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Hidden History of St. Asaph Racetrack
Del Ray was once home to an infamous gambling operation creating by a double-dealing senator.
The St. Asaph Racetrack operated between a neighborhood known as St. Elmo and another neighborhood called Del Ray. After the track closed, the two neighborhoods were included in the newly created town of Potomac. Image courtesy of Alexandria Local History Special Collections
By Michael Lee Pope
You'd never know it today, but Del Ray was once the capital of gambling in Northern Virginia. The old St. Asaph racetrack is long gone, replaced by the quaint suburban-style cottages. But the story of how the track came to be and what happened to it are a fascinating and little-known window into the city's history.
The story begins in Richmond in 1896. There we find state Sen. George Mushback (D-14), a former Alexandria City Councilman who went on to represent the city in the House of Delegates before moving on to the state Senate. In a chilly Senate chamber that January, Mushback introduced a bill that would have drastic consequences in Alexandria and beyond. The effort was aimed at reducing the scourge of gambling, a vice that had gripped the commonwealth after several high-profile acts of violence. Legislators such as Del. Addison Maupin were pushing for the General Assembly to close a loophole to the existing anti-gambling legislation that allowed so-called "agricultural societies" from running games of change.
Like many legislators before and after, Mushback seized on the opportunity.
Unbeknownst to his colleagues in Richmond, the senator from Alexandria was also the president of the Alexandria Driving Club — a racetrack operation that would later be known as the Gentleman's Driving Park at the St. Asaph Junction and ultimately the St. Asaph Racetrack. Mushback was one of the original investors in the operation, which included a host of names that remain familiar today: William Daingerfield, George Uhler, Park Agnew. John Marriott Hill, who managed the city's opera house and printing establishment, managed the betting.
Working together with Maupin, who was trying to close loopholes, Mushback crafted a bill that created a new loophole — one that would benefit himself by allowing gambling at driving clubs. When the smoke cleared from that session, Mushback had his legislation and the St. Asaph Racetrack had a competitive advantage over other operations that had now been rendered illegal. Mushback was able to accomplish this while retaining a sterling reputation.
"As a lawyer, he was eminently successful," gushed the Richmond Times obituary five years later.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
This cartoon appeared on the front page of the Washington Times on Jan. 13, 1905.
THE RACETRACK invented a number of slippery bookkeeping practices to skirt the law. Because Virginia law covered "money forwarded to race courses," the operation forwarded all claims to the West Virginia Athletic Association. And printed on the back of every ticket was a vigorous statement denying that the operating is in any sense a pool-betting operation. The Alexandria Gazette carried advertisements for the track, which boasted "Racing Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday Until Further Notice — Objectionable Characters Will Be Positively Excluded."
But the track was, indeed, full of objectionable characters. The Gazette carried a number of items about shameful activities at the track, including forcing some of the horses to wear lead shoes to slow them down and skew the races. That attracted the ire of Joseph Suplee, who had moved to Del Ray the previous year. Suplee helped circulate a petition against the racetrack during the next legislative session in Richmond. Ministers and businessmen headed mass meetings calling attention to the scourge of racing, gambling and their associated violence. Suplee told the Gazette he was "defying anyone to prove the race track had brought any dollars into the community … it kept away good, law-abiding citizens."
But change would not come from Richmond. Instead, it would come from the Alexandria County Courthouse.
In 1903, a lawyer from South Carolina named Crandal Mackey announced his campaign for commonwealth's attorney in an effort to unseat incumbent Richard Johnson. Mackey based his campaign on ending the scourge of gambling in Northern Virginia — not just at St. Asaph Racetrack but also in Rosslyn and Jackson City. If elected, Mackey promised, he would close every gambling resort in Alexandria.
"Mackey says Alexandria County has been the dumping grounds of all the riffraff and gamblers in Washington," the Washington Times reported. "He proposes to make the place habitable so that the land can be sold and a higher standard of morals fixed."
Johnson, on the other hand, was supported by the gamblers. And money was flying in both directions during the campaign. The Washington Times reported that barrels of money were opened and their contents were "scattered in fabulous quantities." In November, the vote was close. Johnson won the Arlington District and the Jefferson District by narrow margins. But Mackey had a strong showing in the Washington District, which was enough to put him over the edge — just barely.
Mackey won the election of 1903 with a two-vote margin of victory.
Johnson hired a team of legal aces to help him contest the victory, including Francis Smith (Mushback's longtime law partner), Edmund Burke (grandson of Robert E. Lee) and a young man named C.C. Carlin who would later go on to represent Alexandria in Congress. The legal team ended up dropping the fight against the election, although they would later reunite.
Courtesy of Arlington County Historical Society
The grandstand and judges tower were long abandoned when this photograph was taken in 1914.
IN MAY 1904, Mackey staged a dramatic raid on the racetrack. Armed with sledgehammers and crowbars, the posse smashed the gambling equipment and threw the slot machines into the river. But the poolroom was back in business before long. So Mackey set out to gain an indictment, releasing members of a grand jury to visit the racetrack and place their own bets to gather evidence. The ruse worked, and Mackey was able to acquire 19 warrants against the operations owners and operators. Six men were arrested.
By the time the St. Asaph six made their first appearance in the courtroom, they had a familiar legal team — Smith, Burke and Carlin. The same lawyers who were fighting Mackey's election a few months earlier were now fighting his central campaign promise. And they had a trump card up their sleeves, the Mushback law, which carved out a special exemption that was specifically designed to help the St. Asaph Racetrack.
