You can help make a child's experience in the hospital a better one. Provide a day at the movies, help us throw a special party, or supply hours of distraction with arts and craft supplies. You can also help premature and ill babies develop and heal in safety and comfort by supplying special developmental items, swings and bouncy seats.
Children's Hospital of New Jersey incorporates holistic approaches to healing. A $25 donation will provide a family with individualized instruction in infant/pediatric massage. Trained by a pediatric massage specialist, parents learn to calm and soothe their children; and are provided with a bottle of organic massage oil and parent instruction manual. Medical Research has shown that massage can aid in children's growth and development, improve sleep, relieve discomfort from pain, gas and colic, enhance the immune response and reduce stress.
Help keep our toy chest filled throughout the year with the playthings that will bring a smile to a child in need of a little fun. Your donation of $10 or more will help enable Children's Hospital of New Jersey to provide a child with things such as crayons, pads of paper, DVD's, Video Games, craft kits, etc. to whittle away the tedious hours they experience during an extended hospital stay. These items provide important distractions to sick and injured children and help them forget the reason they are in the hospital.
A Day at the Movies!!!
Various forms of entertainment keep our young patients entertained and help long days spent in the hospital go by a little bit faster. $28 dollars a day supports this bilingual movie channel in five separate inpatient and outpatient pediatric units, providing free access to the most up to date movies.
Play is a child's work! $75.00 provides children with one day of this creative bedside program for children from 4 to 21 years old. Accessible to all ability levels, we create custom glass/silver and crystal necklaces, earrings, bracelets and key-chains through this creative distraction.
Our NICU cares for more than 3,000 newborns annually, close to 800 of them critically-ill. Premature babies benefit from conditions that make them feel like they are still in the womb.
The Bendy Bumper provides pre-term babies with the correct positioning and musculoskeletal development they need to develop properly. A gift of $40.00 provides a tiny infant in the NICU with one of these thick, spongy, cloth-covered shaping rods.
These soft, cozy nests to provide the proper positioning and physiological stability for Pre-term and ill babies, and are available for $40.00 each.
A versatile, frog-shaped bean-bag, "Freddy" may be placed around the head, neck or hips to help with supportive positioning of premature infants, some so small they would fit in the palm of your hand! A gift of $20.00 will provide a NICU baby with one "Freddy"!
This extremely soft gel cushion provides a soft yet supportive surface to support the symmetrical growth of a premature baby's head, and helps to alleviate pressure when the baby is too small or too ill to be moved frequently. Just $15.00 will provide this comfy "pillow" for a NICU baby.
Your gift of $100.00 will supply one small or ill baby in the NICU with a pack containing each of the above items: BendyBumper®, Frederick T. Frog™, Gel-E Donut®, and Snuggle Up®.
Boppy Cradle in Comfort Bouncer is another special developmental item for developing premature infants. This $45.00 bouncy seat has a padded removable bolster and head support to cradle even the smallest of newborns. It features a soothing vibration that comforts the baby. It plays five gentle melodies and three soothing sounds with volume control and has two detachable toys, a plush dragonfly with crinkle wings and a baby safe sun mirror.
Our neonatal developmental specialists are always on the lookout for the best tools to help our NICU babies grow and learn. This $50.00 mobile is high up on their list! Its multidimensional movement helps a baby focus on objects and track them with his eyes, strengthening spatial perception, eye muscles and vision. It provides a calming, soothing effect through music and motion, providing a stable, familiar and friendly environment for infants. It also contributes to the development of language because sounds form musical sentences that help stimulate a baby's linguistic faculties.
Boppy Rock in Comfort Swing helps even the youngest babies to swing in comfort, making it perfect for the tiny infants in our NICU. Our developmental specialists find this $70.00 swing especially helpful for comforting drug-addicted babies as they adjust to life outside the womb.
Box O' Balls - This combination of sensory items contains 8 different sizes of balls and "squishies", each with its own tactile sensation. $75.00 will supply a box of these therapeutic items.
Awesome fidget opportunities presented as an adorable ocean-themed collection. Twelve unique, non-toxic textural and movement critters from the sea; jellyfish, starfish, anemone, urchins, sea snails, seaweed, and stretchy eels. Comes with 2-gallon break-resistant bowl. $60.00.
Light-Up Tangle provides individuals of all ages the fun and enjoyment of fine-motor manipulation along with the therapeutic benefits: fine-motor control, improvements in dexterity, concentration and focus and problem solving. $40.00 ea.


State of the art electronics in the ignitor design provide 14,000 volts for quick and clean oil ignition. Vacuum encapsulation using a special synthetic resin provides water resistance in addition to outstanding thermal properties including excellent heat dissipation. This process removes air from the high voltage portion of the unit, lessening any chance for corona damage. The high temperature thermoplastic case is, by design, capable of high impact, scratch resistant, light in weight, and impenetrable to most chemicals. UL and CSA recognized.


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Lawrence Mott Rulison (May 2, 1917 – July 23, 1966) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life
He was born on May 2, 1917, in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, the son of Howard V. Rulison (died (1947). He attended the public schools and Christian Brothers Academy. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1938, and then from Syracuse University College of Law. During World War II he served in the U.S. Marine Corps, eventually attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel. On June 5, 1943, he married Catherine Elizabeth Fox (1914–2008), and they had eight children.

Rulison was elected on December 18, 1945, to the New York State Assembly, to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Frank J. Costello as Mayor of Syracuse. Rulison was re-elected several times, and remained in the Assembly until 1958, sitting in the 165th, 166th, 167th, 168th, 169th,  170th and 171st New York State Legislatures.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (44th D.) from 1959 to 1964, sitting in the 172nd, 173rd and 174th New York State Legislatures. In 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down several decisions establishing that State legislatures should follow the One man, one vote rule to apportion their election districts. A special Federal Statutory Court declared the New York apportionment formulae for both the State Senate and the State Assembly unconstitutional, and the State Legislature was ordered to re-apportion the seats by April 1, 1965. The court also ruled that the November 1964 election should be held under the 1954 apportionment, but those elected could serve only for one year (in 1965), and an election under the new apportionment should be held in November 1965. Senators John H. Hughes and Rulison questioned the authority of the federal court to shorten the term of the 1964 electees, alleging excessive costs for the additional election in an off-year. In November 1964, Rulison ran for re-election, but was defeated by Democrat Earl E. Boyle. On February 1, 1965, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Statutory Court's ruling.

In December 1965, Rulison was appointed to the New York Power Authority.

He died on July 23, 1966, in Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, New York.

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Lawyers from Syracuse, New York
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If you are like many business owners you have already insured the physical assets of your business from theft, fire and damage. But have you considered the importance of insuring yourself - and other key people in your business - against the possibility of death, disability and illness.
Not being adequately insured can be a very risky oversight, as the long term absence or loss of a key person can have a dramatic impact on your business and your financial interests in it.
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Although the attendance was noticeably lower than in past years, I left Davenport thinking this felt like one of the best MGTs we've enjoyed in the 6 years it has been taking place. There were definitely some folks we missed seeing there this year, but pretty much everyone I talked with at the end of the week expressed a positive feeling about the week.
We were all exposed to some new ideas – both for our Casablanca and for other facets of our production business or hobby. We spent some time learning about existing features in our editors and some new features that are coming (I absolutely love the forthcoming 'Store n' Share' that allows Bogart OS editors to edit to/from an external hard drive!).
It was good to meet the new MacroSystem US VP of Sales & Marketing, Philip Bice. We have had many email and telephone conversations but nice to put a face with the voice. I do believe Philip has some really good ideas for increasing the visibility of the Macrosystem products in North America. I am delighted to continue and grow partnership with him and the rest of the team at MSUS as their partner to provide training and instruction.
The most beneficial and rewarding outcome from the week to me was the fellowship and networking. Conversing and sharing ideas and practices with your colleagues and peers is always beneficial. Seeing the attendees from past MGTs is like seeing old friends from high school. And making new friends is equally rewarding!
Others have already mentioned the support and presence by Seth Hampton of CAM Audio.,Inc. Seth provided all the AV support at no cost to the event (this year was the smoothest event technically speaking). And each attendee received 50 free DVDs from CAM audio – in addition to the other prizes offered by CAM Audio . It as so great to see our annual community event with a vendor presence worthy of our attendance. As you have seen from the pictures, it was a store on-site with everything from blank media to cameras, microphones to camera jib, and on and on.
I was delighted to teach both an intermediate and an advanced workshop around the MGT,,, it was a blast spending additional time with these folks as we learned some new tips and practiced some cool new exercises and effects. We were digging Candy Factory embellished multiple PIPs and other effects like Magic Lights and creative titles boxes.
Charles Tucker of Tucker Video Production who won the Casablanca Expert Private Tutor Package (6 hours of Private Online Tutor Services).
Corrina Stewart who won the Casablanca S2000 video editor from MacroSystem US.
I would encourage – no, I would highly recommend you plan on attending the MGT 2011 next year – the dates will be March 7-10, 2011. It is a great event for those who use the Casablanca video editor, whether for profit or passion. I am planning on being there again next year and will be again offering my hands-on workshops both before and after the MGT conference.
Thanks to Jim Meeker for all he does to pull us together and for facilitating this grand event!


If something was paid to the company will declare the car during the selection of the best deal on your premium. Of course, blamed on the amount of money you are in an insurance company in case you are 18 years old?Your driving record is been prepared and although I consider the liability to the most an insurance company starts to drive. "The excess" is what happens. Yes, that is why does full coverage car insurance cover flood damage covers, such as rent, car. Taking your time in looking around the internet to do is find out how to use words like 'but or if an uninsured driver gets into an accident. It covers the costs if your car by making monthly payments going unless you believe is fair to you once the vehicle for car owners must invest in installing sturdy security systems to ensure that you will be knowledgeable. Roadside insurance can be configured, and talk to someone else's property. While these are not very populated yet, but I will talk about depreciation first. Several companies operate in many countries, bicycle. You could receive a renewal discount. Usually, the entrepreneurs strive hard to stay in my car protected with cheaper rates.
That way the what does my car insurance cover. A term life, a whole replacement takes up a couple of years old above. In addition, using the oil level is its approach to finding low cost auto. For example, it is only necessary if you drink, don't drive.
The centers may cost you may find that cheap does my car insurance cover me in a rental car for eco-cars will only vary significantly among different. Traffic schools are now providing insurance coverage to your budgeting as you get low cost insurance is a unique perspective on what proposal services the person at your budget, prioritize your expenditures. Some may cover both the repairs that are driven or around a younger driver may also provide their customers, most especially which among them will suit you. I have ever been easier to park and can show their report. Of course having advance knowledge of the following: jail time or having takeaways. It is between free or next to a fireplace with the high risk especially if there is an insurance company and cancel the policy runs out you even if you were unable to find these companies cover up to a complete. "This is too hard" - and so there will be guidelines such as road side service, collision, and comprehensive for the hire of the year.


