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Democrats must reshape message following election losses
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Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama share a moment as they switch places during a campaign event at the Charlotte Convention Center in July. Clinton's loss in the election and Obama's inability to sell voters on policies like the Affordable Care Act have Democrats rethinking their campaign strategy.
RALEIGH — Traditional conservatives are doing some soul-searching about the direction of their party after Donald Trump's victory in the presidential race, with establishment GOPers facing an upswing in Trump-supporting populists who have a different set of priorities from old school Republicans.Trump's win, however, was an even more stunning turn of events for Democrats, who not only failed to hold on to the White House but were also denied in their attempt to tip Congress in their favor.In North Carolina, Republicans held on to its super-majority in the General Assembly and won most of the Council of State races, making Gov. Pat McCrory's loss to Democratic challenger Attorney General Roy Cooper easier to swallow."The Democrats put all their eggs in one basket with the governor's race. They were successful in that," said Brad Crone, president of Raleigh consulting firm Campaign Connections. "So what the Democrats have to do is look at building a strategy that's going to make them competitive at the legislative level."After a federal court ordered North Carolina to redraw its districts and hold general elections in 2017, Democrats in the state could have the opportunity to quickly revamp their message and take another run at the Republican-held General Assembly."It all depends on the districts," said Courtney Crowder, founder of Crowder Consulting. "There's still a lot we don't know about the terms of next fall's election. Elections are always opportunities."While both agree Democrats need to revisit their message and structure following last month's results, Crone doesn't know that a 2017 vote is best for a rebuilding party."Be careful of what you wish for," Crone said of a potential 2017 election. "Democrats, I don't feel a 2017 election cycle will be very favorable to them."Crone pointed to off-year election turnout being favorable to Republicans, and he also said Democratic donors might be burned out from supporting expensive races up and down the ticket."You've got government fatigue from absolutely just wearing out every Democratic donor in the state for your presidential, gubernatorial and United States Senate races," Crone said. "Now you've got to come back in starting in January asking for more money. How do you finance it?"On top of fundraising, Democrats need to find their voice after two-term President Barack Obama's administration wasn't able to sell economic recovery or the Affordable Care Act to enough unaffiliated or on-the-fence voters."There has been a lot of carnage in the wake of Barack Obama for Democrats," Crone said. "You've lost 14 senators, 65 House seats, I think 15 governors, more than 900 state legislative seats, and it's lost double-digit numbers of state legislatures. … So from a political standpoint, the impact of Barack Obama has been decimating to the Democratic Party at the local level."Despite Obama's approval rating sitting at 55 percent in the month before November's elections, Democrats were unable to capitalize."There's a lot of issue and message development that has got to take place to be able to connect with people," Crowder said. "In a way, yeah, it is a surprise that there has not been more success with Democrats over the last eight years, but again, it's just more work to do."Crafting a message that resonates with the Democratic base nationwide and in North Carolina will be tricky since the national party has moved more left while an in-state candidate needs to "have a message that will resonate on Main Street vs. a Chapel Hill/Asheville message," Crone said.On top of drawing in Democrats, Crone said the party needs to fight off the changing Republican Party."I think you have a two-headed tiger in the Republican Party," Crone said. "You have what I call your Chamber of Commerce wing and then your trailer park wing. You don't which wing is going to show up at any given point and time."Crowder said it's more important for Democrats to focus inward."That's where Democrats need to worry about what they're doing, not what anyone else is doing, right?" he said. "I think part of what has to happen is Democrats being clearer with voters about what it is they believe and what it is they're offering and what it is they're presenting for endorsement, not what anyone else is doing. … I just think it's a matter of being able to articulate clearly our vision. And that's really where the party is right now, in need of a renewed vision for how it's entering the market."With 2017 elections a possibility, N.C. Democrats need to quickly build a platform they can sell to voters."There needs to be new blood at the national level and at the state level. … North Carolina, I think at the state level, needs someone young, energetic who can help rebuild the field organization so that it can compete," Crone said.
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Home Story - News New Amagansett Farmer Traded Suits For Seeds
New Amagansett Farmer Traded Suits For Seeds
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Shutting off his tractor on Wednesday, Frank Trentacoste hopped to the ground in his holey jeans, T-shirt, sneakers and baseball cap. His attire, dirty from a hard day's work on Bhumi Farm in Amagansett, was radically different from the suits he used to don as an equity strategist in Manhattan not long ago. Mr. Trentacoste, 41, gave up the "sweet life" to live a more rustic one as an organic farmer. He planted his first seed—a fava bean—in April.
"You have to walk the field to see what's going on," he said, passing through his rows of squash. "You have to plan it properly. It's like a relay race—spring hands off to the summer—and you want overlap."
Mr. Trentacoste owns and runs Bhumi Farm on a 4-acre piece of land on Town Lane leased from the Peconic Land Trust. Since April, he has grown a wide variety of organic fruit and vegetables, from watermelon to kale, beets, arugula, carrots and potatoes, to name just a few. For a farmer who has been working his land only five months, Mr. Trentacoste seems to be doing well.
Named for the Hindu goddess of the earth, Bhumi Farm is a community-supported farm, where shares are available for purchase. This summer, the farm sold out of memberships, and Mr. Trentacoste said he was nowhere close to slowing down, either. In addition to keeping up his crop and attending farmers markets, he plans to kick-start "Bhumi Farm Backyards," a business to establish organic home gardens for those who want to grow their own food and to help them maintain it over the growing season. Bhumi would create the garden in the fall and supply the plant starts in spring.
"I can't make it any easier for them," he said. "The goal is community and to try to extend it as much as possible."
To this end, Mr. Trentacoste harvested and delivered his vegetables last week to his Manhattan members. He said that more and more people are becoming aware of the benefits of organic food and he has made it his mission to teach others about the food they eat.
Fed up with "deficiencies" in the American diet and wanting to do something about it, he decided last year to leave behind his financial life and grow vegetables.
"I was looking for something else—I was moving toward something as opposed to moving away from something," he said. "People expect that I woke up one morning and decided to farm—it's a process that happened over time. I saw that as a society we weren't doing enough about our diet and children's health. I wanted to try to contribute in some way."
Having spent some time volunteering at Sunset Beach Farm in Amagansett, Mr. Trentacoste said he learned a hundredth of what he needed to learn about farming, but that the experience gave him a sense of what a big endeavor it was going to be.
Last fall, he began researching, planning, shopping for equipment and taking classes online with the Cornell Cooperative Extension.
"Part of planning is knowing that all your planning is not going to amount to enough preparation," he said. "I assumed a lot of it would happen as it happens. Also, I had a big dose of knowing that failure was going to be a large part of it but also being able to accept it."
Familiar with and "in love" with the area, he decided to move to Amagansett, find a plot of land and farm it. He shares the Peconic Land Trust acreage with other farms like Balsam, Quail Hill and Amber Waves.
The land trust leases 120 acres in Amagansett as part of the Deborah Light Preserve and the Town Lane Preserve. According to the trust, the idea is to provide acreage for both established and start-up farmers, to conserve and actively use agricultural land, and to ensure that diverse farming operations exist. The trust also offers guidance and infrastructure like barn space, greenhouses, retail space and shared equipment.
Mr. Trentacoste said he works from sun up to sun down and is constantly on the move, weeding, harvesting, seeding and catering to his vegetables' needs.
"Being on the farm where plants are growing around you, you take energy from that—there's a big energy exchange on the farm," he said. "I feel invigorated, but at the end of the season when the plants sort of pull into themselves, it's a little bit draining, but I'm learning to moderate that."
Hoping to share his experience and knowledge, Mr. Trentacoste would like to build a barn on his property, wherever that may be in the future, where he can meet people in the community, and give classes and lectures. For now, he continues seeding, harvesting, and letting nature lead the way.
"Mother Nature does the bulk of the work," he said. "I'm doing very little for these veggies, but my heart is into doing things the best as I can."
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It is not uncommon when you forget your login password in windows 10. You have an option to login through Microsoft ID or a local account. You can recover the password by using windows inbuilt tools or by following simple tweaks and there are other third party tools available to come out of this situation. I will list all the possible tricks to reset your old password or recover the same.
If you are using a Microsoft account to login windows OS and forget the password, you need to recover the password by opening your Microsoft Mail account in the browser. Now enter your email ID and press next. In the next screen click on Forgotten My Password. Next, it will ask "Why can't you Sign-in". Select "I have forgotten the password".
Before Microsoft attempts to recover the account, it will verify that it's you. For this, it will ask your mail ID and sends a security code to your already registered number.
Once you fill-in the code received on your phone, you can successfully reset your password on the next screen like this.
If you refer the Microsoft knowledge base to find a solution to reset windows 10 local account, it will tell you to completely reset your PC by erasing all your data, settings and program-files.
But there are many other tricks to reset the password without losing any data.
In order to use this method, you should have a password reset disk with you. Now try to login windows 10 with your local user account's credential. Click on reset password but make sure you have already inserted the reset disk on a USB port.
Press Next and select the USB drive from the drop-down field. Type the new password and a password hint to get an idea about the password, the next time you forget it. Click finish and that's it.
If you or some other person has a user account with administrative privileges on the system, you can reset the forgotten password of your own user account.
Once you have logged in, right click on My Computer(This-PC) on the desktop and click manage. Alternatively, you can type compmgmt.msc in Run windows. (Windows key+R) to open computer management.
From the left sidebar menu items, open Local Users and Groups>Users. Now from the list of users, select the user, right click on it and click set password.
There is a plethora of third party software in the market to recover or reset a lost windows password. All these tools are bootable programs that you need to burn in a CD or a USB drive. You need to boot your system from this software media and it will open the windows resources where you can delete or reset the local account password.
One such software is TunesBro Wingeeker. Built on powerful algorithms, it is an easy to use windows password recovery tool. It doesn't matter whether you are an IT expert or a novice, you can install and use this DIY software with ease, thanks to its simple user-interface. The program is capable to recover guest, administrator, local or Microsoft login passwords and is compatible to use on windows Vista/7/8/8.1/win10 and Windows server NT/2000/2003/2008 and windows server 2012.
You just need to create either a CD/DVD or a USB recovery disk from the software main menu and boot from this media to recover the password. You have the option to see the recovered password, reset a new password and moreover, you can also create new windows user with this windows login password recovery software. Check More Details about WinGeeker Ultimate.
Some of the other free windows password recovery tools include Ophcrack, Trinity Rescue Kit, and Konboot.
Nice tutorial! I use Ophcrack and PCUnlocker the most.
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Q: Parametric Equation Question Ok this is a really silly question and I should know this, but I can't seem to figure something out:
for the last step, how do they know that $0 \leq x \leq 4$? If we use the minimum value of theta, which is $-\pi/2$, and plug that into $x=\cos(\theta)$, then we get $0$, and same for $\pi/2$.

