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San Diego Comic-Con 2020 Analysis
As usual (Although this year was far from usual), I viewed the San Diego Comic-Con's 2020 edition as an opportunity to get a barometer on the next year in high-profile genre films and television shows, along with pop culture in general. Besides attending the convention in person, I waded through Twitter, online panel recaps, and videos of the various panels to pull together what I found to be the highlights.
Keanu Fans
Fans of Keanu Reeves had a chance to catch their man a couple of panels, including "Constantine" retrospective and, more-notably, the "Bill & Ted 3" panel. He was the biggest name on both panels but was generous and one-of-the-guys. Oh, and he announced writing a 12-issue comic book series about a wandering demigod entitled "BRZRKR." Is there any other Hollywood star that you'd rather hang around with?
Smith had been trumpeting his focus on producing podcasts since 2007 and, in these challenging times, his early adoption of that medium has continued to pay dividends for his career. His 'roadshow' platform for selling the film "Jay & Silent Bob Reboot" apparently sold 60,000 premium-priced tickets, with the tour ending just before COVID-19 became a thing. Smith talked up his Netflix "Masters of the Universe" animated series that was probably still a year away and he also talked about "Killroy Was Here," a low-budget horror anthology that he'd done with some college students.
Doctor Who Fans
There could be worse things for "Doctor Who" fans than the BBC's multi-platform "Time Lord Victorious" that would be unfolding over a three-month period across comics, novels, audio, and digital mediums.
Star Wars Fans
About as good as it got for "Star Wars" fans this year was the annual publishing panel. It featured no less than ten authors hawking various tie-in books but was the fan appetite still there while "Star Wars" was in a Disney theatrical film hibernation? I couldn't help but think that COVID-19 won't at least help stir up more interest in publishing efforts than might otherwise be the case.
Star Trek Fans
While the weird live reading of an old "Star Trek: Discovery" script dominated the majority of the 'main' "Star Trek" panel, there were still things for devotees to find on the edges of this fandom. The animated "Lower Decks" program looks interesting and the 30th anniversary celebration of the landmark "Star Trek: The Next Generation" Borg cliffhanger 'The Best of Both Worlds' was insightful.
Walking Dead Fans
Image Comics announced in July 2020 that it will be republishing the full run of "The Walking Dead" in full color (it had originally been produced in black-and-white). How could fans of that series not double dip?
Panel Lines
The absence of a physical convention meant not having to stand in line. Notably, people did admit to missing the comradery of the overnight Hall H lines but those people were weird.
Movie Studio Fans
If you were expecting much in the way of news from Disney, Marvel, or Warner Bros., you were left feeling disappointed. With the reopening of movie theatres and the related release dates of big name 2020 (and 2021) releases in limbo, it simply wasn't worth the effort for studios to try to put together promotional planes. The one exception was Fox's long-unreleased "New Mutants" adaptation that might finally be coming out in late-August 2020… but would it be any good?
Some of the film filler panels that did show up were decent though. "Directors on Directing" sounded generic and kind of was but there were plenty of solid anecdotes by Robert Rodriguez ("Alita: Battle Angel"), Colin Trevorrow ("Jurassic World: Dominion"), and Joseph Kosinski ("Top Gun 2: Maverick").
Off-Site Attractions
Amongst the biggest losers were any attractions or promotions that would have otherwise been off-site and entirely in-person. Obviously, none of that was happening this year.
Robotech Fans
There has been an annual "Robotech" panel for years but I've never gotten a chance to attend it due to it always having an evening time slot that didn't work out. Unfortunately, recordings of the panel have rarely seemed to pop up online. As such, I'd been looking forward to finally seeing one of these panels and the results were mostly disappointing. The 25 or so minutes consisted of rapid-fire toy announcements that might have excited some but I was left baffled that the market was robust enough to support this very niche property. Discussion of the ever-delayed film from Sony Pictures was vague.
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Disney+ Viewers
"Marvel's 616" on Disney+ had a fairly polished promotional video, featuring a diverse slate of obscure or off-beat Marvel characters in animated shorts. Anthologies tend to be a mixed bag but this kind of a concept – being animated – was probably ideal for the current COVID-19 production restrictions.
Meanwhile though, the live-action Marvel shows on Disney+ seem to be, predictably, delayed after the earlier expectation that they'd be on screens by fall of 2020.
I was able to catch the "23rd Annual San Diego Comic-Con Superhero Kung Fu Extravaganza," which, besides promoting an interesting-looking martial arts streaming service, opened featuring a nice interview with Scott Adkins. Unfortunately, the clip of his new film "The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud" looked like a strange low-budget camp sci-fi thing… maybe it works in the end but at a glance it looked like a risky misfire.
He didn't have his usual entertaining panel in 2020, nor did his new comics studio, AWA (run by former Marvel leaders Axel Alonso and Bill Jemas) appear to have a panel either. Over on Twitter though, JMS did push his new AWA series "The Resistance."
There was a sporadic presence by Netflix but nothing like in prior years, despite the streamer having new projects continuing to roll out. We're still too far out for them to promote the fourth season of "Stranger Things." One tidbit that caught my eye around the time of the convention was Netflix announcing that they would be picking up "Cobra Kai" from Youtube, producing Season 3 and premiering Seasons 1 and 2 in late August.
Marvel's Next Big Thing panel focused on the "Empyre" Avenger-Fantastic Four summer cosmic event. I can't say that I have been a regular Marvel reader these days and this wasn't pulling me back in. The idea seemed to be yet-another galactic war.
Perhaps more troubling was the announcement of a fall "X-Men" crossover event. When I was a regular collector, I had to wrestle with collecting, perhaps, a dozen $1 issues from various series to read a full event's story. A modern fan has much more to contend with – in this case, a "X-Men" reader would need to spend around $4 per issue to collect all 22 (!) issues of the crossover event. Good luck with that kids.
DC mostly seemed to be saving their announcements and panels of significance for their later-in-August 'FanDome' online event.
DC Animated
The most notable news item related to the DC Animated Universe was talk of the landmark "Batman: A Death in the Family" storyline being adapted such that viewers could interactively choose if Robin lived or died at the end. The confusing part about this release though was that this particular storyline formed the basis for the first part of the early-produced "Under the Red Hood" animated film. Just the same, apparently some of the creatives from that film were coming on board this quasi-prequel.
Comics Shrinkage
Diamond Distributors owner Steve Geppi spent the spring in the middle of a COVID-19 crisis, effectively shutting down the comics industry as printers ceased to operate and new product distribution simply wasn't an option for a short time. Geppi's action ended up being the catalyst for DC Comics pushing to have a couple of major U.S. comics shops become the new distributors of their comics. Rather than lead to the diversity of distributors seen in the 1980s and early 1990s though, DC's actions seemed to instead call back more toward the disastrous 'exclusive' distributor war of the mid-1990s. This entire situation was quickly-developing and volatile, with the outcome unclear but what remained of the traditional comic book shop business hanging in the balance.
Spawn, Blumhouse, & Todd McFarlane
The "Roast of Todd McFarlane" included some nuggets about the ever-coming "Spawn" movie that McFarlane claimed was closer than ever to fruition but that continued to feel like a mirage. The trailer for the documentary "Like Hell I Won't" that Syfy was producing on McFarlane was perhaps the highlight of that panel.
Unfortunately, the Roast organizers only rounded up Marc Silvestri and J. Scott Campbell as guests and the result was pretty poor so far as roasts went. Each took a few minutes (or less) to take a few digs at Todd and that was really it.
J. Scott had drawn some McFarlane parody art and Todd rightly pointed out that J. Scott was only doing this to show off the art that he'd soon sell for 'major bucks.' I'm not sure if the roast was a success if the guy getting roasted has the best line of the night. Maybe that was allowed.
A later one-on-one panel that focused on McFarlane's toy company offerings and some "Spawn"-related comic book notes was the stronger panel for fans of his work.
Rob Liefeld
The mischief prince of comics had a new gig on a "G.I. Joe: Snake-Eyes" mini-series for IDW and, as usual, he wasn't shy in his self-promotion. Liefeld gave an entertaining, energetic recorded interview that touched on Liefeld's boyhood 1970s 12" "G.I. Joe" fandom and his teenage comics-reading appreciation of the Larry Hama-led Marvel Comics series.
Kevin Eastman, co-creator of the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" had a panel on how to draw a turtle that seemed tailor-made for those stuck at home.
The recent announcement of a female 'fifth turtle" joining the longtime 'boys club' in the ongoing comics seemed in keeping with the times but nevertheless raised questions regarding how this new character would be integrated.
Oddities & Miscellanea
"Decoding the Kirby/Lee Dynamic" was a decent panel that featured authors of books on either Stan Lee or Jack Kirby. One book in particular was coming in September 2020 ("True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee") that looked interesting, covering Stan's later questionable-business years. The panel did feel odd for the omission of Mark Evanier, who seems to continue to toil away on what would seemingly be the definitive Jack Kirby biography.
John Carpenter/Storm King Comics
I was pleasantly surprised to learn that John Carpenter had a new original music album coming out in late August.
That said, Carpenter's direct work wasn't really mentioned at all during the Carpenter-adjacent Storm King Comics panel. Storm King featured comics related to Carpenter's work from the company that had been kicking along now for a few years. The panel featured Carpenter's wife Sandy King but, as in the past, didn't feature Carpenter himself, despite him presumably being in quarantine with his wife.
