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Q: Error when precompiling all handlebars templates files in one js file Here's my folder structure:
app
└───templates
    ├───templ1.hbs
    ├───templ2.hbs
    └───templ3.hbs

I want to compile (precompile) all templN.hbs handlebars template files in one templ.js file, but when i try to do it via console
$ handlebars *.hbs -f templ.js

compiling fails with this error
(...)\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\handlebars\bin\handlebars:120
    throw err;
    ^
 Error: Unable to open template file "*.hbs"
    at (...)\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\handlebars\dist\cjs\precompiler.js:107:25
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:82:15)

What's the matter?

A: After a bit of practice with Handlebars and its precompiler i found out the solution was as simple as stupid my question was.
First of all it's better to stay in the root folder, hence in my case stay in app folder. Then, to compile all .hbs templates, simply pass the entire ./handlebars folder as input to handlebars precompiler and specify the extension of templates he should look for:
$ handlebars ./templates -f templ.js --extension "hbs"

Everything should work fine.
For more precompiler's options see http://handlebarsjs.com/precompilation.html


In the new study, published in the journal BMC Structural Biology, Mao used a mathematical modeling technique called elastic network modeling to examine the physical properties and interactions of the proteins. The model reveals where mutations are occurring during the evolution of the HIV-virus proteins and how these mutations help the virus survive. "With this kind of knowledge, better strategies for designing anti-HIV drugs could be developed," Mao said.
HIV kills the body's immune system cells, called CD4 cells. Once the number of CD4 cells dips below 200, an HIV patient enters the last stage of his or her disease: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS. The first cases of AIDS were reported thirty years ago. Since then, more than 60 million people have been infected with HIV, and more than 30 million people have died from AIDS. Today an estimated 34 million people worldwide are living with HIV – 1.2 million in the U.S.
Citation: Mao Y. 2011. Dynamical Basis for Drug Resistance of HIV-1 Protease. BMC Structural Biology.
Published [online] 8 July 2011.


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UAE to Receive First Batch of H1N1 Vaccine by September
The first two batches of the UAE's 3.2 millon doses of H1N1 influenza vaccine will arrive in September 2009, according to a senior health official. The UAE will be the third country after the US and the UK to receive such a volume of the vaccine, the Khaleej Times reports. <
The first two batches of the UAE's 3.2 millon doses of H1N1 influenza vaccine will arrive in September 2009, according to a senior health official.
The UAE will be the third country after the US and the UK to receive such a volume of the vaccine, the Khaleej Times reports.
Sharjah Preventive Medicine Department technical director Gamil M Tourky has said publicly that vaccination will be available to nationals and expatriates.
"Priority will be given to people in the high-risk groups, including children, the elderly, people with chronic diseases and pregnant women," Tourky said.
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DAGSBORO — A potentially influential, in-house employee core has cast full support for Indian River School District's May 7 major capital referendum that includes new construction, expansion and renovation to meet enrollment growth and over-capacity challenges.
The Indian River Education Association, the union encompassing hundreds of teachers and other district employees, has pledged its support for the May 7 referendum.
The district, in a follow-up request following a referendum defeat on Feb. 5, is seeking approval to build a new 2,200-student Sussex Central High School, eight additional classrooms at Indian River High School and a four-classroom addition at Selbyville Middle School.
The major capital request would represent a tax increase of $68.96 for the average district property owner. Obviously, those with much larger properties, such as farmers, would pay substantially more.
If the May 7 referendum is approved the tax increase will be phased in over a four-year period and not reach the maximum until fiscal year 2023. After FY23, the debt service rate will decrease every year until the construction bonds are retired.
The May 7 request does not include the current expense tax hike that was defeated along with the major capital pitch in February.
Voters on Feb. 5 rejected the $158.1 million major capital improvement project that carried a 40-percent $63.4 million local share by a margin of 3,866 to 3,202.
The current expense request for a 9-cent increase met defeat by a 3,836 to 3,124 tally.
District officials say construction of the new Sussex Central High School will allow the district to renovate and repurpose two existing school buildings.
Under the plan, Millsboro Middle School would move into the existing Sussex Central High School building, and Millsboro Middle School would be con-verted into an elementary school.
In preparation for the May 7 referendum, Mr. Steele said the district is employing a different approach and game-plan in efforts to inform, educate and visibly show the public the district's needs. Photos and short videos of current overcrowding conditions will be incorporated in presentations.
Two major community meetings, one in the north, one in the south, are planned along with one Face-book Live session. No dates were set as of March 28.
IREA membership totals nearly 850 members, representing paras, secretaries, custodians, teachers, nurses, counselors, psychologists, specialists and others, said Mr. Emanuele, a Visiting Teacher in the IRSD.
From the overall membership, there are multiple elected representatives in each IRSD building who are tasked with meeting with members in their building and ultimately voting.
Mr. Emanuele said the IREA at its March district liaison meeting was formally asked by IRSD Assistant Superintendent Jay Owens to help with the referendum.
Mr. Emanuele made note that the district never requested the IREA's support for the first referendum.
Voting May 7 is from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.
District residents who are U.S. citizens and 18 years of age or older are eligible to vote at the following local polling places: East Millsboro Elementary School, Georgetown Elementary School, Indian River High School, Long Neck Elementary School, Lord Baltimore Elementary School and Selbyville Middle School.


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Jessica Yu
On Monday, February 18th, Oregonian's from across the state joined Stand For Children, including Oregon Student Voice, to lobby legislators in Salem. We advocated for the full funding of Measure 98—a ballot initiative passed in 2016 to help schools expand career and technical education, college readiness programs, and dropout prevention.
Upon arriving, we were divided into groups, with which they learned more about Measure 98 and other legislative priorities. We then participated in a training that showed how to lobby effectively through storytelling, a skill they put into practice among their teams with the guidance of Stand facilitators. Just before noon, groups headed over to the Capitol, which was teeming with activity as thousands of teachers, students, and families rallied on the steps for school funding. Then, we dove into a series of meetings with legislators, 15 minute sessions that gave everyone the opportunity to share their story.
For me, it was an amazing way to hear how others had been affected by Measure 98, as well as hear policymakers' different perspectives on it. Students, including myself, shared how Measure 98 gave us access to AP courses and skill-based courses, such as graphic design and robotics, which we would not have been able to take without the increased funding. These courses Teachers explained how Measure 98 helped them try different teaching techniques and classroom practices, which increased student engagement in the classroom. Parents described how their students were more excited to attend school and learn due to the increased opportunities offered. It was really powerful for me to hear the many different ways Measure 98 has positively impacted communities across Oregon.
In breaks between legislative meetings, participants had the opportunity to watch the Senate Education Committee Meeting and Measure 98 panel presentations. Viewers were able to hear more stories about the effectiveness of Measure 98 programs in districts like Roseburg, which succeeded in raising its attendance rate, and even were treated to first-hand testimony from affected students themselves.
OSV hopes this experience inspired participants to remain and become more civically engaged, on a statewide level but also within their own schools and communities. We are immensely grateful to the many individuals who attended this Lobby Day, to lend their voices to an issue which concerns the education of Oregon's future leaders.
Jessica Yu is a senior at West Linn School and is a member of Oregon Student Voice, a youth-led nonprofit that empowers all students to be authentic partners in making decisions that affect their K-12 education.