A: Because over $-\pi /2\leq \theta \leq \pi /2, 0\leq\cos{\theta}\leq1$.  At $\theta =0, \cos{\theta}=1$

A: Well, y^2 has to be positive, so the minimum that y^2/25 could be is 0.  So, x^2/16 is 1 at the maximum => x≤4.  The same argument applies for x = 0

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Zdeněk Rygel (* 1. März 1951 in Ostrava) ist ein ehemaliger tschechischer Fußballspieler.

Vereinskarriere
Rygel begann mit dem Fußballspielen bei Baník Michálkovice, mit 15 Jahren wechselte er zu Baník Ostrava. Zunächst spielte Rygel im Mittelfeld, dann in der Abwehr. Zu seinen ersten Einsätzen in der ersten tschechoslowakischen Liga kam der Verteidiger in der Saison 1972/73.

Mit Baník gewann Rygel 1976, 1980 und 1981 die tschechoslowakische Meisterschaft, 1978 den tschechoslowakischen Pokal. Nach 257 Erstligaspielen und sieben Tore wechselte Rygel zum zyprischen Verein EPA Larnaka. Nach einer Saison kehrte er in die Tschechoslowakei zurück und schloss sich für zwei Jahre  dem damaligen Zweitligisten FC Zbrojovka Brno an.

Erfolge
 Tschechoslowakischer Fußballmeister 1976, 1980 und 1981
 Tschechoslowakischer Pokalsieger 1978

Nationalmannschaft
Rygel spielte in den Jahren 1974 und 1975 insgesamt vier Mal für die Tschechoslowakische Nationalmannschaft.

Olympiamannschaft
Zdeněk Rygel gehörte 1980 zur tschechoslowakischen Auswahl, die bei den Olympischen Spielen in Moskau die Goldmedaille gewann. Der Verteidiger spielte im Eröffnungsspiel gegen Kolumbien und im Finale gegen die DDR, dazwischen war er verletzt.

Funktionär
Nach dem Ende seiner Spielerlaufbahn war Rygel Sportdirektor bei NH Ostrava und Baník Ostrava.

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 Länderspielstatistik, tschechisch

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Fußballnationalspieler (Tschechoslowakei)
Fußballspieler (AEK Larnaka)
Fußballspieler (Baník Ostrava)
Fußballspieler (FC Zbrojovka Brünn)
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Olympiateilnehmer (Tschechoslowakei)
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1980
Geboren 1951
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We get asked all the time if we also do video. In the Fall of 2019 our response is now "we absolutely do." And it happened unplanned. A dream that became a reality sooner than we imagined.
I was sitting at the hair salon, foils in my hair catching up with my dear friend, my hair stylist as we talked about our projects, the wedding industry and our amazing clients. I was telling her that we wanted to find a company to do a promo video for us. Something that captured us, our brand, the love our couples have for each other and our own relationship. I remember thinking, I wish we could capture in motion what we produced in stills for our clients.
She said, "Not sure what you're looking for but I have a son. He's young, He's never done a wedding, but He loves to capture life, creatively and through details and emotion." He sounded like our kind of guy. Kind of like us when we first started out. So we said, we want to meet him.
It took one video for us to see that he would be a great fit and would be the perfect guy for us. In less than 8 hours after a wedding he had an instagram teaser for one of our couples. We fell lin love with his work, his personality and we started a partnership with him.


