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The Antonov An-12 is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft designed and produced by Antonov. It was produced in many customized variants for uses within the country and for exports. More than 60 variants were produced, each having a unique designation.

List of variants
An-12 Initially produced military transport model, powered by  Ivchenko AI-20A engines.

An-12A An improved model with four additional fuel cells in the inner wing panels and  AI-20K engines.

An-12AD One Tashkent-built An-12 (CCCP-11528 No.2) was delivered as An-12AD, with no known reason for the suffix.

An-12AP Modified An-12A, fitted with two extra underfloor tanks of An-12P.

An-12B Further improved, with detachable outer wings and integral fuel tank housing (), reinforced wing to support the extra fuel weight, a separate Flight Engineer station, more powerful cargo-handling winches and a TG-16 APU in the port undercarriage fairing, which necessitated the removal of rear bomb pylons from the undercarriage fairings. Power was supplied by Ivchenko AI-20M engines with improved reliability and at the same rating as that of the AI-20K. Some An-12B aircraft were built at the factories as commercial transports with all military or sensitive equipment removed and with the designation for the aircraft unchanged.

An-12B (LIAT)(Laboratoriya Issledovaniya Aviatsionnoy Tekniki – aviation hardware examination laboratory) : In 1972 a single An-12B was converted to a flying accident investigation laboratory, fitted with equipment for investigating crashes, analyzing accidents and voice recording systems.

An-12B-30 A planned 30-tonne (66,140 lb) payload version of the An-12B. To be powered by  AI-20DK engines.

An-12B-I (Individooal'naya [zashchita] – individual protection) : Electronic countermeasures version with the Fasol (String Bean) active jamming system. Only seven aircraft were built/converted.

An-12BK (Kompleks – avionics) : An increased 30-tonne (66,140 lb) payload, improved avionics suite, TG-16M APU and the widened cargo door of the An-12BP characterized the An-12BK, which was built exclusively for the VTA.

An-12BK-IS(Individooahl'naya zaschita s sistemoy Seeren – individual protection active jammer Siren) : 40 An-12BKs were built as ECM platforms with Fasol and Sirena mission systems housed in four pods suspended from pylons either side of the lower forward fuselage and either side of the gunner's position. Formation-keeping equipment was housed under a dielectric panel on the flight deck escape hatch. From 1974 another 105 aircraft were modified with the Bar'yer – (barrier) and Siren systems as well as automatic infra-red jammers.

An-12BK-PPS(Postanovchik Pomekh Siren) : Evolved from the An-12PP, this ECM platform variant was equipped with the Sirena system in four pods, Booket jammer system and chaff dispensers in the tailcone. Later-production aircraft had the chaff dispensers relocated to the cargo door. Nineteen aircraft were converted from An-12BKs, serving with the VVS until at least 2006. Three aircraft are known to have been stripped of mission equipment and returned to transport duties.

An-12BKK Kapsoola – capsule : A single aircraft converted  to a VIP transport for the VTA in 1975. The name Kapsoola refers to the pressurised cabin Capsule.

An-12BKSh (Shturmanskij) : Navigator Trainer version of the An-12BK with ten trainee workstations.

An-12BKT (BKToplivovoz – BK tanker) In 1972 the An-12 BKT was produced as a flying petrol station for refueling aircraft in austere environments on the ground, capable of refueling two aircraft at a time with a transferable load of .

An-12BKV Military variant that could be used to drop bombs or mines using a permanently installed conveyor belt for dropping the weapons from the cargo hold door. Accuracy was found to be appalling so further development was cancelled.

An-12BL (Laboratornyj) Test-platform for the Kh-28 anti-radiation missile, with two missiles carried on pylons either side of the forward fuselage and two more suspended from pylons under the outer wings. This variant may have been intended for an operational role as a SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defences) platform.

An-12BM (Molniya – Lightning) A single An-12B converted to a SATCOM relay aircraft for trials relaying communications to and from the Molniya-1 communications satellite.

An-12BP An-12B fitted with the two extra underfloor tanks of the An-12P, equipped with a NAS-1B1-28 (Navigatsionnaya Avtonomnaya Sistema – self-contained navigation system) and RSKM-2 (Rahdiolokatsionnaya Sistema Kontrolya Mesta – radio co-ordinate monitoring system). Later-production An-12BPs were built with a wider cargo door and revised cabin windows placement. Some An-12BP aircraft were built at the factories as commercial transports with all military or sensitive equipment removed, the designation for these aircraft was unchanged.

An-12BPTs (Tsiklon – Cyclone) Two Tashkent-built An-12BP aircraft (CCCP-11530 and CCCP-11531) were converted at the factory as weather research laboratories. Mission equipment consisted of a measurement suite, a data recording suite and cloud seeding equipment. Both aircraft were subsequently stripped of their mission equipment reverting to transport duties.

An-12BSh (Shturmanskij – for navigators) Navigator Trainer version of the An-12B with ten trainee workstations.

An-12BSM An improved commercial variant intended to carry standardised freight pallets. The meaning of the BSM suffix is unclear.

An-12BZ-1 In 1969 Antonov proposed IFR tanker and receiver variants of the An-12B. The An-12BZ-1 was the tanker with a single podded refueling hose/drogue unit.

An-12BZ-2 In 1969 Antonov proposed IFR tanker and receiver variants of the An-12B. The An-12BZ-2 was the receiver aircraft with a fixed probe above the cockpit.

An-12D Developed from 1964 as an increased-payload version with new undercarriage, new tail unit similar to the Antonov An-24 and a fully pressurised fuselage of increased length and width, incorporating a loading ramp in a cargo hold door. This project was not proceeded with but led to the An-40 STOL Transport.

An-12DK A planned version powered by  Ivchenko AI-30 turboprop engines.

An-12D-UPS (Oopravleniye Pogranichnym Sloyem – BLC [boundary layer control]) A BLC variant of the proposed An-12D, with two turbo-compressors above the centre of the wing section, feeding compressed air to the slots on the wing, and a third in the fin fillet feeding compressed air to slots on the tail surfaces.

An-12M (Modifitseerovannyy – modified) Was a standard-production aircraft fitted with  AI-20DM turboprop engines. Despite higher performance, the production was stopped due to the discontinuation of the AI-20DM engines.

An-12P ([dopolinitel'nyye bahki]Pod polom) Initial-production An-12 fitted with two additional fuel tanks under the cargo hold floor.

An-12PL (Polyarny, Lyzhnyy – Polar ski-equipped) Two aircraft converted with fixed ski undercarriage, heavily insulated hold and flight deck, powerful onboard heater for the cabin and engines, and the underfloor tanks of the 'An-12BP Polar'.

An-12PP (Postanovchik Pomekh) (a.k.a. An-12BK-PP) An Electronic Countermeasures version developed in 1970 to operate within large formations of regular An-12 transports providing ECM for the whole formation. The automatic system identifies air defense radars and jams signals in their direction. The active Booket (bouquet) jammers radiated from three blisters under the fuselage and the tail gunners position was fitted with ASO-24 (Avtomaht Sbrosa Otrazhately – automatic chaff dispenser) chaff dispensers with the chaff cut to length as determined by the frequency of the radar detected. Three pairs of heat exchangers were fitted on the forward fuselage sides providing cooling for the mission equipment, and a fourth pair above the main gear fairings. 27 aircraft were converted from An-12BK aircraft, with at least two aircraft completed with only the chaff dispensers and non-standard rod aerials on the forward fuselage. At least two An-12PP aircraft were de-militarised and sold to civilian owners retaining the distinctive ogival tailcone.

