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Lyle Beerbohm Interview: I Traded One Addiction For Another
MMA Interviews
By	Andrew Gladstone
Updated May 18, 2015 at 12:24pm
On Saturday, May 15th Strikeforce will return to St. Louis, Missouri for "Strikeforce: St. Lois". Lyle "Fancy Pants" Beerbohm will return to Strikeforce after last defeating UFC veteran Duane "Bang" Ludwig on the undercard at the Strikeforce Challengers 2 event back in June of last year.
The Spokane, Washington native will now have an opportunity to put himself in the title picture as he takes on former top ranked lightweight Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro.
Heavy's Andrew Gladstone recently spoke with Beerbohm to discuss his bout with Ribeiro and give MMA fans insight on one of mma's brightest up-and-coming lightweights.
Heavy MMA: How did you first come about getting into mixed martial arts?
Lyle Beerbohm: I was sitting in Washington State Penitentiary and the "Ultimate Fighter" show was on TV and that's how I first came to knowing about mma.
Heavy MMA: Do you have any notable training partners?
Lyle Beerbohm: I got Cody McKenzie, he's 11-0 with eleven finishes, I got Mike Hank, and I had Miesha Tate and Brian Caraway come down for this training camp also.
Heavy MMA: Do you think your time in prison matured you as a person? And what was your overall experience like?
Lyle Beerbohm: With my meth addiction, prison saved my life, there's no way around it. I ended up going to prison and I ended up getting cleaned up. In my opinion it's helped save my life, and it helped me find MMA..
Heavy MMA: How did it save your life exactly?
Lyle Beerbohm: I traded one addiction for another, I traded my meth addiction for my mma addiction. It got my eyes on the right path and it pretty much got me out of that world that I used to live in.
Heavy MMA: You are obviously known for your fancy pants, but where did you get the idea to wear them to the cage?
Lyle Beerbohm: I was going through my mom's fabric one day and I came across this crazy spandez with 80's material and I told my mom you need to make a pair of shorts out of this and then I became fancy pants.
Heavy MMA: Did it upset you at all after you defeated the veteran Duane Ludwig, that he was put in the UFC and you are still fighting on the undercards and usually the smaller shows in MMA?
Lyle Beerbohm: I really think I deserve to fight the best and be on TV and my time will come. They can't hold me back forever, I'm 13-0 as we speak, and after I beat Ribeiro I'll be 14-0.
Heavy MMA: Speaking of Ribeiro, how has training been coming along?
Lyle Beerbohm: My training camp has been unbelievable, I'm in great shape and I'm ready to fight. I'm ready to go.
Heavy MMA: What's your take on fighting Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro. And have you watched the tape of him?
Lyle Beerbohm: Yeah, his jiu jitsu is world class and I'm just going to watch out for his submissions you know? But, I'm going to bring it to him and I'll end up winning the fight that's all I know. I don't know how or anything, but I know I'll win.
Heavy MMA: Who have you brought in to prepare for the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu game of Ribeiro?
Lyle Beerbohm: I got Jason Sampson, he's from Dallas Texas. I've brought Brian Caraway in, he fights in the WEC and his girlfriend is Miesha Tate and she fights for Strikeforce.
Heavy MMA: Do you think after a win over Ribeiro, you'll be in the Strikeforce lightweight title picture?
Lyle Beerbohm: I don't know how it couldn't. I'll be 3-0 in their organization, and 2-0 in Elite XC. My only goal right now is to be the Strikeforce champ.
Heavy MMA: How do you see the fight ending come May 15th?
Lyle Beerbohm: I just know that I'll beat Vitor Ribeiro. I don't know how, I don't know with what, I just know that I'll end up winning.
Heavy MMA: What do you think of a potential showdown with Gilbert Melendez?
Lyle Beerbohm: I think it would be fight of the year. It would be one of the best fights ever, it'd be scrambling, punching, we'd be a mess for five rounds. I think the fans would love to see it, but one step at a time, I've got to beat Ribeiro first.
Heavy MMA: Who would you like to fight next?
Lyle Beerbohm: My only goal is to be the champ, whoever has the belt that's who I'd like to fight.
Heavy MMA: Any sponsors/people you'd like to thank?
Lyle Beerbohm: I'd like to thank ironmaster, they're one of my main sponsors and they've really done me well.
Published May 14, 2010 at 2:58pm
Lyle Beerbohm, MMA, MMA Interviews, Strikeforce, Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery
Lyle "Fancy Pants" Beerbohm will return to the Strikeforce cage on Saturday night to face Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro. Heavy.com's Andrew Gladstone talked to Beerbohm about the fight.


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#include "gtest/gtest.h"

#include "HWCrc32c.h"
#include "SWCrc32c.h"

#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>

#ifndef DATA_DIR
#define DATA_DIR ""
#endif

using namespace Hdfs::Internal;
using namespace testing;

class TestChecksum: public ::testing::Test {
    virtual void SetUp() {
        in.open(DATA_DIR"checksum1.in");
        ASSERT_TRUE(!!in);
        uint32_t value;
        std::string str;

        while (getline(in, str)) {
            std::stringstream ss(str);
            ss.imbue(std::locale::classic());
            ss >> value >> str;
            cases.push_back(std::make_pair(value, str));
        }

        in.close();
        in.open(DATA_DIR"checksum2.in");
        ASSERT_TRUE(!!in);
        in >> result;

        while (getline(in, str)) {
            strs.push_back(str);
            str.clear();
        }

        in.close();
    }

    virtual void TearDown() {
        cases.clear();
    }

protected:
    std::ifstream in;
    uint32_t result;
    std::vector<std::string> strs;
    std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, std::string> > cases;
};

TEST_F(TestChecksum, HWCrc32c) {
    HWCrc32c cs;

    if (cs.available()) {
        EXPECT_EQ(0u, cs.getValue());

        for (size_t i = 0; i < cases.size(); ++i) {
            size_t len = cases[i].second.length();
            const char * data = cases[i].second.c_str();
            std::vector<char> buffer(sizeof(uint64_t) + len);

            for (size_t j = 0; j < sizeof(uint64_t); ++j) {
                memcpy(&buffer[j], data, len);
                cs.reset();
                cs.update(&buffer[j], len);
                EXPECT_EQ(cases[i].first, cs.getValue());
            }
        }

        cs.reset();
        EXPECT_EQ(0u, cs.getValue());

        for (size_t i = 0; i < strs.size(); ++i) {
            cs.update(&strs[i][0], strs[i].length());
        }

        EXPECT_EQ(result, cs.getValue());
    } else {
        std::cout << "skip HWCrc32c checksum test on unsupported paltform." << std::endl;
    }
}

