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Met figures reveal 'deeply troubling' rise in serious crime in London
Murder rate up 44%, with 23% increase in gun crime and 21% rise in knife crime in year to March
The Met's figures were released to coincide with a London assembly police and crime committee hearing. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA
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Serious crime soared in London in the past year, police figures have revealed, with the murder rate up by 44% and youth murder, personal robbery and home burglary all up by about a third.
The snapshot figures from the Metropolitan police, which show the number of crimes in the year to March, also showed a 23% increase in gun crime with discharges, a 21% rise in knife crime and an 18% increase in the number of rapes.
They were released to coincide with a hearing of the London assembly's police and crime committee on Tuesday. Its chairman, Steve O'Connell, called the rise "unacceptable" and "deeply troubling".
"Still the figures go the wrong way, and still we're losing far too many of our young people," O'Connell said.
The Guardian view on youth crime: a lasting tragedy | Editorial
The Met assistant commissioner Helen Ball said the force's new violent crime taskforce had so far recruited 113 of 158 officers. She also pointed to a large increase in the use of stop and search, with more than 12,000 carried out by Met officers in April – "a very high number," she said.
"What we are very glad to see is that there is a really strong sense of purpose, that the taskforce themselves absolutely want to be doing the work they're doing," she said. "And they're seeing some results; it's early stages but it looks as if at the moment the increase in some of those crime types is stabilising."
Later on, she explained that this meant "the increase [in knife crime] had stopped increasing", while homicides in April and May were "considerably below" February and March. However, she was careful to note that it was too early to hail this as a success.
The rise in violent crime comes despite Sadiq Khan, the London mayor, publishing a knife crime strategy for the capital last June, as well as a number of other initiatives from both local and central government. So far in 2018, the Met has launched more than 60 murder investigations, and the increase in violent crime has been reflected in urban areas in many other parts of the country.
Killed in 2018: London's victims of violence
Not all crimes were up. The Met recorded a 9.5% drop in antisocial behaviour calls, a 3.2% drop in incidents of domestic abuse and a 1.4% fall in shoplifting. Several categories of hate crime were down, including disability hate crime down a third, transgender hate crime down 13%, and antisemitism down 5%. Islamophobic hate crimes were up by almost a third, however.
Sophie Linden, the deputy mayor for policing and crime, defended her office's record. "It's very, very early days," she said. "We're talking about knife crime with injury and we're seeing that stabilising.
"But in terms of the murders, every murder is so appalling on the streets of London that there is no complacency here whatsoever. And that's why the violent crime taskforce is out there all the time focusing on really serious violence."
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All evacuation orders lifted in deadly California wildfire
FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2018 file photo the Camp Fire rages through Paradise, Calif. Insurance claims from last month's California wildfires already are at $9 billion and expected to increase, the state's insurance commissioner announced Wednesday, Dec. 12.Noah Berger / AP
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PARADISE, Calif. — The remaining residents who fled from the deadliest wildfire in California history were allowed to return to their home Saturday and assess the damage.
All evacuation orders were lifted in Paradise more than a month after the fire broke out Nov. 8, killing at least 86 people and destroying 14,000 homes in the town and nearby communities in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
Authorities warned Paradise has limited services and advised residents to use power generators and have enough food, water and fuel for their vehicles.
The Butte County health officer issued an advisory strongly urging people not to live on destroyed property until it is declared clear of hazardous waste, ash and debris.
"There is evidence from recent fires in California that homes and property destroyed by fire contain high and concerning levels of heavy metals, lead, mercury, dioxin, arsenic and other carcinogens," according to a statement by the county sheriff and Paradise police departments.
The county is providing masks, gloves and protective suits to reduce exposure to toxic materials.
Authorities also warned of an increased risk for flash flooding in the burn areas.

