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March Ends, Meager Play Continues for New Jersey Devils in 2-3 OT Loss to Columbus
In a game featuring two power play goals, a penalty shot goal, a wacky shorthanded equalizer, the New Jersey Devils continued their meager streak of winless games to six with a 2-3 overtime loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. This is the game recap.
By John Fischer Mar 31, 2015, 10:49pm EDT
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I'm using this picture as evidence that Dainius Zubrus actually got a breakaway tonight.
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March ends with six winless games in a row for the New Jersey Devils. In these six games, the Devils have scored a whopping seven goals. In the two games where they scored more than one, they were able to get into overtime. Tonight's game against the Columbus Blue Jackets was the second one. Like the first one against the Capitals, overtime did not last long. Ryan Johansen curled around the zone, made an easy pass to David Savard, who got it forward to an open Jack Johnson. Johnson cut to the middle, flung a backhander through some traffic, and became the hero of the night. The Blue Jackets continued their hot streak with their seventh win in a row. The Devils remain playing for pride, competitive hockey, and nothing much more than that.
In some way, the Devils weren't supposed to get to overtime. They didn't play poorly. The performance was similar to the losses to the Islanders and Ducks on this winless streak. Not bad, they just didn't get enough goals. Sergei Bobrovsky was on form, if only to rob Travis Zajac of three glorious opportunities off rebounds. The Devils had some good moments in attacking, but the Blue Jackets definitely kept the Devils honest with the one-goal lead. That lead came about outside of regular 5-on-5 play. Nick Foligno touched in Alexander Wennberg's shot for a power play goal to convert on Elias' first penalty (more or less a makeup call at the time) early in the second. Brandon Dubinsky got a breakaway, got his stick slashed by Stefan Matteau, got a shot off anyway, and then got awarded a penalty shot. Dubinsky got stopped on the breakaway, but he beat Schneider on the penalty shot. With Bobrovsky being so good and the Blue Jackets driving the play at evens, hopes for an equalizer for New Jersey seemed dim as time ticked off the clock in the third period.
Those hopes took a hit when the Devils gave the Blue Jackets a great chance to really kill off the game. Patrik Elias tripped up Kevin Connauton on offense in an attempt to get a puck he wasn't going to win with 3:18 left to play. Down a goal, that was a bad penalty to take. It would've been a bad penalty to take even if the Devils were up by five, but it was especially bad in a one-shot game. Then something really weird happened. Dainius Zubrus got a shorthanded breakaway.
Normalcy quickly returned when Bobrovsky stopped Zubrus' shot and his rebound attempts. Then something else really weird happened. Zubrus kept the puck alive and poked it towards Mike Cammalleri crashing towards the right side of the net. The puck got up in the air, Cammalleri hits it twice in mid-air, and it drops just inside the goal. Bobrovsky just lost it. Upon review, the stick was below the crossbar, and so the goal stood. It was Cammalleri's second of the night, certainly a lot less conventional than his first goal - a blistering one-timer to convert a late first period power play. A shorthanded goal was unlikely enough. Involving Zubrus breaking away and Cammalleri batting it in from a really tough angle would've had an incredibly low probability. But it happened. It certainly felt better than seeing the Devils fall 1-2 in regulation.
That said, the right team won the game. The Blue Jackets controlled more of the game, they created more chances than the Devils, and they gave the Devils issues in most facets of the game. While they didn't look like the league's hottest team, they were able to take care of business like you'd expect a solid team to do when something weird happens to them like that shorthanded goal. As I've said over and over, all I want is some decent hockey to end this lost season and I got some of that. Still, the results remain meager with six winless games in a row. With Montreal, Our Hated Rivals (twice), Tampa Bay, and Florida to close out the season, it may get worse before it gets better. At least Zubrus' breakaway-to-Cammalleri's shorthanded goal was memorable.
The Game Stats: The NHL.com Game Summary | The NHL.com Event Summary | The NHL.com Play by Play Log | The NHL.com Shot Summary | The NHL.com Devils Time on Ice Chart | The Natural Stat Trick Corsi Charts | The War on Ice Game Stats
The Opposition Opinion: Eric St. John is understandably pleased with the Blue Jackets winning their seventh straight game in his recap at The Cannon.
The Game Highlights: Two power play goals, one penalty shot goal, one weird shorthanded goal, and an overtime goal. Yes, there were no 5-on-5 goals tonight. See them all in this video at NHL.com:
Team Effort: The Blue Jackets got at least one shot on goal from everyone on their active roster tonight. That doesn't surprise me as each of Columbus' units had their time to shine. While the Ryan Johansen-led unit didn't crush the Devils every time they stepped on the ice, they did create the game winning goal in overtime and certainly came close to scoring earlier. From what I saw, the standout line was Marko Dano, Alexander Wennberg, and Scott Hartnell. While Wennberg only got on the scoresheet from creating a power play goal, they were constantly pushing forward. It didn't matter who they drew, they just kept making life difficult for the Devils. Dano was especially notable as he was fouled twice, giving the Blue Jackets two of their four power plays. Brandon Dubinsky continued his reputation of wrecking the Devils with a goal on a penalty shot; but he was threatening on more plays with the help of Nick Foligno and Artem Anisimov. Even their fourth line had some storming shifts, including Mark Letestu coming inches close of denying the Devils overtime in the final seconds of the game. The Blue Jackets' defense was a mixed bag tonight, but their pairing of Cody Goloubef and Kevin Connauton was excellent. It's partially a function of which forwards they played with, but they made it work on a regular basis. Again, Bobrovsky was big when he needed to be - much to Zajac's chagrin.
Ultimately, the Blue Jackets demonstrated how effective they can be when they're able to roll four legitimate NHL-caliber lines. Each unit had speed, skill, and something to just get through to the Devils. It wasn't total dominance, but there were times where they were in control. In total, while the Devils got out-shot 26-31 overall, they got out-attempted 32-57. The latter really speaks to that; as does the even strength differential of 25-42. I'd say the Wennberg and Anisimov did the most damage regularly, but for the Blue Jackets got the job done as a whole squad. If they can get their defense improved for 2015-16, then they could do some real damage provided they don't get wrecked by injuries again.
Special Teams Standouts: While the Devils didn't create a whole lot at even strength, they made their mark on the game on special teams. Cammalleri scored a power play goal and an incredibly unlikely shorthanded goal. Beyond the goals, the Devils did rather well in both aspects of special teams. Shorthanded breakaway conceded aside, the Devils' power play got set-up from both units on both of their power plays and got some real good looks on net. Two of the three rebound opportunities for Zajac came from these power plays and both required surprising stops from Bobrovsky. One goal out of four shots is a win for this PP unit.
Even though they conceded a power play goal, the Devils only allowed four shots on net across Columbus' four power plays. In response, they got some real offensive chances with five shorthanded shots on net. Three were from the wacky equalizer, but the Devils were able to keep the Blue Jackets from controlling the game despite having nearly eight minutes up one man. That's generally good work and the shorthanded goal mitigates whatever pain came from the first PPGA.
Just Let It Happen: The Dubinsky penalty shot was weird in of itself. It started with Stefan Matteau playing Cammalleri forward on an offensive rush. Mark Fraser decided to join this rush. He got the puck and actually got a good shot on net. However, the rebound went long, Fraser fell down, and Dubinsky was off. Matteau got within a few feet of him and decided he needed to give his stick a massive whack. Not Dubinsky's hands or legs or hips, but only his stick. Dubinsky still got a shot on net off, however the referee awarded a penalty shot. I would understand it if Dubinsky's stick was broken or he didn't get a shot off. Alas, he got the call and he finished it. I suppose the larger lesson for Matteau is to let the breakaway man have his breakaway and focus on cleaning up the mess rather than foul him to disrupt him. (And the larger lesson for me is to not assume, I thought it was Eric Gelinas getting back and chasing down Dubinsky. Alas, I was wrong.)
Swapped: When the news came out that Mark Fraser would be in the lineup, I was already lamenting the Gelinas-Fraser pairing against Columbus' speed. Well, my assumption made me wrong again. Gelinas' most common defensive partner was Jon Merrill tonight. And it didn't go that badly. There was still some of Bad Merrill (e.g. giving the puck away to Dano right in front of his face), but there was some of Good Merrill (e.g. getting in Dano's way immediately to help get the puck back.) Damon Severson got to play more minutes with Fraser than anyone else. He had his ups and downs. Fraser, well, I wouldn't mind a return to Peter Harrold for Friday night. He did not help much, good shot off the rush aside. The co-coaches rotated the defensemen a little bit, so there were some shifts of Merrill-Severson and Severson-Gelinas.
Bad Lasting Taste: Elias gave away the puck, his linemates won it back, and then Elias took that bad penalty near the end of the third period. It was a poor way to end an otherwise fairly good night for the line. Gionta and Zubrus were good on the PK and tried to push forward with Elias. Elias himself nearly tied the game in the third period with an impressive wraparound attempt that was denied only by the far post. Each got three shots on net and did a good job with their match-ups. Still, one of his last shifts left a sour taste for the viewer since it was costly. Fortunately, the Devils not only killed his penalty but got an equalizer in the oddest ways.
Matteau Report: Travis Zajac was denied in a big way thrice, Cammalleri scored twice but he only had one other non-scoring shot, and Stefan Matteau had no shooting attempts. The line wasn't bad, but they weren't attacking on a regular basis. Matteau wasn't bad himself. I can see why he did what he did to Dubinsky and I can appreciate the hustle on the backcheck and I can understand his some of his movements. But he didn't do too much within the game with a line that only did so much themselves. I think I would keep him in, but I wouldn't be totally surprised if he's swapped out with Reid Boucher in the next two games.
Beef: This game got really chippy at times. The Devils' power play goal came on a post-whistle minor for Jeremy Morin amid a massive scrum shortly after Matt Calvert failed to score with Schneider on his butt. The home crowd hated that call. While they got their make-up call, it would be a sign of things to come within the game as players were often jaw-jacking and shoving after whistles. There was even a stoppage during a third period offensive shift due to two players getting into it without resorting to fisticuffs. I'm surprised in a way that there weren't more penalties called among them just to send a message to both teams to cool it. I'm also surprised that two non-rivals with nothing to play for would get into it so much. Such is the nature of hockey, I suppose.
Lastly: Columbus is now mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. While they won tonight, so did Boston. Oh well.
Your Take: The Devils lost in overtime. I want to know your take on the result. What did you think about the Devils performance; did they do enough to deserve post-regulation play? More importantly, how did you react when Cammalleri scored his equalizer? Who do you think was the best non-Schneider player for the Devils was tonight and why? What can the Devils take out of this game to prepare for their back-to-back at the end of this week? Please leave your answers and other thoughts about the game in the comments.
