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Angina With Normal Coronary Arteries
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Richard N. Fogoros, MD
Richard N. Fogoros, MD, is a retired professor of medicine and board-certified in internal medicine, clinical cardiology, and clinical electrophysiology.
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In the vast majority of patients with angina, their symptoms are caused by typical coronary artery disease (CAD), in which an atherosclerotic plaque is partially obstructing a coronary artery. In these cases, a stress test is likely to show evidence of a discrete blockage in one or more of the coronary arteries, and coronary angiography usually will readily identify the number and location of the obstruction or obstructions.
Indeed, angina is so closely associated with typical CAD in the minds of most patients and many doctors, that patients with apparent angina who have a "normal" angiogram are often told, in no uncertain terms, that their chest discomfort is due to something other than angina. And indeed, a number of non-cardiac conditions can produce chest discomfort.
Sometimes, however, true angina can occur in the absence of typical CAD. Sometimes patients who are experiencing angina with apparently "normal" coronary arteries actually do have a cardiac problem that needs to be diagnosed and treated.
Several cardiac and medical conditions can cause angina even without atherosclerotic plaques that are producing discrete blockages in the coronary arteries. Some of these conditions actually do involve the coronary arteries, while others do not.
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Conditions Involving the Coronary Arteries
There are at least four disorders of the coronary arteries that can cause cardiac ischemia and angina without producing blockages that can be seen on angiography. All of these conditions are more commonly seen in women, though they sometimes occur in men.
Furthermore, all four of these conditions have features that ought to alert the doctor (and the patient) that the patient's symptoms are indeed cardiac in nature despite the ostensibly "normal" angiograms and should lead to further evaluation and ultimately to appropriate therapy.
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal's) angina: Severe spasm of the coronary arteries.
Coronary microvascular dysfunction: A condition involving the small coronary arteries that cannot be visualized on a coronary artery angiogram.
Female-pattern CAD: A poorly recognized form of atherosclerotic CAD that is seen mainly in women.
Coronary artery erosions: An ulcer-like lesion in coronary arteries that is next to impossible to see on angiography, but which can lead to acute coronary syndrome.
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD): SCAD can cause angina in the absence of a typical blockage and occurs much more frequently in women than men.
Especially if you are a woman, if you are having symptoms strongly suggestive of angina, but you have been given a "clean bill of heart health" after a "normal" angiogram, you need to make sure your doctor has carefully considered each of these four conditions before pronouncing you healthy.
Conditions Not Directly Involving the Coronary Arteries
Sometimes angina can occur when portions of the heart muscle are not getting enough oxygen even though the coronary arteries themselves are completely normal. Conditions that can produce angina without coronary artery disease include:
Extremely low blood pressure, as may occur in shock due to hemorrhage
Severe anemia
Extremely vigorous exertion
Severe mental stress (as in broken heart syndrome)
Severe hyperthyroidism
Sustained tachycardia
Severe hypertension
Severe ventricular hypertrophy
Severe aortic stenosis
In general, these conditions occur in patients who are quite sick, and the angina is usually just one of an array of symptoms. So doctors taking care of these patients are not likely to be led into a false sense of complacency by the absence of classic CAD.
Did you know the most common forms of heart disease are largely preventable? Our guide will show you what puts you at risk, and how to take control of your heart health.
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Guntakal Railway Division is one of the three divisions of South Coast Railway zone (SCoR) of the Indian Railways. The headquarters of the division is at Guntakal and its zonal headquarters is at Visakhapatnam. This division is second in terms of route kilometres after Secunderabad railway division.

History
Guntakal division was created in 1956 as a part of the Southern Railway zone. It was transferred to South Central Railway zone on 2 October 1977. After the formation of Visakhapatnam railway zone on 27 February 2019, Guntakal is under South Coast Railway zone.

Jurisdiction
It covers the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
 In Andhra Pradesh it covers a total distance of 1302.9 route km.
 In Karnataka it covers a total distance of 142.2 route km.
 In Tamil Nadu it covers a total distance of 6.86 route

Sections and branch lines
The division has the largest broad-gauge route of  and also has the second largest running track of  in the South Central Railway zone.

The lines and sections under the jurisdiction of the Guntakal division are listed below:

Source:
Guntakal Division System map

Note:
excl.– Station excluded / not under the divisional jurisdiction
km– Kilometer measure of distance between two lines

Stations and categories

The below table depicts the stations under the Guntakal division and their category.

Performance and earnings
Guntakal division generates revenue mainly from tourism and freight. There are many religious destinations as well natural tourism spots which draws tourists from various places. The freight revenue is due to the availability of large number natural resources, industries based on these resources and nearby ports.

See also

 Divisions of Indian Railways

References

1958 establishments in Andhra Pradesh
Transport in Guntakal
South Central Railway zone

