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El castell de Preixens és un castell del municipi de Preixens (Noguera) declarat bé cultural d'interès nacional.

Destaca de la resta d'edificacions del nucli del petit poble de Preixens, situat a la vall mitjana del Sió. D'origen andalusí, seria una de les fortificacions aixecades a la conca del Sió que controlaven la via de comunicació Balaguer-Agramunt-Guissona.

Història
Sembla que fou conquerit pel comte d'Urgell Ermengol IV després d'haver ocupat Agramunt el 1070. Es documenta l'any 1172 en el testament de Bertran de Preixens on s'indica que havia llegat a l'església parroquial de Sant Pere de Preixens un molí dels que tenia «in castro de Perexenz». El 1190, diversos membres de la família Anglesola atorgaren a Pere de Preixens un solar, declarant que no podien escollir cap altre senyor i els obligaven a tenir un home preparat sempre per a defensar el castell i la vila amb les seves armes. És a dir, els Preixens eren feudataris dels Anglesola. Hi ha nombrosos testimonis del llinatge dels Preixens que arrelarien en la contrada a la darreria del  o inici del XII i serien castlans del castell. Destaquen, Arnau de Preixens, bisbe d'Urgell (1167-95), un altre Arnau de Preixens, abat de Poblet (1254-67) i Berenguer de Preixens, esmentat en la «crònica» de Jaume I. El 1381, Preixens era del donzell Joan de Montcada.

El castell fou reformat considerablement al  i es convertí en un casal senyorial d'estil renaixentista; posteriorment s'hi feren altres obres de remodelatge i restauració configurant la fesomia actual. És propietat particular de la família Pijuan.

Arquitectura
El castell de Preixens s'emplaça a la part més alta del turó de Preixens, als peus del qual es concentra aquest nucli de població. Es tracta d'una casa senyorial o palau fortificat de notables dimensions amb un cos central de 27 per 16 m i tres pisos, una torre de planta de base quadrada al centre de la façana nord amb un cos terrassat en un nivell inferior a la banda nord-est del cos principal i, finalment, un cos encara més baix i rematat amb pati a la façana est del cos principal.

Les quatre façanes del cos principal, bastit el  sobre les restes de l'antic castell del , presenten les mateixes característiques d'estil renaixentista, constituïdes amb aparell bastant regular de carreus de pedra sorrenca sobre una base atalussada de carreus més gruixuts i de traç més irregular.

A la façana principal, encarada al sud (cap al centre de la població i la vall de Sió), les obertures de la planta baixa es limiten a senzilles finestres rectangulars protegides actualment amb reixes de ferro mentre que les de la segona planta, la planta noble o principal, són de majors dimensions i les tres finestres centrals estan envoltades de guardapols en la seva meitat superior. La factura d'aquests guardapols podria indicar que aquestes tres finestres van ser refetes. A la tercera planta s'obren deu finestres de menors dimensions rematades amb arcs escarsers, entre moltes de les quals hi ha espitlles, la majoria adaptades per a armes de foc. Aquestes espitlleres podrien indicar que originalment hi havia merlets i que posteriorment foren aprofitats per fer les finestres per tal d'aixecar un pis més.

La porta meridional se situa al centre d'aquesta façana, a l'altura de la planta baixa, i consisteix en una porta d'arc de mig punt de nou dovelles regulars i amb l'escut heràldic a la dovella clau. A la façana oest només destaquen les obertures de la planta principal, amb un balcó i una finestra rectangular. A la façana nord, el traçat anàleg al de la façana principal resta en segon terme davant la presència de la torre de base quadrada, feta amb el mateix tipus d'aparell que el cos principal i el coronament de la qual sobresurt una mica del nivell de la teulada d'aquest. A l'altura de la planta noble s'obre una terrassa, amb accés des de la torre, sobre el cos constructiu adossat al nord-est del cos principal. Finalment, la façana est presenta sis finestres d'arcs escarsers a la tercera planta, dues finestres rectangulars amb motllures a la meitat superior i al nivell inferior s'obre un pati de 10 m d'amplada i 14 m de llargada sobre un cos constructiu bastit amb el mateix aparell que el cos principal però que trenca la simetria del conjunt.

La teulada s'adapta a aquesta asimetria: De doble vessant en els dos terços occidentals (desaiguant respectivament a nord i a sud) i amb un tercer vessant al terç oriental que desaigua directament sobre el pati esmentat abans. Els ràfecs es resolen amb quatre nivells que alternen rajola i teula.

L'interior està completament restaurat i reformat, amb decoracions de regust medieval, renaixentista i vuitcentista.

Si bé l'aspecte general del conjunt té l'origen en el , quan el castell medieval fou convertit en el casal senyorial renaixentista, posteriorment s'hi feren altres obres de restauració i remodelació que van configurar l'aspecte exterior que presenta actualment.

Es creu, però, que l'origen del castell sobre el qual es bastí el palau rau en època andalusina, probablement en el , quan devia ser una de les fortificacions de la conca del riu Sió que controlaven la via de comunicació Balaguer-Agramunt-Guissona. Les restes del castell islàmic es troben a la cara nord de l'edifici actual. En resta una torre de base quadrada, encarada al nord, de cinc metres de costat i un tram de muralla de 9, 20 m fins que gira en angle recte cap al sud i es perd sota la terrassa actual.

Referències

Enllaços externs
 Generalitat de Catalunya. Patrimoni

Preixens
Monuments històrics de la Noguera
Patrimoni monumental de Preixens
Edificis gòtics de la Noguera
Castells gòtics de Catalunya
Edificis de Preixens

