I woke a little after 7 this morning – with the faint sound of an alarm from another room in the house. The sound finally fell silent, I remembered it was Sunday, and I fell back asleep.
An hour later I woke again, looked across at the clock next to the bed (which doesn't go off on Sundays, and we have no idea how we managed to program it to do that), and scraped myself out of bed. The children were still fast asleep as I crept downstairs – my knees making all sorts of crunching noises along the way.
I'm not sure if I should get my knees looked at or not. They don't hurt – they just make a lot of noise. A doctor once described to me that wear and tear on the body causes the noises, and that it shouldn't be anything to worry about. It's getting louder each year though.
Downstairs I found the kitchen and lounge more or less as I left them last night – which is a good thing. When I arrive home from work in the week, the house has generally transformed itself during the day. I often imagine a giant might have picked it up, shaken it a few times, and then sat it back down in the same place.
What I did next kind of made sense at the time, but goes against all behaviour you might generally predict from me – and that I might predict of myself. I skipped a shower, skipped a coffee, threw the same clothes on that I had been wearing yesterday, pulled a baseball cap on over my bed-head hair, and wandered out into the back yard to find tools.
You see, the driveway at the front of our house is lined on each side by 6ft high privet hedges. At some point during the spring they realise the weather has started to change, and think "I know, let's give Jonathan a ton of gardening to do, because we know he hates gardening" – and that's what they have been doing over the last couple of weeks – throwing new shoots in all directions, and slowly turning the front of the house into an overgrown hell from a horror movie.
After accidentally chopping the hedge-trimmer power cable in half a month or so ago (there was a blue flash, and the kids shouted "The TV's not working!" a few seconds later), I would have to cut the hedge with shears. I could hear other people in the distance with electric hedge trimmers and lawn mowers, and wondered if the universe was taking the piss.
I'm not really sure if time flies when you're not having fun, or if I just lost track of time. I'm also not sure at what time the blisters appeared on my right hand, but strangely not on my left – I didn't notice them until late this afternoon while wandering into town to buy groceries. By the time I wandered back into the house, lunchtime had arrived, and Miss 16 had risen from her slumbers. Almost unbelievably she agreed to come out and help. I nearly fell over.
While she wandered back and forth complaining that I hadn't cut the hedge to an acceptable standard (for her), I dug grass out of the driveway, made cups of tea, and put four loads of washing through the machine.
Towards the end of the day I left her to it, and wandered back in to survey the results of last night's idiocy on Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter. The anticipated eye-rolling backlash by those that have known me for years didn't happen – or at least it hasn't happened yet. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the moment – they either don't know how truly boring I am yet, or have forgotten.
We have pizza for dinner. As mentioned earlier – I walked into town to get them, still in the grubby clothes from doing the gardening. I took a perverse kind of pleasure in doing it too – especially as the town we live in is very affluent, so people tend to "dress up" to go to the supermarket. You often see battle-ship hair-do's on ladies of a certain age as they trundle down the high street like self-important daleks.
I guess at some point this evening I should find a suitcase and begin filling it with clothes. This will of course involve ironing said clothes, because of course we don't iron anything unless we have to. I'm travelling with work tomorrow lunchtime, and not returning until Wednesday. Expect long, rambling posts about trains, railway stations, and the unfortunate people I end up sitting next to.


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Q: After refreshing, the page does not load - Angular After refreshing, the page does not load
http://localhost:4200/user/products/5ab425c6f5bff145304092f7
the page after refreshing displays:
{"success":true,"data":[{"_id":"5ab548d8bea65e21c413766f","userid":"5ab425c6f5bff145304092f7","product_name":"Milck","product_type":"0","product_desc":"vvvvvv","__v":0},{"_id":"5aba43ef0a5c243330237bd5","userid":"5ab425c6f5bff145304092f7","product_name":"rolls","product_type":"0","product_desc":"rw","__v":0},{"_id":"5abb6c5b9f076e2af0a3bbe3","userid":"5ab425c6f5bff145304092f7","product_name":"xx","product_type":"1","product_desc":"xx","__v":0}]}
user-products.component.ts
@Component({
  selector: 'app-user-products',
  templateUrl: './user-products.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./user-products.component.css']
})
export class UserProductsComponent implements OnInit {

  @Input()
  product: Product;

  user: User;
  UserType = UserType;

  product_name: string;
  product_type: ProductType;
  ProductType = ProductType;
  product_desc: string;

  produktForm: FormGroup;
  products: Product;
  userObj: any;
  expid: string;
  id: any;
  products_: any;

  constructor(private fb: FormBuilder,
    private route: ActivatedRoute,
    private router: Router,
    private productsService: ProductsService,
    private authService: AuthService) { }

  ngOnInit() {

    this.userObj = this.authService.currentUser;
    const userid = this.userObj.userid;

     this.route.params.subscribe(params => {
      this.id =  params['id'];
    });

    this.getProducts( this.id );

    this.produktForm = this.fb.group({
      product_name: this.product_name,
      product_type: this.product_type,
      product_desc: this.product_desc });

  }

  getProducts(userid) {
    console.log('getProducts userid ');
    console.log(userid);
    this.productsService.getProducts(userid).subscribe(res => {
      this.products_ = res.data;
    });
  }
}

the page header is not even displayed:
app.component.html:
<div class="container">
  <app-navbar></app-navbar>
  <router-outlet></router-outlet>
</div>
How to fix the error? So the page was displayed after refreshing.
The server script is as follows:
const express = require('express');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
const path = require('path');
const http = require('http');
const app  = express();
var user = require('./routes/user.js');
var product = require('./routes/product.js');
const api = require('./server/api');

app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
app.use(require('body-parser').json({ type : '*/*' }));

app.use(function(req, res, next) {
  res.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
  res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'PUT, GET, POST, DELETE, OPTIONS');
  res.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Authorization, Access-Control-Allow-Credentials");
  res.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Credentials", "true");
  next();
});

app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'dist')));

app.post('/register', user.signup);
app.post('/login', user.login);
app.get('/user/:id', user.getuserDetails);
app.put('/user/:id', user.updateUser);
app.post('/user/product/:id', product.saveproduct);
app.get('/users/products/', product.selectUsersProductsCount);
app.delete('/user/product/:id', product.deleproduct);

var apiRoutes = express.Router();
app.use('/api', apiRoutes);

app.get('/user/products/:id', product.selectproducts);  // method that returns data displayed after the page is refreshed
app.get('*', (req, res) => {
  res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, 'dist/index.html'));
});

app.put('/user/product/:id', product.updateProduct);

const port = process.env.PORT || '4200'; // '3000';
app.set('port', port);
const server = http.createServer(app);
server.listen(port, () => console.log(`Running on localhost:${port}`));

After refreshing the page, the server returns the data correctly.

A: answer:
I was editing the calling method on the server that retrieved data ('/api/user/products/:id')
app.get('/api/user/products/:id', product.selectproducts);
and in product.service.ts I was editing the get method http://localhost:4200/api/user/products/${userid}
 getProducts(userid) {
    let headers = new Headers();
    headers.append('Content-Type', 'application/json');
    headers.append('Authorization', `${this.jwtToken}`);
    let options = new RequestOptions({ headers: headers });

    return this.http.get(`http://localhost:4200/api/user/products/${userid}`, options)
      .map((response: Response) => response.json())
      .catch(this.handleError);
  }

A: This is NOT an answer to your question. I am just trying to clarify it. What are you getting here?
getProducts(userid) {
  console.log('getProducts userid ');
  console.log(userid);
  this.productsService.getProducts(userid).subscribe(res => {
    this.products_ = res.data;
    console.log(this.products); //Please provide data here.
  });
}

I am sorry, But I do not understand what your are trying to display here:
/user/products/userId

Are you trying to get cart items of the user? If so, have you implemented an Item/Cart Class and User Class? The link below allows you add products to a cart without signing on. Note. I am just using an array for demonstration only. Here is the link. Angular 2 remove duplicate values from an array
In my app when the user is signed in.
 addItem(product: Product) {
  let item = new Item(product, 1, product.price, product.productId, '');
  const body = JSON.stringify(item);
  const token = localStorage.getItem('token');
  const headers = new Headers({'Authorization': token});
  headers.append('Content-Type', 'application/json');
  const userId = localStorage.getItem('userId');
  console.log(item);
  return this._http.patch('http://localhost:3000/item/' + userId, body, {headers: headers})
    .map(response => response.json())
    .catch((err) => this.handleError(err));
  }

I can then loop my cartItems and call addItem. I save the token and userId. When the user logs out - localStorage.clear();

