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Albert Clement, Jr.
Finished Second in the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race and Fourth in the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Nationality: France
Died: May 17, 1907 29 Years
Albert Clément (c.1878 - died 17 May 1907, Dieppe, Seine-Maritime) was a French motor racing driver. In 1904 he won the II Ardennes Cup race and finished third in the III Ardennes Cup race at Bastogne. He also finished second in the Vanderbilt Cup on Long Island.[1] In 1906 he finished third in the inaugural French Grand Prix and 4th in the Vanderbilt Cup.[2] All his driving was in the Clément-Bayard factory team that was owned by his father Adolphe Clément-Bayard.
Mystery Foto #25 Solved: Lancia Taking a Manhasset Turn at the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
This weekend's Mystery Foto featured a prominent driver taking a turn.
Mystery Foto #8 Solved: Hubert LeBlon & Albert Clement Jr. at the 1906 Weigh-In at Garden City
This weekend's Mystery Foto documented two Vanderbilt Cup Race drivers preparing for the 1906 race.
Translation: October 1904 La Stampa Sportiva: The Vanderbilt Cup
Professor Pau Medrano Bigas, Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Barcelona, has forwarded several articles on William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and the Vanderbilt Cup Races from the Italian magazine La Stampa Sportiva published from 1902 to 1910.
Long Island Pulse: Road Rage Vanderbilt Style
Kim Marie has written an article on the Vanderbilt Cup Races in the April 2016 issue of the Long Island Pulse.
The Motor Way 1906: "How the Vanderbilt Cup Was Won By a French Car'
The Vanderbilt Cup Races made headlines in newspapers and automobile trade journals throughout the United States. The October 11, 1906 issue of The Motor Way featured a 12-page cover story on the 1906 race including these images and illustrations.
Film of the Week: "Crazy Cars: 1906 -1950"
Sam Berliner III, the convenor (and father) of the Long Island Motor Parkway Panel, has forwarded this week's film of the week.
Then & Now: The Massapequa Turn for the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race
One of the most exciting locations to watch the first Vanderbilt Cup Race was the turn from Massapequa-Hicksville Road onto the new Bethpage-Hempstead Turnpike in present day Plainedge. Here's the "Then & Now."
Nathan Lazarnick: The Pioneer of Automotive Photography
The most prolific photographer of early automobile racing and the Vanderbilt Cup Races was Russian emigrant Nathan Lazarnick. His profile and several of his unique photos are posted tonight.
Racing Up Manhasset Hill During the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
One of the most exciting locations to watch the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race was Manhasset Hill (Spinney Hill) located now at the intersection of Northern Boulevard and East Shore Road/Community Drive
108th Anniversary of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Monday marked the 108th anniversary of the first Vanderbilt Cup Race on October 8, 1904. In celebration of this historic race, here are the two-minute American Biograph film of the race and several of my favorite 1904 race images.
Eighteen racers participated in the first Vanderbilt Cup Race held on October 8, 1904. Photos of 17 of the 18 entrants at the Westbury starting line on Jericho Turnpike are shown here for the first time. The #10 Fiat arrived late at the starting line and began with a running start.
Favorite Images of the Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Long Island Motor Parkway
Eric M: "Can you provide a sampling of your favorite Vanderbilt Cup Race and Long Island Motor Parkway images?":
Links to posts related to the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race (Updated: December 31, 2011):
Cradle of Aviation Hosts Vanderbilt Cup Exhibit: Garden City Life, September 16, 2005
To celebrate the centennial of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race, the Cradle of Aviation Museum hosted a special exhibit of antique race cars and memorabilia from September 7-18, 2005. Garden City Life News Item
Film "1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race"
Welcome to VanderbiltCupRaces.com! In one of the earliest sports films ever made, the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race action was captured by cameramen G.W. Bitzer and A.E. Weed of the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company in Westbury and Plainedge.
DROVE THE...
Clement-Bayard #12 (1904)
Finished only 1 minute and 28 seconds behind winner in 1904 race
Finished Fourth in the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
The French Clement-Bayard
Clement Protests Race


