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Siegmund Breitbart was born on February 22nd, 1883 in Stryków, near Łódź, Poland. His family were observant Jews, and blacksmiths by trade. His family discovered his unusual strength at the age of three years old, when he was able to free himself from a heavy iron bar that had fallen on him in his father's shop. Soon Siegmund (or Zishe, as he was known) was flexing his muscles wherever he could, which got him expelled from several religious schools. When World War I broke out, he was drafted by the Russian Army and was taken prisoner by the Germans.
When the war was over, Zishe chose to stay in Germany. He started performing on street corner and in street markets, showcasing feats of strength for the public; that's where he was spotted by the director of Circus Busch, Germany's most powerful circus at the time, in 1919. Featured first as an opening act, Zishe eventually became a prime draw on vaudeville stages of Europe and the United States, attracting a mass following in Berlin, Vienna, New York, Prague, and Warsaw. During his time in Europe, a Breitbart craze resulted in two German films and a Yiddish screenplay, product endorsements, a physical-culture correspondence course, jokes, poems, songs, and even Christmas cards. In Christmas week of 1923 he performed in North America, drawing a crowd of over 85,000 people. [My personal favorite fun-fact: Zishe was working at Circus Busch at the same time the Lorch Family performed there with their Risley Act!]
Zishe Breitbart being escorted in to perform at a sports ground, where he bent bars of metal and demonstrated other feats of strength, Kraków, 1920s. (Beth Hatefutsoth, Photo Archive, Tel Aviv)
Zishe's work (or his shtick, if you will) was always inspired by his own family's background as iron workers: he bent iron bar into floral patterns, bit through iron chains or tore them apart, and breaking horseshoes in half. Other acts he was known for included: pulling wagons full of people with his teeth; lying on his back and supporting cars filled with up to ten people on his chest; Supporting a bridge built across his chest while bulls or elephants were paraded over him—this routine was called the Tomb of Hercules; a routine where two men chased each other with motorcycles ridden over his chest; lifting a baby elephant while climbing a ladder and holding a locomotive wheel in his teeth with three men suspended from the wheel.
His stage nickname - "The Iron King" (Eisenkönig in German) - was also a nod to his family's history. Zishe, it appears, always remembered where he came from.
Poster depicting Breitbart, printed by Adolph Friedlander, Hamburg, 1924–1925. Here he is shown balancing a platform of motorcyclists on his stomach. (© 2006 Gary Bart, The Siegmund Breitbart Archive)
According to scholar Sharon Gillerman, "While most middle-class Central European Jews recoiled from sensationalist public spectacles, Breitbart's most devoted fans were among the Yiddish-speaking Jews of Eastern Europe, for whom he was a genuine folk hero. In his bulk and brawn, many East European Jews saw a potent response to ever-growing threats of antisemitic attacks. A popular Yiddish saying maintained, "If a thousand Breitbarts were to arise among the Jews, the Jewish people would cease being persecuted." [...] His embodiment of qualities associated with the German racial ideal—namely strength, beauty, and courage—appeared to give hope to his coreligionists that Jews, too, might look to a future of national empowerment, breaking their own chains of oppression through physical strength and the cultivation of heroic manly virtues."
Zishe dreamed and believed that he was the Modern Samson. As president of the Maccabi Berlin Sports Federation, Zishe symbolized a Jewish renaissance. He never hid his Jewish identity or his Zionism. Some claim he visited Palestine, but there are no records of such a trip. The rumors probably testify more to the breadth of his popularity, extending even as far as the Middle East. He also wrote a book called "Muscle Power" in 1924, and he began a mail order catalogue that same year, which taught his bodybuilding regimen.
Zishe pulling a wagon by his teeth, November 1923. National Photo Company; restored by Michel Vuijlsteke
It all ended quite tragically. In 1925, Zishe had an accident performing an act he has done many times before: He was stabbed in the knee by a spike he drove through five 1-inch-thick (25 mm) oak boards using only his bare hands. The wound became infected, which led to fatal blood poisoning. Although he endured ten operations in which both legs were amputated, the infection was too severe. Eight weeks after his injury, in October 1925, Zishe died and was buried in the Adass-Yisroel cemetery in Berlin. He was only 42 years old.
Yiddish postcard from 1925 depicting the end of Zishe's life. Bottom right reads: "The tragedy while hammering inward", and in the center: "Zishe Breitbart's last moments".
Following his death, Zishe's brother Gershon carried on his act in Europe and Palestine. The Polish Jews who had been most receptive to Zishe's message of Jewish empowerment continued to recount stories and sang songs to their children about the Jewish strongman, although unfortunately much of this oral tradition was lost following the destruction of Polish Jewry at the hands of the Nazis.
His legacy lives on: Zishe was played by Finnish strongman Jouko Ahola in a highly fictionalized account of his life in Werner Herzog's 2001 film Invincible; he was also the inspiration for the children's book Zishe the Strongman by Robert Rubenstein, from Kar-Ben Publishing.
Some even credit Zishe, who was billed during his 1923 American tour as "the Superman of the Ages," with inspiring the Jewish writers Joe Siegel and Jerry Shuster to create the iconic superhero Superman.
Biography:
*Gillerman, Sharon. "Breitbart, Zishe." YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. (29 July 2010). Sep. 2018.
*Portnoy, Edward. "Entertainers." YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe (5 August 2010). 17 May 2020.
*Meyer, Daniel. "Siegmund "Zishe" Breitbart - Strongman." J-Grit: The Internet Index of Tough Jews. Sep. 2018
*Oneg Shabbat
*Israeli National Library
For further reading:
*Sharon Gillerman, "Samson in Vienna: The Theatrics of Jewish Masculinity," Jewish Social Studies 9.2 (Winter 2003): 65–98
*Gisela Winkler and Dietmar Winkler, Allez hopp durch die Welt: Aus dem Leben berühmter Akrobaten (Berlin, 1977).


On Nov. 2, Annette Lafond thrilled the audience at the RA Centre in Campbell's Bay with her performance as country singer Shania Twain. Her husband plays bass and sings with her. They happened to be celebrating their 33rd wedding anniversary that night. The act was similar to one you could see in Las Vegas, full of action, colourful costumes and great singing.
Annette mingled with the crowd and Perry Kluke got to take quite a few pictures with her. Todd Hodgins was the lucky one because she had him up dancing with her. She was very entertaining and super at including everyone by walking around to each table.