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Star role for 'Wars2' gene in heart disease risk
A gene called 'Wars2' has been pinpointed as a potential new target in treating heart disease. These latest findings are the first to show that Wars2 has a star role in driving the growth of blood vessels in the heart.
In some heart conditions, there are too few blood vessels to meet the heart's energy demands. "If we can activate this gene, it may be possible to stimulate the growth of more vessels to treat heart disease. This would be a major step forwards," says Stuart Cook, who heads the Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Genetics group at the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, and who led the research.
Blood vessels form a transport system that supplies the body's tissues and organs with critical nutrients and oxygen. New vessels are constantly produced to replace those that wear out, and to create new routes or diversions. This vessel growth, creating and maintaining the body's internal road work system, is called angiogenesis.
It's not currently possible to treat disrupted angiogenesis in people with heart disease, because scientists do not fully understand how it functions. However, this study shows that Wars2 is critical. If its action is blocked, angiogenesis is impaired and this can cause disease. The suggestion is that Wars2 acts by integrating molecular signals that together stimulate angiogenesis. It may also direct the movement and growth of cells, particularly those in the sprouting tips and stalks of new vessels.
Angiogenesis is an intricate process that is difficult to study in beating heart tissue. The researchers therefore measured it indirectly, by monitoring blood flow through the heart. This provides an indication of the density of blood vessels, and how that is changing.
The research was performed using heart tissue from rats, which are often used as a model to study heart conditions because the structure of their hearts is similar to ours. Early results also suggested that blood flow through a rat's heart is determined by genetics, as it is in people. This makes the researchers confident that their findings will be relevant to patients.
The team identified particular rats that had reduced blood flow through the heart, an indicator of abnormally low angiogenesis, and analysed their genomes. This analysis showed that the genes which control angiogenesis are located in a particular region on the genome. They then narrowed this region down to the Wars2 gene itself.
To confirm the function of Wars2, they inhibited its action within the cells that line the vessels of the heart, in which angiogenesis takes place. This inhibition changed the cells' shape and reduced their ability to proliferate. In this way, it directly impaired angiogenesis and reduced the number of small blood vessels, or capillaries, in the tissue.
Next the team explored the role of Wars2 in a living animal. They studied zebrafish, which have two-chambered hearts that are useful models of heart disease in people. It has previously been shown that mutations in genes similar to Wars2 can cause heart defects in zebrafish. In this study, the scientists inhibited Wars2 in the zebrafish embryos. This disrupted the normal interactions between the cells that line the chambers of the fish's heart and those that make up the heart muscle (pictured). The researchers suggest that this leads to reduced vessel growth, which persists in adult fish.
They also inhibited Wars2 in adult fish, by adding molecules that block its action to the water in which they were kept. This reduced vessel growth throughout the fish's upper body, or trunk, and caused fluid to build up around the fish's heart. It was linked with early death.
Together, these results suggest that Wars2 is indeed needed for normal angiogenesis not only in the heart, but elsewhere in the body too. This builds on previous results, which have shown that a gene called VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) regulates angiogenesis in this way. The VEGF gene has been targeted by treatments for heart disease, which have reached clinical trials. It's also targeted to treat certain cancers and eye diseases.
The findings may therefore have relevance beyond heart disease, according to the researchers. Wars2 has previously been associated with conditions that affect a variety of body tissues. For example, the inheritance of Wars2 has been linked to breast cancer, and the area in the genome where Wars2 sits has been associated with obesity and high blood sugar in people. Different versions of the gene could possibly be markers to predict the likelihood of a person developing a condition before symptoms develop.
Cancers and diabetic eye diseases can also hijack angiogenesis and up-regulate it to produce extra vessels, which allow them to suck up additional nutrients to fuel their spread. "If scientists could develop a drug to inhibit the gene, this may prevent this blood vessel formation in disease," says Cook.
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The hunter in the darkness
A neglected dirt road led to a deserted town where the creaking, weather worn swinging board at the entrance said Welcome to Indian Wells and it showed a barren land where the harsh winds refused to die down. A coyote let out a lonesome howl somewhere in the distance. The moonlit town seemed deserted except for the stray dog that was asleep under the front porch of the towns' lone house that stood out like eyesore on a barren landscape. It seemed to be lost in some fleeting dream as it let out a growl and then a bark before quieting down once more.
It was a lonesome Sunday night as the white shirt man sat on the porch, smoked the last of his cigarette and finished off his beer. Looking upwards, one could see nothing but a few stray clouds as they floated past the full moon and seemed to mesmerize the viewer with its light. Tilting the hat back and wiping the sweat off his brow, the man looked down the valley, heard the rumble, rattle of some vehicle that sounded like it was about to fall apart and saw a dust cloud approaching. It might either be the hired help that was overdue or someone who might be just passing thru this barren landscape. Hardly anyone ever stops at this place as it seems all but forgotten unless it was hired help or if they wanted something from the Smith folks over at the other side of the hill.
The seasons had flown by and it was already early spring. Age had not taken its toll as the youth had slipped through the tightly clutched hands like swiftly flowing grains of sand and an ageing man now stood in the young mans place. His only faithful companions now were the moon and stars which lit his path. The coyotes had gone quiet as they had their fill and would the farm alone this night. Looking down at the field now overgrown with weeds, wild grass and shrubs, he wondered if it was possible to keep on farming in these inhospitable lands all by himself.
The shrill cry of the winged creatures which circled over the fields ebbed and rose seemed never ending, yet seemed to break the deadening monotony of the silent field. The over grown field needed to be plowed, leveled, seeded and fertilizer spread evenly so that another bountiful harvest could be harvested, yet the hired help hasn't arrived yet. Shaking his clenched fist at the sky while squinting his eyes, the aging man grumbled about the slim chance of rain and how it might ruin the harvest if the drought continued much longer. Looking across the field and into the barn, he decided to check the harvester, tractor and the trucks to see if they were up to the task.
Firing up the harvester was easier than the tractor which refused to cooperate. The starter coil needed to be replaced and pistons were worn out. After loading the truck with drums for diesel, he hollered at the man sitting in the shadows that the hired help might arrive at time soon and that he needed to head off to town to see what can be done about certain expected guests. Grunting back an acknowledgment, the giant beast hobbled down the dusty path to light the lanterns near the entrance of the farm and wait for the hired help to show up. Driving down the road towards town excited him since trips down there were rare and it gave him an opportunity to stock up on essentials and get in touch with what was happening in town. Time flew by and the huge farm fields came to an end and the truck soon started to follow a lonesome river. Looking over his shoulder, Ralph Fiennes realized that the river looked so cool and refreshing and he wanted to walk barefoot on the green grass. The river looked so free and untamed and it seemed to call him out so strongly that truck seemed to hesitate for a moment.
Time started to move on ever so slowly like thickening molasses in a cold winter day. The meandering river throws him back in time to an era long forgotten. Gasping for breath he started to drown in time. One after the other, memories start to sweep past her. The dark thoughts flowing like a raging thought sweeping him into the hunt looking for the fish for whom the net is cast.
The sound of a truck horn barreling past like demon on a hunt drew him out the dark thoughts he was floating in. He slowly came to them senses like a snake waking up from deep sleep. The bone deep weariness fell off him and he slowly started to felt refreshed. She slowly drove on and on and the remaining part of the journey was uneventful as the town grew nearer. Electricity poles, town lights and small houses started to dot the moving landscape.
It was getting late, the moon would soon start sinking lower into the horizon and the sun would follow behind and it was time to get ready before the town appeared. Ralph found his way to the edge of the stream and took a moment which seemed like an eternity to wash off all the dust, grime and sweat off. Looking at the reflection in the water while the water dripped off his head and face made him realize where once stood a young man now stood a white haired wrinkled man who had the haunted look in his eyes. He sat awhile under the outstretched limbs of the tree and realized how lonesome his life was and wondered where he had gone wrong. Time flew by and by the time he started to look around once more; countryside replaced the dry dusty lands. The river had disappeared off into some other direction and heavily populated roads were seen running near the dusty road from which the lonesome traveler emerged. The sounds of long haul trucks were heard humming nearby and a lonesome train horn went off somewhere in the distance reminding her how far from home she was.
This old mans life seemed like one of those never ending journeys which had been long and hard. The gentle swaying lulled him down the oft travelled memory lanes and all she could see is a dusty winding road broken every so often by an oasis. The hard journey has taken its toll on him as he tried to carry the burden which seems too much for it. Sometimes he felt like he was another one of those mules which people sometimes run across in some nameless town whose inner fire had died while navigating this parched land.
A town square emerged and the dusty truck pulled into the only rest stop. Emerging from the shadows, a large burly man stepped up to the cab door, yanked it open and started to drag the wildly thrashing man inside. A soft hiss and then a cough from one of the kitchen guys who was taking orders for dinner brought him out of the thoughts he was in. Light spilled onto his face from the high intensity torch as one of the gargoyles who had occupied this timeless eateries stomped impatiently once more to hiss at him that the slop was ready and asked if he was heading off to the eating section or not. With a loud curse, the infuriated man headed off down the hallway and into the eating area.
Ralph was pacing back and forth across the train platform waiting for the new arrival which he had requested. The train finally arrived though very late. The train was dead empty as none of the boxes had any passengers in it except the very last one. Realizing that they had reached their destination, the boys started to dismount the train and made their way to the exit near the side. The small group checked their bags once more to see if everything was unloaded from the train before it was put them in the trunk of the car. The constant chatter of the boys kept the old mans mind away from the grim thoughts. The oldest of the boys introduced himself as Tom who talked just about everything under the sun and everyone really seemed to enjoy the monologue which consisted of how awful the town was doing, the mysterious disappearance of people, the food joints, who bashed whom last night at the bar and how his girlfriend always gave him an ear full for coming home late. Pretty soon, the wandering group fell asleep one by one and the only sounds heard was the occasional snore or some deep sleep mumble as if someone was plagued by some bad dream.
The passing trucks horn made Ralph realize that they were well out of town and nearing the farmlands once more. The old abandoned boarded up farmhouse located next to the meandering river loomed ahead and it seemed no different than the others in the area. The moon was lazily moving through the sky, yet it seemed like the old man's hunger was growing stronger by the mmoment. He tried to shrug it off till she reached her own farmlands, yet its hold on hi was getting stronger with each passing moment. He sat awhile gripping the seat tight, yet the vortex was dragging him deeper into itself. A strange hypnotic trance was overtaking him and he felt the urge grow stronger with each passing moment while darkness grew upon the land.
His malevolent eyes roamed around till it focused on the blood soaked driver seat. The eyes started to rove around the small front area until they suddenly stopped on man who seeing the gaze fixated upon him started to hyperventilate and become wide eyed. The deep red stains on the floor in the far corner of the left hand side door made him slowly let out a long throaty growl and the hunger grew in him stronger with each passing moment. Squirming backwards, the only surviving boy kept begging him to let him go while he started looking for an escape till he reached the very edge of the cab while his fumbling hands tried to unlock the door. The only response he heard was harsh laughter, a snarl and a swift slap which snapped his head around till it slammed into the windshield. Not being able to back any further, he started to push himself up with his back towards the windshield while grimacing in pain. The last sounds that were heard before abandoning the cab after pushing it into dense undergrowth was the gasping breath of a man on his last leg. It was only a matter of time till they came home and he'll be waiting like he did for the rest.
An old pickup truck slowly rumbled past the wooded area as if searching for something. A giant beast of a shadow leaned out and whispered the old mans name. A few leaves rustled as a shadowy figure emerged from the woods and rushed into the waiting vehicle. A moment of silence and then the rumbling truck switched off its headlights, backed into the wooded area. A door was heard opening, truck swayed a bit and grunting sounds as if something heavy being lifted and dropped. A door slammed shut and the engine roared to life once more. Without a sound, the truck wound its way around the bend and into the dusty hills.
As the truck slowly wound its way back to the farm, a shadowy figure on the passenger side whispered "Have they arrived yet?" A momentary silence and then "Yes master. I've lodged them in their rooms and I've put their luggage in their as well. They are waiting for you to return and then they'll start their work." Was the reply. Fiercely glowing lantern lit the entrance of the farm and the truck took a turn into the barren farm and finally stopped in front of the porch. Yellow light spilled out of the partially open door and in its light revealed not the stooped aging man but a vibrant, youthful man who had seen it all. "Back the truck into the barn and dump it all in the back. Make sure you tie them all down to the pole in the back. Don't want them wandering off till they are ready" barked the man. The night was drawing to a close as the moon was sinking deeper and deeper into the horizon. Walking inside, the man shut the door waiting till the darkness covered the land once more.
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Hubert 'Hugh' Rees, D.F.C. RAF 1423007/ 152402 – Pilot (prisoner of war)
Born on Tuesday, 02 October 1923 in Llangennech, Carmarthenshire, Wales. A pupil at Llanelli Grammar School; member of Air Training Corps prior to enlistment.
Training: No. 1423007 (pre-commission): ACH(AC2)/Pilot on enlisting at No.1 Reception Centre: 23rd of October 1941; No.1 Reception Centre to Res: 24th of October 1941; Res to No.1 Air Crew Reception Centre: 6th of April 1942; No.12 Initial Training Wing: 25th of April 1942; [promoted to LAC from 3rd of July 1942]; Aviation Candidate Dispersal Centre (No.11 Elementary Flying Training School): 31st of July 1942; recommended by Aviation Candidate Classification Board for classification as pilot: 31st of August 1942; Aviation Candidate Dispersal Centre: 15th of September 1942; 6311 to Canada: 30.10.42; No.31 Personnel Depot, Moncton: 13th of November 1942; No.31 Elementary Flying Training School: 1st of December 1942; No.34 Service Flying Training School, Medicine Hat: 20th of February 1943; discharged (on award of commission): 10th of June 1943. No. 152402 (post-commission): Nav/Recon course, No.31General Reconnaissance School, Canada: 21st of June -21st of August 1943; No.7 Personnel Reception Centre [Harrogate]: 12th of September 1943; No. 19(P) Advanced Flying Unit [Dalcross]: 12th of October 1943; [promoted to Flying Officer on 11th of December 1943]; No.21(P) Advanced Flying Unit [RAF Tatenhill]: 15th of February 1944; No. 11 Operational Training Unit [RAF Westcott]: 21st of March 1944; No.31 Base [in turn, RAF Methwold, RAF Stradishall, RAF Shepherds Grove & RAF Feltwell]: 9th of June to 31st of July 1944.
Arrived Tuesday, 01 August 1944 at R.A.F. Mepal, Cambridgeshire, aged 20.
Ops total with Squadron – 33 shot down on 34th Op
total sorties undertaken 34 (97 % completion rate)
Undertook 1 Op with FW Hubbard's crew as 2nd Pilot
33 Ops as Pilot
04/08/1944 Attack Against Bec D'Ambes (FW Hubbard as 2nd Pilot), 05/08/1944 Attack Against Bassens, 08/08/1944 Attack Against Lucheux, 09/08/1944 Attack Against Fort D'Anglos, 11/08/1944 Attack Against Lens, 15/08/1944 Attack Against The Aerodrome at St. Trond, 18/08/1944 Attack Against Bremen, 25/08/1944 Attack Against Russelsheim, 29/08/1944 Attack Against Stettin, 31/08/1944 Attack Against Pont Reny, 10/09/1944 Attack Against Montivilliers, 11/09/1944 Attack Against Kamen, 12/09/1944 Attack Against Frankfurt, 14/09/1944 Attack Against Waasenaar, 16/09/1944 Attack Against Moerdijk, 20/09/1944 Attack Against Calais, 23/09/1944 Attack Against Neuss, 25/09/1944 Attack Against Calais, 28/09/1944 Attack Against Calais, 03/10/1944 Attack Against the West Kapelle Dyke, 05/10/1944 Attack Against Saarbrucken, 06/10/1944 Attack Against Dortmund, 07/10/1944 Attack Against Emmerich, 15/10/1944 Mining in the Kattegat Area, 18/10/1944 Attack Against Bonn, 19/10/1944 Attack Against Stuttgart, 21/10/1944 Attack Against Flushing, 23/10/1944 Attack Against Essen, 28/10/1944 Attack Against Flushing, 30/10/1944 Attack Against Cologne, 05/11/1944 Attack Against Solingen, 06/11/1944 Attack Against Coblenz, 15/11/1944 Attack Against Dortmund, 20/11/1944 Attack Against Homberg
Operational Duration (first to last Op) – 3 months 16 days
The circumstances of the loss of Lancaster Mk.III PB520 AA – G have been described in interviews recorded in 2016 & 2018 with Jim Mulhall, Flight Engineer (see the digital archive at https://internationalbcc.co.uk/). All seven crew abandoned the aircraft in flight following damage by predictive flak on approach to the target, resulting in the loss of a tail plane which rendered it uncontrollable. (This event was also reported at the time by a nearby aircraft). The crew were captured as prisoners of war.
P.o.W Number: not known
P.o.W Camps: Dulag Luft, Stalag Luft I
Returned to the United Kingdom: 13th May 1945 (No.106 Personnel Reception Centre, Cosford, for repatriated RAF POWs)
[promoted to Flight Lieutenant on 11th of June 1945]; 112 RAFPC (Refresher): 23rd of August 1945; RAF Thorney Island: 15th of October 1945; School of Flying Control, RAF Watchfield: 10th of December 1945 to 24th of January 1946; 100 PDC [Uxbridge], Release Class 'A' Supy: 9th of August 1946.
Effective release date: 9th of August 1946; last day of service: 22nd of October 1946; commission relinquished (rank of Flt/Lt retained): 1st of July 1959.
LONDON GAZETTE, 8 MAY, 1945
Distinguished Flying Cross
F/O Hubert REES (152402), R.A.F.V.\R., 75 (N.Z.) with effect from 19th Nov. 1944.
"This officer as pilot and captain of aircraft has completed numerous operations against the enemy in the course of which he has invariably displayed the utmost fortitude, courage and devotion to duty".
1939-1945 Star & (posthumously) Bomber Command clasp; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-1945
Hugh Rees pursued a successful academic career at the Universities of Birmingham and Aberystwyth. A noted plant geneticist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1976. He married Mavis Hill in 1946 and had four children. Following his death in September 2009, a memoir of his life was published by the Royal Society (accessible online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.2010.0003)
A life lived…….
Passed Sunday, 13 September 2009 aged 85
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Does your class understand the importance of peaceful conflict resolution? Middle schoolers share conflict stories, then collaborate to resolve simulated conflicts during an engaging lesson. The teacher's guide contains implementation tips, engaging scenarios, and discussion guidelines.