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Naomi Fowler ■ European Commission to Investigate Secret #LuxLeaks Tax Deal
European Commission to Investigate Secret #LuxLeaks Tax Deal
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The European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has announced she is now going to investigate what we hope is the first of many secret tax deals arranged between accountancy firm PwC and the Luxembourg tax authorities. We asked recently along with Simon Bowers of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and John Christensen why the European Competition Commissioner, still hadn't investigated any of the of the 546 secret tax deals exposed by the LuxLeaks whistleblowers. This, despite having launched so many other investigations into potential illegal state aid being offered to multinationals by EU member states. Simon Bowers wrote about it here and we raised the issue here.
The Luxleaks cases exposed the Luxembourg tax authorities for granting outrageously low tax rates to multi-national companies. We speculated as to whether the apparent reluctance to investigate Luxembourg's potential role in breaking European Competition rules might be because the Competition Commissioner's boss, the EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker was formerly Prime Minister of Luxembourg and one of the main architects of Luxembourg's tax haven model.
You can listen to our Taxcast Extra podcast calling for an investigation into the LuxLeaks cases here:
All this really matters – potential wrongdoing must be investigated in the public interest. Countries shouldn't be engaged in cheating their neighbours out of tax revenue, aided and abetted by big accountancy firms like PwC. But it also matters very much to the LuxLeaks whistleblowers themselves because, as Simon Bowers says:
Luxembourg prosecutors have spent much of the last five years attempting to prosecute two Lux Leaks whistleblowers, former PwC workers Antoine Deltour and Raphael Halet, along with French journalist and ICIJ member Edouard Perrin.
Deltour and Perrin were eventually acquitted, but Halet's case continues.
In court, prosecutors have argued Deltour and Halet were not true whistleblowers because their leaked information had failed to expose behavior that was illegal."
The good news is, as Simon discusses here:
That assertion has now been called into question by the opening of an investigation into the Huhtamäki tax rulings"
What are the Huhtamäki tax rulings? Well, Huhtamäki is a Finnish packaging group, one of the companies which we know, thanks to the LuxLeaks whistleblowers, may have benefited from tax arrangements granted by Luxembourg that were not equally available to all companies. In a statement, the Commission now says it suspects there are three tax deals Luxembourg gave Huhtamäki offering such significant and preferential tax savings that they amounted to illegal state aid.
As Simon Bowers points out,
All Lux Leaks rulings were agreed while Jean-Claude Juncker served as prime minister of Luxembourg. He is now president of the European Commission."
But not for much longer. It would have been a pretty poor legacy if Juncker had left the Commission without a single LuxLeaks investigation during his tenure. The questions on why that could have been allowed to happen would have continued. We've written extensively about Luxembourg and Juncker's role in Luxembourg's rapid acceleration of its tax haven model. And we were by no means alone in calling for him to go, as this Bloomberg editorial demonstrates.
And so we don't think it's a coincidence that it's taken nearly five years for the European Commission to touch these cases. But the pressure was mounting, not least from our friends at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. And there are many more Luxleaks cases to be investigated – now 545 of them…
Meanwhile, for future whistleblowers, it looks there's been a breakthrough for EU whistleblower protection, although the German and French governments tried for a long time to block it. We'll have a blog on that soon. As MEP Sven Giegold says,
Courageous action for the common good must enjoy the best possible legal protection"
Finally, for an idea of how damaging Luxembourg is as a tax haven, listen to why it's currently ranked number 6 in our Financial Secrecy Index:
Naomi is the Tax Justice Network's creative strategist. She also produces and presents the Taxcast, the Tax Justice Network's monthly podcast/radio show. She also directs the Tax Justice Network's monthly podcast/radio shows in Spanish - Justicia ImPositiva, Arabic - الجباية ببساطة French - Impôts et Justice Sociale and Portuguese - É da sua conta. She produced programming for broadcasters around the world for 15 years, was Programme Director at a radio station in Latin America and has lived and worked in various countries. She's currently based between London, Sicily and Spain.
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At the Pitch Event, five semifinalists teams from Pennsylvania and the surrounding states will pitch their business to the judges in front of a live audience at the Dave & Buster's Showroom (325 N. Columbus Blvd.). The judges will then award $20,000 to the top team which will also advance to the national finals where they will compete for a grand prize of $200,000.
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It was August 11, 1965 when Ford's Donald N. Frey, Vice President and General Manager, released the news that a new vehicle was to appear in dealer showrooms across the nation in early September. According to Frey, "This new vehicle, the Bronco, was created to be the combination of both a car and truck for men and women who seek adventure as well as practical transportation." The Bronco can serve as a family sedan, sports roadster, snowplow or farm and civil defense vehicle. It has been designed to go nearly anywhere and do nearly anything. Three versions in the Bronco line up include the roadster, the sports utility and the wagon.
This is my interpretation of the history of the standard bronco known as the "Roadster" and its three years of production. The Roadster's vehicle identification number always began with the proud "U13" representing the vehicle "Series" followed by a sequence of letters and numbers declaring the production month and year. The Roadster was further identified on the VIN tag as body type code "96".
The 1966 Bronco Roadster is very unique vehicle in its own. The standard basic version was an all-purpose vehicle without a top or doors. Standard for all Early '66 Broncos was the 170 cubic inch 105 hp six cylinder engine. In mid-March Ford provided the optional 289 cubic inch 200 hp V-8 motor. A three-speed column shift transmission and Dana 20 transfer case were standard as well. A ball style transfer case shifter was initially used but replaced mid-year with the T-handle lever to deal with complaints the customers often confused it for a typical transmission shifter and to also help prevent four-wheel drive "jump out".
The door openings on a Roadster were usually filled with a fiberglass inserts as standard equipment giving that classic contoured sporty Roadster appearance. Dealer installed vinyl doors and a convertible top, available in black or white, were available. Hard doors were available as well with or without glass and frame, thus eliminating the inserts.
Another interesting option of the Ford Bronco was the ability to lay the windshield flat on the hood. In this position it would be secured in place by the loop catch on the hood and the windshield mounted spring-loaded pin. This held the windshield firmly in place in rough terrain allowing for a true open-air drive!
Vacuum wipers were standard issue on all Bronco models.
Standard was a driver's side, single stemmed, "Outside Rear View Mirror" that was round and mounted to the fender. A factory installed passenger side view mirror was an option as well.
Square end painted bumpers protected the frame at both ends. Chromed bumpers with matching taillight bezels were also an option. 15″ bright metal wheel covers with the inclusive three black rings could be added from the factory to give the tires and rims that pristine appearance.
The standard seat was a bench type with room for three persons and a steel bulkhead mounted directly behind, sectioning off the rear bed. An optional seating arrangement included front buckets (Left Hand or LH & RH) with the steel bulkhead. and no backseat. Also optioned was a rear seat (bench type with seat belts) that when ordered, eliminated the bulkhead for full rearward access and relocated the spare tire to the inside of the tailgate. Very unique to the 1966 Bronco was the silver-gray vinyl upholstery and matching optional sun visors were available. Sturdy black seat belts came as standard equipment.
The gray dash of the Broncos varied depending on the options that were ordered. A factory or dealer installed AM radio and antenna was optional and many Roadsters had an external speaker grill cover to protect the speaker cone from the weather. Some Broncos were ordered with the option added cigar-cigarette lighter and the ICC emergency lamp flashers. A black, narrow line, vinyl dash pad (a.k.a. pencil dash) and optional chrome pull handle gave the Bronco dash that finished appearance. No optioned dashes are commonly referred as "deletes." It is not uncommon to hear a Roadster owner reference heater, radio, lighter or flasher delete dashes.
Forward mounted rear shock absorbers were classic for the 1966 Broncos including the Roadster.
Optional: Bronco body paint stripe and rocker panel or accent racing stripes.
As Ford grew deeper into production, the 1967 Roadster introduced a few cosmetic changes. Both motors, the standard three-speed transmission and two-speed thru-drive transfer case all remained unchanged.
The body of the Roadster remained the same. The taillight lenses were still one solid color, red, and no side body markers. Chrome headlight bezels were added to compliment the optioned chrome bumpers. Bright wheel covers were replaced with the shared 15″ caps found on Ford's other vehicles such as the Galaxie and pickup. These caps remained unchanged on the Bronco throughout the duration of their production.
All seating options remained the same and parchment colored vinyl became the standard for seats and sun visors.
The dash options remained the same. However, Ford decided to replace the long and frequently difficult pull knobs of the '66 to more convenient flattened control knobs. Centers of the knobs became chromed, replacing the ivory centers, and the dash was painted neutral to match the parchment vinyl.
The rear shock absorbers were repositioned to a rearward mount and remained that way throughout the life of the early broncos.
Obvious changes appeared for the Roadster in 1968. Fitted with dry air cleaners, the 170 and 289 cu. in. motors remained the hearts of the roadsters. Gone were the oil bath air cleaners found on the '66s and '67s. Eventually, the 289 cu. in. motor lost its foothold and was replaced, after 1968, by the 302.
1968 meant the introduction of the "Ford Motor Company Lifeguard Design Bronco Safety Features" program. The Roadster, as with all vehicle production, had to follow the evolution of guidelines implemented by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The dual hydraulic brake system with a warning light and 4-way emergency flashers became standard, rather than just an option. Glare reduced windshield wiper arms with washer "hood squirters" and a satin finished horn button became standard features also. A new and improved energy-absorbing pad, safety-designed control knobs and a taller rectangular speaker grill, were all improvements made in the dash. Padded safety sun visors, an inside yield-away (day/night mirror), windshield-mounted rearview mirror and double thick laminate windshield glass were included as well. Some say the vacuum wipers at this time could have been "optioned out" for a newer dependable 2-speed electric setup.
An obvious change to the Roadster body was the addition of side body reflectors. Grill and taillight reflectors could be installed as factory upgrades as well. Gone were the solid red taillight lenses of the '66 and '67 Roadsters while the integrated new backup lights became standard production. The grill's petite clear turn signal lenses vanished after 1968 when they were replaced with the oversized orange lenses.
In result of added safety features, the fun and foldable windshield, the familiar hood loop and windshield latch were last installed in 1968. This meant the large chrome interior windshield to dash knobs went as well and were replaced with inconvenient bolts.
The bumpers were replaced with curved ends. In order to yield a much larger view of what was behind, a large, rectangular, "Outside Rear View Mirror" replaced the smaller round mirror that could have restricted the driver's view.
Unfortunately, popularity and sales were so low in 1968 that Ford discontinued the Roadster for production year 1969. The Bronco lineup continued for the next eight years without the roadster and eventually ended in 1977, the final production year for the first generation Bronco. Only 5,000 Roadsters were produced out of a total 225,585 early model Broncos.


Sunday morning was a beautiful day for wandering around the arboretum.
Starting on Monday it has been unbelievably hot and humid but I think we'll get another slight break this weekend.
Since our hot weather began we have tended to luck out with slightly better weather for at least part of most weekends.
I've been trying to limit myself to one or two shots per post lately.
I don't have the energy to be selective which is why this post has more shots. Ironically more is always easier for me than less.
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the blue skies are beautiful. why limit o only one when there's plenty of beauty to share.
What a wonderful place ! I love to visit the arboretum and enjoy all the wonderful specimens of plants !
Carver, pretty shots from your walk.. The flowers and sky are beautiful. I enjoyed photos! Have a happy weekend!
What a beautiful day to enjoy such a lovely place!! Wonderful captures and wonderful skies! Thanks as always for sharing the beauty, Carver!! Have a great weekend!!
A lovely place to walk carver!
I am longing for a blue sky ! Here it's raining !
Wonderful series. Enjoying your shots, Carver.
I think more is more. I like lots. These are beautiful and I'm glad you had a lovely day. Happy weekend.
Humidity is my downfall but I know the flowers love it! More from you is always good.
Boy oh boy do I understand what you mean by 'more is easier'. While we're on the road I have the choice of working on my photos (weeding, sorting, labeling) OR posting and reading my favs. I do NOT have any time to edit my photos or find the best ones.
Of course the difference between us is that your photos are always good!


