HotS dev on Kerrigan rework: "I think people who really want to master Kerrigan can show off what they want to do with her now."
▲The Queen of Blades, Kerrigan, is getting reworked to spice up her kit.
One of the original heroes in the game was recently hit with a rework by the Heroes of the Storm development team. Kerrigan, who is famous for her aggressive, combo-oriented gameplay has been tweaked over the years but it was not until now that her kit has been ripped apart to update out-dated abilities and freshen things up.
InvenGlobal got the ability to sit down and speak with Lead Live Designer, Brett Crawford and Senior Live Game Designer, Alex Neyman recently about her new kit, what lead to this decision and what players can look forward to experiencing when they get their hands on her.
When do you know that a hero is going to be reworked and where is the threshold that you as a team know that we have untouched them for too long. Is there a point for a gauge that you guys use?
Neyman: It will vary by Hero, obviously, but, overall, I think that we look at a lot of different factors when we are determining when or who we want to rework. It is usually if they are not seeing much participation in the game anymore. If they have kind of been overshadowed by various other Heroes or they don't have a place, if their play style is sort-of out-dated, that's one of the big factors. So play-rate, win-rate those types of things. We also make sure their play style is healthy. That it is fun, varied, unique and that it isn't a one-dimensional character.
Often times when we go into reworks with we want to make sure we go back to a character and we can give players lots of different ways to play that character, lots of interesting fun ways to play that. So I think that's the biggest is two. Simply it is also just time. As the design team has grown in Heroes of the Storm and as the game has been expanding we have kind of changed or "leveled up," if you will, in how we are learning what the best way to design talents in Heroes. So, we look at the older guys that we didn't have that same knowledge for and apply it to the newer characters. So if the hero is not been touched in years, we think, "Okay, well maybe we can make some improvements here."
Speaking of those improvements in those lessons, I noticed when looking at Kerrigan that "Envenom" and "Essence for Essence" are removed and she was kind of the last heroes that still had that combo from the oldest era of Heroes of the Storm.
Can you talk me through the final decision to get rid of any "Blood for Blood" or "Envenom" talents, even in the hero like Kerrigan, that was, at one point, defined by both of those talents?
Neyman: When we were first putting the talent system into Heroes of the Storm, back in the first BlizzCon when it was playable, we really settled on the talent system kind of late in the the game developing process and we decided, "Wow, we need to make a lot of talents for a lot of these hero kits that were already fully-fleshed out." So we created a lot of "generic talents" that would be applicable to multiple Heroes and they worked great at the time but as we continue to develop more and more heroes we found that we would have, not only greater control over the balance of the hero, but also we could create more interesting, very unique and kind of fun interactive things that inherently kind of felt like you were playing Kerrigan as opposed to just having a "poison dot." It wasn't particularly thematic for the character.
Over time, as we've gone into reworks if we think it makes sense we don't have to always remove (an older talent) if it's working well. We still have Block on a number of characters and that's fine because we think it serves its purpose. For Kerrigan be basically thought we had better replacements or more interesting replacements to really reinforce the play style of the character to begin with. We thought we could create more interesting talents so we don't have anything inherently against these talents in particular but we always thought we have better ideas as we've gone through reworks through the years.
▲ Kerrigan loses some of her more out-dated talents to bring her kit into 2018.
Speaking of more interesting versions it seems that "Chrysalis" will serve as a more interesting version of first aid or a lore-friendly ability to give her some sustain. Could you talk through who had that idea and how that unique talent came to be?
Neyman: We were looking at that tier in-particular as we decided this was going to be a survivability-tier for Kerrigan. Right now on that tier is Ice Block for a lot of characters so we thought that giving Kerrigan some type of Ice Block would fit the way she plays. She dives in, she gets herself in trouble and gets a lot of attention on herself so, if she has a way to sort of prolong the inevitable doom that was coming her way, she could maybe do some cool things. We were thinking about it and we didn't want to just give her Ice Block so we wanted to give her a lore specific version and that's where Chrysalis came from.
It's not exactly the same as the lore as she's in this thing for 5 seconds as opposed to three Starcraft 1 missions but, overall, lore kind of pushed this. It pushed this to where it was like, "Okay, she will get in this thing and what's different from a Chrysalis than an Ice Block? Well, you could attack this thing because it is made of flesh and also Kerrigan is getting reconstituted and is vulnerable while in this so we'll give her some healing while she's in it." We gave it some different vectors to make it feel different than Ice Block as it is a first-aid/Ice Block hybrid between the two.
Something that I found interesting regarding her rework is that she is one of the oldest heroes in the game and she has already had a lot of revamped talents. I see that some of those new talents, some of those remodeled talents, so to speak, such as "Queen's Rush" and "Overdrive" have been removed.
How is this Kerrigan different from the past patches in which you've added new talents to her? What is your goal with Kerrigan this time?
Neyman: Our goal with all reworks is, unless it is an absolute necessity, we don't want to drastically redefine who the character is. So, we want to maintain Kerrigan as this dive-focus character that still has her combo that she is going to commonly use (Q-W-E) to line up people for her Stun and maintain that anyone coming back to Kerrigan isn't going to say, "Wait, this isn't the character I knew from the past," so we want to maintain that and that is the starting block. Then from there we say, "Okay, how can we take that but still make her feel like she has more uses for her abilities, that she is thinking about them in just more ways than, "I'm just Q-W-E and I just get a combo and I just walk around for a while."
So we wanted to add more use-cases in particular to both Ravage and Primal Grasp. We gave Ravage two charges but we reduced the range so you're going to think more about, "So, if I want to dive the backline how can I accomplish this? Maybe I can ping-pong off the Tank and go into the back line? Do I maybe juke some abilities by jumping around a little bit?" There is also less opportunity-cost for engaging on a person because, potentially, you can have a second Ravage to then re-maneuver yourself somewhere else. It also gave us more hoops for a lot of talents. As there are now two charges of the ability we could give you lots of ways to get charges because it wasn't a full reset on the old ability. The old ability was half the power of the old ability.
For Primal Grasp we wanted to make it was not just a pull but we also wanted you to care about your positioning after you pull people to you. So, two-and-a-half seconds after you pull people you explode so what we are going for there is that: when you pull someone in, you're still thinking about how to use the ability. "Do I want to Ravage more people later? Do I want to Stun people so that they are still stuck to me when I explode with my damage after that." I think that is our big goals. Our talents sort of just tie into that and reinforcing multiple strategic ways to think about your talents.
We also wanted to make sure that your talent had more of an impact on the gameplay itself. They don't just give you more stats in a way. What we wanted the player think about is, "Okay, I'm going to think about how to use my Ravage differently because of my level 7 talent choice because maybe I want to jump in the whole enemy team with Boundless Fury or maybe I want to get more pulls with my Primal Grasp with Queen of Blades and those are a lot of ways I'm going to get Ravaged value." So those are kind of the broad strokes the where we're going with Kerrigan, maybe not so broad.
Something that fans have been asking for forever is a more explosive and action-packed Ultralisk and a charge skill with a Stun seems to be just that. Can you talk about the story behind the adjustment to Ultralisk and how we got to where we are now?
Neyman: So for Ultralisk, I think you hit it on the head. Ultralisk does a good amount of things. If you look at it statistically he wins a decent amount, there's a lot of people who like to use it and there's a lot of people who like the pet aspect and like controlling it and these are all great things but I think that it sort of suffers from that feeling of there not being a huge moment with it. There's no, "Oh, wow! Here comes to the Ultralisk!" We thought, "How can we have this thing have a bigger entrance and sort of feel like I had a heroic ability, this is a big deal. I don't just have a pet but I have this pet that comes in with an impact."
Looking at some of the mechanics of these reworked heroes you can begin to see some characteristics of newer heroes being implemented on older Heroes whether it be or resets or cooldown reductions based off of certain abilities. Do you think that this is something that we should look to see going forward in that newer talents and newer abilities might be implemented on older Heroes?
Crawford: I think it will be a case-by-case basis. If we look back at Li-Ming, she was our original reset character. She did it in a very flashy way. Because all of her abilities would reset on death, players would be drawn to that playstyle because it allowed big moments to happen and it didn't always happen but they would chase those really big highs. I think that when we started looking at reworks a lot of these are going to come into play to where we want an ability to reset if something really big happens in the game state that a player can feel like, "Wow, I just chained three different Polymorphs for Brightwing." So if you are killing Heroes and by yourself kind of do more with a hero and take over that moment I think players have those highs and it makes our game more exciting and versatile not only to play but to watch.
▲ The original "reset" heroes will still retain their unique lethality despite other heroes gaining similar mechanics.
Neyman: I think even just, in general, beyond resets whenever we see mechanics that players love we look for ways to incorporate that. We are never going to replace things that are special on our newer characters with reworks. We are never going to be like, "Oh, there's a new reset character that is better than Li- Ming," but if we find cool mechanics that would fit on a rework we will explore that idea to some extent I think.
I'm curious if any of the ideas or abilities on Kerrigan that you really wanted to put in but just didn't make the cut. Do you have any stories you could share?
Neyman: I don't have a specific talent for Kerrigan but I know that, at one point, if you look at her level 7 talents, all of her level 7 talents are designed to get her Ravage cooldown lowered so we definitely pushed the envelope there for a while.
I think I had one talent at one point where whenever Kerrigan got a last-hit on a minion it would give her two charges back instead of one. So, Kerrigan was just ping-ponging around everywhere and she would be like jumping on a hero, jumping on a minion, and jumping back on a hero. If you ever got her on Infernal Shrines on our playtest she would just be killing those little shrine minions and jumping around everywhere. We had to pull back a little bit simply because Kerrigan began to feel like she would be infinitely Ravaging so I guess that would have been one.
This final question is going be an opportunity for you directly to speak to a Kerrigan-fanatic. If you were to give one message regarding the reworks for the hero what would that be?
Neyman: I hope that every single person who likes Kerrigan now on live will continue to like Kerrigan with the change. We know a lot of people are fans of the concept of Kerrigan, not even just in Heroes of the Storm, but in general. There are very passionate people out there that love her character so I want to make sure those people continue to love her. Hopefully, she still feels like the Queen of Blades that they know and love.
There's a lot of people who play Kerrigan, a ton of Kerrigan, almost exclusively her, and I want to allow them an even greater skill cap for this character. I think people who really want to master Kerrigan can show off what they want to do with her now. So this is my way of saying, "Hey, Glaurung (professional player for Tempo Storm), please play Kerrigan."
That's what I want to see. He used to play her all-the-time, come play her again.


