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ZeroAvia Aims To Halve Operating Costs with Hydrogen Power
by Charles Alcock
- August 16, 2019, 12:31 PM
Clean energy start-up ZeroAvia started flight testing its hydrogen fuel powertrain system on a Piper M350 piston single, but it plans to offer the technology to regional aircraft operators by 2022.
Clean technology start-up ZeroAvia has announced plans to provide a hydrogen-powered electric powertrain as an alternative to both conventional aircraft engines and battery-based electric motors. Initially, it is looking to power fixed-wing aircraft with 10 to 20 seats and operating up to 500 miles. Operators would lease the equipment on a power-by-the-hour basis.
The California-based company reported that it has been flight-testing its system on a modified Piper M350 piston single since early 2019. It expects to start supplying the technology to aircraft manufacturers and operators in 2022.
ZeroAvia claims that flight-hour costs for its hydrogen-based powertrain will run around half of those of conventional turbine aircraft, taking account of lower fuel and maintenance costs, as well as better powertrain efficiency. The company also argues that hydrogen fuel will help the air transport industry resolve its environmental sustainability challenges.
"With land transport rapidly decarbonizing, fast-growing air transport is quickly becoming the leading emission source, so we must find ways to make aviation more sustainable," said ZeroAvia founder and CEO Val Miftakhov. "Using hydrogen produced from local renewable energy is the most practical way to enable zero-emission aircraft of commercially meaningful size on traditional 300- to 500-mile regional missions."
ZeroAvia proposes a complete replacement for conventional aircraft powertrains. That would include fuel tanks to store liquid hydrogen, a fuel cell system to produce electricity from hydrogen and oxygen, and electric motors to drive propellers. Integrating suitable fuel tanks into the architecture of existing airframes stands as one of the engineering challenges it faces.
Initially, the company aims to generate power in the range of 600 to 800 kWh, enough, it said, to power aircraft such as the Dornier 328, Twin Otter 400, and Pilatus PC-12, all of which now use conventional engines such as Pratt & Whitney Canada's PT6 family.
In the longer term, Miftakhov said the technology could advance to deliver high enough power ratings to drive turbofans. The company continues to study ways to integrate its equipment with propellers made by MT-Propellers or any other propellers with an electric governor.
ZeroAvia is conducting flight testing under an FAA experimental research and development certificate. The company claims the tests have so far validated the powerplant's key components and their integration with the M350's existing engine, as well as fuel economy and maximum power delivery targets. As of August 14, the company had conducted around 10 test flights out of a planned 50 by year-end.
ZeroAvia plans to lease its powertrain to aircraft operators and provide fuel and maintenance under a power-by-the-hour business model. Miftakhov told AIN that his company intends to partner with liquid hydrogen suppliers and maintenance providers to create the necessary infrastructure.
Miftakhov cited an increase in the supply of liquid hydrogen as a by-product of renewable energy operations such as large solar energy and wind farms. He claimed that the approach already delivers clean fuel at prices fixed on 25-year contracts—offering aircraft operators an alternative to the volatility of jet fuel pricing.
ZeroAvia claims it has held initial discussions with several undisclosed regional airline operators about adopting its alternative powertrain. Miftakhov maintained that the switch from conventional engines could radically change the operating economics of short-haul routes in a way that would ensure the viability of commercial services between small airports.
The ZeroAvia leadership team includes engineers and executives from companies such as automotive groups Tesla and BMW, artificial intelligence specialist Nvidia, eVTOL aircraft pioneer Zee Aero, industrial gas supplier Air Liquide, and investment group SystemIQ. Miftakhov previously founded electric vehicle infrastructure company eMotorWerks and served as its CEO. His new company has just started a funding round to raise about $10 million in fresh investment for the program.
https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2019-08-16/zeroavia-aims-halve-operating-costs-hydrogen-power
C-David
August 16, 2019 - 2:34pm
So... What is the proposal for decarbonizing hydrogen production?
bertibus
August 17, 2019 - 4:35am
C-David....did you read what he said about hydrogen produced from local renewable energy?
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Parmanu film is based on nuclear test happened at Phokhran by Indian Army in 1998. John Abraham, Diana Penty and Boman Irani are playing the leading roles in the film. It will release on 25th May, 2018. The film is directed by Abhishek Sharma and produced by Zee Studios, JA Entertainment and KriArj Entertainment. EaseMyTrip has taken distribution rights of the film for Delhi, UP and Punjab regions.


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Marine ice sheet instability and ice shelf buttressing of the Minch Ice Stream, northwest Scotland
Gandy, N orcid.org/0000-0003-4848-4203, Gregoire, LJ, Ely, JC et al. (5 more authors) (2018) Marine ice sheet instability and ice shelf buttressing of the Minch Ice Stream, northwest Scotland. The Cryosphere, 12 (11). pp. 3635-3651. ISSN 1994-0416
Uncertainties in future sea level projections are dominated by our limited understanding of the dynamical processes that control instabilities of marine ice sheets. The last deglaciation of the British–Irish Ice Sheet offers a valuable example to examine these processes. The Minch Ice Stream, which drained a large proportion of ice from the northwest sector of the British–Irish Ice Sheet during the last deglaciation, is constrained with abundant empirical data which can be used to inform, validate, and analyse numerical ice sheet simulations. We use BISICLES, a higher-order ice sheet model, to examine the dynamical processes that controlled the retreat of the Minch Ice Stream. We perform simplified experiments of the retreat of this ice stream under an idealised climate forcing to isolate the effect of marine ice sheet processes, simulating retreat from the continental shelf under constant "warm" surface mass balance and sub-ice-shelf melt. The model simulates a slowdown of retreat as the ice stream becomes laterally confined at the mouth of the Minch strait between mainland Scotland and the Isle of Lewis, resulting in a marine setting similar to many large tidewater glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica. At this stage of the simulation, the presence of an ice shelf becomes a more important control on grounded ice volume, providing buttressing to upstream ice. Subsequently, the presence of a reverse slope inside the Minch strait produces an acceleration in retreat, leading to a "collapsed" state, even when the climate returns to the initial "cold" conditions. Our simulations demonstrate the importance of the marine ice sheet instability and ice shelf buttressing during the deglaciation of parts of the British–Irish Ice Sheet. We conclude that geological data could be applied to further constrain these processes in ice sheet models used for projecting the future of contemporary ice sheets.
Gandy, N https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4848-4203
Gregoire, LJ
Ely, JC
Clark, CD
Hodgson, DM https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3711-635X
Lee, V
Bradwell, T
Ivanovic, RF
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The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Inst for Climate & Atmos Science (ICAS) (Leeds)
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This is a series of artworks based on plants and herbs I Illustrated for The Eden Project, Cornwall. They were eventually made into authentic mediterranean style ceramic tiles and feature along one of the long walls in the Med' Biome.
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Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis is native to the Mediterranean region and Caucasus. Also native to this area are the other two species of rosemary (R. tomentosus and R. eriocalyx). Where these species overlap in the wild they form natural hybrids.
Rosemary is an evergreen perennial shrub, best known for its strongly aromatic, needle-like evergreen leaves. The flowers are purplish white and strongly two-lipped, and have two long-exserted (protruding) stamens. The fruit consists of four dry nutlets (one-seeded sections).
Rosemary belongs to the Lamiaceae, commonly known as the mint family. It is related to other well-known herbs such as the basils (Ocimum), thymes (Thymus) and mints (Mentha), but its closest relative is the genus Salvia, which includes at least 900 species. One of these is sage (Salvia officinalis). Many scientists believe that rosemary is so similar to Salvia that it should be included in this group. Salvia and rosemary both have only two stamens (male organs of the flower, containing pollen), whereas in the mint family the usual number of stamens is four.
Rosemary is one of the most prized culinary herbs, and is especially popular in Mediterranean cuisine. The leaves have a bitter, astringent taste which complements fatty foods such as lamb and oily fish. Medicinally preparations of rosemary have long been taken orally or applied topically for a variety of complaints. The leaves and flowers can also be used to make a tea, said to be good for headaches, colic, colds and nervous diseases as well as depression. Rosemary has also been used in herbal remedies for relieving asthma.


