Working next to someone every single day is not an easy task. As time goes by you get to know your co-worker better, and whether you like it or not, you have to try your best to be as kind as possible to each other. After all, you are spending most of the time together. For some, it can get even more difficult if their colleague shares different cultural or religious beliefs, and it can get challenging to respect each other despite having completely different ways of living.
"I first noticed Elliot was nicer than others when I'd mention halal/haram (lawful/unlawful) and he knew exactly what I meant. Even times when a few of my coworkers would go to a meat deli at lunch or for beers, he knew not to invite me because he knew I'd say no. Elliot was knowledgeable on Islam to a high degree. Over time, it became more apparent that he genuinely cares about others and looks out for their best interests," Umar told Bored Panda.
All reasonable people can get along with each other regardless of gender, religion. colour, social status etc. etc. It's the fanatics and the ignorant that mess this world up. The media give all the negative incidents all the coverage and hardly ever report positive things that are happening. As you can read in the comments almost everyone expected another story about intolerance and hate. That's how our minds are set right now.
It also helps to ask questions. People are more than willing to share information with those willing to learn. I found out that a co-worker was a Jehovah's Witness and I knew that they do not celebrate birthdays or holidays. I always thought that was kind of sad until I asked her about it. She explained that, according to her religion, everyday was a celebration and that no one day should be singled out over another. I thought that was kind of cool.
Can I please upvote this comment x100!!!!
Well, it's also called secularity or, as the French would have it, laicite... Here you see it at work.
I agree with you in general but It's not really that everyone expected this story to be about intolerance and hate, it's the way the heading is worded that makes you assume it's going to be bad.
There is no country in the world called Israel. The most people I hate in all over the world are "Zionists" a group of lands thieves. I don't care with Jewish "no emotional towards them", I'm surprised when I've read stories that tell racism from foreign people against black people, Jewish, Muslims any other religion and ethnic . But, I really hate Zionist and I think they are like Nazis and Apartheid system. So, I'm sure when the war is gonna start these 2 guys will lift weapons to fight each other. I agree if considerate Jewish not Zionists and Palestinians are gonna establish one country and mixed government consists each other and adhere with UN decisions and announce no place for evil Zionists and radical Palestinians but that's impossible because Zionists want the war and believe in myths like Armageddon. From Egypt.
@Ojberretta Berretta Christians have caused more death and destruction in the history of this world than all other religions combined. They slaughtered thousands during the crusades, hundreds of thousands when they took over North and South America, and slaughtered millions when Hitler (a devout Christian) was in power. They destroyed whole tribes and countries that did not meet with their idea of "civilization." They destroyed cultures that they considered too primitive all in the name of God. Terrorism comes in many many forms. Just because a Bible was used to justify it doesn't mean the people that were wielding it weren't terrorists.
Once again, this Berretta barbarian is attempting to achieve the skill of writing. It's not very good yet, but someday its grunts and noises will be coherent to us all.
Wow, that coworker did his homework! I'm a non-practicing Jew (and yet still identify as Jewish) so I eat bacon cheeseburgers without shame, but I'm always touched when someone stops and asks "oh crap, this has pork. Is that okay?" I always assumed that Halal was basically equivalent to Kosher, but the gelatin thing really threw me.
If I'm not mistaken, gelatin is often made with animal bones--usually those of a pig. As a conservative Jew (someone who is somewhat religious, yet not Orthodox ) as a kid, my mother wouldn't let me get certain Hostess snacks because they were made with animal fat or bones.
That makes sense. I didn't realize it was usually pig bones. I thought beef for some reason.
Best part is though, that because of the rising vegan community, more and more substitutes are being found for non-kosher items too. Like the brown rice crispie treats at Trader Joe's that's made from gelatin free marshmallows.
@sammiche and the good thing about kosher/halal situation is that for me even if I only see the kosher sign, I'm okay with eating it since I know for sure its halal as well. :) Which is nice and comforting in some ways..
When I mentioned it to my mom, she also brought up something about the marrow, too? Either way, I felt kind of dumb for not realizing gelatin wasn't kosher or halal! I guess I'll be doing some research this weekend. I don't keep kosher myself, but now I'm curious to see if there are any major differences between kosher and halal. I might need it someday!
Shallie Whitemane...PETA says they're vegan..but when I asked if they could verify the source of sugar..they couldn't confirm that it was cruelty free sugar (sugar that hasn't been filtered through cow bone char.) They said that if they didn't know the source, then they assumed it was cruelty free. Excuse me? When it comes to veganism for an animal rights activist, assume nothing.
Gelatin is also not kosher!
The only difference is in the slaughter of the animal: for both it has to be done in the name of God and with a slit through the neck, and all the blood has to flow out. For kosher meat, the meat has to be soaked in salty water (i think) to drain out even more blood. I know there are some nuances in communities but jews are generally more strict in as to who may slaughter (has to be a jew most of the time?) and it has to be a rabbi who makes the 'benediction'. In Islam it is enough if a muslim slaughters with the intention to do it for God. For muslims it is permissible by the Quran to eat kosher meat just like 'halal' meat, but for jews there is no such analogy since the torah came before Islam.
I found out about this last year at my daughter's birthday party. We had an outdoor event with campfire and s'mores and one of her friends said she could not have those because of the gelatin. I had no idea!
Kosher Jews can't eat non- kosher gelatin also.
Funny enough, my coworker who I mention in my tweets is also a non-practising Jew! That made it even more special that he knew so much about Islam and my dietary restrictions and prayer timings!
It is unlikely he looked these things up. Religious food restrictions etc are commonly practised in Israel, so most Israeli's will know what is Halal/Kosher. I am Israeli. I was buying milk once and I noticed the seemingly same milk was packaged slightly differently. I asked the Arab, Muslim worker about it. He explained it was to do with them being certified by different Rabbis.
Gelatin is usually made from cows, but for Muslims, the cow must be slaughtered without being shocked first. Only maximum suffering slaughter makes for halal gelatin.
No, halal slaughter is the same as kosher slaughter. Per an article on The Guardian: "the animal's throat must be cut by a sharp knife severing the carotid artery, jugular vein and windpipe in a single swipe." The animal bleeds out quickly. It wouldn't be kosher or halal if the animal suffers for an extended period of time.
You are so right, Cookie.It's a barbaric practice to to slay animals in this manner. The poor beast suffers for serval Minutes until it will actually die. I live in 21st century, not in the 5th century AD. Why in some odd religions must these horrible ways must continue ?
It's amazing to see people be considerate of each other instead of assuming that everyone does things the same way you do! Like he went as far as make sure the medication he was giving his colleague was something he could take and that's amazing!