The legal fight dragged on for months as the newly elected prosecutor stumbled on procedural questions. But Mackey continued his fight, and was eventually able to persuade a judge to agree. In 1905, the St. Asaph Racetrack closed its doors for good. Three years later, the property fell under the jurisdiction of the new Town of Potomac.
Today, the track has been replaced by block after block of residential housing. But a quick glance at a map will show the tell-tale dog-leg angle exposing where the St. Asaph Racetrack once dominated the landscape of Del Ray.
The Hidden History of Del Ray
The Forgotten Town
How Crandal Mackey Fought Vice
Alexandria's Failed Experiment with Wards


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The Coach and Horses Public House
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1845-1846 Mrs Lydia Petchey
1851-1856 William Hotching (Hotchin)
1858-1888 Thomas Taylor
1890-1901 Alfred Hardy
1904- Dixon Standaloft
1908-1915 Arthur Walker
1916- Mrs Jane A Walker
1922- Frederick Anthony
1925-1937 William Thomas Owen
1939- Reginald John and Edna (nee Legge) Popplewell (In the 1939 Register)
Followed by Mrs Jane Popplewell up to about 1945 (Dick Melton)
1950- Albert Hurrell
1951- Ernest Bridges
1955- Wilfred Ernest Watson
1964- William George Link
1964- George Sidney Hardy
1968- Donald Victor Isbell
1970- Ernest Arthur Thorley
1970-1976 Alan and Molly Birt (source son Timothy Birt)
Various ...
2007-2020 Sheila Roythorne
2020- Tommy & Christine Haughey
Lydia Petchey
A William Brunton and Lucy Robinson married on 20 December 1781 in Wood Norton, a few miles from Fakenham; both were resident in that village. Lydia was born here in 1788 (seventh of eight children).
Benjamin Petchey was born in Dersingham in 1786,the sixth child of six children of Benjamin Petchey Snr and Mary Fox. His mother Mary died when he was only two years old and his older sister Rachell died, aged 20, in 1796 when Benjamin was 10. His father lived until 1832 when he died at the age of 82.
On 12th October 1809 Lydia Petchey, now 21, married Benjamin Petchey, Banns having been called on 17 and 24th September and 1st October 1809. Their witnesses to the marriage were William Yeates and Martha Snelling in St. Nicholas Church Dersingham; Lydia made her mark X in the register. Interestingly William and Martha were to marry a year later almost to the day.
In the early nineteenth century very few people had the right to vote but pressure for reform grew steadily until in 1832 the Great Reform Act was passed. This gave the vote to men who occupied property with an annual value of £10. So we find listed in the Electoral Roll of The Hundred of Freebridge of 1835 as an occupation voter, Benjamin Petchey with a Freehold and Copyhold estate.
It is from White's Directory of 1836 that we discover Benjamin was a wheelwright, whilst Lydia was included in the list of farmers which included George Chadwick (maltster) of Oak House Farm, John Chapman, Robert Claxton, Abraham Gay, and John Riches, a rabbit dealer.
In the Electoral Rolls for 1837 Benjamin is listed with Free and Copyhold house and land near the church. Also in 1837 Benjamin suffered another loss when his brother, Edward Fox Petchey, died in Brancaster. Benjamin himself died the following year, 1838, at the age of 53.
Tithe map 1839
The Tithe map and Schedule of 1839 throw more light on Lydia's circumstances as she enters widowhood. Lydia owns a piece of arable land just off the Sandringham to Ingoldisthorpe Road, in Ling House Road which she rents out to Richard Stanton Sen. Richard Stanton was a substantial farmer with a farm house, yard, buildings and garden, close to where the present Manor Road meets the Lynn Road. He had considerable holdings of pasture, arable and marsh land in the village.
Lydia also owned four properties directly opposite Doddshill Road. The cottage and garden, 227 was occupied by John Greenacre, a gardener; cottage and garden while 228 was occupied by William Flegg. Lydia herself occupied a larger site 229, where there are two buildings marked. The Schedule records that Lydia has a house, garden and shop. No mention yet of The Coach and Horses. Martin Flegg, a wheelwright, lived in cottage, 230.
It would seem quite possible to me that when Benjamin was alive he and Martin Flegg, both being wheelwrights and neighbours, could have worked together perhaps in one of the buildings on site 229. Lydia also owned the shop and yard directly opposite on the corner of Doddshill, 71. In 1839 this property was occupied by William Hotching who ran a Butcher's Shop there. (A full history of this shop can be found here on our website)
William Hotching was born in Congham about 1783. However, in 1838 he was living in Ingoldisthorpe but in 1839 he married Elizabeth Brunton of Dersingham. They had one son christened Benjamin Petchey Hotching on 28th August 1839 in Dersingham. Tragically little Benjamin died only a few weeks later and was buried on October 13th that year. No other children are recorded as being born to William and Elizabeth.
Pakenham Manor House
To complete the picture of this part of Dersingham at this time on the other corner of Doddshill opposite the Butcher's Shop and across the road from Lydia's house and shop where the village school would be built in 1875, was an old carrstone cottage, 252 occupied by Richard Lines and others.
This was originally the Manor House of Pakenham Manor, one of the seven manorial estates that made up the village of Dersingham in the past. It was described in a survey carried out in 1802-4 for Robert Walpole of Houghton Hall, who owned the Manor at that time, as a dwelling house let in three tenements.
By 1839 this Manor now formed part of the Sandringham Estate of John Motteux. The cottage remained there even after the school was built. It was finally demolished in 1935, by order of the King, to enlarge the school playground. Much of the stonework was reused to build the wall around the extension to the churchyard behind the Great Barn up to Sherborne Road.
