nissan in 2016 and 2023 (in million units)
Breakdown of Renault-Nissan's projected vehicle production in 2023, by bodytype
Vehicle production forecast for Renault-Nissan Group from 2012 to 2014, by region (in 1,000 units)
Vehicle production forecast for the car alliance Honda Group from 2010 to 2015 (in million units)
Vehicle production forecast for the car alliance Ford Group from 2016 to 2023 (in million units)
Middle East and Africa vehicle production forecast from 2012 to 2017 (in 1,000 units)
North American vehicle production forecast of the car alliance BMW Group from 2010 to 2015 (in million units)
Vehicle production forecast for the car alliance Hyundai Group from 2016 to 2023 (in million units)
North American vehicle production forecast of the car alliance VW-Suzuki from 2010 to 2015 (in million units)
North American vehicle production forecast of the car alliance Hyundai Group from 2012 to 2017 (in 1,000 units)
North American vehicle production forecast of the car alliance Daimler Group from 2010 to 2015 (in million units)
Vehicle production forecast for the car alliance group VW from 2016 to 2023 (in million units)
North American vehicle production forecast of the car alliance Honda Group from 2010 to 2015 (in million units)
Vehicle production forecast for the car alliance BMW Group in 2016 and 2023 (in million units)
North American vehicle production forecast of the car alliance Toyota Group from 2010 to 2015 (in million units)
Vehicle production forecast for the car alliance PSA Group from 2016 to 2023 (in million units)*
Forecast for France's vehicle production from 2010 to 2015 (in million units)*


Do you enjoy camping in rustic forest service campsites without hookups? Maybe you like your campsites even more primitive and secluded and opt for dispersed camping, also known by RVers as boondocking. If you are camping without hookups either in a campground or in the boondocks then you are "dry camping". Dry camping is typically defined as camping without hooking up the RV to a water spigot, electrical service or a sewer system.
One great thing about dry camping is you can enjoy all the creature comforts of home without the need for shore power (120 volt electrical outlet). RVers can do it all with the 12 volts supplied by their batteries, powering lights, TV, heater fan, radio, water pump, exhaust fans and the electronics that keep our refrigerator and water heater operating.
In fact, a dry camper could lose their entire 120 volt system in their RV and get along just fine. On the other hand, lose your 12 volt system and you are surrendering your idyllic campsite for a distant RV repair shop. However, if you have some basic tools and knowledge of the 12 volt system you can relax and stay put. 12 volts is one of the most important systems in your RV and one of the most likely to need repair. Fortunately, it is also the most field repairable in terms of parts, diagnostics, tools and repair time.
At the minimum, your kit should include a pair of lineman pliers, electrical tape and a 12 volt test light. If you want the "full monty", you can add an inexpensive volt ohm meter and a pair of wire crimps/strippers. Either way, you will spend less than $25 on your 12 volt tool kit. If you are wondering where to find inexpensive tools, fuses and tape to stock your kit try Harbor Freight Tools.
For diagnostics and repair you will need some basic low voltage electrical knowledge and assurance. 12 volt repair is easier than you think and you need not be fearful. Many of the problems you are likely to encounter will be easy to solve, such as open circuits in the form of blown fuses or loose connections. Concerning safety, under normal circumstances, 12 volts will not deliver a shock and is highly unlikely to cause harm to your body as shore power can.
To gain head knowledge you should camp with a friend that is a seasoned RV owner asking them to share their 12 volt knowledge and experiences. Next, attend a seminar or two by leading experts like "The RV Doctor" Gary Bunzer. Gary is scheduled to speak at the 2017 Seattle RV Show February 9th – 12th and Puyallup RV Show May 4th – 7th.


An epic road trip on an Enfield Motorcycle to the highest road in the world, somewhere between Manali and Leh, Ladahk in India. Watch and start saving to buy your Royal Enfield. The road from Manali to Leh is 297 miles long and takes 2 days to transverse on a bus. It's one of the most dangerous roads in the world. The highest elevation it hits is 17,480 ft. To skip to the mountains section in the video, start at 5:00.


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Review: 'Captain Marvel' is good, but not worth the 'cultural battle'
March 27, 2019 Trojan Living
Sam Stroud Staff Writer Ever since the "Captain Marvel" movie was announced and Marvel Studios began to indicate that this character would become the face of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there has been a of cultural battle between two opposing camps of Marvel fans. The first group are people want this movie to be the greatest thing since sliced bread. The second group wants it to sink faster than the Titanic — the ship, not the film. Some see "Captain Marvel" as a cultural landmark for women and female…
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M. Night Shyamalan film finalizes trilogy
February 7, 2019 Trojan Living
Olivia Nobles Staff Writer M. Night Shyamalan's "Glass," the third film in his "Unbreakable" series, which merges the story lines created in the first two movies, "Unbreakable" and "Split," was released in theaters last week. The series has spanned the course of 19 years in real time, as well as canonically, as the first installment, "Unbreakable," was released in 2000. The real-world aging of the characters adds a certain depth to the film that would be difficult to manufacture. Bruce Willis plays David Dunn, the protagonist of the film, and…
Arts & Entertainment"Glass", "Unbreakable", Bruce Willis, Dissociative Identity Disorder, James McAvoy, M. Night Shyamalan, movie review, Samuel L. Jackson, Split, super-human