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The Man Who Sells Everything
US entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has built Amazon from a small online bookseller into a retail giant.
By Gideon Rose
After graduating from Princeton University in 1986 with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science, Jeff Bezos went to work on Wall Street. In 1994, he quit finance to try his hand as an entrepreneur. Amazon.com started as an online bookseller, selling its first copies in July 1995. In the years since, it has grown into a diversified retail giant, as well as a producer of consumer electronics, such as the Kindle, and a major provider of cloud-computing services. Following are edited excerpts from a conversation with Bezos.
When did you realise that Amazon would become the behemoth it is?
There were indications that we were on to something from the very beginning. The original business plan contemplated only books and growing a relatively small company. But shortly after launching, we had already sold books in all 50 US states and 45 countries.
A couple of years after that, we sent an email message to about 1000 customers and asked, "Besides the things we sell today, what would you like to see us sell?" The answers came back so long-tailed [distant to the core business] – people said, "Windshield wiper blades for my car," and so on. At that point we started to realise that perhaps we could sell a very wide selection of things using the methods that we had pioneered.
What are the crucial qualities that make for a successful entrepreneur?
One is that view of divine discontent: how can you make something better? Entrepreneurship and invention are pretty closely coupled. Inventors are always thinking, "I'm kind of inured to this, but just because I'm used to it doesn't mean it can't be improved."
Entrepreneurs also benefit greatly from being willing to fail, willing to experiment. Good entrepreneurs tend to be stubborn on the vision but flexible on the details. Another quality is passion for the mission. The very best products and services are always built by missionaries. Such people wake up in the morning thinking about that idea, and they're doing that as they close their eyes at night.
You've not only created Amazon but periodically reinvented it. What are the keys to running a large business in an entrepreneurial way?
A pioneering culture that rewards experimentation even as it embraces the fact that it is going to lead to failure – that is very important for larger companies. And a long-term orientation is a key part of that.
Some argue that Amazon does well by its customers but not so well for small businesses.
We are very empowering to certain small businesses. We have millions of small sellers who get access to our prime retail real estate and sell right alongside us. Kindle Direct Publishing is another self-service platform that has been incredibly empowering to authors who have never been able to get distribution before. Amazon Web Services, the cloud-computing division, has been a tremendous enabler of small businesses that use it to lower their data-centre costs and increase their nimbleness.
Do you think technology and innovation are moving forward to ever-greater heights?
The rates of change and innovation are not equal in all segments or sectors of the economy, but we are seeing a lot of innovation in certain sectors, and I expect that to continue. The great thing about ideas is that every new idea leads to two more. It's the opposite of a gold rush, where the more people who show up, the faster the gold runs out. Ideas are not like that; ideas breed.
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Sebadoh will be releasing album number eight in October and are preparing a UK tour...
Sebadoh are to release their eighth studio album, 'The Sebadoh', on October 19 and will be touring the UK in November.
The album was recorded in Los Angeles last May and is to be released through Domino. It boasts 15 tracks, which are: 'It's All You', 'Weird', 'Bird In The Hand', 'Break Free', 'Tree', 'Nick Of Time', 'Flame', 'So Long', 'Love Is Stronger', 'Decide', 'Colorblind', 'Thrive', 'Cuban', 'Sorry' and 'Drag Down'.
A spokesman for the band said the new album was "a lot rockier" than their last LP, 1996's 'Harmacy'. He said the lead track, written by bassist Jason Lowenstein was "a howler, sounding like a prime Gang Of Four and Sterelab moog-out". The album is said to have a fairly even split between Lowenstein-penned tracks and Lou Barlow material.
He said the band will definitely be touring the UK in November, though no dates or venues have been organised yet.
Meanwhile, Lou Barlow has virtually finished the third Folk Implosion album , the side-project which gave him the most commercial success for the Kids-featured single 'Natural One'. The album is in final mixing stage, with Barlow having juggled the writing and recording around breaks in 'The Sebadoh's schedule. The album – yet to be named – is expected to be released in the middle of 1999, and will be the band's first for their new deal with Interscope.


