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Mock Mozart
Mock Mozart by Asv Living Era at Blaumane Music. Hurry! Limited time offer. Offer valid only while supplies last. It Will Not have Escaped the Attention of Anyone Remotely Interested in Music that 2006 is Mozart Year; He was Born in Salzburg 250 Years Ago. Recordings of his Sublime Music have of Course Been Legion – but We Can Safely Say that None Compares with Living Era's Tribute, Mock Mozart. It is Described as a ''diverting Collection of Parodies, Take-offs, Send-ups, Performances in Good and Bad Taste, Mixed with Genuine Tributes''. The Title and Tone Are Set by Peter Ustinov's Extraordinary
It Will Not have Escaped the Attention of Anyone Remotely Interested in Music that 2006 is Mozart Year; He was Born in Salzburg 250 Years Ago. Recordings of his Sublime Music have of Course Been Legion – but We Can Safely Say that None Compares with Living Era's Tribute, Mock Mozart. It is Described as a "diverting Collection of Parodies, Take-offs, Send-ups, Performances in Good and Bad Taste, Mixed with Genuine Tributes". The Title and Tone Are Set by Peter Ustinov's Extraordinary Array of Voices and Noises, Mock Mozart, and Continued by Victor Borge's Perennially Hilarious Mozart Opera. Adaptations Range from Raymond Scott's Lively in an 18th-century Drawing Room to No Fewer Than Four Interpretations of Rondo Alla Turca (By Red Ingle,henri Rene, Hazel Scott and Martha Eggerth and Jan Kiepura). Alec Templeton and Benny Goodman Show Us How Mozart Matriculates, and the Wonderful Florence Foster Jenkins Brings New Meaning to the Term 'off-key'. What Would Mozart have Made of it All?
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Bauhaus Reviewed 1919 to 1933
The first audio book CD to explore the highly influential Bauhaus school of art and architecture, which operated in Germany between 1919 and 1933. The spoken word element centers on a revealing talk by Walter Gropius, the architect and theoretician who founded the Bauhaus in 1919. The CD also includes contributions from the school's third and final director, architect Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, and teacher Josef Albers. All interviews are in the English language. The music content of the CD
Ernest Bloch: Music for Viola and Piano
By Et'Cetera
Ravel: Sheherazade/Ma Mere L'Oye/La Valse/Alborada del Gracioso/La Vallee des Cloches
By EMI Classics Imports
Sheherazade / Ma Mere L'Oye.
Omnibust / 60 Years of 'Music America Hates Best'
By Hari
2 albums on 1 CD. Omnibust is a great comedy LP from the 60's featuring takeoffs of classic TV shows. 60 Years Of... delivers crazy song parodies as only Spike and the band can do 'em!.
Ravel: Sheherazade; Le Tombeau de Couperin/Debussy: Ballades de Villon
The Wurst of P. D. Q. Bach
By Vanguard
By Ravel


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La nona stagione della serie televisiva Bonanza è andata in onda negli Stati Uniti dal 17 settembre 1967 al 28 luglio 1968 sulla NBC.

Second Chance
 Prima televisiva: 17 settembre 1967
 Diretto da: Leon Benson
 Scritto da: Paul Schneider, John Hawkins

Trama

 Guest star: James Beck (tenente March), Joe De Santis (dottor Isaac Dawson), Jane Zachary (Anna Mulvaney), Martin Eric (addetto al telegrafo), Ken Drake (Breck), James Gregory (Mulvaney), Bettye Ackerman (Estelle Dawson), Douglas Kennedy (Jonathan Frazier)

Sense of Duty
 Prima televisiva: 24 settembre 1967
 Diretto da: William Witney
 Scritto da: Gil Lasky, John Hawkins

Trama

 Guest star: Gene Rutherford (sergente Ankers), Michael Forest (Wabuska), Gregg Palmer (Wells), Bill Quinn (cittadino), Ben Gage (vice), Richard Hale (capo Winnettka), Ron Foster (Steve), John Matthews (colonnello Brill), Kipp Whitman (Tim Kelly), Dan White (cittadino)

The Conquistadors
 Prima televisiva: 1º ottobre 1967
 Diretto da: John Rich
 Scritto da: Walter Black

Trama

 Guest star: Carlos Rivas (Miguel), Eddie Ryder (Perkins), Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr. (Eniliano), King Moody (Charlie), Clyde Howdy (Hoke), John Kellogg (Anderson), Jim Boles (Aldrich), Mike De Anda (Quail), John Saxon (Blas)

Judgment at Olympus
 Prima televisiva: 8 ottobre 1967
 Diretto da: John Rich
 Scritto da: Walter Black

Trama

 Guest star: Brooke Bundy (Mary Elizabeth Fuller), Robert Brubaker (sceriffo Henning), Dabbs Greer (pubblico ministero Dawes), Barry Sullivan (Dayton Fuller), Olan Soule (addetto al telegrafo), James Griffith (vice sceriffo Gibbs), Rusty Lane (giudice), Arch Johnson (A. Z. Wheelock), Vaughn Taylor (Eggers)

Night of Reckoning
 Prima televisiva: 15 ottobre 1967
 Diretto da: Leon Benson
 Scritto da: Walter Black

Trama

 Guest star: William Jordan (Rusher), James Wainwright (Webster), Bill Clark (Post), Grandon Rhodes (dottore Martin), Ron Hayes (Donnie Buckler), Joan Freeman (Kelly Lincrom), Eve McVeagh (Harriet Guthrie), Richard Jaeckel (Dibbs), Teno Pollick (Carew), Bob Miles (vice sceriffo)

False Witness
 Prima televisiva: 22 ottobre 1967
 Diretto da: Michael D. Moore
 Scritto da: Eric Norden

Trama

 Guest star: Len Hendry (Jensen), Davey Davison (Valerie Townsend), Hal Burton (vice), William Henry (Farrell), Frederic Downs (Matt Haskell), Michael Blodgett (Billy Slater), Robert McQueeney (sceriffo Dunkel), Frank Gerstle (Strand), Russ Conway (giudice Wheeler), Jerry Douglas (Jeremiah), Bill Fletcher (Doug Slater), Bill Clark (vicesceriffo in camicia rossa)

The Gentle Ones
 Prima televisiva: 29 ottobre 1967
 Diretto da: Harry Harris
 Scritto da: Frank Chase

Trama

 Guest star: Stuart Anderson (Trask), Douglas Henderson (maggiore Dawson), Hal Burton (lavoratore nel ranch), Robert Walker, Jr. (Mark Cole), Lana Wood (Dana Dawson), Pat Conway (Frank Cole), Clint Sharp (conducente della diligenza)

Desperate Passage
 Prima televisiva: 5 novembre 1967
 Diretto da: Leon Benson
 Scritto da: John Hawkins

Trama

 Guest star: Troy Melton (Paiute Indian), James Forrest (Paul Burns), Hal Burton (Paiute Indian), Bill Clark (indiano Paiute), Steve Forrest (Josh Tanner), Tina Louise (Mary Burns), Bob Miles (indiano Paiute)

The Sure Thing
 Prima televisiva: 12 novembre 1967
 Diretto da: William Witney
 Scritto da: Sidney Ellis, Robert Vincent Wright

Trama

 Guest star: Matt Emery (ufficiale), Duane Grey (cittadino), Tom Tully (Burt Loughlin), King Moody (Carter), William Bryant (Harper), Kim Darby (Trudy Loughlin)

Showdown at Tahoe
 Prima televisiva: 19 novembre 1967
 Diretto da: Gerald Mayer
 Scritto da: Thomas Thompson

Trama

 Guest star: Sheila Larken (Julie Larson), Kevin Hagen (Brother Guy Gilray), Christopher Dark (Testy), Bill Clark (vice Tucker), Karl Swenson (capitano Nells Larson), Troy Melton (Houston), Richard Anderson (Jameson Fillmore), Hal Burton (conducente della diligenza)

Six Black Horses
 Prima televisiva: 26 novembre 1967
 Diretto da: Donald R. Daves
 Scritto da: Michael Landon, William Jerome

Trama

 Guest star: Liam Dunn (padre O'Brien), David Lewis (Giblin), Clint Sharp (conducente della diligenza), Grandon Rhodes (Doc Martin), Richard X. Slattery (McCoy), Judy Parker (Julie), Hal Baylor (Tierney), Burgess Meredith (Ownie Duggan), Don Haggerty (O'Neill), Cosmo Sardo (barista)