As of this writing, the new big-budget "Dune" film adaptation was still on track for a December 2020 release date and it would have likely gotten a promotional push of some sort at Comic-Con under normal circumstances. As it was though, the film had no dedicated panel and "Dune" fans were instead left to settle for a publishing round-up panel. New editions of the "Dune" book series were mentioned on this panel, as well as a prequel book trilogy. There were also plans for a comic book series and, in a first, a scene-by-scene set of graphic novel adaptations of the original "Dune" book.
Not a dang thing has been mentioned about Neil Gaiman's continuation of his work on this series.
While there weren't any notable product announcements from the "Bone" creator, Jeff Smith signed items and sketched in a livestream for fans over the weekend.
1970s Comics Creators
Representation of Bronze-age creators was limited amongst the official Comic Con @ Home offerings but Mark Evanier had recently started a Youtube channel where a number of notable names from the 1970s-1990s had been appearing for lengthy interviews and fan interactions.
Russo Brothers
Around the time of the convention, the Russo Brothers gave an interview to IGN that hinted at their ultimate goal of doing a "Secret Wars" film adaptation. Needless to say, that notion made fans buzz. If there was a concept that might one-up the "Infinity" films on the big screen, this might be it… but, for now, it remains a fanboy daydream.
EC at 75
I'm not going to quibble here but it appeared that Comic-Con celebrated EC's 75th anniversary two years in a row. The main subject this time was "The History of EC Comics" book by Grant Greissman that Taschen was publishing in October of 2020.
Artists Editions
One of the 'pleasant surprise' panel moments was Jim Lee making an unexpected drop-in to the IDW Artist Editions panel. The panel had already featured Lee's longtime inker, Scott Williams, to discuss the upcoming release of an oversized collection of original art from Lee's "X-Men" days. It is rare when Lee talks about this chapter in his life, since it was relatively brief (and early) in his career, with him having spent most of the 1990s on his creator-owned Wildstorm and then the 2000s with DC Comics. That said, he talked fondly about the "X-Men" days.
I've always found Moore's off-beat self-published work to be interesting and he's annually had a well-attended spotlight panel. This year's panel amounted to him monologuing at home and the result was decent, giving some insights into his recent and future plans.
One thing that Moore mentioned that stuck with me also might do a good job of summarizing his work. He said that when creating something you should not hold back anything, since you might not ever have a second chance to use it. That philosophy explains the 'kitchen sink' approach to his own work.
This category could have taken on a whole new meaning this year if there had actually been a 'real' convention in San Diego, as protests in the past had typically been of a politically conservative nature. This year, the convention would have been taking place during a time of regular social justice protests in cities throughout the U.S. As it was though, we'd have to wait until next year (or beyond) to see which causes were present around the convention center.
Troma
Normally a notable panel that I like to check in on, Troma had no real virtual offering this year, although a fan did post on Youtube a recording of last year's 45th anniversary panel and, obviously, that was worth checking out. Online during the convention, Troma was pushing with streaming video service and the early-August 'Troma-Dance' film festival.
People did try to get attention both online and in person outside the empty San Diego Convention Center, notably a not-quite-Deadpool posting to social media from the barren sidewalk in front of the convention hall. The annual masquerade contest did occur, albeit online and from individuals' homes.
Television Domination
In contrast to movies being nearly frozen due to the lack of theatrical exhibition, television could continue to chug along until they run out of new products. With animation offering a safe production workaround in some cases, television might face some COVID-19 hardships but it'll certainly fare better than movies. The panel representation, while modest for television, still easily outnumbered and outperformed the movie offerings.
Dealer Sales & Observations
If you were a dealer who relied only on in-person sales at the convention, this year was your worst nightmare. That said, if you had an online sales capability, you might actually be doing better than normal (for now, while people have cash coming in from government relief programs, etc.). Anecdotally, I witnessed vintage toy sales drawing higher prices since the pandemic started – people seem to be stir crazy and willing to buy things to entertain themselves in lockdown.
Todd McFarlane touched on this point during one of his panels, while discussing toy sales actually having a bit of a COVID-19 boom. Specific to the convention, he pointed out the case of someone who might have planned to come to San Diego from North Dakota, who might have budgeted to spend $1,500 for airfare/hotel/admission/food/Uber, etc. on their trip. With that trip cancelled, that same person might end up spending some portion of their travel budget instead on toy purchases made online.
The "Action Figure Insider – 15 Years of Talking About Toys" panel had a number of toy company executives talking about recent trends that seemed to back up McFarlane's point. In their cases, online sales had been strong during the lockdown and even the re-opening of stores has gone well for toy sales too.
They're still around. An example was former Comic-Con dealer Mile High Comics pushing mystery bundles of comics for sale as a sort of lockdown/COVID-19 'care pack.' I continue to find these products perplexing but obviously many fans like the mystery and potential for exploration that random packages of loot might bring.
The 'New' Zombies
Our annual hunt for the thing that would replace zombies as a monster flavor of the moment had perhaps come full circle with zombies kind of being relevant again! Of note related to the convention, Mel's son Max Brooks, of "World War Z" fame showed up on a science-y panel entitled "Zombies and Coronavirus: Planning for the Next Big Outbreak."
The convention in 2020 was not at all typical given the COVID-19 pandemic effectively cancelling the 'normal' convention as fans know and love it. That said, the online access to panels that the convention had teased but seemingly abandoned finally happened after a decade of waiting. Hopefully some sort of increased online access was an option in the future.
In the past, following the convention online meant that you couldn't see most panels real-time but you could get a real-time sense for the immediate big talkers from the convention. This year had an almost opposite situation. The panels were available but much of the online buzz was more of the lamenting kind, as there was a lack of bombshell news to chatter about or dissect. The biggest suggestion that I'd have for future online panels would be to leverage the experience gained from this year to offer at least some interactive 'live' panels.'
In the end, the convention generated nowhere near the 'buzz' or attention that it might have otherwise generated during a 'normal' year. That fact was largely because of the lack of any big Hollywood project promotion. Overlooked in fixating on attention for the movie and television panels was the fact that the publishing-related panels did quite well in terms of online viewers seeing creators that they might not otherwise see.
Most movies and television projects have never needed the attention that publishing might require anyway. On that front, comics producers remained oddly upbeat around the time of the convention.
Some pointed out that comics gained wide popularity as a cheap entertainment medium during the Great Depression. The format will likely change – periodical comics are no longer 'cheap' but thicker trade paperback collections or graphic novels can offer a certain value – but we remain a very visual-heavy culture. Stories from new voices that wouldn't get access to a $200m film budget can learn to draw and those voices will find ways to make connections to readers.
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Bob Simon Discusses his Time as an Iraqi Prisoner.
Bob Simon is the CBS News correspondent who was taken prisoner during the gulf war and held for six weeks. He's just written a book about the experience called "Forty Days." (Putnam) In it, he describes the indignity and loss of control he felt as a captive. (Interview by Marty Moss-Coane)
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Other segments from the episode on May 5, 1992
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, May 5, 1992: Interview with Bob Simon; Interview with B. D. Wong; Review of the Terem Quartet's album "Terem."
Actor B. D. Wong.
B.D. Wong won a Tony award for his performance in the title role of "M. Butterfly." He played a man posing as a woman. Now, he's taking on another challenge: in the new one-man musical "Herringbone," which opened last week at the American Music Theater Festival in Philadelphia, he plays eleven characters, including a eight-year-old boy, his parents, his grandmother, his dance teacher, and a tap-dancing midget nicknamed Lou the Frog. (Interview by Marty Moss-Coane)
The Ideal Band for Russia Right Now.
World music commentator Milo Miles reviews the new album by the Terem ("Ter-yem") Quartet from St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad). It's a group that couldn't have existed in the past. (Realworld Records)
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'Sand Cafe' Offers Fictional Take on Gulf War Reporting
Journalist Neil MacFarquhar is a veteran Middle East foreign correspondent and was Cairo bureau chief for The New York Times. Next, he will cover Islam in North America for the Times. His new novel The Sand Cafe is set in Saudi Arabia and examines the day-to-day reporting life of foreign correspondents in the Middle East during the Gulf War.
Modern Marines and Modern Conflict in 'Jarhead'
Jarhead tells the story of a Marine sniper whose unit is sent to the Middle East for the Iraq conflict of 1991. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal, who narrates the film; Jamie Foxx; and Peter Sarsgaard. It was directed by Sam Mendes, who won an Oscar for American Beauty.
Retired Army Colonel James A. Martin
He is an expert on the mental health issues of military personnel and their families. He was a senior social worker in the first Gulf war counseling soldiers before and after battle. Martin has written extensively on these matters and teaches in the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research at Bryn Mawr College outside of Philadelphia.