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Samsung Chromebook 2 Debuts With Faster Processor, More Faux Leather
Samsung finally updates its Chromebook line.
By Bonnie Cha Mar 3, 2014, 10:00am EST
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Today, Samsung unveiled the Chromebook 2 series, its next generation of laptops based on Google's Chrome operating system.
Due out in April, the line consists of two models: An 11.6-inch version for $320 and a 13.3-inch model for $400. The biggest difference between the two, aside from size, is that the latter offers a 1,920 by 1,080-pixel display, while the 11.6-inch version has a 1,366 by 768-pixel screen.
The Chromebook 2 brings a host of improvements over Samsung's last model, which came out in 2012. First, the laptops are now equipped with a faster octa-core processor from Samsung, which promises better multitasking and a smoother multimedia experience.
With a 16 gigabyte flash drive and 4GB of onboard memory, Samsung claims that the laptop can wake up in less than a second and cold boot in less than 10 seconds. Battery life gets a boost from 6.5 hours to an estimated 8.5 hours (8 hours for the 11.6-inch Chromebook 2).
Samsung also brought over some design elements from the Galaxy Note 3 to the Chromebook 2, as laptops now feature a faux leather lid, with stitching around the edges. Both models of the Chromebook 2 are equipped with two USB ports (USB 2.0 and USB 3.0), an HDMI port, headphone jack and SD card memory slot
Like many Chromebooks, the Chromebook 2 was designed with students and teachers in mind, though the company hopes that many families will also adopt it as a secondary computer for the household. Chromebooks started to gain some ground in 2013, accounting for 21 percent of all commercial preconfigured notebook sales through November 2013.


