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Fact or fiction? The science of Star Wars
How did those planets form? Could they exist in our universe? Could Star Wars really happen? Stanford Earth experts on planetary formation, processes and habitability discuss the science behind the fictional saga.
Space discoveries are in the news on a nearly weekly basis – but they may not leave an impression as impactful as the legend of Star Wars. From Wookiees and Ewoks to lightsabers and droids, the Star Wars movies have captured the imaginations of generations of fans. With the Dec. 20 release of the final installment of the Skywalker saga, The Rise of Skywalker, questions abound about the fate of the inhabitants of that faraway galaxy. Beyond the plot, there are plenty of questions we can ask about the science: How did those planets form? Could they exist in our universe? Could Star Wars really happen?
At the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences (Stanford Earth), researchers use geological and geophysical techniques to both investigate Earth and explore other planetary bodies. Assistant professor of geophysics Dustin Schroeder works on the use of ice-penetrating radar in observing and understanding the interaction of ice and water in the solar system. Laura Schaefer, an assistant professor of geological sciences, studies planetary atmospheres and their formation. Assistant professor of geological sciences Mathieu Lapôtre focuses on the physics behind sedimentary and geomorphic processes that shape planetary surfaces. Sonia Tikoo-Schantz, an assistant professor of geophysics, uses paleomagnetism and fundamental rock magnetism as tools to investigate problems in the planetary sciences.
Not long ago, in our very own galaxy, Stanford Earth discussed the science of Star Wars with these experts on planetary formation, processes and habitability.
On the volcanic planet Mustafar, Anakin duels with Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, ends up nearly submerged in lava and needs to be turned into a cyborg to survive.
What kinds of forces would cause a planet to form like that? What would we need to survive?
TIKOO-SCHANTZ: Such a volcanic planet can exist from tidal heating. A comparable world would be Jupiter's moon Io, which gets flexed on the inside by the gravitational pull of Jupiter and other Jovian moons. The resulting stress releases a lot of heat. However, the gases in the atmosphere of such a volcanic world would be noxious and surface temperatures would likely be too hot for anything to survive, much less get in a fight.
SCHAEFER: We have also found some exoplanets that orbit their stars so closely that they have permanent dayside magma oceans. But as Sonia said, the temperatures are so hot that you'd burn to a crisp before you got to have your Jedi duel.
The exoplanet Corot-7b is so close to its Sun-like host star that it must experience extreme conditions. The probable temperature on its "day-face" is above 2000 degrees, but minus 200 degrees on its night face. Theoretical models suggest that the planet may have lava or boiling oceans on its surface. (Image credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Wikimedia Commons)
The icy planet Hoth hosts a temporary Rebel base where the heroes have to defeat Imperial walkers in order to escape.
How would you explore the snow-covered orb? What subsurface processes form a rocky vs. icy planet?
SCHROEDER: Ice-penetrating radar would be the ideal geophysical technique for exploring Hoth. It would allow Rebel Alliance scientists and engineers to determine the thickness and properties of Hothian ice and snow. This would be useful for creating icy infrastructure like fortifications and ice-roads that avoid or exploit crevasses as well as for investigating the climate and history of the planet itself.
In terms of platforms, you could do a global survey from space if you had enough power (probably not a problem for a spacecraft with the power to approach light speed), unless snow-processes on Hoth produce problematic clutter reflections for the radar. Rebel airspeeders travel too fast to be an ideal airborne platform for ice-penetrating radar, so you'd probably go orbital for large-scale surveys and then tauntaun-pulled sleds for very local fine-scale studies.
Frozen secrets: Geophysicist explores glaciers with radar
Much of the data Dustin Schroeder uses to analyze ice sheets is collected by air-borne radar technology. While ground-penetrating radar can only measure a few meters through land, ice-penetrating radar can reach three kilometers below the surface.
LAPÔTRE: Because icy worlds form far from their host star(s) where temperature is low, ice essentially behaves like rock. At depth, viscous ice may convect like Earth's mantle, leading to some kind of tectonics and even forming reservoirs of "magma" which create volcanoes when the magma finds its way to the surface. At the surface of planets without giant atmospheres, the ice is really cold and behaves like granite on Earth. On Titan, for example, rivers of methane and ethane erode a crust of water-ice rock.
Hoth, in contrast with the icy worlds of our solar system, is not technically an icy planet – it is a rocky planet covered in snow and ice. In that sense, it is more analogous to Snowball Earth, when our own planet was entirely frozen. This happened a few times in Earth's history, through a runaway process in which an increasing snow cover led to more and more of the sunlight being reflected back to space, leading to further cooling. The last Snowball Earth episode is thought to have happened just before the explosive diversification of life in the oceans.
After escaping Hoth, Han Solo attempts to navigate an asteroid field that surrounds the planet, eventually landing on one of the rocks, which they discover is home to a giant space slug.
Is this what asteroid fields are really like? What happens when they hit the surface of Hoth? Could an asteroid support life?
TIKOO-SCHANTZ: This scene is totally unrealistic. Asteroids are not even remotely close enough to each other for a spacecraft like the Millennium Falcon to have to dodge around them. The average distance between two asteroids in our asteroid belt is 600,000 miles! If you flew in a random straight line through the asteroid belt, you are almost certain to NOT hit anything at all. I looked up the "canon" description for this asteroid field and it says that it was formed by the collision of two rocky planets. In reality, these types of planetary collisions primarily happen at the beginning of a solar system's lifetime, and the resulting debris would have either come together to re-form a new planet or be gravitationally perturbed and ejected to other parts of the solar system.
Our asteroid belt is made up of many, many planetesimals that were gravitationally "herded" into their current position – mostly by the gravitational forcing of giant planets like Jupiter – and is not related to the breakup of a single planetary body. But if the Star Wars asteroid field was real, the objects hitting Hoth would vaporize upon impact. If these impacts are large enough or occur frequently enough, they could pose a serious threat to life forms living on Hoth.
SCHAEFER: An asteroid would be an unlikely place to find life, especially giant space slugs. The largest object in our own asteroid belt (Ceres, now classified as a dwarf planet) is only 7% the size of Earth and about the size of Texas. Its gravity is much too low to allow it to hold onto an atmosphere, which is vital to make liquid water stable at the surface. Tiny bacteria could possibly survive in the subsurface brines of Ceres (if they somehow managed the space journey to get there), but it's unlikely they would thrive and evolve into a large organism because the environment is so inhospitable and energy-limited. Microscopic tardigrades (also known as waterbears) on Earth are possibly the only multicellular animal that could survive such conditions (again, if they somehow got delivered there), but they would be in a dormant hibernation state, and also not likely to evolve into a giant space slug.
The heroes in Star Wars embark on many solo missions to other planets, as well as large-scale efforts to move the entire Rebel fleet to new operation bases.
What goes into space missions from Earth? How have you been involved?
In this view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its closest-ever flyby of Saturn's moon Mimas, large Herschel Crater dominates Mimas, making the moon look like the Death Star in the movie Star Wars. (Image credit: NASA/Wikimedia Commons)
SCHROEDER: Space missions that we organize from Earth include hundreds of people. They play a wide range of roles from science and engineering to management and leadership. Planetary missions take years to decades to develop and operate.
As a science team member on the REASON instrument (Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near Surface) on NASA's upcoming Europa Clipper Mission, I've had an opportunity to help with the requirements, design and scientific planning for the instrument. Once the mission arrives at Europa, we'll use the radar data to investigate the geophysical processes and potential habitability of the moon's ice shell.
LAPÔTRE: I was a science team member for the Curiosity rover that is currently investigating an ancient lake environment on Mars. I participated in daily operations with hundreds of other scientists and engineers, and had the opportunity to lead the rover's investigation of a modern dune field. On a daily basis, we would all convene by teleconference to discuss the latest data sent back to Earth, and decide where to go next before the engineers implement our plan and send instructions to Mars.
With so many scientists on the team, it can be very difficult to get the rover to go where you want it to – you have to make a pretty compelling case to convince others your idea has more merit than theirs!
In one of the most iconic scenes from the original Star Wars movie, Luke Skywalker walks outside his uncle's moisture farm to gaze at two suns on the horizon of his home planet of Tatooine.
What makes it possible for a planet to orbit two stars? What do we know about binary systems in the universe?
SCHAEFER: About half of all stars like the sun are actually in binary systems. We have currently found 143 planets in 97 binary systems. In 22 of these systems, the planets orbit both stars, but in the remaining systems, the planets orbit only one of the stars in the system. In most of these binary systems, one of the stars is often much bigger than the other, so having two stars that are about the same size is a little unusual.
Most of these systems also seem to be coplanar: The planets and the stars all orbit in the same plane, indicating that they formed from the same protoplanetary disk. To make two stars, the disk would have had to be much more massive than the protoplanetary disk for a single-star system, but otherwise the process of planet formation would work much the same way as it does for other systems, except that planets that formed too close to the binary pair might end up being ejected from the system. Planets far enough away from the binary pair have stable orbits and may be habitable.
What has been the most exciting discovery you've witnessed since you started your research in planetary sciences?
LAPÔTRE: To name just a few of my favorites, I'd say (1) the diverse landscapes of Pluto, with mountains, glaciers, plains and even possibly dunes; (2) the active migration of ripples at the surface of the 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko comet; a comet has no atmosphere, and as such, the formation of ripples, let alone the detection of their motion during a short-lived mission, was very surprising and exciting; (3) the discovery of a type of Martian ripples that does not exist on Earth; (4) the possible detection of a subglacial lake beneath Mars' polar cap.
TIKOO-SCHANTZ: One thing that really excites me is that new developments in technology have enabled us to study the physical and chemical properties of extremely small samples of extraterrestrial materials (even things that are less than a tenth of a millimeter across) and learn about large-scale processes that were going on in the early solar system. For example, we can retrieve paleomagnetic records from individual chondrules (tiny spherules that are some of the first solid materials in the solar system) and learn about magnetic fields that were present in the disk of gas and dust that orbited the protosun before the planets formed. But perhaps the thing that most excites me is the discoveries we are making in other solar systems.
SCHAEFER: The variety of exoplanets discovered around other stars continues to astonish me. We don't have examples of the most common types of planets (super-Earths and sub-Neptunes) in our own solar system, suggesting that our home system is unusual – not just for hosting life. There have also been amazing new observations of proto-planetary disks around other stars showing gaps in the disks where we think large planets like Jupiter are forming: This level of detail had never been seen before until the last 7-10 years with the ALMA telescope and is really starting to change the way we think about planet formation.
Q&A: Modeling an exoplanet's atmosphere
New research using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has provided a rare glimpse at the surface of a rocky planet outside our solar system. The planet may be similar to Mercury or Earth's moon, with little to no atmosphere.
How has Star Wars influenced your ideas, aspirations or career choices?
TIKOO-SCHANTZ: I am a lifelong science fiction nerd. As a kid, all of the "Stars" (Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate) presented me with this vision of a universe filled with innumerable worlds waiting to be explored and a sense that we are not alone on our little blue dot in space. A great motivator for me as a planetary scientist is the idea that perhaps someday I will be able to fact-check some of these fantastical planets I read about via my research and see whether or not aspects of these worlds could exist in reality.
SCHROEDER: In academic science, as in any career, you encounter people, processes and cultures doing things out of "anger, fear or aggression" (which, as Yoda explains, belong to the "Dark Side" of the force). Star Wars is a good reminder to do our best to keep things like this out of science; to appreciate rather than tear down the work of our colleagues, to work on projects because of intrinsic interest instead of a fear that others may do them first, and to reject the temptation to keep a record of real or perceived scholarly slights. Star Wars challenges us to be Science Jedi not Science Sith.
Dustin Schroeder
Dustin.M.Schroeder@stanford.edu, 650-725-7861
Laura Schaefer
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Mathieu Lapôtre
mlapotre@stanford.edu
Sonia Tikoo-Schantz
smtikoo@stanford.edu
Archaea hold clues to ancient ocean temperatures
Scientists at Stanford have identified molecules that tough microbes use to survive in warming waters, opening a window more broadly into studying conditions in ancient seas.
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Why some planets eat their own skies
A new study suggests a reason why exoplanets rarely grow larger than Neptune: the planet's magma oceans begin to eat the sky.
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In a first, researchers identify reddish coloring in an ancient fossil
X-rays reveal an extinct mouse was dressed in brown to reddish fur on its back and sides and had a tiny white tummy.
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The San Diego County District Attorney's Youth Advisory Board proudly presents "4 or 40: The Choice is Yours," an Emmy-winning short film centered on the hard, life choices made daily by teens.
The idea of "4 or 40" was conceived by the San Diego District Attorney's Youth Advisory Board, made up of Lincoln High students. The title is based on the concept of choosing wisely during four years of high school or risking 40 years of struggles and hardships. The students crafted the film's story, helped during film shoots and offered input during every step of the film's production. The film was written, videotaped and edited by a local film production company while graphic designers contributed to its branding. The Youth Advisory Board will be visiting classrooms and organizations throughout San Diego County to screen the film, talk about its production and speak on its positive message. The film has been honored with a 2010 National Association of Counties Achievement Award and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Award.