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Today marks the start of Farm Safety Week, which aims to reduce the numbers of accidents on farms
Published: Monday, 16 July 2018 06:55
The initiative, which was started by the Irish Farmers Association six years ago, also looks to bring about change to allow better safety procedures.
Farming continues to have one of the poorest safety records of any sector in Ireland.
Last year, 24 people lost their lives in farm accidents and 11 people have lost their lives so far in 2018.
Reacting to these figures, IFA President Joe Healy said: "The statistics are stark but statistics don't tell the whole story.
"They don't tell you about the devastating impact a farm fatality has on families and communities. They don't tell you the impact a farm accident can have on the rest of your life, on your ability to run the farm.
This year the campaign is taking a slightly different approach as it shifts its focus from agriculture's poor safety record and stories of things going wrong.
Instead, this year's initiative will start talking about when things go right, sharing good practice and demonstrating what 'good' looks like.
Mr. Healy says the organisation is trying to create an awareness of the dangers on farms.
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A prototype of an intelligent underground robotic system for urban environments
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Badger, a three-metre-long drilling robot consisting of a drilling head, two clamping modules and two propulsion and steering modules. Credit: UC3M
The European research project BADGER, coordinated by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), has presented a prototype of an autonomous underground robot with intelligent navigation for urban environments.
This robotic system is composed of two main elements: a surface vehicle with a geo-radar that is used to scan the ground, so that subterranean obstacles can be detected; and an autonomous underground robot that does the drilling work. "Once the subsoil has been scanned by the rover, using a software developed as part of the project, a work plan is drawn up and an entry and exit point for the work to be carried out is established. The next task consists of taking the robot to the place where the work will be carried out and using it to drill from one point to another," explains the BADGER project's technical manager, Santiago Martínez de la Casa, researcher at the RoboticsLab in the UC3M's Department of Systems Engineering and Automation.
It is estimated that around 500,000 civil projects are carried out in Europe each year for the installation of wiring, piping and other small-diameter underground scoring. These projects are typically carried out by opening a ditch, extending the pipeline, then filling in the ditch. "The advantage of this robot is that it is possible to carry out the same drilling work without having to open a ditch, which prevents noise, pollution and inconvenience for citizens," the researcher notes.
Within the framework of this project, funded by the European Union's Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Innovation (GA 731968), and in which scientists from Germany, Spain, Greece, Italy and the United Kingdom are participating, the system has been tested under laboratory conditions. In particular, several underground drilling tests on land in northern Germany as well as in the Community of Madrid have been carried out.
The system prototype has caught the attention of the private sector, of both European and north American companies, and is currently continuing to be developed with the aim of starting tests in real urban environments. Researchers estimate that it could be ready to operate in cities within two to three years.
"The use of innovative localisation, mapping and navigation techniques, along with sensors and geo-radars, allows the systems to be adapted to different fields," explains the project coordinator Carlos Balaguer, professor at the UC3M's Department of Systems Engineering and Automation and one of the directors of the RoboticsLab. Introducing these advanced robotic technologies which have cognitive and control capabilities has multiple possible applications, adds Professor Balaguer: "It will increase Europe's competitive edge in search and rescue operations (landslides), mining, civil applications (such as water, gas, fiber optics lines), exploration techniques, mapping, etc."
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I have a habit of jumping into a project so forcefully, and being so energetically open while I do so, that I throw myself completely off balance. For me, not only does that manifest mentally and spiritually – I get horribly drained – but physically. My health dive bombs.
Different schools of thought have defined it differently. Fair warning: I am a hippy, woo-woo, indigo child who also lives in the science-based, western medicine world. I see all of these things as essentially the same; just different definitions of the same things happening.
My immune system stresses to the point that it starts attacking me. It's what caused my type 1 diabetes to develop at age 10. It's what has caused all of my recent food allergies and intolerances. It's what's caused the fibromyalgia – with all of its chronic pain and exhaustion – and most likely, has caused Celiac disease. Yes, my endocrinologist asks me every three months if I've made a gastroenterologist appointment. I'll get to it.
I swing yang. My system runs too hot, too anxious, too sensitive to outside factors like heat and crowds. It creates an anxious environment that requires me to focus on things that cool and calm my system to help it function. Acupuncture helps me re-route that a bit, while also addressing a lot of my physical pain and the ways my immune health manifests (like frozen shoulders and insomnia).
I am a massive empath. For me, there is no barrier between myself and others. Other people's energy severely affects me. While others have barriers between themselves and others, I have barely a membrane – other people's energy, other people's experiences affect me deeply to the point that my body and mind feels as though they are its own. While others often work on being MORE open, being more able to read others, I'm actually working on the opposite – how to shut that down a bit. It's not something that I want to lose – but I'm working on understanding that losing it wouldn't even be possible. I require closing myself off a bit to maintain my own well-being.
Through each of these explanations, when I am too open, too anxious, too stressed, not protecting myself to the extent I require, not resting and shutting down outside influences to the extent I require, I get mentally, spiritually, energetically, and physically ill.
I did it to myself this past summer. While being new to a job I pour myself into, I was also writing a book that I was pouring myself into, while also being in a new city that I couldn't figure out how to manage the energy of – the energy of New York City is unlike anywhere else I've been (save certain cities in Asia) and was overwhelming for me.
While I'm proud that I was able to jump into a job I care about so much, and that I was able to get my book done and out in the world to help whomever needs it, I find myself truly scared to jump into anything else again, for fear that I'm going to make myself that sick.
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Soon after undergoing neurosurgery to treat moyamoya disease at Stanford Hospital, Bethel Tan was lying in bed, in too much pain to sleep. Seeing her awake, the nurse on the night shift sat down in her room.
"She just talked to me, not like I was a patient, but like I was a friend," Tan said. "She wanted to know about me, who I am, not just a moyamoya patient." Tan had been afraid to admit she was hurting, fearing she'd become addicted to painkillers, but the night nurse convinced her they would be OK to take. She accepted the medication and fell asleep.
For years before she arrived at Stanford, Tan, then a high school math teacher in Maryland, had been experiencing troubling symptoms. She suffered from migraines so debilitating she'd hole up in a closet for as long as two days. Parts of her body would suddenly go numb: Her tongue sometimes stopped working, rendering her momentarily speechless; once her leg lost feeling as she descended a staircase, sending her cascading downward.
In 2011, when she was 28, Tan casually mentioned to a neurologist treating her for migraines that she experienced passing spells of numbness. The neurologist ordered an MRI and soon delivered the worrisome news: Tan had the characteristic "puff of smoke" seen in scans of moyamoya patients. In the disease, the arteries in the base of the brain become blocked, and a tangle of small vessels (resembling a puff of smoke, or moyamoya in Japanese) form to compensate.
Surgery was the best treatment, the neurologist said, but the disease is so rare -- in the United States, less than 1 in 100,000 people will develop it -- few medical centers are equipped to treat it. The neurologist recommended Gary Steinberg, MD, PhD, a professor of neurosurgery at the Stanford School of Medicine and the director of the Stanford Moyamoya Center. Steinberg has treated more than 1,500 moyamoya patients with bypass procedures to improve blood flow to the brain.
It took Tan several months to switch her health insurance and receive approval for the surgery. While she was waiting, she developed choreiform movements: Her body would start jerking involuntary. "I was conscious, but I couldn't stop moving," she said. "I was afraid to leave the house." She didn't realize it, but she had already suffered a few strokes.