An-12PS (Poiskovo-Spasatel'nyi) SAR version of the An-12B with Istok-Golub emergency UHF homing system, with Yorsh (Ruff) or Gagara (Loon) rescue boats, as well as droppable inflatable liferafts and crews for the boats. Several aircraft were used for recovering Cosmonauts from sea landings. Others were operated by the AV-MF.

An-12R (Reaktivnny – jet boosted) A design project for a jet-powered An-12 with a radically altered swept wing and tail and 25-tonne (55,153 lb) payload carried for 2,500 km (1,550miles), to have been powered by four Lotarev D-36 high-bypass turbofans. This projected aircraft latter evolved into the Antonov An-112.

An-12R ([samolyot] Razvedchik – reconnaissance aircraft) The unconfirmed probable designation for the small number of ELINT aircraft operated by the VVS from 1970. These aircraft were fitted with mission equipment in dielectric fairings forward of the main undercarriage wells and additional blade aerials above the forward fuselage and two blade aerials under the forward fuselage. Two aircraft are known to have operated without the blade aerials.

An-12RR (Rahdiatsionnyy Razvedchik – radiation reconnaissance) Nuclear Biological and Chemical warfare reconnaissance aircraft. At least three aircraft equipped with RR8311-100 air sampling pods on special cradles either side of the forward fuselage. Two of these aircraft are known to have also been equipped with a toxic agent detector pod on the starboard fuselage side.

An-12RU  A planned JATO (Jet-Assisted Take-Off) version of the An-12, to be fitted with two jettisonable PRD-63 solid-propellant rocket boosters fitted either side of the aft fuselage.

An-12SN ([samolyot] Spetsiahl'novo Naznacheniya – special-mission [aircraft]) To enable the Soviet Army's T-54 main battle tank to be airlifted, Antonov designed the An-12SN with a cargo hold increased in width from 3m (9ft10in) to 3.45 m (11 ft), powered by  AI-20DK engines boosted by a 3,800 kg thrust (8,380lbst) Mikulin RD-9 turbojet installed at the base of the fin in place of the gunners station. The Antonov An-22 was found to be more suitable for airlifting T-54s, so further work on the An-12SN was abandoned.

An-12T (Toplivovoz – tanker) A fuel tanker variant used to transport fuel for automobiles or aircraft, or rocket fuels and oxidisers. Special tanks were fitted in the hold as required.

An-12TP-2 A single An-12B (CCCP-04366) was custom-built for long-range transport and geophysical survey duties in Antarctica. The aircraft was fitted with a long under-nose radome, an MAD (Magnetic Anomaly Detector) boom extending from the gunner's position and mission equipment in the insulated cabin. On arrival in Antarctica a ski undercarriage, as used on the An-12PL, was fitted.

An-12T Mystery Designations Suffixes starting with 'T' which have unknown meaning. Aircraft with these suffixes were delivered from the Voronezh and Tashkent factories to both military and civil customers without obvious reason for the 'T'.
 An-12TA
 An-12TB
 An-12TBP
 An-12TBK

An-12U (Oopravleniye [Pogranichnym sloyem] – BLC) In 1962 a BLC (boundary layer control) version of the An-12 was projected with simple flaps replacing the double-slotted Fowler flaps and compressed air supplied by two DK1-26 compressors in underwing pods. It was envisaged that the use of JATO would dramatically improve the field performance.

An-12UD (Oovelichennoy Dahl'nosti – with increased range) An interim extended-range variant fitted with two (An-12UD) auxiliary tanks, acquired from Myasishchev M-4 bombers, in the freight hold. The prototype was converted from Irkutsk-built An-12 c/n 9901007.

An-12UD-3 (Oovelichennoy Dahl'nosti – with increased range) An interim extended-range variant fitted with three (An-12UD-3) auxiliary tanks, acquired from Myasishchev M-4 bombers, in the freight hold. Converted from Tashkent-built c/n 3341007.

An-12VKP "Zebra" (Vozdushnij Kommandnij Punkt – Airborne command post) A single Irkutsk-built An-12A (c/n 9900902) was converted into an airborne command post. Three cigar-shaped fairings were carried at the wing-tips and fin-tip, other equipment were housed in long fairings either side of the rear fuselage and a war room was situated in the pressurised fuselage. Due to the superior performance of the Ilyushin Il-22 Zebra airborne command post, the An-12VKP was discontinued.

An-40 Planned version, derived directly from the An-12D, would've been powered by four  AI-30 turboprop engines and four 2,550kgp (5,260 lb-st) Kolesov RD-36-35 booster/brake engines, fitted with thrust reversers, in paired nacelles between the inner and outer turboprop engines. A full-scale mock-up was completed in 1965 but the VVS selected the larger and faster Ilyushin Il-76 for production instead.

An-40PLO An anti-submarine warfare variant of the proposed An-40, to be powered by mixed-fuel engines burning kerosene and liquid hydrogen.

An-42 A version of the An-40 fitted with BLC (Boundary Layer Control). Compressed air for the BLC slots was provided by three turbo-compressors, derived from the Kolesov RD36-35 turbojet, in fairings above the wing centre-section.

An-12 gunship A close air support variant of the An-12, armed with two 57-mm guns, smaller caliber guns and automatic grenade launchers, similar to the American AC-130. In 2021, it was announced that the gunship will not be based on the An-12 after all, as it did not meet the requirements for a "flying gunner.

Other variants

Shaanxi Y-8  Unlicensed Chinese copy of the An-12BP.

Shaanxi Y-9  Based on modern Y-8F, the only An-12 successor.

Sever ACV In 1983 professor V.Ignat'yev proposed the use of time-expired An-12 aircraft as the basis of an air-cushion vehicle for use in the far north of the USSR. Although the project was supported by the Kuibyshev Aviation Institute, suitable airframes for conversion were not available and the project came to naught.

An-12 ballistic missile transporter  In 1962, a single Irkutsk-built An-12 (c/n 1901507) was converted to carry ballistic missiles to their launch sites. Due to the limited types of missile that could be carried and the lack of precautions for oxidiser leaks, this version was not produced further.

An-12 with underwing tanks and IFR probe Another projected IFR (in-flight refuelling) version with two  tanks suspended from pylons between the inner and outer engines and an IFR probe above the cockpit.

An-12A communications relay aircraft At least seven Voronezh-built An-12As converted as communications relay aircraft, fitted with a second TA-6 APU in the tailcone. The actual role and mission equipment fitted is unknown.

An-12AP Magnitometr/Relikt geophysical survey aircraft. An-12AP CCCP-12186 was a survey aircraft developed for the Leningrad branch of the Earth Magnetism Institute and converted at the Soviet Navy 20th Aircraft Overhaul Plant at Pushkin near Leningrad. The aircraft was equipped with a MAD boom extending from the gunner's position and an L-14MA astro-navigation system in a structure sticking up from the MAD boom, as well as a camera mounted on the rear cargo door.

