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Suárez, Votto homer to help Reds beat Pirates 7-4
Aug 5, 2021, 7:37 AM | Updated: 8:49 pm
CINCINNATI (AP) — Eugenio Suárez and Joey Votto hit three-run homers in Cincinnati's six-run second inning, powering the Reds to a 7-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series.
Jonathan India also went deep and pitcher Sonny Gray (4-6) helped himself with two hits as second-place Cincinnati gained a half-game on idle NL Central-leader Milwaukee and a full game on San Diego, which has a three-game lead over the Reds for the second wild-card slot. The Brewers lead Cincinnati by seven games.
"It is really nice to get out to an early lead for a lot of reaaons," Reds manager David Bell said. "The Pirates fought back. We had to keep going."
The Reds have won seven of their last nine games. The Pirates have lost four of five.
The Reds sent 11 batters to the plate against Wil Crowe (3-6) in the second, but only two of their runs were earned after second baseman Wilmer Difo was charged with an error. Suárez, batting .176 going into the game and hitting eighth for the first time since 2019 and eighth since joining the Reds in 2015, followed by going to opposite field with a shot to right field.
"We wanted to make (third base coach J.R House's) arm sore from waving us around," shortstop Kyle Farmer said. "When you have the Venezuelan home run king hitting eighth, you have a pretty deep lineup."
Suárez set the single-season home run record for Venezuelan Major League players with 49 in 2019.
Votto, who hit at least one homer in a franchise-record seven straight games during the last week of July, added a two-out homer that cleared the right-center field fence above the 370-foot marker.
Gray allowed one hit over his first four innings before last-place Pittsburgh sent nine batters to the plate in a five-hit, four-run fifth. One of the hits was Hoy Park's chopper to Votto at first. Votto had Wilmer Difo trapped off third, but Difo scrambled back safely when nobody covered third.
"It's a credit to our club," Pirates manager Derek Shelton said. "We battled back after being down 7-0 in the second."
Gray gave up six hits and four runs with two walks and seven strikeouts in five innings. Jeff Hoffman and Justin Wilson combined for three scoreless relief innings before Mychal Givens pitched the ninth for his first save.
India hammered a 3-2 pitch over the sixth row of the second deck in left field for his third career leadoff home run, just missing the "K" row keeping track of Reds pitchers strikeouts.
Crowe gave up eight hits and seven runs, three earned, with two walks and five strikeouts in four innings. He also hit a batter.
Starting All-Star right fielder Nick Castellanos, in his first start since coming off the injured list before the game, went 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts for the Reds. The NL hitting leader was sidelined except for one pinch-hit appearance after being hit on his right wrist with a pitch in Cincinnati's first game after the All-Star Game on July 16.
RUNS SAVER
Pirates center fielder Brian Reynolds robbed Tyler Naquin of a two-run homer with a leaping catch at the wall in the fifth.
DOG DAY
The Reds celebrated "Bark in the Park" night of the 2021 season. Dogs and their owners or handlers populated the field level seats in foul territory down the right field line.
Pirates: LF Ben Gamel was scratched from the original starting lineup because of hamstring tightness.
Reds: IF Mike Moustakas (right heel) was back at Great American Ball Park on Thursday after his rehab assignment ended. Manager David Bell said Moustakas could be activated "in a day or two." Catcher Tyler Stephenson left Thursday's game after five innings with a cramp in his hamstring.
Pirates: RHP J.T. Brubaker is 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA in two starts against Cincinnati this season.
Reds: LHP Wade Miley (8-4) is 3-3 in 11 career starts against Pittsburgh, including a 14-1 win on April 6.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Elias Pettersson scored twice, Bo Horvat had a career-high four assists and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Friday night for their second victory in three games under Rick Tocchet. Tocchet took over as coach after Bruce Boudreau was fired Sunday. Quinn Hughes had a goal […]
SEATTLE (AP) — Tyler Toffoli and the Calgary Flames rebounded from one of their ugliest losses of the season and picked up an important two points in the Pacific Division before starting the All-Star break. Toffoli, Elias Lindholm and Blake Coleman each had a goal and two assists, and the Flames topped the Seattle Kraken […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry had 35 points and 11 assists, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Toronto Raptors 129-117 on Friday night. The high-scoring affair was close until the Warriors pulled away with a 31-point fourth quarter, securing a sweep in the season series. "It feels like we took better care of […]
DALLAS (AP) — Jack Hughes scored his second goal of the game 20 seconds into overtime, lifting the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars on Friday night. Hughes' winning goal skipped off the stick of Dallas' Tyler Seguin and eluded Jake Oettinger as the Devils rallied from a 2-0 deficit […]
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Graceful, gutsy and seemingly unfazed by the bright lights, 15-year-old Isabeau Levito decided to go for it in her free skate while reminding herself once more to just stay calm. The teen star needed a near-flawless free skate to capture gold at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships after Bradie Tennell's […]
MIAMI (AP) — Bam Adebayo has a theory. All these close games that the Miami Heat are playing now, in his mind, are providing valuable lessons to draw upon later this season. And the fact that they're winning a lot of those games right now is an added bonus. Jimmy Butler had 29 points, Adebayo […]
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Going Underground at the Central Deborah Mine – Ballarat and Bendigo, Goldfields, Victoria
in Australia by Erik
The final stop on our two-week campervan tour took us back towards Melbourne, to the historic Goldfields region of Victoria. Here, a massive gold rush kicked off in the 1850s, only a couple of years after the California Gold Rush. It was responsible for populating the state with a whole slew of new immigrants, building Melbourne into a boomtown and one of the great cities of the world. And, of course, it brought untold riches to a few lucky prospectors, the colony, and the crown.
We based ourselves in Ballarat, located only 110 km (65 miles) northwest of Melbourne. Since this area is quite touristy, with a lot of attractions, we started at the Visitor Information Centre to get some more information. They tried to steer us towards the nearby Sovereign Hill replica gold mining town, but we wanted a more authentic experience. We had heard there was an excellent mine tour in Bendigo, an hour and a half drive away, and decided to give the "Disneyland" Sovreign Hill park a miss. Instead, we picked up a free map from the Visitor Centre, which offered a walking tour of Ballarat.
One of Ballarat's historic buildings.
One of Ballarat's historic buildings.24-Jan-2012 12:29
While a relatively small town, Ballarat grew quickly during the Gold Rush and is home to a number of impressive gothic buildings.
Ballarat's old Post Office Building, now a part of the University of Ballarat.
Ballarat's old Post Office Building, now a part of the University of Ballarat.24-Jan-2012 12:44
In a short span of time, hotels, banks, pubs, and all sorts of buildings were built for the rapidly growing population. Luckily, the city planners were smart enough to build all this around some nice avenues and parks.
The Gold Monument, commemorating the discovery of gold in Ballarat. At bottom is a replica of the 2,217 oz "Welcome Nugget" discovered in 1858.
The Gold Monument, commemorating the discovery of gold in Ballarat. At bottom is a replica of the 2,217 oz "Welcome Nugget" discovered in 1858.24-Jan-2012 12:39
Having gotten a taste for Ballarat, we jumped in the camper and headed for Bendigo. Here, we stopped by the Central Deborah Gold Mine, right in the center of town.
The Central Deborah Mine, in operation through the early 1950s, is now a tourist attraction in Bendigo.
The Central Deborah Mine, in operation through the early 1950s, is now a tourist attraction in Bendigo.24-Jan-2012 18:54
For more than 50 years, Bendigo produced more gold than anywhere else in the world. To this day, it remains one of the top 10 global gold regions.
A 3-D view of some of Bendigo's underground mines, which extend up to 700m below the surface.
A 3-D view of some of Bendigo's underground mines, which extend up to 700m below the surface.24-Jan-2012 18:11
The Central Deborah Gold Mine is one of the only tourist experiences that takes you underground, into a real mine. While this was well-regulated and safety-conscious Australia, we knew it would be nothing like the experience we had at the Cerro Rico silver mine in Potosi, Bolivia. Still, we were excited about heading 61m (200 ft) underground to learn more about gold mining!
The cages used to bring miners and equipment in (and out) of the shaft.
The cages used to bring miners and equipment in (and out) of the shaft.24-Jan-2012 18:50
We had some time to kill before the start of the tour, which we used to explore some of the buildings and machinery on the surface.
