Northwestern University researchers have found a way to make a lithium battery last longer with more capacity and cheaper. The team used iron and oxygen to simultaneously drive the electrochemical reaction.
Experience suggests Christopher Wolverton's super lithium-rich battery should not work. For one, the novel battery uses iron, an inexpensive metal that has notoriously failed in batteries. And in another difficult feat, the battery leverages oxygen to help drive the chemical reaction, which researchers previously believed would cause the battery to become unstable.
But not only does the battery work, it does so incredibly well.
The lithium iron oxide battery uses both oxygen and iron to store and release electrical energy. Image Credit: Zhenpeng Yao, Northwestern University. Click image for the largest view.
Teaming up with researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, Wolverton's group at Northwestern University developed a rechargeable lithium-iron-oxide battery that can cycle more lithium ions than its common lithium-cobalt-oxide counterpart. The result is a much higher capacity battery that could enable smart phones and battery-powered automobiles to run much longer.
Supported by the US Department of Energy's Energy Frontier Research Center program, the research was recently published in Nature Energy.
Zhenpeng Yao, a PhD student in Wolverton's laboratory, and Chun Zhan, a postdoctoral fellow at Argonne, served as the paper's first authors. Wolverton and Yao led the computational development, and Argonne led the experimental component of the research.
Lithium-ion batteries work by shuttling lithium ions back and forth between the anode and the cathode. When the battery is charged, the ions move back to the anode, where they are stored. The cathode is made from a compound that comprises lithium ions, a transition metal, and oxygen. The transition metal, which is typically cobalt, effectively stores and releases electrical energy when lithium ions move from the anode to the cathode and back. The capacity of the cathode is then limited by the number of electrons in the transition metal that can participate in the reaction.
Today's typical lithium-cobalt-oxide battery has been on the market for 20 years, but researchers have long searched for a less expensive, higher capacity replacement. Wolverton's team has improved upon the common lithium-cobalt-oxide battery by leveraging two strategies: replacing cobalt with iron, and forcing oxygen to participate in the reaction process.
If the oxygen could also store and release electrical energy, the battery would have the higher capacity to store and use more lithium. Although other research groups have attempted this strategy in the past, few have made it work.
Through computational calculations, Wolverton and Yao discovered a formulation that works reversibly. First, they replaced cobalt with iron, which is advantageous because it's among the cheapest elements on the periodic table. Second, by using computation, they discovered the right balance of lithium, iron, and oxygen ions to allow the oxygen and iron to simultaneously drive a reversible reaction without allowing oxygen gas to escape.
Perhaps even more importantly, the fully rechargeable battery starts with four lithium ions, instead of one. The current reaction can reversibly exploit one of these lithium ions, significantly increasing the capacity beyond today's batteries. But the potential to cycle all four back and forth by using both iron and oxygen to drive the reaction is tantalizing.
Wolverton has filed a provisional patent for the battery with Northwestern's Innovation and New Ventures Office. Next, he and his team plan to explore other compounds where this strategy could work.
Its a leap forward in lithium chemistry technology. Still, the plan doesn't go forward to finish off using all four potential sites for lithium ions, so the huge capacity payoff isn't being addressed.
But this surely will light off the interest of other researchers if the patent rights don't stand in the way. A lower cost battery with as much as eight times the capacity has to be an immense incentive to manufacturers and consumers.
The current reaction can reversibly exploit one of these lithium ions, significantly increasing the capacity beyond today's batteries. But the potential to cycle all four back and forth by using both iron and oxygen to drive the reaction is tantalizing.
When the battery is charged, the ions move back to the anode, where they are stored. The cathode is made from a compound that comprises lithium ions, a transition metal, and oxygen.


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for tourists at museums, archaeological sites and temples will be increased starting October, so that tourist agencies will not be surprised by the increase when conducting contracts for the winter season.
The ministry, according to Anany, has not raised ticket prices since 2010. The average increase will range between 50-60 percent to cope with changes in the US dollar exchange rate. He said it is unreasonable for tourists to continue visiting the pyramids for only US$4, adding it will be increased to US$6, which is acceptable though not equal to the appreciation of the dollar rate.
Ticket prices at the pyramids will be raised from LE80 to LE120, the Valley of the Kings in Luxor from LE100 to LE160, the Egyptian museum from LE75 to LE120, Abu Simbel temple from LE100 to LE160, and Kom Ombo temple from LE40 to LE80.
Anany indicated a huge problem in funding employees' salaries, saying that LE81 million is required to pay their wages, while the total income from visits to the archaeological places accounts for only LE2.6 million.
The ministry signed contracts for two projects to clean and secure archaeological sites at LE15 million, he said. The ministry is being attacked all the time, he added, saying that no one knows the troubles they have due to the lack of funding.
However, Anany said he decided to reduce the fees for photography at archaeological sites to help promote tourism. He added that increasing the ticket prices is a must to resume development of several projects, including the pyramids area.