Thanks to everyone who commented in the Gamethread about the game and followed @InLouWeTrust on Twitter. Thank you for reading.
New Jersey Devils at Columbus Blue Jackets: Game Stream #77
March Meagerness: Devils Dropped in OT by CBJ, 2-3
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Vlora is one of the most beautiful cities of Albania and proud. Called the "City of the flag''," the city with two seas "or" southern Adriatic port'' she regarded as the pearl of the Albanian tourism, with its shores, Karaburun, Sazan Llogoranë castle Kanina Narta Lagoon Numerous beaches, monuments, people, land and sea products. Vlora occupies a deserved place in the history of Albania, the city enjoyed the status of hero.City where Skanderbeg married, which was declared the Independence of Albania, arena wars for freedom and Albanian resistance, Vlora has a different status as natural studios of painters, artists and hearth bridge Albania with the world. Visit Vlora, means to give yourself the privilege of tasting the most pleasant feeling of the most impressive of good taste, humor ever higher levels and wonderful nature. By choosing Vlora for your vacation will certainly make an intelligent choice, but should note that Vlora is a magical city that makes it difficult to return. The rough in appearance, with rocks ornery nature between turbulent sea, it has both a soft heart, people pure as the sun, healthy eating characteristic above all a kind of inexplicable suggestion to make for themselves with tasty contents. Nature of grab lebërve, is also hot but also welcoming, full of dynamism and desire for life, characteristics contagious effects that will rob you to enjoy the vibrant bustling summer days vlonjate. But remember that Vlora is not only beautiful in summer. In addition to numerous cultural and historical attractions, you can visit in every season its wonderful sea, whose sights create unique moments of pleasure and relaxation.
Vlora located in JP Albania along the Adriatic coast low and the Ionian rocky. With an area of 1609 km2 and a population of 200 000 inhabitants, Vlora district is bounded on the north by Fier, east with Mallakastrën and Tepelena and south to Saranda and Gjirokastra. West of the warm waters of the Adriatic and Ionian Loggia varied coastline, where you can come across lagoons, bays, islands, peninsulas and numerous beaches. Vlora is the district which alternated between all forms of relief, such as low flat, hilly and mountainous. The landscape consists of Vlora Myzeqe fields, valleys duchy and Susica some massive hilly, highland Kurveleshi and mountain Shashicë-Lungarë-bit (2045 m) and GRIB-chip-Pleshevicë. Hydrography is represented by the flow eposhtme Vjosa River, Vlora river or Susica river of the Duchy, etc.. Other parts of the hydrography of the rich are two marine lakes Narta and Oricum, and an number of mountain streams.The climate is typically Mediterranean with hot dry summers and mild and wet winters, which intertwine relaxing influence of the sea on the west and that of mountainous landscape to vary average lindje.Temperaturat reach 16o, where the July and January catch figures 24 and 6 degrees centigrade. Climate records 2000 hours of solar radiation per year, while precipitation fall generally in the form of rain and partly in the form of snow in the high mountains. Their maximum amount reaches the slopes of the higher figure of 2405 mm.Vlora is the administrative center of the County. It lies edge marine bay of the same name starting Mezini's well to the north and to the south Cold Water. Githsej with an area of 30 km 2, the city has a north-south length of 19 km and east-west width of 16 km.
Population. Typical dialect, culture and traditions differ slightly Hearth, who stand and fiery temperament and exquisite humor and full of flavor. Along with surrounding city has a population of 200 000 inhabitants, most of which resides in the four municipalities of the district as Vlora, Orikumi, Selenica and Himara. Vlora is one of the 12 counties of the Republic of Albania and includes the cities of Vlora, Saranda and Delvina. Vlora itself consists of four municipalities and 96 villages concentrated in nine municipalities. People are hospitable, communicative, warm and with a world of pure spirits. Perhaps nature has created as anywhere else a balance between mountain and sea green, directly affecting people's character. Geographical environment and society do Vlora a loving place that attracts magically visitors and tourists. From this community have come a number of celebrities and prominent people, where we can mention names Ismail Kamal, Jani Mingës, Eqrem Vlora, Ali Aslani, Petro Marko, Light Pelingut, Shaban Demiraj, Fatos Arapi, Liza Laskës, Bardhosh Gaçes, Mexhit pilgrim, etc.Transorti Being the country's second port, Vlora is located 72 km from Otranto (Italy) and 123 km from the island of Corfu (Greece). Shipping lines regularly works with ports of Bari and Brindisi. In order to transport goods and passengers in the port processed 3 million tons of cargo per year. Vlora also communicates with Tirana (135km) and Durres (100) via the motorway and railway artery Albanian. Internal lines is performed by means bus, taxi and van. Most important tourist routes are South-Kanina, South-Llogora-Himarë and South-Amantia and South-Zvernec. Made by the Albanian Post postal service which performs some services, while known companies offer postal services DHL, Visa Card, Money Gram, Western Union, etc..Culture and Heritage. Vlora is recognized as one of the cities that has given outstanding contribution to national culture. There are many areas where the city has issued personalities. Here archaeological museum first opened in 1936, which exhibits the detected objects in Apollo French archaeologist Leon Rei. Vlora is also called the city of statues and monuments that can be mentioned that National warrior, Avni Rustemi, the Monument of Independence, Marigo Poisos, Jan Mingës, etc.. Today Vlora is a university town and there are numerous educational institutions, cultural and sporting activities as library Shevqet Musaraj Petro Marko Theatre, Gymnasium Ali Demi, numerous museums, such as the historical, ethnographic or that of independence. Every year here held important national activities Festivalii Mediterranean polyphony, Book Fair, National Theatre Festival Estrada. Two of the values of cultural heritage that carries Vlora region are Polyphony Labe, estimated as UNESKOS wealth, and urban songs vlonjate. Vlora that carries multiple values and thanks to the geographical location visited by tourists all year round, offering several types of tourism such as cultural, historical, mountain, sports, seaside, etc..History. In the period of the ancient city of Vlora was known Aulona and lay where today is located in a place called Treport. In an advantageous geographic position, Aulona was included in the territory of the state often Ilir, Epirote and Macedonia. After the year 229 BC, when Rome broke Illyrian queen Teutën, Aulona became part of the state. Then she and the surrounding areas is referred to as'' theater'' developed civil wars between Caesar and Pompey great where cities Thronit (Kanina), Amantia and Oriku, became the basis of Caesar during his military operations. Geography of Alexandria, Claudius Ptolemy, mention Aulonën in Century II, which emphasizes its geographical coordinates of 40o45 '. Vlora episcopate was created during the II century and exercised his activity here Lefteri St, one of the saints of the church. Aulon importance grew especially at the end of the fifth century, when after Apolonia drop it emerged as the starting point the Via Egnatia. While during the early medieval shift from Treporti city being located where it is today by attending civic life without interruption. Historical sources mention in the ninth century Aulon name again as the cities of Durres Byzantine themes. Will be Norman Dynasty campaigns Altavila that this region will be back'''' theater of clashes between the Byzantines and the Normans. Later Norman conquests will be followed by those of the Despotate of Epirus, Prince Mihal II, gave the Vlora and its region as a dowry to his daughter's marriage with Manfredi king of Naples in 1258. In 1345 Vlora will be occupied by the Serbian Empire of Stefan Dushan. With the death of Stefan Dusan in 1455 will create Despotate of Vlora. In 1468 in the presence of Vlora despot Alexander signed the document with the Republic of Ragusa, which is called the first of Kastriot family Kanina squires. Vlora then falls to the Muzakajve, Balshaj and recently Arianitëve. The fortress of Vlora, Kanina was held weddings Donikës, daughter Prince George Arianiti, with our national hero Skanderbeg. Turks occupied Vlora in 1417 by master until 1912. During subsequent centuries Vlora became the Turkish naval base for the invasion of Italy. On November 28, 1912 under the direction of Kamal Ismail National Assembly declared the Independence of Albania and Vlora in the years 1912-1914 became the first capital of the Albanian State. During World War Vlora was occupied by Italy. During the 1920 war of Vlora as popular war forced the Italians to retreat from the area. During World War II the Vlora region served as the main base of the anti-fascist resistance, while during the cold war communist regime turned Vlora largest naval base of the Warsaw Treaty in the Mediterranean Sea.To visit. Uliinjve Crown located at the entrance of Vlora in the hills of Bestrovës, along the old road motoring. There are tens of centuries-old olive trees, which provide an impressive enjoyment of this human miracle. Among them we find the kind of type kalinjot and vlonjat name for fruit and oil.Flag Square consists of several cultural facilities. At issue is Independence monument, a symbol of national resistance. Built in 1972 it is 17 m tall and is considered one of the masterpieces of monumental sculpture. Among the six bronze figures highlighted that of Ismail Kamal, architect of Independence. To the left of the monument is flag poles, a columnar pedestal decorated page from the date of independence and national eagle. It was built in 1937 under the auspices of the then mayor, lyrical poet Ali Aslani. After the mast, a few meters inside the park is the tomb of Ismail Kamal.The tomb was built in 1932, when his remains were moved here from Kanina. Above it is National warrior sculptures, the work of sculptor Odise Pascal.In the western corner of the Flag Square in 1988 archaeologists brought to light a Roman fortress wall qytetis Aulon. By digging out a long tract wall of 40 m, which can be seen by visitors today.