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← An Open Letter To All The Federal Liberal Leadership Candidates of 2013
Is 420 a party or a protest? Actually: Both →
Why I'm Not Falling For Liberal Promises To Legalize Cannabis
Posted on March 5, 2013 by russellbarth
Re-printed with no permission from Hill Times, March 4, 2013.
OTTAWA—Recently, the leadership candidates for the Liberal Party of Canada have promised varying versions of cannabis "legalization" if their party returns to power.
Some are calling the party's new position on cannabis law reform "bold." I would agree, if this were 1973. True, hearing a national party actually talk about legalization is a step in the right direction, but it is one small step where 10 large steps are needed.
As someone who relies heavily on cannabis to manage my symptoms, and as a 24/7 caregiver to a sick wife who needs it even more, I want to believe them. I really, really do. But I find myself unable to.
Like Charlie Brown continually falling for Lucy's football ruse, the media and much of the public seem to be falling for it, but I'm not.
Why so incredulous, you ask? Well, maybe it is the fact that I am 43 years old and have been hearing the Liberals promise cannabis-law reform every few years since the 1972 Le Dain Commission, only to watch them increase penalties when they are actually in power. People are quick to forget that the contracts for all these new jails were tendered under the Paul Martin administration. The Liberals knew back in the 1990s that the flourishing American Inmate-Manufacturing Industry was looking to move North, and they did what they could to help.
Or maybe it is the fact that they used our tax dollars, and every trick they could think of, to keep people from attaining the legal right to use medical cannabis at the turn of this century. Court battles were hard enough, but to hear Liberals like Anne McLellan talk nonsense in the press week after week was excruciating.
Maybe it is the fact that, after losing this battle, they dragged their heels, balked at court rulings, ignored the Charter, and implemented Health Canada regulations that they knew beforehand were onerous and likely to be challenged (expensively) in court.
Perhaps it is the fact that some Liberal MPs now tout Health Canada's medical marijuana program as something "that was started under a Liberal administration," even though they were forced—kicking and screaming—by the courts to implement it, and worked very hard to keep it from people as long as they could, they now try to take tacit credit for it. They also did as much as they could, while in power, to keep the program dysfunctional.
Or it could be the fact that when they did come up with an ironically-named "decriminalization" legislation, Liberal Dan McTeague took the bill down to the U.S. to run it past their government before it was even tabled in the House of Commons. The bill itself, as you may recall, would have replaced a criminal record with fines, a system often called "net-widening," where far more people get caught, but get softer penalties.
Or maybe I see the fact that a Tory-stacked Senate will allow almost nothing that a Liberal government proposes to get through. I doubt that a Liberal government is going to waste time, effort, and the public's goodwill fighting the Senate on pot-law reform, when other far less contentious bills have a better chance of getting passed.
Politically, I don't think this is a hill the Liberals are prepared to even fight for, let alone die on. The argument can be rationally made that there are many issues that are more pressing that legalizing cannabis, but the billions saved and generated annually simply by legalizing cannabis would do much to help finance those issues.
Or it might be the fact that the party still considers cannabis a "drug," the use of which—they feel—needs to be greatly reduced. They largely ignore the fact that countries like Israel and Spain are years ahead of us on cannabis-therapeutic scientific research, and still maintain a Reagan-era attitude that pot is bad and abstinence is best. Couple that with Justin Trudeau's unscientific worries about cannabis' mythical potency and "links" to mental illness, and his use of anachronistic terms like "pusher" (as he did in a recent phone interview with the Cornwall Free News), and what I see is a Liberal Party that is still meandering behind the parade on a crucial issue. And, as usual, they refer to this behind-the-pack position as "leadership."
Today, we are presented with a collection of new leadership candidates, who, let's face it, are all trying to beat Trudeau. Some of them are talking "tax and regulate," but they fail to offer any really coherent platform as to how that would work out. Some are talking about "liquor store" models and arbitrary limits on amounts that people can possess, but I think they are empty promises. I don't think it matters who the next leader is, as far as cannabis goes, because the party, once in power, will likely shelve this "legalization" talk on the first day. They'll gladly pander to "youth" and sick people to get themselves elected, but once in power, it is the lobbyists who will have their ear.
So, what can we expect from the Liberals? I think we can expect more flowery promises (pun intended) to legalize pot, right through the leadership race and right up to election night, followed by years of continued promises to "get around to it" as soon as other, "more pressing" issues are settled first. The mandatory minimum sentences for growing and "trafficking" that were implemented in November by the Harperistas will remain in place, of course. You can count on that.
In the meantime, they will wait for a court ruling to legalize pot for them (see abortion, same-sex-marriage, and medical cannabis for details), then legislate after the fact. Then they will take credit for "legalizing" pot.
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5 Responses to Why I'm Not Falling For Liberal Promises To Legalize Cannabis
Wayne Phillips says:
Well said Russell. Most people fail to realized that it was the shenanigans of Liberal Health Minister H.S. Beland's questionable addition ("There is a new drug in the schedule") that started this whole mess. Personally I'd like to find a liberal that is even open to discussing this never mind finding one willing to deal with it.
Much has occurred since March 5, 2013 . . . the MMAR has been replaced by the MMPR which has recently been ruled unconstitutional by the courts on Feb. 24, 2016. Prior to that the Liberals defeated Harper's Conservatives by a landslide, some say because of Trudeau's promise to legalize cannabis. Although the Allard (MMPR) ruling adds an interesting dimension to the medicinal cannabis situation, it has not stopped enforcement from carrying on as if it were business as usual . . . and with the Liberals blessing. On another front, mandatory minimums for cultivation over 6 plants has been ruled unconstitutional.
On Dec.15, 2015 I sent the following letter to the Prime Minister, the House Speaker and the Attorney General:
Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0A6
justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca
To The Right Hon. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister,
Dear Prime Minister,
By way of introduction, my name is Wayne Phillips and I'd like to congratulate you and the Liberal Party of Canada for your decisive election victory. I am also writing you, at this time, to get clarification about a matter pertaining to cannabis legislation in relation to parliamentary democracy and the law.
Research into the history of cannabis legislation in Canada reveals material indicating that how cannabis was initially criminalized was contrary to the principles of fundamental justice, Parliamentary protocol and ethical conduct. These breaches of propriety are of a magnitude of seriousness such that they warrant consideration, clarification and remedy.
On April 23th 1923, during the 2nd Session of 14th of Parliament, as indicated in the House of Commons Debates in Vol. 3 on page 2124, it was stated: From the chair: "On the schedule." Mr. Béland: "There is a new drug in the Schedule." The chair replied, "Bill Reported, read the third time and passed." The Bill, which was passed on the 3rd reading by the House of Commons, was passed without specific mention, discussion or debate of the commodity in question; the House of Commons passed an unspecified commodity. It was simply referenced as "There is a new drug in the schedule." Yet, according to the Senate Debates of the 14th Parliament, 2nd Session: Vol. 1 on page 408, what was read and passed by the Senate on May 3rd, 1923, was not that which came, verbatim, from the 3rd reading of the House of Commons. It did not contain, "There is a new drug in the Schedule"; instead, it read: "On the schedule: Hon. Mr. Dandurand : There is only one addition to the schedule: Cannabis Indica (Indian Hemp) or Hasheesh, or its preparations or compounds or derivatives, or their preparations and compounds. The schedule was agreed to ."
In Panic and Indifference (1991), the authors, Giffen, Endicott and Lambert, detail how cannabis indica was added, by some undisclosed hand, after the third reading in the House of Commons. On page 179 under the heading The Schedule and subtitled Marijuana Giffen, et al, had this to say:
"Interestingly enough, a draft of the 1923 Bill found in one file made no mention of marijuana on the Schedule. The file following this contained several carbon copies of the draft. One of these had obviously been put into the typewriter again, and "Cannabis indica (Indian Hemp) or Hasheesh" had been added to the Schedule. Whoever added those words was apparently under the impression that hasheesh was simply a synonym for cannabis indica."
A long-standing tradition of Canadian parliamentary democracy, as I understand it, has it that matters pertaining to statutes and amendments thereof, must be presented "in the same form." Even in the instance of the consolidation of cannabis indica to the 1923 Restricted List, legislation would still have had to have been presented "in the same form" regardless of whatever powers had been bestowed upon the Minister; that just never happened. Considering there were options available to the Minister, it it makes no sense that H. S. Béland proceeded as did. The matter of the altering of documentation outside the purview of Parliament is another concern that warrants serious attention. Between fifty and seventy-five thousand arrests are made annually because of legislation whose origins cannot be seen to meet the rules and requirements that Parliament itself established. As such, it is evident that a forensic examination of how cannabis came to be criminalized in Canada should indeed be called for.
The 2002 Senate Report on Cannabis mentions that the legislation was referred to as a solution without a problem, but what in effect occurred was tantamount to the government of the day manufacturing a social problem in the most questionable of ways and means possible. What Natassia Ciuriak's reference to as "essentially pre-emptive legislation" in History of Marijuana Regulation in Canada does not take into consideration the significance of the alteration being outside the auspices of the House of Commons, or the implications of the consolidation thereof. It is also curious that in spite of the mention of the unusual circumstances surrounding the addition of cannabis in 1923, there was no indication in the Senate Report concerning the Panic and Indifference reference (on page 179) to the multiple files which included carbon copies, or about the alteration which occurred after the third reading and which was what the Senate actually passed!
How legitimate is law passed in a manner deemed inappropriate by the Parliamentary system that implemented it? In light of the fact that legalization, regulation and restriction of cannabis has been promised, (I believe) it would be most appropriate and prudent for the government to deal with this matter in conjunction with the proposed new legislation. At any rate, it would seem incumbent upon myself, as a Canadian, to seek clarification of this matter.
Wayne Phillips
cc: The Honourable Geoff Regan, Speaker;
The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
As of March 23rd, 2016, I am still waiting for a response.
BruceWayne Ryan says:
Reminds me of the Rhinoceros Party days. "No matter who you vote for the government gets in." Points well taken. The only slight difference I see is Joyce Murray has their "policy paper" on her website. Maybe it's time to dump the old school white boys (no offense guys) and have a woman as leader ~ works as an old prophecy for me: Idle No More. Then again, politicians rarely carry through on election promises. Cannabis should be 'regulated' like GRAPES.
jimbobbysez (@jimbobbysez) says:
All good points, Russell. We know for a fact that politicians lie. Then, inexplicably, we elect the best liars.
Team Wintercogs (@teamwintercogs) says:
About a forced court ruling: Here is the Crown Prosecution and Federal indictment that I would bring to court as the Prosecution to enforce Legal Cannabis:
International Human Rights. Political Crimes Prosecution.
Federal Government of Canada: Herein referred to as the Crown.
Cannabis Prohibition Class Action: Formal indictment.
The prosecution claims that: Under political actions of the Crown with Cannabis Prohibition in Canada; the prosecution as a political prisoner is being robbed of freedom for the individual and cultural applications of a Natural Plant, being Cannabis, within
* licensed market economies of scale,
individual cultivation of Cannabis, and
licensed business retail markets for obtaining Cannabis.
With Cannabis Prohibition as political prisoners, the prosecution claims damages of
$25 million dollars per day for the political actions of the Crown causing a daily threat of,
Government orchestrated:
Social Violence.
Threat of Prosecution.
Threat of Lethal Violence.
Threat of Court Prosecution(s).
Loss of freedom through incarceration.
This political social violence of the Crown and damages resulting thereof is a direct result of Cannabis Prohibition actions by the Crown causing political prisoners in Canada with Human Rights Violations of the Crown.
With the Crown actions of Cannabis Prohibition creating carte blanche authority for unlimited prosecution of Cannabis, the prosecution claims that this is a Tyrannical Dictatorship of Social Violence and government orchestrated police and civilian collateral damage from social repercussions. Including the unwarranted loss of freedom of Canadian citizens as political prisoners through prosecution and subsequent incarceration(s).
The prosecution claims that the Crown is liable for indictment and court prosecution of
Crimes Against Humanity.
With the continued political fabrication of a Cannabis Prohibition "Drug War" in Canada
With the formal indictment of the Crown for these heinous Crimes Against Humanity and the social violence of Cannabis Prohibition: formal charges and litigation against the Crown is for Social Reparations in the amount of $25 million dollars per day that the Crown fails to meet the request of the prosecution.
We request immediately, Supreme Court of Canada and International Human Rights Authority of the United Nations, that Cannabis Civil Liberty is restored in Canada for all Citizens Age of Majority, through the immediate suspension and invalidation through legislation of the Crown that Cannabis Prohibition ceases to be enforced in Canada.
Through this legislation it is requested that the Court remedy for the Crown is to enact:
a Civil Framework of Cannabis Licensed Business in Canada allowing for both
individual Cannabis cultivation and
retail business licensed economies of scale for Cannabis sale and distribution.
The prosecution claims that Cannabis is Culture as defined within the Universal Declaration Human Rights and Freedoms such that any of the following actions of the Crown to prosecute Cannabis in Canada with Cannabis Prohibition constitutes criminal actions and liability for:
Prosecution charges: Federal Government of Canada has and is committing
1. Crimes Against Humanity,
The prosecution claims that the Crown has committed said offense with subsequent actions violating the Universal Declaration Human Rights and Freedoms including:
Loss of Freedom
With the inclusion of 1 – 4 the Crown is also liable with prosecution for Federal Government of Canada (government orchestrated) Cannabis Prohibition leading to the social violence and collateral damages of Police and Civilian Death.
Collateral damages are also stated to include the individual damage of prosecution leading to incarceration and the subsequent loss of freedom violating Human Rights.
With the prosecution and indictment of the Crown, court proceedings are seeking a remedy of suspension of Cannabis Prohibition in Canada with the applicable legislation enabling a Legitimate Cannabis Economy of Scale as outlined in the formal prosecution and indictment.
That the Crown action with Cannabis Prohibition in Canada be fined $25 million dollars per day until sought remedy is enacted through Legislation in Canada that allows for
Prosecution to be officially filed in a Canadian Court of Law.

