The 140 page "PS-15 Experimental Manual" describes more than two dozen experiments to teach NMR at different levels.
Each section of the manual provides introductory information about the subject, specifies the problem and gives detailed instructions on conducting the experiment.
All of these experiments have been performed using an off-the-shelf PS15 NMR spectrometer and only originally acquired data are presented.
The PS-15 Experimental manual includes more than two dozen basic and advanced experiments. In addition there are several experiments on instrumentation.
Teachers and students have the freedom to use the samples provided or to select their own samples to use with the described sequences.
Acquired data can be manipulated with the tools on the data acquisition page, or if binary data is exported in ASCII format, users can use their own software to perform Fast Fourier Transform or calculate relaxation times.
Liquids and solids present two extreme cases for NMR spectroscopy.
Liquids permit the movement of molecules that consequently average internal magnetic dipole-dipole interactions. If not averaged, the dipole-dipole interactions can generate a locally additional magnetic field in the vicinity of the nucleus under investigation which will modify the constant magnetic field B0. Thus NMR lines from liquid-like samples are usually very narrow.
On the other hand the rigid structure of solids limits the freedom of molecular motion preventing time averaging of local interactions and therefore produces a local magnetic field. This internal field is responsible for the dramatic broadening of the spectrum.
Some substances display properties of both liquids and solids. Wood is a good illustration of this case. It contains free, mobile water in capillaries and bound, highly rigid water. The free (liquid-like) water is responsible for the long component in FID signal, whereas bound water (solid-like) for its short component. After Fourier transform, free water is responsible for the narrow peak and bound water for the wide part of the spectrum.
Two-exponential decay of FID and narrow- and wide component of NMR spectrum in wood.
T1 measurements by IR method in glycerin; processing experimental data.
At the equilibrium state all nuclear moments in a sample are distributed among the energy levels according to Boltzmann's law.
The Boltzmann distribution slightly prefers an orientation of nuclear moments towards the polarizing field B0. This preference builds a minute nuclear macroscopic magnetization M0 along the B0 field. Following any process which disrupts this distribution, eg applying RF pulses, the nuclear spin system returns to equilibrium with the surrounding lattice by a process called spin-lattice relaxation that is characterized by a time T1.
T2 measurement in glycerin by Carr-Purcell method. Due to inaccuracy of adjustment of the Πx pulse length echo-train contains only 16 echoes.
Spin-spin relaxation time describes processes that are responsible for bringing nuclear spins to an equilibrium state with each other after being exciting by an RF pulse.
Due to this process, spins loose their coherence. As a consequence a dephasing of the movement of nuclear spins takes place.
T2 measurement in glycerin by Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill method. Note that as many as 22 echoes are visible for T2 calculations.
The last three methods are based on the fact that dephasing of nuclear spins due to magnetic field inhomogeneity is reversible under certain conditions. This allows the measurement of intrinsic spin-spin T2 relaxation time. The Hahn method is relatively long and is sensitive for nuclear diffusion. The Carr-Purcell method suffers from possible cumulative errors that originate from the inaccuracy of the adjustment of RF pulse length. Modified by Meiboom and Gill, the CP method ingeniously circumvents the aforementioned problems.
The rotating coordinate frame is a convenient reference frame for use in analyzing the interaction of the macroscopic nuclear magnetization M0, arising from the polarization of individual nuclear spins in the static magnetic field B0, with the rotating magnetic field B1. In the rotating frame that moves with the B1 field, nuclear spins are stationary, or in the presence of static field inhomegeneity, they move very slowly. Since the laws of Physics are independent of the reference frame, this slow motion of spins in the rotating frame implies that the effective magnetic field in the rotating frame must be much smaller than in a laboratory frame (or zero when the spins do not move at all).
Spin locking experiment in rubber. With varied locking time one can measure T1ρ.
"Spin-locking" is one experiment illustrating the benefits of multiple power sequences with independently adjusted time, phase and power of the individual pulses. This feature, available only on commercial spectrometers, is available also in the PS15 spectrometer.
A "Spin-locking" sequence consists of two RF pulses. First is a short Π/2 pulse along the +x axis that moves the magnetization M0 on the x'y' plane. Soon after the Π/2 pulse is completed, a second much longer RF pulse along the +y axis is applied. If B1 >> ΔB0 magnetization My and field M0 are parallel so there is no torque exerted on My and magnetization is "spin-locked" to B1. The longitudinal relaxation process that follows along B1 is somewhat similar to spin-lattice relaxation along B0 and is called T1 in the rotating frame characterized by a T1ρ. Since in a rotating frame the magnetization is polarized in a much smaller field (B1<<B0) the magnetization needs to relax from My=M0 to the much smaller equilibrium value. When the locking pulse ends the magnetization, the x'y' plane inevitably decays very quickly due to spin-spin relaxation (blue line).
In his classic paper "Spin Echoes" (Phys. Rev. 80, 589-594, 1950), E. Hahn introduced the concept of pulsed NMR and an idea of Π/2 pulses.
He was so attached to the rotation of nuclear magnetization by 90 degrees that even the first nuclear spin-echo, which he called a product of "constructive interference" were generated by sequence of three Π/2 pulses.
Atoms distances and angle in a water molecule according to Pake. H-H distance of 1.58??was calculated from spectra splitting. H-O distance was calculated from assumption of 108o angle of H-O-H bond.
It has been seen from the study of oriented crystals, that 1H NMR spectra of solid samples can give structural information that X-ray crystallography cannot deliver due to poor X-ray scattering on the hydrogen single electron.
This observation was first published by G. E. Pake (Journal of Chemical Physics vol.16, p327-336, 1948, "Nuclear Resonance Absorption in Hydrated Crystals: Fine Structure of the Proton Line") in the early years of NMR. He observed the splitting of the NMR line from water protons in a hydrated gypsum (CaSO4·H20) monocrystal and powdered samples. The splitting originates from the interacting of magnetic dipoles μ in a static magnetic field B0. In crystalline solids these interactions produce an additional local magnetic field B1oc which contributes to the effective magnetic field acting on each spin. In less rigid substances, (mostly gases and liquids) fast molecular motion averages this local magnetic field to zero.
Sample cut from gypsum monocrystal and its orientation with regard to external magnetic field B0.
Gypsum crystal assembly in the magnet.
To observe nuclear magnetic resonance phenomenon, the nuclei precessing around a constant magnetic field B0 must be exposed on the radio frequency field B0 that rotates in the plane perpendicular to the B0 field.
This rotating field, or circularly polarized field, of magnitude B1 can be obtained from the decomposition of a linearly oscillating field (linearly polarized) of magnitude 2B1. Only the field component that rotates in coherence with the precessing nuclear magnetization is used. The other one is radiated in space and lost.
In experimental practice the linearly polarized B1 field can be easily produced by a single closed loop driven by source of high frequency electromotive force.
The homogeneity of a B1 field generated by a single loop is rather poor. It can by improved by combining a series of single loops into a solenoid. The solenoid incorporated into the probehead resonance circuit is the most popular kind of transmit/receive antenna used in pulsed NMR spectroscopy. Its high homogeneity remains an important issue in experiments that require precisely defined rotating angles (Carr-Purcell). One can address B1 field homogeneity by reducing the sample volume but it has its limit due to degradation of S/N ratio.
Decomposition of linearly polarized field into two circular fields.
Single loop driven by a source of Electromotive Force (a) and solenoid b) as a source of linearly polarized field B1.
Find the position of the maximum signal and the area of its 10% drop. Consider this area as most useful in terms of B1 homogeneity. Mark it on the sample positioner and use as reference in your experiments. For fine experiments like CP and CPMG try to reduce size of the sample to the value you have obtained (3mm in this example).
Experimental setup to map the B1 intensity inside the RF coil and to monitor RF pulses. a) Pick-up coil inside the RF coil, b) pickup coil holder, c) linearly polarized B1 field within the solenoid.
The PS 15, as with many other contemporary pulsed NMR spectrometers, uses a single resonance circuit for generating an oscillating B1 field and for the reception of the precessing nuclear signal.
There is a conflict of applying power pulses from the transmitter to the resonance circuit and the simultaneous protection of the sensitive preamplifier connected to the same resonator. An electronic device called a multiplexer or transmit/receive switch (T/R) switches the resonance circuit between the transmitter and the preamplifier. The multiplexer must operate at a high frequency, switch very fast, withstand the high power of RF pulses and not introduce any losses or distortion to the nuclear signal.
The PS15 multiplexer design is based on the impedance transforming properties of the coaxial cable of a length corresponding to 1/4 of the electromagnetic wave length λ (1/4λ) at the frequency of interest and of the nonlinear properties of crossed semiconductor diodes connected antiparallel.
where Z0 is cable impedance and ZL is loading impedance.
When grounded on one end (ZL=0) the cable shows infinite input impedance, while the input impedance of the unloaded cable drops to zero.
After loading the cable with an impedance of ZL=Z0 the input impedance becomes the cable's characteristic impedance Z0.
where c is speed of light in a vacuum, and f is the electromagnetic wave frequency. Assuming c=3x10^9 m/s and f=15x10^6 Hz (15 MHz) we can estimate the lambda quarter length as 5 m. In a coaxial cable, however, there is no vacuum but there is the dielectric isolator so the speed of the electromagnetic wave is much slower than 3x10^9 m/s, thus λ/4 is considerably shorter. With an RG 174/U coaxial cable a quarter lambda line is about 3.3 meters.
Due to their strong nonlinear voltage-current dependence, a semiconductor diode shows high impedance properties for low voltages, and low impedance properties for high voltages. Therefore diodes operate like a switch which is open for large signals and closed for small signals. Two antiparallel connected crossed diodes combine these properties for positive as well for negative voltages and can operate also as the aforementioned switch for an alternating signal. For silicon diodes this switching point is around 0.7 V.
If combined together a λ/4 cable and two sets of crossed semiconductor diodes will work as a tricky transmit/receive switch described below.
Both crossed diodes D1 and D2 conduct during RF power pulses (high voltage opens diodes). As a consequence the transmitter is connected to the resonance circuit while the preamplifier is disconnected from the dangerously overloaded resonance circuit.
Immediately after the RF pulse is turned off, the impedance of diodes D1 and D2 increase (the low voltage case where diodes do not conduct). This closes the path through the D1 diodes from the transmitter to the resonance circuit isolating it from the noise coming from the transmitter's direction. Meanwhile the high impedance of diodes D2 opens the λ/4 coax cable and connects the resonator to the preamplifier.
To show "magic" properties of the λ/4 cable we will conduct a simple experiment by connecting the cable to the output of the preamplifier and shorten and "un-shorten" the cable with a piece of wire while observing the FID signal on the data display.
· Plug a BNC T-type adapter between the probehead RX output (this is a preamplifier output) and the unit RX input (this is receiver input).
· On the setup page prepare a one-pulse experiment with the glycerin sample.
As you see one can not apply common sense to results obtained with a λ/4 cable operating at 15 MHz. Under certain conditions the coaxial cable works as a unique impedance transformer that transforms a low load impedance to a high input impedance (or high load to low input impedance).
If you have a signal generator (G) and an oscilloscope (Osc) available in your laboratory you can make a more systematic study of λ/4 cable properties. Connect an experimental setup as shown and change the frequency of the generator with the λ/4 shorted to ground. Look for the maximum of the signal at 15 MHz. Now open the cable, change the frequency and observe the minimum of the signal at 15 MHz.
Connect an additional piece of coax cable through the BNC barrel adapter and look at the shift of frequency of the maximum/minimum signal toward lower frequencies.
You can replace the oscilloscope with more advanced device like a network analyzer and have the cable frequency characteristics in a matter of seconds.