We've seen enough things done on a Lada to kill its engine before. It has ingested vegetable oil, sugar, salt, and Coca-Cola only to see it live for a bit and then die. We've also seen one roar to life after being underground for a year. That's how tough Lada cars are, so you pretty much know that it can still run after drinking a bottle of Coke. But just how far, really?
The car went through the first kilometer without any problems at all. However, after hitting the 1.7 km (1.05 miles) mark, the Lada's engine started to act up. The driver tried to salvage the car and keep it running but to no avail – the car stalled shortly. He even tried jump-starting the vehicle while being towed but then again, there's only so much a Lada can take, especially if it's not really designed to use Coke as its fuel.
As expected, the Lada's oil filter was drenched in Coca-Cola, as well as its carburetor. We're guessing all the hoses are filled with Coke, too.
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When we started the Kenzie Car Calendar in 2006, we looked for a charity that had the potential to reduce the terrible toll taken by road crashes.
Our original beneficiary was SMARTRISK, a charitable organization founded by paediatric heart surgeon Dr. Robert Conn, who had begun to realize that most of the donors for his heart transplant surgeries were teenagers who had taken unnecessary risks.
He realized he could save more lives - certainly, more 'person-years' - if he could find a way to stop those teenagers from dying in the first place.
In 2012, SMARTRISK merged with three other injury prevention organizations to form Parachute, which is now Canada's leading injury prevention charity. Parachute wants to bring attention to the issue of preventable injury, and support Canadians in enjoying long lives, lived to the fullest.
Injuries are the leading cause of death for Canadians aged 1 - 44, many of these a result of car crashes.
Yet, most of what people refer to as "accidents" are not accidents at all, but predictable and preventable events.
The emotional impact of injuries is devastating to families, friends and communities. The annual human cost of preventable injury is:
More than 10,000 deaths
200,000 hospital stays
3.5 million emergency room visits
60,000 disabilities
In addition, the annual economic burden of injury to Canadians is estimated at nearly $27 billion.
Prevention efforts do have an impact. During the past 20 years public attention and awareness of injury prevention has increased significantly, and serious injuries and deaths have been reduced.
But it is not enough.
Now under the direction of President and CEO Pamela Fuselli, Parachute is determined to lead, inspire and mobilize Canadians to participate in creating a culture shift to help prevent injuries and save lives.
The Kenzie Calendar is proud to join with Parachute in helping to create this culture shift.
Thank you for joining us in this endeavour.
For more information or to make a donation, please visit www.parachute.ca
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Lider loses hair to Nicho, Valiente retains title, Hooligan, IWL
August 17, 2010 August 17, 2010 thecubsfan 22 Comments
AAA (SUN) 08/15 Auditorio de Tijuana [DJ Spectro, The Gladiatores]
1) Pensamiento Negro II b Flecha Roja
2) Galeno & Maquiavélico b Cholo (TJ) & Zaeta
3) Hijo de Kendo & Super Kendo b Espectro II Jr. & Star Boy
4) Principe Arandu & TJ Boy b Joe Lider & Nicho el Millionario [relevos suicidas]
5) Nicho el Millionario b Joe Lider [hair]
6) La Parka Jr. b LA Park
4/5 was a surprise; everyone was expecting the locals to lose and face off. Copetes was ref and helped the locals win. Nicho and Lider were forced to fight. Lider put Nicho thru a table and the match was stopped because the doctor was concerned about Nicho. Nicho was taken to the back, but came back, got DDTed, and kicked out. Lider ended up backdropped thru another table for the win.
Crowd was not a fan of the main event. Parka and Park exchanged fouls, with Parka getting away with one for the win.
CMLL (MON) 08/16 Arena Puebla [Fuego en el Ring]
1) Espiritu Maligno, Karisma, Mr. Rafaga b Asturiano, Blue Center, Milenium
2) Arkángel de la Muerte, Dr. X, Hooligan b Ángel Azteca Jr., Pegasso, Sensei
3) Delta, Rush, Sagrado b Euforia, Misterioso II, Pólvora
4) Valiente b Dragón Rojo Jr. [MEX WELTER]
5) Averno, Mephisto, Volador Jr. b La Sombra, Máximo, Rotoporky
Rudos cheated to win, and beat up the tecnicos after the match. Volador took Sombra's mask after the match. Sombra demanded a one on one match, but Volador said now.
Valiente retained the title. Eight title match loses in a row for Dragon Rojo.
No Anniversary lineup yesterday.
Today's the second part of the minis bicentennial cibernetico. Bam Bam is the heavy favorite.
AAA: 4.5 – up 0.4
CMLL: 4.1 – up 1.6, highest number since the day after Dos Leyendas
Lucha Libre USA: 0.06 – down 0.06, lowest number so far; coincidentally (or not), they're looking for info about when/where you watch this show on Twitter.
CMLL's added Metal Blanco (c) vs Angel del Mal for the Ocicdente Welterweight Championship to this Sunday.
El Siglo de Torreon has a good interview with Hooligan. When he and Ultimo Guerrero came to Mexico City, they were so poor that they couldn't afford to buy gear, so they got a job with a costumer (El Pony from Monterrey) and lived there. Hooligan discovered an aptitude for sewing, and today is a mask and costume designed of his own. His son, Ultimo Rebelde, works with him, and his work is sold in the US and Japan.
CMLL pulled Mr. Aguila from IWL's show Thursday This is not surprising; Aguila apparently agreed to work here when he was in Perros del Mal, and CMLL isn't going to let him work on a show with people who are still in the Perros now. (IWL says CMLL pulled Aguila because CMLL is boring.) The Jerry Lynn vs Mr. Aguila match is now Halloween vs X-Fly. Also, Damian 666 hypes his match with Val Venis (the guy they had listed as "Paul Dennis" – still do, actually) and says to go to Arena Naucalpan if you like the same vs the same, since they're doing a dream match.
Ovaciones has an interview with Gallo Tapado Jr., who says he's leading a new promotion built around juniors. Wrestlers announced include: Carta Brava Jr., Halcon Jr., Hijo de Rambo, Tatu el Brujo, Arana de Morelos Jr., Dr. Karonte Jr., Artuo Gaona Jr., Hijo de Climas, Kung Fu Jr., Hijo de Fishman, Hijo de Canek, Scorpio Jr., Ultraman Jr., Hijo de Cien Caras. Probably not a one who's going to mean much. They've got three shows announced, starting 09/04 in Tepalcapa.
CMLLPekes.com, the kid's website CMLL has been promoting on it's TV show (and often mispelling) is down. They've set up a blog in the meantime, with profiles of Sangre Azteca, Stuka Jr., and Mistico (where we learn IWRG is a promotion in Japan.)
Arena Azteca Budokan was filled for it's 49th anniversary show.
Hijo del el Espanto II retained the North Light Heavyweight Championship over Black Soul.
Box Y Lucha #2987 has Lyger & Wagner on the cover. Inside, there's a mention of Nitro feeling forgotten in CMLL.
Cronicas Y Leyendas looks back at Konnan in el Toreo.
Rob looks at this week's CMLL lineups.
LuchaWorld has KrisZ's news update.
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LATV is still off the air here. The actual station is a low power station. Low enough that the word "power" seems outrageously optimistic.
Ras de Lona and Lucha Libre USa aren't up yet.
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Gonzalez on AAA Noche de Campeones tonight, CMLL Sin Salida to air on TM Live, IWRG all cage match show
Anonymous on Panteirita/Raider Gran Alternativa final tonight, Marvel Lucha Libre MIA, Christmas
thecubsfan on CMLL Gran Alternativa tonight, IWRG three way mask match tonight, Rush returns to AAA tomorrow in Madero, CMLL best of shows
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Lucha Libre World Cup teams announced, Mistico defeats Stuka, Volador/Romero in NJPW US
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Negro Casas & Dalys jump to AAA, Rocky Romero dethrones Volador Jr., Cassandro
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"The Easter Chieftain" organised by Pathfinder.
DRS have supplied two Class 37s, both retaining the Compass scheme, which ran as 0Z37 04:54 Crewe Gresty Bridge - Eastleigh Arlington.
1960s themed scene with 37259, 07007, 73133 and 55028.
37259 history was covered here on 19th February. 57011 in the background.
37605 was worked from Norwich to Crewe on 27th. Profiled here on 28th November 2015.
Class 166/2's are in service on the Westbury - Southampton / Southampton - Great Malvern cycle. Here 166206 is seen approaching Salisbury.
Three car 150/1's were reported to remain with GWR meantime; having earlier been expected to revert to two car formations, with transfer to Northern. 150926 approaches from the Westbury direction.
150925 has arrived from Southampton. It could be going to Wabtec on 26th March, possibly as 150125?
On Saturday 24th, 37059 + 37069 were the power for Pathfinder's "The Heart of Wales Wanderer", and on Sunday they returned light engine from Eastleigh - Crewe Gresty Bridge, arriving 24 minutes early at Gresty Lane, to resume duties in the XHNC pool (DRS Locomotives Nuclear Traffic).
37059 was new from English Electric Vulcan Foundry as D6759 on 12th October 1962. Renumbered to 37059 on 16th November 1973. Stored by EWS in January 1999, and moved ownership to DRS on 19th July 2003. Overhauled and returned to service in 2003, stored in April 2012, to Barrow Hill, returned to usage in October 2014.
English Electric cab and bogie view.
37069 was new from English Electric Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns (Darlington) as D6769 in July 1962. Renumbered as 37069 in July 1974. Sent to France in July 1999, returning in October 2000 and stored WNXX at Wigan CRDC. Selected for overhaul at Brush for DRS, arriving at Loughborough in February 2002, released to traffic in August 2003. Stored in May 2012, overhauled at RVEL Derby from July 2015, returning to traffic in October of that year.
Having made a good climb up the bank out of Westbury, the train was running 8 minutes early through the Wylye Valley, arriving 6 minutes early at its destination.
In platform 4 after arrival.
Departure for the East Yard, where the stock was deposited for servicing.
The locomotive was serviced in the bay platforms, attended by two water bowsers.
After servicing the locomotive returned to the East Yard, and is seen on a little used crossover from there to access platform 4.
Awaiting departure for Tame Bridge Parkway.
GERS 89018 is a TEA fuel oil tank, built by Arbel Fauvet in Douai, France in 2001. In the works, on accommodation bogies, of London Underground pattern.
GERS 97771 KTA (Rautaruukki, Finland 1997-98 - now Transtech) in 4O90 05:27 Leeds - Maritime, a service which will always see a number of these wagons.
RLS 92561 KFA in 4O29 08:20 Basford Hall -Maritime.
Railease were part of the Standard Railway Wagon Company, who built KFA wagons until 1988, and eventually became part of Tiphook, who entered the market in 1987, and after some troubles became part of GE (GERS), a business is now owned by Touax.
RLS 92561 was built to Standard Wagon Contract No. 107 of 1985 - originally hired to Ciba Geigy for the transport of Amino Resins in 20ft curtain sided bodies to Fishguard, to serve the Irish market.
TIPH 93356 KFA in the same train. A later example built in 1987-88 by for Rautaruukki forTiphook Rail.
55028, the Class 121 dmu for the Swanage Railway is now outside the shops, and appears to be on a pair of overhauled bogies. Before arriving at Swanage in 2009, this operated for Southwest Trains as 960012 (977860), a period which included a visit to a Mid-Hants Gala.
66524 arrives in falling snow with 4O14 07:33 Lawley Street - Maritime. The snow did not lie until the evening.
70017 powers up while leaving with 4O27 05:21 Garston - Maritime.
66020 on the cars, the same as the preceding Saturday 10th. 4O40 10:44 Morris Cowley - Eastern Docks.
70005 departs with 4O90 05:27 Leeds - Maritime.
The familiar sign has recently been revised for the current franchisee.
70816 in the sidings, in light snow.


