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Book Review: "Tyll" — The Thirty Years War, From a Prankster's Point of View
By Kai Maristed
Daniel Kehlmann's narrative gift is so prodigious as to be almost aggravating.
Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann, translated from the German by Ross Benjamin. Pantheon Books, 352 pages, $26.95.
Ulenspiegel … was a good story teller, better than the abbot and better than the fat count too, and his stories distracted the fat count from the throbbing pain in his hand. Don't worry, said the fool, that night the wolves would find enough [elsewhere] to eat.
The art of storytelling began with sheltering-in-place. Easy to picture our anxious and cave-bound forebears prodding an elder or shaman for a narrative, a ballad, a fable: that magic stream of words that makes the walls dissolve. Had our ancestors stuck to hunting and sleeping, had there been no wild storms and and slavering predators or enemy tribes to enforce idleness around the fire, we wouldn't have Shakespeare. Or Hamilton, or Stephen King… or the German novelist Daniel Kehlmann.
In this time of Covid we are suddenly, eerily thrown back to that original moment. Confined in small apartments, bored to hell and terrified of the invisible threat lurking without. Exhausted from having ventured to work in the danger-fields of meatpacking or frontline nursing. Fearful of strangers. Craving a story, a new story, one powerful enough to carry us away, make us laugh again, and open our hearts.
Daniel Kehlmann's narrative gift is so prodigious as to be almost aggravating. He has tackled the contemporary world with wit and mystery in F and Me and Kaminski. His dowsing-rod instinct for "found" historical treasure has delighted readers before: Measuring the World, Kehlmann's 2008 breakthrough bestseller, was a boldly altered portrait of the famous naturalist, mapmaker, and adventurer Alexander Humboldt, and a rousing cliffhanger. Immediately after came Fame, a somewhat prophetic collection of short stories revolving around just that. The only Kehlmann book that hasn't grabbed me completely is a little red clothbound volume he penned with a friend, Requiem fuer einen Hund. (Requiem for a Dog.) Maybe I should give it another chance.
Tyll, since it came out in 2017, has sold over 600,000 copies in Germany. The novel reads large, but actually clocks in at under 350 pages. It is long-listed for the International Booker Prize and has also been snatched up for a Netflix series, "coming," apparently, whenever the New Normal permits.
One reason the novel reads large is that it sets out very deliberately. In fact, slowly. As I remarked to a friend, this is one of the most German novels I've read in a long time! Tyll, like its eponymous hero, meanders, dwells on detail; it can be repetitious in the incantatory way of tales told aloud, and is in no rush to orient the reader in place and time. (Giveaway: we're wandering in greater Germany, during the Thirty Years War). But after being dropped into this richly atmospheric world without a compass, in the company of quirkily amusing or repellent yet amusing characters, one surrenders to a pacing out of step with most present-day fiction. The novel's structure is a throwback, a picaresque collage of dramatic scenes and incidents, accruing meaning as the characters travel round and round an increasingly devastated land. But then, why should a story set during the Thirty Years' War (1618 to 1648) bow to current literary norms that despise discursion, require clear chronology, squeeze word count, and "cut to the chase"? How incongruous would that be, for an era — in which only the rich had clocks and calendars — driven by belief in demons and dragons, in the battle raging on Earth between God and Lucifer, in eternal punishment and, rarely, reward?
My own introduction to Tyll came thanks to the digital revolution, as an audio download in the original (books not being shipped from Germany). Eleven plus hours on long Covid-solitary walks. With a voice in your ear it's hard to cheat, to skim or skip ahead. And oral delivery suits the opening scene, narrated by a "we," in which a famed traveling entertainer and two women enter a village to enchant its poor, hardworking inhabitants from morning to dusk with dazzling tricks and performances that gradually darken, provoking a havoc that peels the masks off long-simmering jealousy and hatred. The players pocket the money and rattle on out, by donkey cart. A year later war will wipe out the village, and the story of this impish, malicious, compassionate jester named Tyll begins.
Born the son of a poor miller, raised on groats and water, weedy Tyll hones the useless skills of ropewalking and juggling while his dreamy, naive father practices healing, hoards Latin books he can't read, and obsesses over the brainteasers of infinity. When father Claus is entrapped by a traveling pair of memorably loathsome Jesuits and tortured to confess to witchery, Tyll barely escapes inquisition by running off with the baker's daughter, Nele. Had he already, under duress, betrayed his father to the slimy priest Kircher, proud author of England's Gunpowder Plot? Did he, just before the lethally ludicrous Jesuits arrived, survive a terrifying night left alone in the forest by allying with the devil himself? Kehlmann loves mystery; these questions hover in the background and echo to the novel's end.
Most of the figures surrounding Tyll are historical. The crude warrior king Gustav Adolf of Sweden, wily James I of England and his proud hapless daughter, Liz, her not-too-bright consort the King of Bohemia (whose greedy acceptance of that crown from the hands of "rebel" nobles ignited the whole damned catastrophe), the military genius Wallenstein — all are brought alive with a quickness and sureness that escapes others writing in this genre. (Hilary Mantel's overwritten costume dramas, hefty doorstoppers that struggle in vain to animate Cromwell and his age, come to mind.) Tyll and Nele, however are creatures of Kehlmann's own making, a chaste duo in the mold of Hansel and Gretel. He has brought back the renowned 14th-century jester and trickster Till Eulenspiegel, whose sly exploits are still read to German kids today, to pilot a novel that is not really about "Tyll all. It's monstrous protagonist is the Thirty Years' War itself.
As the deposed King of Bohemia approaches Gustav's camp, in a last desperate bid for support, he sees that 'the earth was churned up. The horses sank in…. Muck was heaped up dark brown on the roadside … the excrement of a hundred thousand people…. sick horses lay on the ground, children played in the filth, women nursed infants or washed clothes in tubs of brown water…. Here the King saw something horrible. He didn't realize at first…. It was dead children. Probably none of them older than five… They lay there heaped up and discolored, with blond, brown and red hair, and if you looked closely many pairs of eyes were open.
Who, other than you European history majors, knows much or ever thinks about that pan-European conflagration, fed by a mind-numbing, shifting tangle of political and religious motives? A reminder before the quiz: The Thirty Years' War probably claimed between four and 12 million lives. 20 percent of Europe's people perished, with some areas seeing their population fall by as much as 60 percent. Around 450,000 people died in combat. Populations were displaced, swaths of countryside lay empty and razed while refugees crowded elsewhere, so that famine and made up the lion's share of the death toll. From Oslo to Vienna, with significant side-trips across the channel, bubonic plague found ideal breeding grounds.
Kehlmann throws the reader deep into the morass of this many-sided, multigenerational slaughterhouse. But the horrors of war, whether depicted by a Céline, or Stephen Crane, or Pierre Lemaitre, have a numbing sameness. Why resurrect this one, other than to disprove any notion that conflicts before the modern era were "chivalrous," less barbaric, the damage more limited to standing armies and nutty aristocrats?
Apart from offering a story well told, Tyll delves into three or four fascinating aspects of those 30 years. First, they were the crossroad decades where magical thinking ran neck-and-neck with the birth of empiricism. Kehlmann has a party sending up the self-important "doctors" of the day. "'I am a doctor of medicine and theology, in addition a chemicus specializing in dracontology. Dr. Kircher concerns himself with occult signs, chrystallography and the nature of music.' Dr. Tesimond eats some groats, screws up his face, and puts the spoon down." Our author is of course solidly on the side of reason and science … until in one short, late, moving passage, he entirely is not. It may be my favorite passage in the book.
Second, there's the role in Tyll of language, theater, and play-acting. While the Latin-spouting "doctors" revile their own ugly, grunting German language, one brave soul, soon to succumb to the plague, writes poetry in German. "'Our language is only just being born…. One must nurture a language, one must help it thrive!' Fleming's cheeks had turned red; his moustache was bristling slightly. 'He who begins a sentence in German should force himself to finish it in German!'" In another part of the forest, literally, "Little Liz," as Tyll fondly calls her, much prefers her native English. She is deeply in love with the theater, and in her continental exile misses the plays of a mediocre actor named Will Shakespeare even more than she does expensive tallow candles. Later Tyll adds a boiled-down Romeo and Juliet to his wartime traveling show. If anyone knows what all the sound and fury signify, it's the fool.
The third theme is the war's relevance to our time. It's said that the trauma of the Thirty Years' War set back the development of German art and culture by at least half a century. Certainly it anchored the enmity with France, and arguably gave rise, as the nation took shape and unity, to a fateful sense of being one against all. Finally, the scholar H. Munkler explores in a new book the striking parallels between that savage, devastating period and the present day maelstrom in the Middle East: also a witches' brew of secular rivalry, religious fanaticism, territorial claims, and increasingly impoverished, migrating populations. This bulletin just in: we, too, now have our plague.
What about Tyll's historical faithfulness? In an interview Kehlmann warmly credited the expert who inspired and advised the book, saying it hews fairly closely to what's known, while adding fictional, plausible but unverifiable details, such as the food stuck in Gustav Adolf's beard, and destitute Liz Stuart refusing at court to take off her rain-sodden fur cape, because the dress beneath is too shabby. The major exception is the ultimate scene, in which Liz plays a last, bold, desperate political card, va banque!, entirely imagined. But it's immensely dramatic and satisfying, a cathartic climax to a journey through hell.
Tyll won't be everyone's beer. Those hoping for a more suspenseful, less elliptical presentation may wish to wait and check out the version Netflix eventually concocts. But that series, however well done, won't be this book, and the pleasures of this novel, not least it's crisp, adroit language, impeccably brought to English by translator Ross Benjamin, can and should be enjoyed — right now.
Kai Maristed studied political philosophy in Germany, and now lives in Paris and Massachusetts. She has reviewed for the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and other papers. Her books include the short story collection Belong to Me, and Broken Ground, set in Berlin. Recent pieces are The Toubaab, in Consequence, and Tyger, Tyger in the Southwest Review. Read Kai's Paris-centric take on politics and the arts here.
By: Kai Maristed Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Daniel Kehlmann, Kai Maristed, Ross Benjamin, Tyll
A note that aficionados of theater and Bertolt Brecht will be familiar with the Thirty Years War — Brecht's masterpiece, Mother Courage and Her Children, is set during that period. The German poet/playwright was probably driven by the same ferocious concerns about planetary survival as Kehlmann. Tony Kushner puts it well:
In 1949, Mother Courage's characters, creator, cast and audience shared a war-weariness and an ashen, heartsick terror at the prospect of more war. It was manifestly one of Brecht's ambitions for the play to expose the transactional, economic nature of war. But by the end of Mother Courage, arguably the bleakest conclusion Brecht wrote, his adage that war is business carried on by other means feels inadequate and hollow. The play reveals war not as business but as apocalypse, as the human nemesis. War devours life.


