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Tag: Libya
Libya: Turkish troop presence threat to ceasefire
Libya's eastern warlord Gen. Khalifa Haftar, who launched an offensive last year to capture the capital Tripoli from the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA), threatened to launch attacks on Turkish forces if Ankara doesn't withdraw troops and mercenaries sent in to back up the GNA. Haftar's comments came in response to the Turkish Parliament's move to extend for 18 months a law that allows the deployment of Turkish troops in Libya. Turkey's defense minister responded that any attack by Haftar on its personnel would be met with force. "A war criminal, murderer Haftar and his supporters must know that they will be seen as a legitimate target in case of any attack on Turkish forces," Hulusi Akar said in an address to Turkish units in Tripoli. The ultimatum is a threat to the ceasefire that has largely held since it was signed in October. (Map: CIA)
Libya: will ceasefire really be 'permanent'?
Libya's warring factions signed a "permanent ceasefire" agreement, raising hopes of progress toward ending the conflict and chaos that has gripped the country since Muammar Qaddafi was overthrown and killed during a 2011 NATO-backed uprising. The internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) and eastern forces led by Gen. Khalifa Haftar have been fighting for control of Libya since April 2019—each backed by a bevy of militias in a war that has seen international powers join the fray and an arms embargoroutinely violated. While violence has subsided in the capital city of Tripoli in recent months, countrywide peace efforts have until now gone nowhere. Acting UN head of mission Stephanie Williams hailed the agreement, hammered out during talks in Geneva, as "an important turning point," but some have expressed doubts that it can be implemented on the ground. Under its terms, all foreign fighters must leave within three months, and a new joint police force will aim to secure the peace. The ceasefire is to start immediately. (Map: CIA)
Yazidis call Middle East indigenous alliance
In a meeting hosted by the Yazidi autonomous territory of Ezidikhan in northern Iraq, representatives of tribal peoples and ethnic minorities from across the Middle East and North Africa agreed on a framework for a region-wide alliance of stateless nations struggling for self-determination and autonomy. The meeting at the Ezidikhan seat of Shingal was attended by representatives of the Mandaeans and Zoroastrians as well as Yazidis. Messages of support were also sent by the Shabaks of Iraq, Ahwazi Arabs of Iran, Berbers of Libya, and Palestinian Bedouins residing in the state of Israel. Delegates announced formation of a Confederation of Indigenous Nations of the Middle East open to all stateless peoples of the region. The Confederation pledges to seek greater recognition for stateless peoples of the Middle East at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and to seek redress for persecution, exclusion and genocide. (Photo of Yazidi delegates: Ezidikhan.net)
Libya: Tripoli protests met with repression
At least six protesters were abducted and several others wounded when armed men fired into the crowd to disperse a demonstration in the Libyan capital. The gunmen, who used truck-mounted heavy machine-guns as well as small arms, apparently belonged to a militia under the informal command of the Interior Ministry. In the aftermath, Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord suspended Interior Minister Fathi Bashaga while an investigation is underway. Protests have continued to fill Tripoli's Martyrs Square, and have spread to other cities controlled by the GNA, including Misrata and al-Zawyia. Demonstrators are denouncing official corruption and calling for the provision of essential services such as electricity. They are also demanding an end to impunity for lawless militias and a transition to full democracy. (Photo: Libya Observer)
Russian mercenaries occupy Libyan oil terminals
Libya's eastern warlord Khalifa Haftar, his long siege of Tripoli broken by the city's defenders in June, continues to hold the country's principal oil terminals, and has established effective control over the Petroleum Facilities Guard. The UN this week brokered a ceasefire between Haftar and the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord, seeking to re-open exports from the terminals. Haftar agreed to the ceasefire after the US threatened sanctions against him. Russia, in turn, is apparently backing Haftar, sending arms and mercenaries to help his forces secure the terminals. Russia's paramilitary Wagner Group is especially said to be present at Es-Sider terminal, outside the port city of Ras Lanuf. (Photo via Libyan Express)
CAR: accused war criminal runs for president
Amid rising tensions and insecurity in the Central African Republic, deposed former president François Bozizé has announced his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections, scheduled for December. Bozizé is currently under UN sanctions and subject to an arrest warrant issued by the government for "crimes against humanity and incitement to genocide." He is accused of having backed a brutal rebel movement after his ouster in 2013, fueling a civil war that has left millions displaced. However, authorities show little sign of moving to execute the warrant, and Bozizé has been openly working for a political comeback since returning to the country last year. (Map via Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection)
Italy detains another migrant rescue ship
Italian authorities detained another NGO-operated search-and-rescue vessel—the fourth to have fallen foul of "technical irregularities" since the beginning of the pandemic. The move fits a pattern of authorities using administrative procedures to block the work of search-and-rescue NGOs in the central Mediterranean, according to human rights groups. At the end of June, the Ocean Viking, operated by NGO Onboard SOS Mediterranee, rescued 180 asylum-seekers and migrants who had departed from Libya. Authorities in Italy and Malta refused to assign the ship a safe harbor for eight days, leading to a severe deterioration in the mental health conditions of those on board, manifesting in suicide attempts and fights. After the rescued people finally disembarked in Sicily, the Ocean Viking observed a 14-day quarantine before it was inspected and impounded. (Photo: Onboard SOS Mediterranee)
Libya: Haftar's forces retreat from Tripoli
Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) regained full control of Tripoli with the recapture of the city's airport—the last pocket held by the eastern warlord Khalifa Haftar, whose forces had been besieging the capital since April 2019. Haftar's forces fled east toward Tarhouna and Bani Walid, their last remaining strongholds in the west, with the GNA forces in pursuit. The GNA advance, dubbed Operation Volcano of Rage, follows reports last month that mercenaries from Russia's Wagner Group, who had been fighting for Haftar, were being evacuated from Libya. This suggests that Russian support for Haftar may have been sacrificed in Moscow's new rapprochement with Turkey, the main foreign sponsor of the GNA. (Photo: Libya Observer)
COVID-19 port closures leave migrants stranded at sea
Migrants trying to reach Europe from North Africa have been left stranded on the Mediterranean Sea after Italy and Malta closed their ports due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Alarm Phone, which acts as a hotline for refugees and migrants in distress on the Mediterranean, says that it has lost contact with boats that requested assistance in Malta's search-and-rescue zone. Maltese authorities have failed to respond. The Aita Mari, a rescue ship run by a Spanish NGO, has been dispatched in an attempt to reach them, but it is only authorized to provide life vests, food and water. Meanwhile, the Alan Kurdi, a rescue ship run by a German charity, has been in Italian waters for a week, but has been prevented from docking. The ship has 150 people aboard. (Photo: callmonikm/Flickr via TNH)
UN calls for 'global ceasefire' in response to COVID-19
UN Secretary-General António Guterres is calling for warring parties across the world to lay down arms in support of the battle against COVID-19. "The fury of the virus illustrates the folly of war," he said. "That is why today, I am calling for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world. It is time to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus together on the true fight of our lives… Silence the guns, stop the artillery, end the air-strikes. It is crucial to help create corridors for life-saving aid, to bring hope to places among the most vulnerable to COVID-19." (Photo of Aleppo ruins from UNHCR)
Grim milestone for the Mediterranean
Refugees have become political pawns in a power play between the EU, Greece and Turkey. Turkey abrogated its deal with the European Union to contain refugees within its borders, as a means of pressuring the EU to support its military campaign in Syria. Dramatic scenes ensued at the land and sea borders between Greece and Turkey: Greek police tear-gassing and pushing back crowds of asylum-seekers at a northern border crossing; the Hellenic Coast Guard firing warning shots at a dinghy full of asylum-seekers in the Aegean Sea; angry protesters preventing another group in a dinghy from disembarking in the port on the island of Lesvos. Amid all this came a timely reminder of what can happen when people feel compelled to attempt ever more dangerous journeys. The UN migration agency, IOM, announced that the drowning of 91 people off the coast of Libya last month and other recent fatalities had taken the toll in the Mediterranean Sea since 2014 above 20,000. (Photo: IOM)
Internationalization of Libya war
A senior UN official charged at a press conference in Munich that numerous countries are violating the Libya arms embargo and must be held accountable. UN Deputy Special Representative to Libya Stephanie Williams said that "the arms embargo has become a joke." The Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Khalifa Haftar, has been fighting with the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) for control of Tripoli since April of last year. Russia, Egypt and the UAE are supporting the LNA, while Turkey supports the GNA. Foreign powers are violating the arms embargo "by land, sea and air," Williams said. A UN report also accuses Haftar of bringing in Sudanese rebels from Darfur to fight for the LNA, while Turkey is accused of importing Syrian rebels to fight for the GNA. (Photo: Libya Observer)


Weston-super-Mum was set up in January 2010 to reach out to families in and around North Somerset.
We love the arts – we review theatre and host a regular Kids' Film Club.
We're passionate about education – we hold workshops in iAnimation and story writing.
We spend a lot of time outdoors – we organise camping trips, check out local beauty spots and swim in unusual places.
We sleep – we need to!


