Lowdown: An unlikely, unfamiliar, Lego character has to step up to save Lego World.
On paper, The Lego Movie has the potential to be the perfect children's movie. Well, at least by my Lego crazy child's account, on account of it mixing many if not most of the things he cherishes the most. That said, we've all been to "that movie" before: a movie that promises to be the next best thing but turns out to be a disappointment. In other words, The Lego Movie has a lot of expectations to satisfy, and the question is - can it rise up to the challenge?
Want the short answer? Yes.
Now for the slightly longer answer.
The Lego Movie follows the evil plot of Lord Business (Will Ferrell), who plots to apply his doomsday weapon to the Lego world. Who can step up to this force, yielding the full might of the corporate world behind him? There's a weirdo Lego wizard and there is a very cool looking Lego girl called Wildstyle, but can they and their Lego mates save their Lego world? That's where a prophecy steps in, claiming that an ordinary Lego character will save the day.
Or can it? It turns out this character is Emmet, a very ordinary Lego character of lower than average achievements. Emmet cannot even fit in with his construction worker mates, with whom he spends most of his days. Days that start to the tune of a catchy song, "Everything Is Awesome", move on to gulping overpriced coffee, continue through work, and unwind through reality TV and a visit to the pub. But our Emmet does not, really, fit this mould; can he fit into the role of a world saviour instead?
As per the norm for children's movies today, The Lego Movie is a computer animation movie; it does, however, strive for a stop motion look and feel (and it does so well). As per the norm, it is full of jokes aiming at the adults accompanying the children to the cinema: from Star Wars to Terminator jokes, you'll find them all here. As per norms, it is full of cameos and famous characters stepping in and out (Batman, anybody?). These work well, but they are not enough to make a movie great.
What really make The Lego Movie great is its message and the way this message is conveyed. Essentially, in order to save the world our heroes have to abandon the instruction manual, apply their imagination, break free of the mould, step out of the box - you get it. They need to think for themselves, as opposed to being fooled into believing that overpaying for coffee is both normal and awesome. The imaginative nature of the way this message is conveyed is what makes The Lego Movie great and what is obviously making this one a big time box office hit with the kids.
The irony of it is with Lego, the company. It fails to follow its own advice, releasing the movie tie in Lego kits in a very restrictive form. Instead of general kits to run wild with one's imagination, Lego is selling us very specific kits of very specific movie sets. At the price tags are obviously designed by the evil Lord Business, too; even the movie's Lego characters sell for $5 each. Sure reminds me of the movie's overpriced coffee.
Overall: Criticism of Lego aside, The Lego Movie is an excellent kids' movie. I liked it 3.5 out of 5 crabs much; as far as my son is concerned, this is probably the closest movie ever to his current movie ideal.


The Current host Bill Deville (center) with Luther (left) and Jody (right).
Jody Stephens and Luther Russell almost didn't make it to Minneapolis. "We had flight delays," Stephens says. "[But after] a few phone calls, we just lucked into going to another airport and getting here just on time."
It's a small example of the kind of luck Stephens and Russell — known as Those Pretty Wrongs — have enjoyed over the course of their shared history. On tour in support of their self-titled album, Those Pretty Wrongs stopped at The Current to chat with Bill DeVille ahead of their Saturday, Feb. 25, show at the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis.
Stephens may be best known for his time as the drummer in the legendary act Big Star, and Russell was part of the early-90s indie-rock band the Freewheelers. Russell even said he had the chance to play at Prince's former club in Minneapolis, Glam Slam, when the Freewheelers were on tour opening for Joan Jett.
Russell and Stephens first crossed paths in the early 1990s when Stephens was making his A&R rounds as part of his work at Ardent Music in Memphis, where he has now worked for 30 years. Stephens and Russell kept in touch, and a collaboration during a Big Star's Third show in Los Angeles led the two men to decide to collaborate on a new project together. "It was just awesome," Stephens says. "Luther has a lot of talent."
The two challenged themselves to write three or four songs together, but ended up writing 12. Ten of those songs appear on the duo's self-titled album, which came out on May 13, 2016. But it was playing at the Nashville venue The Basement during the 2016 Americana Fest that opened a lot of doors for Those Pretty Wrongs. "You were there," Stephens tells Bill DeVille, "which was awesome for us, and now we're here. A guy named B.T. from Australia, a promoter, was there, and we wound up playing five dates in Australia from that. Two of which we were opening for Tweedy."
For Stephens, playing in Those Pretty Wrongs is enjoyable in many ways, not least of which is getting to sing lead on songs, something he didn't do a whole lot of as a drummer. "It's perfectly comfortable," Stephens says. "I found it's a lot easier for me to talk to folks that are closer, so if I'm out front, communication is a lot easier."
Listen to the full interview and a live performance here.
What's better than Big Star and the Freewheelers? A little bit of both, of course. On Friday, February 24, the GMan Tavern will welcome two legendary artists, joining forces under the name of the Those Pretty Wrongs. Jody Stephens of Big Star, and Luther Russell of the Freewheelers have become music writing partners while promoting the documentary Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me, and are now set to embark on a winter tour, aptly named How Cold is it Gonna Be?, throughout the midwest.
Their start was small. Stephens and Russell originally released two songs; these received so much acclaim that they continued on their music-writing journey. With enough songs to fill an album, the duo decided to move forward and craft an innovative record. Recorded on 2″ tape in Memphis, the record is infused with wistful nostalgia; it was recorded using a lot of vintage Big Star equipment, including guitars from #1 Record.
This album also features Stephens' vocals as lead, for the first time. Ever. Stephens and Russell wrote all of the songs, each stemming from deeply personal experiences from both the past and present. Check out the unique sound of this legendary pair for yourself this Friday evening at the GMan Tavern, located at 3740 N. Clark Street. This 21+ show begins at 8pm, with doors opening at 7pm. Tickets cost $15.
During our tour, we carved out some time to visit our friends at the KEXP studios. Here's a few songs we did!
Click for a review from Magic Pop on our show in Barcelona this past week!