Some of the buildings and equipment above the ground at the Central Deborah Mine.
Some of the buildings and equipment above the ground at the Central Deborah Mine.24-Jan-2012 18:54
Finally, it was time for the tour! Our very entertaining tour guide kept us captivated by his stories and laughing at his antics as we geared up with helmets and lamps, filed into the cage, and dropped down into the deep, dark mine.
Our highly animated guide setting the scene.
Our highly animated guide setting the scene.24-Jan-2012 18:18
Down in the mine, we learned about the quartz veins which carry the gold.
Gold-bearing veins of quartz like this are mined and processed.
Gold-bearing veins of quartz like this are mined and processed.24-Jan-2012 17:42
Drills and dynamite extend the tunnels and shafts, allowing the gold-bearing rock to be extracted and sent to the surface, where the gold is extracted.
One of the more modern drills on display.
One of the more modern drills on display.24-Jan-2012 17:47
We also got to learn about the lives of the miners and even got to meet an old timer!
An old timer!
An old timer!24-Jan-2012 17:40
He had a lot of stories, including some interesting ones detailing how miners would try and steal gold and sneak it out undetected.
A fine specimen, perfect for smuggling.
A fine specimen, perfect for smuggling.24-Jan-2012 17:45
After an hour and a half underground, it was time once again to climb into the basket and ascend to the surface. It was nice to see the sun and feel the warm air above once again.
Going back to the surface.
Going back to the surface.24-Jan-2012 18:06
We climbed back into our trusty campervan for one final night's sleep on the road, picking a location close to Melbourne's airport to spend the night.
Packed up and ready to depart our campervan - home for the previous two weeks.
Packed up and ready to depart our campervan - home for the previous two weeks.25-Jan-2012 17:10
It was time to say goodbye to Australia and hello once again to Southeast Asia!
About Erik
Erik and Heather set off on a round-the-world trip in April, 2010, travelling overland through Central and South America before getting engaged in Antarctica. In 2011-2012 they tackled Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. Erik recently visited India and Nepal as a solo traveler.
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Picture gallery: Peugeot's GTI history
The upcoming 208 GTI joins a great tradition of fast, fun Peugeots. Here's a look at the latest car's family tree
by Autocar
When Peugeot says the new 208 GTI will "regenerate the legend" of the much-loved 205 GTI, the manufacturer's choice of words are fitting. The venerable 205 GTI still offers a benchmark driving experience today and is part of a long tradition of Peugeots with the magic three letters on their bootlid. Some have been greater than others, but many have been iconic driver's cars.
Just where do you start with the 205 GTI? There are many who argue it's the greatest hot hatch there's ever been. In both 105bhp 1.6 and 130bhp 1.9-engined form it redefined the genre with its low weight and sparkling handling. With its pepper pot alloy wheels and red-striped detailing, it looked absolutely spot on, too. Together with other hot hatch icons such as the VW Golf GTI and Renault Clio Williams, it's an all-time great.
The 205 magic translated to its bigger brother too. Built around a stretched 205 chassis, the boxy 309 GTI was just as able as its illustrious sibling. Sharing the same engine and gearbox as the 205 GTI 1.9, its longer wheelbase and more even weight distribution made it less prone to the smaller car's entertaining but occasionally unnerving tendency towards lift-off oversteer.
Autocar ran a much-loved and tinkered with 309 GTI as a fast road and competition car for some years, bought for the princely sum of £250 and going on to sprint and hillclimb success.
Those famous three letters appeared on the boot of non-hatchback Peugeots too. The 505 GTI sometimes gets forgotten in the pantheon of hot Peugeots, but there's something beguiling about its long, low, square-cut proportions. Mind you, the GTI badge was also put on the eight-seater estate version, perhaps not the most obvious driver's car. The 505 GTI's 2.2-litre engine put out 130bhp and drove the rear wheels, making it the only rear-wheel drive car on this list. There are very few left on the road today.
Peugeot has shown dynamic promise of late. Will the Peugeot 208 be a hit?
So far, the closest Peugeot has come to recapturing the magic of the 205 GTI was the 306 GTi-6, launched in 1996. Combining a close-ratio six-speed 'box with a 167bhp 2.0-litre engine, it was exceptionally agile and involving to drive and became a firm favourite with keen drivers. There was also the limited-edition 306 Rallye, a GTi-6 that had gone on a crash diet to shave 52kg from its kerb weight. Introduced in 1998, only 500 were built.
The 306's smaller sibling, the 106 gained a GTI version of its own in 1997 with a 1.6-litre 16v fuel injected engine putting out 120bhp in a car that weighed just 925kg. It gained universal praise for its steering feel and playful handling and, like the 306, there was a flyweight Rallye version too.
The brilliance of the 205 and 306 has become a millstone around Peugeot's neck. Woolly handling meant the 206 GTI was largely regarded as a disappointment and the 207 GTI just wasn't sharp enough to cut it against the Renaultsport Clios and Corsa VXRs of the modern hot hatch world.
So there is a lot of pressure on the shoulders of the upcoming 208 GTI. It will weigh just 1160kg, which is promising, and boasts 197bhp from its turbocharged 1.6-litre THP engine, but Peugeot management has cautioned that the car will be angled more towards everyday usability than out-and-out driving thrills. Perhaps we'll have to wait a little longer for the return of a Peugeot GTI as an ultimate driver's car, but hopefully the 208 GTI will be a step in the right direction.
Nice article and I'm already
Nice article and I'm already looking forward to the 25 mile drive home in my mi16-powered gti.
There is a lot of flannel in that article about the 206gti; the pictures are of the 180, which wasn't a standard gti by any means.
artill
With the exception of the 505
With the exception of the 505 all the well regarded hot Peugeots used the torsion bar independant rear suspension. It might not have worked that well on the 206 but the 207 and 308 dont really deserve to be in this list at all. Peugeot have not to date made a decent car with the dead beam, or torsion beam rear suspension, so fingers crossed they learn what Renault already appear to know when it comes to setting up the 208GTi.
It also makes me wonder what sort of idiot bean counters these firms employ that can leave a company making so many dull cars just a few short years after they were making cars which were so well regarded. I have no doubt Peugeot engineers know how to create a car that drives really well, as long as they have the right hardware to start with. I really hope they have created something special this time.
ewanmac76
Doesn't the 205 still look brilliant? I really can't think of many 30 year old designs that have tested the time so well.
I had a Nova GTE...1.6 litres but just 8 valves. It must have been around 1992 on the northbound M40 one night, that a 205 GTI drew alongside me, the driver obviously urging me to put my foot down. I just edged ahead...maybe it was the Formula Shell I used to use in those days! Of course, the Nova wasn't half as much fun to drive on twisty roads, but it was British and more solid. Mind you, both were more solid than the Renault 5 Turbo...
ethnotechnic3
I'm sure the Nova was built
I'm sure the Nova was built in Spain
rpf72
Didn't the name Nova
Didn't the name Nova translate badly in French or something?
Citytiger
I think Peugeot lost it when
I think Peugeot lost it when they stopped making their own bespoke shock absorbers..For the time the 405 Mi16 and the T16 where virtually untouchable, If they can get the 208 GTi right it will sell but Isuspect it will be too expensive compared to its rivals, and I think the forthcoming Fiesta ST will leave it for dead..
Wooshy
The journalist who written this peice has some infomation wrong. The 106 Rallye came out before the GTI, The rallye and the XSI were the top of the range of the 106 pre-facelift. Peugeot saw how succesful its sister company was doing with the VTS/VTR models and released its own GTI. Then realised another 106 Rallye with a different engine to the pre-facelift model Rallye. Personally I have never been a fan of the Peugeot GTI family. Having owned a 205 1.6 GTI, a 106 GTI and looking after a friends 306 GTI while he was on holiday. I always found many little problems that detracted from the driving experience. (Offest pedals/bad seating posistion, dull brakes, a gear change that was akin to beating eggs with a whisk, and bad electrics/poor build quality).
Smilerforce
the 106 was a superb it was
the 106 was a superb it was an enclosed gocart. Shame it was great for the taller stature. The 206 gti 180 was funny but never felt happy on tarmac.
I must admit that I never really saw the appeal of the Peugeot GTi's. I had friends with a 205 (1.9) and a 309, and although both had a certain "alive" feeling when I drove them, they also both felt terribly built, tinny contraptions, with horribly rough engines and shoddy gearboxes. Both were unreliable too. As something to have a B-road blast and then give back they were fine, but I'd never have dreamed of buying one.