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Your UK spouse must earn in excess of £18600 gross per annum or must have sufficient capital to make up for any deficiency.
In addition your UK spouse must show £3600.00 gross per annum for the first dependant, and £2400 for each next dependant or sufficient capital to make up for a difference, unless the dependants are British or EU citizens. Your UK spouse can be employed, self-employed a director/shareholder of a limited company etc. The financial requirement however is very detailed and proscriptive – your spouse must provide specified documents in a specific format, or your visa application will be refused. The financial requirement is somewhat relaxed if the sponsor is in receipt of a permitted benefit, different test will apply in place of the standard minimum income of £18,600.
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Q: C# Copy the Class List Here is my Class:
public class Information
 {
     public Tuple<string, string> pair { get; set; }
     public double Signal { get; set; }
     public double SigmaMove { get; set; }
     public DateTime Date { get; set; }
 }

 Inforamtion A = new Information() {};

*

*I want to use A.Clone() but there is no such method?

*How to Copy a List<Information> A = B by value not by reference(Change of A did not influent B, previous solutions in the website do not work .... I tried)?
var TodayInformation = YesterdayInformation.Select(o => new Information
        {
            pair = o.pair,
            Signal = o.Signal,
            SigmaMove = o.SigmaMove,
            Date = o.Date,

        }).ToList();

If I copy this way, and suppose pair is also a complicate new Class(e.g List<NewClass>), so  does pair = o.pair, need be modified to  guarantee TodayInformation is passed by value?

*When I add a Initializing Constructor in the Class Information
 public class Information
 {
   public Tuple<string, string> pair { get; set; }
   public double Signal { get; set; }
   public double SigmaMove { get; set; }
   public DateTime Date { get; set; }

   public Information(Information Tem)
   {
    pair = Tem.pair;
    Signal  = Tem.Signal ;
    SigmaMove = Tem.SigmaMove;
    Date = Tem.Date;
   }
}

Then Inforamtion A = new Information(){}; this constructor no longer work, is it becasue of covered by the new Constructor? Then how to remain this constructor?

A: You could overload the constructor, that way the empty one can still be used as well as one that takes in an object to copy eg.
public class Information
{
    public Tuple<string, string> pair { get; set; }
    public double Signal { get; set; }
    public double SigmaMove { get; set; }
    public DateTime Date { get; set; }

    public Information()
    {}

    public Information(Information Tem)
    {
        pair = Tem.pair;
        Signal  = Tem.Signal ;
        SigmaMove = Tem.SigmaMove;
        Date = Tem.Date;
    }
}

A: *

*An object can be cloned implementing IClonable interface
public class Information : ICloneable
{
   public Tuple<string, string> pair { get; set; }
   public double Signal { get; set; }
   public double SigmaMove { get; set; }
   public DateTime Date { get; set; }

   public Information(Information Tem)
   {
      pair = Tem.pair;
      Signal  = Tem.Signal ;
      SigmaMove = Tem.SigmaMove;
      Date = Tem.Date;
   }

   #region ICloneable Members
   public Information Clone() { return new Information(this); }
   object ICloneable.Clone()
   {
      return Clone();
   }
   #endregion
}

*You can copy a list by value. Follow any of the steps below
If you want to know more about extension method follow this link
You can use extension method as following
    static class Extensions
    {
      public static IList<T> Clone<T>(this IList<T> listToClone) where T: ICloneable
      {
         return listToClone.Select(item => (T)item.Clone()).ToList();
      }
    }

OR If you do not want to use IClonable interface
    var InformationList = new List<Information>(infoList);

EDIT
If there is a nested complex class, make sure you have also implemented IClonable interface for that class too and clone it.

*You can overload a constructor (as Kirlac mentioned)
public class Information
{
  public Tuple<string, string> pair { get; set; }
  public double Signal { get; set; }
  public double SigmaMove { get; set; }
  public DateTime Date { get; set; }

  public Information()
  {}

  public Information(Information Tem)
  {
    pair = Tem.pair;
    Signal  = Tem.Signal ;
    SigmaMove = Tem.SigmaMove;
    Date = Tem.Date;
  }
}

A: Your class information needs to implement iClonable
Go have a look at a few answers in How to Clone Objects

A: Not a very elegant method, in fact crude, but works .... I serialize the list into a json string and deserialize it back into the new required list. The reference between the two is no longer there and each list can be manipulated independently of the other.

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Q: Suppose that one were to concatenate *-ology* and *science* to derive a new word, what rules would determine its spelling? I've asked this specific question as a means to learning about the rules that determine, or patterns that describe, the spellings of derived words.
Suppose that someone were to concatenate -ology and science in order to derive a word that denoted [[the study of science]], and that she wanted to spell it as an authority would probably spell it had he derived the word; how should she spell the word?

A: The -ology part is Greek (linking vowel -ο- plus the stem of λόγος [discourse, reason] plus abstract-noun suffix -ία anglicized to -y); so one approach is to draw upon the Greek word epistēmē (ἐπιστήμη, knowledge, from ἐπίσταμαι, I know) rather than the Latin scientia (knowledge, from sciō, I know), and thus to come up with the word epistemology. Using the Latin abstract noun as given here, what results is scientology. Perhaps unfortunately for your purpose, both forms have come into established usage with specific meanings: epistemology is that branch of philosophy which inquires just what it means to say we know, while Scientology is, ahem, a controversial minority belief system and community founded by L. Ron Hubbard.
The general rule for forming such compounds from classical roots is just to know what the classical roots are, and the specific consonants and vowels that were characteristically used in the classical languages to mediate between these roots and any affixes. This may involve going beyond the mere dictionary form of a classical word. For instance, lyō/λύω is the dictionary form or lemma of a verb meaning either "I set free" or "I destroy" (in Greek and Latin dictionaries, verbs are entered under their first-person singular present indicative active forms); but the many English words derived from it pretty much all use the stem -lys-/-λυσ- from the past or aorist tense elysa/ἔλυσα: paralysis, electrolysis, catalyst, even Lysol. (But then, the s becomes t when the adjectival suffix -ic enters the picture: catalytic, paralytic, etc.)