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Atmospheric refraction is the deviation of light or other electromagnetic wave from a straight line as it passes through the atmosphere due to the variation in air density as a function of height. This refraction is due to the velocity of light through air decreasing (the refractive index increases) with increased density. Atmospheric refraction near the ground produces mirages. Such refraction can also raise or lower, or stretch or shorten, the images of distant objects without involving mirages. Turbulent air can make distant objects appear to twinkle or shimmer. The term also applies to the refraction of sound. Atmospheric refraction is considered in measuring the position of both celestial and terrestrial objects.

Astronomical or celestial refraction causes astronomical objects to appear higher above the horizon than they actually are. Terrestrial refraction usually causes terrestrial objects to appear higher than they actually are, although in the afternoon when the air near the ground is heated, the rays can curve upward making objects appear lower than they actually are.

Refraction not only affects visible light rays, but all electromagnetic radiation, although in varying degrees. For example, in the visible spectrum, blue is more affected than red. This may cause astronomical objects to appear dispersed into a spectrum in high-resolution images.

Whenever possible, astronomers will schedule their observations around the times of culmination, when celestial objects are highest in the sky. Likewise, sailors will not shoot a star below 20° above the horizon. If observations of objects near the horizon cannot be avoided, it is possible to equip an optical telescope with control systems to compensate for the shift caused by the refraction. If the dispersion is also a problem (in case of broadband high-resolution observations), atmospheric refraction correctors (made from pairs of rotating glass prisms) can be employed as well.

Since the amount of atmospheric refraction is a function of the temperature gradient, temperature, pressure, and humidity (the amount of water vapor, which is especially important at mid-infrared wavelengths), the amount of effort needed for a successful compensation can be prohibitive. Surveyors, on the other hand, will often schedule their observations in the afternoon, when the magnitude of refraction is minimum.

Atmospheric refraction becomes more severe when temperature gradients are strong, and refraction is not uniform when the atmosphere is heterogeneous, as when turbulence occurs in the air. This causes suboptimal seeing conditions, such as the twinkling of stars and various deformations of the Sun's apparent shape soon before sunset or after sunrise.

Astronomical refraction

Astronomical refraction deals with the angular position of celestial bodies, their appearance as a point source, and through differential refraction, the shape of extended bodies such as the Sun and Moon.

Atmospheric refraction of the light from a star is zero in the zenith, less than 1′ (one arc-minute) at 45° apparent altitude, and still only 5.3′ at 10° altitude; it quickly increases as altitude decreases, reaching 9.9′ at 5° altitude, 18.4′ at 2° altitude, and 35.4′ at the horizon; all values are for 10 °C and 1013.25 hPa
in the visible part of the spectrum.

On the horizon refraction is slightly greater than the apparent diameter of the Sun, so when the bottom of the sun's disc appears to touch the horizon, the sun's true altitude is negative. If the atmosphere suddenly vanished at this moment, one couldn't see the sun, as it would be entirely below the horizon. By convention, sunrise and sunset refer to times at which the Sun's upper limb appears on or disappears from the horizon and the standard value for the Sun's true altitude is −50′: −34′ for the refraction and −16′ for the Sun's semi-diameter. The altitude of a celestial body is normally given for the center of the body's disc. In the case of the Moon, additional corrections are needed for the Moon's horizontal parallax and its apparent semi-diameter; both vary with the Earth–Moon distance.

Refraction near the horizon is highly variable, principally because of the variability of the temperature gradient near the Earth's surface and the geometric sensitivity of the nearly horizontal rays to this variability. As early as 1830, Friedrich Bessel had found that even after applying all corrections for temperature and pressure (but not for the temperature gradient) at the observer, highly precise measurements of refraction varied by ±0.19′ at two degrees above the horizon and by ±0.50′ at a half degree above the horizon. At and below the horizon, values of refraction significantly higher than the nominal value of 35.4′ have been observed in a wide range of climates. Georg Constantin Bouris measured refraction of as much of 4° for stars on the horizon at the Athens Observatory and, during his ill-fated Endurance expedition, Sir Ernest Shackleton recorded refraction of 2°37′:

"The sun which had made 'positively his last appearance' seven days earlier surprised us by lifting more than half its disk above the horizon on May 8. A glow on the northern horizon resolved itself into the sun at 11 am that day. A quarter of an hour later the unreasonable visitor disappeared again, only to rise again at 11:40 am, set at 1 pm, rise at 1:10 pm and set lingeringly at 1:20 pm. These curious phenomena were due to refraction which amounted to 2° 37′ at 1:20 pm. The temperature was 15° below 0° Fahr., and we calculated that the refraction was 2° above normal."

Day-to-day variations in the weather will affect the exact times of sunrise and sunset as well as moon-rise and moon-set, and for that reason it generally is not meaningful to give rise and set times to greater precision than the nearest minute. More precise calculations can be useful for determining day-to-day changes in rise and set times that would occur with the standard value for refraction if it is understood that actual changes may differ because of unpredictable variations in refraction.

Because atmospheric refraction is nominally 34′ on the horizon, but only 29′ at 0.5° above it, the setting or rising sun seems to be flattened by about 5′ (about 1/6 of its apparent diameter).

Calculating refraction

Young distinguished several regions where different methods for calculating astronomical refraction were applicable. In the upper portion of the sky, with a zenith distance of less than 70° (or an altitude over 20°), various simple refraction formulas based on the index of refraction (and hence on the temperature, pressure, and humidity) at the observer are adequate. Between 20° and 5° of the horizon the temperature gradient becomes the dominant factor and numerical integration, using a method such as that of Auer and Standish and employing the temperature gradient of the standard atmosphere and the measured conditions at the observer, is required. Closer to the horizon, actual measurements of the changes with height of the local temperature gradient need to be employed in the numerical integration. Below the astronomical horizon, refraction is so variable that only crude estimates of astronomical refraction can be made; for example, the observed time of sunrise or sunset can vary by several minutes from day to day. As The Nautical Almanac notes, "the actual values of …the refraction at low altitudes may, in extreme atmospheric conditions, differ considerably from the mean values used in the tables."

Many different formulas have been developed for calculating astronomical refraction; they are reasonably consistent, differing among themselves by a few minutes of arc at the horizon and becoming increasingly consistent as they approach the zenith. The simpler formulations involved nothing more than the temperature and pressure at the observer, powers of the cotangent of the apparent altitude of the astronomical body and in the higher order terms, the height of a fictional homogeneous atmosphere. The simplest version of this formula, which Smart held to be only accurate within 45° of the zenith, is:

where R is the refraction in radians, n0 is the index of refraction at the observer (which depends on the temperature, pressure, and humidity), and ha is the apparent altitude angle of the astronomical body.

An early simple approximation of this form, which directly incorporated the temperature and pressure at the observer, was developed by George Comstock:

where R is the refraction in seconds of arc, b is the atmospheric pressure in millimeters of mercury, and t is the temperature in Celsius. Comstock considered that this formula gave results within one arcsecond of Bessel's values for refraction from 15° above the horizon to the zenith.

A further expansion in terms of the third power of the cotangent of the apparent altitude incorporates H0, the height of the homogeneous atmosphere, in addition to the usual conditions at the observer:

A version of this formula is used in the International Astronomical Union's Standards of Fundamental Astronomy; a comparison of the IAU's algorithm with more rigorous ray-tracing procedures indicated an agreement within 60 milliarcseconds at altitudes above 15°.