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Montreal, Sept. 28, 2018 – Bombardier announced today that HK Bellawings Jet Limited, the third-largest aircraft management company in Hong Kong, has firmed up an order for four Global 6500 and two Global 7500 business jets, and maintains options for 12 Global aircraft. The order follows the LOI signed at EBACE in Geneva earlier this year. The transaction for the firm order is valued at approximately US$370 million, based on the 2018 list prices for typically equipped aircraft. The value could increase to US$1.142 billion with all options exercised.
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"We are very impressed with Bombardier's overall product portfolio," said HK Bellawings' President Mr. Zhang Yijia. "The new Global 6500 and the unmatched Global 7500 business jets will be an excellent complement to our existing mid cabin capabilities and overall fleet that are unmatched in private aviation. The Global 6500 and Global 7500 aircraft align with HK Bellawings' rapid development to be a one-stop business aviation solution, empowering us to reach higher and further in the long run."
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We always think of how cool it would be to have rockstar parents, but for those who actually do?
It's a little different. On Saturday Sean Lennon shared a personal post on Instagram about how hard it was growing up with constant comparisons to his dad, John, and mom, Yoko Ono.
"On @fallontonight wearing @kyosukekunimoto I have struggled all my life w people telling me I'm 'trying' to look like dad, or mum. That's why I rarely wear these type of glasses, but they're actually just better on my face," he wrote.
"It's funny, but I promise I don't 'try' to look like my parents, it just happens. Especially when I dress cool because they had epic style, so it is often unintentionally evocative. Which glasses do y'all prefer on me?"
Frances Bean Cobain quickly responded to the post, expressing her own qualms with fashion choices that could draw comparisons to her parents, Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love.
"You look wonderful! I do the same thing re sunglasses, I try not to wear those friggin oval frames often, but i when i do, i know they look good on mah face, so, what can we do," she said. "Embrace the similarities and celebrate the differences, i suppose !"
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Folding the piece of paper that would change the course of my life, I carefully slipped it in the envelope, sealed it and delivered my fate. That moment, the winnowing of my future, came as a rush of wind that overtook me and lead the way.
How could I possibly turn in an immediate resignation from an eleven year upper management position with no other job secured?
With words; I simply sat down at my computer and wrote out my future.
I walked down the old narrow sidewalk on the west side of Portland, making mental note of everything I want to remember of this place and the people I worked with that I held so dear…for so many years. I push the pain of my prickly, tender feelings aside…and remember this almost eight months later: the warmth of the sun on my face, the air lighter and the load… lifted.
I remember those three sensations now as I write.
The never-ending statistics, endless reports, staff issues, the diminishing sense of worth to the company no matter how hard I worked and the weight of that knowledge held me captive, until now.
My sense of financial security had become my worst enemy. I held on to my position, my performance and my addiction to work with a grip tighter than I held on to my relationships. I was no fool, and work is hard to come by. I was co-owner of a residential home construction business for 20 years before this job. I know what tough times are, the "feast or famine" as my partner and I called it. In this position, like my previous, time was spent in relentless hours in the pursuit of raising the bar, for me, and those around me. Usually, I was the first one in my office and the last to leave. I loved to work. The harder I worked, the more work was expected. I loved the insanity. If I was to live life the way I knew deep inside it should be lived, the insanity had to stop.
I walked out of the doors I had unlocked and opened for the staff for eleven years never to return.
That was July 1, 2014.
These months have been challenging beyond anything I could have expected. My bank account shows it. The balance I had acquired over the years, now carefully stretch out to meet the other demands I placed on myself. Numbers show how quickly years drift in to the abyss.
Life, as I know it now, prompts me to dig deep; to move beyond my performance addiction and my lust for meeting an unattainable standard.
I am moving past in order to move forward.
Will I be able trust God with my future, my financial security, to live life on the new edge, with only Him to hang on to? Will I listen to Him, to write the words burning in my chest? Will I let go of writing words for an empty report or to calculate numbers for a statistic that will change in 30 days?
Yes, I am doing it now, imperfect as it is.
Taking a look back, this journey began in late 2013 when praying… a simple two-word prayer, " BREAK ME! ". It's all I could say. I made this decision lying on my floor, face down and arms stretched out. I was broken before the carefully spoken words left my lips and floated in the air. I knew what they meant. I was exhausted in my complicated spirit and ready for God to take over the control I often struggle with.
Truthfully, I couldn't possibly understand the spiritual ramifications of the winnowing process that would take place in my life. However, I was purposefully willing for the process to take place. I was wanting God, desiring God, needing God and I know He was wanting me. I was lost somewhere along the way in all those long empty hours of work. Did I want what He wanted for my life more than what I had chosen for myself?
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Sami Zayn Out of Action for the Rest of the Year
by Steve Carrieron June 21, 2018 June 21, 2018 at 6:38 pm
It was reported earlier this week that Sami Zayn was headed to Birmingham, Alabama to have his shoulder examined. WWE has now confirmed that Zayn has been dealing with injuries to both of his rotator cuffs and underwent surgery to have them repaired today. Sami is now expected to be out of action for eight months. This means he won't be returning until February or March of next year.
Sami spoke with WWE.com about the injury. Below are highlights from the interview:
This is obviously a surprise to the WWE Universe. Tell us a little bit about what you've been dealing with.
Well, right now I'm in Birmingham, Ala. I just underwent surgery for my right shoulder, a.k.a. my good shoulder. So, I'm out for a little while with that. I guess people don't know about this injury; I've been working with it for some time. I don't know exactly when I tore it. I think I tore it, or initially injured it, on a Montreal Live Event. Which is ironic because I injured my left shoulder — now somewhat famously — in Montreal in my [Raw] debut against John Cena. And at a Live Event this past August wrestling Jinder Mahal, I think I injured it then. But then my left shoulder, a.k.a my bad shoulder, started to act up again as well. That shoulder hasn't quite been the same since surgery anyway, so I had just kind of gotten used to the fact that that shoulder was the bad one. But it started to get progressively worse, so basically, long story short, it turns out I have two torn rotator cuffs. The left one and the right one are both torn. I just underwent surgery on the right one, and then in about six or seven weeks, I'll be undergoing surgery on the left one, and hopefully I can come back healthy and happy.
You mentioned you were competing with the injury for a while, but at what point did you know it was going to require surgery?
As I said when I hurt the right one, I kind of waited on that. I tore my left rotator cuff back in 2009 in a match with Kevin [Owens], and I knew immediately I was hurt. But with these two tears, I remembered a trauma with the right one, but it wasn't as severe with what I remembered from a rotator cuff tear. It was sort of a nagging thing that bothered me for a few weeks, and I waited for it to get better, and then it didn't get better. Funny enough, when we were doing tests on my shoulders to see if everything was okay with my right one, my left one turned out to be even worse. And as I had said, that was my "bad" shoulder. So then, the doctor ordered an MRI on my bad shoulder, and that's when we found out it was torn — the left one, that is. That one, I honestly don't know how long it was torn. It never felt the same from when I first came back three years ago. There's a chance I re-tore it in rehab or it just progressively got worse; I honestly couldn't tell you. So, I've been working with a bad left shoulder for a couple of years now.
Speaking of running your mouth, you had really just started to hit your stride on the microphone. Do you think you'll be able to do anything on TV during your recovery that allows you to keep that up?
That's really not a decision that's up to me. Because of the timeline, I'd love to be in the mix for WrestleMania season; that's the most exciting time of the year for all of us. I think timeline wise, I should be ready in time for WrestleMania, so fingers crossed. There's never a good time to get hurt or get surgeries, but I do feel like I was starting to hit my stride and find my voice and find myself as a performer. Which is funny, because 16 years in, it's like I'm rediscovering the art of it in a sense, because I'm doing something I've never really done before. So, how I come back, when I come back, that all remains to be seen. But I have a pretty good track record, I'd say overall, and I plan on carrying that forward when I come back. I want to come back just as good, if not better, than I've ever been.
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Long-period oscillations of the Sun discovered
Ten years of data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory combined with numerical models reveal the deep low musical notes of the Sun.
A team of solar physicists led by Laurent Gizon of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) and the University of Göttingen in Germany has reported the discovery of global oscillations of the Sun with very long periods, comparable to the 27-day solar rotation period. The oscillations manifest themselves at the solar surface as swirling motions with speeds on the order of 5 kilometers per hour. These motions were measured by analyzing 10 years of observations from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Using computer models, the scientists have shown that the newly discovered oscillations are resonant modes and owe their existence to the Sun's differential rotation. The oscillations will help establish novel ways to probe the Sun's interior and obtain information about our star's inner structure and dynamics. The scientists describe their findings in a letter to appear today in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
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High-latitude inertial mode
The east-west velocity associated with the retrograde propagating mode of oscillation. Left: observations using the SDO/HMI instrument. Right: numerical model. Sound: filtered data (86 ± 10 nHz) shifted to the audible spectrum; the sound variations inform us about the excitation and damping of the mode. To download the movie, visit YouTube.
In the 1960's the Sun's high musical notes were discovered: The Sun rings like a bell. Millions of modes of acoustic oscillations with short periods, near 5 minutes, are excited by convective turbulence near the solar surface and are trapped in the solar interior. These 5-minute oscillations have been observed continuously by ground-based telescopes and space observatories since the mid 1990's and have been used very successfully by helioseismologists to learn about the internal structure and dynamics of our star – just like seismologists learn about the interior of the Earth by studying earthquakes. One of the triumphs of helioseismology is to have mapped the Sun's rotation as a function of depth and latitude (the solar differential rotation).
In addition to the 5-minute oscillations, much longer-period oscillations were predicted to exist in stars more than 40 years ago, but had not been identified on the Sun until now. "The long-period oscillations depend on the Sun's rotation; they are not acoustic in nature", says Laurent Gizon, lead author of the new study and director at the MPS. "Detecting the long-period oscillations of the Sun requires measurements of the horizontal motions at the Sun's surface over many years. The continuous observations from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) onboard SDO are perfect for this purpose."
Critical-latitude inertial mode
The team observed many tens of modes of oscillation, each with its own oscillation period and spatial dependence. Some modes of oscillation have maximum velocity at the poles (movie 1), some at mid-latitudes (movie 2), and some near the equator (movie 3). The modes with maximum velocity near the equator are Rossby modes, which the team had already identified in 2018. "The long-period oscillations manifest themselves as very slow swirling motions at the surface of the Sun with speeds of about 5 kilometers per hour – about how fast a person walks", says Zhi-Chao Liang from MPS. Kiran Jain from NSO, together with B. Lekshmi and Bastian Proxauf from MPS, confirmed the results with data from the Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG), a network of six solar observatories in the USA, Australia, India, Spain, and Chile.
To identify the nature of these oscillations, the team compared the observational data to computer models. "The models allow us to look inside the Sun's interior and determine the full three-dimensional structure of the oscillations", explains MPS graduate student Yuto Bekki. To obtain the model oscillations, the team began with a model of the Sun's structure and differential rotation inferred from helioseismology. In addition, the strength of the convective driving in the upper layers, and the amplitude of turbulent motions are accounted for in the model. The free oscillations of the model are found by considering small-amplitude perturbations to the solar model. The corresponding velocities at the surface are a good match to the observed oscillations and enabled the team to identify the modes (see movies).
Equatorial Rossby mode
The north-south velocity associated with the retrograde propagating mode of oscillation. Left: observations using the SDO/HMI instrument. Right: numerical model. Sound: filtered data (269 ± 10 nHz) shifted to the audible spectrum; the sound variations inform us about the excitation and damping of the mode.To download the movie, visit YouTube.
"All of these new oscillations we observe on the Sun are strongly affected by the Sun's differential rotation", says MPS scientist Damien Fournier. The dependence of the solar rotation with latitude determines where the modes have maximum amplitudes. "The oscillations are also sensitive to properties of the Sun's interior: in particular to the strength of the turbulent motions and the related viscosity of the solar medium, as well as to the strength of the convective driving," says Robert Cameron from MPS. This sensitivity is strong at the base of the convection zone, about two hundred thousand kilometers beneath the solar surface. "Just like we are using acoustic oscillations to learn about the sound speed in the solar interior with helioseismology, we can use the long-period oscillations to learn about the turbulent processes", he adds.
"The discovery of a new type of solar oscillations is very exciting because it allows us to infer properties, such as the strength of the convective driving, which ultimately control the solar dynamo", says Laurent Gizon. The diagnostic potential of the long-period modes will be fully realized in the coming years using a new exascale computer model being developed as part of the project WHOLESUN, supported by a European Research Council 2018 Synergy Grant.
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by Ed Kilgore, August 25th, 2004 5:41 PM EST
Here among the chattering classes of Washington, you hear a lot of talk, most of it off-the-record, about developments that could change the dynamics of the presidential contest. This talk mostly involves the war on terrorism: What would happen if there's another major attack on the U.S. between now and November 2? What would happen if Osama bin Laden is captured or killed?
But every time I talk to serious conservatives (yes, I do), another topic usually comes up: the lurid possibility that a bishop or priest will deny the first Catholic presidential nominee since John F. Kennedy access to Holy Communion on grounds that his pro-choice views decisively separate him from Church teachings.
It could happen. Kerry regularly attends Mass and generally takes Communion; indeed, as Amy Sullivan has often pointed out, the Democratic nominee seems to participate in organized worship services a lot more often than the famously religious incumbent. And while I'm sure the Kerry campaign is acutely aware of those dioceses where bishops have publicly said pro-choice politicians should be denied Communion, there's no way they can keep up with the views on this subject of every single priest.
But if it does happen, it's not at all clear that Kerry would suffer politically from this sort of confrontation. A new Pew Research Center poll on politics and religion finds that Catholics, including the very observant Catholics who have been the special objects of the President's political ministrations over the last few years, take a dim view of the idea of fencing off the altar from politicians who disagree with the Church on abortion.
U.S. Catholics as a whole dislike the idea of a "pro-life" test for politicians seeking Communion by a margin of 72-23. Those attending Mass weekly oppose it 63-29. And even self-identified Republican Catholics say "no" to the idea by more than two-to-one (65-31).
I suspect that even those bishops who support a litmus test for Communion are aware of this sentiment, and will be wary of defying it.