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What Is an Attorney's Role in a Home Purchase?
Massachusetts plays by some different rules when it comes to buying and selling a home.
In most states, a real estate agent can handle all aspects of a home sale. In Massachusetts, things are a bit different.
According to Boston.com, a Massachusetts real estate lawyer has a unique role when it comes to buying and selling real property in the state.
For starters, in many other states, the escrow company or the title company holds the money prior to closing. This isn't the case in Massachusetts, where "escrow companies" currently don't exist.
Let's explain the escrow process a little here: When buying a home, the buyer has to put down a deposit prior to closing. The initial deposit for the home is held in an escrow account. The escrow account is a type of third-party account, holding the money pending the sale.
In Massachusetts, however, it's not uncommon for a real estate attorney to hold the money on behalf of the client.
In Massachusetts, title companies aren't always the only resource used when confirming title to the property. Checking and recording title is a part of the real estate purchase and sale process.
Massachusetts' title recording system is different from many other states. While many states have adopted an indexing system based on addresses or parcels at the county recorder's office, Massachusetts still indexes properties using the names of the title holders.
As a result, the process of establishing legitimacy to the chain of title can sometimes be challenging. To establish legitimate title, one would have to go through the chain of title to check for liens on the property, as well as other encumbrances.
In Massachusetts, the lawyer often also conducts the closing. In many cases, the lender's attorney is also present at the closing.
If you're in the process of buying or selling a home, have a look at our related resources below for more information. Also, have a look at our directory of Boston real estate lawyers.
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Q: fast integer matrix exponentiation algorithm in C/C++ How to implement a fast nxn integer matrix exponentiation algorithm M^n
The matrices are not diagonalizable and not symetric.
I have implemented the algo Exponentiation by Squaring but I know there are faster algos.
I don't want to use a numerical library.
The eigenvectors/values answer is usable for all symetric matrices but not for all matrices, I need a general algo. So my question need other answers than the previous one you pointed out and mark my question as duplicate.
Here is my code for Expo by Squaring but I need a faster algo:
ww is the size if the matrix
void expo(int ww, ll n)
{
   int i,j,k;
   memset(ret,0,SZ);
   for(i=0;i<ww;i++)ret[i][i]=1;
   while(n){
     if(n&1){
       memset(tmp,0,SZ);
       for(i=0;i<ww;i++)
         for(j=0;j<ww;j++)
           for(k=0;k<ww;k++)
             tmp[i][j]+=ret[i][k]*mat[k][j];
       memcpy(ret,tmp,SZ);
     }
     memset(tmp,0,SZ);
     for(i=0;i<ww;i++)
       for(j=0;j<ww;j++)
         for(k=0;k<ww;k++)
           tmp[i][j]+=mat[i][k]*mat[k][j];
     memcpy(mat,tmp,SZ);
     n>>=1;
   }
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Applause for Kellogg's scholarship awards
Kellogg Tolaram Nigeria, makers of Kelloggs Coco Pops has awarded scholarship to 50 pupils who excelled in the Kellogg's Tolaram Superstar contest – a competition aimed at improving their writing skills. During the presentation of the awards, the Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Lagos State Ministry of Education, Mrs Ronke Soyombo, praised the firm for the initiative. "It is crystal clear that Kellogg's Tolaram essay competition and reward initiative was borne out of passion and will no doubt contribute to the ever-expanding educational status of Lagos State and Nigeria," Soyombo said. The Contest which began in March 2019 reached out to more than 1.8 million pupils in about 12,000 schools across Rivers, Lagos and Oyo states to write on the topic: "What makes you a Kellogg's superstar?" The winners read their essays to the audience which comprised of parents, school representatives, Ministry of education officials, National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), and a member of the Federal House of Representatives, Mrs. Tolu Akande- Sadipe. Chairman NAPPS, Lagos State Chapter, Mr. Wasiu Adumadeyin, said the firm's gesture would have far-reaching impact on the economy. He pledged unflinching support of the association to any organisation that promotes a better tomorrow for Nigerian children. General Manager, Kellogg Tolaram, Mrs. Vani Malik said the "programme follows a holistic developmental approach, which begins with making sure children have the best start to their day by getting a complete breakfast option through Kellogg's various cereal variants while also encouraging them to identify and improve their inherent academic skills in the area of writing."
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Churchill's Secret Warriors
The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII
By: Damien Lewis
Narrated by: Nigel Carrington
SAS Italian Job
Narrated by: Matt Bates
In the hard-fought winter of 1944, the Allies advanced northwards through Italy but stalled on the fearsome mountainous defences of the Gothic Line. Two men were parachuted in, in an effort to break the deadlock. Their mission: to penetrate deep into enemy territory and lay waste to the Germans' impregnable headquarters. At the 11th hour, mission commanders radioed for David 'The Mad Piper' Kilpatrick to be flown in, resplendent in his tartan kilt. They wanted this fearless war hero to lead the assault, piping 'Highland Laddie' as he went - so leaving an indelible British signature to deter Nazi reprisals.
SAS Ghost Patrol
The Ultra-Secret Unit That Posed as Nazi Stormtroopers
Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
SAS Ghost Patrol is the explosive true story of the day in 1942 when the SAS donned Nazi uniforms to perpetrate the most audacious and daring mission of the war. Beyond top secret, deniable in the extreme (and of course enjoying Churchill's enthusiastic blessing), this is one of the most remarkable stories of wartime lawlessness, eccentricity and raw courage in the face of impossible odds - a thoroughly British undertaking.
What Great Men
The Nazi Hunters
The Nazi Hunters is the incredible, hitherto untold story of the most secret chapter in the SAS' history. Officially, the world's most elite special forces unit was dissolved at the end of the Second World War and not reactivated until the 1950s. Among their last actions was a disastrous commando raid into occupied France in 1944, which ended in the capture, torture and execution of 31 soldiers.
History with the storytelling of a thriller
By Daniel Maher on 27-09-2018
Zero Six Bravo
60 Special Forces. 100,000 Enemy. The Explosive True Story
Narrated by: Michael Fenner
The No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling modern classic: A Bravo Two Zero for the Second Gulf War. They were branded as cowards and accused of being the British Special Forces Squadron that ran away from the Iraqis. But nothing could be further from the truth. Ten years on, the story of these sixty men can finally be told. In March 2003 M Squadron - an SBS unit with SAS embeds - was sent 1,000 kilometres behind enemy lines on a true mission impossible, to take the surrender of the 100,000-strong Iraqi Army 5th Corps.
Fantastic story read brilliantly
By Jason on 08-10-2015
Hunting Hitler's Nukes
The Secret Race to Stop the Nazi Bomb
Narrated by: Greg Wagland
From the best-selling author of true military classics Zero Six Bravo, The Nazi Hunters and Churchill's Secret Warriors. In the Spring of 1940, as Britain reeled from defeats on all fronts and America seemed frozen in isolation, one fear united the British and American leaders like no other: the Nazis had stolen a march on the Allies towards building the atomic bomb. So began the hunt for Hitler's nuclear weapons - nothing else came close in terms of priorities.
Anzac Sniper
The Extraordinary Story of Stan Savige, One of Australia's Greatest Soldiers
By: Roland Perry
Narrated by: David Tredinnick
In this gripping biography, Roland Perry paints a fascinating and complex portrait of Lieutenant General Sir Stanley George Savige, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, ED. Savige was a man of character and compassion, a quiet outsider who founded war veterans' support charity Legacy, who still has few peers in courage, skill and achievement. His record is second to none in Australian military history, in the scope of his combat over two world wars.
The Chosen Few
A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan
By: Gregg Zoroya, William H. McRaven - foreward
Narrated by: Gregg Zoroya
The story of one of the Afghanistan war's most decorated units and their 15-month ordeal, culminating in the Battle of Wanat, the deadliest battle of the war. A single company of US paratroopers - calling themselves the "Chosen Few" - arrived in eastern Afghanistan in late 2007 hoping to win the hearts and minds of the remote mountain people and extend the Afghan government's reach into this wilderness. Instead, they spent the next 15 months in a desperate struggle, living under almost continuous attack, forced into a slow withdrawal, and always outnumbered by Taliban fighters.
Epic book about true heros
A Handful of Hard Men
The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia
By: Hannes Wessels
Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
It is difficult to find another soldier's story to equal Captain Darrell Watt's in terms of time spent on the field of battle and challenges faced. Even by the lofty standards of the SAS and Special Forces, one has to look far to find anyone who can match his record of resilience and valor in the face of such daunting odds and with resources so paltry. In the fight, he showed himself to be a military maestro. After 12 years in the cauldron of war, his cause slipped from beneath him, and Rhodesia gave way to Zimbabwe.
Excellent story, average performance
By Brodie Keating on 14-01-2018
Barney Greatrex
By: Michael Veitch
Narrated by: Michael Veitch
The incredible untold World War II story of Australian hero Barney Greatrex - from Bomber Command to French Resistance fighter. A high school and university cadet in Sydney, Barney Greatrex signed up for Bomber Command in 1941, keen to get straight into the very centre of the Allied counterattack. The RAF's strategic bombing missions faced the deadliest and most dangerous fighting imaginable as they attempted to break the will of the German people and destroy its industrial might.
Not padded out like some books
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The Hunt for the Richest, Deadliest Criminal in History
The new best-seller from the author of Zero Six Bravo. By 2007 Viktor Bout had become the world's foremost arms dealer. Known as the Merchant of Death, he was both public enemy number one to the global intelligence agencies and a ruthless criminal worth around $6 billion. For years Bout had eluded capture, meanwhile building up a labyrinthine network of airlines selling weapons to order to dictators, rebels, despots and terror groups worldwide.
Dog Company
A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command
By: Roger Hill, Lynn Vincent
Narrated by: Christopher Ryan Grant
The army does not want you to listen to this book. It does not want to advertise its detention system that coddles enemy fighters while putting American soldiers at risk. It does not want to reveal the new lawyered-up Pentagon war ethic that prosecutes US soldiers and marines while setting free spies who kill Americans. This very system ambushed Captain Roger Hill and his men.
US Military Shame, abonded honorable men!
The Easy Day Was Yesterday
The Extreme Life of an SAS Soldier
By: Paul Jordan
Narrated by: Neil Pigot
From his cage in a putrid, overcrowded Indian jail, Paul Jordan reflects on a life lived on the edge. His childhood, marred by the loss of his father and brother, produces a young man hell-bent on being the best of the best - an ambition he achieves by being selected to join the elite SAS. The Easy Day Was Yesterday is fast paced, brutally honest, raw and laced with dark humour. The core of Paul Jordan's eventful life, it shows the ability of the human spirit to survive even in the direst adversity.
Pure Aussie-tough with heart
By Shannen Twine on 26-07-2018
Big Week
The Biggest Air Battle of World War Two
By: James Holland
Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces launched their first-ever round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany. The aim was to smash the main factories and production centres of the Luftwaffe and draw the German fighter force up into the air and into battle. Officially called Operation ARGUMENT, this monumental air assault very quickly became known simply as Big Week.
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Narrated by: Bolinda Publishing
A collection of vivid, unforgettable stories from RAAF veterans about their experiences of combat in World War II. It is also an account of the strange, sometimes obsessive journey of the author himself, as he explores a passion held since childhood. From bomber pilots to fighter aces, from rear gunners to bomb aimers, from stories of death and fear to tales of humor and comradeship, Michael has helped unearth the extraordinary stories of ordinary men living and fighting in extraordinary times.
An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam
By: Tom A. Johnson
Narrated by: David Drummond
From June 1967 to June 1968, Tom Johnson accumulated an astonishing 1,600 flying hours piloting the UH-1 "Iroquois" - better known as the "Huey" - as part of the famous First Air Cavalry Division. His battalion was one of the most decorated units of the Vietnam War, and helped redefine modern warfare. Johnson's riveting memoir takes us into key battles and rescue missions, including those for Hue and Khe Sanh. In harrowing detail, he tells of being shot down in the battle of A Shau Valley, of surviving enemy attacks during the Tet Offensive, and of a death-defying nighttime river rescue.
a good account, but difficult to listen to
By Bill on 15-04-2019
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Churchill's Mavericks: Plotting Hitler's Defeat
By: Giles Milton
Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
Shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War, a country house called The Firs in Buckinghamshire was requisitioned by the War Office. Sentries were posted at the entrance gates, and barbed wire was strung around the perimeter fence. To local villagers it looked like a prison camp. But the truth was far more sinister. This rambling Edwardian mansion had become home to an eccentric band of scientists, inventors and bluestockings. Their task was to build devastating new weaponry that could be used against the Nazis.
Brilliantly read, entertaining, but....
By S. Herod on 21-02-2019
Winning World War II Behind Enemy Lines
By: James Owen
Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
June 1940: As Britain's soldiers limped home from Dunkirk, a maverick Army officer was already devising a bold plan to hit back at the enemy. His idea was to revolutionise military thinking and change the face of warfare forever. Relying as much on stealth and guile as on courage and stamina, the Commandos brought to the battlefield the skills of the guerrilla. Trained by an unconventional band of experts, and led by a big-game hunter, a film star, a Highland chief and an eccentric wielding a bow and arrow, they became the spearhead of the Allied drive for victory.
awesome and gripping story
Normandy '44
D-Day and the Battle for France
Narrated by: John Sackville
Renowned World War Two historian James Holland presents an entirely new perspective on one of the most important moments in recent history. Unflinchingly examining the brutality and violence that characterised the campaign, it's time to draw some radically different conclusions. D-Day and the 76 days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed have come to be seen as a defining episode in the Second World War. Its story has been endlessly retold, and yet it remains a narrative burdened by both myth and assumed knowledge.
Maps from the book would be extremely helpful
By Michael Ryan on 02-06-2019
In the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard. So Britain's wartime leader called for the lightning development of a completely new kind of warfare, recruiting a band of eccentric free-thinking warriors to become the first 'deniable' secret operatives to strike behind enemy lines, offering these volunteers nothing but the potential for glory and all-but-certain death.
Churchill's Secret Warriors tells the story of the daring victories for this small force of 'freelance pirates', undertaking devastatingly effective missions against the Nazis, often dressed in enemy uniforms and with enemy kit, breaking all previously held rules of warfare.
Master storyteller Damien Lewis brings the adventures of the secret unit to life, weaving together the stories of the soldiers' brotherhood in this compelling narrative, from the unit's earliest missions to the death of their leader just weeks before the end of the war.
©2014 Damien Lewis (P)2014 WF Howes Ltd
"One of the most extraordinary stories of World War II is also one of the least commonly known ... compelling ... an eloquent and welcome tribute to their selfless, sometimes reckless courage - a howitzer of a tale that more people should know about" (Brian Viner, Daily Mail)
"An enjoyable, thought-provoking read" ( Soldier Magazine)
"A truly astonishing story" ( Weekend Sport)
Rain on the Dead
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Hornet Flight
amazing story.
owe these guys so much. we owe our freedom to them.great narrator too.
A great story focussed on the exploits of Anders Lassen.
Well told.
Performance has plenty of character
love ww2 stories, this book was intriguing and exciting in parts, but quite stale in between
was never hooked and struggled to finish
An excellent book by Damien Lewis
This is a well written and well read book. I have read other books by Damien Lewis and enjoyed them all. He seems to have a great eye for detail. LT
Samuel Peacocke
An unbelievable true story
This is an eminently readable story of the special boat service in ww2 that takes you to the major actions that were undertaken by this unit over the period. If you love a good adventure, especially a true one, you will love this book
Perfect mix of documentary and action
The story of the inception of the elite British SBS unit during WWII isn't often told, and this book is a fantastic platform for the story. It expertly interweaves historical facts with blistering action, building suspense which leads to fast paced yet detailed action.
The story follows one of the founding fathers of the SBS, Anders Lassen, whose exploits and raw heroism never fail to amaze. The author goes to great lengths to portray what it was like to be living the life of a spec ops operator in wartime, constantly in danger and with minimal resources and support. This book does justice to their above - human efforts and sacrifices.
The narration is captivating and adds to the brilliance of the story and writing.
Johnny Gustafsson
History for teenage boys.
A one eyed, winner's perspective, boy's story, with a narration containing nails across blackboard voice acting. Numerous factual errors and oversights. A cliche and military trope riddled disappointment on a very interesting subject. Couldn't finish it.
Well, who'd have thunk it!
Wasn't sure really what I'd bought here and was a bit hesitant about listening. Very glad I did. An unsentimental narrative and narration of fascinating story! You couldn't make it up! Superb and comes well recommended.
greg archer
SAS, SBS forefathers in the early days. Amazing...
Enthralling throughout, ordinary blokes doing stuff that makes Hollywood's finest look like Girl Guides and Brownies on a picnic.
Funny in Places too.
Amazing people, the first SAS and SBS types and some of their earliest missions.
Ace blokes, ace book.
Greg Archer.
loved it found myself sitting listening to it instead of getting out of the car and going to work.
Simply Unbelievable…!
I wasn't sure what to expect from this audio and had only decided to give it a go as I rate Nigel Carrington so highly as a narrator. However my fears were allayed very quickly with the gripping and incredibly informative look at some truly remarkable characters! With stories that would be simply unbelievable if they were not true the warriors detailed within this book are worth of the highest praise and respect. Damien Lewis has done an extremely good job at making a subject come to life and bringing back to life individuals who lived and died decades ago. I would recommend this not just to an enthusiast of military and World War two literature but also those who find enjoyment in the pages of fictional work just as James Bond and other such thrillers!
This was a very moving book giving a deep insight into the atrocities faced by brave men on behalf of their fellow humans. I am glad that I was able to learn about such selfless people. Well worth listening to.
A fascinating unknown story
Brilliant from start to finish, you can't help but love the cast, plus you can see the progression of attitudes from 1940's to modern day on special forces, what once once frowned upon as "ungentlemanly" and "not the way we wage war!" is now the goal of all armies, a fascinating piece of history, plus Andy Lasson is a monster of a man! (In the greatest sense)
A Cracking Story
I thought this was going to be a book of serious history but it is actually told as a story. All the same, a good listen and certainly not dry.
Both the narrative and the narration resort to hyperbole at times but it's all very much in keeping with the fast paced style.
As an ex marine I found this excellent, sad, humbling and nostalgic, ending in goosebumps.
great book
loved this book, great characters. really good narration. a classic book that you cam listen to more than once..
Inspirational story of raw courage and heroism
Such stunning bravery by SOE agents and later SAS & SBS soldiers, whose missions, all played out in secret are relayed with help of official and first hand accounts. The courage shown by one particular SOE agent, a mad Dane, whose actions almost singlehandedly prompted Hitler's famous command to exterminate all captured British commandos after one of their audacious raids and subsequently undermined the whole of the German Mediterranean Army's morale in and around the their occupied Greek Islands.
This are the first time I'd heard of any of these tales of derring-do and can't believe the raw courage of these special forces soldiers in the face of such overwhelming odds. The motto 'Who Dares Wins' certainly applies here.
Totally gripping, and with the attention to detail by the author, making these escapades even more enjoyable to listen to