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It must be at least 30 years since we first came here. We took our bikes on the train from Victoria then cycled from Eastbourne. Beachy Head and Birling Gap, East Dean and West Dean, Litlington and Lullington and Wilmington.
This was as close as we got that day. It seemed the perfect vantage point, as if the Long Man had been designed to be seen from here. But today we came for a closer look.
…In Sussex another enigmatic figure stands on the Downs. An outline with arms raised, holding a stave in each, the Long Man of Wilmington faces north on Windover Hill. One of the tallest carved figures in the world at 226 feet high, he is laid out on a 28° slope…
…In these figures we have a paradox: fragility, yet defiant persistence. While they carry memory, they are not things of the past. They are continuing history, they exist now, they belong to us here. If we don't remake their significance for ourselves they will not endure. The land is our most elaborate storyboard. That we cannot precisely read the compression of history or translate the contradictions leaves room for us all to join in the telling: layers of meaning, tangles of ambiguity, overlays of possibility, a great weaving of significance. Adding to the depth of knowledge should never narrow our imagination – this is what created the (Cerne Abbas) Giant and the Long Man in the first place. Many giants populate our land, but only rarely can we see them.
England In Particular, Hill Figures
It seems like I've known this landscape forever. It's become an archetype, thanks perhaps to this wonderful painting, The Long Man of Wilmington, by Eric Ravilious; a familiar image for as long as I can remember. The Long Man was first recorded in a drawing by John Rowley, a surveyor, in 1710 but it is thought to be much older, though there has never been a definitive history of the site.
The barbed-wire and woven-wire perimeter fence are the same as when Ravilious painted it in 1939. The giant within, striding out with his two walking sticks like a pilgrim traveller, a prophetic work of land art. Long by name, Long by nature, Long before Richard, Long after.
I can't help but think of it now as a portrait of Richard Long.
We turned and followed the path to our right, climbing up to the crest of the hill.
There was a spectacular view north along the ridge of the South Downs, then over on the south side a paraglider caught the wind over Windover Hill.
We kept our feet firmly on the ground and continued down the chalk path to the road.
A sign in the hedgerow directed us to Lullington Church.
This tiny chapel is approached down a path alongside cottages and an orchard so that it appears to stand in their private garden. It is also known as the Church of the Good Shepherd. It was celebrated by the band British Sea Power who used its harmonium in their song The Smallest Church In Sussex.
(A small diversion. Before we started this walk we briefly visited Alfriston. It's a place of many attractions, notably The George Inn and The Clergy House. But mostly I remember these gorgeous elm flowers on a tree by The Tye, their name for the village green. I just had to include them here!)
Back on track, we followed the path signposted for Jevington.
Winchester's Pond, an 18th century dew pond on Lullington Heath.
Lullington Heath National Nature Reserve is a colourful patchwork of mixed scrub,
chalk grasslands and the best example of chalk heath remaining in Britain.
Early-purple orchid (Orchis mascula).
Late-white flint (Albo silicem).
"Come on! Get a move on!"
It was the second week of May and this ash tree was just coming into leaf.
We were now on the South Downs Way, a cycle super highway.
Giant puffball (Calvatia gigantea).
Looking down into the steep combe known as Tenantry Ground.
Over the next stile we came to the top of the Long Man.
And a nice panorama.
Difficult to see the hill figure from this angle, mostly we saw rabbits running for cover, but the white line in the centre of the picture is one of the Long Man's walking sticks, seen from above.
Afterwards we paid a visit to Wilmington Church.
The Wilmington Madonna
In the north wall of the chancel is a strange figure, removed in 1948 from the exterior wall to a corresponding position inside the chancel.
One theory suggests that this is akin to the grotesque gargoyles found outside medieval Churches. Although it has certain features common to medieval angels, after recent cleaning the figure is considered to be an early Norman representation of the Madonna since the carving includes the remnants of what might well be a Christ child on the main figure's knees. An even earlier date for this carving is not improbable and could suggest a connection with some pagan fertility cult.
The Bee & Butterfly Window
This window replaced an earlier one destroyed by fire in 2002. Read a description by its maker here.
The Millenium Window
Raise the Stone and thou shalt find me,
Cleave the Wood and I am there.
The design of this window is based on the magnified cross section of a yew tree, inspired by the one thousand and six hundred year old Tree of Life outside in the churchyard.
The Wilmington Yew
The yew stands in the churchyard and is believed to be one of the oldest yew trees in Sussex, certainly older than the church itself, since it has recently been dated at around 1600 years old. Its gnarled double stem is a study for many painters and photographers and its girth near the ground is 23 feet. The magnificent tree has to be supported by props and chains. At the foot lies an old Roman stone said to have been found at the bottom of the vicarage well by the village well-digger. It now lies over his grave.
As I moved around the tree taking these photos a jackdaw flew out of a hole and went screaming over my head, and I heard the cries of its young from inside.
This ancient yew tree reminded me of an earlier walk to visit even older yew trees at Kingley Vale.
From a Long Man supported by sticks to a Long Tree supported by sticks, what goes around comes around. They're both good walking companions.
Long Man of Wilmington / The Long Man / The Long Man of Wilmington
Walk the walk: Wilmington's Mystery of the Long Man
Author hamer the framerPosted on July 16, 2015 July 18, 2015 Categories Art, Maps, Trees, WalksTags Alfriston, British Sea Power, England In Particular, Eric Ravilious, Lullington Church, Lullington Heath, Richard Long, South Downs, Sussex, Wilmington, Windover Hill
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Another walk of wonder. Richard Long indeed. Also like the quote on Hill Figures.
So serene and beautiful. I am struck by how few tourists are there. Far from the maddening crowd.
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Board index Development Enhancements
Flag Idea - EarthQuake
Make suggestions for improving one of the best games on the net!
.Zero
Post by .Zero » Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:23 pm
I thought of this after noticing the shockwave/aura that appears around the tank after landing. I didn't see anything in the wiki, so here goes.
When landing after a jump, a shockwave will destroy tanks on the ground in the immediate vicinity of the landing tank.
It's sort of similar to steamroller, but the shockwave could have a larger radius.
I think it would balance out the people that sit really close to you waiting to kill you when you land and would be itself balanced by the fact that you have to jump to use it and by someone with a wings flag or even a laser flag, if they sit up on a building.
If it is too similar to steamroller, an alternative along the same line is High Gravity (the opposite of the soon to be released Low Gravity), where the tank does not jump as high and lands more quickly. A smaller radius shockwave could come out from the landing tank, due to the tanks increased weight. It would be smaller than with EarthQuake, since it's already an advantage to have shorter,faster jumps.
JeffM
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Post by JeffM » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:21 am
a tank with shockwave can have the same effect by firing one off before it lands.
Post by .Zero » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:46 am
I had thought that it's quite a bit different than shockwave.
Shockwave:
Has a huge sphere of influence
Is not limited to ground tanks (jumping cannot avoid it)
Completely replaces the original bullet
Is a high-powered offensive flag
I was thinking that Earthquake would be more along the lines of:
Smaller sphere of influence
Limited to only ground tanks
Does not replace the normal bullets
Is more of a balanced, tactical flag
Shockwave puts the other player in a complete defensive position. Since it's less powerful, Earthquake could be used as a tactical advantage. Players may hesitate to be so close to kill you when landing if Earthquake flags were used and give land tanks less of a complete overwhelming advantage. To avoid, other tanks may be forced to jump, giving the original tank the land-air advantage. Since you still have the original bullets, you also don't give up the chance to nail the tank on the descent.
I think that it's actually closer to steamroller than shockwave.
Post by Grace F » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:25 am
I like this idea. Like really really
The only thing I don't like about it is that it would give BU another thing to look out for, since I am a big BU fan
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Post by too much loving » Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:03 pm
I think that you could get the same game play by increasing the default radius of the steam roller. Right now the steam roller flag is lousy, but a beefed up steam roller could be fun to have.
EDIT: Instead of lousy I should probably have written ineffective.
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Post by khazhyk » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:59 pm
A beefed up SR is fun, but it ruins BU. If you increase the SR range so people 15 units from you would die, BU people would die if you go 15 units from a person.
Bentusi Elite
Post by Bentusi Elite » Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:52 am
We've established that it's already very similar to (or rather a combination of) both SR and SW. Souping up an existing flag is fine, but no mixing flags to make new ones.
I like the idea, but I vote no.
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Post by CannonBallGuy » Fri Mar 30, 2007 8:11 am
A big SR radius results in a large continuous shockwave effect.
In response to the original post, I think it's a lousy idea.
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Post by .Zero » Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:06 pm
Bentus wrote: We've established that it's already very similar to (or rather a combination of) both SR and SW. Souping up an existing flag is fine, but no mixing flags to make new ones.
Fair enough. I notice that a lot of combo type flags are not allowed. Is there a reason for that? I would think that a combo type that limits the two, combines them in an interesting way, and provides something new would be acceptable.
I'm not saying that this idea meets any or all of those criteria, but I guess I don't understand why not any combos at all?
If you have combo flags for example stealth and cloking or shockwave and wings it becomes almost impossible for other players to kill them and then the game becomes unfair .
Post by Bentusi Elite » Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:20 pm
Yes, combos combine more strengths than weaknesses, so if combo flags were to exist, it would be far too hard to kill them.
Or if you just look at the wiki, it says in bold that new flags must have limited power and require new skills.
Plus just stop and think a moment how a game on your favorite server would play out if people were running around with that flag.
Post by BinarySpike » Fri Mar 30, 2007 5:27 pm
I thought of this idea when 2.0.4 came out, but didn't post about it because I knew people wouldn't like it.
Bentus wrote: Yes, combos combine more strengths than weaknesses, so if combo flags were to exist, it would be far too hard to kill them.
Not pure combos but limited ones. As in one example someone mentioned, WG+SW, a lower radius SW with longer reload time and a single jump, can turn in air WG could be a fair balance. Another example, stealth+cloaking, if the stealth+cloak were not complete but you could see a static periodically around the player as well as a ghost echo on radar in the vicinity of the stealth+cloak tank, I think it'd be a fair tradeoff.
On this one, I think: it's not anything like SW, and it's sort-of like a medium-radius SR with a fair tradeoff of ability and use, and a different type of application. As for new skills, I guess I took that to mean something different than intended. MG and F are basically the same flag, except with a different balance, and they are drastically different gameplay-wise...
Personally, I'd love it if it were properly done.
It's obvious that this is not popular but thanks BinarySpike. It's comforting to know that someone else had the same bad idea as me
Oh well, EarthQuake
Post by too much loving » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:34 am
.Zero wrote: I guess I took that to mean something different than intended. MG and F are basically the same flag, except with a different balance, and they are drastically different gameplay-wise...
While we are at it: The minigun another ineffective flag. Would it help to increase the default range a little, or would that make MG too similar to RF? How about recategorizing MG as a bad flag?
Post by A Vicious Muffin » Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:11 pm
MG is not a bad flag at all. Although a short length on some servers, on others it is half a mile long. If extremely short, yeah, I wouldn't exactly want to pick it up, but It's helpful in certain situations on maps. For example: If the opposing team is about to capture your flag and you're right behind the guy who is going to, and he jumps onto his base. You could, possibly miss with just normal shots. Luckily you have your machine gun, and you send you flag back to your base.
Post by Ratatosk » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:30 pm
would there be any sign of this other than exploding tanks? or would you have like a sw marker radiate from it?
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Post by Grace F » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:38 pm
I dont think there would be any sign that that someone has it - you just have to 'identify'.
Post by Ratatosk » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:46 pm
this seems way to powerful to just be able to kill people without warning
Post by Grace F » Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:32 am
well, in a way it's the same as IB and ST - you're killed without warning.
Post by Bentusi Elite » Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:26 pm
But their power is severely limited.
Post by .Zero » Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:35 pm
Murtagh wrote: this seems way to powerful to just be able to kill people without warning
Well, it would only happen on landings. There's several ways I can think of to make it so that you do have a warning. You could have a SW-like marker that dissipates rapidly. You could have a visible shockwave similar to the default landing effect, but larger, with a larger radius. You could have a hard-landing rumbling-type sound, which, if the other player(s) jump as soon as they hear it, can avoid it, depending on how close you are to the player with the flag. Players on the ground not within the kill radius could have their screen/rader go partially static to let them know that a player with the flag is in the immediate vicinity.
I don't think the effects would be necessary but one or a couple could be used to help distinguish it from other flags.
As for MG, the profile of the shot is different. For straight-on shots the rapid fire flag has the advantage of range, but if moving forward and turning, the machine gun flag covers a much tighter area, making it extemely difficult to avoid.
Machine gun is nice close-up and rapid fire is a good long-range weapon. If you try to use rapid fire up close, it's easy to take yourself out too... Of course, MG may be less than useful compared to rapid fire if the range of machine gun is huge.
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Post by joevano » Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:50 pm
Sounds like it is getting complicated
Post by Ratatosk » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:30 pm
donny_baker wrote: Sounds like it is getting complicated
quite this would require tons of physics programing and probably wouldent be used, so if you want it fell free to make it
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Post by Saber » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:35 pm
This flag won't add anything to the game. Most of the players are dropping SR as soon as they grab it so what's to point in adding a similar but weaker flag?
Post by .Zero » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:31 pm
How is it complicated to play a different sound than the default on landing?
How is it complicated to make the default landing visual larger?
I dunno, they were only ideas. I don't really think it would have needed anything except maybe a sound or maybe that landing visual.
I can't imagine it being that difficult to program really:
Event starts as soon as a jump is finished.
Uses increased SR radius or increasing radius like SW but confined to the ground like SR.
Add one sound that plays instead of default at the beginning of the event.
Make the default landing visual have a larger radius = the max radius.
Event ends.
I wish I knew how to program better so that I could visually convey what I mean, even if it would never be adopted. I'm not so good at conveying thoughts in writing...
I would prefer "I tried it and it's !@#$, stupid and doesn't add anything to the game" to "huh? I don't get. what's the point?" type responses
Personally, I love the SR flag. It's really useful for sneaking up behind people (especially those involved in another fight or who aren't using their radar) and for when you aren't turned in the right direction but they get close to you (landing or going around a corner)
What I really dislike is if, when you're forced to jump, sometimes two tanks that were fighting stop and turn toward you and all three are firing at you the instant you land. That doesn't happen that frequently but often it's two tanks at you at once, at least on the servers I play on. You don't have any recourse currently except to float for 10s until you land and die.
If you could hit the ground and take out one or two tanks , you could actually have a chance at survival after a forced jump.
Like I said, I've given up on it. Just throwing out thoughts now. I still think it could be a neat addition, but it doesn't take a genius to tell that no one else does
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A B-52H Stratofortress takes off on April 25, 2021, at Minot Air Force Base, N.D. The bomber is one of two B-52 aircraft that arrived to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, April 26, joining two additional B-52 bombers that arrived April 23. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Evan J. Lichtenhan.
More B-52s to CENTCOM, Ground Troops Reportedly Deploying to Afghanistan
April 26, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
The Pentagon will reportedly send hundreds of troops and dedicated close air support aircraft to Afghanistan to protect U.S. forces during the withdrawal, as two more B-52s arrived in the region.
The two B-52s from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., touched down at Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar, on April 26, joining two more that arrived late last week. CNN reported that about 650 forces, largely from the Army's 75th Ranger Regiment, are preparing to deploy to Afghanistan to help with the withdrawal. Close air support such as AC-130s also will deploy for protection.
Pentagon spokesman John F. Kirby said he could not confirm the details in the report, saying "we want to be careful about some elements of our ability to provide force protection," but the "addition of posture in Afghanistan to assist with this drawdown" is expected.
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has asked U.S. Central Command boss Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. to provide an updated drawdown plan by the end of the week, which will include more force protection recommendations, Kirby said.
During an April 25 interview in Kabul, Gen. Austin Scott Miller, commander of Resolute Support and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, said, "We have the military means to respond forcefully to any type of attacks against the coalition and the military means to support the Afghan security forces. If the Taliban attack U.S. or any coalition forces, we will have a forceful response if our forces are attacked."
In the coming months, American troops will turn over bases to the Ministry of Defense and other Afghan forces, Miller said. After the withdrawal, Kirby said U.S. support will be limited mostly to financial aid, though the U.S, also is looking for ways to help with aircraft maintenance from outside the country. U.S. airstrikes in support of Afghan operations are not a part of the plan, Kirby said.
The Air Force Research Laboratory is looking for small businesses to help upgrade the F-22 Raptor. The stealth jet would get new helmet-mounted weapon cuing systems, artificial intelligence systems to help plot optimum intercepts and drive escort drones, and predictive maintenance gear, among a list of 14 potential opportunities, but…
GBSD, LRSO, B-21, NGAD All Face Lengthy Delays if Continuing Resolution is Extended, Brown Warns Congress
Billions of dollars are on the line if Congress cannot pass a defense appropriations bill in the coming month and instead decides to fund the Defense Department through a continuing resolution for the rest of fiscal 2022, service chiefs and top Pentagon officials warned a House panel Jan. 12. A…
Collins Aerospace Will Update B-52 Power Generation
Collins Aerospace, part of Raytheon Technologies, will upgrade the B-52 bomber's power generation system, the company said. The improvements are meant to boost the B-52's range while reducing its carbon footprint.
USAF Aircraft Availability on Long Downward Trend, CBO Says
The Air Force and Navy are both seeing a long-term, downward trend in aircraft availability and flying hours per aircraft, which is actually worse than the Pentagon reports because of the way the Defense Department counts aircraft as ready for duty, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget…
From Warning to Tracking: Defending America Against Hypersonic Missile Attacks
China's August launch of a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile that circumnavigated the globe before reentry demonstrates the need for innovative solutions to spotting and tracking such threats. Unlike conventional intercontinental ballistic missiles, which follow a predictable ballistic arc, China's hypersonic glide vehicle circled the world at low-Earth orbit, a path current…
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Boeing has revealed an updated concept for its Valkyrie reusable, unmanned hypersonic aircraft that indicates new design approaches for inlets and shaping. Shown in an artist's concept illustration provided to Air Force Magazine—and in the form of a model at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics meeting in San…
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Inflation, imperfect early estimates, and rising construction costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic have combined to significantly raise the expected cost of rebuilding Offutt Air Force Base from the devastating floods of 2019, Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon said in an interview. The new estimate is between $1.1 billion and $1.2…


