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Man charged for setting fires at Fort Worth home with people inside
FORT WORTH, Texas - The man accused of intentionally setting fires to trap a woman and two others inside a Fort Worth home has a long criminal history that includes charges for terroristic threats.
Courtney Smith, 39, was booked into the Tarrant County jail Monday morning and officially charged with arson, interfering with an emergency call and three counts of retaliation. His bond was set at $245,000.
The Fort Worth Fire Department said it all started early Saturday morning with a domestic disturbance that escalated.
Smith allegedly set fire to the front and back doors of a home on Hulen Park Circle in Fort Worth. He also torched his ex-girlfriend's car at that location.
Officials said Smith knew his ex-girlfriend, Dana Cotton, was inside the house at the time with a 19-year-old and 11-year-old. He allegedly tried to prevent them from getting out because he was upset that she was ending their relationship.
Abby Castillo was outside of her house smoking a cigarette when she saw flames. She ran over to Cotton's home and began banging on the door to wake them up.
Cotton said she and the two teens were inside of her home sleeping when she heard someone banging on the front door.
"Then I heard her voice, and it was with urgency," she said. "And then I looked out the window and then I had seen like orange colors, and it was my car on fire."
"And that's when I rushed over here, and I saw this was on fire. So I kicked the door, banged on the window. I was about to break the window with my elbow," Castillo recalled. "Kicked the door until she finally got out. Went back in there. Checked to make sure everybody was out."
"We didn't know each other, but she seen the fire and she came and she saved our life," Cotton said.
"I was going to do whatever it took to get her out. Whoever was here," Castillo said. "I didn't know who lived here."
Cotton explained that she and Smith knew each other in high school 20 years ago and had recently reconnected on Facebook. The two briefly dated over the past few months, but Cotton said when she tried to end the relationship, Smith began making threats.
The night before, Cotton had called 911 on Smith. She said he was drunk, had been making threats and tried to stop her from calling 911. Officers arrived at the house and made him leave.
Hours later, investigators said Smith returned to the home and set the fires. Police said they were able to track his movements after the fires were set by looking at nearby surveillance cameras.
Officers found Smith at a home on Switchgrass Road in Arlington the next day. Witnesses said SWAT team members called out to him on a loudspeaker for about 15 minutes before ramming the front door and breaking a window. He eventually came out and was arrested.
"Our arson investigators were able to quickly put together a lot of evidence and with the assistance of Fort Worth and Arlington police departments take a suspect into custody without incident. And we're just thankful that nobody was hurt," said Mike Drivdahl with the Fort Worth Fire Department.
Smith has a criminal history that includes arrests for DWI, assault, theft, theft of a firearm and marijuana possession. He was also charged for making a terroristic threat to a household in October and December 2014.
Officials said Smith and his ex-girlfriend are not the parents of the children who were in the house.
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Карпері — Комотіні — газопровід на північному сході Греції.

У 1996-му до Греції розпочались поставки російського газу, що надходив з території Болгарії у газопровід Промахонас – Аттика та прямував на південь до столиці країни. А за чотири роки зі згаданого трубопроводу почалася подача блакитного палива на схід, в адміністративну область Східна Македонія та Фракія, для чого проклали трубопровід від Карпері до Комотіні, який має діаметр 600 мм, довжину 217,4 км та робочий тиск 7 Мпа. Роботи зі спорудження об'єкта в 1996—2000 роках виконала російська компанія «Стройтрансгаз».

Біля столиці Східної Македонії та Фракії з 2002 року діє великий споживач природного газу — ТЕС Комотіні. А в 2007 році сюди ж зі сходу вивели інтерконектор Карачабей — Комотіні, який забезпечив з'єднання з турецькою газотранспортною системою. Хоча інтерконектор виконаний у значно більшому діаметрі 900 мм, проте поставки з турецького напрямку технічно обмежені саме через низьку пропускну здатність ділянки від Комотіні до Карпері, яка забезпечує з'єднання з основною частиною грецької газотранспортної системи.

Існують плани спорудження на трасі газопроводу підземного сховища газу в районі Кавали. В районі останнього портового міста також планувалась організація плавучого регазифікаційного терміналу для імпорту ЗПГ, проте станом на кінець 2010-х років більша ймовірність його появи далі на схід, на трасі Карачабей — Комотіні біля Александруполісу, хоча фінальне рішення по останньому проекту також весь час переноситься.

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Broadcom: 84% of orgs will be using VSM by end of the year
Published: January 9th, 2023
If you're a regular reader of SD Times you may have gotten the sense that value stream management (VSM) is really taking off in tech. We've increasingly written about it, launched a new website just for value stream news, and even launched a value stream management conference that has been running annually since 2020.
And if that wasn't enough proof of its growing popularity, a new survey from Broadcom provides numbers to back up. According to its survey of over 500 IT and business leaders, it is expected that 84% of enterprises will have adopted VSM by the end of the year. This is up from just 42% in 2021.
According to Broadcom, early adoption of VSM started around four years ago, and within the past two there has been a shift to mainstream adoption. Sixty percent of survey respondents said they will use VSM to deliver at least one product this year.
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Super Bowl LIII is fast approaching, with the New England Patriots set to square off with the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday in Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The Pats reached the Super Bowl on the back of Tom Brady's 348 passing yards in their 37-31 overtime victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship. Running back Rex Burkhead capped a 13-play, 75-yard drive with a two-yard touchdown run to seal the win.
Los Angeles advanced to Atlanta with a 26-23 overtime win in the Superdome over the Saints. Despite a controversial no-call, Rams kicker Greg Zuerlein drilled a 57-yard field goal, the longest in postseason history, to ice the game. Quarterback Jared Goff chipped in 297 yards and a score.
Las Vegas may have New England favored, but the Rams cannot be counted out. Sean McVay's group features two dynamic backs in Todd Gurley and CJ Anderson, big-play threats in Brandin Cooks and Cooper Kupp, and an O-line's worst nightmare in Aaron Donald, Michael Brockers, and Ndamukong Suh.
The Patriots themselves, led as always by Tom Brady and Bill Belichick, have the ability to stay in games. Both teams will play to win and will bring a thriller to America.