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Teaching Baseball Hitting is a combination of knowing Physical, Mental and Emotional Skills along with Strength, Timing, Mechanics and a 100 other elements. Let's explore some Hitting Skills and strategies beginning with how to deal with hitting the curve ball.
Unfortunately, I can speak from personal experience about the inability to hit a curve ball, which has ended more promising baseball careers, than anything other reason in baseball. Why?
The MLB pitcher will develop more movement and better spot control of his fastball through the tutoring of a major league pitching coach, but the curve ball will be a totally different pitch from AAA to Majors.
The pitch will be thrown with more accuracy, spotted at various locations, it'll have a tighter spin making it harder to detect, many hitters detect the type of approaching pitch by the rotation of the seams, and the pitcher will keep tha ball hidden longer, making it harder than ever to hit.
It sounds like nobody, no matter how great a hitter, can hit a major league curve ball when it's thrown properly. Know something … you're nearly 100% right. It can't consistently be hit.
That's why a good major league hitter Will Not, or should I say will try not, to swing at a pitcher's good curve ball unless he has 2 strikes, because he knows the odds are hugely against him hitting it. At best he'll try to foul it off giving him another chance to see another pitch, hopefully not a good curve ball.
So why don't major league pitchers simply throw nothing but curve balls since it's so difficult to hit? There are probably a 100 different reasons, but the number one reason ... No major league pitcher can throw a good curve ball every time, every pitch, and it's those mistakes, the flat curve balls, which hitters pounce on, as there is no pitch easier to hit than a hanging curve ball.
That brings us to our real lesson about baseball hitting ... we don't train and practice to hit the Good Curve, we train and practice to hit the Bad Curve ball and with power.
Training to hit a curve ball requires addressing numerous issues, but none more important than Early Recognition We can give ourselves an advantage on this issue by developing a baseball hitting strategy against the opposing pitcher.
(1.) When facing a pitcher for the first time ask if anybody on your team has information on pitches he throws, but unless you're playing very high level baseball where players change teams, your team mates will probably know no more than you do about the pitcher, but you won't know if you don't ask.
(2.) During warm ups and while you're stretching, try to position yourself where you can see the opposing pitcher warming up.
(a.) Pay special attention to the types of pitches he throws, does he have an overpowering fastball which appears to be his bread and butter pitch, or does he throw a lot of breaking balls and apparently depends on his control.
(b.) What pitches does he seem to have exceptional control, or little control of Today. This can be very important, even more so if you've been told anything about the pitcher's tendencies, because a pitcher may be well known for his breaking pitch, but there are going to be days he won't be able to control it and throw it for strikes much alone with pin point accuracy. It just happens even at the major league level.
(c.) Your first time at bat can be exceptionally important and if you're hitting high in the batting order, 1st through 5th, take a pitch, even 2 if the first was a ball, in order to see the pitcher's motion. If hitting in the tail end of the line up watch what the pitcher throws to the hitters in front of you.
(d.) In baseball hitting pay special attention to where his release point is, as he may throw different pitches from different release points, which could be like a red flag if you notice something like that.
We've established that early recognition is key to hitting a curve ball, and have steps to try and gain that advantage, but there is another extremely important reason, other than the obvious of knowing what's coming, and that is it allows you to hesitate and keep your hands and weight back in order to allow the ball to come to you.
You never want to go out after a curve ball, as you will be hitting off your front foot with your weight off balance, which even if you make contact, will result in a feeble ground ball. The goal is to wait for the ball to come to you.
Sometimes, unless it's extremely exaggerated, we really may not realize we're swinging from an unbalanced foundation. One way to check is during batting practice, ask a team mate to exam your stride and if your left knee is over or slightly forward of your left foot, you're transferring your weight too soon and will be off balance and unable to hit the curve ball, hard or with power anyway.
Ask for a lot of curve balls to be mixed in while taking batting practice and when not batting, stand behind the screen, if allowed, and watch the pitches come in to the batter.
As with every other acquired skill, practice is the best way to learn to identify the rotation of a curve ball. Watch your own pitchers as they practice their pitching routine as the more curve balls you see, the quicker you'll be able to identify it.
Obviously the skill of the individual pitcher has the most affect on how well a curveball reacts. However, due to the rules of nature, in order for the curveball to react as intended, the ball will have certain characteristics which are basic and which we as a hitter, can recognize and capitalize on.
(1.) Traditionally, curve balls which approach the plate knee level or below, will break down and out of the strike zone. Never, unless you have a two strike count, do not offer at this pitch because it's a pitcher's pitch. To continually swing at pitches breaking downward out of the strike zone will get you a bus ticket back home.
(2.) Traditionally, a curve ball which approaches the plate higher than the knee, knee to lower belt height, will break down into the strike zone. It will depend on what grip the pitcher used whether the ball will turn down, down and away or down and in. This is the pitch you adjust to and drive hard up the middle.
(3.) A hitter who can identify the seams of the approaching baseball, which I never could and most can't, must be careful in being fooled by reading the seam rotation wrong. The tighter the spin or rotation of the curve ball the harder it is to identify, and relying on identifying the 12/6 rotation of the seams, is not a 100% accurate, because some curve balls are not thrown with a 12/6 rotation.
This can be a double benefit to the hitter, as the speed which the ball approaches the plate indicates what the pitch is, or due to the difficulty of throwing the hard curve for a strike, might lend the pitcher to be more inclined to throw a fastball if behind in the count. Both of these indicators, visual and strategic can offer the batter an advantage.
(5.) After everything is said and done and everyone has put in their opinion or tip … there is ONE best method for dealing with a curveball pitcher …. know and control the Strike Zone.
Hitters envision swinging and missing a curveball, as the bat going over the top of the ball as it breaks down into the catcher's mitt, which would have still been a strike had you not swung. That's Not accurate.
The normal curveball is very rarely thrown with the intent of actually being a strike, but only appearing to be a strike. Pitchers make huge salaries getting batters to swing at balls out of the strike zone, pitches hitters can not reach or if contact is made, results in a dribbler down the first base line.
In baseball hitting, especially in hitting the curveball, make the pitcher throw breaking pitches for strikes and you level the playing field giving yourself an equal or better advantage over the pitcher.
There are certain things if a hitter retains to memory, which will help him in hitting and strategy.
(1.) A batter looking for a fastball can adjust and hit a curve ball…A batter looking for a curve ball can not hit a fastball.
(a.) When a batter is anticipating the pitcher throwing a fastball, then detects a change in speed, he can through a slight hesitation, keep his hands and weight back until the curve ball comes to him and still hit it with power and authority.
(b.) When a batter is anticipating the pitcher throwing a curve ball, by the time he realizes it's a fastball, it's nearly impossible for the batter to get around on it. It's like having the pitcher throwing from 30 feet instead of 60, you're over matched.
Based on this proven theory, our baseball hitting strategy, even when facing an off speed pitcher, is to go up looking for the fastball. We are confident in our ability of early recognition, we can hesitate and wait for the curve.
Learning Hesitation is essential for keeping the weight and hands back when batting against breaking ball pitchers. Here's a few simple drills which will accustom you to the feeling of a slight hesitation before swinging.
(4.) Again, the hesitation of watching the ball's flight, then bounce, helps the hitter be patient. Having the batter use a cork ball bat or a broom stick instead of a regular bat helps focus. In essence the hitter is using a baseball swing to hit a slow pitch softball type pitch, which does not normally work well.
You're trying to teach hesitation, not hitting per se', so setting the drill up to where successfully hitting the ball is not really fully expected eliminates any temptation to develop an upper cut in their swing.
(1.) The Coach, from behind a pitchers' protective screen located about 20 feet in front of the plate, lobs the baseball underhanded to the batter.
(2.) Using the arc of the ball and by mixing speeds will help the hitter wait on the ball. Instruct the hitter to always try to hit these pitches up the middle.