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Star Wars Battlefront 2 Actor Janina Gavankar Joins Upcoming Marvel Project With Amy Hennig
Star Wars Battlefront 2 Actor Janina Gavankar Joins Upcoming Marvel Project With Amy Hennig – The upcoming Marvel game is coming from Skydance Media
Janina Gavankar starred in the now-iconic role of Iden Versio in Star Wars Battlefront 2. She has just announced that is going to be part of an upcoming Marvel game from Skydance New Media and Amy Hennig. She shared the news on Twitter, saying:
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The project was announced back in 2019 as a AAA story-driven project, but now we have confirmation that this will be a Marvel game. We don't know which Marvel characters it will feature, but it will be a "narrative-driven, blockbuster action-adventure game" and will feature a "completely original story and take on the Marvel Universe."
"I can't imagine a better partner than Marvel for our first game," said Hennig. "The Marvel Universe epitomizes all the action, mystery and thrills of the pulp adventure genre that I adore and lends itself perfectly to an interactive experience. It's an honor to be able to tell an original story with all the humanity, complexity, and humor that makes Marvel characters so enduring and to enable our players to embody these heroes that they love."
Gavankar has lent her voice to some pretty great characters over the years with Versio in Battlefront 2, Amita in Far Cry 4, Tatai in Horizon Zero Dawn and is set to voice Tanta Sila in the upcoming game Forspoken. On top of her VO talents, she has also appeared in TV and film. She's appeared in Grey's Anatomy, The L Word, The Gates, Arrow, True Blood, The Vampire Diaries, The Mysteries of Laura, and Blindspotting and will be appearing in the upcoming live-action adaptation of Borderlands as Knoxx.
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Happy Valentine's Day Weekend! It is my honor to introduce you to Judge Andrew Margolis. Andrew serves the people of Fulton County as a Magistrate Judge and is also certified as a Guardian Ad Litem in Cobb County. As a judge, Andrew has handled numerous cases with kids ages 17-19. This age range is difficult because while the kids are legally "adults," their brains are still developing and they are more prone to acting impulsively and irrationally. Andrew has seen many parents face heartbreak over the harsh penalties these children face and is a strong advocate for accountability courts for youthful offenders in the adult court system. As a Guardian ad Litem, Andrew advises the Court in cases involving custody of young children. Andrew explains further: "rather than advocate for one parent or the other, my job is to make recommendations to the Court that protect the best interests of the children involved." He also owns and runs his law firm, The Margolis Legal Group, a firm that handles family law and criminal matters. In his free time, he is a musician and assists his wife, Mindy, in teaching group music classes to preschoolers. As you can see, Andrew is quite busy (to say the least!) serving our community and youth. I know you will find this feature informative and engaging!
"Children need to be educated when they are coming out of the juvenile system that the adult system is focused much more on punishment, and not as much on rehabilitation. I would like to see a special accountability court similar to a drug court for youthful offenders in the adult system. That is to say, a team-based approach that addresses some of the underlying issues related to the teen's conduct, as well as holding the individual accountable for their conduct."
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Many court systems are instituting accountability courts, such as drug courts, mental health courts and veterans' courts. The juvenile court system already emphasizes rehabilitation over punishment. But for youthful offenders in the adult system, sometimes the emphasis can be skewed in the other direction. I would like to see a special accountability court similar to a drug court for youthful offenders in the adult system. That is to say, a team-based approach that addresses some of the underlying issues related to the teen's conduct, as well as holding the individual accountable for their conduct.
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Special Issue in Metals: Wear, Corrosion and Fatigue Behavior of Ni-Based Superalloys Coatings Deposited via Cold Spray
Cold spray is becoming more and more prominent among thermal spray processes. The possibility to produce thick coatings with low porosity, as well as the absence of any phase transformation during the deposition process, are of great interest to the scientific community. Further, we should not forget the possibility of spraying any type of materials, from steel to Ti and Ni superalloys, and many more. Not only the microstructural and mechanical properties of the coatings, but also deposition efficiency and geometrical accuracy are key factors for the future success of the process. On these premises, it is no doubt true that cold spray will be the process of the future not only for depositing coatings, but also for producing additive manufactured parts. Consequently, this Special Issue aims to investigate and address the future challenges of cold spray in terms of understanding, improving, modeling, and applying the process in different advanced industrial sectors. Original research articles as well as review papers on the state of the art of the cold spray process are welcome.
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Effect of Post-Deposition Thermal Treatments on Tensile Properties of Cold Sprayed Ti6Al4V
Dibakor Boruah
Philip McNutt
Henry Begg
Metals 2022, 12(11), 1908; https://doi.org/10.3390/met12111908 - 07 Nov 2022
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This study aims at investigating the effect of various post-deposition thermal treatments on improving tensile properties of cold spray (CS) deposited titanium alloy Ti6Al4V. Dogbone-shaped tensile specimens were designed considering two application scenarios: 'fully CS' specimens, and 'CS repair' specimens. For both specimen [...] Read more.
This study aims at investigating the effect of various post-deposition thermal treatments on improving tensile properties of cold spray (CS) deposited titanium alloy Ti6Al4V. Dogbone-shaped tensile specimens were designed considering two application scenarios: 'fully CS' specimens, and 'CS repair' specimens. For both specimen types, tests were carried out in four conditions: (i) as-deposited (AD), and after three different thermal treatments, i.e., (ii) solution treatment and ageing (STA), (iii) hot isostatic pressing (HIP), and (iv) HIP followed by STA (HIP + STA). Complementary to tensile testing, characterisation of CS deposited material was also carried out in terms of microstructure and hardness. The STA process resulted in the highest improvement in ultimate tensile strength by more than 200%, reaching 868 MPa for 'fully CS' and 951 MPa for 'CS repair' specimens. However, no appreciable improvement in elongation at failure was achieved, highest being 1.2% for 'fully CS' after STA, and 4.3% for 'CS repair' after HIP. In addition to experimental investigation, a comprehensive collection of data from the open literature on the effect of various thermal treatments on improving the tensile properties of CS Ti6Al4V deposits is reported and discussed. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modern Cold Spray Technique—2022)
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Thermal Preprocessing of Rapidly Solidified Al 6061 Feedstock for Tunable Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing
Baillie Haddad
Bryer C. Sousa
Kyle Tsaknopoulos
Victor K. Champagne, Jr.
Richard D. Sisson, Jr.
Aaron Nardi
Danielle L. Cote
Metals 2022, 12(7), 1214; https://doi.org/10.3390/met12071214 - 18 Jul 2022
In this work, the influence of thermal pre-processing upon the microstructure and hardness of Al 6061 feedstock powder is considered through the lens of cold spray processing and additive manufacturing. Since solid-state cold spray processes refine and retain microstructural constituents following impact-driven and [...] Read more.
In this work, the influence of thermal pre-processing upon the microstructure and hardness of Al 6061 feedstock powder is considered through the lens of cold spray processing and additive manufacturing. Since solid-state cold spray processes refine and retain microstructural constituents following impact-driven and high-strain rate severe plastic deformation and bonding, thermal pre-processing enables application-driven tuning of the resultant consolidation achieved via microstructural and, therefore, mechanical manipulation of the feedstock prior to use. Microstructural analysis was achieved via X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, electron backscatter diffraction, energy dispersive spectroscopy, and differential thermal calorimetry. On the other hand, nanoindentation testing and analysis were relied upon to quantify pre-processing effects and microstructural evolution influences on the resultant hardness as a function of time at 540 °C. In the case of the as-atomized powder, β-Mg2Si-, Al-Fe-, and Mg-Si-type phases were observed along polycrystalline grain boundaries. Furthermore, after a 60 min hold time at 540 °C, Al-Fe-Si-Cr-Mn- and Mg-Si-type intermetallic phases were also observed along grain boundaries. Furthermore, the as-atomized hardness at 250 nm of indentation depth was 1.26 GPa and continuously decreased as a function of hold time until reaching 0.88 GPa after 240 min at 540 °C. Finally, contextualization of the observations with tuning cold spray additive manufacturing part performance via powder pre-processing is presented for through-process and application-minded design. Full article