A: You can't really create a word that means to study science in the sense you are looking for, as science is itself a general term for methods of studying (hence 'the scientific method'). Practically speaking, the word you are looking for is probably methodology; the study of the methods used to test something.
Science

The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment


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Q: WordPress Get Number of Post + all Number of all Posts (example No. 3 of 19 Posts) I would like to show the actual number of a post + all like: "No. 3 of 19 Posts".
I've tried with – it shows all posts but I don't how I show the current post number.
No. {POST NUMER} of <?php $count_posts = wp_count_posts(); echo $count_posts->publish; ?> Posts

A: If this is inside a wp_query, you can do:
echo $wp_query->current_post+1;

Source: https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/20789/print-current-post-index-number-within-loop
If not, I think you would need to explain Wordpress what exactly do you mean by "post number" - that is by which criteria should it be counted. For that, you would probably need to reconstruct wp_query with $args relevant to you (e.g. post_status => publish). Although maybe there is some builtin way I don't know about.
Edit
This is untested:
/** Your current post id*/
$curr_id = get_the_ID();

/** Your posts query */
$args = ('post_status' => 'publish', 'orderby' => 'this depends on you'); // ... and all other args you would need
$posts = get_posts($args);
$posts_count = count($posts);
for ($i=0;$i<$posts_count;$i++) {
    if ($posts[$i]->ID === $curr_id) {
          $current_post_num = $i;
          break;
    }
}

echo "No. $current_post_num of $posts_count Posts";

Some tips:

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*Use Google more! "get current post number wordpress" brought me straight to Wordpress Stack Exchange question mentioned above.

*Post similar questions to Wordpress Stackexchange, the odds for you getting your answer would simply be higher.


There are many new generation job opportunities that we should be aware of. As job scenario becomes tough with each day, it is but natural for us to look for unconventional sources of employment. We don't all want or need to spend our lives stuck behind our desks. When we talk about these new found sources of employment a career or job in graphic design field always comes to our mind. It offers great career prospects as the demand for quality graphic designers is very much on the rise. Hence, there automatically is a demand for diploma in graphic design given the increasing job and career opportunities it offers.
For those who wish to do something on their own, an entrepreneurial shot at graphic designing would indeed be a good idea. The whole field of graphic design is quite huge. It could be designing clothing and apparels, designing homes, getting into art and film making just to name a few. Therefore, it is well and truly a good career and job option that should be given the importance it deserves.
The art institute in Phoenix is considered to be a top notch college and is highly respected and admired. Amongst other courses, it focuses on graphic designing, web designing, and interior designing and advertising. Getting admission to this college is quite tough but it worth the trouble and effort.
Another college that is much talked about and revered is The California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture. Anyone willing to learn more about Earth Art or Ceramic Architecture and Designing should most certainly keep this college in mind.
The Cranbrook Academy of Art which is located in the upmarket suburb of Bloomfield Hills, in Detroit is a graphic design college of huge popularity. Though started as an art college in 1932, it now offers some of the best diploma and full time courses on various fields of graphic designing.
Moving to the Eastern part of the world, when we talk about graphic designing, we cannot afford to ignore the name of China Academy of Art. It offers almost everything that one could ask for in terms of art and graphic designing. It has around 8 colleges under its jurisdiction and hence could be considered as a one-shop stop for all our graphic design and art needs.
Apart from the above, there are also a number of other reputed art and graphic design colleges that are worth mention. For example, The Royal Swedish Academy of Arts is a very old college started way back in 1773. Over the years it has graduated and is considered a superb college offering the best diploma of graphic design.
Piccadilly based Royal Academy of Arts is also a big name in the field of graphic designing.
Author Bio Toni Meadows is a retired Business professor who now blogs about education and it's importance in society. He has visited several colleges in Melbourne and has written his observations on business courses and opinions about each one.
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What They Want: Divergent goals for Biden, Putin at summit
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Jun. 16, 2021 03:37 AM EDT
FILE - In this June 15, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden arrives for the United States-European Union Summit at the European Council in Brussels. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
GENEVA (AP) — An American president won't side with Moscow over his own intelligence agencies. There will be no talk of a "reset" in Russian relations. And it is highly doubtful that anyone will gaze into Vladimir Putin's eyes and discuss his soul.
But beyond that, it's not clear what will happen Wednesday in Geneva when President Joe Biden meets Putin for the first time since taking office. Both sides acknowledge that the relationship between the two nations is dismal and neither holds out much hope for meaningful areas of agreement. Still, each man brings his own goals to the summit table.
A look at what each president is hoping to achieve in Switzerland:
WHAT BIDEN WANTS
Biden and his aides have made clear that he will not follow in the footsteps of his recent predecessors by aiming to radically alter the United States' ties to Russia. Instead, the White House is looking for a more modest though still vitally important goal: to move toward a more predictable relationship and attempt to rein in Russia's disruptive behavior.
Biden's first overseas trip was deliberately sequenced so that he will meet with Putin only after spending days meeting with European allies and powerful democracies, including a gathering at NATO, the decades-old alliance formed to serve as a bulwark to Russian aggression. He hoped to project a sense of unity and renewed cooperation after four years of tumult under former President Donald Trump, who often tried to cozy up to the Russian president.
Biden will push Putin to stop meddling in democratic elections, to ease tensions with Ukraine and to stop giving safe harbor to hackers carrying out cyber and ransomware attacks. Aides believe that lowering the temperature with Russia will also reinforce the United States' ties to democracies existing in Moscow's shadow.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan said Biden will look for "areas where, in our common interest, we can work together to produce outcomes that are — that work for the United States and for the American people."
Sullivan, who briefed reporters on Air Force One heading to Brussels for the NATO summit, said that Biden's other message would be more stick than carrot: "How do we send a clear message about those harmful activities that we will not tolerate and to which we will respond?"
There have been brief moments of common ground. Moscow and Washington have shown a shared interest in restarting talks on strategic stability to work out a follow-up deal to the New START, the last remaining U.S.-Russian arms control pact that was extended for five years in January.
Biden will exhort Putin on human rights, including the poisoning and imprisonment of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, not to support the regime in Belarus that carried out a recent skyjacking and to stop interfering with other nations' elections. Cyber will also be a focal point, with the Geneva summit coming just days after NATO expanded its Article 5 mutual defense pact to include cyberattacks.
But the president acknowledged that there may be no way to keep Putin in check.
"There's no guarantee you can change a person's behavior or the behavior of his country. Autocrats have enormous power and they don't have to answer to a public," said Biden during a news conference Sunday after the Group of Seven summit in England. "And the fact is that it may very well be, if I respond in kind — which I will — that it doesn't dissuade him and he wants to keep going."
Biden had not minced words when it comes to assessing Putin. He said in an interview earlier this year that he agreed with an assessment that Putin was a "killer," and he once declared that Putin didn't have a soul.
That was far colder rhetoric than that of his immediate predecessors.
Trump spoke warmly of Putin and was deferential to him during their one summit, held in Helsinki in 2018, in which he turned his back on his own intelligence agencies. President Barack Obama's administration, though wary of Putin, expressed hope in a "reset" and improvement of relations with Moscow. And George W. Bush said that he "looked the man in the eye" and "found him very straightforward and trustworthy."
"I was able to get a sense of his soul," Bush said.
Biden won't.
WHAT PUTIN WANTS
Putin also won't be expecting to warm up ties. His main goal will be to draw his red lines for the new U.S. administration and negotiate a tense status quo that would protect Moscow's vital interests.
The Russian leader doesn't hope for a new détente to mend the rift caused by Russia's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula. Nor does he count on a rollback of the crippling U.S. and EU sanctions that have restricted Moscow's access to global financial markets and top Western technologies.
Putin's task now is more modest — to spell out Russia's top security concerns and try to restore basic channels of communication that would prevent an even more dangerous destabilization.
The main red line for Moscow is Ukraine's aspirations to join NATO. Fearing its bid for the alliance membership, Putin responded to the 2014 ouster of Ukraine's Russia-friendly president by annexing Crimea and throwing Moscow's weight behind a separatist insurgency in the country's eastern industrial heartland, where the seven-year conflict has killed more than 14,000.
When tensions along the line of contact in Ukraine's east rose earlier this year, Russia quickly beefed up its troops near Ukraine and warned Kyiv's leaders that it would intervene militarily if they tried to reclaim the rebel-controlled regions by force.
Moscow has since pulled back some of its forces from the border areas, but the Ukrainian leadership has said the bulk of them have remained close to the border.
In an interview with state TV last week, Putin described Ukraine's bid to join NATO as an existential challenge to Russia that would allow the alliance's missiles to hit Moscow and other targets in western Russia in just seven minutes. He compared it to Russia deploying its missiles in Canada or Mexico near the U.S. border. "Isn't it a red line?" he said.
While taking a tough stance on Ukraine, the Russian leader could show a degree of flexibility on other global hotspots.
Even though Moscow has been critical of the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan, it's interested in a settlement that would prevent the country from plunging into chaos following the U.S. troops' withdrawal later this year, fearing that instability could spill into ex-Soviet Central Asia.
Russia also has been involved in painstaking international talks to help repair a nuclear deal with Iran that was spiked by Trump, and it has expressed a willingness to cooperate with the U.S. in efforts to restart the stalled Mideast peace talks.
And the Kremlin would be interested in working out a deal on Syria, where Moscow's military campaign helped President Bashar Assad's government reclaim control over most of the country after a devastating civil war and the U.S. has maintained a limited military presence.
Russia has said it's ready to include its prospective doomsday weapons — such as the Poseidon atomic-powered, nuclear-armed underwater drone and the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile — in the talks on condition the U.S. brings its missile defense and possible space-based weapons into the equation.
Putin also has emphasized Russia's readiness to make joint efforts to address climate change and cope with the coronavirus pandemic.
He called for establishing a dialogue on cybercrime, noting that Moscow could agree to extradite cybercrime suspects to the U.S. if Washington assumes the same obligation.
The White House has strongly downplayed the idea of a cybercriminal prisoner exchange.
Isachenkov reported from Moscow.