A little further down the road was a Public House with yard and garden, 232, The Cock Inn run by Ann Gamble. This busy, well used village Inn was demolished in the 1880s to be replaced by The Feather's Hotel.
The Cock Inn
It is a mystery why, in the 1841 census, Lydia Petchey was in the household of a farmer, one John Mason, in the village of Wendling. (Class: HO107; Piece: 778; Book: 31; Civil Parish: Wendling; County: Norfolk; Enumeration District: 12; Folio: 5; Page: 5; Line: 23). John's age is given as 35 and Lydia's age as 50 but note that in 1841, if the enumerator was doing his job properly, the age of persons over 15 was supposed to be rounded down to the nearest multiple of 5. Lydia is shown as being his housekeeper for him but is listed before his children, unusual for a servant. John's second wife, Lucy Billings from Fring, had died in 1840.
White's Directory of 1845 lists the Coach and Horses for the first time with Lydia as the Victualler. It was only 15 years earlier that Parliament passed the 1830 Beer Act which enabled any ratepayer to brew and sell beer on payment of a license costing 2 guineas. This resulted in the opening of thousands of new pubs. So the house and shop described in the Tithe Schedule has now become the Public House and Lydia has taken advantage of The Beer Act. However, it is a sign of the times that Lydia does not appear on the Electoral Rolls of the time. Although meeting all the criteria to be eligible to vote just like her late husband she of course suffered from a severe disadvantage; she was Mrs.Petchey!
William Hotching (Jnr)
William Hotching (Jnr) married Elizabeth Brunton in Ingoldisthorpe in 1839 and in the same year had a son Benjamin Petchey Hotching. Having been baptised in Dersingham on 28th August 1839 Benjamin had a very short life and was buried here on 13th October 1839.
The 1846 Trade directory and the Electoral Roll of 1850 records a change of circumstances as William Hotchin Jnr is listed, with houses, land and common rights as occupier, as the Publican of The Coach and Horses Dersingham.
The 1851 census reords the same and he is living there with his wife Elizabeth , his elderly father William, and Emily Greenacre, 16, a general servant. But clearly he is only renting the pub because, on 20th December 1851, the sale advertisement seen here appeared in the Norfolk Chronicle and Norwich Gazette for the Coach and Horses and other properties owned by Lydia.
Lydia meanwhile had obviously given up running The Coach and Horses and in this census she is recorded as a visitor in the house of John Terrington, a grocer and draper, with his wife Jane , son George and nephew William Cattermole.
We note that William Hotching, (Snr), born in Little Massingham, was formerly a farmer in Ingoldisthorpe. The Norfolk Pubs website records that on the 1st April 1848 he was released from prison where he had been detained as an insolvent. He must have moved here not long after.
I have found a further advertisement announcing the sale by auction in two lots at The Cock Inn, Dersingham in January 1854 of three cottages and a parcel of land next to the road leading from Sandringham to Dersingham Mill. The description certainly matches that which Lydia owned so I just wondered if this had been Lydia's property. In fact Elizabeth Hotching (nee Brunton, base-born) was a niece to Lydia.
In the Directory of 1854 we find William Hotching as the Publican of The Coach and Horse but also still listed as a practising Butcher.
In March of the same year 1854 that Lydia died aged 62 and was buried in the churchyard alongside her husband. We have yet to discover exactly what happened to the money she secured from the sale. An answer would hopefully be in her will which can be purchased at the Norwich Archives Ref: NCC will register Day 156.
William Hotching is recorded as the Publican until 1856 then there is a two year gap before Thomas Taylor becomes the Innkeeper in 1858.
On 6th July 1858 The Coach and Horses was put up for sale by auction at the Globe hotel in King's Lynn as part of the estate of one Artur Morse with Thomas Taylor in occupation. It included a large well planted garden, and more interestingly there was a newly erected Stable and Coachhouse. It is interesting to speculate when these were built and by whom. I have yet to discover the purchaser.in addition the estate sale included another seven pubs, two houses and a shop in High Street, King's Lynn.
Mike discovered that by 1861 William and Elizabeth Hotching had left Dersingham and, according to the census of that year, were living in the lodging house of one Hannah Cross in King's Lynn with her son who was a mariner.
Thomas Taylor
Thomas is recorded as taking over The Coach and Horses in 1858, obviously just before its sale. The census of 1861 tells us that he was born in Burnham Market about 1805. His wife Louisa was also from Burnham Market. Ten years later in 1871 he is a widower and Charlotte Taylor, his niece, is living with him there as his Housekeeper. Lodging with them at the time was James Snardell, a musician from Wimbotsham.
An act of 1848 had brought in strict limitations of opening times. In particular beerhouses, Inns and alehouses were forbidden to open between Midnight Saturday to 12.30 p.m. on Sunday. However, I suspect this was not always closely observed in the early days.
But In 1872 Parliament passed the Licensing Act. This stated that licences were required for all beerhouses, Inns, or alehouses and more tellingly it introduced regular Inspections. Inspectors were to be appointed by the local Police and accountable to them.
On the 30th September 1872 it was recorded that Thomas had been fined 20s with 14s costs for having a House illegally open at 5.30 a.m. on September 2nd. The local Inspectors were now obviously doing their job. I wonder if the local man had a tipoff to be on hand to witness the transgression at that early hour!
In 1875 Charlotte married George Houchen , a groom for the Royal Household. By the census of 1881 The Coach and Horses was echoing to the voices of their sons, Henry 5, and Frederick, 2. No doubt Thomas was delighted as must have been their many customers. Charlotte's husband George, however, is not recorded in that census.