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'Lost' Boss and 'Prometheus' Writer Damon Lindelof Returns to TV Full-Time
Lost Boss and Prometheus Writer Damon Lindelof Returns to TV Full-Time
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After Lost, showrunner Damon Lindelof left TV to focus on feature film, writing the screenplay for this month's sci-fi thriller Prometheus and helping creatively with the sequel Star Trek 2. Now, he is returning to TV full time, signing a three-year contract with Warner Bros. Television.
This is what Damon Lindelof had to say about the deal.
"This is about me creating my next show. I probably won't be the guy who creates the next Mad Men or Breaking Bad, though I love both of these shows. What I love about television is character-based storytelling, and I want to continue to explore fantastical way of doing it where characters live in a world that is a little skewed."
Damon Lindelof then remarked that he is not interested in repeating himself, so don't expect Lost Part 2.
"I won't be the one that would come up with the next Lost. [I will steer clear of any] wackadoo mythology."
Damon Lindelof has not revealed which genre he will be working in, but it's a safe bet it won' be sci-fi.
"I'm spaced out. I think I've got the robot-spaceship future bug out of my system."
Whatever Damon Lindelof is cooking up, don't expect to see it, at the very least, until the fall of 2013.
Contributing writer for Movieweb since 2001. Owns a dog who loves watching Milo and Otis on repeat.


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Home Cricket Micheal Vaughan says 'NOT OUT' to Kohli's controversial LBW dismissal and explains...
Micheal Vaughan says 'NOT OUT' to Kohli's controversial LBW dismissal and explains why
India had a great opening partnership, courtesy of Shubhman Gill and Mayank Agarwal. Shubhman Gill played some splendid shots to consolidate a partnership but then threw his wicket of the bowling of Patel. All eyes were on Virat Kohli, as he was making his comeback after a three-week gap.
A good length ball by Ajaz Patel which went straight through the arm hit the pad of Virat Kohli. The umpire after much consideration for a few seconds gave the batsman out. Batsman do not have a second thought about taking the DRS review if they feel they have edged the ball first and that's what Virat Kohli did.
The review showed that there was a spike on the ultra edge due to the inside edge however the umpire wasn't able to decipher whether the ball was touching both the bat and the pad at the same time or not. After much reviewing, the third umpire Virendra Sharma ultimately decided that the ball had hit the pad and bat together and therefore went for the ball tracking. The ball tracking showed three red dots, meaning that Kohli had to be given out.
The third umpire said, "Ball and bat and pad appear to be together. that I don't have any conclusive evidence to overturn that". The on-field umpire then raised his finger. Virat Kohli didn't believe that the third umpire had given him out.
Commentator Simon Doull and Laxman Sivaramakrishnan agreed on the decision taken by the on-field umpire. Laxman, in his own words, "and it looks like it hit the pad first and then on to the pad-bat " whereas Simon doull, in his own words, "Its a hard one to take for the skipper because he knows he hit it. He knows he hit it, but the angle showed and there is fairly conclusive up here in the commentary box as well that it just nipped the pad first then the bat and then the pad"
The commentator further added that according to the laws of cricket, there has to be conclusive evidence in order to overturn a decision, which the third umpire was not able to find and that's why he stayed with the decision of the on-field umpire. That also means had NZ opted for a DRS in case Virat was judged not out by the on-field umpire, the third umpire, in that case, would have stayed the decision too and in that case, Virat would have been Not out.
Michael Vaughan, known for scathing remarks on the Indian team, has now tweeted what he believed to be the right decision. Vaughan tweeted 'NOT OUT' and retweeted a tweet from a user that explained the deviation of the ball thereby indicating that the ball hit the bat first.
NOT OUT https://t.co/ugpPjCQlri
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) December 3, 2021
The majority of the fans on social media believed that Virat was wrongly judged while few stated that since the ball hit the bat and pad together, therefore the umpire had no way to overturn the decision.
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I have noted before (many times) now how Shakespeare's plays are mostly written in poetry; here, in the case of Othello, nearly 80% of the lines are in verse. When the verse is metrical–and typically, we're talking about blank verse/unrhymed iambic pentameter (you can check this out for a refresher course on scansion)–then variations from that regular meter can often point out something to help us as actors and directors.
With most plays, I take a look at acting direction we get from the scansion; but with Othello, I'm going to take a different tack: I'm going to take a "macro," rather than "micro" view. I want to focus on two speeches and how their contrasting scansion helps define character and his linguistic strategy (not just the tactical choices of single words).
What we see here is fascinating. Of the speech's 19 lines, only three are perfect iambic pentameter (or just under 16%); even if you allow for shortened lines and those with feminine endings (extra unstressed syllable at the end of the line), only a little over a third of the lines (36.8%) are conventionally iambic. On the other hand, we get nearly half of the lines–9 or over 47%–with multiple deviations from iambic pentameter. Over the course of the speech, there are three trochees that change the rhythm of the line, and a whopping 18 spondees that add extra stresses to the lines. That's quite a bit of emphasis being hammered home. Of course, he has to hit this hard and fast: his life is facing the "bloody book of law" (I.iii.67).
To th' very moment that he bade me tell it.
She gave me for my pains a world of kisses.
'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful.
Here comes the lady. Let her witness it.
Here, we find a speaker in full control of the rhythm of the verse. Of the speech's 43 lines, nearly half (21, or 48.8%) are perfect iambic pentameter; and if you add those lines that are shorter, longer, or have feminine endings but which are still iambic, you're up to 31 lines or just over 72%. That's a huge difference from the previous speech.
Compared to the "shock and awe" opening argument, this statement of Othello's case is poetic, lyrical, and almost soothing in its consistent rhythm. It's no wonder the duke says, "I think this tale would win my daughter, too" (I.iii.171).


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title: Chemical Sedation - Haldoperidol vs. Lorazepam vs. Midazolam
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    - Michelle Lin, MD
created: 2011/03/25
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    - Pharmacology
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# Chemical Sedation: Haldoperidol vs. Lorazepam vs. Midazolam

**Question**

What single agent best manages violent, agitated patients in the ED, as measured by shortest time to sedation and shortest time to arousal?

**Methodology**

- Prospective, randomized, double-blinded study of 111 violent and agitated patients
- Haloperidol (5 mg IM), Lorazepam (2 mg IM), or Midazolam (5 mg IM)
- Midazolam is a water-soluble benzodiazepine – excellent IM absorption profile
- Patients were agitated because of recreational drug use, alcohol use, and prior psychiatric history and divided equally in each of the 3 arms of treatment.

**Results**

|                        | Haloperidol (n=42) | Lorazepam (n=27) | Midazolam (n=42) |
| ---------------------- | :----------------: | :--------------: | :--------------: |
| Time to sedation (min) |      28.3 ± 25     |     32.3 ± 20    |     18.3 ± 14    |
| Time to arousal (min)  |     126.5 ± 85     |    217.2 ± 107   |     81.9 ± 66    |

There were **no significant differences in vital signs** between groups.

Lorazepam was stopped after the first 95 patients at interim analysis because of prolonged sedation times.

Patients required "rescue drugs", which were additional sedation medications at the discretion of attending physician:

- 8 haloperidol patients (19%)
- 7 lorazepam patients (26%)
- 7 midazolam patients (17%)

**Complications:** 2 patients who received haloperidol

- 1 had hypotension
- 1 had transient apnea

**BOTTOM LINE:**

- Use **midazolam 5 mg IM** to chemically sedation a severely agitated patients because of its **shorter time to sedation** (18 min) and **arousal** (82 min).

