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Covenant of Genesis – Andy McDermott
The Covenant of Genesis: A Novel (Nina Wilde & Eddie Chase series Book 4) by Andy McDermott published by Bantam (April 12 2010) 594 pages, I read the Kindle Edition.
Our story starts in the Sands of Oman where a survey crew is using Soundwave to map an oil field. In setting off the charge to make the soundwaves, they uncover a hidden cave. Upon exploring the find, the amazing discovery is transmitted in a feed of images back to their corporate headquarters. Before they hear back, the crew is killed and the site destroyed by fighter jets of the Saudi air force.
Meanwhile, in Indonesia, Nina and Eddie on a new archeological survey for the UN make an unusual discovery of thier own. Upon exploring the find, the amazing discovery is transmitted in a feed of images back to the UN headquarters. Before they hear back, the crew is killed and the site destroyed by Indonesian pirates. The difference here is that Nina, Eddie and a diver survive.
It's quite a thrilling adventure with Nina, Eddie and his surprisingly not dead ex-wife Sophia venturing from Indonesia to Antarctica to the Sudan one step ahead of a shadowy conspiracy group comprised of three significant forces, a Muslim, Jewish and Christian coalition of mercenaries. What it the secret that this cohort is killing anyone who dares to learn the truth.
McDermott writes these adventures that are really longer than they need to be because of all the details he brings to his action sequences. Although it's impressively wordy, it's easily skimmable and though the books are lengthy, they don't take too long to read. And he is following in the mode of Clive Cussler with these ancient mystery adventures that spark the most interesting what-if speculations.
Good-bye, Cardinal!" shouted Ribbsley, giving di Bonaventura a jaunty wave. The helicopter left the ground, wheeled about, and headed south.
Di Bonaventura watched it go, then returned to the cave, looking in the direction of the ragged craters marking what had once been the survey camp. There was still cleanup work to be done; the bodies of the men at the camp, or whatever was left of them, had to be found and buried, all evidence of the camp itself removed.
Anything that could expose the Covenant had to disappear.
Without a trace.
Without exception.
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Should You Invest Like Uncle Warren?
Hands down, Warren Buffet is one of the most successful investors of all time. And the media loves to interview him because he's incredibly pithy and quotable. But sometimes the context of Buffet's pronouncements gets lost in the noise and folks think they ought to copy his investing style.
One of my clients recently asked about this, having come across some Buffet "advice" to invest 10% of a portfolio in short-term government bonds. A deeper look revealed it wasn't advice for us mere mortals. Rather, when he finally takes his ukulele playing to the wild blue yonder, he recommends his wife and trustee invest her trust funds: 90% in an S&P500 stock index fund and 10% in short-term government bonds. And then just let it ride over the long term.
Now that puts an entirely different spin on it, right? How many investors—particularly "second-halfers"—would be comfortable with a 40%-50% drop in their portfolio? (that will periodically happen in a 90% stock portfolio) It takes a strong stomach to embrace that kind of volatility. But study after study shows that most folks just can't do it. They have a "Behavior Gap," earning much less than the average returns over the long term because they chase hot investment performance once it's too late and then panic-sell after the markets are road pizza.
That aside, even Buffet himself has evolved in his investing style over the decades to adapt to the changing environment and the challenges of finding investments large enough for his massive wealth. Most of the rest of us don't have that particular problem.
So if you're hands-on managing your portfolio and interested in learning all you can about investing, by all means: read up on Buffet, his history, evolving investment styles, Berkshire Hathaway's annual report, and so on. But please don't try to copy what you hear him say to the media. Your situation is not remotely like his and you need to do what's best for you.
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package traverse

import (
	"gonum.org/v1/gonum/graph"
	"gonum.org/v1/gonum/graph/internal/linear"
	"gonum.org/v1/gonum/graph/internal/set"
)

var _ Graph = graph.Graph(nil)

// Graph is the subset of graph.Graph necessary for graph traversal.
type Graph interface {
	// From returns all nodes that can be reached directly
	// from the node with the given ID.
	From(id int64) []graph.Node

	// Edge returns the edge from u to v, with IDs uid and vid,
	// if such an edge exists and nil otherwise. The node v
	// must be directly reachable from u as defined by the
	// From method.
	Edge(uid, vid int64) graph.Edge
}

// BreadthFirst implements stateful breadth-first graph traversal.
type BreadthFirst struct {
	EdgeFilter func(graph.Edge) bool
	Visit      func(u, v graph.Node)
	queue      linear.NodeQueue
	visited    set.Int64s
}

// Walk performs a breadth-first traversal of the graph g starting from the given node,
// depending on the the EdgeFilter field and the until parameter if they are non-nil. The
// traversal follows edges for which EdgeFilter(edge) is true and returns the first node
// for which until(node, depth) is true. During the traversal, if the Visit field is
// non-nil, it is called with the nodes joined by each followed edge.
func (b *BreadthFirst) Walk(g Graph, from graph.Node, until func(n graph.Node, d int) bool) graph.Node {
	if b.visited == nil {
		b.visited = make(set.Int64s)
	}
	b.queue.Enqueue(from)
	b.visited.Add(from.ID())

	var (
		depth     int
		children  int
		untilNext = 1
	)
	for b.queue.Len() > 0 {
		t := b.queue.Dequeue()
		if until != nil && until(t, depth) {
			return t
		}
		tid := t.ID()
		for _, n := range g.From(tid) {
			nid := n.ID()
			if b.EdgeFilter != nil && !b.EdgeFilter(g.Edge(tid, nid)) {
				continue
			}
			if b.visited.Has(nid) {
				continue
			}
			if b.Visit != nil {
				b.Visit(t, n)
			}
			b.visited.Add(nid)
			children++
			b.queue.Enqueue(n)
		}
		if untilNext--; untilNext == 0 {
			depth++
			untilNext = children
			children = 0
		}
	}

	return nil
}

// WalkAll calls Walk for each unvisited node of the graph g using edges independent
// of their direction. The functions before and after are called prior to commencing
// and after completing each walk if they are non-nil respectively. The function
// during is called on each node as it is traversed.
func (b *BreadthFirst) WalkAll(g graph.Undirected, before, after func(), during func(graph.Node)) {
	b.Reset()
	for _, from := range g.Nodes() {
		if b.Visited(from) {
			continue
		}
		if before != nil {
			before()
		}
		b.Walk(g, from, func(n graph.Node, _ int) bool {
			if during != nil {
				during(n)
			}
			return false
		})
		if after != nil {
			after()
		}
	}
}

// Visited returned whether the node n was visited during a traverse.
func (b *BreadthFirst) Visited(n graph.Node) bool {
	return b.visited.Has(n.ID())
}

// Reset resets the state of the traverser for reuse.
func (b *BreadthFirst) Reset() {
	b.queue.Reset()
	b.visited = nil
}

// DepthFirst implements stateful depth-first graph traversal.
type DepthFirst struct {
	EdgeFilter func(graph.Edge) bool
	Visit      func(u, v graph.Node)
	stack      linear.NodeStack
	visited    set.Int64s
}

// Walk performs a depth-first traversal of the graph g starting from the given node,
// depending on the the EdgeFilter field and the until parameter if they are non-nil. The
// traversal follows edges for which EdgeFilter(edge) is true and returns the first node
// for which until(node) is true. During the traversal, if the Visit field is non-nil, it
// is called with the nodes joined by each followed edge.
func (d *DepthFirst) Walk(g Graph, from graph.Node, until func(graph.Node) bool) graph.Node {
	if d.visited == nil {
		d.visited = make(set.Int64s)
	}
	d.stack.Push(from)
	d.visited.Add(from.ID())

	for d.stack.Len() > 0 {
		t := d.stack.Pop()
		if until != nil && until(t) {
			return t
		}
		tid := t.ID()
		for _, n := range g.From(tid) {
			nid := n.ID()
			if d.EdgeFilter != nil && !d.EdgeFilter(g.Edge(tid, nid)) {
				continue
			}
			if d.visited.Has(nid) {
				continue
			}
			if d.Visit != nil {
				d.Visit(t, n)
			}
			d.visited.Add(nid)
			d.stack.Push(n)
		}
	}

	return nil
}

// WalkAll calls Walk for each unvisited node of the graph g using edges independent
// of their direction. The functions before and after are called prior to commencing
// and after completing each walk if they are non-nil respectively. The function
// during is called on each node as it is traversed.
func (d *DepthFirst) WalkAll(g graph.Undirected, before, after func(), during func(graph.Node)) {
	d.Reset()
	for _, from := range g.Nodes() {
		if d.Visited(from) {
			continue
		}
		if before != nil {
			before()
		}
		d.Walk(g, from, func(n graph.Node) bool {
			if during != nil {
				during(n)
			}
			return false
		})
		if after != nil {
			after()
		}
	}
}

// Visited returned whether the node n was visited during a traverse.
func (d *DepthFirst) Visited(n graph.Node) bool {
	return d.visited.Has(n.ID())
}

// Reset resets the state of the traverser for reuse.
func (d *DepthFirst) Reset() {
	d.stack = d.stack[:0]
	d.visited = nil
}

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A colored woodblock poster advertising a theatrical production of Charles Dickens's famous novel, featuring three vignettes: "Oliver escapes from the sweep," "Oliver plucks up a spirit," and "Oliver asks for more." The first American posters were woodcuts, often very elaborate, and the art of printing from large wooden color blocks was perfected to the exclusion of any thoughts as to the design involved. Calhoun, in operation in the 1870s and 1880s, created a huge number of stock posters for theatrical productions. Using wood blocks made from boxwood trees, they needed three separate blocks for each color (one block per sheet). The original blocks survived through the 1970s, when they were used to reprint the posters, however this poster is an original antique from the 1880's.


