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36-я общевойсковая армия — объединение Вооружённых сил Российской Федерации в составе Восточного военного округа. Дислокация управления армии — г. Улан-Удэ.

В годы Второй мировой войны участвовала в Забайкалье в обороне СССР и в советско-японской войне.

Сокращённое наименование — 36 ОА. Условное наименование — Войсковая часть № 05776 (в/ч 05776).

История
36-я армия впервые была сформирована 26 июля 1941 г. на базе 12-го стрелкового корпуса в соответствии с директивой № 76818  Генерального штаба Красной Армии от 24.04.1941 г. № 76818. Первоначальное место дислокации управления армии — 79-й разъезд Забайкальской железной дороги (Шерловая Гора), затем посёлок Борзя Читинской области.

В сентябре 1941 г. она включена в состав Забайкальского фронта и в течение всего периода Великой Отечественной войны обороняла государственную границу СССР в Забайкалье от японских милитаристов. Первоначальное место дислокации армии — 79-й разъезд Забайкальской железной дороги, затем посёлок Борзя Читинской области. К концу 1941 года из 4 дивизий, входивших в состав армии, осталась только 94-я стрелковая дивизия, остальные три были переброшены на советско-германский фронт.

Первоначально в армию входили следующие боевые единицы:
 управление (штаб)
 65-я стрелковая дивизия
 93-я стрелковая дивизия
 94-я стрелковая дивизия
 114-я стрелковая дивизия
 31-й укрепрайон
 32-й укрепрайон
 ряд артиллерийских и других частей

Соединения и воинские части, входившие в состав армии, сражались на фронтах Великой Отечественной войны. Имели 66 боевых наград, 28 частей имели почётные наименования, 27 частей являлись гвардейскими.

С августа по сентябрь 1945 г. 36-я армия в составе Забайкальского фронта участвовала в Хингано-Мукденской операции, освобождала Хайлар, Мукден, Цицикар, Порт-Артур.

В августе и сентябре 1945 года 36-я армия находилась в следующем составе:
 управление (штаб)
 2-й стрелковый корпус
 86-й стрелковый корпус
 293-я стрелковая дивизия
 298-я стрелковая дивизия
 31-й укрепрайон
 32-й укрепрайон
 ряд танковых, артиллерийских и других соединений и частей

В Хингано-Мукденской операции 1945 года армия (2-й и 86-й стрелковый корпуса, 293-я и 298-я стрелковые дивизии, 31-й и 32-й УР, ряд танковых, артиллерийских и других соединений и частей) наносила удар из районов Даурии и северо-восточнее Дурэя на Хайлар с целью обеспечения главной ударной группировки фронта с Севера. Для стремительного преодоления степных и горных районов, разгрома с ходу частей прикрытия противника и обеспечения быстрого выхода главных сил армии в центральные районы Маньчжурии была создана армейская подвижная группа в составе 205-й танковой бригады, стрелкового полка на автомашинах, артиллерийского и зенитно-артиллерийского полков, самоходно-артиллерийского дивизиона, дивизиона реактивной артиллерии и сапёрной роты. Начав наступление в ночь на 9 августа без артиллерийской и авиационной подготовки, войска 36А успешно преодолели сопротивление частей прикрытия противника, на правом фланге овладели Чжалайнор-Маньчжурским УР, а на левом — форсировали р. Аргунь и устремились к г. Хайлар. К исходу дня они продвинулись на 40 км. Продолжая стремительное наступление, на 2-й день блокировали Хайларский УР, а главными силами развивали наступление в глубь Маньчжурии. Преодолев горный массив Большой Хинган, 17 августа освободили гг. Бухэду (Бокэту), Ялу и Чжаланьтунь (Бутэхаци), а 19 августа передовыми подразделениями 205-й танковой бригады — г. Цицикар. Одновременно частью сил армия продолжала вести бои за Хайларский УР и 18 августа овладела им.

В последующем разоружала части японской Квантунской армии при её капитуляции.

За мужество, отвагу и высокое воинское мастерство тысячи воинов 36 А награждены орденами и медалями. Ряд её соединений и частей награждён орденами и удостоен почётных наименований.

В августе 1947 г. полевое управление 36-й армии с отдельными воинскими частями и учреждениями было передано на формирование управления Забайкальского военного округа, а на базе управления 86-го армейского корпуса было сформировано полевое управление армии с дислокацией Цугольский Дацан.

В июле 1948 г. во исполнение директивы Генерального штаба ВС СССР от 24.03.1948 г. № Орг/1/100428 г. полевое управление 36-й армии было расформировано.

В 1968 г. в связи с обострением обстановки на Дальневосточных рубежах был сформирован 86-й армейский корпус.