Check Rein
 Prima televisiva: 3 dicembre 1967
 Diretto da: Leon Benson
 Scritto da: Olney Sherman, Robert I. Holt

Trama

 Guest star: Patricia Hyland (Kathy Fredericks), James MacArthur (Jayce Fredericks), Troy Melton (taglialegna), Ford Rainey (Gabriel Bingham), William Fawcett (Asa), Robert Karnes (sceriffo Buhler), Tom Fadden (cowboy), Charles Maxwell (Rio), Hal Burton (cowboy al Rimville Corral)

Justice Deferred
 Prima televisiva: 17 dicembre 1967
 Diretto da: Gerald Mayer
 Scritto da: Jack Miller

Trama

 Guest star: Shannon Farnon (Eleanor Eades), Claudia Bryar (Mrs. Scott), Martha Manor (bionda nell'aula di giustizia), Bill Clark (cowboy nel saloon), John Hubbard (Arnold Eades), Tol Avery (giudice), Byron Morrow (Belden), Nita Talbot (Gladys), Harlan Warde (Monroe), Tom Fadden (cowboy), Carl Reindel (Andy Buchanan), Simon Oakland (Mel Burns/Frank Scott), Cosmo Sardo (barista)

The Gold Detector
 Prima televisiva: 24 dicembre 1967
 Diretto da: Donald R. Daves
 Scritto da: Ward Hawkins

Trama

 Guest star: Dub Taylor (Simon), Paul Fix (Barney), Mike De Anda (Corrales), Chubby Johnson (Cash), Kelly Thordsen (Vern Higgins), Wally Cox (professore McNulty), Caroline Richter (Casey)

The Trackers
 Prima televisiva: 7 gennaio 1968
 Diretto da: Marc Daniels
 Scritto da: Reuben Bercovitch, Frederick Louis Fox

Trama

 Guest star: Warren Stevens (Sam Bragan), Bruce Dern (Cully Mako), Bill Clark (vice), Arthur Peterson (James Snell), Warren Vanders (Buzz), Robert P. Lieb (Evans), Christopher Shea (Sean), Ted Gehring (Grifty), James Sikking (Kevin Mako), Martha Manor (cittadina)

A Girl Named George
 Prima televisiva: 14 gennaio 1968
 Diretto da: Leon Benson
 Scritto da: William H. Wright

Trama

 Guest star: Steve Raines (vice sceriffo), Jack Albertson (Enos Blessing), Sheilah Wells (George), Harry Harvey (medico legale), Andy Devine (Roscoe), Gerald Mohr (Cato Troxell), Patsy Kelly (Mrs. Neely), Fred Clark (giudice Neeley), Martha Manor (bionda nell'aula di giustizia)

The Thirteenth Man
 Prima televisiva: 21 gennaio 1968
 Diretto da: Leon Benson
 Scritto da: Walter Black

Trama

 Guest star: Michael Kriss (Welles), John Lodge (Terry), Bill Clark (Tom), Richard Carlson (Arch Hollinbeck), John Zaremba (Charles), Myron Healey (Johannsen), Bill Quinn (Allison), Anna Navarro (Prudence Welles), Jon Lormer (Lamar), Albert Salmi (Marcus Alley), Kenneth Tobey (Heath), Cosmo Sardo (barista)

The Burning Sky
 Prima televisiva: 28 gennaio 1968
 Diretto da: John Rich
 Scritto da: Carol Saraceno, William H. Wright

Trama

 Guest star: Iron Eyes Cody (Long Bear), Michael Murphy (Will Holt), Bill Clark (Jones), Gregg Palmer (Muley), Victor French (Aaron Gore), Bobby Riha (Bridger Green), Robert Foulk (vice Pete), Dawn Wells (Moon Holt)

The Price of Salt
 Prima televisiva: 4 febbraio 1968
 Diretto da: Leon Benson
 Scritto da: B. W. Sandefur

Trama

 Guest star: John Doucette (Cash Talbott), Ken Drake (Jackson), John Day Douglas (Conrad), David Pritchard (Ned), Myron Healey (Williams), Robert Patten (Pardee), James Best (Vern Schaler), Kim Hunter (Ada Halle)

Blood Tie
 Prima televisiva: 18 febbraio 1968
 Diretto da: Seymour Robbie
 Scritto da: Howard Dimsdale

Trama

 Guest star: Conlan Carter (Clay), Peter Leeds (barista), Leo Gordon (Fargo Taylor), Robert Drivas (Tracy Blaine), Martha Manor (bionda nel saloon)

The Crime of Johnny Mule
 Prima televisiva: 25 febbraio 1968
 Diretto da: Leon Benson
 Scritto da: Joel Murcott

Trama

 Guest star: Hal Burton (vice sceriffo), Lee Patterson (Virgil Lowden), John Lodge (vice sceriffo Tom), Noah Beery Jr. (Johnny Mule), John Archer (pubblico ministero), Jack Ging (Cleve Lowden), Coleen Gray (Marcy), Bruno VeSota (barista)

The Late Ben Cartwright
 Prima televisiva: 3 marzo 1968
 Diretto da: Leon Benson
 Scritto da: Walter Black

Trama

 Guest star: Tyler McVey (Porter), Bert Freed (Broom), William Campbell (Wilburn White), George Gaynes (Purdy), Simon Scott (giudice John Faraday), Sidney Blackmer (Samuel Endicott)

Star Crossed
 Prima televisiva: 10 marzo 1968
 Diretto da: William F. Claxton
 Scritto da: Thomas Thompson

Trama

 Guest star: Jean Willes (Mrs. O'Brien), Tisha Sterling (Laura Jean Pollard), Bruno VeSota (barista), Martha Manor (ragazza nel saloon), William Windom (Marshal Passmore)

Trouble Town
 Prima televisiva: 17 marzo 1968
 Diretto da: Leon Benson
 Scritto da: David Lang

Trama

 Guest star: Elizabeth MacRae (Lila Holden), Steve Brodie (vice Horn), Joe Turkel (Lupe), A. G. Vitanza (barista), Tol Avery (Almont), Doodles Weaver (stalliere), William Bakewell (Slatter), James Daris (Shorty), Robert J. Wilke (sceriffo Claude T. Booker)

Commitment at Angelus
 Prima televisiva: 7 aprile 1968
 Diretto da: Leon Benson
 Scritto da: Peter Germano

Trama

 Guest star: Hal Lynch (Steve Regan), Peter Whitney (Emmett Hudson), Marj Dusay (Stephanie Regan), Alan Reynolds (Polk), Ivan Triesault (Thad), Ken Lynch (vice sceriffo Garrett), Greg Mullavy (Cabe), Martha Manor (cittadina)

A Dream to Dream
 Prima televisiva: 14 aprile 1968
 Diretto da: William F. Claxton
 Scritto da: Michael Landon

Trama

 Guest star: Steve Ihnat (Josh Carter), Johnny Whitaker (Timmy Carter), Michele Tobin (Sally Carter), William Tannen (barista), Julie Harris (Sarah Carter)

In Defense of Honor
 Prima televisiva: 28 aprile 1968
 Diretto da: Marc Daniels
 Scritto da: Richard Wendley, William Douglas Lansford

Trama

 Guest star: John Lodge (vice), Arnold Moss (capo Lone Spear), Lou Antonio (Davey), Cherie Latimer (Bright Moon), Troy Melton (Skinner), Arthur Peterson (giudice), Lane Bradford (Judd), Ned Romero (White Wolf), Cosmo Sardo (barista)

To Die in Darkness
 Prima televisiva: 5 maggio 1968
 Diretto da: Michael Landon
 Scritto da: Michael Landon

Trama

 Guest star: Noah Keen (Warden), James Whitmore (John Postley)

The Bottle Fighter
 Prima televisiva: 12 maggio 1968
 Diretto da: Leon Benson
 Scritto da: S. H. Barnett, Colin MacKenzie, John Hawkins

Trama

 Guest star: Harlan Warde (Ogleby), Jon Lormer (Winter), Alan Baxter (Becker), Douglas Kennedy (sceriffo), Charles Irving (giudice), Robert Sorrells (Ferguson), Albert Dekker (Barney Sturgess)

