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"A flag is a necessity for all nations. Millions have died for it. It is no doubt a kind of idolatry which would be a sin to destroy. For, a flag represents an Ideal The unfurling of the Union Jack evokes in the English breast sentiments whose strength it is difficult to measure. The Stars and Stripes mean a world to the Americans. The Star and the Crescent will call forth the best bravery in Islam."
"It will be necessary for us Indians Muslims, Christians Jews, Parsis, and all others to whom India is their home-to recognize a common flag to live and to die for."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Every free nation of the world has its own flag. It is a symbol of a free country. The National Flag of India was designed by Pingali Venkayyaand and adopted in its present form during the meeting of Constituent Assembly held on the 22 July 1947, a few days before India's independence from the British on 15 August, 1947. It served as the national flag of the Dominion of India between 15 August 1947 and 26 January 1950 and that of the Republic of India thereafter. In India, the term "tricolour" refers to the Indian national flag.
The National flag of India is a horizontal tricolor of deep saffron (kesari) at the top, white in the middle and dark green at the bottom in equal proportion. The ratio of width of the flag to its length is two to three. In the centre of the white band is a navy blue wheel which represents the chakra. Its design is that of the wheel which appears on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. Its diameter approximates to the width of the white band and it has 24 spokes.
Evolution of the Tricolour
It is really amazing to see the various changes that our National Flag went through since its first inception. It was discovered or recognised during our national struggle for freedom. The evolution of the Indian National Flag sailed through many vicissitudes to arrive at what it is today. In one way it reflects the political developments in the nation. Some of the historical milestones in the evolution of our National Flag involve the following:
The first national flag in India is said to have been hoisted on August 7, 1906, in the Parsee Bagan Square (Green Park) in Calcutta now Kolkata. The flag was composed of three horizontal strips of red, yellow and green.
Unofficial flag of India in 1906
The second flag was hoisted in Paris by Madame Cama and her band of exiled revolutionaries in 1907 (according to some inl9OS). This was very similar to the first flag except that the top strip had only one lotus but seven stars denoting the Saptarishi. This flag was also exhibited at a socialist conference in Berlin.
The Berlin committee flag, first raised by Bhikaiji Cama in 1907
The third flag went up in 1917 when our political struggle had taken a definite turn. Dr. Annie Besant and Lokmanya Tilak hoisted it during the Home rule movement. This flag had five red and four green horizontal strips arranged alternately, with seven stars in the saptarishi configuration super-imposed on them. In the left-hand top corner (the pole end) was the Union Jack. There was also a white crescent and star in one corner.
The flag used during the Home Rule movement in 1917
During the session of the All India Congress Committee which met at Bezwada in 1921 (now Vijayawada) an Andhra youth prepared a flag and took it to Gandhiji. It was made up of two colours-red and green-representing the two major communities i.e. Hindus and Muslims. Gandhiji suggested the addition of a white strip to represent the remaining communities of India and the spinning wheel to symbolise progress of the Nation.
The flag unofficially adopted in 1921
The year 1931 was a landmark in the history of the flag. A resolution was passed adopting a tricolor flag as our national flag. This flag, the forbear of the present one, was saffron, white and green with Mahatma Gandhi's spinning wheel at the center. It was, however, clearly stated that it bore no communal significance and was to be interpreted thus.
The flag adopted in 1931. This flag was also the battle ensign of the Indian National Army
On July 22, 1947, the Constituent Assembly adopted it as Free India National Flag. After the advent of Independence, the colours and their significance remained the same. Only the Dharma Charkha of Emperor Asoka was adopted in place of the spinning wheel as the emblem on the flag. Thus, the tricolour flag of the Congress Party eventually became the tricolour flag of Independent India.
The present Tricolour flag of India
Colours of the Flag:
In the national flag of India the top band is of Saffron colour, indicating the strength and courage of the country. The white middle band indicates peace and truth with Dharma Chakra. The last band is green in colour shows the fertility, growth and auspiciousness of the land.
The Chakra:
This Dharma Chakra depicted the "wheel of the law" in the Sarnath Lion Capital made by the 3rd-century BC Mauryan Emperor Ashoka. The chakra intends to show that there is life in movement and death in stagnation.
Flag Code
On 26th January 2002, the Indian flag code was modified and after several years of independence, the citizens of India were finally allowed to hoist the Indian flag over their homes, offices and factories on any day and not just National days as was the case earlier. Now Indians can proudly display the national flag any where and any time, as long as the provisions of the Flag Code are strictly followed to avoid any disrespect to the tricolour. For the sake of convenience, Flag Code of India, 2002, has been divided into three parts. Part I of the Code contains general description of the National Flag. Part II of the Code is devoted to the display of the National Flag by members of public, private organizations, educational institutions, etc. Part III of the Code relates to display of the National Flag by Central and State governments and their organisations and agencies.
There are some rules and regulations upon how to fly the flag, based on the 26 January 2002 legislation. These include the following:
The Do's:
The National Flag may be hoisted in educational institutions (schools, colleges, sports camps, scout camps, etc.) to inspire respect for the Flag. An oath of allegiance has been included in the flag hoisting in schools.
A member of public, a private organization or an educational institution may hoist/display the National Flag on all days and occasions, ceremonial or otherwise consistent with the dignity and honour of the National Flag.
Section 2 of the new code accepts the right of all private citizens to fly the flag on their premises.
The Don'ts
The flag cannot be used for communal gains, drapery, or clothes. As far as possible, it should be flown from sunrise to sunset, irrespective of the weather.
The flag cannot be intentionally allowed to touch the ground or the floor or trail in water. It cannot be draped over the hood, top, and sides or back of vehicles, trains, boats or aircraft.
No other flag or bunting can be placed higher than the flag. Also, no object, including flowers or garlands or emblems can be placed on or above the flag. The tricolour cannot be used as a festoon, rosette or bunting.
The Indian National Flag represents the hopes and aspirations of the people of India. It is the symbol of our national pride. Over the last five decades, several people including members of armed forces have ungrudgingly laid down their lives to keep the tricolour flying in its full glory.
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Pediatrics > Preventive Care
AAP Wants More Regulation of Choking Hazards
by John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today February 22, 2010
The government, product manufacturers, and children's caregivers could be doing a lot more to prevent childhood choking injuries, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) declared in a policy statement.
"A comprehensive choking-prevention effort will rely on education of parents, teachers, child care workers, and other child caregivers to supervise and create safer environments for children; enactment and enforcement of safety legislation that will lead to surveillance and reduction of the availability of hazardous products on the market; and product design changes that will reduce the inherent choking risk of consumer products, especially food and toys," the group asserted in the March issue of its journal, Pediatrics.
The statement was written by the academy's Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention, chaired by H. Garry Gardner, MD, of Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Gary A. Smith, MD, DrPH, the previous committee chair, was identified as the statement's lead author.
The authors cited CDC statistics from 2001 indicating that some 17,500 children had been treated in emergency departments that year for nonfatal choking episodes. Infants were at the greatest risk for choking in that study, with an overall rate of 140.4 per 100,000 population, five times the overall rate for children 14 and younger.
An earlier study covering 1972 to 1992 found a total of 449 deaths associated with aspirated non-food objects, two-thirds of which were in infants and toddlers. Coins and toys are the most common culprits, the AAP committee found.
Food, of course, is also a major cause of choking. "Choking on food causes the death of approximately one child every five days in the U.S.," the AAP statement asserted.
According to a 1984 analysis, hot dogs alone accounted for 17% of food-related asphyxiations of young children.
The academy indicated that product design, for food and other objects, clearly plays a role in many episodes.
"It is noteworthy that many foods with high-risk characteristics associated with choking are man-made," the statement said. "The characteristics of these foods are engineered and, therefore, amenable to change, unlike naturally occurring food products such as certain fruits and vegetables."
For example, it noted, a hot dog "is cylindrical, airway sized, and compressible, which allows it to wedge tightly into a child's hypopharynx and completely occlude the airway."
Although the hot dog's shape may be too iconic in American culture to alter significantly, the academy called on companies producing foods frequently eaten by children to consider designs that reduce choking hazards. It made a similar recommendation for toy manufacturers.
But the AAP indicated that the government needs to do more to ensure that such steps are taken, especially with regard to food.
The statement noted that the Consumer Product Safety Commission currently has "an array of legislation and regulations to protect children against choking and injury on toys and other consumer products," but there is no parallel for food products. This despite the frequency of food-related choking episodes and deaths and the fact that children put food in their mouths much more often than toys.
"A mandatory system is needed to label foods with appropriate warnings according to their choking risk, to conduct detailed surveillance and investigate food-related choking incidents, and to warn the public about emerging food-related choking hazards," the statement recommended, with the FDA charged with implementing it in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Department of Agriculture.
Sweden, for example, has required suitable-age labeling on foods for about 20 years, including warning labels on packaged, shelled peanuts.
The academy noted that the FDA has previously acted to regulate foods with egregious choking hazards. In 2002, for example, it seized a factory's production of konjac-containing gel candies that were associated with six asphyxiation deaths and numerous nonfatal choking incidents among young children.
Although the FDA action probably saved lives, even more could have been saved if the government had a comprehensive surveillance system in place to detect such hazards quickly, the statement authors noted.
Consequently, the AAP urged the government to establish one.
It also suggested that regulation of non-food objects with choking risk be stiffened, identifying certain gaps in existing regulations, such as dramatically stricter criteria for spherical toy components than for other rounded but non-spherical objects of similar size.
The academy also expressed concern that toys sold in retail store bins and vending machines and over the Internet don't always carry warning labels of potential choking hazards.
To the extent that the FDA, Consumer Product Safety Commission, and other agencies don't currently have the regulatory authority to enact these changes, Congress should pass the necessary legislation, the statement indicated.
The AAP also called on pediatricians and other health professionals who work with children and parents to intensify choking-prevention education. They should especially give guidance on safe food and toy selection, according to the statement.
Finally, it recommended that all parents and other caregivers of young children learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid for choking.
Source Reference: American Academy of Pediatrics "Policy statement -- Prevention of choking among children" Pediatrics 2010; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2862.