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They are a game plan organization, looking for smart, versatile players that can help the organization shapeshift on a weekly basis depending on their opponent. Belichick and Tom Brady don't stay married to a specific offensive philosophy for too long. Belichick repeatedly says he only worries about putting points on the board, no matter how it gets done. They adjust their offense to their personnel perhaps more than any team.
The last three seasons are instructive. Brady led the league in percentage of passes completed to his tight ends in 2011 and 2012. He was dead last in the category this season, following Aaron Hernandez's arrest and Rob Gronkowski's season-ending injury.
Their recent transition to a power-running team is getting a lot of deserved attention. Brady has thrown only 75 passes over the last three weeks, the fewest of any three-game stretch in his career. The last time he completed so few passes in a three-game stretch was 2004, when the team won the Super Bowl behind clock-killing Corey Dillon.
This season represents New England's malleable approach more than any other. We can break down the season into three distinct phases. Early in the season, Tom Brady struggled more than he had since his first season as starter. He could not get on the same page with receivers. It was a below-average offense that struggled to overcome massive departures (Hernandez, Welker) and injuries (Gronkowski, everyone else.) The run game was solid throughout.
New England starts playing fast-break offense, helped along by one-word play calls. The emphasis on tempo leads to a lot of tired defenses that can't substitute. The Patriots lead the league in total plays, points and yards. Many teams around the NFL spend the subsequent offseason working on hurry-up approaches. It's not the first time the Patriots helped kickstart leaguewide trends.
This was the ultimate proof that Belichick (and coordinator Josh McDaniels) can adapt at the highest level. The Patriots managed to win 11 games and finished eighth in points with Matt Cassel at the helm. They led the league in first downs by playing a ball-control offense, with an emphasis on play action, and a four-pronged effective rushing attack, including guys like Sammy Morris and LaMont Jordan. There's an argument to be made that the Patriots were better on offense in '08 than in some of their early Super Bowl seasons.
The ultimate proof that Brady was a fantasy football rock star waiting to happen. He just needed the weapons. The Patriots set every record imaginable while spreading defenses out and throwing like a college team. Randy Moss set the receiving touchdown record. Wes Welker led the league in receptions. Even Donte' Stallworth got some. The rest of the league wasn't ready for New England's bombs-away aggressiveness, especially early in the season. Spread offenses soon became the norm.
Brady's best receivers in '06 were Reche Caldwell, Jabar Gaffney and Doug Gabriel. The run game, led by a declining Dillon and Laurence Maroney, was below average. And Brady still came a few minutes away from dragging the team to the Super Bowl.
People think back on the '03 and '04 Patriots teams as juggernauts, but their offense battled for everything it got. There were no stars beyond Brady. The '03 team relied on winning insane, close games. Teams were never quite sure how the Patriots beat them. (Sound familiar?) The defense was first in points allowed, but the passing game only had one receiver over 550 yards -- Branch at 803. Four other players gained between 400 and 550 yards -- Kevin Faulk, Daniel Graham, David Givens and Troy Brown. Brady was below the league average in yards per attempt. No running back topped 650 yards rushing.
In Brady's first season as a starter, the offense was a run-heavy group that tried not to turn the ball over, allowing the defense to win games. Antowain Smith was the team's bell cow running back, while Brown enjoyed his only season as a true No. 1 option.
It's remarkable that the Patriots' title window has stayed open for 13 seasons, and Brady is still going strong. Belichick has kept that window open by never staying the same for long.


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using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp;
using Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp.Syntax;
using System.Linq;

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rt and music are twisted together like braids in a cruller. It's not a revolutionary concept, but maybe one so obvious that it needs someone to wave one of those cone-like orange flashlights in front of it so that we keep noticing.
The Backspace Gallery on First Thursday: music works its magic more quickly than a painting – putting people in a headspace to appreciate art.
Tonight I'm hitting the nasty streets of Portland's Pearl District to see if any First Thursday shows are pounding out the connection.
Audio stimulation is vital in aesthetic life, and most artists listen to music while working. In fact, what they listen to often dictates what and how they create.
Music is a power-player in the viz-arts scene. And lots of artists are musicians as well – making music to make art to, perhaps.
So why are musical-themed/enhanced show openings still a minority, especially in the Pearl? Are gallery owners afraid to disrupt the solemn air of art appreciation (read: buying)? Sure, a lot of buying is going on, but why not throw out a little convivial music to accompany the wheel-greasing wine and make the event more honestly the faux-continental meet-and-greet it really is?
Maybe artists could take charge and play the music that inspired them to create what now hovers like an icon on a virginal white wall. Art is supposed to be all about process, right? So bring some process into the gallery.
My process starts at the Lowbrow Lounge, listening to talk-bubbles wobble from topic to topic while watching foam-rings stratify inside my glass. A room full of light talk can be as relaxing as waves breaking on the gentle shore all afternoon long, which is a nice space to be in while seeing and being seen.
The lively young crowd: bringing some process into the gallery.
Naught but hushed tones at Pulliam Deffenbaugh where Jeffry Mitchell's kitschy vacuum-formed graphic-design bears and paintings of cute waterfowl capering among the fluffy clouds ("The Apotheosis of the Penguins") share space with gleeful Babar-like ceramic elephants. Modern and classical Hello-Kitty cuteness.
The schtick is heavier at Alysia Duckler, featuring colorful, heavily textured chain-link-and-horizontal-line partite canvases, but no music. I'd be interested in hearing what Scott Sonniksen listened to when painting these optically pleasing (if not somewhat garish) two-note sambas.
The music's all on the street, with violins, didgeridoos and more exotic instruments on many corners, played for fun as much as money. Even the Starbucks on Glisan features small combos on First Thursdays.
Artistic collusion: not buying much other than lattés.
The Backspace Gallery and many galleries at Everett Street Lofts go the DJ route, a pure appropriation art if ever there was one, but one that works its magic more quickly than a painting – hopefully putting people in a headspace of aesthetic euphoria needed to really get into art.
So, while seeing art that you wouldn't find at any Pearl gallery (desiccated condoms on clotheslines) you can jam out to Metronome spinning "microelectronic funk," too.
But Backspace goes synergistically further than just a DJ, pointing out that music is only a small part of creative life – life that includes (in the Backspace business plan) a coffee bar, Internet/gaming terminals, old-fashioned arcade games, art and more.
The lively young crowd may not be buying much other than lattés I wouldn't touch this late at night, but they are buying into artistic collusion, where microprocessors, mochas and, most importantly, music, cuddle up together where they belong.