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Liverpool defender Joel Matip faces up to six weeks out after suffering a fractured collarbone.
The 27-year-old sustained the injury in the closing moments of Tuesday night's 1-0 Champions League victory over Napoli and will now undergo surgery.
Matip had started the Reds' last three matches but now faces a spell on the sidelines.
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                "methodResponse": {},
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            data = python["methodResponse"]
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                if item.tag == "param":
                    data["params"].append(self.from_xml(item.find("value")))
                else:
                    raise ValueError("Incorrect tag inside of params")

        fault = xml.find("fault")

        if fault is not None:
            data["fault"] = self.from_xml(fault.find("value"))

        return python

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        value = etree.Element("value")

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            item = etree.Element("string")
            item.text = data
        elif isinstance(data, bool):
            item = etree.Element("boolean")
            item.text = six.text_type(1 if data else 0)
        elif isinstance(data, int):
            item = etree.Element("int")
            item.text = six.text_type(data)
        elif isinstance(data, float):
            item = etree.Element("double")
            item.text = six.text_type(data)
        elif isinstance(data, datetime.datetime):
            item = etree.Element("dateTime.iso8601")
            item.text = data.isoformat()
        elif isinstance(data, six.binary_type):
            item = etree.Element("base64")
            item.text = base64.b64encode(data)
        elif isinstance(data, collections.Mapping):
            item = etree.Element("struct")

            for k, v in data.items():
                member = etree.Element("member")

                name = etree.Element("name")
                name.text = k

                member.append(name)
                member.append(self.to_xml(v))

                item.append(member)
        elif isinstance(data, collections.Iterable):
            item = etree.Element("array")
            array_data = etree.Element("data")

            for x in data:
                array_data.append(self.to_xml(x))

            item.append(array_data)
        else:
            raise ValueError("Unable to serialize {cls} objects, unknown type".format(cls=data.__class__.__name__))

        value.append(item)

        return value

    def from_xml(self, data):
        if not data.tag == "value":
            raise ValueError("Cannot deserialize a non value")

        # Values without a type are considered strings
        if data.text:
            return data.text

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        value = data[0]

        if value.tag == "string":
            return six.text_type(value.text)
        elif value.tag == "boolean":
            return bool(int(value.text))
        elif value.tag in ("int", "i4"):
            return int(value.text)
        elif value.tag == "double":
            return float(value.text)
        elif value.tag == "dateTime.iso8601":
            return dateutil.parser.parse(value.text)
        elif value.tag == "base64":
            return base64.b64decode(value.text.encode("utf-8"))
        elif value.tag == "struct":
            mapping = {}

            for member in value:
                key, value = None, None
                for i in member:
                    if i.tag == "name":
                        key = i.text
                    elif i.tag == "value":
                        value = self.from_xml(i)
                    else:
                        raise ValueError("Unknown struct members")
                mapping[key] = value

            return mapping
        elif value.tag == "array":
            array_data = value.find("data")
            return [self.from_xml(x) for x in array_data]
        else:
            ValueError("Unable to deserialize {type}, unknown type".format(type=value.tag))