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Santa Eulàlia de Ronçana (em  e oficialmente) ou Santa Eulalia de Ronsana (em ) é um município da Espanha na comarca de Vallès Oriental, província de Barcelona, comunidade autónoma da Catalunha. Tem  de área e em  tinha  habitantes ().

Demografia

Localidades de Barcelona (província)
Localidades da Catalunha
Localidades da Espanha
Municípios por nome da Catalunha
Municípios da Espanha por nome
Municípios de Barcelona (província)
Municípios da comarca de Vallès Oriental

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// Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

package org.chromium.cronet_test_apk;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.util.Log;

import org.chromium.net.HistogramManager;
import org.chromium.net.HttpUrlRequest;
import org.chromium.net.HttpUrlRequestFactory;
import org.chromium.net.HttpUrlRequestListener;
import org.chromium.net.UrlRequestContext;
import org.chromium.net.UrlRequestContextConfig;
import org.chromium.net.urlconnection.CronetURLStreamHandlerFactory;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;

import java.nio.channels.Channels;
import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;
import java.util.HashMap;

/**
 * Activity for managing the Cronet Test.
 */
public class CronetTestActivity extends Activity {
    private static final String TAG = "CronetTestActivity";

    public static final String COMMAND_LINE_ARGS_KEY = "commandLineArgs";
    public static final String POST_DATA_KEY = "postData";
    public static final String CONFIG_KEY = "config";
    public static final String SKIP_FACTORY_INIT_KEY = "skipFactoryInit";

    public CronetURLStreamHandlerFactory mStreamHandlerFactory;

    HttpUrlRequestFactory mRequestFactory;
    UrlRequestContext mUrlRequestContext;
    HistogramManager mHistogramManager = new HistogramManager();

    String mUrl;

    boolean mLoading = false;

    int mHttpStatusCode = 0;

    class TestHttpUrlRequestListener implements HttpUrlRequestListener {
        public TestHttpUrlRequestListener() {
        }

        @Override
        public void onResponseStarted(HttpUrlRequest request) {
            mHttpStatusCode = request.getHttpStatusCode();
        }

        @Override
        public void onRequestComplete(HttpUrlRequest request) {
            mLoading = false;
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(final Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        try {
            System.loadLibrary("cronet_tests");
        } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "libcronet_test initialization failed.", e);
            finish();
            return;
        }

        String skipInitString = getCommandLineArg(SKIP_FACTORY_INIT_KEY);
        if (skipInitString != null) {
            return;
        }
        mRequestFactory = initRequestFactory();
        mStreamHandlerFactory = new CronetURLStreamHandlerFactory(
                getApplicationContext(), null);

        if (mRequestFactory == null) {
            return;
        }

        String appUrl = getUrlFromIntent(getIntent());
        if (appUrl != null) {
            startWithURL(appUrl);
        }
    }

    // Helper function to initialize request factory. Also used in testing.
    public HttpUrlRequestFactory initRequestFactory() {
        UrlRequestContextConfig config = new UrlRequestContextConfig();
        config.enableHttpCache(UrlRequestContextConfig.HttpCache.IN_MEMORY,
                               100 * 1024)
              .enableSPDY(true)
              .enableQUIC(true);

        // Override config if it is passed from the launcher.
        String configString = getCommandLineArg(CONFIG_KEY);
        if (configString != null) {
            try {
                Log.i(TAG, "Using Config: " + configString);
                config = new UrlRequestContextConfig(configString);
            } catch (org.json.JSONException e) {
                Log.e(TAG, "Invalid Config.", e);
                finish();
                return null;
            }
        }

        // Setting this here so it isn't overridden on the command line
        config.setLibraryName("cronet_tests");

        mUrlRequestContext = UrlRequestContext.createContext(
                getApplicationContext(), config);

        return HttpUrlRequestFactory.createFactory(getApplicationContext(),
                                                   config);
    }

    private static String getUrlFromIntent(Intent intent) {
        return intent != null ? intent.getDataString() : null;
    }

    private String getCommandLineArg(String key) {
        Intent intent = getIntent();
        Bundle extras = intent.getExtras();
        Log.i(TAG, "Cronet extras: " + extras);
        if (extras != null) {
            String[] commandLine = extras.getStringArray(COMMAND_LINE_ARGS_KEY);
            if (commandLine != null) {
                for (int i = 0; i < commandLine.length; ++i) {
                    Log.i(TAG,
                            "Cronet commandLine[" + i + "]=" + commandLine[i]);
                    if (commandLine[i].equals(key)) {
                        return commandLine[++i];
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    private void applyCommandLineToHttpUrlRequest(HttpUrlRequest request) {
        String postData = getCommandLineArg(POST_DATA_KEY);
        if (postData != null) {
            InputStream dataStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(
                    postData.getBytes());
            ReadableByteChannel dataChannel = Channels.newChannel(dataStream);
            request.setUploadChannel("text/plain", dataChannel,
                    postData.length());
            request.setHttpMethod("POST");
        }
    }

    public void startWithURL(String url) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Cronet started: " + url);
        mUrl = url;
        mLoading = true;

        HashMap<String, String> headers = new HashMap<String, String>();
        HttpUrlRequestListener listener = new TestHttpUrlRequestListener();
        HttpUrlRequest request = mRequestFactory.createRequest(
                url, HttpUrlRequest.REQUEST_PRIORITY_MEDIUM, headers, listener);
        applyCommandLineToHttpUrlRequest(request);
        request.start();
    }

    public String getUrl() {
        return mUrl;
    }

    public boolean isLoading() {
        return mLoading;
    }

    public int getHttpStatusCode() {
        return mHttpStatusCode;
    }

    public void startNetLog() {
        mRequestFactory.startNetLogToFile(
                Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath()
                        + "/cronet_sample_netlog.json");
    }

    public void stopNetLog() {
        mRequestFactory.stopNetLog();
    }
}

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Sadettin Kaynak (1895 – 3 February 1961) was a prominent composer of Turkish classical music.

Biography
Born in Istanbul, he became a hafiz at a young age. He lost his father early in his youth. He completed his music education at the Istanbul University. Later, he traveled to south east Anatolia and researched Turkish folk music there. He was supported by the new republic; he was one of the most important composers of Turkish classical music. He introduced western concepts in unique "makams" (movements). He wholeheartedly supported the reforms introduced by Atatürk. Being an Imam, he was one of the first open-minded religious people reciting "Muslim prayers call known as Ezan" in pure Turkish. He composed over 300 songs in classical Turkish music. He had a stroke in 1955, and lived paralyzed until his death on 3 February 1961. He was buried at Merkezefendi Cemetery.

Major works
Below is a list of some of his compositions with the associated makam. He has got 330 composition in 42 different makam.

Dertliyim ruhuma hicranını (segah-nihavend)
Bir esmer dilberin vuruldum hüsnüne (kürdilihicazkar)
Leyla (hicazkar)
Enginde yavaş yavaş (hicaz)
Kalplerden dudaklara (nihavent)
Ben güzele güzel demem (mahur)
Batan gün kana benziyor (muhayyer)
Çıkar yücelerden haber sorarım (hüzzam).