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Four sculptural sketches made in wax and cast in bronze taken from quick drawings of a workshop of dancers run by choreographer and dancer Laurie Booth.
The improvisational dance responded to words spoken throughout by Laurie, influencing the titles for my sculptures. Movements invented themselves as the composition unfolded in time and space.


Аннотация: The PbMnBO4 orthoborate single crystals were first grown and their magnetic properties and ferromagnetic resonance were studied. It was found that the ferromagnetic state below the Curie temperature T-c=31 K is characterized by the strong magnetic anisotropy. The significant effective anisotropy fields of PbMnBO4 determine the energy gap in the FMR spectrum, which is extraordinary large for ferromagnets (112 GHz at T=4.2 K). It was shown that the static Jahn Teller effect characteristic of the Mn3+ ion leads to both the ferromagnetic ordering and the strong magnetic anisotropy in the crystal. In the strong external magnetic field the induced ferromagnetic ordering is retained in the crystal above the Curie temperature up to the temperatures multiply higher than T-c. A weak anomaly of the dielectric permittivity was observed in PbMnBO4 at the Curie temperature at which the long-range ferromagnetic order is established. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


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Childhood 1 crew: Bouwe Bekking
RORC Transatlantic Race: Childhood 1 wins the International Maxi Association (IMA) Trophy
Swedish VO65 Childhood 1, skippered by Bouwe Bekking, has taken Line Honours in the 2019 RORC Transatlantic Race. Childhood 1 crossed the finish line outside Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Grenada in an elapsed time of 11 days 11 hours 34 mins 49 secs. The International Maxi Association Secretary General, Andrew McIrvine, presented Bouwe Bekking and the team with the IMA Trophy for Monohull Line Honours.
With cold beers and big cheers, Childhood 1 was welcomed by Marina Manager, Charlotte Bonin and the team at Port Louis Marina. Nikoyan Roberts presented a basket of Grenadian goods on behalf of the Grenada Tourism Authority.
The rhumb line for the race course from Marina Lanzarote to Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina is approximately 2,900nm. However the optimum route taken by Childhood 1 took the team far south, racking up nearly 4,000nm in the race. The majority of the crew were young sailors with ambition to take part in The Ocean Race 2021-22.
Childhood 1 crew: Bouwe Bekking, Antonio Cuervas Mons, Ysbrand Endt, Pablo Garcia Mujica, Julius Hallstrom, Edmond Hilhorst, Steven Melkman, Pelle Norberg, Simbad Quiroga, Aage Reerslev, Pieter Tack, Jelmer van Beek, Jorden van Rooijen and Laura van Veen.
Childhood 1 is a new project racing for children's rights, raising awareness and funding for the Childhood Foundation. One of the project leaders Pelle Norberg was part of the crew for the RORC Transatlantic Race.
"I have been sailing all my life but this is my first time across the Atlantic. Racing with Bouwe has been a fantastic experience," commented Pelle Norberg. "The strategy with low pressure systems coming down from the north made the routing a bit difficult, but I think the tactics worked pretty well for us. This has been an amazing opportunity and a fantastic challenge – every four hours you have to take your watch and everything is soaking wet, so that is a bit of a drama, but we have had an absolutely incredible ride. In Sweden if you want to go to a sailors party, the only way you can have the right to wear red pants is if you have crossed the Atlantic!"
Since 1985, Bouwe Bekking has competed in every edition of the Whitbread Round the World Race and Volvo Ocean Race. The 2019 RORC Transatlantic Race is the first race for a new campaign and provided an ideal opportunity to test and train young crew members, which will be part of the requirement for The Ocean Race 2021-22.
"We had two days of sailing together before the race with a completely new crew," commented Bekking. "Safety was the first priority, but every day we have got better and better. People make mistakes and they are allowed to do that because it is the best way to get onto the right track. After that ,you don't make the same mistakes again – this is a big part of the learning curve.
"For me, it is always nice to start building up a team from scratch. The goal for this team is very far on the horizon, but this is the beginning and we can see really interesting crew members who have a lot in them. This was an easy race weather-wise so we have to see what those crew are like when it hits the fan, but I was pleasantly surprised with their performance. I told the crew that I did my first round the world race when I was 21 and had no idea, so these sailors are lucky that they have this sort of preparation.
"I have never been to Grenada before and you always wonder where you are going to end up. Port Louis Marina is just splendid and we have received a very warm welcome – Thank you Grenada."
Track the fleet: http://rorctransatlantic.rorc.org/tracking/2019-fleet-tracking.html
– Louay Habib
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S&P500 Update: This chart puts Friday's strong market close into perspective. There is a failed low and bullish pin bar off the 2615 to 2587 support zone . This bullish configuration can lead to a consolidation breakout and retest of the 2710 to 2751 resistance zone .
Earnings , economic data and political catalysts sway sentiment in this market constantly, but it is important not to lose sight of the levels. The 2615 to 2587 support zone is the .618 area relative to the recent bullish structure. This is an area to look for buying activity which appeared Thursday by the close. Friday was when a bullish trigger occurred along with dramatic follow though.
This information is valuable even if you are not trading the S&P outright. Since this market generally acts as a broader market gauge, you can use signals in this market to help time decisions in individual companies. For example, the current technical structure implies broader strength in the near term. If this market breaks out of its consolidation and pushes the 2751 resistance level , it may be well on its way toward the 3K level which sets the stage for a summer rally.
Keep in mind, this market is very sensitive to many economic and political variables. Don't be distracted by the reaction to this information, instead question how price is behaving at the predetermined levels. Now that momentum has shifted back to bullish , the next relevant area to consider is the 2710 to 2751 resistance zone (.618 of recent bearish structure). If price can close strong in this area, then it is more likely to push into the next zone which is the 2746 to 2804 area.
In summary, overall price is still within a broader consolidation but there are signs that imply a broader bullish breakout is more likely. Monitor fundamental catalysts but do not fall victim to exaggerated news or over dramatized hype. Instead, use the levels that this market faces as it moves forward as more of a measure of reality. If price breaks below the 2587 support, then more bearish sentiment should be expected, otherwise, this market is still following the bullish road map that has been outlined by the long term Elliott Wave count available on S.C. There is no guarantee that the market will stay on this path, but watch for fundamentals that reinforce this technical view along the way and plan ahead, do not react.
marc for sure looks bullish with that hammer at the trend line. but i can't stop listening to the noise and will probably wait this one out as usual.


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Q: SSRS Show Row with no Data I created a report which shows the amount of exceptions per exception type. The exception types are translated into numbers. Each exception type has its own query but I'm using a "UNION" to combine them into one column.
I am using the following code as the parent group in SSRS (=choose(Fields!ExceptionCode.Value
,"1.L"
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,"3.R"
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,"9.G"
,"10.N"
,"11.I"
,"12.P")
However, when there are no exceptions(see #6 and #11), the row doesn't appear. Is there some sort of function that I can use for SSRS to include the row even if there is no data?
Here's how the table ends up looking:

Query:
SELECT  [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.AccountNumber
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.StatusCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.CustomerShortName
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                FROM    [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST AS LNMAST_Sold
                WHERE   JhaPostingDate = @date
                        AND ParticipationCode = 'S'
                        AND PartialChargeOffAccountNumber = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.AccountNumber)
            ,0)
    AS OrigBalance
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    + ISNULL((  SELECT  sum(QueryBalance)
                FROM    [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST AS LNMAST_Sold2
                WHERE   JhaPostingDate = @date
                        AND ParticipationCode = 'S'
                        AND PartialChargeOffAccountNumber = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.AccountNumber)
            ,0)
    AS CurrBalance
,   CAST([report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.SpecialFeature1 AS INT) AS ExceptionCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.CreditRatingCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE.DaysPastDue
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.OriginalLoanDate
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.MaturityDate
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.DateLastRenewal
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.ShadowStatusCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.OfficerCode
FROM [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST
    LEFT OUTER JOIN [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE
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    AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE.JhaPostingDate = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaPostingDate
    LEFT OUTER JOIN [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG
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WHERE
    [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaPostingDate = @date
AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.StatusCode NOT IN (2,8)
AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.ParticipationCode <>'S'
AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.SpecialFeature1 <> ''