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Gangster Boogie - Schoolly D - Am I Black Enough For You? (CD, Album)
Label: Jive - ZD 74288 • Format: CD Album • Country: Germany • Genre: Hip Hop • Style: Gangsta
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Mikakinos says:
"am i black enough for you" poses a different but righteous side of schoolly. "living in a jungle" the first single sets the pace for the listener to feel schoolly's pain as a black man and havin' to prove he is indeed,black. more samples than ever,this won't only make you think,it will make you /5(13).
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While Schoolly D's attempts to present Afrocentric philosophy and call for self-determination were commendable, he failed to present them in either a musically satisfying or lyrically convincing manner. This album did little beyond rip white society for its ills and injustices in a fashion merging the worst excesses of rambling propaganda and irrational nationalism.6/
Jukazahn says:
Nov 07, · This is probably the best (and most different) of Schoolly D's albums, much funkier than his bleaker and more raw earlier albums. If you removed 'Pussy Ain't Nothin' which is really lame (he tried to disown/justify the lyrics later if I recall) then this would be one of the classics/5(55).
O.G. Schoolly D., (a.k.a.) "The King Of New York", is without a doubt one of the founding fathers of Hip-Hop and one of the baddest bad-ass muthafuckas around. 'Am I Black Enough For You?' is his fourth and probably one of his best albums, much funkier than his bleaker and more raw earlier albums.
Vulmaran says:
The album was released on July 27, under Jive Records and was produced by Schoolly D himself along with DJ Code Money. The album was neither a commercial nor critical success and did not make it on any album charts, however three singles were released, "Gangster Boogie," "Pussy Ain't Nothin'," and "Livin' in the Jungle".
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Am I Black Enough For You? Lyrics: Am I black enough for ya, America? / I don't need no isis esoterica / All I need is, my blackness / Some others seem to lack this / Black joy, and my black vibe.
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English upscale supermarket chain Waitrose introduces misshapen vegetables in a move to counter Asda's wonky veg box. The new range which the company calls 'A Little Less than Perfect includes seasonal vegetables like carrots, potatoes, onions and parsnips. These misshaped vegetables offers more value for money as they are cheaper than their regular options.
Many of these vegetables and fruits have skin blemishes or are broken or split. These less than perfect choice comes in bigger bags and provide additional value for the customers. The supermarket announced that this selection would be available in its forty branches crosswise UK.
Asda introduced the sale of misshapen vegetables in UK during January 2016 under the label wonk veg box, which was the first for any supermarket in the country. After which many supermarkets are considering similar sales. According to Asda, this was a move to reduce the food waste and giving more value for the shopper's money.
But Waitrose claims that they have been selling fruits and vegetables with slight marks on their skin since last year. The supermarket says that it has sold £1million apples with slight marks the previous year alone.


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Q: Spring + Hibernate : Unknown entity I'm trying to get an annotation based hibernate configuration working.
applicationContext.xml
<!-- ============================= -->
<!-- DATASOURCE                    -->
<!-- ============================= -->
<bean name="logDataSource" class="org.springframework.jndi.JndiObjectFactoryBean">
    <property name="jndiName" value="${logs.ds.jndi.name}"/>
</bean>

<!-- ============================= -->
<!-- SESSION FACTORY               -->
<!-- ============================= -->
<bean id="logSessionFactory"
      class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
    <property name="packagesToScan" value="com.example.logs.persistence.entity"/>
    <property name="dataSource" ref="logDataSource"/>
    <property name="hibernateProperties">
        <props>
            <!-- dialect -->
            <prop key="hibernate.dialect">${logs.ds.dialect}</prop>
            <prop key="hibernate.connection.useUnicode">true</prop>
            <prop key="hibernate.connection.charSet">UTF-8</prop>

            <!-- schema -->
            <prop key="hibernate.default_schema">${logs.ds.default_schema}</prop>

            <!-- logging debug information -->
            <prop key="hibernate.show_sql">${logs.ds.debug}</prop>
            <prop key="hibernate.format_sql">${logs.ds.debug}</prop>
            <prop key="hibernate.generate_statistics">${logs.ds.debug}</prop>
            <prop key="hibernate.use_sql_comments">${logs.ds.debug}</prop>

            <prop key="configurationClass">org.hibernate.cfg.AnnotationConfiguration</prop>
        </props>
    </property>
</bean>

<bean id="logTransactionManager"
      class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.HibernateTransactionManager">
    <property name="sessionFactory" ref="logSessionFactory"/>
</bean>

LogsConfiguration.java
package com.example.logs.persistence.entity;

import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.Table;

@Entity
@Table(name = "logs_configuration")
public class LogsConfiguration {
    // ...
}

The problem is, when I try to save a LogsConfiguration with my DAO, I get this error :
Caused by: org.hibernate.MappingException: Unknown entity: com.example.logs.persistence.entity.LogsConfiguration
at org.hibernate.internal.SessionFactoryImpl.getEntityPersister(SessionFactoryImpl.java:776)
at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.getEntityPersister(SessionImpl.java:1533)
at org.hibernate.event.internal.AbstractSaveEventListener.saveWithGeneratedId(AbstractSaveEventListener.java:104)
at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultSaveOrUpdateEventListener.saveWithGeneratedOrRequestedId(DefaultSaveOrUpdateEventListener.java:192)
at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultSaveEventListener.saveWithGeneratedOrRequestedId(DefaultSaveEventListener.java:38)
at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultSaveOrUpdateEventListener.entityIsTransient(DefaultSaveOrUpdateEventListener.java:177)
at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultSaveEventListener.performSaveOrUpdate(DefaultSaveEventListener.java:32)
at org.hibernate.event.internal.DefaultSaveOrUpdateEventListener.onSaveOrUpdate(DefaultSaveOrUpdateEventListener.java:73)
at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.fireSave(SessionImpl.java:682)
at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.save(SessionImpl.java:674)
at org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl.save(SessionImpl.java:669)
at com.example.logs.persistence.dao.impl.AbstractDaoImpl.create(AbstractDaoImpl.java:125)

Where did I go wrong ? Everything seems ok to me (I am using the javax.persistence annotations)

A: Instead of org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.LocalSessionFactoryBean use org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.annotation.AnnotationSessionFactoryBean
Your entry would be modified as below:
<bean id="logSessionFactory"
      class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.annotation.AnnotationSessionFactoryBean">
    <property name="packagesToScan" value="com.example.logs.persistence.entity"/>
    <property name="dataSource" ref="logDataSource"/>
    <property name="hibernateProperties">
      ...
    </property>
</bean>