See also
Laïkó

References

 InleyenNagmeler.com - Many Different Biographies of Saadettin Kaynak
 Biyografi.net - Biography of Sadettin Kaynak

1895 births
1961 deaths
Musicians from Istanbul
Turkish classical composers
Composers of Ottoman classical music
Composers of Turkish makam music
Musicians of Ottoman classical music
Musicians of Turkish makam music
20th-century classical composers
Male classical composers
Darülfünun alumni
20th-century male musicians


Off to college? It can be a bit scary, especially if you don't know anyone at the school you plan to attend. Still, take heart; things could be worse. Girls and boys of the Okiek tribe of Kenya are ritually circumcised or excised when they're 14-16 years old. They then cover themselves in clay and charcoal and live in segregation for up to 24 weeks. Even the most extreme fraternity or sorority hazing in this country can't be that bad. Almost certainly.
Among the things that might be worrying you about college, credit cards are probably pretty low down your list, if they appear at all. And yet how you handle your money over the next few years could have almost as big an impact on your future life as your SAT score. It could determine for years after graduation how easy you find it to rent an apartment, get a mortgage, finance a car or, possibly, even get a job, if a future employer consults your credit history as part of its background checks.
The student credit card you choose is likely to depend on your individual needs and lifestyle. So it's important to be realistic about how good a money manager you are. Do you take pride in your savings account balance? Are you someone your friends and siblings turn to for a loan when they're short of cash? Do you always have something put away for a rainy day?
If so, you're likely to turn out to be a responsible credit card user. Congratulations! There's a good chance that you can earn valuable rewards and build a healthy credit score on the back of your plastic while you're at college.
Are you one of those people who's always short of money? Do you often ask for advances on your allowance, and sometimes borrow from friends or relations? Does your savings account usually contain just a few cents? If so, you should almost certainly do yourself a favor, and avoid mainstream student credit cards. No matter how much you kid yourself that you're going to change your financial ways at college, in your heart of hearts you know you're not.
But living without plastic could be tough, so what should you do? Well, how about a re-loadable prepaid card? Arguably, the star among these at the moment is the American Express Pass Card. Unlike many of its competitors, this one's very light on fees. In fact, you're likely to pay only for ATM withdrawals, which are charged at $2 each, with the first each month free. And it's easy for you or your parents to top your balance.
Is all this worrying about school and money too much for you? Don't panic. You could always give up your college plans and apply to join the Okiek tribe. Kenya's beautiful this time of year.
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【The Knight in the Area】An in-depth look at the pure, cute charm and famous scenes of Mishima Nana (Seven)!
引用:image.geki.jp
The Knight in the Area is a soccer manga with tears and laughter that began serialization in the 21st and 22nd combined issues of Weekly Shonen Magazine in 2006 and ran until the 17th issue in 2017.
In 2012, a TV anime was broadcasted, and it has become a work that has been loved by many boys and girls who play soccer.
In this article, I will introduce the charm of Nana Mishima, the heroine of such a popular work, Knight of Elia, and the famous scenes that make you fall in love with her.
Character Overview
引用:renote.jp
Nana Mishima is the main heroine of "The Knight in the Area".
She is a midfielder who is a classmate of the main character, Kaoru, and is the manager of the Enoshima High School soccer team, but also wears the number 7 on the Japanese women's soccer team. Her birthday is August 21, her blood type is A, and she is 165cm tall. Her childhood friends, Kaoru and Jie, nicknamed her Seven, a play on her name Nana.
Seven was born in the U.S. and spent his childhood in the U.S., but when he was in elementary school, he played for the same club as the Aizawa brothers in Japan.
However, her parents moved back to the U.S. and she became the youngest player to make her debut in the U.S. Women's Soccer League, but the pressure from the people around her and the fact that she had two nationalities, Japanese and American, caused her some confusion.
At the age of 15, she was selected to play for Nadeshiko Japan, and she has such a good sense of soccer that she gets results right after playing in a match. At first, she joins Nadeshiko without telling her drives, but she becomes a member of the national team and contributes to Nadeshiko Japan's victory as a core player.
After the national championships, she joined the Tokyo Cuties, and although she stopped being the manager of the Enoshima High School soccer team, she continued to support Kakeru.
When she was in elementary school, she had a short cut and looked tall and boyish, but by the time she reunited with drive in high school, she had long brown hair and a slender figure of 165cm.
She is a heroine who looks lively when she is playing soccer and has a nice smile in her daily life.
Attraction of Nana Mishima
Here we will introduce the appeal of Nana Mishima.
Soccer skill that fascinates people
The first thing that attracts people to Nana Mishima is her ability to play soccer.
Nana Mishima, who continued to play soccer even after she went to the United States, was recognized for her talent and became the youngest player to debut in the professional league. She became the youngest player to make her debut in the professional league, and attracted even more attention by scoring a hat trick in her debut match.
Because of this impressive debut, she became known as the "Little Witch.
However, just before she reached the record of scoring goals in consecutive games, she disappeared and returned to Japan.
After returning to Japan, she did not play soccer in public, but worked as a manager at Enoshima High School. There, she was asked by Nadeshiko Japan's coach Gotoh and captain Sako Isshiki to participate in a friendly match for the Japanese women's national team.
She has a great sense of soccer, scoring with a loop shot immediately after being substituted in the middle of the game, and getting immediate results with Nadeshiko Japan.
In addition, Nana Mishima's main job is to be the manager of the soccer club at Enoshima High School, which means that she doesn't have much time to practice on a regular basis.
So how was she able to maintain her best performance?
The answer to that question is late night practice with my drive and image training when I was on the bench. In other words, since I don't have a lot of time to practice, when I'm on the bench as a manager, I analyze the game and sharpen my sense of practice by visualizing it in my mind.
I believe that her passion for soccer and her outstanding talent are one of the most attractive aspects of Nana Mishima.
引用:amazonaws.com
A single-minded love for Kakeru
The second attraction of Nana Mishima is her single-minded love for drive.
Kakeru and Seven were teammates in the same elementary school soccer club, Kamakura SSS, and were childhood friends. When Seven goes to the U.S. for family reasons, driving notices that Seven is giving a gift to Kakeru . That's when driving misunderstands that Seven likes his brother Jie, and at the same time realizes that he is in love with Seven.
After Kakeru 's death, Seven supported him when he hit a wall with his anxiety about playing soccer.
Seven's kindness makes him fall in love with her even more than before, and although he feels guilty about his brother, he decides to confess his love to her after winning the championship. After winning the championship, she tries to confess her feelings to him, but fails when her younger sister, Miyako, shows up at the wrong time.
In their second year of high school, both of them become professionals. When the Shonan Blue Impulse team to which he belongs wins the first division championship, he calls Seven to the park where they used to practice together and confesses his feelings to her.
He calls her to the park where they had always practiced together and confesses his love to her. Seven cries and rejoices, saying, "It wasn't just my one-sided love.
Here we have introduced some of the thoughts and feelings of Kakeru towards Seven, but in fact Seven has also been in love with Kakeru since elementary school. When she was in elementary school, the present she gave to Jie was a misanga that she made for him and Jie. She was too embarrassed to give it to Jie, whom she liked at the time, so she gave it to Jie.
Isn't it fascinating to see such pure feelings of Nana Mishima for drive?
The kindness that accompanies the Kakeru
The third thing that makes Nana Mishima so appealing is her kindness in being there for Kakeru.
Seven is always there for him when he hits a wall.
When he was in junior high school and lost his confidence in soccer and was practicing in the park by himself, she encouraged him by wearing an alien mask without revealing her true identity.
Other times, she finds flaws in him during practice and accompanies him all the time to help him overcome them, and is always there to help him practice and improve his fight trick, which is synonymous with him. There were also times when he would argue with the coach, believing in his success.
This kindness that allows her to cooperate with driving practice and continue to believe in him is one of Nana Mishima's charms.
Three famous scenes that will make your heart skip a beat for Nana Mishima.
Here are three great scenes that will make you fall in love with Nana Mishima.
A famous scene where a student enters Kamakura Gakuen Middle School as a transfer student
The first scene that makes my heart flutter for Nana Mishima is when she enters the Kamakura Gakuen Middle School as a transfer student.
As I mentioned above, when they were in elementary school, Jido, Seven and Kakeru were on the same team called Kamakura SSS. However, when Seven was in the fifth grade, her parents were transferred to the U.S. and she and Seven were separated.
Due to the trauma of the accident with Hibino in elementary school, Kakeru is unable to play well, and has been working as a manager instead of a player.
Then a beautiful and pretty Seven appears in front of him and smiles at him without saying a word.
The famous scene of scoring a goal in Nadeshiko Japan's debut game.
The second scene that will make you fall in love with Nana Mishima is when she scored a goal in her debut game for Nadeshiko Japan.
Seven has been playing soccer since she was in elementary school, and her talent is astonishing. She was the youngest player to debut in a professional league in the U.S. and scored a hat trick in her first game.
After returning to Japan, Seven was working as a manager when she received a call from Nadeshiko Japan. At first, she was reluctant to join the team because she was undecided between playing for the U.S. national team and the Japanese national team.
However, she participated in a friendly match and scored a goal with a loop shot right after her appearance, despite being leafed by the captain, Isshiki.
Seven's smile at that moment, "I did it! I'm sure there are many people who were moved by the scene of Seven's smile.
The famous scene where kakeru hides Mai Gunsaki in the men's locker room and Seven finds out about it
The third scene that will make you fall in love with Nana Mishima is when he hides Mai Gunsaki in the boys' locker room and Seven finds out about it.
When Kakeru was practicing on his own at Enoshima High School, Mai Gunsaki, who was a bit of an outsider in Nadeshiko Japan, came in and wanted to take a shower, so he lent her the boys' locker room.
She wanted to take a shower, so she rented the men's changing room. At that time, Seven came to call for Jido, so he hurriedly hid in the bathroom and let Seven into the men's changing room. Seven told him that Mai Gunsaki was not a good player in Nadeshiko Japan and that she needed to be a part of Nadeshiko in the future.
When they were leaving, Seven said, "Didn't you see Mai in the bathroom? Seven said, "Mai was in the bathroom, right?
She was teasing him by saying, "Hmmm.
I think this scene makes me swoon when she teases him with her devilish expression.
引用:pandaman.red
I've introduced the appeal of Nana Mishima.
Her single-minded devotion to Kakeru
The kindness that is always there for her when she is in pain
These are the charms of Nana Mishima.
The famous scene that makes you fall in love with Nana Mishima is
The scene where she enters Kamakura Gakuen Middle School as a transfer student
The scene where she scored a goal in her debut game for Nadeshiko Japan.
When she hides Mai Gunsaki in the boys' locker room and Seven finds out about it.
The heroine of Knights of the Area, Nana Mishima, has a lot to offer in the manga, so please read on.
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Life-Size Super Mario Kart Ride-On Vehicle for Kids
by Justin Page at 9:29 AM on February 25, 2014
JAKKS Pacific has teamed up with Nintendo to design a life-size Super Mario Kart Ride-On Vehicle for kids based on Mario's actual kart from the popular video game Mario Kart 7. The battery-powered kart is available to pre-order online from Toys "R" Us with an estimated ship date of March 3rd, 2014.
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Maladera japonica is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.

Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species Maladera japonica:
 Maladera japonica japonica g
 Maladera japonica korai Miyake & Yamaya, 1995 c g
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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Melolonthinae
Beetles described in 1860


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Running on empty: Huge debt takes heavy toll on Sanral
E-toll uncertainty renders its going-concern status as uncertain due to significant amounts owed to investors
Bekezela Phakathi
The SA National Roads Agency's (Sanral) status as a going concern is in doubt because of the significant debt owed to investors, transport minister Blade Nzimande says.
The agency, still struggling to generate cash from e-tolls, is one of the many state-owned entities that rely heavily on government bailouts. It has a government guarantee of close to R39bn.
Sanral needs at least R4.3bn for the next year to March 2019, of which R3.8bn is required to refinance maturing debt.
Earlier in November, Nzimande said the government had not made a decision to scrap e-tolls in Gauteng. That seemed to contradict the view of Gauteng premier David Makhura that they needed to be scrapped, and that they had no future in the province as long as the ANC was in charge. This e-toll uncertainty is also hurting collection.
In his medium-term budget policy statement in October, finance minister Tito Mboweni said the user-pays principle is fair if people want a properly functioning road transport infrastructure, and if Sanral is to be able to access funding from markets instead of relying on the Treasury.
Auditor-general Kimi Makwetu has also raised doubt about Sanral's going-concern status despite the agency managing to cut its losses to about R260m in the financial year ended in March, from close to R5bn the year before.
In a reply to a question from an ANC MP in parliament last week, Nzimande said Sanral's financial sustainability was healthy in all repects except for the e-toll portion of its business, which represents 1% of the total national roads.
"However, the e-toll uncertainty has rendered Sanral's going-concern status as uncertain due to the significant debt owed to investors, which requires servicing," said Nzimande.
"In order to circumvent either a qualified audit or an event of default, I have obtained the approval of the minister of finance to 'un-earmark' [R5.8bn] of non-toll funds to transfer to the toll portfolio. This will assist the cash-flow situation of Sanral for a period of 12 months from the date of the audit report," the minister said.
Based on this support from the fiscus, he said the Sanral board has the confidence to approach the capital market in the near future to refinance some of its short dated bonds.
"I am engaging with the president and the minister of finance to find a lasting solution to the e-toll challenge, and it is my intention to have the premier of the Gauteng province involved in these engagements. What is important, beyond the GFIP e-toll challenge, is a need for consensus to be reached on how road infrastructure in SA will be funded going forward," Nzimande said.
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package org.eclipse.deeplearning4j.dl4jcore.datasets.iterator;

import org.deeplearning4j.BaseDL4JTest;
import org.deeplearning4j.datasets.iterator.EarlyTerminationMultiDataSetIterator;
import org.deeplearning4j.datasets.iterator.impl.MnistDataSetIterator;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.nd4j.common.tests.tags.NativeTag;
import org.nd4j.common.tests.tags.TagNames;
import org.nd4j.linalg.dataset.adapter.MultiDataSetIteratorAdapter;
import org.nd4j.linalg.dataset.api.MultiDataSet;
import org.nd4j.linalg.dataset.api.iterator.MultiDataSetIterator;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;

@DisplayName("Early Termination Multi Data Set Iterator Test")
@NativeTag
@Tag(TagNames.FILE_IO)
@Tag(TagNames.LARGE_RESOURCES)
@Tag(TagNames.LONG_TEST)
class EarlyTerminationMultiDataSetIteratorTest extends BaseDL4JTest {

    int minibatchSize = 5;

    int numExamples = 105;

    @Test
    @DisplayName("Test Next And Reset")
    void testNextAndReset() throws Exception {
        int terminateAfter = 2;
        MultiDataSetIterator iter = new MultiDataSetIteratorAdapter(new MnistDataSetIterator(minibatchSize, numExamples));
        int count = 0;
        List<MultiDataSet> seenMDS = new ArrayList<>();
        while (count < terminateAfter) {
            seenMDS.add(iter.next());
            count++;
        }
        iter.reset();
        EarlyTerminationMultiDataSetIterator earlyEndIter = new EarlyTerminationMultiDataSetIterator(iter, terminateAfter);
        assertTrue(earlyEndIter.hasNext());
        count = 0;
        while (earlyEndIter.hasNext()) {
            MultiDataSet path = earlyEndIter.next();
            assertEquals(path.getFeatures()[0], seenMDS.get(count).getFeatures()[0]);
            assertEquals(path.getLabels()[0], seenMDS.get(count).getLabels()[0]);
            count++;
        }
        assertEquals(count, terminateAfter);
        // check data is repeated
        earlyEndIter.reset();
        count = 0;
        while (earlyEndIter.hasNext()) {
            MultiDataSet path = earlyEndIter.next();
            assertEquals(path.getFeatures()[0], seenMDS.get(count).getFeatures()[0]);
            assertEquals(path.getLabels()[0], seenMDS.get(count).getLabels()[0]);
            count++;
        }
    }

    @Test
    @DisplayName("Test Next Num")
    void testNextNum() throws IOException {
        int terminateAfter = 1;
        MultiDataSetIterator iter = new MultiDataSetIteratorAdapter(new MnistDataSetIterator(minibatchSize, numExamples));
        EarlyTerminationMultiDataSetIterator earlyEndIter = new EarlyTerminationMultiDataSetIterator(iter, terminateAfter);
        earlyEndIter.next(10);
        assertEquals(false, earlyEndIter.hasNext());
        earlyEndIter.reset();
        assertEquals(true, earlyEndIter.hasNext());
    }

    @Test
    @DisplayName("Test calls to Next Not Allowed")
    void testCallstoNextNotAllowed() throws IOException {
        assertThrows(RuntimeException.class,() -> {
            int terminateAfter = 1;
            MultiDataSetIterator iter = new MultiDataSetIteratorAdapter(new MnistDataSetIterator(minibatchSize, numExamples));
            EarlyTerminationMultiDataSetIterator earlyEndIter = new EarlyTerminationMultiDataSetIterator(iter, terminateAfter);
            earlyEndIter.next(10);
            iter.reset();
            earlyEndIter.next(10);
        });

    }
}


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Liang Sili (; * 24. August 1924 in Peking; † 14. April 2016 ebenda) war ein chinesischer Raketenentwickler und Mitglied der chinesischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

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Er war der jüngste Sohn des Gelehrten Liang Qichao. Seine beiden älteren Brüder Liang Sicheng und Liang Siyong waren ebenfalls Akademiker.