Abrasion Power of Ti and Ni Diamond-Coated Coatings Deposited by Cold Spray
Raffaella Sesana
Rocco Lupoi
Irene Pessolano Filos
Pengfei Yu
Sebastiano Rizzo
In this work, the cold spray technique was used to deposit nickel and titanium coated diamond powder on cast iron and aluminum substrates. To analyze the deposition mechanism, the diamond powders were observed before and after the process using a microscope and scanning [...] Read more.
In this work, the cold spray technique was used to deposit nickel and titanium coated diamond powder on cast iron and aluminum substrates. To analyze the deposition mechanism, the diamond powders were observed before and after the process using a microscope and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The adhesion response of the Ni and Ti coatings was investigated during the study. Pin-on-disk tests were then performed to identify the abrasion mechanism of the coated samples and the wear resistance of the Si3N4 ceramic balls. Experimental tests were adopted to determine the significant operating variables, i.e., the local linear speed and the applied load. The modification of the diamond particles in shape, distribution, and the residual debris of Si3N4 on disk were compared before and after the tribological test to analyze the abrasion and wear resistance of the ceramic balls. Full article
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Fatigue Bending of V-Notched Cold-Sprayed FeCoCrNiMn Coatings
Pasquale Cavaliere
Angelo Perrone
Alessio Silvello
Aleksandra Laska
Gianni Blasi
Irene G. Cano
Metals 2022, 12(5), 780; https://doi.org/10.3390/met12050780 - 30 Apr 2022
Cold-spray coatings were produced by FeCoCrNiMn high-entropy alloy powders deposited on carbon steel substrate. The coatings were realized at intermediate temperature and high pressure (at 1100 °C and 7 MPa). The coating microstructure was characterized by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction, revealing [...] Read more.
Cold-spray coatings were produced by FeCoCrNiMn high-entropy alloy powders deposited on carbon steel substrate. The coatings were realized at intermediate temperature and high pressure (at 1100 °C and 7 MPa). The coating microstructure was characterized by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction, revealing a very dense deposition and high flattening ratio of the splatted particles. This had a large influence on the strong adhesion of the coating to the substrate. The hardness and residual stress profiles were measured through nanoindentation and X-ray diffraction from the peak broadening measured layer by layer. The cyclic behavior of the coatings was evaluated through three-point bending tests performed on V-notched samples coated via cold spray. Cyclic tests were performed at different maximum strokes from 0.3 to 3.6 mm in order to monitor the crack initiation and propagation during bending tests. The fracture surface aspect was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy in order to reveal the fracture mechanisms in different deformation conditions. Full article
Improving the Wear and Corrosion Resistance of Maraging Part Obtained by Cold Gas Spray Additive Manufacturing
Rodolpho F. Vaz
Vicente Albaladejo
Javier Sanchez
Irene García Cano
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The use of the cold gas spray (CGS) process as a metal additive manufacturing (MAM) technique for metallic part production has been deeply studied recently, mainly due to its advantages over other MAM techniques. CGS MAM is a high-productivity technique with a very [...] Read more.
The use of the cold gas spray (CGS) process as a metal additive manufacturing (MAM) technique for metallic part production has been deeply studied recently, mainly due to its advantages over other MAM techniques. CGS MAM is a high-productivity technique with a very low level of particle oxidation, microstructural changes, phase transformations, or deleterious residual thermal stresses in the part. The use of CGS MAM to produce maraging parts represents a gain for the industry by saving machining time and preventing raw material waste. Its wear resistance and corrosion behavior were evaluated in this work and were compared with cermet coatings deposited by high-velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) on the CGS MAM maraging. This work presents the innovative and effective combination of different thermal spraying processes and materials to obtain MAM maraging parts with higher wear resistance, evaluating abrasion, sliding, and water erosion wear types. Full article
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History is a curious thing. It can be a source of great pleasure, pride, and sadness. It is the great guardian of memory, full of contradictions, and mystifying in its depth and extent. Then there is the Present. Modern, delightfully decadent, paradoxically always inferior to the good old years, but never a greater time to be alive. And now there is the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which has married the Present and the Past together in a terrifying way that calls into question their status as discrete categories.
As is now well-known, ISIS, a self-proclaimed (though aren't all independence movements in the beginning?) caliphate, has embarked upon the systematic destruction of material culture. Islamic sites are among the hardest hit. One such site is ancient Sāmarrā, the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate in the 9th century CE and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Caliphate-on-caliphate: one illegitimate and terrible, the other legitimised via conquest and recognized as such by history.
But who is to say that Raqqa, seat of the ISIS capital, will not also become worthy of UNESCO attention in 1000 years (hopefully 1000 years after its downfall)? While ISIS is issuing in no new Golden Age, it is certainly undertaking events of historical importance, terrible as they are. The material remains represent a tangible history caught up in a present history wrapped in a palimpsest of caliphates. Conceptually, it is interesting to consider why one history gains a UNESCO mandate, while the other, present history is entirely denied: after all, both caliphates came into existence via violence and were/are maintained by violence. Where is the line in the Syrian sand?
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Coimbatore: Tamil Nadu has over 15-year-old windmills that have a cumulative generation capacity of around 1,000 MW which can be replaced with higher capacity machines if sufficient grid facilities are available, a top industry official said Saturday.
"Windmills with a cumulative generation capacity of around 1,000 MW in Tamil Nadu are over 15 years old. Individually, they are small-capacity machines ranging between 200 kw and going up to sub 1 MW," Madhusudan Khemka, chairman, Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA) told reporters here.
He said the old windmills are located in suitable places where there are good wind speeds.
"These machines can be replaced with higher capacity ones -1 MW to 3 MW – so that the wind harvest and power generation would be higher," Khemka said.
Khemka said there is potential to add around 2,000 MW in the old sites, taking the generation to around 3,000 MW.
While most of the wind turbine owners are willing to replace their old machines with newer ones, what is preventing them is the lack of grid infrastructure to evacuate the higher power from the new machines. Apart from this are the existing power purchase agreements (PPAs) signed with the power utility, Khemka said.
He said there should be a policy initiative to take into account the new technologies and capacities so that the investors do not lose money due to the lower rates of the old PPAs.
Khemka said windmill owners in Tamil Nadu face the challenge of non-availability of grid for evacuation of power or grid back down on wind power and delayed payments by the state utility.
"However the situation has improved in the recent times," Khemka said.
According to Khemka, investors are now looking at Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh for setting up windmills.
Tamil Nadu has an installed capacity of around 7,446 MW of wind power.
Khemka said corporates are now looking at windmills as an asset for investments rather than as a vehicle for claiming accelerated depreciation.
"Big and medium-sized industrial groups have invested in windmills as an asset, earning returns. One can get around 14-15 per cent returns," Khemka said.
Industry officials said that there are rich fathers who give gifts to their daughters at the time of their marriage which provides them the needed financial security and also income.
According to Khemka, with the availability of hybrid technology-wind and solar windmill sites can be used to set up small solar power plants.
He said the wind turbine manufacturers have a combined production capacity of around 9,500 MW per annum.
With 85 per cent localisation levels, the wind mill industry is a classic example for Prime Narendra Modi's Make in India campaign.