Through his interpreters Batman explained to the chiefs that he had come to settle amongst them on friendly terms, adding that although he was a white man he was 'a countryman of theirs' and would protect them.
That day he gave the men blankets, tomahawks, knives, scissors, and looking-glasses and hung around the necks of each woman and child a necklace. They appeared highly gratified and excited.
The next day he explained to the chiefs that the object of his visit was to purchase a tract of their country, since he intended to settle amongst them with his wife, his seven daughters, his sheep and his cattle. He proposed, he said, to employ the people of their tribe, clothe and feed them, and pay them an annual tribute in necessaries as a compensation for the enjoyment of the land.
The chiefs seemed fully to comprehend his proposals, and much delighted with the prospect of having him live amongst them.
On the following day, 6 June, after the deed of purchase was read out and carefully explained to the chiefs, the three brothers Jaga Jaga, Jaga Jaga and Jaga Jaga, and the other chiefs, Cooloolock, Bugarie, Yanyan, Moowhip and Mommarmalar, of the Dutigallar tribe in the district of Iransnoo and Geelong granted to John Batman 100,000 acres in which he could place sheep and cattle in exchange for twenty pairs of scissors, fifty handkerchiefs, twelve red shirts, four flannel jackets, four suits of clothes, fifty pounds of flour, and a yearly rent or tribute of fifty pairs of blankets, fifty knives, fifty tomahawks, fifty pairs of scissors, fifty looking glasses, twenty suits of clothing and two tons of flour.
By similar deed of purchase he took possession of 500,000 acres in the vicinity of the Yarra Yarra. In return for a few knives, tomahawks, scissors and looking-glasses, and enough grog to put them in a mood to say 'yes' to anything and laugh about it, a few aborigines had made John Batman and the other members of the [Geelong and Dutigalla] association amongst the largest landed proprietors in the world.
Clark, Manning 1973, 'The beginning of an Australian Civilisation, 1824-51: History of Australia', volume 3, Melbourne University Press, pp 88-9.


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When most people think of investing, they usually think of stocks and bonds. But you can also invest in tangible goods and substances. Known in the financial world as commodities, they're often made up of the things you use or consume every day — from foodstuffs to gasoline to metals.
Commodities happen to be one of the oldest forms of wealth and investing, far predating stock exchanges and bond markets. In fact, the strength of many civilizations and countries has been linked to the buying and selling of commodities. The spice trade literally shaped the modern world. The animals, textiles, and jewels moving along the Silk Road to market forged ties between Europe and Asia. The Vikings set sail to lands in search of grains and livestock.
Commodities have financed societies and helped them grow. The ancient Greeks and Romans used gold as a currency. Hundreds of years later, in the 19th century US, the Gold Rush more than tripled the population of California.
Today, commodities are considered an alternative investment, while relatively newfangled paper assets are considered the traditional ones. Still, they can play a key part in your portfolio. According to Trina Patel, a financial advisor at Albert, "commodities tend to have a low to negative correlation to stocks and bonds" — that is, their prices generally move in the opposite direction from these securities.
For this reason, many investors turn towards commodities when the stock market has a poor outlook, or just to diversify their holdings.
Here's what you need to know about commodities, how they work, and how to invest in them.
What are commodities?
Commodities are tangible goods that can be traded for other tangible goods or cash. They're commercially sold products that you can buy (think: the coffee you brew in the morning or the gasoline you put into your car). The financial world splits commodities into two major categories: hard and soft.
Within the hard and soft categories, there are four different groups of commodities that contain a wealth of different individual products:
Energy: This includes crude oil, heating oil, gasoline, and natural gas. As oil is a limited global supply, prices have historically increased with demand, though it's a largely volatile commodity affected by an economic downturn, regulations from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and the shift towards renewable energy sources.
Metals: This includes both industrial metals and precious metals. Gold, which falls into the latter category, is one of the most popular metal commodities because it's one of the most stable in value. Many investors choose to invest in precious metals when stock prices are falling. Other metal commodities include silver, platinum, aluminum, tin, and copper.
Agriculture: This sector includes crops, with some of the most popular being corn, soybean, wheat, sugar, and coffee. Overall, these commodities are subject to weather, natural disasters, and disease, but can be profitable in the face of population growth and limited food supply.
Livestock and meat: This includes animals and animal products like live cattle, feeder cattle, live hogs, pork bellies, and milk. This sector faces many of the same constraints and benefits as agriculture.
How commodities are traded
Like stocks, commodities trade on public exchanges, their fluctuating prices posted openly. Exchanges either specialize in a particular group of commodities or offer several different types. commodities. For example, the London Metal Exchange (LME) specializes in metals, while the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) trades agriculture, energy, and metals.
Also like stocks, commodities' performance is often tracked in indexes. The three of the most widely used commodities indexes in the United States are:
S&P GSCI index
Bloomberg Commodity index
DBIQ Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity index
What influences commodities prices?
Overall, commodities are typically considered high-risk investments. Their prices are driven by supply and demand, which of course also affects stocks. But, unlike stocks, commodities are affected — literally — by external, unpredictable elements like weather and natural disasters.
For example, in 1996, Hurricane Bertha swept through North Carolina, damaging 60% of the state's corn crops. As much as 20% of the crop saw its yield cut in half. As a result, corn prices skyrocketed from $2.56 per bushel in May 1995 to a high of $4.77 per bushel in May 1996.
Commodities are also tied to politics and the macroeconomy. For example, between 1973 and 1974, crude oil prices spiked from a low of $3 per barrel to a high of $12 when Arab oil producers imposed an embargo to punish the West for supporting Israel in the October 1973 Yom Kippur War against Egypt and other Arab nations.
In April 2020, the opposite happened. For the first time in history, the value of crude oil plummeted into negative numbers after the novel coronavirus pandemic decimated demand and suppliers struggled to store their oversupply.
Why invest in commodities?
Just because commodities are vulnerable to a variety of risks, that doesn't mean they're a bad investment. In fact, they can be quite profitable as long as you have the right strategy — and can watch the markets.
Advantages of commodities