The Arrival of Eddie
 Prima televisiva: 19 maggio 1968
 Diretto da: Marc Daniels
 Scritto da: Ward Hawkins, John M. Chester

Trama

 Guest star: Francis DeSales (sindaco), Lincoln Demyan (Amos), Jan-Michael Vincent (Eddie McKay), Jim Davis (Sam Butler), Hal Burton (cowboy)

The Stronghold
 Prima televisiva: 26 maggio 1968
 Diretto da: Leon Benson
 Scritto da: John Hawkins, William Riley Burnett

Trama

 Guest star: Michael Witney (Josh Farrell), Martin Blaine (Moore), Ref Sanchez (Pedro), James Davidson (Dude O'Brien), William Bryant (Abner Jackson), Hal Baylor (Kelly), Paul Mantee (Mike Farrell), Robert Brubaker (sceriffo), Lynda Day George (Lisa Jackson)

Pride of a Man
 Prima televisiva: 2 giugno 1968
 Diretto da: William F. Claxton
 Scritto da: Ward Hawkins, Helen B. Hicks

Trama

 Guest star: Anne Helm (Abby Pettigraw), Kevin Coughlin (Willy McNabb), Heidi Musselman (Kathy), Barbara Hunter (Mary), Bill Corcoran (Tommy), Steve Cory (Billy McNabb), Morgan Woodward (Will McNabb)

A Severe Case of Matrimony
 Prima televisiva: 7 luglio 1968
 Diretto da: Lewis Allen
 Scritto da: Michael Fessier

Trama

 Guest star: Lili Valenty (Dolores), J. Carrol Naish (Anselmo), Andre Philippe (Paco), Susan Strasberg (Rosalita)

Stage Door Johnnies
 Prima televisiva: 28 luglio 1968
 Diretto da: William F. Claxton
 Scritto da: Alex Sharp

Trama

 Guest star: King Moody (uomo), Shug Fisher (conducente), Kathleen Crowley (Madamoiselle Denise), Ted Ryan (cameriere), Mike Mazurki (Big Man), Walter Brooke (Fillmore), Bruno VeSota (barista)

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Thanks for the wonderful comments on the Sydney's sweater. I'm happy to report that it probably doesn't even fit her anymore since we're told she's packing on the pounds (ounces?) at lightning speed. She's doing great.
My camera is another story. After two years -- almost to the day -- of loyal service, my little Canon Elph has ceased to function. Jason's offered to let me use his camera whenever I need it, but I'll have to take a little time this weekend to re-acquaint myself with all of its myriad bells and whistles.
Send it to Canon - the address is on their web site. Write them a note about how you and your fiance have owned so many Canon's over the years and how disappointed you are in the digital elph breaking down in such a short time. I bet they will fix or replace it for free! Aarons was run over by a car and they fixed his for free. It was less than a year old, but heh, it really was run over by a car!


There will be a free concert @ The Shed. Hope to see you there! I'm really looking forward to it.
This is located behind Maverick on main Street. This is an outdoor venue so it is weather dependent. Seating is available, but you might want to bring a favorite folding camping chair or something like that. We were packed last year so who knows. We don't have bathroom facilities but with a purchase, Maverick is close by.


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U.S. Rep. Katko won't run for fifth term in central New York seat
U.S. Rep. John Katko, R-Camillus, announced he will not seek re-election in a statement to news organizations Friday.
Katko, one of 10 House Republicans to vote to impeach former President Donald Trump, said he would not run for a fifth term "so that I can enjoy my family and life in a fuller and more present way," the Associated Press reported.
After two decades as a federal prosecutor, Katko was elected to the House of Representatives in 2014. He was re-elected for a fourth term in 2020, besting Democratic challenger Dana Balter.
The Camillus native and Syracuse University College of Law graduate is the top Republican on the House Committee on Homeland Security and a member of the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure.
Katko currently serves New York's 24th Congressional District, which encompasses Onondaga, Cayuga and Wayne counties, as well as the western portion of Oswego County.
Katko's district was one that could look radically different under redistricting with New York losing a congressional seat following the 2020 Census.
The competing Republican and Democrat-backed plans presented by the New York State Independent Redistricting Commission would both combine Utica, Syracuse, Cortland and Ithaca into a single district. Either option would bring Katko into the same district as U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-New Hartford, who currently serves New York's 22nd Congressional District.
Story:Border security, election integrity, manufacturing: Claudia Tenney lists 2022 priorities
Story:Claudia Tenney weighs in on elections, critical race theory and Biden's Build Back Better plan
State lawmakers rejected the pair of proposals earlier this week, setting the stage for the congressional and state Assembly and Senate maps to be redrawn. The 10-member, bipartisan commission will have the opportunity to try and reach consensus again before the state Legislature would be able to create its own maps.
Steve Howe is the city reporter for the Observer-Dispatch. Email him at showe@gannett.com.

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Con delta-v (o Δv) si intende una variazione impulsiva di velocità. Questo termine è in genere utilizzato in astrodinamica, o in meccanica orbitale, per indicare l'inizio di una manovra orbitale; nell'orbita di un satellite attorno ad un attrattore, infatti, la velocità del corpo orbitante può cambiare, ad esempio in un'orbita ellittica: vicino alla terra (perigeo) i satelliti hanno una velocità in modulo maggiore, mentre nel punto più lontano (apogeo) la velocità è la minore in modulo. Tuttavia la variazione finita di velocità nota come  avviene in un tempo infinitesimo, con la conseguenza di un cambiamento di traiettoria, con una manovra orbitale. In generale l'analisi di manovre orbitali si effettua in termini di .

In generale si possono distinguere:
  forniti dall'apparato propulsivo, quindi con dispendio di propellente
  forniti dall'aiuto gravitazionale di corpi massivi, indispensabili per viaggi interplanetari. Questi aiuti sono chiamati effetto fionda gravitazionale o gravity assist

A seconda delle situazioni, delta-v può essere considerato come un vettore () o come uno scalare (). In entrambi i casi, esso è uguale all'integrale dell'accelerazione rispetto al tempo:

 Forma vettoriale:
 Forma scalare:

dove  e  sono rispettivamente la velocità vettoriale e scalare iniziale al tempo , mentre  e  sono rispettivamente la velocità vettoriale e scalare finale al tempo .

Analisi dei Δv come budget per manovre orbitali
Una successione di N variazioni di velocità  applicati ad una traiettoria nello spazio determina un cambio della stessa traiettoria: è il caso delle manovre orbitali. La somma dei moduli delle singole variazioni impulsive di velocità determinerà il costo della successione di manovre, che avrà le dimensioni di una velocità, ovvero

Quindi, attraverso l'equazione del razzo di Tsiolkovsky è possibile ricavare la massa di propellente necessaria per la successione di manovre. In realtà tuttavia, l'applicazione dell'equazione dei razzi al , che richiede oltre al parametro di impulso specifico quello della massa a secco della sonda, non tiene conto del fatto che la massa a secco della sonda al passo i comprende le masse di propellente delle successive manovre, mentre l'applicazione passo dopo passo delle N equazioni dei razzi determina una massa di propellente che effettivamente viene consumata. In prima approssimazione può quindi essere applicata l'equazione del razzo di Tsiolkovsky al valore totale di Delta V, ma per essere più precisi occorrerebbe sommare le masse di propellente dopo l'applicazione della stessa equazione ad ogni variazione impulsiva di velocità.

Astrodinamica

In astrodinamica delta-v è una misura scalare della quantità di "sforzo" necessario per eseguire una manovra orbitale. Essa è generalmente prodotta dalla spinta di un razzo. Il rapporto tra il delta-v e l'intervallo di tempo in cui esso si verifica equivale all'accelerazione, pari inoltre al rapporto tra la spinta e la massa totale del sistema, prodotta dai motori. L'accelerazione risultante è data dalla somma tra l'accelerazione prodotta dai razzi e quella portata da eventuali campi gravitazionali.

Senza gravità, o altre forze esterne, delta-v è, nel caso di spinte nella direzione del moto, semplicemente la variazione di velocità. Tuttavia, in un campo gravitazionale, le orbite implicano un cambiamento della velocità senza richiedere necessariamente una delta-v, mentre la gravità può causare la variazione di velocità pressappoco uguale a delta-v di un veicolo.