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WASHINGTON (AP) -Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals made it a perfect 10.
Ovechkin scored the go-ahead goal with 6:26 left, and the Capitals tied a franchise record with their 10th straight win Sunday, beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2.
The reigning two-time league MVP slid on one knee and into the boards to celebrate his 35th goal of the season, a shot from the slot that beat Mike Smith to the stick side. The score rescued the Capitals after Washington blew a two-goal lead.
Nicklas Backstrom and Brooks Laich also scored for the Capitals, whose double-digit winning streak matches the team mark set Jan. 27-Feb. 18, 1984. Washington has outscored opponents 47-21 during this run. Jose Theodore, returning after missing two games because of a lower-body injury, made 25 saves for Washington.
Martin St. Louis and Steven Stamkos scored for Tampa Bay.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Sidney Crosby scored in regulation and the shootout and Pittsburgh overcame Jimmy Howard's second successive 46-save game to beat Detroit in the rivals' first game since Pittsburgh won Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals.
Daniel Cleary's deflection of Brad Stuart's slap shot midway through the third period sent the game to overtime, where Pittsburgh survived playing short-handed for the final 1:21. Crosby and Malkin then scored against Howard in the shootout, while both Red Wings shooters - Pavel Datsyuk and Jason Williams - failed against Marc-Andre Fleury, who made 23 saves. The Penguins are 7-0 in shootouts.
DENVER (AP) - Marian Gaborik had his 10th career hat trick, rookie Chad Johnson made 34 saves for his first NHL win, and New York snapped a five-game losing streak.
The hat trick was Gaborik's first since he had five goals for Minnesota against the Rangers on Dec. 20, 2007. He joined the Rangers as a free agent over the summer after spending his first eight seasons in Minnesota.
Gaborik leads the Rangers in points (65), goals (33) and assists (32).
Cody McLeod scored for Colorado.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Wayne Simmonds and defenseman Drew Doughty scored in the final 1:46 to give Los Angeles its sixth straight victory.
Simmonds tied it with 1:46 to play with a long backhander, and Doughty scored the winner on a power play with 27.3 seconds left.
Michal Handzus also scored, and U.S. Olympian Jonathan Quick made 26 saves to help the Kings post the first 5-0 trip in team history. The winning streak is the Kings' longest since also winning six straight in 2002.
Travis Zajac and Johnny Oduya scored for New Jersey.
DALLAS (AP) - Shane Doan had a goal and two assists, Ilya Bryzgalov made 38 saves, and Phoenix stretched its winning streak to four games in Coyotes coach Dave Tippett's return to Dallas. Tippett coached the Stars from 2002 until his firing last June.
Keith Yandle scored his fourth goal in four games, and Peter Mueller and Radim Vrbata added goals for the Coyotes, 3-0 against the Stars this season.
Steve Ott and Fabian Brunnstrom scored for Dallas.
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Tomas Vokoun made 33 saves for his career-high seventh shutout of the season, and Jordan Leopold and Keith Ballard scored for Florida.
Vokoun, tied for the NHL shutout lead with New Jersey's Martin Brodeur, had four shutouts in January. Rick DiPietro made 23 saves for New York. The Islanders have lost five straight.


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a. In all these respects, it will be noticed, the in-declension agrees with the an-declension; but it differs from the latter in never losing the vowel of the ending.


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Tunjuelito ist der 6. Stadtbezirk (localidad) der kolumbianischen Hauptstadt Bogotá. Der Name ist ein Diminutiv von "Tunjo", einer in Gold gefertigten anthropomorphen Figur der Muisca-Kultur. Auf einer Fläche von 1.062 Hektaren leben hier ca. 302.342 Menschen.

Tunjuelito gehörte ursprünglich zum Bezirk Usme, bevor es eigenständig wurde. Seine Topographie ist im Wesentlichen flach, obwohl südliche Barrios, wie San Benito, Tunjuelito und Abraham Lincoln, topografisch höher liegen. Tunjuelito beherbergt eine Polizeischule und Artillerieschule, eine Industriezone und den Parque Metropolitano El Tunal.

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Nord: Autopista Sur mit dem Bezirk Kennedy und Puente Aranda
Süd: Calle 47 Sur, mit dem Bezirk Usme
Ost: mit den Bezirke Rafael Uribe Uribe und Usme
West: Río Tunjuelo, mit dem Bezirk Ciudad Bolívar

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David Cameron answers your questions
Thursday April 11, 2013, 9:53 PM
Prime Minister David Cameron pictured earlier today. Credit: Rui Vieira/PA Wire
The ITV News website gave users the chance to ask the Prime Minister any question they wanted.
From Baroness Thatcher to banking, from Syria to social housing, David Cameron agreed to answer questions on any subject.
Below are some of the questions put to David Cameron and his responses:
Ross Casement asked via email: At a time when you are slashing benefits to poor families and calling for austerity, how can you justify £10 million for Margaret Thatcher's funeral?
David Cameron's response: Regardless of your views on Mrs Thatcher, we can all agree that she was a towering figure in our history: the first woman Prime Minister; a statesman who helped end the Cold War, won the Falklands war and put our country back on the map.
I believe it's right that we should mark those exceptional achievements with a proper occasion.
Prime Minister David Cameron. Credit: Eddie Keogh/PA Wire
@VicksAnne asked via Twitter: Do you think there is such a thing as society anymore?
David Cameron's response: Of course there is. Society is alive in communities up and down the country, in the huge outpouring of compassion for things like Comic Relief, and the small acts of kindness that happen every day.
Building a stronger society is why I got into politics in the first place. When I stood on the steps of Number 10 for the first time I said I wanted to build a more responsible society: where those who can, should - and those who can't, we always help.
Demonstrations have taken place against the Government's welfare reforms. Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
Lara Turner asked via email: How do you legitimise the choice to prioritise unfair cuts to the welfare bill, over boosting the economy by chasing tax avoidance, particularly by large corporations?
David Cameron's response: I don't accept that cuts to the welfare bill are unfair. We live in a country where one pound in every three the government spends goes on pensions and benefits.
This is simply not affordable. So we are reforming welfare in a way that is sensible and fair: making sure that work pays and that help goes to those who genuinely need it.
What would be unfair is leaving another generation locked in the benefits system, leaving the taxpayer to pay for those who choose not to work, and leaving our children's generation to pick up the rest of the bill.
And it's not a case of prioritising welfare reform over tax avoidance - we're doing both. In fact we've already committed hundreds of millions into clamping down on this - and I've made dealing with tax avoidance a top priority for the G8 which Britain is hosting this year.
We are getting the leaders of the world's richest countries around a table to deal with this.
David Cameron said, 'No one thinks living on benefits is easy'. Credit: Lewis Stickley/PA Archive
Casee Leigh asked via Facebook: Do you think you can live on £53 a week?
David Cameron's response: Of course no one thinks living on benefits is easy. And it appears that the person you are referring to may have actually been receiving more than that.
But what's important is that we are fixing the tax and welfare system so that it works for hardworking people. We're cutting income tax for 24 million people, taking 2.2 million out of income tax altogether and making work pay by introducing Universal Credit.
But let's also be clear: the benefits system provides a significant range of support for people when they need it - from housing help, to financial support when people fall ill and can't work, help for people who are caring for others, help for people in work and on a low income - I could go on.
The Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is being replaced by Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Credit: Reuters
Shaun Griffiths asked via email: Why was the criteria for PIP (Personal Independence Payment) changed from 50 metres to 20 metres?
David Cameron's response: We want to make sure that support goes to those who need it the most.
Higher rate mobility payments are meant for the most disabled - people unable to walk or virtually unable to walk. We asked experts for their views - and we've now decided that 20 metres is a fair criteria to set.
But it's not a cast iron limit. If you can move further than 20 metres but can't do it safely, reliably, repeatedly, or in a reasonable time period - then you can still qualify for the enhanced rate payments.
I know how difficult some of our changes to the welfare system are. But they're the right thing to do. Under Labour, people were often put on Disability Living Allowance for life without any regular assessment to see if their condition had changed.
Former chief executive of HBOS James Crosby gave up his knighthood. Credit: PA/PA Wire
Mike Flint asked via email: Do you think it is adequate that James Crosby gives up three letters in front of his name as penance for his part in the downfall of HBOS?
David Cameron's response: This is his responsibility - and giving up his knighthood and some of his pension was the right decision.
A missile firing from HMS Vigilant. Credit: Ministry of Defence
Joan Telfer asked via Facebook: Why does a country as small as the UK need Trident? Scrap Trident and our debts are cleared. Spend the money on more useful things like the NHS, creating jobs, benefits, police and education.
David Cameron's response: We're living in an uncertain world today. Yes, the Cold War is over - but the nuclear threat has not gone away. In fact in the coming years there is a real risk of new threats emerging as countries look to develop new or better nuclear weapons.
My judgement is that it would be foolish to leave Britain defenceless against this continuing threat.
And let's be clear about the cost. Of course, the deterrent is not cheap. But our current nuclear weapons capability costs on average around five-six per cent of the current defence budget. That is less than 1.5 per cent of our annual benefits bill.
The successor submarines are, on average, expected to cost the same once they have entered service. It is a price which I, and all my predecessors since Clement Attlee, have felt is worth paying to keep this country safe.
So the short answer is: the security of our nation is worth the price.
The North Korean army conducting an exercise last month, according to the (North) Korean Central News Agency. Credit: YONHAP/AAP/Press Association Images
Adam Wilson asks via email: How will the Government be dealing with North Korea in light of recent events?
David Cameron's response: Kim Jong-un needs to make a choice about whether he wants his country to become more isolated or work positively with the rest of the world.
We have made our position very clear. We have condemned North Korea's nuclear tests and made sure the UN Security Council was strong and united in response. At the same time we hope North Korea returns to dialogue with its neighbours - and we'll respond constructively if they do.
Free Syrian Army members patrolling inside the Great Mosque in Aleppo. Credit: Abd Rabbo Ammar/ABACA/Press Association Images
Yohennes Muyoyu asked via Facebook: Why are rebels in Syria called "the opposition" but not those in Mali?
David Cameron's response: The Syrian National Coalition has set out a vision of a democratic and united Syria. It offers a credible alternative to a dictator who is killing his people in their tens of thousands. That is why we have recognised it as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people.
In Mali the situation is different. Violent extremists were wreaking havoc and spreading terror among the civilian population.
The international community intervened to help the government bring stability and security to northern Mali - because in the end, this terrorism will only be defeated by full democratic rule in Mali, a proper political process and successful elections.
David Cameron paid tribute to Baroness Thatcher in Parliament on Wednesday. Credit: PA/PA Wire
@StressedEric72 via Twitter asked: In 50 years (or so) when Parliament pays tribute to you, what one policy would you like them to remember and one personal quality?
David Cameron's response: Margaret Thatcher was a unique Prime Minister and so was that tribute session in Parliament. She led this country for a longer continuous period than any other Prime Minister for more than 150 years.
Any Prime Minister would aspire to a record of service and achievement like hers. I'm less than three years into the job and I'm focussed on getting on with that job in the here and now.
What I hope will be the things we really deliver, that people look back on, are reforming our economy at a time of crisis, dealing with our deficit, revitalising our schools so that all our children have a decent education.
Sorting out welfare so it pays to work and more people have structure and security of a good job, making Britain a place where if you work hard and do the right thing you get rewarded for that... so it's impossible to choose one policy.
They're all linked together in the vision of helping hardworking people who want to get on in life, so that together we can drive Britain forward. One personal quality? I hope it will be responsibility. That I did what was right for this country long-term, no matter what.