Transparency in the filling operations. This is what every beverage producer wants – not least for his existing lines. Krones shows how by means of ReadyKit your filling line can be cost-efficiently and effectively interfaced. The latest product developed by the group's own software specialists at Syskron facilitates the inclusion of new, old and third-party machines in the production data acquisition function. Which explains the name: ReadyKit gets machines ready for digital processes.
ReadyKit: what's behind the name?
ReadyKit now provides a system for consistent IT interlinkage of your filling lines that procures raw data from production machines and creates information from them. ReadyKit enables both new machines and existing ones of older construction from any manufacturer, plus machines with a restricted communication interface or none at all, to be integrated into central data acquisition. In addition, ReadyKit provides an option for calculating key statistics and compensating for missing information on the basis of measured and acquired values. Elaborate retrofit work on the machine's control system is not required. ReadyKit has been designed so that it can use highly disparate data sources for acquiring raw data. The first of these are the interfaces to the machines' control systems, in order to acquire signals and values directly from the control system itself. Secondly, different sensors can be linked up and read out in order to acquire missing data, e.g. on the basis of photo-cells. For a comprehensive database, both options can be combined. The algorithms here retrieve the values acquired over variable time periods. The accuracy of the information will depend on the volume of the basic data concerned, and rises with the size of the period under review.
Thanks to the minimised outlay for implementation, and the lean concept involved, clients can very quickly and easily benefit from ReadyKit, optimise their processes, and thus save on costs.
So much for the general functioning of this new IT tool. I should now like to go into a bit more detail on how ReadyKit actually works.
What data are processed and generated?
These are values that are read from the data source and made available without any significant time-delay via ReadyKit's interfaces (quasi as live data). At the same time, they are the basis for calculating key statistics and interpreting other values and information.
For calculating the OEE-specific key statistics, the machine status is of fundamental importance. If the operating status is not available, ReadyKit can use the integrated algorithms to interpret the machine status on the basis of the measured values accessible. The accuracy will here depend on the number of data on which the interpretation is based. The machine status is available as a measured value with a rough accuracy, and also as a key statistic with a high level of accuracy.
These are calculated values that are generated in the context of a defined time period, and are made available via ReadyKit's interfaces at the end of the period under review. As the time period for calculation, shift and day are supported. The calculation is performed at the end of the relevant time period on the basis of all raw data acquired in the time period concerned. Taking the entire time period into due account, together with the high acquisition density provided, enables a high level of meaningful content to be achieved for interpreted values as well.
The time periods on which the calculation is based are set during the installation routine. The key statistics are made available for further use in a one-off package at the end of the time period concerned.
The secure link to the ReadyKit Data Center enables updates and patches to be downloaded at any time, so that ReadyKit is always represented by its latest version. Automated monitoring of the system's functions ensures increased availability and stability. The innovative device management enables ReadyKit's entire life-cycle to be administered.
How are the calculated data made available to the client?
The client is provided with two applications for visualising the key statistics provided by ReadyKit. Firstly, SitePilot Line Diagnostics, which is installed on a local server in the client's network. Secondly, modules (apps) that are made available within the Cloud-based Share2Act platform. For both these applicational cases, ReadyKit provides the requisite interfaces.
In the shape of the SitePilot Line Diagnostics product, Krones has created a solution that guarantees the user the same look and feel in terms of evaluation and handling – both when used in new lines and in existing ones. I've already posted a report on the blog about SitePilot Line Diagnostics; you will find the text here.
Alternatively, as already mentioned, the Share2Act collaboration platform can be used as a front-end for analysing the data. In this case, the information is edited in a role-based approach tailored to the user concerned, and thanks to the cloud-based 24/7 concept can be made available on all devices and at all facilities, and automatically updated. You will find more information on the Share2Act platform, too, in one of my blog articles.
Within the context of an individual development project, additional systems can also be linked up; just get in touch with us directly.
Do you still have any questions or would you like some more details on ReadyKit? Then simply leave a comment under the article – I'll then get back to you as soon as possible with more information.


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Victoria de Los Angeles, właśc. Victoria Gomez Cima (ur. 1 listopada 1923 w Barcelonie, zm. 15 stycznia 2005 tamże) – hiszpańska śpiewaczka operowa, sopran liryczny.

Studiowała w konserwatorium w Barcelonie, które ukończyła z wyróżnieniem w 1943, przerobiwszy 6-letni kurs w trzy lata. W latach 1945–1948 występowała w Gran Teatre del Liceu w Barcelonie; debiutowała tamże w styczniu 1945 partią Hrabiny w Weselu Figara Mozarta. W 1947 zdobyła pierwszą nagrodę na konkursie wokalnym w Genewie, a następnie wzięła udział w radiowym wykonaniu opery Krótkie życie Manuela de Falli, co było początkiem jej kariery międzynarodowej.

W 1949 odbyła pełne sukcesów, tournée po krajach Ameryki Południowej. W kolejnych latach występowała gościnnie m.in. w Operze Paryskiej, Metropolitan Opera w Nowym Jorku, La Scali w Mediolanie. Najsłynniejszymi wykonaniami w początkowych latach kariery były partie Małgorzaty w Fauście Charles'a Gounoda, Mimi w Cyganerii Giacoma Pucciniego oraz Ariadny w Ariadnie na Naksos Richarda Straussa.

W latach 1951–1961 regularnie współpracowała z Metropolitan Opera, występowała gościnnie także w Operze Wiedeńskiej (1957) oraz na festiwalu w Bayreuth (1961, 1962). Nagrywała dla radia i wytwórni płytowych (głównie EMI i RCA); łącznie nagrała ponad 80 płyt, w tym 21 oper oraz 25 z recitalami. Nie dysponując wielkim talentem aktorskim, z powodzeniem występowała z recitalami; koncertowała w Australii, Nowej Zelandii, Ameryce Północnej i Południowej, RFN oraz krajach skandynawskich. W 1976 i 1984 koncertowała w Polsce. Obok repertuaru operowego chętnie wykonywała pieśni hiszpańskie, zwłaszcza Manuela de Falli i Enrique Granadosa.

Jej głos - sopran liryczny - charakteryzował się czystością i delikatnością. Jednym z jej najsłynniejszych nagrań płytowych była rola Mimi w Cyganerii (dla wytwórni EMI, 1956). Była tytułową Carmen w wykonaniu tej opery pod batutą Thomasa Beechama (dla wytwórni EMI 1958/59 w Paryżu).

Inne znane role operowe to m.in.:
 Madame Butterfly Pucciniego (rola tytułowa)
 Manon Masseneta (rola tytułowa)
 Micaela w Carmen Bizeta
 Melizanda w Peleasie i Melizandzie Debussy'ego
 Violetta w Traviacie Verdiego
 Rozyna w Cyruliku sewilskim Rossiniego
 Ewa w Śpiewakach norymberskich Wagnera
 Elżebieta w Tannhäuserze Wagnera
 Elza w Lohengrinie Wagnera

Bibliografia
 Lucjan Kydryński, Opera na cały rok. Kalendarium, Kraków 1989 (sylwetka śpiewaczki w tomie II, pod datą 1 listopada)
 Encyklopedia muzyczna PWM. Część biograficzna, tom V, Kraków 1997