Season two of Peacock Alley's A User's Guide to Cheating Death has been acquired by Sky Vision, Robert Budreau's Stockholm gets a U.S. theatrical release, plus more.
Sky Vision, the production and distribution division of European media co Sky, has acquired the rights to season two (6 x 60 minutes) of Peacock Alley Entertainment's A User's Guide to Cheating Death. Hosted by health law professor Timothy Caulfield, the series airs on Vision TV in Canada and explores the facts and fiction behind some of the latest health trends. Season one of the series was previously picked up by international broadcasters in more than 60 territories, including SBS Australia, TV New Zealand, Societe Radio-Canada, Telefonica (Spain), DR (Denmark), BBC Worldwide, UR (Sweden), TVB (Hong Kong), S+ (Portugal), Ananey (Israel) and AMC (central Europe). In July 2017, Vision TV ordered a second season of the show ahead of its season-one premiere.
Writer/director Robert Budreau's Stockholm will receive a U.S. theatrical release after Smith Global Media picked up all U.S. rights to the bank-heist thriller. Produced by Nicholas Tabarrok of Darius Films, Budreau's Lumanity Productions and Jonathan Bronfman's JoBro Productions, the project is based on the 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that saw the hostages bond with their captors. The Canada/Sweden copro stars Ethan Hawke and Noomi Rapace in the lead roles. Smith Global will release the project theatrically in Q1 of 2019, with a rollout on other platforms planned for later next year. Executive producers on the film are Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions, Scott Aversano and Will Russell-Shapiro of Aversano Films, as well as William Santor, John Hills and Andrew Chang-Sang for Productivity Media. Filming took place in Stockholm, Sweden and Hamilton, ON last year.
Bell Media's Space channel has picked up the Canadian rights to the 10-part, hour-long suspense thriller Castle Rock. Three episodes of the hour-long series will debut on Space on Wednesday, July 25 at 9 p.m., with episodes landing on CraveTV at the same time. Subsequent episodes will air on Space on Wednesdays at 10 p.m., beginning Aug. 1 Based on stories by Stephen King, the show is an original story that intertwines some of the characters and themes from some of King's works. It was developed for TV by executive producers and writers Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason. The show is exec produced by J.J. Abrams.
Cirque du Soleil has acquired Minnesota-based live entertainment company VStar Entertainment Group and its Florida-based circus subsidiary Cirque Dreams. VStar Entertainment is known for its live shows based on popular animated TV shows like PAW Patrol Live Race to the Rescue and has done over 39,000 performances in more than 40 countries. The live entertainment company's clients also include Nickelodeon and Spin Master. With the recent pick ups, Cirque du Soleil plans to create new plug-and-play creative content geared towards kids and families.


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This was from an eBay ad. The ad said that research showed that this was a Malerne product. The key work made me think it could also have been Thibouville. I hope I get to review one of these.
Recent correspondence from Lewis L in the UK indicates that other La Couture clarinets were made in Czeckoslovakia.


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Q: Investigate linux random number generator in random.c I am studying the random number generator in linux kernel before version 3.16
I gain my knowledge from this blog post and by reading the linux source code.
https://blog.cloudflare.com/ensuring-randomness-with-linuxs-random-number-generator/
I can see the following four functions are contributing to the entropy pool
add_device_randomness()
add_interrupt_randomness()
add_disk_randomness()
add_input_randomness()
According to the comment in the source code add_device_randomness() is only being used for initialise the entropy pool using hardware identifier, so it is not actually adding randomness to the entropy pool. From what I read, hwrng is not adding randomness to the pool in version before 3.16
By reading the source code, we can see the following two functions are controlling the number of entropy bits in the entropy pool.
credit_entropy_bits() // this is adding entropy bits to the pool
extract_entropy() // This is removing entropy bits from the pool

I want to figure out what devices/actions is actually calling these functions and adding entropy to the kernel. Is there anyways to estimate or get a feeling about that?

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The 1908 Clemson Tigers football team represented the Clemson Tigers of Clemson Agricultural College during the 1905 college football season. Under first year head coach Stein Stone, the team posted a 1–6 record as members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Sticker Coles was the captain.
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#354: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
#354 – The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, 1943, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.
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#357: The Red Shoes
#357 – The Red Shoes, 1948, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster. Eventually Vicky, under great emotional stress, must choose to pursue either her art or her romance, a decision that carries serious consequences.
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#390: A Matter of Life and Death
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#390 – A Matter of Life and Death, 1946, Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell
When a young airman miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake, and despatch an angel to collect him.
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#513: Black Narcissus
#513 – Black Narcissus, 1947, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a school and a hospital, but slowly their focus shifts. Sister Ruth falls for a government worker, Mr. Dean, and begins to question her vow of celibacy. As Sister Ruth obsesses over Mr. Dean, Sister Clodagh becomes immersed in her own memories of love.
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#788: I Know Where I'm Going!
#788 – I Know Where I'm Going!, 1945, Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.
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FIFA Rattles Qatari Sukuk Mired in Worst Month This Year
Prospects for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar are unsettling bond investors already rattled by political turmoil between the country and its neighbors, with its sukuk on course for its worst month in more than a year.
The yield on Qatar's Islamic notes due January 2018 rose 19 basis points in September, on course for the biggest monthly increase since August 2013, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The average yield for Middle East Shariah-compliant securities jumped 12 basis points in the period, JPMorgan Chase & Co. indexes show.
FIFA Executive Committee member Theo Zwanziger told Germany's Bild this week that Qatar probably won't host the world's biggest soccer event in 2022 because of the summer heat. While Qatar dismissed his comments, it's creating more market turbulence for the country, which has been at odds with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates over its support for the Muslim Brotherhood in the region.
"The political differences with its neighbors combined with uncertainty over the World Cup is affecting sentiment," Thomas Christie, head of fixed income at Prometheus Capital Finance Ltd., said by phone from Dubai yesterday. "The bond will drop further if its neighbors continue to isolate Qatar and this FIFA situation isn't resolved."
PERSONAL REMARKS
Delia Fischer, a spokeswoman for Zurich-based FIFA, soccer's global governing body, said "these were personal remarks made in his personal capacity and not as a FIFA representative." A panel will meet next month and in February to discuss the scheduling of the event, not moving it to another country, she said.
Qatar in 2010 won the right to host the tournament during its summer and after the end of most major European leagues. The world's biggest liquefied natural gas producer reiterated a promise to use technology to cool stadiums in a statement yesterday, as temperatures can reach 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit). In the run-up to the event, Qatar is spending $200 billion on roads, stadiums, a rail network and a new city.
"There's a lot riding on this," Montasser Khelifi, a senior manager for global markets at Quantum Investment Bank Ltd. in Dubai, said by phone yesterday. "The potential for economic growth outside of the hydrocarbon industry is linked to the World Cup."
Qatar's World Cup woes coincide with the nation being isolated for its foreign policies toward political Islamists. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have accused Qatar of threatening the region's stability because of its support for the Muslim Brotherhood. Together with Bahrain they withdrew their ambassadors in March.
A Qatari diplomat denied Sept. 13 comments on Twitter by an official from the Egyptian section of the Brotherhood that Qatar had asked members of the Islamist group to leave the country. The diplomat said they were leaving on their own accord.
"It's mostly negative news flow that's affecting the sukuk," Khelifi said. "The country's fundamentals are still very strong."
While Qatar's economic growth will probably slow to 6 percent this year, according to the median estimate of 11 economists surveyed by Bloomberg, its higher than the 4.4 percent estimated for Saudi Arabia and 4.45 percent for the U.A.E., the Arab world's two biggest economies. The nation's benchmark stock index climbed to a record on Sept. 18.
"There's no question that Qatar will repay the debt," Christie said. "What it's dealing with is a political issue and a series of public relations problems. These need to be resolved.
(Bloomberg / 24 September 2014)
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Labels: Qatar, Sukuk