Diversity: Acting as a counterbalance to stocks, commodities can be used to add diversity to a portfolio, which helps mitigate overall risk.
Inflation hedge: The price of commodities generally rises with inflation, while the value of a dollar shrinks. According to Adam Grealish, the director of investing at Betterment, commodities provided an annual return of .06% between 1802 and 2013, which is slightly more than the average savings account today. During that same period, a dollar suffered an annual loss of 1.4%.
Variety: Not all commodities are equally volatile. Metals like gold or silver generally have a more stable value than a crop that could be affected by drought or livestock that could face widespread disease.
Drawbacks of commodities
Illiquid: Directly owning most commodities is time consuming, difficult, and expensive.
Volatile: Commodities prices are highly impacted by external risk factors, including political events and natural disasters.
No income: Commodities don't pay dividends or interest. Their return is based on a rise in their price.
How to invest in commodities
There are a few different ways you can invest in commodities.
Direct ownership
One of the simplest ways to invest in a commodity is to buy it directly. You don't need to use a third party, and you can easily find a dealer, purchase what you want, and re-sell it when you don't. Many dealers will even buy back their stock.
However, this approach doesn't work with every type of commodity. Dealing with a precious metal like gold can be relatively simple since it's among the more liquid commodities, available in coins.
Direct ownership is a lot more complicated with large quantities of heavy — or living — things like cattle, crops, and drums of oil. When you get into the logistics of storage and shipping, many people bow out.
Futures contracts and options
Since it's expensive to transport heavier materials like oil, metals, and agricultural products, commodities are often bought and sold as futures contracts. Futures are a legal obligation, in which someone agrees to buy or sell a commodity on a specific date at a specific price.
Generally, you'll see hedge funds or professional traders try to buy a commodity in the futures market hoping that the spot (or current) price of the commodity will rise, and the seller will be locked into honoring their obligation at the old, lower price. In turn, the hedge fund can flip the future for a profit.
Futures contracts can cost tens of thousands of dollars, though, and highly speculative: You can guess wrong on the price move, and still be on the hook to buy the commodity. For individual investors, a safer move is often to buy options based on a futures contract. Similar to stock options, with these you have the right — but not the obligation — to follow through on the transaction by the specified date. This provides a way to profit but isn't anywhere near as costly.
Commodity stocks
Instead of investing directly in a commodity, many people prefer to invest in companies that produce or process those commodities. It should be noted that a company's stock won't necessarily rise and fall exactly with the price of the commodity, though it is pretty heavily influenced by it.
You can get a feel for a company's financial outlook by examining its operations and contracts. For example, an upstream oil or gas company that's planning to expand into renewable energy may have more longevity than one that isn't. A company with high-yield, repeat contracts in place can be a safer bet than a company that's still establishing its client base.
Commodity ETFs and mutual funds
Commodity-oriented exchange-traded funds and mutual funds can provide diversity and a lower-risk, lower-cost way to get exposure.
These funds usually specialize in a particular type of commodity. Within that group, they may invest in one or a variety of commodity-related products like the physical commodity itself, futures contracts, and commodity stocks.
The financial takeaway
Though the idea of commodities as an investment is ancient, there's a reason they remain a store of wealth today.
As tangible assets, commodities prices generally move in the opposite direction to those of paper assets, like stocks. So they can act as a counterbalance within an equities-dominated portfolio, diversifying the total risk. For this reason, many investors turn towards commodities when stocks are sinking, like in the case of a bear market.
Other investors use commodities as a hedge against inflation. Remember, they are physical goods, so their value typically rises along with other climbing prices — while the value of a dollar, and what you can buy with it, shrinks.
Commodities are one of the oldest forms of investing, but also one of the most volatile. They offer no income – and no guarantee of appreciation. Any profit is based strictly on a price rise.
Nonetheless, you can find great rewards with a fine-tuned strategy that focuses on diversity and/or some of the more stable commodities. But it's particularly important to watch the markets — and even the weather. Because something as innocuous as an early frost has the ability to diminish your returns.
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White Hackers from Positive Technologies demonstrate how to exploit SS7 protocol to impersonate WhatsApp and Telegram users and act on their behalf.
Both WhatsApp and Telegram messaging services have implemented the end-to-end encryption for chats in order to protect the privacy of their users and improve their security.
Is it enough to keep prying eyes far from them?
No, according to a recent research conducted by Positive Technologies, hackers can impersonate victims and reply to both WhatsApp and Telegram chat messages.
Hackers can exploit the Signaling System 7, aka SS7, which is a set of protocols developed in 1975 that allows the connections of one mobile phone network to another. The information passed from a network to another are needed for routing calls and text messages between several networks.
The SS7 performs out-of-band signaling in support of the call establishment, billing, routing, and information exchange functions of the public switched telephone network (PSTN).
Experts from Positive Technologies discovered that hackers can exploit a flaw in the SS7 protocol to steal the victim's identity on the messaging services with just basic skills.
The principal instant messaging services, including WhatsApp and Telegram, rely on the SMS authentication as the primary security verification mechanism, which is routed through SS7 signalling. This means that hackers exploit the SS7 to compromise the verification mechanism and take over the victim's account and impersonate him.
As explained by the experts, the most worrisome aspect of the story is that hacker does not need high-skills or a sophisticated equipment for such attack.
The hackers from the Positive Technologies used a common Linux distro and a publicly available SDK for their tests.
Attacks relying on SS7 vulnerabilities could have serious consequences, many threat actors could exploit flaws in the signalling protocol to determining subscriber location, tapping calls, intercepting SMS, disrupt communication services … and takeover instant messaging accounts.
"If telecom and network operators protect their core telecom networks, it will improve the security of customers, but that's not going to happen over night. Service providers such as WhatsApp need to consider introducing additional mechanisms to verify the identity of users to stay secure," said Alex Mathews, technical manager EMEA of Positive Technologies.