Quando si applica una delta-v nella direzione del moto e contro la gravità, l'energia orbitale specifica guadagnata per unita di delta-v è uguale alla velocità istantanea. Per una serie di spinte durante le quali le accelerazioni si mantengono costanti, l'energia orbitale specifica acquisita per unità di delta-v è il valore medio della velocità prima e dopo la spinta.

Non è possibile determinare i requisiti di delta-v considerando soltanto l'energia totale nelle orbite iniziali e finali. Per esempio, molte sonde sono lanciate in un'orbita con un'inclinazione piuttosto vicina alla latitudine del luogo di lancio, in modo da sfruttare la velocità di rotazione della superficie terrestre. Non è necessario, per ragioni relative alla missione, inviare in orbita sonde con una inclinazione diversa; è richiesta una considerevole delta-v, sebbene le energie cinetica e potenziale nell'orbita finale e nell'orbita di lancio siano uguali.

Quando la spinta di un razzo è applicata in piccole scariche, le altre sorgenti di accelerazioni possono essere trascurate, e la variazione di velocità di una spinta può essere approssimata a delta-v. La delta-v totale che deve essere applicata può essere calcolata sommando ciascuna delle delta-v richieste, anche se tra le spinte il modulo e la direzione della velocità cambiano a causa della gravita, come in un'orbita ellittica.

L'equazione del razzo di Tsiolkovskij mostra che la quantità di propellente richiesta può aumentare enormemente, e che il possibile carico utile può diminuire drasticamente con l'aumento di delta-v. Pertanto, nei moderni sistemi di propulsione, grande attenzione è data alla riduzione del delta-v totale richiesto da un determinato volo spaziale, ma anche alla progettazione di veicoli spaziali in grado di generare una grande delta-v.

Per esempi del primo, vedere anche Trasferimento alla Hohmann, fionda gravitazionale; inoltre, una grande spinta riduce la resistenza della gravità.

Per il secondo alcune possibilità sono:
 grande impulso specifico
 dal momento che una grande spinta non può essere combinata con un grande impulso specifico, azionando differenti tipi di motore in differenti istanti del volo (quello con maggiore spinta per il lancio dalla Terra). Il motivo per cui si usano grandi spinte alla partenza è che le perdite dovute alla gravità possono essere ridotte; una volta nello spazio, grandi impulsi specifici permettono di risparmiare combustibile.
 riducendo la massa a secco (ovvero senza propellente) mantenendo la possibilità di portare molto propellente, usando materiali leggeri ma robusti; quando i restanti fattori rimangono gli stessi, è un vantaggio se il propellente possiede una elevata densità, dal momento che, a parità di massa, occorrerebbero serbatoi più piccoli.

Una delta-v è inoltre necessaria ai satelliti per rimanere in orbita, ed è utilizzata nelle manovra orbitale di stationkeeping.

Acronimi inglesi usati
Orbita terrestre bassa (LEO)
Orbita terrestre media (MEO o ICO)
Orbita geosincrona (GSO)
Orbita geostazionaria (GEO)
Orbita di trasferimento geostazionaria (GTO)
Orbita di trasferimento lunare (LTO)

Voci correlate
 Manovra orbitale
 Trasferimento alla Hohmann
Trasferimento alla Sternfeld
 Cambio di piano orbitale
 Stationkeeping orbitale
 Impulso specifico
 Equazione del razzo di Tsiolkovsky

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Innocence Project Will Appeal Decision by West Virginia Court Refusing to Reverse Guilty Plea despite DNA Evidence of Innocence
A West Virginia court issued a decision today letting stand the 2001 guilty plea of Joseph Buffey despite DNA evidence pointing to his innocence of the rape and robbery of an elderly widow whose son was a local police officer. The court refused to reverse the guilty plea even though the Innocence Project uncovered evidence that law enforcement had possession of DNA testing excluding Buffey of the crime before he entered the plea but never turned it over to the defense as required. To date, Buffey has served 12 years in prison.
Buffey was 19 years old when he entered a guilty plea to the rape and robbery of an 83-year-old Clarksburg woman. Faced with a sentence of 200 to 300 years in prison if convicted at trial, Buffey took the plea on the advice of his attorney. In exchange for his plea, the state agreed to dismiss charges from several unrelated break-ins of local businesses. Buffey immediately regretted pleading guilty to a crime he didn't commit and filed his own motion for DNA testing and to withdraw his plea. He also sought the services of the Innocence Project, which took his case.
The Innocence Project secured a court order for DNA testing and learned in May 2011 that Buffey did not match the DNA profile of the sperm recovered from the rape kit. The victim made it clear in a lengthy statement that there was only one assailant, so the results serve as powerful proof of Buffey's innocence. Despite the DNA results, Harris County Prosecuting Attorney's Office has refused to acknowledge Buffey's innocence and repeatedly fought efforts by the Innocence Project to run the profile in the federal DNA database to see if it matched a convicted offender.
In the course of its investigation, the Innocence Project also discovered that law enforcement obtained, but never disclosed to the defendant as required, DNA testing excluding Buffey as the perpetrator before he entered the guilty plea in the case. According to the Innocence Project, this violation of Buffey's constitutional rights alone is grounds for the court to reverse the plea.
The Innocence Project will appeal today's decision.
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Currently is an Acting Senior Researcher at the University of Latvia and a Professor at Riga Technical University. Since February 2018 he has been employed as a Research Associate at the Centre for Korean Studies, University of Latvia.
He has been a Visiting Fulbright Scholar at Roosevelt University (USA), an Adjunct Research Associate at Monash University (Australia), a Research Associate at the University of Reading (UK), Visiting Professor at the University of Münster (Germany) and a Professor of History and Cross-Cultural Management at the Emirates College of Technology in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates).
Dr. Kaspars Klavins is the author of 11 scientific monographs, a number of chapters in different books and fundamental historical source publications, as well as the author of many scientific articles. He has written on medieval history, the history of modern ideas, social history, German studies, ecology, Arab culture, Islamic civilization and Chinese culture.


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As with most everyday things that we use, doors often add wonder to the overall feeling of a home. Having an imposing and ornate door leaves a strong impression rather than a door made of cheap, thin material. That is why it is important to put some thought into choosing the interior doors for your home.
Looking for the right interior door is an important step to improve the overall look of a room. You need to consider what kind of material, the design, even the sound-proofing, and the door swing; these are important points you need to take into account when choosing what interior door is best for your home.
Door styles vary, and it can make a big difference in your home's design. You can mix and match every style to give your home an eclectic look; however, you also need to make sure that everything streamlines.
Keep in mind that when remodeling your home you have many different options to consider during the renovation. That is why you need to be careful as interior doors can dramatically improve the look of your home. Interior doors can also affect your home's privacy and noise control.
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You need to ask yourself what kind of design you want for your home. Pick a design that best complements your style and your property. Having the right kind of door can have a huge impact on your home's design. So before making your purchase, take the time to consider which one best suits your needs.
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Since doors come in different forms and sizes, changing your door size can create the illusion of a larger space. Door sizes also need to complement the house and create a seamless flow throughout the home.
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As 2017 is headed to a close we can already see trends that will shape the security landscape in the next year. Some of the trends that we're seeing for 2018 include the growing recognition of the vital role physical security plays in assuring cybersecurity – and vice versa. We are also seeing new means of how organizations are approaching physical security compliance, and an evolving (and more strategic) relationship between integrators and end-users. Understanding these trends should help organizations plan ahead for how they can benefit most as 2018 unfolds.


