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Pressure stabilized Se-Se dimer formation in PbSe2
M. Bremholm, Y. S. Hor, R. J. Cava
The preparation of PbSe2 through the reaction of PbSe with excess Se at 4.5 GPa and 650 °C is reported. The crystal structure, determined from X-ray powder diffraction data (CuAl2 structure type, I4/mcm (#140), a = 6.42695(11) , c = 7.70254(13) , Z = 4), consists of layers of [Se2]2- dimers with Pb2+ in square antiprismatic coordination with Se. This is a rare crystal structure for divalent metal chalcogenides, previously only identified for SrS2 and BaTe2. Undoped PbSe2 as well as Bi3+- and Ag+-doped samples (10% Pb substitution) show semi-metallic resistivity down to 0.4 K. Magnetic susceptibility measurement of PbSe 2 shows no magnetic ordering above 1.8 K. The Seebeck coefficients show nearly linear behavior from 35 to 400 K and the largest numerical values are found in the case of undoped PbSe2, + 99 μVK-1, and Bi3+-doped PbSe2, - 146 μVK-1, at the highest temperature measured, 400 K.
Solid State Sciences
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2010.10.003
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Lead dichalcogenide
Selenium dimer
X-ray diffraction
10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2010.10.003
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Bremholm, M., Hor, Y. S., & Cava, R. J. (2011). Pressure stabilized Se-Se dimer formation in PbSe2. Solid State Sciences, 13(1), 38-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2010.10.003
Bremholm, M. ; Hor, Y. S. ; Cava, R. J. / Pressure stabilized Se-Se dimer formation in PbSe2. In: Solid State Sciences. 2011 ; Vol. 13, No. 1. pp. 38-41.
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New pistol arm-brace coming to market
Fallschirmjäger
· I watch the watchers
Coming soon to a store near you, the Tailhook brace by GearHead Works
Stowed and fully opened.
Seems like it would work nicely on an AR pistol, or anything with a compatible receiver extension (be careful not to shoulder it, of course :crossfinger
"In a truly civil society peopled primarily by enlightened, sober individuals, the carriage of arms might be deemed gratuitous, but it is nonetheless harmless.
In a society that measures up to anything less than that, the option to carry arms is a necessity."
- GeekWithA45
TITAN308
· :) :) :)
I love how all these companies spend money to produce a component no one uses. (aka in this case the closing "hook")
The Shockwave brace is about the only company IMO to figure out how to produce a product that does the same thing, cheaper, and with what i imagine less R&D costs.
Shockwave is the one that uses a thin blade at the rear, isn't it?
Let me get back to you on which I'd rather have.
Yea that is the one. Now I don't own braces of any sort, I pay the evil tax man his fee to avoid them, but if I were to own one, anything but a shockwave seems like a waste of money.
Jmark
They are also coming out with a version or the CZ Scorpion, I'm definitely picking one of those up.
GeorgiaCarry.org Member
Per a SHOT Show video on the ar15.com AR Pistol forum, it appears to have a suggested MSRP of $200! :shock: Granted, eventual street price may end up less than that but now you're competing against a $200 tax stamp (and 8 months waiting time).
I agree with TITAN308. Shockwave found a reasonably priced solution (~$50) to a problem. I have one on my MK18 while waiting on my Form 1 only because of the price and it allows me to actually zero the gun in a fairly normal way. Yes, I shoulder the damn thing. That's how you zero a rifle!
The price is rather steep if that's accurate, but then again that's the difference between injection molded plastic and forged/machined aluminum.
Malum Prohibitum
https://www.atf.gov/file/11816/download
The pistol stabilizing brace was neither "designed" nor approved to be used as a shoulder stock, and therefore use as a shoulder stock constitutes a "redesign" of the device because a possessor has changed the very function of the item. Any individual letters stating otherwise are contrary to the plain language of the NFA, misapply Federal law, and are hereby revoked.
Any person who intends to use a handgun stabilizing brace as a shoulder stock on a pistol (having a rifled barrel under 16 inches in length or a smooth bore firearm with a barrel under 18 inches in length) must first file an ATF Form 1 and pay the applicable tax because the resulting firearm will be subject to all provisions of the NFA.
Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13
Malum Prohibitum said:
Yes, and? What's the lawful distance between the brace and my shoulder before I'm in violation of this opinion? To definitively claim someone shouldered a brace is going to be very difficult to prove. I can't recall reading anything about anyone being accused and convicted for this as a stand alone charge.
The ones that really get me are the companies that push a "its for the disabled" sales routine.
No its not, you liars. That is not who you are marketing it to... at all...
But what do I care at the end of the day? Nothing I guess. If people want to spend $100-200 on a product they only use 50% of the materials involved, okie dokie.
TITAN308 said:
Don't forget that the original SB15 Pistol Brace was developed for disabled shooters of AR15 type pistols. What they've morphed into since is another story once Sig Sauer got involved.
mrhutch
I fully support them calling it whatever they need to call it to get the ATF sign off so we can have non-stock attachments that are more comfortable to not shoulder, because screw the ATF. Any way that we can flip the bird to the ATF without receiving a prison sentence in return needs to be taken full advantage of.
mrhutch said:
That is fine and all, it just doesn't sit easy with me when companies use the handicap card as a means to an end. That is just me personally.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Yeah, it would be difficult to prove without the owner bragging about the arm brace making a great stock and posting pics or vids of him using it on social media.
But, remember, the prosecutors and sentencing judge aren't going to be lenient on you if your attitude is "screw you, ATF, you can't prove my exploitation of your loophole is illegal."
AtlPhilip
· Proud GCO member.
prosecutors and sentencing judge aren't going to be lenient on you if your attitude is "screw you, ATF, you can't prove my exploitation of your loophole is illegal."
Unless you work for the government. In which case exploitation of legal loopholes, and even outright ignoring the law, is SOP.
Proud GCO Member.
"The whole "right v. privilege" thing is something the government invented to explain its infringement on some rights. It's a sham. Privileges and rights are the same thing."
-- John R Monroe
General anti-government rants are off-topic to this thread about do-it-yourself suppressors.
The "off topic" forum is available to sound off about how much contempt you have for the government.
This is a thread about arm braces. Specifically, about a new one coming to market.
Vacuous micro-rants are also off topic. And yet you posted one anyway. Now back to the brace....
"5. Firearm Arm or Stabilizing Brace: Manufacturers have produced an arm brace or
stabilizing brace which is designed to strap a handgun to a forearm to allow a disabled
shooter to fire the firearm. ATF determined that the brace was not a stock, and
therefore its attachment to a handgun did not constitute the making of a short-barreled
rifle or "any other firearm" under the National Firearms Act (NFA). (NFA classification
subjects the product to a tax and registration requirement.) In the determination letter,
however, ATF indicated that if the brace was held to the shoulder and used as a stock,
such use would constitute a "redesign" that would result in classification of the
brace/handgun combination as an NFA firearm (i.e., the "use" would be a "redesign"
and making of a short-barreled rifle). ATF has not made another NFA determination
where a shooter's use alone was deemed be a "redesign" of the product/firearm
resulting in an NFA classification. This ruling has caused confusion and concern among
firearm manufacturers, dealers, and consumers about the extent to which unintended
use of a product may be a basis for NFA classification. To mitigate this confusion and
concern, ATF could amend the determination letter to remove the language indicating
that simple use of a product for a purpose other than intended by the manufacturer -
without additional proof or redesign - may result in re-classification as an NFA weapon.
While many at ATF are concerned about manufacturing processes continuing to push
the boundaries between a Gun Control Act (GCA) and an NFA firearm, ATF has a
relatively consistent history of what crosses the line between GCA and NFA firearms
with which to draw from, and still maintains the ability to exercise good judgement with
future requests based upon the firearm's individual characteristics. "
Federal Firearms Regulations
Options to Reduce or Modify Firearms Regulations
White Paper (Not for public distribution)
Ronald Turk Associate Deputy Director (Chief Operating Officer)
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...d-the-white-paper-on-firearms-regulations.pdf
This white paper is a wish list. It is an expression of "how I would like things to be in the future." it is not the agency's position of how the law is now.
ATF's position is that these so-called arm stabilization braces are a bullsheet lie designed to give people short shoulder stocks without having to go through the SBR hassle. And if they catch you using one as a shoulder stock, that will be proof that you redesigned the thing from an arm brace , and now it's a shoulder stock for you .
See post 8 above.
PS: if the author of this white paper gets to have his way and ATF completely changes its mind on arm braces, I would like an arm brace for myself.
Except I would want the length of pull to be about 3 inches longer measuring from the face of the trigger to the butt plate of that stock.
Er, excuse me, I mean the end of the stabilization "brace" .
Yes and there are people who live their lives in that spectrum and deserve the fruits of their stupidity. I don't and don't advocate that anybody else should either. A little common sense. A little discretion.
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Lawson Paterson "Red" Ramage (* 19. Januar 1909 in Monroe Bridge, Massachusetts; † 15. April 1990 in Bethesda, Maryland) war ein US-amerikanischer Vizeadmiral der US Navy, der unter anderem Kommandeur des Militärischen Seetransportdienstes war und für seinen auffallenden Heldenmut als erster lebender U-Boot-Kommandant mit der Medal of Honor ausgezeichnet wurde, der höchsten militärischen Auszeichnung der US-amerikanischen Regierung.