A: I found the solution.
My application is a filter and the problem was that I had two session factories.
My DAO was autowiring the wrong one.
To fix that, I added a @Qualifier to get the good one.
So I replaced that
@Autowired
protected SessionFactory sessionFactory;

with that
@Autowired
@Qualifier("logSessionFactory")
protected SessionFactory sessionFactory;

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And not just lesbians, either. I mean, how else are you supposed to take this supposed clarification of the doctrine of wifely submission?
Submission does not mean women are under the authority of men in general. I love the King James Version's rendition of Ephesians 5:22 "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands." Guess what? Wives aren't asked to submit to anyone else's husband! Just their own!
Clearly, the only solution is to avoid getting married altogether, at least to a man. Then you don't have to submit to any husbands whatsoever, yours or anyone else's.
Okay, I promise to blog about non-Warren things next.


Riven's going from green to… nicer green.
Four top lane champions in League of Legends are all receiving some very crisp new visual effects in Patch 9.4, according to a post late yesterday on the official game forums.
The lucky winners are Wukong, Riven, Olaf, and Kennen, so if you play any of those champions, you're about to look a lot better while slinging your abilities. The new effects cover pretty much everything involved with each champion's abilities, minus sound (as far as we can tell). This is a very pre-season type of thing to happen, but curiously enough, Riot is shipping it in 9.4, nearing two months after the last pre-season patch. Better late than never, though, because they look clean.
Here is in-game footage of each champion's new look, uploaded on the forums by Riot's design team.
All of these updates effects should arrive in about three weeks with Patch 9.4.