An-12B instrumentation calibration laboratory (a.k.a. Izdeliye 93T) To enable special instruments and measuring devices to be calibrated in isolated parts of the country a single An-12B was equipped with a full calibration laboratory in the cargo hold.

An-12BP Polar support To support Polar research stations in the Russian Arctic and Antarctica, this variant had three bladder fuel tanks, holding  of fuel, installed in the under-floor baggage holds to increase the range to .

An-12BK SAR variant A little known search and rescue variant fitted with the Istok-Golob (Source [of a river] /Dove) emergency UHF radio homing system (similar to the western SARBE system).

An-12 testbeds There were a large number of different flying test-beds based on the An-12 with most of them not receiving separate suffix designations.

References

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AARP: Arizona nursing homes preparing to allow visitors who test negative for COVID-19
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Judie Shape, center, who has tested positive for the coronavirus, but isn't showing symptoms, presses her hand against her window after a visit through the window and on the phone with her daughter Lori Spencer, left, and her son-in-law Michael Spencer, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., near Seattle. In-person visits are not allowed at the nursing home, which is at the center of the outbreak of the new coronavirus in the United States. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
By: KGUN 9 On Your Side
TUCSON, Ariz. — Arizona is preparing to reopen nursing homes to visitors who test negative for COVID-19, according to the AARP.
Nursing homes have been closed to visitors since the beginning of the pandemic in March. Many Arizonans have found other means to communicate with loved ones like window-visits, video calls and letters.
Governor Doug Ducey's task force on long-term care is waiting on Homeland Security to approve the new recommendations, which will limit visits to 15 minutes. Visitors will also have to let the facility know they're coming before they arrive.
Arizona AARP Director Dana Kennedy says families are ready to reunite.
"They are going to have to wear a mask," she said. "If they refuse to wear a mask, the facility can refuse a visit. They will need to wash their hands before entering the room and socially distance -- keep at least 6 feet away. We know it's not perfect, but it's a step in the right direction. We're meeting again as a task force in three weeks to work out kinks that families are experiencing."
Kennedy says they're hoping to get approval by Friday, which would allow families to visit their loved ones by next week.
The AARP is also asking families to share their joy by posting photos of visits to social media.

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Built by Abhayagiri Stūpa is the main edifice of the Abhayagiri Vihāra (monastery) and was begun by King Valagambā (also known as Vattagāmanī Abhaya) in his 2nd reign (89-77 BCE). Work on it was done until the beginning of the reign of King Mahasen, 270 CE. Restored many times since then through the reign of King Parākramabāhu the Great (1153- 1186 CE).
Description An entrance to the upper terrace with a large wide moonstone made of flagstones and a flight of steps.
Reference Bandaranayake, Senaka, Sinhalese Monastic Architecture, Leiden: Brill, 1974Godakumbura, C.E. Moonstones: Art Series, no. 9. Archeological Department: Colombo, n.d. Paranavitana, Senerat. The Significance of Sinhalese 'Moonstones' in Artibus Asiae, Vol.17, No. 3/4 (1954), pp. 197-231. Wikramagamage, Chandra. Entrances to the Ancient Buildings in Sri Lanka. Polgasovita (Sri Lanka), Academy of Sri Lankan Culture, 1998.