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The proliferation of online news service is the rave nowadays, with the likes of Google and even an unlikely candidate Wikipedia, all toeing the news line; now Apple is set to join the party.
According to reports, Apple is planning to launch a subscription news service to be based on Texture, the magazine app it acquired last month, while Texture originally offers its subscribers access to about 200 publications for $9.99 per month.
Texture is sort of Netflix for news magazines, while Apple plans to integrate Texture service into the existing Apple News and launch a premium service in about a year time. Apple had cut over 15 staffers from Texture team immediately after the acquisition in March, and most likely will be unifying the remaining Texture staff into the existing Apple News team as well.
While the erstwhile Apple news app called Newsstand combined several magazines and newspapers, but the publications were only provided on personal subscription basis.
And the later offshoot of the service, Apple News which was launched in 2015, also took same format, albeit this latest subscription service involving multiple publications could steer Apple News to the next level and perhaps lead to revenue resurgence akin to the $9.99 offering per month for Apple Music.
Apple currently earns revenue from subscriptions for its iCloud storage and Apple Music, and it's also getting a cut of subscriptions sold by third-party apps on the App Store.
The launch of a news subscription service based on Texture would add to the other paid services to beef up Apple's revenue streams, including from iCloud storage and music streaming on Apple Music.
Apple prepping to launch News Service based on Texture magazine app
By John Onwuegbu Apr 17, 2018


Horseshoe Tavern: A Toronto Bar.
A mainstay on the Toronto rock scene, this intimate venue is a part of the city's history. Big ticket acts have included The Rolling Stones, The Strokes, Wilco, Spoon, and more.


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We can Comparison Between for loop while loop and do-while loop given below:
for loop:
The for loop is an entry-controlled loop that provides a more concise loop control structure. A for loop is used to execute and repeat a block of statements depending on a condition. It has the following syntax :
for(<initial value>;<condition>;<increment>)
<statement block>
while loop:
while loop is also an entry-controlled loop statement. A while loop is used to execute and repeat a block of statements depending on a condition. It has the following syntax :
while(<condition>)
do-while:
A do-while loop is an exit-controlled loop statement. A do-while loop is used to execute and repeat a block of statements depending on a condition. It has the following syntax :
do-while loop
1. A for loop is used to execute and repeat a statement block depending on a condition which is evaluated at the beginning of the loop. 1. A while loop is used to execute and repeat a statement block depending on a condition which is evaluated at the beginning of the loop. 1. A do-while loop is used to execute and repeat a statement block depending on a condition which is evaluated at the end of the loop.
2. A variable value is initialized at the beginning of the loop. 2. A variable value is initialized at the beginning or before of the loop. 2. A variable value is initialized before the loop or assigned inside the loop.
3. The statement block will not be executed when the value of the condition is false. 3. The statement block will not be executed when the value of the condition is false. 3. The statement block will not be executed when the value of the condition is false, but the block is executed at least once irrespective of the value of the condition.
4. A statement to change the value of the condition or to increment the value of the variable is given at the beginning of the loop. 4. A statement to change the value of the condition or to increment the value of the variable is given inside of the loop. 4. A statement to change the value of the condition or to increment the value of the variable is given inside of the loop.
5. A for loop is commonly used by many programmers. 5. A while loop is widely used by many programmers. 5. A do-while loop is used in some cases where the condition need to be checked at the end of the loop.
1. Fundamental of C Language
2. Keywords in C
3. Data Types in C
4. Operators in C
5. Type Conversion in C
6. Input/Output Functions in C
7. C Program to Swap Two Numbers With or Without Temporary Variables
8. Control Statements in C – if, else, switch
9. Loop Control Statements in C | for, while, do-while loop
10. Comparison Between for loop while loop and do-while loop
11. Unconditional Control Transfer Statements in C
12. C Program to Check Armstrong Number
13. C Program to Generate Fibonacci Series
14. C Program to Check Whether a Number is Prime or Not
15. C Program to Convert Binary Number to Decimal
16. C Program to Convert Decimal Number to Binary
17. Arrays in C – One-Dimensional, Two-Dimensional Array
18. C Program to Find the Largest Number in an Array
19. C Program to Sort an Array in Ascending Order
20. C Program to Add Two Matrices
21. C Program to Multiply Two Matrices
22. C Program to Find Transpose of a Matrix
23. String Manipulations In C
24. C program to count number of vowels in a string
25. C Program to Check whether the Given String is a Palindrome
26. C Program to Concatenate Two Strings without using strcat()
27. C Program to Convert Lowercase to Uppercase
28. Functions in C
29. C Program to Find Factorial of a Number using Function
30. C Program to Reverse a Number using Function
31. C Program to Reverse a String using Function
32. Recursion in C
33. C Program to Find Factorial of a Number Using Recursion
34. C Program to Print Fibonacci Series using Recursion
35. Local and Global Variables in C
36. Storage Classes in C
37. Pointers in C
38. Call by Value in C using Pointers
39. Call by Reference in C using Pointers
40. Difference between Call by Value and Call by Reference
41. C Program to Add Two Numbers using Pointers
42. C Program to Find Largest of Two Numbers using Pointers
43. Dynamic Memory Allocation in C | malloc(), calloc(), free() and realloc()
44. C Program to count Vowels in a string using Pointer
45. C program to Check if a string is palindrome using Pointers
46. C Program to Copy String Using Pointers
47. Structure and Union in C
48. Difference between Structure & Union
49. File handling in C
50. C Program to Create a File and write in it
51. C program to copy contents of one file to another


Draft next Thursday means the schedule should be out really soon, right?
The schedule was released April 20 in 2017 and April 19 in 2018.
According to VividSeats, after experimenting with releasing the schedule during the second week of April, the NFL has mostly shifted to releasing the schedule during the third week of April, between April 15-21 in recent years.
Based on the most recent release dates, the 2019 NFL schedule release date projects to be Thursday, April 18.
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Yeah, I know it's always been before the draft, just haven't heard much about it like it seems we used to.
Wow you know this Draft and the weeks leading up to it are so much more interesting and exciting for us Texans fans than last years when we did not have a single pick until the third round.
After this past offseason... not sure I'm going to make the effort to watch.
Youeam Gaine's 1st offseason or this past FA period?
New Texans safety Tashaun Gipson on his well-known knack for covering elite tight ends: "Just know that the best tight ends that are coming into NRG, I'm gonna put the clamps on them" Gipson on Texans sophomore Justin Reid: "He's almost too smart. He's the guy who knows everything. I ask him a lot of questions." Gipson on Tyrann Mathieu: "I respect his game, but I'm a different guy. One guy tweets a lot, I don't have twitter."
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Texans in London week 9 (Nov. 3) 8:30 am local time.
. DeShaun Watson, Drew Brees, DeAndre Hopkins, Michael Thomas, Alvin Kamara, JJ Watt. Sounds like fun.
Texans open with the early Monday night game.
Is Nov a good time to visit London ? My understanding is that London is a persistently overcast & cool climate ala Seattle ?
One more time for posterity?
Seattle is a decent proxy for London weather.
In early November you can expect anything from reasonable with a bit of sun to cold and wet. It's unlikely to be warm, but the least pleasant of the weather hasn't usually arrived yet.
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What??? Where did I repeat myself? This isn't the drumk thread bud.
Call me a dreamer. A wild dreamer.
The draft is one week away. One week! One advantage of being my age is that the days fly by.
Okay, for the Texans first three picks, they get 3 wonderful offensive linemen. Then, for their first three picks, they get three great defensive backs. Next, for their first three picks, they get incredible defensive linemen, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends and linebackers, which is more than three, but hey, it's my dream, I can dream what I want. Dreams don't have to make sense.
Okay, for the Texans first 3 picks, they get 3 wonderful offensive linemen. Then, for their first three picks, they get three great defensive backs. And for their first three picks, they get incredible defensive linemen, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends and linebackers.
Hey, it's my dream, I can dream what I want.
But I'm not drunk, just dreaming. I have plenty of dreams that don't make sense in the light of day. It's kind of like watching Star Trek TNG, only much better. And I'm having fun.