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Q: how to control Led screen via ip address (RJ45 Connector) I am trying to send data in bytes (stream) to show data on large led display, through ip address or you can say through TCP IP !! i have done this before but by using COM port where i have configure baud rate , handshake and etc options !! but this time its RJ45 wire... kindly any idea for sending data on LED screen ?
Here is my small test code to send data on LED !!
            try
            {
                int ourPort = 31299;
                TcpClient ourMagicClient = new TcpClient();
                ourMagicClient.Connect("192.168.0.200", ourPort);

                NetworkStream ourStream = ourMagicClient.GetStream();

                byte[] data = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("hi screen");

                ourStream.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
            }
            catch (Exception ex) { MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString()); }

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Q: google maps api v3: add point on polyline between two existing points on click polyline event How can I add point on a polyline between two existing points on a click polyline event?
Thank you!

A: If you are just talking about a Polyline with only 2 points, you could use the center of a LatLngBounds containing the Polyline. Google maps api v3 doesn't implement the Polyline.getBounds() function, though. So you can extend the Polyline class to include a getBounds function:
google.maps.Polyline.prototype.getBounds = function() {
  var bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();
  this.getPath().forEach(function(e) {
    bounds.extend(e);
  });
  return bounds;
};

Polyline.getBounds() on a line with only 2 points will contain the area to include this line. The center of this bounds should be the exact center of your line. If the Polyline includes more than 2 points, the center will not fall on the center of the line clicked, but the center of the bounds that includes all points. If you want to use mutli-segment Polylines with this function, it will take more math to calculate which segment was clicked.
Here is a small example using a 2 point Polyline:
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    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <title>Right in Two</title>

A: you just need to calculate the bearing and 50% of the distance - add the verticle there.
above example is the center of the boundary - which is identical.
you may need a temporary boundary object which extends boundaries by the previous and next verticle latlang.


We may not realize it but the nature and attitude of the sci-fi films has changed dramatically in last eight years, since Enthiran (2.0's prequel) released. Chitti is back and with the time around, he is reloaded and primed to confront a force that is out to eliminate mobile phones and cellular transmission towers from Tamil Nadu. The battle between good and evil, between nature and technology, plays out over two and a half hours in a zone.
The film '2.0' is revolved around the sad reality of the sparrows vanishing from our metropolises, a theme which is collected from newspapers and social media platforms, but the pressing nature of the debate is buried deep under a flashy, impressive demo of animatronics, special effects and prosthetics.
Director Shankar's 2.0 begin with a massive bird made up of smart phones killing network chiefs and corrupt ministers who gave the chiefs permission and power.
An Ornithologist named Pakshirajan, who is also known as Akshay Rajan played by Akshay Kumar. The film shows, Pakshirajan is on a revenge spree after the world doesn't pay heed to his advice of saving birds. And in the there can be seen a long sequence where Pakshirajan would advocate for the bird's right. It is probably the most thought-out part of a film otherwise bogged down by Rajinikanth's superstardom and a thin storyline.
Dr. Vaseegaran played by Rajnikanth is back from retirement with his humanoid avatar chitti to stop the evil birdman in a war, which sometimes appeared as very juvenile as Chhota Bheem fighting Kalia,.
Then there is Nila (Amy Jackson), another humanoid who literally donates her master control unit to Chitti. Talk of love stories in the modern world!
Also Read: Comedian actor Kapil Sharma was once a wedding crasher!
The trailer of Akshay Kumar and Rajnikanth's much-awaited project 2.0 broke records on YouTube. The trailer garnered a combined 25 million views on digital platforms within 24 hours of its release. Now, similar trends are expected from the movie when it releases in theaters on November 29. Trade experts have predicted a humongous opening for the Shankar directorial which has been in the making for last three years.
After the release of Baahubali The Conclusion, all the box office records of India were re-written. Now, with the release of Shankar's 2.0, it looks like the history will repeat itself.
As reported to be India's costliest film 2.0 has been released in about 10500 screens around the world. Trade analysts predict that the film will surpass previous records without breaking a sweat.
While, it is said that the 2.0 will earn at least Rs 20-25 crore in the north belt, as the presence of Akshay Kumar in the film will surely attract a lot of audiences, the analysts predicted in Tamil Nadu 2.0 is expected to collect about 25 to 30 crore on its opening day .
Trade experts have predicted a breaking box office collection for the S Shankar's directorial 2.0.