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As his new novel Capital is published, John Lanchester has written a nice essay ('Show Me The Money') in this morning's Financial Times about the curious lack of interest modern literature has in business – a striking contrast to many writers of the 19th century. In fact he names only one modern exception, Jay McInerney's marvellous Brightness Falls.
There are a few others I can think of. Bonfire of the Vanities of course. David Lodge wrote a campus novel, Nice Work, that specifically addressed the chasm between the humanities and the world of business – a much greater chasm actually than between the humanities and the sciences. A while ago I wrote a post (The economist as hero) about a batch of novels about economists, notable rarities.
As Lanchester points out, genre fiction has shown more interest in the business world. He mentions Arthur Hailey, or recently Robert Harris's terrific thriller, The Fear Index. And in a funny way, crime fiction is often quite business-focussed, albeit the illicit business of the illegal drugs trade or underworld bosses.
There's a similar lacuna in film and TV, once you set aside criminal enterprise. Dallas had the oil business. There was The Brothers. My all-time favourite, though, was The Onedin Line, which was sharply focused on trade and commerce, and even better was set Up North. As for movies, Wall Street, of course, and its sequel. Bonfire of the Vanities, the movie. No doubt there are others, but they don't leap to mind, which perhaps proves the point about their scarcity.
You've missed a few: "Union Atlantic" by Adam Haslett was probably the first financial crisis novel and James Clavell's "King Rat" can be seen as a consideration of the market in a WWII PoW camp.
But you are also right that the golden age of the 'economic' novel is early C20th or C19th: "Hard Times" by Dickens – of course; "The Way Live Now" by Anthony Trollope – who can forget Augustus Melmotte (and actually analogous to the growing Russian oligarchy in contepmorary London, in my opinion) ; "North and South" by Elizabeth Gaskell and the book on which David Lodge's book draws.
However, if you haven't read them, the best 'economic' novels to my mind are "The Octopus" and "The Pit" by Frank Norris. Wonderful accounts of "The Epic of Wheat" and still pertinent today, more than 100 years after they were written.
Thank you very much for some books here I didn't know about, especially Frank Norris. Among the 19th century ones, I'm also keen on Mrs Gaskell's Mary Barton.
I sometimes refer to the comedic film "Trading Places" to give people an over the top way to think about brokers, futures markets and concepts such going short and long. Unfortunately, it is quite dated (1983) and sterotypical. A more recent film example of how money, business and sport intersect may be Moneyball (although I have not seen it myself yet).
Realised I've also forgotten two great economics novels by a man devoted to them. Richard Powers novels "Gain", "The Prisoner's Dilemma".
How could I have forgotten? Both fantastic. And VERY economic.
Equally, if you haven't read B.S.Johnson's "Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry", then please do. It's a rare modernist novel in English. It makes me weep with laughter. One of those rare books that takes – OK, an accounting principle – and makes it human.
Fantastic, a lot of suggestions for me to catch up on! Thank you Graham.


According to the Sunday Times of London, the murder rate in London now exceeds that of New York City. How can that be? The people in London are not supposed to have guns. In fact, only a limited number of police officers are allowed to have guns. Answer: Knives. More people in London are being stabbed to death with knives than people in New York are being murdered with guns.
Ironically, the 2d Amendment in our Bill of Rights (the right to keep and bear arms) had its origin in Merry Olde England. The British ruler, King Charles I (1600-1649), did not believe his subjects should be able to speak out against his tyrannical rule. To stifle any dissent, Charles ordered his male subjects to assemble carrying their very best weapons. Once they assembled, King Charles confiscated all their weapons, leaving them defenseless and speechless. Apparently, that did not go over well with his subjects who wanted to have their weapons so they could defend their right to free speech. Charles I was executed at age 49.
In 1689, the English Bill of Rights granted Protestants the right to "have arms for their defense." According to Dr. Malcolm, "The English felt a need to put this in writing because the king had been disarming his political opponents...This is the origin of our Second Amendment."
There is, however, a second school of thought that contends individual Americans have a "natural right" to defend themselves and their loved ones. Some legal scholars refer to "Natural Law" as the basis for this and certain other unalienable "rights." Religious scholars use the term: "God-given rights." Take your pick.
But, either way, the "right" to self-defense is not a "right" invented by government and then granted to individuals. The "rights" found in Natural Law existed before governments were invented. According to some religious scholars, Natural Law existed before Eve partook of the Apple. Therefore, while a government might try to codify the "rights" that flow from Natural Law by attempting to write them into constitutions and statutes, the role of government is merely secretarial.
Some, but not all, legal scholars, claim the Second Amendment grants a collective right for states to have armed "militias," but individuals do not have the "right" cited in the 2d Amendment. In 1995, when Dr. Malcolm testified before Congress, then Representative Charles Schumer (D), said, "The pro-gun arguments we will hear today are as flaky as the arguments that the earth is flat." Dr. Malcolm started the hearing as a registered Democrat; however, she says Rep. Schumer was so nasty to her that she is now a Republican.
In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court, in District of Columbia vs. Heller, ruled Americans have an "individual right" to keep and bear arms. King Charles I must be rolling in his grave.


Understanding how a website functions does not necessarily mean that you know how to build one. Tinkering with html code and adding various design features takes a skilled hand. If you want a site that looks great, schooling yourself in web design is a wise first step.
Looking at the example above of what a search engine spider sees might be a little confusing – but the overall thing is readable. You can ignore the little tags and go right into the text that fills the page.
You'll have the ability to create some genuine content that will be picked up by those search engines and start to generate a flood of traffic. Once you start writing articles for your newsletter (and you will start a newsletter…right?), simply load them onto your website to add instant content that your visitors will enjoy reading and look forward to… and the search engines will gobble up like an "ant eater on steroids".
Relevancy of Work: This can be seen as an extension of Step Two. A strong portfolio alone won't do. Ensure that they've done similar work in the past which you now want them to do for your business, such as Search Engine Optimization or thiết kế web đà nẵng or Social Media Optimization. If they haven't done this in the past, it's better to look for the one which has done.
If you don't have a coach already, it is a necessity. Unless you are a web guru, you will most likely be misled by any book you read or you just won't have the right tools to get to the top. You need somebody there to guide you and show you each step to take. You need someone there to open up your eyes to what path you want to walk and make money online with. With a coach, you won't waste time, effort, and most of all money.
To recap, what we did is get a New Orleans web design, get relevant and informative content about the city, gather some attractive pictures, and promote it to the right audience. That's it. We have just made a website dedicated to the Big Easy. In just a few steps you can have a site about your favorite city too in no time.


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West update: Sharks are tonight's only empty-handed team
By James O'BrienMar 21, 2012, 1:29 AM EDT
Tuesday's six big Western Conference showdowns gave every contender a reason to keep their heads high to at least some extent – except the San Jose Sharks, whose shoulders must slump low.
The Sharks have now lost back-to-back games in regulation to start the week, as the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings flagrantly outplayed them. Tuesday's game versus Los Angeles ended with a 5-2 win for the Kings that included a Jeff Carter empty-netter that really just made the score seem more fitting.
(San Jose allowed 40+ shots in both contests.)
Stars stand alone
The Dallas Stars stand above everyone else thanks to a big overtime win in an absolutely enthralling game against the Phoenix Coyotes, but that's far the only important story of the night.
Smoking Semyon
Considering the fact that he's gone 10-2-0 in his last 12 games, it might be fair to call Colorado Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov "Ilya Bryzgalov West." Varly stopped all but one shot as the Avs squeezed out a 2-1 OT win against the Calgary Flames in a matchup of two playoff-desperate teams. (Interesting side note: Matt Stajan has been Calgary's lone goal scorer in two straight games, which allowed them to salvage efforts with a charity point in each.)
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West outlook
Now that you're updated on the nightly results, here is how the race for the final few spots looks:
3) Dallas: 84 points, 33 regulation/OT wins and nine games left
7) Colorado: 85 points, 31 regulation/OT wins and seven games left
8) Los Angeles: 84 points, 31 regulation/OT wins and nine games left
9) Phoenix: 84 points, 30 regulation/OT wins and eight games left
10) San Jose: 82 points, 29 regulation/OT wins and nine games left
11) Calgary: 82 points, 31 regulation/OT wins and eight games left
Yup, that's obviously as close as it gets. Perhaps the one bit of good news for the Sharks is that they're not totally out of it yet – honest. Still, this is a huge turnaround, with perhaps the Kings grinning the widest.
The Coyotes might lose Shane Doan for a few games.
It's possible that the Stars might lose their big star Jamie Benn if a rough contest against Phoenix did injure him.
They have a games remaining edge on the Colorado Avalanche and other edges on the Flames.
Either way, there's no glossing over tonight's big losers: the Sharks. In fact, Sports Club Stats places their playoff chances in 10th place at 37.7 percent – down a whopping 18.2 percent tonight – while Los Angeles is at seventh with 70.6 percent odds (up 10.1 percent).
Addendum: even if you say "Hey, the Nashville Predators lost to the Edmonton Oilers tonight," the response is simple. If getting Alexander Radulov back isn't a big win, then what is?