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Harwich – Lovingly maintained home on corner lot in a neighborhood near Red River Beach and the Bike Trail. Lower level has 4th bedroom, family room and bonus playroom, a full bath, and storage room with walk out access. – great space for an extended family situation. Heat/AC high efficiency split units have been recently installed on both levels.Large deck and ample yard conducive for outside activities. Clean and easy to show. A great value for the price.
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Harwich – Time to Enjoy! This Large 3 BDRM/2 BA ranch style home with attached 1 car garage abuts the CAPE COD Rail Trail. Privacy abounds on this 1.79 acre parcel. The interior features: 1st floor laundry, large, fire placed, hardwood floor living area, kitchen and dining room. Master bedroom and bath are separate from the other 2 bedrooms and main bath. Full size walk-out basement is studded for rec room.
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Harwich – First time on the market! Access to walking trails and bike path at end of cul-de-sac. Fireplace in living room, gas fireplace in sun room off dining area. Master bedroom with private bath, walkout basement, first floor laundry and outside shower. Gorgeous landscaping – something always blooming throughout the season. Home does need some updating, carpets, paint etc. Used seasonally since new.
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Harwich – Lovely Ranch with great space. Front-to-back living/dining with fireplace, spacious kitchen with gas range, large family room addition wired for surround-sound with cathedral ceiling and gas fireplace, hardwood floors throughout, ceiling fans in every room, and windows have been replaced. Gas heat and central A/C, central vac, irrigation front and back, large deck and patio, outside shower and well-maintained yard. Attached garage with door for small dog to access a fenced-in area. This house has been loved. Listing broker is owner.
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I am concerned. I am concerned that how I dress, where I come from, or even what values I hold dear will be held against me. I am concerned that who I am will matter less that how I appear. To paraphrase a recent Ontario ad, I am concerned that what I wear on my head will be construed as more important than what is in it.
Doesn't fit the image of the multi-ethnic, pluralistic Canada we have been led to expect? No it doesn't.
The proposal has rightly stirred up a debate throughout the province, of course -but mainly, it seems, in the largest urban center, Montreal, where foreign born immigrants make up 23% of the total population. That is where the biggest opposition to the charter exists. So the government, caught with its pants down, has started waffling about what it might be willing to allow to opt out, and under what circumstances. But that seems to defeat their original reason for proposing the charter. Indeed, if there are things so unimportant as to be allowed to be dis-included, doesn't that suggest that their importance has all the while been of questionable significance?
On first glance, the ideas behind the proposal might seem reasonable in a society where there had never been any religious roots. But Quebec's history is a Catholic one, a religious one where, at least until recent years, it was not unusual to see the night-black gowns of priests and nuns in any crowd, on any street, and in any city or town. It's a province where churches and cathedrals abound and where no village could hide inconspicuously in any terrain because its steeple would give it away long before any other buildings would. A recent poll suggested that a majority outside of the urban area of greater Montreal are actually in favor of the idea of dispensing with religious symbolism. One suspects, however, that the responses were not deeply thought through and that what was really meant was the banning of the religious symbols of others.
The niqab -which covers the entire face except for the eyes- might be a bit more frightening to some, but there are variations even with this. And behind every niqab is a voice, a woman, a person -no more or less to fear than any other. We speak, after all, more with our eyes than our faces; they are what hold our attention and focus in a conversation… They are what a doctor learns to trust.
So, are we offended that some people look different from us? Think differently; behave differently? Do we really possess omniscience? Only us? How parochial! How monochromatic! The whole thing reminds me of the famous film, The Wizard of Oz. Remember how it started out in black and white -the Kansas sequences? And because it started that way, it seemed entirely normal and complete… until it suddenly blossomed into Technicolor. and we realized what we had been missing, and how drab the world had looked before. It is a wonderful metaphor to describe the multicultural experience. Life, in colour, is so much more interesting.
I grow old… I grow old… I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Well, maybe not, but I do think that things unfurl differently with age. The world is just that little bit more tinged with memory, red-shifted as it were, softened with colours no longer as bright, but deeply embedded and integral. Constituent. Fundamental. I think apperception is what makes age unique… and valuable: the epiphany on the journey Northward.
Age is insightful, and wisdom springs from having seen most of it before -in different iterations, perhaps, but nonetheless engendering that Delphic facility of predicting consequences from seemingly disparate observations. The collation, in other words, of subtle details, trivial evidence, and past experience. Diagnosis, after all, is merely the compilation of relevant information and insightfully categorizing it. And of course what is chosen for the algorithm determines its worth.
But perhaps this is an unrealistic assessment of what age contributes to a profession like medicine; perhaps the increase of years merely serves to isolate the individual in long-buried concepts, world-views that no longer obtain, knowledge that has since been superseded. The world is round, whether or not we grew up thinking it flat –knowing it flat… Knowledge changes, and unlike Fashion, it changes for a reason: the concretion and assimilation of evidence.
I would like to think that, in general, age recognizes itself -recognizes, that is, that its role has shifted. In some ways it is like the move from player to coach: experience teaching the inexperienced. It's a natural progression and often subtle, requiring a restructuring of identity, a reshaping of expectations, a shifting of goals. As I look back on my own career I can discern temporally invisible phases ranging from the overly -and insufferably- merely knowledgeable, to the practically-acquired functionality necessary for independent performance of surgically appropriate tasks, to the realization that these same tasks need not be selfishly virtuosic but could be shared. Should be shared. This latter aspect, I suppose, is the belated awareness that wisdom entails distribution: dissemination of what time and experience have endowed.
I am more and more drawn to the value of those who have been deemed elders in traditional societies: people who are considered repositories of what is considered important in their respective cultures. They bring not only memories of things past, but the expectation that the past may be of use -if only by way of example- to the present. Without what was, what is remains rootless. Lost. It is a person with only a first name: bereft of family identification, unvalidated and uncredentialled in the larger picture.
As time passes and experience accretes, I think those of us senior enough in our chosen specialties can choose what procedures we wish to perform and refer the others to younger, more eager members with reputations to solidify -those who will become us in turn as the years roll past. We become their mentors -coaches- in the ever changing world of medicine. No less valuable for the alternate roll, there is nonetheless an understanding, an unspoken assignation. A different authentication.
Age in Medicine brings with it benefits not only to the Specialty but more importantly, to the patient as well. It brings among other things a willingness to talk and listen, a disposition -sometimes- to share stories and commiserate as only someone with long experience and a wealth of misfortunes can accommodate. It brings, one hopes, a thoughtful response to seemingly intractable problems, a measured approach to issues, untethered by current fashion, that may seem merely philosophical on a cursory appraisal, but ultimately profound and satisfying when considered dispassionately and with the benefit of the passage of time. It brings things that are often difficult to teach: bedside manners, respect for differing perspectives and, maybe, recognition that when we cannot cure, when we cannot fix, we can still be human. We can be understanding. We can still be a voice for hope.


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If you are a non-smoker, it is the leading cause of lung cancer. The typical American receives 55% of his radiation exposure from Radon.
The radioactive decay of Radon sends out Alpha particles. These heavy dense sub-atomic nuclear particles can cause mutagenic damage to lung tissue. This is the underlying cause of cancer.
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In this month of Remembrance, the Scholae of Ampleforth Abbey sang Fauré's Requiem in a Meditation for All Souls last night.
Over 80 students, ranging from our Year 6 students upwards, were involved. The whole school also gathered for Mass, celebrated by the Prior Administrator, Fr Gabriel Everitt OSB, on 1st November, the Feast of All Saints. If you are in the Abbey over the next few days, you may see the silhouettes of ten 'ghost soldiers.' These perspex figures commemorate some of the Old Amplefordians who gave their lives in the Great War. This is part of a national art installation, 'There but not there,' which will also raise money for today's war veterans. Ampleforth will gather in silence outside Main Hall, around the Field of Remembrance, after 10.00am Mass on Sunday for the annual Service of Remembrance. Visiting families are most welcome to join the school for this, particularly poignant this year as it marks 100 years since Armistice Day.
At Mass on Sunday, 60 of our students were enrolled on to their course of Catechises in preparation for Confirmation in May 2019. They each presented a declaration card expressing their intent to commit fully to the programme and in turn were presented with a small wooden cross by their House Catechists, students in Year 13, to mark the occasion. Please keep them all in your prayers.
You can still book tickets for our annual performance of Handel's Messiah, on Sunday 9th December in the Abbey Church. Tickets and further details are available here.
Nobody can fail to be impressed by our wonderful library, and an article on it appeared recently in the national press. You can read more here.
Emma Astley Birtwistle in Year 12 returned to school with excellent news – she has been selected to play for the England Rounders Under 21 Squad. Emma has already played for both the Under 14s and Under 16s, and we congratulate her on her latest success.
Year 11 student Joe Mitchell has become the first Ampleforth student to complete an HPQ, the GCSE version of the Extended Project Qualification. The Higher Project Qualification, to give the HPQ its full name, is a standalone qualification, which students can take in addition to their GCSEs. It encourages students to work independently and expand their learning and enthusiasm for a new area of study. Joe, who hails from north of the border, researched how Scottish identity has been created and decided that 'a Scot wears a kilt, plays the bagpipes, and eats haggis, in order to gain a Scottish identity, not because he already has one.' He will hear how he has done by the end of February.
The lunchtime concerts in Main Hall are a popular feature of Ampleforth life, and this week the audience had the opportunity to hear two of our staff, Clarinet and Sax teacher Krzysztof Urbanski and Jazz/Classical piano teacher Martin Longhawn. The programme featured jazz music arranged for duo format.
The play will be performed on Thursday 6th, Friday 7th and Saturday 8th December at 7.00pm in the Upstairs Theatre and you can book your tickets HERE.
On Wednesday the Year 13 students applying for degrees in medicine took part in an MMI workshop (Multi Mini Interview). There are three broad categories of interview type in medicine: traditional panel (e.g. Imperial, BSMS and Cardiff); multiple mini interviews (e.g. Aberdeen, UEA, Birmingham and Newcastle), and Oxbridge. Many medical schools are now moving to the MMI format in which candidates rotate around several "stations" for mini interviews of around seven minutes. Wednesday's workshop was led by a couple of students from Newcastle University who offered tips and advice on how to answer some of the questions candidates may be asked. We hope to provide more interview practice in the future and are always keen to hear from parents working in medicine who would be willing to help. Please do get in touch with the Head of Careers, Amanda Toone (Amanda.Toone@ampleforth.org.uk) if you are interested.