Today I would like to share how our Lord Baba encouraged good thoughts to fruition, as stated in the Holy Book of Sai Satcharitra. Our family are facing some issues which we are coping with the Grace of Our Merciful Lord Sainath. For quite a number of times, my mother and I consulted Lord Sai in the question and answers book / website and were advised by the Lord to perform Annadhanam. We were thinking of donating food to some homes where the occupants were suffering from mental issues. One day, while searching for a shop near our home, I suddenly saw the Gopuram of a temple. While going towards the Gopuram, we realized that it was Lord Muruga's temple. And miraculously by Lord Baba's grace, we saw a home for the mentally and emotional depressed people. It looked like a small home and so, my mother and I thought that it would be a good place to do our Annadhanam, as our budget was tight and we wanted to do on a small scale first. Now the question was how to proceed, as we didn't have the sufficient manpower and we did not know how to arrange for the food. A few weeks passed, and my mother was determined that we shall carry out Annadhanam on a particular weekend.
So, the week before that, we again went to the home and found there was some telephone numbers written outside. Upon contacting the number, we managed to speak to the Home Director. He advised us that food would be required for 150 people, as there were 65 people who were split in two homes (for men and women) and located on the same street. My mother became concerned, as 150 was a huge number for us. Anyway, the Director asked us to go the home and meet someone from the office. The lady in the office (who happened to be the Director's daughter), advised us that there were totally 65 people and asked if we would like to provide for 2 meals or 1 meal. My mother said we would start with 1 meal, and asked if we can bring packed food for 80 pax (to account for any extras). We also suggested that we might bring chicken briyani packets. The lady said ok. Then, while coming out, we were wondering that why the Director told us to bring for 150 people. Anyway, we were thinking, which restaurant shall we go to make inquiries to ask them to pack the food, and how about the logistics to bring the food. While driving out, suddenly a black dog appeared and sat in the middle of the road, looking at us. We could not proceed, but were in wonder, could it be our Lord Baba appearing to give us His Holy Darshan, as He always appears as a black dog, as stated in the Satcharitra. After a while, a gentleman of the house came by and called out to the dog to go in the house, to let us pass by. However, in our mind, we were so happy to get the Darshan of the Lord in His form as a black dog.
Now comes the bigger miracle. While we were going back, thinking which shop to go and order the food, in front of us, appeared a catering van. It was no ordinary van; it was called Sai Shirdi caterers. Devotees, can you imagine our surprise and excitement, as it was no ordinary van, but clearly sent by Lord Baba to solve our predicament in giving out the Annadhaanam. I immediately saved the numbers written on the back of the van, and decided with mother that Lord Baba has sent this van for us to arrange the Annadhanam. After going back home, mother contacted the caterers and dear devotees; here is an even more amazing thing. The caterer's location was on the same street as the homes for the mentally affected people. The caterers location was unit no. 88, whereas the underprivileged homes were no. 7 (women) and 25 (men). Such an amazing Leela of our Lord! The next day, we went and arranged for the Annadhanam. The catering Manager told us he has sent food to those homes, and usually they order for 150 pax. The cost was slightly higher than a packet of rice, since the items were variety for a full meal, and the quantity was for 150 pax. However, it was practical, and we could order fish and chicken as well as vegetables. The catering Manager was a Sai Devotee and in the catering home, there were many pictures of our Lord, especially with the Handi. And since Lord Baba, specially showed us this caterer, we did not hesitate to order from them for the 150 pax.
The following weekend, we arranged for the Annadhanam. Everything went so smoothly. Moreover, the occupants of the home really enjoyed the meals. Many men took 2-3 helpings of rice and dishes. In the ladies home, the ladies kept thanking us as they found the meal delicious. Some food could also be kept for dinner. Now, we understood why the Director asked us to prepare for 150 pax, as it would not have been enough, had we gone with 1 box of packed food.
Dear readers, this truly is a remarkable experience for my mother and myself, where our Kind Beloved Lord expounds the principle of Encouraging Good Thoughts to Fruition, and He Himself ensures that we are able to carry out the good deed by providing us the means and the ways to do it. Oh Holy Father, what would we do without Your Merciful Grace? Kindly bless us so that we may continue to do Your Holy Works for the benefit of mankind and guide us to always do good in life. Kindly bless all devotees so that they are in good health, prosperity, peace and happiness and able to share their joys of life with those who are less fortunate. Thank You immensely my Beloved Deva. Om Sairam, Jai Sairam.
Anonymous Sai Devotee from India says: I am small devotee of Baba from Gujarat, India. Baba takes care of His every child who needs His help. He is supreme God of this Universe. More you look at Him more you will be blessed. I am one who was blessed by divine blessing of Shree Sai Baba. I am alive because Baba wanted me to be alive otherwise I would not be here writing this now.
During my master of engineering I was desperately looking for my project dissertation and I was not able to get any project. That time I was in fold of Sai Baba and He arranged everything in miraculous way step by step. We were not able to recognize His leela. At first He directed me to the lady who put me at the first step to get my project and she came from nowhere. She just got linked up with me, with company authorities and go away. Still it's far away to get the project in MNC Company because they do not give permission to do the work for one year with confidential data. After link up with those people, HR of company was not ready to give me a permission letter. So now there was no hope to get project in that company.
Then suddenly one day I was travelling from my hometown to my college Town via state transport and met with one person who had very strong contact to respective company and he said he would to do it for me without nothing in return and after that we became very good friends. He is such a nice person. May Baba bless him with health, wealth and everything he wants. So he arranged the letter for me and manager of MNC Company came forward to give me that letter and he called me and told me that you have enough strong connection to approve your letter. We had to do it because order came from top authorities and we had to follow it so asked me to come the next day and said that I would get my letter. Finally I got my letter and this process took 2 months so you can understand how traumatic it was!
Now, first day of company at security office, I found Baba's photo smiling at me and I was very happy to see that and one more thing at desk of R & D department where I was used to do my research work, I found there was already Sai Baba's photo smiling at me in a miraculous way. I felt blessed. He arranged everything for me in a great way. He took care of everything for me. Even Baba helped me in my every presentation of university and that too up to final presentation. He helped me in every way to solve the problem and conclusion. So this is whole story I have narrated what I was going through and how Baba helped me. Sorry Baba I am posting it late and now am looking for a good job and I know Baba will bless me with good job. All devotees here I would like to mention that Baba already reaches everywhere and has arranged everything for us. He is everything for me. I am requesting all devotees to read Satcharitra and you will find yourself more close to Baba. His teaching and lessons are very helpful to understand this illusion of worldly and materialistic things. Baba bless to all. Om Sairam .
Sai Devotee Swathi from USA says: I am a Sai devotee from past 15 years and lives in US. I read many devote experiences in this blog and always wanted to post my experience too. It's been 1 year since my wish was fulfilled. Sorry Baba for the delay in posting my experience. I am blessed to encounter many experiences of Baba in my life starting with my Sister's marriage, my marriage, my husband's job, what not. This one is a special one because it was the most awaited wish to come true, my job.
Even though I graduated 11 years back, I was not fortunate enough to work either because of family reasons, immigration issue etc. At last He heard my prayers and gave me 2 presents same time. My immigration issue was resolved and I was blessed with my 2nd baby, both in Oct 2014. I started my job search in March 2015 and with constant looking back and forth, I faced many hurdles, but I wanted the work which was closer to my home. I was applying for jobs all over US. The recent one was 3 hours way from my home. I applied and did the interview good. But to my surprise the manager asked me to work from the company's office which was 6 miles away from home. Then I got job on Nov 18th and joining date was Dec 1st. But my work permit expired on Oct 31st and I was waiting for that from last 3 months. By Baba's grace I got online notification about my work permit renewal on Nov 26th but I didn't get that on hand by Dec 1st. I was so afraid, if they ask my work permit then what shall I do? Another miracle I got work permit on Dec 4th. They asked me to email my work permit copy on Dec 5th. Everything went so smooth. I was with a job that had flexibility to work from home and also 10 miles away from home. What else I could ask for? I could take care of my little one and also could fulfil my dream to work. That contract was completed on July 2016. Now I am searching another one. With Baba's blessings I will find one more very soon. Baba, I may be little ignorant for not recognizing Your presence around me in whatever You have given me, but after all I am Your kid. Forgive me for any mistakes I did and may do. But please never let off me from Your sight. Sairam.
Sai Devotee Srinivas from UAE says: Dear Hetal and team it's a wonderful site and lots of gain and pleasure it is to go through this every morning. I have a habit of reading the Satcharitra one chapter in ascending order, first thing once I enter office and then read the daily dose of this wonderful site and various miracles of our Shri Sai through various people across the world and then I start my life and work.
Coming to the present miracle which is I think the 4th one that I am sharing on this site. This year 2016 has been a year of great pressure, low business and lots of pain in terms of letting go people etc. in this shipping industry that I work in UAE. For us also this year started with losses and continued the first half in the same vein, we had accumulated quite an amount as accrued losses for the first two quarters and I was under intense pressure to make things happen and turn the company around to be profitable. At this stage of your career it's quite a difficult task and if divine intervention is not there then things would not change. I as usual apart from working new plans and trials submitted myself to our Sai and told Him to bail me out. Firstly I wanted to start turning around, which from the 3rd quarter first month miraculously started due to some amounts kept by the accounts for contingency being released and lo and behold that month from negative we started positive and then this trend continued. Believe me I had been going through the papers for 2 quarters but did not identify till my Sai made me realise this amount being there. In the last quarter I had been requesting Him that we have reached a stage of break-even but now we need Your kind blessings again and yesterday I got the information that large amount earmarked as expenses right from 1st month which should be levied on us has been announced to be reduced by 80% and believe me Sai lovers that in one moment from break even I would be closing this year with a handsome profit. All of them were there in the MIS but without the blessings and permission of my Sai it would not be seeing day light and of course my prayers were answered and I have today been de stressed enormously with this great blessings. I am not able to express in the same vein which I feel but I know all of you will understand the depth. God bless you all and hope Sai's blessings and love is there with me, my wife and two little daughters and all of you out there..! Om Sai!
Anonymous Sai Devotee from India says: I am a small devotee of Sai Baba. I would like to relate few of my experience here. Once I was in Australia with my husband. We were new to that place and for some visa reason we were to stay there only for a day. So we landed on Sunday morning and had to start back on Monday morning. Meanwhile I was also meeting my husband after a very long time. My husband was in US and me in India. So we were expecting the trip. Due to my karma or bad luck I started vomiting after having mushrooms during flight transit in Hong Kong. We had a strenuous 13 hours journey ahead of us. From the time I landed the flight I was continuously vomiting without eating anything and I got dizzy and weak. When we landed in Sydney I was in bad shape. I had cold, vomiting and dizziness. We had to cancel all our plans and went to the hotel. But my vomiting did not stop. Even after drinking water I started puking. After I vomited after 15 times my husband and me decided to visit a hospital. Being a Sunday there were no doctors and my vomiting wouldn't abate after over the counter medicines. We were stuck without any help. We had to start the very next day morning and I was not even able to walk properly. My husband and I panicked a lot and as usual I called my Deva for help. After sometime a home doctor arrived and gave me an injection and the vomiting stopped immediately .We were very happy and continued our trip on the next day. If not so, then my situation would have been bad economically and emotionally!
Another experience I was traveling by night bus from my native to Chennai. It was an 8 hour travel and in the middle I wanted to urinate badly. I lost sleep and called my Deva to help me. After 2 hours I picked courage and asked the driver to stop the vehicle at a hotel and after relieving myself I left for my hostel peacefully. Thank You Deva. I am waiting for few more things to happen. You know very well know my situation and my helplessness. Please save me. Show everyone God is greater than the greatest force of men.
Anonymous Sai Devotee from Australia says: Jai Sai Ram to all those reading. May Baba keep His blessings on you. Thank you to the team maintaining this blog - you are blessed people.I have experienced numerous miracles with Baba which I have shared here. Today, I want to tell you about how Baba's Udi cured a skin condition.
A few months back I had developed two whitish growths above my right eye, just near the line of the socket. They didn't hurt but were just there. After a few days, one of them dried and fell off but the other one remained. It stayed on for weeks and then one day I had the idea to apply Udi to it. I started applying Udi every morning. I kept doing this for weeks but nothing happened. I know that at some level I was testing Baba. After many weeks, I one day decided not to put Udi anymore after that morning. As I raised my hand to put Udi on my eyelid for what I thought was the last time, I realised that the growth had gone! Just like that, after months, it just dropped off. To say that I was amazed at this miracle is an understatement. More than getting rid of the growth, I was elated about the fact that Baba was reading my mind and alleviated my doubts. Thank You Baba - for letting me know that You are listening. Jai Sai Ram!
Forgive me O Deva for my sins, my anger and my outbursts and bless me so I can see good in all and speak with a calm mind.
Please don't depend your happiness on getting married or not. Not every marriage results in happiness, you should find your happiness within you and marriage will happen at correct time with correct person.
Reiki worked wonders for me, it transformed my life. It would work like a miracle and your life will transform when you follow reiki principles religiously. Just keep full faith in baba and reiki and give the below principles your best shot. if you are someone who worries a lot then suddenly you won't be able to not worrying...Try your hardest to worry less, and get better at it everyday by practice.
Thank you very much Hetal Ji and team for posting my experience which is the first one. May Our Merciful Lord Baba bless all devotees.
Om Sai Ram. To the first devotee experience, can we get the same caterer number. We are based in singapore too and would to donate annadanam.
Actually I went back to my hometown in Malaysia to perform the Annadanam seva. Sai Shirdi caterers are based there only and do not have any branch in Singapore.
May Lord Baba blessings be with you in fulfilling your Annadanam seva.