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The rally racing was started around 1895. These races were first used on roads used on public roads; before the race tracks have been prepared. The races were more dangerous because they were on the public roads. In the first year when these competitions were taking place, the winning competitor was ca. Within 48 hours it reached the average 24 km.
About eight years after the first big rally race, Fernand Gabriel took about 5 hours and reached 550 km at 105 km. The danger increased at that time, because the races were still on high hiking paths and the pedestrians were confiscated in the races. Rally competitions continued and became more and more dangerous, as many of them were injured and killed. The event was later kicked off by the French government because of the danger of its beginning. However, the competition did not stop there because it was an addiction that really enjoyed it. The races started on roads that were not busy with pedestrians or crossing the animals.
Finally, in 1907, the first rally track was built in England, and the rally leadership was eventually transformed into a real event on its own.
Rally driving is one of the most popular motorsports today. It seems to be the most popular in places such as Finland and Sweden. There are several different ground surfaces in these races, such as pebbles, ice, snow and asphalt. There are several different types of operating brakes used by drivers when driving on different types of terrain. As rally racing cars can handle multiple maneuvers, they work much better with the average car and have special features.
As the years have passed, the public interest in the rally competition has increased considerably. Today, many large car manufacturing companies are producing cars specifically for rally racing. Many such racing cars look like traditional vehicles, but they have special features for them. These special modifications will help these rally cars move faster and move in such a way that they can get to the corners more easily. They limit the weight of these vehicles. It would normally be at least 1230 kg. Motors generally have a weight of up to 2.0 lbs. There are rules for rally racing cars; safety rules to ensure that appropriate measures are taken to reduce or eliminate injury or death. The chassis usually becomes stronger for safety reasons, so the winding cable can be properly positioned.
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Outriders Should Steal a Mechanic From Warframe
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With the Outriders demo giving players a quick glimpse of some of the early gameplay, some players are starting to finally get an idea of what games it most resembles. However, while many have been quick to proclaim People Can Fly's new title the next Destiny killer, it might do better by looking to similar titles like Warframe for both comparisons and potential new features.
One feature from Warframe that Outriders should adapt is the ability to hatch and tame pets that can accompany the player and help fight during missions. Considering the collection of strange, alien animals on Enoch, there are plenty of creatures to choose from to tame, some of which would be neat to have as a companion, and others that would be a bit over-the-top but still fun.
From very early on, Warframe has had multiple companions available, starting with the Sentinel robots that could act as a flying turret or to gather material. Since launch, however, developer Digital Extremes has added new companions in the forms of Kavats, Kubrows, and MOAs that each bring their own twist to combat. Some of these take a while to pick up, with the capability to hatch and raise Kubrows in particular being locked behind a mid-game quest that could take a while to become available to new players.
For pet fans, the promise of unlocking the Kubrows and Kavats in particular can be a huge draw to keep playing through the early hours of the game and into its deeper levels. Then there are the addition of Warframe's mods and breed options that adds a similar level of depth found in the Tenno customization into making these companions unique to each player. Many of these additions were added in later versions of the game and the current evolution of them could be a jumping off point for how Outriders can attempt a similar concept.
There are a few different alien creatures in Outriders, even if the current look players have with the demo only shows off a handful in cutscenes and a single fight in the prologue. From some early trailers, players can see what the game refers to as "Space Cows", giant spiders, and monkey-like creatures, all of which could make for excellent additions to the player arsenal. Of course, there are some creatures that might be fun to have tag alongside the player, but could go a bit too far on the side of outlandish, even for a game that intentionally doesn't take itself too seriously.
The giant Storm Carriers, for one, could be an interesting option as well, but maybe as a shrunk down version rather than having the towering beasts following the player around the world. In the case of some of the beasts found throughout Enoch, there is already a trophy system for mounting fallen enemies onto the players' convoy, so fans can already sort of carry them around. That being said, letting captured or tamed monsters join the player in the fight could have a huge impact on keeping solo players invested in Outriders' endgame content.
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Young Stags win against Heanor
Our youngsters opened up a three-point lead at the top of the H-K-L North Midlands' League last night, following a comfortable 4-1 victory over Heanor Town.
Striker Dan Fletcher continued his excellent scoring form by bagging a brace, whilst Joe Harrison and Liam Carver were also on the score-sheet.
On another positive note, full-back Jordan Jones and midfielder Matt Jones, both of whom were returning to the side following injury, completed a full 90 minutes.
The Stags went ahead inside five minutes when Harrison rifled home a powerful 20-yard free-kick, after Fletcher was fouled on the edge of the area.
Substitute Ollie Roome then played a key role as we doubled our lead shortly after the re-start, threading a low ball through to Liam Carver, who slotted beyond an advancing keeper.
With 20 minutes remaining, Fletcher sealed the points with an emphatic first-time finish, following Harrison's deep left-wing cross to the edge of the six-yard box.
Fletcher made it 4-0 with another predatory close-range strike just a few moments later, with Harrison again providing the assist – this time from the right flank.
Heanor showed plenty of grit and determination throughout the tie, and grabbed a consolation late on, when Ryan Campion's headed home from a long free-kick into the area.
Team: Waldram (Kumari-Hill), J.Jones, Coupe, Hempshall, Carver, Harrison, M.Jones, Fitzpatrick, Thompson (Hodge), Thomson (Roome), Fletcher.
Our youngsters full fixture list can be found by clicking here, whilst the latest H-K-L North Midlands' League table can be found by clicking here.
Our next encounter in the H-K-L North Midlands' League takes place on Thursday 28 November (7.45pm) when we entertain AFC Mansfield.
Meanwhile, our youngsters have drawn Ollerton Town at home in the H-K-L North Midlands' League Cup First Round. The tie will be played w/c 02 December.


Cloning of human and mouse brain cDNAs coding for S1, the second member of the mammalian elongation factor-1 alpha gene family: analysis of a possible evolutionary pathway.
We previously reported the cloning of a rat S1 cDNA whose deduced amino acid sequence shares high similarity (92%) with that of mammalian elongation factor-1 alpha (EF-1 alpha), a protein involved in the binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the ribosome during peptide synthesis. We report here the isolation of a full-length cDNA from a mouse brain library and a partial-length cDNA from a human hippocampus library which share extensive sequence similarity to rat S1 cDNA. We show that, as with mammalian EF-1 alpha S, the predicted primary amino acid sequences of rat, mouse, and human S1 are almost identical, except for one conservative substitution. These results indicate that mouse and man contain a second member of the EF-1 alpha gene family, the S1 gene. They also suggest that our result obtained in rat may be extrapolated to mouse and man.