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Additional biographical information about supporting characters (origins, background and descriptions) will be added periodically.
Click on the names below to jump directly to that character's information:
Carl Beacham | Patsy Sheffield | James Pearson | Julian Gregori | Leon Donnelly
Peter Goebel | Francesca DeSantos | Jessica Carter | Ben Glick | Peter Bodswell
Isabella Fuentes | Hayden Dahl | Cynthia Taggert | Dr. Arthur Hawkings
Carl Beacham
Carl is an attorney (briefly a former prosecutor) with an eclectic practice that tries to combine estate/investment law with a small criminal defense practice. He is an associate of the hero Query and essentially serves as Query's public face. While the hero investigates in less overt ways and in the darker corners of society—and while he interrogates criminals and criminal associates—Carl conducts interviews with victims and witnesses whom Query is either working for or helping for free and does other research and investigation as needed. Acting as both an attorney for Query's affairs and as the hero's lead investigator, many assume that Carl himself is Query, though in fact Carl is overweight, out of shape, and significantly shorter than Query. While Carl does maintain a pretty busy client load in both aspects of his law practice, he could survive on the income from Query alone, who is determined to overcompensate him for his troubles.
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Patsy Sheffield
Fiancée of Carl Beacham (above), and an indirect associate of Query (though she is unaware of that fact). Query actually orchestrated their meeting more than six months after Carl began working for Query, as he thought the two might be a good match (Patsy is a lab technician who worked at one of the companies Query co-founded as part of his Alan Millos identity).
James Pearson
Owner of the Shoreline Hero Shop in New Judah, Connecticut—formerly known as Cosmic Comics (when it was still owned by his now-late father). James himself is a transhuman (a Primal with the ability to produce powerful pheromones), though he doesn't make it known that he is, and he really only uses his powers to ease certain aspects of his personal and business life.
Julian Gregori
A well-regarded fashion designer even before he became involved with transhumans, Julian designs and manufactures costumes and accessories for transhumans (or their devotees) as a very lucrative sideline activity to his more "mainstream" design work in a business he co-owns with life partner Leon Donnelly (see below). He has a reputation for extreme discretion and attention to security/secrecy, making him one of the most sought-after designers by transhumans, whether heroes or villains. Julian himself makes no distinctions about the moral character of transhumans, though he will not create or procure any illegal merchandise.
Leon Donnelly
A former extreme fighting competitor, Leon is not only the gay life partner of Julian Gregori (see above) but his business partner as well. Despite his fitness and fighting skills, Leon does not usually protect Julian per se, as they tend to set up deals with transhumans with an eye toward avoiding potential violence. Leon's primary contributions to the business involve his organizational, management and logistics skills. Leon had adopted a baby girl along with his previous life partner, who died of a stroke when Lois was one. Leon and Julian met 18 months later, Julian became a legal adoptive parent of Lois a little over a year after that and, as of 2010, their daughter is 7 years old.
Peter Goebel
A clothing and accessories designer who focuses a good share of business on transhuman clients, much like Julian Gregori does. He has a reputation for very good-looking materials, but not always the best reputation for workmanship or overall sense of style. But his lower prices make him fairly accessible to heroes, who tend to have less money to work with than do villains.
Francesca DeSantos
A clothing and accessories designer who is at least the equal of Julian Gregori in skill (perhaps more so) and is the chief competitor to him and his partner Leon Donnelly both in human and transhuman circles. She is known for being opportunistic and ruthless, as well as caring very little about any moral quandaries in terms of outfitting transhumans who are villains, violent vigilantes or shady mercenaries. It has been rumored at times that she is willing and able to connect clients to weapons suppliers as well.
A stylist at a relatively upscale salon in downtown New Judah, Jessica is an Interfacer with the ability to create pleasurable sensations in others by voice or touch (more powerfully with the latter), though she keeps this fact secret. Effects can range from mildly pleasant to something beyond orgasmic, and it is theoretically possible that she might be able to influence a subject's nervous system in other (and perhaps not so pleasurable) ways, though this hasn't been demonstrated as yet. She uses her powers to enhance loyalty and generosity among her clients, and for other aspects of her personal and professional activities.
Ben Glick
Host of the hour-long "Ben Glick's America" cable television show on Fox News as well as host of a radio talk show and author of several books, Ben is a well-known and popular (if not always well-regarded) personality and a staunch supporter of the Freedom Party (and of the most conservative elements of the Republican Party). As a conservative political pundit and commentator, he is known for espousing various conspiracy theories that are invariably attributed to moderate and liberal politicians, celebrities and businesspeople. (Astute readers will likely notice that Ben Glick is essentially a stand-in for Glenn Beck in my Whethermen universe, though he is probably less of a Glenn Beck clone than he is Glenn Beck with elements of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity thrown in.)
Peter Bodswell
One of Texas' two U.S. senators, Peter Bodswell was elected in 2008 as a Freedom Party candidate. He is extremely right-wing/conservative on most issues (gun rights, death penalty, abortion, homosexuality, religion, etc.) and very anti-transhuman in his outlook. Only 45 years old as of 2010, he is reportedly being groomed for a future presidential candidacy.
Isabella Fuentes
Stepsister of Michele Cho (aka Solstice) and her roommate as well. The two became siblings when Michele's widowed Chinese father married Isabella's divorced Puerto Rican mother (Michele was 14 at the time and Isabella 12). Although they've never been particularly sisterly in their relationship, they did form a strong friendship over the years. Isabella, who works in the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, is aware of Michele's double life.
Hayden Dahl
The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transhuman Affairs, confirmed to that post by the U.S. Senate in spring 2010. He is a fairly liberal-leaning Democrat.
Cynthia Taggert
The administrator of the Yosef H. Givens Psychiatric Detention Facility located just outside of New Judah. The institution is a combination prison and psychiatric care facility that mostly houses people with mental illness who are actually dangerous to others and are suspected of (or have been found guilty of) heinous crimes. Cynthia is essentially the "warden" of the facility. Inmates and patients at the institution come from the eastern half of the United States (the Givens Psychiatric Detention Facility, or GPDF, has a "sister facility" in Nevada called the Riverton Psychiatric Prison that handles the other half of the country). Roughly half of the prison/patient population at the GPDF is transhuman.
Dr. Arthur Hawkings
A psychologist, psychiatrist and neurologist, Arthur is the head of clinical and counseling services at the Givens Psychiatric Detention Facility (see Cynthia Taggert entry above), essentially serving as the second-in-command at the facility, though technically and officially that role is served by the associate administrator who works under Cynthia Taggert.
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Jay A. Fulton and Gary C. Thomann. The use of water source heat pumps in south central Kansas. Wind Energy Report no.7. Wichita State University. Center for Energy Studies, 1979, 86 p.
A water source heat pump (WSHP) operates similarly to a conventional air-to-air heat pump except that instead of using the air as a heat source or sink, a water reservoir, such as ground water, is used. The conventional heat pump system must exhaust heat in the summer into the hot air and draw heat from the cold air in the winter. In contrast, the WSHP,using ground water at a temperature of about 60° F, has a relatively cool heat sink. in the surmmer and warm heat source in the winter. As a result, the water source system uses less energy than the conventional system for the same amount of heat transfer. With t he WSHP 1 ground water is supplied to the heat pump using a well and injected back into the reservoir using a second well. Hence. no net change in the water table results. The use of WSHp's for South Central Kansas was investigated in this study for use in single family dwellings and apartments. The particular topi cs addressed were 1. System manufacturers and system costs 2. Water availability and well costs 3. The economi cs of water source systems compared to gas furnace/ electric air, electric resistance heat/ electric air, and air-to-air heat pumps for heating and cooling. The cost of various types of systems for heating and cooling houses is shown below. These figures are typical costs for three ton units in a new residence.