UNION

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,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.StatusCode
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,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.OriginalBalance
    - ISNULL((  SELECT  sum(OriginalBalance)
                FROM    [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST AS LNMAST_Sold
                WHERE   JhaPostingDate = @date
                        AND ParticipationCode = 'S'
                        AND PartialChargeOffAccountNumber = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.AccountNumber)
            ,0)
    AS OrigBalance
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    + ISNULL((  SELECT  sum(QueryBalance)
                FROM    [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST AS LNMAST_Sold2
                WHERE   JhaPostingDate = @date
                        AND ParticipationCode = 'S'
                        AND PartialChargeOffAccountNumber = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.AccountNumber)
            ,0)
    AS CurrBalance
,   CAST([report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.SpecialFeature2 AS INT) AS ExceptionCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.CreditRatingCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE.DaysPastDue
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.OriginalLoanDate
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.MaturityDate
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.DateLastRenewal
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.ShadowStatusCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.OfficerCode
FROM [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST
    LEFT OUTER JOIN [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE
    ON [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE.JhaKeyAccount = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaKeyAccount
    AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE.JhaPostingDate = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaPostingDate
    LEFT OUTER JOIN [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG
    ON [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.JhaKeyAccount = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaKeyAccount
    AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.JhaPostingDate = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaPostingDate
WHERE
    [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaPostingDate = @date
AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.StatusCode NOT IN (2,8)
AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.ParticipationCode <>'S'
AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.SpecialFeature2 <> ''

UNION

SELECT  [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.AccountNumber
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.StatusCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.CustomerShortName
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.OriginalBalance
    - ISNULL((  SELECT  sum(OriginalBalance)
                FROM    [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST AS LNMAST_Sold
                WHERE   JhaPostingDate = @date
                        AND ParticipationCode = 'S'
                        AND PartialChargeOffAccountNumber = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.AccountNumber)
            ,0)
    AS OrigBalance
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.QueryBalance
    + ISNULL((  SELECT  sum(QueryBalance)
                FROM    [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST AS LNMAST_Sold2
                WHERE   JhaPostingDate = @date
                        AND ParticipationCode = 'S'
                        AND PartialChargeOffAccountNumber = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.AccountNumber)
            ,0)
    AS CurrBalance
,   CAST([report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.SpecialFeature3 AS INT) AS ExceptionCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.CreditRatingCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE.DaysPastDue
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.OriginalLoanDate
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.MaturityDate
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.DateLastRenewal
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.ShadowStatusCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.OfficerCode
FROM [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST
    LEFT OUTER JOIN [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE
    ON [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE.JhaKeyAccount = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaKeyAccount
    AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE.JhaPostingDate = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaPostingDate
    LEFT OUTER JOIN [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG
    ON [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.JhaKeyAccount = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaKeyAccount
    AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.JhaPostingDate = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaPostingDate
WHERE
    [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaPostingDate = @date
AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.StatusCode NOT IN (2,8)
AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.ParticipationCode <>'S'
AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.SpecialFeature3 <> ''

UNION

SELECT  [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.AccountNumber
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.StatusCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.CustomerShortName
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.OriginalBalance
    - ISNULL((  SELECT  sum(OriginalBalance)
                FROM    [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST AS LNMAST_Sold
                WHERE   JhaPostingDate = @date
                        AND ParticipationCode = 'S'
                        AND PartialChargeOffAccountNumber = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.AccountNumber)
            ,0)
    AS OrigBalance
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.QueryBalance
    + ISNULL((  SELECT  sum(QueryBalance)
                FROM    [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST AS LNMAST_Sold2
                WHERE   JhaPostingDate = @date
                        AND ParticipationCode = 'S'
                        AND PartialChargeOffAccountNumber = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.AccountNumber)
            ,0)
    AS CurrBalance
,   CAST([report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.SpecialFeature4 AS INT) AS ExceptionCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.CreditRatingCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE.DaysPastDue
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.OriginalLoanDate
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.MaturityDate
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.DateLastRenewal
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.ShadowStatusCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.OfficerCode
FROM [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST
    LEFT OUTER JOIN [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE
    ON [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE.JhaKeyAccount = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaKeyAccount
    AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE.JhaPostingDate = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaPostingDate
    LEFT OUTER JOIN [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG
    ON [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.JhaKeyAccount = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaKeyAccount
    AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.JhaPostingDate = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaPostingDate
WHERE
    [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaPostingDate = @date
AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.StatusCode NOT IN (2,8)
AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.ParticipationCode <>'S'
AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.SpecialFeature4 <> ''

UNION

SELECT  [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.AccountNumber
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.StatusCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.CustomerShortName
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.OriginalBalance
    - ISNULL((  SELECT  sum(OriginalBalance)
                FROM    [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST AS LNMAST_Sold
                WHERE   JhaPostingDate = @date
                        AND ParticipationCode = 'S'
                        AND PartialChargeOffAccountNumber = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.AccountNumber)
            ,0)
    AS OrigBalance
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.QueryBalance
    + ISNULL((  SELECT  sum(QueryBalance)
                FROM    [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST AS LNMAST_Sold2
                WHERE   JhaPostingDate = @date
                        AND ParticipationCode = 'S'
                        AND PartialChargeOffAccountNumber = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.AccountNumber)
            ,0)
    AS CurrBalance
,   CAST([report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.SpecialFeature5 AS INT) AS ExceptionCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.CreditRatingCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE.DaysPastDue
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.OriginalLoanDate
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.MaturityDate
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.DateLastRenewal
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.ShadowStatusCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.OfficerCode
FROM [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST
    LEFT OUTER JOIN [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE
    ON [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE.JhaKeyAccount = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaKeyAccount
    AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE.JhaPostingDate = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaPostingDate
    LEFT OUTER JOIN [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG
    ON [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.JhaKeyAccount = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaKeyAccount
    AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.JhaPostingDate = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaPostingDate
WHERE
    [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaPostingDate = @date
AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.StatusCode NOT IN (2,8)
AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.ParticipationCode <>'S'
AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.SpecialFeature5 <> ''

UNION

SELECT  [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.AccountNumber
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.StatusCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.CustomerShortName
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.OriginalBalance
    - ISNULL((  SELECT  sum(OriginalBalance)
                FROM    [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST AS LNMAST_Sold
                WHERE   JhaPostingDate = @date
                        AND ParticipationCode = 'S'
                        AND PartialChargeOffAccountNumber = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.AccountNumber)
            ,0)
    AS OrigBalance
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.QueryBalance
    + ISNULL((  SELECT  sum(QueryBalance)
                FROM    [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST AS LNMAST_Sold2
                WHERE   JhaPostingDate = @date
                        AND ParticipationCode = 'S'
                        AND PartialChargeOffAccountNumber = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.AccountNumber)
            ,0)
    AS CurrBalance
,   CAST([report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.SpecialFeature6 AS INT) AS ExceptionCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.CreditRatingCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE.DaysPastDue
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.OriginalLoanDate
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.MaturityDate
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.DateLastRenewal
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.ShadowStatusCode
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.OfficerCode
FROM [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST
    LEFT OUTER JOIN [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE
    ON [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE.JhaKeyAccount = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaKeyAccount
    AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNPDUE.JhaPostingDate = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaPostingDate
    LEFT OUTER JOIN [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG
    ON [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.JhaKeyAccount = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaKeyAccount
    AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.JhaPostingDate = [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaPostingDate
WHERE
    [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.JhaPostingDate = @date
AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.StatusCode NOT IN (2,8)
AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.ParticipationCode <>'S'
AND [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNSMTG.SpecialFeature6 <> ''
ORDER BY AccountNumber

A: I'd try wrapping all the instances of these
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.OriginalBalance
,   [report.silverlake.jha].vwLNMAST.QueryBalance

with ISNULL(). It looks like you do this with the right side operand you add or subtract from it, but if OriginalBalance or QueryBalance is NULL, then your arithmetic will yield a NULL