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Author/Summarized by Author:
Dharam J. Kumbhani, MD, SM, FACC
Summary Reviewer:
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC
Trial Sponsor:
Eli Lily and Company
Date Presented:
Original Posted Date:
Contribution To Literature:
The ACCELERATE study suggests that evacetrapib is not superior to placebo in reducing cardiovascular outcomes in patients at high risk for vascular risk despite favorable effects on both high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C).
The goal of the trial was to compare the safety and efficacy of evacetrapib, a cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor, in patients at high vascular risk.
Patients at high vascular risk were randomized in a 1:1 fashion to either evacetrapib 130 mg daily (n = 6,038) or placebo (n = 6,054).
Total number of enrollees: 12,092
Duration of follow-up: 30 months
Mean patient age: 65 years
Percentage female: 23%
Percentage diabetics: 68%
Other salient features/characteristics:
Prior myocardial infarction (MI): 67%
Peripheral arterial disease: 14%
High-intensity statin use: 46%
Mean LDL-C: 81 mg/dl
Mean HDL-C: 45 mg/dl
Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) within 30-365 days
Diabetes with coronary disease
Cerebrovascular disease
Must be treated with a statin for at least 30 days prior to screening; or, if not treated with a statin, must have documented statin intolerance or contraindication to statin
HDL-C <80 mg/dl
Triglycerides ≤400 mg/dl
History of transient ischemic attack (TIA) or ischemic stroke <30 days and ACS <30 days
Blood pressure ≥180/110 mm Hg
History of hemorrhagic stroke or intracranial hemorrhage
New York Heart Association class III or IV congestive heart failure
Serum creatinine >2.2 mg/dl
Clinically active liver disease
History of malignancy within the preceding 3 years prior to screening
Principal Findings:
The trial was terminated early due to futility.
The primary outcome, cardiovascular death/MI/stroke/coronary revascularization/unstable angina for evacetrapib vs. placebo: 12.8% vs. 12.7%, p = 0.85
Components of the primary outcome (for evacetrapib vs. placebo):
CV death: 7.2% vs.7.3%, p = 0.73
MI: 4.2% vs. 4.2%, p = 0.97
Stroke: 1.5% vs. 1.6%, p = 0.82
Mean HDL-C for evacetrapib vs. placebo at 30 months: 104 mg/dl vs. 46 mg/dl, p < 0.001
Mean LDL-C at 30 months: 55 mg/dl vs. 84 mg/dl, p < 0.001
All-cause mortality: 3.8% vs. 4.1%, p = 0.06
Drug discontinuation due to adverse events: 8.6% vs. 8.7%, p = 0.86
Change in high-sensitivity C-reactive protein: 4.6% vs. -8%
New hypertension: 11.4% vs. 10.1%, p < 0.05. mean difference in systolic blood pressure = 0.9 mm Hg during the trial
Effect of genotyping: This was performed for a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the ADCY9 gene (rs1967309) among 1,427 cases and 1,532 matched controls. For patients with AA genotype, major adverse cardiac events for evacetrapib vs. placebo: odds ratio 0.88 (95% CI, 0.69-1.12); AG: 1.04 (95% CI, 0.90-1.21); GG 1.18 (95% CI, 0.98-1.41), p for interaction = 0.17.
The results of this trial indicate that evacetrapib is not superior to placebo in reducing cardiovascular outcomes in patients at high risk for vascular risk despite a 130% increase in HDL-C and a 37% decrease in LDL-C. Reasons for this are unclear, but may be related to a blood pressure increasing effect of these drugs (although it only increased by 1 mm Hg during the trial). Inflammatory markers such as high-sensitivity C-reactive protein were also elevated with evacetrapib. This trial, coupled with negative results for torcetrapib and dalcetrapib, suggests that CETP inhibition may not be a good strategy to mitigate residual cardiovascular risk. Unlike what was observed for dalcetrapib, no interaction was noted between the ADCY9 SNP (rs1967309) and cardiovascular benefit.
Nissen SE, Pillai SG, Nicholls SJ, et al. ADCY9 Genetic Variants and Cardiovascular Outcomes With Evacetrapib in Patients With High-Risk Vascular Disease: A Nested Case-Control Study. JAMA Cardiol 2018;Mar 11:[Epub ahead of print].
Editor's Note: Sabatine MS. Pharmacogenetics and the Promise of Personalized Medicine. JAMA Cardiol 2018;Mar 11:[Epub ahead of print].
Presented by Dr. Steven E. Nissen at the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session (ACC 2018), Orlando, FL, March 11, 2018.
Presented by Dr. A. Michael Lincoff at the European Society of Cardiology Congress, Rome, Italy, August 28, 2016.
Presented by Dr. Stephen J. Nicholls at at the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session, Chicago, IL, April 3, 2016.
Clinical Topics: Acute Coronary Syndromes, Diabetes and Cardiometabolic Disease, Dyslipidemia, Prevention, Vascular Medicine, Atherosclerotic Disease (CAD/PAD), Lipid Metabolism, Nonstatins, Novel Agents, Statins, Hypertension
Keywords: ACC18, ACC Annual Scientific Session, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Angina, Unstable, Benzodiazepines, Cerebrovascular Disorders, Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins, Cholesterol, HDL, Cholesterol, LDL, Diabetes Mellitus, Dyslipidemias, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, Hypertension, Lipoproteins, HDL, Metabolic Syndrome X, Myocardial Infarction, Peripheral Arterial Disease, Risk Factors, Secondary Prevention, Stroke, Vascular Diseases, ESC Congress
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This is a workaround to help you to unlock Samsung Galaxy S5, S6, S7, Edge or S8 that is no longer recognize fingerprint and alternative password without hard reset or loss of data. Most probably you end on this article because you are locked out with your Samsung phone and Samsung no longer recognizes fingerprint or alternative password. Be aware that restarting your phone is useless and a waste of time in this case and follow this guideline to unlock Samsung Galaxy. Factory reset is the last option, this will delete all photos, contacts, etc. and if you don't have a backup, this hard reset will make to lose all sensitive information from your phone. We repeat, do not try to factory reset at any point in these solutions.
As always, the factory reset is the last resource you can try. Before that, we listed a couple of solutions, and 99% of the time, one of the solutions will help you to unlock the Samsung phone without factory reset and restore without losing any data.
Samsung backup password is an alternate solution to unlock the Samsung phone just in case your fingerprint sensor is broken or not working as expected. In this case, if you think your fingerprint is no longer recognizing on Samsung phone, then try backup password that set with Samsung Phone.
If you don't know what is the backup password for Samsung phone, or you already forget the Samsung backup password, don't worry, we can try the next solution in this list.
The second option is to try your luck with Google Account. Samsung will ask for security PIN if you already tried Samsung pattern unlock and failed a couple of times. At this point, you can use your Google Android device manager to reset the PIN.
To do this, log on to Google or go to Android Device Manager from this link. If you have Samsung S5, Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge, S7, this link will present you with a screen that allows you to find your phone, ring your phone and lock your phone.
This Android Device Manager can be used when you lost the phone, and you want to display a message to anyone finding the phone with an option to call to notify you. You can set a new PIN and recovery message right from this Google Android Device Manager.
When you try this recovery solution, you can see a new recovery message updated on your Samsung phone. However, the pin you set in device manager will not update if lock screen security is set as a PIN or password or fingerprint on your Samsung Phone. This means you won't be able to unlock a Samsung phone with the code you set in Google Android Device Manager. Don't worry, move on to the next step.
On Samsung Phone, multiple attempts (usually five attempts) with an unknown or a wrong pin will go either into a 30 seconds delay before further attempts are allowed or the phone will allow entry using your Google account password to unlock the phone.
Apparently, this depends on whether WIFI was turned-on on the phone and a known WIFI connection is available to your Samsung phone model.
No need to worry if the Google Login method in above step doesn't work. Now the time to try with your Samsung Find My Phone account, go to your Samsung account from this link.
On this Samsung Find My mobile, your phone will already be registered with Samsung account, now try with your email to log in this account. The functionality is similar to the ADM (Android Device Manager) above, but it works slightly different here.
Your registered Samsung device will be shown in the Samsung Find My Phone Account once you logged in to Samsung Account. Before you check in this page, please make sure your Samsung device is active.