Back in 1862 Queen Victoria had purchased the Sandringham Estate for the use of her son The Prince of Wales. The presence of Royalty greatly raised the profile of Dersingham and the surrounding district so that it became a desirable place to visit. As more and more visitors arrived it is not surprising that local businesses eventually took advantage.
As we know, in the 1880s the small Cock Inn was demolished and the much grander and greatly enlarged Feather's Hotel took its place. They began advertising " good stabling for hunters; first class accommodation for visitors, conveyances to meet any train at Dersingham or Wolferton".
We know from the Norfolk Public House website mentioned previously a new stable and Coach-house had been added to the Coach and Horses around 1856-8. But I think the transformation of the small Cock Inn may well have prompted the further expansion of The Coach and Horses into the building we know today. Exactly when this took place I have yet to discover.
Thomas Taylor died in 1889
Alfred Hardy
became the publican until 1901 and this photograph is from about the same time. The 1891 census describes him as a Licensed Victualler. He and his wife Annie were both born in Pentney. Emma Valentine was employed as their General Servant.
We meet Charlotte Houchen again, recently widowed, living with her four sons; Thomas, a butcher, Frederick a Houseboy , George, a scholar and Walter only two years old. I think Thomas and the Henry of 1881 must be the same person. The age seems to confirm this.
Dixon Standaloft
The next Publican for a short period was Dixon Standaloft, he was also a carpenter. From the 1891 census Mike found that Dixon hailed from Binbrook, Lincolnshire but was with his wife Harriet (nee Bunn from Dersingham) in Grimsby; he was recorded as being a joiner. By at least 1896 the Register of Electors showed them in Dersingham living in a cottage on Snettisham Road, Dersingham.
After his spell as a publican he was running Apartments in a house called the Willows on the Main Road, Dersingham in 1911 (called Lynn Road by the 1912 Register of Electors). Dixon died on the 6th April 1925 aged 59 and is buried in Dersingham church yard. At the time of his death, he and Harriet, were licencees of the ffolkes Arms hotel, Hillington [Probate record and Kelly's Directory].
In a publication produced before WW2 for the information of residents and visitors I found the following: "Visitors will find every comfort and convenience if applying to Mrs. D. Standaloft, The Willows, Dersingham. Charges are always reasonable and an enjoyable stay is assured. Lunches, Dinners and Teas are always procurable." (note how it was correcte for a widow to continue to use her late husband's name).
Mrs. Standaloft, Harriet, died 23rd December 1959. They had four children with the last two, Gladys Louisa and Dixie Elia, being born in Dersingham, she died here in 1945, aged 39.
Arthur Walker
He became the next Publican until his death in 1915. His wife Jane then took over running the business until 1922
Then came …
1922 Fred Anthony (Kelly's Trade Directory)
1925 William Thomas Owen (Kelly's Trade Directory)
1937 Jointly by Reginald and Edna Popplewell as shown in the 1939 Register.
Our friend Dick Melton of Sunny Hunny had already provided us with some additional information; he wrote:
Sometime during the war years of 1939 to 1945 Mrs Jane Popplewell was landlady of the Coach and Horses [connection to Reginald and Edna who were here in 1939 has yet to be found] . After the War she moved to Hunstanton and opened up a fish and chip shop on Beach Terrace called "Brooklands". After her came:
1950 Albert Hurrell
1951 Ernest Bridges
1955 Wilfred Ernest Watson
1964 William Link
1964 George Hardy
1968 Donald Isbell
1970 Ernest Thorley
There were many landlords between 1970 and 2007; the only ones I can be sure of are Ray and Angie Hindley who ran it on two separate occasions.
2007 Sheila Roythorne who retired after 13 years with us. She handed the reins on 1st October 2020 toTommy and Christine Haughey.
Dick Melton
Acknowledgement to Norfolk Pubs for the outline.
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First, though, we will take a look at deleting your account, or if you deactivate your Facebook account and what the difference between the two is.
Deleting or Deactivating Your Facebook Account – What is the Difference?
Facebook will delay the deletion of your account after the request. This gives you a few days grace period. If you log in during this time, the deletion process will be canceled.
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Some items won't be stored in your account such as sent messages to your friend's lists. These remain active.
According to the company, there are some copies of log records that might remain in the Facebook database. The company says these are disassociated from your personal identifiers.
There are four simple steps to deactivate your FB account. These are as follows, but don't forget, if you try and log in during the date range of the grace period, your account will be active again.
Select 'Deactivate your account' and then follow the on-screen instructions to confirm your choice.
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On your settings page, click on 'Your Facebook Information' and then Download Your Information.
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Your own information will be shown first, but scrolling down allows you to pick and choose other information about you also.
Once you have finished selecting your information, click the blue button called 'Create File,' and the archiving process begins.
You can check on the archive progress in the 'Available Files.' If any file is still being in process, you will see the archive as 'Pending' until the time it's ready to be downloaded.
You can download single content types like photos or select a full backup which downloads all of your Facebook data.
Following these simple steps, you can say goodbye to the social network giant forever. Once you are sure this is the right thing to do, you can quickly permanently delete your FB account.
Navigate to your settings page, or you can alternatively click the arrow in the top right hand corner of the page and access your personal settings from there.
The following page will appear with some suggestions for deactivating your account or downloading your Facebook information. Because you are at the deletion stage, ignore these two options and click 'Delete Account' option.