Q. How can you find nominal GDP?
A. Multiply the current year quantity by the current year price of the first good. Perform the same process for all of the other goods. Then, add the numbers together to find the nominal GDP for that year. The formula is: (Quantity of Current Year)(Price of Current Year).
Q. How can you find real GDP?
A. Multiply the current year quantity by the BASE year price of the first good. Perform the same process for all of the other goods. Then, add the numbers together to find the real GDP for that year. The formula is: (Quantity of Current Year)(Price of BASE Year).
Q. How can you find the GDP Deflator?
A. Divide the Nominal GDP by the Real GDP and then multiply by 100. The formula is: (Nominal/Real)*100.
Q. How can you find the inflation through the Deflator value?
A. Subtract the deflator by one hundred to find the percent inflation.
Q. How can you find percent change?
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Das Amt hatte zuletzt 10.107 Einwohner und eine Fläche von 115 km² und umfasste folgende Gemeinden:
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On June 12, 2019, thousands of people amassed around Hong Kong's government complex to protest a controversial overhaul of the city's extradition law that would make it possible to send suspects to mainland China for trial. A former British colony, Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997 and has since been ruled under a constitutional principle called "One Country, Two Systems". There has long been a fear of China's gradual elimination of their judicial and legal independence and this extradition law was seen as a threat. Since then, the bill has been withdrawn, but the government's perceived ignorance triggered a reaction and the protests continued — as did the eruptions of violence.
Based in Beijing, NT alumnus ('82) Sasa Petricic is the Asia Correspondent for CBC, primarily covering China. He travels to wherever the big stories occur — currently that is Hong Kong — and focuses on bringing context to why these events are happening. "What's the police doing? What's the government doing? And also trying to give it a little bit more context about why it's happening and perhaps where it's going" are aspects that Petricic says he is reporting about. Under normal circumstances, he does his shooting as well as reporting, but in dangerous situations, like these protests, he has a cameraperson because it is safer with an extra pair of eyes. Petricic explained that it is important to take precautions: "We have gas masks which we put on when necessary because there is a lot of tear gas." He notes that the police are using tear gas in such large quantities with the least provocation, sometimes even none.
The number of people out on the streets from the beginning has been around one million to two million people, out of Hong Kong's population of around seven million. "This is huge and I think it speaks to the level of anxiety, the level of distrust of China," says Petricic. From his first-hand observations, he said, "If you are standing in the middle of the tear gas and seeing the protestors on one side and the police on the other side, you are going to draw conclusions about how each side is acting". There are, to some extent, a small group of out of control protesters, but they have been careful in targeting the police and issues that specifically have connections to either China, the Chinese government, or the Hong Kong government. "I have been surprised at how disciplined [the protesters have] been at keeping [their] focus on the things that really upset them," Petricic expressed.
China has been very careful to uphold the current situation as just a Hong Kong event and spelling out this narrative that they are independent and operating with somewhat of a democratic system. "Watching what has been happening with the police over the last while, there is a good case to be made that [the Chinese government] has better equipped and encouraged the Hong Kong police to be tougher and tougher and tougher," said Petricic. In effect, this would mean do the job that Chinese troops would do. China has tried to make this strictly a Hong Kong problem and solution, meaning to get the police out to deal with it, but not necessarily solve it. The police in Hong Kong used to be very well trusted and were known as the most professional force in the region, but now, Petricic says, "I've seen this week after week. Local people will come out and heckle and jeer at the police as they're doing their job."
Petricic stated that, had the government stepped in and withdrew the bill earlier, a lot of the anger and energy would have been taken out of the protests at that point. It took two months for the government to withdraw the bill fully. He also said, "I think the deeper problem is that the system in Hong Kong is not democratic so whatever the government does, it doesn't have the same legitimacy if the government of Canada were to do it.
One of the biggest questions people have about the Hong Kong protests is, why are they continuing to happen? And why have they gotten more aggressive? What started as calmer protests has "morphed into a more and more aggressive series of protests", Petricic says and this was because it was clear that the government wasn't listening. He also pointed out that, "Yes the government did withdraw the bill, but it took weeks and weeks for that to happen and it was always at a very slow pace". Although what the government has and hasn't been doing is very key to this uprise, he explains that it's, "How it's been doing it and this general feeling that the government is a) not listening and b) doesn't have any real respect for the voice of the people".
Those two reasons have just increased the frustration and anger that has been not only in the streets, but in homes and communities as well. Petricic believes that it's all been tapping into this perception that as a citizen they can't elect who governs them, they have no say in what the police do, they have no say in what laws are passed, and when something is not right, they don't have any recourse. "Every time the government has a chance to make things better and reassure people, they have chosen instead to prove what people fear is exactly what's happening," Petricic says. It's hard to predict where these protests are going to go and when they will end. Petricic articulated that "It is possible for the police to restore calmness at a given time, but I think [it would be] temporary".
The last four months have been a continuation of protests, like the Umbrella movement from five years ago, which ended when the government was not interested in what the protesters, mainly students, had to say, which was a demand for more democracy.
The protestors had a limited amount of public support and it seemingly died down. "It left its mark on Hong Kong and these concerns and frustrations and anger has simmered under the surface for the past five years," Petricic explained. The government has tried to diffuse it, not by dealing with the core demands, but by going after people they see as leaders of that movement, like Joshua Wong and Alex Chow. In undermining that movement, Petricic understands that it has come back in a stronger way because of the lack of effort to deal with the core underlying conflicts. "So they've passed this along to a new generation that also mistrusts the police and government, some people calling them the 'lost generation'," Petricic said.
He gathers that they have no respect for anything within the system of Hong Kong and it will be very difficult to change their minds; these people may continue to fight the system or simply leave Hong Kong if they have those kinds of resources. He also explained that "this mistrust of the government and police is now much more deeply rooted and it is going to be even harder to convince all these people that their fears are unfounded".
This movement may be beaten into submission over the next month or six months, but the underlying frustrations will not go away. It may be that China's aim is simply to eventually turn Hong Kong into "just another Chinese city", a term Petricic has heard being used in reference to Hong Kong several times. When you have a population that has not grown up with strict government policies, but through the expectation that things should get even more democratic, Petricic expressed, "it is impossible to put that genie back into the bottle and to say now you have to live under a dictatorial, totalitarian system and be happy with that".
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Graceful Ballerina Hyo-Jung Kang Dances Her Way Across the World and into the Spotlight
Hyo-Jung Kang was born and raised in Seoul, Korea. She started her ballet training in 1998 at the Sunwha Art Middle School in Seoul. From there, she traveled all over the world to train at the Kirov Academy in Washington D.C. and to perform in various parts of Asia, America, Switzerland, and Germany. Kang even participated in the Prix de Lausanne, and continued her ballet training at the John Cranko Schule in Stuttgart where she graduated in 2004. In April 2011, she was given the prestigious title of "Principal Dancer" after her amazing performance as Juliet in John Cranko's production of Romeo and Juliet. Seoul Journal's Executive Editor Anthony Al-Jamie spoke with Hyo-Jung Kang as she gave us insight on her life and career as a successful dancer.


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Fakespeare, that artful dodger! Who was he? And does it matter?
Shakespeare--or "Fakespeare" as the Bard has slyly been called--isn't one of my usual obsessions. Having just seen the film "Anonymous," however, I felt the need to dig a little into this long-standing controversy over who really wrote Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet etc. "Anonymous" (2011) vividly re-imagines the true playwright to be Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, who for political reasons, allowed a loud-mouthed actor named Will Shakespeare to take all the acclaim for his work. (Even just writing these words, I think about all the English teachers collectively weeping into their hand-stitched leather tomes...)
So what's the truth of it?
Quite frankly, I don't know. But here are some things I learned:
For a 150 years, an escalating war has been waged between "Stratfordians," who believe Shakespeare to be the playwright he's long been purported to be, and "Anti-Stratfordians" or Oxfordians, who label him a fraud. In addition to de Vere, Anti-Stratfordians (the likes of whom even included Mark Twain!) have put forth Christopher Marlowe, Francis Bacon, and even Queen Elizabeth I herself as viable alternatives.
Non-Stratfordians claim that only an educated noble could have been knowledgeable and articulate enough to pen such greatness. As the son of a glovemaker, Will did not fit that bill. Allegedly, no evidence has been found--letters, notes, unpublished works--that attribute to him even the most basic writing ability. This may be the most credible evidence, I don't know. What it implies however, is that genius can not come from humble beginnings, or that a person cannot overcome obstacles to achieve greatness. That bothers me.
Will Shakespeare's detractors further purport him to be a hack and a known thief of words (and if you believe the film, a murderer to boot). Yet, borrowing of words was a widespread practice. Notions of plagiarism, and authorship for that matter, were far more lax (even non-existent) during the late sixteenth, early seventeenth centuries. For example, there was more than one King Lear--the one we know as Shakespeare's as well as a number of other pieces detailing the life of the the Celtic king--but what does that signify in terms of authorship? The message in the film, and perhaps in the larger controversy, seems confused on this point.
(The film itself, I found intriguing, and the computer-generated sets spot-on. The precarious shops on London Bridge (but no heads on Traitor's Gate, alas!), the sickening bear-and-bull baiting in Southwark, the glimpse into the printing industry, the pummeling of slops during performances--great stuff! What wasn't so great: the blunt suggestion that the "Virgin Queen" had borne multiple children (one of whom she unwittingly took on as a lover later). Given that Elizabeth I's lack of an heir was one of the most pivotal concerns in British history, an additional conspiracy along these lines seems hard to swallow.)
Ultimately, to read, enjoy and assess plays or novels, do you need to know who the author "really" is? Does it matter, today, whether an author was the son of a glover or an Earl or a Queen (or a girl from West Philly, for that matter)?
For me, there's something comforting in knowing who the author "really" is (or was). And, conversely, something profoundly distressing to think we may have gotten it wrong.
The Monster Within...
"Monsters" in seventeenth-century England were funny sorts--not like today's zombies or even Frankenstein's creature--but rather aberrations of humanity. Real human beings who, like my antagonist in Monster at the Gate, had crossed society's lines--committed murder or other unspeakable acts. Their humanity was restored only by execution--usually by public hanging.
(Ironically, the early modern crowds who gathered to watch these executions--men, women, and children who cheered on the criminals' grim ends--were not themselves considered to be monsters, despite their bloodlust and fascination with the gallows. But hey, people aren't always consistent, are they?)
Booksellers and printers understood and exploited these sentiments, tapping into the public's fears, passions, and anxieties. Long before modern tabloids sensationalized criminal activity, early modern woodcuts, ballads and chapbooks conveyed to their readers 'true accounts' of each monstrosity, offering sordid and titillating details of the crime, the victim's last hours, and the monster's motivations.
Implicit in many of these accounts was a warning--less to future victims, and more to society at large--that monsters walked among them. Though masked and disguised as humans, their monstrous nature would out. Woe to the community who did not catch and put an end to them!
So when reading these accounts, I always wondered what parts of the sensationalized accounts were true, what was contrived, and most of all--Who were these monsters, really, when they weren't being monsters?
Death of a prologue...
The first image I had for Monster at the Gate was dreamlike, cruel--and a bit of a mystery cliche, although I did not realize it for years. I'd been pouring through woodcuts and broadsides-- researching gender patterns in domestic homicide--and I was struck by the same story that appeared again and again. A woman, stabbed in a secluded glen, discovered with a letter in her pocket. The letter would say something like 'Meet me at the secluded glen. I must see you.' And then it would be signed, 'L.J.' or something like that. The townspeople, the constable, everyone would scratch their heads--'Who was the monster? Who could have killed her?'
Huh? Was it possible that a whole community could be so naive? So gullible? I mean, there was a signed note from L.J.!
Or was this just some sort of early literary trope that booksellers created to sell their wares? Either way, the story was not just sad, but incomplete.
In some ways, MATG became the answer to the questions that never got asked--Who was this woman? Had she been excited when she met her murderer? Why the heck hadn't she been more suspicious? And most important of all--how could she get the justice she deserved?
The image of that woman stayed with me for years, eventually becoming the prologue--until I learned that prefaces are pretty much despised by agents, editors, and readers alike. So ironically, my inspiration for the novel will never make it to publication. Re-reading it now, I think it was right to cut the preface. Yet, in my mind, this image will always remain pivotal for me. So I thought I'd share it here, both to share my original thinking, and to show why it won't make it to print.
The young woman stumbled through the long grasses, squinting in the moonlight, trying to find the path. She had not dared to steal a lantern, and now she lamented her folly. Her long skirts caught on a branch, and she tugged impatiently at her red embroidered sash. Hearing a twig crack behind her, she whirled around. Recognizing the shadowy figure before her, she relaxed. But still she was puzzled.
"What are you doing here?" She asked, panting slightly. "Have you a message?"
The glint of a shining knife stopped her. Too late she realized her assailant's intention. A quick thrust, and the blade ripped inside her. Brutal, fast, she barely had time to react. A hand clapped tightly over her mouth, muffling her dying sighs. Her struggles ceased, and her body grew limp in her captor's arms.
A moment later, her body fell to the soft ground. Clouds glided before the moon, and a light rain fell gently on her still form. Blood and water soon plastered her hair across her face. Her murderer gazed at her for a moment, then stole away.
So....was I right to kill the prologue?
Susanna Calkins
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That's the conclusion reached by Chase from its latest Housing Confidence Index with Pulsenomics, which shows that more than one-half of Baby Boomers plan to age in place and make the necessary adjustments to their homes to meet their needs.
The survey points out that around 10,000 people are reaching retirement age in the US each day, amounting to a sizeable number of older owners who have little intention to downsize and free up homes for younger buyers.
While seniors may be happy in their homes, younger Americans remain concerned about affordability in the housing market and their ability to become first-time buyers.