TEST_F(TestChecksum, SWCrc32c) {
    SWCrc32c cs;
    EXPECT_EQ(0u, cs.getValue());

    for (size_t i = 0; i < cases.size(); ++i) {
        size_t len = cases[i].second.length();
        const char * data = cases[i].second.c_str();
        std::vector<char> buffer(sizeof(uint64_t) + len);

        for (size_t j = 0; j < sizeof(uint64_t); ++j) {
            memcpy(&buffer[j], data, len);
            cs.reset();
            cs.update(&buffer[j], len);
            EXPECT_EQ(cases[i].first, cs.getValue());
        }
    }

    cs.reset();
    EXPECT_EQ(0u, cs.getValue());

    for (size_t i = 0; i < strs.size(); ++i) {
        cs.update(&strs[i][0], strs[i].length());
    }

    EXPECT_EQ(result, cs.getValue());
}

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National Military Fish & Wildlife Association
Number of Awards & Eligibility: Two awards are available
Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited college/univerisity.
Preference will be given to those who are in active military.
Applicants must have a 3.0 GPA.
Description: ?The National Military Fish and Wildlife Association has established a scholarship program to assist in financing higher education for students studying natural resources management. We are proud to announce our seventh annual scholarship award for 2022. The Association intends to award a minimum of two scholarships annually, each in the minimum amount of $500.00. Our goal is to provide financial aid to students pursuing degrees in wildlife and fisheries biology, botany, ecology, range conservation, forestry, and/or wildlife law enforcement. Awards are given without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin.
Application requirements for the National Military Fish and Wildlife Association are:
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Even though the Santa Fe is due to be replaced in summer 2006 following its myriad of awards, it's not going out quietly. It was a knock-down, drag-out fight in the Mid-Size SUV segment, but owners of the Hyundai Santa Fe marked it as the Ideal Mid-Size SUV among some heavy hitters; the Nissan Xterra, Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner, Chevrolet Equinox, and Jeep Liberty. Losing a few rounds to a few competitors in comfort, the Santa Fe still came out ahead with solid numbers across the board. If you thought Santa Fe won it's accolades because of price and warranty alone, you would be wrong (Value is not an IVA component). According to owners, the Santa Fe excels in many areas and can hold it's own against the competition. *Santa Fe has won AutoPacific's Vehicle Satisfaction Award five of the six years it has been on the market.


Amazed, I asked them two questions: (1) Do all Emus have twinned feathers?; and, (2) Are all feathers on all Emus twinned?
The answer was yes, to both questions.
"This is a structure resembling a feather in miniature attached to the underside of the feather at the superior umbilicus. Six types may be recognized of which the most developed is that found in Casuariiformes [including emus - RO], where the afterfeather closely resembles the main feather, so that each feather appears double. In its simplest type the afterfeather lacks an afterrshaft (hyporachis) and merely consists of a row of barbs (an aftertuft) attaching to the rim of the superior umbilicus. It is found in the New World Vultures (Cathartinae). Several groups entirely lack afterfeathers, eg Ostrich, pigeons, cuckoos and swallows. Most workers assume that the function of afterfeathers is to increase the thermal insulating property of the feathers.... some birds, eg ptarmigans, have larger afterfeathers in the winter than in the summer plumage."


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Trump wants to sue Facebook, Google, and Twitter for being mean to him
America First Police Institute / Twitter Screenshot
ByRafi Schwartz
If there's one thing Donald Trump loves, it's Donald Trump. But if there's another thing Donald Trump loves, it's threatening lawsuits because, he likes to claim, someone has been super-duper mean to him.
On Wednesday morning, flanked by a cadre of former administration aides and sycophants outside his Bedminster, New Jersey, estate, Trump announced a class-action lawsuit against Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai, and Twitter's Jack Dorsey, the social media titans who belatedly barred the former president from their platforms in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection attempt.
"It will be a pivotal battle in the defense of the First Amendment," Trump declared, explaining that the suit would request an immediate injunction over alleged "shadow banning" and other supposed restrictions placed on conservative platform users. The suit would also request punitive damages from the platforms' CEOs.
"This will, I think, go down as one of the biggest class-actions ever filed," Trump mused at one point.
Trump's rambling remarks were less a straightforward announcement than they were his usual slate of complaints, rife with asides and random observations including that George Washington will "be canceled," that Democrats are "the greatest group of disinformation people ever in the world," and that his suit is being spearheaded by "a lot of the tobacco lawyers."
In an extended tangent, Trump recycled some of his classic complaints about the (still-ongoing) coronavirus pandemic, baselessly blaming China for deliberately engineering the virus and repeating his endorsements for unfounded cures for the disease, such as hydroxychloroquine.
The suit is backed by the America First Police Institute, a far-right think tank founded by longtime Trump associates, including former high-ranking administration officials like Linda McMahon and Larry Kudlow. In a statement released during Trump's remarks, the group proclaimed that the suit "was not the end" but "the beginning" of a larger effort to punish social media "elites" for their supposed repression of conservative opinions.
It's unclear whether the lawsuit will actually progress beyond the initial filing and this bombastic press conference. But should it proceed, it's likely that Trump himself will have to testify and turn over documents about all sorts of potentially incriminating behavior regarding his initial response to the coronavirus pandemic and the Jan. 6 insurrection — two of the major reasons his accounts were removed from Facebook and Twitter. With that in mind, it's entirely possible that Trump's latest lawsuit will join his many other abortive declarations of legal retribution against his alleged enemies in being more trouble than they're really worth.
This popular TikTok chef left his prosecutor job after old, racist tweets resurfaced


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Intelsat VA F-15 or Intelsat 515, then named Columbia 515, was a communications satellite operated by Intelsat and which was later sold to Columbia Communications Corporation. Launched in 1989, it was the fifteenth of fifteen Intelsat V satellites to be launched. The Intelsat V series was constructed by Ford Aerospace, based on the Intelsat VA satellite bus. Intelsat VA F-15 was part of an advanced series of satellites designed to provide greater telecommunications capacity for Intelsat's global network, from an orbital station at 60.0° East.

Satellite
The satellite was box-shaped, measuring 1.66 by 2.1 by 1.77 metres; solar arrays spanned 15.9 metres tip to tip. The arrays, supplemented by nickel-hydrogen batteries during eclipse, provided 1800 watts of power at mission onset, approximately 1280 watts at the end of its seven-year design life. The payload housed 29 C-band and 6 Ku-band transponders. It could accommodate 15,000 two-way voice circuits and two TV channels simultaneously. It also provided maritime communications for ships at sea.

Launch
The satellite was successfully launched into space on 27 January 1989, at 01:21:00 UTC, by means of an Ariane 2 vehicle from the Crentre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, French Guiana. It had a launch mass of 1981 kg.