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Q: Static reflection with Visual Studio 2008 targeting .net 2.0? Is there a trick to use static reflection with Visual Studio 2008 targeting .net framework 2.0 ?

A: No, because so called "static reflection" requires expression trees, which are only available in .NET 3.5+.
Note that LinqBridge, a library which makes some Linq features available to .NET 2.0 code, doesn't implement expression trees

A: Actually, it isn't quite true that you need .NET 3.5 for this. What you need is the Expression classes; you can write these for 2.0 (I've done it for C# 3.0 targetting CF, which lacks Expression), but is isn't very easy, and I'd question the benefit.
If you value your sanity, I'd say stick with strings until you upgrade to 3.5. Sorry.

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As Britain's outspoken Ambassador to the Central Asian Republic of Uzbekistan, Craig Murray helped expose vicious human rights abuses by the formerly US-funded regime of Islam Karimov. He is now a prominent critic of Western policy in the region. Now a writer and broadcaster, Craig's best selling hardback edition of his book 'Murder in Samarkand' is being launched in paperback at Bookmarks, 1 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3QE on Wednesday 7th March, 6.30pm. In this candid and at times shocking memoir, he lays bare the dark and dirty underside of the War on Terror. Harold Pinter comments: 'A fearless book by a fearless man. Craig Murray tells the truth whether the "authorities" like it or not. I salute a man of integrity.
The human rights record of the former Soviet Republic hit the headlines in 2003. Former UK Ambassador Craig Murray discusses the situation in Uzbekistan and the implications of Western government collusion with the current regime.


The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested a former director and a deputy director of the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) for their alleged involvement in a scholarship scam worth over Rs 50 lakh, police said Sunday.
The CCRT, an autonomous organisation under the Union Ministry of Culture, provides scholarships to young children in the age group of 10 to 14 years in various artistic fields at the national-level. G C Joshi (60) was the director of the CCRT from 2011 to July 2018 while deputy director (finance) Anil Kohli (60) retired from his post in April 2018, police said. With their arrest, police claimed to have arrested 13 accused including an ex-employee of the department in connection with the scam that ran for more than two years in connivance with CCRT officers.
A senior police officer said the accused persons had peculated more than Rs 50 lakh of government money between 2015 and 2017 in the name of providing scholarships. The matter came to notice in February after a case of cheating was registered at the Dwarka South police station on the basis of a complaint filed by the arrested accused Joshi regarding major scholarship frauds committed in the department, Additional Commissioner of Police (crime) A K Singla said.
The case was transferred to the Crime Branch in March after a PIL was filed in the Delhi High Court suspecting involvement of CCRT officials in the scam, he said. During investigation, 11 accused persons including IT programmer Sandip, an ex-employee of the CCRT, were arrested in August, he added. During sustained investigation, police learnt about the involvement of the then director and the deputy director.
Subsequently, they were arrested on Saturday, the officer said. In August 2011, Joshi had appointed Sandip on contractual basis and attached him with the accounts section, which was under the supervision of Kohli, the officer added. In the accounts section, Sandip used to prepare lists of scholarships granted to the students which had all details of the students such as their parents or guardians name, bank account details etc, Singla said.
Sandip roped in some of his friends and colleagues in his plan and offered them certain percentages as commission for the same. The accused used to insert his details and those of his associates, replacing the names of the actual beneficiaries, he said. However, in 2016, a dispute arose between Joshi, Kohli and Sandip over the commission as there was lack of currency in banks during demonetisation, he added.
On March 8, Joshi terminated the services of Sandip prior to completion of his contractual period on March 31 and filed a complaint against him in connection with the scam, the senior officer said. Both the accused have been sent to judicial custody, police said, adding further investigation is underway.