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Yahoo goes social, teams with Facebook for site revamp
Reuters 21 Feb, 2013
Yahoo Inc is overhauling its website to incorporate features familiar to Facebook users such as a newsfeed and people's "likes," in CEO Marissa Mayer's biggest product revamp since taking the helm of the ailing company last year.
Mayer, who took over in July after a procession of CEOs was shown the door, said in a blog post on Wednesday that Yahoo's redesigned website will let users log in with their Facebook IDs to gain access to content and information shared by friends - from articles and videos to birthdays.
Yahoo is one of the world's most-visited online properties, but revenue has declined in recent years amid competition from Google Inc and Facebook Inc.
The changes to Yahoo's Internet shop window, which include a more streamlined mobile application for smartphones and tablets, will be rolled out over coming days. The makeover follows a new version of Yahoo mail, one of its most popular applications, introduced in December.
Analysts say the move marks a strengthening of Yahoo's ties with Facebook, employing some of the social network's growing data on its billion-plus users to battle Google for Web users' attention. It remains to be seen whether the initial makeover and tweaks expected over time will win back its Internet audience.
"This is definitely an important step. The Yahoo home page is one of the most important things because it is the first interface," said B. Riley Caris analyst Sameet Sinha. "It's familiar in terms of layout, the newsfeed is interesting, and it will be interesting to see how it develops over time.
"The key will be how data is aggregated within Yahoo and Facebook."
Tumult, transition
Seven months into her tenure, former Google executive Mayer has arrested the decline of the Internet portal and won favor on Wall Street with stock buybacks among other things.But Yahoo's forecast of a modest revenue uptick this year still pales in comparison with the growth of rivals like Google and Facebook, which are eating into its advertising market share.
"We wanted it to be familiar but also wanted it to embrace some of the modern paradigms of the Web," Mayer said of the product revamp on NBC's "Today" show on Wednesday.
"One thing that I really like is this very personalized newsfeed; it's infinite and you can go on scrolling forever," she said.
Among other problems, Yahoo has been plagued by internal turmoil that has resulted in a revolving door of CEOs. Mayer, 37, took over after a tumultuous period during which former CEO Scott Thompson resigned after less than six months on the job over a controversy about his academic credentials. Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang then resigned from the board and cut ties with the company.
Thompson's predecessor, the controversial and outspoken Carol Bartz, was fired over the phone for failing to deliver on growth. Yahoo's 2012 revenue was $5 billion. It has been flat year over year, off from some $6.3 billion in 2010.
Yahoo shares were down 0.3 per cent at $21.22 at midday on Wednesday on the Nasdaq.
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang joins Lenovo board as observer
Lenovo Group said Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang is to join its board as an observer, as the world's No. 2 maker of PCs expands its mobile business to tap global demand for smartphones and tablets.
Yang, who co-founded Yahoo! in April 1995 and served as chief executive from June 2007 to January 2009, will not be able to vote or have any of the other rights of a director, Lenovo said on Wednesday.
The Hong Kong-listed company will pay Yang $61,875 per year and offer equity rights with a value of $135,000 in return for attending board meetings and providing views.
Yang, 44, resigned from Yahoo's board last year when he also stepped down from the boards of Alibaba Group Holding and Yahoo! Japan.
Lenovo, the second-biggest smartphone vendor in China, is stepping up its expansion in the business.
In its October-to-December third quarter, Lenovo shipped 9.4 million phones, including 9 million smartphones, mainly in China where its smartphone business was profitable for the first time.
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Le championnat de Tunisie masculin de volley-ball 1995-1996 est la  à se tenir depuis 1956. Il est disputé par les douze meilleurs clubs en deux phases : une première phase en deux poules de six clubs chacune en aller et retour et une deuxième de play-off et play-out en aller et retour.

L'Espérance sportive de Tunis obtient une nouvelle double consécration en championnat et en coupe de Tunisie, où elle bat en finale l'Union sportive des transports de Sfax. Dirigée par Foued Kammoun, sa formation comprend Khaled Belaid, Tarek Ouni, Riadh Abid, Mehrez Saïdi, Abderrazak Raïssi, Haythem Ben Othman, Sofien Dhrayef et les nouvelles recrues que sont Ghazi Guidara (Club sportif sfaxien), Atef Béji (Étoile sportive de Radès), Atef Loukil (Union sportive des transports de Sfax), Mohamed Baghdadi (Club sportif de Hammam Lif), Yacine Sghayri (de retour de Saydia Sports) et le Bulgare Nicolay Yanakiev. Quant au champion sortant, l'Étoile sportive du Sahel, il remporte la coupe arabe des clubs champions.

La relégation touche l'un des pionniers de la discipline, l'Étoile olympique La Goulette Kram, et le Club sportif de Hammam Lif, qui sont remplacés par l'Association sportive des PTT Sfax et l' Aigle sportif d'El Haouaria.