Columbia 515
From 1 April 1998, the satellite is used by Columbia Communications Corporation and renamed Columbia 515. The Ku-band payload will not be used anymore. Columbia Communications was granted by FCC to operate a C-Band satellite as a replacement at this location, 37.8° West. The satellite was deactivated in November 2002.

References

Spacecraft launched in 1989
Intelsat satellites
SES satellites

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At Forbes Waterloo Mazda we know that for some of our customers and clients there is nothing better than getting under the hood of a car and getting that wrench dirty. We also know, all too well, that sometimes getting quality auto parts in Waterloo, can be its very own kind of challenge. That's why we have done everything we can to make your parts and accessories buying experience as easy, effective, and affordable as possible. After all, we aren't just parts salespeople, we are car lovers and gearheads just like you. The only difference is that we have had many years of experience learning about the exact piece that will make your engine sing!
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Students Make Blankets During Capstone Project
If someone is cold, they can usually grab a blanket to help warm up. For many people, even those in the Dayton-area, that's not possible. That was one motivation behind the Senior Capstone group of Lydia Bice, Rylie Meyer, Josie Schlangen and Annie Weckesser to organize a blanket making project.
"I initially became interested in child poverty when learning about the issue in school and then through doing service," Weckesser said. "Going to school in Dayton and also doing service within the community has made me realize that child poverty is not only a global issue but it has even affected the city where I live. That really opened my eyes to the issue first hand and has made me want to make a change."
"I became interested in child poverty because for my ISJRP (Integrated Social Justice Research Project)," Meyer reflected. "I completed my service at El Puente with disadvantaged children from immigrant backgrounds. I wrote my paper on my experiences, and the statistics about how child poverty is truly an epidemic around our country stuck with me."
Group members helped get materials for their project thanks to generous contributions.
"We sponsored an out of uniform day at St. Albert (where Rylie and I went to grade school), reached out to the Dayton Catholic Women's Club, and I started a GoFundMe for our friends and family to donate to the cause," Schlangen said. "We also put messages in the parish bulletins at St. Albert and St. Peter to raise money and awareness."
After getting their materials, the Capstone group sponsored an afternoon service project for other CJ students to join the group members in making blankets. Along with making blankets, students were encouraged to write a personal note with each blanket.
"The students were so eager to help, and went above and beyond our expectations of them," Meyer shared. "It felt so amazing to actually be a part of a project that I know in the end it is going to benefit someone else."
"Their excitement to be able to make blankets for kids like them that are in poverty right here in Dayton was very rewarding," Weckesser added.
"This capstone group has been so organized and on top of things from the very beginning," the Capstone group's mentor, Angela Ruffolo, noted. "They took this idea and expanded it even further to include some of our local Catholic parishes/grade schools to take part in donations and in helping to put the blankets together. I am continually impressed at the hard work and dedication these young ladies have towards this project of helping children living in poverty. It is quite obvious that they are truly caring people who are passionate about helping others."
Group members said more than 40 blankets were made during the CJ activity. The seniors went back to St. Albert and St. Peter to make more blankets with those students, for a total of around 80 blankets.
"Overall, this capstone experience has given my friends and me a role of leadership in how we can affect our community, and has made me yet again so proud to be a student at Chaminade Julienne," Meyer reflected.
The group plans to deliver all the blankets to St. Vincent de Paul on Valentine's Day.


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Q: RadEditor not Showing in RadGrid Edit Form Popup I created a rad grid and it's popup edit form is also working fine. But when i replace a multiline text box with RadEditor it gives following error

Uncaught Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManagerServerErrorException:
  Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManagerServerErrorException: Could not find a
  part of the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS
  Express\~\EmployeeInfo\css\BasicTools.xml'.

and popup form is not displayed. Anyone please suggest the solution

A: Are you attempting to implement the RadEditor in a popup as given in Telerik's demo here?  If so, note that the RadEditor in their demo is loading its tools list from a BasicTools.xml file, like so:
<telerik:RadEditor Height="150px" Width="300px" ToolsWidth="330px" EditModes="Design"
                               ID="RadEditor1" runat="server" ToolbarMode="ShowOnFocus" ToolsFile="~/Editor/Examples/EditorAsTextBox/BasicTools.xml">

The error you're seeing indicates your RadEditor is looking for BasicTools.xml and not finding it in the specified location.  Either correct your path in the ToolsFile attribute, or move the file to the proper place.

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  def destroy
    logout if logged_in?
    redirect_to root_url
  end
end