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: The greatest siege in British history
by Roy and Lesley Adkins
7th March, 2019
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Roy and Lesley Adkins are husband-and-wife historians and authors of widely acclaimed books on naval and social history, including Jack Tar, Trafalgar, The War for All the Oceans and Eavesdropping on Jane Austen's England, which have been translated into seventeen languages. They are Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London and the Royal Historical Society, as well as Members of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists. They live in Devon. See www.adkinshistory.com
Author: Roy Adkins Lesley Adkins
Publisher: Abacus
Publication Date: 7th March, 2019
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Motorsport: Kiwi Supercars driver Andre Heimgartner ready to get back on track
Andre Heimgartner. Photo / Photosport
Kiwi Supercars racer Andre Heimgartner has an enviable CV.
Having started racing in karts, he then moved to Formula First back in 2008, and is now in his fourth season in Supercars – and is still only 24 years old.
Along the way he's raced Formula Fords, Porsches, V8 SuperTourers, GTs and TCR. He had a rocky start to his Supercars career starting in the Dunlop development series (now Super2), moving up to the now defunct Super Black Racing, and then was called to race at Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport. This was followed by a year in the wilderness, before being picked up by Kelly Racing where he began to shine.
After punting around in an aging Nissan, Heimgartner got his hands on a brand new Mustang this year. At the opening round of the 2020 Supercars Championship on the streets of Adelaide, he grabbed solid 11th and 10th place finishes. Things were looking up, until along came Covid-19.
As round after round was either postponed or cancelled, Heimgartner turned his hand to simulator racing, something he hadn't really thought much about up until two months ago.
"We're pretty lucky we've got the sim racing I suppose as it would be pretty boring," said Heimgartner. "I haven't spent much time on them [simulators] in the past. I've had one for a few years but haven't really used it.
"I had to get a whole lot of new stuff, to get my rig up to scratch.
"It's a bit of good fun but not really like the real thing. If you had the number of crashes on a real track you'd be in a lot of pain, if not something worse."
Sim racing bears very little resemblance to actually racing in a Supercar. However, it does keep Heimgartner and his fellow racers occupied and he reckons it's a bit of fun as well.
The Australian-based Kiwi has dived in deep end and as well as the official Supercars All Stars E Series, has tried his hand at Formula One, GT3 and Formula Three events.
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"The first few rounds [Supercars] I managed to stay out of trouble and get some good results. The last two rounds haven't been too good and I've been caught up in some accidents.
"There's a bit of carnage going on in some races and there's no secret to staying out of it unfortunately.
"I've raced in a fair few different categories, which is entertaining. The Formula One race was pretty good fun but it was on the F1 platform [other series are on the iRacing platform], which is a bit too gamey for me and I only had a few days to practice.
"The sim cars are quite different to race in each category, but because you're not actually having to get into the physical car it's a lot easier to find where the limits are and push them," he said.
Earlier in the week it was announce the Supercars championship is slated to fire up again at the Sydney Motorsport Park event in late June, and Heimgartner is excited to get back behind the wheel of a real car for the remaining 11 rounds.
"I can't wait until we get started again at Sydney. Everyone will have forgotten how to drive and will be straight on it. There could be a bit of carnage as we don't get any extra practice. It'll be interesting to see what happens.
"Seriously though, I think it will be okay and it's great to be able to race a nearly full season. It'll mean a lot for the teams, fans and sponsors to be able to get back on track on put on a good show."
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water solution of siliconate
The water-repelling liquid is applied:
 To provide the surface of materials with excellent water resistance properties - the surface does not absorb water;
 To make the material frost- and corrosion resistant;
 To reduce the pollution of surface;
In addition, the treated surface does not change its appearance, maintains air permeability - material is not sweated and retains the ability to output pairs.
The water-repelling liquid is applied:
 To provide the surface of materials with excellent water resistance properties - the surface does not absorb water;
 To make the material frost- and corrosion resistant;
 To reduce the pollution of surface;
In addition, the treated surface does not change its appearance, maintains air permeability - material is not sweated and retains the ability to output pairs.
 The liquid is methyl hydride siloxane polymer with low viscosity of light-yellow color or colorless.
 It is readily dissoluble in aromatic and chlorinated hydrocarbons, and is undergone to gelation in the presence of amines, amino alcohols, strong acids and alkalis.
 No dissolution in lower alcohols and water.

The positive effects of the application of methyl hydride siloxane:

 Improved water resistance of various building materials - water remains on the surface in the form of droplets   and does not    penetrate the material;
 Increases frost resistance and improves thermal insulation materials;
 Does not prevent air exchange – the construction outputs pair outside and does not accumulate moisture;
 Prevents UV and infrared radiation;
 Preserves the appearance of the material;
 Extends the service life of materials;
 Prevents surface mosses and lichens.
Water emulsion of organo silicon the methyl hydride siloxane with additives of emulsifier, biocides and stabilizers
Solids content in the emulsion SE 50-94M is 50%. The color is from white to light gray.

Application:

The emulsion oligo methyl hydride siloxane has properties and characteristics similar with the methyl hydride siloxane. The emulsion is also used to provide various materials with water repellency properties.

However, as oligo methyl hydride siloxane is the water emulsion, it can be applied as an additive in the production of solutions and mixtures that is by the volumetric method.
 for concrete, asbestos, gypsum, ceramic, porcelain
 in the production of waterproof papers and leather;
 in the production of water-resistant fabrics;
 by volumetric method in the manufacture of paving tiles, slabs, curbs, fences of different silicate materials;
 as plasticizer in the preparation of plaster, lime and cement solutions;
 as an air involving admixture in the preparation of cement solution
Liquid is a mixture of tetra ethoxy silane and polyethoxy siloxanes.

Application
 Metal manufacture: binding agent in the manufacture of ceramic molds for precision core-mold casting; manufacture of rods exposed to high temperatures; manufacture of non-stick paints;
 Textile industry: feltproofing of woolen cloths; abatement of carpet shrinkage; antirot and antidust protection of carpets; impregnating compound for filter cloths;
 Construction engineering: hydrophobization of construction materials, treatment of coated surfaces; porosity decreasing impregnation of concrete; manufacture of acid-resistant cement;
 Glasswork and cerarnics: antireflection treatment of optical glass; application of light-diffusing coat to electric light bulbs; binding agent for ceramic mixtures, resistant to strongly corrosive mediums, with high manufacture of fireproof material standing temperatures of about 1750 °C and stress of above 127 kg/cm3;
 Coating industry: paint additives forming quick-drying, thermostable and water-resistant coats with constant gloss.

Chemistry
Commercially available siliconates include potassium methyl siliconate (CAS 31795-24-1, CH5KO3Si) and sodium methyl siliconate (CAS 16589-43-8, CH5NaO3Si). These are supplied as a concentrate in water with an active content of between 30 to 40% by weight. This solution is further diluted in water prior to their application by spraying, dipping or rolling to a mineral building material, such as brickwork, to make the surface water repellent. The dilution is clear, stable with a high pH of 13 to 14. When applied to a surface the siliconate reacts with carbon dioxide in the air to form an insoluble water resistant treatment within 24 hours.

CH5KO3Si +  silanol functional substrate OHSi → CH4O3Si + KOH

The methyl group has now attached itself to the substrata.

2KOH + CO2 → K2CO3 + H2O

The salts formed by this reaction are often the cause of white efflorescence when too much of the solution is applied to the surface.