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Q: Error: reference to 'sword' is ambiguous in armadillo and oracle occi compatibility issue In armadillo c++ i use some api and using oracle occi try to insert the value into oracle table,but I get some error like this:-
/home/oracle/Desktop/project/armadillo-4.450.4/include/armadillo_bits/typedef_elem.hpp:79: error:                 typedef arma::s32 arma::sword
/usr/include/oracle/11.1/client/ociap.h:10830: error: reference to 'sword' is ambiguous
/usr/include/oracle/11.1/client/oratypes.h:227: error: candidates are: typedef int sword

My sample code is:-
main.cpp
#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>
#include "db_manager.h"
#include <armadillo>
using namespace arma;
int glbsize;//this variable is global it is declared in global_variables.h
mat glbmtrx;//this variable is global it is declared in global_variables.h
void add()
{
    double deter;
    int ppp=0;
    mat z;
    mat x = randu<mat>(4,4);
    mat y = randu<mat>(4,4);
    z=x+y;
    mystruct strct;
    strct.mymatrix=z;//variable from comm.structure
    glbmtrx=strct.mymatrix;//varible from glb.variables
    deter= det(z);
    db_manager db;
    db.load_determinant(deter);
}
int main()
{
    add();
    return 0;
}

db_manager.cpp
#include "db_manager.h"
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace oracle::occi;
using namespace std;
Environment *env;
Connection  *con;
void db_manager::load_determinant(double det)
{
    mystruct strct;
    strct.deter_size=det;//var from comm.structure
    string user = "user";
    string passwd = "p@$$word";
    string db = "localhost:1521/sisdba";
    env = Environment::createEnvironment((Environment::Mode)(Environment::OBJECT|Environment::THREADED_MUTEXED));
    con = env->createConnection(user, passwd, db);
    Statement *stmt = NULL;
    ResultSet *rs = NULL;
    string concat1="";
    concat1=static_cast<ostringstream*>(&(ostringstream()<<det))->str();
    string sql="insert into determinanit_table values('"+concat1+"')";
    stmt = con->createStatement(sql);
    stmt->executeUpdate(sql);
    env->terminateConnection (con);
    Environment::terminateEnvironment (env);
}

db_manager.h
#include "includes/global_variables.h"
#include <occi.h>
class db_manager
{
public:
    db_manager(void);
    ~db_manager(void);
            void load_determinant(double det);
};

common_struct.h
#include <armadillo>
using namespace arma;
using namespace std;

struct mystruct
{
    mat mymatrix;
    double deter_size;
};

global_variable.h
#include "../includes/common_structures.h"
using namespace arma;
extern int glbsize;
extern mat glbmtrx;

Makefile:
excute:main.o db_manager.o
    g++ -o excute main.o db_manager.o \
    -I/home/oracle/Desktop/sum_result/armadillo-4.450.4/include -DARMA_USE_BLAS -DARMA_USE_LAPACK -DARMA_DONT_USE_WRAPPER -lblas -llapack \
    -I/usr/include/oracle/11.1/client \
    -L$(ORACLE_HOME)/lib -lclntsh -locci
%.o: %.cpp
    g++ -c -o $@ $< -ggdb \
    -I/home/oracle/Desktop/sum_result/armadillo-4.450.4/include -DARMA_USE_BLAS -DARMA_USE_LAPACK -DARMA_DONT_USE_WRAPPER -lblas -llapack \
    -I/usr/include/oracle/11.1/client \
    -L$(ORACLE_HOME)/lib -lclntsh -locci
clean:
    rm *.o excute

A: Some comments on your code :

*

*Be carreful with global variables (mat glbmtrx; in main.cpp). If the library armadillo also use global variables to work, you have no guaranty about the order of allocation of all the global variables. If your variable glbmtrx is allocated before a global variable used by the constructor of mat, you are going to have a problem ! If you really need that, prefer to use the Singleton Pattern.

*In common_struct.h : never call using in a header file ! You can create conflict between namespaces. Imagine, I want to merge your application and my application. If I use a class named vector in my application, it will be complex to call it without conflicts, due to the fact that vector refers to std::vector due to your file.

*Actually, it's possible your problem comes from a conflict of namespaces. I advise you to never call using namespace std and always add it to the classes/functions you call. When I use several libraries together, I never call using namespace xxx and I always use global names.


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Montgomery (walisisch: Trefaldwyn) ist die frühere Hauptstadt der Grafschaft Montgomeryshire und liegt 22 Meilen südwestlich von Shrewsbury an der B 4386 unterhalb des vom englischen König Heinrich III. um 1223 errichteten Montgomery Castle, von dem nur noch Ruinen erhalten sind.