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Ausbildung und Verwendung als Marineoffizier
Ramage trat nach dem Schulbesuch in die US Navy ein und absolvierte die US Naval Academy in Annapolis, die er 1931 abschloss. Im Anschluss fand er zunächst bis 1935 Verwendung als Marineoffizier auf verschiedenen Schiffen und war unter anderem Navigationsoffizier auf der USS Dickerson, ein Zerstörer der Wickes-Klasse, dann als Ingenieuroffizier auf dem zur Clemson-Klasse gehörenden Zerstörer USS Lawrence sowie zuletzt als Funkoffizier auf dem Schweren Kreuzer USS Louisville. Am 2. November 1935 heiratete er Barbara Alice Pine, die Tochter des Vizeadmirals der US Coast Guard, James Pine.

Danach fand Ramage insbesondere Verwendung im Bereich der U-Boot-Verbände und wurde im Januar 1936 als Leutnant zur See auf das zur S-Klasse gehörende U-Boot USS S-29 versetzt. Nach einem darauf folgenden postgradualen Studium an der Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Annapolis wurde er im September 1939 Erster Offizier (Executive Officer) des zur Clemson-Klasse gehörenden Zerstörer USS Sands und blieb in dieser Verwendung bis Februar 1941 als er als Kommunikations- und Ortungsoffizier zum Stab des Kommandeurs der U-Boot-Verbände der US-Pazifikflotte USPACFLT (United States Pacific Fleet) in Pearl Harbor.

Zweiter Weltkrieg

Kommandant der USS Trout und Verleihung des Navy Cross
Nach dem Angriff der Kaiserlich Japanischen Marineluftstreitkräfte auf die in Pearl Harbor auf Hawaii vor Anker liegende US-Pazifikflotte am 7. Dezember 1941 und dem damit verbundenen Eintritt der Vereinigten Staaten in den Zweiten Weltkrieg am 8. Dezember 1941 wurde Ramage im Frühjahr 1942 Navigationsoffizier des zur Tambor-Klasse gehörenden U-Bootes USS Grenadier, mit der er mehrere Patrouillenfahrten unternahm und für seine dortigen Verdienste mit dem Silver Star ausgezeichnet wurde.

Im Juni 1942 übernahm er als Lieutenant Commander sein erstes Kommando, und zwar über das ebenfalls zur Tambor-Klasse gehörende U-Boot USS Trout. In dieser Zeit unternahm er unter anderem während der Schlacht um Midway im Juni 1942 vier Patrouillenfahrten, bei den drei Schiffe der Kaiserlich Japanischen Marine versenkt wurden. Bei einer weiteren Patrouillenfahrt am 28. August 1942 gelang ihm ein Torpedotreffer auf dem japanischen Geleitflugzeugträger Taiyō.

Vor seiner zweiten Patrouillenfahrt am 12. November 1942 wurde Ramage zum Fregattenkapitän befördert und unternahm einen Angriff auf das japanische später aufgegebenen Kriegsschiff Kirishima, wenngleich die fünf Torpedos das Schiff verfehlten. Während der nächsten Patrouillenfahrt gelangen ihm Beschädigungen der Kyokuyo Maru und der Nisshin Maru sowie das Versenken der Hirotama Maru. Auf der letzten Patrouillenfahrt im März 1943 gelang ihm kein Treffer. Für seine außerordentliche Tapferkeit als Commanding Officer der USS Trout wurde ihm erstmals das Navy Cross verliehen, die höchste Auszeichnung, die vom US-Marineministerium US Department of the Navy vergeben wird.

Kommandant der USS Parche und Verleihung der Medal of Honor
Im März 1943 wurde Commander Ramage Kommandant des zur Balao-Klasse gehörenden neugebauten U-Bootes USS Parche, die er im November 1943 auf der Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kitery übernahm, um zur US-Pazifikflotte nach Pearl Harbor zu fahren. Im März 1944 unternahm er seine erste Patrouillenfahrt auf diesem Schiff, wobei es ihm in der Rudeltaktik zusammen mit der USS Bang sowie USS Tinosa gelang, sieben feindliche Schiffe mit 35.000 Bruttoregistertonnen zu vernichten, von denen ihm 11.500 Bruttoregistertonnen zugesprochen wurden.

Bei der ebenfalls in der Rudeltaktik durchgeführten zweiten Patrouillenfahrt gelang es ihm, zwei feindliche Schiffe zu versenken und drei weitere erheblich zu beschädigen. Hierfür wurde ihm für seinen auffallenden Heldenmut als erstem lebenden U-Boot-Kommandant die Medal of Honor verliehen, die höchste militärische Auszeichnung der US-Regierung, die ihm am 10. Januar 1945 offiziell durch US-Präsident Franklin D. Roosevelt vergeben wurde. Während der dritten Patrouillenfahrt gelang ihm kein Treffer auf feindliche Schiffe. Für seine Verdienste als Kommandant der USS Parche wurde ihm ferner das zweite Navy Cross verliehen. Darüber hinaus wurde der USS Parche eine Presidential Unit Citation zugesprochen.

Nachkriegszeit und Aufstieg zum Vizeadmiral
Nach Kriegsende blieb der wegen seiner roten Haaren "Red" genannte Ramage den U-Boot-Verbänden verbunden und war zunächst Kommandeur der U-Boot-Division 25 und im Anschluss Kommandeur des U-Boot-Geschwaders 6, ehe er zwischen 1953 und 1954 Commanding Officer des zur Tolland-Klasse gehörenden amphibischen Transportschiffs USS Rankin. Zwischenzeitlich besuchte er weitere Studiengänge am Armed Forces Staff College sowie am Naval War College in Newport. Daneben war er mehrmals Sonderassistent im Büro des Chief of Naval Operations.

Im Juli 1956 wurde Ramage zum Konteradmiral befördert und fand als solcher Verwendung als Direktor der Abteilung für U-Boot-Abwehr und U-Boot-Kriegsführung im Büro des Chief of Naval Operations sowie im Anschluss als Kommandeur der Kreuzerdivision 2. 1960 wurde er (Assistant Chief of Naval Operations). Daraufhin wurde er im August 1962 stellvertretender Kommandeur der U-Boot-Verbände der US Atlantic Fleet und leitete in dieser Funktion die Suchoperationen nach dem zur gleichnamigen Thresher-Klasse gehörenden Atom-U-Bootes USS Thresher, das am 10. April 1963 etwa 350 Kilometer vor Cape Cod an der Ostküste der Vereinigten Staaten bei Tauchtests verloren gegangen war, wobei 129 Menschen umkamen.

Im Juli 1963 erfolgte die Beförderung von Ramage zum Vizeadmiral und wurde als solcher stellvertretender Chief of Naval Operations für Flottenoperationen und Einsatzbereitschaft. Im Anschluss war er als Nachfolger von Vizeadmiral Ephraim P. Holmes von 1964 bis August 1966 während der frühen Phase des Vietnamkrieges Befehlshaber der 1. US-Flotte. Für seine außergewöhnlichen Verdienste um den Vietnamkrieg wurde ihm die Navy Distinguished Service Medal verliehen. Im August 1966 wurde er stellvertretender Oberbefehlshaber und Chef des Stabes der US-Pazifikflotte.

Zuletzt wurde Vizeadmiral Ramage im März 1967 Kommandeur des Militärischen Seetransportdienstes (Military Sea Transportation Service) wurde. Er bekleidete diese Funktion bis zu seiner Versetzung in den Ruhestand am 1. April 1970. Sein Nachfolger wurde daraufhin Vizeadmiral Arthur R. Gralla.

Ramage, der an den Folgen einer Krebserkrankung starb, wurde nach seinem Tod auf dem Nationalfriedhof Arlington beigesetzt. Ihm zu Ehren wurde am 1. Februar 1994 der zur Arleigh-Burke-Klasse gehörende Zerstörer USS Ramage (DDG-61) getauft. Darüber hinaus trägt der Ramage Point in der Antarktis seinen Namen.