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Ramona Airport  is a public airport two miles west of Ramona, in San Diego County, California, United States.

The airport is mostly used for general aviation, the California Department of Forestry (CDF) and the United States Forest Service (USFS) jointly operate a fire attack base.

The Ramona Air Fair is a popular airshow held every year in October.

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Ramona Airport is RNM to the FAA and has no IATA code.

Facilities
Ramona Airport covers  and has one runway (9/27: 5,001 x 150 ft.) and one helipad (H1: 340 x 66 ft.).

In 2005 the airport had 82,133 aircraft operations, averaging 225 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military. 195 aircraft are based at this airport: 86% single engine, 8% multi-engine, 1% jet and 5% helicopters.

In 2007 the airport had 164,691 aircraft operations, averaging 451 per day.

Classic Rotors Museum
Classic Rotors Museum, a flying aviation museum specializing in helicopters and other rotorcraft, is based at Ramona Airport. The museum bills itself as "the rare and vintage rotorcraft museum" and claims to be one of "three dedicated rotorcraft museums in the world".

Ramona Bombing Target and Emergency Landing Field
During World War II the airport was used by the US Navy as the 'Ramona Bombing Target and Emergency Landing Field. The site was 405 acres and opened on October 15, 1943. The site closed after the war and was turned over to San Diego County on  February 26, 1947.