**Other IM options: **

- _HAC:_ Haloperidol 5 mg, Ativan (lorazepam) 2 mg, Cogentin 1 mg IM all in 1 syringe
- _B52:_ Haloperidol 5 mg, Lorazepam 2 mg, Benedryl (diphenhydramine) 50 mg IM

## References

- [Nobay F et al. A Prospective, Double-blind, Randomized Trial of Midazolam versus Haloperidol versus Lorazepam in the Chemical Restraint of Violent and Severely Agitated Patients . Acad Emerg Med. 2004; 11:747-9.](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=15231461)

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On August 3rd of 1877, a stage was making its way over the low hills between Point Arenas and Duncan's Mills on the Russian River when a lone figure suddenly appeared in the middle of the road. Wearing a long linen duster and masked with a flour scan, the bandit pointed a double-barreled shotgun at the driver and said, in a deep and resonant voice, "Throw down the box!" When the posse arrived later, all they found was a waybill with the above verse painstakingly written out on its back, each line in a different hand.
'Tis munny in my purse!
Once again the lines were written in varying hands and the work signed "Black Bart, the PO8." In order to make the highways safe once again, Governor William Irwin posted a $300 reward for the capture of the bandit, to which Wells Fargo & Co. added another $300. Another $200 was contributed by the postal authorities. The reward went unclaimed for five years,during which Black Bart seemingly robbed at will. Often laying low for several months, Bart would suddenly go on a spree and rob three or four stages in as many weeks, andthen vanish without a trace. Black Bart's talent for covering great distances on foot in impossibly short times (described as a "thorough mountaineer and a good walker" in a Wells Fargo circular), was no doubt a great asset in his life as a highwayman.
The morning of November 3rd, 1883, proved cold and clear as Reason E. McConnell drove his stage towards Copperopolis. His only passenger that morning was young Jimmy Rolleri, and his only cargo was the Wells Fargo chest fastened securely to the floor of the stage. Fastened securely because along with the $550 in gold coin and some three and a quarter ounces of gold dust, the box contained 228 ounces of gold amalgam from the mill at the Patterson Mine. As the stage slowed down at the approach of Funk Hill, Jimmy jumped off the stage with his Henry rifle to do some hunting, planning to meet the stage on the other side of the hill. As the stage neared the top of the hill, a rustle in the brush made McConnell turn his head. He found himself looking straight into the muzzle of a double-barreled shotgun.
You see, Black Bart knew about the amalgam. Ordering McConnell to unhitch the team and walk them up the hill, Bart then entered the stage and commenced to break open the chest. Meanwhile, Jimmy somehow managed to meet McConnell away from the stage. The two took cover and watched as Black Bart backed out of the stage with his loot. McConnell then "seized the rifle form the boy and opened fire on the robber." He missed, twice, after which Jimmy took the rifle and fired, causing Bart to stumble before disappearing into the brush.
Sheriff Ben Thorn of Calaveras County reached the holdup site that afternoon and organized the posse to search for clues. Among the items found was a small round derby hat, two paper bags containing crackers and granulated sugar, a leather case for a pair of field glasses, a belt, a quartz magnifying glass, a razor, a handkerchief full of buckshot, three dirty linen cuffs, and two flour sacks. Black Bart would have undoubtedly taken his belongings with him had he not been run off by the Henry rifle.
The handkerchief full of buckshot proved to be Bart's downfall, for in one corner were four small letters: F.X.O.7., a laundry's identifying marks. Sheriff Thorn took the evidenced to Wells Fargo detective J.B. Hume in San Francisco, whereupon Hume turned the handkerchief over to special operative Harry Morse who immediately went to work on tracing the laundry mark. A week later, on November 12th, the laundry was found and the owner of the handkerchief identified as one Charles E. Bolton.
Bart was arrested and after lengthy questioning decided to confess to the robbery and show his captors were he had hidden the amalgam, hoping this would make it easier for him when he came to trial. After the amalgam was recovered, Bart appeared on November 17th before Superior Court Judge C.V. Gottschalk at San Andreas. During his career as a highwayman, Black Bart robbed twenty-eight stages; when he was caught he confessed to only the last and was sentenced on the basis of that one alone. He received six years in San Quentin Prison.
Released from prison on January 21st of 1888, Charles E. Bolton disappeared from sight a few weeks later and was never seen again.


A complex instruction set computer (CISC) is a computer with a processing unit which can perform individual instructions involving many steps. Normally there is special logic associated with each instruction, called microcode. The microcode can itself be considered a computer program.
The advantage of a CISC processor is that it is easier to program than a Reduced instruction set computer. The disadvantage is that the CISC runs somewhat slower because of the extra level of logic. As computer designs mature, the distinction between the reduced (RISC) and complex (CISC) processors tends to be somewhat blurred, but the concepts remain important in computer design.
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Q: indicator for two AC power sources I would like to know if there is something like AND gate logic for two AC power sources i.e, if two of the sources are on the light will turn on else it will stay off .Thanks

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Try something like this... R1 and R2 must be like 50:1.

A: You can use 2 AC relays specified for the voltage of the sources. Then wire the contacts in series and you will get a switch that is ON only when both AC sources are ON and both relays are ON.

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The New Librarian Resident Award has been awarded from 2009-2015 thus far. The impact of the award on recipients has been profound. As described by past recipients the award is a career starter that has allowed past recipients to hone their skills and develop a deeper understanding of librarianship that is meaningful to them. Read below how past recipients have benefited from the award.
It's not just career starter; it's a life changer!
I have always wanted to be an academic librarian because I see academic libraries not only as hubs of information, but also as bastions of innovation and inspiration. When I found out about the OCULA New Librarian Residency, I knew it would be an invaluable opportunity to help me transition from "student" to "librarian" with the support of great mentors. My coaches and colleagues both at my home institution and within the OCULA community at large have been no less than passionate, dedicated, forward-thinking role models. I am grateful that due to my position as resident I have been able to work closely with leaders in my field and benefit from their experience and advice.
On top of its focus on mentorship, the New Librarian Residency is also unique because it commits to creating a dynamic experience for the resident. I have been given the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to a greater variety of projects than I would be able to expect from a traditional internship or entry-level position. As I move forward in my career, I am confident that the New Librarian Residency has provided me with a toolkit, skill set, and perspective that will prepare me to tackle new challenges and reach new horizons.
The Ontario College and University Library Association's New Librarian Residency Award gave me the opportunity to work on a number of fascinating projects that facilitated my development. The diversity of projects and the opportunity for me to take a deep dive into everything librarianship has grounded me in my calling to the profession. That is, I can definitively match my passion to practice librarianship with the satisfaction of having done so.
I am deeply grateful to the Ontario College and University Library Association for sustaining the New Librarian Residency Award. I knew I had made the right choice to pursue librarianship while studying Library and Information Science. However, it is because of the OCULA New Librarian Residency Award that I can call myself a librarian.
The NLRA provided support and incentive for an academic library to create a position in a then-emerging area, and provided a 'foot in the door' for a brand new MLIS graduate. In addition, I benefited from the support of OCULA council as an ex-officio member: this provided me with the opportunity to build a network of great librarians I've leaned on many times over the years, and encouraged me to get involved with professional organizations (I was the SuperConference co-planner in 2013). I'm hugely grateful for the NLRA and its sponsors, since it provided me with the opportunity to prove myself and eventually win long-term employment at a great employer like Brock.
The [OCULA] New Librarian Residency Award gave me the opportunity to …take a deep dive into everything librarianship. [It] has grounded me in my calling to the profession…it is because of the OCULA New Librarian Residency Award that I can call myself a librarian.
I'm hugely grateful for the NLRA and its sponsors, since it provided me with the opportunity to prove myself and eventually win long-term employment at a great employer like Brock.
The professional-level experience I gained during my [OCULA New Librarian Residency] year has given me the edge I needed. The formal mentoring aspect of the award coupled with the OCULA council service provided me with the opportunity to be guided by experienced, passionate, and committed academic librarians.
The New Librarian Residency is unique because it commits to creating a dynamic experience for the resident…I am confident that the New Librarian Residency has provided me with a toolkit, skill set, and perspective that will prepare me to tackle new challenges and reach new horizons.


I first became interested in Radiology whilst observing CT scanning on a surgical elective in Newfoundland, Canada in 1998. I worked as a clinician in Edinburgh and Sydney, Australia, returning to the UK in 2004 to start training in Radiology. I developed an interest in musculoskeletal radiology early on, which complemented my sporting interests. After completing a specialist musculoskeletal radiology fellowship at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford, I worked as a consultant radiologist at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, which has excellent orthopaedic and radiology departments.
More recently I have been working at Cirencester Hospital, and for GP Care throughout Gloucestershire. Whilst working for GP Care, many patients commented that they liked having ultrasound scans more locally. This gave me the idea of trying to provide a more local and personal ultrasound scan service. I also report MRI and CT scans, which can be arranged via Cobalt Health in Cheltenham, on request from your local health professional.
MRI scan reporting - specialist in orthopaedic, sports, spinal & rheumatological conditions, & traumatic brain injury in contact sports.
Diagnostic ultrasound of muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, nerves, and soft tissues, including hernias and lumps and bumps.
Other ultrasound types - abdominal, neck/thyroid, deep veins & testes.
Ultrasound guided diagnostic and therapeutic injections of tendon sheaths, joints, nerves, and soft tissues.
I have 15 years of experience in treating patients with acute and chronic sports injuries, and work related musculoskeletal injuries. I have been the Bath City Football Club Doctor since 2002.
After qualifying from the University of Bristol in 1996, I began my career as a GP. I developed an interest in musculoskeletal disorders and sports injuries, and subsequently trained in Sports and Exercise Medicine from the University of Bath.
I have a wide range of input for elite athletes and professional performers including screening, health promotion and performance enhancement, illness and injury prevention, diagnosis and management of injuries, through to return to full fitness.
My particular interests are: running, football, the genetics of athletic performance, and health promotion to limits the effects of ageing.
I also make regular use of diagnostic ultrasound and ultrasound guided injections, and I am proactive in referral for more specialised treatment and imaging.
Experienced runner - has completed multiple half-marathons and 10Ks.