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Denroy creates 130 jobs after landing major PPE contract
Posted on June 4, 2021 by ericadminchia
A Bangor manufacturing company – better known for making airplane parts and hair brushes – is creating 130 new jobs after landing a £19 million contract to produce personal protective equipment (PPE) for a health trust.
The deal for plastics specialist Denroy marks a major shift for the business which pivoted into PPE production in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Its business was built around the Denman hair brush, a product which continues to be sold across the world, as well as brackets and other specialist plastic parts for the aerospace industry.
A slowdown in the aerospace industry and a desire to help out health workers in light of the pandemic was the trigger for the move into PPE which was designed by Denroy's engineers.
Its single use mask filters 99% of particles from the air, including the small respiratory droplets where coronavirus can be found.
Under the new contract with Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland, the masks will be used by frontline workers across the province, from intensive care staff to community care staff.
"We are proud of our staff and of our ingenuity over the last year, and the contribution we made during a time of national crisis," CEO of Denroy Group, Kevin McNamee said, adding that the company has also invested £3 million in a new manufacturing plant. "Our plans are to grow our business further, create more jobs and build on this contract in our target markets of Republic of Ireland, Great Britain and the United States in the coming year. We have drawn on the extensive expertise of the team at Invest NI and we're very grateful for their support."
Invest NI has offered Denroy Group Ltd £1.5m of support towards the creation of all 130 jobs, which includes a repayable loan of £900,000. The company has already created all of the new jobs.
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McDermott, Catherine, Street Style: British Design in the 80s. Rizzoli, New York, 1987.
Kozak, Roman, This Ain't No Disco. Faber and Faber, Boston, 1988.
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The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute named after prof. N.E. Zhukovsky (part of National Research Center "Institute named after N.E. Zhukovsky") celebrates in 2018 its centenary. TsAGI is the world's leading state-owned scientific center of aviation and space-rocket research. It is an entity of the Russian Federation where the most complicated problems are solved of a fundamental and applied nature in the field of aero- and hydro-dynamics, aeroacoustics, flight dynamics and aerial vehicle structural strength, as well as industrial aerodynamics. The Institute possesses unique experimental facilities and expertise, meeting the highest international requirements. In addition, TsAGI carries out through examinations of all aerial platforms developed in Russia's design bureaus and provides final safety conclusions of their maiden flights. Moscow (Russia) is chosen to be an inaugural venue of International Conference on High-Speed Vehicle Science and Technology (HiSST) in honour of the 100th Annivesary of TsAGI.
It is our great pleasure to invite you to the "International Conference on High-Speed Vehicle Science and Technology" (HiSST).
The HiSST promotes open discussion between research institutions, academia and industry from around the globe on research and development of enabling technologies for supersonic to high-speed vehicles.
Presentations at the Conference, paper reports and interactive discussions cover different aspects of high-speed aerial and space vehicles development including fundamental researches and technical solutions in aerodynamics, flight dynamics, operations, materials and structures.
The conference will bring together leading specialists from research companies from all over the world, such as ONERA, DLR, ESA, JAXA, etc.
In honour of TsAGi's 100th Anniversary, the inaugural location of this international conference is chosen to be Moscow (Russia). HiSST 2018 is supported by CEAS and hosted by TsAGI in Moscow, Russia on 26–29 of November.
We are welcoming you in Moscow in 2018.
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Jordan Kruger is a recent graduate from the Pennsylvania State University where she studied Labor and Employment Relations. She currently works as a Technical Recruiter for Apex Systems and is excited to get back into swim coaching.
She was a Swim Coach at Donaldson Run for 5 years as well as one of the head lesson instructors at the pool for 6 years. She swam for DR from 6-18 years-old and swam for Washington-Lee High school where she was the Captain of the team her senior year.
Jordan has extensive experience, knowledge, and a love for helping kids develop their skills in the pool all while having a great time. She is excited for a winter full of hard practices, growth, and good laughs!