Hiszpańskie soprany
Hiszpańskie śpiewaczki operowe
Urodzeni w 1923
Zmarli w 2005

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August 2008 BVNA Meeting Minutes
BUENA VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION Minutes of the Meeting Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Meeting called to order at 7:09 PM
PRESENT: [18 people present] Brian Ward (President) Loui Tucker (Secretary) Larry Cress
Sally Henning Scott Hraban Brent Jensen Michael Larocca Brian Leipzig Shelby Palms
Michael Larocca (Sherman Oaks meeting. He had come to personally thank BVNA members who participated in National Night Out. Michael also announced that the Bascom Library (and Community Center) was approved by the City Council after the bid protest. The contact went to the #2 bid. Construction will hopefully begin in the next few months.
MINUTES - Approved. TREASURER'S REPORT - Treasurer was not present, but sent a report
OLD BALANCE: $925.42 Income $20.00 Income $1,350.00 Income $120.00 Expense ($350.00) Expense ($213.92) NEW BALANCE: $1,851.50
Balance in the bank end of July Check waiting to be deposited (Home Tour brochure ad) Grant funds Home Tour tickets sales through Antiques Colony National Night Out contribution by BVNA to NAC One-night at Cliff Crest B&B given as Home Tour 2008 prize
Robin Rogers Robert Solis Jerry W hite Michael W hite Ruth White Sabine Zappe
Lara Tran (representing City Councilmember Pierreluigi Oliverio's office) Jim Weston and Hong Cao (representing County Supervisor Ken Yeager's office)
Community Association) was present but could not stay for the entire
Sheriff Clark (a five year veteran of the Buena Vista Neighborhood) spoke to the meeting and answers questions and addressed concerns.
There have been two stabbing in the County area - 1 on Willard and 1 at Scott/Leigh. Sheriff Clark feels there has been a change in gang activity. Five years ago the area was 95% Norteño (the ?red" gang). Now the area is split about 60%-40% between Norteño and Sureño (the ?blue" gang).
A San Jose Police representative arrived and the two officers continued to address community questions and concerns.
It was agreed that 425 South Willard ?is a dump." The Sheriff has been out repeatedly to the address. The landlord will rent to anyone and the landlord is the problem because there is no accountability by the landlord or the tenants.
Funding has been cut and will probably continue to be cut with the current City and State budget crisis, so many programs that would help the neighborhoods are being eliminated or cut back.
Both law enforcement officers commented that the BVNA is a positive influence and factor in the area.
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SJPD advised us that if we look at on-line reporting of crimes, we should be aware that reports such as rapes are listed where they are *reported* not where they occurred. Therefore, the area around hospitals always appears to have a high rate of rapes reported. The rapes are *reported* at the hospital.
STATUS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Lan Tran, from Councilmember Oliverio's office and Jim Weston and Hong Cao (new liaison from Ken Yeager's office to the BVNA) representing Supervisor Yeager's office being present, members offered their input and observations regarding activities and circumstances in the Neighborhood.
Brian Leipzig expressed thanks for dealing with the ?renter from Hell" on Laswell. There was evidently an illegal massage business being operated on the premises.
Thank you expressed by Sabine Zappe for getting the crossing assistance at Race and San Fernando by St. Leo's school The crosswalk was painted and lights were installed.
Thank you from Sally Henning for keeping an eye on Buena Vista Park.
Shelby Palms express concern about people going through recycling bins put out on the street. It was confirmed that, once the recyclables are in the bins and on the street, they
technically belong to Waste Management and people going through the bins are technically stealing from Waste Management. However, Loui Tucker commented that people who are bad off financially that they have to resort to recycling as a source of income can hardly be prosecuted for it. She recommended anyone bothered by the noise and/or mess to pre-sort the recyclables that are worth money (aluminum cans, glass and plastic bottles) and put them in a separate bag next to the bin. That way people who would ordinarily rifle through the contents of the recycling bin can just take the separate bag and move on.
The underpass over Moorpark by Valley Medical Center (reported as being encrusted with bird droppings last month), is a Caltrans issue. The County will be power-washing to get rid of the mess now, but it will continue to be a problem unless Caltrans does something, like put spikes on the ledges which make it difficult for the birds to roost.
Landscaping on Bascom just south of the bus stop at Moorpark is planned and should happen this month or next.
Sign for Window Tinting that are being put up around the neighborhood are usually coming down as fast as they can be reported. If you see one, send an email with the location to Loui and she will pass it along to the City or County staff responsible for dealing with them.
There are two old green mailboxes on Race Street near Park Avenue. They are graffiti magnets and are not being used the Post Office. Can they be removed? Lara Tran will look into the situation.
At 415 South Willard there were plans to demolish the home on the property and put up 5 condos. Now they appear to be fixing up the house possibly to sell it. If they can sell the property they will. If they can't the owners have said they would rent the home and build condos on the back half of the property.
Across the street from 415 South Willard, they were going to put in 12 condos. After protests by the neighborhood, it was reduced to 9 condos. Now, reportedly, the plans show 12 condos once again.
The apartment complex at Willard and Douglas was a new paint job and the bad tenants have been evicted. This is said to be a ?responsible landlord."
The apartment complex at Scott and Willard is being fixed. New garage doors are already in place and the old appliances are being torn out and replaced. Lots of sheetrock and wood in the front yard waiting to be hauled away.
One of the trees planted during the landscaping last year on Scott has died – on the south side of Scott near Willard. Since this was a cooperative effort between the City and the County, someone needs to determine whose responsibility it is to replace the dead tree.
The Quiznos in the building on the northwest corner of San Carlos and Meridian is gone. The owners could not deal with the lack of parking, despite efforts to have curbside service if people called in orders.
MISC. OLD BUSINESS
1. Buena Vista Park Expansion The purchase of the land for the Buena Vista Park extension was passed by the City Council on
August 5. The next meeting of the BVNA will be about the Park, and will provide an opportunity for public input. More trees? More benches and grass? A soccer field? The cactus currently on the lot will be removed and the old tree will be replaced. The electric box cannot be moved so the park will be built around it. Once the plan for the park is in place, a contract will be put out for bid and the awarded.
2. The Meridian-W est San Carlos Project The meeting originally scheduled for August 20 was moved to Wednesday, September 10 at 6:30
PM before the San Jose City Planning Commission. One major item being considered is a left turn on Meridian into the complex, in order to limit visitors turning left onto Douglas and driving through the neighborhood to get to the entrance on West San Carlos. The developer is claiming that this left turn from Meridian will mean only 3 more cars per day will be turning onto Douglas. However, the study that shows this was paid for by the developer, which brings into question the validity of the study. A light a Douglas is warranted, but nobody wants to pay for it. There are still 218 units being planned for the complex.
3. 513 Page Street The property at 513 Page Street is long laid dormant (since 2002). The permit to build will soon
lapse so there is a director's meeting for September 10 at 9:00 AM to decide if the permit can be extended. This complex as originally proposed had tandem parking, something the BVNA is on record as opposing. There is no signage on the property as required, so there is some question as to what other steps and procedures were skipped. The design on the website the developers put up appears to be the same as the old design: remove everything on the property and replace it with 4 new buildings with tandem parking for the residents.
4. Fiesta Lanes Development Not much is happening right now. The developer is making agreements with the homeowners on
Sierra, North Buena Vista, and North Willard to put in their new fences. The abandoned houses for sale that are across the street from the new townhomes on North Buena Vista have been painted and minimally landscaped in order to make the area more attractive to buyers.
5. VTA-Sunol Development The developer Green Republic is still on record as ?wanting it all." There will undoubtedly be a
protracted battle between the developer and the neighborhoods.
6. Annexation September 23 at 1:30 the annexation process will be started by the City Council. Step #1 is a formal declaration that ?The City wishes to annex Such and Such." Step #2 will be on October 21 at 7:00 PM when they will pass a resolution ordering annexation. Step #3 will be for the County to say ?Yes, you can have Such and Such." Step #4 the Board of Equalization has to agree to the exchange. Step #5 the paperwork returns to the County for sign-off Step #6 the paperwork goes to the County Recorder for filing And the land in question becomes part of the City of San Jose. According to some sources, this
could all be done by the end of November 2008! However, there are several points along the way when the annexation process could be halted. BVNA members are encouraged to write emails to City and County representatives.
7. ION Project (Improve Our Neighborhood) It was suggested that the BVNA could write ?Bravo!" letters to homeowners and landlords who are
fixing up their properties - such as the apartments at the corner of Scott and Willard, or the property at 415 S. Willard, or the property at Menker and San Carlos. Loui Tucker said she had the letter on her computer that was written to the owners of the property on Menker next to the park to thank them for fixing up their
property. If someone will provide her with the address of a fixed up property, a similar letter could be sent to those owners.
8. Newsletter The BVNA has not published a newsletter in almost a year. Robert Solis and Loui Tucker have
been the primary contributors in the past. If anyone has a suggestion for articles or would like to write an article, they should submit ideas and articles to Robert Solis.
NEXT MEETING The next meeting will be Tuesday, September 30 at an as yet undetermined location. Because the meeting will involve community input about the Buena Vista Park, it will probably have to be at a more ?public" venue such as Burbank School or Sherman Oaks Community Center.
Adjourned at 8:25 PM
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BUENA VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION Minutes of the Meeting Tuesday,, April 23,, 2013 Meeting called to order at 7::226 PM PRESENT : [77 people present]] Members : Brian Habekoss (PPresident)) Loui Tu