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Avet Avetisyan (  - March 29, 1971) was a Soviet Armenian film actor.

Biography
In 1905, Avetisyan was accepted to the Nersisian School, where he participated in school plays. Before leaving for the army (in 1916), Avetisyan worked in a manufacturing shop as a student and clerk. After being discharged from the military (in 1918) he joined Hovhannes Abelyan's theater company in Baku. Avetisyan's debut performance occurred in 1918 as Voskan in Alexander Shirvanzade's Evil Spirit (Char Vogi). Then, Avetisyan went to Tbilisi with Abelyan, where he performed in an Armenian drama group (1919). During 1920-1921, Avetisyan performed with the  group in Karakilisa (modern Vanadzor). In 1922, Avetisyan moved to Yerevan as part of the touring theatre before being accepted to the famous Sundukyan State Academic Theatre, where he continued to write for the rest of his life. Avetisyan has acted in 28 Armenian movies. Avetisyan is buried in the Komitas Pantheon.

Theatre Credits
 Pantalone in Carlo Goldoni's "Maid of Two Households" (1923)
 Zemlyanika in Nikolai Gogol's "Revisor" (1923)
 Orgon in Molière's "Tartuffe" (1924)
 Sako in Derenik Demirchian's "Nazar the Brave" (1924)
 Matvey Yegorich in Vrtanes Papazian's "Boulder"
 Zambakhov in Gabriel Sundukian's "Khatabala" (1927)
 Parsigh in Gabriel Sundukian's "The Destroyed Home" (1938)
 Sarkis in Gabriel Sundukian's "Another Victim" (1944)
 Pepo in Gabriel Sundukian's "Pepo" (1929, 1935, 1948)
 Mikitan in Perch Proshyan's "Bread's Problem" (1937)
 Shprikh in Mikhail Lermontov's "Masquerade" (1949)
 Dostigayev in Maxim Gorky's "Dostigayev and Others" (1934)
 Saghatel in Alexander Shirvanzade's "For the Sake of Honour" (1939)
 Marutkhanyan in Alexander Shirvanzade's "Chaos" (1959)
 Shvandya in Konstantin Trenyov's "Lyubov Yarovaya"
 Berest in Oleksandr Korniychuk's "Platon Kretchet"
 Shadrin in Nikolai Pogodin's "Man With a Gun" (1938)
 Kutuzov in 's "Field Marshal Kutuzov" (1942)
 Sahag Svata in Muratsan's "Gevorg Marzpetuni" (1941)
 Globa in K. Simonov's "Russian People" (1942)
 Shulga in Mikhail Sholokhov's "Young Guard" (1947)
 Grinyov in Anatoly Sofronov's "Moscow's Mood" (1949)
 Moshig in Yeghishe Charents' "Towards the Future" (1960)
 Robinson in Alexander Ostrovsky's "The Poor Bride" (1946)
 Yepikhodov in Anton Chekhov's "Cherry Park" (1951)