Looking for the best limo service provider in Kowloon for M Cuisine is not challenging. With Limoscanner'sassistance, it can be achieved easily and you can dedicate your time to other important errands of the wedding. There is no sweat when hiring a limo service for your wedding. We have numerous vendors in the area and each one will be happy to serve you their deals and show their fleet so you can choose the one that you and your partner will both be happy with.
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Rhonda joined Signature in 1998 and with a background in Accounting & Business Management and a passion for the technology solutions that allows for a business's most precious assets (it's staff) to be in front of clients not a monitor has firsthand been involved in the birth of every product in Signatures offering. Rhonda has been the Managing Director since 2011 and is still driven in her quest to demonstrate just how great Australian companies can be on the world stage.
With 30 years' experience in the IT industry on the global stage, Lee does far more then sit on the Board of Directors. Lee joined the Signature Board in 2011 and has been strategic in guiding and supporting the Signature business to achieve continued growth through innovation. Lee's advice security and architecture underpin so many of the new product offerings.
Phil joined Signature in 2018 as the General Manager, working with the Directors to build strategies for growth and to develop the business processes necessary to support that growth. Phil has over 20 years of business experience working in both the SME sector as well as senior management roles in multi-national corporations. He is passionate about delighting our customers by working with the Signature team to build a culture of listening, learning and continuous improvement.
Greg joined the Signature team in 2016 bringing with him over 30 years' experience undertaking most aspects of Business Management, Accounting, Finance and Administration within banking and manufacturing industries. With a fun and helpful nature Greg strives to ensure that our administrative processes are client driven and focused on enhancing customer experiences.
Matt, also known as "Old Man", has been with Signature in various roles since 2015. Has spent a LONG time in the IT industry performing a number of different roles for small to medium businesses and almost 20 years at IBM. Enjoys the Client facing role and interaction, loves the challenge of finding the right solution for the customer, as an Senior Manager is always available for our Customers to contact him.
Erin joined Signature three years ago, bringing with her a lengthy background in all facets of administration and supporting managers by being the gate keeper. Prior industries include mining, education, fisheries, hospitality and government. A dalliance into hotel ownership for 4 years was fun, but Erin finds assisting in helping a business run smoothly is so much more rewarding. Not to mention she is a die hard Tigers supporter.


A new utility called GTEditEmbData will be added to the next version of GTData. This utility is a pretty low-level tool that most of you will probably not need, but there may be some users out there that will find a use for it.
Those of you who deal with Embedded Data (tabular data embedded on graphic elements), may find GTEditEmbData a handy tool to have. The embedded data can be from a custom app that stores collected data on redlines, GTField, GTSpot, GTViewer's Session Link feature, etc. Embedded Data is just a text string, but if it is formatted in the \t\a\v notation, it will appear as a tabular record in GTViewer, GTVx, GTWeb, etc.
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You must specify an input .GTG file (with –i) and an output .GTG with (with -o). You can then either perform a search and replace with the –rep option or perform just a search with the –find or –ifind options.
One of the main reasons this tool was written was to update GTField data that had been collected using one schema, but needed to be changed so that it would work with a different schema (the table names had changed from SSMANHOLE to MANHOLE). In GTField, the table name is also prepended to the attribute name, so they would all need to be changed as well.
GTEditEmbData -i input.gtg -o output.gtg -rep "\tSSManhole" "\tSSManhole" -rep "\aSSManhole." "\aSSManhole."
GTViewer version 11.0.0.15 is available.
- NEW - #7030 - CustomAttributeInfoTabMode entry has been added to Additional Properties section of the .GTM file to show only Custom Attribute Tabs in the Attribute Info Dialog when Custom Tabs are available.
- NEW - #7036 - GetCategoryListFromFeatureString method added.
- NEW - #7047 - Support for ~GTSpot~ embedded data records.
Version 11.0.0.8 of GTVx is available.
- FIX - #6991 - Dynamic Graphics would use previous attribute values for features that did not have the value set or not record defined.
- NEW - #7001 - The GetSessionFile method was added.
- FIX - #7005 - Link definitions were not restricting matches to the data id, so if two data sets had the same table and attribute, both would match.
- NEW - #7012 - Shapefile export will now take groups elements containing only lines and/or linestring elements and convert them to a single polyline element.
- FIX - #7014 - Shapefile Export will now ignore group elements with no sub-elements.
- NEW - #7017 - The Display Preset Dialog was updated to match GTViewer's where it shows the active preset and has a Default button.
- NEW - #7024 - If a GTField Feature is reviewed with Attribute Info mode, the GTField Item name will be used to describe it instead of just GTField.
- NEW - #7032 - CustomAttributeInfoTabMode entry has been added to Additional Properties section of the .GTM file to show only Custom Attribute Tabs in the Attribute Info Dialog when Custom Tabs are available.
- NEW - #7037 - GetCategoryListFromFeatureString method added.
- NEW - #7050 - Support for ~GTSpot~ embedded data records.
GTData version 11.0.0.2 is available.
- FIX - #6961 - GTQuery - GTQuery was not supporting the multi-category queries for Type 3 queries.
- NEW - #6965 - GTShiftGtg - The -preX and -preY options were added to perform a shift before the scale. The -x and -y are applied after the scale.
- FIX - #6967 - GTGts2Gtg - Memory Leak Fixed.
- FIX - #6983 - GTMergeStyles - Only one mapping with same category and filter id would be merged even when there were multiple occurences using different thresholds.
- NEW - #7011 - GT2Shape - Shapefile export will now take groups elements containing only lines and/or linestring elements and convert them to a single polyline element.
- FIX - #7015 - GT2Shape - Shapefile Export will now ignore group elements with no sub-elements.
- NEW - #7028 - GTFilterMod - GTFilterMod added to GTData. It will use a configuration file to modify filter definition files by feature name or number.
- NEW - #7029 - GTQuery - The OrFlag entry has been added to treat FixedValue entries such that any one can be true to keep a records instead of the default where all of them have to be true.
- NEW - #7045 - GTConv - A UseIpidForTfids flag has been added.
- NEW - #7051 - GTEditEmbData - The GTEditEmbData utility has been added to GTData. It will allow searches and search and replace for the embedded data in a .GTG file.
GTech Loader versions 9.0.0.3 and 10.0.0.3 are available.
These updates include various minor fixes. The G/Tech 10 version of the loader (10.0.0.3) also has some changes to the setup.
Come see GTI at the 2012 Milsoft Users Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, June 12-14.