Bennett developed another simple empirical formula for calculating refraction from the apparent altitude which gives the refraction R in arcminutes:

This formula is used in the U. S. Naval Observatory's Vector Astrometry Software, and is reported to be consistent with Garfinkel's more complex algorithm within 0.07′ over the entire range from the zenith to the horizon. Sæmundsson developed an inverse formula for determining refraction from true altitude; if h is the true altitude in degrees, refraction R in arcminutes is given by

the formula is consistent with Bennett's to within 0.1′. The formulas of Bennet and Sæmundsson assume an atmospheric pressure of 101.0 kPa and a temperature of 10 °C; for different pressure P and temperature T, refraction calculated from these formulas is multiplied by

Refraction increases approximately 1% for every 0.9 kPa increase in pressure, and decreases approximately 1% for every 0.9 kPa decrease in pressure. Similarly, refraction increases approximately 1% for every 3 °C decrease in temperature, and decreases approximately 1% for every 3 °C increase in temperature.

Random refraction effects

Turbulence in Earth's atmosphere scatters the light from stars, making them appear brighter and fainter on a time-scale of milliseconds. The slowest components of these fluctuations are visible as twinkling (also called scintillation).

Turbulence also causes small, sporadic motions of the star image, and produces rapid distortions in its structure. These effects are not visible to the naked eye, but can be easily seen even in small telescopes. They perturb astronomical seeing conditions. Some telescopes employ adaptive optics to reduce this effect.

Terrestrial refraction

Terrestrial refraction, sometimes called geodetic refraction, deals with the apparent angular position and measured distance of terrestrial bodies. It is of special concern for the production of precise maps and surveys. Since the line of sight in terrestrial refraction passes near the earth's surface, the magnitude of refraction depends chiefly on the temperature gradient near the ground, which varies widely at different times of day, seasons of the year, the nature of the terrain, the state of the weather, and other factors.

As a common approximation, terrestrial refraction is considered as a constant bending of the ray of light or line of sight, in which the ray can be considered as describing a circular path. A common measure of refraction is the coefficient of refraction. Unfortunately there are two different definitions of this coefficient. One is the ratio of the radius of the Earth to the radius of the line of sight, the other is the ratio of the angle that the line of sight subtends at the center of the Earth to the angle of refraction measured at the observer. Since the latter definition only measures the bending of the ray at one end of the line of sight, it is one half the value of the former definition.

The coefficient of refraction is directly related to the local vertical temperature gradient and the atmospheric temperature and pressure. The larger version of the coefficient k, measuring the ratio of the radius of the Earth to the radius of the line of sight, is given by:

where temperature T is given in kelvins, pressure P in millibars, and height h in meters. The angle of refraction increases with the coefficient of refraction and with the length of the line of sight.

Although the straight line from your eye to a distant mountain might be blocked by a closer hill, the ray may curve enough to make the distant peak visible. A convenient method to analyze the effect of refraction on visibility is to consider an increased effective radius of the Earth Reff, given by

where R is the radius of the Earth and k is the coefficient of refraction. Under this model the ray can be considered a straight line on an Earth of increased radius.

The curvature of the refracted ray in arc seconds per meter can be computed using the relationship

where 1/σ is the curvature of the ray in arcsec per meter, P is the pressure in millibars, T is the temperature in kelvins, and β is the angle of the ray to the horizontal. Multiplying half the curvature by the length of the ray path gives the angle of refraction at the observer. For a line of sight near the horizon cos β differs little from unity and can be ignored. This yields

where L is the length of the line of sight in meters and Ω is the refraction at the observer measured in arc seconds.

A simple approximation is to consider that a mountain's apparent altitude at your eye (in degrees) will exceed its true altitude by its distance in kilometers divided by 1500. This assumes a fairly horizontal line of sight and ordinary air density; if the mountain is very high (so much of the sightline is in thinner air) divide by 1600 instead.

See also

Notes

References

Further reading

External links

Observational astronomy
Atmospheric optical phenomena

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use Cartalyst\Sentry\Sentry;
use Cartalyst\Sentry\Users\UserNotFoundException;
use Illuminate\Config\Repository as Config;
use Illuminate\Http\Request as Input;
use Illuminate\Mail\Mailer as Mail;
use Illuminate\Translation\Translator as Lang;
use Larapress\Exceptions\MailException;
use Larapress\Exceptions\PasswordResetCodeInvalidException;
use Larapress\Exceptions\PasswordResetFailedException;
use Larapress\Interfaces\NarratorInterface as Narrator;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;

interface NarratorInterface {

	/**
	 * @param \Illuminate\Config\Repository $config
	 * @param \Illuminate\Mail\Mailer $mail
	 * @param \Illuminate\Translation\Translator $lang
	 * @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $input
	 * @param \Cartalyst\Sentry\Sentry $sentry
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	 * @param \Larapress\Interfaces\MockablyInterface $mockably
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	 * @return Narrator
	 */
	public function __construct(
		Config $config,
		Mail $mail,
		Lang $lang,
		Input $input,
		Sentry $sentry,
		NullObjectInterface $nullObject,
		MockablyInterface $mockably
	);

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	public function setData($data);

	/**
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	public function setTo($to);

	/**
	 * The view/-s for your email
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	 * @param array|string $view The view you want to use (Further information can be found in the laravel docs)
	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
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	public function setView($view);

	/**
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The Liturgy Group helps to meet the needs of these areas and Ministries above in terms of training, deepening prayer life and attracting more parishioners to become involved in the Ministries. The Group also oversees the environment, the presentation and the decoration for the celebration of the liturgy, especially during the seasons of Christmas and Easter and for special services, e.g. Forgiveness and Healing.
Each Ministry has its own co-ordinator who arranges the rota and the every day business of the role but representatives meet monthly to plan and take an overview about the Celebration of Mass and the Sacraments.


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Q: T-SQL to Exclude the primary from List of AOAG Replicas I am working on a task for which I need to exclude primary from the list .Can someone please help me to fix it.
select primary_replica  from sys.dm_hadr_availability_group_states

The above command gives Primary replica of AOAG.
select replica_server_name from sys.dm_hadr_availability_replica_cluster_states

The above command gives list of replicas of complete AOAG.
Now,I want to exclude primary_replica from the replica_server_name and I Want to see only secondary replicas.
So far I tried this but no luck.
select replica_server_name AS SecondaryReplicas from sys.dm_hadr_availability_replica_cluster_states INNER JOIN
sys.dm_hadr_availability_group_states ON sys.dm_hadr_availability_group_states.group_id= sys.dm_hadr_availability_group_states.group_id

Thanks in advance

A: You could adapt the query from this link (which is looking for PRIMARY replicas) to look for secondary replicas.  Example below:
IF SERVERPROPERTY('IsHadrEnabled') = 1
BEGIN
    SELECT AGC.NAME -- Availability Group
        ,RCS.replica_server_name -- SQL cluster node name
        ,ARS.role_desc -- Replica Role
        ,AGL.dns_name -- Listener Name
    FROM sys.availability_groups_cluster AS AGC
    INNER JOIN sys.dm_hadr_availability_replica_cluster_states AS RCS ON RCS.group_id = AGC.group_id
    INNER JOIN sys.dm_hadr_availability_replica_states AS ARS ON ARS.replica_id = RCS.replica_id
    INNER JOIN sys.availability_group_listeners AS AGL ON AGL.group_id = ARS.group_id
    WHERE ARS.role_desc = 'SECONDARY'
END