An out of-this-world Intergalactic mix of rich purple, pink and silver chocolate and sugar sprinkles. Perfect for dressing up cupcakes, cakes, brownies or biscuits. Dive in and get decorating.
Stabilizer (Arabic Gum), Colours (Titanium Dioxide, Silver), Fish Gelatine].
Milk Chocolate contains: Cocoa solids 32% minimum, Milk solids 23% minimum.
Energy 418 kcal, Fat 5.5g, of which saturates 3.6g. Carbohydrates 92g, of which sugars 86g. Fibre 0.6g. Protein 12g. Salt 0.1g.


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Israel's KKK on the way to government?
Party pushing for expulsion of Palestinians forms election pact with Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud
by Jonathan Cook / March 12th, 2021
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has brokered an electoral alliance that is almost certain to bring Israel's version of the Ku Klux Klan into the Israeli parliament when elections are held later this month.
Netanyahu's primary aim is to make sure he wins a decisive majority by shoring up the far-right bloc so that he can pass an immunity law to neutralize his current corruption trial.
Enter Otzma Yehudit, or the Jewish Power party.
Otzma Yehudit is strongly influenced by the late Rabbi Meir Kahane, whose virulently anti-Palestinian Kach party was barred from Israeli elections more than 30 years ago.
Since being proscribed, Kach has been declared a terrorist organisation in most western countries, including the United States, Canada and the European Union.
Most of the leadership of Jewish Power had previously been involved with Kach, including its current leader, Itamar Ben Gvir, who held a position in Kahane's movement in his student days.
Jewish Power's former leader and current chair, Michael Ben Ari, has been banned from entering the US because of his links to Jewish terrorism.
Nonetheless, Netanyahu is widely reported to have offered sweeteners to get Jewish Power and two other extreme right parties to establish a new alliance called Religious Zionism.
And despite claims by Netanyahu that Ben Gvir will not be given a ministerial post in his government after the 23 March election, Netanyahu may have to capitulate if his far-right and religious coalition needs Jewish Power to secure a majority of seats.
Polls currently suggest no one commands a clear majority.
'Kosher certificate'
Since its formation in 2012, Jewish Power has not managed on its own to pass the electoral threshold of 3.25 percent of votes cast – the equivalent of about four seats in the 120-member Knesset, Israel's parliament.
Last month, however, Netanyahu's Likud party signed a surplus vote-sharing agreement with Religious Zionism.
Netanyahu's move in part reflects his desperation to win a decisive victory on 23 March after three stalemated elections over the past two years.
Without a clear parliamentary majority, he cannot pass an immunity law that will block his current trial on several charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust. So far he has successfully dragged out the proceedings, using Covid-19 restrictions as the pretext.
After Netanyahu's intervention, the electoral pact with Jewish Power is almost certain to ensure Ben Gvir makes it into the next parliament.
He has the third slot on Religious Zionism's candidate list and current polls suggest the group will win between four and five seats.
Criticizing Netanyahu's role as matchmaker, the Haaretz daily accused him of awarding "a kashrut [kosher] certificate to Kahanism" – the racist ideology that underpins Jewish Power.
Maximizing seats
Netanyahu's aim is to ensure that the most extreme, small right-wing religious parties combine to pass the threshold and don't waste votes that could be the difference between victory for his ultra-nationalist bloc and a win for his opponents.
As one Israeli analyst noted, Netanyahu's dependence on Religious Zionism maximizing its seat count means he will be committed to doing everything possible to push the "ticket over the threshold" in the final stages of the campaign.
At the same time as aiding the extreme right, Netanyahu has also worked hard to break up the Joint List, a faction representing Israel's large minority of Palestinian citizens.
He is not only trying to maximize seats in his favor, he is trying to weaken the coalition of parties ranged against him.
It is not the first time Netanyahu has sought to bring Jewish Power into the parliament, despite its overt Jewish supremacist politics. He brokered a similar deal in time for the April 2019 election, though Ben Gvir was not placed high enough to win a seat.
On that occasion, leading Jewish American organisations including AIPAC voiced their opposition, calling Jewish Power a "racist and reprehensible party."
It has been notable that on this occasion there has been much less of a backlash.
In the new deal, Ben Gvir has a far more prominent place alongside Bezalel Smotrich's National Union party, which has joined Netanyahu's governments in the past. The third partner is Noam, another religious far-right party in a crowded field whose distinguishing feature is its venomous homophobia.
This has brought vocal opposition from other quarters. Ohad Hizki, head of an Israeli LGBT task force, responded: "Netanyahu has violated his promises to the gay community time and again, but this time a red line has been crossed that cannot be silently accepted."
Banned from running
Previous Jewish Power leaders have been banned from standing by a judge-led Central Election Committee, comprising representatives from the major parties. However, Ben Gvir has faced no challenge.
Rather, he went on the offensive himself, petitioning the committee for a blanket ban on candidates who are Palestinian citizens of Israel, claiming they were all "terrorist supporters."
Jewish Power's electoral weakness since its founding reflects in part the fact that it has had difficulty differentiating itself ideologically from the larger mainstream parties as they move ever further rightwards.
It has also been stymied by the constraint that its platform must remain ostensibly within the law. Its vulgarity rather than its policies appears to put off many voters on the right.
Avigdor Lieberman, who heads the Yisrael Beiteinu party, is a former Kach member who has served in governments with Netanyahu as defense and foreign minister.
Lieberman has long promoted one of Jewish Power's signature policies: that Israel's 1.8 million Palestinian citizens be expelled unless they declare loyalty to Israel as a Jewish state.
Lieberman has even called for "disloyal" Palestinian citizens to be "beheaded."
No miscegenation
Other Jewish Power policies overlap with prevailing views in Netanyahu's Likud party, including the rejection of Palestinian statehood; support for the formal annexation of all or much of the West Bank; the imposition of Israeli sovereignty over al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem; and vehement opposition to miscegenation, or relationships between Jews and Palestinians.
Smotrich, Jewish Power's main partner in Religious Zionism, shares many of its anti-Palestinian views but has previously served as Netanyahu's transport minister. He has called for Palestinian citizens to be denied housing and for Jewish-only maternity wards.
Jewish Power's leader, Ben Gvir is also a prominent activist in the violent settler enclave established in the Palestinian city of Hebron with Israeli state support.
In 2007, he was convicted of inciting racism and supporting a terror group after holding up signs reading, "Expel the Arab enemy" and "Rabbi Kahane was right: The Arab MKs [members of Knesset] are a fifth column."
He once prominently displayed in his home a photo of Baruch Goldstein, an extremist who killed 29 and wounded 125 Muslims at worship in Hebron's Ibrahimi mosque in 1994, in an effort to derail the Oslo accords.
As The Electronic Intifada has reported, a recently unearthed clip from 1995 of Ben Gvir shows him dressed as Goldstein for the Jewish holiday of Purim sayin: "He is my hero."
Burn down churches
Trained as a lawyer, Ben Gvir has defended a series of far-right suspects in high-profile terrorism and hate-crime cases. Such work included two settlers who were charged with an arson attack on a Palestinian family in the village of Duma in 2015.
An 18-month-old baby was among the victims burnt to death.
Ben Gvir has also served as the lawyer for Lehava, an anti-miscegenation group whose members physically assault Palestinians they suspect of dating Jewish women.
Lehava's leader, Bentzi Gopstein, has also expressed support for burning down churches.
Netanyahu has promised the Religious Zionism alliance a seat on the Judicial Appointments Committee. Ben Gvir will hope to use that position to bring yet more settlers into the courts as judges.
At least two judges on Israel's high court – Noam Sohlberg and David Mintz – are known to live in the settlements.
Haaretz observed of the deal: "Netanyahu's actions are an admission that Kahanism is an ally, a frequent visitor and practically a member of the Likud family."
• First published in The Electronic Intifada
This article was posted on Friday, March 12th, 2021 at 7:36pm and is filed under Benjamin Netanyahu, Elections, Israel, Politics, Racism, Settler Colonialism.