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Learn the risks of mixing alcohol with Dayquil, a popular cold medicine.
WHAT IS DAYQUIL?
Dayquil, a popular cold medicine, is typically used as a decongestant, cough suppressant, and fever reducer. Dayquil, much like its drowsy counter-part Nyquil, isn't recommended for children younger than 4. We're going to cover everything you need to know about alcohol and Dayquil as well as alcohol and Dayquil side effects.
Dayquil Ingredients
Dextromethorphan is one of the better-known ingredients in cough medicine. It's a cough suppressant and sedative from the same chemical family as morphine. In recommended doses, it numbs the throat and senses. However, in excess, it can act as a powerful dissociative and hallucinogenic agent.
Phenylephrine is a decongestant that is suggested to be used as a nasal spray. Studies have shown that oral intake of this drug has reduced efficiency.
Acetaminophen acts mainly as a moderate pain reliever and fever reducer. It's also known as paracetamol.
CAN YOU DRINK AFTER TAKING DAYQUIL?
Alcohol and Dayquil are not recommended to be taken together. Alcohol and Dayquil both have sedative properties which can result in serious medical injury, including long-term liver damage. Furthermore, alcohol suppresses the immune system which results in prolonged, more severe cold, and flu symptoms.
How Long Should You Wait Before Taking a Drink?
Dayquil is active in the system for 4-6 hours depending on individual health variables. While mixing alcohol and Dayquil is not advised; you could have a drink after 4-6 hours from your last Dayquil medication dosage. However, a single drink of alcohol can last in the body for 3 hours. So it's not advised to take additional Dayquil after having alcohol. The time between alcohol and Dayquil intake can vary based on the individual.
THE RISKS OF MIXING ALCOHOL AND DAYQUIL
Mixing alcohol and Dayquil has many adverse bodily effects, including
Severe vomiting
Extreme lethargy
Risk of developing alcohol/cough medicine dependency
Increased risk of hypertension
Dayquil and Alcohol Side Effects
Mixing alcohol and Dayquil also has many dangerous side effects, including
Disrupted sleep
Dayquil and alcohol can also trigger underlying health issues, like irregular heartbeats, depression, and more.
DANGERS OF DAYQUIL AND ALCOHOL
The long-term dangers of Dayquil and alcohol's side effects are well researched; specifically, the dangers of liver damage, hypertension, and convulsions. Because of the many effects of mixing Dayquil and alcohol, an overdose can occur in even the healthiest of individuals. Mixing Dayquil and alcohol is never advised.
Can You Die from Drinking Dayquil and Alcohol?
The body can overdose on Dayquil and alcohol for several reasons. The severity of Dayquil and alcohol side effects can vary but here are the most common causes of a fatal event.
Acetaminophen Overdose
Acetaminophen, one of the active ingredients in Dayquil, is the main cause of liver damage and acute liver failure. Additionally, an overdose can occur after taking too much in a single sitting or by exceeding the dosage for multiple days. Lastly, acetaminophen occurs in many household drugs such as Tylenol. It's not recommended to mix medicines due to the varying levels of acetaminophen.
The dissociative effects of Dayquil lead to greater alcohol consumption. Mixing Dayquil and alcohol results in decreased liver function so the body is unable to breakdown alcohol at a normal rate.
DAYQUIL AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT
Dayquil and alcohol treatment is the first step on the road to recovery. If you or anyone you know requires rehabilitation, help is available. Contact your doctor or an addiction treatment facility for information.
https://www.drugs.com/food-interactions/acetaminophen-dextromethorphan-phenylephrine,vicks-dayquil-cold-flu-relief.html
https://www.healthline.com/health/cold-flu/dayquil#drug-features
https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=10ae1774-6e64-4b75-941b-8facd63a66e8
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This is in Barcelona at the Montjuic. Our washing machine called "The Dream".
London Spins are a beautiful, difficult, and technical washing machine.
Lux made this one. Very challenging and beautiful washing machine.