Your phone may show as inactive if your Samsung phone doesn't have 3G or WiFi connection. On Find My Phone Account Web page, left side, make sure Connections and Remote Controls are turned ON. Now on the left sidebar of the webpage, scroll all the way down until you see the link "Unlock My Device".
Click on Unlock My Device, and it will open another link "Unlock My Screen". Once you click on the unlock button, you will get a confirmation stating that "The screen is unlocked". Now setup screen lock on the device. At this stage, your Samsung Galaxy S5, S6 or Galaxy S6 edge should be unlocked, and lock screen security will be reset as swipe by default.
You learned your lesson, don't make this mistake again. So before you leave, please go to the settings on the Samsung phone and set access via a new PIN you will enter only (no fingerprint identification) and last but not least back up your phone!
Do you have old Tablet with you kept aside in your room corner? Don't Throw Away, Just follow this guide to Convert Old Android Tablets to Useful Gadgets. These are the steps to unlock Samsung Phone without Hard Reset that Forgot Alternative Password or not Recognizing Fingerprint. We hope this resolved your issue and finally you got back your Samsung phone unlocked without losing data and going through tedious factory reset process.
will this work for s8?
thank you, steps 4 and 5 helps me unlock mu samsung galaxy s6 edge.
Thank you so much! Using the samsung website to unlock my Note8 works for me, you are certainly my saviour!
Wow! Thank you so much for the helpful tips. My mother had a pattern on her phone that she changed and could not remember the pattern on her phone and there was no other options when entering the pattern multiple times other than the emergency call option. I googled and searched so many sites and all of them said to do it through the other options on the phone which this phone did not give me or to do a Hard Reset which obviously would have been the last option and just before I gave up and was about to do a Hard Reset, I got to this site. I could unlock my mother's Samsung S6 Edge phone through her Samsung account. Thank you so much. It took me 2 and a half hours of trying numerous sites and plenty of research and a lot of patience to try and see how I will possibly be able to unlock her phone without losing all her data. WOW!!!! I am so grateful that I did not jump to the option that many sites gave me which was to do a Hard reset which would have ended up having her lose 25G worth of her data, images, videos and info on the phone. I am forever grateful to this site and whoever gave the tip of unlocking the phone through the Samsung account. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!! She was literally in tears when I told her…2 and a half hours later and the phone is unlocked and all data has been saved. Thank you!
We are glad to hear your story and happy to help you.
Please help me to screen unlock my samsung galaxy s5. I forgot my pin password, until now I'm struggling. I tried your tips but still I can't unlock.
You are a life saver. Thank you for the help!
My daughter has changed my password on my second phone and doesn't know what it is. I believe it is linked to a google account but can't seem to access it. Please help.
thank you very much, the unlock procedure through samsung website works for me.
We are glad to know that you resolved the issue.
Sorry for your loss. You will get alternative password options in Step3, that will let you Google password (if registered). If none of them works, the last option to try with Samsung account. Hope you registered your device on Samsung.
Thank you Sam, I'm just heartbroken. It doesn't even give me the option to log in via google access.. I don't think I registered it with google or Samsung.
Samsung account reset was the last option. Unfortunately, we don't have any other solution to recommend.
Please help!!! I have a Samsung S8+. My phone started to run slowly so I restarted the device. After the device powered up it would no longer allow me to use my fingerprint or eye only use of the pattern. I attempted several wrong patterns and am down to my last attempt before the phone will factory reset. I have made contact with both Samsung and Verizon to no avail. When the Verizon tech set my phone up he did not register to new phone under my Samsung account that was previously linked to my S7 note. I have activated the Google Android device manager and my phones dose show my message but will not give me the option to input my temp password. Please help I really need to maintain the information within the device.
Sam, Please help me. I somehow became locked out via the fingerprint scan feature and didnt remember my password. Now my phone is locked only allowing emergency calls. I do not want to factory reset I really want to get into my phone and use it. When I try the find my device feature it does nothing due to the lock. I am at home on the last known wifi.
Your instructions were a HUGE help!!! I was able to reset my S6 Edge this morning using Google's Android Device Manager and once my phone was connected to the wi-fi everything went through. Best advice to anyone who has one of these phones would be to set up whatever feature from your phone that allows you to access it remotely. Set up your account with your phone maker e.g. Samsung, Nokia etc. This will help tremendously and you can avoid a factory reset. If you are comfortable with always backing up your phone…do it!! If you do have to reset then that makes it easier to access all that information upon re-entering your phone.All in all, please try to avoid locking yourself out of your phone, that is a nightmare I do not wish to revisit ever again!!
Do these methods apply to samsung a8 also?
hello. I have a Galaxy s8 phone and I forgot my pin number. I unlocked it using samsung account Find my Mobile and all the passwords were erased and my phone was unlocked. Now I try to set up a lock pin but the setting app keeps stopping every time I give a pin or register my fringerprint. Please help!
Can you log out Samsung account from the phone and try?
I have A5(2016) this process not help me.
I do not see an "unlock device "option on Samsunf Find my Mobile. For months I have had to use Find my Mobile after updates t get back onto pnone, nut the sual method does not work. The page for Find my Mobile you displayed does not look the same as the find my mobile page I am seeing. I repeat…there is not option to unlock the device, only to lock it.
i have forgotten my samsung account password, my phone is connected with wifi, when i am changing my account password in laptop it says that samsung account in my cell phone will be logged out. what shoukld i do?
OMG. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
I was tired of my phone not recognizing my finger print so I decided to use a pattern. As soon as I tried to get in with the pattern it did not work. So for the past 3 days to get into my phone I had to put in my pattern (or an pattern since it didn't recognize my pattern) 30-50 times, wait 30-60 seconds and then put in my back up pin, Even though I was in I would try to switch back to a fingerptint or pin # in setting and it would first ask for my pattern which of course didnt work.
I called Samsung-had them take over my phone and the only thing they did was try to swipe similar patterns to get in. UNBELIEVABLE that they did not tell me to use my samsung account.
I called my internet provider Verixon and they said they would not be able to see what the pattern was. Both said I needed to go to factory reset and loose all my data.
THANK YOU again so much. If you don;t mind I will post this link to the many other places that told me to use my google account, or I had to reset and loose all my data.
We are glad to hear that this solution helped you to figure out the issue and saved your precious data on the phone. We published this article when one of our team member faced a similar situation and spent a lot of hours to figure out the solution without losing phone data. Ever since this article helped a lot of Samsung phone owners to save their data.
We encourage you to share the article link. That will help your friends and other Samsung owners to save their time and precious data.
Pls i didn't registered on the Samsung find my phone account setup so I don't have any ID or password to login. How can I remove the finger print because it's not working and the password backup is not working either. My phone is Samsung Galaxy A5 2016, pls help me out.
If you are not registered, this solution may not work for you.
Thought i was gonna loose all my stuffs, this is the best thing ever, it unlocked immediately…Thank you!!!!!!
Wow…. that unlock device through samsung account helped me… i have sucessfully unlocked my phone, reset the password and made a note of it so that i wont forget it again… thanks for the info buddy… much appreciated.
What if I have no internet access from my phone?
Thank you so much!!! It worked immediately!
None of these helped….. really. I'm stuck. I had already done all of this. I need help!!