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Workplace flexibility is a Universal Strategy that can meet the needs of employers and their employees, which includes when, where, and how work is done. Essentially, flexibility enables both individual and business needs to be met through making changes to the time (when), location (where), and manner (how) in which an employee works. Flexibility should be mutually beneficial to both the employer and employee and result in superior outcomes.
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Bear's Paw - 24" x 24"
One of the most beloved quilt block designs, pioneer quilters would make this quilt for someone planning a grand undertaking or dangerous adventure. Display your adventurous spirit on the inside or outside of your home - attach to your walls, doors, cabinets, fence, barn, garden shed or mailbox.
My green bear paw quilt block was just perfect. I immediately hung it on my house and also added some Velcro on the back. The next day we had record winds and it did not move. The quality is just great!
My entire experience was top notch! From ordering to receipt of the barn quilt, I am extremely pleased! The quilt was beautiful and the recipient was very happy! Thank you!
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One of the members on a forum I hang out on recently passed the CCNA Security (640-553 IINS) exam. We got into a conversation about flash cards and his use of them in his studies. While studying for the CCNA the member hand wrote a good portion of his over 1100 flash cards, but for the CCNA:S he used open source (or possible just free) software for Windows called Cuecard (found here). Long story short (or is it long now?) I started to look into flash cards to help with my CCNA studies. Currently I use the Cisco CCNA 640-802 Cert Flash Cards, App for Iphone, but would like to expand these to things I don't feel I know well and make my own selections.
I use an Iphone for day to day functions (entertainment of my young ones at times), an Ipad2 for my reading, a MacPro for my home PC, and a Fujitsu convertable tablet for my laptop. At work I use a Windows 7 workstation and a CentOS box. If I'm to make flash cards, I really need something that can traverse most if not all of these devices / OSes. For instance I'd like to be able to create flash cards at work take them and upload them to my Ipad / Iphone, then possible use them on my Tablet as well. I think I would do it all on my work PC / Ipad, but the no flash thing really kills CBTs and some other applications. However, I may have a 2 application solution.
Cue (pun, so intended) Quizlet and Mental Case and/or possibly Flashcards* with more research. Qiuzlets allows for easy web based creation of flash cards and distribution so it seems. By distribution I mean the cards you create are shared with other users of the service. It is free and offers tests, games, an API, along with a few other features. Seems like a great tool for learning. Quizlet can then export flash cards to Mental Case for usage with that application. Mental case is a sleek looking app with a bevy of import features (email, Bluetooth, etc) and lessons "based on scientific research into how people learn" to make leaning notes more efficient. Needless to say I think I'm going to try this setup out to see if I can get in some good studying with flash cards.
Best part of the Bryant Advantage.
"When people are born, they act like they are the center of the universe."
He goes on to explain that this is how switches are when first brought online in a network, but still. I just thought that was too funny.
Protocol Concepts - For example how OSPF works, who becomes the DR and BDR, what the point of the protocol is and what problem it solves, etc.
Protocol Details - Examples include what the costs are for bandwidth in OSPF and EIGRP, what the bridge priority is in STP, converting binary to decimal to hexadecimal, etc.
Protocol Commands - Some examples include the show commands, debug commands, DCHP pool commands, etc.
Each of the present sources I sighted above have 1 or 2 aspects of the above mentioned aspects, but I really dont think one source covers it all or if it does cover it all, it doesn't do a great job of it. Odom's book being the closest. I've been over the Cisco Network Academy textbooks as well. Their labs are fantastic, but the text try far to hard to come across as an easy read, but I think many concepts get lost and the reader walks away feeling that the details were missed. All in all, I think the CCNA candidte is hard pressed to use more than one source.
Wow. All this from Chris Bryant's humor.
I'll be the first to admit, sometimes I can be a slow learner. If I'm uninterested or widely distracted I just don't simply retain the information I'm tasked with learning the way I'd like to. On the other hand, I have been taking classes and reading technical documents for some 14 years now. So, there is no shortage on the desire to constantly learn and grow. Sometimes though, things simply get bogged down.
Take this weekend for instance. I had planned to bang out some 8-12 hours over two days of studying. What did I actually get? Maybe 7 hours, tops. The distractions,my older daughter, her friend, my younger daughter, cooking, dishes, etc. It was just too much to balance. I let the focus escape, except for a few hours a day after everyone was asleep.
"you can go around and look at someone's house, and get a good idea if they're going to pass the CCNA or not ... dishes not washed, clothes piling up, not going out, etc. ... that was me. I did a thorough house cleaning yesterday after the test, and today, too."
That's been me for the past month, however tihs past weekend, I lost sight and left the books for dishes and food prep. It has to be done sometimes, I know. I just need to make sure I keep my eyes on the goal. I think next weekend I'm going to head over to the local library. Then I can put in 2-4 hours there, plus my normal 3 hours when everyone is asleep. Really, I wish there were more hours in a day as 24 only goes so far. As the Japanese say "Keep up!"
Today I was having a conversation with a guy I know in the infosec industry who pointed me to this article in the LA Times. It paints a booming year for the Information Security industry, but how long will the bubble last?
We as humans have a tenancy to forget past aliments and our foresight can be even worse. Consider that infosec is a non-tangible industry. If (and when) attacks go quiet will the call for infosec profession go quiet as well? This is a big concern of mine and one I suspect is valid. Still IT canges with the decades and so do its inhabitants.
The business of protecting computers and servers from intruders has been growing nearly 10% a year since 2006, but security industry officials say 2011 may be the busiest year yet.