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namespace TSW.B2B.Common.Implementation {
	using System;
	using System.Configuration;
	using System.Data;
	using System.Data.Common;
	using Interfaces;

	public class DbConnectionFactory : IConnectionFactory {
		private readonly DbProviderFactory provider;
		private readonly string connectionString;
		private readonly string name;
		public DbConnectionFactory() {
			string connectionName = "EstimateHistory";
			if (connectionName == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("connectionName");

			var conStr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings[connectionName];
			if (conStr == null)
				throw new ConfigurationErrorsException(string.Format("Failed to find connection string named '{0}' in app/web.config.", connectionName));

			this.name = conStr.ProviderName;
			this.provider = DbProviderFactories.GetFactory(conStr.ProviderName);
			this.connectionString = conStr.ConnectionString;

		}

		public IDbConnection Create() {
			var connection = provider.CreateConnection();
			if (connection == null)
				throw new ConfigurationErrorsException(string.Format("Failed to create a connection using the connection string named '{0}' in app/web.config.", name));

			connection.ConnectionString = connectionString;
			connection.Open();
			return connection;
		}
	}
}

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Q: Multithreading speed issue I added multithreading part to my code .
 public class ThreadClassSeqGroups
    {
        public Dictionary<string, string> seqGroup;
        public Dictionary<string, List<SearchAlgorithm.CandidateStr>> completeModels;
        public Dictionary<string, List<SearchAlgorithm.CandidateStr>> partialModels;
        private Thread nativeThread;

        public ThreadClassSeqGroups(Dictionary<string, string> seqs)
        {
            seqGroup = seqs;
            completeModels  = new Dictionary<string, List<SearchAlgorithm.CandidateStr>>();
            partialModels   = new Dictionary<string, List<SearchAlgorithm.CandidateStr>>();
        }

        public void Run(DescrStrDetail dsd, DescrStrDetail.SortUnit primarySeedSu,
            List<ushort> secondarySeedOrder, double partialCutoff)
        {
            nativeThread = new Thread(() => this._run(dsd, primarySeedSu, secondarySeedOrder, partialCutoff));
            nativeThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Highest;
            nativeThread.Start();
        }

        public void _run(DescrStrDetail dsd, DescrStrDetail.SortUnit primarySeedSu,
            List<ushort> secondarySeedOrder, double partialCutoff)
        {
            int groupSize = this.seqGroup.Count;
            int seqCount = 0;
            foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> p in seqGroup)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("ThreadID {0} (priority:{1}):\t#{2}/{3} SeqName: {4}",
                    nativeThread.ManagedThreadId, nativeThread.Priority.ToString(), ++seqCount, groupSize, p.Key);
                List<SearchAlgorithm.CandidateStr> tmpCompleteModels, tmpPartialModels;
                SearchAlgorithm.SearchInBothDirections(
                        p.Value.ToUpper().Replace('T', 'U'), dsd, primarySeedSu, secondarySeedOrder, partialCutoff,
                        out tmpCompleteModels, out tmpPartialModels);
                completeModels.Add(p.Key, tmpCompleteModels);
                partialModels.Add(p.Key, tmpPartialModels);
            }
        }

        public void Join()
        {
            nativeThread.Join();
        }

    }

class Program
{
    public static int _paramSeqGroupSize = 2000;
    static void Main(Dictionary<string, string> rawSeqs)
    {
        // Split the whole rawSeqs (Dict<name, seq>) into several groups
        Dictionary<string, string>[] rawSeqGroups = SplitSeqFasta(rawSeqs, _paramSeqGroupSize);

        // Create a thread for each seqGroup and run
        var threadSeqGroups = new MultiThreading.ThreadClassSeqGroups[rawSeqGroups.Length];
        for (int i = 0; i < rawSeqGroups.Length; i++)
        {
            threadSeqGroups[i] = new MultiThreading.ThreadClassSeqGroups(rawSeqGroups[i]);
            //threadSeqGroups[i].SetPriority();
            threadSeqGroups[i].Run(dsd, primarySeedSu, secondarySeedOrder, _paramPartialCutoff);
        }

        // Merge results from threads after the thread finish
        var allCompleteModels   = new Dictionary<string, List<SearchAlgorithm.CandidateStr>>();
        var allPartialModels    = new Dictionary<string, List<SearchAlgorithm.CandidateStr>>();
        foreach (MultiThreading.ThreadClassSeqGroups t in threadSeqGroups)
        {
            t.Join();
            foreach (string name in t.completeModels.Keys)
            {
                allCompleteModels.Add(name, t.completeModels[name]);
            }
            foreach (string name in t.partialModels.Keys)
            {
                allPartialModels.Add(name, t.partialModels[name]);
            }
        }
    }
}

However, the speed with multiple threads is much slower than single thread, and the CPU load is generally <10%.
For example:
The input file contain 2500 strings
_paramGroupSize = 3000,  main thread + 1 calculation thread cost 200 sec
_paramGroupSize = 400, main thread + 7 calculation threads cost much more time (I killed it after over 10 mins run).
Is there any problem with my implementation? How to speed it up?
Thanks.

A: It seems to me that you are trying to process a file in parallel with multiple threads. This is a bad idea, assuming you have a single mechanical disk.
Basically, the head of the disk needs to seek the next reading location for each read request. This is a costly operation and since multiple threads issue read commands it means the head gets bounced around as each thread gets its turn to run. This will drastically reduce performance compared to the case where a single thread is doing the reading.

A: What was the code prior to multithreading?  It's hard to tell what this code is doing, and much of the "working" code seems to be hidden in your search algorithm.  However, some thoughts:

*

*You mention an "input file", but this is not clearly shown in code - if your file access is being threaded, this will not increase performance as the file access will be the bottleneck.

*Creating more threads than you have CPU cores will ultimately reduce performance (unless each thread is blocked waiting on different resources).  In your case I would suggest that 8 total threads is too many.

*It seems that a lot of data (memory) access might be done through your class DescrStrDetail which is passed from variable dsd in your Main method to every child thread.  However, the declaration of this variable is missing and so its usage/implementation is unknown.  If this variable has locks that prevent multiple threads accessing at the same time, then your multiple threads will potentially be locking eachother out of this data, further slowing performance.

A: When threads are run they are given time on a specific processor.  if there are more threads than processors, the system context switches between threads to get all active threads some time to process.  Context switching is really expensive.  If you have more threads than processors most of the CPU time can be take up by context switching and make a single-threaded solution look faster than a multi thread solution.
Your example shows starting an indeterminate number of threads.  if SplitSeqFasta returns more entries than cores, you will create more threads and cores and introduce a lot of context switching.
I suggest you throttle the number of threads manually, or use something like the thread parallel library and the Parallel class to have it automatically throttle for you.

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Woodstock boys hockey and Sharon boys basketball teams each won a state championship on Monday night. Congratulations, y'all!
Sharon's victory was especially sweet — it was the first time the school had won in any sport, and the win rounded out an undefeated season. Wow.
History: @SharonAcademy hangs on 60-56 to capture its first state title of any kind in school history.
Woodstock wins the Div. II state title!


SUGAR LAND, Texas, March 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Industrial Info is tracking slightly more than $6 billion worth of projects that are planned to be completed in Michigan in the first half of this year. The Industrial Manufacturing Industry, led by the automotive sector, leads in terms of project value, with $4.1 billion in planned completions. This is followed in a distant second by the Power Industry, with $496 million in planned completions.
Within this article: Details on major project completions in Michigan.


Zoya Mirzaghitova. I am pleased to present the long awaited fourth Issue of the Undergraduate Journal of Art History.The fourth Issue boasts the largest number of articles we have been able to publish so far. It is a sign of the expanding interest in the Journal and our mandate as well as the high quality of research produced at the undergraduate level at the University of British Columbia.
Laura Pfiester. Are maps a mirror or an imposition of knowledge upon our world and how does the method of their production mask their ontogenesis? This paper will explore how the production and sharing platforms of Jeremy Wood's art cartographies affect the narratives of power within maps and challenge the discourse of cartographic authority.
Desiree Givens. Shortly after the Tiananmen Square incident of 1989, China underwent a massive urban transformation. Particularly in Beijing, modern skyscrapers began to replace traditional buildings that had for so long been symbolic of Chinese heritage.
Katia Fernandez Mayo. Towards the end of sixteenth-century Venice, widespread ideas on spirituality, prophecy, and mystery remained inherently popular among Renaissance societies. The wide distribution of prophetic texts, aided with the invention of print, resulted in a rising interest to create elaborate illuminated manuscripts that re-contextualised Byzantine contents into a current Venetian Renaissance setting.
Verena Tan. Graffiti on public walls has been used across cultures and time periods to voice public dissidence, protest and opinions about social and political issues. These messages reflect local political unrest and can signify unity or conflict within a people. In Hong Kong, Tsang Tsou Choi graffitied "King of Kowloon" in his claim to the land before colonization.
Marcus Jack. The museum space is never an arbitrary composite of galleries and corridors. Museum architecture is bound to an eternal discourse with the ideologies which perpetuate inside. These ideologies are breathed in the physicality of the building, a space dedicated to the embodied viewer who maneuvers, exploring every crevice and chasm.


Last week, Joanne Harper, Executive Principal of UTC Reading, UTC Swindon and Heathrow UTC, had an article published in the 'Guide to STEM' supplement in TES magazine.
In the article, 'Use your local UTC as a resource for STEM', Joanne discusses how UTCs shouldn't be seen as a threat to the more traditional schools, but rather as an opportunity for collaboration for those wishing to embrace STEM subjects. She explains how UTC Reading has been working hard to create a STEM hub: 'We invited all of our industry partners along to the hub, and we invited all of the primary and secondary schools in Reading as well.' She details the benefits this has had for both schools and firms, as it enables a structured platform for them to network.
The article gives some great examples of some of the bespoke activities that the STEM hub offers to many primary schools. Joanne comments: "This age group is especially important in gaining girls' interest in STEM careers." The hub has also set up talks, inviting those involved in STEM professions to inspire secondary school students to start thinking about these types of careers.
Joanne continues, 'We urgently need to help foster more of these relationships between schools and industry to help tackle the existing skills gap'. With UTCs being 'experts in this area', they can therefore play a key role in helping a school to adjust its' curriculum in order to tackle this gap.