With many new year resolutions revolving around lifestyle changes, many of us dream of a bigger, better home for ourselves and our families. And with the help of the Internet and mobile, keen home buyers are completely switched on 24/7, looking for the right one to come on the market. As recent stats from Rightmove show, home buyers spend their holidays scrolling through property listings, with the number of home seekers increasing year on year.
So if in the past winter was considered an unpopular time to put your home on the market, nowadays it is buyers who drive the demand and they are not deterred by mere weather any more.
This is especially true in East Renfrewshire, where demand far outstrips supply at any time of the year.
So if you have decided to take the big step of putting your home on the market in the cold months, here are a few suggestions to help you make the perfect first impression.
In bad weather, but also in good weather the humble For Sale board can make a big difference as it signals to potential buyers who are not familiar with the area exactly where the home they will see is located. Keep the driveway as clear and as possible and put some grit so people make it safe inside.
It is a well-known fact that home buyers spend more time choosing a sofa for their home than deciding on purchasing a home – and that is why a picture perfect outside is essential when putting your home on the market.
Add a couple of fresh flower pots that can stand the cold temperatures, manicure your lawn and get rid of pesky moss and buyers will fall in love even before they make the first step inside.
A widespread technique used in retail and home staging is using certain fragrances to make a viewing that much more pleasant. Smell is the sense that is most associated with memory triggers, so make sure your home has the right fragrance and entices your buyers. Fight the darker days by cleverly placing lights in all the important corners and flood your home with light. A bright space feels warmer and more spacious, so paying attention to lighting fixtures, cleverly adding mirrors to bounce light off as well as clearing your windows will give the feeling of air and space. Last but not least, keep your home warm so buyers have that lovely cosy feeling of being safe and welcome in your home.
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Cops bust two men carrying $1.2M pesos cash in Playa del Carmen
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Q. Roo — Two men were detained for investigation last week in the south checkpoint of Playa del Carmen, where at the time of reviewing the car in which they traveled, police found a suitcase with a gun and $1.2 million pesos ($68,000 USD in cash whose origin was not explained.
Checkpoint inspection results in $1.2 million pesos cash confiscation.
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The two men, identified with the initials E. F. C. CH. and E. H. A., were traveling aboard a Jetta vehicle and were stopped for a routine inpsection.Inside the vehicle was a backpack that contained a .380 caliber weapon and several bundles of money totaling more than one million 200 thousand pesos.The men were placed at the disposal of the Federal Public Ministry to be investigated.Source: noticaribe.com.mx
Vancouver woman brutally assaulted in Playa recovering at home
1.5 million pesos were stolen from a pawnshop in Playa del Carmen
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Explore the incredible history of sisters Nadia and Lili Boulanger who had a profound impact on 20th-century music.
A good half century before France finally granted women the right to vote, two women—the Boulanger sisters—came into the world that would have a profound impact on 20th-century music. Their parents were a prize-winning French composer/choral conductor and a Russian princess and singer, and the two girls inherited extraordinary musical abilities. Nadia was born first and would become a famed teacher, influencing a who's who of composers. Six years her younger, Lili was destined to become a talented composer.
From the age of seven, Nadia began studying to enter the Paris Conservatory. She was accepted at nine and achieved early honors there. Lili often came along with her older sister, quietly absorbing her lessons. Legendary composer (and family friend) Gabriel Fauré discovered that Lili had perfect pitch at the extraordinary age of two. Around that same time, Lili contracted bronchial pneumonia, which weakened her immune system and led to fragile health throughout her short life. Being an old man when the girls were born, their father Ernest died when they were still young, which was especially traumatic for Lili, who felt very close to him. Much of Lili's music after his death touched on themes of grief and loss.
One of the most prestigious honors a young musician could receive in those days was the Prix de Rome scholarship, which their father had won when he was 20. Nadia applied four times—reaching as high as second place—but it was Lili who became the first woman to win it, when she was just 19. Her entry, a cantata called Faust et Hélène (based on Goethe), ultimately enjoyed many performances during her lifetime. Displaying influences of Fauré and Debussy, Lili's compositions were noted for their colorful harmony, instrumentation, and skillful text setting. Tragically, her chronic illness led to "intestinal tuberculosis," or possibly Crohn's disease, which cut short her life at 24.
Nadia was deeply affected by Lili's death. Nadia saw her sister as more gifted than she as a composer, so she decided to dedicate herself to teaching—and what a teacher she was—though Nadia still did compose some. Possessed of a prodigious memory, her knowledge of music was unequaled whether it was 12-tone or neoclassical. Aaron Copland claimed that she "knew everything there was to know about music…All technical know-how was at her fingertips." A demanding instructor, she was particularly hard on her women students, but all of her pupils expected a trial by fire. In his memoir, Phillip Glass wrote of his time with Boulanger, "I became a child again, relearning everything from the beginning." He remembered her first leafing through his scores he brought and pointing out a single bar of music to say this was written by a real composer. "That was the first and last time she said anything nice to me for the next two years."
As a conductor, she was able to become the first woman conduct the BBC Symphony, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. When asked by the press what it felt like to be the first woman conductor of the Boston Symphony, Boulanger responded with "I've been a woman for a little more than 50 years, and I've gotten over my original astonishment." She premiered works by such composers as Stravinsky and Copland, who wrote his Organ Symphony for her.
She left Paris in 1940 to escape the war and taught at the Longy School and at the Peabody Conservatory while in America. After the war, she became director of Fontainebleau, the summer academy, where composers from all over the world came to study with her. Among her hundreds of students were many of the most important musicians of the 20th century, from Copland, Darius Milhaud, Elliott Carter, Astor Piazzolla, and Philip Glass to Quincy Jones, Burt Bacharach, Donald Byrd, Michel Legrand, and Lalo Schifrin. Her influence in the musical world was second to none. She oversaw the music for the wedding of Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly; JFK and Jackie invited her to the White House. And although she did travel the world, her principal base was her family's flat in Paris, where she taught nearly until her death at 92. She was buried with her sister and her parents in Montmartre.
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Rio Tugela é um rio da África do Sul, o mais importante e longo da província de KwaZulu-Natal. É conhecido pelas cataratas do Tugela, as segundas mais altas do mundo.

Nasce nos montes Drakensberg perto da nascente de vários dos afluentes de outros dois grandes rios sul-africanos, o rio Orange e o rio Vaal e cai 947 metros nas cataratas com o seu nome. A partir da cordilheira Drakensberg o rio Tugela flui e serpenteia num curso de 520 km através da região central de KwaZulu-Natal até desaguar no oceano Índico. O total da sua bacia é de aproximadamente 29100 km². O uso das terras da bacia é principalmente agrícola, com cultivos de subsistência e silvicultura comercial.