Neighborhood mosque Muradie located in the city center, at the beginning of the old historic area of the city. Was built in 1537 by architect Sinan, who accompanied the Vlora Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. Built with a mixed technique where white stones are combined building with red bricks and mortar. The mosque is provided with a dome covered with red tiles which contrasts with the minaret built entirely with white stones.Kuz-father is in Vlora higher hills which drops the knife in the eastern part of the city. While in the last years has been reconstructed tomb-mausoleum of Kuzum father, a cleric rolled by legend, whose monumental architecture predominantly green color, is one of the symbols of the Bektashi sect.Independence Museum is located on the pier in front of the seaport. Consists of a simple building with several rooms, which served as the seat of the Government of Albania in the years 1912-1914. Between rooms and memorabilia on the second floor is also studied Prime Minister Ismail Kemal.Birmingham Stadium easy striking national colors red and black. With a capacity of 15 000 seats it is known to the triumphs of Birmingham in the 1980s and unforgettable matches in historical encounters with Barcelona.Ismail Kemal technological university was founded on October 10, 1994. Consists of several faculties of which can be mentioned that maritime navigation.Other valuable items to be visited in the city are the way history Justin Gotard, where independence assembly delegates passed; family home Vlora, which sundoipër 400 years of the city; way Hebrews, Clock Tower, Municipality, built in neoclassical style, Petro Marko Theatre, etc..Kanina Castle is located in the Southeast of the city of Vlora in a 380 m high hill. There were protective function Amante Illyrians community since ancient period. Archaeologists have specified different historical periods walls belonging to different styles and different techniques. Significant area of 3.5 ha tells military arsenal and the people who can be accommodated. From its pinnacles controlled Vlora Bay, coastal areas and the lower valleys of Shushica. There are many stories that are wrapped in the form of legends about this castle, which make mention of the murderous wife kështjellarit, Princess Rugina, out or marriage Donikës with Skanderbeg.Vlora Bay. Vlora Bay is the largest bay of the Albanian coastline, which departed from Cape Treport plate and continues to the south, creating the shape of an open arm to St. Jacks Bay in the north of Karaburun. In his introduction is Sazan Island with a distance of 17 km from the city of Vlora. Bay of Vlora has a length of 19 km, a width of 9.5 km and depth of 54 m. Its western part lies along the Karaburun peninsula consists of a rocky coast and the eastern part consists of a low sandy coast, dotted with several beaches. Adriatic waters make this bay reach temperatures ranging from 13oC in winter cold season up to 25 º C in the hot summer months, which enable marine toilets and fishing almost all year round. Surrounding landscape carries all forms, starting from the back of hills Treportit, mirrors the Narta Zvernec Hills, Vlora pits, hills around her castle the Kanina Mount Shashicës, Mount Lungarës, Llogara, for proceed further with the radius of the Canal, Duchy Valley, Karaburun locking ring on Sazan, Albania's most western point. Bay of Vlora has been used and continues to be used today as a place with excellent opportunities to accommodate different types of vessels. Operate a total of six ports, all specific to the use. Port of Vlora is Albania's largest port and Southern serves the entire region surrounding the transport of goods and passengers. It features an open port consists of two main mole holding vessels: transport boats and ferries. There are no strong currents and fluctuations that may affect the navigation tools, thus anchoring can be done with him outside the dam. In the north-west of the port located Zvernec port, which serves to anchor the fishing fleet vessels. While in the southern city of Vlora is small port Radhima, which serves small vessels transport. In the southern part of the bay, where it begins Karaburun Peninsula is Pasha Limani military port. I called with the name of the Turkish Navy in the XVI century, it became a major military base of the Warsaw Pact in the Cold War years. There Soviets invested millions of dollars and for a long period it was ready to serve a marine squad consisting of 12 submarines and dozens of other auxiliary ships. Today the port as part of partnership relations with NATO has been taken under the auspices of the Turkish Navy. Port located in the island of Sazan is used for military purposes. Today it is used by the Italian Guardia di Finanza patrol the Albanian coast, preventing illegal trafficking. Orikum is the new port of Vlora bay which is the only port in Albania yacht resort, called Orikum Marina.Karaburun Karaburun is the largest peninsula in the territory of the Republic of Albania, which is located between the Adriatic Sea (Bay of Vlora) and the Ionian Sea. With a length of 16 km, Karaburun serves as the boundary between the separator between the two seas. His bizarre landscape offers many different shapes as small bays, plateau, karst caves, capes, beaches, bare slopes, mountain peaks, etc.. Among them we can mention bays with whimsical names like the Bear, Laurel, Ragusa first, second Ragusa Ravenna, St. Jacks, St. Basil, etc., Highest Peak of Karaburun is Koreas 826m height, and very close it is the karst plateau of Ravenna with altitudes ranging from 200-300 m, the height of which the Soviets thought to install missiles in late 1950. The widespread geographic karsti has developed peninsula cave phenomenon. There are total 20 such along the entire coastline, from where you can mention the cave of Haji Ali, that of Duke John, near Cave Bear Bay, doves Cave, cave Inglizit, deep cave, etc.. But the biggest and most interesting caves of Karaburun is the Haji Ali, which has the form of a tunnel at a height of 60 m and 40 m length. According to legend, the cave was once used by the hacker known seventeenth-century Haji Ali. Here it housed together with the vessel and its people. Karaburun favorable position offered him the opportunity of attacking Neapolitan shipping, Turkish, Venetian, or Dalmatian. In Karaburun between multiple basins flaring even he Gramatës. Gramata in Greek means "writing." With this name known this small bay that is located in the western part of Karaburun. Since ancient period here ankoroheshin ships that can flap sea waves on the cliffs of the peninsula. Sheltered here many travelers from different Mediterranean countries have left their records, which have carved rock sites, which are also used as a quarry inscriptions before you dedicated to the gods and are praying for salvation by a storm at sea. As in other inscriptions mention Rome's historical figures as Pompey, Dolabela, Mark Anthony or Tauri statin Tit Consul. While interest is another inscription of the year 1396, which shows that during his trip to France took refuge from the storm in Gramata, self Byzantine Emperor John V Paleologus. Inscriptions are mostly made in ancient Greek, Latin and Byzantine Greek. Often they are associated with different drawings and symbols of the most diverse.Oriku Where Karaburuni join Duchy valley are the ruins of ancient Oriku, which originated as a colony founded by the Greeks of Euboea century VI.pk. One of the ancient authors, Pliny, says Oriku was founded from Kolkasit. I built the style of the Greek polis he stood in the back of the hill Paleokastrës broad view of the bay of Vlora. Archaeological excavations were conducted once brought to light among other facilities a small theater, who sat on his doorstep about 500 spectators, a few houses, a few mol doorstep, etc.. To mention in its history fighting between Caesar and Pompey in 48 BC. Interesting is the description that makes Caesar in his city delivery Belli Civilis (civil war), after which he says: "Caesar army landed on the same day went to Orik. Here Luc Torkuati ruled in the city at the behest of Pompey close gates and measures to protect the city, ordering the Greeks to board walls, and pick up weapons, but orikasit did not want to fight against Rome, even people trying to accept Caesar voluntarily. Then Torkuati opened the gates and surrendered to Caesar with All city.I Marmiroi is a lid of a small monastery built in XII century. Called by this name because of the white stone, marble ie (Marmiro) taken from the ruins of ancient Oriku. With a typical architecture for cross-shaped Byzantine churches with the dome, it saves around the ruins of the old monastery.Sazani Fare near Karaburun is Sazan Island which is known by all as Albania's largest island. With an area of 5.5 km2 that is located at the entrance of the bay of Vlora, 16 km away from the latter and separated from Karaburun Straits Mezokanalit, 4.8 km wide, and its distance from Cape triporteve is 8.5 km. Iërbërë two hills almost "twin" Sazan has a maximum height of 342 m, and a high rocky coastline dotted with small bays. Most notable is that of St. Nicholas where Sazan military port. Greek and Roman authors called once named Saso. One of them Ptolemy also provides its geographical coordinates of 44o51 '. And Pliny mentions as pirates center island. As part of the Roman Empire and later the Byzantine Sazani will not have any significance. While in the Middle Ages would fall under the rule of Venice. In the fifteenth century it will be occupied by the Turks, who in 1815 will tja hand that England, which he held until 1864, when the United Kingdom will tja spent Greece During World War I there just in 1915 the island was occupied by Italy, which held him to 8 September 1943, when Sazani was occupied by the Germans, who fled from there to 14 October 1944. Since that time until now Sazani is an integral part of the Albanian state, which used it only for military purposes. During the communist years there arose a naval base and a town where lived military families. They left the island when the base was abandoned in 1992 by the Albanian army, which later put Sazan available to NATO. Interesting fact is that in Sazan grow a kind of wild rabbit, which was brought to the island between the two world wars by the Italians. I called rabbit holes, this species has been added because Sazan no predatory animals.Pass National Park lies where it starts Duchy valleys along slopes Lungarës and range of the Canal. With an area of 1010 ha this space extends from the height of 500 m, climbing to a height of 1100 m. Within his face a thick vegetation left by Mediterranean bush, various coniferous, broadleaf trees, pastures, etc.. Llogara noted for its rich fauna where you can mention various rare birds and mammals. Within the park, along the road up to 910 m is also very unique culture monument, such as pine flag, so called from the shape of the branches processed by the wind.Under Pass is the village of Duchy referred to folklore, history and traditions. Here we encounter one of the monuments of popular culture such as Ali Dervish towers, a home-eighteenth-century castle.Orikum lagoon located between Karaburun and Orikum city. Stands out for birds and numerous species marine lakes, where economic activities can be mentioned fishing.Church Marmiroi Orikum John Castle Bocari in Tragjas located near way atomobilistike. Was built in the XVII century and has a classic square shape equipped with two towers. Its function was to maintain the road Vlore-Himara.Zvernec is one of the tourist areas of Vlora. Here located Triporti a natural beauty of unexplored by visitors. In the 1970s archaeologist Vasil Bereti head here some digging campaign, which came to light seaport, some walls surrounding several buildings, karkasën a ship and various ceramics.Monastery Zvernec located in one of two islands in the lagoon of Narta. The church is located in the largest island which is linked to the shore by a wooden bridge with a length of 200 m. It belongs to the XII century and served as a mausoleum, because within it is the tomb of the Byzantine general Argjiro Karanxhas, buried here in the XI century. In the cemetery of the monastery situated since 1932 qëndistares tomb Marigo flag Pozios.Narta Lagoon area 45 km2 is the second-largest marine lake in Albania. Its features is the large number of birds and fish that live in it. For several centuries here lives a colony of pelicans. Even today in the lagoon preserved wooden boats fishing tradition. In the surrounding hills nartiotë fishermen have shown growers famous vineyards, which produces summer Narta known.Inland of Vlora found Amantia Illyrian town, 35 km from the city. Today he is one of Albania's most interesting archaeological parks, which are unique items such as the stadium. Remains of old town located in a valley area of 20 ha, which was surrounded by a perimeter wall of 2100 m. Ancient authors to provide data for Amante are numerous. One of them tells Stefan Byzantium had the legendary founding of the city ABANTIA Trojan War. Pavarëssht numerous stories Amantia monuments as Doric temple of Aphrodite, the stadium, the surrounding walls, basilicas, etc., constitute an attractive tour for visitors.
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There's so much here, I don't even know where to begin. I won't be able to write a coherent sort of essay right now about the Ripley Scrolls, as I'm just now wrapping my head around their magnificence.
There are 23 copies of the Ripley Scrolls, which get their name from the 15th-century alchemist George Ripley, as snippets of his verses are included on some of the scrolls. Most are thought to have been copied in the 16th and 17th centuries from a now-lost original.
The scrolls depict–in what to modern eyes are bizarre and obscure symbols–the process of making the Philosopher's Stone, the substance thought to impart eternal life and to contain the power to turn base metals into gold.
The pelican the alchemist is holding is cut away to reveal the changes the substances are undergoing–but despite the seeming transparency of the cut-away pelican, the changes are cloaked in the arcane system of symbols and riddles that marks the pursuit of alchemy (as you can see below).