Nach dem Abitur am Yaohua-Gymnasium in Tianjin – sein Vater war 1929 gestorben – ging Liang Sili 1941 mit einem Stipendium des Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota in die USA und machte 1945 an der Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana sein Vordiplom in Elektromaschinenbau. Er erhielt ein Arbeitsplatzangebot von der Elektronikfirma Radio Corporation of America, aber da Arbeiter und Angestellte damals jederzeit zum Wehrdienst eingezogen werden konnten und er nicht für die USA kämpfen wollte, entschied er sich für eine Fortsetzung des Studiums. Er wechselte an die University of Cincinnati, wo er 1947 das Ingenieurdiplom erwarb und 1949  in Automatisierungstechnik promovierte.

1948 hatte sich Liang Sili der in Teilen der Kuomintang nahestehenden Chinese Students Christian Association in North America (北美基督教中国学生会) angeschlossen und fungierte dort als Mitglied des Exekutivkomitees. Als sich dann aber am 18. Juni 1949 dreizehn lokale Untergrundorganisationen der KPCh zur Association of Chinese Scientific Workers in U.S.A. (中国留美科学工作者协会) zusammenschlossen, wechselte er zu dieser Organisation. Neben der Verbesserung der Arbeits- und Lebensbedingungen der chinesischen Akademiker in den USA war das Hauptziel des Vereins, Studenten nach dem Abschluss ihres Studiums bei der Rückkehr nach China zu unterstützen, damit sie dort beim Aufbau des Landes mithelfen konnten.
Am 23. September 1949, eine Woche vor der offiziellen Gründung der Volksrepublik China, schiffte sich Liang Sili in San Francisco auf der SS President Cleveland ein, einem Passagierschiff der American President Lines, und kehrte in seine Heimat zurück.

Nachdem er im Oktober 1949 nach acht Jahren wieder chinesischen Boden betreten hatte, arbeitete Liang Sili ab Januar 1950 zunächst am Forschungsinstitut für Fernmeldewesen des Ministeriums für Post und Fernmeldewesen (中央人民政府邮电部电信研究所). 1953 wurde Forschungsinstitut für Fernmeldewesen vom Wissenschaftlichen Forschungsinstitut für Elektronik der Abteilung für Fernmeldewesen beim Generalstab der Volksbefreiungsarmee (中国人民解放军总参谋部通信兵部电子科学研究所) übernommen, das heutige Büro für Fernmeldewesen beim Gemeinsamen Generalstab, und Liang Sili wechselte mit zu der neuen Abteilung. Dort wurde er stellvertretender Leiter der Arbeitsgruppe Antennen und elektrische Wellen (天线电波组). Anfang 1956 hatte Liang Sili als Mitglied der Expertengruppe, die einen nationalen Forschungsplan für die nächsten zwölf Jahre ausarbeiten sollte, an dem Kapitel Strahlantrieb-Technologie mitgeschrieben. Daraufhin wurde er im September 1956 zum 5. Forschungsinstitut des Verteidigungsministeriums versetzt, das am 8. Oktober 1956 offiziell seine Arbeit aufnahm und sich mit der Entwicklung von Trägerraketen für Kernwaffen befassen sollte.

Am 1. März 1957 übernahm der berühmte Raketenwissenschaftler Qian Xuesen die Leitung des Instituts. Liang Sili war zwar ein hervorragender Elektronik-Ingenieur, hatte sich aber wie alle anderen Mitarbeiter des Instituts noch nie mit Raketen befasst. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt war Qian Xuesen der einzige Wissenschaftler in China, der – als Professor am California Institute of Technology – bereits zu diesem Thema gearbeitet hatte; im Rahmen der Operation Paperclip hatte er 1945, noch in Deutschland, Wernher von Braun verhört. Nun musste Qian Xuesen die chinesischen Raketenkonstrukteure ausbilden. Liang Sili hörte bei Qian Vorlesungen und stieg bald zum stellvertretenden Leiter des Labors für Raketensteuerungssysteme (导弹控制系统研究室) auf. Als am 16. November 1957 am 5. Forschungsinstitut das 1. und das 2. Zweiginstitut eingerichtet wurden, kam das Labor für Raketensteuerungssysteme zum 2. Zweiginstitut, das sich mit der Elektronik der Raketen befasste. Im weiteren Verlauf stieg Liang Sili am 2. Zweiginstitut zum stellvertretenden Leiter der Hauptentwicklungsabteilung auf. Als das 5. Forschungsinstitut am 4. Januar 1965 per Beschluss des Nationalen Volkskongresses aus der Zuständigkeit des Verteidigungsministeriums herausgelöst und als "Siebtes Ministerium für Maschinenbauindustrie" eigenständig wurde, wechselte Liang Sili zum 1. Zweiginstitut. Dort fungierte er zunächst als stellvertretender Leiter, dann als Leiter des "Instituts 12", das heutige Forschungsinstitut für automatische Steuerung in der Raumfahrt.
Er spielte eine wichtige Rolle bei der Konstruktion zahlreicher chinesischer Raketen, darunter Dongfeng 2, Dongfeng 5, Langer Marsch 2 und Langer Marsch 3.

Liang Silis bekannteste Entwicklung ist der Bordcomputer der Interkontinentalrakete Dongfeng 5. 1965 befand sich China noch im Übergang von Elektronenröhren zu Transistoren, man hatte gerade erst damit begonnen sich mit integrierten Schaltkreisen zu befassen. Da bei einer Rakete das Gewicht jedoch eine große Rolle spielt, schlug Liang vor, für den Bordrechner diese neue Technologie zu verwenden, etwas das es bis dahin nur bei der amerikanische Minuteman II gab. Im September 1966 war der erste Prototyp des Computers fertiggestellt, aber er war noch zu groß und passte nicht in die Rakete mit ihrem geplanten Durchmesser von 3,35 m. Daraufhin verzichteten Liang und seine Kollegen auf die Fähigkeit zu Multiplikation und Division und konstruierten einen Computer, der mit Inkrement und Dekrement auskam, einen Speicher von nur 768 Byte besaß und mit 12 Befehlszeilen die Rakete bis in die USA steuern konnte.

1987 wurde Liang in die International Academy of Astronautics aufgenommen und 1993 in die Chinesische Akademie der Wissenschaften. 1994 wurde er Vizepräsident der International Astronautical Federation.

Liang war seit 1956 bis zu seinem Tode mit Mai Xiuqiong verheiratet und hatte drei Kinder: Liang Zuojun, Liang Hong und Liang Xuan.

Einzelnachweise

Raumfahrtingenieur
Raumfahrt der Volksrepublik China
Raumfahrtfunktionär
Mitglied der Chinesischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Chinese
Geboren 1924
Gestorben 2016
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Q: SQL one to many from many to many relation I'm trying to figure out SQL query that will list only one to many relation
Below Table contain 11 records where i would like to return two line with Field1 = 7 (one to many)
Table1:
Field1  Field2
1   a
2   a
3   b
4   b
5   c
4   d   exclude 4 and 6 as d is linked to both

6   d
6   e
7   f   One to Many
7   j   One to Many
8   g

A: You want all the field2 values to appear once for each field1.  Here is a method using window functions:
select field1
from (select t.*,
             count(*) over (partition by field2) as num_field2
      from t
     ) t
group by field1
having count(*) > 1 and max(num_field2) = 1;