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Sunday Snippet, March 31, 2019
More from Hedge House, a paranormal/urban fantasy that I hope to have out later this year.
Cara has just finished a meeting with Harry Rupert, the attorney handling her grandmother's estate and is discussing things with Jacob. This follows directly from last week's snippet.
"The why is probably in your case," he said, nodding toward the briefcase on her lap. "As for how… That's something we're still working on."
"We… You and Tamira?"
"Jacob, what is going on? I feel like there are things happening that I'm a part of but don't know about."
"There are," he admitted. "But it's all right. You're safe."
"Safe from what?" Tamira's words about Jonas came racing back through her mind.
He made no answer.
"Jonas?" she ventured. "But how?" She shook her head. "This is nuts. There's no way he could be responsible for an attack of yellow jackets."
"Of course not," Jacob agreed. "No more than he can be responsible for a heart attack."
But every nook and cranny of the house and gardens unearths long-buried memories, and when the town's mayor sets his sights on her and the property she finds herself caught up in a centuries old battle with powers she has only barely begun to understand
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Picking up from last week's snippet from a neglected WiP. The boys have been stranded on a deserted street in a winter storm, turned away by a church shelter because they're gay. They've been rescued by a woman across the street who has bustled them off to a shower. This is unedited, so in the words of our fearless leader, "Squint."
"What do you think, Tommy?" Alex asked after she had left them.
Tommy didn't answer for a moment, focusing on breathing without coughing as he took off his sweatshirt.
"I think she's right. I think we're safe here. At least for now." He sighed and sat down on a bench. "At least for tonight we have someplace warm to be, and where we can maybe be together."
Alex nodded and sat down to take his sneakers off.
"I wonder why he sent us there? I mean, he must have known what he was like. He said it was his church, the one he goes to."
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Cara fell silent, thinking about his answer. The day her letter came, her grandmother had been overjoyed, telling everyone that she wanted to come for a visit. Belle had died that night, and the next day, the one person who knew what was in Belle's will had nearly died. Something cold ran up her spine and filled her blood vessels with ice.
The old man shook his head. "Seems a bit of a coincidence, doesn't it?"
She couldn't answer around the dead feeling in her throat.
"It's all right," he soothed. "She is going to be all right."
"But why…? And how…?"
Picking up from last week's snippet from a neglected WiP. The boys have been stranded on a deserted street in a winter storm, turned away by a church shelter because they're gay. They've been rescued by a woman across the street. This is unedited, so in the words of our fearless leader, "Squint."
"Come," she said, beckoning for them to follow. "You can tell me your story later but for now let's get you a hot shower and some clean dry clothes."
They followed her down a set of stairs into a finished basement.
"Showers," she said, pointing. "You'll find everything you need in the locker room. And in here," she opened a door, "are clothes. Help yourselves. Just throw your wet things in the hamper — I'll do laundry later or in the morning. Come upstairs when you're done." She turned to them and smiled. "You are safe here," she assured them.
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Cara has just finished a meeting with Harry Rupert, the attorney handling her grandmother's estate. This follows directly from last week's snippet.
"Jacob, do you know what happened to my grandmother's attorney? The one who drew up the papers?"
Jacob nodded as he put the truck in gear and pulled out onto the main street. "She's in a coma. Freak accident – ran over a nest of yellow jackets while mowing and got stung multiple times and had an allergic reaction. She almost died and is still in ICU."
Something in his voice made Cara doubt the truth of the story. Not of his words, but of the story he was relating, and she raised an eyebrow.
Jacob shrugged.
"The day after your letter came."
Picking up from last week's snippet from a neglected WiP. The boys have been stranded on a deserted street in a winter storm, turned away by a church shelter because they're gay. This is unedited, so in the words of our fearless leader, "Squint."
"Over here, boys."
It was a woman's voice, nearly inaudible against the howl of the wind.
Alex looked toward the sound. A rectangle of light spilled from an open doorway silhouetting a figure standing there, motioning for them to come.
"Tommy?"
He shrugged. "We don't have much choice."
The woman ushered them through the door, closing it behind them and they breathed a sigh of relief at being out of the wind.
"My name is Kamrin, but you can call me Kam," she said, helping them out of their jackets – their fingers were too numb to work the zippers. She hung the jackets on hooks next to the door and they got their first good look at her. Long dark auburn hair flowed down to the small of her back, more or less restrained by a headband set with a clear green stone that matched her eyes. She was maybe five feet tall, soft-bodied, but not fat, and there was an air of confidence and competency about her that was somehow reassuring and unnerving at the same time.
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Cara is in Harry Rupert's office – he's the attorney handling her grandmother's estate. He has just finished going over the will with her. This follows directly from last week's snippet.
"I don't sign anything unless I've read it and know what I'm signing." She smiled. "I'm sure you advise your clients to read before signing as well?"
"Well, yes, but that's if they're signing something from someone they don't know. I'm a lawyer –"
"As am I." Cara rose and held his gaze. "And I am not going to sign anything unless I have read it and compared it to the original document." She paused. "I know you are a lawyer, Mr. Rupert. I also know that you are not the lawyer that originally drew up my grandmother's will. That, I believe, was Kim Jamison, who is no longer with your firm?"
The man stared at her, his mouth open.
Cara's smile was cold. "Should I find any discrepancies between these papers and the originals in my grandmother's safe, I will contact the Bar and they will be in contact with you. Good day, Mr. Rupert."
Cara climbed into the truck and slammed the door. Jacob gave her a questioning look as he started the engine.
"I don't trust him," she said. "I'm bringing the papers home to read over." She took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "Jacob, do you know what happened to my grandmother's attorney? The one who drew up the papers?"


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National Sports Festival: Edo 2020 Brings VAR To Nigeria
James Agberebi 0 March 6, 2020 12:43 pm
The Video Assistant Referee will be introduced to Nigerian football for the first time, when the 2020 National Sports Festival begins on March 22, courtesy of the Edo State Government.
With the development, the football event of the festival tagged Edo 2020 will be officiated by referees, assistant referees and VAR technology, the first time ever in the history of Nigerian football.
It was learnt that as part of efforts to host a memorable festival and provide world-class sporting facilities across the state, the Edo State Government installed VAR technology at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City, in line with global standard of football officiating.
One of the workers in the VAR Room Chinedu Agbo said the VAR cameras could also capture happenings outside the stadium.
"'The high resolution cameras inside the VAR Room have a capacity that can capture activities five kilometers within the stadium.
"So, it invariably means that the VAR technology at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium is amongst the best anywhere in the world," Agbo stated.
Musa Ebomhiana, the Chief Press Secretary to the Edo State Deputy Governor, said the introduction of VAR for the upcoming festival was a sign that the state was ready to host the best Games ever in the country.
"The VAR is the only one in Nigeria and the third in Africa. But while the one in Morocco is collapsible, ours is permanently there. It's the same company that installed the VAR technology in Morocco that also did ours. It's a landmark achievement in Nigerian sports and we are happy," Ebomhiana said.
Last November, Morocco made history as the first African country to apply the Video Assistant Referee technology in an African domestic match for the first time.
VAR was earlier used at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt from the quarter-final stages.
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Art is an outstanding tool for teaching not only developmental skills, but also academic subjects such as math, science, and literacy. The most effective learning takes place when children do something related to the topic they are learning. When children study any given concept, they learn it better and retain it longer if they do an art activity that reinforces that learning. This information has been recognized by teachers since the time of Confucius, when he said: "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember; I do and I understand."
Community arts is an emerging field promoting creative artistic practices with groups and communities to express diverse identities and raise awareness about social, political and environmental issues. It democratizes art, emphasizes working together as much as the finished product, and embraces a wide range of activities, including participatory mural production.
I have the great privilege of working with Communities and School children to create beautiful Mosaic pieces on benches, gardens, fences, windows and 3-d structures. I work with teachers to create an exciting environment where the children learn through hands on experiences with tile, tools and many other materials. I create large mosaics for indoor or outdoor use. As well small individual projects that enhance children's learning through the arts. The projects will be adapted to the developmental level and skill of the participants....high school to elementary.
Through the years I have created projects that incorporate communities. I work with the community members to create a meaningful theme and ways to depict that message through mixed media. I teach the skills needed to create a mosaic that will create beauty within that community for hundreds of years to come. The length of these projects have taken anywhere from 3 months to 3 years.
In my own work I love to play with colours and textures. I find working in the abstract with a variety of materials feeds my need to create and be creative. I have used materials such as light, glass, stucco, tile, porcelain, metal, gold on various substrates. I love working on 3 dimensional substrates that I have carved and prepared for the various tesserae.
The mosaic artist line-up for the international residency in Santiago, Chile.
"You cannot use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."
There is a fountain of youth....it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age."
Mosac artists throughout the globe gathered for 2 weeks in Santiago Chile, to create a dynamic mosaic mural under the direction of Isidora Paz Lopez.
Students made their homes in the mosaic stars. The bicycle wheels turn as the wind blows. The clouds are painted with stucco.
Dufferin elementary school Art Teacher Melissa Ryz and I worked with the over 300 students to create a star that represented them as individual spirits.
We borrowed the teachings of Manitoba elder, Wilfred Buck, incorporating Cree constellations into the installations of the stars.
We are all responsible for respecting each other now matter where we where born.
Community Treaty created by students, staff and community members.
A glimpse at the many projects with schools in Manitoba.
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Flowers of Manitoba Elementary School Project.
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Hugh John McDonald Mosaic "Who are we" "Do we have a Voice"? "Is that Voice Heard"?
Flowers for Butterfly Garden Mosaic.
Wellington Boreal Forest Animals in the Boreal Forest.
Mama Bear...the protector A project of the COACH students...off site.
Mulvey School The School by the River Stories.
Hugh John MacDonald School..rep. their many cultures.
Hugh John MacDonald middle years school mosaics.
One Dufferin class made space vehicles to travel around the Dufferin Solar system.
Bird tree mosaic with painting by Annie Bergan.
Moon and star mosaics. Excellence theme.
Community mural creating by the many community members and local Artists over a 3 year period.
Based on the Art of Freidrich Hunterdwasser.
Window panel depicting the friendly sharing of Coffee and Tea at the centre.
Community members and staff created the words and panels for the front of the building over a 3 month period. A diversity of materials where used to create the letters and front panels. Children of the community created the "my families" located beside the door.
Flowers of Chile connected to the First nations symbols in a moon. On Puento Alto, Chile, Municipal office exterior. Part of a global mosaic project coordinated by Isadora Paz Lopez.
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What Brings Americans to the ER?
Each region of the U.S. has the same four most common complaints, just in a different order.
The most common complaint for ER visits by regionOlga Khazan
If you go to the emergency room in the United States, what brought you there is most likely a sprain or strain, a stomachache, or a cold-type-thing that seems unusually severe.
Either that, or it's an injury that may or may not be a broken bone but wow-wee does it hurt. And it's getting swollen. Better go in just in case.
Then, after an average 28-minute wait, the ER doctor will tell you that it's just a contusion, another word for a really bad bruise. Then he'll charge you three times more than your family doctor—or thousands of dollars, if you're uninsured. In the Northeast, this was the most common thing that happened in emergency rooms in 2011.
But each state has its unique boo-boos. As you can see from the map above, which I created from new data provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, in the South, the most common complaint was a sprain or strain; for the West, it was abdominal pain; and for the Midwest, it was respiratory infections. (Not all states send their ER data to the AHRQ, so the agency lumps them together by region instead.)
For the most part, though, the regional variation means nothing—each region has the same top four complains, just in a different order. And in some cases only a few thousand patients separate the most common complaint and the second-most common one.
Instead, it's in the least-common medical conditions that we're likely to see the most variation, says Mark Reiter, president of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.
"If you're an ER that's near the coast, you're going to see more water-related injuries and illnesses," he said. "In colder climates, you might see frost bite. In warm-weather areas, you might see heat exhaustion, heat stroke, and stuff like that."
Among the more banal aches and pains, there are some true emergencies. Stomachache can be a sign of serious conditions like gall bladder infection or appendicitis. Chest pain could just be anxiety ... or a heart attack.
"The majority of patients with chest pain are going to be fine, but a significant amount could be dead within hours or days," Reiter said.
Family doctors might tell patients to go to the ER if they need a quick-turnaround lab test, CT scan, or another specialized test that few primary care docs can offer but that most hospitals can do in minutes.
At the same time, though, "patients do a poor job of recognizing when they have an emergency," Reiter said. ERs are the right place for new problems, but the absolute wrong place for illnesses that have been lingering for ages.
"If you've had chronic pelvic pain for five years, you're going to get better off seeing the same doctor over time rather than an ER doctor," he said.
More than anything, this map reinforces the 2010 finding that primary-care doctors only handle about 45 percent of cases that require immediate medical attention in the U.S. Emergency rooms, meanwhile, see 28 percent. That's partly because primary care doctors are now busier than ever, and few can offer weekend, evening, or same-day appointments. In the Netherlands, 95 percent of doctors are able to manage patients after hours without referring them to emergency departments, compared with only 40 percent in the U.S. And of course, uninsured people have few options other than to head to ERs, which are legally mandated to stabilize everyone who walks through the door.
In its paper on ER use, Rand noted that in other countries, general practitioners set up cooperatives to take turns handling patients after hours, and that perhaps the U.S. should look to them as an example if we want to reduce our ER visits. And that's a very nice dream, indeed.
Olga Khazan is a staff writer at The Atlantic.