That is all there is to it, and if you decide to cancel the deletion. You have 30 days to make a login into your account and select the 'Cancel Deletion' option. If you don't do this, wait for the month to pass, and then your FB account will be permanently erased.
You can do a few things to make the process quicker by deleting some parts of your content manually. This can speed up the 90-day deletion process.
Your activity log should be the first place to head, here you can filter content to delete. After this, you can go through all connected apps and websites, and all you need to do here is select the boxes and click on remove.
The same can be carried out for any photos or albums you want to be rid of, but it should be noted, you can't delete your profile cover or featured pictures this way.
It is a huge challenge to stay private with so many services and sites requiring information from you.
However, this is one step you can take, and there are other ways for you to remain private, but these need the help of other services such as a VPN.


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Interview to Vladimir Kekelidze by Luisa Cifarelli
The NICA project is the new "megascience" project of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), an international intergovernmental organization located in the town of Dubna on the banks of the Volga river, a hundred kilometers north of Moscow. It's my pleasure to interview Vladimir Kekelidze, who is driving the NICA construction effort.
What is NICA, in a nutshell?
NICA is an abbreviation of Nuclotron Based Ion Collider fAcility, which is being built at JINR. The main objectives of the project are to study the phases of nuclear matter, including quark-gluon, and their transitions at the maximum possible baryon density, as well as to study the spin structure of the nucleons (protons and neutrons).
A baryon density up to ten times the nominal one, which may only exist in the core of neutron stars, is expected to be recreated in gold-gold collisions at the energy up to 11 GeV per nucleon. The nucleon spin structure will be studied in collisions of polarized protons and deuterons at the energy up to 27 GeV in the center-of-mass system.
To reach these goals the NICA complex, made of an accelerator chain and three detectors, is under construction at JINR. The accelerator chain includes the Nuclotron, a synchrotron accelerating a variety of ions up to 10 GeV per nucleon, which was commissioned in 1993, and the booster and the collider that are currently under construction. All accelerators are based on the technology of super-ferric superconducting (SC) magnets developed at JINR in the eighties and now required for the construction of several facilities. A special workshop for the serial production of these SC magnets was put in operation at JINR in 2016.
What are the elements of the NICA complex already completed and what is the current state of the project?
The booster, a synchrotron with a circumference of 220 m, is fully assembled and integrated with an injection block consisting of an ion source and a HILAc (Heavy Ion Linear Accelerator). Its commissioning with beam is scheduled for December 2020. The collider with a circumference of 503 m will be located in a new building, which is under construction now. The construction of the building, which will contain the collider tunnel and two experimental halls for two large detectors, respectively called MPD and SPD, is due to be completed by the end of 2021. To meet the project schedule, civil engineering stages are envisaged to allow the installation of the collider and detector blocks in the completed building parts. Thus, the MPD hall has already been completed and the assembly of the detector large SC magnet has begun inside. The installation of the collider magnets will begin in early 2021. More than 60% of the collider magnets have already been produced at the workshop. The rest of the parts (RF stations, electron cooling system, and others) are being produced at the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (Novosibirsk) and other partner organizations.
The JINR NICA ring in May this year, with its two detector halls and on the right, in the background, the Nuclotron building.
Can you say a few words about the detectors that will be installed at NICA?
The detectors are: BM@N (Baryonic Matter at Nuclotron), operating with a beam extracted from the Nuclotron; MPD (Multi Purpose Detector), located at the first interaction point (IP) of the NICA collider; and SPD (Spin Physics Detector), located at the second IP.
International collaborations have already been founded to carry out the BM@N and MPD experiments.
A BM@N collaboration, representing 20 institutions in 10 countries, has started data taking with a startup configuration of the detector as early as 2018. More than 200 million events of carbon, deuteron, argon and krypton beam interactions with a variety of targets have been recorded in the first runs. The experiment will continue in the fall of 2021, when heavy ion beams with kinetic energy up to 4 GeV per nucleon will be available using the HILAc-booster-Nuclotron accelerator chain.
The MPD collaboration involves 40 laboratories from 11 countries. The experimental apparatus consists of a big SC solenoidal magnet with detectors inside: inner tracker, time projection chamber, time of flight system and electromagnetic calorimeter, two end cap hadron calorimeters and other systems. A magnet yoke of almost 700 tons is now being mounted in the MPD hall. The SC coil inside the cryostat, the trim coils and other magnet parts were produced at the ASG Supercoductors in Genoa. The cryostat with the SC coil is so large that it could be delivered to Dubna only by water. Currently a ship with a 110-ton cryostat package is on its way to St. Petersburg. Then, after customs clearance, it will be loaded onto a river barge, and the journey to JINR will continue along the northern canals, then along the Volga and Dubna rivers. This journey is very critical in timing because it must be completed before navigation closes due to winter frost.
The SPD collaboration is at the stage of foundation. The technical design project of the corresponding detector is expected to be ready in 2021.
Of course, in addition an appropriate infrastructure is needed. Does it already exist at JINR?
To ensure reliable and efficient operation of the accelerator and detectors, an appropriate infrastructure is being built. It includes a cryogenic system with a compressor station producing liquid nitrogen and liquefied helium with a cooling capacity of 10 kW at a temperature of 4.5 K, cryogenic pipelines of several km in length, a main electrical substation for 40 MW of consumer power and a series of substations that provide electricity to all units of the NICA complex. All parts of this infrastructure that are under active construction will be completed by the end of 2021.
Can you comment on the progress of the NICA project?