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      t.references :main_entry, index: true
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      t.timestamps
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ACORD names winner of Insurtech Innovation Challenge
VIPR's Lee Mills was a judge for ACORD Insurtech Innovation Challenge London 2020.
It is of critical importance that we continue to provide opportunities for talented innovators to help shape our future.
Global insurance standards body ACORD has announced Virtual i Technologies, a patented platform for risk assessment and loss adjustment, as the winner of the 2020 Insurtech Innovation Challenge London. VIPR's Principal Project Manager, Lee Mills, was pleased to be one of this year's industry expert judges.
Read the full press release below.
ACORD, the global standards-setting body for the insurance industry, today announced the winner of the 2020 ACORD InsurTech Innovation Challenge London. Virtual i Technologies, a patented platform for risk assessment and loss adjustment, was among 12 startups who presented their innovations virtually yesterday to a panel of industry expert judges. The ACORD InsurTech Innovation Challenge (AIIC) is hosted in multiple cities annually, this year including London (September 3) and New York (September 10).
Among other prizes, Virtual i Technologies will receive a $10,000 cash award and will be featured in an ACORD–promoted webinar to present their innovation. The company, along with the runners-up, will have the opportunity to present their pitch in a VIP Showcase at ACORD Industry First.
"That ACORD InsurTech Innovation Challenge brings together an exciting group of innovators who share a strong desire to bring positive change to the insurance market," said Chris Newman, ACORD's Managing Director – Global. "The AIIC was the insurance industry's first competition of its kind in 2015, and we are proud to continue this tradition of recognising and supporting the emerging technologies that will advance our industry the London market and globally."
"The concepts and technologies shared by the contestants today had significant impact," said Judge Chair Caroline Bedford, Founder & Head, DXC Digital Minds. "Any one of them is capable of making a tangible impact on the insurance industry. It is of critical importance that we continue to provide opportunities for talented innovators to help shape our future – especially at this time, when it is even harder to step outside of the 'getting back to business as usual' priorities. The judges and I were extremely impressed by the professionalism, passion and commitment of all involved."
Judges for the AIIC London included:
Caroline Bedford (Judge Chair), Founder & Head, DXC Digital Minds
Louise Day, Director of Operations, IUA
James Livett, Associate Director, LIIBA
Lee Mills, Principal Project Manager, VIPR Solutions
George Osborn, Global Client Partner, JDX Insurance
Maria Solano, UKIIMEA Insurance Industry Chief Technologist, DXC Technology
Hélène Stanway, Digital Leader, AXA XL
The other competing companies included:
Blocksure, which aims to change the insurance paradigm by enabling brokers, MGAs, insurers and reinsurers to reconsider how new and existing products are delivered to customers
Context Visualised Ltd., which helps CEOs & COOs of regulated businesses achieve operational efficiencies by redefining how they instruct, measure and monitor their activities
CoSure, a marketplace for commercial risks which require the involvement of more than one party due to lack of capacity, risk appetite, etc.
distriBind, an AI-powered data exchange focussed on delegated authority
EasySend, a worldwide leader in new customer on boarding, claims settlement and policy holder servicing for all insurance sectors
IBISA, which enables agriculture micro-insurance for agricultural entrepreneurs
Kippie, a marketplace where users port their data in order to create an Insurance Passport which allows them to get cheaper insurance
OPTIMIZ, which provides a multisided platform which connects cargo owners and their insurers to shipping lines and other carriers with the goal of fostering predictive claims resolution
Renewal Diary, an application that enables consumers and businesses to make smarter decisions at renewal time
Ritablock, a blockchain-based, digital, automated exchange of accounting and claims data between primary insurers and reinsurers
SLVRCLD, which automates content claim quantifications and settlements, enabling insurers to process claims quickly and efficiently, through augmented or robotic processes, resulting in a lower total claim spend and better claim experience.


text:
Mesa air unit cuts response time, risk
Officers explain how pilots increase security, find missing persons and recover stolen property.
Mesa air unit cuts response time, risk Officers explain how pilots increase security, find missing persons and recover stolen property. Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/1lwJlLG
Maria Polletta, The Republic | azcentral.com Published 8:40 a.m. MT July 1, 2014 | Updated 8:34 p.m. MT July 6, 2014
Mesa Police Department helicopter pilots like Officer Darren Rigsby undergo three to four years of flight training before being certified.(Photo: Tom Tingle/The Republic)
Mesa Police Department's aviation unit thrust into spotlight after July 8 crash-landing
City, public-safety officials say accident was a fluke, given decades of safe missions
Eight full-time pilots fly about 50 hours a week, helping with pursuits, more
Assuming they make it through the secured gate and formidable front door, visitors to the Mesa Police Department's aviation-unit hangar are greeted by a sprawling wall of fame.
Perhaps it would be more accurate to call it a wall of infamy: rows and rows of small mug shots, crimes and charges scribbled below each photo.
None of the arrests would have been possible without the assistance of the aviation unit, which uses helicopters for its patrols, according to pilot and department spokesman Detective Steve Berry.
"The aerial platform gives us an extra set of eyes and can see places that officers on the ground frankly can't. Plus, it gives us an opportunity to find crimes in progress that we wouldn't see on the ground," Berry said. "Our response time is significantly better."
The aviation unit has been around since 1986, the helicopters since 1994. For years, the helicopters spurred little public discourse beyond comments about the occasional whirring overhead.
Then, in the early-morning hours of June 8, the engine in one of Mesa's three helicopters failed abruptly, a week before the City Council was set to consider spending $3.2 million to replace it. Officers had fewer than 15 seconds to crash-land safely in a Gilbert alfalfa field, the helicopter's tail snapping off on impact.
While police said it would be a stretch to link the helicopter's age to its engine failure, given the department's attention to maintenance, the timing of the crash made an already delicate piece of city business even more pressing.
At the council's June 16 meeting, Phoenix Heliparts President Tina Cannon publicly challenged the city's recommendation to buy a new rotorcraft from MD Helicopters, echoing e-mails she'd written to elected officials in the weeks leading up to the meeting. She said Mesa had failed to explore options involving barely used helicopters that could have saved the city from $500,000 to $1 million.
After a testy set of exchanges that left some council and audience members struggling to understand whether Cannon's proposal was actually a viable money-saver for the city, Councilman Dave Richins moved to hold off on a vote until the council could get more conclusive information. The motion failed 4-3, followed by a 6-1 vote to award the contract for a new helicopter to MD as originally proposed.
Those who supported proceeding immediately, including Mayor and former firefighter Alex Finter, said the decision was a question of curtailing risk. The city had problems with used aircraft before, Finter said, and in at least one case had to invest at least as much in upgrades and repairs as was initially saved.
Plus, if a new helicopter were to experience a mechanical problem such as the June 8 engine failure, the liability would be shared between Mesa and the manufacturer, Finter said.
"But if there's a third party, and it's a used helicopter that's been sitting in someone's facility, there's no shared liability there," he said.
Minimizing liability by reducing injuries and deaths is one of the reasons Mesa's aviation unit has been so effective, according to elected and public-safety officials.
When a high-speed chase occurs on the ground, suspects often will ignore red lights and fly through intersections. Innocent passengers, pedestrians and other drivers can become collateral damage.
"In the classic police-car-chasing-bad-guy-car scenario, there are lots of things that can inherently go wrong," said Berry, the police spokesman. "By having helicopters, the air unit can follow a suspect, and ground officers can back away without 'pushing' the suspect to want to speed more and run lights."
With pilots focused on a suspect's movements, officers can calmly surround or block intersections without worrying they'll lose sight of the driver. And if the suspect does crash and injure someone else, officers won't have forced a pursuit.
"The acquisition of the air unit allowed us to change our policies and our tactics," said Mike Traficano, a longtime Mesa officer who became a pilot about 14 years ago.
Finter recalled a case where a fleeing driver lost control of a truck as pilots watched from above, killing himself instantly and ejecting more than 10 passengers.
"The way we managed that situation saved us what we would've been sued for had we done a traditional chase that resulted in those people being injured," he said.
Berry said the potential payout in a lawsuit of that nature can run from $3 million to $5 million. The aviation unit's operating budget is about $1.5 million a year, which includes all expenses other than personnel and fluctuates to reflect fuel prices and maintenance needs.
"The real savings is in lives," Berry said. "We're taking care of the public and ourselves, because we can tell an officer, 'Don't go around that corner; the suspect's there and he could be armed,' or 'Don't jump that wall; there's a pit bull in the backyard.' "
Officers first
The unit's pilots operate as officers first, aviators second.
They typically start out on the ground, patrolling to build a working knowledge of the city's street layouts and crime pockets. After in-house training, they begin serving as tactical flight officers or "observers," running the radios, navigation systems and spotlights as pilots concentrate on flying.
By the time they're fully certified as pilots, they likely have spent three to four years in flight training.
"Because of the seniority of most of the officers out here, quite frankly we don't need maps by the time we're pilots," Traficano said. "Pretty much everybody can generally get ourselves to within a block or two of whatever's occurring. And the faster you're there, the less time the suspect or the bad guys have to do what they want to do."
The average response time for the helicopters, which usually hover at 500 feet, is 54 seconds. A patrol officer on the ground can take five to eight minutes to arrive — too late, if the suspect has already sped off in a vehicle.
As rising fuel costs and strained city budgets squeeze the number of hours the copters can be in the air, officers also lean on their knowledge of crime patterns to select the most valuable times to conduct air patrols.
Traficano said people are more likely to flee from the police between 10 p.m. and midnight, for example, and more likely to get caught up in alcohol-fueled domestic disputes after dinner.
And the unit employs a set of rapidly evolving technological tools — such as high-powered beams, infrared cameras and night-vision goggles — to help pilots better execute the know-how they already have.
There to help
Though suspect pursuits may make the most headlines, aviation-unit officers are quick to point out that tracking criminals is only one part of what they do.
As the only East Valley police department equipped with helicopters, Mesa often helps locate missing children and seniors — more than 600 to date.
"We'll also assist up on the (Salt) River, and we get search-and-rescue calls quite a bit," said Officer Darren Rigsby, who began flying full time with the unit in 2009.
"We also get called out for lost or downed hikers. Pretty much everything. ... If other agencies need us for something and we're not busy here, they can make a request and we'll help out."
The helicopters also assist in finding stolen cars and other property. They have tracked down nearly $18 million worth of items so far, according to the department.
"People go, 'How do you time this stuff? How do you know when to go?' And a lot of times, it's a crapshoot," Berry said. "But you try and keep yourself out there and visible and available as much as possible, you're going to catch a lot of stuff."
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18 лютого 1952 року Туреччина стала офіційним та повноправним членом НАТО. Це відбулося здебільшого за ініціативою тодішнього лідера Демократичної партії А. Медереса. Спочатку турецька спільнота неоднозначно віднеслася до подібного кроку з боку влади, проте згодом стало ясно, що вступ країни в НАТО відкрив для країни ряд перспектив та загалом підвищив її авторитет на світовій арені. Наразі це єдина мусульманська країна, що входить до складу альянсу.