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Nagorno-Karabakh One Year after the War: Peace, truce, or anticipation of a new clash?
Sergey Markedonov
On 10 November 2020, Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev, and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan issued a joint statement declaring 'a complete ceasefire and cessation of all military operations in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.' The document was preceded by forty-four days of armed confrontation and several thwarted attempts at a diplomatic settlement. The year 2020 will therefore be forever rhymed with the word 'Karabakh' in the history of the Caucasus.
Yet another military showdown in Nagorno-Karabakh introduced dramatic changes to the balance of power between Armenia and Azerbaijan. But have Yerevan and Baku made any progress toward peace and resolution of the long-standing ethnopolitical conflict? Are there any hopes that in the foreseeable future the Caucasus will be associated not only with wars, conflicts, and refugees, but also with future-oriented socioeconomic projects, transparency, and free travel of people of various nationalities? To answer these questions, we should first scrutinize the changes that took place in the Caucasus in the wake of the Second Karabakh War.
Geopolitical Reconfigurations
The month of November 2020 saw the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh dismantle the military and political status quo of twenty-six years.[1] Azerbaijan got its revenge. Before the onset of the Second Karabakh War in September 2020, Azerbaijan had about 13% of its territory beyond its control [2], but as a result of last year's military campaign, seven districts adjacent to the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous District (that were referred to in Armenia as the "security belt") came under Baku's control. The Azerbaijani Armed Forces also seized some parts of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (its second-largest city of Shusha, as well as the Hadrut District and portions of the Mardakert and Martuni Districts). But that was not the end of it, as the Azerbaijani military began invading Armenia's territory (its southern regions of Syunik and Gegharkunik) and then set up a checkpoint on the Goris–Kapan road, citing Soviet-era maps, when there were Azerbaijani exclaves in the Armenian SSR (and incidentally the other way round).
Having effectively addressed its military tasks, Azerbaijan embarked on the socioeconomic recovery of the recaptured territories, which it refers to as 'de-occupied'. On 6 September 2021, the newly built Fuzuli International Airport welcomed the first test flights from Baku, and on 26 October, the official opening ceremony was held, attended by Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey. The facility was completed on an unprecedented schedule, in less than a year. Two more airports are expected to be built in the Zangelan and Lachin Districts. It was in Shusha, i.e. in the Karabakh territory, that Presidents Aliyev and Erdogan symbolically signed a bilateral declaration on allied relations on 15 June 2021 aiming to bring the strategic cooperation between their countries to a whole new level. Baku spares no effort to emphasize that it will not allow any future revision of the status of the de-occupied regions.
However, Azerbaijan's success appears incomplete. Baku never succeeded to ultimately crush the NKR. The infrastructure of the unrecognized republic still exists, despite the loss of a part of its area. There are no Azerbaijani military, police or administrative structures there, no taxes are paid to the Azerbaijani treasury, and school curricula are based on Armenian textbooks and comply with the Armenian educational standards. The NKR makes use of the Armenian payment system and has its own military formations. According to Azerbaijan's official statements (such as the press release of the Ministry of Defence of 11 August 2021), the NKR was never completely demilitarized.
Baku has found itself in a double bind since November 2020. First, Russian peacekeepers were deployed in the territory of Azerbaijan. There had been none before (and neither had there been any other peacekeeping contingents). Had the peacekeeping operation not been deployed and hostilities lasted at least a few more days, Azerbaijani troops might have captured the capital of the unrecognized NKR, Stepanakert/Khankendi, and ended their campaign with the complete elimination of the self-proclaimed entity. Over the course of the year that followed, the Russian military (as well as specialists with the Emergencies Ministry) were able to clear mines and helped restore the local infrastructure. Since day one of the peacekeeping mission, Russian representatives have been actively engaged in bringing the people of Nagorno-Karabakh back to a peaceful life. Yet, they seem to be making no attempts to insistently raise the issue of its special status. Armenians therefore still prevail in the population structure of the reduced unrecognized NKR, the ties with Yerevan are preserved, the de facto authorities (president, government, parliament) remain operational, and the peacekeeping contingent guarantees that military operations will not resume.
Second, the 2020 war increased Azerbaijan's dependence on Turkey, which supplied state-of-the-art weapons, sent military advisers, and aided in planning the assault to help crush the Armenian forces. Ankara is currently trying to involve Baku in the game that seeks the recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, as well as in cooperation with Pakistan in all of the Middle East and specifically on the Afghan issue. However, secular Azerbaijan fears being drawn into alliances driven by Islamist ideology. Moreover, building unions with Sunni powers is fraught with interdenominational strife within Azerbaijan, where Shiites form the majority, despite the ongoing Sunnization process, which seems to be picking up steam.
Under the circumstances, Armenia has as good as given up on its extreme aspirations. Yerevan is currently unable to fight for the return of the "security belt" on its own, and it can obtain external support for this from neither Russia, its strategic ally, nor the West. At the same time, Armenia has two main challenges to handle: 1) keeping Nagorno-Karabakh's status on the negotiation agenda and 2) completing the state border demarcation process with Azerbaijan. This is essentially what the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Russia, the U.S. and France) call for, although Paris appears to be the one that is the most articulate on the status issue. For Moscow, border delimitation and demarcation is a much more relevant matter to address in order to promote the restoration of transport connections between the two republics.
Therefore, the cessation of the hostilities in November 2020 did not herald the end the Armenia–Azerbaijan conflict. It reshaped it. Karabakh as its focal point was replaced by the 'border issue'. Over the entire thirty-year period after the disintegration of the Soviet Union border demarcation and delimitation between the two republics were never completed. Under the Soviet Union, there used to be exclaves which were 'mopped up' by the conflicting parties during the warfare of the 1990s. Once the Kelbajar District came under Baku's control in November–December 2020, Azerbaijani military and border guards moved to the new critical line (the south of Armenia). In contrast, Yerevan lost the 'security belt' separating it and Karabakh from Azerbaijan.
The state border delimitation climbed the agenda. Azerbaijan is trying to use leverage to put pressure on defeated Armenia. Its objective is threefold. First, Baku is interested in Yerevan's waiving diplomatic struggle for the status of Karabakh. Second, it seeks to benefit from unblocked transportation and expanded trade and economic connections with Turkey, Russia, and Iran as soon as possible. Finally, there is the wish to enjoy a growth, even symbolic, of its territory through the annexation of a portion of 'Armenia proper', a question of prestige for Baku, which suffered from national humiliation for thirty years. Hence, incidents were reported not only in the south, but also on Armenia's border with the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and in the north (Tavush).
Moscow is de facto the main mediator in resolving the border disputes. Certain limitations apply to its actions, though. Its unambiguous support for Armenia could prompt Baku to challenge the legitimacy of the presence of Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh. Armenia's membership in the CSTO and Moscow's allied commitments prevent Russia from making any moves to support Azerbaijan. Neither conflicting side questions Russia's mediation in the resolution of the 'border dispute' at the moment. Looking at possible consequences, the instability on the Armenia–Azerbaijan border will persist in the foreseeable future. Baku feels that is has what it takes to combine military pressure with calls for peace and negotiations. At the same time, the Azerbaijani leadership is reluctant to openly sever its relationship with Russia, so it will try to reign in its pressure and disallow its military to get involved in any large-scale escalation.
Domestic Policy Aspects: Azerbaijan
The Karabakh conflict has remained the fundamental, pivotal problem for both Azerbaijani and Armenian societies for a few decades. High-profile resignations and appointments have often been shaped by the progress of the conflict. Has this 'Karabakh determinism' persisted after the face-off concluded in November 2020?
The incumbent Azerbaijani government seems to have strong positions. It does not come up against any serious internal political competition and is quite resistant to risks. The war has shored up the power of President Ilham Aliyev. There is a widespread opinion in the Western media and the expert community that the Azerbaijani opposition, which criticizes the authorities for authoritarian pretensions, is more constructive when it comes to the Karabakh issue. There is obviously a unity of views on the belonging of Karabakh, if not a complete national consensus. Even sharp-tongued political emigrants (such as the Yunusovs residing in the Netherlands), who habitually act as harsh critics of official Baku, support Azerbaijan's territorial integrity.
In many ways, Aliyev's determination to launch a military operation in September 2020 was prompted by the mass public protests of July, triggered by military incidents on the Armenia–Azerbaijan border and unprecedented losses in the country's brass (a major general and a colonel of the armed forces of Azerbaijan were killed). The protesters demanded that mobilization be declared and COVID-19-related restrictions lifted in order to reinforce the army, and a worthy message be delivered to Armenia. This 'awakening of the street' showed Aliyev that authoritarianism was possible everywhere except concessions to Yerevan.
The president of Azerbaijan is currently perceived as a politician who made up his mind to return the occupied lands and succeeded in his endeavour. However, there are numerous posts in blogs and social media claiming that Aliyev failed to achieve a complete victory and did not capture Khankendi (the Armenian name is Stepanakert). If the opposition chooses to pick some idea to build its reaction around it, it may as well adopt that of the 'unaccomplished victory'. Consequently, Aliyev says that the conflict is over, and the only thing left now is to ensure economic recovery and attain peace with Armenia. He resolutely discards the pending issue of the status of Karabakh. In his opinion, closure has been achieved. He has made repeated statements that Karabakh can be part of Azerbaijan simply as a regular region.
Ilham Aliyev's solid position cannot be attributed solely to his authoritarian policy. Contributing to the strong presidential power were the weakness and fragmentation of the opposition, its inability to nominate strong candidates, and the absence of serious alternative programs for the country's development. The authorities also appear to benefit from the negative recollections of the short-lived rule of the Popular Front of Azerbaijan, led by Abulfaz Elchibey, in the early 1990s, with which today's critics of the incumbent are traditionally associated. In public opinion, that period stands for chaos, degradation of governance, and the escalation of the military conflict.