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Banditry: NSCDC boss orders massive deployment of personnel
June 12, 2019 Agency Report
Abdullahi Gana, Commandant General (CG), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)
Abdullahi Gana, Commandant General (CG), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has ordered a massive deployment of personnel to areas of banditry and cattle rustling in Katsina State.
Mr Gana gave the directive to the Katsina State Commandant, Ahamad Alhassan, in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.
The statement disclosed that the CG had earlier summoned Mr Alhassan to Abuja, to brief him on the security situation in the state.
Mr Gana said the deployment was to complement personnel already on the ground for operation 'Sharan Daji' in the state.
He said the corps needed to work in synergy with other sister security agencies to ensure the security of lives and property among the people in the country.
Mr Gana promised to send additional equipment and logistics to the Katsina State Command to boost its operations.
The CG, who assured members of the public of their safety, called for calm as he advised them to remain law-abiding and to report any suspicious movement to security agencies.
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GABRIELLE CHANEL & DANCE
At the epicenter of the avant-garde, Gabrielle Chanel was surrounded by a circle of friends that included some of the greatest artists of her time, whose work and artistic disciplines nourished her creatively. Dance was undergoing a great revolution and there, Chanel found an echo of the fashion she wanted to offer women: a body freed so it mastered its movements, symbolizing a new kind of femininity. This art form mirrored her vision of women and the female allure.
How the art of dance emancipated Gabrielle Chanel.
Like the cinema that was emerging at the beginning of the 20th century, dance opened up new paths for movement and artistic expression, illustrating its irrepressible quest for freedom. Gabrielle Chanel herself, who at that time was defining her style with comfortable and elegant clothes meant to liberate women's bodies, followed dance lessons with the dancer in vogue, Caryathis. "Always remove, always strip away. Never add… There is no other beauty than the freedom of the body," affirmed Gabrielle Chanel. The grace of the dancers and their choreographies unhampered by their costumes, perfectly met the ambitions of the designer and her concept of a modern look, free from all constraints. Sharing the designer's intuition, Isadora Duncan predicted that: "The dancer of the future would be the one whose body and soul had grown so harmoniously together that the natural language of the soul had become the movement of the body."
In 1913, Gabrielle Chanel experienced a profound aesthetic shock triggered by The Rite of Spring, presented by the Ballets Russes and led by the impresario Serge Diaghilev. Set to music by Igor Stravinsky, the performance was a total rupture with the classical ballet tradition and resulted in a huge scandal. Chanel had met Diaghilev in Venice while in the company of her great friend Misia Sert. She wholeheartedly espoused the innovative vision of a multi-faceted art form that mixed dance, music, painting, sets and costumes. It signaled the beginning of a longstanding friendship that lasted until Diaghilev's death in 1929, and produced numerous artistic collaborations, with the reprise of The Rite of Spring being the first. It was indeed Gabrielle Chanel who would help mount a reprise of this seminal ballet again in 1920. Requiring total discretion and anonymity, she sealed her first act of patronage.
"In our ballet, dance is only one element of the show, and not even the most important one … the revolution we have undertaken in ballet, perhaps has less to do with the specific field of dance than it does with the sets and costumes." Serge Diaghilev's words were used to open the centenary exhibition of the Ballets Russes at the Paris Opera in 2009. They perfectly sum up the spirit of the Parisian avant-garde and also reflect Gabrielle Chanel's desire to infuse movement and life into the looks she created for women. Her encounters led her to work closely with the visionaries of the dance world, and in particular with the Ballets Russes as her artist friends had done. In 1924, Gabrielle Chanel, in the company of Cocteau and Picasso, put her audacity to work for the Train Bleu, a satire on the Roaring Twenties.
The grace and freedom embodied by dance would regularly creep into Gabrielle Chanel's creations. By combining dance and fashion, Gabrielle Chanel synthesized two creative forms marked by the transient and the ephemeral, going beyond the notion of clothing literally in movement, to benefit the female body once and forever freed.
To watch the film please visit: chanel.com/en/gabrielle-chanel-and-dance


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Die Innstadt ist ein Stadtteil der Universitätsstadt Passau im bayerischen Regierungsbezirk Niederbayern mit 6081 Einwohnern (Stand: 2005). Als einziger Stadtteil Passaus liegt die Innstadt rechts des Inns, der ansonsten ab der Salzachmündung bei Haiming die Grenze zu Österreich darstellt.