Division nationale

Première phase

Poule A

Poule B

Play-off

Play-out

Division 2
Onze clubs dont trois nouveaux — le Stade nabeulien, l'Association sportive des PTT Kairouan et l'Association sportive de l'Ariana — participent à cette compétition dont les deux premiers montent en division nationale.
 1 : Association sportive des PTT Sfax
 2 : Aigle sportif d'El Haouaria
 3 : Avenir sportif de La Marsa
 4 : Étoile sportive de Radès
 5 : Zitouna Sports
 6 : Union sportive monastirienne
 7 : Association sportive des PTT
 8 : Étoile sportive de Ghardimaou
 9 : Stade nabeulien
 10 : Association sportive de l'Ariana
 11 : Association sportive des PTT Kairouan
 Non engagés : Club athlétique bizertin, Union sportive de Kélibia, Union sportive de Bousalem et Medjerdah sportive de Medjez el-Bab

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I have two young children, so I know how to keep children happy in Kyoto. For starters, I can assure you that Kyoto is a great place to travel with children. You don't have to worry about safety; the food and drinks are safe (and tasty); and getting around the city is a breeze with Kyoto's excellent public transport system and myriad taxis.
There are lots of child-friendly attractions in Kyoto, as well as plenty of green spaces where you can take the kids to play. Here, I'll discuss the main issues that concern parents traveling with children in Kyoto and then I'll introduce my favorite child-friendly attractions, restaurants and accommodations in the city.
Japanese mothers don't usually breastfeed in public. But, you can find special breastfeeding and diaper changing rooms in department stores like Takashimaya and Daimaru.
You'll also find nappy changing facilities in large train stations, airports and some public offices.
Most hotels can provide a cot if you book one in advance. Ryokan don't have cots, but since you're sleeping on the floor, this isn't a big issue.
Many Western-style restaurants and some Japanese ones have highchairs available for children.
If necessary, you can buy a stroller in Japan (and some stores and attractions have them available to borrow or rent), but it's probably best to bring your own stroller from home.
Diapers are widely available in supermarkets, convenience stores and drug stores. Sizes are usually indicated by weight range (in kilograms).
Yasaka Taxi can provide a taxi with a child seat if you reserve in advance.
Car rental companies can provide child seats if you reserve one in advance.
Baby food is available in supermarkets and some convenience stores. You might have to ask someone to help you find it and to translate the label to determine the flavor or ingredients.
If your child has any food allergies, get someone at your hotel or ryokan to write this in Japanese so you can show it to restaurant staff.
These are Kyoto's best child-friendly attractions, in order of preference. Any one of these is guaranteed to be a hit with the kids!
This place is not just Kyoto's best child-friendly attraction – it's one of the best in all Japan. It's also one of the best train museums in the world. You'll likely enjoy it as much as your children.
The newly refurbished Kyoto City Zoo is a very pleasant way to spend a few hours with the kids. In addition to all the animals, there's a small amusement park that little kids just love.
The Kamo-gawa Riverside, especially the part near Demachiyanagi (where Imadegawa-dori Street crosses the river) is a great place for kids to play on a warm day. They can wade in the river or just play on the banks.
Kyoto's Central Park is a great place for the kids to work off some energy. There's a great playground in the northeast corner of the park.
The entire district of Arashiyama is good for kids. Kids are entranced by the famous Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, and from the top of that, you can go left to reach the spacious Kameyama-koen Park, and then work your way down to the Hozu-gawa River where you can rent rowboats to explore the river. And don't forget the Monkey Park!
These two parallel shopping arcades are the favorite territory of Japanese schoolkids and your kids will probably also love them. They're lined with all kinds of gaudy shops that sell things that kids like.
These spacious gardens in the north part of town are great for kids to run around in and explore. And, there's a great playground near the southern entrance.
Kids love the arcades of torii (Shinto shrine gates) at this iconic Kyoto shrine. Climbing to the top of the mountain here is a great way to tire out the kids and ensure they sleep well back at the hotel.
Of all the temples in Kyoto, this one is the most popular with children. Why? Because it's a "participatory" temple – there's plenty to do here, including ringing bells, drinking holy water and walking from one famous "love stone" to another. And don't forget the incredible underground passage known as the Tainai Meguri.
For a quick break while exploring Southern Higashiyama, this small park is a great choice. There's plenty of space for the kids to run around in while the adults take a rest.
Okay, it's not in Kyoto, but it's only 11 minutes away by shinkansen (bullet train) and it's got some great child-friendly attractions, like the Universal Studios Japan theme park. There is also Legoland Japan in Nagoya, which is a 40 minute shinkansen ride from Kyoto.
Food tends to be the biggest issue for families traveling to Japan. Sure, the food and drinks are hygienic and safe, but you'll probably find that children are "challenged" by some of the unfamiliar items of the menu. I mean, have your children ever begged for sea urchin or sea cucumber?
Luckily, there are plenty of restaurants in Kyoto that serve familiar items that kids will eat, and there are even some where you can indulge your own desire for great Japanese cuisine while keeping the kids happy as well. And, of course, if all else fails, there are the usual fast-food chains, both international ones and some excellent domestic ones.
This large food court on the 11th floor of the Kyoto Station building has a great collection of family-friendly restaurants.
Also on the 11th floor of the Kyoto Station building, this food court has several restaurants where families will feel right at home.
Okonomiyaki is a sure hit with the kids, and this place has plenty of booths and tables where families can relax.
If your kids like ramen, they'll love this collection of ramen restaurants up on the 10th floor of the Kyoto Station building.
The crispy gyoza and ramen at this downtown Kyoto ramen specialist are a hit with most kids. Be warned that it's pretty cramped and it's probably better for older children (younger ones won't have any room to wander).
For a quick bite before catching a train, this huge collection of restaurants under Kyoto Station is a great choice.
Here's a summary list of child-friendly places to stay in Kyoto. There are more suggestions on our Best Kyoto Hotels For Families page.
With large rooms, a super-efficient staff and restaurants that will please finicky kids, this fine hotel is a great choice for families.
Sprawling grounds, a swimming pool, large common areas and its own private hiking trail make this a natural choice for families.
This apartment-style hotel on Gojo-dori is a great choice for families.
This collection of superb Kyoto machiya is a superb choice for those who want a traditional Japanese experience.
Another collection of Kyoto machiya, a few nights in one of these traditional Kyoto houses would be an unforgettable memory.
If you're looking to try the ryokan experience, this elegant inn in Southern Higashiyama would be a good choice.
For families traveling on a tight budget, this hotel would be an excellent choice. The Kyoto Gyoen (Imperial Palace Park) is right across the street, so the kids will have a place to play.
This family-friendly apartment-style Kyoto hotel/guesthouse is well located in Southern Higashiyama. It would be a comfortable and convenient base for exploring Kyoto.
For families on a tight budget, this apartment-style hotel is a great choice.
For some great child-friendly itineraries, see our Kyoto Itineraries for Families with Children page. And, don't forget that Osaka is only 11 minutes away from Kyoto by shinkansen (bullet train) and it's got some incredible child-friendly attractions like the Universal Studio Japan theme park. See our Osaka with Children page for details.
If you're going to be staying in Kyoto for a few weeks or months in the summer, you might consider sending them to the Kyoto International School summer program. It's a great way for them to meet local and international children and, perhaps, learn or practice a little Japanese. Check out the official site for details.


What caused the Morandi Bridge to fall remained unknown, and prosecutors said they were opening an investigation but had not identified any targets.
Witnesses reported hearing a roar as the 45-meter bridge collapsed in a torrential rain during midday traffic on the eve of a major holiday that sees most Italians abandoning cities for beaches and mountains.
One unidentified woman who was standing below told RAI state TV that it crumbled as if it were a mound of baking flour.
Civil Protection authorities said at least 30 cars and three heavy vehicles were on the 80-meter section of the span that collapsed in the industrial area of warehouses.