The idea was for the kids to move the things in the bag with air. I just laid the bags on the tables and said, "Make the things in your bag move". There were some interesting solutions.
After about 20 minutes of the children moving the materials around, we got back together and made a list of all the ways we moved each of the things. The one common thing was that everyone had tried blowing on all of the items to get them to move.
We then discussed all the things that air could help us do: move things, carry seeds, blow up balloons, help us drink out of straws, move weather to us or away from us.
They would start out by holding on to the paper and then once they started running, they would let go.
We observed them in the sky on several different days either from in our room (we has several days of severe thunderstorms) or from outside on the playground. We also made a KLO chart, but in a little different order from the usual KWL chart.
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Q: Socket connection to my ip rather than 127.0.0.1 Well, i am at new at Socket programming in java. I tried to implement a simple socket program to send the message  with 127.0.0.1:4242 as localhost. But i want to send message to specific IP. How can i achieve that? Will it be possible to send message to my own IP as client-server running simultaneously?

A: An endpoint in socket communications is an endpoint.  Anything you can do using 127.0.0.1 can be done using that machines ip address.  See here for more details.

A: Every IP datagram has a source address and a destination address in the IP header, plus a transport protocol number, which is for majority of Internet traffic is either TCP or UDP. Then the header for that transport protocol lists source and destination port numbers.
So here you have it - sending, or better said "client", application gets assigned source address and port, usually automatically - address determined by the local routing table, port number assigned out of range of ephemeral ports, while "server" application listens on a well known port bound to an address at a particular machine. This tuple (source IP, source port, destination IP, destination port) is enough for the datagram to get from here to there.
127.0.0.1, and actually all the addresses in the range 127/8, are reserved for the loopback, a virtual local interface, i.e. it's the way to say "no matter what my real address is, or even if I don't have one, connect to this machine I'm at right now".
Read up on the TCP/IP suite of protocols - it's a fairly simple concept (with ton of interesting details, of cource).

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Борис Наумович Воловодов ( 19 липня 1914, Грозний, Терська область —  3 листопада 1943, Керч, Кримська АРСР) — радянський льотчик-штурмовик морської авіації, учасник Німецько-радянської війни, Герой Радянського Союзу (1943). Лейтенант.

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Борис Воловодов народився 19 липня 1914 року у Грозному у робітничій сім'ї. У 1938 році закінчив Херсонську льотно-інструкторську школу, після чого працював льотчиком-інструктором в аероклубах Ставрополя та Куйбишева.