As soon as she had approval from her health insurance, she scheduled the surgery at Stanford. Steinberg performed two procedures -- on either side of the brain -- a week apart in November 2011.
"She had severe moyamoya disease," Steinberg said. Without surgery, "she would have suffered more strokes, and the choreiform movements would have become very disabling. Her prognosis was not good."
Four days after the second surgery, Tan suffered complications that left her unable to speak normally for about six weeks. About 20% of patients who have operations on the left side of the brain develop aphasia after moyamoya surgery, Steinberg said, but nearly all recover within a few months.
"She was pretty remarkable in terms of how tough she was," Steinberg said. "She seemed to be an individual with a lot of courage."
Tan returned to the classroom to teach sooner than recommended, in April, because she wanted to see her students graduate. Overwhelmed by the work before she was fully recovered, Tan said she grew despondent, so her husband brought home a Labradoodle puppy. Caring for Milo helped Tan finish the school year, but she left the job after that.
"I used to love teaching, but I didn't want to do it anymore," she said. Several months after her surgery, she was fully recovered: Her energy had returned, and the numbness, migraines and choreiform movements were gone.
But she took a few years off, trying to figure out her next step. "Then I realized that the one good thing that came out of having moyamoya was that I met some incredible people at Stanford who were so caring and kind."
She thought back to the night nurse who sat with her after her surgery, listening to her and earning her trust. "That night nurse stayed in my mind," she said. "She was so human. I wanted to perpetuate that," she said.
She enrolled at a community college and earned her nursing degree. Today she works in the acute pulmonary unit at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia and is pursuing a bachelor's degree in nursing.
Tan said she often recalls her time in the hospital: "What I'm trying to do is be in the moment with the patient and listen to what they're saying. Really listening," she said. "They're concerned about their illness, but they have other issues that are just as important to them. Like, 'Will I be able to have children?' Or 'Will I be able to enjoy my grandchildren as they're growing up?'"
"I try to build relationships," she said. "When I'm working as a nurse, I always think, 'What was I feeling in that hospital room?'"
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Whenever Simplia's train of thought came to an intersection of exhaustion and introspection, her mood swung toward Despondence. The questions posed by Challenging in Chatanooga rankled her: "Who even tells fairy tales anymore? … What good do they do these days?"
"What are we? Chopped liver? We tell fairy tales!"
Sagacia laid a mollifying hand on her friend's knee and said,"Yes, we do. And they do us a world of good. And no, we are not chopped liver. I don't think, Challenging in Chattanooga meant to disparage us and our raison d'etre. I think she…or he…is probably genuinely curious. People are so insular and silent nowadays. Forget having face to face interactions or visiting in real time. Even phone calls have been supplanted by texting."
"Yeah," Simplia agreed. "People don't even strike up conversations in checkout lines anymore."
"Or give each other eye contact," said Sagacia.
"So why didn't this Chattanooga correspondent ask about social interaction in general? Why is he…or she…picking on fairy tales?"
"Maybe she…or he…is a budding storyteller with a repertoire rich in fairy tales and a case of self-doubt and low self-esteem, and he…or she is just looking for reassurance."
"Oh," said Simplia. "I never Considered that."
Apparently the Simpletons' Magical Friends were considering the "challenge," right at that moment. Their email notification signal started pinging.
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Well, I do (tell fairy tales)! Frequently, and without apology.
As a Celtic storyteller, who specializes in the Scottish and Welsh myths, tales and legends of my heritage, I've had many discussions about the importance of fairy tales with a variety of people: other tellers, teachers, audience members of many ages, clergy, and so on. Fairy tales are bridges–to one's past and beloved story-sharers who may no longer being here; to the Otherworld; to other aspects of one's own life.
Where do I tell them? At parties, concerts, camps, Highland games and ethnic festivals and other venues. I've told in a variety of day-job situations. When I was a non-medical caregiver for the elderly, I found myself utilizing them in helping to calm agitated clients with dementia or Alzheimer's. Doing more programs in my age bracket, I'm telling them for senior groups, often with lively discussions afterwards. I've told them in historical programs. And once I told "The Dancers of Etive" when someone challenged me to tell an alien abduction story!
Jeri Burns, of the Storycrafters wrote:
We tell fairy tales whenever we can. To all ages. In all kinds of venues.
Barry and I were working somewhere recently and told a fairy tale – classically, lyrically, with harp and song – and an adult audience member (without children) expressed gratitude for our doing so. He said that he strongly valued the feeling of connection to the archetypal images and messages that such stories bring and wished he could hear them more often. He said that he loved how fairy tales interweave past and present, because the images and meanings belong to all times. (Okay, he didn't say this stuff quite like that, but this is the essence of what he meant. I am retelling a bit here because 1. I am recalling a conversation, and 2. I have a serious retelling habit, like all storytellers).
I could go on forever about this…
And Fiona Birchall totally backed both of them up:
Ummm…..it's taken me four whole days to get my head round this question, never mind think how to respond. You see, I thought all storytellers told fairy tales, because it's what I do all the time, and although I don't get to meet many other tellers, it's what I would expect to hear from them when I do. (I suppose we're back to the great divide caused by the Big Pond, and the minor interest in personal stories here in the UK.) I'm not a professional (if I tried to live on what I'm paid I would die in the first week) and all my bookings are for groups of adults, mostly but not exclusively women, most of them over 60. Almost all are hearing a storyteller for the first time since childhood, and they have no idea what to expect; I give a brief introduction about the use of Story for teaching and therapy but emphasise it being the oldest entertainment since this is my own purpose. Often I start with a tale that has no magic but a good moral, just to ease them into the world of fantasy, but then off I go with tales of mermaids, Death, dragons, magic charms, talking animals and all the rest of it. Mostof the stories have a last line which produces laughter but more serious stories are slipped in as well. And I've had many compliments and not one complaint.
As Sagacia read these supportive responses, Simplia puttered with the toaster at the breakfast bar.
"Shall I keep reading?" asked Sagacia. "There are more."
"No," said Simplia. "I'm good for now. Save them for my next mood swing. These responses, and breakfast, will get me going today."
"Smells good in there. What are you making?"
Well," said Simplia, "you mentioned that fairy tales are our raison d'etre, and that reminded me its been awhile since I had some raisin toast. You want some?"
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Jane Dorfman said:
I do tell fairy tales, and love them, but feel somewhat out of touch. What seems to draw the crowds are personal stories, no matter how mundane. I feel if I can get adults to come and listen they love the traditional tales and are as carried away as i am, but it's the getting them to be part of an audience we are failing at at least here in the D.C. area. And, while I'm ranting, even for Summer Reading this year, we had 100 people for the puppets and more than that for the animal shows, but an embarrassing 38 for a terrific storyteller, now those lucky 38 got a wonderful show that I'm certain they'll remember for years, but it makes it hard to justify to the funders having more tellers for kids let alone adults.
Adam Hoffman said:
I find there's some misconception about storytelling in general. Most people I meet seem to think it's like the equivalent of "storytime" at the public library (which is a good, but separate service) in which someone reads a picture book aloud to pre-schoolers. Most people seem genuinely amazed when I say I tell stories from memory.
modhukori said:
and nothing wrong with old pudgy rock stars either, if they are coming from a place of joy and not from a sense of desperate holding on to youth :) from a place of authenticity… a little off the topic, but there may be a story there :)
megan hicks said:
Not off topic at all! There are pudgy old rock stars who are still brilliant performers, and there are pudgy old rock stars who don't know when to quit. I think the metaphor applies neatly to artistic and literary expressions.
cjkiernan said:
Marie-Louise Von Franz in her "The Interpretation of Fairy Tales," starts chapter one with the declarative statement, "Fairy tales are the purest and simplest expression of collective unconscious psychic processes." Fairy tales are, as Ursula Le Quin entitled her book, the language of the night.
We know a fairy tale immediately, although we may not have heard it before. The story resides in our shared, collective unconscious. The telling of the tale brings it to the surface, bursting upon our conscious awareness. Had the tale not been told, it and all that it evokes, would have lain buried in the strata that make up the self.