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First, to work properly, you need to have two players on court (not one, not three, not four...), one on each side of the net. If you are alone and wants to track your serves, use the training serve modes in the Settings screen.
the device recognizes when a point starts and when a point ends.
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When the device recognizes a serve, the serve lines are called. If the beep is enabled, a serve IN is has a slightly longer single beep. A serve OUT is signaled with 5 beeps as usual for a shot OUT.
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Antoinette (Ronzello) "Toni" Chiarillo, 93, of Bristol, widow of Frank Chiarillo, died on Wednesday (December 22, 2021) at John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington. Toni was born in Bristol on August 16, 1928 and was the only daughter of the late Mauro and Teresa (DiFato) Ronzello.
A lifelong resident of Bristol, Toni graduated from Bristol High School and was a parishioner of St. Francis de Sales Parish devoted to St. Anthony Church. She raised three children with her beloved husband Frank and loved her family deeply. Toni worked for 23 years at the Barnes Group in Bristol before retiring. She enjoyed being in the sunshine, whether it was at at Laurel Beach in Milford or the winters in Hollindale, Florida.
Toni is survived by three children: William Chiarillo and wife Priscilla, of Bristol, Teresa Baldyga and husband, Jerome of Terryville, and Linda Stout and husband, Richard of Huntington Beach, CA; her brother Anthony Ronzello and his wife Nancy of California; seven grandchildren: Robert, Keith, Frank, Billy, David, Marina, and Christina; six great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a brother, Willie Ronzello and sister-in-law Dolores Ronzello.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday (December 30, 2021) at 9 AM from Funk Funeral Home, 35 Bellevue Ave., Bristol, to St. Anthony Church, 111 School St., Bristol for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 AM. Burial will follow in Saint Joseph Cemetery, Bristol. Family and friends are invited to call at Funk Funeral Home on Wednesday (December 29, 2021) between 5 and 7 PM. To visit Toni's memorial website please visit www.FunkFuneralHome.com
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Home » Disaster Planning Primer: If disaster were to strike your facility, would you be ready?
Disaster Planning Primer: If disaster were to strike your facility, would you be ready?
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Disaster Planning Primer
If disaster were to strike your facility, would you be ready?
Sites impacted by recent disasters share their experiences
Clinical trial sites and research administrators across the country witnessed the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina with both personal and professional alarm.
Many clinical trial sites in New Orleans and neighboring areas were closed and some may never re-open. Others were moved miles away and are coping with financial stress. Even the larger sites, which have tried to return to business as usual, have found that it's very difficult to contact patients/subjects when the contact information is located in offices that were closed for weeks and when the trial participants have been scattered to cities across the country.
Six weeks after Hurricane Katrina, more than two-thirds of the clinical trial sites in the New Orleans area were not up and running or they were operating on a limited basis, says Alicia A. Pouncey, MEd, managing director of Aureus Research Consultants in Metairie, LA. Aureus Research performs contract monitoring of clinical trials.
Some clinical trial staff have lost their jobs because of the disaster, and many others are worried about potential job loss, Pouncey says.
"Medical facilities are trying to maintain care for patients, and clinical trials are way down the pole on what's important," Pouncey says.
The Office of Research Services at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center of New Orleans had its operations moved to the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, where there is limited office space for temporary use, says Kenneth Kratz, PhD, director of the Office of Research Services and the manager and co-chair of two IRBs.
"In the meantime, we had done the office of research services' work over the Internet to the extent possible," Kratz says. "I had evacuated to St. Louis with my family and ended up staying in a house of a friend of a friend in Logansport, LA."
Since hurricane threats are nothing new to Gulf Coast residents, it's not unusual for people to have to evacuate once or more per year, Kratz says.
"When we left school on Friday before the hurricane, I just figured it was another scare," Kratz says. "I thought we'd leave town and be back in a couple of days, and so I blanked out and left my laptop in my office."
Then Hurricane Katrina struck and it was several weeks before Kratz could return to his suburban home, which had only wind damage. He was able to retrieve his desktop computer from his home. "I was able to contact all of my staff by the second week and had established rudimentary communications with them," Kratz says. "That was one of the most difficult things for everybody — having so little communications capabilities in terms of personal business."
More than six weeks after the hurricane hit New Orleans, Kratz still didn't know the status of all of the research projects.
"If a study is company-sponsored, we hope they have contacted sponsors for those clinical trials, but I don't know whether they have," Kratz says. "We have contract issues, but we don't have access to all of our contracts until we get back into our building in New Orleans."
Meanwhile, Kratz's staff are trying to make contact with principal investigators and find out the status of their studies. The research office manages about 1,500 projects of which 500 to 600 are above minimal risk, Kratz notes.
"All the PIs have been displaced from the city and ended up all over the place," he adds. "Many of our investigators may just now be getting Internet connections back."
The evacuation, which stretched into weeks, has impacted hundreds of research professionals in the region. "There are a couple of hundred research professionals in the affected areas and thousands of clinical research subjects who were recently active in trials," says Norman M. Goldfarb, managing partner of First Clinical Research in Palo Alto, CA.
Goldfarb suggests that the clinical research industry can turn this huge disaster into a huge opportunity by strengthening the clinical research community by providing help specifically to clinical trial subjects and research staff.
For instance, many pharmaceutical companies have distributed free medication to people in the impacted areas, and this benevolence should be extended through sites to participants at clinical trial sites in the disaster areas, Goldfarb says.
"This would tell the public that the clinical research industry looks out for study participants," he adds.
Other measures could include having clinical research people donate their frequent flier miles to research peers who have to commute between New Orleans and temporary offices, Goldfarb says.
Goldfarb is organizing a fundraising series of teleconferences in January. The educational sessions will cost $99 each or three for $249, and 80% or more of the money will be directed to a nonprofit foundation to help hurricane victims within the clinical trial industry, Goldfarb says.
"There will be two categories of recipients: staff and subjects," Goldfarb adds.
Registration for the teleconferences is available on First Clinical Research's web site at www.firstclinical.com.
Disaster planning not a priority
Until Hurricane Katrina showed the industry the possibilities of a major disaster, clinical trial sites might have looked at disaster planning as the last item on the priority list.
"We did not give disaster planning any serious thought until Katrina hit," says Tom Davis, PharmD, chief executive officer and president of Odyssey Research Services in Bismarck, ND. The company is a site management group.
The most common disasters to strike Bismarck are blizzards in which transportation and power might be impacted for a few days.
"We have a written policy on disaster recovery for our IT systems, but that's not because of the potential for a natural disaster, but because of the nature of computer systems and having systems crash," Davis says. "We're in the process right now of revisiting our disaster plan."
Davis predicts that sponsors soon will be asking clinical trial sites whether they have any standard operating procedures (SOPs) for disaster planning. "I think in the future sponsors will be looking at whether or not investigators have some sort of disaster plan for maintaining the integrity of documents for something such as a tornado or flood or that sort of thing," Davis says.
Goldfarb has written an emergency action plan template for clinical trial sites. (See excerpt from emergency action plan.)
One of the most important actions a clinical trial site can take is to arrange for an offsite backup of electronic and other data, Goldfarb says. "The industry as a whole doesn't think about this very much, and most study records are stored at the site," Goldfarb says. "So if there's a disaster or emergency the records could be destroyed or damaged or inaccessible because the police won't let site staff back into the building."
While clinical trial and research offices experience difficulty in contacting principal investigators, the PIs may find it daunting to contact their subjects after a disaster, Kratz says.
Some New Orleans investigators opened up clinics elsewhere and have continued with their clinical trials, but many were having trouble finding subjects in the first months following the hurricane, Kratz says.
Kratz spoke with a cancer center's study coordinator and asked how extensively the center had lost contact with patients on clinical trials, and the coordinator told him that in some cases the center had lost contact with 100% of the subjects.
For a contract monitoring service like Aureus Research Consultants, the evacuation posed a less severe hardship, Pouncey says. "For a business like ours we can restart wherever there's an Internet connection and an airport," Pouncey says. "But you have to make provisions for record storage."
When Pouncey evacuated from her home and office, the only things she took with her were her laptop computer, her dogs, insurance papers, and tapes that were the back up for the computer server data.
"I had information in the laptop and server tape that would allow us to do our business somewhere else the next day," Pouncey says.
Pouncey says she's concerned about the personal impact the disaster has had on clinical trial coordinators and other research staff.
"They may be thinking about their home being destroyed, but also wonder whether they still have a job," Pouncey says. "If they haven't heard from their employer, they're in a mental limbo."
Disasters, like other major life crises, bring out both the best and worst in people, Pouncey notes.
While many sponsors and others in the research industry were very supportive after Katrina struck, there was one phone call Pouncey had that was particularly jarring, she says.
"One sponsor called to ask, How is our EKG machine?'" Pouncey says. "I think, I don't care—I have an employee with 11 feet of water in her house, and it's just a machine.'" Anyone calling from outside the disaster zone should first say, "I hope you and your family and staff are all right," Pouncey suggests.
The research office at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center is working toward conducting business as usual and may even open a couple of new studies, but progress has been slow, Kratz says.
"It's dependent on PIs finding a place to work and a place to see patients and subjects and accrue subjects," Kratz says.
"So we hope to get some normalcy back, and that's a common word you hear around here—normalcy," Kratz says. "It'd be so nice to have something normal right now, but we don't have that yet."
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- see ostap.fitting.toys
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__author__  = 'Vanya BELYAEV  Ivan.Belyaev@itep.ru'
__date__    = "2020-01-18"
__version__ = '$Revision$'
__all__     = (
    'copy_files' , ## copy files in parallel
    )
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from   ostap.parallel.parallel import Task, WorkManager
from   ostap.core.ostap_types  import string_types, integer_types
import ROOT
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# logging
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from ostap.logger.logger import getLogger
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## The simple task object for parallel copy
#  @author Vanya BELYAEV Ivan.Belyaev@itep.ru
#  @date   2022-02-15
class  CopyTask(Task) :
    """The simple task object for parallel copy
    """
    ##
    def __init__ ( self    ,
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        self.__the_output   = ()