Domestic Policy Aspects: Armenia
The early elections to the National Assembly became the 2021 political highlight for Armenia. The extraordinary election campaign was generated by the internal political crisis that erupted following the defeat in the Second Karabakh War. Nikol Pashinyan was victorious, despite having agreed to make unprecedented concessions to Baku, including the transfer of Shushi under Azerbaijan's control.
The 'surrender' of Karabakh triggered protests, which peaked twice — in December 2020 and February 2021. But they were never truly massive. Moreover, after the New Year holidays, Pashinyan launched a counter-offensive by staging rallies in his own support, making more visits to the regions, and having increasing numbers of contacts with the media. A paradox was observed. President Armen Sarkissian, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, representatives of the National Academy of Sciences, prominent opposition politicians, and former leaders of the country spoke in favour of dismissing the premier and the government after November 2020. In the southern marzes (regions) of Syunik and Gegharkunik even municipal leaders voiced their discontent with Pashinyan's policies. However, Pashinyan's position remained sound. His Civil Contract party not only won 53.91% of the vote but was also able to form a homogeneous government on its own. The politician was re-elected prime minister without much trouble. The opposition's attempts to challenge the results of the vote at the Constitutional Court failed.
Reasons behind the success of the Civil Contract party are heterogeneous. The notorious 'administrative leverage' is only one of them. Having formally resigned, Pashinyan retained his control of the government and the parliament. But there is more to it. Armenian society is tired of the war and the Karabakh conflict. This is why Pashinyan won the campaign even in the south of the country, where a new conflict with Baku over border delimitation was unfolding before the eyes of Armenian voters. It is in that direction that the Azerbaijani leadership is planning to build a railway and a road between mainland Azerbaijan and its Nakhichevan exclave. In the Syunik District, 53.51% of votes were cast for Civil Contract (27.50% for Armenia and 2.76% for I Have Honour). In Gegharkunik, the figures were as follows: 65.93% for Civil Contract, 14.42% for Armenia and 4.25% for I Have Honour.
Active tours of the country, populist rhetoric, and success in capitalizing on the threat of new military escalations proved to be effective. Civil Contract enjoyed a very high level of electoral support in the Shirak Region (about 65.22%), although it was its natives — soldiers of the Armenian army — that were captured by the Azerbaijani military in December 2020. Pashinyan structured his campaign to make it look like a clash between his supporters and the 'exes'. He referred to Robert Kocharian and others as revenge-seekers. The focus was on residents of villages and smaller towns. It was mostly those people who managed to get rid of the post-Soviet leaders who had become the real masters of Armenian regions after 1991. Pashinyan made his regional tours more often than others, pitched his image of a 'regular guy' (he was born in Ijevan), and emphasized his non-big city origins in every possible way.
The positive attitude of the key external players to Pashinyan's extended term of office also played a role. For Russia, he is the guarantor of the agreements of 10 November 2020 and 11 January 2021. For Turkey and Azerbaijan, he is more predictable than Kocharian, whom Baku calls a 'war criminal' and a 'nationalist'. For the U.S. and France, he is already a familiar partner.
The local elections of 17 October 2021 became a fly in the ointment for the Armenian authorities. Pashinyan's party lost the elections in three of the six communities: Gyumri, Goris, and Meghri. Whereas Gyumri enjoys the informal status of the 'northern capital' of Armenia, both Goris and Meghri were in the spotlight after the Second Karabakh War due to the newly relevant issue of the border demarcation and delimitation. Anyway, in all of the three municipalities, the ruling party retains its significant representation in the local Councils of Elders (legislative bodies), whereas the local opposition tends to be somewhat detached from the national opposition.
Russia as the Chief Mediator
After the resumption of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh in late September 2020, one of the main questions was how Russia would respond. The more the dispute gained in intensity, the more surprising Moscow's discreet attitude to the flaming conflict became — especially in contrast to its conduct during the Ukrainian crisis or the war with Georgia. On the fifth day of the fighting, Laurence Broers, a prominent British Caucasus expert and editor-in-chief of The Caucasus Survey journal, tweeted, 'Where is Russia?' A few days later, Nicu Popescu, the then director of the Wider Europe programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, also wondered why Russia, which had gone to such lengths to promote itself as a great power and a reliable ally, was in no hurry to support Armenia. Indeed, over those few weeks, Moscow's negotiations with Yerevan and Baku did not seem to be very effective. But then the day of 10 November came, and it was Russia that proved to be the main driver behind the joint cease-fire declaration, after which shootings stopped and Russian peacekeepers moved to a new line of contact.
For Moscow, last year's war was marked by a significant complication of its Caucasus region agenda. Up until 2020, it was the key moderator in the settlement of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Neither the U.S. and the EU, nor Turkey and Iran interfered with that continued process. For the West, Russia's policy on Karabakh was not associated with 'revisionism' (tested in Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Crimea). However, in November 2020 the situation changed. First, Turkey strengthened its position. It had to be reckoned with as an independent player that was unwilling to have anyone's approval. As a NATO member, Turkey's conduct in the Caucasus was that of a self-sufficient actor that asserted its national interests, rather than some integration goals and objectives. Second, Azerbaijan broke the previous status quo on its own, without Russia's sanction. Third, Armenia, Moscow's strategic ally, was defeated and forced to make humiliating concessions.
However, it was Moscow that prevented Baku from eliminating the infrastructure of the unrecognized NKR by deploying its peacekeepers in the conflict zone. Moreover, it did not let Turkey participate in the joint operation. The conflict of 2020 did not cause any additional outbursts of confrontation with the West. Moreover, the two co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (the U.S. and France) de facto agreed to both the Russian mission in Karabakh and Moscow's special role in the post-war peace settlement. Otherwise, the legitimacy of the Minsk Group itself would have been called into question.
Moscow therefore lost its geopolitical leadership monopoly in the Caucasus. It now needs to pay heed to Turkey's interests and opinions. The situation around Karabakh became related to Syria on the same grounds, as Moscow and Ankara are also forced to engage without having complete agreement. Here is where Russia has a chance to play its Syrian card to put pressure on Ankara's positions in the Caucasus. However, there is a possibility that Turkey will apply the same algorithm. Nevertheless, Armenia and Azerbaijan are ready for Moscow's exclusive role in resolving the confrontation. In fact, the trilateral format (Putin–Aliyev–Pashinyan) has left the OSCE Minsk Group in the shade.
There are only two documents (the joint statements by the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia of 10 November 2020 and 11 January 2021) that identify the contours of the post-war status quo. And in both cases, Moscow is exclusively involved in their respective implementation. Neither the West nor Turkey has such an opportunity. Russia's position in and around Karabakh is very different from the Abkhazia and South Ossetia cases. It turned out that Moscow is not supposed to pick between Yerevan and Baku, and it is still not put in a position where it needs to make this hard choice. As a consequence, it is balancing, manoeuvring and intervening through active diplomatic participation, rather than the format of military operations.
Moscow's focus is currently on the unblocking of transport connections as a way to draw Baku and Yerevan into the peace process in a non-political (pragmatic) way. Russia is not obsessed about addressing Karabakh's status as soon as possible, and the Kremlin makes it clear that it is not interested in resolving the issue forcefully and fast. According to statements made by high-ranking Russian officials (Vladimir Putin and Sergey Lavrov), the status issue can be resolved in the future on a mutually beneficial half-way basis.
The Caucasus turning into a less stable and predictable region became the main result of last year's military operation. Its connection with the turbulent Middle East has grown stronger, given Turkey's more active involvement in the regional agenda and the possible influence of the Syrian momentum on processes in Karabakh (and vice versa). The situation will remain consistently unstable in the foreseeable future. Azerbaijan will reintegrate the previously lost territories by all means and on an incredibly tight schedule. This will be easier than it may seem, since there is no foreign ethnic population in these territories. Treated by Armenia as the 'security belt', they had been neglected, and Yerevan was uninterested in their development. This means that in the future Baku will be able to show the world new airports, bus terminals and investment projects. Shusha and the districts that used to be part of the unrecognized NKR are the only exceptions in this context. However, the Armenian population has left them, so Baku will not experience much trouble integrating them.
Baku, backed by Ankara, will continue to put pressure on Armenia, combining various military demonstrations with calls for peace. Ankara will benefit from an obvious advantage in the 'peace track', as it does not need to address the status of Karabakh or border demarcation. Russia will seek to keep balance, trying to maintain its influence on both Yerevan and Baku. However, as we approach November 2025 (when Russia's peacekeeping mission in Karabakh is supposed to expire), Russia's relationships with Azerbaijan and indirectly with Turkey could come into collision. While Moscow insists on a hard comprehensive compromise, Baku and Ankara wish to close the Karabakh case and hastily integrate what is left of the former NKR into the Azerbaijani state. Some MPs, human rights activists and bloggers are already there, making comments about the need to finish the peacekeeping operation fast. It is obvious, though, that Moscow avoids premature decision-making. There are reasons to believe that, given Tbilisi's negative experience of the early 2000s, the Azerbaijani authorities are not going to turn the Russian presence in Karabakh into the kernel of the predicament in their bilateral relationship.
1. Read more in: Storm of the Caucasus. Under the editorship of R.N. Pukhov. Moscow, Centre for the Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST). 2021. 128 p.
2. A.S. Abasov, A.T. Khachatrian. Karabakh Conflict. Optional Solutions: Ideas and Reality. Moscow. International Relations. 2004. 61 p.
Leading Research Fellow, Institute for International Studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Foreign Ministry of Russia; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of International Analytics; Member of the Minsk Dialogue Expert Council
The Future of Belarus's Multi-Vector Foreign Policy
Minsk Process: Can the Success of the Minsk Platform for Negotiations Be Further Developed?
Dzianis Melyantsou
Trump and Putin meeting in Helsinki: questions for the world and Eastern Europe, recommendations for Belarus