В 1942 році призваний на службу в авіацію Військово-морських сил, спочатку був пілотом-інструктором в школі пілотів ВПС ВМФ. З травня 1943 — на фронтах Радянсько-німецької війни. У вересні 1943 року Воловодов закінчив курси командирів ланок і був направлений до 47-го штурмового авіаційного полку 11-ї штурмової авіаційної дивізії ВПС Чорноморського флоту, командував там спочатку ланкою, а потім — ескадрильєю. Брав участь у боях за визволення Таманського півострова, висадження десанту на Керченський півострів.

За час своєї участі у бойових діях здійснив 15 бойових вильотів на штурмування військ противника. Ескадрилья під його командуванням потопила 2 сторожові кораблі і 4 швидкохідні десантні баржі. 3 листопада 1943 року Воловодов у складі групи з 12 штурмовиків «Іл-2» вилетів на штурмування скупчень техніки та живої сили противника в районі селища Ельтиген (нині — у межах міста Керчі). Незважаючи на ворожий зенітний вогонь, льотчики штурмували. Коли штурм вже майже був завершений, із заходу з'явилася група бомбардувальників Ju-88. Екіпаж Воловодова протаранив один із бомбардувальників. Разом із ним загинув штурман 1-ї ескадрильї молодший лейтенант Василь Леонтійович Биков.

Указом Президії Верховної Ради СРСР від 17 листопада 1943 року лейтенант Борис Воловодов посмертно був удостоєний звання Героя Радянського Союзу. Також був нагороджений орденом Леніна та рядом медалей.

Похований у братській могилі у селищі Ельтигені.

Примітки

Льотчики, які здійснили повітряний таран
Загинули в боях Німецько-радянської війни
Радянські льотчики Другої світової війни
Кавалери ордена Леніна
Лейтенанти авіації (СРСР)
Герої Радянського Союзу — уродженці Чечні

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The Maryland Statewide Personnel System also known as SPS is a collection of applications that will streamline and modernize the states approach to managing Human Resources, time and attendance, benefits, learning, state job search and applications for state employees across all 54 agencies and benefits administration for state employees across all Universities, all independent agencies (CPBIs), Maryland Department of Transportation, General Assembly, Judiciary and all retirees.
SPS Benefits for all active employees is live!
The Statewide Personnel System(SPS) marks a new direction for how the State will manage its human resources data in the future. All SPS applications are hosted in "the cloud", which offers many advantages including reduced hardware and software costs, robust security, and shorter application update timeframes. Cloud based applications open up new ways for state agencies to manage time and attendance, training, and state job applications from anywhere and at any time.
If you participate in the State's Employee Benefits Program, you can view your 2019 benefit elections and your dependent information in the system.
If you have a qualifying Life Event and want to make a change to your 2019 benefit elections, you will log in to the SPS and initiate the change.
The first step to log into SPS will be getting your new ID number as your User Name, this number is called your W# or SPS Employee ID. Please go to the POSC to find instructions to locate your W#, initial password instructions for your account and how to change your password after your login.
The Benefits Help Center has the basic navigation course and guide, and quick reference guides on how to view your benefits information and how to initiate a Life Event change to your benefits. Please contact your Agency Benefits Coordinator (ABC) or review the Benefits FAQs for benefits related questions.
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Boston College Hockey
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Blue Jackets Sign BC Alum Nathan Gerbe
Gerbe returns to the NHL for the first time since 2016
By Steven Principi Jan 24, 2018, 11:44am EST
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Former Boston College hockey star Nathan Gerbe has found his way back to the NHL after a two year hiatus, signing a one year deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday. Gerbe played parts of eight seasons in the NHL between 2009 and 2016, spending time with the Buffalo Sabres and Carolina Hurricanes. Gerbe never found the offensive firepower that he was known for as an Eagle, but he was a solid player for the majority of his career, collecting 58 goals and 80 assists in his 394 career NHL games. Having last played for Carolina in the 2015-16 season, Gerbe spent the last two years playing in the Swedish League for Genève-Servette HC. He will join the Blue Jackets' affiliate in Cleveland with the hopes of making it to Columbus for what could be an insane playoff race in the ridiculously packed Metropolitan Division, where first and seventh place are separated by just eight points.
Gerbe, 30, spent three seasons at Boston College, highlighted by a National Championship victory in his final year. He was a Hobey Baker finalist (and should have won) in the same 2007-2008 season, scoring 35 goals and adding 33 assists to lead BC to their title. We wish Nathan the best of luck in his return to the NHL


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Q: Making a function affect a element in another page I made a function that is invoked for the lack of better words from a page, lets call it Page1, the function is called when a button is clicked, at the end of said function it calls another one that creates (or should seeing I haven't been able to test it) a html and appends it to a div with a #lista id.
The problem is that this div is another page (Page2), so I don't know if there is some syntax like in ajax where you specify where you want those values to go, so basically page 1 calls a function (on another file just in case) that function calls another and the result of that function goes on Page1 (another file, again just in case)
Here is my jQuery/JS code to further illustrate:
$("#btnAceptar").click(function() {
   var idlab = $('#txtNumLab').val(),
   capacidad = $('#txtCapacidad').val(),
   carrera = $('#txtCarrera').val(),
   ubicacion = $('#txtUbicacion').val();

  var request = $.ajax({
    url: "includes/functionsLabs.php",
    type: "post",
    data: {

     'call': 'addLab',
     'pIdLab':idlab,
     'pCapacidad':capacidad,
     'pCarrera':carrera,
     'pUbicacion':ubicacion},

    dataType: 'json',

      success: function(response){
        alert('exito')

    agregar();

     }
  });
});

This function should affect a element with id #Lista on Page2.
function agregar(){

 var div = $( "#lista" ).append( "

Lab #'numero'

Info

Reservar

" );

div.id = querySelectorAll('#lista > div').length +1;
var numero = div.id;
$('#numero').append(div);

}

Thanks a lot in advance!

A: Yes you can get content from another page using jQuery:
Ajax request gets the entire file, but you can filter the content once it's retrieved:
$.ajax({
   url:href,
   type:'GET',
   success: function(data){
       $('#content').html(  $(data).find('#IDofDivToFind') );
   }
});

Second Approach (Untested)
You can use JQuery .load() method:
$( "#content" ).load( "ajax/test.html div#content" );

Reference:
http://api.jquery.com/load/


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Sophie Turner showed cute "pregnant" photos in a swimsuit
Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner, who became a mom this summer for the first time, has shared old "pregnant" photos with fans. In the pictures on Instagram, the actress, without makeup and unnecessary accessories, poses in a swimsuit in the pool and in her garden.
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Fans of the star appreciated the touching photos, and some joked that prolonged self-isolation this year led to a new baby boom in Hollywood.
"Oh my God, how I love that you post pictures of pregnant women after Willa's birth!" – ashintrash.
"New Princess of the North!" – johnny_b_wpg.
"I noticed that many celebrities are pregnant after self-isolation. I wonder why?" – joshman694.
Recall that in July, 24-year-old actress Sophie Turner and her chosen one, musician Joe Jonas, became parents for the first time. The star couple named their newborn daughter Will, as fans suggest, in honor of one of the characters in Game of Thrones.
Star baby boom
Sophie and Joe aren't the only celebrities to join the family this summer. Ciara, Katy Perry and Michelle Williams have already become mothers during quarantine, while actresses Emma Roberts and Rose Leslie have just announced their pregnancies.
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The flip side of glory
Sophie Turner was not always as happy as she is today: until recently, the star suffered from depression due to online bullying. Together with world fame, an unprecedented wave of criticism fell on the young actress: she was accused of being overweight, called ugly and mediocre, and her heroine – stupid and greedy.
The constant attacks of online haters led Sophie to anorexia, depression and suicidal thoughts. The actress admits that for some time she was simply obsessed with the idea of losing weight and ate almost nothing, which, in turn, shook her health. Her husband, Joe Jonas, helped her out of depression. According to the actress, it was he who helped her to love herself and literally saved her life.
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Forza Horizon 4 Horizon Stories Feature Will Let You Take On Various Narratives
Forza Horizon 4 got announced at E3 2018, with a classy new trailer, that has most of the fans excited. When the fans saw the stunning visuals, which they were already expecting and the classy McLaren Senna revving around the roads, it gave birth to a lot of excitement and queries alongside. Some of the queries, fortunately, got answered in a meeting, behind closed doors with the developer Playground Games at E3 2018. Where among other details was revealed Forza Horizon 4 Horizon Stories feature.
The Studio art director Benjamin Penrose confirmed a few things, which include a lot of open world activities in this upcoming racing game. He said:
"One of the things that's brand new is that we've added a feature called Horizon Stories. They're really cool little bite-sized pieces of narrative-based gameplay that will center around certain activities involved in you owning businesses, interacting with certain people,"
He then continued elaborating further on this Forza Horizon 4 Horizon Stories feature, by giving an example of a chance to own a taxi company.
"For example, one of them you'll have a chance to own a taxi company. However, driving a taxi in the real-world is very different from the sort of action in Horizon games, so you can kind of imagine how that ends up. There are a whole bunch of different things like that. There's one where you'll also be able to be a stunt driver."
The most interesting thing he added was of a story, where the players will "take on the narratives that are associated with other racing games".
Forza Horizon series is an outclass in its own manner but adding such features, should elevate the level of this game and make it more intense.
Forza Horizon 4 is scheduled to roll out on 2nd October 2018 for PC and Xbox One. It shall feature 4K HDR and will be available on Game Pass at launch.
Are you excited about the game? Let us know your thoughts, in the comments below.