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FCA's newest batch of Super Bowl promos may be the least effective yet.
For quite a few years, Chrysler has relied on ads played during the Super Bowl. In 2011, it ran commercials featuring rapper and Detroit native Eminem. The next year, Clint Eastwood gave the audience a rousing speech, using football as a metaphor for America's hardships. He claims that "America's second half is about to begin," just before Chrysler's major brands are flashed on-screen. Those two really represent the best of Fiat-Chrysler's ads. They're well crafted, emotional, and probably drove more than a few sales. Today, there are a brand new batch of FCA Super Bowl ads, and most of them fall short of that mark.
FCA's focus this year seems to be on the Ram and Jeep brands. When you look at its recent sales figures, it's no wonder why. It ran five ads, three for Jeep, and two for Ram. Let's get the rundown on each of them.
The first commercial features a group of vikings using a Ram truck to tow their boat, with a remix of Queen's "We Will Rock You" playing in the background. This ad was obviously made because people like Queen, but what's with the vikings? Are they big with the kids? Is this supposed to be a tie-in with that History Channel show? None of it really makes sense.
Then there's this ad, repurposing a famous speech from Martin Luther King. Almost every aspect of this promo is glaringly tone-deaf. Someone at the advertising agency actually thought that Dr. King's words would better hit home if they were punctuated by a big V-8 revving. The video then passed through focus groups and several offices, both of which approved it to go on-air. The backlash to this ad has been pretty significant. With many viewers expressing their dissatisfaction online. Cynical is the best way to describe it. FCA cynically wanted to connect its brand to the Civil Rights Movements, because that is something that's pretty popular right now. It makes one wonder if the Eminem and Clint Eastwood weren't created with equal cynicism.
Then, there's not much to complain about with this Jeep ad. A narrator that sounds like an off-brand Clint Eastwood talks about roads. In a nutshell, he says that you should get away from roads, drive your Jeep through a stream, and chart your own path.
In this next one, though, there's a lot to complain about. With a new Star Wars film coming out seemingly every month, and all your childhood favorites getting poorly re-packaged, it's pretty clear that nostalgia-bait is an easy advertising tactic. In this commercial, Jeff Goldblum drives a brand new 2018 Jeep Wrangler to escape from a CGI T-Rex. To really get the intended experience from this ad, you have to give your friend a megaphone and make them shout "Remember Jurassic Park?!" into your ears repeatedly. It's just terrible, but at least Jeff Goldblum got paid.
Now, there's the final ad, which Jeep has dubbed "Anti-Manifesto" This is the most simple, by far. It's 40 seconds of a Wrangler fording a stream to no music. A narrator then calls out all the other companies that run "manifestos." Manifestos are ads that use things like swelling music, rousing speeches, and overly emotional footage to drive their point home. The irony is almost too much to bear. The MLK spot that ran on Sunday can definitely be described as a manifesto, as well as the famous Eminem and Clint Eastwood commercials. Chrysler, If you're going to poke fun at other companies for using cheap tactics to sell their cars, make sure that you're not guilty of using those exact same tactics. As of this writing, the simple ad has about 98,000 views, while the Jurassic Park one has over 1.5 Million.
Overall, Chrysler's usual shtick of paper-thin patriotism and inspirational music is getting pretty old, but that's just one man's opinion. As long as trucks and SUVs continue to sell, Jeep and Ram will keep churning out the same old cynical commercials.
The all-new Ram 1500 variant boasts luxurious features reminiscent of the Southwest.
Such layoffs are normal when production ends for one vehicle and retools for another.
Justice Department makes offer to settle emissions claims reminiscent of scandal that erupted over Volkswagen.
Of carmaker's four major brands, only Chrysler tallies an increase, helped by a surge in demand for the Pacifica minivan.
Two of the spots are part of Toyota's new global "Start Your Impossible" campaign highlighting the company's shift towards mobility.


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The Magnolia State….Doesn't just the sound of that evoke visions of warm, humid nights with the mosquitoes buzzing lazily by and the air redolent with the heavy perfume of the profusely blooming Magnolia? It definitely brings to mind things southern and lush and slower paced. Such is the land of Mississippi- the state, not the river- but none the less mighty and majestic. Mississippi is a state rich in history and culture that has helped to shape the United States through the past 250 years. It is a part of the Deep South and gets is name from the wide and swift moving river of the same name which runs along its western border. Mississippi means "Great River" and is of Native American origin, most likely from the Ojibwe who live near the source on the river in Minnesota.
Mississippi has a one of a kind combination of towns, cities, rural areas, history and modern day appeal which makes it attractive to all ages. Besides being nicknamed as the Magnolia State, Mississippi is also called the Hospitality State, known for the warmth of its people and the ease with which one is made to feel comfortable whether traveling through for the day or staying for a longer while. It's a place where relaxation comes naturally. There are many spots to vacation in Mississippi depending on whether you are taking a family get away, a buddies golf trip or even a honeymoon, it has something to offer for everyone.
The resort areas in Mississippi are very economical and often afford great opportunities to partake in exciting casino action, enjoy top name entertainers, sample some of the nation's most outstanding cuisine or try your luck on one of their premiere golf courses. Whether you chose to vacation in the more northern region of the "piney" woods or book at a resort along the Gulf of Mexico, each area will have a local flavor of culture and traditions that are sure to delight. If resort life is not your cup of tea, you can join the thousands of yearly visitors that come to Mississippi to be a part of gorgeous campground community that can be as modern or as primitive as you desire. The state has hundreds of places for tent camping as well as the more modernly equipped recreational vehicle settings, with hookups for water and electricity. It doesn't matter which type of camper you are, Mississippi has what you are looking for. Some of the less back water camping areas are also well situated with nearby shopping, restaurants, churches and movie theaters. Going to Mississippi to camp can be the vacation of a lifetime, indeed!
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Mississippi is loaded with hundreds of outdoor opportunities to take advantage of. Besides the wonderful camping available that was mentioned earlier, there are many lakes, streams and rivers, not to mention the 100 plus miles of gulf coastline that all offer a plethora of boating, swimming, fishing and other water related activities to enjoy. There are literally millions of acres of public land set aside that is earmarked for hunting. Hunting is a widely popular sport in the state and is actively pursued by thousands of participants. Because of this interest in hunting and the large area that is used, there are many hunting and fishing guides that hire themselves out to be of assistance to vacationers when they come down to hunt in unfamiliar territory. Some of the most hunted animals in the state are deer, wild turkey, and many different types of waterfowl. Smaller types of game are squirrel, rabbit, quail and dove. With 38 state wildlife areas, 14 national wildlife refuges and 6 national forests there is plenty of land to go around for all the local hunters as well as the visiting outdoorsmen.
Mississippi is such a beautifully scenic state that it is definitely remiss not to mention the potential for great road sightseeing that is available. The most famous trek to make is called the Natchez Trace Parkway. It is rich in history with tales of highway robbers, bootlegging and as an important commercial route. This nearly 450 mile route stretches from Natchez Mississippi to Nashville Tennessee. The landscape is varied and changes along the way from swampy areas to farmland to lush forests. There are informative noted stops to make along the way that point out specific important landmarks and parts of the old trail are still visible in certain areas. It is a trip well worth making if you enjoy the more leisurely pace of seeing the countryside and learning about American history from the comfort of your own car.
If you are planning to learn more about the early history of this great country of ours, there is much to said about making a trip to the Deep South to do so. Why not start with Mississippi?
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The final table for the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event, held Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 at the Rio Hotel and Casino's Penn and Teller Theater, was one of the most dramatic in history. Much like game 7 of that other World Series, this one had it all—big double ups, lead changes, stressful calls and folds, exciting river cards, gritty determination, and one of the longest heads up battles ever.
Gordon Vayo of San Francisco started the final table third in chips, took the lead a couple of times but eventually was worn down and out by Las Vegas player Qui Nguyen. His second place finish still brought a $4,661,228 payday.
For first place, Nguyen claimed $8,005,310, the Main Event bracelet, and title of World Champion.
For more than six hours the two battled heads up. It took 182 hands for the first seven players to be eliminated, then it was another 182 hands before the final hand was played.
Vayo began heads up play with about 60 percent of the chips but half an hour later Nguyen was on top. Then Vayo reclaimed the advantage as the two played the next 90 minutes without either of them gaining much ground.
When Vayo flopped two pair and had Nguyen betting into him it looked like Vayo was poised to take a big lead. Then came the river—a terrible card for Vayo. It paired the board, counterfeited his second pair, made a full house possible, and also completed a flush draw. When Nguyen went all-in Vayo tanked for about seven minutes before giving up and folding. It was a great move, because Nguyen had indeed made the flush, but it also left Vayo with a much smaller stack of chips.
An hour later Nguyen had more than 80 percent of the chips, but Vayo doubled up to get back into contention. His chips continued to go in the wrong direction. Soon he was down enough to go all-in with Q-5 on a queen-high flop. Unfortunately Nguyen had A-Q and it looked like it would be the last hand. That is until runner-runner flush cards brought Vayo the much needed double up.
It was more than two hours later, with Nguyen steadily taking bites out of Vayo's chips, before the final hand came at 3:20 a.m. Vayo three-bet, going all-in with his last 53 million chips. Nguyen quickly called showing Kc-10c, while Vayo had Js-10s. The flop was 7d-Kd-9c giving Nguyen top pair, but Vayo had a double gutter straight draw, so he needed an 8 or a Q (or a combination of 10s and Js) from the last two cards. The turn was the 2s and the river the 3h, so the marathon match was finally over.
While Nguyen and his rail celebrated, an obviously tired and disappointed (but still thoughtful and smiling) Vayo was asked by pokernews.com how he managed to hang in there so long. He said, "I guess I just wanted that bracelet. Ultimately, I wasn't going to give up. I wasn't going to stop playing as hard as I could. I wasn't going to shorten any of my thoughts or decision-making process.
"I didn't get a ton of hands heads up and, I mean, whatever. I ran so, so insanely well this whole tournament and I'm not at all bemoaning any of my luck, it's just, it's your dream to win the bracelet so just to get that close is devastating from an emotional perspective. But I'm just so, so lucky to have gotten this far. I ran just so unbelievably well, and so I have no regrets as far as the tournament is concerned.
"If you had told me going into the final table I'd get second I'd be absolutely ecstatic and thrilled, but it hurts a little bit. It definitely hurts a little bit. But this guy's great. I like Qui a lot. He's a really good guy and I think he'll be a great poker ambassador and I just think he's really good for the game in general.
The WSOP Main Event began in July when 6,737 people put up $10,000 each to enter, creating a prize pool of $63,340,268.