References

See also
 Hydrophobe
 Amphiphile
 Froth flotation
 Hydrophile
 Hydrophobic effect
 Hydrophobicity scales
 Superhydrophobe
 Superhydrophobic coating

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The Wapshot Chronicle and The Wapshot Scandal by John Cheever is a 549-page hardcover published by Harper & Row, Publishers. The Wapshot Chronicle was originally published in 1954 and The Wapshot Scandal was originally published in 1959. This book which contains both stories is a stated first edition, published in 1979. The cover has some wear, closed tears and sun fading but is intact. Inside, the blue cloth bound hardcover is clean and pristine, with no major flaws to note. The condition is very good.
In 1957, when The Wapshot Chronicle was first published, John Cheever was already recognized as a writer of superb short stories. But the Chronicle, which won the 1958 National Book Award, established him as a major novelist. Seven years later The Wapshot Scandal emphatically confirmed this standing. Together, these novels present the complete story of the Wapshot inheritance, from the early twentieth century to the 1960s and from a small Massachusetts village to New York and Europe. Now, for the multitude of readers who have discovered Cheever's marvelous inventions only in the past twenty years, this classic of American fiction is reissued in one hardcover volume.


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Q: On Jenkins, Sonar post job MAVEN_OPTS doesn't seem to work On a particular Jenkins job, i need to configure the JVM PermSize and MaxPermSize for the Maven execution launched by Sonar.
I'll try different combinations that didn't work, mainly the MAVEN_OPTS fields, both on the main Jenkins build and on the Sonar post-job configuration.
The command-line displayed in the job log concerning Sonar is :
"D:\Program Files\<some-project>\pom.xml" -e -B sonar:sonar -Dsonar.jdbc.driver=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver "-Dsonar.jdbc.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/sonar?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=utf8" ******** ******** -Dsonar.host.url=http://<some-host>/sonar

So, no JVM options set. For the record, my wanted options are :
-XX:PermSize=512m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m

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*Windows 2008

*Jenkins 1.554.3

*Maven 3.0.3

*Sonar 3.7

*Sonar Jenkins Plugin : 2.1

Thank you !

A: For the unitary tests for example, Maven forked the Java process and the JVM options set with MAVEN_OPTS are not taken into account.
Maybe it's the same for the Sonar analysis.
If you are using a Maven profile to launch your Sonar analysis, can you check if you can set the JMV options in the <argLine> section?

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Radioactive elements in Cassiopeia A suggest a neutrino-driven explosion
Stars exploding as supernovae are the main sources of heavy chemical elements in the Universe. In particular, radioactive atomic nuclei are synthesized in the hot, innermost regions during the explosion and can thus serve as probes of the unobservable physical processes that initiate the blast. Using elaborate computer simulations, a team of researchers from RIKEN in Japan and the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) were able to explain the recently measured spatial distributions of radioactive titanium and nickel in Cassiopeia A, a roughly 340 year old gas remnant of a nearby supernova. The computer models yield strong support for the theoretical idea that such stellar death events can be initiated and powered by neutrinos escaping from the neutron star left behind at the origin of the explosion. The work was published in The Astrophysical Journal.
Massive stars end their lives in gigantic explosions, so-called supernovae. Within millions of years of stable evolution, these stars have built up a central core composed of mostly iron. When the core reaches about 1.5 times the mass of the Sun, it collapses under the influence of its own gravity and forms a neutron star. Enormous amounts of energy are released in this catastrophic event, mostly by the emission of neutrinos. These nearly massless elementary particles are abundantly produced in the interior of the new-born neutron star, where the density is higher than in atomic nuclei and the temperature can reach 500 billion degrees Kelvin.
The physical processes that trigger and drive the explosion have been an unsolved puzzle for more than 50 years. One of the theoretical mechanisms proposed invokes the neutrinos, because they carry away more than hundred times the energy needed for a typical supernova. Leaking out from the hot interior of the neutron star, a small fraction of the neutrinos are absorbed in the surrounding gas. This heating causes violent motions of the gas, similar to those in a pot of boiling water on a stove. When the bubbling of the gas becomes sufficiently powerful, the supernova explosion sets in as if the lid of the pot were blown off. The outer layers of the dying star are expelled into circumstellar space, and with them all the chemical elements that the star has assembled by nuclear burning during its life. But also new elements are created in the hot ejecta of the explosion, among them radioactive species such as 44Ti (titanium with 22 protons and 22 neutrons in its atomic nuclei) and 56Ni (28/28 neutrons/protons), which decay to stable calcium and iron, respectively. The thus released radioactive energy makes a supernova shine bright for years.
Because of the wild boiling of the neutrino-heated gas, the blast wave starts out nonspherically and imprints a large-scale asymmetry on the ejected stellar matter and the supernova as a whole (Fig. 1), in agreement with the observation of clumpiness and asymmetries in many supernovae and their gaseous remnants. The initial asymmetry of the explosion has two immediate consequences. On the one hand, the neutron star receives a recoil momentum opposite to the direction of the stronger explosion, where the supernova gas is expelled with more violence. This effect is similar to the kick a rowing boat receives when a passenger jumps off. On the other hand, the production of heavy elements from silicon to iron, in particular also of 44Ti and 56Ni, is more efficient in directions where the explosion is stronger and where more matter is heated to high temperatures. "We have predicted both effects some years ago by our three-dimensional (3D) simulations of neutrino-driven supernova explosions", says Annop Wongwathanarat, researcher at the RIKEN Astrophysical Big Bang Laboratory and lead author of the corresponding publication of 2013, at which time he worked at MPA in collaboration with his co-authors H.-Thomas Janka and Ewald Müller. "The asymmetry of the radioactive ejecta is more pronounced the larger the neutron star kick is", he adds. Since the radioactive atomic nuclei are synthesized in the innermost regions of the supernova, in the very close vicinity of the neutron star, their spatial distribution reflects explosion asymmetries most directly.
New observations of Cassiopeia A (Cas A), the gaseous remnant of a supernova whose light reached the Earth around the year 1680, could meanwhile confirm this theoretical prediction. Because of its young age and relative proximity at a distance of just 11,000 light years, Cas A offers two great advantages for the measurements. First, the radioactive decay of 44Ti is still an efficient energy source, and the presence of this atomic nucleus can therefore be mapped in 3D with high precision in the whole remnant by detecting the high-energy X-ray radiation from the radioactive decays. Second, also the velocity of the neutron star is known with its magnitude and its direction on the plane of the sky.
Since the neutron star propagates with an estimated speed of at least 350 kilometers per second, the asymmetry in the spatial distribution of the radioactive elements is expected to be very pronounced. Exactly this is seen in the observations (Fig. 2, left panel). While the compact remnant speeds toward the lower hemisphere, the biggest and brightest clumps with most of the 44Ti are found in the upper half of the gas remnant. The computer simulation, viewed from a suitably chosen direction, exhibits a striking similarity to the observational image (Fig. 2, right panel). But not only the spatial distributions of titanium and iron resemble those in Cas A (for a 3D visualization, see the 3D imaging of Cas A available at the weblink http://3d.si.edu/explorer?modelid=45). Also the total amounts of these elements, their expansion velocities, and the velocity of the neutron star are in amazing agreement with those of Cas A. "This ability to reproduce basic properties of the observations impressively confirms that Cas A may be the remnant of a neutrino-driven supernova with its violent gas motions around the nascent neutron star", concludes H.-Thomas Janka.
But more work is needed to finally prove that the explosions of massive stars are powered by energy input from neutrinos. "Cas A is an object of so much interest and importance that we must also understand the spatial distributions of other chemical species such as silicon, argon, and neon", remarks Ewald Müller, pointing to the beautiful multi-component morphology of Cas A revealed by 3D imaging (see http://3d.si.edu/explorer?modelid=45). One example is also not enough for making a fully convincing case. Therefore the team has joined a bigger collaboration to test the theoretical predictions for neutrino-driven explosions by a close analysis of a larger sample of young supernova remnants. Step by step the researchers thus hope to collect evidence that is able to settle the long-standing problem of the supernova mechanism.
This project was partly funded by the European Research Council through grant ERC-AdG No. 341157-COCO2CASA, by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through Excellence Cluster EXC-153 "Universe", and by a RIKEN iTHES Project. The simulations and their postprocessing were conducted on the IBM iDataPlex Systems draco and hydra of the Max Planck Computing and Data Facility (MPCDF).
Annop Wongwathanarat, Hans-Thomas Janka, Ewald Müller, Else Pllumbi3, and Shinya Wanajo, Production and Distribution of 44Ti and 56Ni in a Three-dimensional Supernova Model Resembling Cassiopeia A, The Astrophysical Journal, doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa72de
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Simulation of a supernova blast wave
Time evolution of the radioactive 56Ni in the ejecta of a 3D simulation of a neutrino-driven supernova explosion. The images show the nonspherical distribution from shortly after the onset of the explosion (3.25 seconds) until a late time (6236 seconds) when the final asymmetry is determined. The colors represent radial velocities according to the scales given for each panel.
Observed distribution of 44Ti (blue) and iron (white, red) in Cassiopeia A
The visible iron is mostly the radioactive decay product of 56Ni. The yellow cross marks the geometrical center of the explosion, the white cross and the arrow indicate the current location and the direction of motion of the neutron star. (Copyright: Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature; from Grefenstette et al., Nature 506, 339 (2014); Fe distribution courtesy of U.~Hwang.)
Observable 56Ni (green) and 44Ti (blue) as predicted by the 3D simulation of a neutrino-driven supernova explosion shown in Figs. 1a,b,c
The orientation is optimized for closest possible similarity to the Cas A image of Fig. 2a. The neutron star is marked by a white cross and shifted away from the center of the explosion (red plus symbol) because of its kick velocity. The neutron star motion points away from the hemisphere that contains most of the ejected 44Ti. Iron can be observed only in an outer, hot shell of Cas A and is therefore displayed only exterior to a central, cool sphere, inside of which it remains invisible.
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This years trip was a blast like other years. Got together with friends, take a break from the grind, and headed up the 395 last Friday.
that was fun. We saw a couple of Cutthroats caught around 5 lbs caught by folks trolling.
At Silver we got a few stockers on top CPR. Water temps are 50-53.
We stay at Reverse Creek Cabins, we like it there and it has everything we need.
1st day at Crowley the winds were howling, we ended up scrubbing that trip and came back the next morning to glass.
Our last day the troll bite was on crankbaits. I think there were 4-5 boats trolling most were up in the North shore fly fishin.
Look forward to returning. Tight lines.
Thanks for the GR8T report … is that last one a bass? What did he hit on?
I actually have 2 of those in my trout box, I bought one 2 yrs ago and a hot pink last week at the K-mart.
Good action, still waiting to land something on it. Mira Shad and Rapalas have been good to us.
Next year Im taking a extra 2 days off to hit Bridgeport twin lakes.