Veröffentlichung
 The Military Sea Transportation Service. A Lecture devilvered at Naval War College, 6. February 1969, in: Naval War College Review, Mai 1969, S. 4–11

Weblinks
 Kurzbiografie in der Naval War College Review, Mai 1969, S. 11
 Lawson P. Ramage in Submarine Heroes
 Eintrag auf der Homepage des Nationalfriedhof Arlington
 Lawson P. Ramage Is Dead at 81; Submarine Hero in World War II, in: The New York Times vom 18. April 1990

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Vizeadmiral (United States Navy)
U-Boot-Kommandant (United States Navy)
Person im Zweiten Weltkrieg (Vereinigte Staaten)
Person im Pazifikkrieg (Vereinigte Staaten)
Absolvent der United States Naval Academy
Träger der Medal of Honor
Träger des Navy Cross
Träger des Silver Star
Träger der Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Namensgeber für ein Schiff
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1909
Gestorben 1990
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A passionate market data specialist, Steven's remit will be to further develop and strengthen the company's growing product suite for the capital markets and beyond. His primary focus will be on mosaicOA, a SaaS based IT Operations Analytics solution, which already has a global client base.
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Smartphone App to help consumers make ethical purchases
Launched in April 2019, myLabel is a new mobile application that allows you to evaluate whether the products you buy are in line with your convictions. Several analytical criteria are proposed, such as animal welfare, fair remuneration of producers and the protection of biodiversity.
Many people currently want to consume better. However, this notion remains somewhat abstract and the criteria vary according to each individual. It is on this idea that the mobile application MyLabel was based. Launched on April 2, this application incorporates a wide range of criteria (health, environment, society) and offers users the possibility to choose them. The user creates a profile and the app will then evaluate whether the products he/she buys meet his/her expectations.
During the first connection, the user selects the criteria that are most important to him/her among the three categories: planet (biodiversity, local origin, carbon impact, waste, deforestation...), health (additives, allergies and intolerances, GMOs, pesticides...) and society (appropriation of resources, working conditions, child labour, fair remuneration of farmers...). Then, all he has to do is scan the barcode of the products. More than 500,000 are listed there. Depending on its criteria, the application will indicate whether it conforms or contradicts its values via a small smiley. If the latter is red (and therefore in contradiction with the chosen values), it then proposes alternatives.
To ensure impartiality, the application uses several sources for its analyses, including the National Institute of Consumption, FAIR(e) un monde équitable, Bio Consom'acteurs, Greenpeace and CIWF (Compassion in world farming). MyLabel only plays "an interface role between associations and consumers", explains Christophe Hurbin, co-founder of myLabel. "We are part of a truly virtuous circle," he says. It is this approach that has attracted associations and institutions.
For people shopping online, it is possible to install a plugin (extension) on your browser. Smileys appear on each product. The latter is currently only compatible with the Carrefour, Houra, Monoprix and E.Leclerc.
For more information or to get the application, visit the official mylabel.io website
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LA Angels: Who stays and who goes when Trout, Rendon and Upton return
By Zachary Levine
Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels (Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images)
Dylan Bundy, Los Angeles Angels (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
Moving on to the pitchers, whether or not any of them get moved for Trout and the others is heavily dependent on how the team performs over the next week or so.
The status of the LA Angels playoff hopes will determine what happens to these pitchers.
Starting with Iglesias, he is arguably the Angels' best reliever. However, if the team is out of the playoff race by July 30, it's almost a given that he will be traded, thus freeing up a roster spot right then and there.
On the other hand, if the team surges to close out July, his inclusion on this list will be moot.
As for the other expendable relievers, I think it's safe to say that most Angels fans will be elated to see either Claudio or Guerra get DFA'd.
More so than any other relievers on the team, these two have struggled the most out of the bullpen (and that's saying a lot).
The benefit of cutting one (or both) of them is that it would give the Angels the option of either keeping an extra position player and running with a five-man bench, or going out and getting a quality reliever to take their place.
Similarly, the status of Bundy and Quintana is pretty much the same as with Claudio and Guerra. The failed starters turned relievers have, to put it bluntly, been deadweight for most of this season.
With their respective trade values at virtually zero, flat out cutting them from the team may be the best course of action.
Again, though, what the Angels do with these four will be dependent on the situation at the trade deadline.
If the Halos are still competitive and aim to be buyers, there's a good chance that at least of couple of these guys will be cut sooner rather than later, regardless of Trout, Rendon and Upton returning.
However, if the Halos are out of the hunt, then there really isn't any more harm to be done in keeping these four once Trout and the others are added.
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Even in that nightmare scenario, I doubt anyone would be too broken up over sending down Mayfield and Lagares, and the team wouldn't exactly have much need for a premium closer like Iglesias anymore either.


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The staff of the International Sports Law Center will intensify collaboration with staff at the School of Law of the University of Stirling. Both organisations are internationally recognised for their pioneering initiatives and research activities in the area of International and European Sports Law. By actively seeking synergy in activities and acknowledging complementarity in the respective areas of intervention both organisations intend to further strengthen their individual and collective expertise and impact on the European and International ' sports law' world.
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EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG appeared at Hannover Messe 2006 with a trade fair stand translating the company's corporate design as well as the brand's content and values into the third dimension. The stand expressed the innovative power of industry trailblazer EnBW just as much as it did the connection between realms, universes and naturally people.
The trade fair stand physically incorporated the idea of the EnBW brand. It functioned more as a message, a kind of "energy sculpture", than as a structure per se. One of the essential constants of the corporate design involved the "pulse line". This element became a walk-through "pulse pipe", exercising both a symbolic and practical function: It connected spatial realms and at the same time channeled traffic streams at the trade fair stand.
Within the EnBW brand universe, the Group's sub-brands had their own individual realms where they were able to unfold their own visual characteristics. Wherever the EnBW brand invited guests in for communication or refreshments, the corporate colors of "deep blue" and "horizon orange" dominated. Within the Yello Strom sub-brand realm, on the other hand, the color yellow was dominant. For the ecological brand "Naturenergie", the color green was key and the SME brand "Watt" primarily deployed the color red. The "pulse pipe", which was open on all sides, connected these different brand universes.


Washington, DC, October 30, 2008 -- Arnold & Porter LLP announced today that Charles G. Curtis, Jr. has joined the firm as a partner in the business litigation group. Mr. Curtis, a former law clerk to Justice Brennan of the US Supreme Court, has in-depth experience in complex litigation, appellate matters, and substantive issues of Native American law. He has counseled and litigated in areas including constitutional, administrative, antitrust, intellectual property, telecommunications, environmental and natural resource, and general commercial law.
"Chuck's experience in a diverse range of complex litigation matters will be of tremendous value to our clients," said Chair Thomas Milch. "In particular, he is a highly regarded appellate advocate and is well known for his expertise in Native American law. We are delighted to welcome him to the firm."
"I am thrilled to join Arnold & Porter," said Mr. Curtis. "The firm has a distinguished history and is wonderfully situated for future growth. Its incredible breadth of regulatory, litigation, and counseling experience provides an unparalleled platform to expand the areas of my practice. I look forward to serving Arnold & Porter's existing clients and to introducing new clients to the firm." Mr. Curtis focuses a substantial portion of his practice on representing a wide array of individual, corporate, associational, and government clients in their relationships with Native American tribes and tribal entities. His work in this field spans treaty rights, environmental, energy, tax, real estate, trademark, distribution, public policy, and numerous other areas. Additionally, he has handled antitrust litigation matters for several Fortune 100 clients and has represented a variety of individual, corporate, and associational clients on appellate matters before the US Supreme Court, federal courts of appeals, and state appellate courts. He maintains an active pro bono practice that concentrates, in part, on constitutional issues.
Prior to joining Arnold & Porter, Mr. Curtis was a founder and co-chair of the national appellate practice groups at his two former firms. He served as law clerk to Senior Judge David L. Bazelon of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1982-1983) and to Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. of the US Supreme Court (1984-85). Mr. Curtis will be based out of Madison, Wisconsin and will work closely with lawyers in Arnold & Porter's Washington, DC office.
Mr. Curtis joins five litigators and former colleagues who recently arrived at Arnold & Porter: Kenneth Chernof and Carl Nadler (Washington, DC) and James Speyer, John Ulin, and Eric Shapland (Los Angeles). The group, which has extensive experience in trademark, antitrust, and complex commercial matters, has added depth to the firm's existing capabilities in those areas. This group has expanded Arnold & Porter's business litigation practice, composed of more than 300 lawyers nationally, as well as the firm's international antitrust practice.