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Naloxone: The Price of Life
It's likely that you may remember Martin Shkreli, the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, who caught the public's attention and widespread criticism when he unabashedly raised the price of Daraprim by 5000 percent. The drug is used for treating the deadly AIDS virus. The average cost of treatment rose from around $1,130 to over $63,000, with each tablet costing $750. While it may seem unconscionable to most that a company could unethically put people's lives at risk by hiking the price of a potentially lifesaving drug to the point of unaffordability, sadly Mr. Shkreli decision to raise the price of Daraprim is not unique when it comes to pharmaceutical companies and lifesaving treatments. Which brings us to the main focus of today's post—the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone.
If you have been following the ongoing story of the United States government's policy changes for addressing the deadly opioid epidemic, then you have probably heard the calls from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to get a handle on the situation—a scourge stealing the lives of over 70 Americans every day. Multiple government agencies, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for instance, at the behest of Senators, Congressman and the White House—are working to make it more difficult to abuse prescription drugs and develop the most effective treatments for treating substance use disorders. The agencies are imploring doctors to write prescriptions with discretion, only relying on drugs like oxycodone when it's absolutely necessary. Recently, a bill was put forward in the Senate that would impose a 1 cent tax on every milligram of active opioid ingredient in a prescription painkiller; the money generated from the tax would be used for expanding access to substance use disorder treatment. What's more, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted in favor (94-1) of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) in March of 2016. The legislation is meant to cover a number of different facets relative to the opioid epidemic, which include:
Expanding Prevention and Educational Efforts
Expanding Access to Unwanted Prescription Drug Disposal Sites
Strengthening Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
Expanding Access to Naloxone
The Price of Life
It is a sad truth that a number of people will die from an opioid overdose every day; however, there are many who will also be saved by naloxone, otherwise known as Narcan. If administered in a timely manner, the drug can reverse the potentially fatal depression of the central nervous system and respiratory system caused by an opioid overdose. In recent years, and with each month that passes, more law enforcement officials and other first responders have been trained to administer the drug. States and municipalities have begun to make it easier for addicts and their loved ones to gain access to naloxone without a prescription, due to the fact that they are often present at the time of an overdose, and time is of the essence. The drug is a necessity, and with demand comes dreams of profit. In fact, the price of certain forms of naloxone has increased exponentially in the past two years, according to Politico. The year 2014 saw more opioid overdose deaths (28,000), more than any other year during the course of this epidemic. Truven Health Analytics reports that since that year:
Kaleo Pharma's auto-inject version went from $575 to $3,750 per two-dose package.
Two injections of Amphastar's naloxone doubled in price ($66) by the end of 2014.
Two vials of Hospira's generic cost $1.84 in 2005, rising to $31.66 by 2014.
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Lotta and Måns have finished seasons of their summer TV-shows this week, anyway we still have three Sommarkryssets more and a bunch of great performances from Skansen and Liseberg to re-watch.
Except Sarah Dawn Finer's, David Lindgren's and Hagsätra Sport's performances I already told about I should mention wonderful Lena Philipsson's TV-comeback after her husband's betrayal that she has accepted very hard. Linnea Henrikson has got a green light from Christer Björkman to take part in next year's Melodifestivalen. Måns has shaven his beard right during the show. Gina Derawi with Justin Bieber's cover was already a big highlight of the concert in Skansen (she's curent favorite to host Allsång next year by odds if Måns will refuse).
Eric Saade wins Sopot Festival!


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Each teller receives an honorarium, travel, lodging, and meals during the event.
Those interested in performing should submit an application along with recordings and other supporting materials. Materials cannot be returned. There are no submission deadlines as the selection of yearly rosters is an ongoing process.
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Those selected to perform as Ghost Story Tellers will receive a letter of invitation. Applicants who are not chosen will not be notified, but will be re-considered for future years' programming.
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The 90-minute program occurs on the opening day of the Festival. Six (6) artists perform, and each has a 12-minute performance slot. Unlike Featured Tellers, Exchange Place tellers do not need to have an extensive repertoire.
Each teller receives an honorarium, admission to the festival for them and a guest, and meals during the Festival. Travel and lodging expenses are not covered.
Those interested in performing in Exchange Place should submit an application along with recordings and other supporting materials. Materials cannot be returned. There are no submission deadlines as the selection of yearly rosters is an ongoing process.
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Le pistolet est une arme de poing dont la chambre est intégrée au canon ou en permanence alignée avec lui.

Étymologie
Il existe différentes hypothèses :
 Il serait à l'origine un mot tchèque « píšťala » qui exprime le sifflement.
 D'après Étienne Tabourot, pistolet viendrait de la ville de Pistoia en Italie, où étaient fabriquées de petites dagues. Ce nom aurait alors été transposé plus tard aux « petites arquebuses ».

Histoire

Les premiers pistolets sont apparus à l'aube de l'histoire des armes à feu. Les plus anciens pistolets connus ont été utilisés lors de la bataille de Towton en Angleterre le . D'une taille imposante et dotés d'un canon unique à chargement par la gueule et d'un système de mise à feu par mèche, rouet ensuite par silex, leur poignée était souvent dotée d'un lourd pommeau, la calotte, en métal qui permettait de se servir du pistolet comme d'une arme contondante après avoir tiré l'unique coup. Des armes à canons multiples ont été créées mais peu produites.

Au , l'apparition du revolver, arme de poing à barillet, changea radicalement la donne car il offrait la possibilité de tirer successivement plusieurs coups sans recharger. À la fin du siècle, les premiers pistolets à répétition automatique, dits « semi-automatiques », font leur apparition, mais il faudra attendre le début du  pour obtenir les premiers modèles fiables. Une arme semi-automatique tire une fois lors de chaque action sur sa queue de détente.

Pendant presque tout le , l'Europe a produit plus de pistolets que de revolvers. La fin du  a vu des progrès considérables en matière de fiabilité des pistolets et des munitions, notamment grâce à de meilleurs matériaux et à un usinage plus précis et régulier. Diverses inventions améliorèrent également la sûreté de fonctionnement, tout à la fois essentielle et difficile à assurer car elle doit interdire le tir non commandé, même si l'arme tombe au sol, mais ne doit pas ralentir la mise en œuvre.

De nos jours, les pistolets se chargent surtout par la poignée : on insère un chargeur contenant des cartouches à l'intérieur de la poignée et on tire vers soi-même la glissière du pistolet pour amener la première cartouche dans la chambre où elle sera prête à être tirée par l'action du doigt sur la détente.

Évolutions

L'une des grandes tendances récentes est l'utilisation de matières plastiques (ou polymères) plus légères que le métal et qui ne se corrodent pas. Le premier pistolet en polymère fut le HK VP70 qui fut un échec commercial dans les années 1970, suivi des HK P7 et P9, également peu vendus. Au début des années 1980, la société autrichienne Glock, par le biais de son fondateur, Gaston Glock, lança une nouvelle arme en polymère, le Glock 17, qui connut un franc succès et provoqua une petite révolution dans le monde des armes de poing. La présence de matières non métalliques a fait dire à certains qu'il s'agissait d'une arme pouvant échapper aux détecteurs de métaux (notamment ceux des aéroports), chose totalement fausse car bon nombre des pièces de l'arme restent néanmoins en métal et sont parfaitement reconnaissables par un opérateur de système de sécurité (80 % des composants d'un pistolet Glock sont en métal, y compris le canon très reconnaissable aux rayons X). Il semblerait que cette polémique ait davantage été motivée par la volonté de protéger le marché intérieur américain que par souci de sécurité. Ainsi, la majorité des armes neuves aujourd'hui créées sont dotées de carcasses en polymère sans que cela fasse débat.

Une autre tendance est l'adjonction d'accessoires, tels que des torches miniatures ou des viseurs laser. Les armes modernes sont de plus en plus souvent équipées d'un rail standard sous le canon qui permet de monter ce genre d'équipement.

Rafaleurs

Les pistolets « rafaleurs » permettent le tir automatique. Ces armes, qui nécessitent souvent l'usage d'un chargeur de haute capacité (leur cadence de tir souvent très élevée l'épuisant rapidement), se révèlent très difficiles à utiliser avec précision sans un entraînement constant, même si certains modèles permettent l'ajout d'une crosse (Beretta 93R, HK VP70 en version automatique...). L'idée d'un tel pistolet à tir automatique n'est pas récente puisque le Mauser C96 connut une version automatique en 1932 nommée Mauser M712 Schnellfeuer.

Certains modèles contiennent un ensemble appelé « ralentisseur de cadence », facteur d'amélioration de la docilité, de l'autonomie et de la fiabilité.