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Brett Ratner, född 28 mars 1969 i Miami Beach, Florida, är en amerikansk filmregissör och producent av musikvideor. Han är mest känd för filmer som The Family Man, Red Dragon, Rush Hour serien, och X-Men: The Last Stand. Som producent av musikvideor har han arbetat med världsartister såsom Madonna, Mariah Carey och Courtney Love.

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Innan karriären som filmregissör tog riktig fart regisserade Ratner musikvideor, men också actionkomedin Money Talks. Efter det kom den kommersiella succén Rush Hour (1998) med filmstjärnorna Jackie Chan och Chris Tucker i huvudrollerna. Både Chan och Tucker spelade också i uppföljarna Rush Hour 2 (2001) och Rush Hour 3 (2007), med Ratner som regissör.

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Reedbeds are wetlands dominated by stands of one plant, the Common reed (Phragmites australis). The majority are freshwater, but reedbeds are also found in brackish and tidal waters. Common reed is an active coloniser of wet ground or open water and reedbeds form a transition stage in the eventual succession to woodland. In tidal areas or sites which are subject to regular freshwater flooding, a reedbed may persist in a relatively stable state unless there is heavy siltation. Elsewhere, the accumulation of dead vegetation and litter will result in the gradual drying of the bed, allowing invasion of carr, scrub or woodland species. All stages in this development provide important habitats for invertebrates; the areas of lowest invertebrate interest being those of open water.
Five British Red Data Book invertebrates are closely associated with reedbeds including Reed leopard moth (Phragmataecia castanaea) and a rove beetle Lathrobium rufipenne. In East Anglia, more than 700 species of invertebrate have been recorded from reedbeds, 23 of them Red Data Book.
40 species in four Orders - Hemiptera, Lepidoptera (moths only), Coleoptera & Diptera - are known to feed only on reed, with a further 24 insects feeding partly on reed during their life cycle. A wide range of invertebrates are also associated with reed even if they do not feed directly on it. These include predators (mainly beetles and spiders) and parasites of the reed-feeding invertebrates which live in the stems, including gall-forming flies and solitary wasps. The solitary bee Hylaeus pectoralis nests in vacated cigar galls on reed.
Maintain all stages of succession from young reed in shallow water to old reed with scrub invasion on almost dry ground over dense litter. If reed is actively invading a large water-body, this can be achieved for some time by simply letting invasion continue. Cutting back or killing the outermost fringe of an invading reedbed and holding back the later stages of succession at the landward margin may be sufficient to maintain all successional stages in a reedbed.
Water levels should be maintained at a high and stable level thus ensuring continuity of this habitat. It is important to have some areas of litter that will be kept moist and not dry out completely. Raising water levels may be as damaging as drought for many invertebrates such as Desmoulin's whorl snail.
Structural heterogeneity is important in providing a range of sub-habitats for invertebrates. Besides pure stands of common reed (Phragmites australis), it is most important to retain areas where Phragmites is mixed with other vegetation elements, such as tussocky grasses, sallow carr and sedges (Carex sp.). Good stands of greater tussock sedge (Carex paniculata) will benefit the Nationally scarce fly Anagnota bicolor. The gall fly Lipara similis causes galls on common reed, but requires the plant to be under some stress from partial shade or drier conditions; the fly Cryptonevra consimilis lives within the galls of L. similis, so is also dependent on reed in this condition.
Flower-rich areas at the margin of the reedbeds should be encouraged to provide pollen and nectar sources for adult insects. Stands of yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris) are particularly important for the rare solitary bee Macropis europaea, which uses oil from the plant to line the cells of its subterranean nest.
As well as vegetational structure, the physical context of the reedbed is important for invertebrates. A gently sloping profile or berm at the margin of the waterbody is more beneficial than the sharp edges. Sloping edges offer a gradient for ecological adjustment by invertebrates during fluctuations in water level, during both summer drawn-down and in times of unusually high water levels.
Reed is capably of invading and smothering mixed fen, marsh or wet grassland and dense reed beds should not necessarily be the sole objective of a reedbed BAP, as these may not have the greatest floral and invertebrate biodiversity. One means of control is to deploy cattle grazing to ensure that the reed does not become too dominant. Indeed some reed invertebrates prefer open representation of reed rather than dense stands. Cattle may also help to maintain beds of Glyceria maxima, required by the Swollen spire snail (Mercuria confusa), by reducing competition from Phragmites.
Mild cattle trampling and poaching can create patches of bare substrate for some rare craneflies and other insects, including those that are found in brackish reedbeds. Such mild trampling can be a major agent in creating and maintaining a high quality berm at ditch margins.
If reeds are managed by cutting, this should be on as long a rotation as possible. The caterpillars of the RDB Reed leopard moth (Phragmataecia castaeae) live in reed stems and have a 3-4 year life cycle. Any rotation cycle of less than 4 years would seriously damage the moths' chances of survival.
Reed litter should form part of the ecological mosaic, though not a dominant part. Removal of litter prevents or slows the drying out of the reed bed, but some cuttings of Common reed and associated vegetation should be left in piles at the edge of the reed bed or elsewhere on site to provide hibernation refugia. Some areas where Phragmites is not cut regularly should be also be left and allowed to form a deep litter layer or tussocks to benefit species such as the fly Parochthiphila spectabilis, which are sensitive to extensive cutting, or ground and rove beetles requiring a wet ground layer that is not completely inundated. Stands of uncut reeds also provide valuable hibernation sites for spiders. However, dense, unmanaged reed is likely to be detrimental to species such as craneflies as it will restrict access to water and peat.
If commercial cutting of reeds is carried out or proposed, it is best to manage only part of a site intensively, leaving other areas unmanaged or managed on a long rotation. These less heavily managed areas provide habitat for the more slowly-developing invertebrates and a source of colonists for the heavily managed areas. Under commercial management reeds are cut down after 1, 2 or 3 years. Beds may be burned in the spring if they are uncut or have much litter, with the aim of restoring reed growth. Burning destroys many invertebrate populations and managed beds are relatively uniform in structure, lacking the earlier & later successional stages. If burning is to be used as a management tool to rehabilitate a neglected reed bed which might otherwise be lost, it should be a one-off operation and not a regular management tool. Only a fraction of the reedbed should be burned in any one year.
Scrub encroachment should be discouraged over most of the area, but in some small areas scrub should be retained. The best method of removal is to pull out bushes, leaving small pools within the reed bed, which can support interesting invertebrates. Simply cutting scrub will have the effect of promoting thicker re-growth from stumps and may lead to an ever-increasing need for cutting.
However, if a reedbed is very neglected and heavily scrubbed over, it may be best to allow the progression to scrub to continue. The invertebrate fauna of heavily-scrubbed over reed and of wetland scrub is itself considerable. Rehabilitation of such areas is likely to be a major task, requiring the destruction of a considerable amount of the interest already present.
Considerable damage can be caused by wash from motorised boat traffic scouring banks, removing sediment and dislodging beds of reeds and Glyceria.