36-я армия (2-го формирования) сформирована 1 июня 1976 года на базе 86-го армейского корпуса (сформированного в 1968 году в связи с обострением обстановки на китайской границе); основная часть войск армии дислоцировалась в Читинской области, штаб в/ч 05776 — в г. Борзя. Армия входила в Забайкальский военный округ. 1 июня 1989 года 36-я армия переформирована в 55-й армейский корпус.

36-я армия (3-го формирования) сформирована в марте 1998 года на базе 55-го армейского корпуса. 36-я общевойсковая армия находилась в составе Забайкальского военного округа (с декабря 1998 года — Краснознамённого Сибирского военного округа, с декабря 2010 года — Восточного военного округа). В настоящее время армия дислоцируется на территории Республики Бурятия. Штаб армии, первоначально располагавшийся в Борзе, в начале 2009 года передислоцирован в Улан-Удэ.

По итогам 2019 года объединение признано лучшим в Восточном военном округе.

Из ныне существующих соединений и воинских частей два соединения: 37-я отдельная мотострелковая и 5-я отдельная танковая бригады являются преемниками традиций и носят почётные наименования 5-й и 2-й танковых дивизий соответственно.

Состав

В конце 1980-х гг.

 Управление командующего, штаб и отдельная рота охраны и обеспечения (г. Борзя);
 11-я гвардейская мотострелковая Нежинско-Кузбасская ордена Суворова дивизия (Безречная);;
 38-я гвардейская мотострелковая Лозовская Краснознамённая дивизия (г. Сретенск);
 122-я гвардейская мотострелковая Волгоградско-Киевская ордена Ленина, Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова и Кутузова дивизия (п. Даурия)
 в 1990 г. из Монголии выведена 41-я мотострелковая дивизия в п. Шерловая Гора и переформирована в 6052-ю бхвт, затем бхвт было вручено Боевое Знамя 164-й мсд;
 11-й укреплённый район (Досатуй);
 18-й укреплённый район (г. Краснокаменск)
 19-й укреплённый район (ст. Билютуй);
 14-й укреплённый район (ст. Шерловая Гора);
 209-я пушечная артиллерийская бригада (п. Цугол);
 65-я ракетная бригада (г. Нерчинск);
 240-я зенитная ракетная бригада (ЗРК «Круг») (г. Борзя),
 47-я бригада материального обеспечения (г. Борзя);
 965-й реактивный артиллерийский полк (п. Мирная);
 н-й противотанковый артиллерийский полк (п. Степь);
 175-й отдельный полк связи (узловой) (г. Борзя);
 112-й отдельный транспортно-боевой вертолётный полк (г. Нерчинск);
 291-я отдельная эскадрилья беспилотных летательных аппаратов (п. Безречная);
 289-я отдельная вертолётная эскадрилья (п. Хада-Булак);
 808-й отдельный батальон инженерных заграждений (п. Билитуй)
 906-й отдельный десантно-штурмовой батальон (п. Хада-Булак, затем передислоцирован в п. Мирная);
 1673-й отдельный батальон РЭБ (г. Краснокаменск, затем п. Ясная);
 175-й отдельный радиотехнический батальон ПВО (г. Борзя);
 18-я отдельная рота специального назначения (с. Борзя Новая);
 786-й узел связи (г. Борзя).

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2021 год
 управление (г. п. Сосновый Бор, Улан-Удэ), в/ч 05776;
 5-я отдельная гвардейская танковая Тацинская Краснознамённая, ордена Суворова бригада (ст. Дивизионная), в/ч 46108;
 37-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая Будапештская Краснознамённая, ордена Красной Звезды, Донская казачья бригада имени Е. А. Щаденко, в/ч 69647 (г. Кяхта);
 30-я артиллерийская бригада, в/ч 62048 (п. Тальцы, г. Улан-Удэ);
 103-я ракетная Краснознамённая, орденов Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого бригада (Улан-Удэ), в/ч 47130. На вооружении ОТРК «Искандер»;
 35-я гвардейская зенитная ракетная бригада (г. Улан-Удэ), в/ч 34696. На вооружении ЗРК «Бук-М3»;
 75-я бригада управления, в/ч 01229 (Улан-Удэ);
 147-й инженерно-сапёрный полк (г. Кяхта);
 26-й полк радиационной, химической и биологической защиты, в/ч 62563 (п. Онохой);
 78-й отдельный ремонтно-восстановительный батальон;
 792-й командный пункт ПВО;
 729-й командно-разведывательный центр;
 30-я отдельная рота спецназ.

Командование

Командующий
 генерал-майор, с 16.10.1943 генерал-лейтенант Фоменко, Сергей Степанович (26.07.1941 — 06.1945),
 генерал-лейтенант, с 8.09.1945 генерал-полковник Лучинский, Александр Александрович (06 — 28.11.1945).