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Gnarly Art from Magic to Flesh and Blood – Part 2: The Wreckage of My Flesh
It's been awhile, but I'm back to for the second half of the discussion of provocative gore in art (Part 1 can be found here). Previously we looked at how Magic's use of gore often relies of body horror and distortion of form to establish horror in its settings. FAB deploys its own graphic artwork in a variety of ways and in varying frequencies, and these are often different than Magic's application. An interesting element of FAB's use of gore is that it varies tremendously from class-to-class and really gives them distinct tones. I should note that there is also the additional layer of specialties which are linked not just to a class, but also a particular hero and region of Rathe. Let's take a peek at the rest of the classes in no particular order and see if we can't come up with some themes before looping back to generics and discussing the overall purpose of these art choices for the game.
Coming off the focus on Magic art, I do want to pause to note that while it's not FAB's main mode of gritty art, we do get a dash of body horror in the game, mostly courtesy of Runeblade.
Consuming Volition in particular, has a nod to that blending of body horror and eroticism that I talked about with some of Maddocks' art. It's very "La Belle Dame sans Merci" through the lens of H.P. Lovecraft (I do wish they hadn't gone for the joke in the flavor text here as it undermines the vibe). For FAB, these cards have really helped to set off the tone of the Demonastery and just the general weirdness of the Runeblade class. We also see the body horror elements carried over into the organic shapes of the Bloodsheath Skeleta which has definite notes of Soul Calibur's Nightmare.
In the game's fluff, the Demonastery leans heavily on gothic horror tropes of the haunted castle, a tradition that goes back to Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto; meanwhile Sutcliffe is an echo of Frankenstein with Viserai his monster, "Lord Sutcliffe had at last found a vassal with enough strength to bear the agonizing procedure he sought to prove possible. Opening the chest cavity, he replaced viscera with an Arknight Shard, carved channels in bone to feed the arcane energy into runic vents etched into skin, and the first Arknight was born!"
Like Runeknight, Ninja's use of gore often comes off as an homage, in this case to cult kung-fu films. Ninja's likes its violence to be stylistic. While Blackout Kick is undeniably gory, it's stylized gore. The use of black and white art with a red blood spray pays homage to stylized martial arts violence and is reinforced by the flavor text which turns it into a visual joke, unlike the out of place Consuming Volition joke, this is entirely on brand for the source material. Surging Strike has a guy's guts being blown out by a lightning punch with the blood being swept into a whirlwind, but that sounds way gristlier written out than what the art depicts, which puts the emphasis on motion and kinetic action more than its outcome, an approach that can also be seen in Bittering Thorns. Here the kunai is definitely drawing a gout of blood, but it's all off the corner of the card and the emphasis is actually on Ira's throw. Ninja cards convey motion and momentum, and when we do get gore, it's most often in service of emphasizing the flow of action.
Warrior is sort of a fascinating case right now because it is, perhaps, the class with the least actual violence going on in its cards, which is a bit unintuitive. Maybe some of that is because Dorinthea reads more as a romanticized knight, and she sets most of the tone of the class. In fact, the only remotely graphic card by my estimation is Out for Blood, which notably features what I assume is a warrior from Misteria, based on the lacquered armor and Japanese-inspired sword (I don't want to hear a debate on whether he's holding a katana, a nodachi, or some other type of sword. I don't care; take it to your own nerd blog). I think Out for Blood reads slightly more graphic than something like Push Forward because, while killing monsters usually reduces the impact of violence (we don't have the same level of empathy for fictional monsters than we do for things like living people, dogs, etc.) the guy in Out for Blood is thrusting the grisly decapitated head right in your face. In this case, the art is reveling in the violence as opposed to accepting it as a necessary outcome of combat.
OK, I lied. Mechanologist is the most gore-free class. Which, makes a lot of sense, Dash is selling steampunk fantasy. Her character is evoking a more light-hearted theme than most of the rest of the heroes, and the cards reflect that. Managetic Shockwave has Dash blowing the armor and potentially grafted metal plates right off her opponent, but the mood is somewhere between comical with the surprised baddie in the background and joyous when you consider the look on her face. Cognition Nodes has a bit of body modification going on, but it's not gnarly like what happens at the Demonastery. Teklo Foundry Heart is just here because I love it, and it's one of my favorite cold foils and by far my favorite RF take on an L, in that it's different than the CF but also still really good, whereas some of the others feel more lacking.
I think, most people would default to Brute as the goriest class, but I find that there are mitigating factors. Brute is very in your face with its ribcages everywhere and entrails strewn around like garlands, but ultimately that ends up becoming over the top and feeling almost cartoonish in the way that Mortal Kombat's hyper violence often goes past wince-worthy and loops to mildly comical. Alpha Rampage mutes its gore with stylized art that renders the blood from the torn arm as a bright ribbon of color. It's certainly violent, but it's stylized. Meanwhile, Bloodrush Bellow and Massacre just ramp it up to 11 and make the gore unrealistic with how extreme it ends up being. It's the feel of an over-the-top splatterhouse flick with buckets of blood and a frankly suspicious amount of entrails. This works for brute though. The tone of the class becomes over the top; it's very much a teenage boy's conception of a really metal album cover.
I do want to spare a moment for Smash Instinct which is my favorite artistic bloody card in FAB. This was definitely one of the cards that I paused on when breaking open my first WTR box. I don't know that the splatter pattern would pass muster for a forensics expert, but the card does do a great job of conveying the extreme violence of the brutes while still being an attractive composition. The mechanics of how whatever happened there happened don't make a whole lot of sense (it looks like the smashee was exploded from the inside), but I also don't care. The overhead view serves to convey the scale of the carnage (that crater!)
Speaking of long range views of violence, Wizards identity as it relates to its displays of violence have two modes: close up and zoomed way out. Cindering Foresight stands alone as the main example of the former category. We've got the traditional fantasy wizard burning someone to bone art, but FAB makes it a bit of a grittier by leaving enough of the poor guy's face intact to make out his anguished features. The more notable category to me are the large scale shots like Scalding Rain and Lesson in Lava. These are pulled out far enough that we don't get any real detailed views of individual ghastly deaths, but the tradeoff is a sense of the scope and scale of wizardly power. Whereas most of our other classes are up close and personal, this art starts to define wizard as a class that causes damage on a much bigger scale.
We saved the two big classes for last here. If ranger is selling one thing, it's that life in The Pits sucks hard (If it's going for a second, it's probably that Azalea is a stone cold murder machine). Head Shot and Hamstring shot, aside from looking great in foil, really drive home the visceral damage that the arrows are doing. The framing is close up in both cases, focused in on the body part being hit and just far enough out to show you a healthy (well probably unhealthy) amount of blood. Tripwire Trap, meanwhile, gives us both body horror in the form of whatever that shambling abomination is, and brutal dismemberment in the form of the damage being done by the trap. It's interesting that a class that fights from a distance has so many cards with close up depictions of gore. This is perhaps because Ranger's cards, to this point, are selling a very Pits-centric nightmarish hellscape, and it will be interesting to see if a future Ranger character from a different area of Rathe shifts the art style in a new direction. Which brings us to the starkest juxtaposition of flavor and art…
If you've read the fluff or paged through the lore book (or even just looked at the art of Tunic, Coax a Cheer, Bravo, etc.), you, like me, might have an image of Aria as a lovely magical fairyland, and that makes the utter savagery of some of the Guardian art so striking. WTR was relatively mild graphic violence like Cartilage Crush or Spinal Crush (they used "crush" WAY too much in WTR) which depict violence that would likely be a lot harsher than it appears on these cards. But then we get Debilitate, and just, wow, yikes. I did a double take when I first saw it; yeah that was a giant sledge just pulping that dude's hand. More than anything, this card was the one that made me pause and realize that FAB was going for a decidedly different vibe than most other fantasy settings, though again, the use of a joke to undercut the visceral violence makes it feel somewhat tentative. After CRU landed and we got the pair of Mangle and Righteous Cleansing, Guardian easily became the class with the most brutal violence in my book. One thing does stands out about Guardian's violence, particularly in light of Mangle's flavor text, it occurs in the context of mercilessly killing aggressors. It feels like Guardians are inflicting this traumatic violence as sort of deterrent –they're meeting transgressions with overwhelming force.
Let's wrap up with a grab bag of generics and then close things out. I feel like the first couple of these are a kind of wink and nod gesture to the inclusion of gore in the game. Raging Onslaught is a guy hewing something in half with flavor text that essentially boils down to "Jim Muderson murdered everything and then built an axe from their remains to keep murderin!" Drone of Brutality is a complimentary nod in a different direction – just endless rows of skulls and guts-stuffed ribcages as far as the eye could see. Droning, monotonous, common place brutality is the way of things in Rathe. These cards, to me, are really trying to establish this as the background tone for the game as a lot grittier than a setting like Magic, though more restrained something like 40k where it goes so over-the-top it ends up reading as juvenile (see Brute). Finally, we have Snag, which is the card I most often see sighted (see what I did there… I'm sorry; that was awful) as the card that pushes the line of too much gore. I think it works because it looks rough at a glance, but it doesn't really sink in until you look closer and see the eyeball.
What we can see across these classes is that FAB uses fairly diverse representations of violence to help define its world, its classes, and its characters against one another. While it does dabble in body horror, most of its usage is on a sliding scale of straight up gore where we have something like Mechanologist on one and representing effectively no graphic violence to Guardian on the other end showing very graphic bloody violence that is being taken very seriously. (If you're curious, Brute is beyond the end of the scale in what we can call the "40k zone"). One of the most interesting questions to me, as the game continues to grow and the cast of heroes expands is: "will the class identities outlines above remain intact, or will shift as characters from other regions begin to see more representation in their class' art? That is, if she gets more cards, will Kassai's art have a different tone than Dorinthea's?" I suppose this is just one more thing to occupy my thoughts during what seems like a glacial wait for Monarch.
*Header Image: Mangle by Federico Musetti
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This past week we were kind of slackers... but that's ok because we were way ahead of schedule anyway! I wanted to try out the One Room Challenge with a quick and easy project and this laundry room certainly fit the bill. It's been inexpensive and pretty easy to do. That's my kind of project!
Since last week, we installed the counter top, which I love!! I'm folding clothes in there even though I'd rather just sit on the floor and fold just because I can! lol The oak has such gorgeous grain and the light stain we used really makes it pop. If you like a lot of grain in your wood, oak is a really great choice.
As I've explained before, to make our thick looking counter, we used oak plywood and a piece of oak trim. I think the plywood was around $50 and the trim piece was maybe $10-20. It's a really inexpensive way to get a gorgeous wood counter. We used wood glue to attach the two pieces and then put a piece of scrap wood on the front so that the clamp would be putting more pressure on the pretty trim- kind of like a wood sandwich with the front trim piece as the "meat'. Once we got it perfectly lined up, Dan told me to "Push it!" (his mistake) because then I was so annoying and kept singing Salt N Pepa's "Push It" song. I get excited during DIY projects when they're going well and sometimes that leads to me signing. Sue me. I held the wood into place while Dan got the clamps on to hold it tight over night.
So we had it all in place, looking good, and I said, "I think you need to make the brace a little tighter." I was nervous that I saw a slight gap. Dan went to tighten the clamp a little more and bumped one of the braces and the piece of wood on the front fell right onto his bare foot- straight across his toes. Ouch!!! I stopped singing after that. His foot is fine- just a little bruise on his toes. Poor guy. But we got the braces in place and the glue worked perfectly to hold the front piece in place. It was exciting to take the clamps off the next day and see a beautiful counter ready to install.
Another fun thing that happened since last week was I visited an antique shop that I haven't been to in years. It was so good!!! I found a pretty little white and gold vase, a cute peasant blouse for $9, some pages from a vintage poetry book for children that will make the BEST framed art for a kids room, and..... drum roll.... a vintage wash board with a glass panel that is SO PERFECT for my laundry room! It was the "something old" I needed in here. Lately I've realized that decorating is a lot like that saying about getting married. You need something old, something new (or a lot of things new), something borrowed (often from another room in your home), and something blue. ;) Almost always something blue.
This week Dan and I are making a peg rail for behind the door and I'll be hunting for finishing touches in here. When I painted the walls I had to paint over our growth chart lines we had marked on the wall so I need to redo that as well. I can't decide if I want to make a project out of that or just write them back up there. There are some pretty cute ideas for growth charts out there... perhaps I'll get inspired to make one before the end of the challenge.
Be sure to stop by the One Room Challenge website to see the other designers' progress! You can get the link by clicking my posts title. Still haven't figured out how to make the link attached to the logo you see below, but I'll get there one day. lol Thank you for stopping by! I really appreciate the support!