Передумови вступу Туреччини в НАТО
Під час Другої світової війни Туреччина зберігала нейтралітет. Це була одна з небагатьох країн, яка  під час війни змогла втримати свій рівень розвитку. В травні-червні країна підписала договір про дружню співпрацю з Англією та Францією у разі проявів агресії в районі Середземного моря. 18 червня 1941 був підписаний договір про ненапад з фашистською Німеччиною, а 25 червня Туреччина офіційно оголосила про свій нейтралітет. До цього країна регулярно постачала воюючим сторонам необхідні в ході війни ресурси. Лише 23 лютого 1945 року гітлерівській Німеччині була оголошена війна. Після перемоги СРСР та ліквідації фашистської держави політична карта світу стала активно змінюватися. На цивілізаційному просторі з'явилося дві протиборчі сили умовно їх можна означити як Капіталістичний світ (головні представники США, Англія) та Комуністичний світ (СРСР, КНР). Протистояння цих двох глобальних систем отримало назву «холодна війна». В цей період Туреччина опинилася в центрі уваги даних протидіючих сил.

Політичний тиск з боку СРСР
Оговтавшись після бойових дій керівництво СРСР все частіше почало пред'являти претензії до територіальної цілісності Туреччини. На Потсдамській конференції держав-переможниць Молотов від особи Сталіна заявив, що доцільно було б Туреччині повернути Радянському Союзу території (а саме Карсу, Ардвін і Ардаган), які історично йому належать. Як відомо у 1921 році СРСР добровільно віддав ці території, на яких проживали вірмени та грузини. Загальна протяжність територій сягала 26 тис. кв. км.

Народний комісаріат з іноземних питань СРСР підготував аналітичну довідку про «Радянсько-турецькі відносини». Таким чином керівництво СРСР стало вести активну пропаганду щодо повернення своїх етнічних земель.  Планувалося переселення 350-400 тис. вірмен із турецької території на територію Армянської СРР. На їх думку ця дипломатична акція мала привернути увагу Заходу та спровокувати добровільну відмову Туреччини від етнічних вірменських земель. Проте на Заході подібні плани СРСР почали сприйматися як спроби експансії задля поширення свого впливу на Середньому та Близькому Сході. Як результат починаючи з 1946 року різні уповноважені представники США (наприклад, Е. Вільсон, Д. Ачесон) наголошували, що неможна допускати розширення впливу СРСР в даному регіоні і, що Туреччині необхідно надавати цілісну допомогу по цьому питанню. В 1950 році президентом Туреччини став Д. Баяр. З того часу країна почала зближатися із Заходом, задля втримання потенційної радянської агресії .

Корейська війна 1950-1953 рр.
25 червня 1950 року відбувся воєнний конфлікт між КНДР та Республікою Корея. Це зіткнення знаменувало собою переломний етап в історії «холодної війни» та мало всі шанси перерости у третю світову війну. Беручи до уваги ці обставини 27 червня того ж року Рада Безпеки ООН випустила резолюцію №83 в якій зазначалося про надання допомоги з боку держав-членів ООН, задля припинення «північнокорейської агресії». Не дивлячись на те, що більшість країн дали свою згоду, воєнну допомогу відправили лише 16 держав, серед них була і Туреччина. Тодішній лідер Демократичної партії А. Мендерес вважав, що відправка турецьких військ під прапором ООН буде розцінена Заходом та США як готовність Туреччини  до співпраці в обороні Близького та Середнього Сходу від комуністичної агресії, що відкриває для неї перспективи для вступу в НАТО .

Співпраця НАТО та Туреччини

Туреччину часто вважають форпостом НАТО між Заходом та «гарячими точками» (до розпаду СРСР між Заходом та «комуністичною загрозою»), так як вона межує з такими «неспокійними» регіонами як Сирія, Ірак, Іран та інші. Країна має важливе територіальне значення. Після корейської війни Туреччина брала участь ще в ряді воєнних місій НАТО: Сомалі (1993—1994 рр.), Боснія та Герцеговина (1993—1995 рр.), Албанія (1997 р.), Ліван (2006 р.). Після розпаду СРСР Туреччина, в рамках політики «відкритих дверей», стала своєрідним контактним пунктом НАТО для країн Центральної Азії та Кавказу колишніх СР. Таким чином держава проводила (й проводить досі) активну політику розширення альянсу. Також Туреччина є учасником «середземноморського діалогу» акції, створеної НАТО задля врегулювання ситуації в даному регіоні. На території її проводяться різноманітні учення та підготовка учасників «діалогу». Підрозділи Туреччини знаходяться в Афганістані в складі Міжнародних сил сприяння безпеки. Туреччина є однією з п'яти країн-членів НАТО (Бельгія, Німеччина, Італія, Нідерланди) на території якої знаходяться ядерні боєприпаси НАТО. 70 тактичних ядерних бомб США В61-12, зосереджені на воєнному складі ВВС Туреччина Інджирлік неподалік Сирійського кордону. Від 10 до 20 бомб призначенні для використання турецькими військово-повітряними силами. Для цього була створена 142-а ескадрилья винищувачів-бомбардувальників з літаками F-16A/B. Інші 50 бомб входять в розпорядження США. В рамках численних домовленостей країни з США на території Туреччини було побудовано понад 60 різноманітних воєнних об'єктів.

«Кіпрське питання»
Відносини НАТО та Туреччини не завжди були однозначними. В 1974 році до влади на Кіпрі в результаті державного перевороту прийшла радикальна партія. Туреччина сприйняла цей інцидент як ймовірну подальшу етнічну чистку турків, що проживають на території Кіпру (турецька сторона давала показники їхньої кількості понад 30%, кіпрська же сторона оспорювала цю цифру й налічувала всього 18% проживаючих). Того ж року на території Кіпру висаджуються турецькі війська та займають близько 38% території країни, проводячи тим самим кіпрсько-турецький кордон по так званій «лінії Аттіли». З того часу та по сей день Кіпр умовно поділений на грецьку та турецьку частини. В знак протесту пасивного відношення НАТО до вторгнення Туреччини на Кіпр, Греція виходить з цього блоку. Лінія, що розділяє острів на дві частини наразі охороняється військами ООН. У 1983 році турки захопили 40% території Кіпру, й таким чином була оголошена незалежна Турецька Республіка Північного Кіпру  під патронатом тієї ж Туреччини. Рада Безпеки ООН 18 листопада 1983 року випустила резолюцію № 541, в якій зазначалося, що новостворена республіка є незаконною і, що турецькі війська мають покинути Кіпр. «Кіпрське питання» й до сьогодні є невирішеним. Це одна із найгостріших проблем в відносинах між Туреччиною та ЄС.

Зближення Туреччини з Китаєм
Прем'єр-міністр Китаю Вень Цзябао 8-9 жовтня 2010 року прибув з офіційним візитом в Анкару. Під час переговорів обидві сторони наголосили про дружню співпрацю та підтримку щодо збереження миру і зупинення проявів радикалізму чи тероризму усіма можливими способами. У відповідь міністр іноземних справ Туреччини А. Давутоглу з 29 жовтня по 2 листопада знаходився з офіційним візитом в Китаї. Разом із міністром іноземних справ Китаю Янг Цзечі обговорювався стратегічний план спільних дій двох держав. У тому ж 2010 році відбулися перші спільні учення ВПС Туреччини та Китаю в турецькому місті Кон'я. До цього спільні вчення проводилися разом із США та Ізраїлем, вони отримали назву «Анатолійський орел» та були відкриті цими трьома державами у 2001 році. Вперше за десять років Туреччина не запросила ВПС ні США ні Ізраїлю, цей факт занепокоїв обидві країни. Зближення Туреччини як в економічному так і в воєнному плані з комуністичним Китаєм тривожить представників НАТО, так як КНР є прямим конкурентом США, а отже і НАТО. В 2012 році прем'єр-міністр Туреччини Реджеп Таїп Ердоган на зустрічі з китайськими бізнесменами запропонував створити так званий «Залізничний Шовковий шлях». Дана магістраль могла б з'єднати Китай та Туреччину, а отже може мати високий економічний потенціал. З описаного вище можна зробити висновок, що і на сьогоднішній день керівництво країни дотримується відомого вислову «батька всіх турків» Аттатюрка: «Туреччина понад усе».

Турецько-Сирійський конфлікт
3 жовтня 2012 року турецькі війська відкрили вогонь по сирійським територіям у відповідь на інцидент, який стався незадовго до цього, а саме падіння сирійських снарядів, які влучили в жилий дім, в результаті чого 5 людей загинули, 9 було поранено. Відразу після обстрілу у відповідь керівництво Туреччини надало клопотання про негайне зібрання ради НАТО. В результаті в ніч на 4 жовтня представники НАТО повністю підтримали країну та поклали всю відповідальність за конфлікт на Сирію.