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Sometimes a task appears easy for everyone around you while you struggle and get left behind. And how do people cope? Do they turn on their partner? Do they give up or keep trying? Do they keep a sense of humor? Do they tell their friend not to worry about making a mistake. Tell their friend that they love them no matter what. It's an awesome show.
Tonight again a great pair won. I won't post the names, because I understand that it's not broadcast the same time every place and I know as a fan, that I'd be incredibly irritated to see the winner preannounced.
Before I saw the show I was debating whether to check tomorrow morning and see if I had achieved my first goal stated in an earlier post, which was to put on the green and black herringbone dress slacks. be able to tuck a shirt (regardless of how thin) into those pants and wear them to work for the day. I was thinking earlier that if I tried and found I wasn't there yet, that I might be discouraged. But I won't. It will be just like an Amazing Race event, where you run up to the judge on a particular step and say "Is that it? Can I proceed yet?" If the answer is no, all it means is you have more work to be done. That is not a cause for concern. Just keep going! Don't waste time looking around to see where your competition is. Just keep going! Say to yourself, "I can get this. I can do this."


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'Rebellion Against God': Christian Doctor Loses Government Job After Refusing to Embrace Transgender Pronouns
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A Christian doctor from the United Kingdom who served as a disability benefits assessor lost his job with the British government after refusing, hypothetically, to refer to "a six-foot-tall bearded man" as "madam."
Dr. David Mackereth, who had worked as an emergency doctor for the National Health Service for 26 years, claimed during a recent tribunal he was removed from his job with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) in late June 2018 after being "interrogated" about his personal religious convictions by his boss, James Owen, according to The Telegraph.
"What we are being asked to do in the medical profession is so contrary to sound reason."
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The 56-year-old physician said Owen asked him, "If you have a man six-foot-tall with a beard who says he wants to be addressed as 'she' and 'Mrs.,' would you do that?"
Mackereth said he would not use transgender pronouns and claimed during the hearing he was ultimately fired "not because of any realistic concerns over the rights and sensitivities of transgender individuals, but because of my refusal to make an abstract ideological pledge."
Determining the use of transgender pronouns would violate his conscience, Mackereth was forced out. He received an email from Owen informing him the NHS "will respect your decision and your right to leave your contract."
"I am a Christian," Mackereth wrote back, "and in good conscience cannot do what the DWP is requiring of me."
Now, the doctor is suing the government, arguing he is the victim of religious discrimination and harassment over his beliefs and convictions.
"The very fact a doctor can be pulled off the shop floor for an urgent interrogation about his beliefs on gender fluidity is both absurd and very sinister, even more so if it results in a dismissal," Mackereth said during the court hearing.
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He continued, "If something like that happened in a church setting — people being pulled out of a pew, questioned, and then excommunicated — that would be seen as an outrageous example of religious intolerance and bigotry."
Mackereth even humbly acknowledged during the tribunal that, because of today's climate regarding sexual ethics, he "appreciates" the fact some people might find his convictions "offensive," but pointed out that offense "is not a good enough reason to censor my beliefs and coerce me to act contrary to my conscience."
The concept of transgenderism, he explained, is a "rebellion against God, which is both pointless and sinful."
He went on to say:
I am, of course, aware that there are men or women who believe they have been trapped in a wrong body, and I do not question the sincerity of their convictions. A small number of such people have always existed. Up until recently, such a belief was considered by medics to be delusional and a symptom of a medical disorder.
It is only recently that transgenderism has been recognized as normal and such delusional beliefs accepted at face value. What is responsible for that change is political pressure, not scientific evidence.
Addressing Mackereth's case recently on the BBC, anchor India Willoughby, who was born male but now identifies as a woman, pushed back against the doctor's assertion that his beliefs about sexuality are rooted in Scripture and God's intentional creation of men and women.
While Willoughby said religion is "a great thing," so long as it never actually claims any moral authority, the British journalist argued the Bible just isn't relevant these days and insisted Jesus — if he was on earth today — would be a big supporter of transgenderism.
"I think the issue is that it's now 2019, we live in a civilized society, and it's not the days of the Bible," the anchor said. "You know, I think God would actually be really cool about transgender people. … He'd be changing men into women, women into men — doing all that."
Dr David Mackereth says 'the Bible tells us that God has made us male and female.'
India Willoughby thinks that 'God would actually be really cool about transgender people… and that if Jesus came back he'd be changing men into women and women into men.' pic.twitter.com/nZTJO4i3hB
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) July 9, 2019
As for Mackereth, his case is being supported by the Christian Legal Centre. He has argued he believes gender "is defined by biology and genetics. And that as a Christian, the Bible teaches us that God made humans male or female."
In his correspondence with Owen, the doctor explained that, as a Christian, he is bound to what Scripture says about sexuality. He wrote, "So when it comes to these matters, I think of the great 16th-century reformer, Martin Luther, who stated at the Diet of Worms, 'My conscience is captive to the Word of God. Here I stand, I can do no other. So help me God.'"
"If we believe the transgender movement, anatomy doesn't matter anymore."
Dr David Mackereth, an experienced doctor, was sacked for refusing to use transgender pronouns. Here is an intro to his story as he gives evidence this week.https://t.co/au1shb2MPo pic.twitter.com/hYXb8FnPHt
— Christian Concern (@CConcern) July 11, 2019
He explained to Christian Concern the issue "shouldn't even be up for discussion" because "you can't change sex just by having surgery or hormones. It's not possible."
"Is it really true that I am no longer fit to practice medicine because I believe that a person cannot change sex?" he asked. "Is transgenderism, as an ideology, underpinning everything — all our medical practice, all our nursing practice, and everything we seek to do?"
Mackereth, now working as an emergency doctor in Shropshire, warned the transgender movement is calling into question the integrity of the entire medical community because "what we are being asked to do in the medical profession is so contrary to sound reason."
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"In this situation, there will be nowhere in any branch of medicine for doctors or nurses or anybody else — nowhere in any branch of medicine, and that's just medicine, not the other professions — where you can run from this," he explained. "Either we are going to have to go along with this crazy way of thinking or we're going to have to get out."
The fired physician added it's just "dishonest" to use transgender pronouns in a medical setting.
"There's no other way of saying it," Mackereth continued. "And as a Christian, it really matters whether we use language in an honest or a dishonest way. As a Christian in good conscience, I cannot do that because, quite simply, and quite frankly, it's a lie."
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HPV vaccine has decreased cervical cancer rates in England by 90%
Cancer, HPV vaccine, Vaccines
There is more good news about the HPV vaccine – since being introduced in the UK in 2008, the cervical cancer rate has dropped by 90% according to a recently published peer-reviewed article. Cervical cancer, which kills over 300,000 women a year across the world, is close to being eliminated in countries that recommend the HPV vaccine for women and men.
The HPV vaccine used to be the most hated by anti-vaccine zealots, being surpassed by the COVID-19 vaccine these days, but it is remarkably safe and effective. There are so few ways to prevent cancer, and yet this is one of the best tools that we have in cancer prevention.
Let's take a look at this new paper, just so we can pile onto the narrative about the overwhelming effectiveness of this vaccine.
Read More »HPV vaccine has decreased cervical cancer rates in England by 90%
HPV vaccine benefits – anti-vaxxers pick bad study, ignore positive data
I've written a billion (± 0.999 billion) times that one of the greatest of HPV vaccine benefits is cancer prevention. This really isn't in question with cancer scientists, but as you know Dunning-Kruger anti-vaccine zealots think they know more than real scientists, and they look for any reason to bash the cancer-preventing vaccine.
And if you know anything about cancer, there are just a handful of ways to actually prevent any of the hundreds of different cancers. And the HPV vaccine is one of them.
Which leads us to this moment. Two recent studies have been published on HPV vaccine benefits – one supports the vast scientific consensus on HPV vaccine efficacy, the other is so poorly done, it tells us almost nothing about HPV vaccine effectiveness. Guess which one the anti-vaxxers will cherry-pick?
Let's take a look at these studies, but first, as I always do with HPV vaccine benefits, I'll start with a few words about HPV, the vaccine, and cancer.Read More »HPV vaccine benefits – anti-vaxxers pick bad study, ignore positive data
Measles-outbreak in England hits new areas
Infectious disease, Vaccines
Ten measles cases since the start of 2012 has hit St. Helens, a town in the northwest English county of Merseyside, making it the most widespread measles outbreak in the area since the 1980s. There have been 301 confirmed cases, along with… Read More »Measles-outbreak in England hits new areas
Measles–outbreak in England grows
Child with measles rash after 3 days. Credit to Centers for Disease Control.
As reported earlier, Merseyside, a city in northwest England, is experiencing a significant measles out break. The number of confirmed cases in Merseyside has exceeded 300, making it the largest measles outbreak in the that part of England since 1988.
According to the BBC, there have been 301 confirmed measles cases in the area, 90 of which are in teenagers. Although the number of children who receive the MMR vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella has reached an all-time high, young adults and teenagers are still at risk, according to the BBC.Read More »Measles–outbreak in England grows
England wants children to study evolution
Agriculture, Creationism, Evolution, Science education
Charles Darwin, the original British teacher of evolution
The United States has been a battleground this year in several states as right wing fundamentalists try to push antievolution legislation that would force children to be taught that evolution is controversial, or that creationism is scientifically equivalent to evolution. In most cases (except for Tennessee) these laws were pushed back, even in some fairly conservative states. The problem with education in the USA is that there are 50 states (plus DC) and 16000 school districts, each with full control over the science curriculum. Thus, children in northeastern and Pacific coast states have strong science educations, while other states, especially in the south and midwest, have a nascent antievolution movement. There are some minimal standards across the US for science education, but when you find school boards that think that creationism is a science, or that evolution is a scientific controversy, it's hard to make certain that children get an well-rounded education in the biological sciences.Read More »England wants children to study evolution
More whooping cough cases in England
The UK's Health Protection Agency is reporting an increase in reports of whooping cough (Bordetella pertussis) over what was observed in 2011. There have been 655 cases of whooping cough in England so far in 2012, while there were 1,040 cases… Read More »More whooping cough cases in England