Our original plan for Day 6 was to hike to Williams Lake far above Taos. It was supposed to be a sunny day with temps in the 60's, but the morning dawned cold, foggy, and overcast with snow still spitting fitfully from the sky. The mountains behind our cabin had a dusting of snow, and I knew that above treeline it would be more than a dusting. We were not prepared for winter hiking, and the goats would have frozen on the long drive to the trailhead so we changed our plans. We decided to try one of the other trails within walking distance of our cabin. This one was called "Canoncita Trail" and sounded easy and fairly scenic in the description we found in our cabin. With the cold weather, we didn't plan a long hike and thought we would be back before lunchtime so we did not bother to saddle the goats.
The trail wandered along a creek in a wooded canyon, crossing back and forth many times as we climbed.
This hanging tree amused me. I wonder how long it had been suspended like that?
The goats enjoyed the zen circle.
Huge, imposing rock towers rose up behind the trees.
The creek was low, but it was beautiful. Crystal clear water tumbled down endless little cataracts, over ancient logs and mossy rocks. Golden aspen leaves looked like pirate treasure.
The trees got bigger as we climbed. Many of the aspens had carvings reaching back decades.
The canyon walls closed in as we gained altitude, and the temperature began to drop noticeably. There was more snow on the ground and we had to be careful not to slip at creek crossings.
Even without the sun to ignite them, the blazing aspens set the forest on fire.
We came around a bend in the trail and stopped in our tracks. The air tingled. It was a Unicorn Wood.
I've never before been privileged to see this many freshly fallen aspen leaves on snow and I know I shall never forget it.
We found squirrel tracks, but nothing else was astir. The woods were still and silent. The aspens gave way to a dark spruce forest, and solemn gray boulders lined the trail.
Finn found a stone throne and immediately claimed it. How lordly he looks!
If Sputnik wanted to hide, this would have been the perfect place. If he'd gone off among the evergreens I would never have found him again!
Though the aspens were fewer, they were perhaps more dramatic against the dark spruce and fir.
The day was getting cold and the snow was getting deeper. Our shoes were wet and our noses chilly. Phil and I had no idea how far we'd hiked, but it was long past lunchtime and we were hungry and our legs were tired. Nevertheless, the enchanted wood drew us on as if casting a spell. We made up our minds to head back when we reached the next creek crossing. When we finally got there, the forest tempted us to keep going, but we resisted the enchantment and did not cross. We stood on the bank and watched the water gurgling over rocks and logs. Finn took the opportunity to snuggle up to Phil for some loves.
Fresh snowflakes began to fall, settling on Finn's black back, and we knew it was time to head down. The most beautiful forest quickly loses its magic in a snowstorm!
But it doesn't lose all of its magic. I stopped to catch snowflakes.
We turned a corner in the narrow canyon and found sunshine for the first time all day.
It was late afternoon and we were all hungry when we got back to the cabin. Finn and Sputnik gorged themselves on fallen apples.
Next morning we packed up and headed home to Rye. This was our coldest goat vacation so far, but we still found adventure and beauty on the trail. I would not trade that last hike for anything. It may be one of my favorites ever. Photos can't come close to doing it justice and I will never forget it.
Day 5 was kind of a dud–cold, windy, rainy, and spitting snow. We tethered the goats in the yard to graze for a couple of hours in the morning and then I bedded their trailer down deep in clean straw and gave them fresh hay so we could get them under shelter just in time for the nasty weather to blow in around 10:30. Phil and I took off to explore the area without goats. We drove up to Tres Piedres and saw the Earthship visitors center where we paid too much to see a model Earthship home. But we bought a book about harvesting rainwater which might come in handy for us one of these days.
Then we went to the Rio Grande Gorge bridge and walked across so we could spit off it. It was a very high bridge. The gorge was beautiful. But we were puzzled by the lack of parking. You could park on the limited shoulder on either side of the bridge. Or you could park at the visitors center. But there was no access from the visitors center to the bridge without hiking cross-country and climbing over a guardrail. It was very strange because the bridge had wide walking paths and observation balconies on both sides. And we didn't understand this sign on the visitors center bathroom at all!
After lunch we visited a couple of museums and a wonderful rock shop. The rock shop was the highlight of the day. They had many beautiful mineral specimens, and Phil bought a bag of mineral spheres to add to his marble collection.
We let the goats out in the yard when we got back and they amused themselves at the apple tree.
Day 4 dawned clear and cold. It would be our last day of sunshine on this trip, and the temperature was predicted to stay cold. We originally planned to hike up to Williams Lake at the base of Wheeler Peak–New Mexico's highest mountain. But that would have required a fairly long drive with the goats in the cold, open truck bed. There was a chance of warmer temperatures on Wednesday, so we put off the Williams Lake hike and I did a little research to find a better cold weather trail closer to Taos. I discovered Devisadero Loop Trail on the south side of Taos (where the sunshine was happening that day), and reviews said most of the trail was on the sunny side of the mountain. This sounded like a win to me! I love loop trails, and this one was about 6 miles long–perfect for two people still recovering from Friday's hike to Wheeler, and from the previous day's steep terrain.
The trail skirted the peak of a mountain overlooking Taos and offered stunning views of the city and surrounding mountains along most of the way. The reviews had been correct about the sunshine. Despite the cold temperatures, the sun hit this mountainside hard enough in the morning that I was able to hike in a T-shirt for the first part of the day.
Sputnik's fluffy, warm hindquarters made a great resting spot. There was even a good pad of fat on that broad back of his!
Sometimes a bit of vandalism adds character to a place.
We were greeted by a series of three stone thrones at the top of the mountain. It was a perfect place to eat lunch, but I had to tie up the goats because people with dogs kept coming over the crest and we didn't want any accidents or surprises.
According to the man who took this photo for us, the thrones were much bigger and more impressive until the Forest Service decided to intervene. In the name of "Leave No Trace", the government decided to tear down the thrones, monuments, and other rock art at the top of the mountain. Naturally, the citizens came and put it back up, but apparently it does not live up to its former glory. The local who took the photo didn't think much of the Forest Service any more.
We had equally good views on the hike back down.
I just love the shape of Finn's horns.
We still had daylight left after the Devisadero Loop, and several trails started from the same parking area. So we explored the river bottom across the road from the Devisadero Loop for a while. We didn't go far because we only wanted to see the leaves. The cottonwoods and willows were at peak color and their leaves carpeted the trail. Unfortunately the light was a little off and none of my photos came out very well, but it was a particularly relaxing and enjoyable little jaunt through golden, sun-dappled woods.
We finished hiking in mid-afternoon and there was one more thing I wanted to see. I'd read about the broken-down Ponce de Leon hot springs south of Taos and I wanted to see them. Reviews were mixed. One said the trail to it was closed. Another said the springs were silted in and choked with cattails and probably hadn't been used in years. But other reviews said it was a wonderful, secluded little spot and showed photos of beautiful, clear pools–the remains of what once was a small resort built in the 1920's and abandoned in the 1960's.
It took a bit of looking, but we found a rough parking lot at the top of a narrow dirt road. It was full of broken glass and the road across the way was barred with a metal gate. Signs next to the gate indicated that the trail and springs were closed to vehicle traffic and were being managed by the Taos Pueblo Indian tribe. The signs were all shot up. It was an easy mile hike down to the springs and we had to go through a couple of gates.
When we got there we were greeted by a large silted-in pool filled with cattails just like the one-star review stated. No swimming to be done here! Too bad. It looked like a really nice pool at one time.
But a short hike up the hill and around some willows revealed the hidden spring. Apparently our one-star reviewer was not a very ambitious explorer. I dipped a finger in the water, expecting it to be too cool to tempt us in on such a cold day.
But I was pleasantly surprised! The water was not hot, but it felt wonderfully warm compared to the chilly air. The sun came from behind a cloud, showing wisps of steam hovering over the surface. Phil and I changed into our swimsuits and jumped in. It was not deep–only about 3 feet–but it was a delicious temperature on a 50-degree afternoon.
The goats had carried our swimsuits and towels down for us, but they had no desire to try the water for themselves (and it would have been bad manners to allow goats in the pool even if they wanted a dip). I tied them to a willow tree along the bank and they kept themselves very amused by trimming the foliage.
The water was some of the clearest I have ever seen. There was no sulfur smell–only pure, delicious, crystal-clear spring water running over a sand and gravel bottom through which you could feel the heat radiating up between your toes. It was good enough to drink, and Phil and I both had a sip from the cataract that tumbled into the pool.
Getting in was wonderful, but getting out was cold! We waited until the sun peeked from behind the clouds for a few minutes, and then hurried over to our towels and into our dry clothes. Finn got to carry my wet swimsuit back to the truck. I'm glad no one else was at the springs because I really didn't want to hike back in my wet bathing suit, and there was nowhere convenient to change clothes except right by the side of the pool. I'm just not one of those "clothing optional" people even though this is a "clothing optional" pool.
I hope Ponce de Leon Springs is never "rediscovered" because it's a gorgeous little gem just as it is. It provided the perfect end to a wonderful day.
The ultimate destination for our goat vacation was Taos, NM. We rented a nice cabin through AirBnB which turned out to be perfect for bringing our goats. It was in a farming area with cows in the pasture next door, and there was enough area in our yard to tether the goats out when we weren't hiking. The cottonwood trees were shedding their leaves and had lost some branches in the wind, so Finn and Sputnik were very pleased with their surroundings. It turned out there were also several different hiking trails within walking distance of our cabin!
Phil and I were still sore and tired from our long trek to Wheeler and back, so we decided to take it easy on our first day in Taos. We chose one of the trails up the road from our cabin which was described as having a waterfall and a cave. Well, the waterfall had dried up but the shallow cave was still there.
Finn the showoff decided to do some exploring higher up where the rest of us were afraid to go.
Meanwhile, Finn somehow got himself turned around on that narrow ledge and climbed catlike down the face of the cliff. That boy is going to give me a heart attack one of these days!
The "waterfall" hike was so short that we decided to explore another trail. We ended up on the old Lucero Peak trail, which looks like it is barely used any more and hasn't been maintained in a couple of decades. So much for our plan to "take it easy"! This was a very steep trail and it never relented! It appeared to be well-worn at one time, but logs have fallen across it in many places now. Luckily that does not stop goats!
We had a nice view of Taos on our way up.
The trail eventually petered out and we scrambled up a very steep, rocky slope with slippery dirt footing toward a rock outcropping where I thought we might have a good lookout. Here's me looking out very nobly with my miniature packgoat looking out in the background. How did he suddenly get so small?
Phil looks out at a thunderstorm brewing over a distant mountain peak.
Finn looks out and then looks back.
The morning after our big hike to Wheeler, we finally got a good view of the place we were staying. I'd driven through Cottonwood Cove many times over the years when traveling to and from my hometown of Lake City, but I'd never stopped. It's a beautiful little spot nestled down in a narrow notch between big cliffs known as "Wagon Wheel Gap". I love staying in places like this with our goats because there are nice places to walk and for them to browse.
We had a leisurely drive from Wagon Wheel Gap to Taos. We took the longer scenic route through Chama, NM and stopped in Carson NF between Chama and Tres Piedras to do a little exploring.
I've never seen an aspen tree like this before. Its trunk was burnt black and knobbly and it split into several trees further up–common in evergreens, but not so much in aspens. It obviously had been struck by lightning but lived.
Not more than 25 feet away there was another lightning-struck aspen. This one was not so lucky.
We discovered a weather station back in the woods. It had obviously gone through several technological generations. This thing was fascinating. I'm sure it has something to do with measuring wind, but have no idea how it works.
Love the color of these aspens.
We left home late Thursday afternoon October 4th because our first stop was not very far–only about a 3 1/2 hour drive. Our destination was Wagon Wheel Gap, situated between South Fork and Creede, CO. Our cabins were only a mile from Pool Table Road, which would take us to our trailhead next morning. I was on a quest. Not only did I want to see Wheeler Geologic Area again (I hadn't been there since 2004), but I was scouting for a potential spot for a future North American Packgoat Association Rendezvous. In that sense, I was disappointed. The area was not as ideal as I'd remembered, and pine beetles have made it temporarily even less suitable until the dead trees fall and the new ones can attain some height. But it was a perfect day for a hike.
The morning was clear but cold. We started off at 8:00 in the morning, and that was almost too early because our road was still in shadow at that hour. It was 12 miles from our cabin to the trailhead and the goats had to ride in the open truck bed with no sun to warm them. Luckily the 11-mile Pool Table Road had recently been graded. When I was there fourteen years before, it was a very slow, bumpy ride because of the terrible washboards. We parked where the 2-wheel-drive road ended. From there, you can 4-wheel to Wheeler, but it's a very slow, very rough 14-mile drive. The hiking trail is only 7 miles by comparison, and by all accounts it's easier and takes less time to walk.
Phil and I had a lot of miles to cover, so we kept up a pretty brisk pace. It was seven miles to the Wheeler area, but another mile to actually get to the formation, and more distance still if we wanted to walk around on it. The first few miles of our hike were frosty. We were mostly in the trees and the sun was also mostly blocked by a high ridge. It's around 10:00 in this photo but there's still frost on the ground.
Around noon, we came in sight of Wheeler Geologic Area. This was Colorado's first National Monument, declared by Teddy Roosevelt himself in 1908. Wheeler was a far more popular tourist destination 100 years ago than it is today. It was known as the "Bryce Canyon of Colorado" and was the most popular tourist attraction in the state after Pike's Peak. Now a century later, very few people have heard of it and even fewer have ever seen it.
And here we are on this bizarre formation of petrified and eroded volcanic ash. It's very difficult to describe because it rises out of the trees like an incongruous scar. In Utah, the land changes gradually to the point where you almost of expect this kind of thing around any corner. But not here, emerging out of a spruce forest in Colorado. Like Devil's Tower in Wyoming, you look at Wheeler and think to yourself that it just shouldn't be there. And it certainly shouldn't be that big.
I love this giant stone torch.
Phil and I had just enough time to climb to the top of the formation, but not enough time to walk the 2-mile trail around it.
I loved this hollowed-out stump on the way up.
It looks like a moonscape on top. I'd love to see this in the moonlight someday.
And before we wrap up this adventure, I must insert this blast from the past. Cuzco accompanied us on our trip to Wheeler in 2004. This was back when he still had two horns.
I was a lot skinnier and my hat was not yet faded.
I loved the colors in the woods. Dead trees are eerily fascinating with their weird, twisted bare branches. And then there are the new ones bursting up all around with their thick foliage and rich, green color. It's as if they're trying their best to make up for the ones that died.
Although it was long, the trail was not steep. A good stretch of it ran through an alpine meadow. We saw lots of elk tracks, and for an hour we heard so much bugling from the surrounding woods we thought maybe there was a national elk convention happening that day. But we never saw an actual elk.
There was one last golden aspen that caught the fading light at the end of day and turned it to fire. Had we been there a week earlier, the entire hillside would have been aflame.
Our trek ended right about sunset, and we arrived at our cabin close to dark. We were exhausted and our legs ached, but it was a wonderful day. We'd hiked a round trip of at least 16 miles with enough time in there to take some photos, eat lunch, and enjoy the scenery. What a wonderful place!