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January 15, 2019, 6:25 PM ET
Keto Diet Feud Rages as Jillian Michaels Fires Back at Her Critics: "It Should Be Common Sense"
After her controversial Keto comments sparked backlash, Jillian Michaels has responded.
By Alesandra Dubin
What Is the Keto Diet? Experts Weigh In... and Celebs Sound Off
In case you somehow missed the Great Celebrity Keto Feud of 2019 to this point, allow us to recap: Celeb trainer Jillian Michaels made news for calling the beloved-slash-controversial Keto diet just a "bad idea." Among the celebs who fired right back was Al Roker, who jumped into the fray to defend Keto, and characterize Michaels as "a woman who promoted on-camera bullying." And the self-described "Keto Guido," Jersey Shore's Vinny Guadagnino publicly called out Michaels while defending the diet.
Well, now Michaels is back on offense.
First, she told TMZ, it's about the science: "The issue with the diet has many different components but when you pull a macronutrient out of your diet — macros are protein, fat and carbs — when we look at things like our macromolecules, which is a fancy way of saying our cells, your cells are made up of protein, fat, carbs, and nucleic acid. So just on the most basic level, it should be common sense that this diet is not ideal."
"Strict" Keto Gave Vicki Gunvalson's Daughter Briana Culberson a Whole New Look — See Dramatic Before-and-After Pics
She continued, "This diet can create micronutrient deficiencies of vitamins and minerals, it doesn't have enough fiber, unless you're primarily plant based, it doesn't talk about the necessity of calorie restriction when it comes to weight loss or even overall health and well being. Diets that are very high in animal fats and animal proteins…" and then she stopped herself. "Sorry," she told TMZ. "I could go on and on."
Michaels added, "Keto is a trend that many billion-dollar weight loss brands have gone after. They want to ride that trend…. so when you go after something that a lot of people have banked a lot of money on, you're going to get a lot of pushback."
In the end, she had this to say to the guys who called her out: "Why don't we behave like adults? We don't need to name call. We don't need to have personal attacks. If we're going to have a debate about Keto, let's have a debate about Keto — I'd say man up. let's go toe to toe in a civilized way instead of a sucker punch."
Here's who's said what about Keto:
The Feast
Celebrities Weigh in on the Keto Diet: Who Loves It, and Who Thinks It's "Dumb?"
Celeb Diets
Al Roker
Vinny Guadagnino
Celeb Trainer Jillian Michaels Slams the Keto Diet: "No! Bad Plan"
Al Roker Defends the Keto Diet After Jillian Michaels Trashes It