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        results = []
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        return self.results()

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    def merge_results ( self , result , jobid = -1 ) :
        """Merge results of toys
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        self.the_output = self.the_output + result

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## Copy files in parallel
def copy_files ( file_pairs , progress = True , maxfiles = 5 , copier = None , **kwargs ) :
    """Copy files in parallel
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Tag Archives: labor unions
SAG readies for war…
The leadership of the Screen Actors Guild might be saying publicly that talk of an impending actor's strike is a "distraction" during their difficult ongoing negotiations with the AMPTP, but if you ask me, SAG created this distraction on their own, and they are loving every minute of it.
But if the rumors are true, and SAG truly is readying their troops for war, then why not just call a spade a spade and get on with it. Ain't no shame in your game, SAG, just come out with it already!
Sure, another major strike right now would suck, but if you ask me, I say burn that mutha down, actors! After watching the DGA, my beloved WGA and even SAG's crazy-eyed sister-union, AFTRA literally take it up the ass from the studios, I'm aching for someone to take a real stand against those greedy bastards.
And who better to do it than the biggest guild out there? SAG has 120,000-plus members, which is like ten times the size of the WGA. That is some serious union muscle, baby! And while the studios are always quick to undercut writers and directors, if they skimp on actors, well, they're gonna feel that burn pretty quick.
With the ratings for last year's TV season pretty much demolished by the WGA strike, I'm guessing the AMPTP might actually give this guild what they want this time. And, if it takes a strike to do it, then strike away, amigos. Like I've said before, I know a lot of writers who will be out there supporting your pretty faces on the picket lines every day, and, trust me, we have plenty of red t-shirts.
So, do what you gotta do when that deadline hits, Mr. Rosenberg — SAG's current deal ends at midnight tonight — and know that whatever happens, we got your back! Go, union!
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by yeti9000 | May 7, 2008 · 12:00 pm
The AMPTP walks out…again!
Replicating the strategy they used with us writers last year, the cheap bastards at the AMPTP have walked out of the negotiating room (again!) eighteen days into their negotiations with the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). Claiming that SAG's "unreasonable" demands for modest increases in payments for DVD sales and online downloads has left them with no other choice but to discontinue talks "at this time".
And so, true to dickhead form, the AMPTP abruptly suspended talks with the actors, even after SAG announced on the website that they were willing to "work around the clock for as long as it takes to get a fair deal" and "keep the town working". Sounds kinda familiar, huh?
Reverting to their union-busting handbook once again, the AMPTP is rolling out the old "unreasonable" bit in the media — which they totally own, by the way — and playing up the fact that they are also calling off talks to focus on their upcoming negotiations with SAG's trouble-plagued sister union, AFTRA, which are set to begin today.
Hmm…kinda reminds me of that time the AMPTP abruptly called off talks with WGA leadership to focus on their upcoming negotiations with the Director's Guild. And if I remember correctly, the AMPTP forged a quickie deal with the DGA and then left us looking like total jerks until we caved — Yes, I said "caved". God love ya, Patric Verrone, but we totally caved — and took their lousy deal.
Complicating things further for SAG's rocking negotiating committee — led by bad-ass actor/studio ball buster extraordinaire, Alan Rosenberg — is the fact that SAG and AFTRA had been at war with one another for years.
From what I've gathered, the feud centers around the fact that SAG feels they should have more of a say in their wobbly, co-union existence with AFTRA since SAG has more members who contribute more money to the union's coffers. The far-less-powerful AFTRA — whose members work in such areas as radio, TV news, talk shows, and several soap operas — feels the decision making should remain 50/50 as it has always been. And therein lies the problem.
Many of the SAG members I met on the picket line — several of whom are members of both guilds — have a deep-seated mistrust of anything AFTRA does. And tensions grew so strained a few months back that AFTRA decided — for the first time in 27 years! — to break off from SAG and negotiate a new contract with the AMPTP on their own. Hmm…as Yoda would say: "Unwise this decision was."
What really sucks for the actors is that now that talks with the AMPTP have predictably "stalled", the studios are going to use their negotiations with AFTRA — as they so masterfully did with the DGA — to show how quickly the process can work when so-called calmer heads prevail.
Of course, AFTRA is so weak — with their concerns literally light years away from SAG's — that they'll probably take whatever crappy deal the studios shove down their throats. And if recent history repeats itself, I foresee the AMPTP joyously announcing a finalized deal with AFTRA in a week at the most. Hell, AFTRA hates SAG so much at this point, they might even take a shitty deal just to spite them!
Either way, SAG will be left looking like the "unreasonable" jerks the AMPTP is already painting them as, and they will more likely than not take a crappy deal to save face. I say, screw that! Whatever happens, in the next few days, I urge you, Mr. Rosenberg, to learn from our mistakes and stay the course!
To quote from an impassioned e-mail you yourself sent out to the entire WGA membership during the heat of battle last December: "…we know that this fight is for the rights of all creative artists, and our collective future is at stake. We share your sound and reasonable goals for fair compensation for new media formats and we believe you are doing the right thing by taking a stand."
Of course when you said "we", you were talking about actors. But those same words could just as easily apply to writers now. As the pictures above illustrate, you guys were out with us every day during our strike, so, no matter what happens in the coming weeks, know this…we got your backs, man. Seriously, I got a couple dozen red and gray shirts just itching to come out and play!
To paraphrase the finale of your rocking e-mail, Mr. Rosenberg, the WGA "will stand with you for as long as it takes". So, keep on keeping on, actors…and remember, we're all in this together!
Oh yeah, and for the record, that's "Thirtsomething" icon David Clennon with Patty and myself in the first picture; "Freaks and Geeks" star Dave "Gruber" Allen in the second shot; and the fetching Penelope Whidmore from "Lost", actress Sonya Walger in the final pic. I should also note that I saw all three of the SAG actors above on the WGA picket lines many, many times, so, gracias amigos!
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The Woman Of West, The Man, and The Villains
28 April 2019 April 28, 2019 April 28, 2019 April 28, 2019
Once upon a time, a woman had returned to her country to visit her beloved soul husband. She had crossed the mountains and flew over the ocean to meet her love which she waited for decades.
Both had promised promise to each other. Both had made planning for the future. Both had talked to each other emotionally.
Both thought they won't survive without each other. The woman had visited frequently to meet her soul husband.
The woman never used to call him as my husband. She often used to get sad but the man had encouraged to be his wife. Everyone knows around her that she is married to him. Even man always had introduced himself as her husband.
God always give a person extra sense when he take one of your senses out. So, God has blessed the woman with a ability to sense things in the advance. The man often asked the woman how you already know this. The woman used to smile only.
Often the dream come couple of months before the real incident happens, which always has become true.
Once the woman got a dream that her love is snatched by a woman covered with a black veil. In early morning, the woman told her husband that someone had taken you away from me. Thus, the man made promise with her keeping Allah in his presence to make his wife. He made the promise with the woman that he would never leave her. The man always used to tell her that he loves her more than she does.
The man had not clue how much the woman love him. He was his life for whom she waited for a decade. Both often asked from each other why we love each other. Why God brought both of them so close? Why they love each other so much? Those were the questions they had asked from each other but at the end they came to the solution that is the God's desire or their soul love had met now.