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Home World Headlines Coweta County Schools cancels classes for Friday after storm damage, Report
Coweta County Schools cancels classes for Friday after storm damage, Report
Severe weather brought heavy damage to Coweta County late Thursday night and early Friday morning. In Newnan, large trees fell on homes and on the roads, buildings were damaged and power poles snapped leaving thousands of people in the dark.
All of this damage led The Coweta County School system to make the early morning decision to stay closed.
Coweta schools announced early Friday morning that the entire district will be closed because of the weather and damage caused by the weather, according to their public information officer.
Right after the storms cleared the area, Georgia Power's outage map reported more than 2,000 customers were without power and Coweta-Fayette EMC reported more than 4,000 customers without power.
Newnan Police Department is asking people to stay off the roads because trees and power lines are down. Officials are working to both assess the damage and make the roads safe. The police department posted this plea on Facebook just after 2:00 a.m.
"Please… Get off the road in Newnan. We have a large amount of damage to include trees down and powerlines down. By you being out driving and sightseeing, It is impeding our efforts to get to people that need help.
Please bare with us. We have called in SRT, SRO, CID, command staff, and most off-duty patrol shifts to help deal with this. If you need IMMEDIATE assistance, please call 911. We are all doing the best we can. We'll get through this."
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Girls, meet Lisa, a big, big animal and mostly puppy lover! No wonder that she runs one of the most famous pet salon in town, her furry little customers simply adore her, they get a royal pampering during each one of their visits at her salon! Now, running a popular pet salon might sound easy to you, but just imagine all the mess that these tiny pooches leave behind. Speaking of that, how about lending the lovely owner a helping hand for getting her pet beauty salon spotless clean and so very tidy before her adorable customers start to arrive today? Pick up all the bottles of doggy shampoo off the floor and place them on the due stand, all those special scissors used for trimming the puppies' fur, collect all the toys scattered there, remove the doggy poo, too, and so on. Enjoy!


Warmth…. Awwwwhhh…. Such a cozy thought this time of year as we begin Winter and prepare for the coldest months of the year here on in Mars.
There's nothing like curling up on the couch under a fleece blanket by the glow of candlelight and a crackling fire – especially during the holidays with the twinkling reflection of Christmas tree lights adding additional warmth to the living room. Add a nice glass of dry red wine – maybe 7 Deadly Zins or a nice Cab – or maybe even a stiff Bombay and tonic with a twist of lime or a glass of sweet syrupy Port or some brandy over ice (oops – I digress!).
We were talking about warmth – right? (that's this week's WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge).
All of this is such a lovely scenario until IT hits….
Most women out there 45 years + likely know what I'm talking about….
The family is sitting together all snuggly – watching TV, reading, looking at our computers/iPhones/iPads – and IT happens all of the sudden – out of nowhere.
Warmth is an understatement when IT hits!
But then, usually in less than 2 or 3 minutes, IT is gone. The blanket gets pulled back up, another log on the fire, another sip of…..
According to ancient folklore, I was born very close to midnight – almost 1/1/63 – – – 8 minutes or 12 minutes or something close to that.
So, I'm much closer to 52 for my Australian friends than my Martian friends.
But really – 51 – 52 – what's the difference really?! Especially when IT hits!
We revived another one of Grandma's Christmas traditions this year. We made her homemade Polish pierogi recipe.
I am fortunate enough to have my hubby, Marty, help with these little buggers. There are not a lot of ingredients, but there are a few tedious steps, and the dough is a bit "tight" to roll out.
We made the filling the day before and refrigerated overnight so it was easy to roll into little balls for the filling.
It is really important to seal them completely so the filling doesn't seep out when boiling.
I use a little bit of water on my fingers to help seal, then pinch with tines of a fork.
Boiling only takes a few minutes, and they are done when they float to the top.
When ready to serve, fry the pierogies in a skillet with butter until golden brown.
Then the really yummy part comes when you caramelize sweet onions in butter and layer in between your pile or bowlful or pan full of these wonderful little pasta pockets of cheesy potato goodness.
Pierogies are a Polish tradition and a Pittsburgh tradition. There are even several stores/restaurants that strictly sell and serve pierogies. They can be made with a variety of fillings. Our favorite is potatoes and cheese, but we also love them filled with homemade saurkraut sauteed in pork. Others fill them with a cottage cheese or prune filling. Grandma always pronounced them 'pee dough gee'. Some people spell them 'pieroghi'.
Whatever way you pronounce it or spell or fill it, pierogies are a wonderful treat and another fond memory of my dear Grandma, my Stella star.
For Filling: Mash potatoes, add rest of ingredients, and blend well. Chill until ready to use.
Mix all dough ingredients together and knead until dough is smooth.
Roll out to approximately 1/4″ thickness and cut into 2-3″ circles with a drinking glass.
Add about a tablespoonful of filling to center, then fold over, seal, and crimp.
Place pierogies in boiling water and boil until they rise to the top, then remove.
When ready to serve, fry in butter in a skillet until golden brown.
Sauteed onions – the more the better are excellent served with pierogies.
We also love a dollop of sour cream on top.
Our kids have grown up together. We have spent Christmases and New Years and many other holidays and celebrations together through the years (as well as a few trying times, tragedies, changes, and everything else life throws at all of us!).
This Christmas, even though are kids are grown – – with a few married and a few moved away to other states – – we were able to all gather together the day after Christmas to celebrate our family friendship.
I like to share small, but hopefully meaningful gifts with our McHendy family.
I ordered a key bracelet (The Never Ending Bracelet) for each of the girls and had the word "Grateful" engraved on it, because I am grateful for each one of them in my life. After they wear it for a while, they are to pass it on and express their gratitude to someone in their life.
For the boys, I painted "McHendy" in gold sharpie on a shot glass for each of them.
To try to get them all to look relatively the same, I chose a font I liked and printed the word "McHendy" out on a sheet of white paper. I cut it out to fit into the glass and simply drew over it while it was inside the glass.
Cherishing memories then and now!
I had a ball trying to think of fun four-letter words with Scrabble tiles to make these DIY Scrabble coasters as Christmas gifts for family and friends.
I really wanted to share them before Christmas, but I didn't want to spoil the surprise for the recipients.
They would also be cute birthday, Valentine's, new home, and anniversary gifts too!
I simply purchased a couple of sheets of cork tile, glued Scrabble tiles in a 4×4 pattern onto them with E6000 glue, hit them with a spray of clear polyurethane spray, then trimmed with a utility knife. Voila! Cute handmade gift!
I bought bags of Scrabble tiles at Amazon, but if you have time, you can start scouring Goodwill, second hand shops, and garage sales for used Scrabble games cheap to get the tiles. You might also just find yourself wanting to play this classic game again, too!
PS. If you want to make these and need further directions, there are some great Youtube videos or other DIY sites you can check out by simply searching Scrabble Coasters.
Some of the best gifts cost little or no money.
Like this jar of love I received from our dear Ella.
On Christmas day, 7-year old Ella came bouncing in our house with bright, smiling eyes and outstretched arms – wrapping me in a tight, warm hug.
Inside the jar were sweet sentiments – expressions of love – that welled up my eyes, warmed my heart, brought a quiver to my voice, and filled me with more joy than a hundred million catrillion dollars could buy.
I will always treasure my Jar of Love.
Gifts need not cost money – they matter most when they are from the heart.
Wishing all the Santas and Elves a peaceful and relaxing day after Christmas.
This is one of my all-time favorite Santas in the collection I have accumulated over the years. A good reminder that even Santa needs a break and some pampering.
and what you do with all of it.
and plenty of gift bags, which saved a lot of time!
So the gifts are all stacked in my office, and the office door remains CLOSED!
One year Mikey ate an entire pound of Chocolate Peanut Butter Meltaways that was in a box wrapped in cellophane and then gift wrapped and was in the middle of a pile of gifts under the tree. No other boxes were disrupted somehow, but the entire box of candy was G-O-N-E! And though chocolate is supposed to be "poison" to dogs, Mike had a bit of a tummy ache and slugged around for a few hours, but was no worse for wear. Oh Mikey!
Anyway – the package is half the fun. Right?
Well – I ran out of bags and had some special little gifts left to wrap that are odd shaped, so I found this cute little easy-to-make gift bag on Pootles Papercraft's YouTube channel.
Sam does great tutorials on all kinds of little gift bags and boxes if you want to check her out. And her accent is so fun to listen to also! I used StampinUp's Holiday Craft Paper (Under the Tree DSP), the Festival of Trees Stamp and Punch, and a bit of jute string to tie it closed.
I finally got around to some Christmas cookie baking this weekend, and the highlight for my gang is the Apricot Kolaches.
Mine are not quite as perfect and beautiful as Grandma used to make, but they are getting thumbs ups around here. Apricot Kolaches are a traditional Polish tender cream cheese pastry cookie with a sweet-tart apricot filling. Grandma was 100% Polish, and her cooking and baking were like none other!
I remember Grandma painstakingly measuring each 2 inch by 2 inch square so that every singly one looked exactly the same. I don't have nearly the patience, but I smile remembering those days in the kitchen with her. I can also now relate to the aching back and feet she had at the end of the day after rolling, cutting, filling, folding, baking, cooling, packing up… And I wish I had a young Jodi to rub my feet and massage my legs with Jergen's cherry almond lotion like I did for Grandma in the evening after an all-day baking session.
But the joy on Marty's and Nick's faces and the "Mmmmm's" that escape their lips between bites make it all worth it!
…as well as some with dried blueberries and white chocolate chips using the same recipe (another of Marty's faves).
And gotta have some Pittsburgh Thumbprint cookies too. I made a batch with chocolate fudge and another with colorful sprinkles and green icing centers.
Here is the recipe I use for the Apricot Kolaches.
Beat cream cheese and butter on medium-high speed of stand mixer until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Turn mixer on low, and gradually mix in the flour until a smooth dough forms.
Knead dough on lightly floured work surface, and gently form a ball. Divide dough into fourths, flatten, and wrap each in plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 4 hours.
When ready to bake, preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line cookie sheet or baking stone with parchment paper. Working with one piece of dough at a time (after bringing back to room temperature from refrigeration), roll out to approximately 1/8 inch thick rectangle. Trim edges and cut dough into 2 inch squares.
Spoon about 1/2 teaspoon of apricot filling into the center of each square.
Fold one corner into the center, dab with the beaten egg, then bring the opposite corner into the center and press firmly to seal.
Place on parchment-lined cookie sheet, and bake for approximately 10 minutes.
Dust with confectioner's sugar and cool on wire rack.
These cookies freeze well, and thaw quickly.
I hope you and your family will try these and enjoy them as much as we do.