On September 15-16, the second meeting of the Cost and Schedule Review Committee (CSRC) for the NICA project, chaired by F. Ferroni (Gran Sasso Science Institute and INFN), took place via videoconference. The committee noted that NICA – scheduled to launch in the fall of 2022 – is a large and ambitious project. The CRSC reviewed the current state of the project, made recommendations for its implementation and strongly encouraged JINR for its successful completion. The COVID-19 pandemic had significant impact on JINR, like other laboratories in the world, and slowed down the progress of NICA. However, although the impact, in particular on the schedule, cannot yet be fully evaluated, JINR is determined to keep up the challenge.
Vladimir Kekelidze, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vice-Director of JINR (Dubna), graduated from Tbilisi State University; since 1970 involved in particle physics experiments at U70 (IHEP) and at SPS (CERN) to study kaon decays, hyperon and charm particle hadropoduction, CP-violation; since 2010 leader of the NICA project; author/co-author of more than 300 papers.
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Within the bermuda triangle there are the most diverse creatures, but humanity does not know, just as the creatures inside do not know about the existence of a world outside the island. the strongest in the food chain are vampires, while the few humans who live there are just cattle living as such. The man is the one in power and the only one capable of leading all races, while women serve only their husbands. But Lilian does not want this life, she wants freedom and for that she is able to start a war, if necessary.
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10 - New World
In the past, our people were called fairies. They had the ability to draw energy from nature and often used it to help humans. The world was not entirely peaceful because of the bloodthirsty creatures that lived among us. They were called shadow demons, because they feared the sun and had sensitive eyes. They drank the blood of any creature that crossed their path.But a rare specimen took pleasure in drinking the blood of bad people. Thieves, murderers, anyone with evil in their hearts had the delicious blood for that being. And it was precisely he who changed the course of history when he fell in love with a fairy.They had two children, a boy named Orazio , who inherited the characteristics of, father being a perfect vampire without changes. And a girl named Kharis who inherited her mother's characteristics as a fairy with abilities to extract energy from nature.Later Kharis discovered magic, she could do everything
09 - Prison
Dylan returned to his parents and siblings, but he was alone. With serious injuries, one on his shoulder and one on his abdomen, although he was healing at a rapid rate, they were still visible and his clothes were soaked with blood.- What there was? Where is Lilian e Gaspar? Nicolau asked.- They stayed behind, so I could escape.- Did they sacrifice themselves? - Victoria asked distressed.- No. Aunt Lilian said she would give us time to escape . I didn't want to leave her, but when she saw Count Claude's soldiers, she thrust the spear at me. All of these injuries were done by her.- My sister, what are you thinking of doing? Whispered Nicolau, worried.- There's more - Dylan said, resuming his father's attention - She said to go to the ocean, that the mermaids owed her, and could help us and ... And a witch. She said to listen to a witch, but that we shou
08 - Escape
Dylan feared Lilian's denial, the two have always been very attached. It was being a shock to her. Finding out that his nephew was the most feared half-breed in history. He didn't even have Nicolau's blood, how could there be trust?- Why didn't you tell me you were a half-breed? - She asked.- Mom and Dad wanted to keep it a secret - he said - I'm sorry, I couldn't even tell you.- Nicolau? He knew that you ... Wait, so Dimitri and Dionisio are too. Three mestizos, the most powerful breed living with us.- I'm sorry for not being a pure vampire like Derick and Dominic - he said, looking down .Lilian could not and had no right to judge him. Like her, the boys , they were one of many victims of the laws created by their ancestors. She saw them grow up to become good and skilled men. There was no trace of evil in them.- I'm very disappointed with Nicolau - Sh
07 - Truce
- Run to the tree - Alma shouted.The mermaids were confused, but ready to go into battle with their tridents aimed at enemies that had emerged from various sides. A vampire, a witch and several thirsty wolves. Although Lilian had made her position clear, the mermaids would not trust anyone.Then the first attack started.The wolves came forward with the only weapons they had, teeth and claws. Ligia, a port mermaid, sizzled her throat showing that she also had sharp teeth.On impulse, a wolf at his back, advanced towards him and sank his teeth into Ligia's leg, which screamed, almost deafening the nearest wolves.The mermaids could end that battle with just their voice, but they were too busy trying not to be killed. To make use of the deadly cry they needed concentration. The wolves knew well where to attack the mermaids, so they aimed at the throat, but it wouldn't be so easy.<
06 - Back home
FEW YEARS AGO...Being a wolf has its benefits such as speed, dexterity and strength, but when you are female and one-eyed things become difficult. Aika lost her place in the pack , but, being the alpha's daughter, she gained the opportunity to show that she was still useful. It adapted to one eye, but it was still lagging behind the other wolves.A year later, while in competition, she crashed while falling off a cliff and fractured his front leg. This made things even more difficult, but his perks, being the alpha's daughter, continued to keep him in the group.Although Aika struggled, things only got worse. The young woman seemed to have a streak of bad luck surrounding her. No longer able to keep her under his protection, her father expelled her from the group. It wasn't fair to the other wolves.It could be the chance for freedom for Aika . She could live as a human, since she liked her shape so
05 - The fall
Change the world!Vampire children with a keen sense of smell and faster than adults. Mestizos were even a danger to the breeds. Nicolau saw no solution but bloodshed.When Victoria took the last breath of pain, pushing the third child out, one of the midwives was finishing bathing the first, when she noticed his silver hair.- She is a sinner - Said looking at the baby - Kill her and the mestizos.There was only Nicolau and the midwives with the pregnant woman. Victoria already almost weak, could barely plead for her children's lives. And when Nicolau heard the order to kill the mestizos, he did not think twice, and drew his dagger.He approached the woman to hold the baby and quickly struck her on the neck. The midwife's head fell to the floor, leaving only the body standing, holding the child. Soon Nicolau took the