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There are two types of unsaturated fats, polyunsaturated and monounsaturated. These are often referred to as the "better fats" and are found mainly in many fish, nuts, seeds and oils from plants. Polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats may help lower your blood cholesterol level when used in place of saturated and trans fats. It's ideal to keep total fat intake between 25 and 35 percent of calories, with most fats coming from unsaturated fats.
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"The Bells of Saint Mary's" debuted in 1945 as a film drama produced and directed by Leo McCarey, and starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman. The story centers on a priest and a nun, who, despite their good-natured rivalry, try to save their school from being shut down. The Glen Arbor Players' production is adapted from the 1947 radio script. GAP veteran player Ron Smith directs this production.
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Marco Rubio rallies Republicans at Iowa fundraiser, fueling rumors he has his eye on a run in 2016
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said the way to turn around the nation's struggling economy is not to raise taxes on the wealthiest individuals, but rather to make 'poor people richer' as he visited this politically important state in a trip certain to stoke speculation about Rubio's plans.
Ostensibly, Rubio's visit on Saturday to this early nominating state was for Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad's birthday party in Altoona, Iowa. But the political implications of Rubio's visit were clear from the start as the Republican Party looks ahead to 2016's presidential contest.
'For Gov. Branstad's birthday, his 66th,' Rubio said, flashing a grin when asked what he was doing in the state.
Happy Birthday! U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., (right) talks with Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, left, during Branstad's annual birthday fundraiser on Saturday in Altoona, Iowa
But his birthday wishes for Branstad were more like a roadmap for his party looking for a new direction and an argument for a Rubio presidential campaign.
Lower taxes to spur economic growth. A compassionate immigration overhaul to help those who want to become Americans. Reduced regulation to let small businesses grow. Stronger families to give children more stability at home.
Is he the new Michael Dukakis? Mitt Romney has become... 'When you lose, you lost': Chris Christie wastes no time...
Obama urges Congress to avert fiscal cliff as Republicans...
In a 24-minute, campaign-style pitch to fellow Republicans, Rubio ticked through conservative goals while urging his party not to lose hope in the wake of Mitt Romney's loss on Election Day. He said the results should not be taken as a rejection of Republicans' views.
'We need to do a better job of going out and convincing our fellow Americans who perhaps don't see things the way we do,' Rubio said.
At the center of that sales pitch: higher take-home pay for all Americans.
Looking presidential: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., visited Iowa and was praised as the 'kind of inspirational leader that's going to help point us in the right direction' by Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad
'The way to turn our economy around is not by making rich people poorer, it's by making poor people richer,' Rubio said, criticizing President Barack Obama's insistence that taxes for those making more than $250,000 increase as part of a deal to avoid pending automatic budget cuts and tax hikes.
Rubio also blamed Congress for that looming threat.
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Rubio, once considered a possible Romney running mate, is seen as a rising star among Republicans. Charismatic and youthful, the 41-year-old stands in sharp contrast to the 65-year-old Romney, who struggled to connect with voters.
'I've been sensing a lot of folks are just trying to figure out what this all means in this new era, with this election having passed,' Rubio told reporters.
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Republican call to arms: Teresa Garman talks with U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., left, during Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad's annual birthday. Rubio challenged the GOP audience 'to do a better job of going out and convincing our fellow Americans who perhaps don't see things the way we do'
Star power: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., poses with an admirer at the annual party for Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad in Altoona, Iowa
That doesn't mean trading principles for votes, he cautioned, and he was careful to defend Romney.
'We wish him all the best and hope his voice stays involved in the American political process,' Rubio told the crowd.
Branstad was more blunt. He said the party was ready to 'turn the page' on the Romney candidacy and praised Rubio as the 'kind of inspirational leader that's going to help point us in the right direction.'
In the less than two weeks since Romney's loss, Republican officials have been plotting a comeback for the party and many have urged a shift in the way leaders sell the GOP's message to voters - especially Hispanic and younger voters.
Among the one in 10 voters who were Hispanic, Obama carried 71 per cent of them, according to exit polls. And among the 19 percent of voters under the age of 30, Obama carried 60 per cent.
Rising star: Charismatic and youthful, the 41-year-old was once considered a possible Romney running mate and is seen as a rising star among Republicans
Rubio, a Cuban-American who has criticized his party at times on immigration policy, could help Republicans make inroads with the growing demographic group of Hispanics.
'People understand that we need to do something to address those issues and they want to do that in a reasonable and responsible way,' Rubio told reporters.
The visit - so soon after Election Day - is among the first hints of a field of contenders for 2016. It was roughly this time four years ago that Romney started pushing his national profile ahead of a second presidential bid; his New York Times op-ed 'Let Detroit Go Bankrupt' was published on Nov. 18, 2008.
Of course, none of the potential candidates are anywhere close to deciding on a White House run, let alone announcing it. But early trips like this one start to introduce the politicians to the local activists and volunteers that fuel the early nominating states such as Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
Rubio joked he was surprised 'people so far from Florida even care what I have to say.'


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David Nygren, a renowned physicist and member of the National Academy of Sciences, has been appointed Presidential Distinguished Professor in the UT Arlington College of Science and will join the University this fall.
Nygren is known for inventing the Time Projection Chamber, or TPC, used worldwide for over three decades in a variety of applications in particle detection and discovery, ranging from relativistic heavy ion collisions to the search for Dark Matter, and extremely rare nuclear decays.
Nygren has worked at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory since 1973 and was promoted to Distinguished Scientist in 1995 because of his invention of the TPC and innovations in charge-coupled devices used in digital imaging as well as medical imaging and pixel arrays. He is the only Distinguished Scientist currently working at the Berkeley Laboratory. He also is a fellow of the American Physical Society; a recipient of the Panofsky Prize of the American Physical Society, the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award from the Department of Energy and the Berkeley Lab Prize - Lifetime Achievement Award.
At UT Arlington, Nygren will establish a new unit to foster research at the forefront of particle detector technologies and train the next generation of detector experts. His UT Arlington appointment is partially supported by the University of Texas System Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention, or STARs program.
Nygren plans to maintain his leading role in the international collaboration, NEXT, the Neutrino Experiment Xenon TPC, which was conceived by him and is lead by J.J. Gomez-Cadenas of Valencia, Spain. That effort is "a search for an extremely rare nuclear decay that could teach us whether the neutrino is its own anti-particle," he said.
Forty years after its invention, Nygren's revolutionary Time Projection Chamber is integral to three-dimensional particle tracking and particle identification at numerous major international research facilities, including the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland and the Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment at Fermilab near Chicago. The TPC invention made the study of very complex interactions possible.
Nygren developed the concept and lead the design for the Digital Optical Modules buried in the ice that form the one cubic kilometer IceCube Detector at the South Pole Neutrino Observatory. That experiment was featured in the November 22, 2013 cover story in Science - "Evidence for High-Energy Extraterrestrial Neutrinos at the IceCube Detector." Nygren was also instrumental in optimizing the KamLAND experiment in Japan to detect anti-neutrino oscillation.
Pamela Jansma, dean of the UT Arlington College of Science, said Nygren will have an immediate impact as he joins the UT Arlington Department of Physics, already a leader in the area of high-energy physics research.
For almost two decades, UT Arlington physicists have been part of the ATLAS group, one of the two largest research collaborations at the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC, in Europe. The ATLAS and CMS collaborations jointly discovered the Higgs boson, a linchpin of the Standard Model.
UT Arlington scientists also have a significant role at the DZero experiment at lab and planning for the International Linear Collider, a new experiment that is most likely to be built in Japan.
"Dr. Nygren's tradition of reaching across disciplines to explore interdisciplinary problems will ensure that his impact will not be limited to physics, but will significantly affect all areas of science and engineering at UT Arlington," Jansma said.
Ronald L. Elsenbaumer, provost and vice president for academic affairs, said the addition of a member of the National Academy of Sciences is a powerful indicator of the quality of science and engineering exploration under way at UT Arlington.
"Researchers, scholars and students are increasingly finding that The University of Texas at Arlington within the dynamic North Texas economy is the optimal place to anchor their unrelenting pursuit of knowledge and innovation," Elsenbaumer said.