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I n the 1790s, based on the work of Luigi Galvani (173798), scientists began to study "animal magnetism." Gal-vani identified the movement of the muscles in a frog when it came in contact with two metals (brass and iron) (Pera 1992). The galvanic (direct) currents produced were seen as a "natural" phenomenon inherent to the very composition of the body. With the discovery by Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) in 1816 of the "voltaic pile" (battery), induced currents could be mastered in ways that static electricity never was. Volta showed that what was assumed to be a "natural" product of the body was in fact the result of the generation of a direct current of electricity through contact with metal. Joseph Carpue (1764-1846), one of the first modern cosmetic surgeons, used electricity as a medical treatment for somatic diseases (Carpue 1803). In 1827, Carlo Matteucci (181168) developed the theory of "counter-currents" for the treatment of muscular paralysis (Matteucci 1844: 266).
In 1831, Michael Faraday (1791-1867) discovered electromagnetic induction (the faradic coil), offering an enhanced electrotherapy through its alternating electric current. The German neurologist Paul Du Bois Reymond (1831-89) in 1849 formulated the law of electrical muscle stimulation and first employed the faradic coil for muscle stimulation. The French physiologist Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne (1806-75) continued to investigate those points on the exterior of the body, triggering deep muscular reactions when stimulated with "localized faradization" (Duchenne 1855). This discovery led to a wide-ranging therapeutics of the body through the identification of trigger points where induced currents could stimulate the muscle tissue. In Germany, Robert Remak (1815-65) challenged Duchenne's use of "faradic" currents and advocated the use of Volta's battery, which produced direct current. Remak made extravagant claims for the therapeutic efficacy of electricity, which caused a cascade of anatomical and therapeutic studies of his "mystical points" of the body.
The "electrical treatment of obesity" was one of the applications of electrotherapy that treated almost every pathology diagnosed through the early twentieth century, understanding them all as having "somatic" rather than "psychological" causes. By the middle of the nineteenth century, "obesity" had become a common medical diagnosis based on the popularity of William Banting's pamphlet. It was understood as a somatic disorder. The American electrotherapist George Miller Beard (1839-83) as early as 1869 treated a wide range of neurological illnesses, including the "American Disease," neurasthenia, with electrotherapy. All of these were understood as somatic diseases of the nervous system. One of Beard's most important disciples was S. Weir Mitchell. Mitchell, who strongly advocated diet as the primary treatment for "nervous" ailments, treated severely underweight patients (but not obese ones) with electricity "for the purpose of exercising muscles in persons at rest" (Mitchell 1877: 62). His case of Mrs. R showed rapid improvement, "gaining thirteen pounds on a weight of ninety-eight pounds ..." (Mitchell 1877: 64). Mitchell followed the application of electrotherapy, being quite aware of the discomfort caused by such treatments, in the light of the anatomical views of the effect of electricity on the muscular system. For him, it was a physiological intervention, which enabled very thin (and therefore unhealthy) patients to gain weight. Little or no attention was paid to the psychological impact of such therapies.
By the beginning of the twentieth century, the radiologist Jean-Alban Bergonie (1857-1925) advocated the employment of electricity to create a general sense of stimulation of the body to improve overall health. There had been the use of static electricity to treat "neurasthenic patients with obesity" prior to that (Tousey i9i5: 68). For Bergonie, electrification of the muscles was understood to be a surrogate for exercise. The treatment for obesity was in general the rapid contraction of the muscles of the body to maximize muscle strengthening while minimizing "one cannot say pain, for there is no pain with this treatment—sensation" (Humphris 1921: 209).
In the electrification of the muscles treatment, the patient was seated in a "semi-reclining chair" with fixed electrodes and was outfitted with a set of moveable, very large electrodes on the thigh, calf, abdomen, and arms. All were covered with damp towels to enhance conduction. The patient was covered with sacks of sand weighing up to 200 pounds. Treatments lasted from forty minutes to sixty minutes. According to the advocates of this approach, patients lost weight and gained "general well-being." In one case cited, a patient lost 1.5 inches around his neck, as well as 3 inches from his waist in three weeks. The fact that he only lost 7 pounds suggested he had gained muscle mass. While it was recommended that fruit, vegetables, and salad be consumed, diet was seen as a minor aspect of the overall treatment (Humphris 1921: 217). In addition, electrotherapy was often used to treat what was seen as the pathological results of obesity, the "failure or perversion of nutrition," including diabetes (Hedley 1900: 206-10). Alternative forms of therapy, such as "hydro-electric baths," were also employed, with the patient seated in a warm water bath while electricity was applied through the water for half an hour (Tousey 1915: 665).
Some physicians also advocated "cephalic electrization" which was "found to produce a loss of weight" as well as treat neurasthenia. The electrodes were placed at the nape of the neck and on the forehead; current was gradually applied for at least fifteen minutes. The result was both a "clearness of thought and ability to work" as well as a loss of weight (Tousey 1915: 418 and 507).
There was a powerful edge to the claims of electrotherapy. If obesity was primarily a process that could be reversed by a form of passive exercise, then its harmful side effects could be ameliorated. Many physicians of the time came to doubt the very premise of electrotherapy. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) recalled that he "felt absolutely helpless after the disappointing results [of electrotherapy . . . T]he successes of electrical treatment in nervous patients are the results of suggestion" (Freud vol. 14: p. 9). Freud was among a growing number of physicians in the 1890s who found electrotherapy unsuccessful. Yet, its powerful associations with the newest technologies of mass electrification allowed electrotherapy to remain seductive until World War II.
The electrotherapy of obesity seems to have a similar placebo effect to that suspected by Freud in his patients. The patients undergoing electrotherapy for obesity may lose as much as 20 to 30 pounds but demanded a stricter regimen than the limitations imposed by the physician (Humphris 1921: 218). According to electrotherapists, patients are concerned with improvement in their general appearance and see the physical discomfort as vital to the perceived gain.
"Transcend Implantable Gastric Stimulator" (similar to a cardiac pacemaker) has been used to treat obesity in more than 700 patients. Implanted laparoscopically, the device provides ongoing electric shocks to the stomach. According to a study in France, the stimulator produced "satisfactory short-term weight loss ... in a subset of patients" (D'Argent 2002). F.M. Ng of Monash University in Australia is exploring "the effect of subcutaneous electrotherapy in reduction of adipose tissue mass in cellulite" (Ng 2006). Electricity is still in the service of weight loss, without much consideration of its psychological implications.
References and Further Reading Carpue, J.C. (1803) An Introduction to Electricity and Galvanism: with Cases, Shewing Their Effects in the Cure of Diseases: To Which Is Added, a Description of Mr. Cuthbertson's Plate Electrical Machine, London: A. Phillips.
Factor," New Scientist 144: 58-9. Freud, Sigmund (1955-74) Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, ed. and trans. J. Strachey, A. Freud, A. Strachey, and A. Tyson, twenty-four vols, London: Hogarth. Hedley, W.S. ( 1900) Therapeutic Electricity and Practical Muscle Testing, Philadelphia, Pa.: P. Blakiston's Son & Co.
Humphris, Francis Howard (1921) Electro-therapeutics for practitioners, London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton.
Make Them, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott. Ng, F.M. (2006) "Intracellular signaling and cancer." Available online at <http://www.med.monash.edu.au/ biochem/research/projects/obesity-diabetes.html> (accessed April 10, 2006).
Pera, Marcello (1992) The Ambiguous Frog: The Galvani-Volta Controversy on Animal Electricity, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Tousey, Sinclair (1915) Medical Electricity, Röntgen Rays and Radium with a Practical Chapter on Phototherapy, Philadelphia, Pa.: W.B. Saunders.


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ALBANY, N.Y.-The nation's largest group health care benefit program is exempt from hefty New York-mandated surcharges on hospital and other medical bills in the state.
New York Department of Health officials say health insurance plans that participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program do not have to pay surcharges on hospital and other health care bills for services provided to federal employees in the program. The program covers nearly 9 million federal employees, dependents and retirees through about 385 health maintenance organizations and fee-for-service plans.
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This time we're exploring a massive abandoned glassworks somewhere in Germany. For nearly 150 years glass has been produced at this location. And still today you can find huge machines that were simply left behind. During our exploration we discovered glass in all imaginable forms and colors. We couldn't believe that nobody is interested in this anymore! In the former industrialist's villa right next to the spacious halls we even found fully furnished offices and it looked like employees of this traditional business would just do one of their breaks and come back any second. Stay tuned if you want to know the story that's hidden behind these forgotten walls.
In the main hall of this enterprise there are still all the machines left behind which were used to produce glass back then. We didn't expect to find this. The place is overwhelming! This factory nearly seems to be totally untouched. There are only a few spots with graffiti but luckily most parts of the hall were spared vandals.
However, you shouldn't explore this factory without suitable protection. In the past they were working here with toxic substances like lead for example. Today most parts of the area are contaminated. To be on the safe side, we were cleaning our whole equipment thoroughly after the exploration. Shoes, bags, cameras – we didn't want to take any risks.
The glass craftsmanship has a long tradition in the region. Usually companies were founded where required raw materials were cheap and available in great numbers. That's why a glassworks was built here around 150 years ago. At this point this was probably the largest facility of its type in the area. But in the next century it was already shut down. Until it was taken on and reconstructed by an entrepreneur in the 1930s. Now the glass foundry could continue operation. But during the time of World War Two especially the focus on production essential for the war effort kept the employees busy. The glass production didn't continue until the post-war period.
Crystal glass and leaded crystal were manufactured here in a laborious process. At first the raw materials like sand needed to be fused at extremely hot temperatures and then brought into shape. After that the pieces were polished and decorated lavishly. Several hundred employees were working here at peak times. After an unsuccessful integration into another company in 1990, this glass factory had to declare bankruptcy in the following years.
It was tried to sell the property at several auctions but there were simply no interested parties. Due to the massive contamination a comprehensive rehabilitation of the site would be simply too expensive. But that's not the end of the story. Around the turn of the millennium multiple smaller companies were settling here. One of them was responsible for all those bags with the colorful stones in it we found everywhere in the main hall. This is glass granulate. We discovered superfine materials and also bigger, colored stones. They all were sold as decoration in the past.
Next to the halls we found another real highlight: The former fabricant's villa. While the owner of the factory was living here in the past, later several offices were located in the house.
While all the archives were emptied out, the offices looked like the staff could come back at any moment. If you see the rooms, you could hardly imagine that this place is really abandoned. Everything seems to be broom-clean!
In the documents we discovered dunning letters due to outstanding rents. The small companies which were settling here before weren't able to come up with the immense leasing costs. That's why the glass factory eventually became deserted only a few years ago. Today the glass craftsmanship is in a dying condition. Junior staff and buyers are both lacking. And so nothing more than cracked shards are left of this former traditional manufacturer.
Amazing photos and loved the write up!! Quite different to your average german site.
I'm gobsmacked. The second incredible report in the space of a week.
Glass uses energy and energy costs have destroyed companies where I live. I expect the same would cripple a glass manufacturer given that they need so much heat.
The site is pristine. I'd have been nervous in there - expecting someone to walk in.
The images have left me quite speechless - who does the glass work now? Has it too gone to China?
I was discussing the lack of recycling plants in the UK to a friend yesterday - recycled glass would be loaded onto ships and sent to Mainland Europe because nowhere could handle it here (North East England). I bet factories like the one in your report would be one of those which handled our used glass waste..