GOLDEN Hard Mineral Spirit Acrylic Topcoat with UVLS (Ultra Violet Light Stabilizers) dries to a non-removable, rigid, non-flexible finish. Hard MSA Topcoat provides excellent dust and mar resistance along with exceptional exterior durability.
GOLDEN Hard MSA Topcoat dries to a non-removable, tough, non-flexible protective finish. The UVLS system provides increased resistance to the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation, making the product suitable for exterior as well as interior application.
Hard MSA Topcoat can be used over a wide variety of paints, including acrylic, oil, and alkyd. Provides a harder, lower tack surface that is much less susceptible to dirt and much more mar resistant.
NOT FOR USE ON EXTERIOR MURALS.
Hard MSA Topcoat (Matte) should not be used for exterior sculpture or signage.
Hard MSA Topcoat (Gloss) dries to a highly reflective finish. Hard MSA Topcoat (Satin) offers moderate reflection, similar to most matte topcoats. The Hard MSA Topcoat (Matte) finish is exceptionally flat. The different finishes can be intermixed, or used sequentially, to achieve the desired sheen.
Prior to actual use, it is very important to experiment with Golden topcoats on test pieces to become aware of how they perform and how they alter the surface appearance of paintings. For best results, apply to a test piece that is similar in composition as the artwork to be topcoated. This will help ensure that all variables are accounted for, and a successful topcoat application will be achieved.
HARD MSA TOPCOATS MUST BE THINNED BEFORE USE. They are made thicker than usual in order to keep matting solids from settling to the bottom.
Brush: 3 parts topcoat to 1 part solvent. Adjust as needed for application.
Apply topcoat as evenly and as smoothly as possible. Avoid heavy build-ups. Maintaining a wet edge when overlapping will yield the most even finish. If applying multiple coats, avoid overworking the wet topcoat to minimize resolubilizing of the previous coats. Allow previous coats to dry thoroughly before recoating.
Usually becomes tack-free and suitable for recoating after 3-6 hours. Most curing will occur within two weeks.
400-500 sq. ft. per gallon if by brush application; 800-1000 sq. ft. per gallon for spray application.
This product is intended as a final topcoat only! Do not repaint surface.
Brush or spray apply only. DO NOT use rollers, foam or sponge brushes. Avoid over-working or puddling.
Clean tools with mineral spirits or other appropriate solvent immediately after use.
Use a high-quality bristle brush, such as those made by Purdy or Wooster, or for more control and smoother application, a wide thin flat color-wash brush. The Da Vinci Cosmotop Spin brushes are an example of this type. The size of the piece to be coated will determine the size of the brush. Work from a shallow container to help control brush loading. The topcoat solution should wet only the lower 25-30% of the length of the bristles. It is always best to apply the topcoat on a horizontal surface in order to minimize running or sagging. If vertical application cannot be avoided it is extremely important that the topcoat be thinly applied. In either case, it is better to apply two or three thin coats with sufficient drying time in between, rather than one thick coat of topcoat. The latter will take longer to cure, staying soft for some time, and could result in drips or a cloudy film. Apply the topcoatin a manner that allows it to be brushed out to the most uniform, thinnest film possible. Mentally divide the work into regions to be covered by each loading of the brush. These may be based on a systematic grid-like sequence or may follow natural boundaries of the piece. Maintain an even application by working from the center of each region outward. Lightly overlap into still wet, adjacent sections. When applying a satin or matte topcoat, never apply more than two coats. If multiple coats are desired, start with the gloss topcoat to build up and establish the multiple layers, then finish with one or two coats of the satin or matte finish. A thick film of these reduced sheen topcoats will result in film cloudiness, and loss of clarity.
The best way to achieve an even coating of the topcoat is to spray apply. This is particularly true for impasto surfaces. Spray application is required for any surface where the paint film is fragile, such as gouache, and should not be touched by application tools. Spraying is also a useful technique for creating a matte surface. The size of the surface to be sprayed will determine the best type of spray equipment to use. These topcoats can be sprayed from an airbrush, airless or air pressured spray equipment, or refillable aerosol equipment. In preparation for spraying, make sure all equipment is free of dirt. Work in an area free of dust and dirt and keep work off the ground when spraying. Spray three to four light even coats instead of one or two thicker applications, allowing enough time for drying between coats (1-4 hours, until surface is tack free). Release the spray trigger if the motion of the airbrush is stopped during application in order to avoid an uneven build of topcoat in one spot. Maintain uniform distance from the surface, and avoid the tendency to use an arcing motion. Make straight passes across the work, changing direction once the spray has cleared the edge of the piece being coated. Slightly overlap the spray pattern with each pass, until the entire piece has been covered. To aid in achieving a more even application, turn the painting 90 degrees in order to apply the subsequent coat perpendicular to the previous one. A typical spray application lays down a film only 1/6 to 1/4 the thickness of a brush coat application. If maximum protection is required of the topcoat layer, apply multiple coats. This is especially important when protecting colorants that are not inherently lightfast, as the thicker the total topcoat film, the greater the protection from ultraviolet radiation. Because it is not recommended to apply several coats of a satin or matte finish, underlying layers should be established using a gloss topcoat.
DO NOT APPLY to exterior murals. Because Hard MSA Topcoat dries to a less permeable, tighter film than our regular MSA Varnishes, it might inhibit moisture from escaping from the underlying surface and cause possible delamination.
In addition, any paint or topcoat applied to a building is considered an architectural coating and subject to regulations limiting the amount of VOC"s (Volatile Organic Compounds) a product may have. Murals painted directly onto these surfaces, therefore, will fall under the same guidelines and all paints, mediums, and varnishes being used will need to comply with the same rules. Containers that are 1 Liter (1. 05 Quarts) or less in size, however, are currently exempt from these requirements.
Gallon sizes of our Hard MSA Topcoat and Acrylic Glazing Liquid cannot be used in the United States for architectural applications, including interior murals painted directly onto walls and ceilings.
Quart containers of our Hard MSA Topcoat and Acrylic Glazing Liquid are allowed and can be used. The rate of coverage for these products is approximately 75-150 sq. ft. per quart, depending on the type of substrate and method of application.
Solvents needed to thin Hard MSA Topcoat might be limited or prohibited by similar VOC requirements.
Currently there are no restrictions for murals completely painted and topcoated on an independent support which is then mounted onto an architectural surface.
Call or email Technical Support for additional information or assistance.
Clean all equipment immediately following application. Golden Hard MSA Topcoat should be cleaned from tools with the same solvent used for thinning, followed by soapy water wash and clear water rinse.
When building up multiple coats, allow for 3 - 6 hours in between coats. Gently inspect the surface for tack, which may signify that the coat is not sufficiently dry. Let topcoat cure several days before packing or transporting art. During transportation and storage, avoid contact of the surface with packing materials, including glassine, bubble wrap or any other plastic.
if using a satin or matte topcoat, and this only occurs over dark colors, this may simply be the nature of such a reduced sheen topcoat (caused by the presence of the matting agent). There is no way of applying a satin/matte finish to a dark color without lightening it (the more matte the finish, the more potential for lightening dark areas). To restore the depth of the dark colors, apply a higher gloss to restore some of the sheen.
if this is uniform across much of area, regardless of the darkness of the underlying colors, it may be caused by moisture entrapment. High humidity or a damp surface under the topcoat layer, often causes loss of clarity. Using a warm, forced air source to blow across the surface should help the moisture evaporate, restoring clarity.
if topcoat is not properly thinned, or is shaken or stirred excessively, air bubbles may become trapped within the dry film, causing a loss of clarity.
if a "frosted" area appears, a satin or matte topcoat may have been applied over an absorbent surface (this is common for spray applications). To restore, apply a layer of Gloss topcoat and check if the frosted appearance has been reversed. If yes, then apply a new layer at the desired sheen.
if surface has varying absorbency, this may result in uneven gloss. The surface should be sealed by applying oneor more additional coats of gloss topcoat, followed by the desired sheen.
improper mix of topcoat. The topcoat/solvent mixture was not thoroughly mixed. If different sheens were blended together (gloss with matte), they may not have been thoroughly mixed. If the diluted topcoat is used over a long period of time without restirring, it may be separating (matting agents settling). To achieve a uniform finish, start with a fresh mixture of topcoat/solvent (thoroughly stirred) and apply another coat (may also consider removing the existing topcoat layers).
the topcoat may not have been thinned sufficiently to level during application.
the solvent was not compatible with the topcoat.
if the surface was absorbent, it may have caused the topcoatto dry too quickly, and not allow it to level.
the topcoat may have dried before reaching the surface. This could be caused by insufficient thinning (add more solvent), an extremely dry environment (add humidity, reduce heat, limit air flow) or by excessive air flow (reduce air pressure).
the surface is too absorbent. Apply additional coats of gloss topcoat. Excessive dilution of topcoat may also result in this problem.
apply a satin or matte finish of the same kind of topcoat already applied.
apply a gloss or satin finish of the same kind of topcoat already applied.
Adhesion: Adheres to most non-oily surfaces, including most plastics and degreased metals. May exhibit poor adhesion to fresh (unpolymerized) oil films or even acrylic paints, if residual surfactants are present.
Aging Characteristics: Accelerated and intensified aging tests of this topcoat indicate it resists yellowing under long-term conditions of interior exposure. While Hard MSA Topcoat is a soluble resin packed in mineral spirits (actually Stoddard solvent), after the film cures, it quickly loses solubility in mineral spirits and turpentine.
Appearance: Excellent clarity when wet and when fully cured.
Chemical Resistance: Resoluble in certain strong solvents (benzene and related aromatics, acetone, methylene chloride, ketones, alcohols). Resistant to water and household cleaning compounds.


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Axel can't wait until they get back to base.
Real-world AU. Roxas and Axel meet in the super market. Roxas can't quite shake the feeling he's met Axel somewhere before.
Axel and Roxas find each other years later.
Roxas gets what he wants.
Axel's not the one they have to worry about losing control.
The Struggle was, in a way, the symbol of their relationship.
One Heartless' reflections before the 1000 Heartless battle in Kingdom Hearts II.