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Q: using sed with ampersand (&) I'm using sed to find and replace patterns within SAS files I have rather than changing them individually. The problem is I am trying to replace macro variables and when I use the ampersand it is not processing correctly.
Here's my code:
sed -ie 's/user=&uid./user=&sysuserid./g' *_table_*.sas

whenever I run this command it seems to append and do all kinds of funky stuff with the original text.
Question: How do I replace text that contains ampersands with sed command?

A: & is special in the replacement text: it means "the whole part of the input that was matched by the pattern", so what you're doing here replaces user=&uidX with user=user=&uidXsysuserid.. To insert an actual ampersand in the replacement text, use \&.
Another thing that looks wrong is that . in the search pattern stands for any character (except a newline), but the . at the end of the replacement text is a literal dot. If you want to replace only the literal string user=&uid., protect the . with a backslash.
sed -e 's/user=&uid\./user=\&sysuserid./g'

If you want to replace any one character and preserve it in the result, put the character in a group and use \1 in the replacement to refer to that group.
sed -e 's/user=&uid\(.\)/user=\&sysuserid\1/g'

In fact, given the repetition between the original text and the replacement, you should use groups anyway:
sed -e 's/\(user=&\)u\(id\.\)/\1sysuser\2/g'

i.e. "replace u by sysuser between user=& and id.".


not exactly a ringing endorsement...?
fingers crossed they can get something sorted in time...far too good a club/ground/clubhouse to not have a team playing and it's about time they started challenging for honours. Hopefully the new managers can bring something to the club, they'll have a really good platform to build something special down there. Be interesting to see which of the old players come back, most have gone on to other clubs but i know a few will be tempted to go back and play...not sure if they'll be a budget there to attract some better players though?
how are they going to get players in time for the new season?
Saffron Walden are trying to get going but i don't think they're going to be able to get a team together in time for the new season. Well supported club with a great stand and set-up...such a shame they had to pull out last year really. on't think they'll want to go back into the ESL if they can help it though, their preference would be to go back into the Ridgeons league as the league itself is viewed as a much better platform.


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Get to Know the Cast of ABC's "The Fix"
By Micheline Goldstein
The Fix cast is (L-R) Alex Saxon, Scott Cohen, Mouzam Makkar, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Robin Tunney, Adam Rayner, Breckin Meyer, Merrin Dungey, and Marc Blucas.
ABC's new drama The Fix is a legal drama with a huge cast to get to know. From leads Robin Tunney (The Mentalist, Empire Records, The Craft) and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Ten Days in the Valley, Lost) to Merrin Dungey (Once Upon a Time, Alias) and Breckin Meyer (Clueless, Road Trip, Franklin & Bash), there's a wide range of talent on the show. Get a quick roundup of their characters here, then head over to The Fix's Cast page for more information on all the actors, and don't miss The Fix, a 10-episode event, MONDAYS 10|9c!
Robin Tunney as Maya Travis: Maya Travis is an L.A. district attorney who suffers a devastating defeat after prosecuting an A-list movie star for double murder. With her high-profile career derailed, she flees for a quieter life in rural Washington. Eight years later, when this same star is under suspicion for another murder, Maya is lured back to the DA's office for another chance at justice.
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Severen "Sevvy" Johnson: Sevvy Johnson is a mega-movie star who is being accused of murder for the second time. His adversarial relationship with D.A. Maya Travis grows more heated when she returns to L.A. to prosecute him again.
Scott Cohen as Ezra Wolf: "The Wolf" is Sevvy's lawyer, and he is determined to protect his client at all costs.
Adam Rayner as Matthew Collier: Matthew Collier was Maya's co-counsel during Sevvy's first trial. He's now the chief Deputy District Attorney, and the one responsible for bringing Maya back to L.A. for a second chance at prosecuting Sevvy Johnson.
Merrin Dungey as CJ Emerson: CJ is an investigator for the DA's office, and was close with Maya before she left town abruptly after losing the case.
Breckin Meyer as Alan Wiest: Alan Wiest is the Los Angeles District Attorney.
Marc Blucas as River "Riv" Allgood: Riv is Maya's boyfriend from Washington. He wants Maya to leave her past in the past.
Mouzam Makkar as Loni Kampoor: Loni is an unapologetically ambitious Deputy District Attorney, and the lead on the murder case; she's not happy that Collier brought Maya Travis back to the DA's office.
Alex Saxon as Gabe Johnson: Gabe is Sevvy's stepson, and a loyal supporter of his dad.
Watch The Fix MONDAYS 10|9c on ABC and follow #TheFix on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.