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Chactas barbacoensis est une espèce de scorpions de la famille des Chactidae.

Distribution
Cette espèce est endémique de l'État de Lara au Venezuela. Elle se rencontre vers Morán dans la Sierra de Barbacoas.

Étymologie
Son nom d'espèce, composé de barbaco[as] et du suffixe latin , « qui vit dans, qui habite », lui a été donné en référence au lieu de sa découverte, dans la Sierra de Barbacoas.

Publication originale
 González-Sponga, 1987 : Arácnidos de Venezuela. Nuevas especies del género Chactas y redescripción de Chactas gestroi Kraepelin, 1912 (Scorpionida: Chactidae). Boletín de la Academia de Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y Naturales, Caracas, Venezuela, , , .

Liens externes
 The Scorpion Files : Jan Ove Rein, Trondheim, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Notes et références

Chactidae
Espèce de scorpions (nom scientifique)
Faune endémique de l'État de Lara


I'm not crafty by any means but, I'm pretty happy with how this turned out. Only took two hours and two rolls of duct tape to complete.
You going to Burning Man or something?
That'd pretty much be one of only a handful of places to wear that thing.
However, I heard you had to be naked and old to go to burning man.
It's the exact opposite actually. You can see for yourself if you like.
You're right. You have to be young AND naked.


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The tug of war between the hawks and doves over North Korea policy continues within the Bush administration.
John Feffer
The tug of war between the hawks and doves over North Korea policy continues within the Bush administration. In the latest move, the administration has unveiled its new, flexible negotiating position with Pyongyang: a willingness to provide security guarantees. Examined more carefully, however, this new dovish position appears to have the wing prints of the hawks all over it.
The current conflict between the two countries dates back to U.S. accusations of a hidden North Korean nuclear program one year ago. Pyongyang has been relentlessly pursuing a nuclear deterrent to prevent a U.S. attack and win back a measure of international status, lost as a result of famine and economic collapse. The Bush administration, meanwhile, has not hidden its desire for regime change. In addition to Bush's own personal antipathy toward North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the administration has included North Korea as a target in the Nuclear Posture Review and a major threat in the Quadrennial Defense Review. It has ramped up containment measures in the region such as flying unmanned Shadow planes near the North Korean border. It has tightened economic screws by cutting humanitarian aid and restricting North Korean trade in military and non-military goods through the Proliferation Security Initiative. As if these actions weren't enough to convince Pyongyang, the example of the Iraq war demonstrated more than any declaration the administration's commitment to preemptive strikes and preventive war.
With its current initiative, the Bush administration has revealed not so much the flexibility of its position as the awkwardness. Though it would seem that Pyongyang has crossed several red lines–exiting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, kicking out inspectors, announcing the successful reprocessing of plutonium–the administration hasn't attacked the country. Nor, on the other hand, has Washington pushed hard on the diplomatic front to resolve the crisis. The administration can't offer too much for fear of being labeled appeasers; but offering nothing, as it has so far, makes Bush seem asleep at the wheel. And thus the genesis of this half-hearted attempt to lure North Korea back to the negotiating table.
While Washington has hitherto insisted that North Korea freeze its nuclear program before any negotiations can take place, Pyongyang has insisted on a bilateral treaty of non-aggression. Because they've seen what can happen when new administrations arrive in Washington, North Korean leaders want the U.S. Senate's imprimatur. Ironically, North Korea seems to put more faith in the power of the Senate to prevent war than most Americans do and more trust in a piece of paper than most countries do.
However quixotic North Korea's demand, the Bush administration is on a different page altogether. In its current form, the administration's recent offer is a multilateral, not a bilateral, security agreement. It wouldn't be signed by the Senate. Not surprisingly, North Korea has called the initiative "laughable." Pyongyang already has security agreements with Moscow and Beijing. It's not particularly worried about a Japanese or South Korean attack since the former lacks the capability and the latter lacks the desire. North Korea wants a bilateral agreement with the United States just as it has wanted all along to negotiate directly with the most important military power in East Asia. The United States, it believes–and with good reason–calls the shots in the region.
Still, any flexibility in the Bush position seems on the face of it a victory of the doves over the hawks. Or is it?
First of all, "hawks" and "doves" are not very precise terms to describe the warring factions within the administration. Those who support negotiations with North Korea generally know something about the subject. These Korea hands have experience negotiating with Pyongyang and know what does and does not work. Those who favor a hard-line stance, like John Bolton in the State Department or Vice President Dick Cheney, know next to nothing about the regime they'd like to change. Better to call the different factions the Know-Somethings and, after the 19th century American party of xenophobes, the Know-Nothings.
The hardliners might not know much about Korea but they are keen tacticians. They gave a green light to the six-party talks this summer because they expected them to fail. They are similarly hoping that North Korea will reject the current offer of a multilateral security agreement and go forward with some demonstration of its nuclear capability. Then the Know-Nothings will be able to sweep aside the Know-Somethings and accelerate their campaign to destabilize North Korea.
The current offer of a multilateral security guarantee is no doubt a sincere effort by the Korea hands to find an exit to the problem and to reward South Korea for its pledge of combat troops for the Iraq occupation. The hardliners are letting the diplomats play their little game. Focused on regime change regardless of the consequences, the Know-Nothings in the administration still feel the tug of war.