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Why Bristol City may be playing a dangerous game over Korey Smith's future
The popular midfielder becomes a free agent on June 30 with no sign, as yet, he will remain a Robins player beyond that date
James PiercySports Editor
Korey Smith claps fans as he leaves the Ashton Gate field following the 1-1 draw with Fulham in March
It's somewhat understandable given we are in the midst of a global pandemic which is tearing the very fabric of modern football apart but Bristol City's most influential midfielder, maybe even player, of the last decade is out of contract in seven weeks.
Korey Smith's injury-time tackle on Fulham's Aleksander Mitrovic on March 7 could well prove to be the last piece of action Robins fans get to see of the 29-year-old in a red shirt, with his deal expiring on June 30 and, as it stands, no definitive sign it's going to be extended.
There are numerous caveats to this, starting with the fact that absolutely nobody truly knows what is going to happen to the 2019/20 season from Premier League down to League Two, which will be a major influencer in deciding what should happen to out of contract players.
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Uncertainty rules regarding next week in football, let alone the month of June and beyond. Owners, CEOs and managers simply cannot plan for next season, until they know what will happen to the current campaign.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson could provide some degree of clarity today when he outlines his next steps for lockdown but which was football turns is still loaded with obstacles regarding testing, player safety and integrity.
Should the season re-start and run beyond June 30, Smith may well be afforded a short-term deal to get the campaign completed for more thorough talks over where his future lies for 2020/21 and beyond.
There is also the concept of optics and the fact that having furloughed non-playing staff and agreed for wage cuts across the board and deferrals in the squad, announcing a bright, shiny new contract may be not be the best PR move, with some much uncertainty surrounding football and society.
Smith will not be alone in that scenario.
Since Lee Johnson confirmed on March 11 (completely coincidentally two days before lockdown) that contract talks involving all players – Smith, Famara Diedhiou, Niclas Eliasson and Ashley Williams as immediate examples – will be placed on hold until the end of the season, the landscape has changed dramatically.
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Mark Ashton forecasts austerity and EFL chairman Rick Parry has obvious concerns about a £200m collective blackhole in the accounts of the EFL's 71 clubs in September. Teams are going to have to be sensible and watertight with their financial decisions from now.
Squads will have to smaller and the concept of wages bills either matching or exceeding income – City being at 101 per cent in that particular ratio – will have to end. If they don't, clubs will cease to exist.
In that context, what was a straightforward equation for City and Smith has now become increasingly more complicated and layered.
As Johnson has maintained all season, if the 29-year-old can prove his fitness and durability after a 15-month absence with two significant injuries, the contract decision is an obvious yes.
Korey Smith is challenged by Lukas Jutkiewicz of Birmingham
Smith has started 11 of a possible 19 Championship matches since returning to the squad in late November, and although there was a slight hiccup in February with fluid on his knee, has remained a part of the first-team squad and unquestionably made the Robins better.
Not only with his ability on the field but, as Johnson has admitted, his leadership and guidance to the younger members of the squad, in particular Han-Noah Massengo.
In the pre-Covid-19 days, Smith would have played the remaining nine games of the season and the contract would have been waiting for him at the end of the season.
Bristol City's season could be over as clubs want 19/20 curtailed with Leeds United and West Brom promoted
However, City could well be robbed of those nine remaining fixtures denying Smith a chance to extend his appearances towards the 20s – i.e getting over the 50 per cent mark for City's season - and preventing Johnson from getting a proper assessment of his long-term prospects.
Also, with the every-changing economic climate, offering contracts to players who have lingering injury concerns now carries an added risk.
However, in spite of all this, from a symbolic perspective, allowing Smith to leave for absolutely nothing will be seismic.
Korey Smith celebrates the 2015 Johnstone's Paint Trophy win at Wembley with Joe Bryan
The last man standing from the 2014/15 promotion season, Smith has helped provide consistency, not only on the field, but in the squad as a whole. There is a calming reassurance and recognition with everything he does, on and off the field.
He has, throughout the lockdown, been the dominating public face of the dressing room and the club have used his social media activity as a prominent tool to maintain their content and keep the fanbase engaged.
There may not be any sentiment in football but to then wave goodbye to such a public figure and ambassador would appear callous, before you even take into consideration what he brings to the team.
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Johnson has bemoaned the absolute sledgehammer that has been taken to his leadership group: Marlon Pack, Adam Webster, Josh Brownhill, Bailey Wright and Smith - the absolute pillars of that - could all be taken away inside 12 months. That has a huge and lasting impact on a squad, particularly one so young.
Liam Walsh, Joe Morrell and James Morton have bright futures for the club, and City fans have reason to be excited, but throwing that trio into a midfield unit shorn of the services of Smith is risky; a man Johnson has frequently remarked is "world class at putting out fires".
But here is perhaps the real crux of the matter because, taking the situation at face value, namely that Smith will be a free agent on June 30, are City not playing a dangerous game with his own loyalty.
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For while the newly shaped financial landscape is unknown, there is one absolute truth about it: clubs won't be able to spend beyond their means.
City have worked hard at creating and developing a structure with the academy, loan system and smart recruitment that leans toward self-sufficiency so they're already one step ahead of many clubs.
However, if you're a Championship team, shorn of the majority of your transfer budget and looking for value in the market, Korey Smith on a free transfer has to be a deeply appealing deal to consider.
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An experienced performer with almost 200 Championship appearances under his belt, who can be a dressing room leader, is incredibly coachable in his understanding of tactical instructions and is just an all-round good guy to have around a football club. Who wouldn't be interested?
Yes, the same questions will be raised about fitness, age and longevity, but the longer Smith remains on the board, the bigger the gamble City are playing in terms of his status beyond this season.
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New art studio in downtown Royal Oak teaches students in centuries-old tradition
Photo courtesy Todd Burroughs, Atelier Art Studio
There's a new art school in downtown Royal Oak, but there's no pressure to come to class every day. Students set their own schedules, and they decide what they're going to learn about. Come in once a week, come in five days a week. Come in for oil painting but decide you'd rather try printmaking? Go right ahead.
It's called Atelier Art Studio, and it draws on a centuries-old methodology for arts education that dates back to the 1750s. Atelier—French for workshop—is a style of teaching where students learn by doing. And rather than do it in a classroom, they create in a working studio alongside working, professional artists.
Artist Todd Burroughs opened Atelier with the intent of sharing knowledge, and to make art classes as accessible as possible. Rather than sell blocks of classes in a certain field, like a set of ten classes in watercolors, Atelier works on a subscription-based model. Pay by the week, and attend whichever and however many classes one desires.
"Atelier is a style of teaching that is often attended instead of traditional art school. This is more accessible because people can come as they're able to," says Burroughs. "It's like a gym where you can work out once a week or five times a week, based on your goals and available time."
It's like a gym, too, he says, where people go to focus on their well-being.
In the short time that they've been open, Burroughs says he's astonished by the wide range of diversity of Atelier's students, coming from every background and ranging in age from teenagers to octogenarians. Atelier recently gave out its first scholarship to a local high school student.
Atelier also offers gallery showings for its faculty and students.
Atelier Art Studio is located at 407 E. Fourth St. in downtown Royal Oak. Visit them online to learn more about enrollment opportunities.
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Learning From My Sephardic Parisian Host Mom
While we originate from distinct Jewish communities, we've bonded over our love of Jewish cultures past, present, and future.
By Sarah Biskowitz	 April 26, 2021 April 26, 2021
Bella adjusting her family's traditional Sephardic wedding dress, which has been passed down for over 100 years, worn here by family member Lisa at her December 2019 wedding. Image from Bella Cohen Clougher
As a dozen 20-something Parisians sipped wine and complimented each other on their outlandish costumes, my study abroad host mom Bella Cohen Clougher smiled and chatted along. An 83-year-old social butterfly and polylinguist, she could work any room, including the post-Megillah reading Purim festivities at Moishe House (a meeting space for young Jews) in République.