The DACA Program has changed and may keep changing. Check back often for updates.
DACA is a special program announced by President Obama on June 15, 2012. It allows for some undocumented individuals, between the ages of 15 and 31 to apply for protection against deportation, and to work legally in the U.S. for a two year period.
Some people call DACA the Dream Act. The Dream Act is not a law, but only a proposed law. DACA is a program that started as an alternative to the Dream Act. DACA is not a green card or a visa, and it is not a path to citizenship. It only means that the government will not deport you for a period of two years, and will allow you to work for two years.
1. Your current DACA is valid until it expires.
Your DACA status and work permits are valid until the expiration date on your documents. To find out when your DACA expires, look at your approval notice or your work permit.
2. Immigration is not accepting new DACA applications.
Immigration stopped accepting new applications for DACA on September 5, 2017. You cannot apply for DACA if you have never had DACA status before.
3. You are still able to renew your DACA status.
If you have DACA status now or had DACA status in the past, you are still eligible to renew your status.
If you cannot afford the renewal fee, see United We Dream article Paying for your DACA renewal and their information about DACA Lending Circles.
Attend a Community DACA workshop, get free help from an immigration lawyer who will help you file for your DACA extension.
4. You can no longer apply for advance parole documents to travel outside the US.
DACA recipients cannot apply for advance parole documents to travel outside of the country.
If you already have an advance parole document, you can use it until it expires - but travel can be risky because things keep changing.
If you have a pending application for an advance parole travel document, the case will be closed and immigration will refund your fee.


Under the proposal, certain patients would be able to qualify for maintenance therapy with diacetylmorphine, or pharmaceutical-grade heroin.
The Canadian government has taken the first tentative step toward legalizing prescription heroin. Health Canada, the country's federal health agency, announced Friday that it has plans to propose a regulatory amendment that would give some drug users access to diacetylmorphine—heroin—prescriptions.
"A significant body of scientific evidence supports the medical use of diacetylmorphine, also known as pharmaceutical-grade heroin, for the treatment of chronic relapsing opioid dependence," the health agency said in a news release.
Under the proposed change, heroin would move into a different category of controlled substance—one that would allow it to be considered for use in the Special Access Programme, or SAP. Through SAP, patients with serious or life-threatening conditions can put in requests for emergency access to certain drugs when more conventional approaches have failed.
Thus, if methadone or buprenorphine don't seem to be working for a patient, they might be able to put in a request to SAP. The request would then be evaluated by federal clinical experts, who would decide whether or not to offer a stamp of approval for heroin maintenance treatment on a case-by-case basis.
Providence Health Care—the operator of Crosstown Clinic, which already operated a heroin maintenance program for a clinical study—lauded the move.
"Allowing access to diacetylmorphine, or medical heroin, to patients who need it, ensures that life-saving treatments get delivered to vulnerable people suffering from chronic opioid use," Providence said in a statement, according to the Vancouver Sun.
Dr. Scott MacDonald, a physician with the Crosstown Clinic, said that heroin maintenance programs are cheaper for taxpayers than unchecked addiction. One person battling a drug addiction can cost the tax base more than $45,000 in Canadian dollars (around $35,000 in U.S. dollars) per year in crime, court costs, health care, and more, he said. Prescription heroin administration at the Vancouver clinic costs around $27,000 per year, or $21,000 in American money.


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U.S. Maintaining Strategic Ties, Hagel Tells Egyptian Counterpart
In telephone call to Egypt's defense minister, Hagel announces gift of Apache helicopters.
Amir Oren
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Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, and then-Egyptian army's Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Sedki Sobhi, left. September 20, 2013.Credit: AP
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called his Egyptian counterpart Sedki Sobhi on Tuesday to inform him of progress in American aid and to urge the Egyptian government to push forward with the nation's democratization process.
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Sobhi took the position of defense secretary after his predecessor Abdel Fatah al-Sisi stepped down, in order to run for president. Sobhi served as Egypt's chief of staff under Sisi's tenure as defense secretary, and is considered close to him.
According to a press release issued by the Pentagon, Hagel informed Sobhi that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will soon be certifying to Congress "that Egypt is sustaining the strategic relationship with the United States and is meeting its obligations under the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty."
Kerry, though, will be "unable to certify" that Egypt is taking steps to support a democratic transition, Hagel said, according to the statement, and urged a "more inclusive transition that respects the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all Egyptians".
Hagel also briefed Sobhi of an American decision to proffer upon Egypt ten Apache helicopters, meant to aid its counter-terrorism operations in the Sinai Peninsula. "We believe these new helicopters will help the Egyptian government counter extremists who threaten U.S., Egyptian, and Israeli security," the press release read.