Indianapolis - A major Indianapolis employer is telling workers to leave cell phones in their cars. FedEx is joining a number of companies restricting or even banning cell phones on the job.
FedEx is prohibiting personal cell phones in the workplace. A thousand hourly employees at its Indianapolis transportation hub were told not to even bring their phones into the building, the company citing concerns for safety and security.
Although representatives declined to speak on camera, in phone conversations a spokesman says when that when you are working with equipment that can kill or maim someone it's common sense that you shouldn't be talking on the phone.
"Actually I think it is infringing on everyone's right," said a FedEx worker who wished to remain anonymous. "Not having some way to get hold of me in an emergency - that really bothers me."
Still, the dangers of being on the phone while on the job can't be ignored. A bus driver in San Antonio hit another vehicle while texting, and a Boston trolley driver is accused of texting when he rear-ended another train, injuring 50 people. The driver was indicted Wednesday on the criminal charge of grossly negligent operation of a train.
IndyGo now prohibits drivers from using cell phones while on the bus. UPS delivery, AAR an aircraft maintenance company and Langham Logistics, a warehousing and transportation firm, say they forbid cell phone calls in work areas as well.
As more business undoubtedly restrict cell phone usage, workers will be forced to give up what many consider an essential piece of their life.
"If I leave home and I forget it, I will turn around and go get it," said Megan Javis, an office worker.
It is more than just a phone. Many cell phones are also cameras. Companies don't want trade secrets, client secrets, or their security systems in a worker's cell phone and showing up on the internet.


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Victim's mother: "You took everything"
By Kim Dunlap Kokomo Tribune
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A Kokomo man was sentenced to 65 years in the Indiana Department of Correction on Wednesday, less than a month after a jury found him guilty of murder and aggravated battery in the November 2017 death of an infant left in his care.
Eight-week-old August Minniear had a skull fracture and a hemorrhage on his brain that experts described during the trial as injuries that would have either occurred from being dropped from a distance of several feet or something that would have happened during a high-impact motor vehicle crash.
The defendant, Jaquail Smith, 23, sat motionless for several minutes during Wednesday's hearing as several of August's family members testified about what life is now like without what they described as their "happy" baby.
"We are his voice, and he deserves to be heard," the infant's great-grandmother Audry Gard told the court.
Often speaking directly to Smith, Gard wiped away tears as she stated that August didn't have a voice or a chance at life, telling Smith that the infant "couldn't go away. He couldn't say stop."
Gard also testified that there weren't enough words to explain August's death, saying that he won't ever be able to celebrate milestones like his first birthday, first day of school, graduation, marriage and children of his own.
"He never got to experience life, only a brutal death," she stated.
Kinzie Minniear, August's mother, also took to the witness stand and testified about how her son's death has left a permanent impact on her own life.
"I feel like you took everything," she stated as she looked at Smith. "I can't take it anymore, and that's because of you. How do you respond to this without anger? I close my eyes and see my son. And right behind him, I see you."
Smith was also permitted to provide a statement on his own behalf during Wednesday's hearing, and he called August's death a tragedy. He also continued to profess his innocence, saying in part that he loved August dearly and had nothing to do with the infant's death.
And in what was perhaps the most poignant portion of the hearing, Howard County Circuit Court Judge Lynn Murray told the court that "tragedy" was not a strong enough word to explain what happened to August and said that the horrific nature of the crime reflected Smith's poor parenting and decision making.
Smith is planning to appeal his conviction and subsequent sentencing.
Both families declined to comment on Wednesday's sentencing.
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module Actor.Clerk.Implementation where

import           Control.Applicative
import           Control.Distributed.Process                         hiding
                                                                      (Match,
                                                                      match)
import           Control.Distributed.Process.Platform.ManagedProcess
import           Control.Monad.State
import           Data.Data                                           hiding
                                                                      (Proxy)
import           Data.IxSet
import           Data.Typeable                                       hiding
                                                                      (Proxy)
import           Data.UUID
import           Data.UUID.V4

import           Actor.Clerk
import           Actor.Merchant
import           Actor.Types

type BookTrans = (IxSet Order -> IxSet Order)

type MatchT = State (OrderBook, [Match]) (Maybe Order)

data OrderBook = OrderBook
        { askBook :: !(IxSet Order)
        , bidBook :: !(IxSet Order)
        } deriving (Show)

data Clerk = Clerk ClerkId EscrowId EscrowPid OrderBook deriving (Show)

----

clerk :: ProcessDefinition Clerk
clerk = ProcessDefinition
        { apiHandlers            = [ handleCall postAsk'
                                   , handleCall postBid'
                                   , handleCall cancelAsk'
                                   , handleCall cancelBid'
                                   ]
        , infoHandlers           = []
        , exitHandlers           = []
        , timeoutHandler         = \s _ -> continue s
        , shutdownHandler        = \_ _ -> return ()
        , unhandledMessagePolicy = Drop
        }

postAsk' :: Clerk -> PostAsk -> Process (ProcessReply (Maybe OrderId) Clerk)
postAsk' (Clerk cid eid epid ob) (PostAsk mid p q)
    | p > 0 && q > 0 = do
        uuid <- liftIO nextRandom
        let oid       = OrderId uuid
            (ob', ms) = matchAsk (Order oid mid p q) ob
        mapM_ (\m@(Match _ am _ bm _ _) -> notifyAsk am epid m >> notifyBid bm epid m) ms
        reply (Just oid) (Clerk cid eid epid ob')
    | otherwise      = reply Nothing (Clerk cid eid epid ob)

postBid' :: Clerk -> PostBid -> Process (ProcessReply (Maybe OrderId) Clerk)
postBid' (Clerk cid eid epid ob) (PostBid mid p q)
    | p > 0 && q > 0 = do
        uuid <- liftIO nextRandom
        let oid       = OrderId uuid
            (ob', ms) = matchBid (Order oid mid p q) ob
        mapM_ (\m@(Match _ am _ bm _ _) -> notifyAsk am epid m >> notifyBid bm epid m) ms
        reply (Just oid) (Clerk cid eid epid ob')
    | otherwise      = reply Nothing (Clerk cid eid epid ob)

cancelAsk' :: Clerk -> CancelAsk -> Process (ProcessReply Bool Clerk)
cancelAsk' (Clerk cid eid epid ob) (CancelAsk oid) =
        reply False (Clerk cid eid epid (ob { askBook = deleteIx oid (askBook ob) }))

cancelBid' :: Clerk -> CancelBid -> Process (ProcessReply Bool Clerk)
cancelBid' (Clerk cid eid epid ob) (CancelBid oid) =
        reply False (Clerk cid eid epid (ob { bidBook = deleteIx oid (bidBook ob) }))

---------------
-- Utilities --
---------------

-- Ask --

matchAsk :: Ask -> OrderBook -> (OrderBook, [Match])
{-# INLINABLE matchAsk #-}
matchAsk a@(Order _ _ ap _) ob = let (ma', (ob', ms)) = runState (matchAsk' a bids) (ob, [])
                                  in case ma' of
                                        Just a' -> (ob' { askBook = insert a' (askBook ob') }, ms)
                                        Nothing -> (ob', ms)
    where bids = takeWhile (\(Order _ _ bp _) -> ap < bp) $
                    toDescList (Proxy :: Proxy Price) (bidBook ob)

matchAsk' :: Ask -> [Bid] -> MatchT
{-# INLINE matchAsk' #-}
matchAsk' a                                         [] = return $ Just a
matchAsk' a@(Order _ _ ap _) (b@(Order bid _ bp _):bs) =
        let (ma', mb', m) = fill a b
         in case mb' of
                Just b' -> get >>= (\(ob, ms) -> put (ob { bidBook = updateIx bid b' (bidBook ob) }, m:ms)) >> handleAsk ma'
                Nothing -> get >>= (\(ob, ms) -> put (ob { bidBook = deleteIx bid (bidBook ob) }, m:ms)) >> handleAsk ma'
    where handleAsk ma' = case ma' of Just a' -> matchAsk' a' bs
                                      Nothing -> return Nothing

-- Bid --

matchBid :: Bid -> OrderBook -> (OrderBook, [Match])
{-# INLINABLE matchBid #-}
matchBid b@(Order _ _ bp _) ob = let (mb', (ob', ms)) = runState (matchBid' b asks) (ob, [])
                                  in case mb' of
                                        Just b' -> (ob' { bidBook = insert b' (bidBook ob') }, ms)
                                        Nothing -> (ob', ms)
    where asks = takeWhile (\(Order _ _ ap _) -> ap < bp) $
                    toAscList (Proxy :: Proxy Price) (askBook ob)

matchBid' :: Bid -> [Ask] -> MatchT
{-# INLINE matchBid' #-}
matchBid' b                                         [] = return $ Just b
matchBid' b@(Order _ _ bp _) (a@(Order aid _ ap _):as) =
        let (ma', mb', m) = fill a b
         in case ma' of
                Just a' -> get >>= (\(ob, ms) -> put (ob { askBook = updateIx aid a' (askBook ob) }, m:ms)) >> handleBid mb'
                Nothing -> get >>= (\(ob, ms) -> put (ob { askBook = deleteIx aid (askBook ob) }, m:ms)) >> handleBid mb'
    where handleBid mb' = case mb' of Just b' -> matchBid' b' as
                                      Nothing -> return Nothing

-- Util --

fill :: Ask -> Bid -> (Maybe Ask, Maybe Bid, Match)
{-# INLINE fill #-}
fill (Order aid amid ap aq) (Order bid bmid bp bq) =
        case compare aq bq of
            LT -> (                           Nothing, Just (Order bid bmid bp (bq - aq)), Match aid amid bid bmid (med ap bp) aq)
            EQ -> (                           Nothing,                            Nothing, Match aid amid bid bmid (med ap bp) bq)
            GT -> (Just (Order aid amid ap (aq - bq)),                            Nothing, Match aid amid bid bmid (med ap bp) bq)
    where med p0 p1 = (p0 + p1) `div` 2

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Q: how to read a file if EOL char is LF I receive a file from internet, and the lines are separated by 0x0D char
I display it using this tool

https://www.fileformat.info/tool/hexdump.htm

When I read that file into Rexx using "linein()", all the file comes into one sigle line. Obviously linein() works fine when file has 0x0D0A as End Of Line char.
How do I specify to Rexx to split lines using 0x0D char instead of 0x0D0A ?