Filmography
Namus (1925)
 Zare (1925)
Shor and Shorshor (1926)
 Khaspush (1927)
Golkhozain Karoon (1929)
Gime Hertabah (1930)
 Kikos (1931)
Krter-Yeztiner (1932)
 Gikor (1934)
 Pepo (1935)
 Karo (1937)
 Zangezur (1938)
Lernain Arshav (1939)
 Nazar the Brave (1940)
Hayrenaseri Endanike (1941)
Toosdre (1942)
 David Bek (1943)
 Anahit (1947)
Araradian Tasdi Aghchige (1949)
Badvi Hamar (1956)
Inchoo e Aghmgoom Kede (1958)
Ploozoom (1959)
Northern Rainbow (1960)
Sayat-Nova (1960)
Monsieur Jacques and Others (1964)
An Explosion After Midnight (1969)
 Adam and Heva (1969)
Morgan's Relative (1970)

Awards and honours
 1938 - People's Artist of the Armenian SSR
 1941 - Stalin Prize, 2nd Degree, for his role as the Commander in Zangezur
 1962 - People's Artist of the USSR
 1971 - USSR State Prize
 Order of Lenin
 3 other honours and medals

Documentaries
Avet Avetisyan (1966)

References

External links

Avet Avetisyan «AV Show» production website

1897 births
1971 deaths
Burials at the Komitas Pantheon
20th-century Armenian male actors
Actors from Tbilisi
People's Artists of the USSR
Stalin Prize winners
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Recipients of the Order of the Red Star
Armenian male silent film actors
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Georgian people of Armenian descent
Soviet Armenians

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So I've got this problem. I'm an electronics student and I have this kind of project for school where I have to find someplace to help people. Nonetheless I have found one where I can help poor teens and young adults to understand how electronics and electricity works. Now, the problem is that I have to come up with some ideas for small projects which can be done in like an hour or so max. each and aren't too difficult. The main goal is to show them the different energy sources available and why one is better than the other. But besides that they also should have some fun with led's, arduino's,... Now I have some ideas but I need more. Is anyone willing to suggest something please? If it's not a problem of course.
A bit of an open ended question really as things can differ so much, dependant on the age / ability of you audience. My first idea was to search on Google using 'teach children electronics' which did bring up ideas. One thing I think about is - Are the students building the things or are you doing so in front of them with explanation? Don't forget that soldering is dangerous so it would be risky for normal students. What are the limitations you are under? Simple circuits on solderless breadboard? Keep it simple and have spares in case of failures is a very good idea. I remember when working where we had to give presentations. Entire system redundancy was, in my opinion, essential as the saying goes 'If it can fail, it will!'.That said, the sort of things which interest students are those which have stimulating output. Light / sound / momement etc. Light operated switch, controlling a relay to turn something on / off? The energy sources - battery? solar? dynamo? There are lots more. In my opinion a good learning experience for them will be an even better for you. Good luck.
I also wanted to show them something that's too difficult to make for them yet cool, so I ordered a small Tesla coil with which I will demostate how it can play sounds or even make a fluorescent lamp give light.
So i'm basically lacking a few more ideas.
Still, easily and cheaply built with much educational value, especially when extended to issues about how to escalate the demonstration to something with tangible value.
What about a small DC motor being powered by a battery, and flipping the motor around to see the change in direction. Then with a diode in series to see how it affects things.
Then a simple circuit with the LED. And then finally a DC motor that they turn (though you'd have to provide a suitable crank so they can spin it quickly) to watch it act as a generator and power the LED?
Start small and simple, make a lemon battery and light a small LED. The idea being a learning objective (battery) and a learning outcome (LED Lights). Basic, simple and defined.


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A: Try upgrade flutter.
flutter upgrade