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Dream on – How to become a golf pro in a year by John Richardson
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When John Richardson was a boy growing up in Northern Ireland, he watched with deep fascination as Seve Ballesteros won the Irish open.
"He was incredible at that stage," he says, comparing him to his other sporting heroes, george Best, Mohammed ali and ayrton Senna.
"The pinnacle of sporting achievement."
For a fleeting moment, John dreamed of becoming a pro, until real life got in the way. How could he know then that his dream would come back to him, years later? Life for John was mixed. growing up in Belfast during the height of the Troubles, he recalls how his earliest memory was being excited to go to see another lorry his dad had bought for his furniture business after the previous one had been burned out. He became used to the sound of bombs going off in the distance. Later, though, when his parents moved to the coast, life was "idyllic".
To his parents' frustration John didn't really work at school, finally going on to sit a university degree in Business Studies after twice failing his a Levels. Life looked pretty ordinary.
The turning point came on his return from university when he set up a sandwich business at the age of 25. By the age of 28, it was the biggest sandwich business in Ireland. By the time he was 29, he had lost everything due to business mistakes. as John says, "that's when the learning really started." He went on to become an expert in the hospitality industry. "I thought about my businesses day and night," he says, and he also "read business biographies to fill in the gaps" and learn from the experience of those who'd gone before him.
So what of the madcap idea of learning to play a round at par or below, within a year, with no real experience except for occasional golfing.
"As I got near to my 40s, I began to think about my dream when I was a child. I decided that I would realise my golf dream within a year. It meant applying myself obsessively, while continuing to work in business for 50 hours a week."
What John had realised was that people were good at things not just from pure talent, but because they worked at something repeatedly. He reckoned he could become an expert in golf by putting in 20 hours a week. Professional golfers told him to "dream on" – which became the title of his best-selling book that told the story of how he did it. So how did he do it? He reveals that the first thing to do was get rid of negatives and have a set of mentors that he could rely on. They didn't have to be real.
"When I was younger, I used to do a bit of motor racing. I used to imagine that ayrton Senna was sitting next to me. His imagined presence made my driving better." John applied the same technique to his golf. If he was going to have a mentor, he was going to have the best, and so the virtual Seve Ballesteros accompanied him on his training. Through the power of visualisation, he imagined Seve was always there, or he would "slurp" himself into Seve's body, and imagine looking out of his eyes. He would talk to himself in his head as if he were Seve, modelling the very best that he had seen.
"I got the concept from Napoleon Hill's Think and grow Rich, in which he talks about having a mental mastermind, in which you can imagine having all these people giving you advice."
What was extraordinary was that it paid off. Within a year, John got himself to a professional standard in which he could play a round at his local golf course on par. It was a real achievement.
John believes anyone can learn to do anything with the right application. The key to getting things done is taking personal responsibility and believing that you can do it. "It takes 1,000 hours of intensive training to get into the top 1 per cent of anything," he says. "To do that, you have to believe and motivate yourself. Then you can do it. and once you have, doors open."
His tenacity is also revealed in the story of his book's publication, which was rejected 83 times before fi nally being accepted.
It has now sold 70,000 copies and those doors he talked about opened when a fi lm was made of the book. Success, he believes, is this straightforward: "If you can put 20 hours a week over a year into dedicated focussed hard work, you can really get into the top 1%. That's the message, rather than people thinking I can't do it, and coming up with reasons not to succeed.
The real message is, it doesn't take much more than 1,000 hours to get really good at something. That's what people should know."
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The Science of Cohabitation: A Step Toward Marriage, Not a Rebellion
New research shows that the older people are when they make their first big commitment—cohabitation or marriage—the better their chances for marital success.
Lauren Fox
As more and more American couples choose to share the bills and a bed without a marriage license, a major question looms. In playing house and stocking up on premarital Ikea furniture are we all heightening our risk for divorce?
A new study from the nonpartisan Council on Contemporary Families says no. Moving in before marriage doesn't automatically make you a divorce statistic. Choosing a partner too early, however, just might.
The study, which will appear in the in the April issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family, could redefine how researchers look at cohabitation, but the science shouldn't change the way couples think about living together. Experts warn it's hardly something to be taken lightly.
Arielle Kuperberg was a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania when something in her sociology textbooks caught her eye. In research on marriage longevity, Kuperberg observed that the age a couple said "I do" was among the strongest predictors of divorce.
All of the literature explained that the reason people who married younger were more likely to divorce was because they were not mature enough to pick appropriate partners, she says.
That's when a lightbulb went off for Kuperberg. If younger married couples were more likely to divorce, did that mean that couples who moved in together at earlier ages were also at increased risk for broken marriages?
Other researchers who had been exploring the link between cohabitation and divorce failed to take into account the age at which couples took that plunge. Kuperberg wondered if once she controlled for age, the link between cohabitation and divorce might disappear.
Using data from the U.S. governments' 1995, 2002, and 2006 National Surveys of Family and Growth, Kuperberg analyzed more than 7,000 individuals who had been married. Some of the people she studied were still with their spouse. Others were divorced. Then, instead of studying just the correlation between cohabitation and divorce, Kuperberg looked at how old each individual was when he or she made his or her first major commitment to a partner—whether that step was marriage or cohabitation.
Moving in together without a diamond ring involved didn't, on its own, lead to divorce. Instead, she found that the longer couples waited to make that first serious commitment, the better their chances for marital success.
So how old should couples be when they commit? The research shows that at 23—the age when many people graduate from college, settle into adult life and begin becoming financially independent—the correlation with divorce dramatically drops off.
Kuperberg found that individuals who committed to cohabitation or marriage at the age of 18 saw a 60 percent rate of divorce. Whereas individuals who waited until 23 to commit saw a divorce rate that hovered more around 30 percent.
"For so long, the link between cohabitation and divorce was one of these great mysteries in research," Kuperberg says. "What I found was that it was the age you settled down with someone, not whether you had a marriage license, that was the biggest indicator of a relationship's future success."
Cohabitation has become so common that it's almost odd not to test drive a partner before marriage. It's worthy of a People magazine headline now when a celebrity couple "waits until marriage" to shack up. Bachelor Sean Lowe (of ABC's The Bachelor) and his wife Catherine Giudici were all over the tabloids when they announced they would not move in together until after their televised wedding.
Cohabitation has increased by nearly 900 percent over the last 50 years. More and more, couples are testing the waters before diving into marriage. Census data from 2012 shows that 7.8 million couples are living together without walking down the aisle, compared to 2.9 million in 1996. And two-thirds of couples married in 2012 shared a home together for more than two years before they ever waltzed down an aisle.
Today, discussing cohabitation is about as salacious as watching grass grow. A 2007 USA Today/Gallup poll found that just 27 percent of Americans disapproved of it. The number of painful discussions I personally endured two years ago when I moved in with my own boyfriend can be counted on one hand. My fridge is littered with wedding announcements from couples who are engaged and lived together for years.
Yet the science of cohabitation has largely carried a "toxic for marriage" warning label. From Annie Hall to Friends to Girls, it seems everybody has been moving in with their significant others, but science told us it was hardly a good idea.
Since the 1970's, study after study found that living together before marriage could undercut a couple's future happiness and ultimately lead to divorce. On average, researchers concluded that couples who lived together before they tied the knot saw a 33 percent higher rate of divorce than those who waited to live together until after they were married.
Part of the problem was that cohabitors, studies suggested, "slid into" marriage without much consideration. Instead of making a conscious decision to share an entire life together, couples who shared a dog, a dresser, a blender, were picking marriage over the inconvenience of a break up. Meg Jay, a clinical psychologist, outlined the "cohabitation effect" in a widely-circulated New York Times op-ed in 2012.
"Couples who cohabit before marriage (and especially before an engagement or an otherwise clear commitment) tend to be less satisfied with their marriages—and more likely to divorce—than couples who do not," she wrote.
Others blamed the types of individuals who were moving in together as the reasons so many of those unions resulted in divorce.
"Back in the 1960's, the 70's, and the 80's, cohabitation was a more unconventional way of getting together. The types of people who were cohabiting were less likely to conform to the traditional standards of marriage such as responsibility, fidelity, and commitment," says Bradford Wilcox, the director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia.
In the 1960's, television and movie storylines steered clear of cohabitation. Everywhere women were warned that "giving the milk away for free" could result in lifetime of spinsterhood when nobody wanted to "buy the cow." According to the National Marriage Project fewer than 500,000 unmarried couples were living together in the U.S. in the early 1960's. In her 2013 book Not Just Roommates, Elizabeth Pleck explored how many states kept laws on the books to prohibit cohabitation in the 20th century and even keep interracial couples apart. It took a more free-thinking individual to violate the moral standards depicted in shows like Leave it To Beaver and The Brady Bunch. It took a risk taker to sit down at the kitchen and tell their parents that they were moving in with their girlfriend or boyfriend. Researchers believed that the types of couples who chose to live together before marriage were rebels who held "less conventional" views about the sanctity of the institution.
Now, Wilcox argues that cohabitors represent a broader swath of the public. Many more couples view cohabitation as a step toward marriage, not a rebellion against it.
A Pew Research study in 2011 found that more than 60 percent of Americans who had ever lived with a partner before marriage saw their living situation as a precursor, not an alternative, to wedded bliss.
It's still true that cohabitation isn't without its risks. Experts warn that waiting for an appropriate age to commit to someone is still no substitute for communication.
Jay, who has also written a book about Millennials called The Defining Decade:Why Your Twenties Matter- And How to Make the Most of Them warns that the most recent cohabitation study still does not prove that couples understand the gravity of moving in together, nor does it show that cohabitation is a "silver bullet" to stop divorce.
"Living together doesn't charm or doom you; it is not whether you live with your partner as much as how you live with your partner," Jay said. "I am not against living together, but I am for young adults being more aware that it is an arrangement that has upsides and downsides."
Couples who live together before marriage enjoy a companion and a teammate, but sometimes, Jay warns, couples stay in relationships longer than they should because once they live with someone, it can be harder to find the escape hatch.
"I have clients who say 'I spent years of my 20s living with someone who I wouldn't have dated a year if we had not been living together,'" she says, adding, "Once you buy dishes, share a lease, have a routine, and get a dog, it can be difficult to cut your losses and accept that the relationship isn't working."
The risks of unplanned pregnancy are also increased for women who chose to live with their partners before marriage. In a 2013 report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 20 percent of women cohabiting for the first time became pregnant and had a baby within one year of moving in with a boyfriend. That number was up 5 percentage points from 15 percent in 1995.
"Cohabitation fosters enough intimacy to facilitate childbearing but not enough commitment to make people deliberate about their choices to become parents," Wilcox says. "The result, an unplanned birth, can pose real problems to their relationship and to their future odds of successfully marrying."
The latest research should give older couples a sense of relief. The science is beginning to show that peeking behind the curtain before choosing to settle into a lifetime of marriage isn't in and of itself a mistake, but there are still risk factors. It might be important today for all of us to know whether our partner handles the dirty dishes, but cohabitation can still be a mess for those who don't proceed with caution.
Lauren Fox is a congressional reporter at U.S. News. Her work has appeared in Salon, MSNBC, and Columbia Journalism Review.