We specialize in designing kitchens or any other room in your home or business. We'll create a space for you, with your desired materials and colors, while blending beauty and functionality. Your Project is our concern from initial meeting to the final aspects of completion. We love what we do and we are eager to meet you.
President and Founder of Sandwich Kitchens Inc.
At Sandwich Kitchens, our goal is to concentrate on what matters most to you. Most companies will say that their products and services are better than others. But, what we do is offer a unique product and service which will provide you with an exceptional kitchen/space and an overall smoother process.
Our company has obtained Angie's list "Super Service Award" for the past two years.
We provide impressive cabinetry at exceptional value. Our cabinets have a furniture like finish with numerous options at no up-charge.
Extensive research has gone into selecting companies from which we can acquire distinguished cabinetry for every room in your home.
If you have a kitchen, bath or other projects you would like completed, at your request, we would come out to your home or business and provide you with an estimate for the project. If the product (samples and catalogues are most often shared during this meeting) estimate and services are to your liking, at that point we would draw up a design and proceed from there.
Our pricing is very competitive. We take pride in offering exceptional products at a fair price point.
In summary, we believe quality products, service and price are important to our customers. It is for this reason that Sandwich Kitchens places emphasis on especially these three areas.


The theme is Weightlessness. Objects and characters are cut loose from habitual meanings, also from tensions and gravitational limitations. A lyric Eric Satie track accompanies the film.
I gave an extra star than I otherwise would have, simply because of the inclusion of Gymnopédie No.1. Beautiful stuff.
blue mind collage...satie and tati are my two male creator crushes...i know, i know...i took the "how bi are you?" quiz on Facebook and got 7%...these quizzes are made by scientists, important work!
!Oh Satie not you again!


I was in shock when I read this article and again when it seemed it was gaining support.
My shock comes from having close friends and colleagues who feel the brunt of colonialism every day. A part from being poorly written, highly selective and filled with simplistic binaries, those impacted are once again silenced.
My guess is that the author and his supporters have never had to feel such things.
Across the study groups of the IAG there is a genuine commitment to decolonise the discipline. I know what I'm going to keep putting my energy into.
Open access journals in social science, political ecology, urban studies, anthropology and geography that are free or with reasonable fees.


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Geneviève Fontanel (27 June 1936  – 17 March 2018) was a French stage and film actress. She was nominated for the César Awards 1978 for Best Supporting Actress for her role in L'Homme qui aimait les femmes.

She was a member of the Comédie-Française, from 1 September 1958 to 31 July 1962. In 1999, she received the Molière Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "Délicate balance", and the next year she was again nominated for her performance in Raisons de famille.

Filmography

References

External links

1936 births
2018 deaths
French film actresses
French stage actresses
20th-century French actresses
21st-century French actresses
Actresses from Bordeaux


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FROM ubuntu:xenial-20190222 AS add-apt-repositories

RUN apt-get update \
 && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y wget \
 && apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv E1DD270288B4E6030699E45FA1715D88E1DF1F24 \
 && echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/git-core/ppa/ubuntu xenial main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list \
 && apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 80F70E11F0F0D5F10CB20E62F5DA5F09C3173AA6 \
 && echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/brightbox/ruby-ng/ubuntu xenial main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list \
 && apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 8B3981E7A6852F782CC4951600A6F0A3C300EE8C \
 && echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nginx/stable/ubuntu xenial main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list \
 && wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | apt-key add - \
 && echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ xenial-pgdg main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list

FROM ubuntu:xenial-20190222

LABEL maintainer="sameer@damagehead.com"

ENV RUBY_VERSION=2.4 \
    REDMINE_VERSION=4.1.1 \
    REDMINE_USER="redmine" \
    REDMINE_HOME="/home/redmine" \
    REDMINE_LOG_DIR="/var/log/redmine" \
    REDMINE_ASSETS_DIR="/etc/docker-redmine" \
    RAILS_ENV=production

ENV REDMINE_INSTALL_DIR="${REDMINE_HOME}/redmine" \
    REDMINE_DATA_DIR="${REDMINE_HOME}/data" \
    REDMINE_BUILD_ASSETS_DIR="${REDMINE_ASSETS_DIR}/build" \
    REDMINE_RUNTIME_ASSETS_DIR="${REDMINE_ASSETS_DIR}/runtime"

COPY --from=add-apt-repositories /etc/apt/trusted.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg

COPY --from=add-apt-repositories /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list
COPY --from=add-apt-repositories /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

RUN apt-get update \
 && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
      supervisor logrotate nginx mysql-client postgresql-client ca-certificates sudo tzdata \
      imagemagick subversion git cvs bzr mercurial darcs rsync ruby${RUBY_VERSION} locales openssh-client \
      gcc g++ make patch pkg-config gettext-base ruby${RUBY_VERSION}-dev libc6-dev zlib1g-dev libxml2-dev \
      libmysqlclient20 libpq5 libyaml-0-2 libcurl3 libssl1.0.0 uuid-dev xz-utils \
      libxslt1.1 libffi6 zlib1g gsfonts vim-tiny ghostscript sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev \
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 && gem install --no-document bundler \
 && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

COPY assets/build/ ${REDMINE_BUILD_ASSETS_DIR}/

RUN bash ${REDMINE_BUILD_ASSETS_DIR}/install.sh

COPY assets/runtime/ ${REDMINE_RUNTIME_ASSETS_DIR}/

COPY assets/tools/ /usr/bin/

COPY entrypoint.sh /sbin/entrypoint.sh

COPY VERSION /VERSION

RUN chmod 755 /sbin/entrypoint.sh \
 && sed -i '/session    required     pam_loginuid.so/c\#session    required   pam_loginuid.so' /etc/pam.d/cron

EXPOSE 80/tcp 443/tcp

WORKDIR ${REDMINE_INSTALL_DIR}

ENTRYPOINT ["/sbin/entrypoint.sh"]

CMD ["app:start"]


In most homes, the kitchen is the central place – one around which the entire household gathers together for meals and forms bonds.
There might be occasions where you might have felt the need to change the look of the kitchen or remodel it because you are 'bored of the look' or because you wish to 'incorporate new features'. Whatever be the reasons there can be many ways in which you can remodel your kitchen.
Start with the work area. The location of the sink, the cooking top and the refrigerator should form a triangle as the experts believe that this works best for efficiency. You can go for an L-shaped layout or for an island kitchen for maximum efficiency.
There is always a shortage of storage and those who work in the kitchen will vouch for this. While remodelling, make sure to provide for closed cabinets instead of open shelves. The cabinets can have glass doors to enable you to peep in and look at what is kept where.
The area under the cooking counter is an excellent place for designing storage. Use the best quality hardware to ensure that the pull out drawers are always working smoothly.
Often not paid due attention, lighting is an important aspect in kitchen design. This includes both natural and artificial light. Have a look at the existing lighting in the kitchen and ensure that the work top is sufficiently lit. While natural light is fine during the day time, at night there should be a separate source of light for the worktop. Also if the dining area is integrated with the kitchen, lighting should be provided for it as well.
Walls and floors occupy a large part of the kitchen and to give your kitchen a new look. Tiles have proven to the best material for kitchen area and they are available in many colours and patterns so you will never be at a loss for choice. Make sure you choose a contrasting backsplash. Some popular materials are stone, glass etc.
These are often important elements that complete the entire look. Accessories include things like handles and knobs for the cupboards, taps and fittings, lamps and lights etc. Also elements like kitchen linen, mats, towels etc add to the kitchen looks.
You kitchen should be a reflection of your personality rather than the prevailing trends. Never rush to buy things to complete the remodelling job – you might as well wait patiently till you find what you feel is just perfect for the space. If you are on a budget, you can still make the kitchen look new with small things.
Stickers on tile or even stencilling on plain tiles can bring the 'designer' as well as 'personal' element in the kitchen. Add a box planter at the window or small potted herbs on the slab work well to bring in the natural green in the kitchen.