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It was on 26 May 1940 that Hitler realized he had made a grievous error in approving the 'halt' order of May 24. Hitherto, he had not appreciated that the British Expeditionary Force was preparing for evacuation. That morning, however, German air reconnaissance planes reported that there were thirteen warships and nine troop transports in Dunkirk harbour. 'It is probable', German Army Intelligence concluded, 'that the embarkation of the British Expeditionary Force has begun.' At half past one that afternoon, Hitler sent for his Army commander-in-chief, and agreed, General Jodl noted, 'to a forward thrust from the west by armoured groups and infantry divisions in the direction Tournai—Cassel—Dunkirk'. The order went out by telephone from Hitler's headquarters at half past three that afternoon. Three and a half hours later, at seven o'clock in the evening, a radio signal sent from the Admiralty in London to Vice-Admiral Bertram Ramsay at Dover instructed the Admiral: 'Operation Dynamo is to commence.'
'Dynamo' was the code name chosen for the evacuation from Dunkirk of as many soldiers as possible. On May 26 it was expected that 45,000 men could be taken off in the two days which were seen as the maximum that would be available. As Hitler and von Rundstedt had agreed, the German Air Force struck with all its strength to make the evacuation impossible. But the pilots of Fighter Command, Britons, Canadians and Poles among them, were equally determined to keep the skies above the beaches clear enough to evacuate the maximum number of troops. In the nine days of evacuation, 176 German aircraft were shot down over the beaches, for a loss of 106 British aircraft. The battle in the sky had helped to avert disaster.
Also contributing to the success of the evacuation were the British troops fighting rearguard actions around the whole Dunkirk perimeter, as well as those who were besieged in Calais. Commanded by Brigadier Nicholson, the British troops in Calais were engaging the German troops in a fierce struggle. Ships had arrived at Calais to take them off. But shortly before midnight on May 26 Nicholson received a telegram from the War Office in London: 'Evacuation will not (repeat not) take place, and craft required for above purposes are to return to Dover.' Every hour that the Calais garrison continued to exist, the message declared, was of the 'greatest help' to the British Expeditionary Force.
On the night of May 26, President Roosevelt broadcast an appeal for the American Red Cross. 'Tonight', he said, 'over the once peaceful roads of Belgium and France, millions are now moving, running from their homes to escape bombs and shells and machine gunning, without shelter, and almost wholly without food. They stumble on, knowing not where the end of the road will be.' A few hours after Roosevelt had spoken, the Belgian Army committed its last reserves, scarcely three regiments, to the battle. But even their tenacity in combat could not close, or even narrow, the gap between the British and Belgian forces; between Roulers and Thielt, five miles of the front line were undefended; further north, in a gap between Maldegem and Ursel, the road to Bruges lay open. 'The ring of fire tightens round us', General Michiels wrote in his journal on May 27. 'Thousands of refugees, mixed with the local population, fly through a narrow strip of territory exposed in its entirety to shell fire and aerial bombardment. Our last means of resistance is broken under the weight of a crushing superiority; we can no longer expect any support, or any other solution but total destruction'.
At the southern edge of the Dunkirk perimeter, fifty miles from the port itself, there was savage fighting on May 27 between units of the SS Death's Head Division, and British troops. In a farmhouse near the village of Paradis, ninety-nine men of the Royal Norfolk Regiment held up an SS company until their ammunition was exhausted. Their commanding officer, Major Lisle Ryder, made a final appeal for artillery support, but was told that none was available. Within the cowshed to which they had retreated, it was agreed, by a show of hands, that they should surrender. A white towel was tied to a rifle, and the men filed out, only to be met by a spate of machine gun fire. Five minutes later they again tried to surrender; this time the Germans stood up shouting in triumph and waving their rifles. An English-speaking officer ordered the Englishmen across a small road into the adjacent field, where they were told to kneel. Then, five at a time, they were ordered to their feet, to be searched, and a pile was made of their gas masks, steel helmets and cigarettes. Any soldiers who refused to co-operate were struck with rifle butts.
The prisoners were then marched to the road, where they had to wait for a while as German soldiers drove past, moving westward; then they were ordered into a field, along one side of which was a long brick barn, in front of which was a shallow pit. Two machine guns had been set up, facing the barn. As the head of the columns of prisoners were marched into the pit, and drew level with the far end of the barn, the order was shouted out: 'Fire!'
As soon as the shooting stopped, the German soldiers were ordered to fix bayonets and to move forward. They did so, bayoneting to death those who were only wounded, while others were killed with pistol shots. Then a whistle was blown, and the German soldiers climbed out of the pit. Ninety-seven British soldiers were dead. Incredibly, two had survived: Private Albert Pooley and Private William O'Callagan, who lay among the bodies.
That night, in heavy rain, Pooley and O'Callagan were able to crawl away. After being sheltered for some days by a French farmer's wife, Madame Duquenne-Créton, who did her best to tend their wounds, they gave themselves up to the Germans and were made prisoners-of-war yet again. Pooley had been so severely wounded, in the leg, that he was later repatriated to England, via the Sudan, in an exchange of badly wounded men in April 1943. His story was met with considerable scepticism; only after the war, when O'Callaghan returned to Britain, was the savagery of the episode made clear; so much so that their joint testimony was instrumental in having the officer who had given the order to fire, SS Captain Fritz Knochlein, tried by a British military tribunal in Hamburg, condemned to death, and hanged.
On May 27 Operation Dynamo was under way, the Dunkirk beaches crowded with troops waiting for boats to take them off. Above Dunkirk that day, fifty German aircraft were destroyed, for the loss of fourteen British planes. But the German air attacks were on such a scale that many of the troops cursed the Royal Air Force for not doing more to protect them. Among the hundreds of craft which came from all the ports and seaside resorts of southern Britain that day was Mona's Isle, a former pleasure steamer which was already in commissioned service as an armed boarding vessel. Bombed as she reached the open sea, forty of those being evacuated on her were killed.
That day, in a measure designed to make a German parachute landing in Britain more difficult, orders were given for fields in eastern England to be ploughed, and suitable obstacles scattered on other possible landing grounds. At the same time, British bombers, taking a new initiative, flew over the Ruhr to aim their bombs at the German oil-producing plant at Gelsenkirchen. At eleven o'clock that night, even as the bombers were flying over the North Sea, news reached the British Expeditionary Force that, the Belgian front having broken under ceaseless German aerial and artillery bombardment, the King of the Belgians was asking for an armistice. He had indeed sent an emissary through the German lines at five o'clock that afternoon. The emissary had returned five hours later, to say that the Germans were demanding unconditional surrender. After consulting with his Army Staff, the King accepted. At four in the morning of May 28, the ceasefire came into effect. Belgium had resisted, bravely, for eighteen days.
In Paris, the Belgian Government, already in exile, repudiated the King's action. But the Belgian Army no longer existed; it had been broken to pieces in the field. In the House of Commons, Churchill warned that it was not the time to attempt to 'pass judgment' on King Leopold's action. 'Whatever our feelings may be upon the facts so far as they are known to us,' he said, 'we must remember that the sense of brotherhood between the many peoples who have fallen into the power of the aggressor and those who still confront him will play its part in better days than those through which we are passing.'
Churchill went on to speak of the situation of the British troops withdrawing from Dunkirk. It was, he said, 'extremely grave'. The surrender of the Belgian Army 'adds appreciably to their grievous peril'. The troops, meanwhile, were fighting 'with the utmost discipline and tenacity'. Nevertheless, the House of Commons should prepare itself for 'hard and heavy tidings'. Nothing which might happen at Dunkirk, Churchill declared, 'can in any way relieve us of our duty to defend the world cause to which we have vowed ourselves; nor should it destroy our confidence in our power to make our way, as on former occasions in our history, through disaster and through grief to the ultimate defeat of our enemies'.
During the previous twenty-four hours, 14,000 men had been brought back safely from Dunkirk to Dover. Even as their evacuation proceeded, Allied troops in northern Norway were still advancing; during the early hours of May 28 the long-awaited but now virtually ignored entry into Narvik took place. During the final battle for the port, a hundred and fifty British, French, Norwegian and Polish soldiers were killed. Unknown to those who entered Narvik, the British War Cabinet had already authorized Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Narvik once it had been captured. Authorization had been given four days earlier, on May 24, with the withdrawal date set at no later than June 8. That same War Cabinet had authorized the evacuation of Bodö by May 31. All that was to remain of the whole Norwegian enterprise was one final naval operation, proposed by Churchill on May 24 and given the code name 'Paul', for the laying of mines in the approaches to the Swedish port of Luleå, to deny the German iron ore ships an easy passage across the Baltic now that the ice had melted. 'This Operation Paul is indispensable,' Churchill told his principal military adviser, General Ismay, ten days later, and he added: 'Make sure we do not find ourselves prevented by any neutrality argument.'
During May 28, a further 25,000 British troops were brought safely back from Dunkirk. Among the rescue vessels was a holiday resort paddle steamer, the Brighton Belle; in collision with a wreck, she was one of four ships to be sunk that day. Still holding the dwindling perimeter, British troops even managed for a while to cut off the SS commander, Sepp Dietrich, from his men; he was forced to spend much of May 28 hiding in a ditch. At the village of Wormhout, only seventeen miles from Dunkirk, forty-five men of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment were stubbornly resisting the efforts of SS Leibstandarte Regiment in its advance. Finally, their ammunition gone, they, like the soldiers at Paradis on the previous day, surrendered. One of them, Private Alfred Toombs, later recalled how, after their surrender, a soldier of his regiment, Private Gould, who had been wounded in the fighting, was shot dead by one of the SS guards 'as he lay on the ground'. Another wounded man 'was shot as he lay on the road'. The remaining prisoners-of-war, disarmed, were taken to a field, where they were joined by forty other men captured that day, all but one of whom were wounded. They were then taken to a large barn. SS soldiers then mounted guard.
'I could see', Private Toombs recalled, 'that they had collar badges which resembled forked lightning.'
One of the guards called four men out of the barn and shot them. The senior-ranking prisoner-of-war, Captain Allen, at once left the barn to protest. He too was shot. The prisoners-of-war were then ordered into the back of the barn. Two of the German guards then threw in grenades, whereupon other guards, at the front, side and rear of the barn, opened fire with machine guns. At that moment, Private Toombs managed to run out; others who did so with him were shot down. Toombs, and four others, survived. But forty-five of their fellow prisoners-of-war had been killed.
Later that day, also at Wormhout, a further thirty-five British prisoners-of-war were murdered after they had been captured. The SS officer who ordered the Wormhout killings was Captain Wilhelm Mohnke. Asked for 'disposal instructions' about the prisoners, he had replied, according to the recollection of Carl Kummert, an SS corporal, that 'they were to be shot'.
Many of the SS soldiers who participated in the massacres at Paradis and Wormhout had already seen action the previous September in the Polish campaign. They knew of the type of actions which could be carried out behind a mask of secrecy, and with the approval of their superiors. On May 28, the day of the Wormhout killings, Himmler had put the final touches to a document, earlier approved by Hitler, for a massive reduction in the population of the conquered East. The document envisaged that the population of what had once been Poland, with its diverse groups, should be 'broken up into the largest possible number of parts and fragments'. Then the 'racially valuable elements' would be 'extracted from this hotch-potch', leaving the residue to 'wither away'. If these measures were to be carried out consistently, Himmler wrote, then over the course of the next ten years the population of the General Government 'will necessarily be reduced to a remnant of substandardized human beings'; it would then consist of a 'leaderless labour force' capable of furnishing Germany with a yearly supply of casual labourers. Children who were 'racially valuable' would be carried off to Germany and 'Germanized'; the 'remainder' would be deliberately made to vegetate, each person given a primary school education sufficient only to learn 'how to count up to a maximum of five hundred, how to write his name, that it is God's command that he should be obedient to Germans, honourable, industrious and brave'.