Sri Lanka's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Harsha De Silva is scheduled to speak in detail about the government's plans to boost 'Economic Diplomacy,' at the upcoming Ceylon Chamber forum scheduled to be held on Monday (05). At the event, he is expected to be flanked by the Director General of the Department of Commerce and the Chairman of the Export Development Board.
De Silva will speak under the title of "ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY: expand exports, bring in investments, boost growth and take Sri Lankan firms abroad'. The Director General of the Department of Commerce, Mrs. Sonali Wijeratne will do a presentation on the ways and means of "Enhancing Sri Lanka's Market Access Abroad".
The speakers will outline the assistance, the government, specially Sri Lanka's overseas missions, the Department of Commerce and the Export Development Board offers to the local businesses seeking to enter new markets.


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In 2010, Kalpana Gurung and her husband Simone Galimberti started thinking about new ways to encourage members of the society, especially youths to volunteer with and for persons living with disabilities, in particular visually impaired persons, in a simple and accessible way, believing in locally rooted, sustainable, unpaid forms of service.
In 2011 ENGAGE was established at Kathmandu District Office as an NGO (registration 746) and in 2013 ENGAGE received the official affiliation with the Social Welfare Council, under the Ministry of Women, Children and Welfare Affairs. In the spring of 2013 a small office was opened in the Kathmandu Valley.
Struck by the obstacles faced by youths with visual impairment and more general by youths living with disabilities but also by their incredible resilience and determination, the ENGAGE Team felt inspired by their unique potentials. Guided by experts from within the disability community, ENGAGE piloted and learned and progressively revised our model till developing the approach here presented centered on combination of sport, volunteering and personal and professional development through leadership enhancement that are the foundations of ENGAGE Empowers.


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NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP welcomed 2019 by adding a 30th office in the United States — its 39th worldwide. Opening the firm's office in Minneapolis, MN, is finance and restructuring attorney Michael B. Fisco,who will serve as the Managing Shareholder. Joining Fisco are shareholders Michael M. Krauss, a former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Arleen A. Nand, who served as the U.S. Head of Agricultural Finance for DLA Piper, prior to joining Greenberg Traurig. All join from the local office of DLA Piper.
"The Twin Cities region is aligned with Greenberg Traurig's client goals and our focus on business, innovation, diversity, quality of life, and serving the community," said Brian L. Duffy, Greenberg Traurig Chief Executive Officer. "We are fortunate to be able to enter this dynamic market with a team that has strong local and regional history, as well as the legal experience and passion for excellence that clients demand. We are known for waiting patiently to find the right time, place, and people to open new offices, as we did with this opportunity, and we are very pleased with the result."
"Greenberg Traurig is business-minded and entrepreneurial – a perfect fit for our team and clients," Fisco said. "We are excited to spearhead the firm's expansion in Minneapolis and become an integral part of the Twin Cities' community."
According to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEEP), CNBC recently named Minnesota the top state for business. DEEP notes that Minnesota's top ranking was based on the state's "balanced mix of big and small, established and up-and-coming" companies; transportation capabilities; cost of doing business; workforce that is educated, highly skilled, motivated, and productive; innovation and technology; leadership in K-12 and post-secondary education; overall business friendliness based on its legal and regulatory systems; access to capital with strong lenders; cost of living; and overall quality of life.
Fisco focuses his practice on corporate debt restructurings, bankruptcy, and related litigation matters. He represents indenture trustees, corporations, and investment funds in distressed debt restructurings across the United States. Fisco works with clients to develop and implement cost-effective strategies. He also counsels clients on finance and insolvency matters in Asia, South America, and the United Kingdom.
Krauss advises banks, institutional trustees, and investors on an array of complex financial disputes, including residential mortgage-backed securities litigation and actions alleging breach of trust. He also represents clients in fraud and related government investigations. As an Assistant United States Attorney, Krauss tried multiple cases to verdict and argued more than 10 appeals before the Second Circuit.
Nand has represented banks, corporations, cooperatives, and private equity firms with more than $25 billion in cross-border and domestic leveraged financed transactions. Her work has been featured by Chambers Global in its agribusiness category. Nand counsels clients on all aspects of commodities finance throughout the production, processing, and distribution value chain. She also represents clients on transactions involving various domestic and foreign collateral issues, including credit facilities secured by rolling stock, maritime vessels, aircraft, coal reserves, oil and gas, and carbon credits. She routinely speaks and writes on agribusiness and commodities finance topics.
About Greenberg Traurig, LLP:Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) has more than 2,000 attorneys in 39 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. GT has been recognized for its philanthropic giving, diversity, and innovation, and is consistently among the largest firms in the U.S. on the Law360 400 and among the Top 20 on the Am Law Global 100. Web: www.gtlaw.com Twitter: @GT_Law.


I have worked in African Township Hospitals since nearly sixteen years. My first encounter with African Township life was at the Mzilikazi Township in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe in the nineties. I was then a Registrar in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo. The township used to burst with gaiety especially on weekends. Jazz, dancing and beer use to overflow at every street. People forgot their everyday problems and came together in a stream of enjoyment. I remember dancing to the strains of Amandamara.
I shifted to Umtata in the former Transkei and later to Mdantsane in the former Ciskei. I still work in Mdantsane and have been enjoying the thrills of a vibrant township life. I have encountered township art on various occasions. There is a school next to the Cecilia Makiwane Hospital, where I work, its walls are painted with such beautiful murals ranging from the school headmaster wearing his felt hat to girls in various festivity dress. I have always wondered who the artist may be.
Apartheid era brought a restriction to inflow of knowledge on world art to such remote townships. But that didn't restrict the art which kept on flowing from their brushes. The art is unique as it didn't have any influences.
One of these is an artist called George Pemba whose works were recognised only at the age of seventy-nine. I came across a painting done by George Pemba at the Ann Bryant Art Gallery, East London, South Africa. It is titled 'Overload' and is Oil on Canvas work. It is a typical depiction of a township scene with people in various emotional states overloaded in a bus. I was struck with the deft brush strokes that brought out such realty that one needs to see the picture again and again and from different angles. It brought in me such happiness being familiar with such daily scenes in townships, where I work.
It's Friday again and the afternoon is resounding with the distant marimba beat inoculating that certain joyousness which heralds the coming of a weekend.
My one-year old son, now so tuned to the marimba, crawls out towards the sounds, his face lit up with the same spirit which is common to the people here. He has an Ndebele name lovingly given to him by the nursing staff. He is Tabani.
That was Bulawayo fifteen years ago.
My friends also called it Little London.
My trek in the health sector of African countries had reached Bulawayo — the heart of Matebeleland. A small boy helped me off the train, carried my luggage and even telephoned the medical superintendent about my arrival. Rose, the superintendent's beautiful secretary welcomed me with open hands. Never had I been welcomed so lavishly and as warmly as I was in Zimbabwe.