Girl Scout Cookies is a feminized autoflowering marijuana variety from Fast Buds, a genetic wonder that is very famous in California and known throughout the rest of the world. This automatic strain can reach up to 22% of THC, a milestone in autoflowering genetics. Girl Scout cookies were created by crossing West Coast OG x Durban Poison x Ruderalis with secret menthol strains. These crosses have led to an Indica-dominant hybrid.
This variety is characterized by a lively and vigorous growth. It forms small leaves with short internodalen distances. In addition, this beauty gets orange and reddish colors at the end of flowering.
Girl Scout Cookies is a good producer who can produce about 650 grams per square meter in a growth room and 70 to 300 grams per plant outdoors.
Growth is about 60 days from seed to harvest, both outdoor and indoor. Girl Scout Cookies are very easy to grow and suitable for all types of substrates or culture media.
This variety has a very strong effect, mainly the 22% THC (under optimal growth conditions). The effect is narcotic, but at the same time social and creative. It can also be used medically to treat pain, neuropathy, post-traumatic stress and muscle cramps.
As the name suggests, it is also characterized by its predominant menthol aroma, sweet with caramel and chocolate. This combination is reminiscent of mint biscuits.
Plantation: From spring to the end of summer. Allyear in tropical climates.
Production: Up to 650 g / m2 outdoors and 300 g per plant outdoors.