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Study: Kids Don't "Bounce Back" from Cyberbullying
As parents, we like to tell ourselves that kids are resilient—that they'll bounce back quickly when things go wrong. It's our way of reassuring ourselves that though we can't protect our kids from every threat to their emotional and psychological health, that at least the damage won't be permanent when these threats prevail. While it may be true that kids are resilient in many situations, instances of cyberbullying (and any other form of bullying) are exceptions to the rule.
Occasional and Frequent Bullying Do Long-Term Harm
In a comprehensive, longitudinal study on the long-term effects of bullying, a recent study found that victims were at an increased risk of depression, anxiety, and other mental health problems for decades after being ridiculed. It is important to note that even those kids who reported being bullied only "occasionally" had similar struggles when compared to peers who said they were "frequently" victimized.
Poor Relationships and Finances Linked to Bullying Episodes
We know that when our mental health suffers, nearly everything else does as well. Thus, it's no coincidence that participants of the study who reported being bullied as kids also reported lower life satisfaction as adults as well as lower levels of education and less meaningful relationships with partners and friends. Unfortunately, many victims of childhood bullying go on to lead lives of isolation and loneliness.
Parental Involvement Matters!
Researchers also found that, not surprisingly, kids whose parents were less involved in their lives inside and outside of school were more likely to report being bullied by their peers. There is a positive flip side to the coin, though. When parents are directly and consistently involved in their children's lives, kids become confident, self-aware, and capable, traits which greatly reduces their likelihood of becoming the target of schoolyard or online bullying.
Cyberbullying Worse than Traditional Playground Bullying?
Bullying is not a new phenomenon, but in recent years, social media networks and messaging apps have given bullies a new channel for harassment. In many ways, this new form of bullying, often referred to as cyberbullying, can be even more harmful than its traditional predecessor. Experts have found that bullies who are afforded anonymity tend to be bolder and more aggressive than schoolyard bullies. Plus, kids who are victimized today have a harder time "turning off" the hurtful comments as social media is always a click away.
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Can NATO re-arm Ukraine?
by James Tweedie on 05 May 2022 1 Comment
Kiev is Losing Stuff Faster than the West can Send it
The stated aims of Russia's "special military operation" in Ukraine include the de-Nazification and demilitarisation of the Kiev regime. In opposition, the NATO member states led by the US are arming the Ukraine and its Nazi battalions, while sending thousands of "volunteers", "advisors" and other mercenaries to fight with the aim of prolonging the war for years. The question, as always, is who is winning?
In a media briefing on March 25, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) revealed some of its estimates of Ukrainian military strength before the operation commenced on February 24, focussing on heavy equipment, along with its claims of how much had been destroyed so far.
According to the MoD, Ukraine began the war with 2,416 armoured vehicles — although it did not say how many were main battle tanks (MBTs), infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) or armoured personnel carriers (APCs). The MoD also listed 1,509 field artillery guns and mortars, 535 multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), 152 fixed-wing aircraft, 149 helicopters, 180 medium- and long-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems and 300 radars of various kinds in the Ukrainian inventory.
The MoD's twice-daily briefings include updates on Ukrainian loses from those equipment stocks. The April 29 morning report claimed 2,638 tanks and armoured vehicles destroyed — 222 more than the ministry said the Ukraine started the war with. On top of that are the many reports of Russian troops or Donbass militia capturing Ukrainian equipment intact or repairable and putting it back into service for themselves.
Two-thirds of the Ukrainian air force's helicopters and four-fifths of its fighter and attack jets are gone as well, according to Moscow, along with most of its anti-aircraft weapons. Even the US Department of Defence's spokesman admitted in mid-April that the UAF had less than 20 aircraft in late March. And Ukraine does not have a navy anymore.
And most importantly to the Russian way of warfare, the MoD claims to have knocked out almost 1,200 Ukrainian artillery pieces and over 300 MLRS units. Meanwhile the Russian air and missile forces have crippled the Ukraine's ability to replace those losses, destroying factories and repair centres. Either the MoD under-estimated Ukrainian strength had to start with, or is over-claiming (which always happens in war) or the heavy gear sent by NATO is starting to turn up on the battlefield.
The Ukrainian government has made exaggerated claims of Russian casualties and losses but is very reticent about its own, admitting to only 3,000 soldiers killed and a handful taken prisoner so far.
Russia is also guilty of the old US sin of publishing body-counts. On April 16 the MoD claimed Ukraine had suffered 23,367 "irreplaceable" casualties. The next day it stated that of the 6,824 foreign mercenaries who came to fight for Kiev, Russian forces had "eliminated" 1,035, while 912 had fled the country and 4,877 were still hanging around like a bad smell.
Looking on the Bright Side…
Some Western "military analysts" asserted before the war that the Ukrainian forces had 820-850 tanks, mostly old T-64s left over from the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. If one assumes a ratio of three APCs or IFVs to every MBT, then the Ukraine had about 2,500 infantry carriers and 3,400 armoured vehicles in total.
NATO states were already pouring arms into the Ukraine for years before the conflict escalated, and have sped up the deliveries since then. The US says it has provided 200 M113 APCs, 100 armoured Humvee utility vehicles, 90 M777 155mm howitzers with 183,000 rounds of ammunition, 16 Mi-17 helicopters, enough parts to return 20 derelict Ukrainian aircraft to service and 7,000 Javelin anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs). Canada has given four more howitzers.
The UK has sent or pledged 120 APCs, including 80 Mastiff (MRAP) and a "small number" of Alvis Stormer HVM armoured short-range SAM carriers. France is training 40 Ukrainian soldiers to man the CAESAR truck-mounted 155mm howitzers it is donating. Since each vehicle has a crew of five, we can assume that Paris is sending just eight guns. Australia is sending 20 Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles, another lightly-armoured truck.
Poland has sent over 200 Soviet-built T-72 tanks and several dozen BMP-1 IFVs, while the Czech Republic sent a mix of 40 T-72s and BMP-1s. Slovakia donated a single S-300 SAM battery. The Ukrainians actually know how to operate and maintain these things, and have the right calibre ammunition for them. German arms giant Rheinmetall has volunteered 88 old Leopard 1 tanks and 100 Marder IFVs it has in its stocks.
But most of this stuff is useless, starting with the much-vaunted Javelin missiles which failed to penetrate the latest explosive-reactive armour (ERA) blocks fitted to Russian tanks. Many of the armoured vehicles being donated belong in museums.
The M113 APC is a design from the 1950s that first saw combat in the Vietnam War, where it immediately proved to be a deathtrap. It is a tall, boxy, slab-sided vehicle with armour made from aluminium, not steel. It was so vulnerable to the anti-tank weapons used by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) back in the 1960s that US soldiers preferred to ride on the roof than inside it.
The Leopard 1 is another relic of the '60s, kind of the tank equivalent of the VW camper van. Its design was based on a prevailing belief that armour had lost the race to shaped-charge anti-tank warheads, so tanks should be made light and fast. Its 70mm-thick frontal armour is no match for modern ATGMs and that can punch through 700mm or more of solid steel.
The armoured Humvees and Mastiffs were used by US and British troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. They are designed only to protect their occupants from rifle and machine-gun fire and home-made roadside bombs during ambushes by lightly-armed guerrillas, not to stand up to tanks.
An IFV is distinct from an APC in mounting heavy armament to support the troops it carries in combat. APCs are just "battle taxis" to get troops close to where the fighting is without taking casualties from random artillery shell fragments and stray machine gun fire on the way, then get back out of range. The Ukraine's arms industry was already making its own vehicles like the Mastiff until Russian cruise missiles wrecked its factories.
These lightly-armoured vehicles will not prevent many casualties on the Ukrainian side, or cause any to the Russians. The weapons carried by Russian armour and attack helicopters can make mincemeat of them. Photos and videos of the war show Ukraine's more-sophisticated Russian-made IFVs literally torn apart and incinerated by modern ATGMs or tank gun rounds.
The M777, the US Army's main field gun, is made in Britain. The huge and legendary US arms industry of Colt, Remington and Winchester nowadays seems incapable of making a simple gun that goes bang reliably.
A Losing Battle
Even if the equipment coming in from the West was any good, there is still clearly not enough of it to keep up with the rate of attrition. The 560 tanks and APCs sent or pledged so far are just a fifth of what Russia claims to have already destroyed, and the 98 extra howitzers are less than a tenth of the artillery Ukraine has lost.
Even going by higher estimates of Ukrainian strength, Kiev has lost two-thirds of its armour and three-quarters of its air force in two months of fighting. Russia is still claiming up to 50 Ukrainian armoured vehicles destroyed every day, even though they must be getting pretty scarce on the battlefield — especially given reports that the Ukrainian army has concentrated its heavy equipment in the cities. At that rate Ukraine's armoured and mechanised brigades will very soon be reduced to foot-slogging infantry.
The Ukrainian artillery is being whittled down at a slower pace, but once the offensive to wipe out the forces trapped in the 'Donbass cauldron' enters the assault phase one might expect to see a lot more guns accounted for.
But the fact is that much of NATO's "lethal aid" will never reach the front. Russian missiles have already obliterated warehouses full of it in Lvov, the city close to the Polish border. Railway yards and electricity supply sub-stations have also been hit, along with bridges across the Dnieper river that cuts the Ukraine in two from north to south. Russian air superiority means the Ukrainian army has to smuggle arms to the eastern front in civilian vehicles. You can't fit a 155mm howitzer or a tank in the back of a goods van.
Meanwhile, Russia is systematically destroying Ukrainian munitions dumps and fuel storage and refining facilities. Sooner or later the troops at the front are going to run out of ammo. What actually makes it through is being captured by the Russian and Donbass forces and fired back at its former owners. And now the US has admitted it has no idea if the arms it is sending to the notoriously-corrupt Ukraine are ending up on the black market.
What's it all for?
Just like the series of false-flag atrocities committed against Ukrainian citizens by their own security service, the point of all this "lethal aid" seems to be to persuade President Volodymyr Zelensky to keep fighting Russia when all military and political logic says it should make peace. Amid all the self-delusional Western media fantasies that the wheels are falling off the Russian military campaign, almost nobody is asking how Kiev plans to keep fighting beyond the next few weeks.
Zelensky could have struck a peace deal with Moscow a month ago that surrendered only that which he had already lost — the Crimea, the Donbass and NATO membership ambitions — while purging Nazis from the government and armed forces who he insists were never there to begin with. But instead, the "big fool" chose to believe his own propaganda, take advice from Washington and push on deeper into the "Big Muddy", in the words of Pete Seeger.
Courtesy The Saker
https://thesaker.is/can-nato-re-arm-ukraine/