The filtering process for the saved reporst is the same as for the new reports.
Click Projectlist on the Outlook Ribbon to switch to the InLoox PM project overview.
In the InLoox PM tab, in the Reports group, click Reports and choose from the drop-down Create Report.
In the Selection area choose between All projects, Selected projects or Projects matching. For the last option you can define the filter criterion such as Number, Name or Customer that the selected project contains.
Activate the Include project requests box to add the project requests to the report.
In the Template area choose a template from the drop-down list.
Choose All work packages to include the complete list.
Choose Time Work packages matching to filter between Date, Performed by and Group.
Define the billable status for the report.
Choose All planning items to include the complete list of planning elements.
Choose Planning items matching to define, which planning items, summaries, activities or milestones, will be included into the report. You can specify their combination by selecting the corresponding check box.
Choose All entries to include the complete list of time tracking entries.
Choose Time tracking entries matching to filter between Date, Performed by and Group. You can specify their combination by selecting the corresponding check box.
Click Create report after you made all changes you want.
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Hello, I'm Graham Terris and I left Scotland about 30 years ago. One day I will go back. And never have I ever seen City of God.
What do you mean you've never seen City of God? Never seen City of God means Never seen City of God! You want details? That's not a thing these days is it?
Ok, details: City of God came out in 2002, and we live in a town whose cinema just doesn't do films that are not sequential blockbusters. If it were a zoo it would be a Shih Tzu. Which means we have to drive up to Cambridge to see anything out of the mainstream, and that wasn't really practical around the turn of the century. Kids.
So what films have you actually seen, tell us about your favourites? Difficult question, I'm not very good at these favourite questions. Especially the arts. Favourite car, headphones, tunnel, desktop fan? They're easy. Album, book, film, gig, painting? The answer depends on the day you ask, it's based on emotion not logic. My poor memory also plays a part in the answer.
Get on with it!! Ok, The 1st 2 Godfather films, always. Unforgiven for the setting I saw it in; a decrepit Warsaw flea-pit. Local Hero for its twee Scottishness. L.A. Confidential for story, acting & style. Finally, Blade Runner which I'd really like to understand. That's today's list.
Before you start the film, what do you know about it? Quite a lot actually; it often appears in best ever film conversations, the director, Fernando Meirelles, created the Rio Olympics opening ceremony, so he's the Brazilian Danny Boyle, it was nominated for 4 Oscars & it's the highest ranked IMDb film that I've not seen, at #21.
Silence - I worry about films with the opening credits accompanied by silence. It's ominous. Ah, a noise; a knife being sharpened, sets the tone I suppose.
An interesting opening sequence, Brazilian music (obvs), a meal is being prepared in the street, vegetables & chickens mainly and there's one particular chicken, still alive, that's not too happy with this.
Chase scene - chicken, armed gang, police and a photographer in the middle.... … and we rewind to the sixties and kids playing football, in Brazil. They were good then.


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Neil Young has stopped using Facebook and blamed the social media site for supporting right wing groups
"We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to you".
Neil Young. Credit: Getty
Neil Young has revealed that he is no longer using Facebook.
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Posting in his Archives website website, the veteran rocker slammed the social media site and said his site is "no longer interested in further links with Facebook" and will "be discontinuing use".
In the posting entitled "Facebook is toast at NYA", Young wrote: "Facebook is facing criticism for sponsoring the annual gala of the Federalist Society, the powerful right wing organisation behind the nomination of the conservative supreme court justice Brett Kavanaugh.
"This turn of events, in addition to the false information regularly supplied to the public on Facebook, with its knowledge, has caused us to re-evaluate and change our use policy. I don't feel that a social site should be making obvious commitments to one side of politics or the other. It further confuses readers regarding truthfulness in coverage and message.
"NYA, is no longer interested in further links with FACEBOOK and will be discontinuing use. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to you."
Credit: Gus Stewart/Redferns
It comes just a month after he threatened to pull all posts from his archive.
At the time Young wrote: "It's a problem we face together. FB gives you more than you want and it's not all good. A lot of it is very bad misinformation about political campaigns and ads that are outright falsehoods. These are fine with Facebook, but not with NYA. If we were to leave Facebook with our social outreach we would lose communications with millions. If we continue to be on Facebook, we are conflicted about who we are.
With that in mind, don't be surprised if we drop all references and contacts with the platform. We recently ran an article describing how to delete the FB platform. It's not easy to disengage but it is possible… if you believe them."
Meanwhile, Young, a Canadian citizen, recently shared that his application for US citizenship had been delayed because of his marijuana use.