19 жовтня 2012 року керівництво Туреччини звернулось з проханням до НАТО надати додаткові системи протиповітряної оборони Patriot для укріплення свого кордону із Сирією. Керівництво НАТО погодилося й 4 грудня 2012 року були відправлені дві такі системи від США, дві від Нідерландів, та дві від Німеччини. 6 травня 2013 року на своєму черговому засіданні представники НАТО однозначно заявили, що готові підтримати та захистити Туреччину від подальшої агресії з боку Сирії.

Майбутні перспективи для Туреччини в НАТО
Останнім часом керівництво Туреччини все частіше стало зближуватися із КНР та РФ. Тодішній прем'єр-міністр Туреччини Ердоган (наразі він займає пост президента) відвідував із офіційними візитами не лише Китай, а й Росію, там він запропонував приєднати Туреччину до ШОС. Подібні кроки ряд експертів (наприклад, відомий знавець Туреччини в США Філліп Гордон і його праця «Виграти Туреччину») вважають, що причина таких кроків криється у гальмуванні процесу вступу Туреччини до ЄС. Існує також ймовірна загроза виходу країни з НАТО через ці причини. НАТО не може допустити подібного, бо ж Туреччина є економічно сильною країною, а також як наголошувалося вище вона має вкрай важливу стратегічну позицію. Боротьба за зони впливу в Туреччині не припиняється й досі.

Туреччина та Україна
В 2000 році керівництво Туреччини оголосило світовий тендер на вироблення танків, які їй необхідні для проведення миротворчих акцій в провінції Курдистан, вартість проекту оцінювалася більше ніж в 7 млрд. доларів. Німеччина запропонувала туркам свої танки моделі Leopard-2А6, Франція представила свої Leclerk, США рекомендували свої моделі М1А2 Abrams, Україна підготувала, випробувані на харківському заводі імені Малишева, танки Т-84-120 «Ятаган». Фаворитами у 2003-2004 рр. стали танки США та України. Проте проект був призупинений. Починаючи з 2006 року Туреччина знову оголосила про даний тендер. США вже не проявляє особливої активності по продажі своїх Abrams, це дає змогу Україні підписати з Туреччиною договір про ліцензійний випуск серій вітчизняних танків «Ятаган», що  в свою чергу відкриває доступ державі на масштабний ринок збуту НАТО.

Див. також

 Туреччина та Європейський Союз

Джерела
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Література
 М. Калашников. "Глобальный Смутокризис", 2009.
 Philip Gordon "Winning Turkey: How America, Europe, And Turkey Can Revive A Fading Partnership" (with Omer Taspinar and Soli Ozel, 2008)

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Boy Passes After Putting Blue Stain In Carpet. 14 Years Later Mom Floored By Real Meaning
Being a mom means you're pulled in a million different directions while cleaning up a gazillion messes. Kissable sticky faces, spilled apple juice, an endless stream of laundry — it all seems to pile up.
Some days you're lucky enough to squeeze in a shower, let alone make an attempt to pick up and clean the house. Add in that Lego or Hot Wheels car you just painfully stepped on or the lipstick smudges you discovered on your bedspread and some days you want to lock yourself in the bathroom for just one minute.
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Devoted mom Heather Duckworth fully understands those feelings. But she wants other moms to hear her story and to remind themselves to not become so absorbed in the day-to-day trials and tribulations, but to strive to find the joy among the messes.
Heather shared her special story in a Facebook post she entitled "The Blue Stain" that has since gone viral. She was scrubbing up a gooey puddle of sticky slime that her little girl had accidentally let ooze through her fingers and fall to the floor when it hit her…
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While her daughter had tried to clean up most of it, Heather felt she had to scrub the grout where the slime had clung to. As she became irritated with the mess, she paused, because she knew all too well that she couldn't focus on this one little thing and let it consume her.
Fourteen years ago, it was bedtime. As the mom of two-year-old triplets and a four-year-old big brother, life was a whirlwind of diapers, messes, hugs, naps, playtime, smooches, and more.
Every single minute, she was chasing after and caring for the kids. But she wouldn't change her life for the world.
"My hands were full, but so was my heart."
The boys had finished up dinner and baths, and were picking up the playroom before tumbling into bed. They were dancing and singing to music playing on the radio to help make cleaning up more fun — it was the last time things would be this crazy-fun-normal for a long time.
That's when Heather discovered it. The big blue stain.
One of her toddler triplets was clutching a pen that exploded and sprayed ink everywhere — all over the carpet, his pajamas, himself. Heather was exhausted, she was frustrated, and she let her emotions take over.
"I instantly felt so upset as I grabbed my son and took him to the bathroom to clean him up and my husband started scrubbing those bright blue stains on our carpet. Tears of frustration stung my eyes. I was just so tired. And mad. Like really, really angry. I wasn't mad at my son – who was as blue as a Smurf – but upset with myself for leaving that pen out where my toddler could reach it. We had only lived in this house for six months and now the carpet was completely ruined. We scrubbed that stain for an hour that night, but yet it remained."
Even the professional cleaners could not get that carpet stain out. Every time she walked by it, the stain made her emotions boil up all over again.
"It made me feel angry and it made me feel like such a failure for leaving out the pen where my young son could reach it. That blue stain was just a big fat negative in my life. I hated it."
The stain taunted her daily, a reminder of what had happened. Until one day, the stain no longer was of importance.
The following month, the little boy who looked like a Smurf after spraying blue ink all over the carpet was diagnosed with cancer. Two painful and sorrowful years later, he passed.
He was gone, but the blue ink stain remained…
"It was still there . . . and now . . . it was a constant reminder of my son. It was a constant reminder of my frustration over something so trivial . . . something so unimportant in the scheme of life.
That blue stain was a constant reminder that life is messy, but that's what makes it worth living. A constant reminder to not sweat the small stuff. A constant reminder that 'things' aren't important, but people are. A constant reminder that accidents happen. A constant reminder to let go of the little things and hang on tight to what is important."
That stubborn stain never faded, so Heather hid it under furniture. Every time she cleaned and uncovered it, "it would take my breath away," a reminder of the loss of the little boy who made that very mess.
Heather wants to impress upon other moms that there will always be spills, random Goldfish crackers scattered everywhere, mountains of laundry, a pile of dirty dishes, fingerprints everywhere, and blue ink stains on carpet. But those messes are made by the most beautiful creatures God has ever created and has entrusted to our care.
She said they are "a blessing in disguise" and she would have "a million blue ink stains on my carpet if it meant I could have one more day with my son."
So as Heather scrubbed the slime out of the grout, she reminded herself of the times where she cradled her sick child in the hospital, instead wishing she was home cleaning up a mess that he was instead healthy enough to make. Heather encourages all parents to find the "bless in this mess" and focus on what is important in life.
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100 Happy Days, Day 36, Lilies from Morrisons.
I bought these lilies from Morrisons on Good Friday and can not believe how great they look a week and a half later.
They cost £4.00 for the bunch which is quite big, and they look and smell great. I can not believe how they have lasted. They still have days left in them.


Claude Lamoureux O.C., FCIA, Chief Clarence Louie O.C., Annette Verschuren O.C., Stephen J. R. Smith.
Another honour for Osoyoos Indian Band Chief Clarence Louie, who is being inducted into the 2019 Canadian Business Hall of Fame.
Louie is being inducted this year with Claude Lamoureux, retired president & CEO, Ontario Teachers' Plan, Stephen J.R. Smith, chairman & CEO of First National Financial, and Annette Verschuren, chair & CEO of NRStor Inc.
"The Canadian Business Hall of Fame is honoured to recognize their enduring contributions to the business community and our country," said Hall of Fame chancellor David Denison.
Louie will be the first Indigenous person to be inducted into the hall of fame. He was raised on OIB lands by his mother and was elected chief at 24 years old. He has won every election but one since 1985. Through the Osoyoos Indian Band Development Corporation, founded by Louie, the previously impoverished band has started or acquired nine businesses.
A ceremony marking his induction into the hall of fame will take place in June.


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Een cafetière is een glazen pot met een metalen filter waarmee koffie wordt gezet. De naam cafetière is een afkorting van de naam 'cafetière à piston'. Afhankelijk van de plaats is de cafetière ook bekend onder vele andere noemers, waaronder: french press, press pot, coffee press, coffee plunger.

Koffie gezet in een cafetière heeft een vol karakter, doordat de koffie lang contact heeft met het hete water en het filter kleine deeltjes (waaronder aroma's) van de maling doorlaat.

Een cafetière is een vorm van infusie-koffiemaker, in tegenstelling tot percolatie-koffiemakers.