Sometimes the woman used to say that she would marry someone else. But the man always told her soul wife that he will shoot her husband if she marry to anybody else. The woman had scarified every her desire to keep her man happy. She never disrespected him. She adored him. She love him more than herself.
The man always had desire to have a baby from her but the woman said that we already had beautiful daughters and a son so don't have to have other children. Today woman thinks what will be the future of the child today if she had listened to him.
Two days before he abandoned her, the woman had expressed her fear to her soul husband. The man told her the same thing that he will never leave her does not matter what happens. The woman has loved him. She trusted him. He was her life. He was her dream. She has met him after her suffering. She had forget her pain.
The man never used to sleep without talking to her. He would continue calling her until she picked the phone to tell him that she is in middle of handling emergency. But the man acted as a little kid. He always said that his conversation is incomplete.
The love story came to the end. Many villains had entered into their love story. The woman did not have much family. She did have a one cousin and a adopted sister. Both had told the woman not to disgrace the family so they advised her to leave the man. The woman had refused to leave her man. Both had given ultimatum to the woman to made a decision to chose him or us. The woman had chosen her man over her family. She told the man what had happened while she met him last time. The man still told her why you had to care about them. The woman again listened to him and returned to the west.
The villain were not only her side. The man side family also played a significant role. Another woman with a fake smile had acted very well and attempted to convince the woman to leave the man. The woman with with broken heart begged her love from his side of the villain who had claimed being his legal wife. The woman of the west never knew the politics in the family. Today this woman thinks why he came to love me if he really cared about you.
Both were the mothers so they had made a promise with each other. The man will talk to her soul wife but they won't get marry as it was planned. The permission to talk with his soul love and husband was more important than getting mary to him. Keeping him and his family was her goal and desires so she had given up her happiness. She was okay only talking to him. The woman decided she will never come in front of him but I just wanted to talk with him or email to him. The woman begged only communicating with her soul love because the woman knew she wound not able to survive without her love.
The woman begged she really need to live but not possible without him. All she wanted was talking to him on the phone or emails. So she could share her feelings with him. The woman of west was not used to communicate with anybody else except him. He was her life.
The woman returned to the west but the promises were broken. She waited for his call and she attempted to reach her man but all her doors were continued to shut just infront of her face.
The woman of west had stepped out of her house to find her man which she was convinced being a held prisoner. The reality of the life started to come infront of the woman. As she ran more she get hurt. She had given father to his daughters but she ended up making her own children orphan.
It was too late when she knew that her husband had abandoned her and become a coward. Yesterday who talked about killing some one if she married but today he had put his soul wife in front of others to humiliate. She was running around like a crazy to save his life but her villain was busy to kill her. The villain has known that the woman's weakness is the man. The villain woman had made every attempt so the woman of west would kill her, which she had made many times but could not succeed. Her love, compassion and passion is the still same. She was busy saving their lives but they were busy to finish her. The villain and her sister were busy tourchering the woman of west. This was not the stop of her mental abuse.
The villain called the woman of west that her husband is also having a relationship with other woman which she was not ready to accept it. She knew why her soul husband had abondoned her. The man who should responsible for the dignity of his wife,let other people to insult her and humiliate her. He never came to protect her. The woman of west has completely shattered. Saving her love, the woman of west had lost her god brother.
Mental abuse of woman is still continue. She ran to get help everywhere but she got only humiliation. She was treated as a second class citizen in her own country. The abandoned by love and repeatedly mental tourchering and multiple emotional traumas, the woman of west had lost her balance. She doesn't have any clue when she has developed two personalities. She has become a child today.
Her tears are shed everywhere in the Valley. The tears of love has spread all over the Valley. Today, she got injured again. She went to find her brother but who knows where he is. Why he have to help her because she is the one who had chosen her soul husband than her brother.
Her head is down today due to her love. Who will blame her for her rebellion behavior? People still don't hesitate to torcher her. How people will pay the price? However they thinks they are the best and God is well controlled by them.
Her head is down today. Her eyes are full with tears. Her feelings are dead. Her desires are gone long times ago. Heart continue to pump the blood in her body to keep her alive. However, she is heartless. She is not alone because someone looking at her which people know him as a great God and Almighty. Remember God come to help when everyone leaves. The woman of west is also known as tornadoes which is only controlled by her husband. But her husband has abandoned her so who will stop her? Who will be responsible for actions?
The woman directly points to her soul husband. She already know there is no need to beg anymore. The woman of west had become goalless. She has become totally isolated.
She sat outside who knows how long. She used to get excited to see the snow and rain but today she has lost in herself and don't know how long she has been sitting in the snow looking at the Bona 🔥.
She is silent which is so scary. She is waiting for someone. People she trusted has betrayed her. Again she sense something which she thinks not good. She sense her destruction is done today but the destruction of her soul husband has started from today. She is calm and quite but anybody could sense the fire, which will bring only destruction.
The woman sits lonely but she is not alone today. Time has come for the justice. Her own personal battle to get justice. The woman of west could sense today real end of the love story will happen soon until they reborn.
Her feelings were used. She was abandoned and humiliated by him. She has become a rebellion. She brought his real face but he had lost his own dignity and he is a coward man so how he were going to protect the woman. The man has become shameless. The woman of west has become rebellion. The villains of this endless story are hiding behind the curtains.
Her soul will be crying even she dies. So, this story has become endless because the woman has become rebellion and the man has become deaf, blind, and mute. Her soul has shattered and his soul is dead so how the story will end.
Name is not written only with the ink and on the hand but also written on the heart with the blood and tears.
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Report: Angels have "serious" interest in C.J. Wilson
By D.J. ShortNov 14, 2011, 10:59 PM EST
We learned earlier today that six teams have expressed interest in C.J. Wilson, but it appears one team in particular is making a strong early push.
Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times reports that Angels general manager Jerry Dipoto and assistant general manager Scott Servais had dinner tonight with Wilson's agent Bob Garber.
DiGiovanna cites "a source familiar with the team's thinking" as saying the Angels have "serious" interest in the free agent left-hander.
Dipoto wasn't shy after the meeting with Garber, telling ESPN's Jerry Crasnick, "Obviously we have interest, and we're hoping C.J. feels the same way."
Wilson, who hails from Southern California, has a 3.14 ERA since making the transition from the bullpen to the starting rotation at the start of the 2010 season. He is widely regarded as the top starting pitcher available in free agency, despite his well-chronicled postseason struggles. According to DiGiovanna, the southpaw is expected to command a six-year contract in the range of $100 million.
UPDATE: Not surprisingly, Wilson likes being liked. His agent Bob Garber tells Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times that, "C.J. is extremely interested (in Angels). We're going to talk some more."