References

External links
Ramona Airport at San Diego County website

Airports in San Diego County, California
Ramona, San Diego County, California

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UK organisations holding grants from Horizon 2020 need to submit information about them into a UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) portal designed to capture basic details about the grants. This will ensure that UKRI can keep UK researchers and businesses informed of the next steps if the government needs to underwrite Horizon 2020 payments. For more information, see the latest portal announcement.
Horizon 2020 is the eighth EU research and innovation framework programme, comprising of €80 billion of support over seven years (2014-2020). The programme promises to deliver more scientific breakthroughs and discoveries by taking great ideas from the lab to the market. Seen as a means to drive economic growth and create jobs, Horizon 2020 has the political backing of the members of the European Parliament. It emphasises excellent science, industrial leadership and tackling societal challenges, by removing barriers to innovation.
There are three main pillars within Horizon 2020: Excellent Science, Industrial Leadership and Societal Challenges. Within Societal Challenges (SC) - external link there are seven societal challenges, with the main interest for the NERC community being in:
SC2: Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture & Forestry, Marine, Maritime & Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy - external link (€3·9 billion)
SC5: Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials - external link (€1·3 billion)
Compared to previous framework programmes, there is a greater emphasis on impact, requiring impact statements, and more emphasis on innovation, supporting all stages in the research and innovation chain including non-technological and social innovation and activities closer to the market. Proposals may also bring together different disciplines, sectors and actors to tackle specific challenges; for example scientists, industry, small and medium-sized enterprises, societal partners and end users.
The UK has been heavily involved in Horizon 2020, submitting the highest number of proposals (12·4%, nearly 50,000 from 2014-2016) with an average success rate of 15% (ninth place), winning a 15·2% proportion of EU contribution (around €3·8 billion from 2014-2016) thus far. Further facts and figures can be found in the Horizon 2020 factsheet - external link and details of featured Horizon 2020 projects with UK partners - external link are available.
More information on the continued UK participation can be found in a UK government overview (PDF) - external link.
Funding opportunities under Horizon 2020 are generally set out in multiannual work programmes. These are developed in consultation with stakeholders, including the Horizon 2020 advisory groups - external link, expert groups - external link, Joint Programming Initiatives and the programme committee for each challenge.
The work programmes are prepared by the European Commission within the framework provided by the Horizon 2020 legislation and through a strategic programming process integrating EU policy objectives in the priority setting.
A full list of the grants awarded from the Horizon 2020 work programmes can be accessed on the EU Open Data Portal - external link -.
For further information on the Horizon 2020 programme, please contact the UK Research Office (UKRO) in Brussels at ukro@bbsrc.ac.uk or visit the UKRO website.
UKRO in Brussels is funded by NERC and the other research councils to support researchers' participation in the EU framework programmes. UKRO's mission is to promote effective UK engagement in EU research, innovation and higher education activities. Through an organisational subscription service, UKRO provides an information portal, an enquiry service, a tailored annual visit and an annual conference for European officers.
National Contact Points (NCPs) have been established on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS). Each theme of Horizon 2020 has an NCP who supports both the academic and business communities through providing guidance on Horizon 2020 topics and actions, and advice on administrative procedures and proposal writing.
NERC-NSF joint funding
NERC-FAPESP joint funding
NERC-FNR joint funding
Newton Fund
Joint Programming Initiative & ERA-NETs
Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund
Fund for International Collaboration
Towards a Sustainable Earth
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In the long run the pessimist may be proven right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.
I'm probably the biggest pessimist in the world.
I'm gloomy. Not that I am a pessimist but we leave problems unsolved and keep tripping over them for decades. The poison of nationalist ideology is spreading along with a confrontational mood. The danger of gangrene is disturbing me. I hope I'm wrong.
The optimist already sees the scar over the wound; the pessimist still sees the wound underneath the scar.
I am a provocative pessimist and my point of departure is that politicians and decision-makers must be made to give serious consideration to the consequences of development and make a real effort to change the direction of certain trends. In that case, we may be able to avoid a truly disastrous outcome for ourselves.
Success is a matter of viewpoint. The pessimist sees the bottle as half empty. The optimist sees it as half full.
I could have been a pessimist - I went for that same job. My kid gets to run down the ramp ... and Brian's done a good job. I didn't see this type of success coming, I really didn't.
Don't ever become a pessimist, Ira; a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun--and neither can stop the march of events.