Geschichte
Die Besiedlung in der Gegend unweit des Flusses Severn ist schon wesentlich älter als die erwähnte Burg: So liegen im Umkreis von Montgomery die Reste mehrerer eisenzeitlicher Hillforts sowie eines großen römischen Lagers (möglicherweise mit dem Namen Lavobrinta). Am Rande der Stadt verläuft auch der Offa's Dyke aus dem 8. Jahrhundert.
Der Name Montgomery leitet sich von dem normannischen Adeligen Roger de Montgomerie ab, dem König Wilhelm I. nach der Eroberung von 1066 das Land an der walisischen Grenze übergab. Montgomerie stammte ursprünglich aus dem Pays d'Auge in der Normandie und wurde vom König mit der Aufgabe betraut, sowohl gegen die walisischen Fürsten wie gegen die enteigneten angelsächsischen Thanes das Land für die normannischen Eroberer zu sichern. Er errichtete etwa eine Meile südlich der heutigen Stadt auch eine erste hölzerne Burg, die heute unter dem Namen Hen Domen (Alte Burg) bekannt ist.

In den Kämpfen um die walisische Unabhängigkeit im 13. Jahrhundert spielte Montgomery, das 1227 das Stadtrecht erhielt, mehrfach eine wichtige Rolle: So wurde die Burg von Llywelyn ab Iorwerth  1228 und erneut 1231 angegriffen, allerdings nicht erobert, wenngleich die Stadt niedergebrannt wurde. Einen erneuten Angriff unternahm 1245 Llywelyns Sohn Dafydd ap Llywelyn. Das wichtigste Ereignis in der mittelalterlichen Geschichte des Ortes ist der Abschluss des Vertrags von Montgomery, in dem Llywelyn ap Gruffydd vom englischen König als Fürst von Wales anerkannt wurde. Obwohl die Vereinbarungen in Shrewsbury zustande kamen, wurden sie im September 1267 bei einem Treffen am Ufer des Severn besiegelt und dann auf der Burg von Montgomery gefeiert. Nach der Eroberung von Wales durch König Eduard I. wurden die Stadtbefestigung ab 1279 als steinerne Mauer neu errichtet.

Nach der Eroberung von Wales sank die die strategische Bedeutung der Burg, die vernachlässigt wurde und bereits 1343 als verfallen galt. Sie wurde zwar noch unter Roger Mortimer, 2. Earl of March nach 1359 und in den 1530er Jahren unter König Heinrich VIII. noch einmal erneuert, doch waren Stadt und Burg Montgomery nicht mehr von größerer militärischer Bedeutung. 1541 wurde Montgomery an die Familie Herbert übergeben, von denen eine Nebenlinie die Earls of Powis stellen. Während des Englischen Bürgerkrieges kam es 1633 zu einer Schlacht vor den Toren der Stadt, bei der die Parlamentarier mit 3000 Mann eine rund 2000 Mann stärkere königliche Truppe besiegten. Nach dem Ende des Bürgerkriegs wurde die Burg 1649 endgültig geschleift. Teilweise wurden Materialien der Burg zum Bau von Häusern in der Stadt genutzt.

Der heutige Stadtkern enthält noch viele Häuser aus der zweiten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts, wobei es sich allerdings in vielen Fällen nur um neue Fassaden wesentlich älterer Häuser handelt. Allerdings gibt es auch etliche Häuser im typischen Fachwerkstil von Montgomeryshire.