The contemporary opinion is that we are justified by faith alone or by belief alone. That all we really have to do is declare a belief in the Word of Jesus and that with this, the road to the Kingdom of Heaven is automatically open.
That since Jesus has died, His Blood, through the fact of this our declaration would without further ado wash away our sins. In some of the other articles (The Encyclopaedia of Spiritual Concepts), several quotations from Jesus Himself disputed this claim but here we want to examine the words of James the brother of Jesus to show that even His Disciples and Apostles believed in the importance of works (righteousness) in the salvation of individuals.
Where then did this teaching of a vicarious sacrifice come from? It obviously did not stem from the disciples, even though these showed a great lack of understanding for their Master's Word while He was still with them.
It is obvious that with the development of the early Church came schemes designed to win adherents. There arose those who appointed themselves leaders of the Church and whose main aim was earthly expansion and influence. These then introduced concepts which were entirely contrary to the Word of Jesus and also to His original disciples. In order to win adherents to themselves, they had to look for a bait. They had to look for a kind of dogma that appealed to the human spirit. A dogma that appealed to the indolence that today still plagues the whole of mankind.
Since the demands of Jesus was deemed too rigorous and not altogether appealing to the generality of the people, it was better to withhold this Word and introduce in its place a teaching that was more "gentle", more popular. Since they feared that with the rigours that accompanied the Teachings of Jesus, the generality of the people would not find it appealing and that as a result they might lose adherents, they felt that they had to introduce a substitute in Its place.
In this way, they could tell people that all they had to do to enter the Kingdom of Heaven was offer one offering or the other and that their sins could be forgiven by some sort of earthly penance paid to the Church, and that the Church fathers could forgive their sins once these offerings were offered.
The people of course flocked to the Church. They could now allow all their passions to run uncurbed. They could do anything, even kill as long as at the end of the day they went to Church and asked for forgiveness.
This false teaching it could be argued, which was in common with all other religions was solely responsible for the unbelievable spread of evil for centuries. People felt that they could do evil. They could allow all their faults to run riot. After all, all they had to do was go to Church and all these sins would be wiped clean. After all, the Church father was an envoy of God and he had the power to forgive sins.
We therefore had a situation whereby for centuries and even until today evil was left unchecked because there was no question of any responsibility. The Church fathers had said that there was no responsibility. After all they were envoys of God; so they knew best. Having now been relieved of the responsibility of having to think things through himself, man could now do whatever he wanted to his neighbours. Through this, unknowingly, he put himself in the power of the Church and this could now do as it wished, holding the power of life and death over whole peoples.
The spreading of this concept of "By faith alone" is more or less responsible for the horrible state of affairs on earth today. Since the people felt and still feel that there was no need for them to do any work on themselves, evil now took hold of the entire human race. All the Words of Jesus were no longer read with any understanding. The teaching of old which had said that there was no responsibility must be right since also it coincided with our own high estimation of ourselves and our tenacious indolence.
It is now time for us to wake up. There is nothing like "By faith alone". All the Words of Jesus speaks to the contrary and even the words of the Apostles speaks for the absolute importance of works (spiritual works). It is time to rouse ourselves and ignore all these teachings of the past and also at the same time abandon our customary comfortable, self-complacent way of looking at things.
The belief in the Word of Jesus and the adherence to this Word is the only way. This adherence is the works which must accompany the belief we have in Him and His Word. We should just not be hearers, but also doers.


I've imported this ninjascript but I wasn't able to find any indicator that was added to NT8 even thou NT8 displayed the message box saying that the import worked correctly?
What is the name of the indicator I should be looking for?
Thanks - just came across this today and it was exactly what I was looking for.


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NASA's Chandra Adds X-ray Vision to Webb Images
X-rays from Chandra have been combined with infrared data from early publicly-released James Webb Space Telescope images.
These four objects were among the first images released by the telescope after it finished its commissioning process.
Chandra data generally show higher-energy phenomena (like superheated gas and the remnants of exploded stars) than Webb's infrared view.
Astronomers plan to combine data from these telescopes for many different objects in the future.
In the summer of 2022, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope released images from some of its earliest observations with the newly commissioned telescope. Almost instantaneously, these stunning images landed everywhere from the front pages of news outlets to larger-than-life displays in Times Square.
Webb, however, will not pursue its exploration of the universe on its own. It is designed to work in concert with NASA's many other telescopes as well as facilities both in space and on the ground. These new versions of Webb's first images combine its infrared data with X-rays collected by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, underscoring how the power of any of these telescopes is only enhanced when joined with others.
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; IR (Spitzer): NASA/JPL-Caltech; IR (Webb): NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI
Stephan's Quintet:
The four galaxies within Stephan's Quintet are undergoing an intricate dance choreographed by gravity. (The fifth galaxy, on the left, is an interloping galaxy at a different distance.) The Webb image (red, orange, yellow, green, blue) of this object features never-seen-before details of the results of these interactions, including sweeping tails of gas and bursts of star formation. The Chandra data (light blue) of this system has uncovered a shock wave that heats gas to tens of millions of degrees, as one of the galaxies passes through the others at speeds of around 2 million miles per hour. This new composite also includes infrared data from NASA's now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope (red, green, blue).
Cartwheel Galaxy:
The Cartwheel galaxy gets its shape from a collision with another smaller galaxy — located outside the field of this image — about 100 million years ago. When this smaller galaxy punched through the Cartwheel, it triggered star formation that appears around an outer ring and elsewhere throughout the galaxy. X-rays seen by Chandra (blue and purple) come from superheated gas, individual exploded stars, and neutron stars and black holes pulling material from companion stars. Webb's infrared view (red, orange, yellow, green, blue) shows the Cartwheel galaxy plus two smaller companion galaxies — not part of the collision — against a backdrop of many more distant galactic cousins.
SMACS 0723.3–7327
Webb data shows how the galaxy cluster SMACS J0723, located about 4.2 billion light-years away, contains hundreds of individual galaxies. Galaxy clusters, however, contain far more than their galaxies alone. As some of the largest structures in the universe, they are filled with vast reservoirs of superheated gas that is seen only in X-ray light. In this image, the Chandra data (blue) reveals gas with temperatures of tens of millions of degrees, possessing a total mass of about 100 trillion times that of the Sun, several times higher than the mass of all the galaxies in the cluster. Invisible dark matter makes up an even larger fraction of the total mass in the cluster.
NGC 3324, The Cosmic Cliffs of the Carina Nebula
Chandra's data of the "Cosmic Cliffs" (pink) reveals over a dozen individual X-ray sources. These are mostly stars located in the outer region of a star cluster in the Carina Nebula with ages between 1 and 2 million years old, which is very young in stellar terms. Young stars are much brighter in X-rays than old stars, making X-ray studies an ideal way to distinguish stars in the Carina Nebula from the many stars of different ages from our Milky Way galaxy along our line of sight to the nebula. The diffuse X-ray emission in the top half of the image likely comes from hot gas from the three hottest, most massive stars in the star cluster. They are all outside the field of view of the Webb image. The Webb image uses the following colors: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, and blue.
Fast Facts for Stephan's Quintet:
Scale: Image is about 7.4 arcmin (620,000 light-years) across
Category Groups and Clusters of Galaxies
Coordinates (J2000): RA 22h 35m 57.5s | +33° 57' 36"
Constellation: Pegasus
Observation Dates: Jul 9, 2000 & Aug 17, 2007
Observation Time: 31 hours (1 day 7 hours)
Obs. IDs: 789, 7924
Instrument: ACIS
Color Code: X-ray: cyan; IR (Spitzer): red, green, blue; Optical/IR (Webb): red, orange, yellow, green, blue
Distance Estimate: About 290 million light-years
Fast Facts for Cartwheel Galaxy:
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI
Scale: Image is about 2.34 arcmin (340,000 light-years) across
Category: Groups and Clusters of Galaxies, Normal Galaxies & Starburst Galaxies
Coordinates (J2000): RA 00h 37m 41.1s | Dec -33° 42' 59"
Constellation: Sculptor
Observation Dates: 3 observations: May, 2001; Jan 2008, Sept 2008
Observation Time: 49 hours 12 minutes (2 days 1 hour 12 minutes)
Obs. IDs: 2019, 9531, 9807
Color Code: X-ray: blue and purple; IR: red, orange, yellow, green, blue
Distance Estimate About 500 million light-years
Facts for SMACS 0723.3–7327:
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Durham Univ./G. Mahler; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI
Scale: Image is about 2.4 arcmin (2.5 million light-years) across
Category: Groups and Clusters of Galaxies
Coordinates (J2000): RA 07h 23m 19.5s | Dec -73° 27' 15.6"
Constellation: Volans
Observation Dates: April 14, 2014
Observation Time: 5 hours 30 minutes
Obs. IDs: 15296
Color Code: X-ray: blue; IR: red, orange, green, blue
Distance Estimate About 4.2 billion light-years (z=0.39)
Facts for NGC 3324, The Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula:
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. Observ. Munich/T. Preibisch et al.; IR: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI
Scale: Image is about 7.3 arcmin (16 light-years) across
Category: Normal Stars & Star Clusters
Constellation: Carina
Observation Dates: Oct 08, 2012
Observation Time: 19 hours 8 minutes
Color Code: X-ray: purple; IR: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue
Distance Estimate About 7,670 light-years
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Blog: NASA's Chandra Adds
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With an understanding of a few basic tissues and herbs we can remove conditions that often are treatable only with life?altering drugs or surgery or are considered untreatable. We can remove pain and restore function. In this class we will discuss the treatment of joints, cartilage, bones, muscles, tendons, and nerves with comfrey, boneset, Solomon?s seal, gravel root, pleurisy root, teasel, blue vervain, arnica, safflower, St. John?s wort, prickly ash, ginger, etc.