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NGS 1793-1840: The West Indian Campaign 1808-10
Fig. 1: Four clasp NGS 1793-1840 medal to Act. Lieut. John Wardle, RN. Image courtesy of DNW, London.
I keep returning to the Naval General Service 1793-1840 medals in the recent Goddard sale at DNW. This choice collection continues to reveal fascinating aspects of the medal and the history it represents. In this blog I will focus on the British West Indian campaign 1808-10. This was triggered by one particular medal in the sale (lot 37), the four clasper to Lieut. John Wardle, RN. This medal, in a beautiful way, illustrates the intense campaign in the West Indies, Wardle having earned all four clasps during the short time 1809-1810. I will have some more comments about this medal at the end of the blog.
For the NGS collector, when reading standard works like the excellent British Battles and Medals, it's sometimes difficult to get a complete overview of how all the clasps fit into a bigger picture. I hope to be able to somewhat remedy this, at least for this relatively short campaign. I will not reiterate all the details here, they are all in the commanding officer's original reports. These can usually be found in the London Gazette; links are provided when you click the clasp name in the table below. The NGS clasp names are highlighted blue in the main text below.
After the Battle of Trafalgar and Strachan's action on 4th Nov 1805, the Franco-Spanish fleet was effectively decimated. For Spain, it meant a complete loss of its fleet, with disastrous consequences for its ability to protect its overseas possessions, its time as an imperial power was over. What remained of the French fleet was largely blockaded in port. As a consequence, it also became increasingly difficult for France to maintain ties with its colonies in the West Indies. This naturally severely affected the population in the colonies, which suffered from shortages of vital supplies and low moral. France and its allies were loosing hold on their West Indian possessions. In early 1806, a squadron was dispatched from Brest to attempt a re-supply of French West Indies, but was decisively destroyed by Adm. Duckworth off St. Domingo on Feb 6th. In Nov 1806, Capt. Brisbane in the frigate Arethusa (36), with two consorts took the Dutch island of Curaçao. Similarly, the commander of the British Naval forces on the Leeward Island Station, RAdm. Sir Alexander Cochrane, in Dec 1807 seized the Danish islands, of St. Thomas and St. Croix.
At the end of 1808 the Royal Navy had effectively denied any French privateer of a safe haven across the West Indies, and by the beginning of 1809, Cayenne in French Guiana, was taken by Capt. Yeo of the ship-sloop, Confiance, with the aide of the Portuguese. The only colonies remaining on French hands were Martinique and Guadaloupe. In Jan 1809, London ordered RAdm. Cochrane to take the islands, at his disposal was the Leeward Island fleet directly under his command, and ~10,000 troops of the Army under Lieut-Gen. Sir George Beckwith.
NGS Medals
The table below summarizes the NGS clasps associated with the capture of Martinique and Guadaloupe, 1808-1810, which were authorized by the Admiralty in 1848. Each one signifying that either, a commissioned officer had been promoted for the action, or in the case of the two clasps naming the islands, the Navy had significantly supported the Army.
NGS Clasp
28 Nov Bost Service 1808 (2) 28-29 Nov 1808 Mahaut Bay, Guadaloupe 1
Off the Pearl Rock (16) 12-13 Dec 1808 The Pearl Rock, NW Martinique 1
Martinique (486) 30 Jan-24 Feb 1809 Army taking Fort Desaix, Fort Royal, SW Martinique 2
Pompee 17 June 1809 (22) 14-17 Apr 1809 Started at Isle des Saintes (2), ended off Cape Roxo, SW Purto Rico 2
Castor 17 June 1809 (5) do do 2
Recruit 17 June 1809 (4) do do 2
Bonne Citoyenne wh Furieuse (12) 5-6 Jul 1809 Mid Atlantic, 43 ° 41' N, 34 ° W
25 Jul Boat Service 1809 (0) 26 Jul 1809 St. Marie Bay, Guadaloupe 3
13 Dec Boat Service 1809 (9) 13 Dec 1809 Hayes Bay, Guadaloupe 4
Anse La Barque (40) 18 Dec 1809 Barque Bay, Guadaloupe 5
Scorpion 12 Jan 1810 (8) 12 Jan 1810 Basse Terre Roads, Guadaloupe 6
Guadaloupe (483) Jan-Feb 1810 Army actions around area of Basse Terre, SW Guadaloupe 6
NGS 1793-1840 clasps awarded for the West Indian Campaign 1808-10. Numbers in brackets indicate total number of medals issued. Click the clasp name to read the London Gazette account of the action. Blue numbers indicate locations on the Martinique map below. Red are locations on the Guadaloupe map below.
Capture of Martinique
The first action off Martinique, 12-13th Dec 1808, took place close to the NW tip of the island, off a small cluster of rocks, the main one named the La Perle (the Pearl Rock) (Fig. 2: mark 1). A French corvette, Cygne, in company with two schooners had left Cherbourg with supplies and successfully reached the island avoiding detection by the Royal Navy. However, on Dec 12 1808, the frigate Circe (38), in company with the sloops Stork (16) and Epervier (18) were alerted to the French presence. A sharp action followed, and one of the schooners was driven ashore, but a boat attack was unsuccessful with heavy losses for the British. The action lasted into the following day, where Amaranthe (18) appeared and the attack was renewed. Despite battery support from the shore, Cygne and the remaining schooner were abandoned by the crew and destroyed by the British. This was a very costly action, with 12 killed, 31 wounded and 26 missing (presumed drowned) on the British side. This was also the only action off Martinique, predating the invasion, which resulted in the approval of an NGS clasp Off the Pearl Rock. The actual capture of the island took place from late January until the final surrender on February 24th 1809, with the Army initially landing at three strategic places, and quickly taking most of the land facing little resistance from the local militia. Eventually the French held Fort Desaix in Port Royal (Fig. 2: mark 2) surrendered after a siege and heavy bombardment. The details are best read in the original London Gazette reports which can be found by clicking the clasp name in the above table. The NGS clasp Martinique was issued for this action for the Royal Navy's support of the Army.
Fig. 2: A map by Thomas Jefferys of Martinique (1775). Library of Congress. Image enhancements and annotations by blog author. Move cursor over picture to zoom.
Actions off Guadaloupe
The actions associated with the taking of Guadaloupe resulted in considerable more NGS clasps. The first, the 28 Nov Boat Service 1808, action in Mahaut Bay, Guadaloupe (Fig 3: mark 1), on 28-29th Nov 1808, was an early skirmish, signifying more of what was to come. This rare Boat Service action, unusually, appears not to have been be listed in the London Gazette, but more details can be learned from Lieut. Daniel Lawrence's writeup in Marshall's Naval Biography (click on clasp named in the table for details or here).
News of the fall of Martinique did not travel by today's speed, in 1809 it was limited by how fast a horse could ride or a despatch sloop could sail. As the case was, the news did not reach France before a small relief squadron under Commodore Amable Troude, left L'Orient in mid February with much needed supplies for Martinique. It consisted of three 74-gun ships-of-the-line, Hautpoult, Courageux, and Polonais, and two frigates, Félicité and Furieuse, which were armed en-flûte (meaning stripped down of most of its guns, to make room for cargo). In early April, the squadron reached Martinique undetected, but finding the island had fallen, found safe anchorage at Isle Des Saintes, SE. of the island of Guadaloupe (Fig 3: mark 2).
Fig. 3: A map by Thomas Jefferys of Guadaloupe and surrounding islands (1775). Library of Congress. Image enhancements and annotations by blog author. Move cursor over picture to zoom.
RAdm. Cochrane, alerted of the presence of Troude's squadron, ordered the islands occupied and mortars setup for bombing of the French ships at anchorage. This was effected on April 14th, and during the night the three 74s slipped out of the North passage heading W.SW. Off shore, the British squadron consisting of Cochrane's flagship Neptune (98) and Pompee (74) observed the French escape, but darkness prevented them from determining if they were frigates or 74s. With possibly two remaining French 74s still at Isle Des Saintes, Cochrane did not want to abandon the landed troops without the protection of a British ship-of-the-line, and he dispatched the Pompee and the Cruizer-class brig-sloop Recruit (18) to pursue the fleeing French, Neptune remaining behind.
Fig. 4: Approximate course of the pursuit and capture of Hautpoult by Pompee, Castor and Recruit. April 14-17th, 1809, stretching almost 500 nautical miles.
A fierce chase began, with Pompee and Recruit in hot pursuit of the French. They managed to engage Hautpoult, the stern-most ship, but the Frenchman was a strong sailor and only Recruit under Capt. C. Napier managed to hang on and continued harassing the bigger ship throughout the night, attempting to damage the masts and rigging to slow him down. In the process Recruit receiving many shots from the Frenchman's stern-chasers. By evening of the 15th, both Pompee and Neptune had caught up. The French ships split, and Neptune and Recruit pursued Courageux and Polonais, while Pompee continued after Hautpoult in W.NW. direction. By the morning of the 16th, the frigates Castor (38) and Latona (38) had joined Pompee, and by dawn Castor had disabled the Frenchman sufficiently for Pompee to finally bring her to close action, off Cape Roxo, S.SW. Porto Rico. With several additional British ships arriving, Commodore Troude surrendered. This action lasted three days and resulted in a running fight of close to 500 nautical miles. In 1849, NGS clasps were sanctioned for Pompee, Recruit and Castor, all erroneously with the date of 17 June 1809, two months after the actual surrender. Medals with the clasp for Pompee 17 June 1809 almost invariably will also bear the Guadaloupe clasp. The only exception appears to be the NGS medal to Lieut. Cosby of the 63rd Foot, who also received an MGS medal, this with the Guadaloupe and Martinique clasps. For some reason many qualified candidates did not claim the Pompee clasp.
Fig. 5: Bonne Citoyenne wh Furieuse. Courtesy British Museum, Print 1940,1214.52.
Courageux and Polonais got away and managed to return to France. The frigates Félicité and Furieuse were not as fortunate. They were successful in escaping from Isle Des Saintes on the night of April 15th and reached Basse Terre, Guadaloupe where they unloaded their cargo of flour and guns. Here they remained until June 14th, where they attempted the return voyage to France laden with sugar and coffee. However, Félicité was chased by Latona and Cherub (18), and surrendered without fight on June 18th. No NGS clasp was approved for this event. Furieuse managed to get well underway, until intercepted, July 5th, in the mid-Atlantic, by Bonne Citoyenne (20) under Commander William Mounsey, who was performing convoy duty bound for Québec. He chased Furieuse for 18 hours, firing 129 broadsides, and having nearly exhausting all his gun powder, he managed to lay alongside the Frenchman, preparing to board her with all hands, when she finally struck her ensign. Both ships were badly damaged, but with much effort Furieuse was towed into Halifax where they arrived on August 1st. This action was honored with a Small Naval Gold Medal to Commander Mounsey, which subsequently in 1848 resulted in the NGS clasp, Bonne Citoyenne wh Furieuse. It may seem strange to include this mid-Atlantic action in the West Indian Campaign category, but I feel it belongs there to complete the whole picture.
After the fall of Martinique, the only remaining French possession in the West Indies was Guadaloupe, which became the primary focus of British attention. On the other hand France was intensifying its efforts to resupply the island with much needed supplies, so encounters between the two adversaries were inevitable. Some of these resulted in clasps to the NGS medal.
A fairly obscure action took place on July 25th 1809, in St. Marie Bay[3], Guadaloupe (Fig. 3, mark 3), where a boat service party from the sloop Fawn (18), under the command of a Lieut. Morgan cut out a schooner with the name 'Guadaloupe'. No other information appears to be known, except the action was listed in the 1849 London Gazette issue when the approved NGS clasps were announced. As such, one must assume a commissioned officer was promoted for the action, presumably the officer in charge. Click here for an explanation of a recent search for the man. There were no applicants who claimed this, 25 Jul Boat Service 1809 clasp, which is not to be confused with the clasp for the other boat service action on this date taking place in the Baltic. The captured vessel, 'Guadaloupe' appears also to not having been enrolled in the Royal Navy.
In fact, another boat service action took place on December 12-13th 1809, which resulted in the capture of the French brig La Nisus (16), it was added to the Royal Navy under the name Guadaloupe. A small squadron cruising off Guadaloupe, consisting of Thetis (32), under Capt. G. Miller, the Pultusk (16), Cmdr. W. Elliot, and some smaller consorts, discovered the French brig at anchor in Hayes Bay under the protection of a battery (Fig. 3, mark 4). In the evening of December 12th, a small boarding party, commanded by Cmdr. Elliot landed undetected south of the battery. They made their way through thick brush in steep terrain and attacked the battery from the rear. The battery was carried and destroyed which enabled the boats of the squadron supported by Pultesk to enter the harbor, board and capture La Nisus, with only four men wounded. Cmdr. Elliot was promoted and the NGS clasp 13 Dec Boat Service 1809 was sanctioned in 1849.
Fig. 6: NGS medal to Lieut. James G. Gordon of the Freja(36) with the Anse La Barque clasp. Photo by blog author, ex-collection.
Just a week after the above action, a further French attempt to re-supply the island was foiled when Blonde (38), Capt. V. V. Ballard, and the Thetis, observed two French frigates, armed en-flûte, off the NW tip of Guadaloupe, making their way to Basse Terre. They turned out to be the Loire and the Seine, carrying troops and supplies. Finding themselves cut off from their intended port, they found shelter in a small cove, Anse La Barque, about nine nautical miles (~ 16km) NW of Basse-Terre (Fig. 3, mark 5). Both anchored with their broadsides facing the sea, and were further protected by two batteries on shore. Another battery, a little south of Anse La Barque, fired on the approaching British ships, which now also counted the brig Ringdove (18), Cmdr. W. Dowers. Ringdove received a short right through the hull. This promptly made Cmdr. Dowers embark in the boats with a landing party, which stormed and carried the battery. The guns were spiked and the magazine blown up, and the party returned to the ship without a single casualty a bit over an hour after they left. In the evening Ballard was joined by Freya (36) and the Sceptre (74). The following morning they engaged the batteries on shore, while Blonde and Thetis fired on the two frigates. Both soon struck their colors, but one had caught fire and shortly after exploded, causing the second frigate to also catch fire which destroyed her. The British losses were nine killed and twenty-two wounded. The NGS clasp Anse La Barque was sanctioned in 1849.
An interesting follow-on action which also was sanctioned with an NGS clasp, resulted from capture of the French brig, L'Oreste by the Scorpion (18), on January 11th, 1810. Capt. Ballard's squadron cruising off Basse Terre, had observed a French brig at anchor near the shore (Fig. 3, mark 6), and despatched Scorpion, under Cmdr. F. Stanfell to bring her out. At 9 pm, in search of the enemy, Scorpion caught L'Oreste just clearing the north point of Basse Terre Bay. A running fight followed, in which Scorpion was exposed to much fire from the batteries at shore. By 1:30 the next morning, L'Oreste's rigging was so damaged that she was forced to surrender. She had been heading for France. Several Army officers were onboard, as well as the Captains of the Loire and the Seine, the ships destroyed at Anse La Barque, a month earlier. Cmdr. Stanfell was promoted to Post-Captain for his good skill in effecting the capture, and the NGS clasp Scorpion 12 Jan 1810 instituted.
The actual capture of Guadaloupe was initiated on January 27th, when Adm. Cochrane's squadron landed the Army of 7,000 men under Lieut-Gen. Sir. G. Beckwith. No opposition was met during the landing, and Beckwith's force made its way over the mountain to Basse-Terre where only one line regiment, the 66e Régiment, offered some resistance, but after a few skirmishes the French capitulated on Feb 6th. The Navy was not actively engaged, but naval participants were awarded the NGS clasp Guadaloupe for the support they provided to the Army. With the fall of Guadaloupe, France lost its last West Indian possession, and the campaign came to an end.
Returning now to Lieut. John Wardle's four clasp NGS medal, it's remarkable that he was able to participate in four West Indian actions, all qualifying for an NGS clasp. Wardle served in Pompee during the taking of Martinique, and obviously also for the Pompee 17 June 1809 clasp. Like many other men, he is not on the roll for this clasp, but his presence is verified from the muster books. Similarly he is not on the roll for the 13 Dec Boat Service 1809 clasp, put his presence onboard Pultusk is also verified. In which ship he is also shown as entitled to the Guadaloupe clasp. As far as I can determine, only one other man, Lieut. John D. Mercer received the same four West Indian clasps, he served in Belleisle for the capture of Martinique and like Wardle, in Pultusk for the latter three. His medal is held in the Royal Naval Museum. I'm not aware of any other NGS medals with four clasps for the West Indian campaign.
-PeterL
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By sirius on May 16, 2016 / 1793-1815 / 2 Comments
David W. Harlow
11:14 am on March 29, 2019
Are there copies of the medal for service in the West Indies with clasps for Guadeloupe and Martinique? Of course I'd like the real thing but figure they are all in collections if they have survived. In particular I'd like to find the medal for ROBERT WOOD of the 15th Foot. He was partially paralysed in the siege of Martinique and died in Brechin, Angus, Scotland; my Great3 Grandfather.
David Wood Harlow
There are genuine NGS medals out there with Gaudaloupe and Martinique clasps that come up for sale at auction or dealers from time to time. Those medals to the Navy are relatively easy to find. However, your ancestor having served in the Army would have been eligible for the Military General Service (MGS) medal with these clasps – if he had been alive in 1848 and had claimed the medal. I've checked the roll at the DNW site: https://www.dnw.co.uk/resources/medal-rolls/ – and it does not appear that he claimed the medal. There is a ROBERT WOOD on the roll, but he served in the 57ft Foot. The 15th Foot did indeed qualify for these two clasps, about ~24 men got both clasps. And you are right these MGS medals are quite scarce to the 15th Foot. Here is one that sold at DNW in 2007, https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/lot-archive/lot.php?department=Medals&lot_id=149471
-Peter
The only information appearing to be available for this unclaimed clasp can be found in the London Gazette issue of 1849, where the approved NGS clasps were published:
Boats of 'Fawn' under Lieut. Morgan. Action with cutter and schooner 'Guadaloupe', and capture.
A search of the Navy List from 1793-1815 reveals a total of 18 commissioned officers with the surname of Morgan. Of these, 9 have a Lieutenant's commission date after 25 July 1809 or died before that date and can be ruled out. Of the remaining, three died between 1817-22 before receiving a promotion and must also be ruled out. Out of the remaining six, four have entries in either Marshall's or O'Byrne's Naval Biographies, two with service records, but these two do not mention anything about the action, which would be highly unlikely if it resulted in the man's promotion. This leaves four potential candidates, one being promoted as late as 1827, he is probably not the man. The remaining three were promoted to Commander between 1814-16, and could all have been the man in charge. Unfortunately, all died between 1817-43, and it's not likely much biographical information on either of them can be found.
Name Lieut Cmd Died
MORGAN, John Fortescue 15 Sep 1806 12 Oct 1814 9 Dec 1843
MORGAN, Thomas 10 May 1809 16 Nov 1814 Apr 1843
MORGAN, Charles 15 Jun 1781 1 Jan 1816 1817
MORGAN, James (1) 2 Sep 1783 25 Apr 1827 1835
One would have to search the muster books for HMS Fawn to identify who the Lieutenant was.