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Advance review–Will Smith and Tom Holland team-up in exciting and fun Spies in Disguise
Review by C.J. Bunce
A blend of Spectre, Mission: Impossible, and Zootopia is coming your way this Christmas, and it has the look, humor, strong writing, and overall vibe of The Incredibles. It's director Nick Bruno and Troy Quane′s new animated film, Spies in Disguise. Want to see a U.S. version of James Bond? How about Will Smith as James Bond? Or a story focused on the character Q? Like The Incredibles it has a great musical score, fast action, quick edits, lifelike CGI environments, and fun that will having you laughing out loud throughout the entire movie. That and more is what you get with Spies in Disguise. In his third film this year, Will Smith isn't actually playing James Bond, but a familiar type of spy named Lance Sterling, who works in a U.S. spy facility in Washington, DC, located under the National Mall. At the section that is the equivalent of the Bond world's Q Branch is a host of scientists making the latest weaponry and safety equipment for Sterling and his peers.
Enter Spider-Man actor Tom Holland′s Walter Beckett, who has been an inventor of spy gadget toys since his youth, living with his mom who was a cop who later died on duty, and now he's creating the real thing. Only Walter's gadgets don't kill or hurt–they resolve conflicts in other ways. Sterling learns this when he tries to set off a bomb when surrounded by 70 villains at a drug lord's lair in Japan. Instead of leaving everyone dead, it sets off Walter's Kitty Glitter bomb–which allows Sterling to escape by temporarily disorienting the enemy with a glitter cloud and cute cat video. This is a great family film with heart like you'd find in the Aardman's holiday treasure Arthur Christmas, putting a stiff master spy with a young optimist very much like Arthur of the Christmas movie, borrowing that film's theme, "being weird or different is cool."
To defeat Sterling's greatest foes–a cyborg with a high-tech arm named Killian voiced by Rogue One, Ready Player One, and Captain Marvel's Ben Mendelsohn and the drug lord, Kimura, voiced by Heroes, Hawaii Five-O, and The Meg's Masi Oka–Sterling needs the ultimate weapon. Walter thinks he has that weapon almost perfected, but before he has a chance to explain it Sterling drinks down the formula for it. As advertised in the trailer, it makes Sterling d-i-s-a-p-p-e-a-r, and in Walter's view disappear means take on the form of a pigeon–yes, a pigeon–so the spy won't be detected, because nobody pays attention to pigeons, right? Every city has 'em. And it only gets better from there. Walter's Q shop of tech ideas is nothing short of brilliant, funny, and even thought-provoking, including his all-protective Inflatable Hug.
Some of that The Incredibles vibe comes from the voice actors cast for the roles of Sterling and Walter's bosses. Head of the spy agency is Jenkins, voiced by Reba McIntire, who sets agent Marcy Kappel, voiced by Rashida Jones, after Sterling when Killian tricks everyone into thinking Sterling is a double agent. Who knew both McIntire, the award-winning singer, and Jones, the Angie Tribeca star and frequent TV and voice actor, are both ringers for the voice of Holly Hunter, who was the voice of Elastigirl in The Incredibles? Both create interesting characters here, but from the first time Jenkins speaks you'd swear Holly Hunter was behind the scenes. If you're a fan of Will Smith in roles like in the Men in Black series, with his seemingly endless supply of energy and enthusiasm, fans will find his role as Sterling fits right in.
The band of bird characters are great, and will have kids laughing the whole way through. Other characters with familiar voices include Marcy's teammates that help her track down Sterling, voiced by Karen Gillan and DJ Khaled. The movie has some fun situations that Sterling and Walter must work together to get out of. Sterling's futuristic car is showcased in several scenes: an Audi RSQ e-tron, it's the first concept car from Audi to be created exclusively for an animated film–instead of normal product placements like in the Bond movies added to advertise the car, Audi worked with Blue Sky to create a completely virtual, future car, showcasing features they hope to offer someday. It's showcased like any Aston Martin you'll find in the Bond films, and is just as cool, if not cooler.
If you were at all disappointed with The Incredibles 2, this would easily make a great follow-up to the original of that series. It's not from Pixar and it's not as visually unique as the original The Incredibles or as groundbreaking visually as Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. But the story, writing, and humor are just as good. In the theater, when kids weren't laughing, the adults were. It comes from Blue Sky Studios, the folks behind the visuals on the original Tron, now known for some big, visually exciting films with eye-popping effects, including the Oscar-nominated Ferdinand and Rio, plus Ice Age and The Peanuts Movie. Blue Sky Studios is a 20th Century Fox Animation company, which now falls under Disney, which means it's now an affiliate of Pixar. So the studio that once was outsourced by Disney to create the imagery of Tron is now owned by Disney–full circle. Hopefully they will be able to continue to make films like this and not gets phased out as a side-effect of the Disney-Fox merger, like David Petersen's Mouse Guard animated movie.
Tickets are available now. A great choice for the family for the holidays, Spies in Disguise premieres in theaters in the U.S. beginning Christmas Day.
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Coastal Conservancy Public Meeting in Napa – March 26th, 2015
Sara Ramirez Giroux (Public Member)
Peter Sadowski (Public Member)
John Laird, Secretary for Natural Resources; Bryan Cash (Designated)
Steve Kinsey, Coastal Commission Chair; Susan Hansch (Designated)
Michael Cohen, Director, Department of Finance; Karen Finn (Designated)
Senate Representatives
Benjamin Allen (District 26)
Anthony Cannella (District 12)
Jerry Hill (District 13)
Assembly Representatives
Mark Stone (District 29)
Das Williams (District 37)
Luis Alejo (District 30)
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
LOCATION:Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency
625 Burnell Street
2. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES of the Conservancy's January 29, 2015 public meeting
3. CONSENT ITEMS
A. Consideration and possible Conservancy authorization to disburse up to $37,000 to the Sonoma Resource Conservation District to prepare the Sonoma County LandSmart Environmental Document, an environmental document to facilitate implementation of conservation practices throughout Sonoma County watersheds to improve water quality, reduce soil loss and protect fish and wildlife habitat.
B. Consideration and possible Conservancy authorization to accept $75,000 in grant funds from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and disburse up to $25,434 of these funds to the Friends of the Dunes and up to $47,075 of these funds to the Redwood Community Action Agency to implement the Humboldt Bay Dunes and Marsh Restoration Project.
C. Consideration and possible Conservancy authorization to disburse up to an additional $100,000 towards completion of the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Study.
D. Consideration and possible Conservancy authorization to disburse up to $1,580,000 for planning, management, treatment, and monitoring to implement the Invasive Spartina Project within the San Francisco Estuary in 2015.
E. Consideration and possible Conservancy authorization to augment by $300,000 previous Conservancy grants to the Maritime Museum Association of San Diego, towards the construction of a replica of the historic ship San Salvador, and to delete a repayment requirement of $500,000.
F. Consideration and possible Conservancy authorization to disburse up to $85,000 to the Northcoast Regional Land Trust to implement the Freshwater Farms Nature Trail Project and Improvements in Humboldt County.
A. Consideration and possible Conservancy authorization to increase the maximum cost of consent items that the executive officer may place on public meeting consent calendars from $100,000 to $250,000
B. Update on Partnership with The California Endowment
C. Legislative Report
D. Draft Strategic Plan Update
E. Draft Proposition 1 Grant Guidelines Plan Update
5. Consideration and possible Conservancy authorization to disburse up to $5,030,000, including $1,000,000 from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and $1,280,000 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, to Reclamation District 2137 for construction of the Emerson and Gilbert parcels of the Dutch Slough Tidal Marsh Restoration Project in Contra Costa County.
6. Consideration and possible Conservancy authorization to disburse up to $165,000 to the Contra Costa Resource Conservation District for construction of the Pinole Creek Fish Passage Improvement Project, in the city of Pinole in Contra Costa County.
7. Consideration and possible Conservancy authorization to disburse up to $775,000, including $475,000 in federal grant funds from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, for three years of planning, design, implementation, and monitoring activities for Phase Two Living Shorelines Projects at seven candidate sites, one of which will be selected for implementation of a one acre pilot project in the San Francisco Estuary (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties) and for one additional year of monitoring at the Living Shorelines Project site on the San Rafael shoreline (Marin County).
8. Consideration and possible Conservancy authorization to disburse up to $150,000 to the City of Encinitas for the development of Cardiff State Beach Living Shoreline Conceptual Plan, County of San Diego.
9. Consideration and possible Conservancy authorization to disburse up to $950,000 in US Fish and Wildlife service grant funds and up to an additional $500,000 in Conservancy funds to the Pacific Coast Fish, Wildlife, and Wetlands Restoration Association to implement the White Slough Restoration Project and to adopt the Final Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration, and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the project in the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge on Humboldt Bay, in Humboldt County.
10. Consideration and possible Conservancy authorization to disburse up to $326,000 to the Smith River Alliance for the Hamilton Creek Fish Passage Improvement Project, allowing for the removal of a fish passage barrier located at the intersection of Picnic Road with Hamilton Creek in Del Norte County, and the purchase a modular bridge that can be installed as needed to maintain vehicular access to the area.
11. Consideration and possible Conservancy authorization to disburse up to $200,000 to California Trout, Inc., to prepare designs and permit applications for the Mad River Floodplain Restoration and Public Access Project and to implement a pilot floodplain biofiltration project in Humboldt County.
12. Consideration and possible Conservancy authorization to disburse up to $150,000 to the City of Healdsburg to develop the Fitch Mountain Public Access Plan in Sonoma County.
13. Consideration and possible Conservancy approval of the Pedro Point Headlands Implementation Plan and authorization: 1) to transfer three parcels owned by the State on behalf of the Conservancy at Pedro Point Headlands, City of Pacifica, to San Mateo County for open space preservation, natural resource protection and public access; 2) to reserve from that transfer approximately 0.6 acres for sale at fair market value to an adjacent private landowner to settle an encroachment dispute; and 3) for its Executive Officer to take all necessary steps to implement the transfer and sale.
14. CLOSED SESSIONS
Possible closed session:
A. To confer regarding pending litigation or anticipated litigation (Malibu-Encinal Homeowners Association v. Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, et al, Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case No. BS 431798; Pappas v State of California, Santa Barbara County Superior Court, Case No. 1417388; and other pending litigation; and/or to consider the initiation of litigation). Session will be closed to the public pursuant to Government Code Section 11126(e).
B. To give direction to the Conservancy's real estate negotiators regarding the price and terms of payment for the sale of the Conservancy's Victorine Ranch Property (Monterey County Assessor's Parcel Numbers 243-211-025, 243-211-026 and 243-221-019). Session will be closed pursuant to Government Code Section 11126(c)(7).
15. CONSERVANCY MEMBER COMMENTS
16. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
N.B.: Agenda items may be taken out of sequence at the discretion of the Conservancy. At any time during the meeting, but prior to the adjournment of the open session of the meeting, the Conservancy may recess or adjourn to closed session to consider personnel matters, prices and terms of real estate transactions, and possible and pending litigation. Session will be closed to the public pursuant to attorney-client privilege and statutory authorization under Government Code Sections 11126(a), (c) (7), and (e).
Questions about the meeting or agenda can be directed to Dick Wayman at
or at the Conservancy:
Any person who has a disability and requires reasonable accommodation to participate in this public meeting should contact Mr. Wayman no later than five days prior to meeting.
March 26, 2015 Conservancy Board Tour – Napa County Projects
The Conservancy board will leave from the Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency and tour several projects in and near St. Helena and Calistoga, including: Moore Creek Park, Rutherford Reach Restoration, and Zinfandel Lane Bridge Fish Passage Project. The board and staff will travel in vans. Members of the public can follow in their private vehicles.
Any person who has a disability and requires reasonable accommodation to participate in this public tour should contact Mr. Wayman no later than five days prior to meeting.