Few things last forever—even fewer are under $20. But there's at least one that I know of: the Lodge cast iron skillet.
This 10-inch baby ($15, Buy It Here) looks like your grandpa's old frying pan, and is every bit the workhorse.
For recipes that finish with a roasting, it transitions easily from burner to oven (use mitts!).
It keeps my forearms strong because, damn, is it heavy; it could double as a weapon if need be.
It retains heat exceptionally well, great for searing, browning, and shallow frying. Best of all, nothing sticks to it—as long as you keep it properly seasoned.
Lodge sells the pans "pre-seasoned"—but take the time to season it before first use anyway. Buff it with oil—all over—then bake in a 450-degree oven for 30 minutes; repeat twice. Yes, it's a pain, but to quote a certain shoe-wear company: Just do it. You'll thank me later.
Then maintaining the seasoning is easy: Use a paper towel to spread a thin layer of oil on the interior surface of the dry pan (put it over medium-low first to remove all moisture). Then heat until smoking. Boom. Seasoned. I do this after every use (usually).
Unlike chemically treated cookware, cast iron only gets better with age. The more you use it, the better the seasoning becomes.
Cleaning is a cinch, too—just rinse while the pan is still hot. And on the rare occasion when something does stick? I use the scrubby side of a sponge and a little dish soap. I know, I know—blaspheme! But limit the soap to a few drops, and the precious seasoning will be fine. Just be sure not to scrub too hard (easy to do when you have such strong forearms).
I've had this pan for almost five years now, and I use it more than any other I've owned. The best part? It still looks like new. Which is to say, old—like it's been passed down through many generations. And one day, I'm hoping it will be. After all, it's basically indestructible. Grandpa would approve.


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It's Edinburgh's monthly magic and bizarre entertainment night, Auld Reekie Magic Cabaret, this Thursday (March 13th). I'll be performing for the tables between the stage acts.
I'll be performing lots of brand new material. This time I'll be focusing on the theme of gambling and will be sporting poker chips, playing cards and bar bets to befuddle and entertain.


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Effort to block Israel boycott backfires at anthropology association
Ali Abunimah Activism and BDS Beat 9 December 2014
A resolution against the academic boycott of Israel failed dramatically at the American Anthropological Association's annual meeting in Washington, DC, last Friday, garnering just a handful of votes.
Hands down the most well attended business meeting ever! #anthroboycott pic.twitter.com/itusQ0KpJl
— Arlene Dávila (@arlenedavila1) December 5, 2014
The advocacy group Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions said in a statement that the meeting "was packed with more members than any other time in recent memory" – more than 700 people.
But, the group says, the "effort to shut down the boycott discussion backfired spectacularly: members present overwhelmingly voted down the measure, which mustered a mere 52 supporters."
One-sided resolution
The defeated resolution "strongly oppose[d] the boycott of Israeli academic institutions" and alleged falsely that supporters of the academic boycott call for shunning individual Israeli scholars.
It claimed that Israeli academic anthropologists have a long record of "opposing the positions of the Israeli government vis a vis the Palestinians" and that in general, "Israeli academics have been in the forefront of the movement for peace, the end of the occupation of the West Bank, and all that it has entailed, the end of the siege of Gaza, and solidly for a two-state solution."
But the one-sided resolution totally ignored the undisputed fact that Israeli universities have been deeply complicit in Israeli military research and recruitment and fully supported and celebrated Israel's summertime attack on Gaza that killed more than 2,200 Palestinians.
It also failed to address the devastating and broad impact of Israeli occupation, warfare and siege on academic freedom and education for Palestinians.
The resolution concluded with a call for "an immediate resumption of peace talks involving all parties, and not the negativity of a boycott which would not achieve anything."
Not pushing for BDS this year
The failed resolution was a clear effort to head off any initiative that could lead to the ten thousand-member anthropology association considering an academic boycott similar to the one adopted a year ago by the American Studies Association.
Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions states that members "campaigning for the boycott elected not to pursue a resolution at this year's AAA [American Anthropological Association] meeting in favor of building the broadest possible support among members over the coming months."
That support appears to be gathering: in recent months, more than one thousand anthropologists have signed a boycott pledge to protest Israel's ongoing, systematic and widespread violations of Palestinian academic freedom and human rights.
Of the 24 members who spoke on the anti-boycott resolution, three-quarters opposed it, according to Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions.
One of those who spoke against it was Rema Hammami from Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank. Hammami said she was "thrilled to finally be at an academic conference where the problems faced by Palestinians have been centrally discussed," according to the statement.
Thank you everyone for helping us defeat the anti-BDS resolution #aaa2014! Stay tuned for more #Anthroboycott pic.twitter.com/K9gxy5ic7D
— anthroboycott (@anthroboycott) December 7, 2014
"The staggering defeat of the anti-boycott resolution has helped create a new reality within AAA, one in which boycotting Israeli academic institutions has become a plausible and ever more likely course of action," the statement concludes.
In a sign of the growing impact of these campaigns, the Committee of University Heads in Israel last week announced a partnership with the anti-Palestinian campus advocacy organization Hillel International to counter academic boycotts.
A compilation of many of the tweets made during the anthropology meeting provides a flavor of the debate.
American Anthropological Association (AAA)
Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions
Israeli universities
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ICC prosecutor acts as Israel's defense lawyer
Most French lawmakers skip vote smearing Palestine activism