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English Art Critic
THE POETRY OF ARCHITECTURE
Narrated by Ralph Cosham
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THE MOUNTAIN COTTAGE � SWITZERLAND
Well do I remember the thrilling and exquisite moment when first, first in my life, I encountered, in a calm and shadowy dingle, darkened with the thick spreading of tall pines, and voiceful with the singing of a rock-encumbered stream, and passing up towards the flank of a smooth green mountain, whose swarded summit shone in the summer snow like an emerald set in silver; when, I say, I first encountered in this calm defile of the Jura, the unobtrusive, yet beautiful, front of the Swiss cottage. I thought it the loveliest piece of architecture I had ever had the felicity of contemplating; yet it was nothing in itself, nothing but a few mossy fir trunks, loosely nailed together, with one or two gray stones on the roof: but its power was the power of association; its beauty, that of fitness and humility.
How different is this from what modern architects erect, when they attempt to produce what is, by courtesy, called a Swiss cottage. The modern building known in Britain by that name has very long chimneys, covered with various exceedingly ingenious devices for the convenient reception and hospitable entertainment of soot, supposed by the innocent and deluded proprietor to be "meant for ornament." Its gable roof slopes at an acute angle, and terminates in an interesting and romantic manner, at each extremity, in a tooth-pick. Its walls are very precisely and prettily plastered; and it is rendered quite complete by the addition of two neat little bow windows, supported on neat little mahogany brackets, full of neat little squares of red and yellow glass. Its door is approached under a neat little veranda, "uncommon green," and is flanked on each side by a neat little round table, with all its legs of different lengths, and by a variety of neat little wooden chairs, all very peculiarly uncomfortable, and amazingly full of earwigs: the whole being surrounded by a garden full of flints, burnt bricks and cinders, with some water in the middle, and a fountain in the middle of it, which won't play; accompanied by some goldfish, which won't swim; and by two or three ducks, which will splash. Now, I am excessively sorry to inform the members of any respectable English family, who are making themselves uncomfortable in one of these ingenious conceptions, under the idea that they are living in a Swiss cottage, that they labor under a melancholy deception; and shall now proceed to investigate the peculiarities of the real building.
The life of a Swiss peasant is divided into two periods; that in which he is watching his cattle at their summer pasture on the high Alps, and that in which he seeks shelter from the violence of the winter storms in the most retired parts of the low valleys. During the first period, he requires only occasional shelter from storms of excessive violence; during the latter, a sufficient protection from continued inclement weather. The Alpine or summer cottage, therefore, is a rude log hut, formed of unsquared pine trunks, notched into each other at the corners. The roof being excessively flat, so as to offer no surface to the wind, is covered with fragments of any stone that will split easily, held on by crossing logs; which are in their turn kept down by masses of stone; the whole being generally sheltered behind some protecting rock, or resting against the slope of the mountain, so that, from one side, you may step upon the roof. That is the châlet. When well grouped, running along a slope of mountain side, these huts produce a very pleasing effect, being never obtrusive (owing to the prevailing grayness of their tone), uniting well with surrounding objects, and bestowing at once animation and character.
But the winter residence, the Swiss cottage, properly so-called is a much more elaborate piece of workmanship. The principal requisite is, of course, strength: and this is always observable in the large size of the timbers, and the ingenious manner in which they are joined, so as to support and relieve each other, when any of them are severely tried. The roof is always very flat, generally meeting at an angle of 155°, and projecting from 5 ft. to 7 ft. over the cottage side, in order to prevent the windows from being thoroughly clogged up with snow. That this projection may not be crushed down by the enormous weight of snow which it must sometimes sustain, it is assisted by strong wooden supports, which sometimes extend half down the walls for the sake of strength, divide the side into regular compartments, and are rendered ornamental by grotesque carving. Every canton has its own window. That of Uri, with its diamond wood-work at the bottom, is, perhaps, one of the richest. The galleries are generally rendered ornamental by a great deal of labor bestowed upon their wood-work. This is best executed in the canton of Berne. The door is always six or seven feet from the ground, and occasionally much more, that it may be accessible in snow; and is reached by an oblique gallery, leading up to a horizontal one. The base of the cottage is formed of stone, generally whitewashed. The chimneys must have a chapter to themselves; they are splendid examples of utility combined with ornament.
Such are the chief characteristics of the Swiss cottage, separately considered. I must now take notice of its effect in scenery.
When one has been wandering for a whole morning through a valley of perfect silence, where everything around, which is motionless, is colossal, and everything which has motion, resistless; where the strength and the glory of nature are principally developed in the very forces which feed upon her majesty; and where, in the midst of mightiness which seems imperishable, all that is indeed eternal is the influence of desolation; one is apt to be surprised, and by no means agreeably, to find, crouched behind some projecting rock, a piece of architecture which is neat in the extreme, though in the midst of wildness, weak in the midst of strength, contemptible in the midst of immensity. There is something offensive in its neatness: for the wood is almost always perfectly clean, and looks as if it had just been cut; it is consequently raw in its color, and destitute of all variety of tone. This is especially disagreeable, when the eye has been previously accustomed to, and finds, everywhere around, the exquisite mingling of color, and confused, though perpetually graceful, forms, by which the details of mountain scenery are peculiarly distinguished. Every fragment of rock is finished in its effect, tinted with thousands of pale lichens and fresh mosses; every pine tree is warm with the life of various vegetation; every grassy bank glowing with mellowed color, and waving with delicate leafage. How, then, can the contrast be otherwise than painful, between this perfect loveliness, and the dead, raw, lifeless surface of the deal boards of the cottage. Its weakness is pitiable; for, though there is always evidence of considerable strength on close examination, there is no effect of strength: the real thickness of the logs is concealed by the cutting and carving of their exposed surfaces; and even what is seen is felt to be so utterly contemptible, when opposed to the destructive forces which are in operation around, that the feelings are irritated at the imagined audacity of the inanimate object, with the self-conceit of its impotence; and, finally, the eye is offended at its want of size. It does not, as might be at first supposed, enhance the sublimity of surrounding scenery by its littleness, for it provokes no comparison; and there must be proportion between objects, or they cannot be compared. If the Parthenon, or the Pyramid of Cheops, or St. Peter's, were placed in the same situation, the mind would first form a just estimate of the magnificence of the building, and then be trebly impressed with the size of the masses which overwhelmed it. The architecture would not lose, and the crags would gain, by the juxtaposition; but the cottage, which must be felt to be a thing which the weakest stream of the Alps could toss down before it like a foam-globe, is offensively contemptible: it is like a child's toy let fall accidentally on the hillside; it does not unite with the scene; it is not content to sink into a quiet corner, and personify humility and peace; but it draws attention upon itself by its pretension to decoration, while its decorations themselves cannot bear examination, because they are useless, unmeaning and incongruous.
So much for its faults; and I have had no mercy upon them, the rather, because I am always afraid of being biased in its favor by my excessive love for its sweet nationality. Now for its beauties. Wherever it is found, it always suggests ideas of a gentle, pure, and pastoral life. One feels that the peasants whose hands carved the planks so neatly, and adorned their cottage so industriously, and still preserve it so perfectly, and so neatly, can be no dull, drunken, lazy boors; one feels, also, that it requires both firm resolution, and determined industry, to maintain so successful a struggle against "the crush of thunder, and the warring winds." Sweet ideas float over the imagination of such passages of peasant life as the gentle Walton so loved; of the full milk-pail, and the mantling cream-bowl; of the evening dance and the matin song; of the herdsmen on the Alps, of the maidens by the fountain; of all that is peculiarly and indisputably Swiss. For the cottage is beautifully national; there is nothing to be found the least like it in any other country. The moment a glimpse is caught of its projecting galleries, one knows that it is the land of Tell and Winkelried; and the traveler feels, that, were he indeed Swiss-born and Alp-bred, a bit of that carved plank, meeting his eye in a foreign land, would be as effectual as a note of the Ranz des Vaches upon the ear.
Again, when a number of these cottages are grouped together, they break upon each other's formality, and form a mass of fantastic proportion, of carved window and overhanging roof, full of character and picturesque in the extreme. An excellent example of this is the Bernese village of Unterseen. Again, when the ornament is not very elaborate, yet enough to preserve the character, and the cottage is old, and not very well kept (suppose in a Catholic canton), and a little rotten, the effect is beautiful: the timber becomes weather-stained, and of a fine warm brown, harmonizing delightfully with the gray stones on the roof, and the dark green of surrounding pines. If it be fortunate enough to be situated in some quiet glen, out of sight of the gigantic features of the scene, and surrounded with cliffs to which it bears some proportion; and if it be partially concealed, not intruding on the eye, but well united with everything around, it becomes altogether perfect; humble, beautiful, and interesting. Perhaps no cottage can then be found to equal it; and none can be more finished in effect, graceful in detail, and characteristic as a whole.
The ornaments employed in the decoration of the Swiss cottage do not demand much attention; they are usually formed in a most simple manner, by thin laths, which are carved into any fanciful form, or in which rows of holes are cut, generally diamond shaped; and they are then nailed one above another to give the carving depth. Pinnacles are never raised on the roof, though carved spikes are occasionally suspended from it at the angles. No ornamental work is ever employed to disguise the beams of the projecting part of the roof, nor does any run along its edges. The galleries, in the canton of Uri, are occasionally supported on arched beams which have a very pleasing effect.
Of the adaptation of the building to climate and character, little can be said. When I called it "national," I meant only that it was quite sui generis, and, therefore, being only found in Switzerland, might be considered as a national building; though it has none of the mysterious connection with the mind of its inhabitants which is evident in all really fine edifices. But there is a reason for this; Switzerland has no climate, properly speaking, but an assemblage of every climate, from Italy to the Pole; the vine wild in its valleys, the ice eternal on its crags. The Swiss themselves are what we might have expected in persons dwelling in such a climate; they have no character. The sluggish nature of the air of the valleys has a malignant operation on the mind; and even the mountaineers, though generally shrewd and intellectual, have no perceptible nationality: they have no language, except a mixture of Italian and bad German; they have no peculiar turn of mind; they might be taken as easily for Germans as for Swiss. No correspondence, consequently, can exist between national architecture and national character, where the latter is not distinguishable. Generally speaking, then, the Swiss cottage cannot be said to be built in good taste; but it is occasionally picturesque, frequently pleasing, and, under a favorable concurrence of circumstances, beautiful. It is not, however, a thing to be imitated; it is always, when out of its own country, incongruous; it never harmonizes with anything around it, and can therefore be employed only in mimicry of what does not exist, not in improvement of what does. I mean, that any one who has on his estate a dingle shaded with larches or pines, with a rapid stream, may manufacture a bit of Switzerland as a toy; but such imitations are always contemptible, and he cannot use the Swiss cottage in any other way.
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Democrats Introduce Bill For Banning Fracking
This week democratic congresswomen Jan Schakowsky and Nanette Diaz Barragan reintroduced a bill which ban greenhouse gas emissions from all new power plants, stop hydraulic fracking and ban crude oil and natural gas exports. The bill would also ban new liquefied natural gas terminals unless these reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
"The science is clear: we are rapidly running out of time to prevent the worst effects of climate change. Just this year in the United States, we have witnessed a record number of climate and weather disasters due to climate change," said Congresswoman Schakowsky. "As the second highest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, it is crucial that the United States lead by example. The Future Generations Protection Act is a critical step in our transition to clean energy and reaching the United States target to reduce emissions by 50 percent below 2005 levels by 2030."
The bill is being reintroduced at a moment when the US is seen as lagging in its commitments to combatting climate change. A recent UN report noted that the United States was not on track to meet its prior emissions targets.
"It is worth noting that Canada and the United States of America have submitted strengthened NDC targets, while independent studies suggest that they are not on track to meet their previous nationally determined contributions (NDC) targets with currently implemented policies," note the authors of the UN report. "These two countries therefore need to make significant additional efforts to meet their new NDC targets."
The United States modified its original NDC target from reducing emission of greenhouse gases by between 26% and 28% of 2005 levels by 2025 to reducing greenhouse gas emission by between 50% and 52% from 2005 levels by 2030, during the COP 26 in October.
In 2019 Americans emitted the equivalent of 75 tons of CO2 per person (75 tCO2e/cap) versus the global average of 28 tons of CO2 equivalent per person, according to the latest report by economist Thomas Piketty's World Inequality Data Base.
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'Don Jon' Review and Video Blog: Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Fun, Upbeat Directorial Debut About Porn Addiction
Posted on Friday, September 27th, 2013 by Germain Lussier
Note: This review was originally published on January 20th 2013 during the Sundance Film Festival. We are reprinting it for the film's theatrical release.
Movie fans have long known that Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a great actor. With Don Jon, the world will now see that he's a talented writer and director too.
The film, his feature debut, focuses on a New Jersey-based ladies man who is hopelessly addicted to online pornography. A heavy and potentially uncomfortable topic for sure, but Gordon-Levitt handles it with an honesty and energy that makes it fun as well as easily digestible. The supporting cast, including Scarlett Johansson as a New Jersey princess-type, Tony Danza, Julianne Moore and Glenne Headly, only helps a film about objectification and media consumption feel so effortless and entertaining.
Don Jon is a high end Hollywood comedy masquerading as a Sundance film. Read the rest of my review, and watch a video blog featuring Peter Sciretta and Russ Fischer, below. Read More »
'Don Jon' Trailer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Hilarious Directorial Debut About Porn Addiction
Posted on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 by Germain Lussier
Over the last few years, the world has fallen in love with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the actor. This October, you'll fall in love with him as a director too. His first film, Don Jon, hits theaters October 18. It features the actor as a young ladies man from Jersey, with one major problem in life: he's totally addicted to Internet porn. The vice dominates all aspects of his life, whether he's dating Scarlett Johnasson, meeting Julianne Moore or hanging with father Tony Danza. Gordon-Levitt, as a director and actor, handles that awkward topic with grace, crafting a hilarious and poignant film. You can read our thoughts about it right here.
Now, you can finally get a glimpse at Don Jon yourself as the first trailer has been released. Check it out below. Read More »
Joseph Gordon-Levitt's 'Don Jon' Gets October Wide Release
Posted on Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 by Angie Han
Briefly: Another Sundance hit is prepping for a theatrical bow. Relativity has just announced an October 18 wide release for Don Jon (formerly Don Jon's Addiction), Joseph Gordon-Levitt's crowd-pleasing feature directorial debut. The deal was one of the biggest at this year's Sundance, so the splashy rollout shouldn't come as much of a surprise. Don Jon faces some rather varied competition on that date, including The Seventh Son, Kimberly Peirce's Carrie remake, and Lee Daniels' The Butler.
In addition to directing, Gordon-Levitt also leads the cast as a ladies' man addicted to porn. His former Angels in the Outfield co-star Tony Danza plays his dad, and Scarlett Johansson and Julianne Moore portray two very different women who teach him about the ways of love. Read Germain' full-length review from Sundance here.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Retitles Directorial Debut To 'Don Jon,' Releases New Images
Posted on Friday, March 8th, 2013 by Germain Lussier
Much like John Carter of Mars became John Carter, Don Jon's Addiction is now officially Don Jon. Writer/director/star Joseph Gordon-Levitt took to Facebook Friday to reveal he decided to change the title of his hilarious online-porn comedy and, dropped a few news images on us as well. That's one above and, after the jump, you can see more (including co-stars Scarlett Johansson and Tony Danza) plus read Gordon-Levitt's reasons for the title change, updates on a trailer and more. Read More »
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Will Trim Porn in 'Don Jon's Addiction' to Secure an R Rating
Posted on Friday, February 8th, 2013 by Russ Fischer
Seeing Don Jon's Addiction at Sundance was quite an experience, in part because of all the porn. The film, written and directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, follows a character (played by the director) who is addicted to online pornography. Despite being able to lure very attractive women home for sex, he prefers porn. In fact, the objectification aspect of watching porn is what he likes — he gets to see the exact images he wants, with no outlay of energy or emotion on his own part.
So there's a fair amount of porn in the movie, and clips of stuff that might be a little intense for those who don't spend much time checking out sex on the internet.
There's no image that, in and of itself, would result in a rating harder than an R. But the intensity of the clips is often pretty high, and there are a lot of clips. (Think of them like the repeated drug-prep scenes in Requiem For a Dream.) They're important, and deliberately confrontational. The audience needs to see how reliant the character is on them, and how cut off from reality the images are.
But what's in the movie now is likely too much for the MPAA, and so the cut that festival audiences are seeing now won't be the one that people see in theaters when Relativity releases it this summer. Read More »
Germain's Top Ten Films of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival
Posted on Monday, February 4th, 2013 by Germain Lussier
Any film fan should make it a point to attend the Sundance Film Festival at least once. Words can hardly describe the beauty of Park City, the camaraderie of the attendees, the smooth running machine that plays dozens of movies a day on screens all over town. And those movies. Oh, those movies. Some of the best films of the past 25 years have debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. The list has been well-documented and 2013 is likely to add at least a few to that incredible legacy.
At this year's festival, I saw 34 movies. Not a staggering, superhuman number – remember I have to eat, sleep and write about these things – but a number to be proud of none the less. I saw comedies, dramas, foreign films, Hollywood films, sports films, happy films, sad films, black and white films, sex films, kids films. You name it; one of the movies I saw fits nearly any description you can muster.
I've picked my ten favorite films of the festival, with an asterisk. Though I saw 34 films, I missed probably 100 others, so this isn't by any means definitive. But out of the movies that I thought looked interesting, or were buzzed about on the streets of Park City, these were the ten that I most enjoyed. Read More »
Relativity Picks Up Joseph Gordon-Levitt's 'Don Jon's Addiction' in Biggest Sundance 2013 Deal Yet
Posted on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 by Angie Han
Talk about knocking it out of the park on the first try. Plenty of deals have come out of Sundance in the past few days, but the biggest one yet — and indeed, one of the biggest ever in the festival's history — is for Don Jon's Addiction, the feature directorial debut of Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Relativity Media has reportedly paid $4 million for domestic distribution rights to the film, with plans to release it theatrically this summer. In addition to its famous director/star, the picture also features Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, and Tony Danza. Hit the jump for more details.
Sundance 2013 Premiere Lineup Features 'jOBS,' 'Before Midnight,' 'Stoker,' 'The East,' 'The Way Way Back' And Many More
Posted on Monday, December 3rd, 2012 by Germain Lussier
While the competition and spotlight films at Sundance are usually where the best of the fest reside, the big names are in the premiere categories. 2013 is no exception. Among the highly anticipated films that will premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival are the Ashton Kutcher Steve Jobs biopic jOBS; Richard Linklater's trilogy-closing love story Before Midnight; Joseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut Don Jon's Addiction; the latest film from the team behind Sound of My Voice, The East; Park Chan-Wook's thriller Stoker; and the star studded film from the writers of The Descendants, called The Way, Way Back.
And that's just a few of the features. The documentaries include subjects like Jeremy Lin, WikiLeaks, Mariel Hemingway, The Eagles and more.
After the jump, read the full list of premieres at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Read More »