A: Apart from getting the file sent to you with proper CRLF record markers for Windows instead of the LF used in Unix-like systems there are a couple of ways of splitting the data - but neither will read the file a record at a time but will extract each record  from the long string read in.
1 - Use WORDPOS to find the position of the LF and SUBSTR to remove that the record
2 - Use PARSE to split the data at the LF position
One way to read one record at a time is to use CHARIN to read a byte at a time until it encounters the LF.


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Brens est une commune française située dans le département de l'Ain en région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Ses habitants s'appellent les Brégnards et les Brégnardes.

Géographie
Située au sud de Belley, Brens est entouré par la forêt de Rothonne à l'ouest et par le Rhône à l'est. La commune est située dans la zone de délimitation des vins AOC du Bugey.

Communes limitrophes

Urbanisme

Typologie
Brens est une commune rurale. Elle fait en effet partie des communes peu ou très peu denses, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.
Elle appartient à l'unité urbaine de Belley, une agglomération intra-départementale regroupant  et  en 2017, dont elle est une commune de la banlieue.

Par ailleurs la commune fait partie de l'aire d'attraction de Belley, dont elle est une commune de la couronne. Cette aire, qui regroupe , est catégorisée dans les aires de moins de .

Occupation des sols

L'occupation des sols de la commune, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC), est marquée par l'importance des territoires agricoles (63,6 % en 2018), néanmoins en diminution par rapport à 1990 (66,4 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante :
zones agricoles hétérogènes (35,9 %), terres arables (23,9 %), forêts (17,8 %), zones urbanisées (14,9 %), prairies (3,8 %), eaux continentales (3,5 %), espaces verts artificialisés, non agricoles (0,2 %).

L'IGN met par ailleurs à disposition un outil en ligne permettant de comparer l'évolution dans le temps de l'occupation des sols de la commune (ou de territoires à des échelles différentes). Plusieurs époques sont accessibles sous forme de cartes ou photos aériennes : la carte de Cassini (), la carte d'état-major (1820-1866) et la période actuelle (1950 à aujourd'hui).

Toponymie
Le nom de la localité est attesté sous les formes de Brengo et Brengs en 1339, Breins en 1361, ecclesia de Brens vers 1400, Brens en 1444.

D'après Ernest Nègre, ce toponyme dériverait de l'anthroponyme germanique Beringus. Nous pouvons aussi, et c'est une autre hypothèse, y trouver un toponyme d'origine celtique dérivant de Bre-, (colline, hauteur).

Histoire
Paroisse sous le vocable de saint Michel unie, au , à celle de Belley.

Les chevalier de Malte possédaient dans cette paroisse des fonds qu'ils avaient recueillis dans la succession des Templiers d'Acoyeu.

Les Templiers et les Hospitaliers
L'ancienne maison des Templiers, la plus ancienne du département ; le chapitre de Belley en concède l'emplacement en 1142 et Guillaume, évêque de Belley, consacre l'église en 1149. Après la suppression de l'ordre du Temple, Acoyeu est dévolue aux Hospitaliers de l'ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem et devint un membre de la commanderie de Chambéry au sein du grand prieuré d'Auvergne.

Un arrêt du parlement, en date du , les condamna à en payer la dîme au chapitre de Belley « soit que ces fonds fussent cultivés aux frais du commandeur ou qu'ils fussent amodiés. »

Il reste de la commanderie initiale la tour ronde de la commanderie d'Acoyeu (1149), au lieu-dit La Commanderie.

Époque moderne et contemporaine
La ville bénéficie d'une gare sur la ligne de Pressins à Virieu-le-Grand à partir de . Si le trafic voyageur cesse en , le trafic marchandise continue jusqu'en . Bien qu'une grande campagne de travaux ait lieu jusqu'en 2014 et que le trafic ait repris trois ans durant, la ligne révèle malgré tout un état d'usure et de fatigue jugé dangereux par la SNCF et Réseau ferré de France. Faute d'accords financiers, elle est laissée en l'état et progressivement abandonnée.

Politique et administration

Découpage territorial

La commune de Brens est membre de la communauté de communes Bugey Sud, un établissement public de coopération intercommunale (EPCI) à fiscalité propre créé le  dont le siège est à Belley. Ce dernier est par ailleurs membre d'autres groupements intercommunaux.

Sur le plan administratif, elle est rattachée à l'arrondissement de Belley, au département de l'Ain et à la région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Sur le plan électoral, elle dépend du  canton de Belley pour l'élection des conseillers départementaux, depuis le redécoupage cantonal de 2014 entré en vigueur en 2015, et de la troisième circonscription de l'Ain  pour les élections législatives, depuis le dernier découpage électoral de 2010.

Administration municipale

Démographie

Économie

Culture et patrimoine

Lieux et monuments

 Tour ronde de la commanderie d'Acoyeu (1149)
 Église du
 Chapelle Saint-Michel, dans le cimetière.

Zones naturelles protégées
 Le Haut-Rhône de la Chautagne aux chutes de Virignin, ZNIEFF de type I, Classée Zone de Protection Spéciale, Natura 2000
 Marais de Malu
 Partie aval de la rivière du Furans
 Marais d'Archine

Personnalités liées à la commune
 Cédric Burdet : joueur international de handball.

Notes et références

Notes et cartes
 Notes

 Cartes

Références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste des communes de l'Ain
 Communauté de communes Bugey Sud

Liens externes

Commune dans l'Ain
Commune dans le Bas-Bugey
Unité urbaine de Belley
Aire urbaine de Belley
Alleux, fiefs et seigneuries de l'ordre du Temple
Commune abritant une commanderie de l'ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem en France
Commune située au bord du Rhône