The church of Saint Donatus in the Croatian city of Zadar and the Zagreb Cathedral were both recently restored, with Cortec supplying its MCI technology to prevent corrosion. In addition to the other restoration techniques employed, the corrosion inhibitor will significantly extend the life of these ancient structures.
The church of Saint Donatus is a protected cultural heritage site listed in the Register of the Republic of Croatia on UNESCO's list. Due to its unusual cylindrical appearance, it is considered one of the most significant European pre-Romanesque churches. After analyses of 3D scans, the team responsible for its restoration determined that the walls of the church, the construction itself, as well as the roof, needed work.
From 1927-1930, the stability of the foundation was compromised and reinforced concrete supports were added under the roof on the south side, connecting the outer and inner rings of the church. The moisture penetrating into the medieval monument, in combination with the sea dust, had endangered the reinforced-concrete structure. Cortec's MCI 2020 inhibitor was specified as a coating to protect this support structure against corrosion.
MCI 2020 is a surface applied corrosion inhibitor designed to migrate through even the densest concrete structures and seek out the steel reinforcement bars. Even when not in direct contact with metal, the product will migrate through concrete to provide full protection. This environmentally safe inhibitor stops further corrosion of reinforcing metals, significantly extending the service life of the structure.
Similarly, Cortec's anticorrosion protection product- CorrVerter was used in the restoration of the Zagreb Cathedral. This church is the tallest building in Croatia, attracting tourists from across the world. The cathedral's construction dates back to 1093, with additional structures added to the main one over the centuries. Since low-quality stone was used in the past due to economic reasons, it soon started to deteriorate, affected by weather and city pollution.
A committee was created for the reconstruction of the cathedral, selecting the Cortec product for its famous towers at the recommendation of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in Zagreb. During reconstruction work on the south tower, damaged steel bands were detected surrounding the tower approximately every 3m in height. They were covered with rust and in drainage areas. Damage to the diameter of the bands was easily seen.
An economical approach with a minimum of intrusion to the structure was required to fix the condition of the bands. The mechanical resistance and structural stability of the tower needed to be maintained or improved. The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering examined the bands and performed experiments on the steel bars, and recommended the removal of loose corrosion from the surface of the bands, followed by the application of CorrVerter.
This water-based primer quickly converts rust into a protective layer and is capable of penetrating into the depths of corroded surfaces. It contains a chemical chelating agent that modifies surface rust into a hydrophobic passive layer. Two-layers of CorrVerter coating were brushed onto smaller surfaces and sprayed in larger areas directly onto the metal bands. The bands were then reinforced with steel fishplates that were welded on the bands and also protected with CorrVerter.


June is the month of the transition from spring to summer. It is the symbol of love, fertility and marriage. All of this, fits perfectly with the Santo António traditions celebrated in Lisbon, especially with the "Brides of Saint Anthony".
During the Estado Novo, it was created a competition to select 13 couples of future spouses to whom the marriage would be paid. As requirement, they would have to be poor, good-looking, young and it should be their first marriage. Salazar introduced this custom to promote commerce in the city. Food and clothes were donated to the spouses by the merchants and this was also a way to get publicity.
After the revolution of 25th April 1974, this event was abolished, because it was related to the period of dictatorship. But only during 3 years. The Chamber of Lisbon decided to promote again this tradition by paying the wedding to 13 couples. Even today, it is possible, on the 13th of June, to see the weddings celebrated in the Sé de Lisboa.
1- to immerse the image of Santo António in water is said to help finding a husband. Don't wait any longer!
2-to stand in front of a wall and scream 4 times "Santo António" will make the image of your future husband appear. Try it!
And here is a last valid advice for all future spouses. Go to the square in front of the church of Santo António and throw a coin towards the statue of the Saint. If you manage to hit his face, then your marriage will be blessed.
Now, we can only wish you a very happy couple life, that you may live happily ever after!


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Hygrophoropsis macrospora is a species of fungus in the family Hygrophoropsidaceae. It is found in Europe and North America.

Taxonomy
Formally described by Derek Reid in 1972 as a variety of Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, it was raised to distinct species status by Thomas Kuyper in 1996. Hygrophoropsis pallida (Peck) Kreisel is a synonym that was never formally published. It is based on Charles Horton Peck's taxon Cantharellus aurantiatus var. pallidus, which he published in 1896.

Description
Fruit bodies of Hygrophoropsis macrospora have a cream- to tan-coloured cap with a felt-like surface texture. The gills are forked and yellowish, with a decurrent attachment to the stipe.

Hygrophoropsis macrospora differs from H. aurantiaca mainly by its larger spore size, measuring 8.0–11.0 (sometimes up to 13.0) by 3.0–4.5 (5.0) μm. In comparison, the spores of H. aurantiaca have a shorter length, usually 5–8 μm, and a similar width.

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Hygrophoropsidaceae
Fungi described in 1972
Fungi of Europe
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"Charles Todd hasn't made a misstep yet in his elegant series featuring Scotland Yard detective Ian Rutledge, and A Matter of Justice keeps the streak going." —Cleveland Plain Dealer The Washington Post calls the Ian Rutledge novels by Charles Todd, "one of the best historical series being written today." A Matter of Justice—the eleventh in the New York Times Notable, Edgar® Award-nominated, and Barry Award-winning series—brings back the haunted British police inspector and still shell-shocked World War One veteran in a tale of unspeakable murder in a small English village filled to bursting with dark secrets and worthy suspects. A New York Times bestseller as spellbinding and evocative as the best of Ruth Rendell, Anne Perry, Martha Grimes, and P.D. James, A Matter of Justice represents a new high for this exceptional storyteller.