Tributes have flooded in following the death of councillor John Groom, described as a "true Bungay man".
Mr Groom passed away suddenly this week surrounded by his friends and family, aged 70.
As tributes poured in, he was described as a "hugely dedicated" and "respected public servant" by Waveney District Council.
He served Waveney as a ward councillor for Bungay since his first election in 2000.
As well as a dedicated businessman, Mr Groom was also a town councillor, the Town Reeve, and had been the Mayor of Bungay on three separate occasions.
He served numerous committees including regular stints as the chair of the council's Planning Committee.
He was also well known for running a popular catering company with his wife Jayne.
John was in the butchery trade for 55 years and ran his own shop, John Groom Butchers, for 35 years.
John and Jayne spent time keeping shire horses and had Suffolk Punch horses which they were took to country fairs and horse trials.
Councillor Mark Bee, Leader of Waveney District Council, said: "We are stunned and trying to come to terms with the news of John's sudden passing.
Mick Lincoln, Mayor of Bungay, described John as an "important member of the community".
"We were shocked and saddened and our thoughts are with his wife and family in this time," Mr Lincoln said.
Terry Reeve described Mr Groom and his wife Jayne as "exceedingly generous to every organisation" in Bungay.
"He will leave a big gap - his legacy was a Bungay man and he fought in Bungay's corner very strongly," Mr Reeve said.


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La classe Sonya (Progetto 1265 Yakhont secondo la designazione sovietica) fu una classe di dragamine costieri della Voenno-morskoj flot, composta da 86 unità di due serie distinte entrate in servizio a partire dai primi anni 1970.