I messed up my time management a little this time which means we have a pretty short episode today as we get to play with the final toy in MouseCraft the Moving Block. Moving Blocks can be picked up and put back down after they have been deployed making them incredibly powerful at the cost of making timing much more important to the solution. It is nice to have and it lets them create some pretty good puzzles but unfortunately the timing system in MouseCraft just isn't good enough to support this concept very well.
It all comes down to how block collision and animations work. In MouseCraft if a block is placed while a mouse is moving between squares generally the mouse is able to continue to move inside of the new piece before being registered as crushed. It feels awkward and has always been a little frustrating, because this means you can lose a mouse you think you are blocking, but generally you aren't placing down blocks that frequently as the level plays out and the mice move around. This is inherently broken my Moving blocks because for them to be useful or interesting you need to have them picked up and moved around.
You could mitigate this problem somewhat by not allowing a new block to be placed in a square a mouse is travelling to and of course detecting any crushing by falling blocks the same way, but this then makes the timing even more finicky because you will have to be faster to place the block at the right time. I think if you paired it with a more fine-grained time control it would work better. If I could step back seconds not just block placements then many of these timing problems would be fixable with a couple of button presses rather than having to restart the entire puzzle.


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Q: C# Xml Deserialize plus design suggestions In my project I need to build a generic deserializer that should be backward compatible.
Example: The XML looks like
<PolicyDef name = "sample" type="type1">
  <Options ......>
</PolicyDef>

The "type" is enum - PolicyTypes
e.g
public Enum PolicyTypes
{
 type1 = 0,
 type2 = 1
}

The PolicyDef class is defined as
[XmlRoot("PolicyDef")]
    public class PolicyDef
    {
        private string policyName;
        private PolicyTypes policyType;

        public PolicyDefinition()
        {
        }

        [XmlAttribute]
        public string Name
        {
            get
            {
                return this.policyName;
            }
            set
            {
               this.policyName = value;

            }
        }
        [XmlAttribute]
        public PolicyTypes Type
        {
            get
            {
                return this.policyType;
            }
            set
            {
               this.policyType = value;

            }
        }
    }

The Problem with this approach is that if later on I put any type other than type 1 or type 2, the XMLDeserializer will throw exception.
so if i have the xml like
<PolicyDef name = "sample" type="type_new">
  <Options ......>
</PolicyDef>

The deserializer will throw error as type_new not valid.
I was wondering if there is a way to hook into the deserializer process to catch that and set a default value rather than throw error. Say if there is any invalid value, then I would set that to "type1"
Or am open to suggestions regarding how to handle this problem
Thanks and Regards

A: This is possibly a duplicate of C# XML Deserialization W/ Default Values
Unfortunately it seems there is no way to fall back on default enum values during deserialisation.  It will require slightly more work, but if you follow the linked example and implement IXmlSerializable in your PolicyDef class, you'll be able to implement the ReadXml method in a similar way (reflecting each of the properties using a try/catch block in order to check for a default value).
Hope that helps!