When I was in China, I often yearned to have some protracted time to be alone, for I always was with a crowd. When I was alone, I felt peace and I could meditate and think deeper into many things that concerned me. I found that when I was alone, I often felt less lonely. Yet when I was with a crowd, I often felt most lonely.
I now define the state of being alone as "a sacred state of being with oneself, a precious state of meditation and reflection without obstruction and distraction, a necessary state that is prerequisite to acquire self-knowledge and inner peace."
A state of being lonely is usually a state of yearning to be associated with someone you can communicate, an urge to be understood by others.
Being lonely has nothing to do with being alone or not. Even if you are in the middle of a gigantic crowd, you will still experience loneliness. Being alone is not the same as being lonely, and often when one is alone, he will be full of thoughts and ideas and questions to be answered... He is least lonely.
When you observe people around you, you will find that those who often are being alone are those who are often the least lonely; and those who often are with a crowd are those who are often the most lonely. Inner peace and self-knowledge are often reached only by those who try to find time being alone. People who want to use their association with others to avoid questioning themselves and to chase away their loneliness are often full of self-doubts and moral and intellectual uncertainty and confusion.
Most Chinese have a cultural habit to be with a crowd and with others all the time. This tendency prohibits them from fully reaching their inner self and their self-knowledge; therefore this tendency often obstructs and impedes their self-discovery and their fulfillment as a free being.
So find yourself some free time to be alone, to pray, to meditate and reflect about life, about meaning of existence, about your own priorities in your choices... Hence you can make better decisions, make true improvement in your life and make yourself a better, happier human being as each day passed.