I Sonya hanno uno scafo di legno con ricopertura in GRP (vetroresina); la soluzione, per massimizzare l'efficacia della resistenza strutturale, è stata escogitata dopo un importante precedente: infatti già negli anni 1960, molto prima delle classi occidentali come i Lerici o i Tripartite, i sovietici sperimentarono la classe Zhenya totalmente in GRP, ma i 3 esemplari, troppo avanzati per i tempi, non diedero buon esito.

Un gran numero di unità è ancora oggi in servizio con la Marina militare della Federazione Russa, ma diverse altre sono state esportate in nazioni amiche e alleate o trasferite agli Stati ex sovietici:

 : tre unità cedute alla Azərbaycan hərbi dəniz qüvvələri nel 1992, ancora in servizio.
 : quattro unità cedute alla Voennomorski sili na Bălgarija nel 1985, radiate dal servizio entro il 2008.
 : quattro unità cedute alla Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria nel 1980, ancora in servizio.
 : una unità ceduta alla Marina militare etiope nel 1991, radiata nel 1996.
 : due unità cedute alla Al-Bahriyya al-'Arabiyya al-Sūriyya nel 1984, ancora in servizio.
 : due unità cedute alla Marina militare ucraina nel 1992, radiate dal servizio entro il 2012.
 : quattro unità cedute alla Hải quân nhân dân Việt Nam nel 1985, ancora in servizio.

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New General Counsel at IATA as Jeff Shane Retires
posted on 1st July 2020 by Eddie Saunders
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Karen Clayton has taken on the duties of General Counsel in addition to her responsibilities as Corporate Secretary effective today, 1 July 2020. Jeff Shane retired as IATA's General Counsel on 30 June 2020 after seven years of service.
"The entire aviation world owes a huge debt of gratitude to Jeff, who joined IATA after a distinguished 25-year career in public service and another 15 years in private practice. While in public service he was recognized for his role in establishing an Open Skies aviation policy for the United States, and he was a principal architect of the US Department of Transportation's approach to international aviation alliances and antitrust immunity. At IATA, Jeff established the Association's legal team as an important industry reference point, pursuing industry objectives through judicial and regulatory proceedings and providing essential support to IATA's many lines of activity around the world. With this team, he achieved a landmark agreement with CFM International to adopt pro-competitive 'Conduct Policies' on engine maintenance that will result in significant savings for our members," said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA's Director General and CEO.
"I congratulate Karen, who has taken on a growing set of responsibilities since coming to IATA, including ownership of IATA's Strategic Priorities. Karen's industry expertise, strategic boardroom experience and leadership on diversity and inclusion have already made a major contribution to IATA's activities, particularly during the current industry crisis," said de Juniac.
Clayton joined IATA in April 2019 from Air New Zealand, where she held the role of General Counsel and Company Secretary since 2016. A national of the United Kingdom, Clayton holds a Law Degree from Sheffield University and a Diploma in Legal Practice from Exeter University. She was admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales in 1999. After beginning her career in legal firms in the UK and Australia, Karen moved into corporate practice where she served as General Counsel and Company Secretary at National Grid Plc, then General Counsel at Mercury NZ Ltd, prior to joining Air New Zealand.
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Hillcrest Labs Launches Low Power Sensor Hub for Smartphones, Tablets, Wearables and the Internet of Things
Hillcrest's SH-1 sensor hub includes sensor fusion, gesture recognition, and 'always on' functions for context aware applications
Rockville, Md., Oct. 29, 2013 -- Hillcrest Labs today announced it has designed a new sensor hub product to change how consumers use their smartphones and other portable electronics. Sensor hubs are a separate class of chips designed to offload sensor management from the main processor. Hillcrest's SH-1 sensor hub is a turn-key software solution that provides 'always on' features such as context awareness and gesture recognition to augment the consumer experience and minimize system power consumption. At launch, Hillcrest's software will be paired with a cost-effective, low power SAM D20 ARM® Cortex® M0+ based microcontroller from Atmel®, which enables device manufacturers to get to market quickly.
The SH-1 sensor hub is a complete software package that includes high performance, low power sensor fusion, context awareness and gesture recognition algorithms, optimized sensor drivers, and the hub/host interface which communicates with an application processor. The software transforms data from up to six different types of sensors—including inertial, magnetic and environmental sensors—into application-ready information and is designed to perform consistently regardless of the sensor supplier used. The combination of the low power sensor hub microcontroller and Hillcrest's software is available for Android™ smartphones and tablets, wearable devices, and a variety of other sensor-enabled devices.
"There's an insatiable appetite for power savings and new functionality in mobile devices and wearable electronics," said Chad Lucien, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Hillcrest Labs. "We are confident that a broad range of products will benefit from the level of performance, range of functions, and low power utilization of the SH-1 sensor hub."
"ARM is pleased to see Hillcrest Labs launch the SH-1 sensor hub, which promises to hand consumers compelling new experiences and levels of control over their environments and devices," said Simon Ford, director, Internet of Things Platforms, ARM. "We're excited to partner with Hillcrest Labs to turn the vision of 'always on', context-aware devices into reality. This is a great example of how intelligent and energy-efficient ARM-based technology is bringing the exciting benefits of the Internet of Things into consumers' lives today."
At launch, Hillcrest's SH-1 sensor hub will be available on Atmel's chip and will support sensors from the world's leading sensor makers. It is initially targeted to the Android mobile device ecosystem, with complete support for Android 4.3 at launch. The solution can be augmented by the Freespace MotionElements software bundle to provide additional context awareness, activity tracking and gesture recognition functions on the application processor. Hillcrest expects to announce customers using Freespace-enabled sensor hubs in products shipping in the coming months. Hillcrest will present information about the new sensor hub solution during the session: "Sensor Fusion, Sensor Hubs, and the Future of Smartphone Intelligence" at ARM TechCon, taking place October 30th in Santa Clara, CA at 1:30 p.m. PT in Grand Ballroom B, and in Atmel's booth #207.
About Hillcrest Labs:
Hillcrest Labs is the leading global supplier of software and hardware for motion-enabled products. Our Freespace® technology transforms human movement into high quality, application-ready motion information. With a decade of development and many unique patented features, products come to life with Freespace motion. Companies that have licensed or use Hillcrest's motion technology include: Atmel, Eastman Kodak, Hisense, Intel, LG Electronics, Logitech, Roku, SMK Electronics, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., TCL Multimedia, Universal Electronics (UEI), and others.
Hillcrest has received numerous awards and recognitions including the prestigious CES Innovations Honoree Award multiple times, IMS Research's TV Innovation Awards, EE Times' ACE Award, PC World's 100 Best Products and Greatest Tech Designs, Popular Mechanics' Editors Choice, ECN's Reader's Choice Tech, and many others. Additional information about Hillcrest's broad portfolio of motion control products is available at: www.HillcrestLabs.com. Follow Hillcrest on Facebook at www.facebook.com/HillcrestLabs or Twitter at @HillcrestLabs.


The Auto Shanghai Motor Show starts today.
The British luxury car maker Aston Martin Lagonda has entered the Auto Shanghai motor show with a bang! Introducing for the first time is the production-ready Rapide E, the brands first all-electric vehicle. Alongside this are two highly anticipated concept cars namely AM-RB 003 and Lagonda All-Terrain, which first showed their faces at this year's Geneva Motor Show.
The automaker has started production of the Rapide E at St Athan in Wales. The facility is dedicated to producing only electrified vehicles. Aston Martin will create only 155 units of the electric car in association with Williams Advanced Engineering. The car will feature two electric motors pumping out 610PS and 950Nm of torque. This makes it the most powerful Rapide model in the company's history.
The third mid-engined hypercar of Aston Martin, the AM-RB 003 takes most of its cues from the Aston Martin Valkyrie and is currently under construction in association with Red Bull Advanced Technologies. Both the developers will use their experience in Formula 1 to take its performance to the highest echelon.
Aston Martin Lagonda, the luxury marquee that focuses totally on zero-emission powertrains is presenting its first production model, the Lagonda All-Terrain Concept featuring bespoke styling and luxury features.
Aston Martin sees the Chinese market with great concern. The recent partnership with the prominent Tongji University in Shanghai and the brand's opening of the first global center in China show Aston Martin's commitment to the region. The automaker has also joined hands with Shang-Xia, a design firm created by popular designer Jiang Qiong Er and France's Hermès Group.
The Auto Shanghai Motor Show starts today. Visit Aston Martin's Auto Shanghai display in Hall 8 on Stand 8A31.