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Q: Install4J: How do I restart multiple services after it has been updated in unattended mode without prompting the user for password I use Install4J to install my application which is comprised of two services (two launchers) from a single JAR. I want to update my application in Unattended mode, then stop both services and start both services without having to ask the user to enter the administrator's password. Both services are initially started as root and I have verified using the 'ps' command that they are running as root when one of the services calls the ApplicationLauncher.launchApplication Install4J Integration API method.
My Install4J Updater is able to download the new version and stop the calling launcher, but the problem that I'm seeing is that I'm not able to stop the second (non-calling launcher) nor am I able to start the calling launcher.
This error is very strange because I've noticed that if I stop both services and then start both services using
sudo <ServiceLauncher1> stop
sudo <ServiceLauncher2> stop
sudo <ServiceLauncher1> start
sudo <ServiceLauncher2> start

..the whole thing works. It downloads the update, stops both services, then starts both services just fine. I've noticed (in OSX) that the launcher icon for the auto updater is also different (black terminal icon (does not work) vs white java icon (works).
I'd very much appreciate some help on this. Thanks!

A: In my case (two services), the Update installer runs as a child process of the service that launched it. Due to part of the update process requiring both services to be stopped and then started the problem is that stopping the calling service causes the whole update installer to be killed.
My solution is to have each service stop/start the other one by using two Update applications in Install4J.
Service #1 --> Updater #1:

*

*Check for new version

*Download new version

*Install new version

*Stop Service #2

*Start Service #2 (At this point, Service #2 is fully updated and running)

*Notify Service #2 to perform update on Service #1

Service #2 --> Updater #2:

*

*Stop Service #1

*Start Service #1 (At this point, Service #1 is fully updated and running)


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Q: Unable to install npm package due to encoded url So I recently got a Windows laptop at work, trying to set up my dev environment and I am getting a strange issue when trying to install our private gitlab npm packages.
I try npm install and it says it cannot find the package even though it has been published to our private registry. This seems to only be happening on my windows machine. The package can be found no problem on my macbook.
npm i
npm ERR! code E404
npm ERR! 404 Not Found - GET https://gitlab.orgname.com/api/v4/projects/118/packages/npm/@integrations%2fcommon-ui
npm ERR! 404
npm ERR! 404  '@integrations/common-ui@^1.0.4' is not in this registry.
npm ERR! 404
npm ERR! 404 Note that you can also install from a
npm ERR! 404 tarball, folder, http url, or git url.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\jack.lovett\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2022-12-13T10_08_06_142Z-debug-0.log

It seems that / in the path is being encoded to %2f so then it can't find the package anymore.
I can't find any help online for this issue so any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

A: The %2f part in the url seemed to not be relevant and just caused me to go down a rabbit hole of unrelated issues.
What seemed to be the problem was that i did not have NVM correctly set to my PATH in my environment variables.
When adding to path I added the location of my /node.js directory in /"Program Files"/node.js. This then added to my path the correct node version used by nvm.
I then attempted to authenticate with our private package registry again and it all worked as expected.


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House in Serra de Janeanes by João Branco
Amy Frearson | 13 August 2013 7 comments
Portuguese architect João Branco has revamped a cluster of farm buildings and animal pens to create a weekend retreat for a family in Portugal's Sierra de Janeanes district (+ slideshow).
The renovated house is contained within the rustic stone walls of the old agricultural structures and sheltered beneath a traditional clay-tile roof.
The ground floor of the building steps up and down to adjust to the hilly terrain, grouping the house into four different zones. There's also a new corridor that forms an axis across the length of the plan.
"The usual program of a single-family house is organised so that each space can be used with a degree of intimacy and independence," said the architect.
The largest room of the house is a central living area with a double-height ceiling, exposed stone walls and a combined stove and seating area.
In contrast, the mezzanine floor above is surrounded by wooden floors, surfaces and furniture, and is used by residents as a library. A long desk runs along one side, creating a balcony study space with enough room to seat several people.
A total of five bedrooms are arranged in two groups, positioned at opposite ends of the house. Each has direct access to one of two new courtyards, plus bathrooms are located alongside.
The main dining room and kitchen sit alongside one another in one corner of the building, but also lead out to an outdoor dining area at the highest point of the site.
There's also an outdoor swimming pool that offers views out towards the distant mountains.
"Throughout the work process the idea of contrast and surprise was always present," added Branco. "An exterior that mimics the stony and massive surroundings is very distinct from the sober and very illuminated interior that offers a delicate unexpected encounter in contrast with the rough brutality of the circumambient."
Other renovated Portuguese houses on Dezeen include a former poet's house turned into a writers' retreat and a stable building converted into a holiday home. See more houses in Portugal »
Photography is by Do Mal o Menos.
Here's a project description from the architect:
House in Serra de Janeanes
The access area of this site is a welcoming space as the existing buildings and stone walls convert it in a confined and shady location. As you course along westward, the slope to reach the highest part of the garden is considerable. At this point, stripped of limits, the distant mountains are the only horizon.
The task consisted in converting the agricultural use buildings in a weekend home for a four generation family. Thus, the usual program of a single-family house: living room, dining room, kitchen and five bedrooms, is organised so that each space can be used with a degree of intimacy and independence. To this program was also requested the addition of a library.
The main areas of the house occupy the old corrals - four stony and dark volumes, with very occasional openings, adjacent amongst but with no communication between them, located at different levels and following the slope of the land with North orientation.
The project proposes two fundamental operations: first a new longitudinal axis that cuts across the various existing buildings, like a corridor carved in stone that unites the various spaces. Secondly, two new patios enable natural light to reach the innermost parts of the house.
The work is completed with an exterior dining area and a swimming pool located near the existing barn floor at the upper part of the land, taking advantage of the best views and most advantageous sun exposure. Throughout the work process the idea of contrast and surprise was always present. An exterior that mimics the stony and massive surroundings is very distinct from the sober and very illuminated interior that offers a delicate unexpected encounter in contrast with the rough brutality of the circumambient.
Ground floor plan - click for larger image
First floor plan - click for larger image
Long and cross sections - click for larger image
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