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Predictive Laboratories Team Led by Laboratory Director Kenneth Ward, M.D. Receives 2019 Endometriosis Special Interest Group Prize Paper Award
GlobeNewswire October 17, 2019
Research presented by Dr. Hans Albertsen of Juneau Biosciences advancing knowledge of the genetic factors contributing to endometriosis receives award at the 2019 American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Scientific Congress & Expo
SALT LAKE CITY , Oct. 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Predictive Laboratories, a wholly owned molecular and genetic diagnostics company of Predictive Technology Group (OTC Pink: PRED) focused on hard-to-detect diseases, women's health and infertility, announces Kenneth Ward, M.D., laboratory director of Predictive Laboratories and chief executive officer of Juneau Biosciences; Rakesh Chettier M.S., director of biostatistics of Predictive Laboratories; and Hans Albertsen, Ph.D., chief scientific officer of Juneau Biosciences, have received the 2019 Endometriosis Special Interest Group (EndoSIG) Prize Paper in the "Best in Clinical/Population Science" category.
Dr. Albertsen's presentation entitled "Cytoskeletal and extra cellular matrix genes are key contributors in the pathogenesis of endometriosis" was delivered at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) 2019 Scientific Congress & Expo in Philadelphia on October 16. EndoSIG is a member group of ASRM aimed at fostering increased interest in the biology, pathophysiology and clinical management of endometriosis.
"We are honored to receive this prestigious award from the ASRM Research Committee," said Dr. Albertsen. "As endometriosis is generally characterized as a hormonal and inflammatory disease, current therapies often come with significant debilitating side effects. The scientific breakthroughs reported in these award-winning discoveries provide Predictive with insights into new non-hormonal therapies."
The team's research is based on the genetic markers of endometriosis discovered by Juneau and Predictive scientists in recent years, and uncovers molecular pathways involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis-induced lesions in women at risk for the disease. Juneau's gene discovery work in endometriosis was also awarded the EndoSIG Prize Paper in 2015 and 2018.
Dr. Ward, a board-certified physician in obstetrics and gynecology, perinatology, clinical genetics and molecular genetics, presented two scientific papers at the Annual ASRM meeting: a poster entitled, "Endometriosis risk allele in WNT4 may interact with rare mutations in HDAC2 gene" and an oral abstract entitled, "Somatic cancer driver mutations in endometriosis lesions contribute to secondary cancer risk."
"We are tremendously proud of Drs. Ward and Albertsen and the teams at Predictive Laboratories and Juneau Biosciences for their research, collaborations and continued devotion to endometriosis and other gene discoveries that advance our understanding of fertility and women's health, and lead to healthy newborns," said Bradley Robinson, chief executive officer of Predictive Technology Group. "ASRM brings leaders in reproductive care together from across the world to share findings, inspire new methodology and encourage collaboration to promote further development in reproductive medicine."
In June 2019, Predictive Laboratories and Thermo Fisher Scientific announced a global research collaboration to study underlying genetic factors contributing to female infertility. The two companies conducted meetings at ASRM in Philadelphia. This partnership pairs Predictive's innovative research and development capabilities with Thermo Fisher's market-leading next generation sequencing technology and analytical capabilities to accelerate the understanding of the genetics affecting infertility for future development of diagnostic solutions.
About Predictive Laboratories
Predictive Laboratories' discoveries in molecular and genetic diagnostics focus on unmet needs in women's health, infertility and other diseases. Predictive Laboratories offers earlier detection of disease through genetic assessment to guide personalized precision medicine. Leveraging its vast genetic database, Predictive Laboratories enables the discovery of genes and gene mutations that identify hard-to-diagnose and detect diseases and their prognosis.
The Company's proprietary tests include ARTguideTM and FertilityDXTM. ARTguide is a blood test that assesses a woman's endometriosis risk and other genetic causes of infertility in order to optimally navigate the path towards conception. FertilityDX is a comprehensive test and service, using the parental genetic assessment as the map to guide the journey to successful pregnancy and a healthy newborn. Predictive Laboratories' tests are processed at the Company's state-of-the-art CAP-accredited, CLIA-certified laboratory, equipping physicians with the robust diagnostic tools to provide personalized treatment for their patients. For more information, visit www.predictivelabs.com.
About Predictive Technology Group, Inc.
Predictive Technology Group aims to revolutionize and personalize precision patient care. The Company's entities harness predictive gene-based analytics to develop genetic and molecular diagnostic tests, as well as companion therapeutics, in order to support a patient from diagnosis through treatment. The Companies' tests and products empower clinicians to provide their patients with the highest level of care. Predictive's subsidiaries include Predictive Laboratories, Predictive Biotech and Predictive Therapeutics. For more information, visit www.predtechgroup.com.
Forward-Looking Statements:
To the extent any statements made in this release contain information that is not historical, these statements are essentially forward-looking and are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the difficulty of predicting FDA approvals, acceptance and demand for human cell and tissue products and other pharmaceutical products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, new product development and launch, reliance on key strategic alliances, availability of raw materials, availability of additional intellectual property rights, availability of future financing sources, the regulatory environment, and other risks the Company may identify from time to time in the future.
For more information, visit www.predtechgroup.com or contact Investor Relations:
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Elon Musk unveils Tesla's new Cybertruck
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Stocks post modest gains after touching record highs
Job growth soars with 266K added in November
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Review: Searching for John Hughes by Jason Diamond
I grew up on John Hughes films, liking and relating to some more than others. I vividly remember watching Sixteen Candles on TV (I'd already seen it at the theater so I knew what all the bleeped out language was) and my dad walking into the room, pausing to watch a scene, and then commenting that if I used that kind of language (apparently he didn't have to see it in the theater to know what Molly Ringwald's character said) they'd forget my birthday too. Obviously Hughes was not the voice of my parents' generation. But in many ways, he was of mine. As much as I can still connect many of his movies to specific moments in my life, I would never have thought to write either a memoir about him or a memoir about the impact his movies had on my life as Jason Diamond did. That the book was originally conceived as the first but then became very much the second made it just that much more interesting to this fellow movie watcher.
Diamond grew up in the Chicago suburbs that Hughes immortalized in his movies at the very time that Hughes was capturing them. Diamond identified with these movies and the man who made them, using them and music as an escape from his own very unhappy childhood and adolescence. John Hughes excelled at capturing teen angst. It seems it was this feeling above all others that resonated with Diamond, although given his estrangement from his abusive and neglectful parents and his eventual homelessness while still in high school, he wasn't actually facing the sort of angst that Hughes' characters face, instead he was facing true and deep problems. But the movies' generally positive (hard to call them happy in some cases) endings, gave Diamond hope in what was otherwise a rather hopeless situation. Diamond struggled to define himself outside of his parents' negative and brutal definition of him so he uses certain of Hughes' characters to try and make sense of who he is throughout the pages of this memoir.
After escaping his unhappy history in Chicago, Diamond moves to New York where he finds a succession of low paying, easily replaceable jobs. He is still adrift and ashamed of his life when discussions with friends and a reading by a medium encourages him to tackle a comprehensive, unauthorized biography of John Hughes. Chasing after his dream of writing a book, researching the pop culture icon, trying unsuccessfully to interview those who worked with Hughes, and making a deep dive into the movies consumed years of Diamond's life. Even immersed in this project, Diamond still struggled but the project allowed him the chance to recount and accept his past on the way to a better and happier life.
This memoir is not so much about John Hughes. It is very much about Jason Diamond. It is personal and hard and what he lived through is dark and depressing. Insecurity and self doubt wind through his terrible teen years and on into his twenties. The small hope of Hughes' movie endings seems to be beyond his reach so very often but somehow, even so, those movies pull him through. The memoir is very introspective and some of Diamond's drifting is hard to read. It's tough to stay with an author who is so unhappy and filled with shame and anger but his recounting of his early life certainly explains why he is trapped in this place. I'm not sure how relatable the book would be to someone not of his generation but for those of us who grew up in the John Hughes era as Diamond did, this will strike a chord for sure.
For more information about Jason Diamond and the book, check out his author website or follow him on Instagram or Twitter. Also, check out the book's Good Reads page, follow the rest of the blog tour, or look at the amazon reviews for others' thoughts and opinions on the book.
Thanks to Trish from TLC Book Tours and the HarperCollins for sending me a copy of this book to review.
Carin Siegfried November 30, 2016 at 10:54 AM
I have a copy of this. I'm glad to read your review as I wasn't expecting it to be so dark and depressing! I might postpone it until I'm in a better place myself.
Heather J @ TLC Book Tours December 3, 2016 at 3:41 PM
Thanks for being a part of the tour!
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The MAB1 Armored Flame is Michael Angelo Batio's self-designed signature guitar, manufactured by Dean in 2007.

History
Two USA-built prototypes of the MAB1 AF were first designed and produced for Batio in 2007. He started to use them in June, 2007 at clinics and live shows, before it was mass-produced and available to pre-order in 2008 after making their debut at NAMM. These first two prototype models differed from the production model in the volume and tone pot configuration. The first batch were issued by Dean in July 2008, and Batio personally autographed and numbered the first 100 on July 14 at the Dean headquarters in Tampa, Florida. The MAB1 was not fitted with Batio's signature "Hands Without Shadows" pickup, as production of the guitar had already begun before it was completed.

References

External links
Michael Angelo Batio official site
Dean Guitars official site
Michael Angelo Batio official forum

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Serbian Senologic Society is a professional, scientific, non-governmental and non-profit society which gathers doctors and other highly qualified experts in order to accomplish the goals in the field of senology – the field of medicine which deals with the changes and diseases of breasts.
SERBIAN SENOLOGIC SOCIETY was founded in order to establish a strong connection and a fruitful collaboration among all the specialties which deal with changes and diseases of breasts, and with the aim to improve the patients' health and their quality of life. The Senologic International Society (SIS), founded in 1976 in Strasbourg (France), now connects the national senologic societies throughout the world with the same aim.
The Society collects and analyses the professional, scientific literature, organizes professional conferences and publishes texts in scientific-professional magazines in the country and abroad. Through the connection and collaboration with eminent domestic and foreign experts, we want to improve the patients' quality of life.
To gather all the experts with the aim to promote the knowledge in Biology and Medicine related to the diseases and conditions of breasts with the aim to improve the prevention, diagnostics and therapy of breast diseases, to expand the knowledge related to the field of Senology and to encourage the interaction with the Society.
To be engaged in constant professional and scientific training of all its members by organizing professional and scientific conferences, courses, seminars and congresses in the field of Senology.
To support and develop researches, as well as to encourage professional and scientific publications related to the purpose of SUS; to organize conferences, arouse the public awareness by using all the means of education, informing and advertising.
To cooperate with the relevant national bodies and offices as well as with international healthcare organizations.
To cooperate with all the people and legal bodies that can contribute to the achievement of the aims of the organization.
To cherish and develop the principles of medical ethics among its members, to encourage their mutual collaboration and respect.
To follow the organization and work of healthcare organizations in the field of their competence, to point to possible shortcomings and to suggest professional or organizational solutions.
These activities will be the result of meetings and periodical gatherings, various publications, conferences, professional meetings and all the initiatives that can contribute to the purpose of the existence of this society. SUS has no political or religious aims and it is a non-profit organization.
The members of the society can be doctors specialists in the fields of radiology, surgery, pathology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, internal medicine, oncology, radiotherapy, nuclear medicine, medical biochemistry, epidemiology, medical pharmacology, psychiatry, molecular biology, psychology or pharmacy.