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IPG Photonics Launches LightWELD XR
IPG Photonics Launches LightWELD XR: The Newest Member of LightWELD Family
LightWELD XR Handheld Laser Welding & Cleaning System
OXFORD, Mass., March 16, 2022 -- IPG Photonics (NASDAQ: IPGP), the world leader in fiber laser technology, today announced the launch of LightWELD XR, the third product offering within their handheld laser welding and cleaning product line.
Revolutionary Handheld Laser Solution with Extended Capabilities
LightWELD XR provides an extended range of handheld laser welding and cleaning capabilities to address more materials and thicknesses than previous LightWELD models by producing a much smaller spot size delivering more than six times the energy density. This increase in focused energy makes weld penetration of thicker materials easier, faster, and deeper while minimizing the heat-affected zone and reducing distortion or deformation of the surrounding surface area.
The expanded range of materials includes aluminum 6XXX series, nickel alloys, titanium, and copper providing fabricators the most versatile handheld laser welder on the market. Compared with previous models, LightWELD XR extends the welding range of material thicknesses on steel and aluminum up to 6.35 mm (0.250''), titanium and nickel alloys up to 5.00 mm (.200'') and copper up to 2.00 mm (0.080'').
LightWELD XR offers an Extended Range of Capabilities
LightWELD XR also offers expanded laser cleaning capabilities to cover these new materials. Pre-cleaning improves weld quality by removing grease, oils, rust, and excessive oxide coatings from materials. Post-weld cleaning increases productivity and reduces scrap by removing soot, weld-related debris, and any discoloration without abrasives or grinding.
"LightWELD XR is yet another fiber laser innovation that I am proud to be a part of," said Trevor Ness, SVP Worldwide Sales and Strategic Business Development. "With more material and thickness capabilities plus greater ease of use, we are able to offer our customers a robust turnkey laser solution for some of their biggest challenges."
LightWELD XR Laser Welding ¼" Steel
Enabling Fabricators to Improve Productivity in a Challenging Labor Market
With LightWELD XR, fabricators can quickly upskill their labor force and stay ahead of production backlogs due to its ease of use and simple operation. Optimized factory presets enable new LightWELD operators to quickly achieve high-quality results, and for more challenging projects, seasoned welders create and store custom parameters for the job to be passed on to less-experienced welders who recall the custom presets to keep production going, without compromising quality.
Built-in wobble welding functionality further increases capability by providing up to 5 mm additional weld width for parts with poor fit-up while creating highly aesthetic seams. LightWELD also ships with presets for optional wire feeding and typical wire types for low carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, non-ferrous metals and alloys.
LightWELD XR is now available direct from IPG and major welding distributors. For more information and to see the product in action visit: HandheldLaserWelder.com
About IPG Photonics
IPG Photonics is the world leader in fiber laser technology. IPG manufactures high-power fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers, and diode lasers used in materials processing, communications, medical, and advanced applications for original equipment manufacturers, system integrators and end users. IPG Photonics is listed on the NASDAQ trade exchange as IPGP and is headquartered in Oxford, Massachusetts with more than 26 facilities worldwide. For more information, visit www.ipgphotonics.com.


The use of suitable release agents, known as anti-tacks, can prevent undesired surface tackiness on unvulcanised rubber compounds. Anti-tacks from the PROMOL® SL series are designed for a wide range of compounds and are formulated to deliver excellent compound compatibility. Supplied as concentrated liquids, they are diluted with water to provide the user with a dispersion suitable for treating compounds in the form of sheets, strips, extrusion products or blanks, such as by dipping or spraying. After drying, the film that forms on the surface of the rubber compounds delivers excellent release properties and optimised lubrication to facilitate extrusion.
The excellent wetting characteristics result in very uniform film formation. In combination with the excellent release properties, this allows users to achieve very low rates of consumption. In turn, this means that only small quantities of the release agent, which is not usually part of the actual compound formula, are introduced into the compound during subsequent processing.
Using the products also helps to improve the cleanliness of the installations and the surrounding area; in a batch-off system, for example, the festoon bars in the cooling section remain largely free of soapy residues. The ready-to-use dispersion produces barely any foam – even in the event of increased air entrainment. The products also deliver effective and long-lasting protection against microbes, preventing undesired decomposition, which reduces the prodduct performance and forms unpleasant odours.
Products from the PROMOL® SL series are ideal for the typically very demanding anti-tack requirements of custom compounders: they contain absolutely no fillers, which could cause disruption during subsequent processing into technical rubber goods. Moreover, all of the release agent's constituents are completely meltable at relatively low temperatures.
In addition to the actual products, BARBE also provides technical equipment for their reliable, automated handling, such as for the preparation of ready-to-use dispersions by dilution of the supplied concentrate.


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Q: Using the sysadmin role with EXECUTE AS It is my understanding that I can use the EXECUTE AS OWNER clause as part of a procedure that I create to make the body of that procedure run as a different user. My goal is to execute a command that requires the sysadmin role (DBCC TRACEON(1224)). This procedure is supposed to be called by an unprivileged user.
I ran the following script under the sa user:
SELECT USER_NAME(), USER_ID(), IsSysAdmin = IS_SRVROLEMEMBER('sysadmin')
-- dbo  1   1

IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM sys.procedures WHERE name = 'MyProc')
    DROP PROCEDURE MyProc

GO
CREATE PROCEDURE MyProc
WITH EXECUTE AS OWNER
AS
    SELECT USER_NAME(), USER_ID(), IsSysAdmin = IS_SRVROLEMEMBER('sysadmin');
-- dbo  1   0

    DBCC TRACEON(1224)
--Msg 2571, Level 14, State 3, Procedure MyProc, Line 7
--User 'dbo' does not have permission to run DBCC TRACEON.

RETURN
GO

EXEC MyProc

Output is inline in comments. It turns out that outside of the procedure I seem to have sysadmin membership, but not inside the procedure.
The procedure is owned by the dbo user. I understand that it is not possible to grant the sysadmin role to a database user (at least the GUI doesn't offer this possibility). So I don't see how I could ever make a database user have a server role.
I also tried EXECUTE AS 'sa' which results in Cannot execute as the user 'sa', because it does not exist or you do not have permission.. The documentation states that I can only specify a user name, not a login name. So I understand why that didn't work.
How can I run my procedure with sysadmin role membership?

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My goal is to execute a command that requires the sysadmin role (DBCC TRACEON(1224))

You are punching a hole in your security by allowing an unprivileged user run as sysadmin role.
If you are trying to set 1224 traceflag, which disables lock escalation based on the number of locks, you can do it on table level using ALTER TABLE
e.g. Below enables lock escalation to the partition level on a partitioned table. If the table is not partitioned, lock escalation is set at the TABLE level.
ALTER TABLE dbo.T1 SET (LOCK_ESCALATION = AUTO); -- valid options are AUTO, TABLE and DISABLE
Now you can just give an unpreviledge user alter table rights.
HTH

A: It can be done but it's generally considered fairly dangerous.  At a very basic level you set the trustworthy flag on the database and then when use you execute as on the sp it can take advantage of it's server level principals security access.
Because of how dangerous this is I don't want to go into any detail here.  However I've blogged about it here with specific instructions on how to do it.
All that being said make very sure you absolutely NEED to do it this way.  You are opening a big security hole.  If you do decide to do it put your SP in it's own database and only grant users connect and execute access to the sp.

A: Creating a SQL Server Agent job (owned by a sysadmin member) will do the trick, although I realize that this is not a very pretty solution.
The user can start the job (ansynchronously) using msdb.dbo.sp_start_job. Running an Agent job synchronously, however, requires a few more lines of code if this is a requirement. Also, obviously, you need to have the SQL Server Agent service up and running.