I now report on a book recently published by Jürgen Manthey ("Königsberg. Geschichte einer Weltbürgerrepublik") you might be rather surprised with what the author comes up with. According to him, the focus of the city was an urban space of dialogue between equals, between citizens in opposition to the Prussian court in Berlin, a place where the thought of cosmopolitan freedom and criticism could be formulated.
culture gave the country its name, at least until 1932, when the Nazis abolished Prussia as a state.
Königsberg was a part of European cultural life, a city related to the Baltic Sea, with the same brickwork Gothic style as in Lübeck, Danzig, Riga and Reval. This once was the common architectural heritage that no longer exists in Kaliningrad.
Kaliningrad could be the focal point for a multiplex identity: Soviet as well as Russian and European, it could be, as the writer Oleg Glushkin expressed, not only a window towards Europe as St Petersburg also is, but "a broad door with the only ice-free harbour in the West".
We have come here to discuss if the Kaliningrad of today might not become a more important part of the European scene. This is not self-evident. How can its German past be linked to its Russian present, and how can the Kaliningrad of today attain a level of development equal to its neighbours?
In a way this is also a meeting between Northern and Eastern Central Europa, of which Königsberg was an outpost in the same way as the Baltic Hanse cities east of Königsberg were, such as Memel, Riga, and Reval/Tallinn, as well as the Soviet Union with its mix of populations, of Caucasians, Europeans and Asians. Kaliningrad is a new city of colonisers, like Königsberg was from its very start.
In Kaliningrad we meet the clearest post-war utopia, after the victory over nazism and fascism, this region should develop according to the rules and laws of the Enlightenment in their Marxist, Leninist, Stalinist interpretation. They built their views on the philosophy of Hegel – not of Kant. (In Kant's view, the possession of power invariably destroys any free judgement of reason.)The perspective on Kant might be different in the West than in Russia: we are thinking more of individual freedoms and responsibilities, a very protestant way of acting and co-operating with others in a social whole. The exodus of the individual from his self-inflicted immatureness ("Ausgang des Individuums aus seiner selbstverschuldeten Unmündigkeit"). Kant's Critiques are based on three elements: "Verstand" or "mind" (the tool of perception and knowledge, "Vernunft"
or "reason" (the tool of morality) and "Geschmack" or "taste" (the tool that makes feelings possible to communicate). It is this taste that as a "sensus communis aestheticus" also make judgements possible and a common spirit, not only in Art.
genommen werden, wo diese, auch ohne zu reisen, erworben werden kann."The traffic most important for truly knowing the world and its peoples is both internal and external, it is connected to universities and to trade with bordering though (by the waters?) distant countries.
Dutch, Westphalians, Magdeburgers, Nassauers, Swiss Hugenottes, and from 1732 Protestant Salzburgers, in the "Repeuplierung", as the Prussian King called it. Independent of all differences in national origin, the country attracted colonisers from East and West, North and South to repopulate mostly the rural areas.
Masuria, services were even held in three languages: Lithuanian, Polish and German.Königsberg was the capital of a larger state that is defunct. Today, this country that existed for 700 years is divided by new borders – borders drawn and confirmed by Stalin - into a Russian, a Polish and a Lithuanian part. This is the result of two World Wars and mostly of the war Hitler's Germany carried into Lithuania, into Czechoslovakia, Poland, France, Denmark and Norway, the Balkans and the Soviet Union.
Wasn't it Berdyaev who said that the landscape in which a people lives is a symbol of its soul? What happens when a landscape is taken, captured? When it has become the prey of another power?
How can you identify yourself with your enemy and the culture you have conquered? Does it not mean to turn yourself into a victim? (and this might be the great anxiety the veterans have).
Saint-Petersburg-born Swedish Finn Edith Södergran, or the most important Baltic Sea poet of the German post-war period, Johannes Bobrowski - cannot be assumed to be generally familiar across our borders. We have to work hard in order for this knowledge to spread. Only the greatest fiction writer of this city, E. T. A. Hoffmann, seems to be widely known.
Thinking of Königsberg, what would be its genius loci and how did it influence the post-war development? Historical parallels are always dangerous, but the difference between Konstantinopel and Istanbul comes to my mind, although there the original population was allowed to stay (if it had not been killed) after the conquest of 1453 and the former history of the city was generally accepted. (Although it was re-built. Like the biggest Christian church, the Hagia Sophia that was turned into a mosque and became a museum in the 20th Century).
of shaping a new tradition after the old ones have been destroyed, shaping them anew in an artificial way, as works of art.
How else can you deal with such a gap, such a cut in history? At a symposium on the "Landscapes of the Baltic in Literature and Art" we held in Visby, Gotland some years ago, I concluded that the Baltic has been lost in German literature, but that it can be re-gained as "art mémoire". I think this "art mémoire" can also make it possible for you to be embedded in history after a long period of trauma.
But these memories are not common ones. Though we have a common history in Europe, we do not have common memories. But we can have landscapes in common, as a state of mind, for their spiritual life.
General Governor wanting to hold him back. Herder was on his way to meet Klopstock and Gerstenberg in Copenhagen, he wished to go to Hamburg and Germany, but instead arrived in Nantes on the French Atlantic coast, writing his Journal of A Voyage, and in Strasbourg meeting Goethe. As we know, he was to live in Weimar for the rest of his life, which was the centre of German as well as international cultural around 1800. He published collections of folk songs, many of them with Baltic origin, some from as far away as Lappland. He was the son of a weaver in the small town of Mohrungen in East Prussia and had studied theology in Königsberg before he became a preacher in Riga.
But the Weimar Herder moved to was a city of 6000 inhabitants, while Königsberg had 55 000 inhabitants, twice as many as Berlin! There we have the world of the Baltic Sea in the late 18th century. You can look upon Herder's Journal as a document of self identity. What we can learn from him is how the Sea is a space for self-definition, re-definition and identification with yourself.
what is past, damning yourself!"
And Königsberg, Krolowgorod as it was called in Russian, looked out over this very same Sea!Let me end with a puzzling poem by the great Swedish poet Gunnar Ekelöf whom I have translated now for 13 years. His Thoughts on the General Post Office deals with our tradition, a tradition that has been cut off. Only fragments are left, with no sender and no addressee. Is not our world of today this uncertain ground that Ekelöf tries to grasp in his writing?
How long must this one have been underway?
whose head is golden, a wreath in her hair"
when she quietly takes her place in the circle of her disciples"
but it is torn and the pieces don't fit together. How shall it be delivered?
but the letter is still there, or at least its fibers.
althought the sender has disappeared and the addressee is as yet unborn.
and seven fat years and seven times seven normal years.
The rule is: You shouldn't open other people's mail, that's bad manners.
because the sender was a complete stranger who was close to you.
The same could be said about the addressee. He doesn't know himself.
Вот это, к примеру, как же долго оно шло?
А это? Или вон то?
но порвано, и клочки не подходят друг к другу. Как его теперь передать?
а письмо сохранилось, как минимум его волокна.
Хотя отправитель пропал, а получатель еще не родился.
и семь тучных лет и семью семь лет обычных.
Считается, что нельзя вскрывать чужие письма, бестактно.
потому что их отправитель абсолютно чужой человек, бывший тебе близким.
И то же самое можно сказать и о получателе. Он сам не знает себя.