On May 28 Himmler noted that Hitler himself directed that only a 'limited number' of copies of this document should be made, 'that it was not to be reproduced and that it was to be treated as top secret'. Those senior SS commanders to whom it could be shown were to be brought the document by hand. The officer bringing it would then wait while it was read, demand a written acknowledgment from the reader, and return with it.
At Dunkirk, the evacuation continued throughout May 29. In the early hours, the destroyer Grafton was attacked by two German motor torpedo boats while picking up survivors from another ship; thirty-five officers on board were killed. Later that day, when HMSWaverley, a paddle steamer previously converted into a minesweeper, with six hundred soldiers on board, was attacked on her return journey by twelve German dive bombers, it too proved an unequal battle. The single anti-aircraft gun on board was augmented by the massed rifle fire of the soldiers; but after half an hour of persistent air attack, Waverley disappeared beneath the waves. More than three hundred of the troops on board were drowned. 'In these dark days,' Churchill wrote to all Government Ministers and senior civil servants that day, 'the Prime Minister would be grateful if all his colleagues in the Government, as well as high officials, would maintain a high morale in their circles; not minimizing the gravity of events, but showing confidence in our ability and inflexible resolve to continue the war till we have broken the will of the enemy to bring all Europe under his domination'.
During May 29, a total of 47,310 men were evacuated from Dunkirk. Hitler, meeting that day with his Army Group commanders at Cambrai, informed them that he had decided to 'deploy the armoured forces immediately for a southward offensive to settle matters with the French'. 'Perhaps France will give up her now hopeless struggle,' General Rommel wrote to his wife. 'If she doesn't, we'll smash her to the last corner.'
For the British Army, the Dunkirk saga was almost at an end. After four days of evacuation, the Germans were drawing closer, and the German air strikes becoming more intense. Up to the early hours of May 30, as many as 80,000 men had been evacuated, but conditions on the beaches, Churchill told the War Cabinet that morning, were 'difficult'. At two o'clock that afternoon Churchill instructed Lord Gort that once his fighting force in the Dunkirk perimeter was reduced to the equivalent of three divisions, he should hand over his command and return to England. Gort's successor would be ordered to carry on the defence of the perimeter but, Churchill added, 'when in his judgement no further organized resistance is possible, and no further proportionate damage can be inflicted upon the enemy, he is authorized, in consultation with the senior French commander, to capitulate formally to avoid useless slaughter'.
'To capitulate formally….' These were ominous words. Less than three weeks had passed since Gort's army had been moving forward through Belgium, to shut the door on the German advance across the Belgian border. Now, as an historian of the Dunkirk evacuation has written, that door 'had slammed back upon France and splintered'. Among the defenders of the Dunkirk perimeter who were killed on May 30 was Ronald Cartland, a Member of Parliament. 'The way of life for which he fought', Winston Churchill wrote six months later, 'will certainly prevail and persist because of the striving and sacrifices of such men as he.'
At Dunkirk, French ships had joined with British in the work of rescue. On May 30 the French destroyer Bourrasque, striking a mine while on her way back to Dover, sank; approximately 150 of the men whom she had just rescued from the beaches were drowned. A little later, the British destroyer Wakefield was attacked by German dive bombers and sank. That morning, however, despite the air bombardment, 4,000 men were evacuated in a single hour. On Churchill's specific instructions, French and British troops were being evacuated side by side. On May 31, the total figure of British and French troops evacuated during that one day was 68,104.
Despite the Belgian surrender, many Belgian fishing vessels had also joined the armada of little ships; on 31 May the Lydie Suzanne brought 105 men back to Dover, the Zwaluw, 58; the Cor Jésu, 274; the Jonge Jan, 270; and the A5, 234.
On May 31, in Paris, at a meeting of the Supreme War Council, Paul Reynaud begged Churchill to send more troops to France, to join the French forces still holding the line of the River Somme. 'There were now no forces left that could be sent at once,' Churchill replied. 'Something had to be kept in the United Kingdom to deal with a possible invasion by sea or air.' Even Britain's defence against invasion was in danger as a result of the battle in France. Of the thirty-nine squadrons originally regarded as the minimum needed for the air defence of Great Britain, ten had been sent to France; 'there was now very little of these ten squadrons left'. As for troops, there were only three divisions left in Britain itself; even these were not fully equipped. The fourteen further divisions undergoing training were equipped only with rifles, 'and therefore totally unfit for modern warfare'. Yet two British divisions were already in western France, able to join in the defence of Paris, and a further force of 14,000 Australian troops was due to reach Britain on June 12; although not yet fully trained or equipped, they were men 'of the highest quality'.
Determined to persuade the French not to give in, Churchill then spoke of his conviction that Britain and France 'had only to carry on the fight to conquer'. Even if one of them was struck down, the other must not abandon the struggle. 'The British Government were prepared to wage war from the New World if, through some disaster, England herself was laid waste.' It must be realized, Churchill said, that if Germany defeated either Ally, or both, 'she would give no quarter; they would be reduced to the status of vassals or slaves for ever.'
In his talks with the French leaders on May 31, Churchill stressed the willingness of the United States 'to give us powerful aid'. Even if they would not enter the war, they had been 'roused' by recent events. The French should therefore order steel and other essentials from America 'in vast quantities'. Even if Britain and France could not pay for those supplies, 'America would nevertheless continue to deliver'. On the previous day, in Washington, Arthur Purvis had purchased a vast armoury: five hundred mortars, five hundred field guns, 'some thousands' of anti-aircraft guns, 10,000 machine guns, 25,000 automatic rifles, 500,000 Lee Enfield rifles, and 100 million rounds of machine gun and rifle ammunition. On May 31, shortly after Churchill's return to London, Purvis was able to report yet another success: General Marshall, the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, had been 'prepared to stretch a point' in the United States neutrality legislation and, by declaring substantial quantities of United States munitions to be 'surplus', make them available to Britain. Purvis had also secured a 'priority' position for Britain for the purchase of 15,000 tons of the new explosive, trinitrotoluol, TNT.
Among those whom Churchill met in Paris was Marshal Pétain, the 'hero of Verdun' during the First World War, and a symbol then of French determination to resist Germany, whatever the cost. But when another of the Frenchmen present, Roland de Margerie, spoke of fighting it out in French North Africa if France were to be overrun, the look on Pétain's face, Churchill later recalled, was 'detached and sombre, giving me the feeling that he would face a separate peace'.
That night General Gort left Dunkirk and returned to England, leaving General Alexander to supervise the final phase of the evacuation. Only 20,000 British and 60,000 French troops were still waiting to be embarked. During 1 June, however, several German units had pressed near enough to Dunkirk to be able to bombard the beaches with their artillery. In the air, German dive-bombers intensified their attack; in a few hours, three British and one French destroyer were sunk, together with two troop transports, a minesweeper and a gunboat. That day, however, despite the air and land bombardments, 64,229 men were taken off.
One of the craft that brought men back from Dunkirk on June 1 was the yacht Sundowner, owned and piloted by a retired Naval Commander, C. H. Lightoller, the senior surviving officer of the Titanic, whose younger son had been one of the first pilots to be killed in action the previous September. Lightoller later recalled how, before the war, his son had 'at different times given me a whole lot of useful information about attack, defence and evasive tactics (at which he was apparently particularly good) and I attribute, in great measure, our success in getting across without a single casualty to his unwitting help'. Commander Lightoller, together with his elder son and a Sea Scout, had brought back 130 men.
For Britain, the urgent question as the Dunkirk evacuation drew to its close was whether the Germans would launch an immediate invasion of Britain, possibly within days. The British Army was at its weakest, with its two best divisions now ready to move into action from their bases in western France. The number of Royal Air Force squadrons available had been reduced to less than the minimum believed necessary to resist an invader. The public's anxiety of not knowing whether Hitler would turn immediately on Britain was not however shared by the twenty or so men who were directing British policy.
For the past nine days, since May 22, British Military Intelligence had been able, as a result of the efforts of hundreds of codebreakers decrypting the German Air Force Enigma at Bletchley, to read the most secret German Air Force directives within a few days, and sometimes within hours, of their being issued to the German Air Force commanders in France. This not only gave local operational details, but, as Military Intelligence reported on June 1, made it clear that the German priority was the defeat of France. Before France fell, an invasion of Britain was unlikely; there were simply no plans or preparations for it. Had such preparations existed, the Enigma decrypts would have revealed them. But not a single Enigma message referred to any move of aircraft needed for Hitler to follow up the Dunkirk success by an assault across the Channel.
Churchill's determination, that June 1, was reflected in a message which he sent to the Director of the National Gallery, who had suggested sending the Gallery's most valuable paintings to Canada. 'No', Churchill wrote. 'Bury them in caves and cellars. None must go. We are going to beat them.' Hitler, at Brussels that day, told his senior generals that he had earlier halted his armoured divisions outside Dunkirk because he 'could not afford' to waste military effort. 'I was anxious', he said, 'lest the enemy launch an offensive from the Somme and wipe out the Army's weak armoured force, perhaps even going as far as Dunkirk.'
As British Intelligence had surmised, all Hitler's military effort was now to be centered upon the drive south of the Somme, to Paris. To help the French meet this threat, Churchill had promised Reynaud that as many as possible of the 16,000 British, French and Polish troops about to be evacuated from Narvik would be sent, after regrouping in Scotland, direct to the Somme—Aisne front. In order to expedite this, Churchill had agreed to bring forward the Narvik evacuation by six days, to June 2. On the following day, basing themselves upon the Enigma decrypts, which revealed no immediate German plans for invasion, the British Chiefs of Staff agreed that reinforcements should be sent to France, despite the fact that Britain was, as they expressed it, 'dangerously exposed to the risk of decisive air attack and/or invasion'.
At midnight on 2 June the last 3,000 British and French troops had been evacuated from Dunkirk, bringing the total to 338,226 men in seven days. This was almost exactly three times the number of men evacuated from the Gallipoli Peninsula at the end of 1915. In all, 222 naval vessels and 665 civilian craft had ferried between Dunkirk and the British coast. Six destroyers and twenty-four smaller naval vessels had been lost. Thirty-eight British destroyers, never built to carry a mass of men, had brought away 91,624. Minesweepers had brought back 30,942. Thirty Dutch motor vessels had carried 20,284. French destroyers had lifted 7,623. Hundreds of merchant vessels, troop transports and sloops had brought back tens of thousands more. But in many ways the most remarkable feat of all was performed by the little ships: trawlers, coasters, tug boats, open boats, ship's lifeboats, fishing vessels, river cruisers, paddle steamers, and more than six hundred small pleasure craft, which between them brought off more than 80,000 men, in groups from several hundred to half a dozen.
The success of these ships was no less effective an act of war than a naval victory. Also, above the skies of Dunkirk, the Royal Air Force won what was certainly the first substantial victory of the Allied air; on several of the eleven days between May 25 and June 5, as many as three German planes had been destroyed for every British plane shot down, an augury of air battles yet to come. There was, however, a depressing side to these successes; 34,000 British soldiers had been taken prisoner-of-war in and around Dunkirk.
The last 3,000 troops having been evacuated, as well as 71 heavy guns and 595 vehicles, General Alexander, together with the Senior Naval Officer at Dunkirk, Captain Tennant, toured the harbour and shore line in a fast motor boat to make sure that not a single soldier remained to be taken off. Satisfied that this was indeed so, they then returned to the quayside, and embarked for Britain. Hitler, at Charleville that day, spoke to his generals of his admiration for Britain's rule in India. 'He points out', one general wrote in his diary, 'that without a navy the equal of Britain's we could not hold on to her colonies for long. Thus we can easily find a basis for a peace agreement with Britain. France, on the other hand, must be stamped into the ground; she must pay the bill.'
Hitler's thoughts were already turned toward the East. 'Now that Britain will presumably be willing to make peace,' he told General von Rundstedt at Charleville, 'I will begin the final settlement of scores with Bolshevism.'