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Benjamin Cobb
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The Life Summary of Benjamin
When Benjamin Cobb was born on 8 December 1818, in Jamaica, Windham, Vermont, United States, his father, Benjamin Cobb, was 32 and his mother, Subinita Burt, was 26. He married Harriet Martin on 20 February 1844, in Jamaica, Windham, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died in June 1899, in Millington, Tuscola, Michigan, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Millington Cemetery, Millington, Tuscola, Michigan, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English and Scottish (Angus): from the Middle English byname or personal name Cobbe, Cobba, or its Old Norse cognate Kobbi, which are probably from an element meaning 'lump', used to denote a large man.Irish: shortened form of McCobb , a patronymic from the personal name Hob, an English pet form of Robert .
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Mar 3: The Senate Environment and Pubic Works Committee, Chaired by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) held a hearing on, The Importance of Transportation Investments to the National Economy and Jobs. Witnesses testifying at the hearing included representatives from the: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; American Road and Transportation Builders Association; National Construction Alliance II; and the Associated General Contractors of America. Senator Boxer and Ranking Member James Inhofe (R-OK) both delivered opening statements.
The Committee discussed the agreement reached in the Senate in the evening of March 2, that ended Senator Jim Bunning's (R-KY) one-man hold on key legislation to extend he authority another 30 days of surface transportation authorization under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Equity Act -- A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) which expired March 1, 2010. Another bill to extend SAFETEA-LU through the end of 2010 is now pending action [See WIMS 3/1/10].
Chairman Boxer said, "We know transportation infrastructure investment is a proven jobs creator. According to the Department of Transportation (DOT) every $1 billion in Federal money for transportation that is matched by state and local funds supports approximately 34,700 jobs. According to a recent report by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), more than 280,000 direct jobs have been created or sustained at projects across the country as a result of the highway and transit funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). "
She said, "In coming weeks we will be considering many important aspects of the surface transportation authorization, including , among other topics, federal, state and local partnerships to accelerate transportation benefits, mobility and congestion in urban and rural America, and transportation's impact on the environment. The next highway, transit and highway safety authorization provides an opportunity to take a fresh look at these programs and make the changes necessary to ensure our transportation system will meet America's needs in the coming years. At the end of the day it's a matter of setting the right priorities and crafting innovative and effective means to address them." Both Senator Boxer and Inhofe commented that while there are major disagreements on many issues considered by the Committee, Republicans and Democrats generally agree on many transportation issues.
Senator Inhofe said he was "relieved the Senate was able to work out a deal last night on the 30-day extension of the highway program." But, he continued "this is in no way a victory. This simply means that we will go back to the highway program being funded $1 billion a month lower than 2009 levels and living with the uncertainty of short-term extension. In fact, the states won't receive the new funding provided by this extension for close to a month -- just when this extension is expiring. The House needs to move and pass the long-term extension the Senate sent over last week."
Senator Inhofe indicated, "Despite the relatively small amount of highway investment in the stimulus bill, it is evident that highway investment is a proven job creator-much more so than any of the other of the Administration's so-called "stimulus" initiatives. Although I support increased infrastructure investment in any form, it is important to note that supplemental highway funding in the so called "jobs bill" is in no way a substitute for the short- and long-term economic necessity of a multi-year highway bill re-authorization.
He said, "The Department of Transportation has estimated that the maintenance backlog on our nation's roads and bridges exceeds $600 billion. I have often said that, despite its large size, SAFETEA didn't even maintain the system we have. The previous estimate was just $500 billion-in other words, increases in the costs of steel, cement and higher wages, combined with chronic underinvestment, have put us into an even deeper hole. . . As the rest of the world continues to finance new ports, highways, and sophisticated rail networks to attract new commerce, we are falling far behind, and our underinvestment means that our domestic industries are operating globally at a competitive disadvantage. If we fail to provide a free-flowing transportation system to accommodate the needs of our economy, our manufacturing industries will be forced to export their operations abroad."
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Europe Has One Last Chance
Analysis: The whole world is watching. As European leaders gather to search for a way out of the single currency zone's debt crisis, the Old Continent risks pulling the world into recession, as a relatively strong Germany must find common ground
Paris (sylvain_beauchamps)
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Dominique Seux
PARIS - In the never-ending saga also known as the euro zone crisis, we have grown accustomed to high tensions, disagreements and constant new surprises. No, the novelty is elsewhere: it's the attention that the rest of the planet is paying to the Old World.
In the past couple of days, politicians in the United States, China, Japan and even Singapore, not to mention the International Monetary Fund, have expressed their concern, and urged Europeans to find a way out of the debt crisis. If they fail to do so, Paris and Berlin have real reason to fear, as Washington, Beijing and London will transform the upcoming G20 meeting in Cannes into a public trial of the euro itself, and may even somehow look to take the reins in determining the currency's ultimate destination.
How did we get here? We should remember that, in the past couple of weeks, the crisis has grown larger than just Greece, or even the uncertainties about Italy and Spain. In reality, the whole economy has been torn to pieces and thrown into panic. As in 2008, the confusion started to gum up the works of the financial industry and stifle investment. Repatriation of dollars by American investors undercuts the work of their counterparts across the Atlantic. While one bank has a hard time covering a country's purchase of an Airbus jet (in dollars), another bank might have trouble lending money for oil exploration. Without a clear and united response, there is a high risk that a vicious cycle will kick in.
Where are we? For the past 18 months, promises of a "global and sustainable" solution have been made so many times that our confidence in them has evaporated. There are major differences between a Germany that is taking charge and wants more than just words, and a fragile France, weakened by its own public finances -- though those differences are hidden backstage. And we still haven't found a way prevent the fire from spreading, even if the two most influential euro zone capitals have similar stances on the recapitalization of the banks (108 billion euros) and debt forgiveness for Greece (around 50% of that country's debt). And finally, they agree that Silvio Berlusconi should be forced to act... or leave power.
By Wednesday night the euro zone will tell the world if it is able to resolve its crisis. Everyone is waiting for the historic meeting without much optimism. But if they meet their goal, it may well be time to give Europe a new project. After the Franco-German reconciliation, the common market, the single currency and EU enlargement, now may in fact be the first time since 1957 that the European Union doesn't have anything to do other than manage emergencies. This is anything but trivial.
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France's top business daily, Les Echos covers domestic and international economic, financial and markets news. Founded in 1908, the newspaper has been the property of French luxury good conglomerate LVMH (Moet Hennessy - Louis Vuitton) since 2007.
The Trumpian Virus Undermining Democracy Is Now Spreading Through South America
Taking inspiration from events in the United States over the past four years, rejection of election results and established state institutions is on the rise in Latin America.
Bolsonaro supporters dressed in national colours with flags in a demonstration in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on November 4, 2022.
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Carlos Ruckauf*
BUENOS AIRES — South Africa's Nelson Mandela used to say it was "so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build."
Intolerance toward those who think differently, even inside the same political space, is corroding the bases of representative democracy, which is the only system we know that allows us to live and grow in freedom, in spite of its flaws.
Recent events in South America and elsewhere are precisely alerting us to that danger. The most explosive example was in Brazil, where a crowd of thousands managed to storm key institutional premises like the presidential palace, parliament and the Supreme Court.
In Peru, the country's Marxist (now former) president, Pedro Castillo, sought to use the armed and security forces to shut down parliament and halt the Supreme Court and state prosecutors from investigating corruption allegations against him.
Parliament sacked him, legitimately, and his equally Marxist vice-president, Dina Boluarte, is now using force to suppress her own, former supporters. The crisis is still on-going in both countries.
Challenging the Supreme Court in Argentina
In the United States, the Republican Party is divided between moderates and radicals. They needed several rounds of voting to choose a speaker for the House of Representatives, because they have yet to resolve in their minds the presidential elections of two years ago, the assault on the Capitol, and ongoing investigations into the incident.
What does the government want with a parliamentary spectacle that cannot prosper?
We should see these as alarm calls. When the adversary becomes an enemy, democracy begins to shake and irrational violence replaces ideological debates.
Here in Argentina, the refusal to obey a Supreme Court recommendation and the government's bid to sack some of its magistrates are also alarming signs of intolerance and a refusal to abide by the rules. What does the government want with a parliamentary spectacle that cannot prosper?
One of the main attackers on the government side is Leopoldo Moreau, a radical supporter of the vice-president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. He has accused Supreme Court judges of acting as instruments of the conservative opposition.
The government's parliamentary group will clearly fail to garner enough support to bring charges against the magistrates, as it did before in other spats with the Court. But is this the start of a bid to reject the results of the general elections, due in October, and pave the way for preventing the winner from taking office in December?
Peruvian citizens demonstrated in the streets of Lima against President Dina Boluarte in Lima, Peru, on January 25, 2023.
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A political abyss
The signs are that an opponent of Kirchner and her supporters will become president later this year. No governing party can expect to win elections when the vast majority of voters are seeing runaway inflation destroy their stable revenues. The Economy Minister Sergio Massa is using all the means at his disposal to halt runaway inflation and even build the base for later investments and renewed revenues. The efforts are enormous, but with limited results.
There is no drama or tragedy in ceding power in a democracy.
Neither President Alberto Fernández nor Vice-President Kirchner believe in Massa's path. He is being tolerated for now, which can only undermine his success and thus of his possible presidential candidacy.
Millions of Argentines will likely vote "against" rather than "for" something or someone in October, though the rise of outside candidates like the libertarian Javier Milei may further disperse the parliamentary vote. Whoever becomes president will in any case likely face a legislature controlled by opponents. This makes a democratic pact necessary to ensure that political forces can work together, over and above ideological divisions.
There is no drama or tragedy in ceding power in a democracy. Temporarily, some people lose and others win, but accepting that transition ensures stability and avoids violence on the street. Turning political cracks into an abyss is certainly no answer.
*Ruckauf is a former vice president and foreign minister of Argentina.
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Game name: rock stealing! (only first 5 mins interesting).
Just downloaded this out of curiosity and well not impressed. You stole 4 rocks and lost a con doing it. Why not bomb if your going air? surely you could do more damage with 1 bomber than steal 175m.
Alright the game. After the amazing rock stealing this game looked like it was gonna be ok. It was mike icho and host vs the others. Personally i would have thought the south team was better but mikexx2020 thought otherwise. so i was expecting host-prob who is core to be gaia or something.
Host did a nice job with an early rush. getting a syand his skeets were like a swarm of locusts on czudinho tidal farm.
pita manages to get a super fast bb up. well not super fast but pretty fast. and raped Host who had only 2 enforcers to his name. 5 mins later mikexx2020 decides to mass bombers. game evens out with some nice tag teaming on czu and mikexx2020.
finishes kinda quick. but worth it so you can slag mikexx2020 when you see him. oh yeah and Host-prob wasnt gaia.
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Bob Dumas
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Former Mahopac Youth Recalls Near-Death Experience
By JODI WEINBERGER
Cora Outhouse with a photo of her late husband, Arthur Outhouse, standing in front of the Westchester Exceptional Children's school, which was, at the time, the North Salem High School. Cora Outhouse with a photo of her late husband, Arthur Outhouse, standing in front of the ... Credits: Jodi Weinberger
From left, Drew Outhouse, Susie Richie Moga, Bradley Smith, Cora Outhouse, Marion DePauli Falk, Patricia Gallagher, Thomas DePauli Jr., and Richard Gallagher From left, Drew Outhouse, Susie Richie Moga, Bradley Smith, Cora Outhouse, Marion DePauli Falk, ... Credits: Jodi Weinberger
CROTON FALLS, N.Y. - Bradley Smith's mother Eleanor believed in two things: writing thank you notes and saving everything.
It's because of her diligence that 67-year-old Bradley Smith, who grew up in Mahopac, was at the Croton Falls Fire Department earlier this year surrounded by the spouses and children of the men who saved his life some 62 years ago.
Twelve years after his mother's death, Smith was going through her things when he discovered an account of the near-death experience he had when he was 6.
He had vague memories of a hospital stay, but a copy of a thank you note his mother had written the fire department and a short newspaper article about the incident filled in the details.
According to the newspaper, 6-year-old Smith's throat began to swell, and he would have choked to death had it not been for six volunteers from the Croton Falls Fire Department.
Though the Smith family lived on Ernhofer Drive in Mahopac, their family doctor, Dr. Donald Richie, called for assistance from Croton Falls when Smith began having trouble breathing because he knew its Ladies Auxiliary had recently donated an inhalator to the department.
The firefighters—Capt. James Brown, Lt. Arthur Outhouse and firemen Ralph Outhouse, Jack DePauli, Peter DePauli and Tom DePauli—arrived and administered oxygen to Smith for 40 minutes. This, Dr. Richie told the newspaper, saved Smith's life. He was then taken by a Mahopac Ambulance to Northern Westchester Hospital where he received a tracheotomy.
Moved by this information, Smith sat down and penned his own thank you note to the firefighters.
Cora Outhouse found it strange when the letter showed up earlier this year, addressed to her husband Arthur Outhouse, who had died in 2014.
"I opened up the post office box and pulled this out and I see this and thought, well someone doesn't know Artie passed away and I don't recognize the name," Cora Outhouse said. "I stood a little stunned in the post office for quite a few minutes."
The letter read: "I hope I have the correct Arthur Outhouse who served in the Croton Falls Volunteer Fire Department back in 1957. If it is, this is a long overdue thank you from the bottom of my heart."
He wrote in the letter that his only memory from the "traumatic experience for a young boy of 6" is spending two weeks in the hospital after undergoing surgery.
"That boy of 6 is now 67 years and because of you, I am still here," Smith wrote. "Once again, my thanks go out to you and the other firemen for being there that Saturday in the winter of 1957."
It would be unusual now that the Croton Falls Fire Department would go to a call in Mahopac, but Drew Outhouse, the cousin of Arthur and Ralph Outhouse, said "back then, you went where you were asked to go."
It was pure good luck for Smith that Richie was a neighbor of the Outhouse families and could call on them to respond.
"He called the fire department to go because he knew they had this equipment," Drew Outhouse said.
Neither the firemen who saved Smith's life or Richie are alive today, Drew Outhouse said, and Smith's letter was the first time the families learned of the incident.
Smith said his mother hadn't talked much about it and now he had no one to ask. His said a bad cold was his best guess for why his throat closed that day.
Smith currently lives in Connecticut after his family moved out of Mahopac in 1973. He went into the Air Force after college and has two children, two stepchildren and three grandchildren.
At the Croton Falls Fire Department, he showed off the letter his mother had written to the fire department; she had a copy, Smith explained, because she rewrote it for her own records before sending.
"Maynard and I want to express our sincere thanks to the firemen who came to our home on Saturday, Jan. 11, and administered oxygen to our son, Bradley," Eleanor Smith wrote. "It was their prompt and efficient action that saved Bradley's life.
"It was a terrifying experience for us all but with God's help and the help of our skilled doctors and surgeon we are happy to report that Bradley came home from the hospital on Tuesday, Jan. 21," she continued. "No words can ever express the deep gratitude and appreciation."
Drew Outhouse presented the Croton Falls Fire Department with a framed copy of Bradley Smith's letter and the newspaper article.
Richie's daughter, Sue Richie Moga, attended the presentation. Nearly everyone in the room had been treated by her dad, who she said made himself available night and day for any of his patients. She also praised the fire department.
"You guys have been here for the people of Croton Falls for generations and you know in your head that you've done something good, but when you see what Bradley wrote and start reminiscing and start talking, it really does tug at your heart," Moga said. "How many generations now are going to be moving into the future because of what you guys did?"
My dad was a very humble person, but he would have been tickled pink," Moga said of the Smith's letter.
Cora Outhouse said Arthur would have been happy to meet Smith, but also did not like to be the center of attention.
"It was their job," Cora Outhouse said. "The fire department was probably his first love, and then I came along, but even then, the fire department would take preference."
He served for 60 years, active until the end, she said. Arthur and his brother Ralph would hear the siren and race from their homes, competing to be first to the department.
"It's so nice to be here in person and thank everyone for saving my life," Bradley Smith said. "This is wonderful."
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Q: Is it possible to pass Argumentlist from WinForms VB.net? I can pass Argumentlist in a console app as below
Public Class test
  Public myProcess As ProcessStartInfo = New ProcessStartInfo