Bella was born to a Sephardic family in Tangiers, Morocco that spoke Haketía (a dialect of Judaeo-Spanish) and Spanish in the home, while speaking French and Arabic outside the house. In her 80s, after a career as an English and Spanish teacher in Paris, she dedicated herself to learning Hebrew. As children, her brother had a Hebrew tutor; she did not because she was a girl. When I chanted my chapter of the Megillah that night in 2020, she diligently followed along. Always teaching and always learning — that's Bella.
A couple days after Purim, we learned that I needed to return home to the U.S. immediately due to COVID-19. My eyes filled with tears as I realized I wouldn't eat more of Bella's delicious cookie rings, celebrate Passover with her, and, most importantly, listen to her fascinating stories. But as usual, Bella knew exactly the right thing to do. She handed me a gift and said, "For the next time you chant." I tore open the wrapping paper to reveal a beautiful silver yad (Torah pointer). "It's from Tangiers," she explained. "I saw it in a Judaica shop many years ago in Paris and had to have it. Who can say if it's the one my father and his father used in our synagogue, but who can say that isn't? It's yours now."
It was the perfect goodbye present. Just as the yad guides the chanter of the Hebrew text, Bella was my guide during my one and a half semesters in Paris. She always pointed me in the right direction — in the case of her expert Metro tips, quite literally. I was also continually inspired by her Sephardic cultural activism. While abroad, I spent much of my time studying Yiddish at the Paris Yiddish Center. Bella encouraged my passion for Yiddish while teaching me about her own Sephardic customs.
While we originate from distinct Jewish cultures and communities, we bonded over our love of Jewish history and our shared passion for building a vibrant and inclusive Jewish future. I was thrilled to catch up with Bella recently over email to learn more about her life growing up Jewish in Morocco and then France and her commitment to championing Jewish languages and Sephardic culture.
This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity.
Let's start at the beginning: What was it like to grow up Jewish in Tangiers?
When I was born in 1938 and while growing up, Tangiers was an international city where you could meet people speaking different languages on the streets, unique among most countries in the world at that time. The most frequent were French or Spanish, and some Moroccan Arabic outside the European part of the city. Where were the Jews in that city? They were mixed with any and all parts of Tangiers' society and at the same time, they always could keep their place as a specific Moroccan community.
For us children — I must say that I went to a French school and not a Jewish school — there was no difference between us and our schoolmates, who could be French, Spanish, Moroccan, or any other citizenship. I cannot remember any word or attitude that could qualify either pro- or anti-Jewish, although we all were aware of our specific identity.
To give an example, on Yom Kippur, anybody arriving in Tangiers would think he was in a Jewish country. Most of the shops, stores, and banks were closed; café terraces were empty. Some men wearing tallits walked in the mostly deserted streets. On Purim, you could see the servants carrying sweets and pastries from house to house as gifts.
Being Jewish was "normal." Everybody was familiar with and respected other people's religious festivities, like Spanish Catholic processions or Muslim feasts, etc. At home, my family kept the Jewish social and religious traditions.
I remember arriving in France completely overwhelmed, and that was only for a study abroad where I had ample resources and support. How would you describe your experience of immigrating to France?
I came to France not as an immigrant, but as a student, since at that time, in 1957, there was no university for literary studies in Morocco. Therefore, I came to France to continue my studies after graduating from a French high school in Morocco, and moreover I had a scholarship given by the new Moroccan government. My name is COHEN! This gives an idea of how there was no discrimination.
I was happy to come to France. I felt very lonely in Lyon when I arrived. My only consolation was that I spoke the language, but everything was different! Our life in Tangiers was closer to the Spanish way of life.
It took me a long time to be able to look for any Jewish connection and I did not find Sephardic contacts. An Ashkenazi synagogue was quite an unknown world to me!
As a young Jewish woman in Paris last year, I was able to visit the amazing Museum of Jewish Art and History and participate in Jewish communities of young people. What was being a young Jewish woman in mid-20th century France like for you?
As I told you, I had very little connection with the Jewish community in Lyon at that time. But living in France, I experienced antisemitism for the first time. I discovered that it was difficult to find a student room to rent from a family when your name was Cohen and you came from a foreign country, Morocco. I remember a nice conversation with a landlady who almost agreed to rent a room to me. As soon as I told my name, she suddenly remembered another girl or a boy whom she expected to give an answer.
This was 1957 and in spite of the years having passed, there were scars and memories from the war in the air.
It was so wonderful to meet your children and grandchildren and hear their childhood memories of you and your late Irish Catholic, American husband. What are some of your favorite memories of being a mother in a multicultural family?
Since I grew up in a multilingual family, raising one was easy for me. And multicultural, yes, we always were a Jewish family keeping Jewish holidays, of course, [while] also having a Christmas tree. I was careful to give the children names that could fit in all three languages — French, Spanish, and English, no translation!
As a passionate student of Yiddish, I was inspired by your commitment to Judeo-Spanish and its dialects, including Haketía and Ladino, as well as Sephardic culture in general. Can you talk about the work you've done with Judeo-Spanish and Sephardic culture, and what it means to you?
I discovered Ladino in Paris, attending the workshops of Haïm Vidal Sephiha. He was the founder and first professor to teach Judeo-Spanish in France and contributed to the rebirth of the language. Ladino is quite different from my dialect of Judeo-Spanish, Haketía, from Northern Morocco (Tangiers, Tetuan, Larache…). Judeo-Spanish languages are based on Spanish that was maintained by Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492. These populations around the world carefully treasured their Spanish language and accepted the addition of words and expressions from their adopted countries and languages (Turkish, Arabic) and Hebrew.
I attended lectures and was an active member of Moroccan associations like France-Mabatt to preserve the language and the traditions of Tangiers; I contributed to some articles about Haketía as well.
I can say that my first language is a mixture of Spanish and Haketía. When I'm with a person from Morocco, I cannot help but address that person in Haketía — it's like a reflex. I must say that what we spoke at home was more "real Spanish" than Haketía. Speaking Spanish meant that you were educated. We only spoke Haketía to tell jokes, Joha stories, and with the servants or the cook, who would come to the house occasionally to help my mother.
Bella, you have incredible wisdom and a unique perspective due to your wealth of life experiences. I'm wondering, do you have any advice for young Jewish people like myself?
I would say that the best value in life is to be natural, to be true to yourself. To be confident and never ashamed of what you are.
Sarah Biskowitz
Originally from Milwaukee, WI, Sarah Biskowitz (she/her) graduated from Smith College with a double major in French and Jewish studies in May 2021, and will be working at the Yiddish Book Center beginning in September 2021. She aspires to draw from the Jewish tradition to build a more inclusive and vibrant Jewish community and a more equitable world.
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Ryan Gosling's Neil Armstrong biopic First Man has launched with glowing reviews at the Venice International Film Festival.
Previously announced as the Oscar-positioning event's opening night selection, the film sees Gosling reuniting with his La La Land helmer Damien Chazelle for a dramatic retelling of the pioneering astronaut's life, and the first reactions from movie critics have provided a crucial, sturdy foundation for the film's impending awards season run.
Also starring Claire Foy, Corey Stoll, Cory Michael Smith, and Jason Clarke, the film follows Armstrong's career through to his groundbreaking July 20, 1969 mission which led him to become the first man to walk on the moon. The project has long been considered a potential awards contender, given the pedigree of those working on the film. Gosling of course has two Oscar nods to his name, while Chazelle and screenwriter Josh Singer both have Academy Award statuettes under their belt.
Chazelle previously told EW he shot the earth-based scenes for the film before moving on to the complex, orchestrated flight sequences featuring Gosling inside full-scale replicas of Armstrong's space capsules. To further immerse his cast, Chazelle even mounted LED screens outside the structures that played footage of what the trio of astronauts would have seen along their journey.
Pending the reception of Peter Farrelly's Green Book, First Man is shaping up to be Universal's only major awards bid this year. It is next scheduled to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, with a potential Telluride screening on the table for Labor Day weekend (that festival does not make its official lineup announcement until the day before it kicks off).
First Man opens Oct. 12 in theaters. Read on for more reviews from Venice, which runs now through Sept. 8, and is set to include screenings of other high profile productions like Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born, Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria, the Coens' The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite, and Roma, Alfonso Cuarón's semi-autobiographical return to directing since 2013's Gravity.