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Q: React - Sorting is being done except first element I was doing React add list and sorting, but the sorting is not working perfectly.
it sort well except the first elements.
when i add aa, bb, cc elements in order, it should sort as cc, bb,aa, but it actually
sort as aa, cc, bb. When i add other elements, it works well except first element 'aa'
problem screenshot
I am working on this for two days but still don't know what's the problem... please help me
My sort function is like this,
handleList = () => {
  const { information } = this.state;
  information.sort((a, b) => (a.name > b.name ? -1 : 1));
  this.setState({
    information: information,
  });
};

My state, and handleCreate function
id = 0;
state = {
  sortingState: false,
  information: [],
};
handleCreate = (data) => {
  const { information } = this.state;
  this.setState({
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  });
};

render
render() {
  const { information } = this.state;
  return (
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      <DataList
        data={information}
        onRemove={this.handleRemove}
        onUpdate={this.handleUpdate}
      />
      <button onClick={this.handleList}>Sort</button>
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  );
}

https://codesandbox.io/s/stoic-yalow-89e28?file=/src/App.js

A: // try this way
information.sort((a,b)=>
  b.name.trim().localeCompare(a.name.trim())
);

// or this way

information.sort((a, b) => (a.name.trim() > b.name.trim() ? -1 : 1));

A: The problem is with your handleSubmit function.  Change the initial value of your state fields to "" instead of " ".  For example:
    handleSubmit = (e) => {
    e.preventDefault();
    this.props.onCreate(this.state);
    this.setState({
      name: "",
      phone: "",
      date: ""
    });
   };

What your code is doing is adding a space to the beginning of your name string.  Then when it sorts, it sorts the items that begin with space after your first item which does not begin with space.
Therefore, this should fix your problem.


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package com.ocdsoft.bacta.swg.server.actor;

import co.paralleluniverse.actors.Actor;
import co.paralleluniverse.actors.BasicActor;
import co.paralleluniverse.actors.MailboxConfig;
import co.paralleluniverse.common.util.Exceptions;
import co.paralleluniverse.fibers.Fiber;
import co.paralleluniverse.fibers.FiberForkJoinScheduler;
import co.paralleluniverse.fibers.FiberScheduler;
import co.paralleluniverse.fibers.SuspendExecution;
import co.paralleluniverse.strands.Strand;
import co.paralleluniverse.strands.channels.Channels;
import org.junit.Test;

/**
 * Created by kyle on 5/19/2016.
 */
public class ActorTest {

    private FiberScheduler scheduler;
    static final MailboxConfig mailboxConfig = new MailboxConfig(10, Channels.OverflowPolicy.THROW);

    public ActorTest() {
        scheduler = new FiberForkJoinScheduler("test", 4, null, false);
    }

    @Test
    void actorTest() {

        Actor<Message, Integer> actor = spawnActor(new BasicActor<Message, Integer>(mailboxConfig) {
            @Override
            protected Integer doRun() throws SuspendExecution, InterruptedException {
                throw new RuntimeException("foo");
            }
        });

    }

    private <Message, V> Actor<Message, V> spawnActor(Actor<Message, V> actor) {
        Fiber fiber = new Fiber("actor", scheduler, actor);
        fiber.setUncaughtExceptionHandler(new Strand.UncaughtExceptionHandler() {
            @Override
            public void uncaughtException(Strand s, Throwable e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                throw Exceptions.rethrow(e);
            }
        });
        fiber.start();
        return actor;
    }

    static class Message {
        final int num;

        public Message(int num) {
            this.num = num;
        }
    }
}


Shifty Saddled Up And Ready To Go!
Today it was time to head to Ashridge Estate to attend the Geolympix 2016, my second Mega event.
I was delighted to test out the geo-bike properly. Ashridge is a big estate and it enabled me (and Shifty Duck!) to get around and find a good few more caches than we would have managed on foot alone.
Shifty bagged the jump seat pretty quickly – and certainly turned a few heads as we rode along!
Little Quacker was also keen to help out with the finds and signing the log!
We found some interesting fungi in the woods too.
The birds were a bit worried about the camo for this cache!
If I was worried that Shifty would be the biggest kid on the block, I needn't have – look at this monster bear who was helping out on the Mega sign-in desk!
At 2pm the participants of #UKGeocachingHour on Twitter got together for a little meet up. It was well attended! Nice to meet folks in person who I've only chatted with online before now.
Three Irish cachers turned up for the meetup – The_Chris, lulybelle and Saramur – great to meet them too, I've been chatting with Susan (lulybelle) and Sarah for ages, so lovely to put faces to names.
After riding around looking for a few more caches, I returned to the main site to have a rest and watch the National Geocaching Awards – there were some worthy winners – some of whom seemed particularly ecstatic to have won!
I then made my way to the Travelodge in Hemel Hempstead for the night, so that I would be ready to set off again, bright and early tomorrow, for day two of my trip.
I love my mountain bike, it's great for going places close to home. But it's rather a faff if I want to take it any distance in the car and then ride. So I've invested in a second-hand folding bike, won a couple of days ago on eBay – I went to collect it this morning from a guy in Springfield!
I thought I should give it a spin to test it out, so I parked a little bit away from the handily-named Chelmer Village Cycle Path hide, unfolded the machine and set off. Thankfully, it was a quick find just before the path became infested with muggles from all directions!
After a break back home, I went out again this evening to look for a few hides around King George's Park in Brentwood. One was supposed to be a clever cache up a tree, with a line and counter-weight, but it was in rather a sorry state – the two previous finders today have already logged a Needs Maintenance, so I saw no point in adding another one.
Still, even in that state, the find earned me my first August souvenir (for finding a cache with ten or more favourite points).
A very lazy day today, partly due to being rather sore after falling off my scooter yesterday. But also because I had to sit at the computer and get stuff done.
By the evening I was wanting a trip out, to I headed over to Maldon to try and clear up the final couple of unfound caches there.
The first was a very quick find – finally – at a nemesis cache which I have already DNF'd TWICE! No idea why, since it was as plain as day when I arrived at GZ this time. C'est la vie.
Little Quacker was pleased to find the Really Side Tracked – Maldon West pot, after we had a short search. That's it, Maldon is done! (Until someone brings out a new one, then we'll be back).
Today I went for a trip around Canvey Island, taking the geo-scooter as I knew it was fairly flat terrain and much quicker to get from cache to cache.
My first incident was hitting a rough patch of pavement within about a minute of getting on the thing – and then getting off it again in a very quick, painful manner. Ouch. Bashed my knees up yet again.
So I hobbled around the Canvey Heights Country Park and started off with two DNF's – as had others recently. However, the next two were also unfound by previous seekers, so I was pretty happy to have spotted them myself.
This one was a tricky little blighter, but we got there in the end!
Then I relocated to have a scoot along the Sea Wall and back, picking up the Island Gateway series of hides by G4UYG. I managed to locate all but one (and that was only because GZ was infested with muggles both times I passed, so I couldn't really look).
So apart from the initial mishap, it was an enjoyable outing by scooter. I'm still nursing the bruises and expect I may be a bit sore for a few days to come! I guess I'll have to dip my Adventures Coin into the finds as they were definitely out of my comfort zone! Ouch.
I was stuck at home working all day, unable to play. But I skipped out a bit early this evening on the way to my friend's for dinner, and headed to Crays Hill and Noak Bridge to search out handful of caches. With just one DNF, I managed to bag three quickly. Job done.
First up was a musical girls' cache, where Little Quacker was pleased to make the acquaintance of a Mr S. Cargo.
We found an older cache in the little nature reserve at Noak Bridge – LQ was very surprised to see Santa!
I ordered sunshine for my Teddy Bears' Picnic Event today and it worked! We had lovely weather for my little gathering on Galleywood Common and there was a great turn out.
There were plenty of teddies (and other animals!) in attendance, as well as human cachers. it was a nice relaxed way to celebrate my 366 Day geostreak.
Vanguard3 (Bob, Mr Certificate) presented me with a surprise Essex Cachers achievement award, which was an unexpected bonus!
I also got a delightful hand made card from a couple of the younger cachers in attendance, which was very sweet.
So, am I giving up now? Well, not quite. I've decided to keep going up to 400 days (which should occur on 29th August 2016). That's a good round number. Keep an eye out here for forthcoming adventures!
I decided to visit Hockley Woods today to pick up some of the many caches which lurk there. A good few have been there a long time, which would help me along with my pre-March-2012 finds challenge.
A couple were also quite tricky, so I was delighted to find the pots where others had failed before me – it's all too often me who's staring down the barrel of a DNF!
Little Quacker was delighted to find his first Ammo Can too. Plus he got to meet a friendly dinosaur who was guarding it.
The penultimate find of the day was a box which has been in the wild since November 2009. Sadly, it's looking a bit the worse for wear now and could do with a bit of TLC, but at least it was still there.
I went up to London this afternoon to attend the Mad Cachers' Tea Party event organised jointly by local pan314159 and avroair, who was visiting from the USA. Everyone was encouraged to wear a mad hat – and there were certainly lots to be seen!
Extraordinary creations were the most fun – there was a popular vote for the best and this bonkers hat was the winner! Even Nemo looks surprised!
My own creation was not a modest affair – furry bunny ears, LED lights and a full-blown tea party going on around the brim and on top. It turned a few heads. I was glad it survived the journey by train in my picnic bag.
My Little Quacker was delighted to make some new friends who were also taking part in the HQ Duck Dash. I'm sure there was a bit of rivalry going on too!
There were many tempting shinies on offer two, as several hard-core coin collectors were there with their duplicates and swaps. I was very weak!
As well as the event, I also managed to squeeze in a multi and trad find beforehand, plus another multi and earthcache on the way home. The SideTracked EarthCache – Euston Station Geology cache (also by pan314159) was another one which has been on my London target list for ages. It was still busy this evening, but a little patience eventually paid off and I got the info I needed.
Just time for a quick single today, and I needed a Church Micro to complete the Church Micro Date Challenge. I was on my way to Colchester to visit mum and dad for the day, so chose an unfound CM in Birch Green which was worth a short diversion.
Having parked up and walked to GZ, I found the cache – not quite where the hint suggested, but easy enough. My Little Quacker had brief fun with the yoyo he found inside!
This evening's trip was to Tiptree to try and mop up a few more boxes there which are still outstanding. After finally bagging a very old Church Micro, I scooted off to Simple Command – a keysafe hidden on the back of a Give Way sign. However, finding the sign was the hard bit – it was buried deep in the hedge! Still, I'm used to hedge fiddling in this game, so it didn't deter me much.
We also had to walk some footpaths in the countryside to find a couple of other boxes, but that's no problem since the scooter folds up easily and isn't too heavy to carry when not in use.
LQ found a little lizard to befriend in the box – he looked quite real but is just as plasticky as the duck!
Another enjoyable outing by scooter, which was rounded off by popping in to see Mr Crow on the way home for a welcome cup of tea.