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People Women of the Middle East Podcast - A Q&A
Earlier this year, Dr. Amal Al Malki, Founding Dean of Hamad Bin Khalifa University's (HBKU) College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) in Qatar, started the 'Women of the Middle East' podcast, which expands on themes in her book 'Arab Women in Arab News: Old Stereotypes and New Media', and connects to topics covered within the college's Master's degree program in Women, Society and Development. We had the opportunity to ask her a few questions:
What is the Women of the Middle East podcast all about?
The podcast is an attempt to create content about middle Eastern and Arab women that is authentic and representative of all their diverse realities. As a scholar and a woman who is a participant in the context I cover, I take it upon myself to relate and communicate other women's experiences and struggles. And I do that through my own academic voice and also through interviewing women who can offer us insights into specific experiences. I describe the podcast as one that relates the realities of Arab Women and their rich and diverse experiences. It aims to present the multiplicity of women's voices, and to break cultural stereotypes about women of the Middle East. It likewise shall educate and empower the younger generation of Middle Eastern women, who were stripped of their historical reference and weren't necessarily raised to believe in their agency and power to create their own destiny.
The series builds on your book "Arab Women in Arab News: Old Stereotypes and New Media." What inspired you to transfer some of its key themes from print to a multimedia format?
I wanted to build on the book's success and also expand its frontiers in terms of scope and audience. The book managed to do two original things when it was published; one was to study Arabic news translated into English by an Arab, and, secondly, to capture the beginning of the booming of online news, new media journalism, and social media. It felt like a natural evolution to adapt the content of the book to a new medium like a podcast.
Moreover, I wanted to widen the scope of my audience. I know I am fortunate to be able to talk to the younger generation and address their dilemmas in a manner that empowers rather than discourages them. I also understand that identity politics is a main factor that pushes us towards or away from each other – and that can also be applied to nations and politics. I feel that I can help them understand who they are, by understanding the interplay of history, religion, and socio-politics on forming their identities. The Middle East has been plagued with many issues, and I believe that gender inequality is one of the main challenges it faces. Girls and women in the Middle East live within different boundaries that were imposed on them and that stifle them and, in many cases, deprive them from some basic human rights, like education, health, mobility, and so on. Given that this area undergoes many political and economic upheavals, women and girls are the first to be affected.
Staying with this theme, why is the series in English rather than Arabic? Are you more focused on attracting an international audience?
I don't perceive using English as a limitation. On the contrary, I think it is a strength. In a bilingual reality, our men and women are able to mitigate the linguistic boundaries between these two languages and translate when needed to those who can't. I reach out to the educated younger generation, because I am aware that I cannot reach everyone. But together, maybe we can.
When I conceived the idea of starting a podcast, I had to imagine my implied listener. I thought:
You may be a student, who came across my book in your reading list.
You may be a student of other cultures and regions.
You may be a consumer of western media, who has just discovered that you've been deceived.
You may be a man or a woman finding yourself in the midst of multiple competing cultures and wondering why you should inherit all the historical baggage of mistrust and adversity.
The realities of Middle Eastern women are shaped by a diversity of social, economic, and political factors. How did you go about identifying common or shared themes?
In the book, I compiled and coded a corpus of a large number of articles mentioning Arab women. The grounded theory that we applied enabled my research team and I to extract the main themes across these articles.
These themes are elastic but are also representative. In other words, the themes can include instances of success and instances of failures; the passive and the active. Some of the themes are: Anger and Resistance, Aspiration and Drive, Empowerment, and more. Women's realities in the Middle East didn't change much unfortunately, unless they worsened. In the last decade, revolutions, civil war, ISIS, political corruption, and economic recession have all impacted women in the worst ways possible.
You're keen for Women of the Middle East to break cultural stereotypes. What does this say about the type of audience you hope to attract?
We need to understand that we are talking about a construct of culture and media that has a long history of misrepresentation. Most studies about Arab women were Eurocentric and used "western" methods that confirmed one image that has been created and perpetuated, which is mainly passive and oppressed – backed by the concept that they need to be saved. So, who is the "real Arab woman"? The Arab woman is the hopeful, the privileged elite, and the educated. She is the woman who is raised in a supportive family, and who represents a rising cosmopolitan class. But she is also the woman who is oppressed and subjected to all forms of discrimination, and who struggles fighting patriarchy, poverty, corruption, and war.
To what extent is Women of the Middle East inspired by your own life experiences and professional journey?
I am humbled by the women and men who regard me as a role model. I always insist on making my path visible to other women, because only through seeing real falls and mishaps can one learn. I am a woman who feels deeply for others, especially girls and women, because I understand what is at play here.
One human's life can be easily forgotten, and his/her personal history erased, and I don't want that to happen to me. I want to leave a legacy that others can continue.
What are your future plans and ambitions for the series?
I would like the podcast to reach a growing audience – as it deserves. And, when this happens, it will mean that I was able to "break the ice" with new audiences I'm speaking to, and that I have started a conversation with them. So, let's see where this conversation will lead us.
HBKU's Translation and Interpreting Institute to Support Inclusive Screenings at Ajyal Film Festival
In line with its mission to enrich Qatari society through transformative educational experiences, the Translation and Interpreting Institute (TII) at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), will support several inclusive screenings at thi
HBKU's College of Humanities and Social Sciences Webinar Series Focuses on Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies
The past, present and future of Middle Eastern studies provides the context for a six-part webinar series organized by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU).
Student Success Series: Understanding Women's Studies
HBKU's Translation and Interpreting Institute Opens Registration for New Creative Writing Course
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Osmaston Collect In Sainsburys is one of the stores that belong to the Argos chain, placed at 1 Peak Drive, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 8EB. It serves visitors originating from nearby localities, like Alvaston, Boulton, Osmaston, Shelton Lock. In order to get in touch with this location please telephone the number 01332 771177. Osmaston Collect In Sainsburys is usually open on Monday: 08:00 - 22:00, Tuesday: 08:00 - 22:00, Wednesday: 08:00 - 22:00, Thursday: 08:00 - 22:00, Friday: 08:00 - 20:00, Saturday: 08:00 - 22:00. Its Sunday opening hours are: 10:00 - 16:00.
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Other brands in vicinity are Sainsbury's in Osmaston Park - only 0.03 miles away, B&Q in B&Q Derby - about 0.06 miles away, McDonald's in Osmaston Derby - at a distance of 0.06 miles, KFC in Derby - Foresters Leisure Park - only 0.15 miles away and Post Office in Elton Road - at a distance of 0.25 miles.
Argos in Derby, Victoria Chambers, 62-66 London Road (0.99 mile)
Argos in Derby, Wyvern Way (1.48 miles)
Argos in Derby, Unit 1A Kingsway RP (1.52 miles)
Sainsbury's in Derby, 1 Peak Drive (0.03 mile)
B&Q in Derby, Osmaston Park Road (0.06 mile)
McDonald's in Derby, 181/193 Osmaston Park Road, Derby (0.06 mile)
KFC in Derby, Foresters Leisure Park (0.15 mile)
Post Office in Allenton, 58 Elton Road (0.25 mile)
The Co Op Food in Derby, 622 Osmaston Road (0.49 mile)
B&M Stores in Derby, Stenson Road (0.54 mile)
Farmfoods in Derby, ASCOT DRIVE ALLENTON DERBY (0.63 mile)
Boots in Derby, 832-834 Osmaston Road (0.66 mile)
The Co Op Travel in Derby, 806 Osmaston Road (0.66 mile)
Dunelm in Derby (0.68 mile)
Costa Express in Derby, One Stop Derby Sinfin (0.69 mile)
Tesco in Sunnyhill (0.69 mile)
Screwfix in Derby, Unit C (0.70 mile)
Bargain Booze in Allerton, 819 Osmaston Rd (0.70 mile)
Wilko in Derby, Osmaston Road (0.71 mile)
GO Outdoors in Derby (0.71 mile)
Home Bargains in Derby, The Normanton Centre (0.72 mile)
Lidl in Derby (0.80 mile)
Toolstation in Derby (0.81 mile)
Sports Direct in Derby, SU13 Westfield Eagle Centre Derby (0.86 mile)
Iceland in Derby, 1295/1305 London Road (0.87 mile)
ALDI in Alvaston (0.89 mile)
WH Smith in Derby, Derby Railway Station (0.94 mile)
Matalan in Derby city centre (0.94 mile)
Halfords in Derby, Bradshaw Way Retail Park (0.95 mile)
Wickes in DERBYSHIRE, WICKES 806 LONDON ROAD (0.97 mile)
Costa Coffee in Derby, 5 Traffic Street (0.97 mile)
Debenhams in Derby (0.97 mile)
Clarks in Derby, Unit 170 Westfield Shopping Centre (0.99 mile)
H&M in Derby, Intu Shopping Centre (1.01 miles)
Burton in Derby, Unit 4, Level 2, South Mall (1.02 miles)