The majority of meals eaten over the last year have been very good. Even in a good year, there's a good chance that some courses will turn out to be real stinkers. Based on these dishes, here is a tasting menu from hell, 2011 style. To make this meal work best it should be serve in lighting based on The Dandelion, Philadelphia where you lose the ability to actually see your food after the sun sets.
The canape would have to be the green onion from Alkimia in Barcelona. The only bad part of a lovely 17-course tasting menu.
Bread is toast from the breakfast buffet at the Hilton Garden Inn in Indianapolis. As soon as whipped butter was spread onto the toast, it became limp and inedible.
First starter is a small plate from Aldea, New York. I sat at the kitchen bar and watched the Sea Urchin Toast with Cauliflower Puree, Mustard Seed and Sea Lettuce being prepared. Not much love went into their preparation as the components were dolloped onto a mini-toast. At $10 for a single toast it was a massive rip-off too.
First starter - Lightly Cured Arctic Char, Razor Clams, Sea Beans, Aleppo Pepper & Lime Puree from Perilla, New York. The cured char was so delicately flavoured that It barely registered. But no worries, the lime puree totally dominated everything anyway. Flavours were completely unbalanced.. No photo because of the "subdued" lighting.
Next up the laughable Scallop BLT from Octagon in Groton.
Next up a fish course from a restaurant in decline. I've eaten at Maze and Gordon Ramsay at the London in New York numerous times and have had some phenomenal dishes. My first meal at Maze was a complete revelation on how good food could be.
The restaurants at The London on W. 54th opened in 2006. Financial difficulties within Gordon Ramsay holdings meant that they passed on ownership in 2009, assuming a consultancy role instead . It was interesting to see how the change in role affected the quality of the restaurant.. A visit in 2010 indicated that standards had been maintained. The same could not be said after a visit in May 2011. Quality of service had slipped badly, cost had increased markedly and the food was not worthy of the prices. Slow cooked cod with oysters and pig tails crust, beluga lentils, celeriac and smoked bacon jus sounded far more interesting than it turned out. Cod had little flavour but some other parts of the dish were fine. The lentils were awful and did not actually work with the other components of the dish. They were served separately in a second pot to add at the table but there was enough lentils to go with 3 or 4 of these portions. Overall, just very poor.
Next up another fish disaster. Unfortunately there is no picture to show just how dreadful it was. The Heights Cafe in Ithaca used to be a wonderful restaurant but as it has expanded complacent. self-satisfaction has become more evident. The fish special on one visit was Dorade (or Bream). I have loved bream every time I've eaten it in the UK. Here it was served as a whole grilled fish with roasted vegetables. So far, so nice but when it turned up the vegetables were formed in a heap and the fish leant against them so it sat vertically on the plate for a really bizarre presentation. The oil from the vegetables formed a pool round the fish and it got steadily less pleasant as the dish cooled. Total waste of a lovely fish.
First meat course is the open raviolo of confit pork, ragout of white beans, pea & horseradish foam with pea shoots from L'Autre Pied. Pork was nice, but insufficient, pasta was tender, as it should be but everything else was just bland.
Staying with meat, the Breast of Duck with Carrots, Bitter Sweet Onions & Fennel was a hugely disappointing dish from Launceston Place.
Another shocking duck dish was Roasted Duck's Breast, Grilled Spring Onions, Pine Nuts & Dragon Fruit from Perilla, New York. The menu neglected to mention that the dish also included lavender. The other ingredients may have gone together well but there was no escaping that lavender & duck are not a good combination. This was the point at which I wanted to give up on their tasting menu and leave.
However, Perilla hadn't finished there. The first dessert was their Rhubarb with Almond Butter & Madeira Soaked Raisins introduced to take advantage of the seasonal rhubarb. Can only assume that this was a play on Ants on a log (celery, peanut butter and raisins) but with the exception of the Madeira soaked raisins this was a very flat joke. Not sure who they thought would be impressed by this,. Despite the poor light, this is a photo worth sharing to show how rubbish it was.
To round off everything,the final dish was another spectacularly poor use of rhubarb, this time courtesy of Gordon Ramsay at the London. Meyer Lemon Cake with Compressed Rhubarb, Strawberry Meringue, Rhubarb Jam & Champagne Sorbet. It looked like it had been thrown together and taste-wise it was overwhelmingly sweet, especially the strawberry meringue.
Here's hoping that these types of dishes don't cross my path in 2012.


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Home Algarve Events London-based musicians to perform in Algarve
Katya Apekisheva (piano) and Pavel Fischer (violin)
Amigos de Música
London-based musicians to perform in Algarve
Katya Apekisheva (piano) and Pavel Fischer (violin) will come from London to open the Amigos de Música 2022-23 season with two concerts, on September 20 and 22, at Os Agostos country estate, near Santa Bárbara de Nexe.
On September 20, the artists will play works by Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Chopin and Smetana, while on September 22 they will play works by Bach, Telemann, Mozart, Arvo Paert, Prokofiev, Debussy, Ravel and Gershwin. And as a very special offering to the Amigos, Katya will delight her audience with a piano solo piece she played just recently in Wigmore Hall, London.
Katya Apekisheva was born into a musical family in Moscow. She initially studied at the Gnessin Music School in Moscow for exceptionally gifted children. At the age of 12, she performed Mozart's Concerto No.17. Katya was a prize winner in the Leeds International and Scottish Piano Competitions and was once the London Philharmonic "Soloist of the Year".
She continued her studies at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem where she won an America-Israel Foundation scholarship.
Katya then moved to London to study at the Royal College of Music where she was the recipient of the President's Rose Bowl presented to her by HRH the Prince of Wales to whom she has been asked to perform on several subsequent occasions. Katya is Co-Artistic Director of the London Piano Festival and is a Professor of Piano at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Pavel Fischer is from Zlín in the Czech Republic. His father, Eduard Fischer, is a well-known composer and conductor. Pavel studied both at the Prague's Conservatoire and at the Academy of Performing arts. In 1988, together with pianist Ivo Jančik, Pavel won the International Chamber Music Competition in Trapani, Italy.
Since 2007, Pavel has been gaining recognition as a composer. "Morava", his first string quartet, was premiered at New York's Carnegie Hall in 2008. In 2016, the premiere of his First Violin Concerto was held and, in 2018, his "Tales from Morava" were performed by the Pavel Haas String Quartet in Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie.
Doors will open at 6pm, canapes and refreshments will be served, and concerts will start at 7pm.
The Amigos de Música is an international group of around 120 members who stage musical activities by internationally renowned musicians and also sponsor young Portuguese musicians. It is a non-profit organisation celebrating its 31st anniversary this year.
For concert bookings, email reservas@amigosdemusica.org
Entry donation is €30 per person for guests and non-members payable in advance by bank transfer (see website below).
For membership enquiries, contact Helga Hampton, Amigos President, at helga.hampton@gmail.com
www.amigosdemusica.org
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Arts & Crafts home in a historic district and sensitive neighborhood.
4300 SF, 4BR, 3BA, wine cellar, mudroom, and inglenook.
The Owner, losing his job during the working drawing stage, was forced to build this home himself. As a hobby he had woodworking experience and was an excellent craftsman but had no general construction experience. After much studying, research, and classes he received his general contractor's license and with the help from friends and relatives in the trade he built this entire home by himself.
Details and workmanship were executed meticulously and on par with the finest general contractor's in the bay area.
The family is now living in this home while the final stage of completion takes place.


dreams in spanglish: Some thoughts.
This really isn't a favorite photo of myself. I normally don't like pictures of myself, anyway. But, today I'm not blogging about a picture of myself.
I've had a lot on my mind today. All day, I've been reading about a family who lost their little 3-year-old gorgeously-redheaded boy last week in a tragic accident. He went to retrieve a frisbee that landed in the street, and was hit by a car. It hit me so hard when I heard because I thought, "This could have happened to me." This could happen to anybody. All day, I've been hugging my kids a little more. S and I cuddled on the couch and ate cheese and crackers while watching Little Bear. Naptime was delayed, but I knew that didn't matter.
I am grateful for the knowledge that families will one day be reunited again. That death is not the end. How comforting it is to know that someday, I will be together with those I love again.
This is a very important truth to me. But. I don't know if it's because I'm a parent, or if it's because I have a child similar in age to the boy that died, but I could not stop feeling sad all day for this little boy and his family. And then I came to the conclusion that it's okay to be absolutely devastated. It's okay to feel like your world is falling apart when you lose someone you love. It's okay to mourn and mourn and mourn till you feel like you have nothing else in you.
Today, my heart mourns for that family.
You can visit their blog here.
I have felt the same way all day, I can't shake it. It truly breaks my heart, I'm keeping him and his sweet family in my thoughts and prayers.


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Maminirina Judicael Rafaliharisolo, née le , est une lutteuse malgache.

Carrière
Maminirina Judicael Rafaliharisolo est médaillée de bronze dans la catégorie des moins de 70 kg aux Mondiaux de lutte de plage 2009 à Obzor et médaillée de bronze dans la catégorie des moins de 63 kg aux championnats d'Afrique 2010 au Caire.

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Lutteuse malgache
Naissance en octobre 1988


京山 和将 (Kazumasa Kyoyama) is the pen name of a Japanese game designer. He has produced the Japanese rules for the game Legendary, and is in a game club in the Kansai region in Japan. He works as an anti-spammer. In 2015, he formed a doujin circle 昼夢堂 (Hiruyumedo) to produce his own game.
ルール和訳(Legendary: Marvel Deck Building Game) 関西ボードゲームカレンダー( http://bit.ly/bgcal_kansai ). Anti-spammer.


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Wincenty Feliks Urbański (ur. 28 marca 1903 w Buczaczu, zm. 1940 w Kijowie) – polski nauczyciel, działacz społeczny, ofiara zbrodni katyńskiej.

Życiorys

Urodził się 28 marca 1903 w Buczaczu, w ówczesnym powiecie buczackim (Królestwo Galicji i Lodomerii, Austro-Węgry). Był synem Feliksa Urbańskiego herbu Nieczuja i Wiktorii z domu Bojanowskiej herbu Junosza.

Od 1914 uczył się w c.k. państwowym Gimnazjum w Buczaczu. Jako uczeń VII klasy i ochotnik uczestniczył w wojnie polsko-bolszewickiej w 1920 pod Lwowem. Studiował na Politechnice Lwowskiej i na Uniwersytecie Jana Kazimierza we Lwowie, był członkiem Bratniej Pomocy. W latach 1928–1932 pracował jako kierownik szkoły w Petlikowcach Starych (według innych danych – w ) obok Buczacza, gdzie zorganizował drużynę Strzelca. Działacz oświatowy (Towarzystwo Szkoły Ludowej), organizator oświaty pozaszkolnej i działacz społeczny – prezes oddziału ZNP, działacz PPS, Oddziału Podolskiego Polskiego Towarzystwa Krajoznawczego (OP PTK Buczacz,1931 i 1938) i członek Polskiego Towarzystwa Narciarskiego. Mąż Franciszki z Mroczkowskich herbu Prus III, nauczycielki, ojciec Mirosławy, Jadwigi i Stanisława.