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Sideshow: Bill Murray's wife wants a divorce
Bill Murray's wife has filed for divorce after 10 years. Jennifer Butler Murray, 42, who has also obtained a restraining order, says she left her husband, with whom she has four children, due to his "adultery, marijuana and alcohol addiction, . . . physical abuse, sexual addictions and frequent abandonment." Court papers say that as recently as November, Bill "hit his wife in the face and then told her she was 'lucky he didn't kill her.' "
by By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer | Columnist
's wife has filed for divorce after 10 years.
Jennifer Butler Murray
, 42, who has also obtained a restraining order, says she left her husband, with whom she has four children, due to his "adultery, marijuana and alcohol addiction, . . . physical abuse, sexual addictions and frequent abandonment." Court papers say that as recently as November, Bill "hit his wife in the face and then told her she was 'lucky he didn't kill her.' "
Bill's lawyer John McDougall said the Caddyshack star "is deeply saddened by the breakup of his marriage." No comment from Jennifer Murray's attorney, Robert Rosen.
Clooney single again
Brace yourself: The beautiful life journey that was
Sarah Larson
is no more. The couple lasted nearly a whole year, prompting speculation that Clooney, 47, had finally become domesticated. After all, Larson, 29, whose accomplishments include winning
, was the first gf to accompany Clooney to the Oscars.
A baby for baby-faced Clay?
Citing anonymous sources, TMZ.com reports that
, 29, and his best friend, 50-year-old record producer
Jaymes Foster
, have conceived a child - through artificial insemination. Foster, who is the sister of music mogul
, is divorced with no kids. TMZ says she wants Clay to have an active role in raising the baby, who is due in August. The singer's rep has yet to comment
Shania friend denies affair
's assistant and longtime bud
Marie-Anne Thiébaud
, 37, tells People she did not break up Shania's 14-year marriage to music producer
Robert "Mutt" Lange
. She denied reports that she and Lange, 59, had an affair or that they decided to leave their respective spouses for each other.
Pam brings joy to the gulf
This is for all you lads (and lasses) who've spent sleepless nights wondering what
would look like covered head to toe in a black chador.
Maybe there's a chance: Pam has flown to the United Arab Emirates, where she is set to host a Make-A-Wish Foundation gala on tomorrow.
Pam, who was personally invited to UAE by Sheikha Sheikha Bint Saif Al Nayan, will also take part in a charity auction by offering one lucky bidder a dinner in her company.
Murdoch: Olbermann is crazy
Media caliph
on Wednesday answered criticism that his cable news channel, Fox News (famed for its motto, "fair and balanced") doesn't have a liberal commentator as a counterweight to its eminent political preacher,
. There aren't any good ones out there, says Rupe.
Business site Silicon Alley Insider (www.alleyinsider.com) reports Rupe wasn't happy when someone suggested MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, who seems to view O'Reilly as his arch-enemy.
"No. I fired him 5 years ago" when he was on FoxSports, Murdoch said of K.O.
"He was crazy."
How's that saying go? In an insane world, the only sane person is a madman . . .
New Kids to grace Philly
The newly reconstituted musical microwave meal
will perform in Philly for the first time in
on Nov. 5 at the Wachovia Center. Tix cost $37.50 to $77.50 and go on sale June 7 at 10 a.m. Info: 1-800-298-4200 or
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has apologized for implying that China deserved the devastating earthquake that killed more than 60,000 of its citizens because of bad karma the nation incurred due to its treatment of Tibet.
"Due to my inappropriate words and acts during the interview, I feel deeply sorry and sad about hurting Chinese people," Stone, 50, said. "I am willing to take part in the relief work of China's earthquake."
The nation's official Xinhua News Agency yesterday said the Basic Instinct star was the "public enemy of all mankind."
Christian Dior dumps Stone
Stone's mea culpa was released by French frockmaker Christian Dior, which deftly defended its corporate backside by announcing that it has fired Stone from its Chinese ad campaign.
Puppet no-show
Robert Smythe, who founded Mum Puppettheatre in Center City 23 years ago, has resigned as its artistic director. He said yesterday that he is moving on to new projects, including a two-year playwriting fellowship at Temple University that begins in the fall.
Mum "is an important organization moving in a new direction," said Smythe, 47, "and I don't need to be there with them. There's no animosity. But I have been an artistic director for 23 years and I want to do new things."
Mum's next production, a Smythe-directed family show called The Adventures of a Boy and His Dog in ye Olde Philadelphia that was scheduled to open tomorrow, has been canceled.
- Howard Shapiro
By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer


Do you remember KITT? The artificially intelligent, self-aware car from Knight Rider. It was a 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am and a figment of the imagination. Now in real life, cars are become increasingly more and more intelligent.
When vehicle leasing for a period of a few years it's a certainty that your vehicle will not be in exactly the same condition as when it rolled off the production line. It is inevitable that there will be some wear and tear.


Home World News Nigeria UN attack'US President Barack Obama says it's cowardly .
Nigeria UN attack'US President Barack Obama says it's cowardly .
President of the United States , Barack Obama has condemned the bomb attack on the UN headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria that occured this morning. According to AFP , he viewed the attack as " horrific and cowardly " and offered America' s condolences to the victims and their families .
" The UN has been working in partnership with the people of Nigeria for more than five decades, " Obama said .


5.0 out of 5 starsThank you, Carrie, to write this unforgettable book.
Down We'll Come, Baby is a beautiful heart wrecking book about a couple trying to put their pieces back together.
Nowadays is so hard to find that person who is your soul mate, that completes you, to get married and have a family, that when you lucky enough to have it you don't want it to fail.
To have someone special to share the good & bad part of your life as a couple but don't lose yourself at the same time.
Communication & raw emotions, can break any relationship and Imogen & Theo had so many of than to get through, they love each other fiercely, but they are so broken.
I felt I was in that rollercoaster with them, anxious, hopeless and a variety of mixed feelings.
Thank you, Carrie, to write this unforgettable book.
A sad story that details the disturbing results of infertility, even for couples who believe their love is forever. I struggled at times reading this book with the extremes the wife was prepared to go to thinking it would ease her pain, thinking it best to set her husband free. Extremes those not from a privellaged life would have the options of.
Theo & Imogen's story is a reminder that there are two people in a marriage and no matter the cause of extreme grief there is no possible future without expression and communication.
This was a lovely story about a couple who find love again and repair their broken hearts! This story was about redemption, figuring out what's really important in life and not giving up when things seem to go in a different direction!


In the Peugeot 309 GTI groupA file you find that Peugeot had quite an extensive rally program with the 309 in several national championships in the early groupA days. However Peugeot Italy was an interesting exception to that norm. They ran the Peugeot 405 instead.
The main reason for Peugeot Italy to prefer the 405 over the 309 is the 16v engine of the sporty saloon 405 MI16. The 309 GTI16, that used the same engine as the early 405 MI16, was not available until late in 1990. Peugeot Italy started their 405 MI16 program over 1 1/2 years before the 16v engine became available in the 309.
The Peugeot 405 is a comparatively short and light saloon, i.e. the 405 is 190mm shorter than the 406 and 268mm shorter than the 407 and also shorter than the 404. So the 405 was more in between the sizes of typical 4-series Peugeots and saloon versions of 305, 306, etc.. Further the Peugeot 405 was so light already in road trim, that once Peugeot finished stripping it for groupA, including roll cage, seats and ready to rally they were down at 920kg - this must be a record for a saloon car! A 4-door one at that. And on top of that the 405 featured the same suspension layout and torsion bar trick that made already 205 & 309 so nippy combined with amazing traction and responsive steering. Read in the 205 & 309 files why these cars had such oversteering handling and why the 309 was faster than the 205 despite added weight. Now transfer that to the 405, this is a saloon with even longer wheelbase, it would be even less nervous on the rear and more confidence building - like a combination of a wild hot hatch, oversteering with a hint of a smart, settled saloon!
A 4x4 version called 405 MI16x4 was available early and built in sufficient numbers for homologation - however never was homologated. The 1.9 16v engine produces barely enough torque to cope well with the heavy and torque eating 4x4 system. Indeed, in road version the 405 MI16x4 takes 10.5s for the 0-100km/h sprint, while in performance the FWD MI16 was comparable to BMW M3 and Mercedes 190E 2.3-16. By 1993 came a facelift for the 405 together with an appropriate engine capacity increase from 1905cc to 1997cc for the SRI and MI16 versions. Now as well a road version called 405 T16 was launched, featuring variable geometry turbo with overboost function, 4x4 with visco diffs alround and auto-variable suspension (Active suspension? Simply taken straight from the Citroen Xantia Activa). Even the dump valve assembly kit is standard in this car!
When the 405 T16 road car was launched, Peugeot even publically called it a homologation special, but a homologation special for what? The 405 T16 was a limited edition again. Exactly as Renault did with a 4x4 turbo version of the R21, 400 units per annum have been built, which is the exact homologation number of the old group4.
Peugeot as Renault made strong and clear hints, if it wasn't for the groupA homologation numbers of 5000 units per year, they would have returned to rallying with these cars. As it was, the 405 rally program went no further than the Italian FWD 1.9 MI16 (although the 405 MI16 became a French championship winning touring car). However the homologation special tag was not completely wasted. The 405 T16 has a lot in common with Peugeot's WRCar technology. I.e. Peugeot claimed often the 206 WRC base engine is a 405 MI16 engine plus turbo - which is exactly what the 405 T16 is! Indeed the 206 WRC even used the 405 T16 standard block! Yes standard! 405 T16 standard engine block won 24 WRC rallies and 3 titles! Equally as unbelievable, it is no secret that the 307 WRC was supposed to have a revolutionary transmission but that transmission was delayed and troublesome. At first for Monte, Sweden, Mexico and NZ 2004 the engineers even had to apply "Plan-B": When all the opposition was travelling with active differentials, the 307 WRC used visco differentials based on the 405 T16 road car ones - and it still lead 3 of these 4 events!
Peugeot Italy only once entered the 405 into a WRC event. It was the Rally San Remo 1989. But here both cars were leading the 2WD competition, meaning they were beating the (private) Sierra Cosworths as well as Marc Duez's Prodrive BMW M3 on the stages. However the show didn't last very long when both 405s retired with failures as banal and unlucky as a broken driveshaft and a slipping clutch.
All of these examples are ERC events, many of them in Italy and remember, this was the time the groupA Lancia Delta was at its peak and the 405 MI16 was only FWD! Meaning there were even more events, i.e. still in 1991 Andrea Aghini in the 405 won the Italian Championship Rallye del Salento after an event long battle with Piero Longhi's ex-works Lancia Delta - with a non-turbo FWD 4-door saloon, showing nicely how light and well balanced this Peugeot 405 is!