GEN has a new article that touches on post translational modifications, which one of the major issues facing biomanufacturers, especially those that produce (or hope to produce) biosimilars. As usual glycosylation is the major theme, but the author also touches on deamidation.
Some of the different technologies mentioned include yeast glycoengineering (GlycoFi), a CHO/DG44 line that produces fucose-free antibodies by knocking out the key fucose-adding enzyme (Potelligent cell line), and the greenovation system that uses phototautotrophic moss (add moss to the ever-growing list of organisms currently being pursued as a biopharmaceutical production host organism!).
These are interesting approaches to solve complex problems, but as I have mentioned before, when will any of these type of technologies be used in FDA approved processes? There have been numerous technologies that have tried to vastly improve on the current CHO paradigm (Per.C6 anyone?), but the industry can sometimes be very slow to move, especially when the current system isn't broken. Many companies instead look to their different development groups (API, cell line, upstream, etc.) and make advances in cell culture media (using supplements or optimized nutrient feeds) , cell lines, and downstream processes instead of switching to a new host organism. It's difficult to prognosticate which approach will be best, but what do you think will win out?


I would like to have this thread as a motivation to paint and to finish stuff.
I was really thinking about the scheme and setting and I made a desition to stay with "military grimdark". So basically as main colors I will use german Feldgrau from Vallejo for armour and "military" stuff and a lot of Grey/Brown for the rest.
I think about adding more "wolf pelt" with this http://www.waylandgames.co.uk/micro-art-rubber-moulds/9066-heavy-fur-mould because I dont quite like the funny capes, that the eg Pathfinders have.