Lage
Die Innstadt wird begrenzt durch den Inn und die Staatsgrenze zu Österreich. Der nördlichste Grenzpunkt liegt auf dem Kräutelstein. Als einziger Passauer Stadtteil befindet sie sich auf der rechten Seite des Inn. Mit den anderen Stadtteilen ist sie über die Marienbrücke, den Innsteg (Fußgängerbrücke), sowie der Kaiserin-Elisabeth-Brücke und die Kräutlsteinbrücke (Eisenbahnbrücken) verbunden.

Geschichte

Der ursprüngliche Siedlungskern wurde um das Jahr 270 n. Chr. von den Römern errichtet. Sie bauten das Kastell Boiotro in den Bereich der heutigen Lederergasse. Ab 450 n. Chr. wirkte der heilige Severin in der Innstadt. Er gründete in der Umgebung des Kastells eines der ersten Klöster in Bayern. Die wahrscheinlich daraus hervorgegangene Kirche St. Severin ist die älteste im Mauerwerk erhaltene Kirche Passaus und war bis 1787 Sitz der Pfarrei Passau-Innstadt. Anfang des 12. Jahrhunderts wurde die zeitweise zum St. Ägidien-Spital gehörende Spitalskirche St. Gertraud am heutigen Kirchplatz gebaut. Die Befestigungsanlagen, zu denen auch das Severinstor gehörte, wurden 1408 bis 1414 errichtet. Ab etwa 1500 entwickelten sich, bedingt durch die Auslagerung bestimmter Risikoberufe aus der Altstadt, erste Gewerbezentren. So siedelten sich Schmiede, Lederer und Rotgerber in dem Gebiet der heutigen Lederergasse und der Löwengrube an. In den Jahren 1624 bis 1627 wurde die Wallfahrtskirche Mariahilf errichtet, die bis heute ein wichtiger Anziehungspunkt für Touristen ist. Am 27. April 1662 wurde ein großer Teil der Gebäude durch ein Feuer vernichtet. Sowohl Mariahilf als auch St. Gertraud konnten nicht vor den Flammen geschützt werden. 1787 wurde der Sitz der Innstadtpfarrei von St. Severin  nach St. Gertraud verlegt, seit 1968 ist St. Gertraud auch offiziell Pfarrkirche. Die Pfarrei Passau-Innstadt behielt jedoch weiterhin das Patronat St. Severin. Die heutige Prägung erhielt die Innstadt erst nach dem Großbrand Passaus im Jahre 1809.

Die Gemeinde Beiderwies
1816 wurde die Gemeinde Beiderwies errichtet, deren Name auf das Kastell Boiotro zurückgeht. Sie umfasste das gesamte Gebiet außerhalb der Stadtmauern rechts des Inn, das 1803 zu Bayern kam und zog sich wie ein breiter Gürtel um die ursprüngliche, zu Passau gehörige Innstadt. Sowohl die damalige Pfarrkirche St. Severin, das St. Ägidien-Spital als auch die Wallfahrtskirche Mariahilf gehörten zu Beiderwies, während St. Gertraud auf Passauer Gebiet lag.

Bereits 1818 schnitt man das Mühltal aus Beiderwies heraus und gliederte es in die Stadt Passau ein. 1897 stellten einzelne Bürger den Antrag auf Eingemeindung nach Passau. Stattdessen wurde vom Bezirksamt die Eingliederung der Gesamtgemeinde zur Abstimmung vorgelegt. Die Abstimmung vom 8. Juli 1898 ergab 25 Pro- und 25 Kontrastimmen, womit der Antrag abgelehnt war. 1912 wurde die Freiwillige Feuerwehr Beiderwies gegründet.

Am 28. März 1922 legte der Passauer Bürgermeister Carl Sittler dem Gemeinderat von Beiderwies ein Gutachten vor, das auf die engen Verflechtungen zwischen Beiderwies und Passau verwies. Am 21. Mai 1922 fand die nach dem Gesetz erforderliche Volksabstimmung über eine Eingemeindung von Beiderwies nach Passau statt. 379 Gemeindemitglieder befürworteten die Angliederung, 127 waren dagegen. Am 1. Juli 1923 kam die Gemeinde Beiderwies, die zuletzt 1860 Mitglieder zählte, zur Stadt Passau.

Der Name der Gemeinde Beiderwies wurde nach dem gleichnamigen Ortsteil im Bereich Lindental, Kühberg, Voglau und Am Severinstor benannt.

Der Wortstamm Beider geht auf die keltische Ortsbezeichnung Boiodurum, später Boiotro bzw. das gleichnamige römische Grenzkastell zurück, was sich später über Peiter und Peichter zu Beider weiterentwickelt hat.
Beiderwies ist als Ortsbezeichnung im Sprachgebrauch heute unüblich.

Der Bach, der das Lindental durchfließt und zwischen Innsteg und Severinstor in den Inn mündet, heißt noch heute Beiderbach.