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Rock n roll mum
Take part in a new Ant & Dec programme
Stacey Jackson has just launched an album of Motown classics with a rock twist which is tipped for big things in 2010. An ex tv PR in the US, she is on the board of a children's music charity. She also happens to have four children. She spoke to workingmums.co.uk.
Stacey has always been involved in music. Her father was a graphic designer who designed album covers for Les Baronets, the Canadian equivalent of The Beatles, and for Celine Dion whose husband was in Les Baronets. From an early age she sang in a rock band. When she moved from Canada, where she grew up, to New York, where she worked in tv pr for companies such as CBS News, she sang in a band.
Stacey doesn't seem the kind of person who would enjoy the quiet life. She appears to thrive on multiple activity. She describes giving an aerobics class at 7am, doing a full day's work then rehearsing with her band all evening or doing a gig.
She only started cutting back when her children were born and when she moved to London 10 years ago due to her husband's job. Her thirst for activity has probably been a good training for being a working mum of four. Her children are 14, 11, 7 and 2. The eldest three are boys and all attend different schools. Stacey says this is in part because they are different people and what suits one would not suit another.
It sounds like a recipe for chaos, particularly in the mornings, but Stacey says one son goes on the tube, another on the bus and her daughter only attends three afternoon sessions a week.
However, pick-up time is another kettle of fish as they all have different activities to go to.
"My house is a bit like mission control," she says.
She started work on the album before she became pregnant with her youngest child, but decided to keep going. "I hope I can inspire her and she will look up to me," says Stacey. "I firmly believe that a happy Stacey is a happy mum. If someone told me I could never sing again they might as well put me in jail."
She herself has been surrounded by positive female role models, including an aunt who turned to sculpting in her late 30s and is now, aged 80, a renowned artist in Canada. She hopes she can continue the family tradition.
Stacey says she has always thought she could combine work and family life "as long as one is not compromising the other. Balance is important," she says, adding that for her that balance starts with her partner. She says her husband, who runs a private equity firm, is 100% supportive of her as she is of him. "We're a team," she says.
She describes her life as one big cake where each piece is carved out – a piece for her husband, one for each of her children and one for her. "It's all about getting the balance right," she says.
She makes sure she has one to one time regularly with each of her children and says she goes on "hot dates" to cafes, cinemas and the like with them in turn. If they get jealous, they know their turn will come around soon enough. "Women have to make things work," she says. "Women are always at work."
When Stacey first moved to London she had thought about setting up a PR business, but she realised this would be like starting all over again, building up her contacts. Instead she taught aerobics and kept up her music, getting a vocal coach, establishing links with other musicians and eventually starting her album. The album took between three and five years to complete. In between her daughter was born and her father, who had inspired her love of Motown, died.
It was when the album was being recorded that she contacted the charity Music for Youth, which puts on festivals for young musicians. Stacey had been to some of the festivals and spotted some talented acts. She asked the charity if they could appear on her album to give it "extra oomph".
They said yes and came and recorded with Stacey, working alongside professional musicians that "people would kill to work for", says Stacey. "As a mum, I felt excited for them," she says.
All the profits from her album are going to Music for Youth, which Stacey is now a board member of.
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The album sets Motown classics like Band of Gold to a rock beat and the result is music which is both original and familiar. "I got more and more creative as we continued," says Stacey.
The album was soft launched about a month ago, but the second single, Band of Gold, is likely to receive more PR and will have a video, out in January. In February Stacey is doing a big event in Notting Hill and more dates are being lined up. In addition, the recording process has been filmed for Upside Down TV, an internet channel on her website.
She has big plans for the future, including working with Music for Youth on a charity single and getting music celebrities to give charity workshops to young people linked to the charity. However, whatever her plans, she expects to fit them round her family. "On the day I finished my album in the summer," she says, "I was also at one of my son's sports days. I left early in the end, just in time to get out of the mummy race, and finished the album. You can balance everything, but you have to feel comfortable with it and know that it will make you happy. And if it makes you happy, everyone around you is happy," she says.
For more information: www.staceyjackson.com
Published: 9th December 2009
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A series of immunizations is required for a young pet to develop its immunity. The immune system of newborn puppies and kittens is immature. For that reason, the newborn receives immunity called antibodies from its mother through the milk it nurses for the first 24 hours after birth. This "special" milk is called colostrum. These antibodies are called passive immunity and exist for varying periods of time in each individual young pet. In some pets, this immunity may last up to 20 weeks of age, while in others it may last only a few days or weeks. The problem for the doctor is there is no easy, practical way to measure how much of this passive immunity is present in each pet –and how long it will last.
Vaccinations contain antigens which have the capability of causing the pet's own immune system to produce its own antibodies. This is termed active immunity. However for the vaccination to be able to cause this stimulation, the pet's body must have very low levels remaining of the passive immunity it got from its mother. When a vaccine antigen is administered to a pet, that antigen has the ability to stimulate immunity for only 5 days or so. If the passive immunity remaining from the mother's milk does not drop low enough for the vaccine to "over-ride" this obstacle, the vaccine will not work and loses its potential strength to do so in approximately 5 days.
It is also possible that the pet's overall condition may not be sufficient to allow the immune system to work at its optimum level. Malnutrition and parasites can greatly reduce the body's ability to produce its own active immunity. Since there is no quick, inexpensive way to measure this passive immunity level, a series of vaccines must be given to be sure there is active stimulation present when the pet's body is able to do it. As mentioned before, this particular time varies from pet to pet. This series of vaccinations must be spaced out so as to allow a minimal "window of opportunity" for disease to occur. This "window of opportunity" is defined as the time when the passive immunity (from the mother's milk) is too low to protect the pet from disease, and the time when a vaccine antigen is available to stimulate the pet's immune system.
It should also be noted that a very small percentage of pets do not have an immune system capable of producing immunity at any age. This is similar to the kids that must live in a "plastic bubble." They have the same problem. They have a body much more susceptible to disease since their immune system does not work normally.
Your own veterinarian, considering age of the pet, breed, environment, overall health, and disease prevalence in the area, must determine the particular vaccination program, including specific vaccinations used and frequency of administration.
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Generations of Chicagoans and visitors have explored the Museum Campus to engage with Chicago's prime cultural, nature, and sporting offerings. Situated in the heart of Chicago adjacent to the Loop's business and entertainment district, the site occupies an urban lakefront oasis unique among world's global cities. Today's Campus has greatly evolved since its earliest conception in 1909, and in Chicago's great tradition of innovation, it has undergone many transformations. Understanding the origins of this dynamic destination is critical to contextualizing the vision for the Campus' next chapter.
When the prominent architecture team Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Bennett released the Plan of Chicago in 1909, it included a vision of Northerly Island as a nature haven. As construction on the man-made island proceeded, the Illinois Central Railroad offered the City land it had reclaimed from the lake.
This land, gifted in 1911, spread from the southern edge of Grant Park to south of 12th Street and was to be used to erect the Field Museum. The first project in a flurry of major activity on the Campus, the Field Museum opened in 1921. In rapid succession, Soldier Field opened in 1924, Northerly Island's initial construction ended in 1925, and the Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium were opened in 1930. With these institutions newly open to the public, Chicago secured its place as a leader in innovation and was chosen to host its second world fair. Under the motto "Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Adapts", the 1933-1934 Century of Progress World's Fair introduced over 40 million visitors to this new and exciting part of Chicago.
In 1938, the Works Progress Administration connected Northerly Island to the Campus mainland with a causeway to create the peninsula present today. A decade later, the peninsula was reconfigured into the Merrill C. Meigs Field Airport, a decision spurred by World War II aviation developments and the prior vision of Edward H. Bennett.
Mirroring the activity in the 1920s, the 1990s ushered in three decades of major changes to the Museum Campus. Mayor Richard M. Daley announced plans to close the airport and replace it with a park in 1996. Major construction completed in 1998 rerouted northbound Lake Shore Drive to the west of the major institutions. This allowed for uninterrupted space connecting all the land from the Field Museum to McCormick Lakeside Center (built between 1968-1971) and established the boundary of the Museum Campus known today.
Soldier Field was renovated between 2002 and 2003 to modernize the stadium while retaining much of the historic architecture. In 2003, the promised removal of the Merrill C. Meigs Field Airport began, and the site was converted to parkland with the 2005 addition of a temporary concert venue, known currently as the Huntington Bank Pavilion. Inspired by Burnham's vision of Northerly Island as a natural site, the architecture firm Studio Gang released its visionary Northerly Island Framework Plan in 2011. Limited parts of the plan, such as the introduction of native landscaping and a lagoon-like pond, were implemented in 2015 with the support of the Army Corps of Engineers in parallel with their efforts to control lakefront erosion.
From its birth in Burnham and Bennett's 1909 Plan of Chicago, the Museum Campus has played a formative role in crafting the spirit of Chicago. It is the working group's goal to build upon this legacy and lay a path that continues to evolve this incredible asset for the benefit of future generations of Chicagoans.
The Campus Today
Field Museum – Opened in 1921 as part of the original Burnham and Bennett 1909 Plan of Chicago, the Field Museum is a major hub for research, educational and cultural programming, and environmental work. As of 2019, its annual visitorship is about 1.3 million people and it employs roughly 150 scientists in its labs.
Shedd Aquarium – Opened in 1930 as one of the first inland aquariums in the world, the Shedd welcomed close to 1.9 million guests in 2019. Today, it houses more than 100 animal species from around the globe. In addition to educational, cultural, and animal-encounter programming, the aquarium is heavily engaged in conservation efforts and field research.
Adler Planetarium – Adler Planetarium opened its doors in 1930 as the first planetarium in the western hemisphere. Welcoming nearly 500,000 guests per year, the space science center includes the institution's landmark museum and observatory complex; two planetarium dome theaters; one of the world's leading collections documenting the history of astronomical science; and an award-winning digital platform that engages millions of people around the globe.
Soldier Field – The oldest stadium in the NFL, Soldier Field opened in 1924. Following its 2003 renovation, Soldier Field's capacity increased from 45,000 to 61,500. Soldier Field hosts an estimated 194 events annually, welcoming almost 1.4 million people. It has two primary tenants—the Chicago Bears and the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer—and regularly hosts major concerts and other entertainment events.
McCormick Place Lakeside Center – Completed in 1971, Lakeside Center is a convention and event space with a total of 580,000 square feet of exhibit space and 141,000 square feet of meeting space. It includes a ballroom, a landscaped deck, and a state-of-the-art theater. Lakeside Center is part of the McCormick Place Convention Center, the largest convention center in North America, which saw nearly 3 million visitors in 2019.
McCormick Place Bird Sanctuary – Occupying 6 acres of land on top of an underground parking lot for McCormick Place, the Bird Sanctuary opened as part of the Burnham Wildlife Corridor in 2003. An important migration stop for millions of birds, it comprises native prairie and woodland plant species.
Northerly Island: Park and Huntington Bank Pavilion – The brainchild of Daniel Burnham, Northerly Island opened in 1925 and was transformed into a peninsula in 1938. Northerly Island's 40-acre park, encompassing nearly half of the peninsula's 91 total acres, opened on the southern part of the island in 2015, after the site's roughly 50-year stint as an airport ended in 2003. Located on the northern portion of the peninsula, Huntington Bank Pavilion is a 30,000-person capacity outdoor amphitheater with views of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline.