Po wybuchu II wojny światowej i agresji ZSRR na Polskę z 17 września 1939 został aresztowany przez funkcjonariuszy NKWD 21 września 1939, wywieziony do więzienia w Czortkowie. Był torturowany, zamordowany w kwietniu 1940 na mocy decyzji BP WKPb nr 106 z dnia 5 marca 1940, nakazującej likwidację obozów w Kozielsku, Staszkowie, Starobielsku oraz rozstrzelanie 3500 więźniów z tzw. Zachodniej Ukrainy i Białorusi. Jego nazwisko znalazło się na tzw. Ukraińskiej Liście Katyńskiej opublikowanej w 1994 (figuruje pod numerem 3014, został wymieniony na liście wywózkowej 41/2-50).

Grób symboliczny znajduje się na cmentarzu Batowickim w Krakowie (kw. CCVII-8-4).

Autor
 "Przewodnik po powiecie buczackim"
 Turystyka w Buczackiem. "Wschód : życie miast i wsi województw południowo-wschodnich : Lwów, Stanisławów, Tarnopol". 1936, nr 18.

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Oresta Syneńka: Za ridnyj kraj, za narid swij. Tarnopol : Воля, 2003, s. 9, 16. .

Członkowie Bratniej Pomocy (II Rzeczpospolita)
Członkowie Towarzystwa Szkoły Ludowej
Członkowie Związku Nauczycielstwa Polskiego (II Rzeczpospolita)
Członkowie Związku Strzeleckiego (1919–1939)
Działacze Polskiego Towarzystwa Turystyczno-Krajoznawczego
Ludzie urodzeni w Buczaczu
Nauczyciele II Rzeczypospolitej
Ochotnicy w wojnie polsko-bolszewickiej
Politycy Polskiej Partii Socjalistycznej (1919–1939)
Wincenty
Urodzeni w 1908
Zamordowani z Ukraińskiej Listy Katyńskiej
Zmarli w 1940


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Tiger Facts from WCS
Bronx, NY – July 29, 2017 -- It's Global Tiger Day, Saturday, July 29.
This day was designated as Global Tiger Day at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit in 2010 to call attention to the severe decline of tigers in the wild. On this 7th Global Tiger Day, the Bronx Zoo and all of the Wildlife Conservation Society, share ten tiger facts.
Shadow of a Cub Brings More Hope for Tigers in Russia
VLADIVOSTOK (July 17, 2017) A photograph just released by PROO Tiger Center provides further evidence that tigers are re-colonizing lost habitat in Russia.
TIGERS, READY TO BE COUNTED (with Video)
(Bangalore, India (03/29/17) – A new methodology developed by the Indian Statistical Institute, and WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) may revolutionize how to count tigers and other big cats over large landscapes.
A NEW YEAR'S ARREST OF POACHERS ADDS YET ANOTHER REASON FOR ALARM
BANGALORE, INDIA (January 10, 2016) – WCS reports that a poaching gang recently arrested for shooting wildlife in a well-known tiger reserve consisted of software engineers, environmental consultants, wealthy coffee planters, and a leading member of the Rifle Association of Karnataka State. Conservationists say the incident is particularly disturbing because the group consisted mostly of affluent and well-educated men.
Three Men Selling a Tiger Skin Arrested in West Lampung, Indonesia
Lampung, Indonesia (September 28, 2016) Lampung Barat Police in collaboration with Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park rangers (BBSNP), WCS-Wildlife Crimes Unit (WCU) and Rhino Protection Unit (RPU) arrested three suspects and confiscated a Sumatran Tiger skin found on sale in the West Lampung area on September 20, 2016.
CITES CoP17: WCS Applauds Lao PDR for Committing to Shut Down Commercial Tiger Farms
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – (September 23, 2016) – Lao PDR's announced a decision at CITES CoP17 to end the practice of breeding tigers for commercial purposes.
The Felid Cinderella Story Continues…
(Vladivostok, Russia September 1, 2017)- New photographs just released from Bastak Reserve in the Russian Far East confirm that a feline Cinderella story continues to unfold.
The following statement was released today by Dale Miquelle, Director of the WCS Russia Program on the opening of the first wildlife tunnel in Russia
RUSSIA – May 4, 2016) - "The Wildlife Conservation Society congratulates the Russian conservation community, especially Land of the Leopard National Park, on the grand opening of the Narvinskii Pass tunnel on March 26th, 2016.
Tiger Traders Arrested by Indonesian Police in Leuser Landscape, Indonesia
The Aceh Provincial Police, Bireun District Police (Polres Bireun), and the Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) Wildlife Crimes Unit (WCU) announced today an enforcement action in a case involving trade in tiger parts. One perpetrator, arrested in Bireun, Aceh, Sumatra, on March 18, 2016, was linked to a second, who later turned himself in.
Major Illegal Tiger Skin Trader Arrested in Indonesia
NEW YORK (December 15, 2015) – The Criminal Investigation Division of the Indonesian National Police and the WCS's Wildlife Crimes Unit (WCU) announced today an enforcement action against a major tiger skin trader and an intermediary who offered tiger skin products to potential buyers. Both were arrested in Jakarta, on December 11, 2015.


JAIPUR, INDIA - JULY 26: Rajasthan Sports minister Gajendra Singh Khinvsar giving award to Sundar Singh Gujjar, gold medalist, World Para Athletics Championships at SMS stadium on July 26, 2017 in Jaipur, India. Rajasthan's Sundar, a 21-year-old clinched World Para Athletics Championships gold in the men's javelin throw event his personal best effort of 60.36m. (photo by -Prabhakar Sharma/Hindustan Times ).


Today, entrance ceremony was held. Kinder children sang an English song to welcome their new friends. All the new children were happy to see the kinder friends dressed in uniforms like them. All the children had a great time playing with each other. At last, the pink moon children have become red star, red stars on the other hand have become blue stars. We look forward to their growth this academic year. We therefore welcome our new kindergarteners, and congratulate our kinder kids. Bravo!!
We tried making bread in our last cooking lesson for this school year. Children were saying "feels so good" when they touched the fresh sticky dough. They were thinking how to shape the dough and put chocolate paste in it and roll it. It was more difficult than they thought to shape into their ideal ones. It turned to be like a ball.... We bake them in the oven for 15 minutes and they came out chewy and fluffy bread. The bread was so fresh that it tasted more delicious than usual.
Children were so happy eating the bread.
Children made their own Easter egg for coming Happy Easter. They were very serious to color the egg snd showed us their beautiful egg so happily when it was done.
Then they hid these eggs and enjoyed Easter egg hunt. Some children could find the eggs so easily ,some couldn't. They gave it a try to hide the eggs which was another kind of fun. What will come out of the eggs???