Certains rafaleurs le sont par construction et beaucoup offrent un sélecteur de tir, sorte de levier grâce auquel le tireur décide du mode de fonctionnement (semi-automatique ou automatique), semblable à celui d'un fusil d'assaut.

D'autres rafaleurs sont des pistolets semi-automatiques modifiés de façon souvent dangereuse, par exemple par retrait de la pièce appelée séparateur qui contraint le tireur à relâcher puis actionner la queue de détente entre deux tirs.

Il existe une méthode de tir en rafale avec un pistolet (ou tout autre arme) semi-automatique, appelée bump fire. Cette technique utilise les deux mains du tireur. L'une d'entre elles tient l'arme en la poussant fortement vers l'avant, tandis que l'on utilise un doigt de l'autre main (généralement le pouce ou l'index)pour presser la détente. En conservant cette position, chaque départ de coup produit un recul suffisant pour que la détente se remette en place, permettant au mécanisme de l'arme de commencer un nouveau cycle et ainsi de suite jusqu'à relâchement de l'arme ou épuisement du chargeur. Il est évident qu'en termes de précision de tir, cette technique n'a que très peu de valeur.

Revolver et pistolet

Revolver et pistolet sont tous deux des armes de poing. Le pistolet dispose d'une chambre intégrée au canon alors que le revolver dispose d'un cylindre tournant appelé barillet contenant des chambres pour des charges ou cartouches individuelles. Le mot revolver vient du verbe anglais to revolve qui signifie « tourner, rouler, pivoter » (du latin revolvere « tourner en arrière »).

Évolution de la mise à feu

De 1450 jusque vers 1500

Les années 1450-1500 voient l'invention d'un mécanisme (au début simple) qui présente la mèche dans le canal de mise à feu. Il s'agit d'un chien composé de deux parties maintenant la mèche. Le chien est retenu en arrière en permanence par un ressort. En appuyant sur un levier le chien pivote sur son axe et vient présenter la mèche ; en relâchant le levier, le chien reprend sa position initiale.

Le principal problème rencontré était la perte de la poudre d'amorçage ; on adjoint donc un couvre-bassinet que le tireur repousse manuellement avant de tirer. Puis ce couvre-bassinet sera mû par un mécanisme simple qui s'efface en même temps que le chien avance. La pression exercée sur la mèche éteignait souvent celle-ci, le tireur allumait donc les deux extrémités de la mèche pour pouvoir rallumer facilement cette dernière par contact.

L'Italie semble avoir été la principale source d'approvisionnement d'armes à mèche. Henri VIII d'Angleterre en possédait un grand nombre, qui ont été décrites dans un inventaire de 1547 : on dénombre 496 italion peces dont 116 avec chambre (c'est-à-dire se chargeant par la culasse) à Westminster et 206 autres à Greenwich. Il commanda en 1544 à Brescia  de différentes sortes et des armures. Il dut obtenir pour ce faire l'autorisation du doge de Venise.

Louis XIII possédait des « pistolets-revolvers » à mèche (conservés au musée de l'Armée).

Le mécanisme à rouet apparaît vers les années 1500 sans faire disparaître le mécanisme à mèche qui sera presque exclusivement réservé aux armes militaires.

De 1500 jusque vers 1820

Durant cette longue période se sont développées les armes à rouet, sorte de roue dentée remontée avec une clef sur laquelle la pyrite de fer (pierre à briquet) venait frotter pour assurer la mise à feu puis à silex.

La première mention de la platine à rouet se trouve dans le codex de Léonard de Vinci. On y trouve sur cinq feuillets des croquis de mécanismes destinés à produire l'ignition. Il est probable que ces mécanismes étaient plus destinés à des briquets qu'à des armes à feu. On peut estimer que ces feuillets ont été réalisés entre 1483 et 1505. Si la plus vieille platine à rouet connue est allemande (vers 1515) et que la plus grande quantité d'armes à rouet est de la même origine, la naissance en Italie de ce mécanisme est une certitude.

Les plus anciennes armes à rouet étaient des armes combinées, (élément secondaire d'une platine à mèche ou élément supplémentaire d'une autre arme : arbalète, épée, masse d'arme, hache, poignard). On devait peut-être manquer de confiance dans le fonctionnement du mécanisme mais il fallait aussi y voir un nécessaire savoir-faire particulier qui était souvent celui des horlogers : c'est en 1520 que le capitaine de cavalerie Sébastien de Corbion (Corbion, village belge à l'est de Bouillon, frontalier avec la France) met au point une arme à canon court, se tirant d'une seule main qu'il dénomma pistollet et qui fut le prototype des armes d'arçon de la cavalerie et par extension de toutes les armes de poing. Il existait jusque-là le pétrinal qui était une arme courte également et que l'on appuyait sur la poitrine pour amortir le recul.

Il faut savoir qu'au  et jusqu'au début du  il n'existait pas d'armurier proprement dit mais des monteurs d'armes ou arquebusiers. Les différentes parties de l'arme étaient produites à part : les canons, les platines, les crosses et les gravures étaient réalisés chez chacun des artisans dont c'était la spécialité. Les canons étaient la spécialité des allemands surtout pour les canons rayés, les platines à rouet celle des italiens.

C'est Louis XIII qui développera l'art de l'armurerie française. Henri IV par son ordonnance du , allouant gratuitement les pièces du rez-de-chaussée de la grande galerie du Louvre aux différents artistes et artisans travaillant pour la Cour, va permettre de créer de véritables armuriers en exemptant les différents corps de métier des règlements corporatifs parisiens (chacun veillait jalousement sur ses prérogatives : il était jusque-là interdit à un arquebusier de fabriquer des canons, ce privilège étant celui du forgeron, les platines celle de l'horloger, les crosses celle du crossier). Les armuriers reçurent le droit d'accorder des certificats à leurs apprentis les autorisant à être reconnus comme « Maître Armurier ». Ils furent également exemptés des taxes locales et du service de la garde civile. Le premier à avoir bénéficié de ce privilège est Marin le Bourgeois connu pour avoir travaillé au mouvement des sphères et autres inventions mécaniques dont les armes. Il est considéré comme l'inventeur de la platine à silex française. Originaire de Lisieux, il naquit dans une famille de serruriers-horlogers, son frère Jean le Bourgeois était arquebusier.

C'est également ce privilège qui permet l'essor de dynasties d'arquebusiers à l'image de Lepage (ou Le Page) dont les origines remontent à 1717 et dont la marque Fauré Le Page perpétue la tradition.

Il faut aussi parler de l'ancêtre de la platine à silex dite « à la française » et de « la platine à chenapan » (le principe de fonctionnement est identique à la platine à silex mais le couvre bassinet est séparé de la batterie) et de la platine à la miquelet (version méditerranéenne de la platine à silex). Ces armes étaient chargées par la bouche : d'abord la poudre, ensuite la balle (souvent enveloppée dans un bout de tissu ou de cuir appelé bourre ou calepin, pour assurer l'étanchéité entre le canon et la balle), poussée à l'aide d'une tige de métal que l'on fixe sous le canon. Un peu de poudre fine (pulvérin ou pulvin) était disposée dans un bassinet, auquel aboutissait un canal foré dans le canon et communiquant avec la chambre de combustion. Le bassinet était protégé par un couvercle (appelé batterie).

Au moment du tir, le chien, muni de son silex, frappait la batterie en produisant une gerbe d'étincelles. Sous le choc, la batterie s'ouvrait et le pulvérin s'embrasait, communiquant le feu à la chambre de combustion.

Ce principe de fonctionnement comportait de nombreux inconvénients : le risque constant que la poudre d'amorce ne s'humidifie, la fragilité de la pierre à silex, le jaillissement de gaz brulants...

La première révolution industrielle de la fin du  avec l'invention de la machine à vapeur va apporter une certaine standardisation des pièces d'armement en fin de siècle.

À partir de 1820 environ

Au début du , les recherches de Vauquelin et Berthollet visant au remplacement du salpêtre des poudres par une autre substance aboutiront à la découverte de substances hautement explosives, comme le fulminate d'argent, ou le fulminate de mercure, qui vont permettre d'éliminer les points faibles de la platine à silex.

Un chasseur écossais, le clergyman Alexandre John Forsyth eut le premier l'idée d'appliquer les qualités détonantes des poudres fulminantes à la mise à feu. Vers 1805, il avait mis au point une platine spéciale qu'il expérimenta à la chasse. Il fut invité en 1806 à présenter son invention à Londres au maitre général de l'ordonnance, Lord Moira. Ce dernier, fort impressionné par cette invention, fit ouvrir un atelier à Forsyth dans la tour de Londres. Cependant, le comte de Chatham, successeur de Moira, ne vit aucun intérêt dans le travail de Forsyth, et en  le chassa de la tour de Londres. Forsyth avait pris la précaution de faire breveter sa platine et il créa la Patent Gun Manufactory dont il confia la direction à un certain James Purdey pour promouvoir son invention. Purdey réussira si bien que son nom est devenu plus célèbre que celui de l'inventeur.