Innstadt-Brauerei

Die Innstadt Brauerei Bierspezialitäten GmbH war bis 2013 mit ihren 60 Mitarbeitern und einem Jahresumsatz von 8,1 Millionen Euro ein wichtiger Wirtschaftsfaktor im Stadtteil. Die Marke Innstadt wurde 2012 in einer gemeinsamen geplanten strategischen Zielsetzung von dem regionalen Marktführer Brauerei Hacklberg übernommen.
Die Innstadt Bierspezialitäten werden weiterhin wie bisher als Marke Innstadt in den Originalrezepturen bei Hacklberg produziert und vertrieben. Des Weiteren befinden sich insbesondere in der Lederergasse und der Löwengrube viele Kneipen und Bars, die sich bei Studenten großer Beliebtheit erfreuen. 2015 wurde ein Teil des Brauereigebäudes abgerissen und bis Ende 2018 mit einer Wohnanlage neu bebaut.

Verkehr
Durch die Innstadt führen mit der Staatsstraße 2625 in Richtung Mariahilf und der Staatsstraße 2125 in Richtung Achleiten zwei wichtige Straßenverbindungen nach Österreich. Beide treffen sich an der Marienbrücke. Aufgrund von Tanktourismus ist die Verkehrsbelastung durch Straßenverkehr in der Innstadt hoch.

Neben Straßenverkehr führt die Bahnstrecke Wels–Passau circa zwei Kilometer durch die Innstadt. Es existiert keine Haltestelle im Stadtteil.

Von dieser zweigt in der Spitzkehre Voglau die mittlerweile stillgelegte Bahnstrecke Passau-Voglau–Hauzenberg. Diese hatte mit Passau-Innstadt und Passau-Rosenau zwei Haltestellen in der Innstadt. Die Strecke wurde von der DB Netz an die Bayerische Regionaleisenbahn verpachtet, welche plant, die Strecke unter dem Markennamen "Granitbahn" zu reaktivieren.