"We were very fortunate in the fact that there's a natural containment the oil resides."
Part of the Enbridge Platte pipeline, which carries 164,000 barrels of crude oil a day from Casper to Guernsey, Wyoming and 145,000 barrels a day from Guernsey to Wood River, Illinois, is also shut down.
Missouri Department of Natural Resources Environmental Emergency Response also responded to the spill, and section head Brad Harris told St. Louis Public Radio that the spill did not threaten any waterways or endangered species.
"We were very fortunate in the fact that there's a natural containment the oil resides," Harris said.
The pipeline closures caused the price of Canadian crude oil to fall Thursday, Bloomberg News reported. There is increased demand for Canadian oil at U.S. refineries in the Gulf due to sanctions on Venezuela. However, Alberta also had to lower oil production in January because of pipeline congestion, CBC News reported.


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Family: Ericaceae Durande
Genus: Pyrola L.
Pyrola media Sw.
This species is accepted, and is native to Europe and Asia-Temperate..
Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Romania, South European Russi, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yugoslavia
Amelia media (Sw.) Alef.
Thelaia media (Sw.) Alef.
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Herbarium Catalogue (41 records)
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Taylor, P. [0977], Great Britain K000773371
Wilson [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773392
Sprague, T.A. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773381
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Worsdell, W.C. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773397
Meikle, D. [s.n.], Great Britain K000773406
Brown, R. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773379
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Drummond, J.R. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773403
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s.coll. [49], Great Britain K000773402
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Yangquan (kinesisk skrift: 阳泉; pinyin: Yángquán) er et bypræfektur i provinsen Shanxi i det nordlige Kina. Præfekturet har et areal på 4.451 km², og en befolkning på 1.280.000 mennesker (2007).

Administrative enheder
Yangquan består af tre bydistrikter og to amter:
 Bydistriktet Cheng (城区), 19 km², ca.  indbyggere, sæde for lokalregeringen;
 Bydistriktet Kuang (矿区), 10 km², ca.  indbyggere;
 Bydistriktet Jiao (郊区), 633 km², ca.  indbyggere;
 Amtet Pingding (平定县),  km², ca.  indbyggere;
 Amtet Yu (盂县),  km², ca.  indbyggere.

Geografi

Området og byen ligger i de vestlige udløbere af Taihangbjergene, som løber langs provinsgrænsen mellem Shanxi og dens østlige naboprovins, Hebei. Det vigtige Niangzipasset gennem bjergene er en af præfekturets turistattraktioner, ligesom bjerget Zangshan.

Historie
Området var frem til slutningen af 1800-tallet en ugæstfri vildmark; Det var først efter at jernbanelinjen fra Shijiazhuang til Taiyuan blev åbnet i 1903, og det dermed blev praktisk muligt og økonomisk rentabelt med minedrift i større stil (kul, jernmalm) at der fremvoksede en mindre by her. Den havde i 1936 vokset til over  indbyggere.

Formelle byrettigheder fik Yangquan først i år 1951. Den blev dermed også den første by som fik byrettigheder efter Det kinesiske kommunistparti havde erobret landet og etableret Folkerepublikken Kina i 1949.