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#6 Patrick Gaul
Hometown Pittsburgh, PA
Three-time monogram winner for the Irish … hard-working center iceman who was a team leader with a great attitude and tremendous character … winner of the Charles 'Lefty' Smith Coaches Award that goes to the unsung hero of the Notre Dame hockey program, the player who is unheralded, has overcome adversity and shows commitment to his teammates, Notre Dame hockey and the Notre Dame hockey program … award is named after first coach in the program[apos]s modern history … had a career year as a senior in 2011-12, playing in 32 games with two goals and five assists for seven points … saw action in 80 games over four seasons, scoring three goals with seven assists for 10 points … had 10 penalties for 20 minutes … product of the U.S. National Team Development Program in Ann Arbor, Mich. … one of 29 players from the USNTDP to have played at Notre Dame since the program started … one of 11 players all-time from the Pittsburgh area to play hockey at Notre Dame, joining Stephen Johns (`10-[apos]12), Christiaan Minella (`06-[apos]10), Christian Hanson (`05-[apos]09), Stewart Carlin (`06-[apos]08), Mike Leherr (`86-90), Tom Mooney (`84-[apos]88), Tom Myers (`68-[apos]69), Tom Parent (`84-[apos]85) and John Roselli (`68-[apos]71).
AS A SENIOR: Played in 32 games as a senior and had career highs in goals (2), assists (5) and points (7) … had one game-winning goal … took 33 shots on goal … was called for four penalties, good for eight minutes … was -6 for the year … selected by the Notre Dame coaching staff as the winner of Notre Dame[apos]s Charles 'Lefty' Smith Coaches Award as the program[apos]s unsung hero … picked up first point of the year in 5-3 win at Minnesota Duluth (Oct. 8) … scored his first goal of the season on Oct. 14 in 5-3 win over Ohio State at the Joyce Center … had points in back-to-back games at Bowling Green … picked up an assist in 3-1 win on Oct. 28 and then scored the game-winning goal in the third period, whipping a Peter Schneider feed from the slot past goaltender Andrew Hammond at 11:59 of the third period for his second goal of the year … picked up assists in 5-4 win over Alaska (Nov. 11), at Lake Superior State (Nov. 26) and versus Boston University (Jan. 14) … did not score in three postseason games.
AS A JUNIOR: Played in two games for the Irish in 2010-11 and did not score any points … was -2 in limited action … saw action on Oct. 10 versus Boston University in the Warrior Ice Breaker Tournament in St. Louis, Mo. … also played versus Michigan State on Nov. 20 at the Joyce Center … did not play in any postseason games.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Played in 31 games for the Irish in 2009-10 … scored one goal with no assists for one point … whistled for three penalties, resulting in six minutes of penalty time … was -11 on the season … took 22 shots on goal … scored first goal of his collegiate career on Jan. 22 in a 6-1 win at Lake Superior State … goal came at 6:34 of the second period when he snapped a wrist shot over Lakers[apos] goaltender Brian Mahoney-Wilson to make it a 3-1 game … goal set off an Irish run of three goals in a span of 2:59 on the way to a 5-1 lead … also had a career-best three shots in that win at Lake Superior … held scoreless in two postseason games at Ohio State
AS A FRESHMAN: Played in 15 games for Notre Dame in the `08-[apos]09 season … had two assists to go with three penalties for six minutes … was +1 on the year … first collegiate game came in the season opener – the College Hockey Hall of Fame game – at Denver where he picked up two minutes in penalties … first collegiate point came on Dec. 6 when he helped set up Dan Kissel[apos]s lone goal of the night in a 1-0 win at Ferris State … second point came on Feb. 27 when he assisted on Justin White[apos]s first-period goal, giving the Irish a 2-0 lead on the way to a 5-0 win over Michigan State.
WITH USA HOCKEY: Spent two seasons with the U.S. National Team Developmental Program in Ann Arbor, Mich. … was a key face-off man and penalty killer for the Under-18 team in 2007-08 … recorded eight goals with 19 assists for 27 points in 56 games while serving as an alternate captain … member of bronze medal team at the Under-18 World Championships in Kazan, Russia … with Under-17 team in 2006-07 had 13 goals and 18 assists for 31 points in 66 games … captained the 2006 U.S. Under-17 White team at the Three Nations Tournament … participated in USA Hockey Select Festivals since 2004.
PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Upper St. Clair High School in Upper St. Clair, Pa. … also attended Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Mich., while playing for U.S. National program … product of the Pittsburgh Hornets Midget program where he led the team in scoring with 29 goals and 72 assists for 101 points in 86 games … full name is Patrick Joseph Gaul … son of Joseph and Margaret Gaul … has one brother and three sisters … brother, Joe, played college hockey at Dartmouth … sister, Meghan played lacrosse at Rensselaer … father is longtime coach of the Pittsburgh Hornets Midget AAA program … born in Pittsburgh, Pa. … graduated with a degree in finance from Notre Dame[apos]s Mendoza College of Business in May of 2012.
Gaul[apos]s Career Statistics
Year GP G A Pts Shots Sh Pct. P/Min PPG SHG GWG +/-
2008-09 15 0 2 2 15 .000 3/6 0 0 0 +1
2009-10 31 1 0 1 22 .045 3/6 0 0 0 -11
2010-11 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0/0 0 0 0 -2
2011-12 32 2 5 7 33 .061 4/8 0 0 1 -6
Totals 80 3 7 10 70 .043 10/20 0 0 1 -18