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Pittsburgh, PA, March 7, 2017 — Allegheny Financial Group, a financial planning and investment management firm, announced today the recipients of its third annual Good Neighbor Awards. The eight award recipients include Avalon Public Library, Girls on the Run programs at Avalon and Bellevue Elementary Schools, HEARTH, North Hills Art Center, North Boroughs YMCA, North Hills Food Bank, Northgate School District, and North Hills Community Outreach. The awards will fund specific projects at each organization as well as general operating expenses.
James J. Browne, CFP®, co-founder and partner at Allegheny Financial Group stated, "We are honored to be surrounded by organizations that have such a strong impact on the North Hills community, and we want to help support their efforts."
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Mars InSight Arrives at Vandenberg Air Force Base
The Case of the Martian Boulder Piles
Layers along a Pit in Coprates Catena
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows the western wall of a small pit that is located along the floor of a larger trough in Coprates Catena. Dark layers are exposed along the bottom of the pit wall while light-toned layers are near the top of the pit and the adjacent trough floor.
Based upon where the layers are exposed, we can tell that the dark layers formed first followed by the light layers. The light layers could have been deposited when water filled part of the trough while the dark layers could be older lava flows.
The map is projected here at a scale of 25 centimeters (9.8 inches) per pixel. [The original image scale is 26.1 centimeters (10.3 inches) per pixel (with 1 x 1 binning); objects on the order of 78 centimeters (30.7 inches) across are resolved.] North is up.
This is a stereo pair with PSP_009631_1650.
The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colorado. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
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This map shows where NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has driven since landing at a site subsequently named "Bradbury Landing," and traveling to an overlook position near beside "Point Lake," in drives ...
Curiosity Rover's Traverse, August through November 2012
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity left the "Glenelg" area on July 4, 2013, on a "rapid transit route" to the entry point for the mission's next major destination, the lower layers of Mount Sharp.
Curiosity's Progress on Route from 'Glenelg' to Mount Sharp
This nearly global mosaic of observations made by the Mars Color Imager on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Nov. 18, 2012, shows a dust storm in Mars' southern hemisphere.
Martian Dust Storm, Nov. 18, 2012
This 3D, or stereo anaglyph, view shows the upcoming science destination for NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, a region dubbed "Glenelg," where three different types of material seen from orbit come tog...
'Glenelg' in 3-D
The Electris region of Mars contains some interesting features, such as the raised-relief blocks of material visible in this image.
Remnant of Unconformable Deposit in Electris (3-D)
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover can be seen in this image taken from space on May 31, 2019, by the HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. In the image, Curiosity appears as a bluish speck.
HiRISE Spots Curiosity Rover at Mars' 'Woodland Bay'
This image, acquired on January 2, 2014, by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows dune fields located among canyon wall slopes.
Hanging Sand Dunes within Coprates Chasma
Near the lower left corner of this view is the three-petal lander platform that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit drove off in January 2004.
Spirit Lander and Bonneville Crater in Color
This image shows details of the lava covered plains near the equator of Mars. The darker looking area has a rough lava surface with all the shadows giving the region a darker appearance.
Lava Flow Front in Elysium Planitia
Diagonal striping on this map of a portion of Mars' Utopia Planitia region indicates the area where a large subsurface deposit rich in water ice was assessed using the Shallow Radar (SHARAD) instru...
Location of Large Subsurface Water-Ice Deposit in Utopia Planitia, Mars
The Russell Crater dune field is covered seasonally by carbon dioxide frost. This image shows the dune field after the frost has sublimated, or evaporated directly from solid to gas. There are just...
Defrosted Dunes
The enhanced-color subimage shows a great variety of colors and textures in the bedrock, where it is exposed from beneath a dark fine-grained mantle. The mantle is sometimes modified by the wind in...
Uplifted Jumble of Ancient Bedrock (3-D)
This April 6, 2014, image from the Context Camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was taken as a follow-up to discovery of a possible 2012 impact scar in images from the orbiter's Mars Color ...
Fresh Mars Crater Confirmed Within Impact Scar
Workers roll one of two containers with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter equipment into the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, Kennedy Space Center.
Loading the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Spacecraft
This image shows an example of layers in the Martian north polar deposits. These deposits, part of the Planum Boreum dome, are composed mainly of water ice and small amounts of dust.
Stratigraphy of the North Polar Deposits
Back-and-forth blinking of this two-image animation shows movement of ripples covering a sand dune on Mars.
Ripple Movement on Sand Dune in Nili Patera, Mars
This annotated image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a bright feature interpreted as the United Kingdom's Beagle 2 Lander, which was never heard from after its expected Dec. 25, 2003,...
Beagle 2 Lander Observed by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
This graphic illustrates where Mars mineral-mapping from orbit has detected minerals that can indicate where a volcano erupted beneath an ice sheet. The site is far from any ice sheet on modern Mar...
Evidence Builds for Old Under-Ice Volcanoes on Mars
This scene shows dark sand dunes marching over the ridges created by an alluvial (water-deposited) fan in an impact crater.
Dunes on Ridges
This image acquired on April 8, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the gullied western slopes of an unnamed crater (about 10 kilometers wide) in Acidalia Planitia.
Crater Gullies and Fractures in Acidalia Planitia
This image of Santa Maria Crater was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Orbital Observations of Crater on Mars Rover's Route
This diagram illustrates an interpretation for the origin of some deposits in the Eridania basin of southern Mars as resulting from seafloor hydrothermal activity more than 3 billion years ago.
A Geologic Model for Eridania Basin on Ancient Mars
A comparison of two radargrams from the SHARAD instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows effects on the Martian ionosphere from the close passage of a comet.
Radar Indication of Effect of Comet Flyby on Martian Ionosphere
Two pairs of side-by-side, before and after images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter illustrate changes in the shape of edges...
Changes at Edges of Dark Dunes in Nili Patera, Mars
This image shows part of the surface of Chryse Planitia, near the mouth of several of the giant outflow channels carved by massive floods. At this location the channel is much too large to be seen ...
Chryse Planitia Surfaces