Le principe fut de nombreuses fois copié et les contrefacteurs poursuivis à chaque fois, à l'exception de Le Page et Prélat, armuriers réputés en France, qui avaient copié en 1809 et 1810 le système sans pouvoir être poursuivis du fait de l'état de guerre entre l'Empire napoléonien et l'Empire britannique. Parmi ces contrefacteurs, un certain Joseph Manton qui fit breveter en 1816 un système dit « platine à pastille ». En 1818, Manton déposa un nouveau brevet pour une « platine à tube », brevet qui fut encore contesté avec succès par Forsyth. Mais son brevet venait à expiration, et la platine à tube fut bientôt fabriquée en quantité par tous les armuriers.

L'invention de la capsule séparée fut revendiquée par Joseph Egg, armurier londonien, et par Prélat, armurier français. Mais on pense qu'il faut rendre à Manton les lauriers de cette invention, puisque le colonel Peter Hawker rapporte avoir reçu de Joe Manton un merveilleux fusil à capsule séparée dont il dit avoir fait modifier la forme de la capsule en cuivre.

L'amorçage de la poudre se fera alors par le choc d'un chien en forme de marteau sur une petite capsule de laiton (contenant du fulminate), glissée sur une cheminée aboutissant à la chambre de combustion.

Ce nouveau principe parait se généraliser aux alentours de 1820, sous l'impulsion de Joseph-Marin Gévelot qui industrialise le procédé et supplante définitivement le silex vers 1840 en Europe. Les avantages appréciables du système à percussion furent rapidement exploités pour développer des armes à plusieurs coups. Les Poivrières (ancêtres des revolvers) en sont l'illustration. Munies d'un long cylindre foré de plusieurs canons, elles permettent, par le simple appui sur la queue de détente, d'aligner successivement les différents canons munis de leurs capsules respectives. Il ne fallut plus grand-chose pour que de la Poivrière on passe au stade suivant, le revolver. En réduisant la longueur du cylindre et en ajustant un canon en face de ce qui était devenu des chambres, on obtenait une arme beaucoup plus pratique, la balle ne devant plus être enfoncée par la bouche du canon. Ce dernier pouvait comporter des rayures, dont le rôle est primordial pour la précision du tir.

Il est impossible de parler du revolver sans mentionner le nom de l'américain Samuel Colt. Bien que le barillet tournant fût déjà connu au temps du silex, Samuel Colt fut le premier à l'avoir mis en pratique en utilisant les avantages de la percussion sur capsule fulminante. Les premiers revolvers Colt sont connus sous le nom de « Paterson », ville dans laquelle ils furent fabriqués à partir de 1837.

Les brevets déposés garantirent à Colt le monopole de fabrication jusqu'en 1857 sur le territoire américain. Ses droits couvraient son système à barillet, avec amorçage des charges par l'intermédiaire de capsules glissées sur des cheminées, vissées dans le prolongement des chambres. Le mouvement du barillet était couplé à celui du chien, avec blocage dans l'alignement du canon au moment du tir, par l'engagement d'un arrêtoir dans un cran sur le corps du barillet.

La plus importante invention française en ce début du , employant le fulminate mis au point par Prélat, fut le système de Samuel Johannes Pauly à chargement par la culasse. Bien que connus depuis le , les systèmes précédents étaient lourds et d'un maniement fastidieux. Pauly inventa la première arme utilisant une cartouche à percussion centrale à obturation propre et rechargeable. Il employa en 1809 un armurier du nom de Dreyse qui deviendra l'inventeur du fusil à aiguille prussien.

Vers 1830, invention de la cartouche
Si l'amorçage à percussion représentait sans conteste une avancée significative par rapport au silex, le principe d'une munition en éléments séparés (balle, poudre, capsule fulminante) présentait de nombreux inconvénients.

Les inventeurs recherchèrent donc le moyen de rendre le chargement plus aisé en réalisant une munition compacte sous la forme d'une cartouche papier et carton d'abord, toujours introduite par la bouche du canon ou du barillet. Puis l'utilisation de la culasse permit l'introduction de la cartouche par celle-ci, et non plus par le canon. La percussion se réalisait par une aiguille venant percuter la capsule au centre de la cartouche (système encore utilisé en 1866 par le fusil Chassepot).

Enfin, la cartouche à culot métallique à broche (+- 1828), inventée par l'armurier français Casimir Lefaucheux donnera un nouvel élan à ces recherches.

Ce n'est cependant que dans les années 1840 que l'usage des cartouches complètes se généralisera sur le continent européen.

Parallèlement, en 1854, aux États-Unis, la firme Smith & Wesson mit au point et fit breveter une cartouche complète à percussion annulaire, ancêtre de l'actuelle .22 Long Rifle.

En 1855, un Américain du nom de Rollin White, eut l'idée de forer de part en part le barillet des revolvers, autorisant ainsi le chargement par l'arrière. La firme Colt, approchée en premier pour l'exploitation commerciale, la jugea sans intérêt. Ce fut finalement la firme concurrente Smith & Wesson qui en acheta les droits en 1856, exploitant ainsi le seul type de barillet susceptible de fonctionner avec ses nouvelles cartouches. Lors de l'expiration du brevet Colt (1857) sur le barillet, Smith & Wesson bénéficia de ce fait d'une exclusivité sur les barillets forés de part en part, et ce jusqu'en 1869. Pour contourner ce brevet, de nombreux armuriers recherchèrent des systèmes les plus variés.

La caractéristique de la cartouche à broche, avec sa tige sortant de la base du culot, constituait sa plus grande faiblesse. D'abord, elle devait être engagée dans la chambre d'une manière très précise, ensuite, il y avait le risque de percussion accidentelle si la cartouche tombait sur la broche ou si le chasseur tombait avec sa cartouchière autour du ventre. Cela ne l'empêchera pas d'être utilisé jusqu'au premier quart du .

La cartouche à percussion annulaire, elle, souffrait d'un manque de résistance du culot, la limitant à des charges relativement faibles.

Vers 1860

À partir du début des années 1860, plusieurs armuriers et inventeurs se penchèrent sur la réalisation d'une cartouche à percussion centrale. Parmi eux, les Français Clément Potet et François Schneider, les Britanniques Edward Boxer et George H. Daw, et l'Américain Hiram Berdanes. Tous ces travaux permettront que cette nouvelle munition soit opérationnelle vers 1875.

Avec la cartouche à percussion centrale, les armes à répétitions comme le revolver purent atteindre rapidement un très haut niveau technique. Le modèle règlementaire français Chamelot - Delvigne de 1874, en calibre 11,4 mm, représente le début de cette ascension.

Tous les grands centres armuriers européens, parmi lesquels la ville de Liège, produisirent dès lors une quantité énorme de revolvers, améliorant progressivement certains détails, tenant à la sécurité ou à la facilité de chargement.

Avènement de la poudre sans fumée 1880-1890

Si les années 1870 virent la consécration des munitions à percussion centrale, l'événement des années 1880-90 fut l'apparition de la nouvelle poudre sans fumée. Trois fois plus puissante que l'ancienne poudre (poudre noire), sa combustion complète évitait d'avoir à respirer la fumée de tir, tout en limitant les lourds inconvénients de l'encrassement rapide de la chambre et du canon. Elle allait permettre l'emploi d'ogives plus légères, propulsées à grande vitesse et possédant par le fait une trajectoire plus tendue. Le revolver réglementaire français Modèle 1892, en calibre 8 mm Mdl 1892 (8,15 x 27,2), est l'exemple type de cette nouvelle génération.

La deuxième révolution industrielle avec l'avènement de l'électricité va permettre l'évolution de la machine-outil et apporter la précision dans l'usinage des pièces et donc l'interchangeabilité réelle des pièces. La recherche de l'automatisation des tâches et la division du travail (le Taylorisme) vont faire disparaître le Maître Artisan Armurier au profit de grosses firmes de production armurière créant des ouvriers spécialisés.

Les premiers pistolets semi-automatiques

Cette évolution technique aboutit à la fin du  à l'apparition des premiers pistolets à fonctionnement semi-automatique.

Grâce à la poudre sans fumée (donc sans résidus de combustion), plus puissante que la poudre noire, l'utilisation de la pression des gaz pour permettre le rechargement automatique d'une munition devenait un objectif techniquement réalisable.

De nombreux inventeurs s'essayent avec plus ou moins de succès à ce nouveau défi. Parmi eux, l'Autrichien Georg Luger, qui perfectionne le pistolet d'Hugo Borchardt (le Borchardt C-93), et l'Américain John Browning, créateur des pistolets Colt et FN.