En af kultyperne som leveres fra Yangquans miner er kendt for at være røgfri ved brænding.

Trafik

Jernbane
Qingdao-Taiyuan højhastighedstog standser her på sin rute fra Qingdao til Taiyuan.

Veje
Kinas rigsvej 207 løber gennem præfekturet, både gennem selve byen Yangquan og gennem amtet Pingding. Den begynder i Xilinhot i Indre Mongoliet nær grænsen til Mongoliet, løber mod syd og ender i Hai'an, en by som ligger i amtet Xuwen på den sydlige del af Leizhouhalvøen i provinsen Guangdong.

Kinas rigsvej 307 passerer gennem området. Den begynder i Qikou i Hebei og fører gennem provinserne Shanxi og Shaanxi til Yinchuan i den autonome region Ningxia Hui.

Eksterne henvisninger
 Kinesisk kort over selve byen Yangquan
 Fotos fra Yangquan på netstedet Panoramio

Bypræfekturer i Shanxi

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Plastic Free · sustainability · sustainable living · 14 avril, 2020
What does BYOC (bring your own cup) mean for the future?
HOW DOES THE CURRENT PANDEMIC AFFECT THE BYOC MOVEMENT?
The recent global outbreak of COVID-19 has made the war against single-use plastics take a back-seat as health and safety is the top concern on consumers' minds. What does this mean for the BYOC (bring your own cup) movement?
Societies around the world are facing a major shift in their lifestyles and life as we know is going to be different for a while.
Pirani Life was founded with a passion for sustainable living (especially choosing reusables over single-use). In light of the recent and disastrous viral outbreak, though, environmentalists and eco-warriors are required to weigh the costs.
The fight for a world without single-use plastic continues, but we stand at a strange cross-section in history, where we're required to put usual practices on hold and prioritize safety above all else.
The fight for a world without single-use plastic continues, but we stand at a strange cross-section in history, where we're required to put usual practices on hold, prioritizing safety above all else.
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS - A LINGERING ISSUE
The hard facts remain. Industries across the continents produce about 300 million plastics a year. And half of those products are of the single-use variety. This remains a worrying statistic that cannot be ignored. Wasteful plastics pose a huge climate risk for us and our future generations.
According to National Geographic, approximately 9 million tons of plastic end up in our oceans, annually. In addition to that, the world uses 500-billion plastic cups every year.
Just as the BYOC movement has started to take motion, The recent outbreak has seen a revival of sorts - the renewed interests for single-use plastics.
While parts of our country were taking steps in the right direction such as companies allowing consumers to bring their own reusable cups and bags, other forces attempt to reverse the BYOC movement.
COVID-19 VS THE WAR AGAINST SINGLE-USE PLASTICS
The outbreak has led to a rise in the use of plastic products — especially disposables for hygiene purposes. Word on the street from all our beach clean-up eco-warriors is that disposable gloves are becoming the latest item littering our streets, which will eventually make their way into our waterways. While these items are necessary for protection, there is no excuse for the general public to not correctly dispose of them properly in order to uphold the safety of ourselves, others, and the environment. To learn more, check out this article featuring our friend Mariajose Algarra with @CleanthisBeachup in HuffPost.
Some organizations and individuals are taking advantage of the situation, re-introducing single-use products as saviors during the pandemic. Starbucks, known for pioneering the use of reusable cups, has suspended the practice to limit contact and the chances of contamination. The renewed interest in plastics comes at a bad time for New York City, challenging the recently imposed Bag Waste Reduction Law.
HOW TO BE ECO-FRIENDLY AND POSITIVE DURING THE QUARANTINE
While we urge each person to continue the struggle against single-use plastics, health and safety is the number one goal. #PartySustainably during isolated gatherings while also observing the basic hygiene practices put in place during the outbreak. We recommend owners of reusable products to ensure that they rinse their cups before and after use, regardless of the pandemic but definitely now more than ever.
It is undeniable that COVID-19 has led to a complex struggle between immediate societal concerns and long-term sustainability.
Is it okay to use reusable cups during coronavirus?
We should pause to consider the feasibility of single-use plastic. Do we really need them since we're going to spend a major amount of time under home quarantine? Most of us will be spending time exclusively with our loved ones, away from the risks of external contamination.
— Our water supplies will still be running - this is a pandemic, not a violent earthquake or hurricane. As such we can continue to use reusable tumblers in the comforts of our homes. But why stop with cups?
Ways To Be Sustainable During Quarantine
The installation of a bidet can eliminate the need for toilet paper, food delivery provides the option to refuse disposable cutlery, we certainly don't need plastic bags if we're making every purchase online.
Grocery store won't take your reusable bags?
Bag your groceries at the car! It's quick and effortless and all you have to do is wheel your groceries out in the same wagon you shopped in.
Eco-sustainability is still doable and in fact, more practical than ever before (since retail and other communal activities are pretty much suspended until further notice). However, it is completely understandable if some people remain guarded on the topic.
The bottom line is, let's do our part to stay safe through these trying times. Once the storm passes, we will rally ourselves stronger than ever before. We'll create a zero-plastic, highly sustainable world, where humans are more united than ever before, upon the triumph over a common enemy.
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Class C pool - swimming pools associated with or part of a water fun park, including wave pools and water slide flumes.
A permit is not required for pools on private property used solely by the owner, owner's family and invited guests, without compensation.
How do I get an annual permit to operate a swimming pool?
If this is a first-time application, please include swimming pool and/or whirlpool specifications and construction plans with the application. Please note: You are advised to inquire with your municipality for any related requirements.
There is no fee for this permit.
What are some of the requirements for operating a pool?
You must state the pool capacity prominently in the immediate area of the pool.
A spectator gallery must meet regulations for overhang, pool area entrances and exits, and notice of restrictions for spectator access.
Water added to the pool must meet current Canadian Drinking Water Guidelines for bacteriological and chemical quality.
The cover of the main drain or a black 15-cm disk shall be visible when located in the deepest part of the pool.
Pool operators must maintain operating records that include a schedule of chemicals used, results of water tests, and daily water temperature.
What are some reasons an Environmental Health Officer would close a pool?
There are several reasons to close a pool. Examples include inadequate disinfectant (chlorine or bromine), inability to see to the bottom of the pool, malfunctioning circulation system, and a severe physical safety concern.
Bacteriological pool water samples may also be collected on occasion.


The International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2010 provides an invaluable and practical source of biographical information on the key personalities and organizations of the literary world. Now in its twenty-fifth edition, the book is revised and updated annually by our editorial team and covers the most important authors and writers at work today. This title will prove an invaluable acquisition for journalists, television and radio companies, public and academic libraries, PR companies, literary organizations and anyone needing up-to-date information in this field. Entries: Biographical details are listed for writers of all kinds, including novelists, playwrights, essayists, editors, columnists, journalists, as well as literary agents and publishers. Each entry provides personal information, career details, works published, literary awards and prizes, memberships and contact information, where available. Key features: almost 8,000 entries a directory section, including detailed lists of major international literary awards and prizes, principal literary organizations literary festivals and national libraries entries for established writers, as well as for those who have recently risen to prominence hundreds of new entries are included in this edition.


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Abang Jo invited to launch UPM's Tok Nan Chair
By: Natasha Jee
KUCHING: A memorandum of understanding (Mou) will be inked between the state government and University Putra Malaysia (UPM) Bintulu Campus for the establishment of 'Pehin Sri Adenan Satem Research Chair' (Tok Nan Chair) to carry out research on Sarawak's ethnic groups.
The MoU ceremony will take place during a two-day International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities (ICOSSH) at Grand Margherita Hotel here on Wednesday (Oct 27).
In connection with that, Tourism, Arts, and Culture (MTAC) Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah paid a courtesy call on Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg at his office, Wisma Bapa Malaysia, yesterday (Oct 25), to invite him to launch the chair.
The chair is intended to enable the university to get insights into the late Tok Nan's interest in the arts, culture and heritage of Sarawak.
At the same time, through the chair, UMP is given the authority to conduct the related research on minority ethnic groups such as Sekapan, Baketan, Berawan and others.
A total of RM2.4 million has been allocated by MTAC for the purpose.
Also present during the courtesy call were MTAC Permanent Secretary Hii Chang Kee and UPM Bintulu Campus Faculty of Humanities, Management and Science Dean Associate Professor Dr Mohamad Maulana Magiman.
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The global digital divide is an innovation and learning divide!
This article examines some of the ethical challenges and solutions related to the digital divide with a focus on how capacity building is crucial to bridge the different divides. The article is part of the volume "Internetökonomie und Ethik" (= The Economy of the Internet and Ethics) published by the renowed German editing house "Duncker & Humblot" in Berlin. In the article, Balthas Seibold postulates that from an ethical perspective, access to internet is not optional in developing countries and that four layers of Internet (physical layer, logical layer, content layer, learning layer) need to be kept open in order to allow for innovation and global digital equality ("Gütergerechtigkeit"). The article is online in German here: Publikationsseite.