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Our comprehensive guide tells you everything you need to know about buying a classic, antique or vintage car.
The Difference Between Classic vs Antique Cars, and Classic vs Vintage Cars
If you have a real affection for cars, owning something older—with a little more character—is one of those life goals that you just must tick off the bucket list.
But what should you buy?
The first question you need to ask yourself is just how old you want your car to be. How far back in automotive history you want to go can have an impact on the costs involved.
Terminology is important here, as you need to know the difference between classic vs antique cars and classic vs vintage cars. The terms are often used interchangeably, yet you'll need to understand the differences between them. An added confusion is that different places in the United States have different legislation relating to their use, so you'll need to check the state laws where you live.
What Are Classic Cars?
Classic cars or classic trucks are usually between 20 and 40 years old, depending on which source you consult. It should be maintained as close to its original manufacturer specification as possible: A car that has been significantly modified may no longer qualify as a classic. Another definition of a classic car is one that has been built since 1925, but again this will depend on your local state laws.
What Kind of Cars Are Considered Classic Cars?
As time marches on, the window of time that defines a classic makes some cars ineligible for the status, while at the same time making others newly eligible. So, while many cars from the 1960s were previously stone-cold classics, now they've drifted off into an older category, making room for cars from the '80s and even '90s.
Because of this, a new generation of buyers and private sellers are now entering the classic car market, in search of the cars that they perhaps used to read about in auto magazines as teens. This has led to significant growth in demand for cars such as BMW M3s, Nissan Skylines, touring cars of the era and supercars. This 40-something gearhead nostalgia means that cars such as a Lamborghini Countach or a Ferrari Testarossa—cars they were only able to dream about when they had pictures of them on their bedroom walls—are now within reach. Many of you can now buy your dream classic cars!
Hans Wurl—a specialist at Gooding & Company, an antique and classic car auction house—has seen this phenomenon first-hand: "What we've found is that as the age of our clients has gotten younger, there are people who really wanted to buy the cars that they loved when they were children and obviously that has kept the market moving towards younger and newer cars."
What Makes a Car an Antique?
A classic vs antique car is easily confused, but an antique car is older. Referring to your own particular state laws is again important—many will require the use of a special license plate—but, in most cases, an antique car is one that is over 45 years old (this is the definition used by the Antique Automobile Club of America). There are exceptions, though: The state of Michigan defines an antique car as one that was manufactured at least 26 years ago and is "used as a collector's item." However, collectible cars rely on numerous factors that help appraisers decide if they should be valued as a collectible car.
Like classic cars, an antique car should be as close to its original specification as possible, although modern spare parts will be permissible because of the difficulty of obtaining rare original parts.
What Kind of Cars Are Considered Antique Cars?
The kinds of cars that would previously have been considered classics—those from the automotive golden eras of the 1960s and '70s—are now old enough to be considered antique.
What's considered popular varies from state to state and even neighborhood to neighborhood. In many regular suburbs, you'll often find older muscle cars, but if you go to a more upscale, affluent neighborhood, you might find rarer performance classic cars, like European sports cars such as BMW 507s or Japanese cars such as the Toyota 2000GT.
An analysis of online searches by ClassicCars.com uncovered regional preferences, state by state, to find the most popular antique cars in all 50 states. Unsurprisingly, muscle cars came out on top, with various model years of the Dodge Charger being the most-searched collectible car across the United States, helped no doubt by nostalgia for the famous General Lee on TV's Dukes of Hazzard. The Charger was followed closely by the likes of the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet's Corvette and Camaro, and the Pontiac Firebird. Throw in the Chevrolet El Camino, Ford Bronco and Pontiac GTO, and it's clear to see the affection that buyers have for good ol' Detroit iron.
Offering us the view from an auction house on cars for sale, Wurl says, "There will always be a big market for muscle cars and pony cars in the U.S. We've also found that mid-century and newer European sports cars continue to dominate the marketplace here. We handle a lot of examples of Porsche, Ferrari, Maserati and Aston Martin, and there continues to be a lot of enthusiasm for those marques."
Vintage Car Age: When Does a Car Become a Vintage Car?
Finally, there are what are called vintage cars. Vintage car age can vary greatly depending on where you are. What constitutes a vintage car depends on who's defining it, but, as a rule of thumb, it's a car that was built before 1930 (1925, by some definitions). So, it's a car from the very early days of motoring except anything that has been modified into something like a hot rod.
What Kind of Cars Are Considered Vintage Cars?
Within this classification are very early cars from what's known as the Brass Era, named for the brass fittings that were used as lights or radiators in the automobiles built between 1896 and 1915. As Wurl says, "There's actually been a very robust marketplace historically for those cars and that's continued. There's still a really strong market for quality Brass Era cars."
The whole vintage car market has, perhaps surprisingly, a big following among collectors, as Wurl notes, "There's still a lot you can do with the early American cars like the Model T. The main enthusiasm remains in coach-built bodied cars: As the general market for cars of that era here in the U.S. shrinks, the cream is really rising to the top. So, a special coach-built automobile—whether it be a Packard, a Cadillac, a Lincoln or a Duesenberg—is always going to hold its value better, and retains a certain level of enthusiasm, even in a marketplace where that market is shrinking."
And, while some of the cars in this market can cost as much as $10 million, Wurl also says that the entry price can be a lot lower: "You could certainly buy an old Model T for less than $10,000, and you could also buy a Model A Ford that will get you into all kinds of driving events."
Questions to Ask Before You Buy Your First Classic vs Vintage Car
What should you buy when it comes to classic vs vintage cars? Chances are, you're looking to lay down a decent chunk of change on your classic car or vintage car, so you need to think about exactly what you want—and why.
The most important consideration is that you must want the car. As Peter Haynes, a consultant with auction house RM Sotheby's, says: "To anyone who really loves the hobby, they will only ever advise that somebody buys what they love. That's the only solid bit of advice you can really give anyone. If you like something, don't obsess too much about whether you think it's the car that is going to do the best financially for you or not. Because if you own a car that you don't like, there's simply no point: There's no pleasure in the ownership. People really ought to be led by their hearts, primarily in terms of choosing either the era of car or the type of car that they want."
As Wurl adds, "You also want to decide what's important to you. Usability is a big thing: you might want something that keeps up with modern-day traffic that you can use on public roads. Or you might want something where there is a large club community or something that is very high performance. Those are all considerations. I think it helps to work backward from what your goals are and what you want to do with a car when it comes time to decide which example to pull the trigger on."
It's also worth considering how easy it will be to maintain the classic car and obtain spare parts. The rarer the car, the more difficult it will be to get spares. It's also harder to find an expert mechanic for it. That will mean more time off the road and, as a result, fewer opportunities to enjoy driving it.
Once you've zeroed in on the car that makes your heart beat faster it's time to let the heat into the equation and get some proper advice. Wurl says: "We always recommend that people talk to some sort of an expert who can help them make an educated decision. There's often a large sum of money involved and there are plenty of cars that have flaws. It's important to find someone who can point those flaws out to you, so you don't make a mistake when it comes time to purchase."
Collectible Cars: What Makes a Car Collectible?