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Android Video Game Console Startup Ouya Acquired By Razer
Robin Burks, Tech Times 27 July 2015, 01:07 pm
Back in 2012, a startup company, Ouya, announced that it planned on releasing the world's first Android video game console.
That project was so novel and popular that the company rounded up more than $8.5 million on Kickstarter, putting it in the top five Kickstarter projects of all time.
However, once the Ouya console became a reality, it couldn't compete with video game consoles by Microsoft and Sony. Ouya also struggled with finding people who wanted to buy the console, as well as developers who wanted to make games for it. But that didn't stop Ouya from quietly working on other projects, and the company created a successful online retail store for apps, as well as a host of new Android games, including many for TV.
Now, that store and those games belong to Razer, a company that confirmed today that it recently acquired Ouya. This includes the app store, over 1,000 Ouya video games, as well as Ouya's existing staff.
Ouya will become part of Razer's Cortex TV gaming platform, which will see a relaunch of Ouya as Cortex for Android TV. However, Razer announced that it also plans on phasing out the Ouya console, the hardware that made Ouya famous.
"There are about 200,000 users on the Ouya platform and for the hardware users, we intend to, out of goodwill (as we didn't acquire the hardware assets), keep the lights on for their gaming service for at least 12 months as we encourage them to migrate to the Razer service, which will have a lot more features, new content and new games," said Razer founder and CEO Min-Liang Tan to TechCrunch. "We will have more follow-up announcements soon on the transition to the new service."
Although Ouya is losing its status as an independent business, the company feels the deal with Razer still furthers the company's mission of giving game and app developers "more freedom, particularly with creating games for TV."
"We are excited that Razer will expand our vision," said Ouya CEO and co-founder Julie Uhrman. "While this was a hard trail to blaze, we proved that we could bring new thinking to how the games industry operates and we hope we have paved the way for others, allowing all game developers to bring his or her game to the big screen."
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Denver Academy offers students the opportunity to take Spanish as a year-long elective during all four years of high school. The language is also offered as a quarter-long elective at the Middle School level. We strongly encourage all 9th graders to take Spanish I, as this provides students the opportunity for further coursework in Spanish and meets the minimum requirement set by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. Students are strongly encouraged to identify the specific foreign language requirements of the college they wish to attend.
Spanish is taught by Cayla Warneke and Shelby Soto.
Spanish Faculty
Shelby Soto
ssoto@denveracademy.org
Ms. Soto has been at Denver Academy since 2008 and quickly found her niche teaching high school Spanish. In addition to her faculty duties, Ms. Soto sponsors Student Senate.
Ms. Soto earned her B.A. in English and her M.A. in Literature with a focus in Chicano Literature from New Mexico State University.
Cayla Warneke
High School and Spanish Teacher
cberry@denveracademy.org
Ms. Berry says the best part of her job is building relationships with students. Indeed, it's not surprising that parents and students alike can't help being won over by her bright, good-natured personality. At Denver Academy, you'll find Ms. Berry teaching Spanish and Literature and acting as a faculty sponsor of Student Senate. Outside of school, Cayla loves being with her family and teaching dance.
Ms. Berry earned her B.A. in Secondary Education (English and Spanish) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.


These "Futbolistas" are wonderful !
Same-same in the Western Hemi, where the U.S. and Canada are the only places where the women get real respect for playing; the Latin countries are impossible and in South America there's basically Brazil and a bunch of places where the men barely let the women past the touchline.
Not really all that different today at least for some, as you noted in your comments about the Williams outburst.
I love great-grandmas. I also wish I could hit a like button for other commenter's comments (like Diane). I have no idea what you're talking about on this post, but I think it's cool anyway.
Merci! I'll check out your blog - thank you for the link.
If the movement northward mean that women's football were more supported Germany would be less strong than its Scandinavian neighbors.
If there is a North-to-South thing, perhaps it expressed more in terms of 'the Global South' - zones of super-exploitation?
That said - Women are playing in Brazil, in increasing numbers and with increasing visibility (you'll find links to sites for women's football in Latin America in my blogroll). We don't know nearly enough about the scene there - international journalism on women's football is nonexistent. But if it were that terrible, Marta wouldn't by playing off season for Santos!
Thanks, Jennifer, for this fusion of the arts, feminism and economic justice. That women's football has cultivated an "anti-capitalist, labor-oriented ethos" makes me wonder why Eduardo Galeano and those sharing his sensibilities have not explored such aspects of the women's game. I suppose there is residual thralldom to football as a marker of male potency.
I'm not sure if you came across this article from the magazine at Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán in Honduras, reprinted in 2006 by La Prensa in Nicaragua: "La pintura latinoamericano y el futbol." The author, Javier Ramírez, says that Zárraga includes his first wife, Jeannette Ivanoff, in the "Fútbolistas" canvas. In another work, "Futbolista Rubia" (Blonde Footballer), Zárraga uses Diego Rivera's wife, Angelina Belfo, as model.
The article also surveys the relationship between European and Latin American visual artists and football and provides numerous examples.
I love that you imagine me reading Hondoran & Nicaraguan journals & newspapers.
Actually, I just had a chance to scour the databases for information on this painting - I'm very grateful to you and Frederic (whose site is really interesting!) for the information about this work.
If you haven't read Barbara Jacobs's book, I really recommend it - I think it's one of my favorite works of football literature at this point - in part because it's intercut with song - a book that breaks into pub chants! Really great stuff, by a writer with a deep passion for the subject.
Thank you for your comments on my book. As you rightly suspect, I'm intrigued by the social history and political history aspects of it. And thanks for recommending it!
Having just discovered your site while prowling for post-Brazil info, I am pleased that two of my passions, football and leftist philosophy, have found an enthusiastic patron. However, on the subject of early feminine footballers, I came across the same info in one of my soccer tomes and was profoundly angered at the denial of the game to your gender.
Now, though of a left bent, I would not characterize my anger as being a product of male empathy for feminism per se. No, what burnt my biscuits was the knowledge that these ladies had the same fever in their blood for this game that I do and were prohibited from expressing it. I know how consuming this love for the game and to contemplate not being able to go out on a pitch and kick and run and suffer and exult would be the cruelest torture for me. That this was done because of sexism and medievalist thinking just gives it a sanitizing name, and cannot adequately portray the injustice done to 50% of the population for decades. That "times have changed" merits an entire dissertation unto itself, but the fact remains that women sport remained subsumed under layers of discrimination even more profound than racism, which eventually was overcome in the male professional sphere because of economics more than any 20th century "enlightenment." Now I'm ranting, which I usually reserve for politics.
I will opine later on the refereeing in the Brazil game, which will turn conventional post-mortem opinions on their heads.


Our Region enjoys a high Quality of Life. It is a desired place to live and work. We enjoy a prosperous economy, a vibrant arts and culture scene, educational excellence with two universities and a community college.
We must work diligently to maintain and enhance our quality of life. I have great expectations for the formative Wellbeing Waterloo Region initiative I am involved in. This initiative has the potential to take our community to the next level in assuring all citizens enjoy a high quality of life.
Tom participating in the groundbreaking for the Waterloo Region Hospice.