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The Next Best Picture Podcast - Interview With "Cold War" Cinematographer Łukasz Żal
Łukasz Żal earned an Oscar nomination for his first feature length film as the director of photography on Paweł Pawlikowski's Academy Award winning film "Ida." Five years later, the two have re-teamed for another stunning black and white Best Foreign Language Film Oscar contender with "Cold War." The film premiered at Cannes to great acclaim and has been making its way around the fall film festival circuit. Amazon Studios is releasing the film on December 21st 2018 but we were lucky enough to sit down with Łukasz Żal to talk about his work on the film.
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GEORGETOWN, KY – MAY 16, 2016 – Multiple stakes-placed Judge's Case passed away May 15 at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Farm based in Georgetown, KY. The 20-year-old gelding was euthanized due to chronic orthopedic disease.
Bred in Florida by J. C. and Phyllis Dudley, Judge's Case (Montbrook – Extra Case, by Upper Case) earned $707,618 in his racing career and he earned it the hard way. In 104 races the game gelding hit the board 62 times, 16 of them were wins. His claim to fame came when, at the age of 6, he came third to Horse of the Year Mineshaft in the 2003 Pimlico Special (GR1). He also placed in the Fort Marcy Handicap (GR3) at Aqueduct. Judge raced until he was 11, retiring in May of 2008.
He made an attempt at a second career as a show jumper, and showed great promise, but a torn suspensory ligament ended his training.
While he had many trainers and several owners throughout his career, he was most recently campaigned by partners Daniel Zamborsky, Jason Phillips, and owner-trainers Tom and Lisa Schell, who visited him often at Old Friends and helped to provide for him over the years.
"While saddened by the news, my heart is full of joy with the memories of the last 10 years," said co-owner Zamborsky. "I can never thank Old Friends and [Old Friends founder] Michael Blowen enough for everything they did for Judge. While he was lucky to have found Old Friends, I feel we were the fortunate ones. Making the trips to visit him, going to the track, and taking evening rides around the farm with Michael are memories I will always treasure.
"Judge may be gone, but his spirit will always live on," Zamborsky added. "I look forward to many more years visiting Old Friends and making new memories with all the horses that are so fortunate."
Judge's Case earned $707,618 in his racing career and he earned it the hard way. In 104 races the outstandingly game gelding hit the board a whopping 62 times. 16 of them were wins, but his best claim to fame came when at the age of 6 he scored a 3rd to the great Mineshaft in the 2003 Pimlico Special (G1). "Casey" raced on until he was 11 years old, retiring in May of 2008.
With new owner Melissa Smith, the tall gray began preparing for a fresh adventure, a second career as a show horse. His progress looked promising until a torn suspensory ligament halted his training. So Casey's found himself the best career of all, greeting the friends who drop by to visit, being tall, handsome and silver-gray, and nibbling his favorite treats. Who's the luckiest guy in town now, Mineshaft?


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Neil Gaiman reveals the real ending Terry Pratchett wanted for The Shepherd's Crown
Terry Pratchett, the late author of the Discworld series Credit: Telegraph/Philip Hollis
28 August 2015 • 10:55am
Terry Pratchett never got to write the ending he wanted for The Shepherd's Crown, the bestselling author Neil Gaiman has said – and moreover, he wanted his unfinished work run over by a steamroller.
In an interview with The Times, Gaiman revealed that his long-time friend, who died in March aged 66, had planned a different ending to the one that was published yesterday but had died before getting it down on paper.
"This is still the saddest moment for me," Gaiman said. "When I talked to Terry about it there was one little beautiful twist that would have made people cry, but he never got to write it."
The Shepherd's Crown is the 41st and final book in Pratchett's phenomenally successful Discworld series, which has won a cult following the world over.
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The book has devastated readers with the death of the witch Granny Weatherwax, a major Discworld character and longstanding fan favourite.
Readers who have finished the book may have guessed what Pratchett originally intended, which was that Weatherwax had "actually put her consciousness into You, the cat". Hints of this plan remain in the published book, which suggests that You is no longer wholly feline.
Gaiman said: "We think that Death has come for Granny Weatherwax, but it hasn't and we think that she is dead but [she isn't]".
There was to have been a final scene in which Weatherwax says: "I am leaving on my own terms now."
Only then, Gaiman said, would "Death turn up to take her for good".
The scene "would have made the book, but he never got to write it. He simply ran out of time", he added.
It would have been an even more poignant ending from Pratchett, who suffered the "embuggerance" of Alzhiemer's disease for more than seven years and was a fierce campaigner for the right to die.
The Shepherd's Crown has received positive reviews from readers and critics. The Telegraph's Kat Brown gave it five stars, calling the novel "a magnificent sign-off".
However, Gaiman says that his friend didn't want his unfinished work to be published. The American Gods author said Pratchett wanted "whatever he was working on at the time of his death to be taken out along with his computers, to be put in the middle of a road and for a steamroller to steamroll over them all".
Along with Pratchett's millions of fans, Gaiman said that he was "ridiculously glad that hasn't happened".
The author also revealed that he was working on Pratchett's last request: a TV adaptation of Good Omens, the 1990 novel they wrote together about an angel and demon working together to foil the Apocalypse. It has previously been made into a successful Radio 4 series.
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Q: How to make CSS NOT do something is it possible to make css NOT do something?
example:
ol {
    counter-reset: item;
}

ol.someClassname {
    NOT counter-reset: item;
}

I KNOW that you should just switch the classes to make it work. It's not really an issue, I was just wondering if it could work, thanks

A: You can set it to none:
ol.someClassname {
    counter-reset: none;
}

This will make the counter-reset not do anything on the matched selector.

A: According to the CSS specifications

The :not pseudo-class represents an element that is not represented by its argument.

So in your example, this:
ol {
  counter-reset: item;
}

ol.someClassname {
  NOT counter-reset: item;
}

Becomes this:
ol:not(.someClassName) {
  counter-reset: item;
}

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