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SynQor® Releases a Military Grade Non-Isolated 3-Phase Power Factor Correction Module (MPFC-440-3PH-400-LE)
Press Release - Nov 2, 2022
BOXBOROUGH, Mass., November 2, 2022 (Newswire.com) - SynQor, Inc., announces its new military grade, 3-Phase Power Factor Correction Module (MPFC-440-3PH-400-LE). This module is designed to meet shipboard military standards (MIL-STD-461[C-F], MIL-STD-1399, and MIL-STD-810G). MIL-STD 1399-300B requires all the phase currents to be balanced to within ±5% for ships and ±3% for submarines. The 440 Vrms MPFC draws balanced input currents within ±2% from a source and delivers a non-isolated 5 kW output at 400 Vdc. The unit also has a slight lagging active power factor correction feature such that when it is working in conjunction with the MACF-440-3PH-UNV-MP AC line filter, the system can draw a nearly perfect sinusoidal current at a near unity power factor from the source (PF>0.99) even at loads as low as 500 W and an input frequency of 60 Hz. The MPFC has superb Total Harmonic Distortion of less than 2% at output power levels above 1.6 kW. The power conversion efficiency of this compact, military grade module is as high as 97%. The 440 Vrms "delta" input connected PFC can operate at frequencies as low as 47 Hz and as high as 800 Hz, allowing it to operate in various settings effortlessly.
The 3-Phase PFC module is specifically designed for military naval applications but can also be used for ground systems. This encased military grade component is designed to meet shock, vibration and environmental conditions as specified by MIL-STD-810G. In addition, it can deliver full power over a wide baseplate temperature range (-55 to 100 °C).
The PFC includes a variety of status signals, an RS-232 serial interface, an output 'PFC_Enable' control pin, AC_GOOD, DC_GOOD, START_SYNC, and 'Battle-Short' pins. Detailed statistics of the converter can be accessed through a 9,600 baud serial interface. The output of the module may also be enabled or disabled through the 'PFC_Enable' pin. The module provides the AC_GOOD and DC_GOOD control signals, allowing designers to evaluate the status of the unit quickly. Up to 10 units can be paralleled for higher power by simply interconnecting each of the output rails and the START_SYNC signal. The START_SYNC signal ensures that all units in a parallel arrangement start in a synchronized manner, thereby, enabling them to power loads that exceed the maximum rating of one unit. The 'Battle Short' pin allows users to override potential shutdowns due to an over-temperature or input phase drop event.
Balanced load currents for 3-Phase sources
AC input: 360-528 Vac Line-to-Line; 47-800 Hz
Output Power: 5 kW at 400 Vdc
High Efficiency 97%
Total Harmonic Distortion <2%
Size and Weight: 7.32" x 4.92" x 0.6", 36 oz
Specification Compliance
MIL-STD-461(C-F)
MIL-STD-1399-300B
MIL-STD-810G
Please download the MPFC-440-3PH-400-LE datasheet. For more information on this or for additional power application assistance, please explore more at www.synqor.com or contact your local SynQor representative.
About SynQor: Located in Boxborough, MA USA, SynQor is a leading supplier of power conversion solutions to the military, avionics, transportation, medical, industrial, telecommunications and computing markets. SynQor's innovative products are designed to exceed the demanding performance, quality, and reliability requirements of today's power electronic engineers who develop leading-edge infrastructure hardware. SynQor provides all the power conversion modules needed to build a power system, and we also provide complete power systems. SynQor's capabilities include both standard and custom solutions, and we deliver them with industry-leading service and support. SynQor's total commitment to quality, customer satisfaction and continuous improvement drives our business processes.
Source: SynQor, Inc.
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About SynQor, Inc.
Located in Boxborough, MA USA, SynQor is a leading supplier of power conversion solutions to the military, avionics, transportation, medical, industrial, telecommunications and computing markets. SynQor's innovative products are designed to exceed the demanding performance, quality, and reliability requirements of today's power electronic engineers who develop leading-edge infrastructure hardware. SynQor provides all the power conversion modules needed to build a power system, and we also provide complete power systems. SynQor's capabilities include standard and custom solutions, and we deliver them with industry-leading service and support. SynQor's total commitment to quality, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement drive our business processes.
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SynQor® Releases a Military Grade 3-Phase AC or 270 Vdc Input Power Conditioner Module (MIPC-270-115-270-FP)
SynQor, Inc. - Oct 25, 2022


My first thought was "What kind of rotten little kids yell 'Shut up, Jackie Chan!' at an Asian immigrant teacher?" and my second thought was "I bet I can guess!" I always remember the article Black Racism by Ying Ma, published in The American Enterprise, November 1998.
And whenever you suspect that problems at a school are racial, you can look up the school on Greatschools.net, which shows that Baltimore's Calverton Elementary/Middle School is 4% non-Hispanic white.


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NHL Rumors: Oilers Linked To Another Ducks' Defenceman
Rob Couch Tuesday, December 27, 2022 Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers
Nothing seems to be working in regards to the Edmonton Oilers' defence this season and with inexperience regularly in the lineup, the team is searching for a defender on the market. That defenceman may come in the form of Kevin Shattenkirk as the Oilers have expressed interest in the player this season, per David Pagnotta.
Shattenkirk is 33 years old and has just nine assists in 31 games this season. It may not be the best indication of what he still has left in the tank as the Anaheim Ducks are very bad this season. Last season the defenceman scored eight goals and 35 points in 82 games which is a better indication of what he could bring to the Oilers.
I wouldn't expect Shattenkirk to be more than the sixth defenceman on the team and he would probably have to line up on his off side. If a trade does happen, it would take Markus Niemelainen and Philip Broberg out of the lineup.
The Oilers and Ducks' general managers have been seen meeting multiple times already this season. The thought was that Puljujarvi was the main topic of conversation. That could be right, but Shattenkirk could be a piece coming back to address what the Oilers really need.
Photo credit: © Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports


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I was pretty darn proud of myself cooking these scones..
Ok for bakers out there and cake people I am sure you can churn them out all day.. ! Yet I do savoury not sweet.. Not really..
Yet after looking on-line at JO and Delia.. This is a mash up of both.. (More Delia to be fair.. You just know it's going to work!)..
And a squizzle of lemon juice ( that's the only JO bit..)..
Now I know people always say that baking is a science.. And that recipes have to be followed to the letter .. Not in this postbox!
All mixed up quick with fingers then a knife.. Then kneaded a little ala delias advice.. (Mrs Fitz disagreeing).. Into a dough ..
Rolled quite thick.. And cut out with a bubbles glass ..
Into the oven at 220 real money degrees for 14 minutes..
Dusted with icing sugar.. And when slightly cooler split open and Cornish clotted cream splodged one side and 100 percent French fruit strawberry jam the other ..
Blinkin lovely with a cup of white tea!
The chicken pie was a red ticket number that was plucked out of the big freezer.. That was from November .. Good pie though.. With excellent roasties in goose fat..
When the oil was smoking enough for mrs Fitz to come into the kitchen thinking something was on fire in went the par boiled and 'elvis' spuds.. (All shook up !!! Hehehe..)..
Shake ocini on top.. And crunchy sea salt..
Frozen peas and jolly green giant corn and peppers with unsalted French butter make up the veg..
‹ Saturday night injun food..
They were really rather good!
I have to admit they were lovely!
They look like fab scones!
I have to admit they were!!
thanks! i have to admit they tasted great!