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Supreme Leader attends `Eid al-Fitr Dinner
SUPREME Islamic authority Shaykh al-Islam wal Muslimeen Dr Muhammad Tahir al-Qadri joined co-workers at an `Eid al-Fitr dinner in London, United Kingdom on Sunday 5th October 2008. The dinner was held to mark the end of the sacred Islamic month of fasting and to celebrate the feast of al-Fitr. The event also attended by: Mufti al-Asr al-Shaykh Mujahid al-Chawdary of Bangladesh, Imam Muhammad Sadiq al-Qurayshi of Minhaj al-Quran centre in Newham, al-Haj Sufi Muhammad Aslam of Upton Park, Ishtiaq Ahmad president of Minhaj al-Quran centre in Newham and al-Shaykh Abu Adam al-Shirraz al-Elahi of Leicester. read more...
Laylatul-Qadr at MQI Glasgow
On 26th September Laylat-ul-Qadr (Night of Power) was commemorated at the MQI Glasgow under the guidance of Allama Shahid Baber. It was the first time the Tarawih Prayer was lead in the MQI Glasgow and the complete Qur'an was recited by Hafiz Muhammad Siddiqi in his unique voice. Hafiz Muhammad Siddiqi was gifted some selected books of Hazoor Sayyadi Shaykh-ul-Islam Prof. Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri for his great effort by the Al-Haaj Abdul Wahid Raza Sahib (President of Minhaj ul Qur'an International (Glasgow)). read more...
Speech of Shaykh-ul-Islam at International Spiritual Congregation
Addressing the hundreds of thousands of faithful at the International Spiritual Congregation, Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri chose the subject of "Khashiyyiat-e-Elahi (Fear of Allah)". He said Allah is He Who sent down the Holy Quran whose words resemble one another and have an order. read more...
International Spiritual Congregation 2008
International Spiritual Congregation was held on September 27, 2008, in the ground adjacent to Jamia al-Minhaj under the banner of Minhaj-ul-Quran International. Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri presided over the programme. Hundreds of thousands of people participated in the programme from across Pakistan and the entire world. read more...
Itikaf City 2008: Fourth Day
The fourth day of Itikaf City dawned with the Fajr prayer on September 25, 2008. Talking to the participants after the prayer, Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri said that Minhaj-ul-Quran International held a number of programmes like Itikaf city, International Spiritual Congregation and International Milad Conference. read more...
Itikaf City 2008: Third Day
On 24th September 2008, the proceedings of third day at the Itikaf City got underway with the Fajr prayers. Instructing the participants of Itikaf, Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri said that they should try to recite the Holy Qur'an as much as they could. He said it was a rare opportunity to complete the recitation of the entire Qur'an during these ten days. Doing so becomes difficult in the rest of year. read more...
Itikaf City 2008: Second Day
Addressing thousands of the faithful at the Itikaf city, Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has said that Minhaj-ul-Quran International organizes camp against oppression, coercion, terrorism and fundamentalism in last ten days of Ramzan each year. The Itikaf city under the banner of Minhaj-ul-Quran International is an international camp against terrorism and obscurantism. read more...
Itikaf City 2008: First Day
When the proceedings of the first day of Itikaf got under way after the Fajr prayers, the participants of Itikaf in the courtyard of the Mosque were waiting for time to offer optional prayers of 'Ishraq' in the 'Itikaf City', a place characterized by understanding of religion, purgation of self, and repentance. read more...
Itikaf City 2008: Inaugural Day
The 18th annual Itikaf City under the banner of Minhaj-ul-Quran International started on September 21, 2008 in the Lahore city of Pakistan. The caravans of people had already started coming to the Itikaf City one day prior to the actual start of Itikaf. However, the process of arrival of participants continued till the evening prayer on the 20th of the holy month of Ramadhan. read more...
Thousands of the faithful join the 'Iitkaf City'
Thousands of the faithful from across Pakistan and the world joined the 'Iitkaf City' in the blessed company of Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri under the aegis of Minhaj-ul-Quran International. This is the eighteenth Iitkaf gathering presently under way for understanding of faith, ones spiritual excellence, repentance and reform where the participants would remain engaged in a number of religious activities for ten days. read more...


Innocent enough, you might think, quaint even, but in fact, a war is currently raging in Spain: to siesta, or not to siesta? On one side are the Traditionalists, arguing that the siesta is cultural and historical; on the other the Modernists, arguing that the siesta is out of date, out of step, and out of order. They say that in modern Spain, where more people work in the city than the countryside, where business is global and everyone is expected be connected twenty-four hours a day, there's no place for three hours' down time bang in the middle of the day.
However, like other Spanish things that are, on some level, indefensible (bull-fighting, machismo, the inquisition, aniseed-flavoured alcohol…), 'cultural' also means 'sacrosanct'.
And if by any chance lavender, juniper and thyme aren't snoozy enough for you, our phenomenal perfumer Marianne Martin has added other goodies: touches of rosemary, green fig, and pine needles in the top notes; hints of fennel, neroli, jasmin and rose in the middle notes; and in the base notes, a whiff of cistus (rockrose), myrrh and moss. All in all: a lullaby for your senses.
p.s. For a perfect siesta you should be looking at around 25 minutes. NASA (those renowned siesta-indulgers!) found that the optimum length of a nap is 26 minutes and that when pilots were allowed to take a nap of that length, their efficiency increased by 34 per cent.
p.p.s. And if you like even more science with your siesta, maybe I suggest SiestAPP, a sleep-optimisation app that promises to help you replicate the Spanish siesta by measuring your sleep patterns, then waking you just when you are likely to be the most refreshed and revitalised.


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Q: WTL. Class derived from CEdit. Parent window does not react for EN_CHANGE I need to handle EN_CHANGED.
COMMAND_HANDLER_EX(0, EN_CHANGE, OnEdit)

It works when I am using CEdit.
But it does not work when I am using CMyEdit.
class CMyEdit : public CWindowImpl<CMyEdit, CEdit>

What do I have to do?

A: You have specified 0 rather than a control ID as the first parameter of the command_handler_ex macro


Steinberg today announced the immediate availability of the 9.5 updates to the Pro, Artist and Elements editions of Cubase.
Earlier than anticipated, Steinberg is releasing this year's update now in November, seizing the opportunity to introduce the additions to customers as soon as possible.
The major advancement around Cubase's powerful mixing capabilities is the new mixing engine: 64-bit floating-point resolution offers uncompromised performance when processing audio, delivering a level of detail and transparency previously unheard of in Cubase.
Further enhancing the single-window layout in Cubase, new tabs have been added to the Right Zone. The newly integrated file browser provides an easy way to access and prelisten on media files. Exclusively available to Cubase Pro 9.5, the new metering section for loudness and master signal levels and the Control Room are now both an integral part of the Right Zone as well.
One highlight in 9.5 is the new Metronome with customizable click and the possibility to assign different patterns to adjust to signature shifts in the Signature Track. Cubase Pro and Artist 9.5 add to the flexibility with its Click Pattern Editor, allowing click patterns to be tailored to more detail.
Other premier enhancements include advanced automation editing, now featuring smooth transition curves and detailed automation lanes, including the new Range tool that marks a range on the automation lane for quick and easy adjustment of the selection. The 9.5 versions of Pro and Artist have also doubled their insert slots, allowing users to add up to 16 VST effects directly to each audio track. The overhauled insert section also provides a flexible means for pre-fader or post-fader positioning. Available to all three 9.5 updates, the Vintage Compressor and Tube Compressor VST processors boast a new look that improves their overall handling, while the redesigned Magneto tape saturator is exclusively available in Cubase Pro 9.5. The new FLUX wavetable synthesizer library, on the other hand, is new to HALion Sonic SE 3 in Cubase Pro 9.5 and Cubase Artist 9.5 only.
Cubase Pro 9.5 also includes Direct Offline Processing, allowing events to be processed non-destructively while keeping the CPU load to a minimum.
Rounding out the array of new features and enhancements, the new video engine is compatible with the most relevant codecs and external video cards. Adapt to Zoom is the latest zooming tool, making the grid snap adjust accordingly to the degree of zoom. Sampler Track enhancements include drag and drop of MIDI parts that are immediately rendered to audio as well as the new A/B mode for comparing different settings. The support of Softube's Console 1 is another highlight that will soon be available, letting the hardware controller integrate deeply into Cubase. Finally, the Production Presets offer effects chain and master track presets for productions of different music styles.
Visit www.steinberg.net/cubase for details on Cubase.
The Cubase Pro 9.5, Cubase Artist 9.5 and Cubase Elements 9.5 full retail versions are available through the Steinberg Online Shop and from resellers. Reseller prices and product availability may vary. The suggested retail prices are US$579.99 for Cubase Pro 9.5, US$329.99 for Cubase Artist 9.5 and US$99.99 for Cubase Elements 9.5.


Beautiful apartment on the second and top floor of a building in the city centre of the pretty Etruscan-Medieval village of Cortona. The apartment is in a very panoramic location and offers beautiful views over the Valdichiana. The furnishing is accurate and comfortable.
Distances: Cortona city centre with all kind of shops and the splendid Duomo approx. 100 m, Arezzo 30 km., Perugia 45 km., Siena approx. 70 km.
At guests' disposal: large panoramic terrace (10 m2) furnished with table, chairs and deckchairs. Ironing facilities available. Public parking area. The apartment is equipped with air conditioning.
Extra services: maid service available by arrangement (to be paid locally). WI - FI Internet connection: € 10,- / per week (clients are supposed to have their own computer).
2nd floor: living-room with kitchen corner (freezer, micro-waves oven, toaster, dishwasher) and dining area, bathroom with shower (washing-machine), living-room with double sofa bed (LCD satellite TV, stereo) and access, througt 5 steps, to a private equipped terrace, double bedroom.
Local Tax: 2,-€ per person per night for the first 4 nights of the stay (not applicable to children under 12 years).