Don't go out looking for a lady who has a Prada bag while you have an Edgars account, advises Gayton McKenzie.
While promoting his soon-to-be released book Hustlers Bible 2, McKenzie urged SA men to stop blaming women for going for Nigerian men. In fact, he says they must watch and learn from them as they are "the kings of Africa".
"Nigerian ni**as ain't got time for poems, they give your girl cash and a good time. Poems don't buy louboutins," he said.
"You want a girl that has a Prada bag but you have an Edgars account, don't go look for trouble homie.


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MYRTLE BEACH, SC – The accolade " a truly must play" description of a golf course is often over used. In the case of King's North at Myrtle Beach National that term is an understatement. With the opportunity to play this award winning Arnold Palmer Signature course numerous times in all sorts of conditions, I'll tell you first hand this one is outstanding.
Regardless of temperature or time of year, calm or blustery breezes, wet or dry conditions this course is one you will want to keep on your list of Myrtle Beach Area favorites. The course itself is delicious eye-candy as it winds through a non-residential, natural terrain. From tee through green it is always in outstanding condition. Even with the dreadful "cart path only" designation on my most recent round, the course was immaculate and truly a pleasure to play.
With four sets of sloped and rated men's tees and three more for the ladies, this is one of the most player friendly courses you will experience. Yardage for the men begins at 5600 yards from the Blue tees and continues to 7017-yard Championship tees. Ladies begin at 4816-yards and continue to 6195-yards. The slope and rating begins at 67.4/113 for the ladies Red tees and finishes at 74.2/137 for the men's Championship tees.
For maximum pleasure and playability as well as speed of play, use the tees recommended for your handicap. If you do not have a handicap King's North at Myrtle Beach National participates in the PGA/USGA "Tee it Forward" program. Recommends 18-hole yardages be based on your driver distance. With drives in the 200-225 yard range, the average golfer should be playing 5200-6000 yard golf courses. You'll be pleased to be hitting midirons and short irons to the greens.
The true playability of this golf course can be summed-up in two very distinct thoughts. Be prepared to use every club in your bag and face numerous risk-reward situations. Each Par 3, 4 and 5 present an individual challenge with no two holes being the same.
Although not particularly long, each Par 3 is unique. Hole 3 is a signature hole and famous for the "SC" shaped sand traps protecting the left side of the tiered green. Choose your club wisely to this island green and do not be fooled by the downhill approach. Although Hole 17 may have the same feel, pay very close attention to club selection. Putting your tee ball on the correct tier opens the door to a good scoring opportunity. Being on the wrong tier brings a 3-putt into play.
The Par 5 Hole 6 is the epitome of risk-reward. Best known as "The Gambler" the player is tempted to hit an island fairway with their drive and than take it to the house for a chance at eagle, or birdie. Even if you take the traditional 3-shot Par 5 strategy, your approach shot will need to carry water. Go on and take the risk. The island fairway is generous and if you have that 225+ driving yardage you'll be in great shape. At worse you can always play safe back to the land-locked fairway, or failing with your attempt at greatness take a drop at the 150-yard marker. Hole 15 a Par 5 No. 1 Handicap presents the biggest challenge to my game. An errant shot left off the tee places you in a waste area that parallels the fairway. Going to far right brings water into play. If you handle the tee shot and second shot, you're faced with an uphill approach to a green well protected by deep sand traps. Par on this one is a great score.
Although a few of the Par 3s have a similar challenge, as do a couple of Par 5s, the Par 4s are each unique. Fairways tend to be generous at King's North, but do not be fooled. You can hit fairways all day, but where you place the ball will certainly influence club selection on the approach shot. Hole 7 is simply a great golf hole. Catch a good drive here and you're looking at a forced carry over water approach shot. Less than good on the tee ball may require a lay-up. Just when you think you've seen it all, along comes one of the great finishing holes. With more than 40 sand traps and water up the right side, No. 18 can ruin your day, or send you rushing to the Pro Shop asking about re-play rates.
At the risk of oversimplification, I am delighted to play King's North at Myrtle Beach National every chance I get. It is always a pleasure to play and a very memorable experience. Add it to your list.


Safety – James J. Anderson Construction, Inc.
No phase of our operation is to be considered a greater importance than Safety. It is the Policy of our company to provide and maintain a safe and healthful working environment. We accomplish this with the aid of a full time staff of Environmental, Health and Safety Professionals.
The EHS Department provides worksite safety audits, OSHA approved outreach training and is an American Red Cross authorized provider for workplace First Aid / CPR / AED training for our construction team. It is our belief that when you follow good sound operating practices that safeguard all employees, equipment and property, the end result will be a safe working environment and a more efficient operation.


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Hosted by Blackbaud? Importacular is now available as a default plug-in for all users, if you can't see it in your plug-ins area immediately please get in touch.
To get started, email development@zeidman.info and say you're a CrowdRise customer and that you want to import your donations into Raisers Edge. Can't hurt to say that CrowdRise said you'll be given the greatest service in the world. Which you will.
2. Register with Zeidman Development. You can also find a user guide for Importacular here.
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I met the Karmapa in 1976 when he was invited to a farmhouse in the Black Mountains of Wales. If there is one event which you can say changed your life, this was it.
Karmapa occupied the throne completely. He had a spiritual dignity that made it his rightful seat, just as the lion proclaims his natural dominion. His eyes seemed to cover all directions and dimensions: the people crammed together bursting out the doorway into the sitting room,the house, the Black Mountains right out through space and time. One of his eyes was noticeably smaller than the other and seemed to move independently.
round to look at Maggie, her face wet with tears.
Time was standing still. There was a feeling of expansion, everything stretching like elastic; a sense of openness as if nothing were fixed or substantial. It was the experience of 'the world in a grain of sand …infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour." Compassion was a presence you could almost touch.
The experience of being fully complete, of oneness, in the eternal present was mystical: Karmapa showed it to us so powerfully that it was hard to miss. 'Words are liars,' said Karmapa in the final line of a commentary on ultimate wisdom….
In the afternoon, Kurt informed us, there was to be an empowerment of Karma Pakshi, the second Karmapa, and I was invited to attend. It involved a commitment to the Buddhist path. In my heart I knew I was a Buddhist, but what did all these ceremonies mean? 'What is an empowerment? And who is Karma Pakshi? And why should I go?' I asked Jamgon Kongtrul, the young incarnate Lama accompanying the Karmapa. 'You don't need to understand it,' he replied beaming with great compassion. 'Just go.' He smiled so sweetly I felt I was with my original family at last: my tribe, people I could trust to the core. So I went.
Karmapa was on the throne this time wearing a ceremonial brocade hat. He recited a Tibetan text and suddenly he seemed to transform into another Karmapa, a yogi from another life. As he got down from his throne Ilooked down at his bare feet and then up to a skullcup in his hand. He took a long handled silver spoon and poured a small amount of liquid into our cupped hands; and as he moved from one to the other of us – there were only about seven people in the room – he was dancing joyfully like a wild yogi drunk on the nectar of liberation.
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The VDI Automation and Robotics in Agriculture conference is designed to provide you with an overview and update of the automation market and will look at the challenges, opportunities and developments in robotic technology that will affect the industry over the next years. In a series of interactive round tables and panel discussions you will have the opportunity to learn from your colleagues and peers. Discuss relevant case studies and expand your professional network at this integral event for professionals working with automation and robotics in agricultural applications.
Thanks to robotics technology, the agricultural industry has made substantial advancements in recent years. This is particularly the case in areas such as livestock, where up to a third of farmers rely on robot-supported systems. From automated cleaning and milking to quality control of milk, for example, robotics has become an integral part of the livestock industry.
There is still great potential for future growth and further adoption of automatic systems in agricultural production. For example, robot technology has only just broken ground in plant cultivation. But considering the options for automatic harvesting, weeding, cutting, sowing, spraying, sorting and packaging, it is clear that there is still a long way to go, with a great deal of opportunity along the way.
The VDI Automation and Robotics in Agriculture conference is the ideal event in which to discuss the current market situation as well as the potential for future opportunities. Find out about the benefits and challenges automation and robotics present and see which solutions can be deployed in your business. Get together with international colleagues and industry experts and learn from one another to further your own development.
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From FIRA to starting an international group or association about agriculture robots?
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