    Sub Main()
        With myProcess

            .FileName = <<some path>>
            For Each x As String In <<some list>>
                .Argumentlist.add(x)
            Next
            WorkingDirectory = args
            .UseShellExecute = False
        End With
    End Sub
End class

But when working in a WinForms project, I can't access the .argumentList and can only access .arguments :(

A:
I can pass Argumentlist in a console app as below

I don't think so. There is no ArgumentList property anywhere that I can see. When you use Process.Start, you basically just replicate what you would do if you were to use a console window. If you were to start an app like this in a console window:

MyApp -a \b "C:\Some Folder\Some File.ext"

then you basically just reproduce that in code. The MyApp part is the FileName and the rest is the Arguments:
Dim psi As New ProcessStartInfo("MyApp", "-a \b ""C:\Some Folder\Some File.ext""")

If you have a list of arguments then you simply join them into a single, space-separated String:
Dim psi As New ProcessStartInfo("MyApp", String.Join(" ", myArgumentList))

EDIT:
The ArgumentList property referred to is only supported in .NET Core, not in .NET Framework. That it was available in a Console Application project had nothing to do with the project type specifically but rather the targeted platform. If you target .NET Framework in a Console Application project then that property will not be available either and if you target .NET Core in a Windows Forms Application project (which you can't do in VB just yet, although you can for C#) then that property would be available there too.
You really ought to learn the difference between .NET Core, which is relatively new, and .NET Framework, which has been there from the start, and make sure that you are targeting the correct option in all your projects. It will be less of an issue when .NET 5.0 is released. I'm not sure of all the details but they are basically merging .NET Core and .NET Framework in that version.
In the end, the solution I have provided is what you need to do when targeting .NET Framework 4.8 or earlier, regardless of the project type.