That's why I tell fairy tales.
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A: look carefully. You are not converting localeDate back to the original date. The time portion is set to 00:00:00
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Keeping Abreast of Hong Kong's 'Breast Assault' Case: A Legal and Feminist Critique
Mathias Cheung - 17th August 2015
All men are equal, but some men are more equal than others – others as in women, regrettably. It may not be surprising to find this in a dystopian animal farm, but it is striking to find the slightest suggestion of gender bias in a society like Hong Kong which prides itself on diversity and liberalism, especially within the judicial process.
The case in point is the conviction of Ng Lai-ying for indecently 'assaulting' a police officer with her breasts during a protest over parallel trading. In so holding, Deputy Magistrate Michael Chan rejected Ng's allegation of assault and instead sentenced her to three and a half months in custody.
This naturally sparked public outcry, especially in light of video footage of the incident, and activists took to the streets in a 'Breast Walk' to protest against the conviction. Three salient criticisms could be levelled against the conviction.
First, it is questionable whether Ng intentionally bumped her breast against the police officer's arm as a counter-attack, for it would have been far more natural for her to use her arms or even legs. It is dubious how the Deputy Magistrate could be satisfied so that he was sure Ng had such a concrete intention.
There is at least reasonable doubt that the contact with the police officer was part of the accidental 'exigencies of everyday life' (Collins v Wilcock [1984] 1 WLR 1172 at 1177, as cited in Wilson v Pringle [1986] EWCA Civ 6). Moreover, there was no adequate assessment of the presence or absence of 'hostility', which is 'relevant when the court has to decide as a matter
of policy how to react to a new situation' (R v Brown [1994] 1 AC 212 at 261).
Secondly, the sentence was notably harsh for battery without causing injury, committed by a first time offender. As the Progressive Lawyers Group pointed out, those are strong mitigating factors. No sentencing policy should ignore the need for 'individual justice', and as emphasised in HKSAR v Leung Pui Shan [2008] HKCA 48 at [14], 'sentencing is an art which must carefully be moulded not only to the category of offence but to the offender.'
Although the Deputy Magistrate averted to the need for a deterrent sentence as a warning to the public, it contradicts the cardinal principle that a sentence should be proportionate to the seriousness of the offence in question (see section 143(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003). In the UK, without official statistics demonstrating particular prevalence, a judge is 'not entitled to impose, for reasons of local deterrence, a sentence higher than would otherwise be appropriate for that particular kind of offence' (R v Oosthuizen [2005] EWCA Crim 1978 at [16]).
Thirdly and most crucially, the reference to Ng's 'inappropriate use of her female identity' is alarming. It suggests that the conviction was based on a Victorian stereotype that females take advantage of their bodies as a tool for false accusations. Lord Neuberger warned earlier that 'we all suffer from a degree of unconscious bias, and it can occur in all sorts of manifestations', and DPP Alison Saunders specifically highlighted the need to overcome bias about victims of sexual offences. Is this decision symptomatic of systemic gender bias within the legal system?
The above flaws precipitate wider human rights issues recognised in Izci v Turkey [2013] ECHR 789 (at [71] and [90]) – the inadequate investigation into Ng's allegations of sexual assault may fall foul of the positive obligation to investigate flowing from the right not to be subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment, and the violence coupled with the conviction has 'an inevitable dissuasive effect on people's willingness to demonstrate', contrary to the freedom of assembly.
In an international city built upon the rule of law and individual liberty, we simply cannot ignore the insidious prejudice suffered by an entire gender. In Martha Nussbaum's words, 'whether this omission is explained by convention or cowardice or disdain or inadvertence, it is culpable, and it has done great harm. But we see here the failure of people, not the failure of liberalism.' (The Feminist Critique of Liberalism (1997), p18)
Mathias Cheung is a prospective pupil barrister in London, having just completed the BPTC at City Law School. He is a recent BCL graduate from Magdalen College, and a student representative of the UK Association for European Law.
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An Interview With Wild Bill About His Arrest in Calgary
Posted on June 27, 2017 by Baron Bodissey
As we reported last night, the American vlogger Wild Bill Finlay was arrested last Saturday when he arrived at the airport in Calgary. His crime was to "smuggle" "hate speech" into Canada on his iPad. The "hate" in question was contained in the notes for a speech he was scheduled to give at a rally in downtown Calgary. Notes that no one except for himself would ever read.
Yesterday evening Vlad Tepes interviewed Wild Bill about his encounter with Soviet Canada, his plans for legal action against the Canadian government, and the sorry state of free speech in Modern Multicultural Canada:
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Nemesis on June 28, 2017 at 12:02 am said:
Seems to me that the organization who had arranged a venue in Canada for Wild Bill to spread his hate speech in had been under surveillance by the Canadian spooks, and who then becoming aware, that an American of all people, was invited to speak at the same organization under surveillance, have decided to target Wild Bill on his arrival at the airport for a shake down and some attention on what he possessed.
'Smuggling hate speech on one's own personal computer'. LOL! Did those goons who were paid to perform that joke of a 'shake down', and to an unpretentious international traveler, truly believe what they were doing was right?
Barn Swallow on June 28, 2017 at 12:43 am said:
Those are clearly violations of western free speach values, so if they believe they did the right thing – they are not "westerners". But, given the usual police procedures – the "canadian spooks" could have been just "ordinary citizens" who fulfilled their duty to the Sharia State and caused trouble to one evil individual…
Communists in the eastern bloc would always rely on "good and knowledgeable citizens" for reporting the crimes of having american flag t-shirts and stuff. The Police Monkeys were there just to do the physical job…
Nemesis on June 28, 2017 at 4:32 am said:
Hello Barn Swallow. You know, nothing about humanity surprises me anymore. In fact, I haven't found myself being surprised for quite some time now. I have lived to see it all, the good and the bad, and unfortunately, the good is never able to make up for the bad that is a continuation throughout this world.
There simply is no non-violent remedy for indoctrinated hatred from external sources for those who live for hate and who pretend to be in control in most Western countries today. But with that hatred, such feelings also brings with it a sense of insecurity because deep down those who like to control others know in their own hearts, that what they do is wrong, and as a result of that feeling of insecurity, and to ensure that only their side of what life should be prevails, they also have their indoctrinated robots pretending to be tolerant humans who are trained to do their bidding, provide protection and to take on the patriotic protest gatherings whenever, and wherever, they appear.
I say they pretend to be in control because even in those Soviet Gulags the haters did not have total control over everybody as history is witness to.
Their time is coming!
herb on June 28, 2017 at 6:57 am said:
on the contrary, they would never confiscate the " reliance of the traveler", the real hatebook.Got it?
murad on June 28, 2017 at 2:07 am said:
Can Traitors go to China and lecture them about free speech?
Certainly there is free speech in the west: CNN and others can freely and without restrictions fabricate as many lies as they want against Pr. Trump or any other.
crosscop on June 28, 2017 at 3:28 am said:
So anyone arriving in Canada carrying a Koran can now be arrested for "smuggling hate speech" into the country?
Nick on June 28, 2017 at 6:41 am said:
Apart from the peculiar tenets of individual thinkers, there is also in the world at large an increasing inclination to stretch unduly the powers of society over the individual, both by the force of opinion and even by that of legislation: and as the tendency of all the changes taking place in the world is to strengthen society, and diminish the power of the individual, this encroachment is not one of the evils which tend spontaneously to disappear, but, on the contrary, to grow more and more formidable. The disposition of mankind, whether as rulers or as fellow-citizens, to impose their own opinions and inclinations as a rule of conduct on others, is so energetically supported by some of the best and by some of the worst feelings incident to human nature, that it is hardly ever kept under restraint by anything but want of power; and as the power is not declining, but growing, unless a strong barrier of moral conviction can be raised against the mischief, we must expect, in the present circumstances of the world, to see it increase.
John Stuart Mill.