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North Dakota Whooping Crane Migration
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Whooping cranes are in the midst of their fall migration and sightings will increase as they make their way through North Dakota over the next several weeks. Anyone seeing these birds as they move through the state is asked to report sightings so the birds can be tracked.
Whoopers stand about five feet tall and have a wingspan of about seven feet from tip to tip. They are bright white with black wing tips, which are visible only when the wings are outspread. In flight they extend their long necks straight forward, while their long, slender legs extend out behind the tail. Whooping cranes typically migrate singly, or in groups of 2-3 birds, and may be associated with sandhill cranes.
Other white birds such as snow geese, swans and egrets are often mistaken for whooping cranes. The most common misidentification is pelicans, because their wingspan is similar and they tuck their pouch in flight, leaving a silhouette similar to a crane when viewed from below.
Anyone sighting whoopers should not disturb them, but record the date, time, location, and the birds' activity. Observers should also look closely for and report colored bands which may occur on one or both legs. Whooping cranes have been marked with colored leg bands to help determine their identity.
Whooping crane sightings should be reported to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service offices at Lostwood, 701-848-2466, or Long Lake, 701-387-4397, national wildlife refuges; the North Dakota Game and Fish Department in Bismarck, 701-328-6300, or to local game wardens across the state. Reports help biologists locate important whooping crane habitat areas, monitor marked birds, determine survival and population numbers, and identify times and migration routes.
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Have you heard about Instagram's new dual camera feature in Stories? It can be a useful photography tool. Here is how to use it:
What is the dual camera feature in Instagram stories?
Instagram announced some new features, including the dual camera feature, in July 2022. The feature allows you to take a photo with your phone's front and rear cameras at the same time. You will see a small box in the upper right corner with the image from the front camera, while the rest of the screen shows the image from the rear camera.
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Der findes hundreder af andre stammer af SARS-CoV, som blot er kendt for at inficere ikke-humane arter: flagermus er et vigtigt reservoir for mange stammer af SARS-relaterede coronavirus, og adskillige stammer er identificeret i desmerdyr-slægten Paradoxurus (underfamilien palmerullere), hvorfra SARS-CoV sandsynligvis stammer.

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Reading, 27 April 2016 – Insurers can answer under half (45%) of routine questions asked online, severely impacting the digital customer experience they deliver. However, 80% provide accurate responses to questions sent via email, according to new Eptica research. While email led the way, insurers are struggling to cope with the volume of questions received on social media – while 100% were on Twitter, only half responded successfully to a tweeted query.
The research, carried out by multichannel customer interaction management software provider Eptica, evaluated ten leading UK insurers. Repeating research carried out since 2011, it replicated consumer behaviour by measuring them on their ability to provide answers to ten routine questions via the web as well as their speed and accuracy when responding to email, Twitter, Facebook and web chat. As well as insurers, the Eptica Study also evaluated businesses in nine other sectors, including banking, utilities, telecoms, electronics manufacturers, travel and different types of retail.
Email appears to be the focus of customer service investment by insurers, showing a dramatic improvement since 2015. Every insurer offered email to non-customers, and 80% successfully answered the question sent to them – the highest sector out of the whole study. In 2015 just half gave accurate answers. However, average response times increased from 20 hours last year to 28 hours 4 minutes in 2016. Within this range there was an increasing polarisation, with times ranging from 49 minutes to 5 days 1 hour 12 minutes.
Despite improving from 40% to 45%, online performance by insurers still languished near the bottom of the sector league table. Illustrating this gulf, the best insurer answered 65% of questions, which was lower than the worst fashion retailer, which scored 70%. Too many insurers made it difficult for potential customers to find answers online, either forcing them to use other channels or driving them into the arms of competitors.
Insurers are also failing to meet customer needs on social media. While 100% were on Twitter (and 60% on Facebook), just 50% and 40% respectively responded successfully to questions. The average Twitter response time of 58 minutes was much faster than 2015's 8 hours 52 minutes, but masked big differences in speed, ranging from 8 minutes to 4 hours. At an average of 1 hour 33 minutes Facebook was faster than email, but slower than Twitter.
Chat, the final channel surveyed, is perfectly suited to insurance as it enables consumers to have a full, meaningful and real-time conversation with an agent, at a lower cost than over the telephone. Yet the majority of insurers are not dedicating sufficient resources to chat. 40% of companies claimed they offered it (double the numbers of 2015), but just one had it operational when evaluated (the same as last year). Given that chat was able to answer the query within 2 minutes, it shows the potential of the channel – provided more resources are allocated to it.
Insurers are answering on more channels than ever before, but appear to be buckling under the strain. Only one insurer responded on the four channels of email, chat, Twitter and Facebook and overall just half (50%) of insurers were consistent on two or more channels, and 20% only answered on one channel.
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Dubliner Seán was surrounded by traditional Irish music from an early age. Both parents were traditional fiddlers and he began playing the fiddle at a young age. He attended Dublin School of Music where he received classical training, but soon became one of Ireland's most talented young fiddlers, winning awards and such honours as the All-Ireland Championships and the Fiddler of Dooney competition, from which he earned the title of master fiddler.
A member of Ceoltóirí Cualann in the 1960's, Seán also performed with some of the trios and duets formed by Paddy Moloney in the 60's. It was 1968 before he joined The Chieftains on invitation from Paddy.
He has recorded a well received solo album, 'Seán Keane' and a duet album with fellow Chieftain Matt Molloy, 'Contentment is Wealth'. He has also recorded with Mick Moloney and his brother, James Keane on the album 'Reel Away the Real World' in 1980.
Sean lives in Dublin with his wife Marie, and they have 3 children and 4 grandchildren.