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Three takeaways as USA suffer World Cup exit against Netherlands | MLSSoccer.com
Armchair Analyst: Matt Doyle By Matthew Doyle @MattDoyle76 The Dutch did not play anywhere near also in the group phase of this competition as their skill recommended they must've. They were constantly outshot, regularly outworked, and often appeared like they were on the edge of collapsing versus both Senegal and Ecuador. That was not by style. They truly had a hard time, and those battles laid bare the reality this Dutch generation is absolutely nothing like the heavy belongings, free-flowing Dutch of 2010 or 2014, not to mention the fantastic, Total Football sides of Johan Cruyff from 50 years earlier. They simply can not play like that. What they can do, nevertheless, is strategy like hell, soak up a lot of pressure since of their first-rate defense, and after that make the most of any/every space that opens (or that their tactical plan opens for them) on the field. And, well, that was the story in the United States males's nationwide group's 3-1 loss on Saturday in the Round of 16 to an Oranje side that bent when it needed to, however never ever broke and, throughout, gave an agonizing lesson to a young, happy however eventually overmatched United States side. Gregg Berhalter is an excellent coach who's had an excellent competition, and will go on to do great things someplace (I'm one of the numerous who believe he will leave the United States program for a club side in Europe in the coming weeks). Louis van Gaal, nevertheless, is an all-time excellent, first-rate supervisor who is among the authors of the modern-day book of soccer techniques. Van Gaal's chapter would likely be "how to play a possession-heavy 4-3-3," though today's lesson was "how to bet a possession-heavy 4-3-3." There were 2 standard concepts we saw in the structure of the Dutch shape and system on the day: Man-mark the midfield. This removed the type of tick-tock, metronome-style passing series the United States had actually utilized to such great impact in the very first hour of all 3 group-stage video games, and required the United States backline into either unsafe cross-field passes (mainly Tim Ream to Sergiño Dest), or long balls towards the cutting edge the United States were never ever going to win. When they got on the ball– in the very first half, anyhow– they had an uncommon quantity of belongings deep in their own half, with the objective of producing "pressure traps." Simply put, they desired the United States to come press the ball in order to drag them upfield and develop area to attack in behind. And, well, here's what that appears like: 20 – Memphis Depay's objective ended a series of 20 continuous passes, the most on record for a Netherlands objective at the World Cup (1966 onwards). Overall. pic.twitter.com/fQU2N0EDxy– OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 3, 2022 This didn't cause straight-out supremacy regardless of the frustrating scoreline. It did lead to the video game's opening objective (that's the graphic above), and that's the point of strategies? To put your group into a much better position to put the ball into the back of the web. The other side is that even with all of the above, the United States gamers definitely had their possibilities, consisting of and specifically Christian Pulisic's early search objective that was well conserved. Every tactical set-up yields something; in Berhalter's case, he compromised the wings in order to attempt to manage ownership, pace and where on the pitch the video game was played. By establishing as he did, van Gaal yielded private minutes. His gamble, in man-marking all over (however specifically through main midfield), is that his men would perform specific minutes at a greater level than the United States kids could. And they did. You've seen the passing map on that work of art of an objective. Here's the clip: Van Gaal's tactical technique developed the conditions in which the Dutch might press forward like that, however the gamers in Oranje need to make it work, and the gamers in Red, White & Blue need to make it as difficult as possible to put a relocation like that together. The United States didn't, and the 2 people most culpable were Tyler Adams and Yunus Musah. Adams gets beat by Memphis at midfield, turns his head to misplace him, and never ever leaves a jog returning: Musah, who you can see circled around at the top of the above frame, is expected to turn over and cover the main channel when Adams is pulled upfield. He acknowledges it way far too late: You can't provide a striker like Memphis that sort of area in package. You can't provide any good striker that sort of area in package. Can't state we have not seen this previously, though: fwiw, we saw this specific problem versus Morocco in June. Adams rises, gets eliminated of the play, Musah never ever reads it and it results in a great search objective. Young gamers make errors, however they'll find out. pic.twitter.com/GzNDuFho3O– Matthew Doyle (@MattDoyle76) December 3, 2022 Adams is 23, and Musah simply turned 20 today (he's in his very first year as a full-time main midfielder at the expert level). Both men will enhance over the next couple of years. When it comes to the 2nd Dutch objective, this one was more foreseeable. Dest is a fantastic gamer whose protective awareness has actually enhanced substantially. He still has terrible minutes, especially with his tendency to fall asleep at the back post and let wingers (or wingbacks) get throughout him to make an opportunity. We saw it two times in the 2nd half versus Iran, which is what led Berhalter to (properly) change to a 5-4-1 because video game. Those opportunities were on the movie, and Daley Blind's smart as hell, and … That, simply prior to the half, is a disaster. And while it didn't make the 2nd half scholastic– the United States battled like hell, and I believe everybody ought to take pride in this group– it truly did seal the offer. Dest, naturally, is likewise a young gamer, and as I stated, he's currently enhanced a lot over the previous couple of years. I have no factor to believe he will not continue to do so. Depth! If there was something that was explained throughout this competition, it's that the drop-off from the main midfield trio of Weston McKennie, Musah and Adams to their back-ups– a minimum of the back-ups Berhalter brought– was sheer. This is not a dig versus Kellyn Acosta, who I believe has actually shown to be the ideal man to back Adams up as a No. 6, however he does not bring much to the table as a No. 8. Cristian Roldan and Brenden Aaronson, on the other hand, are wingers at the global level, as is Gio Reyna. Luca de la Torre was most likely the only like-for-like amongst the No. eights, however he got a knock in the weeks prior to the competition, and it looks like that was that, does not it? Any of Eryk Williamson, Paxton Pomykal or Keaton Parks, all 3 of whom 1) cover a lots of ground, 2) win the ball and 3) advance the ball, would've assisted a lot. My greatest aggravation with Berhalter does not have anything to do with this video game or this competition; it pertains to what I would think about being doubtful skill ID and combination amongst his main midfielders. And those people required to be there, due to the fact that McKennie (hurt) and Musah (simply plainly not the fittest kid at this moment in his profession) were gassed by the hour mark of the very first 3 video games, and they were leggy (careless touches and 2nd to essentially whatever) from the dive in this one. I get why Berhalter ran them into the ground in the group phase. If he 'd been more reasonable in his evaluations of the team depth, I believe he might've brought a more powerful group that would've kept the beginners fresher for this video game. The exact same uses at left back (bad Antonee Robinson, who generally needed to run a whole marathon every video game) and center forward, where both Jesús Ferreira and Haji Wright– regardless of his absolutely amusing objective– had a hard time to make a favorable effect. The story of the next 4 years will be just how much the similarity MMA, Dest, Reyna, Josh Sargent, Tim Weah and the rest of the beginners can enhance. The gamer swimming pool requires to keep growing, and whoever the coach is has to be able to incorporate brand-new faces, be they young or old, in a method that can make the United States the fresher group come the 2026 knockout rounds (on house soil). And in the end, that's the bare minimum 4 years from now. Berhalter wished to alter the method United States soccer is viewed all over the world in this cycle, and I believe he did. Part of that altering understanding suggests a modification of expectations. That's the most crucial lesson of this agonizing, however not totally unforeseen loss. It's a great and required one, and it ought to serve both the coach and the group well in the cycle to come. source
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