Oorsprong
De oorsprong van de cafetière is niet geheel duidelijk, al wordt in een legende beschreven dat een Franse boer op een van zijn dagelijkse wandelingen zijn koffie niet goed had gezet. Hij trof daarop een Italiaanse handelaar die onder andere een fijn gaas bij zich had, de Fransman wilde het gaas gebruiken om de koffieprut in zijn 'mislukte' brouwsel naar beneden te drukken. Bij het proberen van het brouwsel waren beide mannen verrast over de goede smaak en zouden samen de vinding geëxploiteerd hebben.

Het eerste patent zover bekend dateert uit 1852, door twee Fransen, Mayer en Delforge.

De Italianen maakten de verfijningen die nodig waren om het metalen filter goed af te laten sluiten, waarbij de Italiaan Bruno Cassol in 1935 het ontwerp maakte wat we vandaag de dag het meest zien zoals bij de cafetières van het Deense merk Bodum.

Gebruik
In de pot wordt grofgemalen koffie geplaatst waarop heet (net niet meer kokend) water gegoten wordt. De verhouding is afhankelijk van eigen smaak en de soort koffie, maar een veelgebruikte verhouding is ongeveer 60-70 gram/Liter  of 1:15 tot 1:17 koffie ten opzichte van water.

De maling van de koffie heeft tevens invloed op het brouwsel, hoe fijner de maling des te sterker het brouwsel. Bij een fijne maling komen meer koffiedeeltjes in het gefilterde brouwsel, snelfiltermaling is eigenlijk al iets te fijn. Het beste is daarom om zelf de koffie te malen met een ouderwetse handkoffiemolen, of met een elektrische koffiemolen met metalen schijven (braammolen). Hoe gelijkmatiger de koffiedeeltjes, hoe beter het resultaat. Elektrische varianten met een mes zijn ongeschikt omdat er geen controle is over de gelijkmatigheid of fijnheid van de maling, in tegenstelling to handkoffiemolens en elektrische braammolens, waar de fijnheid precies valt in te stellen.

Sommige Pyrex cafetières hadden nylonfilters om fijne deeltjes op te vangen. Een andere gebruikte methode om de kleine deeltjes te vangen is meerdere filters op elkaar stapelen.

De koffie trekt hierop ongeveer 4 à 5 minuten, waarna de plunjer met het deksel geplaatst wordt (A). De plunjer met het metalen filter wordt dan van boven naar beneden door de glazen pot gedrukt (B). Het goed aansluitende filter drukt de gemalen koffie die in het hete water zweeft naar de bodem (C). Boven in de pot zit dan verse, hete koffie die direct uitgeschonken kan worden (D).

De kracht en snelheid waarmee de plunjer naar beneden wordt gedrukt heeft invloed op het aantal deeltjes dat langs de plunjer kan komen. Het is daarom geadviseerd de plunjer voorzichtig naar beneden te drukken.

Een nieuwere variant op deze methode is om na 4 minuten de korst die is ontstaan te breken en losse overgebleven deeltjes te verwijderen met een lepel. Hierna wordt de plunjer slechts tot het niveau van de vloeistof gelaten, waar de koffie doorheen wordt geserveerd.

Hoog cafestolgehalte
Doordat het metalen filter meer koffiedeeltjes doorlaat blijven ook meer stoffen als cafestol in de koffie die cholesterolverhogend zijn. Met name het LDL-gehalte wordt verhoogd. Koffie gezet in een cafetière heeft een cafestolwaarde van ongeveer 3 mg per kop (150 ml) koffie, dit is hoger dan andere vormen van koffiezetten, waarbij espresso 1,5 mg meet en koffie met papieren filter slechts 0,1 mg. Vanwege het cholesterolverhogende effect adviseert het Voedingscentrum om niet meer dan een kop cafetièrekoffie per dag te drinken.

Hoewel de meeste wetenschappelijke onderzoeken gebruikmaken van snelfiltermaling, is inmiddels duidelijk dat naast zetmethode ook de maling en het soort koffie invloed hebben op het cafestolgehalte.

Koffiebereiding


TeraCopy gives you a quick and efficient way to copy a file or files from one location to another with just a few clicks of the mouse. Regardless of what you need to transfer or why, this program has the tools to help you get it done.
Fast and efficient: When you add files to this program and initiate the copy process, you won't have to wait to get your results. The files are copied almost instantly, and you'll soon see a readout of what was successfully copied and what was not.
Skipped errors: If the app is unable to copy certain files in a batch for some reason, it will just skip them and copy all of the files it can. Once that process is complete, it will show you which files couldn't be copied and why. This is a definite step up over some similar programs that will abort copying an entire batch if there are a few files that can't be copied.
Not for beginners: The interface and the Help file associated with this program are not very inviting to users without some experience. None of the features and buttons are explained clearly, and the Help document is mostly just descriptions with no context, so it would be tough for new users to get their bearings.
TeraCopy is an excellent option if you often need to copy or move files, especially in batches or when they're coming from multiple source locations. It's not great for novice users, but anyone with some experience will have no trouble finding their way around the interface, and it's a completely free utility.
TeraCopy is a free utility designed to copy files faster and more secure. It automatically switches between synchronous and asynchronous modes to improve the speed of file transfers. File verification: TeraCopy can test files after copy to ensure they are identical. This is done by comparing hashes of source and target files. Error recovery: in a case of a copy error, TeraCopy will try to recover and, in the worse case scenario, will simply skip the file, not terminating the entire transfer.
Create and verify checksum files: all popular formats are supported, including MD5, SHA, RIPEMD, Tiger, Whirpool and xxHash. Interactive file list: TeraCopy shows the failed file transfers and lets you fix the problem and recopy only the problem files. You can also remove unnecessary files or folders to reduce the transfer time. Informative progress bar: a speed graph inside the progress bar visually indicates problematic and skipped files using different colors. Shell integration: TeraCopy can completely replace the Explorer copy and move functions, enabling you to work with files as usual. You can also quickly set as target any folder open in Explorer.
"Not really a fan now, as allot interesting are missing"
Was a better tool few years back. Really came up with a revolutionary copying speed in past days. Data copying was pretty smooth and reliable.
Didn't change with market competition. Lacks allot of interesting features which is provided by GS RichCopy 360 to make task pretty easy. Data crashes occur frequently. Performance is also downgraded as compared to GS RichCopy 360.
I am no more a fan of TeraCopy from the day I used GS richCopy 360. So I would strongly recommend everyone to use GS RichCopy 360 for robust and reliable results.
"Has never crashed on me."
Allows verification of file's moved or copied. If for whatever reason it show's a file read error, you can use clean up (which removes the file names of successful copies) then do it again, without having to start over. For me it has always checked good if I had to do it again due to a file read error. I've been using this since Win XP, now I'm using it on Win 10 Insider Evaluation copies & so far no problem's yet!
The free version work's like the paid version except for one minor detail. With the paid version you are able to safe location's of where you moving file's to if you use them repeatedly where as free does not.
"crashes all the time, worse than worthless"
doesn't actually work. buggy and unreliable.
Faster than Windows most of the time.
None I can see or that have happen.
I believe the ones that are having problems with it crashing that its there OS not the program.
"Works fine in Windows 8.1 P"
Fast, works as expected, faster than standard Windows Copy.
Dialogue box that opens gives user a choice; maybe that can be over=ridden in settings (that slows the copy process). No other 'cons' I can think of (except do not accept the 'free offers of software' in the CNET Download.com installer (better to go to the Author's web-site directly, and download from there, to avoid 'spurious' software like 'MalwareProtectionLive' which is (a) useless (b) a con ( If you find you have that, remove it ).
"Good for copying large files"
Tools like check file, shutdown after copy,... is very helpful.
Just what I was looking for to move videos from flash drives to computer and move large backups from hard drive to backup disk.
And I installed it where I can still use the Windows cut/copy/paste as well as the teracopy's interface.
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I recommend this to anyone that has to move large files from one drive to another and vice versa.
1. Crashed 10 seconds after I installed it.
2. Took forever to calculate a folder size.
3. 10 times slower than Windows to copy a large folder.
5. Required reboot of server to uninstall.
Integrates seamlessly with Windows file system.
Far more powerful than Windows Explorer.
Can cue from multiple source folders into one destination folder.
Random crash / error, but not enough to warrant uninstall.
Window stays on top, but is minimizable.
I recently had to do some shuffling of data between two 1 TB portable HDDs and my laptop HDD, because I accidentally deleted everything on one of the portables. To recover the lost HDD, I used Undelete 360 (I left a review on that, too) to transfer the recovered files to the other portable. Not enough space on the second portable, so I needed a way to make sure that the backup was good. Microsoft SyncToy could have done the job, but it doesn't seem to offer any kind of file verification (I'm no expert). TeraCopy offers CRC checking as part of the file copy process, and it works pretty well.
TeraCopy, at least the free version, doesn't seem to be 100% stable, however. Last night, I left it to copy 800 GB of recovered files from one portable HDD to another, with file verification, and woke up this morning to find it completed with zero errors. When I went to transfer the 320 GB back to the second HDD that was originally there, I kept getting errors and crashes. Odd.
Still, a great little tool, although I'm not sure if $19.95 for purchase of the full version is worth it.