A: Thanks Chris for the suggestion, but I don't want end up writing the complete parsing code which could be messy if the XML and corresponding class is huge and complex. I anyway used a different approach.
I changed all the enum fields to string. In this case there would be no parsing error and then expose another property that would return the parsed value as enum and if the parsing fails, then return default enum value. E.g
private string policyName;
[XmlAttribute("Type")]
public string Type
{
    private get
    {
        return this.policyType;
    }
    set
    {
        this.policyType = value;
        try
        {
            this.PolicyType = (PolicyTypes)Enum.Parse(typeof(PolicyTypes), this.policyType);
        }
        catch(Exception)
        {
            this.PolicyType = PolicyTypes.DefaultPolicy;
        }
    }
}

public PolicyTypes PolicyType
{
    get;
    private set;
}

And use the class property to access the value rather than the xml attribute field.

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Ian Allinson, the grassroots socialist candidate for Unite General Secretary, has made equality issues central to his campaign. Ian expands on some of his ideas for improving Unite's work in this area.
I've previously posted about the need to tackle sexism within Unite and the need to integrate our equalities and young members work better with our industrial agenda. Most of Unite's activity takes place within the workplace and equality issues run through almost every issue we tackle, yet we are nowhere near good enough at either addressing discrimination or taking advantage of equality legislation to help our wider industrial agenda. All members lose out when we fail to tackle equality effectively, because discrimination runs through almost every employer practice that we spend our time challenging.


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5 medicinal recipes of honey for a healthy lifestyle. A miracle in the bank!
honey Is an incredibly useful tool that is veryOften used in folk medicine. In addition, it is a good substitute for sugar and just a very delicious product. With the help of these 5 recipes you can very easily make honey even better by adding to it both taste and beneficial properties.
Pour the honey into a saucepan, add the zest. If desired, you can add 2 whole or squeezed slices of lemon - this enhances the fragrance. Simmer for 10 minutes. Finally pour the resulting honey in a glass jar and close it tightly. Let it brew from a few hours to a couple of weeks. The longer the mixture will be infused, the more pronounced the taste will be.
If you have a severe cough or cold, putSpoon lemon honey on the bottom of the cup and pour boiling water, then put a tea bag in the cup and mix well. Also, you can warm up lemon honey and add the juice of freshly squeezed lemon into it. The combination of honey and lemon will quickly put you to your feet.
Pour the honey into a saucepan, add cinnamon. With the help of a spoon, help the sticks to plunge. Simmer for 10 minutes. If desired, strain, then pour the resulting honey into a glass jar and close it tightly. Let it brew from a few hours to a couple of weeks. The longer the mixture will be infused, the more pronounced the taste will be.
Can be added to tea, like lemon honey, or spread on bread. Cinnamon contains antioxidants, and also lowers cholesterol.
Pour the honey into a saucepan, add finely choppedginger root. If desired, you can add a pinch of ground ginger to enhance the flavor. Simmer for 10 minutes. If desired, strain, then pour the resulting honey into a glass jar and close it tightly. Let it brew from a few hours to a couple of weeks. The longer the mixture will be infused, the more pronounced the taste will be.
Add to tea when you feel bad, especially if the stomach upset. Ginger also helps to remove toxins from the body, reduces pain and lowers the temperature.
Pour honey into a saucepan, add cloves. Simmer for 10 minutes. If desired, strain, then pour the resulting honey into a glass jar and close it tightly. Let it brew from a few hours to a couple of weeks. The longer the mixture will be infused, the more pronounced the taste will be.
Clove honey can be added to tea in diseases of the throat and pain in the teeth. It is also possible to apply the agent directly to the gum of the aching tooth. Cloves have a pronounced analgesic effect.
Pour the honey into a saucepan, add apple cider vinegar. Cook over low heat for 10 minutes, start stirring for 5 minutes until the end of cooking. Pour the resulting honey into a glass jar and close it tightly. Let it brew from a few hours to a couple of weeks. The longer the mixture will be infused, the more pronounced the taste, but this type of honey gets all the necessary taste qualities quite quickly, so it will be enough from a couple of days to one week.
Apple-acetic honey can be added to tea or water with lemon juice. Helps reduce acidity, an effective remedy for indigestion and sore throat.
Honey in cans is worth storing In a cool place Away from direct sunlight. If it starts to crystallize, put a jar of honey in a pot of water and turn on a slow fire. Thus, honey will again become homogeneous. Also the recipes can be improved by adding honey to the cut fruits to give different tastes. Such honey in a beautiful pot can be a good idea for a gift.


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The greatest transformation of the world of the seventeenth century
Christoph Witzenrath
Divinity, History & Philosophy
Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies
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The greatest transformation of the world of the seventeenth century. / Witzenrath, Christoph.
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RTI Surgical® Introduces TETRAfuse® 3D Technology Becoming First to Offer 3D Printed Interbody Polymer Optimized to Participate in Fusion - RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc.
ALACHUA, Fla. (October 20, 2017) – RTI Surgical, Inc. (RTI) (Nasdaq: RTIX), a global surgical implant company, today announced the introduction of TETRAfuse® 3D Technology, providing surgeons a solution they have been seeking. From the beginning, surgeons have had to choose between bone in-growth, radiolucency or mechanical strength when selecting a spinal interbody implant. TETRAfuse 3D Technology is the first 3D printed polymer implant material that has demonstrated trabecular bone ingrowth while maintaining radiolucency and bone-like mechanical properties1.
TETRAfuse 3D Technology was developed to offer surgeons an interbody material that participates in the fusion process while maintaining bone-like mechanical properties and radiolucent imaging. Bringing these features together combines the osseointegrative advantages of titanium and allograft bone with the benefits surgeons experience with PEEK. RTI will soon announce the release of a family of products manufactured with TETRAfuse 3D Technology, providing a platform that will have many derivative products.
1 Data on file at RTI Surgical, Inc. Animal and in vitro data may not be representative of clinical experience.
Clinical cases are unique and results may vary.