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class Squareup_Omni_Helper_Mapping extends Mage_Core_Helper_Abstract
{
    protected $_log;
    protected $_config;
    protected $_helper;
    protected $_itemMapping = array(
        'name' => 'name',
        'description' => 'description',
        'abbreviation',
        'label_color',
        'available_online', // if not available online fi
        'available_electronically', // type download or virtual
        'tax_ids' => 'tax_class_id',
        'image_url' => 'image',
        'sku' => 'sku',

    );

    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->_log = Mage::helper('squareup_omni/log');
        $this->_config = Mage::helper('squareup_omni/config');
        $this->_helper = Mage::helper('squareup_omni');
    }

    public function getMapping($type)
    {
        return $this->{'_' . $type . 'Mapping'};
    }

    public function setCatalogObject($product, $receivedObj = null)
    {
        $version = (null !== $receivedObj)? $receivedObj->getObject()->getVersion() : null;
        $productSquareId = $product->getSquareId();
        $image = $product->getResource()->getAttributeRawValue($product->getId(), 'square_product_image', 0);
        $catalogObject = array(
            "type" => "ITEM",
            "id" => (empty($productSquareId))? '#' . $product->getId() : $product->getSquareId(),
            "version" => $version,
            // modified here
            "present_at_all_locations" => ($product->getTypeId() === Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Type::TYPE_CONFIGURABLE)
                                        ? true : false,
            "present_at_location_ids" => $this->_helper->getProductLocations($product->getId()),
            "absent_at_location_ids" => array(),
            "item_data" => array(
                "name" => $product->getName(),
                "description" => $product->getShortDescription(),
                "abbreviation" => substr($product->getName(), 0, 2),
                "available_online" => true,
                "available_for_pickup" => false,
                "tax_ids" => array(),
                "modifier_list_info" => array(),
                "available_electronically" => (
                    $product->getTypeId() == Mage_Downloadable_Model_Product_Type::TYPE_DOWNLOADABLE
                )? true : false,
                "image_url" => $image ? $image : '',
                "variations" => $this->setItemVariation($product, $receivedObj)
            )
        );

        return $catalogObject;
    }

    public function setItemVariation($product, $receivedObj = null)
    {
        $variations = array();
        $versions = $this->getVersions($receivedObj);
        $productVariations = array();
        if ($product->getTypeId() == Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Type::TYPE_SIMPLE) {
            $productVariations[] = $product;
        }

        if ($product->getTypeId() == Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Type::TYPE_VIRTUAL) {
            $productVariations[] = $product;
        }

        if ($product->getTypeId() == Mage_Downloadable_Model_Product_Type::TYPE_DOWNLOADABLE) {
            $productVariations[] = $product;
        }

        if ($product->getTypeId() == Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Type::TYPE_CONFIGURABLE) {
            $conf = Mage::getModel('catalog/product_type_configurable')->setProduct($product);
            $collection = $conf->getUsedProductCollection()->addAttributeToSelect('*')->addFilterByRequiredOptions();
            foreach ($collection as $aProduct) {
                $aProduct->setConfProductId($product->getId());
                $productVariations[] = $aProduct;
            }
        }

        foreach ($productVariations as $productVar) {
            $variationId = $productVar->getSquareVariationId();
            $version = (empty($variationId))?
                null :
                (array_key_exists($productVar->getSquareVariationId(), $versions))?
                    $versions[$productVar->getSquareVariationId()] :
                    null;
            $id = (empty($variationId))?
                '#' . $productVar->getId() . '::' :
                $productVar->getSquareVariationId();

            if ($productVar->getSquareVariationId() != $productVar->getSquareId()
                && null !== $productVar->getConfProductId()) {
                $version = null;
                $id = '#' . $productVar->getId() . '::';
            }

            $variation = array(
                "id" => $id,
                "type" => 'ITEM_VARIATION',
                "version" => $version,
                "present_at_all_locations" => false,
                "present_at_location_ids" => $this->_helper->getProductLocations($productVar->getId()),
                "absent_at_location_ids" => array(),
                "item_variation_data" => array(
                    "sku" => $productVar->getSku(),
                    "name" => $productVar->getName(),
                    "track_inventory" => true,
                    "pricing_type" => "FIXED_PRICING",
                    "price_money" => array(
                        "amount" => Mage::helper('squareup_omni')->processAmount($productVar->getPrice()),
                        "currency" => Mage::app()->getStore()->getCurrentCurrencyCode()
                    )
                )
            );
            $variations[] = $variation;
        }

        return $variations;
    }

    public function getVersions($obj)
    {
        $versions = array();
        if (null == $obj) {
            return $versions;
        }

        $obj = $obj->getObject();
        $versions[$obj->getId()] = $obj->getVersion();
        // modified here
        if (null !== $obj->getItemData() && null !== $obj->getItemData()->getVariations()) {
            foreach ($obj->getItemData()->getVariations() as $variation) {
                $versions[$variation->getId()] = $variation->getVersion();
            }
        }

        return $versions;
    }

    public function isChild($id)
    {
        $parentIds = Mage::getModel('catalog/product_type_configurable')->getParentIdsByChild($id);
        return (!empty($parentIds))? $parentIds : false;
    }

    public function saveSquareIdsInMagento($idMappings)
    {
        $itemIds = array();
        $varIds = array();
        foreach ($idMappings as $map) {
            if (stripos($map->getClientObjectId(), "::") !== false) {
                $idWithoutSharp = str_replace("#", "", $map->getClientObjectId());
                $mId = str_replace("::", "", $idWithoutSharp);
                $varIds[$map->getObjectId()] = $mId;
            } else {
                $mId = str_replace("#", "", $map->getClientObjectId());
                $itemIds[$map->getObjectId()] = $mId;
            }
        }

        foreach ($itemIds as $squareId => $mId) {
            $product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product');

            try {
                $product->setId($mId);
                $product->setStoreId(0);
                $product->setSquareId($map->getObjectId());
                $product->setSquareVariationId($map->getObjectId());
                $product->getResource()->saveAttribute($product, 'square_id');
                $product->getResource()->saveAttribute($product, 'square_variation_id');
            } catch (Exception $e) {
                $this->_log->error($e->__toString());
            }
        }

        foreach ($varIds as $squareId => $mId) {
            $isChild = $this->isChild($mId);
            $product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product');
            $product->setId($mId);

            try {
                $product->setStoreId(0);
                if ($isChild !==  false) {
                    $product->setSquareId($squareId);
                }

                $product->setSquareVariationId($squareId);
                if ($isChild !==  false) {
                    $product->getResource()->saveAttribute($product, 'square_id');
                }

                $product->getResource()->saveAttribute($product, 'square_variation_id');
            } catch (Exception $e) {
                $this->_log->error($e->__toString());
            }
        }

        return true;
    }
}

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/* Location: app/code/community/Squareup/Omni/Helper/Mapping.php */


Student-driven inquiry that encourages youth to examine the impact of flooding in their own community.
Interactive tools enabling students to assess and share their schools' flooding preparedness.
Teacher resources align with provincial curricula, based on current and emerging teaching methods.
Flood:Ed was developed with generous support from the Intact Foundation and NSERC.


Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo CD Audio Silver Ext.
Great car but bad noise!
Enough house power, huge space for an SUV, good looking. But I got the 5.7L V8 engine, think about the noise when you decide to buy it. Really ANNOYING! MPG always stay around 13-15, refill every 200 miles. Still not good enough compares to Germany cars at this price.


It's going to be Candice Glover vs. Kree Harrison on next week's American Idol 2013 finale!
American Idol has eliminated one more finalist a week before the fierce all-female Season 12 finale on May 15 and 16, and she's surprisingly (my top favorite) Angie Miller.
During the results show held Thursday night, May 9 (Friday morning, May 10, MLA Time), Angie Miller, the only finalist of American Idol 2013 who had never landed in the bottom group during previous week's results, was shockingly eliminated, leaving Candice Glover and Kree Harrison as the Top 2 finalists of American Idol 2013.
The result was kinda surprising as most predictions, including mine, had Kree as the next eliminated finalist.
Between Candice and Kree, my vote goes to Candice as the American Idol 2013 winner.
This marks only the 2nd time in 'Idol' history that the finale showdown will have 2 girls. The first time was during Season 3 (Fantasia Barrino and Diana DeGarmo).