There are numerous factors that go into deciding what collectible cars are, many of which—as we have seen—are purely emotional or nostalgic.
However, there are three basic areas that will influence a car's collectability:
Age: The older a car is, the fewer examples there are likely to be around, especially ones in full working order. But there's also an element of historical significance and the car's place in automotive culture. A car might have heralded the dawn of a new design language or a new technology, which will pique the interest of classic car fans.
Rarity: Special-edition or limited-run models are clearly desirable because ownership bestows a sense of exclusivity, the knowledge that you're a member of a very small club. Sports car and supercar manufacturers are particularly keen on producing small batches of cars with higher performance, so these cars are much sought-after right from their initial launch, something that doesn't erode as they get older.
Design: We all like to own beautiful things and cars are no different. A well-designed and aesthetically attractive automobile, such as the Lamborghini Miura or Jaguar E-Type, will always have collectors queuing up to buy into ownership, so demand will always be high.
Insurance for Classic Cars, Collectible Cars and Vintage Cars
The increased popularity of collectible cars – whether they are classic cars, antique cars and vintage cars – has led to a huge shift in how they are insured. It used to be the case that the owner of a collectible car would just add their pride and joy to the same policy covering their daily driver, which would often increase premiums significantly.
That's all changed now. There are numerous specialist insurers and major companies in the market that can help you find the right antique car insurance policy. For example, if you have a classic car, The Hartford's Nutmeg Agency can place you with a specialty carrier that will provide the kind of coverage you need. Its antique and classic car insurance is designed specifically to protect the unique cars that are so important to owners at a rate that is now more affordable than ever before. A classic or antique vehicle may also be eligible for a lot of the same discounts on insurance as newer cars.
Are you ready to take the plunge and buy a classic, antique or vintage car? Or do you already enjoy owning and driving one? What's your idea of the perfect vehicle? Let us know by commenting below.
28 Responses to "Classic Cars vs Vintage Cars: Everything You Need to Know"
David Chelakis | June 11, 2022 at 12:20 pm
My family has 1956 Fairlane with Thunderbird engine. It has been in garage since 1972. It has 38K miles and all original. It is 4-Door. I have been told 4-Door is like 30% of value of 2-Door. Someone threw out value after getting new tires and basic engine prep to get it running that value is 13K to 18K. The car even had plastic covering seats. That person said if it was 2 door that it would have value about 50K in pristine condition.
Nettie | May 16, 2022 at 9:56 pm
I was about 23 when I first saw a 1939 Packard. Fell in love with it! Maybe someday…
I currently have a 1996 GMC Sierra 3/4 ton pickup. Great truck!
Jack Moskovita | May 11, 2022 at 6:36 am
I've had four 70's Corvettes, first one a 68 BB, the other three owned in past 20 years, with one from past 10 years being my favorite (won over 25 trophies). Now that I'm 70, I'm thinking of either getting one like my very first car, a 1957 Olds (yes I had a 69 Camaro too) or a 1952 car (year I was born). I've been hankering for a old car.
Charles Marks | May 7, 2022 at 5:07 pm
I drive a 92 and 91 Mercedes they drive well and are kept in excellent condition what are they considered?
Ric Corley | May 7, 2022 at 12:15 pm
1990-1996 Mazda Miata MX-5 appear that they are becoming a collectible car.
David | May 7, 2022 at 11:06 am
To me, "classic" is a meaningless term. It means whatever you want it to mean.
"Collectible" is any vehicle where there is substantial interest where owners buy, maintain and restore vehicles or original condition or near-original condition. These vehicles are supported by owners groups, annual meetings, newsletters, etc.
"Antique" is any vehicle manufactured prior to WWII. It includes "brass era" vehicles as well as mainstream vehicles manufactured prior to 1945.
"Vintage" is a descriptive term that could be applied to any of the above. It means the vehicle is substantially equipped the same way it left the factory, with its original engine, paint, interior trim, etc., and has not been modified or "upgraded" in any way. By definition, this would exclude custom street rods, vehicles with swapped engines, frames and suspensions replaced, etc.
Perry Baxter | May 7, 2022 at 10:41 am
I guess I would be considered a true "car guy". I owned over 40 collector cars., the oldest was a 1911 EMF (Studebaker), newest was two 62 Corvettes. We currently have 3 Model A Fords, 31 Cabriolet, 30 PU, 29 4DR, plus a 35 Ford Cp, 55 Chevy Bel Air & a 55 T-Bird. I got my 1st Model A Ford when I was 15 and have owned 18 of them over the years. It's a great hobby & I feel very lucky to have been able to do most of the work on them myself.
Royal | May 7, 2022 at 10:24 am
I have owned a 1956 ford 100 pickup for over 50 years and my insurance company has never offered antiue or classic insurance except for state farm insurance. I drive it maybe 5 days a year for show & shines. The Ford is presently not insured to drive on the road. Too expensive to just drive for a few days of the year. i just keep polishing it and start it up once a week. I currently have the Hartford insurance and sold my Mustang cobra jet convertable.
ROAD RUNNER | May 7, 2022 at 10:19 am
I have a collection of British Classic Cars. A 1959 Triumph TR3, 1960 Austin Healey 3000, 1962 Austin Healey 3000 Mk11, 1973 MGB and a 1976 Triumph TR6. My wife is always complaining to sell something!!!
BRANDT ROSTOHAR | May 7, 2022 at 9:53 am
Re Classic cars: Ken Purdy would've violently disagreed with your definition. Think Pierce-Arrow, Peerless, Deusenberg etc. Of course times change.
Joseph Ziemba | May 7, 2022 at 9:44 am
I got a 1989 chev 1500 silverado. All orginal. I wood like information on bestest way to insure me truck Thanks
Extra Mile Staff | May 9, 2022 at 8:21 am
Joseph – Thanks for reading Extra Mile! For more information on classic car insurance, you can contact one of our specialists by calling 800-555-2510.
Steve Shorthill | May 5, 2022 at 1:58 pm
We have a 1931 Ford pickup and a 72 Nova. My wife want a 1960 Red Corvette.
Frank | October 17, 2021 at 1:53 pm
I drive a 1969 vw bus everyday
It's a lot of fun and at least once a week some one wants to buy it. I am 70+ years old. Never grew up.
Rollyn Wiebe | August 24, 2021 at 7:09 pm
I just bought a 1975 Cadillac. It is in excellent condition. And at a very reasonable cost.
Forest Richardson | July 29, 2021 at 10:32 pm
Properly aligned wheels ensure your car handles properly, and therefore increases the life of your tyres and increases your safety.
Lorraine Salaam | July 22, 2021 at 11:15 pm
Brad Richardson | June 20, 2021 at 1:14 am
I have a 1941 Buick Special 4 door that is low mileage. At 80 years old, it's in great condition.
Alan Benson | June 17, 2021 at 3:07 pm
My little mini collection cover a couple of categories. All are special to me. My 1961 Chevy Impala, bubbletop, is the jewel in the Crown. I also enjoy, my 2002, Z28 Camaro convertible, and my 2002 Chevy Monte Carlo SS. All are very low mileage, originally equipped cars. The Z28 has 39k miles, the Monte SS has 14k miles, and has been in the family since new. The Impala at 61 yrs. Of age, has clocked barely 23k miles, and Carrie's it's original Roman Red paint, and interior proudly. It also has it's original drivetrain. 283 V8 withfactory 4 bbl., dual exhaust, and Powerglide auto trans. The pair of 2002's aren't quite what you'd call classic, but at 19 yrs. Of age, soon will be. GREAT ARTICLE!
Robert Cornelius | April 13, 2021 at 8:27 am
I have been driving my 1998 Nissan Sentra for 17 years. It runs good it has just 127,000 miles on it and I just put new tires on it. Is it just old, classic, or ?
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BIG JOE | June 19, 2020 at 11:37 pm
I purchase a beautiful 1972 Cadillac Coupe DeVille in 2013, gold outside with a white vinyl top gold leather inside, beautiful automobile has approximately 60,200 miles on the clock, runs and drives beautiful. I feel very proud can own a piece of Detroit history. Thanks Big Joe in Longview Texas
Mohamed Mousli | March 15, 2020 at 7:13 pm
I've got a classic car for sale Toyota Corolla Kudos automatic1993 with mileage 46000 mile "very good condition "
Linda Christie | November 23, 2019 at 4:41 pm
I own a 1999 Mercedes Benz 320 Station Wagon all wheel drive. Kept it serviced by Mercedes Benz for 20 years. Is it a classic yet?
Basically, you have an older used card. Stations wagons in general are not considered classic cars; some are collectible, such as the 1950s Chevy Nomads. If you are considering selling it at some point, my recommendation would be to join and reach out to MB enthusiast clubs. Your station wagon might be the ideal vehicle for someone towing a valuable 300SL to a show.
Linda Christie | May 7, 2022 at 2:55 pm
Car is now 23 yeArs old