Les calibres

Les calibres et la puissance des munitions augmentèrent régulièrement. Le 9 mm Parabellum est la munition la plus couramment employée pour les pistolets en Europe, alors que l'on trouve beaucoup de .45 ACP (11,43 mm) aux États-Unis.

Avec la généralisation des habits pare-balles (gilets, T-Shirts...), des armes désignées par le sigle PDW (pour personal defense weapon), qui sont en fait des pistolets-mitrailleurs compacts tirant un petit calibre rapide et perforant, furent développées pour la défense des officiers militaires. Les munitions de ces pistolets mitrailleurs sont légères, rapides et de petit calibre, certains pistolets, avec l'ambition de devenir des armes de seconde dotation naturelles chambrent les mêmes munitions. Ainsi, le HK UCP tire la 4,6 x 30 mm du HK MP7 et le FN Five-seveN le 5,7 x 28 mm du FN P90. Tirant profit des caractéristiques de ces munitions, ces armes sont légères et disposent de chargeurs de grande capacité mais leur puissance d'arrêt demeure faible.

Depuis 1987, de nouveaux pistolets ont été développés pour des munitions intermédiaires, notamment le .40S&W et le 10 mm Auto. Le .40S&W est devenu particulièrement répandu. Le Desert Eagle est aujourd'hui le plus puissant pistolet de série : il est en effet capable de tirer le .50 Action Express, une munition de très gros calibre (12,7 mm) qui lui est spécifique. La majorité des pistolets tirent néanmoins des munitions plus faciles à utiliser.

Liste de pistolets

Notes et références

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Pistolet de départ
 Revolver
 Platine (arme)

Bibliographie
 Dominique Venner, Pistolets et revolvers, Paris, Éditions de la Pensée moderne, coll. « Le Livre des armes » (1), 1972.
 Dominique Venner, Les Armes de poing de 1850 à nos jours, Paris, Larousse, 1988.

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PolyMet Mining's stock offering could result in Glencore majority ownership
In March, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted PolyMet the last major permit it needs to proceed with its proposed Northmet copper-nickel project on the eastern Iron Range of Minnesota, but the company still faces legal and financial hurdles before it can begin construction on the mine.
To meet some of those financial obligations, PolyMet Mining plans to raise $265 million in a stock offering to existing shareholders. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that it's a move that is mainly intended to pay off debt to the company's longtime backer, mining and commodities giant Glencore.
Depending on how the offering shakes out, Glencore may end up with majority ownership of PolyMet. Switzerland-based Glencore already owns 29 percent of PolyMet.
PolyMet still faces several legal challenges to the mine and processing plant, and it must raise money for the $1 billion project. The company filed a preliminary rights offering prospectus with securities regulators in the United States and Canada.
Under the rights offering, PolyMet stockholders would receive the right to buy one common share for every share they own. Final pricing has not been determined, but the rights price will represent a 20 percent discount off the "volume weighted average price" for the five trading days before the final prospectus is filed.
Glencore has agreed to backstop PolyMet's rights offering. It will buy all of the shares that it is allotted, and then purchase any stock remaining if other shareholders don't exercise their rights. Glencore would get a $7.7 million standby fee for backstopping the offering after it is concluded.
The rights offering is subject to regulatory approval.
Glencore has been financing PolyMet since 2008, through equity and debt. At the end of 2018, PolyMet owed Glencore $178.4 million in secured, nonconvertible debt and another $57 million in secured debt convertible to equity, according to a filing with Canadian securities regulators.
If the latter debt is fully converted — along with about 14 million warrants to buy PolyMet shares — Glencore would own 40 percent of the company.
The rights offering would further boost Glencore's stake — if Glencore ends up buying a lot of shares beyond its own rights allotment.
Glencore is one of the world's largest companies engaged in mining and the marketing of metals and agricultural commodities. It generated $3.4 billion in net profits last year.
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Maroon 5 Cancels North Carolina Shows, Joins Long List Of Artists Fighting Anti-LGBT Law
Yet another band has added North Carolina to it's "no-fly" list. Maroon 5 has just announced they will be canceling their shows in the state over an anti-LGBT law, which forces people to use the bathroom that matches the gender on their birth certificates. The band, which includes Adam Levine on lead vocals, released a statement on their website to explain ...
Nick Jonas & Demi Lovato Follow Springsteen In North Carolina Boycott
Bruce Springsteen has started a new trend of boycotting North Carolina over anti-LGBT laws. Now, youngsters Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato have followed suit. The pair are set to begin their "Future Now" tour in June, but announced on Twitter that North Carolina wouldn't be getting in on the action. #RepealHB2 pic.twitter.com/YTpOxNP9cB — Nick Jonas (@nickjonas) April 25, 2016 Even ...
Porn Site XHamster.com Joins Springsteen's North Carolina Boycott
Bruce Springsteen has inspired other artists like Bryan Adams to take a stand against laws barring certain LGBT rights. Now he's influenced major pornography website XHamster.com to do the same. After Springsteen canceled a show in North Carolina due to a bill banning anti-discrimination laws, XHamster blocked North Carolina users from accessing their site until the law is repealed. According ...
Bruce Springsteen Stands Against 'Religious Freedom' Laws, Bryan Adams Follows Suit
The fight against inequality never ends, but Bruce Springsteen has consistently been a fighting voice for the underdogs of the world. A North Carolina bill banning anti-discrimination laws has sparked Springsteen to take a stand. The artist canceled a show scheduled to take place in North Carolina this weekend to show his support for those protesting the bill. The bill ...


The Humane Society of Northwest Georgia was founded in 1977 as the Dalton Humane Society, Inc. In 1988, the name changed to Humane Society of Northwest Georgia, Inc. In 2006 the current location was leased from Dr. Charles Wade's family. October 2008, the Advisory Board formed.
We currently rescue an average of 378 pets per year. We are excited about the future growth of the Humane Society of Northwest Georgia and our ability to better serve the animals and citizens of our community. Our future plans include a capital campaign to raise funds for a state of the art facility that you can be proud of; one that welcomes people in to learn about animal welfare and humane care. A place where children can come to learn values of kindness to people and animals, values, such as fairness, compassion, respect and encourages good character. A place where adults enjoy and benefit from volunteering to care for a pet in need, adopting a pet needing a forever home or simply holding meetings. A temporary safe haven for pets of domestic abuse victims.
Our vision is a community where no healthy adoptable pets are euthanized. Thank you for your interest in learning about us by visiting our website.
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T34 Calliope war ein Raketenwerfer der US Army im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Hierbei waren die 60 Abschussrohre für die 114-mm-M8-Raketen (4,5 Zoll) auf einem Sherman-Panzer montiert, wobei der Turm beibehalten wurde. Somit konnte der Panzer nach Verschuss der Raketen theoretisch wie jeder andere Sherman eingesetzt werden. Nachteilig war, dass der Panzer durch seinen Aufbau leichter aufzuklären war als die Grundausführung und dass nach einem Treffer in die Abschussrohre diese möglicherweise nicht mehr zeitnah als Raketenwerfer einsetzbar gewesen wären. Der Panzer kam in den Jahren 1944 bis 1945 in geringer Anzahl bei verschiedenen Verbänden zum Einsatz. Der Name Calliope (Dampforgel) leitet sich wegen des Aussehens von dem Musikinstrument ab.

Varianten
 Raketenwerfer T34 (Calliope): Grundvariante mit 114-mm-Raketen in einer Anordnung von 36 Abschussrohren oben und zwei 12er-Gruppen darunter.
 Raketenwerfer T34E1 (Calliope): Variante mit 64 statt 60 Abschussrohren.
 Raketenwerfer T34E2: Das Kaliber der Raketen wurde auf 183 mm (7,2 Zoll) erhöht. Der Kampfsatz betrug weiterhin 60 Stück wie in der Version T34. Diese Version kam zum Kampfeinsatz.