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"Are coronavirus antibody tests worth the money? As a GP, I thought I'd give one a try" by member, Ann Robinson
The commercial kits are tempting, but offer little certainty when we aren't even sure that antibodies confer immunity
"Does anyone know of a private Covid antibody test that is properly reliable?" asked one of my friends on WhatsApp.
The question made me curious. Having antibodies, of course, means you've been exposed to the virus and you're unlikely to spread it. But with false negatives and positives, it's no guarantee and you'd still want to keep a distance from vulnerable people. Also no one knows how long the immunity lasts.
At the moment, the only tests available to ordinary people are commercial kits on sale over the internet. I had a quick rummage online and it looked like some may now have regulatory approval. But are they really any good? How do they work? How much does it cost? And will I feel impregnable if I get a positive answer?
It goes against the grain to shell out £100 (£160 if you add same-day delivery within the M25) for a private test of uncertain provenance, quality, reliability and significance. But I ordered one to road test it. After a bit of a kerfuffle, a cheerful bike courier (helmet, no mask or gloves, hadn't had the test himself because "it costs too much for me") delivered the elegantly boxed kit and waited patiently for me to do it. I may be a doctor but I found it very tricky. I tried to follow the written instructions but if you're not a natural Ikea assembler, you may struggle as I did. You use a lancet to prick your finger and milk 10 drops of blood into a tube. I'm embarrassed to admit that I filled it from the wrong end – not realising that you had to take the top off first. I couldn't get enough blood out of my chubby fingertips – even after four attempts. Luckily my GP partner arrived, shoved a needle into a vein in my arm and we filled the tube from the right end. By this time, the puncture sites in my fingertips had started dripping and there was blood all over the place. I felt like an idiot.
The results will be ready in a couple of days but, in the meantime, if I have any Covid questions or feel unwell, I should call NHS 111 according to the kit supplier's website. This default setting by the private sector always makes me smile wryly. To be fair, the company I used is offering a discount to NHS staff – although I'm not sure that this absolves them of a duty of care to the consumer.
The test claims that it has "demonstrated specificity and sensitivity of greater than 99% 14 days or more after symptoms started". This means that it is unlikely to give a false positive or negative result. It has been certified for use by the EU and is undergoing validation testing in the UK by public health organisations. It tests for immunoglobulin G, the antibody that rises more slowly after infection but stays around longer in the body – hence the 14-day lag. Kits that include immunoglobulin M, which is the antibody that appears more quickly after infection, are also becoming available.
Authorities including the US Food and Drug Administration are giving emergency use authorisation to get more antibody testing kits on to the market to answer the all important questions: what percentage of the population has been exposed to the virus; does the presence of antibodies confer immunity; and, if so, for how long? And antibody-rich blood from recovered individuals ("convalescent plasma") can also potentially be used to treat infected patients with life-threatening disease.
So the kits are useful for the study of populations and to identify potential antibody donors. But should you rush out and buy one? The World Health Organization says that the tests can show if you've had the virus but that there is "no evidence that people who have recovered from Covid-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection".
The leading consultant oncologist Prof Karol Sikora argues that the kits are probably reliable but not necessarily useful for individuals. He says the dream ticket would be a test like a piece of litmus paper that you could put in the mouth to reveal both the presence of the active virus and antibodies to get an instant result. Biotech companies are working on it but it's a huge challenge. As things stand in the UK, there's no freely available, officially sanctioned antibody test to show previous infection and no wholly satisfactory antigen test to show active infection. (The antigen test relies on a swab being shoved up your throat and nose and transported to a distant lab for analysis. False negative rates are as high as 25% and portable tests are still unreliable.)
Sikora says there are three groups of people on the streets, "the susceptible, the infected and the recovered or so-called immunoprivileged". We can't be sure but, based on experience with similar Sars and Mers viruses, he thinks that the recovered group who have antibodies are probably immune. How strong or long-lasting that immunity is, though, is anyone's guess.
The rate of seroconversion (the percentage of people who have antibodies) in studies is lower than you'd expect given the prevalence of the disease (between 1.5% and 20% in published studies and around 10% in Sikora's small study). This could be because the body can mount a swift and effective defence against a virus without forming lasting antibodies. So if you test positive for the virus (antigen test) but negative for antibodies, that means that you've had the infection. But are you immune? The answer is a weak "maybe".
Even if you are immune, what about the ethics of granting immunity passports– a kind of get out of jail free card – to those who test positive? The ethicist Prof Ezekiel Emanuel argues that immunity-based licences would be good because they would free up individuals who have been infected already without worsening the situation of those who haven't. Licences would be based on hard facts so would not be discriminatory. That may be so, but doesn't allow for the fake or stolen documents that would be inevitable in our ethically impure world.
Where does all this uncertainty leave us? Should my friend shell out £100? Will my life change when I get my result? Sikora says "you can wear your positive (antibody) test as a badge if you want to but you still have to stick to the law". Perhaps it would give you peace of mind if you can't resist a cuddle with a grandchild, he concedes, and frontline key workers in hospitals and care homes could feel and be safer. Ongoing population-based antigen and antibody testing are clearly vital tools in planning an exit strategy from lockdown. But personally, I wish I'd saved my money –and fingertips.
This article was first published in The Guardian.
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Q: Bluebird promise failing to short circuit on reject Maybe I just don't understand promises but I've used this pattern before and never had issues. Using bluebird within node.
I have this function which is getting hit:
function getStores() {
    return new Bluebird((resolve, reject) => {
        return Api.Util.findNearbyStores(Address,(stores) => {
             if (!stores.result) {
                 console.log('one')
                 reject('no response');
                 console.log('two')
             }

             const status = stores.results.status
        })
    })
}

then hits both of my logs, continues past the if and throws
 'one'
 'two'
 TypeError: Cannot read property 'Status' of undefined

Basically it keeps going right past the resolve.
My impression was the promise should immediately short circuit on reject and pass the rejection through as the resolution to the promise. Am I misunderstanding this?

A: Yes, you are misunderstanding this. reject(…) is not syntax (just like resolve(…) isn't either) and does not act like a return statement that exits the function. It's just a normal function call that returns undefined.
You should be using
if (!stores.result) reject(new Error('no response'));
else resolve(stores.results.status);

The "short-circuiting" behaviour of rejections is attributed to promise chains. When you have
getStores().then(…).then(…).catch(err => console.error(err));

then a rejection of the promise returned by getStores() will immediately reject all the promises in the chain and trigger the catch handler, ignoring the callbacks passed to then.


I was lucky enough to meet up with Nicole and John twice before their wedding. Their laid-back vibe and inviting personalities immediately told me that we would be a great match from the start. Nicole and John decided to have their wedding at The Prado Balboa Park in beautiful San Diego, California. San Diego is a second home to me, so I was so excited to be able to soak in the sun and spend a few days in the area photographing for their celebration!
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Design Addict Mom: A little Distraction…?
very Mad Men-esque, isn't it?
I just had the most darling second grade class the other day that I taught for two days in a row. All I wanted to do last night was to run to them, many who took a quick liking to me and vice-versa, and just hug them.
Today, I wondered if I should post a blog on the wonder and magic of Christmas, but you are so right about continuing on. We must go on to show the love of God in all circumstances, and to rejoice in the beauty of each other. Thank you for this GORGEOUS distraction today; I love all the photos, but that THIRD PHOTO is a marvelous combination of golds and silvers that exude such class. I HAD TO PIN IT!!
A lovely and thoughtful post Stacey, and like you I'm hugging my loved ones a bit more today.
It's such a reminder for all of us how precious life is no matter whether you have 5 year olds or a 21 year old like me.I called to tell her how much I love and adore her.
This designers style is scrumptuous thanks for sharing.
Beautiful post Stacey, I am still shocked at the news, it's been broadcast here lots and also in the papers... It's just so sad and tragic.
It's still hard to get my head around what has happened it's absolutely unthinkable. My hopes and prayers go out to all those lives that have been touched.
i was an elementary school teacher too! - i couldn't imagine! - not for a moment!
I must admit I gave my 'big boys' a hug when I heard this terrible news.
You had me at that tufted sofa. My thoughts are with those families.
Yes, we should all hold our families a little closer. Thanks for sharing these beautiful interiors with us!


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Most modern classrooms are teacher and state standard led, meaning that the teacher and the state decide what and how the students learn. One of my favorite things about homeschooling is that we're free to change things up a bit and let our children have more say in what and how they learn. This is often called student led learning and there are many benefits that come along with it.
When children get to be involved in deciding what they learn about and how they do it, they become much more willing participants. Nobody enjoys being bossed around and told how and what to think, and kids are no exception to this. A lack of control over one's life creates frustration and often leads to children resenting school.
My kids love our daily family read aloud time. They have really come to enjoy this nice quiet family activity we do together and I really enjoy it too! I know most parents read aloud to their kids when they are young, but read aloud time doesn't have to stop after your kids learn to read for themselves. Here are several reasons to continue reading to your kids aloud, even after they become proficient readers themselves.
Reading aloud to you kids is a great family activity and an awesome way to squeeze in a little extra quality time together. Like I mentioned before, it's one of my kid's favorite times of our day. They often beg me to read to them more even after we've already done our daily read together. I love having such calm quiet time with my kids, especially since so much of our days end up being busy and kind of crazy.
Unstructured time gives children the opportunity to explore their own interests and forces them to think outside the box.
Studies have shown that the human mind is more creative when we're bored. When we have nothing to occupy us, our minds tend to wander and daydream.
So much has been shared in the media lately about the wildfire that all but destroyed Paradise and it's surrounding communities. Everyone has seen pictures of the apocalyptic like destruction. That's not how I want the world to see Paradise. I want people to see it as I will always remember it, and for the way it will be again.
Paradise was a quiet little community nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, surrounded by canyons and beautiful evergreens. It was home to about 26,000 of the hardest working and most resilient folks you will ever meet. It was also home to an amazing array of wildlife including mule deer, grey squirrels, raccoons, foxes, California black bears, bobcats, mountain lions, many species of birds, and much more. It was a beautiful place to grow up.
My daughter is definitely a kinesthetic learner so I am constantly searching for and trying to come up with hands on learning activities for her. Math is probably the hardest subject to do this with. I seems like most math resources out there are worksheets and flash cards. We recently started working on division facts, and while I felt like she had a good grasp on multiplication, division seemed to be confusing for her. I needed a hands on way for her to learn the concept of division, so I came up with this simple hands on activity for her.
One of my favorite history topics is ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptians were such an interesting and artistic culture. I've always been amazed by their advanced architecture and beautiful art work. In this post I share some fun hands on activities and resources for learning about ancient Egypt.
After your child has learned about the pyramids, try building your own! We've done this project with Legos and with sugar cubes and glue.