It's innate behavior for your cat to scratch regularly, and its target is almost always some surface with a texture that allows the cat to sink its claws in. Unfortunately, the material the cat chooses may be your furniture upholstery, your draperies, or your carpet.
Your cat isn't honing its claws out of spite or because it's bad. But unless you find a way to break your cat of this habit and direct its scratching to a better target, it can ruin your household furnishings. Once you understand the reasons for this behavior, you're partway along the path to solving the problem.
Why Do Cats Scratch the Carpet?
This action, referred to as stropping, loosens and removes the outer husk of the claw revealing a sharp new surface underneath. Claw sharpening is an act of grooming for the cat.
It exercises the muscles of the forelimbs and spine to keep the cat in tip-top shape for hunting. Some cats scratch by lying down and pulling their bodyweight along the floor. The surfaces they choose to scratch are usually fixed and nonyielding to provide resistance against the muscles they use in scratching.
It's also used as a form of communication or marking behavior. Scent and sweat glands between the pads of the feet mix to produce a unique smell. When claws are scraped down a surface, the scent is deposited and the combination of the mark, the discarded claw husks, and the smell provides a strong visual and olfactory message to other cats.
It can serve as a precursor to play, either with another cat in the home or with human companions.
Scratching may be a bid for attention in some species. If a cat is routinely shooed or chased away when it scratches furniture or carpeting, it may come to associate scratching with receiving attention.
When a cat has access to the outdoors, you may see evidence of its scratching on trees, fence posts, sheds, and wooden gates. It's no coincidence that these are all areas that are highly visible to other outdoor cats. Such scratching is a territorial behavior used to communicate with other cats and mark boundaries.
A cat that's house-bound, as many cats now are, finds similar surfaces indoors to serve its instinct to scratch, often targeting softwoods and fabric-covered furnishings.
Add a horizontal scratching pad. Cats have their own individual scratching patterns and preferences. Those that scratch carpeting may be more inclined to scratch horizontally than use a vertical scratching post. Fortunately, there are scratching pads made for horizontal scratching; some are wedge-shaped inclines and others are flattened out. Experiment to find one that your cat likes.
Add multiple scratching posts and pads, covered with different materials and different textures. It's possible that the choice of different scratching options will relieve your cat of its need to sharpen its claws on your carpet. Many scratching posts are covered with carpet, but you should add one or two with a different material, such as sisal, corrugated cardboard, or even plain wood. Remember that cats like varying surface angles for scratching, ranging between horizontal and vertical. So ideally, provide at least one of each: a tall vertical scratching post, a flat scratching mat, and an inclined scratcher.
Cover up the spot where your cat scratches. If possible, move a piece of furniture (or a scratching post) to your cat's favorite carpet spot. A sisal scratching post may be a good choice here. For scratching that takes place in front of an entryway, cover the area with a thin mat.
Infuse the area with scent. Use a plug-In or a spray by Feliway or another manufacturer in the area where your cat has been scratching. Although these types of products aren't marketed specifically for this purpose, cat behaviorists have found that the "friendly pheromones" in Feliway can fool cats into believing the area has already been "marked" by another cat, thus discouraging scratching behavior.
Consider your cat's anxiety level. A cat may resort to more frequent scratching if it's emotionally stressed, such as when it feels threatened by environmental changes or a new pet (or a new child) has recently become a part of the household. Paying more attention to your cat, including playing with it more often, may offer the reassurance it needs to give up its carpet-scratching habits.
While you're working on methods to stop your cat's carpet scratching, you'll want to minimize the damage to your home in the meantime. Trim your cat's claws regularly, using a sharp claw-trimming tool. This will help to minimize the damage.
Or try using a product like Soft Claws plastic nail caps. If you've never used nail caps before, many veterinarians and most large pet supply stores offer installation and training for a small fee. Your cat probably won't mind Soft Claws, and they'll prevent the shredding-type of damage your cat sometimes inflicts on your rugs.


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Bermadez lands 2021 Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Cup Final
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It is either a feast or a famine for the connections of Bermadez who landed a rich restricted race at Flemington during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
The Mike Moroney-trained galloper took out the $500,000 Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Final (1600m) on Thursday, a race for horses that won their way to Flemington via heats in the country area.
Bermadez is now the winner of five of his seven starts, but when the Mike Moroney-trained galloper has a "miss" he runs out of the placings.
Providing Damien Oliver his fourth winner of this year's carnival, Bermadez ($5) registered victory by a nose over Typhoon Harmony ($18) with Brazen Song ($51) a further short-neck away third.
Bermadez won his way to Flemington with an impressive 3-¾ length win at Sale in a benchmark 70 race on October 24.
"He's always looked a smart horse, but he's taken a long time," Moroney said.
"He's actually named after a horse that ran third in a Brisbane Cup for my vet Jim Marks who is in ill health at the moment.
"Paul and I spent a lot of time with him, he taught us about buying horses, so it's great for him.
"When he won his maiden, I spoke to Ollie and he thought he was a group horse that day, but he's had a lot of things go wrong with him and we gave him eight months in the paddock to get over it.
"The owners have been really patient and he's starting to deliver now and by the autumn we might travel with him.
"Once he gets a bit further too, it might suit him."
Oliver said connections had been rewarded with their patience while also noting not to be in a hurry and not to push the son of Tavistock to a higher grade, too soon.
"He needs a bigger track and although he looks like he could run 2000 metres I wouldn't be in a hurry to get him there yet," Oliver said.
"I think around the mile is a good trip for him at the moment."
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Shown below is the method, steps and ingredients for making Curried Mushroom Chicken as cooked in Barbados.
— Lay chicken pieces in pyrex dish and sprinkle with salt.
— Mix soup and curry powder and pour over chicken.
— Bake 375º for 1 hour.


Where is Mustafa Setmariam Nassar?
Mustafa Setmariam Nassar, a Spanish citizen, has been reported by the media to have been forcibly seized in Pakistan in 2005 and turned over to U.S. Custody. He hasn't been heard from since.
The ACLU and other human rights groups are asking two U.N. Special Rapporteurs and the U.N. Working Group on Involuntary or Enforced Disappearances to investigate as their attempts have resulted in dead ends.
In June 2009, in response to an American Civil Liberties Union request for information about Nassar's whereabouts, the CIA stated that it could "neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of records" responsive to the request.
Although information about Nassar's disappearance is scarce, the known details suggest he was a victim of the unlawful "extraordinary rendition" program, which enabled the U.S., with the assistance of other governments, to kidnap and transport foreign nationals suspected of terrorism to secret overseas detention facilities for interrogation and torture.