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Our article this week is written by one of our screen reader analysts, who shares his experiences about how he adapted to living as a blind person, and what role technology played in his life moving forward.
When I was born I was just like any other happy and healthy baby, well at least that's what it seemed. After six months my Nan noticed that I wasn't reacting as other babies would, I wouldn't follow her with my eyes and didn't appear to be seeing toys and other items as I should. After much investigation it was discovered that I had a rare condition that meant that my optic nerves had not grown as they should, and at the time I was the only person in Britain to have this condition. Even as I sit here writing this I can't remember what the condition is called as it's so complex.
In effect my condition left me with no sight in the right eye and only 15 percent in the left, this sounds minimal but as a child I made full use of this sight. I was able to see a significant distance (at least to me) and most importantly I could read standard print books. To me this was a gift as it meant that I could read the same books as my friends, although for very small print this could lead to eye strain. I can still remember the soreness of my left eye when reading 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' in only three days, which was a total of 766 pages. This meant that as a child growing up in the 90s I didn't really notice technology and its impact. I had my books, TV, and later on the PlayStation. I had enough sight to handwrite and that was just fine for me. The closest thing that came to technology for me was the number games on the computer in primary school, and what later turned out to be an invaluable skill as an adult, the ability to touch type, an essential skill for any child sighted or otherwise in my opinion.
Therefore it was a total shock to me as a 13 year old when my retina detached in my left eye. Overnight my sight that I'd known and taken for granted had been halved, which took away the normal print books, some of the PlayStation games and the longer distance of sight I had. I now needed to use the white long cane and adapt far more than I could at the time understand, and unfortunately at this time my stubborn nature reared its head.
It was suggested to me that I should carry a laptop computer to every lesson with me, which had a copy of Supernova installed. For those who haven't met Super Nova, it is a magnification and screen reader package that allows those with limited vision to both see and hear what is on the screen. You might think that I'd jump at the chance to use this technology, but this wasn't the case. To me as a teenager this laptop with its talking magnification software set me apart from my friends and made me stand out, and by the time I had set the computer up and opened a word document the lesson was already five minutes old and my friends were already ahead of me. Further to this was the fact that my emotions wouldn't allow me to give in, because I wanted to be the same as my friends and do what they did. I still wanted to be able to handwrite, and carry on as I had before. I simply couldn't accept that my sight was diminished, and that I needed to adapt to my new situation.
It didn't help me at the time that my teachers wanted the best for me, and so forced me to use the laptop. I can see now that they were right and that technology was the way forward, but at the time I couldn't accept this and so fought against this. I refused point blank to use the laptop, hindsight is a wonderful thing and I can now see that I should have used it. My emotions were running high, and it was a huge change in my life that nobody had seen coming least of all me. In time my teachers accepted my stubbornness and left me alone, and as they intended I began to see the advantages of technology. I improved with touch typing and began to use the shortcut keys that today are so familiar and vital to my life, both personally and professionally. Of course I still used the computer with some degree of sight, which meant that when my site went entirely I had to largely re-train.
Technology moves quickly meaning that a blind or visually impaired user needs not only to understand how the technology works, but needs to learn the changes quickly before they change again. Big updates such as Windows 7 to Windows 8 can be highly challenging to users, because of their extreme differences both in looks and shortcuts which is often overlooked by their creators. I learned Microsoft's version of PowerPoint and Excel with sight, however have not yet been able to use them as a blind person as I find it hard to visualize what is on the screen. Once such packages are familiar to me, I personally find it reasonably simple to learn the changes but this I believe is not true for all users, particularly those who lose their sight later in life.
At the age of 15 my sight deteriorated further, before eventually going entirely at the age of 18. I had undergone several operations to attempt to save the sight, but eventually the scar tissue from these operations grew over the eye meaning I could no longer see. This was hard to take at first, because in my own mind it was only some scarring that blocked the sight from coming back. Also at this time the surgeon performing the final operation had given me a very positive spin on things, meaning that I went into that final operation with an unreasonable belief in success. After six months when the sight hadn't returned, I was dropped from the patient list and left to fend for myself. I don't blame the surgeon for not being able to retrieve my sight, as this was an almost impossible task. However the positivity of his attitude had given me false optimism, and was one of the causes which led directly I believe to what happened next. Having said that, I am hugely thankful to the surgeon for prolonging the sight for as long as he did.
I suffered a severe bout of depression, being unable to leave my bed or see any goodness in life. I couldn't read, play on the PlayStation or any other of the fun things I had previously done. Leaving the house was a challenge now, as I lived in the countryside and had understandably relied on my remaining sight so much in the past. Even simple things like watching the TV had been taken for granted. As a huge sports fan I could no longer follow the cricket or football on TV, and couldn't follow the games on the radio if the commentaries were there at all! In short to me life was over. I could no longer see the computer, and so had to re-train all over again.
I hadn't been able to see my mobile phone for a year or more, and so felt cut off completely as I couldn't text or e-mail for myself. IPhones were not yet in my sphere of understanding so I had no independence or privacy, and it felt like anything I had known so far was gone. I was lucky because I had the love and support of my fiancé later to become my wife. She showed me that life wasn't over and encouraged me to live life again, just in a different way. She showed me that I could still have a social life, and that I could adapt. I got a Nokia phone with the Talks screen reading software on it, which meant that I could phone and text who I needed to which was great. I gradually learned to adapt, both to the technology and to life in general. Whether this was cooking without sight, or following the sport I got there gradually.
I began to use the Jaws screen reading software, which I still use today when not using other technologies for the Digital Accessibility Centre. JAWS again was a life changer, as it gave me the independence of the internet and all that comes with it. I had previously taken this for granted and learned not to do so again. As I improved I found tasks easier, and so made it through college and to university. I was lucky enough to move in with my fiancé, now my wife and we had our daughter who is now nearly four. Everything was going well until my phone and laptop broke about the same time, my phone was now obsolete and I was still unaware of the built in Voice Over screen reader on the iPhone. I felt increasingly isolated as the technology I could find to help me was expensive and out of my price range, and as I later discovered wouldn't have worked anyway as the technology was out of date.
This was a hard period for me, as again I couldn't accept my sight loss and I was angry with the world. Later I would come to realize how lucky I was, having both my wife and daughter and that I was still luckier than some. Audiobooks on CD were expensive if available at all, which was one of my main hobbies. I was again without a phone that I could use reliably, and my computer kept breaking which nearly cost me my degree! Eventually after talking to friends I was able to see what I did have, my family. I've finally accepted my sight loss. I now understand that despite my lack of sight, I'm very lucky and can still do most things just in a different way.
Thanks to my colleagues at the Digital Accessibility Centre I discovered the iPhone, which to me was a life changing piece of technology. It goes with me everywhere, and allows me to do the things that sighted people take for granted. I am now able to have audiobooks on my phone at a very low price, as well as being able to follow news and sport at the click of a button. I can phone, text, and e-mail without having to open up a laptop which isn't always convenient. It can't be understated what a difference this has made to my life, whether it's ordering my daughter's birthday present from Amazon, or watching a TV series on Netflix, my life has completely changed. I've grown as a person just by using this one piece of technology. Working with the Digital Accessibility Centre has broadened my horizons, and allowed me to view technology in a different light.
Speaking personally I can say that it is not always obvious what technology is out there. When my second phone had broken I found it hard to either find information about screen reading software, or funding to buy the technology. As I've already stated my iPhone goes with me everywhere. This is fantastic when websites or Aps are accessible, but sadly this is not always the case. I am still prevented from accessing large sectors of the internet, in particular retail websites and bookmaker's websites. This can be annoying when for example you are attempting to buy a surprise bottle of perfume for your wife's birthday, or to place a bet on a horse! There are sometimes work arounds that I can access as an experienced user of such technologies, but this isn't always the case meaning that there are still some things off limits to me.
I've learned not to be angry with my sight but I do still become frustrated with something I can't do, because it's not accessible when it is within the power of people to make them accessible. I've been lucky enough to do some amazing things in my life so far, and I'm no longer that stubborn teenager that won't listen to people. I'm lucky enough to have my wife and daughter, and now also have a son. He came quite suddenly one Sunday evening, and I had to deliver him myself at home without any help from medical professionals until the emergency was over. Looking back this experience was utterly terrifying, but at the time I wasn't thinking like that. Technology has changed me as a person, as it's helping me to develop in ways I could have never imagined. I use technology to shop for both of my kids, and to buy that surprise Daddy present that I otherwise couldn't go to the shop for, well at least not without help in the past. Playing kids tunes on Spotify or children's programmes on Netflix, allow me to have fun with the kids when we're not out and about in our local park, or playing with toys on the floor.
I've often been asked by people what I'd give to have my sight back, and once upon a time the answer would have been almost anything. For me that statement is no longer true. If it meant losing my two kids or my wife, or pretty much anything else then I'd likely say no. For me I'd love my sight back but that's not a reality currently, as my condition is so rare that it's a long way off before there could be a cure. Yes sometimes there is a wistful smile and regret that I can't see those photos with the kids in them, or to see what the kids look like but being upset all the time doesn't help either. On mornings where the lack of sight can be frustrating I just have to play with my little boy, or walk my daughter to play school, with her as proud as punch to be with her Daddy to realize just how lucky I am. My view now is that sight isn't everything. Yes the advancement of technology has helped this view, but for me personally I'm the luckiest guy in the world as the things I do have are so precious to me that nothing else matters.