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Huangbei Subdistrict ()  is a subdistrict of the Luohu, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

See also
List of township-level divisions of Guangdong
Huangbeiling, a former village in the subdistrict

References

Subdistricts of Shenzhen
Luohu District


Rebels' Dream Of 'Free Libya' Dims NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro saw the rebels' mood change dramatically during the three weeks she spent reporting on the revolt against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. As Gadhafi's forces gain ground every day, the rebels' bravado has faded to fears of abandonment.
These anonymous portraits show some of Libya's rebel warriors in the crossroads town of Ajdabiya during the first week of March.
The men in these photographs are soldiers, laborers, businessmen, students and unemployed youth.
The rebels had no training, no leadership and no real help.
Hundreds of revolutionaries congregated in Ajdabiya to fight Gadhafi's army.
They were certain they would be able to topple Gadhafi's regime and were willing to fight — and die --for the cause.
The weapons the rebels used proved to be no match for Gadhafi's forces.
When this man arrived in Ajdabiya he was full of confidence. Laughing people pressed close to touch him. The next evening he was in a field hospital, his face covered in ash, unable to speak, shell shocked from an airstrike on the road to Tripoli.
The Libyan soldiers who initially defected to join the rebels have largely left; the rebels were eventually overpowered by Gadhafi's army.
NPR correspondent Lourdes Garcia-Navarro recently left Libya after reporting on the revolt against leader Moammar Gadhafi.
We arrived in eastern Libya, scant days after the uprising began last month, to a triumphant welcome. "Free Libya!" people exclaimed proudly.
Every time they greeted us, they explained that they had done it themselves — thrown off the yoke of a despicable regime — and needed no further help to get rid of leader Moammar Gadhafi once and for all.
I saw many of those same young men in bloody pieces at the hospitals and morgues, in places like Brega and Ajdabiya.
It seems they spoke too soon. Gadhafi's forces are on the march and are gaining ground every day.
In the three weeks I was in Libya, I witnessed the enormous courage of the people there. Young men — students, artists, athletes, doctors, lawyers and yes, some Islamists — left their homes to take on Gadhafi's army. Their strength was thought to lie in their diversity, in their willingness to fight and to die for the right to live outside of Gadhafi's brutal autocratic grip.
But they had no training, no leadership and no real help. The defected Libyan army troops who initially joined them have largely left them to their own devices. The weapons they've used are no match for what Gadhafi's forces have unleashed.
And so the rebel fighters have died. Groups of young men — often friends from a particular neighborhood — would arrive at the front line packed into a minivan or a sedan.
I remember one fighter, filled with bravado on that first day, telling me with a grin that facing off against Gadhafi's forces was "cool, man."
It's easy, though, in the midst of this continuing battle to forget what it is Libyans in the east are fighting for.
Far away from the front line, in a residential neighborhood in Benghazi, I saw evidence of the kind of society some of them wanted to build. Young people worked together to feed and protect their community, to build the civil society that has been denied them for so long.
As I left Libya this week and crossed back into Egypt, there were no more triumphant cries. The rebels would stop our car only to ask why we were abandoning them.
"Where is the West?" they asked. "Why don't they help us?"
The dream that was "Free Libya" is quickly vanishing.


This book provides the first serious modern literary treatment of perhaps the best known of all surviving works of ancient Greek fiction. Dr Hunter demonstrates the sophistication of this pastoral romance, a sophistication which he maintains has often been assumed but never properly discussed. Evidence for the identity of the author and the date of composition are also considered.


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Home»Celebrity News»What Singer Ne Yo Meant, When He Called George Floyd's Death A "Sacrifice"
What Singer Ne Yo Meant, When He Called George Floyd's Death A "Sacrifice"
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When Ne-yo spoke into the microphone at George Floyd's funeral; he felt he was passing a strong message. But, what he thought was a heartfelt message however, was perceived by some as insensitive. Ne-Yo called George's untimely passing a "sacrifice", and now he's responding to backlash that came along shortly after.
HOUSTON, TX – JUNE 09: Singer Ne-Yo performs a song during the funeral for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church on June 9, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis Police officers on May 25, sparking global protests. (Photo by Godofredo A. Vásquez – Pool/Getty Images)
According to Bossip, Ne-Yo joined The Morning Hustle to double down on what he said a couple of weeks ago at the funeral in Houston. Before singing during the service, Ne-Yo thanked "George Floyd for his sacrifice, so that my kids can be alright later on." He says he meant nothing negative by the comment, and wants the black community to stay focused on what's important!
"We cannot let ignorance divide us right now," he said. "I'm singing at this man's funeral you cannot believe that I meant anything negative towards him towards his family."
Instead of focusing on his short speech, Ne-Yo says he wants people to honor George's life, and even makes the comparison between George's unwilling sacrifice and that of Jesus Christ.
Ne-yo compares George Floyd To Jesus Christ
"Let's not mess up the narrative, let's not get away from the narrative," he said. "No, he was not a willing sacrifice, neither was Jesus. Jesus didn't want to get on the cross but he did it to save us, George Floyd didn't wake up that morning planning to be a sacrifice. He didn't plead and plan to go out and die for black people but that's what happened and its unfortunate that it happened that way but that's what happened."
He continues saying:
"So yes, it was a sacrifice. He wanted to be here but he's not here, his life was sacrificed so that the change that is happening slowly but surely can happening."
Ne-Yo also notes that he did not show up to the funeral with the intention of speaking or singing. He says he tried to stay low-key and show his support from the back, but was ushered to the front of the service.
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As any Marketer knows, positioning products and solutions is vital to the eventual success of that product or service. In September, we explored how UnifiedVU fits in with some of the existing software categories, mainly Dashboards, Business Intelligence, Integrations and User Experience Platforms.
Early this month, we also explored Master Data Management (MDM) and Customer Data Platforms (CDP).
building a highly intuitive User Interface (UI) which so far has been used in three ways, these being (1) unifying data from multiple software with functionality, (2) re-skinning existing software to provide a better workflow driven UI, and (3) giving life to spreadsheets.
focusing on bringing everything together to help our customers understand their customers better through Single Customer View (SCV) value proposition.
conceptualising delivery of SCV through role based offerings, e.g. SCV for Account Managers, Accountants, etc.
Customer Success – an outcome of UnifiedVU is increasing revenues and profitability for customers.
Productivity – another outcome is saving 30 minutes of time everyday.
Productivity is a large category with many diverse products from emails to task management and beyond. It does not make sense comparing UnifiedVU Platform with Trello or Google Mail.
On the other hand Customer Success is what we are trying to deliver, and a worthy category to be placed in. Still its a large category which could include traditional Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and a plethora of solutions.
However, SCV within Customer Success sector makes a better fitting.
is the world's leading business software review platform, leveraging its 100,000+ user reviews read by nearly 700,000 software buyers each month to help them make better purchasing decisions. By bringing the collective power of trusted peers to the forefront, business buyers now have transparency when evaluating B2B software technologies. In addition, G2 Crowd intuitively packages insights from expert peers, everyday users, and aggregated data to score competitive products on The Grid.
Unfortunately they do not have such a category. I've reached out to them to request whether its possible to create a new category for us.
Whilet SCV sounds fitting, the subject has been around for many years. Many vendors provide SCV solutions based on MDM technologies. Our SCV proposition is vastly different to those old technologies. Therefore SCV 2.0 is more fitting to UnifiedVU. In this scenario, MDM based solutions can be classified as SCV 1.0.
We created Siftery to help businesses better discover, buy and use software.
Since discovering Siftery recently, I have identified over 50 software applications we use or interact with at UnifiedVU. After having a conversation with Vamshi Mokshagundam (CEO) and Bryan Weis (Growth Manager) at Siftery and helping them to identify few MDM vendors who offer SCV 1.0 solutions, Siftery has gone ahead and created Single Customer View as a sub-category of Customer Success. They are the first review site to do this.
I like to thank them for their foresight.
Siftery has listed Relay42, Experian, PitneyBowes and BlueVenn together with UnifiedVU under SCV. In tech startup world, its vital to not be alone. You need competitors. A common question asked by our prospects are who else offer what we do. Now we have an answer to such a query.
Thanks to Siftery, we have a start now. But we need to continue educating the market on the differences between SCV 1.0 technologies and SCV 2.0. At the same time, we need other review sites to identify SCV as a sub-category. I plan to reach out to them over time.
What about you? How did you position your new product? Did it fit into an existing category? Were there many to choose from? If so, did you select more than one? If not, how did you deal with it? If you are still struggling to choose, then did above rationale help you at all?