Literatur
 David Hunting: The New Weapons of the World Encyclopedia. Diagram Visual Information Ltd., New York 2007. ISBN 0-312-36832-1
 Mike Green: American Tanks and AFVs of World War II. Osprey Publishing, 2014, ISBN 978-1-78200-979-5, S. 310–312

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3.	Year..............................1900
4.	Chassis No:-.................M 121
5.	Reg No:-.......................BS 8379
6. Engine No:-..................1455
According to Earl J. Smith the original owner was afraid of the Mobile and used it very little. He sold it to a man who intended to use the engine and boiler to operate a wood-cutting machine, but this never came about. The second owner kept the seat in the house and the chassis under cover in the barn, but let the body rot in a heap outdoors.
Mr Charles Boothby bought the Mobile from the second owner but never restored it. Mr Boothby passed away in 1965 and his widow sold the Mobile as a basket case to Mr Maynard Leighton of Winthrop, Main, in the spring of 1966. Mr Leighton did most of the restoration work. Earl J. Smith purchased the Mobile from Mr Leighton in September 1969 and finished some mechanical work.
In the New York Times, R. C. dated Sunday 2nd August 1970, Sprague Jr of Grayling, Williamstown, Mass. read the advertisment of	Earl J. Smith. and arranged to see the Mobile on the Monday, he completed the purchase of the 1900 Mobile and all the spare parts, and had the Mobile and spares returned to Williamstown, Mass.
Mr Sprague sold the car to a collector in Switzerland who sold it to a Mr M. Button. from San Fransisco, U.S.A. in Sept 2000. Mr J. M. Blackford purchased the Mobile in 2002, The car has completed the London to Brighton in 2003-04-05 successfully


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Boyle and Garrard County Emergency Management talks damage after Thursday's storms
GARRARD COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — "One day it's tornadoes and earthquakes and the next day it's sleet and snow," says Garrard County Emergency Management Director, Wanda Shelton.
Yesterday's storm hit several central Kentucky counties including Boyle and Garrard countries. Today, both county's emergency management directors said there was limited damage overall -- but communities in each were still impacted. One Boyle County community saw a tornado moving around 90 miles per hour.
Danville Boyle County Emergency Management Director, Brian Caldwell says, "The path was actually about 200 yards wide which was quite a bit wider than the 75 yards of the Harrodsburg tornado. But the area that it hit, ... It started at that garage at waterworks road and then went northeast toward the lake."
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One Boyle County homeowner says trees that were planted more than 30 years ago all came down pretty suddenly yesterday morning when strong winds and a tornado touched down.
Caldwell says, "We had a couple of downed trees in other areas, but other than that, no other damage."
In Garrard County the owners of one home say they were working when winds came through. They say it scattered tin into the road, in trees, and their neighbor's yard. Shelton says storms like this one are a reminder to always stay prepared.
She says, "If they would just get prepared now in case something like that did happen, you know, where are you gonna go? What are you gonna do? You know anything like that. If they don't have anywhere, they can always call, and we can try to get them somewhere safe."
Today, both counties are dealing with colder temperatures and icy roads. Both county leaders say that they are working to keep communities informed. Garrard County is working to maintain and install more siren systems -- and both are upgrading their emergency alerts.
"This day and age with the smart phones you know everyone has the capability of kinda hourly tracking the weather. So, be very safety and weather aware," says Caldwell.
These counties are working to keep their communities safe and prepared for any type of weather.


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Los Gatos: Barbic steps up to lead SILVAR group in the new year
PUBLISHED: January 9, 2015 at 12:00 am | UPDATED: September 14, 2018 at 12:00 am
Members of the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors Los Gatos/Saratoga District passed on leadership responsibilities of the district to a new district chair at a ceremony held last month at La Rinconada Country Club in Los Gatos. Alan Barbic, a broker associate with Coldwell Banker, Saratoga, will lead the local Realtor district in 2015.
The Los Gatos and Saratoga Realtors have shared the longtime tradition of passing the gavel, symbolizing the passing of responsibilities from the current chair to the incoming district chair. At the event, 2014 district chair Mark Von Kaenel, a broker with Keller Williams Bay Area Estates, passed the gavel on to Bay Area native Barbic, who has been in the real estate business since 1988.
As 2015 chair of the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors" largest district, Barbic will be responsible for conducting about 24 district Realtor tour meetings during the year. Barbic will also represent local homeowners" interests and the Los Gatos and Saratoga Realtors at the California Association of Realtors meetings as a Region 9 director.
Barbic told members of the district he wants to provide a culture that promotes camaraderie among local trade association members, including brokers and affiliated professionals. "I want to provide an environment that cultivates connectivity and networking opportunities with each other and our community," said Barbic. "It"s important to provide timely, leading-edge information regarding our community, market trends, marketing, technology, legal, tax, education and other important issues that affect our clients and our profession."
Von Kaenel thanked members of this year"s district council for volunteering their time and energy to work on this year"s special projects and programs. Among the district"s accomplishments in 2014 were the annual bocce ball tournament, which raised $3,441 for the Silicon Valley Realtors Charitable Foundation, and the annual pumpkin auction, which raised $4,275, presented recently to the Family Giving Tree for Operation Reindeer.
Members of the 2014 Realtor district council are Barbic, past chair Karen Trolan (Alain Pinel Realtors), Cassandra Maas (Alain Pinel Realtors), Dennis Byron (Montalvo Ventures, Inc.), Mary Kay Groth (Sereno Group), Darrell Monda (Tour Factory Bay Area), Jim Myrick (Keller Williams Bay Area Estates), Michael Kenyon (Keller Williams Bay Area Estates), Eileen Giorgi (Keller Williams Bay Area Estates) and Cindy Stanford (Opes Advisors).
The Silicon Valley Association of Realtors is a nonprofit trade association consisting of more than 4,000 Realtors and affiliates within Silicon Valley. The Realtor association is unique in that it is made up of five local districts. This allows members an opportunity to work closely with their local communities, and in association with the California Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors. The Los Gatos/Saratoga district is the largest district of the Silicon Valley Realtor group, with approximately 1,800 members.
Information is presented by the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors at silvar.org. Contact rmeily@silvar.org.