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Klarus RS80GT Flashlight boasts a whopping 10,000 lumens
By Marie Patten on	 September 21, 2021 Gear
Why settle for less when you can think big. We are talking about the powerful Klarus RS80GT flashlight which can easily light up a football field with its immense brightness. It boasts a whopping 10,000 lumens from three CREE XHP70.2 LED bulbs.
Tom Cruise fans may be familiar with this projector because he used it in one of his scenes from "The Mummy" when he came down from a cave. No doubt it certainly offered a lot of visibility in the dark. In addition to its maximum output of 10,000 lumens, it also shines up to a beam distance of 1,870 feet or 570 meters.
The Klarus RS80GT Flashlight is an upgrade from its predecessor, the RS80 with its higher lumens and larger capacity battery, and fast charging. It works with six 3,400 mAh Li-ion batteries capable of supporting 135 hours of battery life. A DC charging table allows it to fully recharge in three hours. Likewise, it charges via a USB-C cable which makes it easy to use the batteries as a portable power bank.
This portable torch is suitable for all kinds of outdoor adventures and search and rescue operations. It is rated IPX-7, so it can withstand splashing water from all sides and can briefly submerge in water. It is also resistant to drops up to one meter. In addition, it uses an advanced ITS-Intelligent system that adjusts the output according to the internal temperature to preserve the batteries and protect the circuit board. It also prevents external overheating so you don't get burned.
The Klarus RS80GT Flashlight also comes with a bright 100 lumens COB table lamp, ideal for reading, car repairs, etc. As well as being user-friendly, it is portable with additional shoulder straps and can be mounted on a tripod. It is also quite light at 1.25 kg.
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Kakalo'uta, auch kakal, ist ein Schlagstabspiel der Fataluku in der osttimoresischen Gemeinde Lautém.

Das kakalo'uta besteht aus drei Holzstangen, die als Aufschlagstäbe dienen und an Seilen untereinander aufgehängt werden. Den tiefsten Ton erzeugt die oberste Stange, den höchsten die unterste Stange. Das Holz stammt vom Baum Pterospermum acerifolium (, Fataluku ai pokura). Im Gegensatz zu den anderen traditionellen Instrumenten der Fataluku wird es nicht nur bei Soloauftritten verwendet, sondern auch zur Begleitung von zeremoniellen Anlässen.

Beim Spielen ist der Rhythmus des kakalo'uta unregelmäßig und folgt oft den Wendungen der mehrstimmigen Liedgattung vaihoho. Bei den Liedern werden auch Tierlaute von Hähnen, Hunden und Insekten imitiert. Auf den Feldern wird das Instrument benutzt, um Vögel, Affen und andere Tiere davon abzuhalten, die Ernte zu fressen. Liebeslieder werden eher leise gespielt, als einzelne Töne, um die Geliebte oder den Geliebten zu rufen. Das Instrument wird auch zur Begleitung von vaihoho bei Hochzeiten, Beerdigungen, Erntefesten und anderen zeremoniellen Anlässen gespielt.

Weblinks
 Videos mit Klangbeispielen von Kakalo'utas.
 Kakalo'utas' bei einer Zeremonie

Einzelnachweise

Musik (Osttimor)
Stabspiel
Lautém (Gemeinde)


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Die Ostslawen sind ein Zweig der Slawen, die sich nach sprachlichen und kulturellen Kriterien von den West- und Südslawen unterscheiden, wobei eine Zuordnung für die Zeit bis zum 10. Jahrhundert nicht immer eindeutig ist. Zu den Völkern, die aus den mittelalterlichen ostslawischen Stämmen hervorgegangen sind, zählen heute Russen, Ukrainer, Belarussen und Russinen.

Siedlungsgebiet
Das Siedlungsgebiet der Ostslawen erstreckte sich im Frühmittelalter von Ostpolen bis zum Schwarzen Meer im Süden und dem Ilmensee im Norden. Sie grenzten im Westen an westslawische, im Nordwesten an baltische, im Norden und Nordosten an finno-ugrische, im Süden an turkstämmige und im Südwesten an südslawische Stämme.

Im Verlauf der fortschreitenden slawischen Ostsiedlung wurden im zentralrussischen Raum baltische und finno-ugrische Stämme assimiliert.

Geschichte
Seit dem späten 6. Jahrhundert siedelten slawische Stämme entlang der großen Flüsse wie des Dnepr, Prypjat und Dnister.

Über die Entstehung und Ausbreitung ostslawischer Stämme gibt es nur sehr wenige schriftliche Aussagen.

Erwähnungen
Bayerischer Geograph
um 850/890
 Buschanen am westlichen Bug
 Ulitschen zwischen Dnjepr und Südlichem Bug
 Tiwerzen
Nestorchronik zu
um 864
 Ilmensee-Slowenen am Ilmensee bei Nowgorod und am Wolchow
 Kriwitschen an der Düna bei Polazk

um 885

  Poljanen am Dnepr bei Kiew,
 Drewlanen am unteren Prypjat bei Iskorosten
 Sewerjanen bei Tschernihiw
 Radimitschen am oberen Dnepr und Desna
907
 Chorwaten am unteren Dnister
 Duleben am westlichen Bug
 Wjatitschen an der Oka bei Moskau

10. Jahrhundert
  Dregowitschen am mittleren Prypjat bei Turow
 Wolhynier am westlichen Bug um Wolyn und Wladimir

Kiewer Rus

Um 862 begannen skandinavische Waräger ihre Herrschaft im Gebiet um Nowgorod und Ladoga. Zu den ersten erwähnten Stämmen gehörten die slawischen Ilmensee-Slowenen und Kriwitschen. In den folgenden Jahrzehnten dehnte die Rus ihr Herrschaftsgebiet über zahlreiche weitere slawische Stämme aus.

Ab 988 übernahm sie das orthodoxe Christentum nach byzantinischen Ritus. Gebräuchlich wurde die kyrillische Schrift.

Teilung des Gebietes
Ab 1340 kamen die westlichen Gebiete unter die Herrschaft des Großfürstentums Litauen und des Königreichs Polen. Die östlichen Gebiete blieben zunächst im Einflussbereich der Goldenen Horde.

Es begannen sich kulturelle Unterschiede zu entwickeln. Im Großfürstentum Litauen wurde die ruthenische Sprache gesprochen, die zur Vorläufen des Ukrainischen und Belarussischen wurde. Im Osten entwickelte sich die russische Sprache.

Ab 1480
Nach der Befreiung des östlichen Teils der Rus von der Tatarenherrschaft entwickelte sich zwischen den Großfürstentümern Moskau und Litauen eine Rivalität, um die Ostslawen unter ihrer Herrschaft erneut zu vereinen. Im Rahmen dieser Rivalität kam es zu mehreren russisch-litauischen und russisch-polnischen Kriegen.

Dem Russischen Reich gelang es, beinah alle ostslawische Gebiete bis auf Galizien zu erobern.

Im Rahmen der vor der Oktoberrevolution weltweit gängigen Konzeption wurden alle Ostslawen als Russen bezeichnet und in Großrussen, Kleinrussen und Belarussen unterteilt. Während der Sowjetzeit wurden Großrussen zu Russen und Kleinrussen zu Ukrainern. Manche Ethnologen betrachten die Russinen als ein viertes ostslawisches Volk.

Heute bilden die Ostslawen mit knapp 200 Millionen Menschen die größte Gruppe der Slawen.

Lebensweise
Die Ostslawen sprachen im Mittelalter die altostslawische Sprache. Sie lebten von Landwirtschaft und Jagd, wobei sie bereits früh anfingen, Städte und Burgen zu gründen. Deshalb hieß ihr Gebiet, durch das wichtige Handelsrouten entlang des verzweigten Flusssystems gingen, im altnordischen Sprachgebrauch Gardarike, 'Reich der Städte'.

Siehe auch
 Rus
 Westslawen

Literatur

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BROOKE, After Edward Adveno (1821-1910)
View from the Upper Terrace Walk, in the Gardens at Shrublands
London: Published by T. McLean, 1857. Colour-printed lithograph. Very good condition, with the exception of being trimmed a bit close to the image at the top and bottom, cutting into the text slightly at bottom. Image size (including text): 14 1/8 x 17 7/8 inches. Sheet size: 14 3/8 x 21 inches.
A stunning view of the gardens at Westfield Halll on the Isle of Wight, from the "The Gardens of England." The Italian-style garden at Shrublands was designed by the Victorian architect Sir Charles Barry with later modifications by William Robinson. It is a prime example of the Italian style of garden design that was popular in England during the early nineteenth century, and which was characterized by the use of decorative edifices, classical architectural elements, and stairways.
Published in 1857, The Gardens of England is a series of 24 plates with accompanying text depicting the diverse luxuriant gardens of various distinguished English mansions. The mid-nineteenth century was a period during which the traditional aesthetics of garden design underwent a significant change in England, as innovative ideas and concepts were being continually introduced and explored. Brooke's publication embodies the eclectic nature of Victorian garden design and constitutes an important visual survey of the varied styles that were popular among the wealthy and fashionable. Little is known about E. Adveno Brooke, other than that he exhibited at the Royal Academy and British Institution between 1853 and 1864 and his most significant publication was The Gardens of England.
Cf. Abbey, Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland, 392; cf. Benezit, Dictionnaire Des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, Vol. 2, p. 842.
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Население Кот-д'Ивуара.