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Arts Council connects students, visual artists
By Christyn Pettway
Last Monday, graphic designer and printmaker Katie Garth, was the guest for the Campus Arts Council's Visual Artists Series. Hosted by SUNY Plattsburgh's very own professor Diane Fine, Monday's zoom session allowed students to learn about professional artists and life events that led them to their careers.
Katie Garth recently received her master's of fine arts, or MFA, from the Tyler School of Art and Printmaking last May. She is an interdisciplinary artist with drawing and print-based practice. During her undergraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Garth studied graphic design, book arts and printmaking, working as a letterpress printing assistant. After graduating, she became a full-time graphic designer, putting out her work for five years until she attended graduate school.
Garth's most recent exhibition features the art and poetry from her book "Best Laid Plans." She said the book is a narrative empathizing with the impulse for escapism while also examining what is lost by withdrawing into oneself.
"Within a childhood story about my personal tendency for order," Garth said. "I consider the merits of planning, asking for what each of us may be preparing and noting how familiar objects and mundane rituals provide their own enduring appeal."
The exhibit is a reading room, resting room and installation all in one. With much of Garth's art, she likes to use different approaches like "enticing color and references to everyday mundane materials…in this way, language continues to inform the work even in non-narrative forms."
Garth uses "mundane materials" such as posted notes, memo pads, socks, etc. combined with poetry to get her point across to her audience.
Students who attended the zoom art lecture found that they could connect with Garth. Winosha Steele, a senior and BFA Art major, found that she connected with Garth because she is an artist who also incorporates poetry into her art.
"It was very beautiful to see a whole new perspective and take on these two mediums becoming a cohesive body of work," Steele said. "The most interesting takeaway for me has to be the way she allowed her art to evolve into different creations over time."
Maria Tibold, another senior, who is a BFA major of Photography with a concentration in Graphic Design, also connected with Garth since they are both graphic designers. Tibold sees Garth's art as "neat and tidy" as well as relating to Garth's "loose illustrative style."
Others enjoyed Garth's art lecture simply because of her personality. Cheryth Youngman, a senior and an English Writing Arts and English Literature double major, who saw Garth as "incredibly warm and approachable" or Mollie Ward, a junior majoring in BFA Drawing and Ceramics Concentration who saw Garth's Q&A answers and insights as helpful and "appreciated her openness."
Garth didn't just share her art during the zoom lecture, she also introduced the Quarantine Public Library to everyone who attended. She explained that this new website was created because of the current pandemic for users all over the world to print work by established artists and other creations in the comfort of their own homes. Garth said this "punctures the virtual barrier to hold art in their hands at a time when we can not gather collectively to view it."
The site has been visited by users in more than 70 countries and now has over 100 visual artists, poets, researchers illustrators and other practitioners, including Fine, as well as having more than 2500 Instagram followers.
Garth ends the lecture with a message to artists: "I hope that you'll notice when someone believes in your work and keep them close, and maybe get to pass along that favor for someone else someday."
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The day of rain forever!
Reigate should prepare for 24 hours of rain, starting Saturday 6am and continuing pretty much non-stop until Sunday morning. Rainfall totals for Reigate could be over 20mm which will add to the 18mm we got on our wet Wednesday this week. Totals before Christmas set to hit the 60 or 70mm mark which, as predicted, approach the total rainfall received in Reigate during the whole of November!
Interestingly, during the heaviest rain tomorrow the cloud above Reigate will extend over 9000 metres in height! This is as thick as Mountain Everest is high (8848m). In addition, temperatures will go from 12C at ground level (warm for December) to -50C at 9,000 metres. Winds in Reigate will be around 20mph while at 9,000 metres they will be blowing at around 120mph.


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The English-Speaking Union (ESU) is an international educational membership organistation. Founded by the journalist Sir Evelyn Wrench in 1918, it aims to bring together and empower people of different languages and cultures, by building skills and confidence in communication, such that individuals realise their potential. With 35 branches in the United Kingdom and over 50 international ESUs in countries around the world, the ESU carries out a variety of activities such as debating, public speaking and student exchange programmes, runs conferences and seminars, and offers scholarships, to encourage the effective use of the English language around the globe.

The aims of the English-Speaking Union (as stated on its website) are:
 The mutual advancement of education of the English-speaking world, respecting the traditions and heritage of those with whom we work whilst acknowledging the current events and issues that affect them.
 The use of English as a shared language and means of international communication of knowledge and understanding, provided always that these are at all times pursued in a non-political and non-sectarian manner.
These aims are taken from the ESU's Royal Charter.

Governance
The ESU was established in 1918 through the efforts of Sir Evelyn Wrench. In 1957 it received a Royal Charter, with Queen Elizabeth II as the royal patron. Princess Anne, The Princess Royal, has been president since 2013, having taken over from her father Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh who served from 1952 to 2012. Headquartered at Dartmouth House, Mayfair, London, its many activities are coordinated by the director-general. The sixteen-member board of governors meets four times a year, and is presided over by the chair.

Directors-general
 Sir Frederick Whyte (1938)
 Air Chief Marshal Sir Douglas Evill (1947–1949)
 Frank Darvall (1949–1957)
 Air Chief Marshal Sir Francis Fogarty (1957–1964)
 Morris Barr (1964–?)
 Wynn Hugh-Jones (1973–1977)
 Major-General David Crichton Alexander (1977–1979)
 Alan Lee Williams (1979–1986)
 Richard Heaslip (1987–1989)
 David Hicks (1989–1991)
 David Thorp (1991–1994)
 Valerie Mitchell (1994–2009)
 Mike Lake (2009–2011)
 Peter Kyle (2011–2014 )
 Jane Easton (2014-)

Chairs
 Peter Jennings (2014–2015)
 Paul Boateng, Baron Boateng (2015–2019)
 Professor James Raven (2020-2021)
 Miles Young (2021-2022)
 Philip Maunder (2022-present)

Oracy

The ESU believes oracy – speaking and listening skills – should be at the centre of the school curriculum, and actively encourages the development of these skills through education and competition.

The ESU's education department runs The ESU Schools Mace, the oldest and largest debating competition for schools in England. Several alumni have gone on to be part of Team England or Team Wales (both funded and managed by the ESU) at the annual World Schools Debating Championships – a two-week tournament whose recent venues include Peru, Cape Town, Turkey and Thailand.

Speech-led competitions include Performing Shakespeare (a national contest for secondary school students), the ESU-Churchill National Public Speaking Competition for Schools and the International Public Speaking Competition, which reaches over one million young people in more than 50 countries every year. National winners meet in London for the final, part of a five-day programme of events including public speaking, debating and performance workshops, and cultural excursions.

Alongside these competitions, the ESU also runs games-led debate and public speaking workshops in schools, guides schools on setting up and maintaining their own debate clubs, and provides a range of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities for teachers in the fields of speech and debate.

Secondary School Exchange Programme

British students, having completed their A-Levels, can spend two or three terms at a private prep school in the United States or Canada during their gap year. In return American students come to British schools. Originally known as the British and American Schoolboy and Schoolgirl Exchange, the programme was created in 1928. Former British ESU student exchange scholars include:
 Sir Ian Blair (Harvard-Westlake School) – commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
 Sir John Bond (Cate School 1959) – chairman of HSBC
 Sir Richard Dearlove (Kent School) – director of MI6
 Dawn French (Spence School) – actress and comedian
 Michael Davies (Mercersburg Academy) - television producer/personality
 Chris Hawkins (Tabor Academy) – radio presenter
 KT Tunstall (Kent School) – popular musician
 Quentin Letts (Bellarmine College) - writer
 Tim Footman (Appleby College) – writer.

American ESU student exchange scholars include:
 Howard Dean – former Governor of Vermont and U.S. presidential candidate
 Heather J. Sharkey  – historian in the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania

The US–UK Debate Tour Exchange

Two outstanding British student debaters are chosen each year to tour approximately 30 states over three months. The ESU USA Tour is one of the most prestigious awards in University debating. In return two American debaters visit universities and institutions in the UK. The programme was established in 1922. Alumni of the British team include:
 Rab Butler (1924) – Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary
 Michael Ramsey (1925) -Archbishop of Canterbury
 Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal (1930) – member of the July 20 Plot to assassinate Hitler
 Michael Foot (1934) – leader of the Labour Party
 Edward Heath (1939) – Prime Minister
 Tony Benn (1947) – Labour cabinet minister
 Robin Day (1949) – broadcaster
 William Rees-Mogg (1951) – editor of The Times
 Patrick Mayhew (1953) – Northern Ireland Secretary
 Brian Walden (1958) – broadcaster
 Leon Brittan (1961) – Vice-president of the European Commission
 Michael Howard (1963) – leader of the Conservative Party
 Jonathan Aitken (1964) – Conservative politician and former journalist
 Norman Lamont (1965) – Chancellor of the Exchequer
 Peter Bazalgette (1976) – businessman with interests in the media
 Nicholas Mostyn (1981) – High Court judge
 Ian Duncan (1995) – MEP and UK Government minister
 Lewis Iwu (2010) – Director, Fair Education Alliance

as well as a significant number of MPs, QCs and other notable figures.

International ESUs

The ESU's International Headquarters is located in London, and there are over 50 national ESUs around the world.

Australia

Charles Duguid, Scottish medical practitioner and Aboriginal rights activist, helped to found the Australian branch of the ESU in Adelaide, South Australia, and was chairman from 1932 to 1935.

Music scholarships

The ESU offers funding for places at top conservatoires for music students. Alumni include Tasmin Little and Nigel Kennedy, both violinists.