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Municipal hospital doctor infection? Shizuoka City does not announce private hospitals
It turned out that the staff of Shizuoka City Shizuoka Hospital was not disclosed while being infected with the new coronavirus . The hospital explained, "I didn't want to give the patient anxiety."
The government, Special Measures Law for "ordering" fines
If the business operator does not respond to the order to close the business or shorten the business hours under the state of emergency, a fine of 500,000 yen or less will be set.
New S. Korean ambassador aims to restore Japan-S. Korean relations
Politics & Economic | International
Their relations are sinking deep at their lowest level since 1965. How will the new envoy solve it?
MUI: COVID-19 doesn't have to be mandatory
Yet, if the condition worsens, MUI might have to release it.
Ordinary Diet session, the first "total holiday" after taking office as prime minister the day before today
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on the morning of the 18th that the first ordinary session of the Diet will be convened on this day, saying, "I am proposing a budget and law.
Ahead of Biden's inauguration, Washington D.C's security tightened
Even after the Capitol incident last week, Biden's inauguration is still certain.
Japanese people's reaction on the 2nd state of emergency
If the second decree is not effective, then Japan might be forced to lock itself down.
Refusal to shorten business hour will be charged with a fine up to 500,000 yen
Even during the period of "precautionary measures (tentative name)" to be newly established as a preliminary step to the declaration, adjustments are being made to set a fine of 300,000 yen or less.
Social Democratic Party seeks to recover party power to introduce quota system
On the 14th, the Social Democratic Party decided to introduce a quota system that allocates women to party leaders and candidates for national elections at a certain rate.
Suga announces new measures to tackle COVID-19
The newest measure is a penalty system for non-compliant business owners and COVID-19 patients.
Japan to restrict entries for non-nationals
Except for 10 Asian countries and those with business purposes.
The intention of the official residence, the bureaucrats shrinking the Prime Minister's instructions and the personnel card awareness
In a quarter of a century since the implementation of the House of Representatives single-member constituency system, policy management led by the Prime Minister's Office has progressed.
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This book is about the use of minesweepers by the Germans, during the war.
A story about the German "Vorpostenboote" in the channel during the war.
For the first time a complete overview of the deployment of German submarines in the Mediterranean.
Overland transport of German U-boats to the Black Sea.
A book about submarines during the First and Second World War. With a lot of information, data and many photographs.
Description of all German torpedo boats were in service since 1942.


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Q: Изменение имени dll с исходного Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.dll на my.dll делает её неработоспособной Для работы с Планировщиком заданий Windows я использую библиотеку Task Scheduler (устанавливаю через Nuget Package Manager: https://archive.codeplex.com/?p=taskscheduler).
Если установить nuget пакет, выполнить сборку проекта, в папке с исполняемым файлом появится файл Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.dll, на который есть ссылка в проекте. Если библиотеку (файл dll) вынуть из проекта, удалить пакет, положить на место и сделать ссылку на неё - всё будет работать так же нормально. Ничего нового.
Но вот стоит поменять имя файла библиотеки, снова сделать ссылку, удалив прежнюю, это дело работать уже не будет. Т.е. изменение имени dll (с исходного "Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.dll" на, например, "my.dll") делает её неработоспособной... В чём проблема?

A: Да, CLR устроена так, что в общем случае нельзя просто взять и переименовать сборку. По умолчанию, CLR при поиске сборки ориентируется на ее внутреннее имя (из метаданных), но при этом ищет не по внутреннему имени, а по имени файла, т.е. по строкам типа [application base] / [assembly name].dll и т.п. Если нужно, чтобы при поиске сборки использовалось имя файла, нужно использовать параметр codebase в конфигурации:
<configuration>
...

<runtime>
    <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="MyLibrary"/>
        <codeBase href="my.dll"/>
      </dependentAssembly>
    </assemblyBinding>
</runtime>

...
</configuration>

Если сборка использует строгое имя, нужно будет указать больше параметров:
<runtime>
    <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
      <dependentAssembly>
        <assemblyIdentity name="Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler"
              publicKeyToken="c416bc1b32d97233"   culture="neutral"/>
        <codeBase href="my.dll" version="2.8.1.0"/>
      </dependentAssembly>
    </assemblyBinding>
</runtime>

Документация: How the Runtime Locates Assemblies


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Die Liste der Biografien führt alle Personen auf, die in der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia einen Artikel haben. Dieses ist eine Teilliste mit 30 Einträgen von Personen, deren Namen mit den Buchstaben "Eif" beginnt.