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Burnished Concrete Floor
Explanation on Burnished Concrete Floor Polishing
There are various methods to seal concrete floors using concrete coatings. It is difficult to receive a strong durable finish using this polished concrete method on burnished concrete floors. Even though it's simple to create, burnishing produces an amazing high gloss floor that appears identical as the day it had been laid down. If you're searching for a durable option that doesn't demand re-sealing, then concrete polishing may be the ideal solution. Concrete polishing demands very little upkeep and is more economical in comparison with epoxy resin flooring products. The most common form of polished concrete floors is honed concrete flooring, however it can likewise be polished to produce a mirror like effect if you desire something even more eye catching without any aggregate exposure.. Burnished Concrete Floor
It's easy to understand why burnished concrete is ending up being a growing number of popular with developers, contractors, designers and house owners. The versatile material is very durable, lasts for decades and is one of the most convenient surface areas to keep. It also looks a reward. But as demand grows, the market is progressing to adjust to the various requirements of customers.
There are now a huge variety of various types of 'concrete': mechanical polished concrete, salt and pepper polished concrete, burnished polished concrete, grind and seal polished concrete, developed concrete, epoxy flooring. No surprise customers get confused! Burnished concrete and other surfaces frequently get blended. After all, to the untrained eye, the process of polishing and burnishing looks the same, its just the level of aggregate exposure which is the difference.
The Buzz on Burnished Vs Polished Concrete Cost
So, let our experienced eyes describe the distinction between the two methods for you. So, what precisely is the burnishing process? Mechanically polishing concrete includes changing a concrete surface area through grinding, densifier product and polishing. This is done using diamond-bonded abrasives. Diamonds do not just look fantastic on your finger – the product was once believed to be the toughest material on earth, and while that's since been exposed, it's still actually fantastic at grinding down tough surface areas like concrete.
Mechanically slab polishing concrete likewise includes using a chemical hardener to the surface to densify the naturally permeable concrete before grinding it down to the desired gloss and smoothness. This is why the polishing process in fact increases the sturdiness of concrete surfaces. It also accomplishes a few other things: it's simple to clean, tough to damage and reflects light like no other surface (which indicates it's fantastic to utilize when you require it brilliant or desire to reduce your electrical energy bills: grocery store owners bear in mind!).
Fascination About Burnt Concrete Finish
What is a burnished polished concrete floor? A great deal of consumers get puzzled between burnished concrete and other popular surfaces. After all, the process looks really comparable. Concrete burnishers, likewise called power trowels or helicopters (so named for their rotating blades) are mechanical, and they spin in a similar fashion to a concrete grinder.
Burnishers aren't effective adequate to grind down a concrete surface area. Instead, they're used to heat, melt and rub a covering that's used to a surface. The chemical finishing, which is typically a wax-based product, merges the little pores in the concrete surface area. A densifier can be utilized when burnishing the polished concrete, which offers the surface area a few of the very same residential or commercial properties as mechanical surfaces, including shine, resilience and toughness.
About Burnished Concrete Floor For Commercial Floors
How do you set up an attractive burnished polished concrete floor? Burnishing has been popular for industrial floors for several years. It's durable, simple to maintain and a less expensive option to other flooring. However, visual appeals was never ever a consideration for commercial floors. Now, more people are looking to burnished finished for its smooth surface, low surface abrasion damage and durability.
But burnished finishes are simple to get incorrect. The concrete piece need to be completely poured, ended up and cleaned up prior to burnishing, and cutting corners at this stage will result in ugly flooring. Before burnishing, a concrete installer will use a power trowel to develop a surface with a sheen comparable to other types of concrete (Decorative concrete).
The Best Guide To Burnished finish Vs Polished Concrete Cost
It is essential to use a skilled concrete slab installer and polished concrete floor installer for burnished concrete floors because uneven trowelling will lead to an uneven floor when polished. Even the smallest dips or bumps in the surface area will be extremely noticeable on the completed floor.
Many customers have stopped with proceeding with the burnished finished during the polishing process as a result of unskilled concrete slab installers leaving unsightly highly visible imperfections in the finished concrete floor, resulting in dissatisfied property owners. Either grinding to remove the imperfections while exposing stone or a sealer is usually applied to provide a better finish if surface has not been perfectly poured. As apart of the post installation procedure the polished concrete will have to be protected throughout the building phase, preventing discolorations from spilt liquids or sawdust can be taken in into the concrete before the safeguarding sealer is applied (Burnt Concrete Finish). The essential takeaway here is that an experienced concreter will have the finest chance of attaining an even complete with the right level of sheen. To accomplish a beautiful polished burnished flooring, the concrete slab should be poured perfectly.
The Greatest Guide To Burnish Concrete
At My Floor, we use Ram Board, a durable momentary floor protector that rolls out flat to safeguard surfaces from damage throughout construction. Ram Board can be used to shield concrete from a broad range of inconveniences, including dust and spilt liquids. This is a far better solution than using plastic that has been soaked in water, which just disintegrates when stepped on by foot or machines. Ram Board is a fully recyclable product made from high-density polyethylene sheets and is ideal for use in home and building construction.
Burnished concrete flooring will be the finest choice for your residence if you desire a resilient surface. While it's more costly than other flooring options, such as carpeting or tiles, it might be worth the investment in the long term. Not only is polished concrete flooring beautiful and attractive, it is also durable and resilient.
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The finished floor surface will obtain its advantages and will also have a shiny look. Specifically, it will not have the concrete's mechanically minimized tiny peaks and valleys, clearness, upkeep ease, additional flatness and longevity. On top of these elements, burnished concrete doesn't look nearly as attractive as a mechanically polished concrete surface. Burnishing with diamond-impregnated pads include yet another measurement to this. The installers would utilize the exact same burnisher. This diamond-impregnated pad is generally offered from 400 grit to 3,000 grit. This lets you do several actions of diamond burnishing with a powered, rotary maker. When doing this with a concrete densifier you have a system utilizing gradually finer diamond-bonded abrasives.
The Ultimate Guide To Burnish Polished Concrete
You likewise enjoy the smooth floor benefits that a polished concrete floor offers. Nevertheless, it's a new floor system with no down pressure. It's also one that spins at too much rpm to do any real grinding. Burnished Concrete Finish. Diamond pad burnishing affects the cream's really leading layer and does little to decrease the concrete surface area's peaks and valleys. There's not enough weight to develop a deep adequate scratch pattern to completely abrade the surface. Beginning at 400 grit, there's no opportunity of anything besides a cream kind of polish. A fundamental salt-and-pepper appearance is out of the concern with diamond pad burnishing. True mechanical concrete polishing can tighten and process the surface area to create a shine even without densifier. But diamond pad burnishing requires the assistance of a densifier.
Burnished Polished Concrete Cost
Polished concrete with nil stone exposure carried out by highly trained technicians, will cost between $50-$120 per meter, depending on the concrete slab size. Polished concrete is great value on a large commercial project or retail spaces compared to topical coating or other floor coverings, largely due to reducing ongoing maintenance costs