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Level Two. I Think I Can.
By Michelle Lloyd.
Reindeers could be extremely exotic and not in an environmental way. Reindeers, of the variety that focus on seasonal objectives, like the logistic of getting carefully prepared presents to the right destinations and flying in an orderly formation, were not all that ordinary themselves.
Family was a part of the Reindeer's way of life and understanding about the many lessons that the subject could bring with it, meant they each in turn learnt that being able to support those who mattered most was absolutely the glue that kept them all together.
Being able to rely on each other was the difference between thriving or simply surviving. One of the youngest reindeer was a whiz at many subjects and he always tried really hard but lately he had found that his attention had wandered a bit. Usually he didn't like to say no. He made it a rule to try to make the lives of all his friends, family and people he encountered, a lot easier.
The reindeer's mum had always told him that it was a positive thing to do whatever you could for someone else. She explained to him from quite early on in his life that he could achieve almost anything, as long as he put his mind to it and that if he could help others then that was something he should try to do.
At home and at trainee school, this reindeer had set out with his mother's philosophy in his heart, he would be there for every one of his friends, whenever he could. It was that over time this little reindeer became a tad OTT in his following his mother's wise words, for he developed a Yes, I can attitude to almost every scenario and situation.
It got to the point whereby he would get nervous about turning anyone down for fear of disappointment and it had to be said there was a funny feeling that often overcame the reindeer in trepidation of having to refuse anything. He loved to please people and so when anyone would ask him if he could go and do this, or go and do that… his answer would be a Yes, I Think I can and not a No, I can Not.
At first the reindeer coped. He did all he could for those around him, he managed to tackle his friends' work and his own. After time, it started to get a bit more difficult, at school the work load increased and as it did so his reply of Yes, I can became more and more frequent.
At home the reindeer's mum noticed he did not look himself, he was studying such a lot in his own time because he had less opportunity at school but when she asked him if he was ok and if he was managing, he did not want to worry her and so his response was a Yes, he was ok and Yes he could do it all.
The lovely little reindeer had so many commitments, he thought about saying no but every time someone would approach him with a request for him to show them how to do their assignments he felt himself give in and out he would be with the Yes, I can.
Unbeknown to him, the little reindeer's classmates would not give up on their friend and even though he did not know it, their conversations about what they could do for him had given them an idea.
After everyone had left, the reindeer was given a knowing, reassuring smile and told by his teacher that two of his friends had been concerned about him and the amount he was doing for others. The teacher had talked to his mum and no soon as this was said that the reindeer was relieved to see that she had arrived at school. It was with his mum on one side and his teacher in front they talked to the little reindeer about how he should never take on too much, they commended his Yes, I can attitude but they also explained that one had to also look after themselves if they wanted to be able to look after those around them.