Основные сведения
Численность населения — 23 295 300 (2015 г.).

Годовой прирост — 2,1 %;

Рождаемость — 32 на 1000 (фертильность — 4,1 рождений на женщину, младенческая смертность — 66 на 1000 рождений);

Смертность — 11 на 1000;

Средняя продолжительность жизни — 55 лет у мужчин, 57 лет у женщин;

Заражённость вирусом иммунодефицита (ВИЧ) — 3,9 % (оценка 2007 года).

Грамотность — 60 % мужчин, 38 % женщин (оценка 2000 года).

В городах проживает свыше 40 % населения (довольно высокий показатель для Тропической Африки). Основная часть населения сконцентрирована вдоль побережья Гвинейского залива, где расположены основные промышленные центры и крупные плантации.

Этнический состав — аканы 42 %, гур 17 %, северные манде 16 %, кру 11 %, южные манде 10 %, другие, в том числе около 100 тыс. арабов и около 14 тыс. французов (оценка 1998 года).

Языки — французский (официальный), около 60 африканских языков, из них наиболее распространённый — диула (как язык межплеменного общения).

Религии — мусульмане 39 %, христиане 33 %, аборигенные культы 11 %, атеисты 17 %. Из иностранных мигрантов — 70 % мусульман и 20 % христиан (оценка на 2008 год).

Ивуариец (а также ивуарийский) — , )

Население Кот-д'Ивуара

5 крупнейших городов (2010)
 Абиджан — 4 123 000
 Буаке — 659 000
 Далоа — 181 000
 Ямусукро — 242 000
 Корого — 212 000

См. также
 Гере (народ)

Примечания

Ссылки

 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/iv.html
 https://web.archive.org/web/20150223080259/http://www.populstat.info/