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 Eife, Andrea (* 1956), deutsche Schwimmerin
 Eifert, Adam (1841–1910), deutscher Orgelbauer
 Eifert, Johann (1870–1944), deutscher Orgelbauer
 Eifert, Martin (* 1965), deutscher Rechtswissenschaftler
 Eifert, Max (1808–1888), deutscher Pfarrer, Heimatforscher und Schriftsteller
 Eifert, Tyler (* 1990), US-amerikanischer American-Football-Spieler
 Eifertinger, Sofie (* 1996), deutsche Schauspielerin

Eiff
 Eiff, August Wilhelm von (1921–1998), deutscher Mediziner
 Eiff, Hansjörg (1933–2019), deutscher Diplomat
 Eiff, Peter (* 1966), deutsch-amerikanischer Filmproduzent und Filmverleiher
 Eiff, Wilhelm von (1890–1943), deutscher Maler und Glaskünstler
 Eiffe, Franz Ferdinand (1825–1875), deutscher Politiker, MdHB, Senator und Kaufmann
 Eiffe, Franz Ferdinand (1860–1941), deutscher Kaufmann und Politiker, MdHB
 Eiffe, Johann Gottfried († 1818), deutscher Maler
 Eiffe, Peter-Ernst (1941–1982), deutscher Graffitikünstler
 Eiffel, Erika (* 1972), US-amerikanische Bogenschützin und Sex-Aktivist
 Eiffel, Gustave (1832–1923), französischer Ingenieur
 Eiffler, Hans Christian (1630–1703), deutscher Kaufmann, Politiker und Bürgermeister von Altona

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 Eifler, Alexander (1888–1945), österreichischer sozialdemokratischer Offizier und Widerstandskämpfer
 Eifler, Dietmar (* 1949), deutscher Werkstoffwissenschaftler
 Eifler, Dietmar (* 1955), deutscher Politiker (CDU), MdL
 Eifler, Erna (* 1908), deutsche Widerstandskämpferin gegen den Nationalsozialismus
 Eifler, Friedrich (1893–1975), deutscher Politiker, Mitglied des Landesrats (Saargebiet) (KPD)
 Eifler, Karl (1896–1974), deutscher Maler
 Eifler, Larissa (* 1999), deutsche Säbelfechterin
 Eifler, Michael (1601–1657), deutscher Logiker und Physiker
 Eifler, Stefanie (* 1967), deutsche Soziologin
 Eifler, Ulrich (* 1961), deutscher Säbelfechter und Deutscher Meister

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 Eifman, Boris Jakowlewitsch (* 1946), russischer Ballettchoreograph und -intendant

Eifr
 Eifrig, Siegfried (1910–2008), deutscher Leichtathlet und einer der ersten olympischen Fackelträger


text: Q: Android project firebase crashlytics does not show crash free users about specific version In my android last version I have removed firebase analytics library from my project and ı have released it. After that I could not see crash free users with my last version on crashlytics but I can see older versions rates. Is it necessary to use analytics library to see crash free user? Is there another way to see that?.


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2011 Au Bon Climat Knox Alexander Pinot Noir, Santa Maria Valley, CA
Antonio Galloni, Vinous90
Wine Advocate91+/100
The Knox Alexander feels straight-backed and proud, its 'Pinosity' cutting through like a knife. Serious, rather than seductive, this is a tight, focused wine with bright acidity. The tannins are extremely fine yet hugely present, surrounded by a restrained core of fresh but sumptuous, pure fruit. The wine has beautiful precision and is completely spellbinding. This is a masterclass in how to make 'proper' Pinot Noir from a winemaker at the top of his game.
Catriona Felstead MW, Wine Buyer
Sweet red cherries, leather, tobacco and mint meld together in the 2011 Pinot Noir Knox Alexander. Mid-weight, gracious and textured, the 2011 impresses for its balance and classiness. The Alexander is all about lift and weightless elegance, much of which comes from the use of 25% whole clusters. In 2011, yields were mercilessly low at 0.4 tons per acre.
Antonio Galloni - Jun-2014 Read more
All three of the Pinot Noirs were outstanding, and have classic, slightly Burgundian profiles, with notable structure and bright acidity. First, the 2011 Pinot Noir Knox Alexander is a beautiful Pinot Noir that has a clean, layered and classic feel. Possessing plenty of black cherry, rose petal, sappy flowers and earthy nuances, enjoy this medium-bodied, refined and elegant effort over the coming 5-7 years.
Jeb Dunnuck - 28/08/2014 Read more
The late Jim Clendenen founded Au Bon Climat (ABC) in 1982. He became famous for making pioneering wines from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay on California's Central Coast. He passed away in 2021 and is remembered as one of the most charismatic and influential people of his vinous generation.
Jim's passion for wine was born of a trip to Burgundy in the mid-1970s when he was a student studying Law at UC Santa Barbara. During subsequent visits his enthusiasm for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grew and he became convinced that the Californian hills were capable of something special with these two noble varieties.
Au Bon Climat translates as "a well-exposed vineyard" a name suiting the coastal position of the vineyards, with its benevolent Pacific fog and cooling breeze. Making the most of these conditions ABC buy clones from Burgundy. This contributes to creating wines which emulate the restraint and finesse of Europe but with a magic touch of New World flair.
The vineyards ABC source their grapes from reads as a 'who's who' of Central Coast vineyards. Bien Nacido and Jim's own "Le Bon Climat" are the biggest contributors. The influence of the Pacific can be felt standing in the canyon of Bien Nacido where the warm days and cool nights characterise this superb terroir. Le Bon Climat in contrast consists of mainly hilltop vineyards. Jim acquired 40ha here in 1998 and has applied his typically rigorous approach to get the best from the plot.
Like most of best early pioneers on USA's West Coast Jim needed no encouragement to recognise the importance of the soil. He farms all is own vineyards organically to maximise the personality of each site coming through in the wines. Le Bon Climat was certified organic in 2003.
A wide array of wines are produced from ABCs own vineyards and from the close relationships the estate enjoys with other growers.
They are classified into four categories. "Santa Barbara County Classics" are the most accessible in the range, both in terms of price and their sheer drinkability; "Single Vineyard" wines are an ever-changing selection of expressions from remarkable single sites; "Historic Vineyards" represent the five icons of the Central Coast, and the "Blue Series" which show off the very best cuveés, have a high proportion of new oak and reward a long bottle ageing.
It would be difficult to overstate Jim's impact on Californian wine-making. Just as it is difficult to overstate the quality of the wines.
Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or.
Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.
The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.