04 - The legacy
Mestizos must dieEven though he knew that everyone was talking behind his back, Vladmir held the peace agreement with everything he had. Sacrificing even their own children, making them marry against their will. He made the news, of the wedding, overcoming the rumors. And then a big party was announced. Open to all breeds.Lilian visited Abaddon Island to visit her future home. For the first time she had entered the castle where her ancestors lived and now the vampires resided, which she suspected, be the enemies.- And this is my room - Victoria said, showing him the rooms of the castle - The next is Gaspar's room, and probably your room too ...Lilian just sighed thoughtfully, there was no happiness in her face, the opposite of Victoria, who showed her everything smiling, which was strange, Lilian remembered well the sad expression on the girl's face, when her marriage to Nicolau was ann
03 - Sacrifices
In the name of peace, some sacrifices will have to be made.Nicolau and Lilian were young and hardly knew about the pleasures and pains that would still live. Nicolau with his seventy-five years and Lilian with sixty-three. Although for humans they would be halfway through their lives, for vampires they were just two young men.Visits never arrived and left on the same day. So all the castles had at least thirty guest rooms. The Phetrovisck family would leave the next day, meanwhile, they were enjoying a banquet served at dinner. After much discussion during the day, the heads of the two families present there, came to the following conclusion.- We will unite our families - Count Vladmir said.The silence manifested itself for a long time. Nicolau and Lilian stared at each other for brief seconds.Marriages were only to increase the man's family name. Women only served to
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Disappointed with the world, especially her own breed, a witch imprisoned her entire family on an island within the Bermuda triangle. Humans were dangerous, bad character and ungrateful, but witches were even worse . However, one of them, divided the world in two and made a new nation grow. A civilization made up of witches, wolves, vampires, mermaids, and a small portion of humans.To contain the capacity, there was birth control. The couple of any breed could not have more than two daughters. With the exception of witches who were composed only of women, they sacrificed or used male children for experiments.Since vampires were the only beings who neither grew old nor died of natural causes, they were forced to commit suicide. The eldest, the head of the family, gave up his own life to make way for his descendants. Vampires were not afraid of the sun, they walked freely, but their eyes were sensiti
01 - Laws
Hideaway - 1440.Peaceful life was pleasant for those who were tired of witnessing death and never being taken away. Perhaps because they are too strong, perhaps because they simply want to live.Hideaway was a world ruled by men, and that women were only used to give heirs to their husbands. But Lilian was different. A vampire princess, daughter of the current leader of all races. She did not like the title of princess, she preferred to be seen as a warrior.She prided herself on the red tint of her hair, because it looked like blood. Although it burned her pink skin in the sun, it always returned to its natural tone. The calluses on his hands showed all his effort during training. Lilian liked to train and her favorite weapon was the spear.- I have a gift for you - said Nicolau, the older brother and future leader of the breeds, approaching, interruptin
02 - Traditions
There is no escape from fate.Sitting, leaning against a tree, which she found with great difficulty, Lilian thought about the boy:- Why a boy? What are humans doing? Is the lack of blood and the disappearance of the human involved in this?Vampires can regenerate any part of the body except the heart. Lilian's eyes were regenerated, but she no longer had her blockers, they were broken and the reserves were in the castle. Not knowing if it was already night, she risked taking her hands off her eyes. The sky was reddish, the sun was setting and the moon could be seen from the other side. The view was still hazy, but Lilian got up and looked for the way home.After a long walk, the moon was finally dominant. Lilian's eyes were one hundred percent perfect for the night. The rest of the way she jumped, high enough to pass trees, climb mountains, and finally reached the castle.- What happ
Change the world! Vampire children with a keen sense of smell and faster than adults. Mestizos were even a danger to the breeds. Nicolau saw no solution but bloodshed. When Victoria took the last breath of pain, pushing the third child out, one of the midwives was finishing bathing the first, when she noticed his silver hair. - She is a sinner - Said looking at the baby - Kill her and the mestizos. There was only Nicolau and the midwives with the pregnant woman. Victoria already almost weak, could barely plead for her children's lives. And when Nicolau heard the order to kill the mestizos, he did not think twice, and drew his dagger. He approached the woman to hold the baby and quickly struck her on the neck. The midwife's head fell to the floor, leaving only the body standing, holding the child. Soon Nicolau took the
FEW YEARS AGO... Being a wolf has its benefits such as speed, dexterity and strength, but when you are female and one-eyed things become difficult. Aika lost her place in the pack , but, being the alpha's daughter, she gained the opportunity to show that she was still useful. It adapted to one eye, but it was still lagging behind the other wolves. A year later, while in competition, she crashed while falling off a cliff and fractured his front leg. This made things even more difficult, but his perks, being the alpha's daughter, continued to keep him in the group. Although Aika struggled, things only got worse. The young woman seemed to have a streak of bad luck surrounding her. No longer able to keep her under his protection, her father expelled her from the group. It wasn't fair to the other wolves. It could be the chance for freedom for Aika . She could live as a human, since she liked her shape so
- Run to the tree - Alma shouted. The mermaids were confused, but ready to go into battle with their tridents aimed at enemies that had emerged from various sides. A vampire, a witch and several thirsty wolves. Although Lilian had made her position clear, the mermaids would not trust anyone. Then the first attack started. The wolves came forward with the only weapons they had, teeth and claws. Ligia, a port mermaid, sizzled her throat showing that she also had sharp teeth.On impulse, a wolf at his back, advanced towards him and sank his teeth into Ligia's leg, which screamed, almost deafening the nearest wolves. The mermaids could end that battle with just their voice, but they were too busy trying not to be killed. To make use of the deadly cry they needed concentration. The wolves knew well where to attack the mermaids, so they aimed at the throat, but it wouldn't be so easy. <