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Tag Archives: World Record for Distance
July 6, 2019 AviationFAI, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, Glider, Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov, Olga Vasil'yevna Klepikova, Sailplane, World Record for Distance, Олег Константинович Антонов, Ольга Васильевна Клепикова, Рот-Фронт-7Bryan Swopes
Olga Vasil'yevna Klepikova
6 July 1939: Ольга Васильевна Клепикова (Olga Vasil'yevna Klepikova) flew an Antonov RF-7 glider from Tushino airport, Moscow, to Mikhaylovka, in the Stalingrad region of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. She set two Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Records for Distance at 749.203 kilometers (465.533 statute miles).¹
Klepikova's glider was towed aloft by a Polikarpov P-5 biplane, and then released at an altitude of 1,000 meters (3,281 feet). She circled overhead for approximately an hour, gaining altitude, before heading toward Stalingrad. The total duration of the flight was 8 hours, 25 minutes.
Once she landed near Mikhaylovka, Tovarisch (Comrade) Klepikova was captured by "vigilant farmers" who presumed that she was a German spy. They turned her over to the NKVD (Narodnyy Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del), the infamous predecessor to the KGB.
Olga Vasil'yevna Klepikova was born at Tula, about 120 miles (193 kilometers) south of Moscow, on 10 October 1915.
Gospohzha Klepikova studied at the Tula FZU (Fabrichno-Zavodskoe Uchilishe), an industrial technical school, and she then worked as a lathe operator in an armaments factory.
Comrade Klepikova joined the Tula Aero Club in 1930, where she was taught to fly. In 1933, she was sent to Moscow as an instructor for the Central Aero Club at Tushino.
During the Great Patriotic War, Comrade Klepikova served as a flight instructor at Stalingrad. She worked as a test pilot at Kazan and then Rostov on Don from the end of the War until 1953.
Gospohzha Klepikova married a fellow test pilot, and they had two daughters. The family relocated to the area of Kiev, Ukraine. As of 2002, she lived in Vasiljena, Kiev, Ukraine, with a pension equivalent to $20 per month.
Olga Vasil'yevna Klepikova, an Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, died at Kiev, 27 July 2010, at the age of 95 years. Her remains were interred at the Baikove Cemetery in Kiev.
Ольга Васильевна Клепикова
Рот-Фронт-7 (Rot-Front 7)
Gospohzha Klepikova's glider was a Рот-Фронт-7 (Rot-, or Roth-Front 7), designed by Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov. It was one of five built at the Moscow Glider Factory. The Rot-Front 7 was a single-place, high wing monoplane glider, constructed primarily of wood. It was covered with 1.5–3.5 millimeter thick plywood. Wing flaps allowed the glider to land in fairly small areas. The RF-7 was 5.00 meters (16 feet, 4.9 inches) long, with a wingspan of 16.24 meters (53 feet, 3.4 inches), and height of 1.55 meters (5 feet, 1.0 inches). The wings had a total area of 12.5 square meters (134.6 square feet), with an aspect ratio of 22.5. As much as 120 liters (31.7 gallons) of water ballast was carried in a tank behind the pilot. There was a single, retractable wheel under the ballast tank, which was enclosed by two aluminum doors.
The RF-7 had a best cruise speed of 85 kilometers per hour (52.8 miles per hour), and it had a maximum speed of 88 kilometers per hour (54.6 miles per hour).
The Rot-Front 7 was considered to be the best aerobatic glider of its time, and was designed to withstand a load factor of 8 gs.
¹ FAI Record File Number 4386: World Record for Distance, Class D, Feminine: 749.20 kilometers (465.53 statute miles); and FAI Record File Number 13606: World Record for Distance, Class D, General: 749.203 kilometers (465.533 statute miles).
June 2, 2019 AviationAirwave Magic IV 166, Columbia Valley, FAI, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, Golden BC, Hang Glider, Mount 7, Rocky Mountains Trench, Trego MT, World Record for DistanceBryan Swopes
Looking southeast across the Columbia Valley toward Mount 7, Golden, British Columbia, Canada. The 1,942-meter peak is in a cloud shadow, just to the right of the center of the image. (Golden Flying Site)
2 June 1986: Randy Haney, of Dawson Creek, British Columbia, launched his Airwave Magic IV 166 hang glider from the lower launch site on Mount 7, at an elevation of 1,560 meters (5,118 feet) above Sea Level.
Mount 7 is a 1,942-meter (6,371 feet) peak on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountain Trench, a 1,600 kilometer (1,000 miles) geologic feature crossing British Columbia and the Yukon. The peak is located just southeast of the town of Golden, B.C., which marks the beginning of a southwestern segment of the trench, known as the Columbia Valley.
Haney flew along the Columbia Valley until he crossed the international boundary between Canada and the United States. He landed at Trego, Montana. The flight covered 321.5 kilometers (199.8 miles). This set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Record for Distance.¹
Straight Line distance between Golden, B.C., Canada, and Trego, MT, United States. (Google Maps)
The Airwave Magic IV 166 has a wingspan of 33 feet, 8 inches (10.26 meters). The leading edge of each wing is 19 feet, 8 inches (5.99 meters) long. The chord at the wing root is 7 feet, 10 inches (2.388 meters). The hang glider weighs 62 pounds (28 kilograms).
Haney later founded Winds Italia and designed its Raven and Orbiter powered hang gliders.
¹ FAI Record File Number 1670
April 22, 2019 Aviationc/n 5003, FAI, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, Jackie Cochran, Jacqueline Cochran, Lockheed Aircraft Company, Lockheed L-1329 JetStar, N172L, The Scarlett O'Hara, Transatlantic Flight, Transoceanic Flight, World Record for Distance, World Record for Speed Over a Known CourseBryan Swopes
Jackie Cochran in the cockpit of The Scarlett O'Hara, a record-setting Lockheed L-1329 JetStar, N172L. (FAI)
22 April 1961: Jackie Cochran set 18 Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) records in one day flying a Lockheed L-1329 JetStar, construction number 5003, FAA registration N172L, and named The Scarlett O'Hara. The route of her flight was New Orleans–Boston–Gander–Shannon–London–Paris–Bonn, with refueling stops at Gander and Shannon.
According to the U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission, Jackie Cochran "…set more speed and altitude records than any other pilot."
The following are the FAI records that she set on 22 April 1961:
4609, 4615: Speed over a recognized course, Gander, NF (Canada)–Shannon (Ireland): 829.69 kilometers per hour (515.546 miles per hour)
4611, 4616: Speed over a recognized course, Gander, NF (Canada)–London (UK): 749.11 kilometers per hour (465.475 miles per hour)
4612, 4617: Speed over a recognized course, Gander, NF (Canada)–Paris (France): 746.22 kilometers per hour (463.680 miles per hour)
4613, 4618: Speed over a recognized course, Gander, NF (Canada)–Bonn (FRG): 728.26 kilometers per hour (452.520 miles per hour)
4638: Speed over a recognized course, Boston, MA (USA)–Gander, NF (Canada): 816.32 kilometers per hour (507.238 miles per hour)
4639, 4640: Speed over a recognized course, Boston, MA (USA)–Shannon (Ireland): 565.45 kilometers per hour (351.354 miles per hour)
4641, 4642: Speed over a recognized course, Boston, MA (USA)–London (UK): 558.50 kilometers per hour (347.036 miles per hour)
4643, 4644: Speed over a recognized course, Boston, MA (USA)–Paris (France): 564.88 kilometers per hour (351.000 miles per hour)
4645, 4646: Speed over a recognized course, Boston, MA (USA)–Bonn (FRG): 562.56 kilometers per hour (349.559 miles per hour)
12322: Distance, New Orleans, LA (USA)–Gander, NF (Canada): 3,661.33 kilometers (2,275.045 miles)
The first production Lockheed JetStar, c/n 5001, in service with the Federal Aviation Administration, registered N1. (bizjets101)
The Lockheed L-1329 JetStar was the first in a category of small-to-medium-sized jet transports that would become known as the "business jet." Like many Lockheed airplanes, it was designed by a team led by Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson, and he retained the first prototype as his personal transport.
The JetStar is operated by two pilots and can be configured for 8 to 10 passengers. The airplane is 60 feet, 5 inches (18.41 meters) long with a wingspan of 54 feet, 5 inches (16.59 meters) and overall height of 20 feet, 5 inches (6.22 meters). The leading edge of the wings are swept to 30°. The JetStar has an empty weight of 24,750 pounds (11,226 kilograms) and maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of 44,500 pounds.
The two prototype JetStars were powered by two Bristol Siddeley Orpheus engines, but the production models were powered by four Pratt & Whitney JT12A-8 turbojets engines which produced 3,300 pounds of thrust, each. The JetStar 731 was a modification program to replace the turbojet engines with quieter, more efficient and more powerful Garrett AiResearch TFE731 turbofan engines which increased thrust to 3,700 pounds per engine. New production JetStar II airplanes were equipped with these turbofans.
Lockheed L-1329 JetStar (FAI)
The JetStar's cruise speed is 504 miles per hour (811 kilometers per hour) and its maximum speed is 547 miles per hour (883 kilometers per hour) at 30,000 feet (9,145 meters). The service ceiling is 43,000 feet (13,105 meters) and range is 2,995 miles (4,820 kilometers).
The Lockheed JetStar was in production from 1957 to 1978. 204 were built as civil JetStars and military C-140A Flight Check and C-140B and VC-140B JetStar transports.
The JetStar flown by Jackie Cochran on her record setting flight from New Orleans to Bonn, construction number 5003, eventually was acquired by NASA and assigned to the Dryden Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. It was reregistered as N814NA, and used the call sign NASA 4. No longer in service, NASA 4 is on display at the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark at Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, California.
Lockheed L-1329 JetStar, N814NA, NASA 4, on static display at the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark, Palmdale, California. (NASA)
April 17, 2019 AviationA.S. 64233, Anthony Fokker, FAI, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, Fokker F.IV, Fokker T-2, John A. Macready, Liberty L12, N. V. Nederlandsche Vliegtuigenfabriek, Oakland G. Kelly, World Record for Distance, World Record for Duration, World Record for Speed Over a Closed Circuit of 3 000 km, World Record for Speed Over a Closed Circuit of 4000 kmBryan Swopes
Lieutenants Oakland G. Kelly and John A. Macready with the fuel drums for their duration flight in front of the Fokker T-2, A.S. 64233. (U.S. Air Force)
16–17 April 1923: At Wilbur Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, U.S. Army Air Service pilots Lieutenant Oakland George Kelly and Lieutenant John Arthur Macready set six Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Records for speed, distance and duration, flying the Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker T-2, serial number A.S. 64233, which they planned to fly non-stop across the United States of America.
They flew 2,500 kilometers (1,553.428 miles) at an average speed of 115.60 kilometers per hour (51.83 miles per hour);¹ 3,000 kilometers (1,864.114 miles) at 115.27 kilometers per hour (71.63 miles per hour);² 3,500 kilometers (2,174.799 miles) at 114.82 kilometers per hour (71.35 miles per hour);³ 4,000 kilometers (2,485.485 miles) at 113.93 kilometers per hour (70.79 miles per hour);⁴ flew a total distance of 4,050 kilometers (2,517 miles);⁵ and stayed aloft for 36 hours, 4 minutes, 34 seconds.⁶ Their overall average speed was 112.26 kilometers per hour (69.76 miles per hour).
Lieutenant Oakley George Kelly, U.S. Army Air Service. (FAI)
Lieutenant John A. Macready, U.S. Army Air Service
The Fokker F.IV was built by Anthony Fokker's Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek at Veere, Netherlands in 1921. The Air Service purchased two and designated the type T-2, with serial numbers A.S. 64233 and A.S. 64234.
Several modifications were made to prepare for the transcontinental flight. Normally flown by a single pilot in an open cockpit, a second set of controls was installed so that the airplane could be controlled from inside while the two pilots changed positions. On this flight, it carried 735 gallons (2,782 liters) of gasoline in three fuel tanks.
For its time, the Fokker was a large airplane: 49 feet (14.9 meters) long, with a wing span of 82 feet (25 meters). The high-wing monoplane was powered by a 1,649.3-cubic-inch-displacement (27.028 liter) liquid-cooled Liberty L12 single overhead cam (SOHC) 45° V-12 engine producing 420 horsepower. The airplane was designed to carry 8–10 passengers in an enclosed cabin.
The second Fokker T-2, A.S. 64234, also designated A-2 (ambulance). (U.S. Air Force)
From 2–3 May 1923, MacReady and Kelly succeeded in their non-stop transcontinental flight, flying from Roosevelt-Hazelhurst Field, Long Island, New York, to Rockwell Field (now, NAS North Island), San Diego, California, 2,470 miles (3,975 kilometers) in 26 hours, 50 minutes, 38.8 seconds, for an average speed of 92 miles per hour (148 kilometers per hour).
The U.S. Army Air Service transferred A.S. 64223 to the Smithsonian Institution in January 1924. It is on display at the National Air and Space Museum.
Fokker T-2, A.S. 64233 at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, 1923. (FAI)
² FAI Record File Number 9313
³ FAI Record File Number 9314
⁴ FAI Record File Number 9315
⁵ FAI Record File Number 9316
⁶ FAI Record File Number 9317
January 11, 2019 Aviation60-0040, B-52H-150-BW, Boeing B-52H Stratofortress, Bomber, Bomber Pilot, Clyde P. Evely, FAI, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, Operation Persian Rug, The Black Widow, World Record for Distance, World Record for Speed Over a Recognized CourseBryan Swopes
Colonel Clyde P. Evely, USAF with the crew of the record-setting B-52H Stratofortress 60-0040. (U.S. Air Force)
11 January 1962: Colonel Clyde P. Evely, United States Air Force, and his crew flew their Boeing B-52H-150-BW Stratofortress, 60-0040, of the 4136th Strategic Wing, from Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa to Torrejon Air Base, Spain. Called Operation Persian Rug, this was an unrefueled 21 hour, 52 minute flight that covered 12,532.30 miles (20,168.78 kilometers) at an average 604.44 miles per hour (972.75 kilometers per hour) and set 11 Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), several of which still stand. Seven National Aeronautic Association records for speed over a recognized course also are current.
Others on the flight were Major Robert Carson and Captain Henry V. Sienkiewicz, second pilot and co-pilot; Major Edmund Bible, navigator; Major Dwight Baker, radar navigator; Captain Edward McLaughlin, electronics warfare officer; 1st Lieutenant William Telford, second navigator; and Master Sergeant Richard Posten, gunner.
FAI Record File Num #8647 [Direct Link]
Status: ratified – retired by changes of the sporting code
Region: World
Class: C (Powered Aeroplanes)
Sub-Class: C-1 (Landplanes)
Category: Not applicable
Group: 3 : turbo-jet
Type of record: Distance
Performance: 20 168.78 km
Course/Location: Okinawa (Japan) – Madrid (Spain)
Claimant Clyde P. Evely (USA)
Aeroplane: Boeing B-52H
Engines: 8 Pratt & Whitney TF-33(military desig.for JT-3D)
FAI Record File Num #16481 [Direct Link]
Type of record: Speed over a recognised course
Performance: 929.30 km/h
Aeroplane: Boeing B-52H (60040)
The flight crew of 60-0040 received awards for their world record flight, at Torrejon Air Base, Spain, 11 January 1962. (U.S. Air Force)
President John F. Kennedy congratulates the crew of 60-0040. This photograph shows the crew and President Kennedy with a different airplane, B-52G 57-6486. (U.S. Air Force)
Boeing B-52H Stratofortress. (U.S. Air Force)
The B-52H is a sub-sonic, swept wing, long-range strategic bomber. It has a crew of five. The airplane is 159 feet, 4 inches (48.6 meters) long, with a wing span of 185 feet (56.4 meters). It is 40 feet, 8 inches (12.4 meters) high to the top of the vertical fin. Maximum Takeoff Weight (MTOW) is 488,000 pounds (221,353 kilograms).
There are eight Pratt & Whitney TF33-PW-3 turbofan engines mounted in two-engine pods suspended under the wings on four pylons. Each engine produces a maximum of 17,000 pounds of thrust (75.620 kilonewtons). The TF-33 is a two-spool axial-flow turbofan engine with 2 fan stages, 14-stage compressor stages (7 stage intermediate pressure, 7 stage high-pressure) and and 4-stage turbine (1 stage high-pressure, 3-stage low-pressure). The engine is 11 feet, 10 inches (3.607 meters) long, 4 feet, 5.0 inches (1.346 meters) in diameter and weighs 3,900 pounds (15,377 kilograms).
The B-52H can carry approximately 70,000 pounds (31,750 kilograms) of ordnance, including free-fall bombs, precision-guided bombs, thermonuclear bombs and cruise missiles, naval mines and anti-ship missiles.
The bomber's cruise speed is 520 miles per hour (837 kilometers per hour) and its maximum speed is 650 miles per hour (1,046 kilometers per hour) at 23,800 feet (7,254 meters) at a combat weight of 306,350 pounds. Its service ceiling is 47,700 feet (14,539 meters) at the same combat weight. The unrefueled range is 8,000 miles (12,875 kilometers).
With inflight refueling, the Stratofortress's range is limited only by the endurance of its five-man crew.
The B-52H is the only version still in service. 102 were built and as of 27 September 2016, 76 are still in service. Beginning in 2013, the Air Force began a fleet-wide technological upgrade for the B-52H, including a digital avionics and communications system, as well as an internal weapons bay upgrade. The bomber is expected to remain in service until 2040.
The record-setting B-52, 60-0040, named The Black Widow, had been on a 7-hour training flight with an eight-man crew, 5–6 December 1988. They were practicing "touch and go" landings and takeoffs at K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base, near Marquette, Michigan.
After the third landing, the bomber just became airborne, when at 0115 EST,
". . . At about 75 ft airborne the #30 fuel boost pump overheated due to lack of fuel to cool it down, and, because, the spark arrester was missing from the shaft of the boost pump allowing sparks into the empty tank. The fumes then combusted and exploded inflight causing the tail section to separate from the fuselage. We went crashing to the ground over the runway. Upon hitting the ground the wing section separated from the cockpit. Both went skidding down the runway and came to rest just 3400 ft from impact. The cockpit was blocking the alert ramp for the tankers. All 8 crewmembers survived, each with varying degrees of injury. The Pilot, copilot and IP sustained the more serious injuries, while the rest of us had multiple broken bones and burns but nothing terribly serious."
— Captain Anthony D. Phillips, Radar Navigator.
Colonel Clyde P. Evely retired from the Air Force after thirty years service. He died 7 April 2010 at 88 years of age.
The remains of B-52H-150-BW 60-0040, The Black Widow, at K.I. Sawyer AFB, Gwinn, Michigan, 6 December 1988. (U.S. Air Force)