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1. Two types of content on Snapchat (day to day vs. highly refined and curated)- which does the general public prefer? Have you ever unfollowed someone on Snapchat and why?
2. What do you think will be the first social media platform in terms of VR?
3. How do you find people to follow who are not your friends on Snapchat?


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Q: Consequence of uncomplimentary MOSFETs in Hbridge I am constructing my own H-Bridge to control a high current motor (24V at 25A), as such I was looking to use high current MOSFETs for each quadrant of the H-bridge. My go too MOSFETs for these applications is the IRF1405 unfortunately the manufacture for these MOSFETs do not offer a complementary P-channel equivalent. What will be the consequences of using a P-channel MOSFET  which is not exactly complement to the N-channel MOSFETS in my bridge.
Also does anyone have a suggestion for a complementary MOSFET pair which has similar specifications as the IRF1405? (RDS = 5.3mOhm ID= 169A)
The P-channel replacment I am considering is the IPB120P04P4L.
I have attached an image of my proposed H-Bridge for your reference.

A: In my opinion you would need complementary transistors only for more linear/analog applications like in a (audio) power amplifier.
In an H-bridge you're using the MOSFETs as switches, they're either on or off. I would prefer to use FETs with the same Rdson (on resistance) though although as long as Rdson is low enough that might not even matter.
I would also pay attention to the threshold voltage but also here different Vt for NMOS and PMOS would not matter so much if you drive them properly with a large Vgs (which you should to make Rdson low).
So I would just try to find a suitable PMOS that can do the job and not worry about it not being complementary to the NMOS.

A: my opinion is instead of using P-channal MOSFET at high side you can use same IRF1405 as this configuration.
http://modularcircuits.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/image7.png

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Can a marriage by proxy work when the couple has never met?
Nathan, a widower, is critically injured in a Civil War battle and lies on his deathbed. His best friend, Ben, promises to care for his daughter.
Ben's sister, Allison, is doomed to become a spinster so she jumps at the chance to become a widow when Ben suggests she marry Nathan. She must act quickly because the doctor said he wouldn't last out the week. A problem arises after the marriage—Nathan doesn't die, and the couple comes to the realization they need to end the marriage or try to live as a family to make the best of the situation for the child. Can Nathan live with Allie's problem, and can Allie cope with Nathan's disability? Will the platonic arrangement become permanent or will the couple come to fall in love?


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These savory Bourbon Bacon Roast Beef Sliders are one of my husband's favorite things in this whole world. If ever there were a meal that could describe my husband, I think this would be it. Bold, a little sweet, and even a little comforting.
To make these sliders, I start with the bacon. I candy the bacon with brown sugar and my husband's favorite drink, bourbon. I use about half a cup of bourbon and reduce it in a small saucepan until it's come down to roughly two tablespoons before removing it from the heat.
In a large plate, I combine some brown sugar and a little bit of cayenne.
I prefer to use a thicker cut whenever I make candied bacon, so that's what I use here. I take a slice of bacon and dunk it in the bourbon reduction and then move it to the plate filled with brown sugar where I coat both sides with plenty of the mixture.
I set each slice on a rack that fits inside my baking sheet and repeat the process until all the bacon is coated.
The bacon gets cooked in the oven at 400F degrees until crispy.
Once the bacon is cooked to crispy perfection, I pull it out and set it aside to cool before reducing the oven temperature to 350F degrees.
Next I grab a large rectangle baking dish and grease the bottom with plenty of butter.
Then I line the pan with the bottom half of some slider buns.
Here comes some roast beef, and plenty of it!
Then a nice layer of sharp cheddar slices.
And then a layer of that bourbon candied bacon.
Then I place the top half of the buns over it all, cover it with foil, and pop it into the oven for about ten minutes.
Once the sliders are done, I pull them out and give them a grand finale: a coating of melted butter and poppy seeds. I brush the butter all over the tops of the buns and then sprinkle them with some poppy seeds.
Then they go back into the oven for another ten minutes without the foil.
These delicious Bourbon Bacon Roast Beef Sliders are served immediately while the cheese is still melting and the roast beef piping hot. I usually serve these with a side of french fries or barbecue beans and corn on the cob. My husband loves to dip them in a side of barbecue sauce and my kiddos eat them as they are.
In a small saucepan, boil bourbon until reduced to roughly two tablespoons. Remove from heat and set aside.
In a large plate, combine brown sugar and cayenne pepper.
Dip slices of bacon into bourbon reduction and then brown sugar mixture to coat.
Place bacon on rack over baking sheet and repeat with each slice of bacon.
Cook bacon in 400F degree oven for about 6-7 minutes or until bacon reaches desired texture.
Remove bacon and set aside; reduce oven temperature to 350F degrees.
In a greased baking dish, layer bottom half of slider buns.
Then add roast beef over the buns.
Layer cheese slices over roast beef.
Layer bacon slices over cheese.
Cover with top half of slider buns.
Cover baking dish with tinfoil and bake for ten minutes.
Remove from oven and brush tops of buns with melted butter and sprinkle with poppy seeds.
Bake for an additional ten minutes uncovered.