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2017 Land Rover Discovery HSE TDV6 – Car Review – Cruising The Beaten Tracks in Luxury
September 18th, 2017 John Galvin (JSG) Discovery, Land Rover, Luxury, Offroad & UTEs, SUV's & MPV's, The Rough Stuff 0 comments
This may surprise some of our followers, but this is officially the first Land Rover we have had the opportunity to test. And this is great news for our team and our followers, as we can now add this brand into the battle beside the other major SUV and off-road brands we currently review.
The Discovery comes in three levels, the SE, HSE and HSE Luxury. And within each of these spec levels, you have the option of petrol or diesel. What surprised me was that each level, regardless of the engine option, were the same price – petrol or diesel.
The Discovery SE is available from $114,900, the HSE is available from $126,900 and the HSE Luxury is available at $136,900. The range of options seems endless, so if you're really keen, go and check out the Land Rover website. I will cover the engines, and the spec of the model we are testing.
The two engine specs available for the SE, HSE and HSE Luxury are the 3.0L supercharged V6 petrol and the 3.0L turbo V6 diesel engines. Both are paired with a 4WD drivetrain and an 8-speed automatic transmission. The petrol puts out 250kW of power and 450Nm of torque while the diesel puts out 190kW and 600Nm. The petrol has a combined fuel rating of 10.9 and the diesel 7.5.
The HSE model we tested has an impressive array of standard features. To name a few, 12 Way Grained Leather Memory Seats, 3 Zone Climate Control, Heated Windscreen & Washer Jets, Active Speed Limiter, Cornering Brake Control, Dynamic Stability Control, Electronic Power Assisted Steering, Meridian 380W Sound System, Powered Tailgate, Electronic Air Suspension, Electronic Brake-Force Distribution, Front Axle Open Differential, Gradient Acceleration Control, Hill Descent Control with Off-Road ABS, Keyless Entry & Keyless Start, Roll Stability Control, Terrain Response 2™, Autonomous Emergency Braking, Lane Departure Warning, Trailer Stability Assist which requires an official Land Rover tow bar and 20″ 5 Split-Spoke wheels in Sparkle Silver. Yes, that's a lot, and we didn't even cover everything.
For some reason I always thought of the Discovery as one of Land Rover's smaller SUV's, maybe this is because of the Range Rover products which always seem to be much larger, in both presence and status. But the Discovery is no small SUV at all, it's massive when you stand beside it and it gets even bigger when you climb aboard. From the front it's very modern looking, taking a lot of styling cues from the popular Evoque. The middle has smoother lines than the previous model, and the back is sort of rounded…… and that's really all I can or want to say about the back.
The change from the second to third generation of the Discovery is quite a big one. You can see the evolution from the first gen first released in 1989, to the second gen in 2004. But the jump from there to gen 3 is a big one. It's been getting mixed reactions from a lot of people – some really like the new modern look, but others say that it's going away from the rough tough off-road look the previous models had.
For me, I like the look, the front three-quarters of the car anyway, nice lines and shapes that all complement each other. But once you get to the back, you get the feeling that the designers just lost interest. Maybe their minds were off thinking about the new Velar.
The one thing that I don't really understand what Land Rover has done, is to create the Discovery Sport and the Discovery. The Discovery is bigger and has the bump in the roof. While the sport is a bit more streamlined and shorter, while not being an Evoque. So it sits somewhere in the middle. Personally, I think they had a chance to change it up a bit, and make something different, instead of shrinking the Discovery to make a 5 seater version. But that's just me.
I have been inside a lot of cars and to date, only a handful of them have made me OMG when I sat inside them. The last vehicle to do this was the Volvo XC90. The inside of this Discovery is a really nice place to be. Right away you feel the space and notice again how big this vehicle is. The driver's seat is very nice, really comfy and supportive. It took no time at all to become comfy and ready to trek all over New Zealand. And the same could be said about all the other seats – no complaints from any of the passengers. From up here, you had a great commanding view of the environment around you, which would be a blessing when off-roading.
Most of the controls around the cabin are as described, however, the functions on the steering wheel were not as ergonomic as I would have liked. When you thought the direction on the toggles would do one thing, it did something else. I am sure I would get used to this with time. I think I would have preferred a scroll wheel than the direction toggle setup they have.
For storage space, this vehicle is king. I have never been in an SUV that has achieved so much with the same space every other vehicle already seems to have. My main every day live-with bugbear is that most vehicles these days choose to have a fancy centre console over a practical one. Most have a hatch for one or two cups and maybe another area where your phone or wallet won't fit. Not this Discovery; it sits high above all of these inferior vehicles, mainly due to the 4×4 system that got it to the top of the hill. And it just laughs at their efforts. The Discovery has bucket loads of space, which you can see here in a quick video I posted on Facebook – Video Link. But for those who can't check that out, let me run through what options you have from the driver's seat. You have the normal centre console armrest and storage under it, it's huge, about the depth of my wrist to my elbow. On front of that and besides the gear selector and terrain modes you have a sliding cover the reveals two cup holders. Nice I thought, but not as nice as the storage space under the cup holder as you slide them away, another huge space. You then have the glove box, decent size, and there is a second glove box, above the trim level for even more stuff.
And that's not all, there is more, and this one is my favourite. In the centre console, under the display, there are the control dials for aircon, fan speeds and heated seats. Click the open button on the side and this folds down to reveal yet another space to hold stuff. So cool, and all of these spaces were huge, letting you fit all sort of things, phones, sunnies, etc in there. The other nice thing about the storage space behind the control dials was that when it was open, the controls were available on the touch screen display. Nice touch Land Rover.
In the back is spacious too, and even in the very back row, the seats are great. They look just like the other seats, which is great. They are heated too; each and every seat in the Discovery is heated. Once you move from the front to the second or third row or even the boot, you notice that everything is electric. Moving rear seats forward and back, or tilting them up or down, all electric. To raise the third row of seats, electric, and to lower the second row of seats, you guessed it, electric as well. About the only thing that wasn't controlled by a button was the operation required to get in and out of the third row, where you had to pull the seat forward. This is not an issue, but unexpected considering every other system seemed to be powered.
The boot is pretty epic too when the third row is down you have 1137 litres of space, and with the second row down, this more than doubles to 2406 litres. It's so much space, that it makes you wonder how it even fits on the road. The tailgate (also electric) has a tailgate plinth, unsurprisingly electric. It's a handy feature, to stop stuff falling out the back and something which was used to sit on from time to time during the time we had it.
The last thing you can do from back here is raising and lower the air suspension of the rear of the vehicle. Making it easier to get stuff in and out of it, depending on the gradient of the ground you're on. One final thing with the rear door; if you're tall like me you will notice how the corners of the door curve down into a very sharp point. I was lucky enough not to hit my head on this during the test, as it was just below head height for me. But if you do, you will be left with a bit of an injury, as those corners are very sharp.
Where to start; once inside and after starting the engine, you notice the vehicle begin to rise. The air suspension is moving into one of its three different height settings. When off, it sits at its lowest, which is 40mm lower than normal driving height. And if you want to switch to off-road, the vehicle will lift 40mm above the normal drive height giving you increased ground clearance and approach angles. The two weeks we had the Land Rover had been filled with torrential rain and slips all around Wellington. So we made a judgement call and said we would come back and test its off-road capability another time. Even though Land Rover has the reputation for dealing with some of the toughest situations, it's not worth the risk this time around due to dangerous conditions. We were just as disappointed about this as you are.
When you are in the normal driving mode, you can't help but feel like you are king of the world, sitting up here on your throne. It's a really great and somewhat commanding position, which gives you impressive visibility all around the vehicle. This gives you great confidence around the city, as the Discovery is a big unit. But I never found myself concerned about its size, even in tight car parks, finding it very easy to navigate around in. On the open road, the Discovery is like a cloud. And to be honest, it's a lot smoother than I expected it to be. This will be due to the air suspension and 2-ton weight of the vehicle, which helps to smooth and dampen out any upset in the road ahead. Steering is very light at all speeds and makes you quickly forget how big the Discovery is. Sometimes I would forget, and then when seated the same height with a light truck driver, it would hit me again. This thing is a beast.
Power was also a welcome surprise. The 3.0L twin turbo V6 diesel creates 190kw of power and 600Nm of torque. And you can't help but love all that torque, as it really lifts this vehicle up and pushes it so well down the road. And the sounds from the engine is great too, much more like a smooth V6 petrol from inside of the cabin. The market has plenty of SUV's, many have engines that are too small, and some have engines that are too impractical, but awesome. The Discovery had a really great balance, of the right amount of power for the vehicle's character. Enough to get you going without any lag, but not enough for you to ruin the luxury experience of driving a Discovery. The efficiency of the engine was higher than expected, this diesel was advertised at 7.5L per 100km. But no matter how reserved I drove, I was unable to get it under 10L per 100km.
The two noticeably disappointing features were the radar cruise control and the auto high beam headlights. Let's start with the lights, as it's quick to explain. At this level or vehicle grade, Mercedes and BMW have set the bar when it comes to fancy auto high beam lights. They come on, at night, full high beam, and they are able to adjust when vehicles are oncoming so as not to blind those drivers. Well, Land Rover obviously have not tested any of these, because their lights just go high beam when there is no other traffic, and normal when there is. And based on the rest of the vehicles, I expected more from them than that. Thankfully this seems to have been addressed with the new Range Rover Velar, so it will filter down to the Land Rover range soon enough.
Now onto the cruise control; if I was disappointed with the lights, I was distraught with this feature. It does not stand up beside the Germans at all. Back in 2013, I tested the Honda Accord V6 NT Sport, and it had the same problems this Discovery seems to have now. If you're driving in a straight line, it's great, it does what you expect of it. But it all falls apart when you come to a curve in the road. One of two things happens, either the vehicle thinks the cars on the other side of the road are about to get in your way, and it starts to slow. Or if you're on a dual carriageway, and there are cars in the lane next to you, it thinks they are in front of you and it will match their speed, even if the road ahead is clear. It was very annoying, and I and Fred both found that it was just not worth using on long trips.
We did not get a chance to test the towing features of the vehicle due to the missing tow bar. But never the less, this vehicle would have hauled most things in its stride. I recently towed a race car from Tauranga to Wellington, and if I had the Discovery, I imagine it would have been bliss.
What it's up against
The luxury end of the SUV market does not have the multiple choice that mid range market does, but it's not an easy field to be in either. In terms of its off-road ability, there is nothing else out there that can match it like for like, apart from another Land Rover, or maybe a Jeep. However, as a luxury SUV, I would say Volvo puts up a pretty good battle and has many global awards to back that reputation.
Luxury Diesel 7 Seater SUV's
Brand / Model Engine Power Kw/Nm Fuel L/100km Combined Boot Capacity Litres Price Highest to Lowest
BMW X5 xDrive30d TwinPower Turbo 6-cylinder in-line diesel 190 / 560 5.9 650 / 1870 $132,350
Audi Q7 200kw Quattro 3.0L V6 Turbo Diesel 200 / 600 5.9 770 / 1995 $131,400
Land Rover Discovery HSE 3.0L V6 Turbo Diesel 190 / 600 7.5 1137 / 2406 $126,900
Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland 3.0L V6 Turbo Diesel 184 / 570 7.5 782 / 1554 $106,990
Volvo XC90 2.0 I4 common-rail twin-turbodiesel 177 / 480 5.7 1102 / 1951 $104,900
High-Quality Interior
Massive 7-seat SUV
Heated seats in all rows
Heaps of storage
Lots of electronic toys
Easy to use off road controls
Massive flat boot with all seats down
Easy to drive
Command Drive position
Rear door corners unsafe for tall people when open
Below average Radar Cruise Control
Clunky auto high beam headlights
We have driven most of the competition, except the Audi, as we can't seem to get one. And in my mind, the only vehicle that comes close to holding a candle to the Discovery is the Volvo XC90. And the only reason I put it above the Discovery, is that you get a true off road SUV with the Land Rover, the Volvo is still very much a soft roader.
Overall I really liked driving it around, you felt big, tough and safe in it. And it's as practical as an SUV can get, more storage than you know what to do with, and that's great. There are a lot of toys, some might even say too many. But the quality and the value is totally visible, which is not something you can always say.
It's got a 3.5 ton towing capacity too, and the ability to take it almost anywhere. Even though it has a few quirks, the Land Rover Discovery has visible value and extreme practicality, making it a tough contender to beat.
I can't help be left with the thought of that rear end, and how unfinished it was, really lets the overall design down.
Rating – Chevron rating 4 out of 5
2017 Land Rover Discovery HSE TDV6
Vehicle Type 4WD large 7-seat SUV
Starting Price $126,900
Tested Price $126,900
Engine 3.0L V6 turbo diesel
Transmission 8-speed automatic transmission
Length x Width x Height 4970 x 2220 x 1893 mm
Cargo Capacity 1137 litres/2406 litres
Fuel Tank 54 litres
Fuel Efficiency Advertised Spec – Combined – 7.5 L / 100km
Real World Test – Combined – 10.5 L / 100km
Warranty New Vehicle Limited Warranty of 3 years
ANCAP Safety Ratings 5 Stars
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