Victor, how do they get into that much debt?
"Victor, how do these families get into that much debt?" is the question I often get asked most when working with families who are financially unstable.
It's simple question but the answer is far from simple. Each family I work with has their own set of issues (yes that's plural on purpose).
They have a sense of entitlement, "I deserve it"
I could go on but you get the point. In upcoming posts I'm going to go further into the "Psychology of Debt" or better yet, "Mindset of Broke".


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These Are Toronto's Coolest (and Most Stylish) Friends
Sweet bestie love plus sartorial genius ahead
by Jillian Vieira
Alex Lewkowicz & Elizabeth Polanco
Graphic designer and editor, friends since a university party
Elizabeth (right): "I always feel myself when Alex is around. We're just really in tune and we laugh a lot."
Alex: "We're honest with each other and don't waste time performing. I love that sometimes we're at karaoke belting out 'American Boy' and other times we're staying in, watching Maid in Manhattan, guessing each character's astrological sign."
Dani Dueck & Quinn Ellis
Singer/band manager and writer/photographer, friends since middle school
Dani (left): "I think our relationship works because we always push each other to strive in our respective creative passions. We also have telepathic abilities and can communicate without using words."
Quinn: "We know each other so well. When we play team games with our friends Dani and I kill it because we have an unspoken understanding of how the other thinks. It's been so long, she's more a sister than anything."
Stefanie Ayoub & Jade Cooling
Founder and studio manager at Boneset Studio, friends for one year after an Instagram DM
Jade (right): "Stefanie and I spend our time together almost completely one on one. The time we get to spend dissecting design ideas and then bouncing them back and forth until we come to a conclusion is, I think, a really unique part of Boneset."
Stefanie: "We design everything together, brainstorm ideas, and gush about clothes all day long. I love working with her because she pushes me in directions I never would have thought of otherwise."
Halina Leona Katz & Camila Frater
Students, friends since ninth grade French class
Camila (right): "Halina's a good friend because of her resilience, strength, patience and understanding. All these attributes are applied to our friendship, too."
Halina: "I love who I am when I'm with her. She's a good friend because I'm always heard and loved by her. All is unconditional, so fear and anxiety seem unnecessary."
Angaer Arop & Kam Peters
Actor/writer and multi-disciplinary community artist, friends since 12th grade creative writing class
Angaer (left): "Kam has a really great eye when it comes to seeing a vision in any project. It's inspiring to see how they can fuel their own creations and also have the capacity to aid other people's creations."
Kam: "We share a similar spirituality, a passion for beautiful things and experiences and a dedication to self-actualization. We're each other's peer mentors in life."
Monica Thi & Kat Khan
Film production student and theatre student, friends since frosh week
Monica (left): "We both have a deep respect for the work that the other puts into their craft. That kind of appreciation is hard to come by. Whether it's 20-minute phone calls we have in times of need or long hugs in the hallway between classes, each second we spend together is valued."
Kat: "We don't talk every day, and we don't feel an obligation to, either. It isn't a dynamic where we need to be in contact 24/7. But when we do spend time together, we are sure to comfort, support, listen and love each other."
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Introducing the 2016 Ash Wednesday Facebook Cover design and the matching Lenten design.
I am very excited about the matching Holy week designs which I will be unveiling soon. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy these two new covers and come back soon!
And if you would like a few more Ash Wednesday covers to choose from - here are some designs from previous years.
We know that Lent is a time for praying, fasting and giving. However, those three words have a multitude of meanings for each of us. What I have come to realize as I peruse the plethora of ideas on what to do for Lent that can be found online and in print, is that what makes for a meaningful Lent for me, may not have as much, or any, meaning for you. We are each uniquely and wonderfully made by our God. And we are each called in unique and wonderful ways to serve Him.
Be authentic. Don't compare yourself to what others are doing in their Lenten journey. If giving up one simple thing (sodas, chocolate, meat, etc.) is what works in your life and allows you to more deeply enter into this season, then do not judge yourself harshly because your friends are giving up something which seems to be more profound. Be true to yourself and your journey.
Be deliberate. Whatever you decide to do then be deliberate in doing that. If it's reading your bible, then make sure that your Bible shows up in places you will find it. (In the car during carpool lines, next to your bed). Use reminders if needed. If praying more is part of what you have added to your Lent, then help yourself remember to do this at certain times and set a reminder on your phone. When it goes off, stop and pray.
Be forgiving. I am looking at this from multiple facets. Not just forgiving of the wrongs and injustices that come our way, I am talking about some much needed mercy toward ourselves this Lent. If things don't go exactly the way you planned with your Lenten sacrifice or pledges, just remember, we are each only human. If that is the only thing you do this Lent that will be excelLENT!
Be honest. Be honest with yourself and others. How profound could your Lent be if you were honest with yourself about what it is that God needs from you this Lent? Is He really asking you to give up chocolate or is he asking for something much more? Only you and He know the answer to that.
Be present. There are lots of ways to do this with our families and friends. Set aside the phone or computer for a bit (but don't eliminate it - see what I mean by that here : It's Time for a New SOCIAL MEdia Pledge.) and spark up a family conversation or engage in a family activity. Mostly, just be present when God places you in positions which allow you to share your faith with another. Be present and witness the power of God at work in our lives every day. Approach each day knowing that your presence will be a testimony in the gospel according to you!
Be joyful. Yes, be joyful this Lent. No gloomy faces allowed. It is your inner joy which will be the springboard that will propel you to excelLENT!
And, of course, I wouldn't be true to myself if I didn't provide you with some new facebook covers for the season. Using the #excelLENT as my inspiration, you will find several new general Lenten covers . There will be new ones in the #excelLENT series for each week of Lent posted - so stay tuned!
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Moog Music Forum • View topic - Did I get a little FLATTY instead of a little phatty ..Help!
Did I get a little FLATTY instead of a little phatty ..Help!
Just purchased an LP and immediately plugged headphones and started playing. Well I was expecting this powerful rich warm sound to come out of it , I guess I was expecting something like ....WHOMMMGG!!! but instead I got ...... troot. Is this normal out of the headphone jack?
I guess my question is doesn't the LP have any type of internal amplification? Do I necessary have to plug it in to an amp for that rich warm bass sound? Most of my usage with it will be to connect it to my computer for recording BASS ( I use Logic as a DAW ) I will eventually be doing some live stuff.
Pleas let me know what your experiences and recommendations are to get that rich warm bass out of my little FLATTY at this time. Thanks a million !


BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - January 7, 2011) - Polaris Venture Partners today announced that Matt Meeker (@mmeeker), co-founder of Meetup.com, is its newest entrepreneur in residence (EIR) in the New York City Dogpatch Labs. As EIR, Matt will work with early stage entrepreneurs and founders as they conceive of and launch startups and build upon the synergies between the three Dogpatch locations and the alumni network. Dogpatch Labs has now hosted more than 200 entrepreneurs across its NYC, Cambridge, Mass. and San Francisco locations, offering space, connectivity and "open-sourced" collaboration through industry events and open houses that encourage a constant atmosphere of breakthrough innovation.
"Matt has been in the entrepreneur's seat and his success makes him an ideal standard-bearer for our NYC Dogpatch Labs," said Peter Flint (@pflint), General Partner of Polaris Venture Partners. "We have established a strong presence in the greater New York City ecosystem and we're continuing to support this continued growth. Matt is part of that strategy, and we're pleased to have someone of his caliber on board."
"I'm excited to work closely with a new generation of business leaders at Dogpatch Labs," said Matt Meeker. "My own experience confirms how important it is to nurture innovation and expose it to as much like-minded entrepreneurial spirit as possible. It's an unmistakable thrill to build something, and now I get to experience that many times over alongside the best emerging talent in the New York ecosystem."
Dogpatch Labs New York, founded in 2009, is located at 36 East 12th Street in New York City.
Polaris Venture Partners is a partnership of experienced investors, operating executives and entrepreneurs. The firm's mission is to identify, invest in and partner with seed, early stage, and middle-market businesses with exceptional promise and help them grow into market-leading companies. Polaris invests in businesses across a number of markets including technology, digital media, consumer, enertech and life sciences. Polaris-backed successes in life sciences include: Adimab, Adnexus (sold to BMS), Advanced Inhalation Research (sold to Alkermes), Alimera (ALIM), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY), Asthmatx (sold to Boston Scientific) Glycofi (sold to Merck), Momenta Pharmaceuticals (MNTA) and Ironwood (IRWD). Polaris-backed successes in technology and consumer include: Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Allaire, Art.com, Athlete's Performance, Automattic (WordPress), e-Rewards, LogMeIn (LOGM), LegalZoom, LivingProof, MarkMonitor, Powersoft, Solidworks, TechTarget (TTGT) and Quantcast. For more on the firm, its mission and its portfolio companies: www.polarisventures.com.


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Velká vlastenecká válka (v ruském originále Великая война) je ruský dokumentární cyklus z roku 2010. Vypráví o nejdůležitějších událostech a důstojnících na východní frontě během druhé světové války. Dokument byl tak oblíbený, že v roce 2011 vznikla druhá série s názvem Sovětská bouře, která se vracela k méně důležitým událostem na východní frontě.

Seznam dílů

První řada (2010)
 Operace Barbarossa
 Bitva o Moskvu
 Blokáda Leningradu
 Stalingrad
 Kurský oblouk
 Operace Bagration
 Od Dněpru k Odře - Bitva o Dněpr, Korsuň-ševčenkovská operace, Lvovsko-sandoměřská operace, Jasko-kišiněvská operace, Viselsko-oderská operace
 Berlínská operace

Druhá řada (2011)
 Bitva o Kyjev
 Obrana Sevastopolu
 Bitva o Kavkaz
 Rževský mlýnek na maso
 Válka na moři - Severní ledový oceán, Baltské a Černé moře
 Vzdušná válka - letecká válka na východní frontě
 Partyzánská válka - děj se odehrává v Bělorusku
 Tajná válka - v tomto díle se vypráví o tajných komunistických zpravodajcích a informátorech z celého světa během druhé světové války
 Bitva o Německo - Viselsko-oderská operace a Bitva o Berlín
 Válka proti Japonsku - vypráví o sovětské invazi do Mandžuska a na Kurilské ostrovy

Externí odkazy

   webové stránky série

Dokumentární seriály o druhé světové válce
Ruské televizní seriály
Televizní seriály vysílané od roku 2010
Televizní seriály vysílané do roku 2012


The very first mini-event of 2019 has hit our games! As long as you've downloaded the app store update from yesterday, you'll see this pop up automatically in your game.
For this update we're going to take a look at the mystery of the Brown House, and Alice Glick.
Things kick off with a 6s task each for Bart and Milhouse, followed by a 4hr task for Milhouse and the kids of Springfield to collect Hard Candies.


These presentations are planned and presented by our corporate colleagues. Your attendance is encouraged.
The Flex® Robotic System is the world's first commercially available flexible robotic surgery platform. Designed specifically for otolaryngology, the System allows surgeons to navigate around with anatomy with a flexible, shapeable robotic scope equipped with high-definition vision. Once positioned, the scope becomes rigid and allows the surgeon to operate with flexible instruments in hard-to-reach, confined spaces. Surgeons from around the world will discuss their experiences using the Flex® Robotic System for transoral procedures in the oropharynx, hypopharynx, and larynx.
Gregory Randolph, MD, FACS, FACE Clair & John Bertucci Chair in Thyroid Surgical Oncology, Harvard Medical School; Richard J. Wong, MD, FACS Chief Surgeon Head & Neck, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; and Catherine F. Sinclair, M.D., FRACS, Attending Surgeon Head & Neck Oncology, Mount Sinai West, New York, host a practical case management discussion. A preview of the latest yet unpublished International Neural Monitoring Study Group's latest guidelines is highlighted, along with C-IONM of the vagus nerve to detect signs of stress on the RLN, SLN nerve monitoring, and patient outcomes. Audience members encouraged to bring their tough case questions for discussion.
This presentation will discuss how disruption of the regulatory pathways exploited by malignancies to evade an immune response is a promising investigational approach in many tumor types, including SCCHN. Increased understanding of the interactions across pathways has opened new avenues for expanding the potential of immune-mediated approaches. This presentation aims to educate on relevant immune pathways, the basis for combination approaches, and the rationale for an immune-mediated approach in SCCHN.