Kicking off what many consider the start of summer, the Chicago Tribune began Memorial Day weekend with tips for planning a multigenerational summer trip. The article reported that more and more families are bringing grandma and grandpa along on vacation, using travel as a great way for everyone to spend quality time together.
The article went on to offer insight into why vacation rentals are a great option for group travel and larger family trips. It even highlighted some of the deals Wyndham Vacation Rentals is offering this summer in celebration of July being National Vacation Rental Month. Read the full article here: 6 Ideas to Jumpstart a Multigenerational Summer Trip.


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Toyota Fortuner/Hilux 2020 gets 5 Stars in the ASEAN NCAP Crash Test
ASEAN NCAP stated in its report that the Toyota Fortuner has the same occupant protection as a tested Toyota Hilux, based on technical evidence provided by Toyota.
The Toyota Fortuner sold in India is essentially the full-size SUV version of the Hilux pickup truck sold in Thailand and other Asian markets. Now ASEAN NCAP has crash-tested on Toyota Hilux which has five-star crash test ratings and has given Toyota Fortuner the same rating based on the same SUV and it's very similar, it's powered by the same platform and has the same transmission.
Both Toyota Hilux and Toyota Fortuner SUVs received a full five-star crash rating in ASEAN NCAP.
The upcoming Toyota Fortuner Facelift collected 87.46 points, giving it a 5-star safety rating. It scored 34.03 points out of 36 for the protection of adult passengers (AOP), 43.38 points out of 49 for the protection of children (COP), and 13.00 points out of 18.0 in the Safety Aid Technology (SAT) category. Its frontal-impact score of 14.53 and a side-impact score of 16.0 is the same as Hilux's score, but the Fortuner gets ahead protection rating of 3.50 higher than Hilux's 2.40.
Toyota is already testing the Fortuner in India and is expected to go on sale on Diwali this year. 2020 Toyota Fortuner will continue to sell with BS6 compliant petrol and diesel engines. While the first will be a 2.7-liter four-cylinder engine that generates 164 hp and 245 Nm of torque, the diesel version will have a 2.8-liter engine that now delivers more power and torque. Maximum power has been increased by 25 hp, giving a total of 201 hp, while torque has been increased by 50 Nm and the engine develops a maximum torque of 500 Nm. Transfer options will include a 6-speed manual and a 6-speed automatic.
Toyota Fortuner is expected to be launched in India sometime in 2021. When the revamped Fortuner arrives in India, expected prices to be slightly higher than the current model (ranging between Rs 28.66-34.43 Lakh, ex-showroom, Delhi).
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The five largest cities in Spain (Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville and Zaragoza) represent 15% of the total population, with almost a quarter (24.4%) of total Spanish university graduates residing in them.
The Bancaja Foundation and Ivie have published "La Geografía del Capital Humano en España", a study which examines the territorial distribution of human capital at regional and local level. The report analyzes the changes in levels and concentration of human capital in Spain during the last decade, taking as a reference the 2011 Population and Housing Census published in 2013 by the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE). The study is structured in three sections and provides up-to-date information on the geographical distribution of human capital in Spain; the relationship between human capital and spatial mobility; and the extent to which the labour market uses the available human capital.