Smart visitors know that visiting San Francisco in August means don't expect to wear your bermuda shorts…it can be the coldest time of year in the City…in fact Mark Twain is purported to have said that the coldest winter he ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.
Smart churchgoers know that there are two Sundays a year when it is likely that most of the "A" team of worship leaders is gone. Those Sundays, of course are the ones immediately following Christmas and Easter.
I've always found it odd that we church leaders spend a lot of time and effort to make the two biggest celebration Sundays "perfect" including adjusting the service content and, often, the aesthetic, to appeal to visitors. Yet we don't really believe they'll be back, apparently, because one week later the platform is either bare, or missing a large segment of the "senior staff" in leadership. It would be almost like taking that street in your town…you know…the one that has all the houses festooned with Christmas lights to the point that the locals take their visitors to see the show, and the local media feature it in stories every year…anyway, it would be like all the people on that street, on the day after Christmas, took down all the lights and went to the junkyard and filled their lawns with wrecked cars, and rotting garbage.
Now I know why all the staff is gone…they're exhausted, in most cases, and often have not had a "break" from their worship duties since Labor Day. I don't begrudge the staff their break.
Well, at one of the churches I served, we stumbled into what turned out to be a brilliant strategy. It was partly logistics, and partly luck, but it became one of the smartest things we ever did: Let the children and youth lead worship on those two Sundays.
So now, imagine this scenario: You have an influx of visitors on Christmas eve or Easter, and you are able to invite them to return for another "big deal" service the following Sunday. In our case, the Sunday after Easter, for instance, was given over primarily to youth giving testimonies about the impact of a regular mission trip to build houses in Mexico. That Sunday turned from being a "low" Sunday to being one of the "must see" Sundays. And the "senior" staff did not have to assume planning and leadership responsibilities.
I'd like to hear from you. Please leave a comment and tell me if you have a specific plan for the Sundays after Christmas and Easter, and how and why they work or don't work.
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Judge orders prison sentence for Mitchell woman who failed to comply with probation terms
BEDFORD – JANUARY 5, 2023 - On December 22, 2022, A Mitchell woman was sentenced to the Indiana Department of Correction by Lawrence Superior Court II Judge Robert Cline after failing to comply with the terms of her probation.
Bridget J. Adams
Bridget J. Adams, 49, Mitchell, pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine, a Level 6 felony, on june 16, 2022, as a part of a negotiated plea agreement with the State of Indiana. She was originally sentenced to 910 days, with time served, and the remainder of her sentence suspended.
She was ordered to serve 365 days on supervised probation in exchange for her guilty plea.
However, after failing to comply with the terms and conditions of her probation, numerous times, on December 22, 2022, Cline sentenced Adams to 880 days in the Indiana Department of Correction.
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The Dutch are aware that the energy transition, the switch towards a sustainable energy supply, is important. No less than 69% of them believe that we must use sustainable energy sources to combat climate change. Others feel, however, that none of this will be as bad as it seems. Energy transition is deemed to be far off in the future by 86% of the Dutch population; only 9% think that there will not be enough energy by 2030. This is shown by research carried out by Blauw Research on behalf of GasTerra and Quintel Intelligence.
The Dutch overestimate the proportions for wind (11%) and sun (10%) within total energy production in the Netherlands. In fact, neither sustainable source contributes even 1%. On the other hand, there are substantial underestimates of the amounts contributed by natural gas (25% compared to an actual 42%) and petroleum (18% compared to an actual 39%). There are clear preferences for solar energy (49%) and wind energy (27%).
The research also shows that the Dutch are intrinsically unaware of European objectives. Only 6% were aware of the objective that European CO₂ emissions must be reduced by 80-95% by 2050. People also believe that these objectives will not have any consequences for them. For example, 81% of the Dutch population believe that they will barely be affected by the objective that all new-build houses must be energy-neutral by 2020.
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What Next For Manchester United?
Thirty four months doesn't sound like a long time, but in football it sure is. That is all the time that has passed since Alex Ferguson hoisted his final Premier League trophy aloft and said: "It was important to me to leave an organisation in the strongest possible shape and I believe I have done so. The quality of this league winning squad, and the balance of ages within it, bodes well for continued success at the highest level whilst the structure of the youth set-up will ensure that the long-term future of the club remains a bright one." It is doubtful that these comments were made with an economic view of the club as a priority yet that is the one aspect that has maintained and grown in his semi-absence. On the pitch, with one manager down and another lurching around and never far from the cliff's edge, regular success appears to have been replaced by a lesser role; for the third successive season, the team can only be regarded as no more than top four contenders and silverware aspirations appear to have fallen to the level that an occasional cup win would be probably seen as a solid return. Within this new landscape, Louis van Gaal could be seen an ideal choice. Content to appear oblivious to consternation, he continues to work with a system of football alien to the Ferguson method and no doubt believes that he is extracting the maximum possible return from his charges. But sterile possession has become anathema to a fanbase brought up with goals, winning and trophies and aspects of his tenure remain far too similar to his previous time at a giant club, Bayern Munich, back at the turn of the decade. On March 7th 2011, as his second season drew to a close, Bayern announced they were to cancel his contract that summer, and by the 10th of April they brought that forward and sacked him. This is the time frame we now find him in at Manchester United and with him on record as saying this will be his final job, it remains to be seen whether his retirement in the Algarve is imminent, or whether that will have to wait for 2017 or beyond. To justify the huge volume of cash spent on new players, is it right to expect more? Has van Gaal been handicapped by a squad in perpetual flux or does the buck really stop with him, his signings, his system and the moderate returns he has created? What remains Ferguson's assertion on the quality and balance of his league winning squad in relation to the future looks like hubris viewed from this far out. Seven contributing players remain, only three under the age of thirty (David de Gea, Phil Jones and Chris Smalling) of which only de Gea has featured in more than half this season's games. For differing reasons, Michael Carrick, Ashley Young and Antonio Valencia can feel fortunate to have maintained a squad position under subsequent management regimes and of the older brigade, only Wayne Rooney can be considered a guaranteed starter. From the outset, we can judge that van Gaal has had only three players from Ferguson's regime to build around; de Gea, Smalling and Rooney, with Jones just far too frequently injured to be part of this equation. Add in Moyes signings Juan Mata and Marouane Fellaini, the only two purchases from a season in which there was an over-reliance on the qualities of the last title winning side, before we saw a change of policy upon the arrival of van Gaal. Ángel Di María came and went, Luke Shaw showed a willingness from the club to pay ludicrous fees to gamble on teenagers, Ander Herrera was Spanish and a midfielder so had credentials, Marcos Rojo had played in the World Cup and didn't play for a top club so was available, Daley Blind fitted the "dad's mates with the coach" remit and Radamel Falcao was once a forward. A pretty motley crew by any estimation and one brought together without what looked like a coherent plan. Fourth place secured, United doubled down last summer with two huge "potential" signings in Memphis Depay and Anthony Martial, a utilitarian midfield of Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin plus an Italian full-back in Matteo Darmian. Throw in Sergio Romero as back up keeper, Jesse Lingard and a variety of kids and that's Manchester United's squad. From this array of hastily assembled talent, van Gaal has been expected to formulate a solid base, at least, and hopefully fashion top four contenders. It is largely a new and expensive team, but this is where blame–if appropriate–is tricky to allocate, as arguably his primary role is to coach the squad and maximise the output from the tools he has been given, or indeed chosen. With Manchester United's recruitment policy variously veering from smart to reactionary to downright bizarre just what is an acceptable level of performance? Performance Simple stuff first: quickly we can see that as a rolling trend, during van Gaal's reign, there has been something of a decline and his second season appears poorer than the first. Rolling goal difference and points quite naturally track in a fairly linear fashion and twice during this season, the goal difference has landed on a negative total. On each occasion this has signified runs of point-gaining at close to one per game. These outputs cannot be described as anything but sub-par. Even allowing for inevitable cold runs of form, a side aiming at the top four cannot carry these rates for long and expect to hit their targets. Big wins Manchester United no longer crush teams. Shots