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Cervino
Cervino was the brand of Tommaso Nieddu, based in Torino and founded in approximately 1946. The word 'Cervino' is the Italian name for the Matterhorn.
The back story goes something like this:
Tommaso Nieddu originally set up Vittoria with his brother, Amedeo, sometime in the 1920s. I believe that they were based in Torino, Italy, although some of the patents mention Rivara, a few miles to the north of Torino. Frank Berto says that, before starting his derailleur business, Tommaso was a postal clerk in Torino.
They developed their first derailleur system, which I think was simply called 'Vittoria' in 1927. I believe that this sytem used a chain tension arm mounted below the bottom bracket (like a Super Champion) but with a derailling fork on the top of the chainstay that changed gear when you pedalled backwards. I believe that this design was used until about 1932.
In 1932 they introduced their signature design, the first Vittoria Margherita. This was, supposedly, named for Queen Margherita of Italy, noted for her extreme right wing, nationalist, views and her early tacit support for Benito Mussolini. The four leaders of the infamous March on Rome visited the aging Queen Margherita to pay their respects immediately before they set out.
This first design of Vittoria Margherita was extremely simple, strong and as effective as many of the competing 'racing' designs of the time (i.e. not very effective). It was widely used by Italian cyclists - who just happened to be particularly successful at the time - so it quickly acquired a winning reputation. While it has a very obvious chain tensioner/detensioner, it doesn't seem to have much of a 'derailing' mechanism, it seems to have involved the rider pushing the chain onto the desired sprocket using a finger or foot. This did not faze Alfredo Binda - who won the 1932 World Championship Road Race using one.
In 1935 they kept the name Vittoria Margherita but improved the design, incorporating a cunning set of metal flippers on top of the chinstay to shift the chain - saving you from amputating your finger tips with the chain or back wheel. This basic design was used to win every Giro d'Italia from 1936 to 1940 inclusive. It was also used by Gino Bartali in his 1938 win in the Tour de France - only the second Tour in which derailleurs had been allowed.
In 1939, to celebrate Gino Bartali's victory the brothers introduced a Vittoria Margherita 'Giro de Francia' (good name!) with lush chrome, prominent branding and the ability to shift over 5 sprockets.
Sometime in the late 1930s Vittoria introduced a second, cheaper, model, a single pulley derailleur designed to compete with the Simplex Champion du Monde. It was, possibly, aimed at the younger and up-and-coming rider. I believe that they christened this derailleur the Vittoria Balilla. True to form, Balilla is the nickname of Giovan Battista Perasso, an 18th century figure who was adopted by the Fascists as a youth hero. The Italian version of the Hitler Youth was called the ONB, the Opera Nazionale Balilla.
As the 1930s drew to a close, Tommaso and Amedeo headed off to the Second World War, fired up to serve the glory of Imperial Italy, with Vittoria on top of the world. They had created one of a tiny handful of truly successful derailleur manufacturers.
On their return the brothers inevitably quarrelled. Around 1946, Tommaso, who was the technical brain, left to form Cervino.
Tommaso's first design for his new company was a rather clean design for a high quality fork type derailleur. This had the derailling fork mounted under the chainstay and the sprung tensioner mounted underneath the bottom bracket. This derailleur was manufactured in quantity and marketed as simply the 'Cervino'. This derailleur enjoyed enough commercially success to attract Gino Bartali to invest in the company and take a seat on the board.
The second design was a quite sophisticated design of twin pulley unit that mounted under the chainstay. I don't think that Cervino manufactured this model, instead they sold their patent to Karl Altenburger in 1950. The Cervino design became the basis of the Altenburger range.
I am not aware of any other Cervino designs. Gradually the fork derailleur fell out of fashion and so Cervino faded away. I believe that, by the end of the 1950s both Vittoria and Cervino were out of the derailleur business.
Vittoria Margherita (1st style) 1932?
Vittoria Margherita (2nd style) 1935?
Vittoria Margherita (3rd style) 1935?
Vittoria Giuseppina 1948?
Cervino 1946?
Altenburger S-O 1951?
see also French Patent # 727,193 - Vittoria 1930
Publisher: L'Institut national de la propriété industrielle
Date: Priority date November 1930
Derailleur brands: Vittoria
Derailleurs: Vittoria Margherita (1st style)
Date: Priority date August 1934
Derailleurs: Vittoria Margherita (2nd style)
see also Swiss Patent # 247,588 - Vittoria 1942
Publisher: Eidgenössisches Institut für Geistiges Eigentum/Institut Fédéral de la Propriété Intellectuelle
Date: Priority date July 1942
see also French Patent # 936,225 - Cervino 1946
Derailleur brands: Cervino
Derailleurs: Cervino
see also Cambio Vittoria Margherita - leaflet 1949?
Publisher: Vittoria
Date: 1949?
Derailleurs: Vittoria Margherita (3rd style)
see also French Patent # 1,021,893 - Cervino 1949
Date: Priority date December 1949
Derailleur brands: Cervino, patent sold to Altenburger
see also Vittoria Giuseppina - leaflet 1949?
Derailleurs: Vittoria Giuseppina
see also German Patent # 858,934 - Altenburger 1951
Publisher: Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt
Date: Priority date June 1951
Derailleur brands: Altenburger, development of a Cervino design
Derailleurs: Altenburger S-O
see also Vittoria - freewheel box 1952?
Derailleurs: Vittoria Margherita (3rd style), Vittoria Giuseppina