flutter pub upgrade

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Alcatel inks optical networking contracts in Germany
May 11, 2006 Paris, France -- German service provider HanseNet Telekommunikation GmbH, a subsidiary of Telecom Italia, has selected Alcatel as its exclusive technology partner for delivery of triple play services. Separately, Alcatel announced a two-year renewal of its existing supply agreement with Deutsche Telekom's T-Com affiliate for multi-service transport networks based on the company's optical networking platform.
May 11, 2006 Paris, France -- German service provider HanseNet Telekommunikation GmbH, a subsidiary of Telecom Italia, selected Alcatel as its exclusive technology partner for delivery of triple play services via an IP-based network infrastructure, including IPTV for the provider's "Alice homeTV" offering. Separately, Alcatel announced a two-year renewal of its existing supply agreement with Deutsche Telekom's T-Com affiliate for multi-service transport networks based on the company's optical networking platform.
According to a press release, HanseNet's access network will be upgraded to include the Alcatel 7302 Intelligent Services Access Manager (ISAM), an IP access platform optimized for deliver of triple play services. The company's Optical Multi-Service Node (OMSN) systems and 1678 Metro Core Connect (MCC) will also be used to aggregate and transport multiple services across the provider's network.
Alcatel will also deliver its integrated, end-to-end video platform, which the company says is based on an open, non-proprietary architecture and uses industry-standard interfaces to allow for integration with existing infrastructure and systems from different equipment vendors. The company will also provide a services integration platform covering the entire network infrastructure.
"With TV, telephone, Internet access, and video-on-demand from a single source, we are one of the first service providers in Germany to offer its subscribers such innovations," comments HanseNet CEO Harald Rösch. "We are looking forward to working with Alcatel, our exclusive technology partner, to supply not only the IPTV platform and network infrastructure, but to integrate the complete solution to create a whole new TV experience."
"Alcatel has unparalleled IPTV integration experience, gained from more than 35 projects around the globe," adds Monika Maurer, president of Alcatel's fixed solutions activities. "Based on this experience, we partner with our customers to help them accelerate their time-to-market and bring an innovative service to their customers."
Separately, Alcatel also announced a two-year renewal of its existing agreement with T-Com, the broadband/fixed line business division of Deutsche Telekom, for the supply of the operator's multi-service transport networks. T-Com is already using the company's networking platforms to speed delivery Fast Ethernet services for its enterprise customers, along with broadband services for residential users.
Under the terms of the contract extension, Alcatel will continue to supply its Optical Multi-Service Node (OMSN) systems and 1678 Metro Core Connect (MCC) platforms.
For further expansion of the operator's SDH network, Alcatel also agreed to upgrade its existing 1350 management suite to monitor the new equipment and services that the network enhancements will support.
"We are pleased to continue our long-lasting cooperation with T-Com to help enhance its service delivery options, while guaranteeing the highest reliability and quality assurance," comments Romano Valussi, president of Alcatel's optical networking activities. "Our advanced optical networking solutions enable T-Com to offer services ranging from best effort to premium quality, all from the same infrastructure."
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You have business to cultivate!
Every day, same time, have a Facebook live video of The Great Gift Unboxing!
And the gift? Some sort of sales promotion on some category or item your customers might be needing right now.
Step One: Tell your followers in every way you have at your disposal that The Great Gift Unboxing starts [day] at [time] and that they should tune in to celebrate, with you, the wonderful styles, selection, and savings you will be presenting (get it?) to them.
Step Two: Wrap up a variety of boxes in festive paper. Wrap the TOP and the BOTTOM separately… you will want to gracious;ly OPEN the box, not be tearing paper on mic. Pile them all up on whatever your "stage" will be, so you'll also be able to use signage there saying Tune in or Stop In to see what gift each day will bring to you!
Step Three: Figure out your festive attire: Elf, Santa, and use it every day, even of you switch presenters. Write a simple 2-3 sentence script introducing yourself and your shop, then open the box, pull out the prop or the (fancy of course) scroll announcing the gift, and talk a sentence or two about it… then revert to a prepared closing like That's today's gift from MyShop located at … And don't forget, we'll be presenting a NEW Great Gift Unboxing holiday gift tomorrow right here on our Facebook page so tune in or stop by to see the surprises we'll have for you!
Mix it up. Dollars off, percentage off, BOGO, earn an extra punch on thier Frequent Buyer Card, get a small gift with purchase.
Make sure the noise of unwrapping doesn't drown your words out.
As always, film in front of your shop name, logo, signage, anything so folks know who's offering this great deal.
Christmas Promo for Consignment & Resale: St. Nick!
On December 6 (or December 5 or December 19, it's complicated) is St. Nicholas' birthday. This saint known for gift-giving morphed, along with his name in Dutch Sinterklaas, into, of course, Santa Claus.
St. Nicholas Day, though not particularly observed in the US, can be a great hook on which to create a resale shop promotion.
So what does all this history, you may ask, have to do with selling resale merchandise?
Yup, that's it. Traditionally, children put out their shoes to be filled with either coins/candy/small gifts or coal/twigs, depending on the child's behavior that year.
St. Nick filled folks' shoes with coins on December 6. WE save you coins all year round with our FAB shoe selection!
Imagine golden coins/ tokens tossed throughout this display….
More about jolly old St. Nick on Wikipedia. More display/social media photo suggestions in The Big Book of Window Displays.
What do shoppers want when they're Christmas-gift seeking?
Need more holiday selling ideas? Click the pic.
They aren't sure what they want. Or what their loved ones will want. Sometimes, they're even clueless as to what to look for.
So MANY choices for simple and effective (that means people will TALK about your windows and take selfies in front of them and bring their guests in just to see!) holiday windows that are easy and inexpensive, I have to divide the inspirational photos I have into three days!
Today, let's talk Santa Claus as holiday window decor.
How about Santa's wardrobe on a clothesline? Don't let Santa hang you out to dry, shop resale for the holidays. Or We're Santa's backyard. Or Santa gets ready for his run here (The illustration is a purchasable backdrop you can see here.) This could be an actual clothesline, or cut outs on your window glass.
If you have a talented window painter on tap, this template from Dover Publications could be wonderful… as an outline, or filled in with touches of red and green and a nice golden star!
Yesterday in Part 1 we focused on Christmas trees. And tomorrow we'll be talking my favorite seasonal decor, so stay tuned!


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Out of the fire, into the frying pan The Wellington in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, was devastated by a fire in 2009. Reopened in May 2010 – with an expanded restaurant and renovated bedrooms – a TISSL EPoS system has played a significant role in increasing turnover by 40%
Devastated by a fire in June 2009, the Wellington in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, was reopened on 24 May 2010 and now includes a bigger restaurant, an enlarged terrace and six restored and renovated guest bedrooms. Today the venue – known to locals as 'the Welly' – offers a combination of medieval architecture and contemporary design.
Part of a group which also includes The Broadway in Letchworth, Hertfordshire; d'Arry's in Cambridge; The Forresters in Church Crookham, Hampshire; and, opened in April 2010, The Rusty Gun in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, The Wellington has been the site of a licenced premises since the 12th century. An important coaching inn on the Great North Road, diarist Samuel Pepys stayed there and van Gogh is also rumoured to have been a guest.
"TISSL has given us a system which is accessible, simple to use and extremely agile"
TISSL EPoS systems have been in place at The Wellington for the past five years and are currently also in two of the group's other sites – The Broadway and d'Arry's.
While the fire gave the team an unscheduled opportunity to make changes – such as reinstating bedrooms – some things have remained, including most of the team, favourites from the old menu and The Wellington's popular a'Arenberg wines. A key element which has also stayed in place are the TISSL EPoS systems.
"TISSL offers us a great, simple, robust, front-of-house system"
"I've worked in the hospitality industry for many years and have had experience of other EPoS systems," says Chris Gerard, managing director, at The Wellington. "I've dealt with a simple clunky system and I've used a complex, extremely detailed, EPoS – and TISSL sits between the two which, I believe, is the perfect place to be."
He continues: "TISSL has given us a system which is accessible, simple to use and for a business, like ours – which wants to change our menu regularly – extremely agile."
Since it has reopened, The Wellington now has regularly changing 'specials' and new French and Chilean wines.
Head chef, Sukh, who started at Gary Rhodes' first restaurant and went on to become a senior chef at The Savoy, offers a menu ranging from traditional fish pie to more exotic and 'adventurous' dishes including pan-fried duck breast with braised red cabbage and grilled fillet of beef with white truffle potato puree. There is also a daily fish special – such as seared sea bass with udon noodles.
"The support TISSL gives us is quick, accessible and dependable"
The reopening of The Wellington has seen a 40% increase in turnover – due to the changes and the additional seating area and also down to the efficiency of the TISSL EPoS system.
"TISSL offers us a great, simple, robust, front-of-house system – and that makes a real difference to the way we run our business," he says.
He adds that the back-up TISSL provides is very solid.
"The support TISSL gives us is quick, accessible and dependable," Chris says. "If I need a report on some aspect of the business, then I can get the information really quickly and, if I need it, there's immediate support to help me do that. That back-up is key in a fast-moving business such as ours."
Adds Kevin Coetzee, managing director of TISSL: "The team at The Wellington has had to face many challenges over the past 12 months. However, we are proud that they retained us as their EPoS provider and we are delighted with how the venue has come back, fitter and stronger than before."
Location: 1 High Street, Welwyn, Hertfordshire
Website: https://wellingtonatwelwyn.co.uk/
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New judicial vicar from Cleveland
by Laura Ieraci
CHICAGO — Father Charles Strebler of the Diocese of Cleveland succeeded Father Martin Celuch of the Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio, as the judicial vicar of the Eparchy of Parma last fall.
Born in Akron, Ohio, Father Strebler entered Borromeo Seminary, the college seminary of the Diocese of Cleveland, in 1985, right out of high school. He entered St. Mary Seminary in 1989. At that time, the seminarians for the Eparchy of Parma also studied at St. Mary Seminary, said Father Strebler, and he befriended Father John Keblesh of Parma, now deceased.
"I traveled many years with him, before and after ordination, to the Uniontown pilgrimage," Father Strebler recalled.
Father Strebler will celebrate his 25th anniversary of priesthood this year; he was ordained May 28, 1994.
In addition to his undergraduate degree, Father Strebler holds a master's degree in theology from St. Mary Seminary in Wickliffe, Ohio, and a licentiate in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
He is currently pastor of Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Parish in Avon Lake, Ohio, and continues his work for the tribunal of the Diocese of Cleveland, which was his primary assignment, from 2004 to 2018.
He began as Parma's judicial vicar in October. In this function, he serves as the head of the tribunal and offers canonical counsel. He also serves on the eparchy's presbyteral council.
"I have long had an association with and appreciation for the Byzantine Ruthenian Church, and I am happy to assist the eparchy as I can," he told Horizons.
Father Strebler holds office hours once per week. He can be reached at frcstrebler@parma.org or at (216) 741-8773.
As published in Horizons, Feb. 10, 2019.
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Q: How to resolve the sonarqube static code analysis error "Explicitly define the missing copy constructor, move constructor .." in C++ I am getting the below sonarqube static code analysis error:
Explicitly define the missing copy constructor, move constructor, copy assignment operator and move assignment operator so that they will not be implicitly provided.
I am getting the above message at the below Destructor declaration in the header file:
~CCPSDataManager();