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Zendaya Has A Spiritual Awakening At A Bruno Mars Concert
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Zendaya reunited with her "Versace on the Floor" co-star Bruno Mars on Wednesday night when the singer attended his New York concert. The actress not only hung out backstage with the man she lip synced to against Tom Holland, but also spent some time with Lenny Kravitz.
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Lady Gaga To Play Show For Democratic National Convention
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Lady Gaga loves to get political. Whether she's speaking out at Los Angeles pride or meeting the Dalai Lama, Mother Monster has no qualms letting the world know where she stands on the issues. She even lent her support to Congressional Democrats during their recent sit-in protest of gun control policies. Her continued commitment has earned her a literal platform for this year's Democratic National Convention.
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Who Was the Last Amateur Winner of British Open Golf Tournament?
The last golfer to win the British Open while playing as an amateur was Bobby Jones, who was victorious in his Grand Slam year of 1930.
Let's go over Jones' victory and find out if any other amateurs have come close to winning the Open Championship since them.
The year 1930 was Bobby Jones' best, and, some have argued, the best by any golfer in history. It definitely ranks among the best years ever because it was the year in which Jones won what came to be called the Grand Slam: Victories in the U.S. and British Opens, and the U.S. and British amateur championships.
A week prior to the 1930 Open Championship, Jones won the British Amateur. That was Leg 1 of his Slam, so the Open was Leg 2. Jones wasn't at his best in the final round of the Open, but his 75 included a brilliant bunker recovery on the 16th hole and he won by two strokes.
And that was the last time an amateur golfer won the Open Championship.
Ball wasn't just the first amateur to win the Open. An Englishman, he was also the first golfer who wasn't Scottish to win the Open. And Ball (like Jones in 1930), had already won the British Amateur, so he also was the first golfer to win the British Amateur and Open in the same year. Nice work, Mr. Ball.
Hilton bettered Ball's feat by repeating as champion in 1897. And then Jones came along 30 years later and won three times as an amateur.
Has An Amateur Come Close to Winning the British Open Since Jones in 1930?
Yes, a handful of amateur golfers have posted Top 5 finishes in the Open since 1930. Twice an amateur finished tied for runner-up, and both times it was American Frank Stranahan.
From Toledo, Ohio, Stranahan was nicknamed "The Toledo Strongman" because he was one of the first significant golfers to get into weightlifting. Stranahan first tied for second at the 1947 Open, but finished one behind winner Fred Daly after 3-putting the 71st hole. At the 1953 Open, Stranahan again tied for second but this time four strokes behind winner Ben Hogan.
Winning the British Open and British Amateur championships in the same year is quite the feat. And we know nobody has done it since at least 1930, since that was the last year an amateur golfer won the Open. How many times has it happened?
It happened only twice, and you already know the golfers who did it: John Ball in 1890 and Bobby Jones in 1930.


Aerion Corp. is heading into a second round of high-speed test flights in its development of a supersonic business jet.
"We continue to make what we believe is very good progress, particularly on the technical side," said Brian Barents, Aerion vice chairman and former head of Bombardier Learjet in Wichita.
At the same time, Aerion is engaged with three planemakers on various projects. "We are looking at utilizing our technology on some of their internal applications," Barents said.
The transonic applications could be used in military and civil projects.
Those discussions have been ongoing for the past year, Barents said recently.
Aerion, based in Reno, Nev., sells or licenses its technology to other companies, or it can retain it for its own supersonic jet design.
"We have a number of worldwide patents on our technology, so we are protected in the event that someone wanted to use our technology," Barents said.
Working with manufacturers has meant creating relationships that could eventually lead to a partnership to build the supersonic jet from Aerion's design.
"We are hopeful that at some point it will lead to that,' Barents said.
Manufacturers continue to show interest, Barents said.
But the economy has affected progress.
"I would have to tell you, in this economic environment it's a little difficult to gain traction on a program of that magnitude … but there continues to be good interest," Barents said.
Despite the economy, Aerion has been able to maintain its $4 billion backlog of orders for the $80 million corporate jet that can fly faster than the speed of sound.
"I think it shows the strength of the program and the desire for companies to ultimately have an aircraft with the capability that we have designed," Barents said.
It's also working to increase revenue, and the company has a positive cash flow, Barents said.
Once Aerion officially launches the program to build the jet, it will take several years until delivery.
Besides the capability to break the sound barrier in the Mach 1.4 or Mach 1.5 range, more than 1,000 miles per hour, the jet also will fly subsonic at about Mach 0.96, about 731 miles per hour, said Aerion chief operating officer Doug Nichols.
That's faster than the fastest Cessna Citation X or Gulfstream 650.
"That's a sweet spot in terms of range and efficiency right when the other guys are essentially running out of steam," Nichols said.
The second round of testing will be conducted in conjunction with NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. The tests are to help define manufacturing standards for surface quality and assembly tolerances, the company said.
In the tests, a 40-inch by 80-inch test article will be mounted underneath NASA's F-15 research aircraft and flown at supersonic speeds.
They will measure the "real-world robustness" of supersonic natural laminar flow, which is key to the design of the supersonic business jet, the company said.
The last round of testing in mid-2010 used an instrumented flat plate under the F-15 to map high-speed air flow and validate computer modeling. The F-15 reached Mach 2.0.
The new test article is more representative of Aerion's wing.
The testing will look at factors such as manufacturing tolerances — how large the leading edge joint can be before air flow is disturbed or how large a rough spot from insect debris can get before problems begin, Nichols said.
After this round of testing, Aerion will complete another round to look at other kinds of roughness or manufacturing issues.
Aerion was formed from an advanced-engineering group in 2002. Its research began more than 20 years ago.
Besides Barents, its board includes Robert Bass, chairman and president of investment group Keystone Group; Richard Tracy, Aerion's chief technology officer; Michael Henderson, principal scientist and Boeing's former program manager for high-speed civil transport; Robert Morse, a partner at Oak Hill Capital Management; and James Stewart, CEO of Mubadala Aerospace's maintenance, repair and operations network.