The test alert—which has already spawned numerous jokes about President Trump's Twitter habits—is actually a rare public display of the classified side of FEMA's daily work. The agency best known as the public face of the federal government's response to major natural disasters originally started as—and continues to be—its secret doomsday planner, overseeing the so-called "continuity of government" efforts that would ensure the evacuation of key officials to mountain bunkers and airborne command posts after a catastrophe.
In fact, Wednesday's test of the Wireless Emergency Alert System—the fourth nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System, and the first to use texting—is only the latest in the country's odd history of national doomsday alerts, plans that over the years have included everything from special radio stations to pink balloons to TV entertainer Arthur Godfrey to, at least for the cable network CNN, the song the band played as the Titanic sank.
Figuring out the fastest way to alert citizens of an impending enemy attack or other national crisis has befuddled planners since the dawn of the Cold War. The first attempt by civil defense authorities was a joint effort between radio and television broadcasters and government planners in the early 1950s, known at the time as Conelrad (CONtrol of ELectromagnetic RADiation).
Upon activation of the warning system, radio stations across the country would have shut down their normal broadcasts while more than 1,000 AM stations would switch over to broadcasting on the same two channels, 640 kHz or 1240 kHz. In an era long before GPS or satellite navigation, the goal was to provide the public with information while simultaneously confounding any Soviet bomber that was trying to home in on a specific city by following local radio signals. Instead, the select AM radio stations would blanket the airwaves with emergency announcements and attack warnings on two specially designated civil defense channels nationwide, which were marked with special logos on every radio dial manufactured between 1953 and 1963, when the program ended.
In the event of an imminent attack, TV personality Arthur Godfrey—one of the era's most trusted voices, and a close friend of Dwight Eisenhower, the president at the time—had been asked to record a special public service announcement. His PSA, copies of which have never been found, was meant to calm panic and report optimistically that most Americans would survive the forthcoming nuclear war.
Later, in the 1970s, the Watergate scandal actually derailed an update to the Conelrad system, as public distrust of government surveillance forced the FEMA predecessor to abandon a new technology it had proudly developed. In the years after World War II, the government had moved away from relying on air-raid warning sirens, and instead briefly set its sights on a system known as the National Emergency Alarm Repeater, or NEAR. The small buzzers, available for $5 or $10, could plug into any household electrical outlet and were triggered by a unique high-frequency electrical current transmitted across the national power grid by 500 specially designed warning signal generators.
The small town of Charlotte, Michigan—close to the civil defense agency's headquarters at the time, in Battle Creek—became the test bed for the NEAR device, US Patent 3,284,791. The government handed out 1,500 devices to civilians and, for its low-tech test, gave each NEAR-equipped home a pink weather balloon to release into the air if the buzzer went off successfully. Spotters set up camp atop the city's courthouse roof and counted the mass of balloons as they rose into the sky to determine the test's effectiveness.
Although it was originally intended to alert 90 percent of the country's population within 30 seconds, the multimillion-dollar NEAR program was abandoned quickly when it became clear how useless a blanket, indistinct national alert would be. It provided no way for the government to give specific details or updates on the imminence or scale of an attack, and there was no way to reach citizens afterwards with further information about the government's response.
Wednesday's test of the Wireless Emergency Alert System is only the latest in the country's odd history of national doomsday alerts.
Instead, officials through the Johnson and Nixon administrations began to develop what they called the Decision Information Distribution System, a national radio network designed to notify citizens of a Soviet strike. The DIDS device could be installed in television sets for $10—or retrofitted onto existing TVs for about $30—and would, following a special government signal, turn on the television at any hour and tune it to a special low-frequency channel. Within 30 seconds of Washington issuing a warning, every TV in the country could be alerted, saving precious minutes in the race for shelter.
At the same time the Watergate burglary was unfolding in 1972, the government invested $2 million to build the first dedicated DIDS transmitter outside Washington, for a station dubbed WGU-20, Public Emergency Radio. The government branded the program—which it estimated would save the lives of 27 million Americans by providing immediate warning of a Soviet attack—with PERki, a peppy, friendly puppy mascot emblazoned all over its literature. It began to move ahead with plans for 10 more DIDS stations spread across the country, all of them controlled by centrally located radio transmitters in Ault, Colorado, and Cambridge, Kansas.
By the 1980s the government had settled into the Emergency Broadcast System, with regular public tests turning its incessant buzz and staccato warning voice into a familiar aspect of the American TV and radio experience. Behind the scenes, FEMA and the Pentagon tested the system twice a day, ready for a Soviet attack that never came.
If it had, FEMA would have activated a special dedicated AT&T party line and announced nuclear war using the day's specific emergency authentication codeword. The codewords for an attack were distributed in a red envelope four times a year to all the users of the emergency broadcast system. The codewords were generated automatically and preprinted for each month by an unsophisticated computer, which meant that the nation's Emergency Alert System long contained codewords for days like February 30 and September 31.
CNN secretly prepared a video featuring the final song played by the band aboard the Titanic, set to air during the final moments before nuclear Armageddon.
Once activated, the alert would spread through warning centers like FEMA's headquarters, secret bunkers like Mount Weather, and more than 2,000 state and local "warning points," such as emergency 911 dispatch centers. Each center would hear an announcement: "Attention all stations. This is the National Warning Center. Emergency. This is an Attack Warning. Repeat. This is an Attack Warning." FEMA would interrupt radio and television broadcasts as the FAA sent alerts to all airborne pilots, NOAA interrupted its weather radio network, and the Coast Guard broadcast nuclear war warnings to mariners at sea.
Some cities had their own unique warning systems, too: Button #13 in the DC mayor's emergency command center activated the Emerzak network, seizing control of the city's entire Muzak network and replacing the piped-in background music of the city's elevators, lobbies, medical offices, and department stores with instructions about impending doom.
Wednesday's alert by FEMA tests what is now known as IPAWS, an acronym that has nothing to do with the perky dog mascot of days yore. The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System represents both the familiar Emergency Alert System, for TV and radio, and the recent addition of the Wireless Emergency Alerts System, added during George W. Bush's administration as a recognition that cell phones now represent the quickest way to reach the majority of Americans.
In the event of an IPAWS warning of a real nuclear strike, Americans would likely have about eight to 12 minutes to seek shelter before the missiles arrived.
Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) is a contributing editor for WIRED and the author of RAVEN ROCK: The Story of the US Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself—While the Rest of Us Die. He can be reached at garrett.graff@gmail.com.
UPDATE 10/3/18 3:30 PM: This story has been updated to reflect that most, but not all, cell phone owners in the US were scheduled to receive the alert. Some smaller carriers do not participate in the Wireless Emergency Alert system.


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Q: Make a Secure PhoneGap/Cordova App (Android) I am developing a new app for android. I tested PhoneGap the last days and I think it is a very good platform to develop an app.
I started developing and now I have some security concerns.
Online
All the JavaScript gets hosted on my server and the app needs them to start.
Offline
I have my JavaScript in the app and it just validates some files before startup.
I want that my app is working online and offline.

Problem
If the files are offline every user (with root) can edit the code. The user can remove for example the In-App Purchase and the file validation for the offline mode.
I searched through the internet and I need so say that I didn't found a good answer how to secure my app.
I hope here is somebody who can give me tips or ideas to make my app working online and offline with beeing secure. Thanks!

A: Probably there is no bulletproof solution to make hybrid apps secure, however you could obfuscate your code using tools like https://github.com/mishoo/UglifyJS. Although not safe from reverse engineering, uglification willl make more difficulty to modify the code.

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We have two very talented artists as our wonderful sponsor for the June Challenge. We will have 2 Lucky Winners this Month!
Andrew Thornton of Allegory Gallery creates handmade jewelry, jewelry components and unique art at his studio in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.
"We are a creative space that's one part bead store, one part jewelry boutique, one part fine art gallery, and one part gift shop. The aim of Allegory Gallery is to promote artisan craftspeople, inspire the community to explore their creativity, and act as a focal point for classes and artistic education in the area."
Andrew is donating in everything pictured above valued over $50 which is made up of a strand of amethyst, vintage plastic, Czech glass, vintage seed beads, polymer clay by me, freshwater pearls, yellow jade, and dyed shell, for the Jewelry Pinterest board winner.
Visit Andrew on Facebook, Etsy, Twitter, Instagram, Andrew's Blog and Allegory Blog.
Tracee Dock of The Classic Bead creates wonderful earthenware clay pendants, beads, jewelry components and she also designs jewelry in her Kansas City, Missouri studio.
"For years I sewed, made reproduction porcelain dolls, and at the request of my friend Sara who owned a bead store I began creating pendants and so The Classic Bead was born. In 2008 I opened my Etsy store and my business grew. I have expanded to supply bead shops, shipping trunk shows, and opened a second Etsy shop for buttons and other supplies. So in a way....a hobby turned into a small cottage business where I can work from home where I am content and make special little lovelies to share with my customers."
Tracee is donating everything pictured above + 1 yard of assorted suede & Deerskin lacing, valued over $50 for the Monthly Recap winner.
Visit Tracee at her Website, Classic Bead Etsy, Classic Element Etsy and Facebook.
This Month's art has many different elements that can be used for inspiration: female profile images, human form, images inside of images, red, blue, green and orange.
**IMPORTANT** Please remember to put JUN ABS in the title or tag of your submission(s). Pinterest doesn't keep Pins in the order they are posted.


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Crafted from Solid American Oak and carefully-selected Oak veneers.
Comes with beautifully-finished dovetail joints.


The Military Working Dog Team Support Association, Inc. is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) organization that was established to support American military working dogs and their handlers. MWDTSA supports dog teams currently deployed in harm's way, promotes veteran dog handler causes and events, advocates for retired military working dogs (MWD), educates the public and raises funds for War Dog Memorials, among other MWD related objectives. To learn more visit them at mwdtsa.org.
Our 20oz vacuum-insulated water bottles keep liquids hot or cold all day. The tumbler is designed to be conveniently held in one hand so you can easily sip all day!
Inlove with my tumbler and my wife loves her bottle. Being a k9 handler of course I'm using everywhere and anywhere, the rough mornings where coffee is needed and the hot days where iced water makes everything so much better.
I absolutely love the tumblers! They keep my coffee hot almost all day. I recently bought one for someone as a gift and they love it as well. The customer service is amazing. My lid broke and i emailed asking what I needed to do. They had a new lid sent to me in 3 or 4 days. No charge and no issues whatsoever. I will purchase again!
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How and when this document arrived in the archives is unknown. John Johnson (1776-1831) matriculated at Queen's College in 1793 and obtained his BA in 1797. From 1800-1827, he was a Fellow at Magdalen College. He received his MA in 1800 his BD in 1807 and his DD in 1821. He was instituted to the rectory of North Chapel, Sussex in 1815 and resolved that it was tenable with his fellowship. [If a living was deemed valuable or profitable a fellow was often encouraged to resign his fellowship.] After inheriting a considerable amount of property from his mother in 1827 Johnson resigned his fellowship but retained the use of his rooms at the College. He died in 1831 leaving money to Magdalen for three exhibitions in Theology or Classics to three Demies (preferably the sons of clergymen). The recipients were to come from Sussex, Surrey and Winchester College.
Some letters from and about Johnson to President Martin Routh may be found at MC:PR30/1/C2/2 fols. 26–35.
Copy of will [dated 16 June 1830] and codicil [dated 18 Nov. 1830]. Proved at Probative Court of Canterbury 22 Oct. 1831. Enclosed with the will is a printed sheet [dated 21 Feb. 1833] giving details of the bequest of the sum of £2000 to the University of Oxford for the foundation of two scholarships, to be known as the Dr. Johnson's Scholarships, for the greatest achievements in Theology and Mathematics. Dividends from the investment of the capital to be applied to the purchase of books in Theology and the Classics, and the President of Magdalen College to have the rights of selection of books and of examiners for the scholarships, in conjunction with other named University dignitaries.