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NFL Sets Week 18 TV Schedule With Playoffs In Mind
by Megan Turner January 3, 2022, 2:06 pm updated January 3, 2022, 2:29 pm
The NFL has announced its schedule for the first-ever Week 18 of the regular season.
Week 18 begins with a Saturday doubleheader starting at 4:15 p.m. ET as the Kansas City Chiefs (11-5) visit the Denver Broncos (7-9) on ESPN/ABC, followed by the Dallas Cowboys (11-5) at the Philadelphia Eagles (9-7) at 8:15 p.m. ET, also airing on ESPN/ABC.
After falling to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, the Chiefs currently stand as the No. 2 seed in the AFC and still have a chance to seize home-field advantage in the AFC. The Broncos have already been eliminated from the postseason race. USA Today reports that Denver has the second-longest active playoff drought in the NFL at six seasons, trailing only the New York Jets.
The Cowboys already clinched the NFC East, but are looking to improve their seeding for Wild Card weekend after Sunday's loss to the Arizona Cardinals sent them from the No. 2 slot to No. 4. The Eagles, on the other hand, secured a spot in the postseason on Sunday, thanks to their win over the Washington Football Team, and victories by the San Francisco 49ers and Green Bay Packers, USA Today reports.
The NFL announced the Saturday and Sunday night schedule for Week 18 — Season Finale Weekend. All times ET, pm.
The Los Angeles Chargers (9-7) and Las Vegas Raiders (9-7) will close out the regular season on "Sunday Night Football" at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC — the matchup will be a win-and-in game for one of the two remaining playoff slots in the AFC.
The league said the final Week 18 schedule, with networks included, will be announced Monday.
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MoMA works come to Berlin
Over 250 works from New York's Museum of Modern Art will be on display in the German capital until the end of May. The last MoMA exhibit in Berlin drew over 1.1 million visitors.
Various mediums are featured in the "Kompass" exhibit
Berlin is showcasing a collection of over 250 works from New York's Museum of Modern Art at the Martin Gropius-Bau. The renowned exhibition hall is celebrating its 30th anniversary with the contemporary collection, described as "risk-taking" by one of the project's leaders.
The exhibit - titled "Kompass" - features selected pieces from the late 1950s to present of the Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection. Young and renowned artists alike have contributed to the collection, including David Hockney, Sherrie Levine, Paul McCarthy, Joseph Beuys and Cy Twombly.
"There are drawings by people who may have been previously overlooked," said Harvey S Shipley Miller, trustee of the Judith Rothschild Foundation, which donated the collection to MoMA in 2005. "My hope is that these will sit through and rise as the artists mature."
Soot and spit on cardboard by James Castle is one of the drawings on display
A common theme amongst the pieces is the joy of experimenting with various materials, such as gunpowder, body fluids, soil, photographs and newspaper clippings.
The collection was a "time capsule" which marked the "coming of age of a major medium," according to Miller.
"Drawing is no longer a secondary medium. At the turn of this century, drawing has become as important to an artist as his painting, his video or his sculpture," he said. "The market exploded while we were doing this," he added. "There's a drawing upstairs that would now sell for $2 million. We didn't pay that of course."
The last time art from MoMA was on display in the German capital was in 2004, drawing over one million visitors at the time.
"Kompass" opened on March 11 and will run until May 29, 2011.
Author: Christian Nathler (dpa, EPD)
Editor: Rob Turner
Previously unviewed Monet painting on show in Cologne museum
A Cologne museum has unveiled an original Monet painting 20 years after it was acquired in an unusual way. All signs point to it being authentic, says the gallery that now owns it. (03.02.2011)
Oskar Schindler's Krakow factory becomes a museum
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Traditional Rome changes course with first modern art museum
Rome is stepping outside its ancient walls into art's future. The MAXXI, the country's first national museum dedicated to contemporary art, opens at the end of May. It was designed by star Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid. (23.05.2010)
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The Spaceships of the Prophet Ezekiel
A native of Steyr, Austria, engineer Blumrich is the holder of patents on numerous inventions.
Until recently the author was chief of the Systems Layout Branch at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. In earlier years, he developed the structural design of the Saturn V booster and participated in the design of Skylab. He has left NASA in order to spend his full time on research concerning extraterrestrial visitors in ancient times.
He wrote the book Da tat sich der Himmel auf (The Spaceships of Eziekel)
References in some holy scripture to strange machines have prompted, throughout history, speculation and conjecture in order to lend acceptable, if not rational, explanations of the phenomenon reported.
Modern technical knowledge and test procedures have been used to reconstruct a model of what was seen and experienced by one of the four great Jewish prophets two and a half millennia ago.
Any thoughts of visits to our planet by extraterrestrial beings is immediately stopped by the realization that existing scientific knowledge precludes that possibility. If such visits could be made at all, they would have to originate outside our solar system, and interstellar journeys would require unimaginable lengths of time.
Yet this established knowledge is confronted with the wealth of mankind's myths and legends which claim the exact opposite, that "gods" came from the skies. Their appearances were frequently accompanied by fire, smoke and thunderous noise; their influence on man was, mostly, beneficial. If the source of this information is the ' primitive' peoples' we call it a fable; if the origin lies in religious scriptures of the more developed civilizations, we interpret the tales in a more spiritual or even holy manner.
That this attitude is unfair and wrong is manifest in at least two respects: it disregards the sincere and honest belief of the peoples who handed down the accounts, and degrades the tales to fictional stories. At its worst, the information is dismissed as the result of hallucination, the effects of drugs, or plain invention.
But this attitude is also wrong and unfair with regard to man's future development because it denies even the possibility of progress in the corresponding fields of science.
Thus we seem to be at an impasse because of an apparent conflict between science and legend. Yet the way is not totally blocked: we can make progress in this very important field of knowledge once we realize that science and engineering are two separate (although not independent) activities, each with its own area of significance. We must acknowledge the present inability of science to help formulate answers to the question of extraterrestrial visitors, while realizing that engineering and industrial technology have not been introduced to the controversy.
The participation of engineers becomes an unconditional requirement in the evaluation of configurations and phenomena implying visits from other worlds. Here it is only natural that our fledgling knowledge concerning space flight emerges as a contributor of prime significance.
My interest is aroused.
My own involvement in the subject of extraterrestrial visitors began with a vehemently negative attitude. Having worked as an aeronautical engineer since 1934-first in the design and analysis of aircraft, then for the past fifteen years in the design and development of both launching vehicles and spacecraft-I was firmly entrenched in the camp of those who declare visits from outer space to be an impossibility.
It was in this frame of mind that I began to read Erich von Daniken's "Chariots of the Gods? His claim that the prophet Ezekiel had encounters with spaceships prompted me to read the biblical book of Ezekiel carefully with the intention of proving von Daniken wrong.
By the time I had got to verse 7 of the very first chapter, however, I found myself interpreting a description of the landings legs of some kind of flying vehicle:
"Their legs were straight. and the soles of their feet were round; and they sparkled like burnished bronze."
Having designed and tested such structures myself, I could not deny that it was possible to read in this a direct, yet simple, technical description.
The contrast of that evidently clear passage with the quite hazy pictures sketched by the rest of the chapter made me realize that the prophet could not have known what it was he had seen, or could not have understood it. I realize the necessary consequences of this: the prophet could only describe his encounters with space vehicles and their crews in the terms available to him-with words and comparisons familiar to him and his contemporaries.
So I began taking Ezekiel seriously, in an engineering sense.
Because I had to rely on translations, I used six different bibles, ranging in time from early in the last century to 1972, edited by Jewish, Roman Catholic, and protestant translators. Besides these, I used two highly detailed biblical commentaries.
My application of aircraft (specifically, helicopter) and spacecraft engineering principles to the reports of the prophet resulted in the penetration of Ezekiel's visual descriptions, and the replacement of these by known structural configurations. The final result is shown by the drawing at the beginning of this paper.
There we see a quasi-conical main body, supported by four helicopter units, which carries the command capsule atop its rounded upper portion. We should consider that Ezekiel first saw this vehicle at a distance of about 1,000 meters; at the moment the nuclear engine fired, probably with some white clouds of condensation (because of the engine's "chill down" phase) shooting past the craft's main body.
In these fiery, dynamic surroundings Ezekiel notices the moving rotors, see the landing legs and mechanical arms attached to the helicopter units. His first reaction is to compare the helicopters with man-like figures, but he then finds in the term 'living creatures' an expression of admirable vagueness to reflect his uncertainty. During final decent and landing, Ezekielobserves the protective covers of the helicopter's gear mechanisms, which he able to describe best by comparing them with human faces.
He notices the red-hot radiator -glowing coals- (Chapter 1, verse 13)
"As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning."
covering part of the lower central body; the prophet is fascinated by the wheels which, in their basic form, are the only element he recognizes and thus describes in great detail.
The visual description of the wheel has been misinterpreted in numerous paintings and texts. Yet no one has ever taken seriously the functional description which indicates that the wheels could move, in any direction, without being turned or steered. The latter has led me to develop a precise engineering interpretation, and for which a patent was granted by the United States Patent Office no. 3,789,947, Feb. 5, 1974.
A particularly gratifying application of this interpretation, incidentally, would be to facilitate considerably the mobility of wheelchairs for the physically handicapped.
Prototype, analytical research
Ezekiel ends his technical description with comments on the command capsule and on the commander himself. The amount of detail he includes is astounding. It is significant that the prophet describes features which are of little engineering importance but which, to the eye, carry the same weight as true structural elements.
The quasi-conical shape of the spacecraft's central body-ideally suited to permit its combination with the helicopters, and thus a most important feature of the vehicle-is an existing engineering product. It was developed at the Langley Research Center of NASA, and has been studied analytically and in a series of wind-tunnel tests.