(using Opta data)
It's revealing towards van Gaal's methodological desires that the shots peak towards the back end of last season came at the end of a three game losing streak in which United failed to score. In what feels like the absolute embodiment of the van Gaal era, his team beat Tottenham, Aston Villa, Liverpool then crushed Manchester City 4-2 before losing to Chelsea, Everton and West Brom. Forever in sight of the cusp of something, yet never quite reaching it. To this season and significant peaks of shots are a distant recollection. Most importantly, at no point have United been a dominant shots on target team, with these totals oscillating around zero almost throughout. We saw that the outputs (goals and points) were suppressed, now we see that the inputs (shots) are no better. It is hard to argue that this team deserves any more than it is currently getting. But what are the components here? Defence Manchester United are a genuine top four team. Don't get excited, to be precise, Manchester United are a genuine top four team on the defensive end. They have conceded the second least number of goals in the league from the third least shots faced and the fourth least shots on target. Take it to expected goals if you like that flavour of analysis and the story is the same. Daley Blind might not be a natural centre back but it matters not in this iteration of the team. Overall, they maintain more possession than any team in the league, complete their passes and disrupt their opponents passing at the third highest rate too. All these simple aspects of their play feed into what a good team should do. Attack Manchester United's attack is significantly below the quality you would associate with a top four challenging side. Leicester's attack comes out historically on the lower end of such measures yet they at least have some attacking volume, coming out 8th and 5th for shots and shots on target, Manchester United rank 14th and 12th and are actually skewing positively for goals scored in 9th. van Gaal has fashioned half a good team and none of it is on the attacking end. This season they have spent 1301 minutes drawing 0-0, a total only exceeded by Crystal Palace and as far as action goes, their games feature the fewest combined volume of shots and shots on target and only Watford"s feature fewer goals. This overall shot repression of course impacts down to individual level, no player is exceeding rates of 4.5 shots taken and assisted per game or 0.5 goals scored and assisted per game, last season only Di Maria was able to escape the straitjacket. Players The trouble with comparing post-Ferguson Manchester United teams with the modern equivalent is the tangible difference in general quality. Even later year Ferguson teams were littered with superior talents in most positions, the lineage from Cristiano Ronaldo to Dimitar Berbatov and Robin Van Persie all supported by Wayne Rooney was a consistently high class forward line and though problems in midfield were exemplified by the recall of Paul Scholes from retirement, the defence was usually solid, with particular high quality mainstays Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra and Rio Ferdinand. So how many top class talents does van Gaal have at his disposal? Maybe three? David de Gea, Wayne Rooney and Bastian Schweinsteiger. There are those that rate Morgan Schneiderlin in the realm of defensive midfielders and Marouane Fellaini could be described as the best at what he does, if only it was possible to define what that is, but of the main three, only de Gea is in the prime of his career. Rooney and Schweinsteiger almost certainly have their best years behind them. This leaves van Gaal attempting to build a competitive unit from the base of one bone fide prime world class player; his goalkeeper, who lest we forget wanted to leave last summer. With a squad rapidly built over two summers and with a somewhat incoherent philosophy, 2015-16 stood little chance of being the season that Manchester United refound their stride. Both Depay and Martial are signings with enormous potential and in time may grow into stars, but for now it is too soon and the one irrefutably world class talent to have graced Old Trafford recently, Angel Di Maria, left in the summer. Injuries During van Gaal's two seasons he has endured two huge injury crises. During the first half of last season, his defence was shredded to such an extent that young players such as Tyler Blackett (currently on loan and playing infrequently at Celtic) and Patrick McNair were fast tracked into the first team squad and made 18 starts between them. This season had been less blighted until recent weeks where @ObjectiveFooty noted this:
I've tracked injury stuff for 4 seasons now & I've never seen a team have 14 players unavailable to play like Manchester United had tonight.
— ObjectiveFootball (@ObjectiveFooty) March 2, 2016
Hence the emergence, seemingly not by choice, of Marcus Rashford. This injury run has had a tangible effect on performance too, van Gaal's teams have completed all passes at a rate of around 83% throughout most of his tenure, since the turn of the year this has dropped to 77% and overall possession has dropped from nearly 60% to around 52% during the same period, all clear low rates. They do not indicate quality in themselves, but reflect a change against longer term trends and as we have seen throughout, control of the ball is a key tenet to van Gaal's prescriptive methodology. If we refer back to the earlier chart, the shot rates have declined during this same period. It's hard to attain a high level of performance during an injury blight. Now and the future Pre-season, a reasonable target for this team was to maintain their level. Any expectation that they would suddenly morph in to title contenders required an extremely positive reading of their performances in 2014-15 and a hope that all of their new signings would gel and succeed. Leicester City's fairy tale rise will cause many a fan base to believe that similar runs are possible for their team in the future, and moreso for already wealthy and strong clubs, but it is quite evidently a one off influenced by a series of factors that have benefited them and harmed others. A smarter comparison might be the rise of Tottenham who have built a squad and coherent unit through ruthless pruning and a patient integration. This is not something easily replicated with a series of high priced signings and that van Gaal's force of will has managed to imprint such a distinct style onto his charges is to greater credit than is being given. Of course, the wider perspective demands "is this enough?" A club used to success via high octane football has found it hard to adapt to its changing environment and patience has worn extremely thin through an erratic season. That any version of Manchester United should be so shot-shy is an extremely tough sell and it is a genuine puzzle as to whether they would be in a better situation under an alternative manager. Louis van Gaal has become noticeably more pragmatic with age yet he has been unable to marry this with consistency in results. With a disconnect between spending levels, results and expectation, it is easy to forecast another attempt to rebuild the squad in the summer and the club faces the likely problem of having finance and reputation as the chief bait rather than a promise of footballing freedom or trophies. Should the internal power battles resolve, fifth or worse will make van Gaal's departure simple to justify and any subsequent recruitment will inform the direction the club wants to move. Jose Mourinho will feel like a grab for glory, Ryan Giggs an ill-conceived rabbit in the headlights of Pep Guardiola's juggernaut and another viable candidate in Mauricio Pochettino seems smart and comfortable enough to resist overtures. Sticking with van Gaal would arguably be a brave choice but there are a subset of fans that can see beneath the surface failures and understand the strengths in his style. It may well be that he–or indeed any replacement– is perennially limited by the quality in the squad and longer term reflection will look on this period in Manchester United's history as one of prolonged adjustment, both of expectation and team building. That they are far away from title contention is hard to refute, and the journey back to the summit could be a long one. __________________________________ Thanks for reading! Enjoy this? Try my analysis on Tottenham Follow me on twitter @jair1970


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This mod adjusts the camera angle (and position) for the Regional-spec ALX400 bus.
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Unzip the ALX400 Regional View Mod.zip.
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