My wonderful berlingo, Feb 2001, is clearly not happy.
About three weeks ago I needed for the first time ever to put about half pint of water with coolant/anti-freeze into the radiator. I have checked it since but nothing was needed. This evening almost home,an audible beeb made me look at the dashboard, the water gauge showed almost to red and a stop the engine sign was lit. Lane empty so I swtched off and let the engine cool before doing the last 10 metres onto my entrance. Once the engine was cold I have looked at the radiator water. Minimum, so have given it about 1 pint.
The hoses I can see look OK but round the actual engine there appears to be a rubber covered joint a little below the cap where I would normally pour oil. This seems to have split on a corner. I don't know if that is significant. No noises or steam from the engine. Re-started easily but the fan came on almost immediately.
Should I not drive it again? Bank holiday tomorrow so no bus available to get to work and no garage open. Drive would be 25 miles and much of that through open lonely country roads.
I realise the car is oldish but it has been well cared for and kept serviced. It does not look its age and has been mostly reliable until now.
Hi & welcome.I would check the thermostat 1st.If you have to use it tomorrow,can you take the t/stat out? It's better to run cool than blow the head gasket/warp the head etc.Good luck & let us know how you get on(we're nosey buggers,we are).
(26-08-2012, 09:30 PM)ron Wrote: Hi & welcome.I would check the thermostat 1st.If you have to use it tomorrow,can you take the t/stat out? It's better to run cool than blow the head gasket/warp the head etc.Good luck & let us know how you get on(we're nosey buggers,we are).
Do as the Ron suggests.
Keep an eye on the engine oil too-it should be amber or black or any shade in between.
If it starts to go grey or light green then do not run the engine.
This is due to the oil and coolant mixing -an internal leak.
The horrid sludge will niether cool nor lubricate the motor.
You will eventually ruin the lump from the head down.
I had a rover416 (note the use of lower case letters) that unsurprisingly spat out its head gasket .
The sludge spattered out through the grille and up over the bonnet ,ruining the paint as well as warping the cylinder head.
Also had a fully laden Volvo F10 eight-wheeler do the same on a steep bank near where the Ron lives.
Thanks for the ideas. I went to work today by walking to the village and waving down another member of staff. Sensible man at work also thought themostat. The car's oil is near full and clean oil all the way down the dip stick.
The water in the radiator is very dirty almost lumpy on the surface.
I intend to deliver the car to the MOT garage in the village and ask them to sort it out. As I can get to work by bus tomorrow it seems more sensible to not drive the car until someone who knows what they doing as looked at it.
Thought you may like to know what happened and how the garage has repaired my lovely Berlingo.
Time delay in my giving feed back is another story.
The chap at the garage had a good hunt round the car and found a leak under the dashboard. From then until it was repaired we used the car carrying water and checking the water level before driving.
He had seen this before on a peugeot. Resolution was replace the heater matrix. To achieve this the steering wheel and whole dashboard have to come out. Big job but it does seem ok now.
of the state of the coolant, it is this that has damaged the heater matrix.
As the coolant gets older it changes and starts to get sticky and lumps develop.
to have a failure. ( It also could be that, once again Citroen's build quality is to blame!!)"