And also in my .cpp file, there is definition for this Destructor ~CCPSDataManager().
Here do I need to follow the rule of 5 by providing the Destructor, copy constructor and the copy-assignment operator, move constructor and the move-assignment operator? Or is there any other approach?
And also If I define the copy constructor, copy-assignment operator, move constructor and the move-assignment operator we are writing many lines of code without using those. Is this a correct approach?
Please suggest and give me some insight on how to proceed?

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Here do I need to follow the rule of 5 by providing the Destructor, copy constructor and the copy-assignment operator, move constructor and the move-assignment operator?

Depends on what you do in the destructor.
In most cases, if you need a destructor, then you need to follow rule of 5 because in most cases the implicitly generated ones do the wrong thing. Not always, but in most cases. The analyser that you use suggests to follow the rule of 5 because of the assumption that it may be necessary.

Or is there any other approach?

If there is no need for the custom destructor, then follow the rule of 0 instead: Don't define a custom destructor.

And also If I define the copy constructor, copy-assignment operator, move constructor and the move-assignment operator we are writing many lines of code without using those.

If you don't use them, then simplest solution is to define them deleted.


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I spent 3 years of active duty in the US Army and 5 in the Army Reserves as a Cobra helicopter mechanic.
I love to cook and thought of going to culinary school at one time in my life. I'm so happy my friends and family talked me out of it.
I've owned a few businesses (Computer / Printing / Game Center).
My favorite movie genre is science fiction though I do like comedy & action flicks too.
I'm passionate about serving God.
I'm shy though most would never believe me.
There was a time when I used to know how to golf.
Thai and Vietnamese are my favorite food types.
I'm a missionary with Wycliffe Associates and serve on the Technology Advancement Team.
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Blog / Speech in the House of Lords moving motion on the Government's legislative programme
Posted by House of Lords Labour 0pc on January 28, 2019
Speech in the House of Lords moving motion on the Government's legislative programme
Angela Smith speech in the House of Lords, 28th January 2019
My Lords, I'm grateful to the Noble Lady the Leader of the House for her contribution and her motion today. Although I'm not sure she said much about what we are expecting about the deal that we thought was in the motion. She did say that we were taking stock, which I have to say if we take stock to where we have got so far it doesn't take very long.
There are huge amounts of legislation still required prior to exit day and I have to say to the Noble Lady that at times her comments sounded like a bit of a lecture or a ticking off to Your Lordships House. Can I say that I think we should all be grateful to Noble Lords from across this House who give up their time and their expertise to scrutinise both primary and secondary legislation.
My Lords, in debating both motions together for convenience of the House, and I will speak to my motion and move it at the end of today's debate. And I will test the opinion of the House - although there are some things in what the Noble Lady said that imply that she may be able to accept my motion and I hope that will be the case if the government could indicate that. It would be very welcome. I live in hope, I'm one of life's optimists.
Following the result of the referendum, few could have imagined that over 30 months later there would still be so much division and so little agreement.
I made the point last week, on our motion about information required to complete consideration of the Trade Bill, about how often we were told how easy it was going to be. How, for example, our existing trade agreements could be rolled over in an afternoon, and new deals would be in place, apparently, one second after Brexit. Yet, here we are, 60 days to exit day, with our country more divided and more frustrated about the political process than ever before.
Despite stark warnings including from businesses, the NHS, and from food producers and suppliers, the Prime Minister continues to refuse to take even one step towards ruling out the most damaging and catastrophic of outcomes - that is crashing out of the EU. Instead, Mrs May is seeking to use it as a bargaining chip with her MPs, to try and force through a deal that has already been resoundingly rejected. And as I remarked previously, the Plan B that the she has offered seems remarkably similar to Plan A.
Despite offers of talks and parliamentary engagement, there has been no real attempt to seek wider support or build a consensus.
Since the referendum, YLH has heard many contributions on the detail of how the Government should give effect to the outcome of the referendum:
in debates on legislation,
on motions such as this one,
many questions on different aspects, and
during debates on the detailed reports of our excellent EU Committees.
We've also had regular statements from the Prime Minister most Mondays, repeated in this House.
At every point this House has sought to be useful, with many of our suggestions and amendments – including on issues such as Northern Ireland and our future relationship with EU agencies – ultimately being accepted or just slightly amended by MPs.
I often reflect on the Withdrawal Bill amendment from My Noble Friends Lord Monks and Lord Lea, who sought to persuade the Government that the Prime Minister should engage with Parliament and seek a mandate for her negotiations. Because that way she would have had a better idea of what Parliament would accept, and that would have strengthened her hand. Instead, she chose to go it alone with a predictable rejection, although the scale of that rejection was astounding. And time is now running out.
With the clock ticking down, and MPs voting tomorrow to seek a way forward, how can we in YLH be most helpful?
The legislation relating to the Meaningful Vote was initiated in this House, and that's clear. It is the responsibility of the elected House to hold that Meaningful Vote on whether to accept the outcome of the Prime Minister's negotiations. And it remains for the elected Members of Parliament to decide.
As we draw closer to the exit day, it's clear that Mrs May has failed to find acceptance for the withdrawal agreement and the political declaration that she has negotiated, losing the vote in the Other Place with the largest parliamentary defeat in living memory. However, despite the urging of colleagues across the political spectrum, the Prime Minister continues to raise the spectre of leaving without any deal or agreement.
It is true that it is not entirely within her gift to guarantee a deal. But Mrs May could – and I believe, she should – send a clear signal to the EU27 that all possible steps should be taken to rule out a chaotic and reckless no deal exit.
There will be different views on who must take the responsibility for getting to this stage with so little clarity, so little agreement and so much division across our country. But that's for another time. At this stage a way forward has to be found.
So, the Motion is my name today is in two parts.
Firstly, it's a factual recognition of where we are. YLH has been clear about our position on a crash out exit when we voted by a majority of 169 to reject that as an option. And MPs have resoundingly rejected Mrs May proposals. It's probably also worth noting that the House of Commons passed an amendment to the Finance Bill to limit the Government's powers in the event of no deal.
Secondly, my Motion proposes how we should respond to the next steps taken in the House of Commons, which in some ways should just be taken as read but are worth restating. It may be that following their debates and votes tomorrow they are no clearer how to proceed or a way forward. But it is also possible that MPs may agree on a way forward – either a conclusion, or a process to reach a conclusion.
Time is running out, and if in the few days that remain, the elected MPs through the motion and amendments for debate tomorrow find a course of action that has majority agreement, we must respond positively to that.
Once we accept the premise that crashing out is too damaging to the UK to seriously accept, there are few options remaining. It is for our elected colleagues to decide at this stage which option they wish to pursue from those tabled including:-
support for the Prime Minister's motion;
some kind of indicative vote on the options that MPs may agree to;
if no agreement can be reached at this stage, to seek more time through a limited extension of Article 50;
or if there is simply no majority for any option, to return to the electorate with a further public vote.
The Labour amendment they will debate restates our policy of rejecting a no deal outcome, seeking a permanent Customs Union, and negotiating a strong relationship with the Single Market which recognises the importance of EU-derived social protections. And it acknowledges that Parliament may have to seek further approval from the public.
A number of other proposals are on the table. Some make requests of the EU27, particularly in relation to the backstop, while others ask the Government to pause for further reflection instead of deliberately running down the clock and crashing out.
Tomorrow evening, we may know what our elected colleagues want the Prime Minister to do next. That is, quite rightly, a decision for them and them alone. My amendment merely reiterates the stated opinion of YLH in relation to no deal - while making clear that if the House of Commons agrees a course of action that requires new legislation, both the Government and this House should facilitate the passage of that legislation.
It is nothing more my Lords but they expect nothing less of us.
So I hope Noble Lords that the Leader and the Minister will respond positively to my proposals today. But if they fail to do so, I will move my motion and press it to test the opinion of the House.