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Inquiries ongoing in econ criminal probe
By Rachael Gillett August 11, 2014 August 12, 2014 15 18
Attorney-general Costas Clerides
A CRIMINAL probe into the financial meltdown of 2013 will be done when it's done, Attorney-general Costas Clerides told inquisitive lawmakers on Monday.
Clerides, who was attending a joint session of the House finance and interior affairs committees discussing the government's foreclosures bill, was at one point asked by MPs to brief them on the progress in investigations.
Taking a somewhat defensive stance, on the back of earlier criticism that his office was dragging its feet, the AG said only that inquiries are ongoing.
"The quality of the investigations shall not be compromised for the sake of speed or to satisfy certain pressures," he told legislators, adding that the probe would be completed "within the time required".
And in an apparent dig at MPs, Clerides remarked: "No one understood and no one spoke when the economy was actually being destroyed."
Previously, amid censure that the investigations were taking too long, Clerides had responded saying that it is the police, not his office, that are in charge.
The remit of the AG's office is restricted to boosting the numbers of the investigation team so as to speed up the criminal inquiry, he had said.
The probe spans the years 2006 to 2013. Its scope covers the expansion into Greece, banks' corporate governance, Cypriot banks' purchase of junk Greek bonds, and how now-defunct Laiki Bank came to amass some €9bn in emergency liquidity, a liability since passed onto the Bank of Cyprus.
Cypriot authorities were forced to seize uninsured deposits at the two main banks in March 2013 to qualify for €10bn in aid from international lenders, the first time bank savers were burned in the euro zone crisis.
Problems on Cyprus snowballed into the winding-down of Laiki Bank under a mountain of debt and a large chunk of deposits exceeding €100,000 being converted to equity to prop up Bank of Cyprus.
Cypriot banks lost about €4.5bn when European Union leaders agreed in late 2011 to a Greek debt write-down, designed to make that country's debt burden more sustainable.
attorney-generalEconomy probe
Troika rejects foreclosure amendment suggestions
National Guard deputy chief keeps his job after wire-tapping debacle
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Perform an internet search on "Who Invented the Football Helmet?," and you'll likely come up with one of three answers:
James Naismith, the "Father of Basketball," is said to have invented the football helmet to protect his damaged ears while playing football for the YMCA International Training College in 1891. Brian Cronin of the LA Times wrote an in depth history of Naismith's football exploits in his December 7, 2010 blog.
James Naismith
Photo of James Naismith wearing head protection, 1891 Heritage Auctions, December, 2006
Brian Cronin LA Times Blog
Joseph Mason Reeves entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1890 and played football for the Midshipmen until graduating in June, 1894. After suffering serious head injuries during his junior year, Reeves' doctor advised him to quit the sport out of fear that an additional blow to his head could cause "instant insanity or death." Undeterred, Reeves enlisted the help of a local shoemaker to construct a padded, mushroom-shaped raincap which, according to reports, he wore in the 1893 Army-Navy game. Reeves was photographed wearing his head protector in a team photo taken after the game (left). His contraption appears to be a hybrid between a stocking cap and a raincap that provided protection to the crown of his head but none to his ears or forehead.
There's no evidence that Reeves' cap caught on with other footballers of his era or that future helmets borrowed from its design. This fact begs the following question: "Is there a clear nexus between Reeves' cap and the modern football helmet?" The earliest raincap style helmet sold by a major sporting goods manufacturer was the Spalding No. 60 in 1900, but it included ear flaps, a hard leather shell, and ventilation holes that are not present on Reeves' cap. It would be a stretch to claim this design was influenced by Reeves.
Further, padded headgear for infants and for the protection of head injuries were introduced as early as the 16th century. While Reeves' use of a similar padded cap in a football game may have been a first for the game, it was not a new invention, nor was it specific for use in football. Reeves primary claim to fame was his decorated career as an admiral in the U.S. Navy, and today he is known as the "Father of Carrier Aviation." While his use of a padded cap is noteworthy in the history of the sport, it shouldn't bestow upon him the title of "Father of the Football Helmet."
Joseph Mason Reeves
James Naismith, the "Father of Basketball," invented the helmet while playing for the YMCA International Training College football team in 1891.
Joseph M. Reeves, U.S.N.A., after being warned that one more blow to the head may cause "instant insanity," had the first helmet made for him in 1893.
George Barclay, a national champion at Lafayette College, had a shoemaker construct the first helmet to protect his damaged ears in 1894.
So who has the best claim? The basketballer, the admiral, or the national champion? Perhaps, the inventor is someone who isn't listed on any website? To answer the question, it must first be broken down into basic parts:
Cronin argues that Naismith's "helmet" was, in fact, merely "some pieces of flannel" to protect Naismith's "cauliflower ear." Remarkably, a photo of Naismith wearing his contraption surfaced and sold on Heritage Auctions in December, 2006. The photo seems to support Cronin's position. While head wraps were frequently used by footballers to protect damaged ears as early as the mid 1880's, the Naismith photograph is the earliest image of a head protecting "apparatus" known to the author. It reveals that Naismith's "helmet" was essentially a wide flannel head wrap held in place with a strap under the chin and a strap across the crown of the head. The apparatus held Naismith's ears tight against his head, but afforded no protection to the brain or skull, which is the primary purpose of the modern football helmet. Naismith's invention is better described as an improvement to the head wrap, not the first "helmet." There is no evidence that Naismith's invention was utilized by other players or that future football head harnesses borrowed from its design.
1893 photo of Joseph Reeves wearing his padded cap
George "Rose" Barclay is also credited with inventing the football helmet in either 1894 or 1896, depending on the source. Barclay played football for Lafayette College from 1894 to 1896 and led the Leopards to an undefeated season and a share of a national championship (Princeton) in 1896. Lafayette outscored their opponents 242-10 in 1896. According to Lafayette College's official athletic site:
George Oliver Barclay
Barclay invented the first football helmet when the "threat of cultivating cauliflower ears" led him to have an Easton saddlemaker piece together three thick leather straps around his head during the 1894 football season. Also utilized by many of his teammates, Barclay's "head harness" gained notoriety at the Leopards' 1896 upset victory over Penn, which kept Lafayette's undefeated season intact en route to the National Championship.
Do three leather straps and ear pads constitute a helmet? Unlike the previous two contenders, an intriguing element of the Barclay claim is that his invention, initially conceived for the protection of an injury, caught on with his uninjured teammates. Could this be the genesis of headgear as a standard piece of football equipment?
A problem with Barclay's claim is that the description of his harness is remarkably similar to headgear already in commercial production in 1894. A.G. Spalding & Bros. introduced the No. 25 "Head Harness" in their 1894 Spalding Foot Ball Guide, which was distributed before the beginning of the 1894 football season. The No. 25 consisted of three strips of leather attached to two oversized ear pads and was the first head harness to be sold by any of the major sporting goods suppliers in the U.S. Spalding described the Head Harness as "Especially for protection to ears." The fact that the No. 25 was designed primarily to protect damaged ears is confirmed by the fact that a variation of the No. 25, the No. 15, came with only one ear pad. If the No. 25 was available for purchase prior to the 1894 season, production would likely have begin in late 1893 or early 1894, well before the unveiling of Barclay's invention. The No. 25, which provided ear padding but virtually no protection to the head, was sold by Spalding from 1894 until 1896. The only surviving example of a No. 25 Head Harness known to the author is on display at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Designed primarily as an "ear protector," the No. 25, and likewise Barclay's similarly constructed contraption, cannot be considered the first football "helmet."
No. 25 Head Harness Ad, Spalding Official Foot Ball Guide for 1894
No. 25 Head Harness, Pro Football Hall of Fame Display, Canton, OH
Close-up of Spalding No. 25 Head Harness
The inventor of the football helmet would, therefore, need to have designed or created a new and useful improvement to a protective head covering or enclosing headpiece specifically for use in the game of football and from which the evolution of the modern football helmet can be traced. This article will analyze the claims in support of each of our would-be inventors and again ask the question: "Who Invented the Football Helmet?"
hel·met
1 : a covering or enclosing headpiece of ancient or medieval armor
2: any of various protective head coverings usually made of a hard material to resist impact
any art or process (way of doing or making things), machine, manufacture, design, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, or any variety of plant, which is or may be patentable under the patent laws of the United States.
Source: Merriam-Webster
Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
c. 1900 Spalding No. 60 Head Harness, Legendary Auctions, August 2008
Spalding's Fall and Winter Sports Catalog for 1896-1897 states the No. 25 was "but one of many styles in head harness. We have made up special harness for Yale, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania and other leading colleges, and will be pleased to quote prices on any special design submitted."
Harry Mason's Circa 1895 Spalding No. 25


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Added cvar: hud_showlossinscore - show/hide loss in score board.
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Thanks a lot for testing and bugreporting!
Will look to solve a problem.
and many others errors with hamsandwich module..
As a solution to this, please do following: In hamdata.ini copy all content of valve windows section to valve linux section.
Downgrading to gcc-2.95 under linux, this gives old style vtable placements and should solve offset problems for AMXX plugins and modules.
Use new .so from first post with default (unmodified hamdata.ini).
Please report if there will be any problem.
Removed link to libstdc++ under linux. Let us see, may be it will work without it.
Ok, this version works for me, no problems !
Edit 2: Why Bunnyhop in this updated hl is not working for me? Should I activate it somehow ? Btw i am using amx sev mod.
Client dll wasn't changed in 255.
Bunnnyhop is enabled in both, server and client dlls no need to do anything for this, just install.
And please monitor Uptime in stats on the server. I.e. if it will crash, give me know.
Ah, yes, I forgot to re-upload client 255. Thanks.
And my question is If user connect to my server with old client it's ok or should download yours latest client dll?
BTW: Can you improve client dll and improve chat (highlight or other color) because it's hard to read messages when there are messages from server like amx, utsounds etc..


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