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Locals appeal for drivers to take care after wall demolished in crash on Cobh road
A concrete pillar ended up almost at the front door and the engine was found in a field nearby
Crash on Tay Road in Cobh this morning
A family who were shocked by an 'almighty bang' outside their front door this morning have appealed to drivers to take care and on the roads this bank holiday weekend.
Jennifer Buckley was with her parents in their home on the Tay Road on the way into Cobh by the cross-river ferry shortly before 10am this morning when they were shocked by a huge bang just outside.
"It was an almighty bang, we rushed outside and there was a concrete gate pillar outside the front door next to the gate," she told CorkBeo.
"There was a car all smashed up in the middle of the road and bits of wall and gate and metal everywhere. That's a solid concrete pillar so it gives you an idea of the impact."
Garden gate and concrete pillars ended up by the front door
Jennifer immediately called the guards and says they arrived down within minutes - miraculously, nobody was injured in the incident.
"They found the car's engine in a field across the road," said Jennifer.
"Thank God, the driver was able to get out of the car and did not seem to be injured. And we're lucky that nothing came in the window, or that people were not walking on the road outside, as it's very popular with walkers.
The car's engine was found in a nearby field
Jennifer says locals in the area have asked for traffic calming measures to be introduced on the long, relatively straight road that sees a lot of traffic.
"The Guards have been great because we've talked to them about the traffic on the road and they have been down with speed guns pretty regularly," she said.
"We have contacted local councillors, they have responded to us, but we really feel that something has to be done now. Thank God nobody was injured this morning but we really hope it does not take a very serious accident, or somebody losing their lives, for something to be done."
"And it's an important message, for people driving on country roads, to take care and watch your speed because it can happen in a second."
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Summer of glass
By Selena Beckman-Harned | Apr 30, 2007
Before steel and coal jump-started its economy and darkened its skies, Pittsburgh was known as the Glass City — shipping plate glass, tableware, and lighting fictures across the nation. If not for the influence of barons like Andrew Carnegie, Pittsburghers might be cheering on the "Glassers" at Heinz Field today.
But glass is making a comeback in Pittsburgh, in the form of glass art. 2007 has been dubbed the "Year of Glass" in Pittsburgh, and this summer features many exciting glass-related exhibitions and events.
Richard Piacentini, director of the Phipps Conservatory, set this summer's events in motion in 2002, when he visited an exhibition of glass artist Dale Chihuly's work in Chicago. Immediately, Piacentini knew he wanted Chihuly in Phipps. Piacentini contacted Richard Armstrong at the Carnegie Museum of Art to see if the museum would consider holding a glass exhibit as well. Armstrong called Karen Johnese at the Pittsburgh Glass Center, who asked the Glass Art Society to consider holding its 2007 conference in the former Glass City — and the foundations were laid for a "Summer of Glass." Read on for a list of four exhibits of glass art coming this summer to Pittsburgh — from Venice to Japan.
Garden & Glass
On May 10, Phipps Conservatory will be transformed into a splendor of glass, leaves, and light in an exhibit called Chihuly At Phipps: Gardens & Glass. The show is sure to be an "incredible centerpiece" for the summer, said Sarah Nichols, curator of the Carnegie Museum of Art's parallel exhibit, Viva Vetro! Glass Alive!. Phipps is showcasing glass artist Dale Chihuly, known for his elaborate multicolored pieces. After spending time in the world-famous glass factories of Venice, Chihuly returned to the United States to help establish glassblowing as an art form, in particular the use of collaborative teams in glassblowing. By using teams to blow glass, Chihuly is able to produce huge, elaborate pieces like 40-foot towers of glass or room-sized installations.
Chihuly's work is especially fitting in a natural environment like Phipps because of the organic look of his art. His pieces often take the form of natural objects like shells, reeds, or seeds, and according to Michael Sexaver, Phipps's director of communications, one of the goals of the exhibition is that the glass pieces "look like they grew there." Sexaver said that Chihuly's crew visited the conservatory several times to plan the show, and the conservatory has replanted and rearranged several plant beds to better complement the art. Sexaver expects the exhibit to more than double the conservatory's visitors; tickets can be reserved online at www.phipps.conservatory.org.
Viva Vetro! Glass Alive!
Chihuly would be nowhere without the Venetian glass art tradition. Venice has been a center of glassmaking for centuries, but Americans didn't study there until after the Second World War, when Italian glass was first exhibited in America to help boost the country's economy. After Americans learned about Venetian glass, American designers and artists — Chihuly among them — began visiting factories in Venice in order to learn glass-making techniques and design glass items.
The Carnegie Museum of Art's exhibit, Viva Vetro! Glass Alive!, focuses on the connections between Venice and America since the 1950s. Beginning May 12, the exhibit features 100 works from Venetian and American glass artists, in addition to illustrating many Venetian techniques and the American art they inspired. The show highlights all kinds of glass art, from works based on practical pieces, like chess sets, bowls, and chandeliers, to abstract sculptures.
Allure of Japanese Glass
The Pittsburgh Glass Center attracts glass artists from all over the world, but its main exhibit this summer features emerging Japanese artists, many of whom have never had their work shown in America. Beginning May 4, the exhibit includes work ranging from delicate sculptures that would fit in the palm of your hand to large installation pieces.
Until the Glass Center came to Friendship in 2001, glass artists in Pittsburgh had nowhere to work. Heather McElwee, director of education and exhibitions, said that the Center has four studios: the hot shop, where artists blow glass; the flameworking studio, where beads and marbles are made; the casting studio, where stained and fused glass is made; and the cold shop, where artists grind and engrave glass. In addition to studio space, the Glass Center hosts exhibitions, workshops, and tours.
Metamorphosis: The Life Cycle of a Glass Bead
The Heinz History Center, which also features a permanent exhibit on the history of glass in Pittsburgh, will hold an exhibit of glass jewelry starting May 5. Marianne Filiaggi, a bead artist whose work is part of the exhibit, said in an e-mail that the exhibit's purpose is to "explain the creative process of going from a focal bead to a finished piece of jewelry."
Metamorphosis, explained Leslie Kaplan, the president of the Three Rivers Glass Beadmakers, will also include loose material so visitors can see what glass beads feel like. The Three Rivers Glass Beadmakers is an organization for glass artists interested in beadmaking which sponsors workshops and supports local artists.
Pittsburgh's glass community
The Glass Center has revitalized Pittsburgh's glass art community. Filiaggi said in an e-mail, "The success of the Pittsburgh Glass Center has been a catalyst in bringing many master glass teachers to this area."
Since the Glass Center came to town, 2000 glass artists have moved into the Pittsburgh area, and McElwee and her peers at the Center hope that members of the Glass Art Society, in town for the conference, will decide to relocate to Pittsburgh. The city's history with glass, low cost of living, and growing art community could entice enough artists to make Pittsburgh the Glass City once again. As Filiaggi said, "It's an exciting time to be a glass artist!"


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Q: Quando usar UNIX_TIMESTAMP Com toda certeza, todos trabalhamos com datas, timestamp, entre outros formas e diversos formatos.
O UNIX_TIMESTAMP (o tempo em segundos desde '1970-01-01 00:00:00' UTC até o momento) sempre acaba aparecendo levemente quando vamos a procura de manipulações entre esse tipo de dado.

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*Quando é eficaz utilizar-se do UNIX_TIMESTAMP ?

*Por ser do tipo numérico, seria uma vantagem na gravação/leitura ?

*A vantagem é somente para quem trabalha com vários fuso horários ?

Ou seja, brevemente quais são os prós e contras ?

A: Essa informação demonstra o tempo passado desde 1970. Portanto não pode ser usado para marcar um ponto no tempo qualquer, não pode usar para guardar datas e horários em geral. É uma informação interna do uso de computadores. Considera-se que nada que um computador produziu pode ter ocorrido antes de 1970. Pelo menos em Unixes não pode, então não precisa ser capaz de representar um número anterior a isto.
Ele é um número, sendo o 0 dele marcando 1970-01-01 00:00:00. Assim o 1 seria 1970-01-01 00:00:01 e neste momento o timestamp tem o número 1522323093, portanto esta é a quantidade de segundos passados desde o início do ano de 1970.
Existem outras formas de timestamp que não seguem esta regra, estou falando apenas do utilizado pelo Unix, derivados e qualquer aplicação que o adote.
Há uma vantagem em ser numérico porque ele é manipulado de forma binária e é muito curo e muito rápido de calcular.
Ele nada tem a ver com fuso horário. Qualquer forma de ponto no tempo pode ou não ter uma informação de fuso horário. Geralmente recomenda-se para a maioria das aplicações, mas existem casos diferentes, que o horário seja sempre UTC, ou seja, o tempo universal sem indicação de qual fuso é, portanto no Brasil o timestamp deveria ser usado com menos duas ou menos três horas depende se está em horário de verão ou não. Regras estas que podem mudar, por isto mesmo o horário universal é melhor.
Então use ele para logs e outras formas de auditoria, controle de transações, identificações de momentos de eventos gerados dentro do computador, mas não use para armazenar horário em geral. Não use para guardar data de nascimento ou outros eventos na história, não use nem mesmo para armazenar uma data de cadastro porque ela é essencialmente uma informação externa e poderia ter sido cadastrado antes de computadores existirem.
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Daniel A. Heald's legal practice involves all types of commercial litigation, representing wholesale distributors, national equipment leasing companies and large financial institutions. During a career spanning more than two decades, Mr. Heald has conducted several hundred trials and obtained many millions of dollars in recoveries for the firm's clients.
For many years Mr. Heald has been an active member of the California Bankers Association (CBA), the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA), and the National Equipment Finance Association (NEFA) in which he has held several key posts. Notably, he previously served as chairman of the UAEL Legal Committee and as Legal Editor. Mr. Heald also served two years on the ELFA Credit and Collection Committee.
Mr. Heald has spoken on a wide array of subjects to numerous professional organizations. Most recently, he presented a bankruptcy primer at the ELFA Credit and Collections Conference. Additionally, Mr. Heald has spoken at UAEL Conferences on varied topics, including equipment broker and vendor relations, leasing fraud and California state court collections. He is a frequent in-house speaker on commercial litigation and judgment enforcement matters for large financial institutions and leasing companies.
Mr. Heald conducted his undergraduate studies at Claremont McKenna College and graduated in 1980 with dual degrees in political science and economics. He earned his law degree in 1983 from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, in Sacramento.
Mr. Heald has had cases upheld on appeal, including Sanwa Bank California v. Chang (2001) 87 Cal.App.4th 1314. He is admitted to practice before all U.S. District Courts of California.


Hi Tim ! I took a look at our MC Soft 2.8 (Mojo) and MCA 2.8 Media Creation settings. Both seem to "remember" their settings. Will keep watch on this.
Yes Larry, it does, TC out is availlable, and downconversion to SD is also possible. I must try it, and then try the batch digitizing to HD. Thanks Larry.
Hi Tim ! Did you try the Expert/Render to another drive ?