In today's development environment, there is an abundance of frameworks that we can choose from for front-end or user interface (UI) work.
I was recently talking with a friend about UI development. He has also been a programmer since programming was considered an arcane art (when those of us that did it were considered like Gandalf the Grey facing the Balrog). Or maybe we just saw ourselves that way. Regardless, both of us have been Java programmers for a great deal of that time.


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MOUNT="/bin/mount"
PMOUNT="/usr/bin/pmount"
UMOUNT="/bin/umount"
for line in `grep -v ^# /etc/udev/mount.blacklist`
do
	if [ ` expr match "$DEVNAME" "$line" ` -gt 0 ];
	then
		logger "udev/mount.sh" "[$DEVNAME] is blacklisted, ignoring"
		exit 0
	fi
done

automount() {
	name="`basename "$DEVNAME"`"

	! test -d "/run/media/$name" && mkdir -p "/run/media/$name"
	# Silent util-linux's version of mounting auto
	if [ "x`readlink $MOUNT`" = "x/bin/mount.util-linux" ] ;
	then
		MOUNT="$MOUNT -o silent"
	fi

	# If filesystem type is vfat, change the ownership group to 'disk', and
	# grant it with  w/r/x permissions.
	case $ID_FS_TYPE in
	vfat|fat)
		MOUNT="$MOUNT -o umask=007,gid=`awk -F':' '/^disk/{print $3}' /etc/group`"
		;;
	# TODO
	*)
		;;
	esac

	if ! $MOUNT -t auto $DEVNAME "/run/media/$name"
	then
		#logger "mount.sh/automount" "$MOUNT -t auto $DEVNAME \"/run/media/$name\" failed!"
		rm_dir "/run/media/$name"
	else
		logger "mount.sh/automount" "Auto-mount of [/run/media/$name] successful"
		touch "/tmp/.automount-$name"
	fi
}

rm_dir() {
	# We do not want to rm -r populated directories
	if test "`find "$1" | wc -l | tr -d " "`" -lt 2 -a -d "$1"
	then
		! test -z "$1" && rm -r "$1"
	else
		logger "mount.sh/automount" "Not removing non-empty directory [$1]"
	fi
}

# No ID_FS_TYPE for cdrom device, yet it should be mounted
name="`basename "$DEVNAME"`"
[ -e /sys/block/$name/device/media ] && media_type=`cat /sys/block/$name/device/media`

if [ "$ACTION" = "add" ] && [ -n "$DEVNAME" ] && [ -n "$ID_FS_TYPE" -o "$media_type" = "cdrom" ]; then
	if [ -x "$PMOUNT" ]; then
		$PMOUNT $DEVNAME 2> /dev/null
	elif [ -x $MOUNT ]; then
    		$MOUNT $DEVNAME 2> /dev/null
	fi

	# If the device isn't mounted at this point, it isn't
	# configured in fstab (note the root filesystem can show up as
	# /dev/root in /proc/mounts, so check the device number too)
	if expr $MAJOR "*" 256 + $MINOR != `stat -c %d /`; then
		grep -q "^$DEVNAME " /proc/mounts || automount
	fi
fi

if [ "$ACTION" = "remove" ] || [ "$ACTION" = "change" ] && [ -x "$UMOUNT" ] && [ -n "$DEVNAME" ]; then
	for mnt in `cat /proc/mounts | grep "$DEVNAME" | cut -f 2 -d " " `
	do
		$UMOUNT $mnt
	done

	# Remove empty directories from auto-mounter
	name="`basename "$DEVNAME"`"
	test -e "/tmp/.automount-$name" && rm_dir "/run/media/$name"
fi

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The recent events in Amran and clashes between Ansar Allah (Houthis) and the Islah party have raised rumors that the Houthi leader will declare his intention to appoint himself the Hashemite King of Yemen.
Mohammed Abduslam, the spokesman of Ansar Allah, said that it is not their aim to rule the country under the judgment of the Imamate or Hashemi. "In case we rule Yemen we will not exclude or remove anyone from any political party, no matter how we disagree with him, for Yemen is for all the of her loyal people," he said.
In his last speech about the Amran events, Abdulmalik al-Houthi, Ansar Allah leader, said that the most important institutions are state institutions, which should be for the people and the nation and not for the interest of one party, group, family, or even person.
The Islah party was insistent that Ansar Allah wants to restore the Imamate. "They want to marginalize all the people to be rulers and they don't seek a civil state," activist Hemir al-Moqbli stated.


In case you haven't noticed, I am in the process of running a three month long test here on this blog.
In much of November / December, I shifted the focus to retail, and to omnichannel.
In January, I am working through a fictional company (Hippoman's Big And Tall), and will continue to do so for another few weeks.
Here's what happens when I conduct experiments.
New subs double or triple.
The increased buzz/velocity results in more subs.
What, in your opinion, is the appropriate cadence of content? Should I have themes, and if I do have themes, should I go all-in for a month, or should I intersperse the content with other content? Finally, what should the other content be?
Kevin -- I enjoy your articles and find your viewpoints very instructive. I personally prefer a variety of content topics, but on the whole I would say just write what interests you and I'm sure your readers will find it interesting too.
Let's hope they find it interesting!