After establishing the general configuration of the spaceship, I made an analytical investigation; although the configuration appeared to be structurally and functionally sound, its feasibility could be proved only if weights, dimensions, performance and other basic characteristics turned out to be within reasonable limits. The analysis was performed parametrically, that means dimensions, weights and performance were varied in steps over a wide range of possibilities.
From the first crude calculation to the final detailed analysis, the results left no doubt of the vehicles feasibility: they reveal a general technology of spacecraft construction not far beyond our current, most advanced capabilities.
The only element we are incapable of building is the nuclear reactor within the propulsion system. Although this would be a fission reactor, it would require a specific impulse, of at least 2,000 seconds against the about 900 seconds of today's nuclear engines.
It is reasonable to assume, however, that we could have this capability within a few decades if we were to invest enough effort in its development.
The over-all result, then, is a space vehicle technically feasible beyond doubt and very well designed to suit function and purpose; its technology is in no way fantastic but, even in its extreme aspects, lies almost within our own capabilities of today.
The results indicate, moreover, that Ezekiel's spacecraft operated in conjunction with a mother vessel orbiting the earth. We have no point of firm reference for an exact determination of the dimensions of the landing craft, but we can approximate these within the range I investigated analytically. The illustration above shows the shape and proportions.
The diameter of the central body would be about 18 m, that of the rotor of a helicopter unit would be 11 m, total weight from the time of lift-off from the earth for the return flight to the mother ship would be 100,000 kg, the engine's specific impulse would be 2,080 seconds, and the craft would carry two or three passengers.
With these conclusions, I had to declare defeat; I wrote to Eric von Daniken, explaining that my attempt to refute his theory had resulted in a structural and analytical conformation of a major part of his hypothesis. Determining the form, dimensions and functional capabilities of what Ezekiel saw makes understandable a number of passages in his text that are otherwise meaningless; it also aids considerably in separating the prophetic or visionary parts of Ezekiel's book from those concerning encounters with spaceships. (I confined my study to the latter.)
Being an engineer, I am not qualified to investigate the non-engineering portions.
Ezekiel's Wheel
A friend passed on a book written by NASA engineer Josef F. Blumrich entitled The Spaceships of Ezekiel.
This book concludes that the passage shown above wasn't the whole story. Blumrich agrees that the "wheel within a wheel" was extraterrestrial, but he goes one step further and claims that it only describes a small part of the craft.
According to Blumrich, the whole chapter was a detailed description of an encounter with an UFO.
Ezekiel 1:16 (NIV)
This was the appearance and structure of the wheels:
They sparkled like chrysolite, and all four looked alike.
Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel.
Even the story behind the book is very interesting.
Blumrich notes that he began researching the topic in response to Erich von Daniken's book Chariots of the Gods.
In the forward to his book, Blumrich states that he,
"began to read von Daniken with the condescending attitude of someone who knows beforehand that the conclusions presented can by no means be correct."
In other words, he thought von Daniken was full of it and was going to set out to prove it scientifically.
What he found, after an extensive amount of research from an engineering point of view, was just the opposite. He went from an extreme skeptic to becoming convinced that the book of Ezekiel was a real accurate and detailed account of an encounter with extraterrestrial visitors. Very interesting coming from a person who is not a religious zealot by any means and is about as far as you can get from a gullible person who might be prone to jump to conclusions.
Blumrich passage by passage analysis of Ezekiel chapter one that is based his work.
The text shown below isn't directly from Blumrich's book (which contains much, much more detail than I could ever present here) but is instead a capsulization of Blumrich's conclusions as presented in another very interesting book entitled Extraterrestrials in Biblical Prophesy by G. Cope Schellhorn, pages 106-108:
Ezekiel 1:4 (NIV)
I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north–an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal
Blumrich summary:
The spacecraft begins at some distance from the prophet in its initial descent. Vapour cloud is from cooling preliminary to firing of rocket engine. Rocket engine is then fired.
and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures. In appearance their form was that of a man
Looking upward, the prophet sees four shapes surrounded by fire and vapour that look alive. These are helicopter-like bodies deployed before landing.
but each of them had four faces and four wings.
The prophet is now able to see more detail because the craft is at low altitude. He sees the four blades of the rotors and the fairing housings above the rotors that give the appearance of faces.
Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze.
This is a description of the landing legs. The legs have shock absorbers and round footpads.
Under their wings on their four sides they had the hands of a man. All four of them had faces and wings.
This refers to remote-controlled mechanical arms hanging along side the cylindrical helicopter bodies.
and their wings touched one another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved.
A reference to the helicopter blades protruding outward is made.
Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a man, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle.
The fairing surfaces, which protect the gears and other control devices above the rotors, look to the prophet like faces. The fairings are irregular in shape with some raised and some cut out areas, all of which lends itself to an awe-struck interpretation on the prophet's part. By way of example, Blumrich shows photos of Gemini and Apollo capsules that at certain angles look like monsters. Because like faces face in like directions, we see that the rotors are synchronized at rest position.
Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out upward; each had two wings, one touching the wing of another creature on either side, and two wings covering its body.
The first part refers to the rotor blades being divided. The suggestion is that there is a kind of gap in the control mechanism or fairing. The last part of the verse refers to the rotor blades folded in an up and down position.
Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went.
This refers to the landing leg assembly and the retractable wheels as part of each leg assembly. Ezekiel doesn't see the wheels until they are actually deployed in verse fifteen. Verses nine, twelve and fifteen are interrelated.
The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.
Ezekiel is referring to the flowing reactor radiator and the bursts from the control rockets. The lightning effect comes from what would seem like leaping random fire but in fact is controlled bursts from the various control rockets for stabilization purposes.
The creatures sped back and forth like flashes of lightning.
The spacecraft hovers and moves in various directions until a suitable landing site is found.
As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces.
The wheels are deployed. They appear at the very moment they become necessary.
Ezekiel 1:16-21 (NIV)
This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like chrysolite, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel. As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced; the wheels did not turn about as the creatures went. Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around. When the living creatures moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. When the creatures moved, they also moved; when the creatures stood still, they also stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
The greenish-bluish color of the wheels suggests a protective film or coating. A further description of advanced reversible wheels is given. Ezekiel is confused – looks to him like a wheel within a wheel. These wheels look like they are obeying orders. He has had experience with wheels but these are puzzling. Thus he gives much time to their description. The craft rolls on the ground, probably in a maneuver to find the most suitable site.
Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was what looked like an expanse, sparkling like ice, and awesome.
Here is a description of the main body of the craft. We get its basic shape, spreading out like a "firmament." The surface of the main body is metallic, shining, bright.
Under the expanse their wings were stretched out one toward the other, and each had two wings covering its body.
We are given additional information concerning the position of the helicopter-like appendages relative to the main body. Rotor blades are at rest.
When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings, like the roar of rushing waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings. Then there came a voice from above the expanse over their heads as they stood with lowered wings.
Blumrich feels these verses are out of order. They describe operating rotor blade motors and the resultant sound effects.
Above the expanse over their heads was what looked like a throne of sapphire, and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man.
The prophet sees the command module shaped and colored like a cabachon-cut sapphire. Seated in the pilot's seat is a man.
I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him.
The prophet describes the light effects of the commander's flight suit which, in Blumrich's opinion, are reminiscent of the light effects caused by the reflecting surfaces of certain insulation materials used in the Apollo lunar module. (See Rev 1:12-15 and Dan 10:6) It might be enlightening here to mention the light effects, especially the golden glow effect, described by some present-day witnesses to UFO close encounters, people who have been in near proximity to UFO crew members. A classic example of such an effect would be the Fatima incident earlier in the century. An interesting explanation of this effect is offered by an extraterrestrial in Charles Silva's "Date With The Gods."
Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking.
Here are the optical light effects of the translucent cabachon-shaped command module sitting atop the main body of the spacecraft. Sunlight hitting the translucent surface and reflecting off other surfaces inside the module causes a rainbow light effect. (See Enoch 14:9-22 and Rev 4:3) Blumrich emphasizes that the brightness was "round about him." It did not emanate from "him." Him, we should carefully note, refers to Ezekiel's initial mistake of identity – confusing the spacecraft with God himself.
Blumrich goes on to provide similar observations for the entire book of Ezekiel.
He even concludes that Ezekiel went aboard the craft and interacted with the commander of the vehicle a number of times. If you'd like to explore the topic further, I'd definitely recommend finding Blumrich's book so you can read all his conclusions firsthand.
So was Ezekiel's account really his way of telling a detailed story about an encounter with extraterrestrials? Were these beings sent by God to deliver a message to Ezekiel? Interesting but controversial questions.
I'll let you decide for yourself, but I sure haven't heard any other explanations of Ezekiel's experiences that sound as realistic to me.
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