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The Workplace of the Future is Digital
What has your research uncovered that can help today's CIO understand the dynamics impacting the new digital workplace?
When we think about all these new tools your organizations have implemented over the past year—who is bringing them? Employees? Lines of business? IT itself?
What's one prediction you have for SaaS and the new digital workplace in 2021?
At our recent SaaSMe event, entirely focused on SaaS Management in the new era of the digital workplace, we sat down with several CIOs and product strategy leaders to dig into your most pressing questions.
Moderated by Harry Moseley, CIO at Zoom, the session covered new research, new tools and new ways of thinking.
"When we all got thrown into this pandemic, everything changed for every industry," Harry said at the start of the session. But we adapted quickly, Harry noted. "This work model that we've adopted over the last 21 months has become like a muscle memory. This is the way we lead, this is the way we manage, this is the way we work."
The Zoom leader was joined by four panelists:
Ken Cushman, CIO, Yahoo
Helen Kupp, Head of Product Strategy & Partnerships, Future Forum (Slack)
Deepika Rayala, CIO, Yext the CIO and CIO
Mark Settle, seven-time CIO
Keep reading for a shortened version of the session, with the best answers to Harry's questions.
Helen Kupp:
"We found that flexibility is key, and that the desire for flexibility has stayed consistent quarter over quarter. When we look at the data, employees continue to have a strong preference for this flexibility. We saw 76% of global knowledge workers want flexibility in where they work. More importantly, we're finding that employees are going to vote with their feet—in terms of what they want from their employers. The same study showed that flexibility ranks second only to compensation when it comes to job satisfaction. 57% of knowledge workers are open to looking for a new job in the next year. I think those two things are an important context for us to set our discussion today."
Ken Cushman:
"If you're not a leader that's being super empathetic and reaching out to your people to understand how they're doing, you won't be in a place to encourage that flexibility. For when and where they do their best work—you have to leave it up to the teams to decide."
Deepika Rayala:
"Executives are three times more inclined to come into the office versus employees. I think it's about: what happens to that creative process? Do we have the tools and the process to make sure we maintain it? We've embraced a lot of different SaaS tools, but now we are on the verge of having SaaS burnout, trying to go digital. I think we need to figure out how to get to that right balance."
Flexible work options seem to be here to stay. So what's changed? How are you using SaaS now to empower workers?
"At Yahoo, we're lucky in the context that we had really been driving on a modernization journey for quite a while before the pandemic. We're really largely a SaaS-first company from a tooling and productivity perspective. As the shift happened, it became more about how I can really drive the employee experience even more. What can we do to accelerate and ensure that we're continuing to deliver as good or better services than we were in an in-person environment? Things like virtualizing our walk up windows, ensuring that we have the same kind of phone chat, and really amplifying a lot of the collaboration tools that we had in house."
Mark Settle:
"I think there was a big push early on during the pandemic to consider SaaS alternatives to a lot of legacy business applications. We kind of forget that there's a whole bunch of Fortune 2000 companies who still have a big mixed portfolio of on-prem applications that they're supporting, and some SaaS tools. And plenty of companies had 'Blue Bird' opportunities early during the pandemic—customers showed up that they hadn't even talked to, saying that they were ready to seriously consider an alternative to their on-prem systems."
"We're still trying to figure out the optimal balance. And how do these SaaS platforms even talk to each other, so they all don't feel very disjointed? So that's really what we're working on. We don't want our Zendesk and our Slack and our Help Desk to all be different—we want to give a streamlined experience for users."
"Here at Yext, we put software into three buckets.
The first one is IT managed and administered. Platforms like Salesforce and NetSuite and Workday and Tableau. The second bucket is business managed and IT administered. It's very integrated to how the business unit operates. The third bucket is business managed and business administered. These are platforms like sales, marketing, HR and engineering tools for individual teams.
But, overall, we have a new software request process so that we always know what new software is being purchased. It goes into our software catalog and gets weighed against what we already have in place."
"It's really about ensuring that people buy things the right way so we can catalog and manage them. Shadow IT is not a bad thing. I think it all needs to be relabeled as 'business lead IT'. We really push teams and work with our business groups to say, 'Let us help you. We will help you get through the purchasing process faster, we will get all these tools rubber stamped faster with security, we will ensure it will work in the environment, and we can get you up and running that much faster.' So we're here to help. It's not that they want to manage and drive IT decisions—they just need to be able to drive their business with velocity."
"Before, when we had offices as the single default headquarters, we were thinking with more of a hybrid approach: on-prem and SaaS together. Now, in the digital-first space, there's an opportunity for us to think about how we create a seamless experience with a kind of digital workplace, or digital headquarters. We're looking for a connected approach that doesn't create the kind of burnout Deepika mentioned. We're looking at things like overall satisfaction, work/life balance, and even sense of belonging. I think there's an opportunity to uplevel the CIO role to start thinking about these things."
"I would encourage people to think about establishing some rules of engagement with your business partner. It's about who's going to manage what and who's going to administer what. I think a lot of people make the mistake of thinking through it on a case-by-case basis. But if you're in the earliest stages of adopting SaaS, you'll be better off having at least some kind of agreement about who's handling what. If you don't write down some rules of the road, then everything becomes contentious—every new tool you bring in or they bring in can create a very painful set of conversations."
"It's not quite a prediction, but I do believe that flexibility is here to stay. And we're all going to need to figure out new ways of supporting that both from the digital infrastructure perspective and the process perspective. But I think what's going to be unlocked, beyond productivity, are things like creativity and innovation. What about sense of belonging? Can technology do that for us as well? In the data, we're starting to see that, yes, it's possible. And we need to be more intentional about it."
"I think we're at the very early innings of developing effective collaboration tools—having a suite of effective collaboration tools for this hybrid work environment and digital workplace. We've picked up most of the standard tools that we had before (email and texting and file sharing and video conferencing) and we enabled them from home environments, and a lot of non-office environments. But now we're facing a fairly high level of mental fatigue and kind of burnout because of the way employees are using the tools. They're working longer hours, there's more asynchronous communication that's happening. I can't help but believe that somebody will crack the code and start thinking of ways to integrate communication channels and prioritize the way you can use your time. I think there's a challenge out there for the VC community to start making those kinds of investments."
"For many companies, I think flexibility is going to be a huge competitive advantage in the context of how we compete for talent. I think there will be an emergence of a whole new way of tooling. Jumping in with Zylo several years ago has taken us from being very operationally focused to a place where we can be more proactive and add a lot of value. Now it's time to get out of the silo and drive kind of to that next level of maturity and governance."
"Hybrid is here to stay. So the focus will be on employee wellbeing, not just productivity. We need a sort of digital office and map of integrated tools. We know there are already startups working frantically on these things—I think something like that is required for us to be really effective in this long term, hybrid world."
Hear more about what this star-studded panel of CIOs had to say about the future of the digital workplace and watch the other SaaSMe sessions at https://zylo.com/saasme/.
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Trauma, Critical Care & Acute Care Surgery (TCCACS) Conference 2019 is organized by Trauma and Critical Care Foundation (TCCF) and will be held from Apr 15 - 17, 2019 at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America.
This program offers comprehensive continuing education in the treatment of critically ill and injured patients, stressing current basic and cutting edge guidelines and technology for evaluation, diagnosis, and management. The course is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of those caring for ill and injured patients in rural, urban, and suburban hospitals.
• Discuss innovations, including extended use of ultrasound, social media in acute care surgery, simulation training, and how advances in veterinary medicine lead to advances in trauma patient care.


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How To: Google Hacking
Cyber Primer Online Learning
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Cyber Primer
This module will introduce some techniques used for reconnaissance and social engineering. The software simulations introduce some of the methods and software that can be used in reconnaissance.
Twitter Profiling
Google Hacking
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Although perceived as an IT issue, cyber security is, in fact, a subject relevant to all business units. Cyber Primer is aimed at anyone with an interest in cyber security, whether they are looking to pursue a career as a penetration tester, or just want to get a feel for the world of cyber security.
There are no prerequisites for this course, however, participants are expected to have a basic understanding of computers and the internet.
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In this video we'll cover using Google to find files a website thought it might have hidden. Here we are at Google. Google is the world's most used search engine, but unbeknownst to most users, is the ability to use Google's search power for more specific searches than are typically used. The power that we can use is called, a Google Dork, also know as an advanced search operator. These can be used in the reconnaissance stage of the cyber kill chain, or used for general opensource intelligence, or OSINT. You should investigate these advanced search operators, but for now, let's do a quick test version of some of them. I'm now typing into the search bar, filetype:pdf to search for PDF files. I'm also typing site:qa.com. Let's see what we can find available on our website. Here we have all of the PDFs being returned. All are publicly available and accessible from the QA domain. This can be quite powerful, because we will be able to find information that shouldn't be publicly available for an organization, or on an individual's website. These advanced operators can be found in GUI mode by going to settings and advanced search. You can see here that what it has done is that Google has filed out this advanced search page with the information we provided in text format and placed it into the various fields. Here is site, with domain being QA.com and also the file type is Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Lets add another tab. There's another website available to us called, the Google Hacking Database, run by exploit-db. Now, when we go here, we'll find that we can use lots of these advanced search operators, or Google Dorks for opensource intelligence. Collated at the Google Hacking Database are various pre-compiled search strings for different types of information. As you can see, we have information about sensitive directories, such as info login portals, vulnerabilities, the list goes on. Let's click on files containing juice info as a category. And then we will click on intitleindexof"userpass.txt". Just like that you can see that the Google search is already there for us to click on. It opens the Google search and we're able to see files of the same nature directly there. You could edit the term to narrow, or broaden the nature of the searched text. Here is a screenshot of the advanced search operators and that's a brief overview of using Google Dorks.
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Originating from a systems administration/network architecture career, a solid part of his career building networks for educational institutes. With security being a mainstay his implementation he grew a strong passion for everything cyber orientated especially social engineering. The educational experience led to him mentoring young women in IT, helping them to begin a cyber career. He is a recipient of the Cisco global cyber security scholarship. A CCNA Cyber Ops holder and elected for the CCNP Cyber Ops program.


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Venice 2013: 'Child of God' review
Published on 31 August 2013 11 December 2017 by CineVue
Hot on the heels of his previous feature-length offering, Cannes select As I Lay Dying, James Franco made his directorial bow on the Venice Lido with last year's Child of God (2013), a Gothic tale of violence, perversion and madness in the hill country of Tennessee, adapted from American writer Cormac McCarthy's celebrated third novel. Out now on DVD in the UK, Scott Haze plays Lester Ballard, a solitary, unhinged individual who feels he has been robbed of his father's land. Ballard roams the woods hunting rabbits, stealing chickens and muttering and cursing to himself. One day, he spies on a couple making out in a car and goes on to discover finds a half-naked woman beneath the canopy.
Local lawman Sheriff Fate (Tim Blake Nelson) keeps a watchful eye on Ballard, but when Lester finds a dead couple in a car, his descent into madness – fuelled by a famished loneliness – slips another rung. Following the success of the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men (2007), McCarthy has quickly established himself as Hollywood's inspiration of choice – Ridley Scott's wildly misunderstood (and much-maligned) The Counsellor (2013) is from an original script for the novelist. Franco, for the most part, proves himself to be a faithful adaptor. If anything, his obvious love for the source material is all too evident as he reproduces chapter divisions and visualised quotations before our eyes. Similarly lifted from the page are chunks of narration by unidentified voices, which work well.
Ballard is God's lonely man – a rustic Travis Bickle, if you will – and on-screen Haze gives an astonishing and brave performance of wildness and despair gone feral. His body is wracked by twitches and he expresses himself with grunts and roars. Even as he commits more and more horrific actions, our sympathy for him lingers far past the point where it should. There's also a skewed logic to almost everything he does. A sinister version of Chaplin's clown in The Gold Rush (1925), Ballard also shares the silent star's indomitable will to persevere beyond human limits. Despite some suspicion, Franco is becoming an accomplished director and constructs Ballard's world both chillingly and convincingly.
The film's one jarring moment comes when Franco himself appears in a minor cameo. However, it's testament to how well he has recreated the Tennessee landscape and period that his star presence seems so out of place at all. Franco also refuses to compromise when it comes to depicting the darker extremes of Ballard's psyche, and scenes of necrophilia are played as part of the collapse of Ballard's grasp on reality. With Child of God, Franco – through the excellent Haze – has created a dark portrait of an outcast, lacing it with his own bleak poetry and black humour.
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John Bleasdale
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