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All of the flue and reed pipes for Opus 136 were made by hand at the C. B. Fisk workshop in Gloucester, Mass.
A gratefully received but unexpected gift, a well-used but well-worn pipe organ, and the need to restore and renew a beautiful but aging church became the seeds that, once sowed, lead to the November 21, 2010, dedication of the Van Ness Hamrick Organ, C. B. Fisk Opus 136 at St. Peter's Episcopal Church.
Grace Van Ness Hamrick was a loved and long-time member of St. Peter's. According to friends, she and her husband, Sidney, always attended the 8 a.m. service and always sat near the front of the church on the left-hand side, in the same pew claimed by her parents, Grace Montgomery Van Ness and James Henry Van Ness III.
Hired by the Charlotte Observer in 1958, Grace covered the city's social life for more than thirty years. She was known to be particular about getting her facts right, but more important, she was trusted and respected for her ability to keep sensitive information to herself.
Perhaps that is why it was only after her death at the age of seventy-one in May 2002 that St. Peter's learned of her generous gift of $2 million to the St. Peter's Endowment Fund. (Grace's generosity extended beyond St. Peter's: She gave an additional $4 million to be divided between the Queens University of Charlotte's music program and the Humane Society of Charlotte.)
Born into Charlotte society, Grace knew all of the city's social giants, and they knew her. She attended Central High School in Charlotte and the Holton-Arms School in Washington, D.C., earned a business degree at the University of Georgia, and worked at Wachovia Bank and Queens College before moving to the Observer.
Close friends and associates, including Mary Utting and William Johnson, remember her humility, her sense of style, her willingness to help anyone who needed help, her love of music, and her love of animals—especially her dogs, which she and Sid always adopted from the animal shelter.
In her final Observer column, Grace wrote that she was retiring early "to have time to smell the roses." She and Sid continued to attend the 8 a.m. service at St. Peter's (reflecting their appreciation of the Rite One language and liturgy), and there Grace could be seen laying her hand on the choir rail and smiling approvingly at the organist as she passed by on the way to her pew.
A contributor to the 1834 Legacy Society at St. Peter's, Grace made the largest bequest in the history of St. Peter's, setting an example for others in the parish. We give our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Grace for the glorious music played on the occasion of the dedication of the Van Ness Hamrick Organ—and to be played for centuries to come.
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Robert Downey Jr. Opens Rolling Stones Concert With Announcement About Mars
How the band extended its influence to the red planet
Robert Downey Jr. played Tony Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so who better to start Thursday night's Rolling Stones concert at the Rose Bowl with some out of this world news.
The actor took the stage to announce to the tens of thousands of fans on-hand that the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band had extended its influence to Mars.
Downey Jr. explained that a rock on the red planet that did a little rolling on November 26, 2018 has been named in honor of the Rolling Stones.
NASA says when its InSight lander touched down on Mars last year, its retrorockets sent what is now known as Rolling Stones Rock moving about 3-feet. NASA says that's the farthest it had ever seen a rock roll after landing a spacecraft on another planet.
Hello "@RollingStones Rock" Who could hang a name on you? Um... us!
When @NASAInsight touched down on the Red Planet, its engines sent a rock rolling across Mars' surface. We named it for the band. Take a closer look and learn how #MarsRocks get named: https://t.co/xY0TfoksJP pic.twitter.com/BZlABAMaZJ
— NASA (@NASA) August 23, 2019
"Some scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in a fit of fandom and clever association, put forth, 'Why don't we name it, Rolling Stones Rock?'" Downey said. "So Charlie, Ronnie, Keith and Mick – they were in no way opposed to the notion, but in typical egalitarian fashion, suggested I assist in procuring 60,000 votes to make it official, so that's my mission."
Downey then asked the crowd if they were in favor and of course they approved.
The Rolling Stones followed by doing what they do best - entertaining fans old and young with "Street Fighting Man" to start the show. At one point during the set, Mick Jagger acknowledged his band's new connection to Mars.
"NASA has given us something we have always dreamed of," he boasted. "I can't believe it. I want to bring it back and put in on our mantelpiece."
The Stones are now off to their next mission – an August 26 gig in Glendale, AZ.
Tonight was out of this world! -- Thanks for celebrating with us @robertdowneyjr and thank you to all the team at @NASA @NASAJPL @NASAInSight @MarsCuriosity #marsrocks pic.twitter.com/UqcCJyT0w2
— The Rolling Stones (@RollingStones) August 23, 2019