Dylan feared Lilian's denial, the two have always been very attached. It was being a shock to her. Finding out that his nephew was the most feared half-breed in history. He didn't even have Nicolau's blood, how could there be trust? - Why didn't you tell me you were a half-breed? - She asked. - Mom and Dad wanted to keep it a secret - he said - I'm sorry, I couldn't even tell you. - Nicolau? He knew that you ... Wait, so Dimitri and Dionisio are too. Three mestizos, the most powerful breed living with us. - I'm sorry for not being a pure vampire like Derick and Dominic - he said, looking down . Lilian could not and had no right to judge him. Like her, the boys , they were one of many victims of the laws created by their ancestors. She saw them grow up to become good and skilled men. There was no trace of evil in them. - I'm very disappointed with Nicolau - Sh
Dylan returned to his parents and siblings, but he was alone. With serious injuries, one on his shoulder and one on his abdomen, although he was healing at a rapid rate, they were still visible and his clothes were soaked with blood. - What there was? Where is Lilian e Gaspar? Nicolau asked. - They stayed behind, so I could escape. - Did they sacrifice themselves? - Victoria asked distressed. - No. Aunt Lilian said she would give us time to escape . I didn't want to leave her, but when she saw Count Claude's soldiers, she thrust the spear at me. All of these injuries were done by her. - My sister, what are you thinking of doing? Whispered Nicolau, worried. - There's more - Dylan said, resuming his father's attention - She said to go to the ocean, that the mermaids owed her, and could help us and ... And a witch. She said to listen to a witch, but that we shou


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US judge awards $ 7million bonus plan to Purdue Pharma executives, faces direct criticism
By Michael L. Johnson on	 September 13, 2021 News Publication
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday approved up to $ 7.1 million in bonuses for five executives at Purdue Pharma, the bankrupt maker of OxyContin, in a hearing in which he was heavily criticized for her handling of the case by a woman whose son died of an opioid overdose.
A pharmacist holds a vial of OxyContin manufactured by Purdue Pharma at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, United States, May 9, 2019. REUTERS / George Frey
US bankruptcy judge Robert Drain in White Plains, New York, approved the executive incentive plan following the virtual hearing.
His move comes about two weeks after he announced he would approve Purdue's reorganization plan, which is based on a $ 10 billion opioid lawsuit settlement and provides for legal releases protecting members of the Sackler family. who owned the business in future civil litigation related to opioids.
The Sacklers contributed an estimated $ 4.5 billion to the plan, which enjoyed broad support from creditors who voted, but critics were angered that the family was withholding billions of dollars and never being the subject of 'a public civil trial.
"OxyContin has torn our family to shreds," Ellen Isaacs, whose son died of an opioid overdose, told Drain during Monday's hearing, urging her to approve her motion to reconsider her decision and recuse himself from the case.
More than 500,000 Americans have died since 1999 from opioid overdoses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
During a 30-minute statement to the court, Isaacs issued a rare rebuke to the judge, saying it was "well known" that the bankruptcy had been filed in Drain because the Sacklers knew he had the used to approve releases like the one they requested.
She also said the Sacklers, who have denied doing wrongdoing, should face criminal charges and that victims and their families are receiving too little under the Purdue plan.
Drain rejected his request and said that although he had "no love lost for the Sacklers" he did not feel "manipulated by anyone" in this matter. He also noted that the releases, which he says are backed by many courts across the country, do not protect the Sacklers from possible criminal liability.
A representative for the Mortimer Sackler family referred a request for comment to an earlier statement disputing allegations made about the family and saying she was "very sorry for the pain and loss people have suffered and acknowledges the anger or the hurt that many people have felt. "
The total incentive payouts for Purdue executives for 2021 are $ 4 million to $ 5.4 million, depending on their ability to meet their goals as they continue to work out of bankruptcy. They could also receive up to an additional $ 1.7 million in long-term incentives. Executives are expected to meet targets related to operating profits, net sales, and timelines for testing and developing non-opioid products.
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"There is no doubt that my decision will be interpreted by some as authorizing significant bonuses for executives. I don't think that's the case here, "he said.
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Q: Creating the same model from multiple data sources This is mostly  of a design pattern question.  I have one type of model that I'm going to get the data to create them from multiple sources.  So for example one record my be created from an API where another is created via screen scraping with Nokogiri.
My issue lies in how best to abstract out these different data sources.  Right now I'm building lib classes that return the same hash which I then use to set the attributes of the model.  But I'm wondering if this isn't more of a case to use STI.  Or if there is some other way of doing this I'm just not thinking about.

A: I think your design decision would depend largely on what attributes need to be stored. From your description, it sounds like you have a model with multiple data sources, but which would be storing the same attributes regardless of the source. In that case STI seems like overkill. When you retrieve a row from the table, does it matter whether the source is the API or the screen scraper? If not, then you could just define separate methods for each data source and use the appropriate method in the controller.
@instance = MyModel.new(:datasource=>"API")`

I'd say don't worry about inheritance (or mixing in code from modules) unless you really need to. There are some gotchas -- STI is not fully supported by some gems/plugins, for example.

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