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Home Handguns Concealed Carry Review: CZ-USA's Polymer P-10 C Pistol
Review: CZ-USA's Polymer P-10 C Pistol
Frank Melloni
After watching — waiting and studying — CZ-USA has become one of the latest to enter the polymer striker-fired pistol game with the CZ P-10 C, and the years spent waiting have paid off.
CZ-USA P-10 C Review Snapshot
CZ-USA has joined the list of manufacturers offering a striker-fired polymer pistol
The new P-10 C offers excellent grip ergonomics and is highly shootable
The P-10 C's crisp, striker-fired trigger means it's capable of respectable accuracy
CZ's new pistol proved reliable with a host of ammunition, including steel-cased ammo
With nearly every major handgun manufacturer now offering a striker-fired polymer pistol, the wait for CZ's offering has been excruciating. After its reveal in late 2016, fans of the famed Czech manufacturer have been standing idly by to get their hands on the newest addition to not only CZ, but to the world of polymer pistols. Having the advantage of time, CZ put a lot of thought into their design and made sure to include all of the features that have been a hit to the market — in their own style, of course.
Focused On Feel
Maintaining the notorious CZ grip angle, the P-10 C is built with "feel" as its primary attribute. The angle is my personal preference, simply because it's not too steep and it points naturally. Arguably, the aspect of grip angle is 100 percent based on shooter preference, but I certainly know more shooters who prefer sharp over obtuse.
The grip also offers a mild palm swell that dials back what Walther and Smith and Wesson started with their PPQ and M&P, respectively. I'm not saying it's better or worse, but it's nice to have something different in the gun case when it comes time to make a selection.
Those with "less pronounced thumb muscles" will find that the P-10 C fits very well. If you have the hands of a gorilla like me, you might find that your trigger finger falls a bit too far for automatic placement of the first pad on the face of the trigger. That said, the included three interchangeable back straps will help each shooter tailor that a bit to their needs.
Regardless of your hands' features, the deep beavertail places your grip very far forward in comparison to other pistols, and that makes recoil recovery an easy proposition. This works in conjunction with the undercut trigger guard and makes returning to target for fast double taps effortless.
The new Czech polymer sports an aggressive studded grip both around the magwell and on the frame to act as a nice landing pad for a shooter's thumbs. My style of teaching revolves around shooters being able to identify a proper grip by feel and committing certain textures to muscle memory. In other words, when a shooter's grip is proper, they should feel certain parts of the gun in certain places on their hands. I found this feature to be superb for this purpose.
Anyone familiar with my work knows that I give extra kudos to any manufacturer that acknowledges the other 11 percent of the community — those often-forgotten southpaws — and puts features like this on both sides of the gun. This is not only nice for lefties, but let's face it: USPSA, IDPA and real life aren't always shot "strong-handed."
Also as a nod to the southpaw, you'll find an ambidextrous mag release and slide stop. Being fully ambidextrous out of the box just makes sense from a manufacturing standpoint, and it's nice to see this idea catch on.
The Topnotch Trigger
Although it's taken CZ years to catch up with its competitors in the poly-striker game, the manufacturer appears to have been paying much attention to the other guys' triggers. With a traditional "safety in trigger" setup, there's no learning curve on the P-10 C. The new offering also utilizes a relatively straight trigger, much like those found on many of the company's tactical pistols.
The trigger broke at an average of 4 pounds, 6 ounces as per my Lyman digital trigger pull scale. The break had just a hair of creep to it and reset at about 0.25 inch of travel. As per my testing to date, that puts it second only to the Walther PPQ.
Rounds Downrange
Excited to put some rounds through it, I slapped the pistol into a Safariland Pro-Fit multi-gun holster and hit the range. I utilized five different types of ammo with projectile weights as light as 85 grains and as heavy as 147 grains.
I fired five three-shot groups with each load and allowed the gun to cool in between types of ammo. All groups were fired in a standing position without the use of a rest, simply because any handgun that needs to be shot from a bench to produce reasonable groups is useless. To some degree, comfort or "shootability" needs to be taken into account as well when critiquing a pistol's accuracy.
The loads selected were HPR's Black Ops 85-grain OTF, Wolf's Polyformance 115-grain FMJ, Black Hills' 124-grain JHP, Hornady's Critical Duty 135-grain FlexLock, and Hornady's Custom 147-grain XTP. Accuracy was on par with other guns of this class.
The P-10 C seemed to prefer the heavier bullets, as groups got almost increasingly smaller with increased bullet weight. The best group was fired with Hornady's Custom 147-grain XTP round, measuring just .956 inch. We also observed very repeatable consistency with Black Hills' 124-grain JHP.
In addition to this, I was very pleased to see flawless function and respectable accuracy with Wolf's Polyformance steel-cased ammo. It's no secret that I'm a steel-cased advocate, and I don't consider a gun usable if it cannot reliably fire it.
Also, digesting mag after mag gave me plenty of practice reloading. Reloads were instinctual, which is something I attribute to the grip angle; however, the magazines did not drop free. With some lubrication and use I did see some improvement, but I would've liked to see them whizz out of the magwell right out of the box. Further research shows that my results weren't typical, so I wasn't too upset and can attribute this to being part of the break-in period.
As for sights, CZ's new P-10 C has a standard three-dot setup with an enlarged rear notch. The oversized rear notch allows for faster sight acquisition at what many would argue comes at the cost of accuracy. With the employment of a cold hammer-forged barrel and good ergonomics, I wasn't too deterred by this, and the resulting groups proved that they struck a good balance. Double taps were also very accurate, as the overall design reduces muzzle flip and puts you right back on target without any effort.
The Takedown
Keeping it simple, the P-10 C takes down like most any other polymer striker-fired handgun. Once you're certain that the pistol is unloaded and the magazine is removed, pull the trigger and hold it to the rear. With the trigger still depressed, pull the slide back slightly. Once it's in the correct spot, you'll be able to push down the disassembly buttons on each side of the frame, at which point the slide assembly will come all the way forward and slip right off of the frame.
This will now allow you to remove the guide rod/spring assembly and the barrel. Clean the fouling and lube where metal meets metal, and you are essentially finished. Reinsert your barrel and guide rod/spring, and then all that's left is to move the slide assembly to the rear of the frame and it will lock back up.
I think CZ definitely put a player into the game of poly guns with the P-10 C, and one would certainly be making a mistake if he or she doesn't put some rounds through one when selecting a pistol of this style and size. I would've liked to see a game-changing reset and trigger pull weight, but it's certainly one of the better available triggers out of the box.
Ergonomics were outstanding, and I feel that it was a great move to keep the palm swell modest, as it makes it stand out from its competitors who swing at the other end of the spectrum with this feature. I liked that the P-10 C fits many Glock holsters, as the introduction of new guns to the market is almost useless if a shooter cannot carry or compete with one.
Send some rounds through one yourself before deciding on what perfection means to you.
Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from the 2017 Concealed Carry Special issue of Gun Digest the Magazine.
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We live in a snappy world where things happen almost as fast as we think of them. This state of affairs brings about opportunities and tragedies in an almost equal measure. Taking things slow could be an option but, it doesn't work all the time. But, amid all the confusion that comes from living in the fast-paced world, several good things come with it. One of these things is the ability to fill out a form, sign and even notarize it to grant someone else control over your affairs. This happens legally, and all you need is a free power of attorney form in Louisiana.
A power of attorney refers to the legal instrument that gives you the leeway to grant someone else control over your affairs should you be incapacitated and unable to communicate your decision. It's also referred to as a POA, a letter of attorney or a letter of authority.
In the free Louisiana power of attorney form your fill, you will realize that it refers to you as the principal and individual you grant power to, your agent or attorney-in-fact.
Often, the powers of attorney are only executable in the event of a principal's incapacitation, disability, or unavailability. Since the use of the powers stems from the principal's inability to act and decide for themselves, the powers are called springing powers of attorney.
However, powers that are executable as soon as the POA is signed (and notarized) is referred to as the non-springing powers of attorney.
So, which are the other types of POA in the state of Louisiana?
The durable POA refers to the document that authorizes another to make health care decisions on behalf of the principal, only if the principal is incapacitated, disabled and totally out of control of their physical and mental faculties. The DPOA ensures that even when you're unconscious, your loved ones act as per your wishes.
The DPOA is created as per the provisions of the Louisiana statutes, section 40:1299.58.1 et seq. of the revised statutes on the use of Life-supporting procedures.
The agent can authorize or decline authority for medical interventions and treatments. The medical interventions to decide on include hydration and nutrition procedures. Since these procedures aim to prolong a patient's dying process, you get to decide whether or not an agent authorizes the procedures. However, the DPOA doesn't give an agent power to refuse consent for the physicians to take on measures to make the patient comfortable.
The durable POA declaration must be performed as per the requirements of 40:1299.58.1 et seq. under the Revised Louisiana statutes for declarations for life-supporting procedures.
The document is only executable if it dictates that the POA declaration is only effective if the principal is comatose, diagnosed with an irreversible or terminal condition, or if they are incompetent and physically and mentally unable to communicate their wishes.
Or they communicate their verbally or non-verbally their intentions of revoking the POA. Revocation is effective as soon as the intentions are communicated to the attending physician.
For interstate validity, the DPOA from a different state should be in line with Louisiana statutes.
If an attending physician is unwilling to follow the DPOA directives, they should attempt to transfer the patient to another medical facility or attending physician. But, a doctor acting in good faith isn't held liable (professionally, civilly, and criminally).
The limited POA is used when a principal wishes to transfer specific powers to their names agent. The agent cannot act out of the bounds of the POA directives. The directives are only executable by the appointed agent if the principal is unable to handle the matters on their own or if they are unavailable.
Once the need arises, the powers granted are effective for as long as possible, and the agent loses their authority upon receipt of written and signed revocation notice from the principal. The principal also needs to send the revocation notice to third parties acting under the DPOA directives.
This is a special POA that grants an agent authority over matters relating to the principal's bank account. The specific powers are executable only if the principal is unable to act or of unavailable.
The powers are revocable through the issuance of a revocation notice to the agent and third parties acting under the agent's authority. The revocation notice should be in writing.
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Marie Curie's Doncaster fundraising group is gearing up to stage a Blooming Great Tea Party at Dunsville Methodist Church on Tuesday July 5 between 2 and 4pm.
The event will include tea, cakes and a raffle along with an opportunity to meet members of the local fundraising group.
All the money raised will help Marie Curie provide more free care to people living with a terminal illness in their own homes.
The Dunsville tea party will join others taking place across the country during June and July. Last year across the UK the Blooming Great Tea Party for Marie Curie raised £4.5 million since the campaign started in 2008.
To register or for tea party inspiration visit www.mariecurie.org.uk/teaparty Follow updates on social media and share photos using #BloomingGreat.


To amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance the capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical health-care professionals, and for other purposes.
Veterans' Medical Personnel Recruitment and Retention Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to appoint personnel for health care positions within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) not specifically listed as authorized categories for appointment, as long as the Secretary provides prior notification to the congressional veterans' committees and the Office of Management and Budget. Requires newly-appointed nurses to serve a probationary period. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) appoint nurse assistants; and (2) waive required pay offsets for federal annuitants reemployed in VA health care positions. Sets the minimum rate of basic pay for appointees to certain positions in the Office of the Under Secretary for Health at the lowest rate of basic pay for a Senior Executive Service position. Allows for the payment of: (1) comparability pay of up to $100,000 annually for Office positions which are not physicians or dentists; and (2) special incentive pay of up to $40,000 annually to a VHA pharmacist executive. Removes or waives certain pay restrictions for: (1) physicians or dentists occupying administrative or executive leadership positions; (2) nurses; and (3) certified registered nurse anesthetists. Revises locality pay scale computations. Increases from $25,000 to $100,000 the special pay for nurse executives. Makes part-time nurses eligible for additional nurse pay. Provides limitations on overtime duty, weekend duty, and alternative work schedules for nurses, with exceptions for emergency situations. Reinstates the VA's health professionals educational assistance scholarship program, and increases maximum assistance amounts. Authorizes the Secretary to provide an educational loan repayment program for clinical researchers from disadvantaged backgrounds.


Today Reprieve Cardiovascular™ today announced new clinical study results demonstrating improvements in the ability of Reprieve-Guided Diuretic Therapy to optimize fluid management for people with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF). Study results were presented during the Device Therapies for Heart Failure Congress (D-HF), December 14-15, in Frankfurt, Germany.
Professor Piotr Ponikowski, Professor of Cardiology at Wroclaw Medical University, 4th Military Hospital in Wroclaw, Poland, presented early positive results from the TARGET II Study. Based on the success of a feasibility study known as TARGET I (presented at ESC-Heart Failure in May, 2018), TARGET II Study was designed to optimize fluid management using Reprieve-Guided Diuretic Therapy in ADHF patients to achieve safe net volume reduction while significantly alleviating related symptoms. At D-HF, Prof. Ponikowski shared iterative improvements made to Reprieve-Guided Diuretic Therapy. These improvements made in TARGET II led to an increase in the net fluid loss over the control group of TARGET I, from -1754 ml to -3661 ml, over 24 hours. Additional results from the TARGET II trial will be presented at future conferences.
In addition, Dr. Howard Levin, Chief Medical Officer of Reprieve Cardiovascular outlined the underlying physiology of Reprieve-Guided Diuretic Therapy in a talk entitled "Is Diuretic Resistance Curable?" Dr. Levin described the challenges behind diuretic therapy, which is the current frontline therapy for ADHF patients: the inability to predict the patient's response, risk of hypotension and/or acute kidney injury, and ultimately, the failure of diuretic therapy to lead to significant weight loss or volume removal in more than half of the treated patients. According to Dr. Levin, Reprieve-Guided Diuretic Therapy may enhance the benefits of diuretic therapy – specifically fluid and sodium removal – while protecting against the negative impacts of diuretics by preventing excess net fluid and sodium loss.
ADHF is a sudden onset of heart failure symptoms, which typically include difficulty breathing (dyspnea), swelling in the extremities, and fatigue. Current treatment for ADHF includes diuretic therapy that aims to restore healthy fluid levels in the kidneys and throughout the body. Diuretic therapy can be unpredictable and lose effectiveness as a patient's condition worsens. In some patients, diuretics can trigger a condition called "diuretic resistance," which blunts the function of diuretics and can worsen the severity of fluid overload, potentially resulting in acute kidney injury. Reprieve-Guided Diuretic Therapy is designed and developed to allow clinicians to increase the dose of diuretics without increasing the risk of diuretic resistance, enabling safe and effective removal of excess fluid from ADHF patients and alleviation of symptoms.
Reprieve Cardiovascular's Guided Diuretic Therapy is designed to manage fluids during diuretic therapy for patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF), and may relieve a number of symptoms related to this condition. The therapy has the potential to enable precise and predictable management of a patient's fluid levels, guarding against dangerous fluid imbalances and enabling better control over diuretic therapy, thus increasing the diuretic efficiency a patient experiences. Potential benefits include speeding decongestion while protecting core organ function, lessening of symptoms of congestive heart failure, such as shortness of breath, ascites, and swelling, reduced time in hospital, reduced readmission rates, and a better quality of life for the patient.


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Samsung Galaxy S4 is talk of the town and for the first time after Samsung Galaxy S has come into being, Power VR GPU would be used in Samsung Galaxy IV to crunch the graphics. S IV is slated to release at the end of this year and is said to give users best graphic experience ever. Samsung Galaxy SII and Samsung Galaxy SIII, both used ARM produced Mali GPU for graphics. Samsung has just announced Samsung Exynos 5 Octa at CES and it will be using PowerVR SGX 544MP3 GPU clocked at 533MHz.
All iOS devices have used PowerVR GPU till now and Exynos 5 Octa have used 544 MP3 similar to 543 used on A5 and A5X chip. In iPhone 5 Apple uses A6 chip which houses PowerVR SGX 543 MP3.
May is being considered the month of Samsung Galaxy S4 launch and if all goes well then it would incorporate Power VR GPU to support some high-end graphics.