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Acupressure mats: the celebrity secret to great sleep
Disclaimer: this is not some quirky Goop merchandise.
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By Fiona Embleton
Acupressure mats, also known by the non-cutesy moniker of 'bed of nails', may sound like some weird form of Goop sadomasochism. But they are, in fact, an ancient remedy for sleepless nights, poor circulation and muscle pain. And they're proving a hit with A-listers too, as Jennifer Lopez, Elle McPherson and even Britney Spears are all reportedly huge fans.
What exactly are acupressure mats?
Acupressure mats are essentially foam mats with hundreds of plastic spikes embedded in them (in the case of the original Bed of Nails, that's 8,820 plastic points BTW). Imagine row upon row of upturned beer caps on a sun lounger and you get the idea.
Much like acupressure treatments, the plastic spikes push down on different pressure points on the back when you lie on the mat for the recommended 20 minutes. The idea, according to Chinese medicine, is that this strategic pressure can clear blockages in the body and release Qi (aka energy) to relieve any aches and pains.
I tried the Bed of Nails after a few months of fitful sleep. The spikes should ideally come in contact with bare skin (park your best workout clothes (opens in new tab) for this one) so at night, I pop in my AirPods and lie back on the bed in just my bra with a blanket over me to spare my blushes. The first time I used the mat I felt so relaxed afterwards it was like I'd spent the weekend swaddled in white towels listening to whales at a top notch spa.
Since then an acupressure mat has become the route to a healthy, sustainable feeling of calm at bedtime.
Acupressure mats are also said to improve circulation, relieve stress and muscle aches. Research also indicates that using a mat can have a positive impact on your mental wellbeing. For instance, one study conducted in 2015 found that participants who used an acupressure mat three times a week for four weeks had lower instances of depression and anxiety.
Basically, it's a cure-all for all the daily gripes of isolating during a pandemic.
Does a bed of nails hurt?
OK, I'm not going to lie. Yes it hurts, but in a good way. Like when you go for a run and you push through that initial burn knowing you're then reaping the calorie-burning benefits.
If you're a beginner it's advisable to start off by lying on the mat while wearing a thin t-shirt, which makes the whole experience less intense. And, to be fair, once when you're down, the heat generated by the acupressure points actually starts to feel quite pleasant.
Or to be more scientific, the endorphins that have been summoned to fight the pain have now kicked in and are getting to work relaxing and energizing your body.
The best acupressure mats...
Bed of Nails Bon Mat, $79.95 (opens in new tab)[£70, Cult Beauty (opens in new tab)]
Shakti Mat Original, £49 (opens in new tab)
Fiona Embleton
Fiona Embleton is a multi-award-winning beauty editor who has tested over 10,000 products in her 10 years + of writing and shooting beauty stories. For the past four years, she was the Senior Beauty Editor at Marie Claire, having previously worked in the role of Beauty Editor at both Stylist and Cosmopolitan. She has recently gone freelance and alongside My Imperfect Life, she has written for titles including ELLE UK, ELLE Canada, Buro 247, Harper's Bazaar Arabia, Vogue Scandinavia, and ES Magazine. Beauty journalism allowed her to marry up her first-class degree in English Literature and Language (she's a stickler for grammar and a self-confessed ingredients geek) with a passion for make-up and skincare, photography, and catwalk trends. She loves jumping on the latest internet-breaking beauty news, dissecting the best red carpet looks, and having the crème de la crème of dermatologists, make-up artists, and hairstylists on speed dial so she can tap them for the best advice. She's a discerning beauty shopper and knows it can be confusing trying to navigate what's hype and what really works. So if she really likes something, you can trust that she has reached that opinion by vetting it against everything else she's ever tried. Her career highs? Interviewing Cate Blanchett and winning a Jasmine Award for the deeply personal feature Cancer Stole My Mother's Scent.


The customer wanted to re vitalise the front of her property and give it some colour.
We bust up all old slabs and concrete, stoned and compacted the ground.
We then laid the granite blocks on a sand and cement screed and finished the job by laying plum slate.


A massive lead book displays blank pages we cannot read and giant wings that cannot fly. A three-dimensional, kite-like geometric structure hovers like a spacecraft or an angel between dark sea and blank sky in a painting entitled "In the Beginning." A monumental canvas, "The Milky Way," renders a bleak and empty field. A large gash in the field holds a puddle of milky water, like a wound in the belly of the earth.
Contemporary German artist Anselm Kiefer explores the most fundamental questions of our existence: "Why are we here?" "Is there a God?" "Where is knowledge to be found?" History, religion, law, philosophy, literature and complex esoteric texts haunt his sculptures, installations, and paintings some of which are as much as six metres in size. The artist makes use of highly symbolic materials such as clay, ash, gold leaf, seeds, dried plants and lead. His surfaces are often crusted, cracked, and roughly caked with pigment, suggestive of the vulnerabilities and fragilities of our ephemeral lives and civilizations.
Born in Germany during the last months of the Second World War, Kiefer inevitably addresses his country's self-immolation. A billboard-size painting, "Ash Flower," depicts the grandiose interior of a Nazi ceremonial hall designed by Albert Speer, Hitler's architect—though it could also be a temple in Atlantis, or the Grand Ballroom of the Titanic. Slightly out of focus, as if conveying the real unreality of our damaged histories and limited vision, the painting is cut in half by a giant (380 cm) sunflower stalk. While no doubt symbolizing fertility and the redemptive power of rebirth, the stalk is dry, and turned upside down.
This is not to say that Kiefer's vision is bleak. He simply rejects political or religious or scientific or artistic certitudes. He embraces Not Knowing like a lover, and the exploration of meaning like a poet. He is an artist who shows us how we really live, between Heaven and Earth.
Anselm Kiefer's Heaven and Earth was on view 11 February to 30 April 2006 at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, 185 Saint Catherine St., W., 514-847-6226, www.macm.org.


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US Naval Postgraduate School Awards +400 Advanced Degrees
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Ferry Collides Head-On with Chemical Tankship Off Indonesia
Rescuers continue to search Indonesian waters for an unkown number of passengers missing from an Indonesian Ro-Pax ferry. More than 210 passengers and crew were rescued in the hours after the accident by ten 'Good Samaritan' merchant ships, but an unknown number are feared missing.
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Lloyd's Register to set up a a world-class Group Technology Center (GTC) in Singapore in collaboration with the Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR) To maximise the output of the GTC,
Aker Solutions Helps Extend Life of Brunei Offshore Oil Fields
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Heavy-Lift Cargo Training on Offer
Proven Logistics Solutions' Breakbulk Americas Heavy-Lift Technical Workshop "Planning Your Heavy-Lift Transport"
invites participants. Transportation of Heavy-Lift items ranks among the most challenging and complex services in logistics and is handled by specialized companies and individuals.
Royal Caribbean Promotes Executives
Royal Caribbean Cruises's Brian Rice has been promoted to Vice Chairman and CFO of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. In this expanded role, Rice will continue to oversee the finance function, but also take on responsibility for the company's supply chain department,
Fuel Cell Power Generation Systems Shipped Out by Ballard
Canada's Ballard Power Systems ships Initial 100 ElectraGen™ Systems for backup power in wireless telecom networks. The company's first 100 ElectraGenTM fuel cell power generation systems have been shipped to Cascadiant Inc.
Maritime Intelligence Agency Counsels Against Pirate Complacency
Dryad Maritime predicts that, despite industry optimism of 2012, the end of the South West monsoon season will see the resumption of pirate attacks. Pirate operatives have awoken from their hibernation
Dockers Fire Warning Shot Across Europe's Bows
Dockers meeting at the ITF Maritime Roundtable in Casablanca issue 'Port Package Three' warning. Leaders of dockers' unions affiliated to the ETF (European Transport' Workers' Federation and the ITF