Lindemann Trust Fellowship

The Lindemann Trust Fellowships are a prestigious research grant awarded to postdoctoral scientists of "exceptional promise" in the pure and applied physical sciences, designed to enable British and Commonwealth citizens resident in the UK to perform research in the USA. They have been administered by the ESU since 1972 and were established as a result of a bequest from Brigadier Charles Lindemann. Brigadier Lindemann trained as a physicist with his brother, Lord Cherwell, at the University of Berlin, after which he served as scientific advisor of the British Army and subsequently at the British Embassy in Washington during the Second World War. The Lindemann Fellowships were created as a result of his will, where Brigadier Lindemann directed that his residual estate "be used to assist men and women with outstanding potential to become distinguished scholars or teachers in their chosen field".

Fellowships are awarded following a rigorous application process, undertaken by a committee, chaired by Professor James Raven, Deputy Chairman of the ESU, which represents the full range of scientific fields eligible for a fellowship. In 2017 the panel comprised: Professor Dirk Aarts – Christ Church; Professor Paul Beer – Wadham College; Professor Ben Berks – Wadham College; Professor Roger Davies – Christ Church; Dr Martin Grossel – Southampton; Dr Karen Mooney-McAuley – Queens University Belfast; Professor Sir David Read – Royal Society and Professor Mary Rees – Liverpool University.

See also
 English-Speaking Union Scotland
 John Smith Memorial Mace
 ESU Schools Mace

Notes

Further reading
 Bridge Over Troubled Water: An insight into the English-Speaking Union and its influence in South Asia - Michael Wynne-Parker (pub. Kingston Books, 1989)

External links

 ESU Centre for Speech and Debate website

1918 establishments in the United Kingdom
Commonwealth Family
Educational charities based in the United Kingdom
Educational organisations based in London
English language
English nationalism
Organizations established in 1918
Public speaking organizations


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Crucita es una población de Ecuador localizada en la costa de la provincia de Manabí y parroquia de la capital Portoviejo. Cuenta con una población de 14.050 habitantes.

Es un balneario turístico muy conocido por los aficionados al vuelo libre y al parapente.

Se encuentra en el Valle del Río Portoviejo, en el que se pueden realizar paseos por paisajes pintorescos con observación de aves, en especial de garzas.

A sólo 20 minutos de Portoviejo, es considerada a nivel mundial como uno de los mejores lugares donde se pueden practicar deportes como parapente y ala delta; cada vuelo en Tándem tiene una duración de 15 minutos.

Véase también
 Portoviejo
 Cantón Portoviejo
 Parroquia Abdón Calderón
 Alhajuela

Bibliografía

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 GAD Parroquial Rural de Crucita

Parroquias rurales de Portoviejo
Localidades de la provincia de Manabí
Playas de Ecuador


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Private Division and V1 Interactive Announce Disintegration Launching on June 16, 2020
May 7, 2020 By MovieDebuts
Private Division and V1 Interactive today announced that Disintegration, the debut title from the 30-person independent studio founded by Marcus Lehto, the co-creator of Halo, will release digitally for $49.99 on PC, PlayStation4, PlayStation4 Pro and across the Xbox One family of devices, including Xbox One X on June 16, 2020. (Graphic: Business Wire)
Private Division and V1 Interactive today announced that Disintegration, the debut title from the 30-person independent studio founded by Marcus Lehto, the co-creator of Halo, will release digitally for $49.99 on PC, PlayStation4, PlayStation4 Pro and across the Xbox One family of devices, including Xbox One X on June 16, 2020. Players who pre-order the game will receive bonus cosmetic digital content for multiplayer gameplay, including a unique Lost Ronin Midnight crew skin, Flex emote, Disintegration Medal Gravcycle attachment, and platform-exclusive animated player banners. Pre-orders for Disintegration are available now for Xbox One and PC via Steam.
Disintegration is a sci-fi, first-person shooter that blends real-time tactical elements to create an entirely new experience. Set in a world ripped apart by famine, scarce resources, and the planet on the brink of destruction, humanity has developed a process to survive its harsh reality known as Integration, in which a human brain is transferred to a robotic armature. From the ensuing chaos, an aggressive, militaristic legion, known as the Rayonne, gain control and begins to impose the once optional process of Integration onto the rest of humanity to consolidate their power.
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Players command Romer Shoal, an incredibly-skilled Gravcycle pilot, who leads a small band of outlaws to fight back against an overwhelming Rayonne force. Over the course of a thrilling single-player campaign, players will control a Gravcycle loaded with weaponry, leading Romer and his team across a series of diverse missions packed with action, explosions, and plot twists, to beat back the Rayonne forces and give the last vestiges of humanity hope to prevail.
To learn more about the single-player campaign, watch the new Disintegration Story Trailer here:
Disintegration – Story Trailer
"I've always been a gameplay-driven storyteller, and with Disintegration, I wanted to create a compelling narrative built around mechanics that haven't been done before," said Marcus Lehto, President and Game Director at V1 Interactive. "It's in my DNA to create memorable characters and rich worlds that go beyond a standard FPS experience. I'm so excited that players get to be a part of it soon."
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In addition to the full single-player campaign, Disintegration features frenetic PVP multiplayer where pilots and their crews compete in three game modes and six distinct maps. Players can select from nine highly-stylized "Crews" which lend themselves to different playstyles.
"The gameplay mechanics and exciting lore from the campaign are cranked up a few notches in Disintegration's competitive multiplayer, and it's an absolute blast," said Kari Toyama, Lead Producer at Private Division. "The team at V1 Interactive are putting a ton of fun and personality into the multiplayer through the different Crews, each of which have their own look and approach to combat."
Multiplayer provides a host of cosmetic customizations that can be purchased or earned in-game, including pilot and crew skins, cosmetic Gravcycle customizations, and a variety of banners. In addition to the multiplayer content at release, the team at V1 will be supporting the game post-launch with seasonal content drops.
Disintegration will launch digitally on June 16, 2020, for PlayStation4, Xbox One, and PC on Steam and other digital storefronts for $49.99. Disintegration is rated T for Teen by the ESRB. For more information, subscribe on YouTube, follow on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook, join the Discord community, and visit www.disintegrationgame.com.
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Der Zwölferkopf ist ein  hoher Gipfel an der bayerisch-tiroler Grenze bei Pfronten und Vils.

Lage und Landschaft
Der Gipfel  befindet sich im Falkensteinkamm oder Zirmgrat am Nordrand der Allgäuer Alpen. Er liegt südwestlich vom Weißensee im Füssener Gemeindegebiet, und nordwestlich der Stadt Vils.

Zum Namen
Der Gipfel ist in der bayerischen Amtlichen Topographischen Karte (ATK25) wird er als Zwölferkopf geführt. In der Österreichischen Karte (ÖK50) ist der Gipfel unbenannt, und der Zwölferkopf ist der Gipfel Kote 1293 500 Meter östlich, der bayerischerseits Salober genannt wird, in älteren österreichischen Karten Zirmgrat. Es liegt eine Verschiebung der Gipfelnamen von beiden Seiten vor: Der Grat bildete ursprünglich die Grenze der Herrschaft Vils, die Saloberalpe, die noch weiter östlich über Vils liegt, gehörte lange als Voralpe zur Stadt Füssen.

Der Name Zwölfer bezieht sich wohl auf den Ort Roßmoos, zu dem er Mittag anzeigt. Westlich liegt noch der Einerkopf (1280 m), dessen Lage vermuten lässt, dass der Salober der eigentliche Zwölferkopf ist.

Wege
Der Gipfel kann leicht als Abstecher vom Weg von der Ruine Falkenstein zum Alatsee bestiegen werden. Dieser Weg ist ein Teil der Via Alpina (Triest–Monaco, Violetter Weg Slowenien–Vorarlberg, Etappe A63 Füssen–Pfronten).

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Allgäuer Alpen
Geographie (Füssen)
Vils (Tirol)
Geographie (Bezirk Reutte)
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Q: Segregating two rows with different data into two different columns I have a table with Data as follows in the following fiddle
http://sqlfiddle.com/#!18/c687d
Trying to segregate column of phone number based on phone type.
Following is the input
| LastName | PhoneNameType | PhoneNumber |
|----------|---------------|-------------|
| KRANSLER | Work          | 8326244229  |
| KRANSLER | Mobile        | 7239876     |
| GILBERT  | Work          | 2121806     |
| GILBERT  | Mobile        | 8406582     |
| LITZ     | Work          | 3462590784  |
| LITZ     | Mobile        | 2816284631  |

Output should be as follows
| LastName | WorkNumber | MobileNumber |
|----------|------------|--------------|
| GILBERT  | 2121806    | 8406582      |
| KRANSLER | 8326244229 | 7239876      |
| LITZ     | 3462590784 | 2816284631   |

A: One more option with conditional aggregation. (Works as expected when there is at most one row per type per name)
SELECT LastName
,max(case when phonenametype='Work' then phonenumber end) as worknumber
,max(case when phonenametype='Mobile' then phonenumber end) as mobilenumber
FROM tempo
GROUP BY LastName