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Overthrown - action game for Commodore VIC-20
Run! And don't let anyone stop you!
Distortiongain
Games, VIC-20
Palace situation turns grim
crowds chant "go away"
If I were a dictator, I would take everything valuable and run away. This is exactly what you need to do in the game Overthrown for the Commodore VIC-20.
Some of us remember the times when eight-bit computers were every teenager's dream. Slightly younger ones may remember the classic versions of GTA games, those with simple graphics and a top-down view. Later, 3D graphics almost completely dominated the gaming world. Perhaps we forgot about the fact that sometimes the simplest graphic design is enough to provide emotions.
Overthrown is a game released by Erik J. Hooijmeijer in 2020, for the VIC-20 computer (the older brother of the Commodore 64), a machine that is already forty years old! The very fact that new games are still being developed on such an old and seemingly forgotten computer is a curiosity. However, Overthrown also deserves attention because it is simply a great game that actually brings back memories of the classic GTA.
We play as the dictator who has just been overthrown, so we must save our own skin and ensure a peaceful retirement. We start the game in the palace. The intro shows an angry crowd wanting to lynch the dictator and set the palace on fire. Our task is to survive and collect as much money as possible, by the way we should shoot everyone who stands in our way. Then we take the armoured car and go to the airport. We need to be skilful in avoiding barriers and missiles that are launched in our direction from the air. We turn the encountered people into a bloodstain by ramming them. In the last stage, we will take the plane, and we have to make our way to a secluded place where we will spend our retirement.
Overthrown, next to The Prince by Machiavelli, is a must-have for anyone who wants to become a dictator. However, if you just want to play a good game, you can skip a 16th-century treaty.
The final result will depend on the distance travelled and the amount of money we were able to pick in the first stage. A digital copy of the game is available for free download from the author's website. Overthrown will work without any problems in the VIC-20 emulator, e.g. VICE.
Links: Download Overthrown | VICE - emulator
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Home Mercedes Trucks Technology Acorn Environmental sows new seeds of success with versatile Mercedes-Benz Unimog
Acorn Environmental sows new seeds of success with versatile Mercedes-Benz Unimog
Truckingjobs.co.uk September 20, 2019 Mercedes Trucks, Technology,
The Mercedes-Benz Unimog is renowned for its all-terrain capability, but the truck's on-road performance holds the key to the efficiency savings now being achieved by Acorn Environmental Management Group.
The Redditch-based landscape maintenance and arboriculture specialist purchased its first Unimog from Dealer Rygor Commercials. The range-topping U530 implement carrier tows a US-built FINN T75T HydroSeeder, which is designed to discharge gel-protected seed and fertilizers under high pressure over a distance of up to 90 feet.
Acorn Environmental is heavily engaged in the seeding of banks and verges on Britain's growing network of smart motorways. It has already completed projects on the M1 and M5, and is currently working on the M6 as a sub-contractor to the Balfour Beatty Vinci joint venture.
The operator has previously relied on agricultural tractors to fulfil this role. However, as Managing Director Kevin O'Rourke revealed, there was a significant drawback to doing so.
"Tractors are not permitted to operate on the motorway, so must always remain within the traffic management area," he explained. "This meant that when we ran out of water we needed bowser wagons to come in and fill us up, which often entailed frustrating delays as well as the obvious additional costs.
"With the Unimog, that's all behind us. The truck is superb on rough ground, of course, but unlike a tractor it's also capable of achieving on-road speeds of 56 mph. As a result, when we need more water for the hydroseeder's 700-gallon tank we can just exit the traffic management area and travel back to the source at the main depot to refill."
Acorn Environmental's short (3,350 mm) wheelbase U530 operates at a gross weight of 13.5 tonnes and will tow a further 18 tonnes. The truck has a factory-fitted tipping body which regularly carries four 1,000-litre 'cubes' (intermediate bulk containers) of water, while the hydroseeder travels on a tri-axle trailer by Gardiner, of Arbroath.
The truck's fuel-efficient 7.7-litre six-cylinder engine produces 220 kW (299 hp) and 1,200 Nm of torque. It drives through a fully synchronised, electro-pneumatic transmission which has eight forward and six reverse gears –the optional working gear range provides another eight forward and eight reverse gears. Permanent all-wheel drive, impressive ground clearance, and uprated portal axles which have differential locks and offer extreme levels of articulation, all contribute to its unrivalled cross-country capability.
To further increase traction Acorn Environmental has specified Michelin 495/70 R24 agricultural tyres, the biggest permissible, as well as optional Central Tyre Inflation (CTI) technology. This unique system allows the driver quickly and easily, and without leaving their cab, to lower tyre pressures, and has the additional benefit of minimising damage to particularly soft ground.
Acorn Environmental purchased its Unimog after trialling a demonstrator supplied by Rygor Commercials' Special Trucks Sales Manager Matt Cleave. "It's a fantastic machine," enthused Kevin O'Rourke. "We'll be keeping the Unimog busy on our smart motorway contracts for the time being, but its incredible versatility means we can also use it to undertake a wide variety of other tasks."
Acorn Environmental this year celebrates its 25th anniversary, and enjoys many long-standing customer relationships. Its staff are committed to the protection and enhancement of the natural environment, and experts in everything from ecological mitigation and landscaping, to tree surgery and the control of invasive and noxious weeds.
"We've grown in every one of the last 25 years and continue to go from strength to strength," added Mr O'Rourke. "The Unimog and our new FINN HydroSeeder represent a substantial combined investment, but I've every confidence that it will prove to be money well spent."
The Mercedes-Benz Unimog is widely acknowledged as the world's leading all-terrain vehicle, with a reputation forged in the harshest operating conditions. The overwhelming majority of those built since 1951 are still in service today.
All Unimogs have 4x4 chassis with single rear wheels, while gross weights vary from 7.5 to 16.5 tonnes. There are two core variants: an implement carrier like Acorn Environmental's with front, side and rear attachment points, and an ultra-high mobility truck with extreme torsional flexibility, which can accommodate a range of bodies. Both are superbly adaptable to a huge variety of roles.
Matt Cleave commented: "Tough, capable and amazingly versatile, no other vehicle pulls its weight quite like a Unimog. Rygor's consultative sales approach, coupled with our product-specific expertise, mean that as with Acorn Environmental's new U530, every Unimog we supply is perfectly tailored to suit the customer's operational requirements."
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