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The Cybersecurity 202: NSA cyber chief Anne Neuberger is heading to the Biden White House
By Tonya Riley
Technology and cybersecurity policy researcher
Cybersecurity experts praised the choice of Anne Neuberger to join the Biden administration in a new cybersecurity-focused role at the White House.
President-elect Joe Biden's transition team announced yesterday that Neuberger, the cybersecurity director at the National Security Agency, will become the deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology on the National Security Council.
"She's truly an expert and she has experience with management, which I think is key," said Ari Schwartz, managing director of cybersecurity services at law firm Venable. Schwartz, who has worked with Neuberger in the past, previously served on President Obama's National Security Council. (The position of White House cybersecurity director, who will coordinate government efforts to secure the nation against hacking, is separate and remains unfilled.)
The choice of Neuberger signals that handling fallout from the SolarWinds breach will be a major priority.
The Biden team will need to quickly get up to speed on the sweeping hack of government agencies and private companies, likely tied to Russia, to follow through on promises to make cybersecurity a top priority from Day 1.
"This appointment is a clear indication that the Biden administration is going to take cyber seriously and prioritize a strong offensive strategy," said Jay Kaplan, chief executive of the cybersecurity firm Synack. Kaplan served in security roles at both the Defense Department and National Security Agency but did not work with Neuberger directly.
"Especially after the SolarWinds hack, it's critical that the U.S. sends a strong message that we won't sit back and continue enduring damaging hacks and breaches," Kaplan said in an email.
In the new role, Neuberger will have the authority to convene officials from different agencies to strategize an interagency response to cyberthreats. In her more than a decade at the National Security Agency, she interacted with agencies including the Homeland Security, Commerce and Defense departments. She also worked closely with the White House.
"She's been involved with the interagency process for a long time," Schwartz says. "She'll know the career people and the political people coming in."
Neuberger's experience working with the private sector could also help clean up the SolarWinds aftermath.
The hack has raised concerns about the channels of communication between the private sector and government — as well as how the government oversees private contractors. Rethinking the government's approach to this relationship will be a key cybersecurity challenge for the Biden administration, experts say.
Before serving as the NSA's first director of cybersecurity, Neuberger led a working group that developed initiatives to build partnerships between the public and private sectors on cybersecurity and related policy issues. As director, she spearheaded the agency's efforts to share cybersecurity threats with the private sector.
Under Neuberger, the NSA publicly disclosed a vulnerability to a software vendor — rather than turn it into a hacking weapon — in a major shift in the agency's approach, as Ellen Nakashima previously reported. Experts described it as a watershed moment in relations between the notoriously secretive agency and the private sector.
"I think she's going to be really good. I think one of the things that's really going to help her in this role is that she has had a fair amount of interaction with the private sector," says Chris Painter, who was a State Department cyber coordinator under Obama.
Neuberger emphasized the importance of private-sector partners in a recent interview with the New York Times.
"There are some very specific ideas and suggestions we've learned from working through SolarWinds with some really strong private-sector partners," she said.
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How Neuberger will work alongside Biden's pick for White House cyber czar leaves some uncertainty.
"I think there's this real open question about how this job is going to work with the new White House cyber director," Painter says.
The Biden team yet to name a nominee for White House cybersecurity director, a position that Congress will have to confirm. Painter cautioned that nominating a White House cybersecurity director with a similarly offense-heavy background could tip the scales toward that approach.
Megan Stifel, executive director for the Americas at the Global Cyber Alliance nonprofit organization, suggested that someone with a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency or Commerce Department background could bring the needed balance of experience to the Biden team. Stifel previously served as director for international cyber policy at the National Security Council.
The Fix's Eugene Scott analyzes some of President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet picks and why he is under ongoing pressure to make more diverse picks. (The Washington Post)
An NSC position at the deputy level handling cybersecurity is one that government cybersecurity experts have recommended for years. "We haven't had a real conductor that pulls this together, and I think these two positions will do this to make sure we have a strong response," Painter said.
Having other seasoned cybersecurity pros in the administration will help. That includes Department of Homeland Security nominee Alejandro Mayorkas, who worked on numerous international cybersecurity agreements as deputy DHS secretary under Obama.
"Many of these folks are familiar with these issues, which is not the case where we were at the beginning of the Trump administration," Stifel says.
The Senate Intelligence Committee will consider the nomination of Avril Haines for Biden's intelligence director tomorrow.
Haines hearing will be the first in the Senate of the Biden picks, Maggie Miller reports. It comes at a crucial time for the intelligence community as it deals with the fallout of the SolarWinds hack.
Haines formerly served as deputy director of the CIA and a deputy nationals security adviser to Obama. Haines has a strong reputation among career intelligence officials and Democrats, including incoming Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.)
"While I expect that she will face rigorous questioning from Senators on both sides of the aisle, the sooner we can get a confirmed DNI in place to start fixing the damage the last four years have done to our intelligence agencies, the better," Warner said in a statement in November.
Hearings for other key cyber-related roles including heads of Defense, Homeland Security and State are due to take place next week, Maggie reports.
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson renews calls for caution about Chinese involvement in critical infrastructure.
Britain this summer followed the United States in deeming China-based firm Huawei a national security threat because of the possibility that it could be compelled by the Chinese government to share information on users.
"I think we need to be very vigilant about what's happening with our critical national infrastructure and about the protection of our data and cyber space, and we are," Johnson told a parliamentary committee, Williams James at Reuters reports. ""But I don't want this country or this government to lurch into a position of sort of unthinking Sinophobia."
The U.K. government told telecommunications providers in November that it would require them to stop installing telecommunications gear from China-based Huawei by September 2021 and entirely eliminate the company's presence in its 5G communications infrastructure by 2027.
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Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester
Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester represents Delaware in the U.S. House of Representatives and serves as an Assistant Whip for House Leadership. Lisa sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The committee has broad jurisdiction over health care, the environment, commerce and trade, energy policy, telecommunications, manufacturing, and consumer protection.
As the Energy and Commerce Committee's only former statewide health official, Lisa understands health care from a number of different perspectives – as an implementer at the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, negotiator while serving as State Personnel Director, and advocate as CEO of the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League. Lisa is focused on reducing the cost of health care and prescription drugs for middle-class families, addressing the disparity in outcomes for communities of color, and tackling our nation's opioid and addiction epidemic. She serves as a Member of the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force, comprised of more than 100 members united with the common goal of tackling opioid addiction.
Lisa is a leading voice in Congress on economic and future of work-related issues. As former Secretary of Labor and State Personnel Director, Lisa leverages her professional experience to advocate for legislation that boosts start-up business growth, removes barriers for citizens re-entering society, and addresses college affordability and ballooning student debt. She is a Co-Chair of the New Democrat Coalition's Future of Work Task Force and serves as the sole Member of Congress on the Aspen Institute's National Advisory Council for the Future of Work Initiative. She is also the founder of the Congressional Future of Work Caucus.
In the 115th Congress, Lisa was a member of the House Committee on Agriculture – the first Delawarean to serve on the committee in over 120 years. In this role, she helped craft the 2018 Farm Bill, which is a five-year re-authorization that extends U.S. Department of Agriculture programs related to the farm safety net; nutrition programs that feed children, seniors, people with disabilities, and families who rely on the social support programs; land-grant and 1890 universities; and agriculture research.
As a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and a strong proponent of reforming our criminal justice system, Lisa introduced first-in-the-nation legislation, the Clean Slate Act, sealing the federal records of former nonviolent offenders that remain crime-free and have earned a second chance. This bill would provide new opportunities for Americans to earn a good-paying job, pursue education and training, and rent or own a home. According to estimates by the Center for American Progress, the passage of the Clean Slate Act could boost the U.S. economy by as much as $87 billion per year.
Traveling up and down the state, Lisa is an advocate for the needs of every community, which informs her work in Washington. Having met with homeowners in the South Shore Marina development in North Bethany Beach, she learned of an error in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's coastal mapping unit for the town – preventing homeowners from taking advantage of the National Flood Insurance Program and FEMA aid in the event of a disaster. Turning their concerns into action, Lisa reached across the aisle to work with Democrats and Republicans across the country with similarly affected mapping units and introduced the Strengthening Coastal Communities Act. She worked with allies in Delaware and Washington to help usher this critical piece of legislation into law – aiding homeowners and setting aside hundreds of acres for environmental protection.
With deep roots in the First State, Lisa grew up in Wilmington, graduated from Padua Academy, and worked her first job at the McDonald's on Market Street. She graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University with a degree in International Relations and put herself through graduate school as a working mom – earning a master's degree in Urban Affairs and Public Policy from the University of Delaware.
Lisa began her distinguished career in public service as an intern and later Caseworker in a congressional office where she helped Delawareans with their Social Security benefits, disability insurance claims, IRS disputes, and housing needs. Lisa would go on to serve in the cabinets of two Delaware governors and as CEO of the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League – an action-oriented, public policy research think-tank.
Lisa also served as the Senior Executive Leadership and Systems Manager for the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston where she advocated for people with disabilities in their struggle for equal opportunity and civil rights. During this time, Lisa helped expand the Institute's global footprint and advised state agencies and employers. In part due to Lisa's work, she helped build the Institute into a fully-fledged college at the university, the School for Global Inclusion and Social Development — focused on the inclusion of all people.
Lisa currently resides in Wilmington, Delaware near her adult-aged children, Alex and Alyssa, as well as her daughter-in-law, Ebony.