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An Artist In Residence (Astronomer) At The Grand Canyon National Park With Msm Tracker
My current personal project "Under The Night Sky" was conceived in 2018 while shooting the Milky Way at Joshua Tree National Park. I wanted to find a way to combine my background in biology, my interest in protecting nature and my passion for photography and thus began my project to raise awareness about the importance of preserving the night sky against light pollution. This project has been awarded four Artist In Residence programs taking place at Capitol Reef in 2019, Acadia in 2020 (postponed to 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic), Glacier in 2021 and The Grand Canyon (Astronomer in Residence) in May 2022.
My main approach to raise awareness is by presenting selected National Parks with a variety of ecosystems that would be representative of the natural diversity within the USA at night. Each park is a chapter of a book, combining astrophotography, nature education and illustrating the efforts these parks have undertaken as part of their mission to preserve the environment. In addition to this book, I have been able to publish the photographs captured in each park as a separate book belonging to the "Photographic Journeys Through National Parks" series on Amazon.
The artist in residence programs have helped me to not only understand how national parks operate to fulfill their mission but also have helped contribute to my growth as an artist as I continuously challenge myself to create better artistic images. Becoming an ambassador of highly reputable companies in the astrophotography space, such as Move Shoot Move (MSM), has also allowed me to experiment with new techniques and explore new compositions. In 2022, I was selected for my fourth residency, run by the Grand Canyon Conservancy, which gave me a month of "unlimited" access to the park, including areas not open to the public. Before then, I had avoided bringing a tracker with me simply because I had plenty of items to pack for long residencies and had weight limits to deal with when flying. However, I had a chance to try the MSM tracker before through a friend and immediately loved how light, compact, portable and easy to use it was. Therefore, I was determined to use my MSM tracker at the Grand Canyon.
My favorite focal length to capture the milky way is 35mm as I like to emphasize the details of the galactic core. However, my shutter speed at that focal length would be less than 10 seconds and therefore, I would need to use a very high ISO. With the MSM tracker, I was able to extend the shutter speed while getting less noise in my captures. The light weight of the tracker and its impressive battery life was a decisive factor for me to carry it inside my backpack when hiking the 17 miles down and up the canyon trails to the Phantom Ranch area. The user-friendly and fast set up helped save me time especially during those days in which I had a small window to capture the Milky Way, either because of the rising moon or when I wanted to move from one location to another. Aligning the tracker with Polaris using the bright green laser can be accomplished in seconds, so I was ready to capture the galaxy when I had my composition as I had envisioned it. In addition, I was also able to use a 70mm focal length to capture a closeup of the Dark House Nebula and the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, my favorite part of the night sky. In summary, the MSM tracker excelled at performing its advertised functions.
I am sharing here some of the images I took during my residency at the Grand Canyon. I hope you will enjoy them and will motivate you to learn more about astrophotography and how to preserve the night sky. If you would like to see more of my work, or learn about my workshops. feel free to follow my photography journey on my social media.
Name: Imma Barrera (she/her)
Born in Barcelona, Imma Barrera is a photographer based in New Jersey. She is a biologist but also a graduate of NY Institute of Photography and has exhibited her photography in a number of galleries worldwide and won several awards. She has also published several books available on Amazon.
Imma has been selected for several Artist-in-Residence programs (Capitol Reef NP, Acadia NP, Glacier NP) for her night sky photography. In addition, she was shortlisted in the Landscape Category of the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards with her series "Under the Night Sky".
Imma runs educational programs about photography and seminars to raise awareness about the need to protect our natural treasures.
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Cohutta Healing Arts Institute gains state and national recognition.
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Captain of Costa Concordia Sentenced to 16 Years for Manslaughter
Captain Francesco Schettino, the man who was at the helm of the Costa Concordia when the cruise ship hit a reef off of the coast of Italy in 2012, was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to a little over 16 years in prison.
The trial lasted 19 months and Schettino was found guilty of multiple counts of manslaughter after 32 passengers and crew members that were on the Costa Concordia died as a result of his actions.
He was also convicted of abandoning ship and causing a shipwreck. He left the ship before many of the over 4,000 passengers and crew members were still onboard.
Prosecutors asked for a sentence of 26 years and 3 months and called him a "reckless idiot". Schettino was not present in the court when Judge Giovanni Puliatti read the verdict in the Grosseto Theater. He previously told the court that he was being "offered for sacrifice" for the sake of the economic interests of his employer.
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Concordia captain to return to wreck
By Phil Davies
The captain of the doomed Costa Concordia is due to return to the wreck today (Thursday).
Judges in the city of Grosseto agreed to a request by lawyers for Francesco Schettino, who demanded that he takes part in a survey of the ship.
The request came as a team of lawyers and experts were due to inspect an emergency power unit on the 11th deck of the Concordia, which allegedly did not work on the night of the shipwreck in January 2012.
It will be his first time back on the ship since it hit rocks off the island of Giglio in January 2012 and capsized, killing 32 people.
The visit is part of an investigation at Schettino's trial, where he is accused of manslaughter and abandoning ship. He denies the charges. If found guilty he could face up to 20 years in prison.
Schettino is due to board along with inspectors, but will not be allowed to interfere with their investigation. He would be allowed onto the ship "as a defendant, not a consultant", said Judge Giovanni Puliatti.
The captain has been accused of leaving the vessel before all 4,229 people on board had been evacuated. But he denies abandoning the ship after it hit a reef near the island.
He maintains he managed to steer the stricken vessel closer to shore so it did not sink in deep water where hundreds might have drowned.
An Italian court convicted five others of manslaughter last July.
They had all successfully entered plea bargains, while Schettino's request for a plea bargain was denied by the prosecution.
Concordia was set upright in an unprecedented salvage operation known as parbuckling in September.
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23 May, 2013 by wetravel2u
Italian judge orders trial for captain of Costa Concordia
A judge in Italy has ordered that the captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia will stand trial.
Bloomberg reported that the trial of Francesco Schettino will begin on July 9 in Grosseto, Italy.
He faces criminal charges including manslaughter and abandoning the ship before all the 4,200 passengers had been evacuated. 32 people were killed in the disaster.
He is accused of steering the ship too closely to the island as a way of saluting the inhabitants and a veteran captain of the Costa line. Schettino has always denied any wrongdoing, claiming his actions saved lives.
The vessel ran aground near the island of Giglio hours after leaving a port near Rome on January 13 last year.
Last month it emerged Costa Cruises had made a deal with an Italian court to limit its criminal liability for the capsizing of the vessel for a fine of €1 million.
The plea bargain payment means the cruise line will not face any more criminal charges and will now aim to participate in trials as an injured party.
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View the schematic below to see the components included in a PV solar system with StorEdge and Tesla Powerwall. Note: the Tesla Installation Manual states that Powerwall must be installed by a Tesla Energy Certified Installer. Contact Tesla for details.
Read the entire INSTALLATION AND USER'S MANUAL document before installing or using Powerwall. Failure to do so or to follow any of the instructions or warnings can result in electrical shock, serious injury, or death, or can damage Powerwall, potentially rendering it inoperable. For the latest Powerwall documents, including the Warranty, visit Tesla. The Tesla Installation Manual states that Powerwall must be installed by a Tesla Energy Certified Installer. To secure the full 10-year product warranty, be sure to register Powerwall with Tesla.
Note: The details below are only guidance and are not guaranteed to be applicable. Consult local building codes and a structural engineer to ensure the use of appropriate fasteners.
Lift tool or adequate personnel trained and capable of lifting 115 kg (254 lb) from ground level to approximately chest height. Warning: Powerwall is heavy and challenging to lift. Lift equipment is recommended.
To prevent injury, wear work boots (preferably steel-toed), long pants, and gloves.


Welcome to Episode 37 of our weekly guest mix - The Chow Down - curated by me, Scizzorhands. Each week, I'll bring you a different DJ as we travel all over the world, across loads of different genres.
This week brings a DJ who's cut his teeth in the game from a young age. Son of New Zealand reggae and dancehall stalwart FJ, ISSA was exposed to Caribbean music and culture from a very young age. He had his first radio show on Fleet FM fifteen years ago and he has been DJing ever since with slots on the mighty Base FM and KFM.
He follows the doctrine of 'education through DJing' and spends countless hours keeping his ear to the pulse to ensure audiences are treated to the finest sounds on offer. With a back catalog of anthems at his disposal and the freshest hip-hop, African & Caribbean sounds, expect a killer selection.
You can catch him Friday nights on Base FM but right now he's on the Chow Down.


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"THE PEOPLE THAT HURT YOU ARE BEHIND YOU AND ARE NOT HERE": SUPPORTING CHILDREN IN THE KYAKA II REFUGEE SETTLEMENT TO OVERCOME TRAUMA
We are privileged to work with so many amazing partners and every day we are inspired by the stories they share and their determination to ensure that every child has a safe and happy childhood. Partners like Roger Nabyamu, a Project Assistant for AWYAD, working in the Kyaka II refugee settlement in Uganda.
Each day is a struggle in the settlements. Poor housing and lack of food are hard enough to deal with but when you have children who have experienced unimaginable trauma, getting them the support they need can seem an overwhelming impossibility. This is where Roger steps in. Having fled DRC five years ago as a political refugee, Roger understands what families and children growing up in the settlement need from AWYAD.
"Many of the children we help have witnessed their relatives being killed. They have been tortured or raped. They have terrible flashbacks and have had to leave everything behind. Everything here is new to them. Children come to the settlement with psychological problems and need counselling and reassurance that now they are in Uganda, they are safe.
"I tell them; the people that hurt you are behind you and are not here"
"I implement most of the activities to support children experiencing disabilities and work to get them access to education. We organise community awareness and social counselling because some of the parents have strong beliefs that children with disabilities and girls shouldn't be educated.
The community doesn't give any importance to education for these children, they think they are useless. But it is so important. If these children stay at home, young girls will get pregnant, they will have no future. It's very bad for them."
Not only does Roger and his colleagues work hard at changing perceptions and getting children to access to education, but they also create safe and stable environments for the families when they arrive. By helping to secure the things that the families need they can gain a sense of security and start rebuilding their lives:
"Everyone qualifies for food rations and a small amount of money each month here at the settlement but it's very hard to live on. There is very high inflation and rations have been cut because of the pandemic and the rise in food costs. People can spend the money on what they like and sometimes we have problems in households, such as men spending money on drinks and there not being enough money left for extra food. We have started to run awareness sessions on budgeting, planning and finding work so that refugees can help support themselves."
"There are always more than a thousand people on each transit of new refugees to the camp. It is a full force operation".
With conflict still raging it is estimated that almost six million people have been displaced internally in DRC and approximately 17,000 people have crossed the border and sought refuge in Uganda in the first part of this year alone. Our partners and colleagues, like Roger, are needed more than ever to provide tireless support to the growing number of refugee children and families in Uganda. Your support is essential in ensuring this vital work can continue.
A donation of £30 could train a community caseworker in psycho-social care to support children who have experienced severe trauma. Will you please make a donation today to support the children Roger helps?