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Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera
Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera S.r.l.
Production ceased 1966
Production resumed 2008
Carrozzeria Falco (owned by Vittorio Ascari, older brother of race driver Antonio)
Milan, Italy (March 25, 1926 (1926-03-25))
Felice Bianchi Anderloni
Gaetano Ponzoni Vittorio Ascari
Terrazzano di Rho, Lombardy
Louis de Fabribeckers
Bentley Continental Flying Star by Touring
Alfa Romeo Disco Volante by Touring
Touring Berlinetta Lusso
automotive design, coachbuilding, engineering, homologation, non-automotive industrial design, restoration of classic cars
www.touringsuperleggera.eu
Original Carrozzeria Touring badge
Later badge design
Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera is an Italian automobile coachbuilder. Originally established in Milan in 1925, Carrozzeria Touring became well known for both the beauty of its designs and patented superleggera construction methods.[1] The business folded in 1966. In 2006 its brands and trademarks were purchased and a new firm established nearby to provide automotive design, engineering, coachbuilding, homologation services, non-automotive industrial design, and restoration of historic vehicles.
Carrozzeria Touring was established on 25 March 1926 by Felice Bianchi Anderloni (1882–1948) and Gaetano Ponzoni. After achieving success through the middle of the 20th century, the business began to decline as automobile manufacturers replaced body-on-frame automobile construction with unitary design and increasingly took coachbuilding in-house.
After the original firm ceased production in 1966, Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni and Carrozzeria Marazzi preserved the "Touring Superleggera" trademark and used it on several occasions to support the company's heritage. The trademark was acquired by the current owner, a family business, which began conducting its activities in 2006 under the name Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera S.r.l.; the new firm is headquartered nearby Milan, its hometown.
Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B
20 Most Beautiful Cars Of All Time!
1.1 Carrozzeria Falco becomes Carrozzeria Touring
1.2 Early work
1.3 Development of the Superleggera construction system
1.4 Post WWII activities
1.5 Contract manufacturing
1.6 Legacy
1.7 21st century
2 List of Touring cars
3 Notable designers
4 Awards
Carrozzeria Falco becomes Carrozzeria Touring
Carrozzeria Touring traces its roots to the 1926 purchase of a controlling interest in the Milan-based coachbuilder, Carrozzeria Falco, by Milanese lawyers Felice Bianchi Anderloni (1882–1948) and Gaetano Ponzoni from Carrozzeria Falco's founder, Vittorio Ascari. The new owners changed the name of the firm to Carrozzeria Touring. Bianchi Anderloni, a former test driver for Isotta Fraschini and Peugeot Italia employee, assumed styling and engineering duties while Ponzoni assumed responsibility for administration of the firms business activities.[2]
Carrozzeria Touring's location at Via Ludovico da Breme 65 placed the coachbuilder in close proximity to automobile manufacturers Alfa Romeo, Citroën and Isotta Fraschini. Predictably, Touring's first bodywork assignments were for chassis produced by these companies.[2]
Development of the Superleggera construction system
Bianchi Anderloni came to Touring more as an automobile designer than a car constructor, and learned the mechanics of the trade as the company progressed. The company licensed Charles Weymann's system of fabric-covered lightweight frames, a predecessor of their own Superleggera construction system. Touring hired Giuseppe Seregni, who previously collaborated with Bianchi Anderloni on the 1927 Isotta Fraschini 'Flying Star', as Carrozzeria Touring's first professional designer.
Touring's skills with light alloy and fabric-covered tubing forms brought commercial success in aircraft production in the 1930s, leading Bianchi Anderloni to develop the Superleggera construction system, patented in 1936. This "super lightweight" system consists of a structure of small diameter tubes to form the body's shape with thin alloy panels attached to cover and strengthen the framework. Aside from light weight, the Superleggera construction system gave great flexibility, allowing Touring to quickly construct innovative body shapes.
In 1937 at Mille Miglia, Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B was the first appearance of a Touring car built with the Superleggera system.
1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 Mille Miglia from the Ralph Lauren collection
Prior to World War II, Touring gained fame for their Superleggera bodies, particularly those made for the Alfa Romes 8C 2900 and the BMW 328 chassis.
Post WWII activities
The company quickly re-energized after the war, with the Superleggera system widely licensed and copied. Felice Bianchi Anderloni died in 1948 and his son, Carlo Felice "Cici" Bianchi Anderloni, (1916–2003) took over management of the firm under the guidance of Ponzoni. The two would remain in charge of the firm until the company discontinued production in 1966. Chief designer at that time was Federico Formenti.[3]
Formenti's first major project was to create a body for the Ferrari 166 MM Touring barchetta, which debuted in 1948. Automotive design critic Robert Cumberford has referred to the body design for the 166 as "One of the most charismatic shapes ever." The egg-crate grill of the 166 became a signature Ferrari design element and is still in use by Ferrari today.[4]
Touring was particularly active late in the late 50s, with design and body production for the Pegaso Z-102, Alfa Romeo 1900 Super Sprint, Alfa Romeo 2600, Aston Martin DB4, Lancia Flaminia GT, Lamborghini 350, Lamborghini 400 GT and Maserati 3500 GT.
The Aston Martin DB4, the DB5 (famously driven by fictional character James Bond) and the DB6 were named after David Brown's initials. He entrusted Touring Superleggera to design their next generation GT after the introduction of the successful DB2. The license agreement enabled Aston Martin to use the design and the Superleggera construction method at Newton Pagnell plant against a licence fee of £9 for each of the first 500 bodies and £ 5 for each further unit.
Touring's fortunes began to decline as automobile manufacturers replaced body-on-frame construction with monocoque construction. The carmakers began to build their own bodies in their production lines. However, they were not able to produce less than a few thousand units yearly. Therefore, they decided to assign the body production to coachbuilders. This led coachbuilders to invest in additional manufacturing capacity. Once Touring Superleggera had the new plant in Nova Milanese completed, market fluctuation caused the loss of contractors. The company had to wind-up in 1966, although bankruptcy never occurred.
During the winding up, roughly the 80% of Touring Superleggera's archives caught fire. Seeking to reestablish a record of the firm's production, Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni got in touch with every owner, creating the Touring Superleggera registry and leading it from 1995 on.
In 1995, he contributed to the revival of Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, serving as President of the Jury until his death in 2003. In his honor the show began to award the "Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni Memorial Trophy" to the most elegant car with a body by Touring.[5]
Alfa Romeo Disco Volante at 2012 Geneva Motorshow
Touring Superleggera Sciàdipersia
In 2006, a group of private investors specializing in high-end automotive makes, bought the brand and trademarks from the late owner. A newly created firm, Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera S.r.l. was established in Milan to provide automotive design, engineering, coachbuilding, homologation services, non-automotive industrial design, and restoration of historic vehicles.[6]
At the 2008 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, Touring debuted the Bellagio Fastback Touring, based on the Maserati Quattroporte and the A8 GCS Berlinetta Touring, a concept car powered by a Maserati drivetrain.[7] At the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, Touring Bentley Continental Flying Star premiered: a shooting-brake model based on the Bentley Continental GTC,[8] coach built in limited series, with the endorsement of Bentley.[9]
In 2011, it was followed by Gumpert Tornante by Touring,[10] a superfast Grand Tourer commissioned by the German sports car manufacturer.
On the stage of 2012 Geneva Motor Show, Touring Superleggera showcased a static style model based on the space-frame chassis of the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione. It was a tribute to the C52 Disco Volante, a racing car with Touring Superleggera designed body introduced in 1952. The name in Italian stands for "Flying Saucer". It represents one of the most iconic cars of the history of automobile. The Disco Volante was very streamlined, windtunnel tested and with the body built on a tubular space frame. The C52 shocked the crowd for its utterly out-of-the-ordinary design, influencing the automobile design for decades.
The style model gave birth, in 2013 to the Alfa Romeo Disco Volante by Touring,[11] a bespoke car limited-series of eight units that won that year's Design Award at Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este .
Revealed in 2014, MINI Superleggera™ Vision is a concept car created in collaboration with BMW Group. It is an electric roadster blending British style with the Italian coachbuilding tradition. Anders Warming, head of MINI design and Touring Superleggera merged their teams to explore new design languages for the British brand.[12][13]
The Touring Berlinetta Lusso appeared in 2015. It is a street legal 2-seater coupe featuring a three-volume form based on Ferrari F12berlinetta. Like all modern Touring Superleggera models, it combines hand-beaten aluminium panels with carbon fibre. The series will be built in 5 units. [14]
List of Touring cars
Touring bodied Alfa Romeo 6C2300B
BMW 328 Touring Coupé
Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta
Ferrari 340 America Berlinetta
Pegaso Z-102 BS 3.2 Competition Touring Spyder (c.1952)
Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint
Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider
Maserati 5000 GT Scià di Persia (1959)
O.S.C.A. 1600 GT
Alfa Romeo 2000 Sprint Praho
1927 Alfa Romeo 6C 1500
1930s Alfa Romeo 8C
1931 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS "Flying Star"
1931 Fiat 522C Roadster "Flying Star"
1931 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Spyder "Flying Star"
1932 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8B
1939 BMW 328 Mille Miglia
1940s Alfa Romeo 6C 2500
1940 Auto Avio Costruzioni 815
1947 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8C Berlina 2 porte
1948 Ferrari 166 S Coupé "Aerlux"
1948 Ferrari 166 MM Berlinetta and Barchetta
1948 Ferrari 166 Inter Coupé and Berlinetta
1950 Ferrari 275 S Barchetta
1950s Alfa Romeo 1900 Sprint
1950s Bristol 401
1950 Ferrari 195 S Berlinetta and Barchetta
1950 Ferrari 195 Inter Coupé
1951 Ferrari 340 America Berlinetta and Barchetta
1951–1952 Ferrari 212 Export Berlinetta and Barchetta
1951–1952 Ferrari 212 Inter Berlinetta and Barchetta
1951–1958 Pegaso Z-102
1952 Ferrari 340 MM Spyder
1952 Alfa Romeo Disco Volante C52
1953 Hudson Italia
1955-1958 Pegaso Z-103
1956 Aston Martin DB2/4 Mark II Spider (3 produced)
1956 Ferrari 625 LM Spyder
1957–1962 Maserati 3500 GT Coupé
1959–1960 Maserati 5000 GT Scià di Persia
1959–1962 Lancia Flaminia GT, GTL and Convertible
1960 Alfa Romeo 2000 Sprint Praho
1960s Alfa Romeo 2000 and Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider
1960s O.S.C.A. 1600 GT and 1050 Spider
1965 Autobianchi Primula Coupé
1959–1962 Aston Martin DB4 (built under license by Aston Martin)
1961–1965 Lagonda Rapide (built under license by Aston Martin)
1963–1964 Sunbeam Venezia
1964–1966 Alfa Romeo Giulia GTC
1964–1966 Lamborghini 350 GT
1966–1976 Jensen Interceptor
1966 Fiat 124 Cabriolet (one prototype)
2008 Maserati Bellagio Fastback (estate car based on the Quattroporte)
2009 Maserati A8GCS Berlinetta (prototype berlinetta based on the Maserati GranSport)
2010 Bentley Continental Flying Star (shooting brake)
2011 Gumpert Tornante (prototype based on the Gumpert Apollo)
2012 Disco Volante 2012 (concept car)
2013 Alfa Romeo Disco Volante by Touring (limited series based on the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione)
2014 Mini Superleggera Vision (concept car based on the 3rd generation Mini)[15]
2015 Touring Berlinetta Lusso (coupé based on the Ferrari F12berlinetta)[16]
2016 Alfa Romeo Disco Volante Spyder by Touring (limited series based on the Alfa Romeo 8C Spider)
2017 Artega Scalo Superelletra (concept car)
2018 Touring Sciàdipersia (limited series based on the Maserati GranTurismo)
2019 Touring Sciàdipersia Cabriolet (limited series based on the Maserati GranCabrio)
2020 Touring Superleggera Aero 3 (based on the Ferrari F12)
Notable designers
Giuseppe Seregni
Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni
Coppa d'Oro Villa D'Este - Isotta Fraschini 8B spider "Flying Star"
Gran Premio Referendum - Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gran Sport Spider "Flying Star"
Concorso d'Eleganza di Genova Nervi
Premio Assoluto e Premio di Categoria - Isotta Fraschini 8B spider "Flying Star"
Concorso d'Eleganza Villa D'Este
Coppa d'Oro Villa D'Este & Gran Premio Referendum – Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Coupé Spyder Touring
Coppa d'Oro Villa D'Este – Alfa Romeo 8C 2500 SS Coupé Touring
Concorso d'Eleganza di Stresa
Gran Premio d'Onore – 1953 Z102 Berlinetta "Thrill"
Best of Show – 1937 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Spyder
Concorso d'Eleganza Villa D'Este
Trophy A.C. Como - Best in Show by the Jury – 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B
Coppa d'Oro Villa D'Este – 1942 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Sport
Trophy A.C. Como - Best in Show by the Jury – 1950 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Super Sport
Best of class – 1960 Maserati 5000 GT Touring
Best of class – 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B Touring Spyder
Trophy BMW - Best in Show by the Jury – 1938 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 B MM
Coppa d'Oro Villa D'Este – 1951 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS "Villa d'Este" Cabriolet Touring.
Trophy BMW Italia - 1951 Ferrari 340 America Barchetta Touring.
Best of class – Ferrari 166 MM barchetta
Trophy BMW Italia - 1931 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS Flying Star Touring
Trophy BMW Group Best in show by the Jury - 1949 Ferrari 166 MM Berlinetta Touring.
Trophy Auto & Design - Pegaso Thrill
Best of show - 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring Berlinetta
Gran Prix de la Plus Belle Supercar de l'Année - 2008 A8GCS Berlinetta Touring.
Vuitton Classic
Best of show - 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Spyder Touring
Coppa d'Oro Villa D'Este - 1938 Alfa Romeo, 8C 2900B
Trophy BMW Group Best in show by the Jury - 1938 Alfa Romeo, 8C 2900B
Road & Track Trophy - 1949 Ferrari 166MM barchetta Touring.
Classic Concours Awards - 1949 Ferrari 166MM Berlinetta
Classic Concours Awards - 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B
Salon Prive
Best of Show - 1950 Ferrari 166MM Barchetta
Windsor Castle Concours
Best of Show - 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B
Class M-2 Ferrari Competition - 1951 First Ferrari 212 Export Touring Berlinetta
Class O-2: Postwar Sports Closed 2nd - 1958 Pegaso Z-103 Touring Berlinetta
Class O-3: Postwar Sports Touring 2nd - 1950 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Touring Coupé
Special Awards: The Vitesse Elegance Trophy - 1950 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Touring Coupé
Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance
Best in class Lamborghini - 1966 Lamborghini 350
Best in class Sports and GT Cars (1958-1962) - 1958 Pegaso Z-103 Touring Berlinetta
Best in class Sports and GT Cars (1963-1974) - 1964 Aston Martin DB5 Convertible
Governor's Cup at Elegance at Hershey
Best of Show - awarded to an unrestored 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Spider from the collection of Robert and Sandra Bahre of Alton, New Hampshire. The Carrozzeria Touring-bodied Superleggera Alfa, built on the short chassis, also won the Ciao Italy Award for Best Italian Pre-War car exhibited.
Award for Concept Cars & Prototypes By Public Referendum at Villa Erba – 2013 Alfa Romeo Disco Volante by Touring
Class Winner Aston Martin – 1962 Aston Martin DB4 SS Saloon TouringClass
Class Winner Lamborghini - 1965 Lamborghini 350 GTS Spider Touring
Mention of Honour class "Villa d'Este Style" - 1949 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500ss Berlinetta Aerlux
ASI Trophy to the best preserved post war-car Hudson Italia Prototype H01
Concours d'Elegance Chantilly Arts & Elegance
Prix Richard Mille - 2013 Alfa Romeo Disco Volante by Touring
Les Années Design (les Concept-Cars 1960-1970 ) - Prix Le Point - 1966 Lamborghini Flying Star Touring II
Les Grandes Carrosseries Maserati - 1958 Prix Spécial N°1 - Maserati 3500 GT Spyder Touring (1958)
Best of Show by Public Referendum at Villa d'Este, Coppa d'Oro Villa d'Este, BMW Group Trophy & Mention of Honor - 1949 Ferrari 166MM Barchetta Touring.
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