Член Военного Совета
 дивизионный комиссар, с 6.12.1942 генерал-майор Зудов, Александр Иванович (26.07.1941 — 5.09.1945),
 генерал-майор Шманенко, Василий Кузьмич (11.07 - 3.09.1945).

Начальник штаба
 комбриг, с 11.12.1942 генерал-майор Данилов, Григорий Трофимович (26.07.1941 — 22.09.1942),
 полковник Кириллов, Михаил Сергеевич (22.09.1942 — 30.04.1943),
 генерал-майор Самонов, Никанор Иванович (30.04.1943 — 14.02.1944),
 полковник, с 2.11.1944 генерал-майор Иванов, Евгений Васильевич (14.02.1944 — 07.1945),
 генерал-лейтенант Рогачевский, Самуил Миронович (07 — 09.1945).

Заместители командующего по танковым войскам (Командующие БТ и МВ)
 полковник т/в Шевников, Иван Владимирович (9.4.1942 —декабрь 1944)

Командующие армией (2-го и 3-го формирований)
 генерал-лейтенант Воронцов, Владимир Гаврилович (01.06.1976 — 08.1980)
 генерал-майор, с 30.10.1981 — генерал-лейтенант Краев, Владимир Степанович (08.1980 — 1985);
 генерал-майор Кузнецов, Анатолий Иванович (1985 — 11.1987);
 генерал-майор Кондратьев, Георгий Григорьевич (12.1987 — 03.1989);
 генерал-майор, с 15.10.1990 — генерал-лейтенант Суворов, Владимир Григорьевич (03.1989 — 1992) — командир 55-го армейского корпуса;
 генерал-лейтенант Баранов, Валерий Петрович (1992 — 1994) — командир 55-го армейского корпуса;
 генерал-лейтенант Зайцев, Анатолий Иннокентьевич (1994 — 1996) — командир 55-го армейского корпуса;
 генерал-лейтенант Абрашин, Евгений Егорович (1996 — 1998) — командир 55-го армейского корпуса;
 генерал-лейтенант Колмаков, Александр Петрович (08.1998 — 07.2000);
 генерал-лейтенант Мирзазянов, Хаким Исмагилович (07.2000 — 11.2003);
 генерал-лейтенант Чиркин, Владимир Валентинович (11.2003 — 02.2007);
 генерал-лейтенант Зарудницкий, Владимир Борисович (02.2007 — 04.2009);
 генерал-лейтенант Цилько, Владимир Генрихович (06.2009 — 02.2012);
 генерал-лейтенант Макаревич, Олег Леонтьевич (02.2012 — 02.2013);
  генерал-майор, с 13.12.2014 — генерал-лейтенант Теплинский, Михаил Юрьевич (02.2013 — 05.2015);
 генерал-майор Коваленко, Дмитрий Иванович (05.2015 — 19.2017);
 генерал-лейтенант Носулев, Михаил Яковлевич (10.2017 — 01.2020);
 генерал майор, с 08.12.2021 генерал-лейтенант Солодчук, Валерий Николаевич (01.2020—май 2022);
 генерал-майор Герасимов Виталий Петрович (с 05.2022).

Примечания
Комментарии

Источники

Литература
 Великая Отечественная война Советского Союза 1941—1945: Краткая история. — М.: Воениздат, 1984.
 Лучинский А. А Забайкальцы на сопках Маньчжурии. // «Военно-исторический журнал». — 1971. — № 8.
 Филоненко В.. Забытый командарм. // На боевом посту [газета СибВО]. — 2010. — 20—26 ноября. — № 70 (19610). — С. 3.
 История второй мировой войны. 1939—1945. Т. 11. — М., 1980.
 История Великой Отечественной войны Советского Союза. 1941—1945. Т. 5. — М., 1964.
 Финал. Ист.-мемуарный очерк о разгроме империалист. Японии в 1945 г. Изд. 2-е. — М., 1969.

Ссылки
 36-я армия
 Перечни вхождения соединений и частей РККА в состав Действующей армии в 1939—45 гг.
 Боевой состав войск Дальнего Востока на 1 августа 1945
 Боевой состав войск Дальнего Востока на 3 сентября 1945
 Разгром Квантунской армии
 Штаб 36 армии СибВО перенесён из Борзи в Улан-Удэ. 26.02.2009, Информ-Полис.
 Страница армии на сайте Минобороны России.

Общевойсковые армии России
Воинские формирования Восточного военного округа
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Воинские части и формирования, созданные в 1998 году
Воинские формирования, участвовавшие в российско-украинской войне
Воинские формирования России, участвовавшие в гражданской войне в Сирии
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The Fort Lauderdale Strikers and the Carolina RailHawks had to settle for a point each after a hard-fought battle ended in a 1-1 tie at Lockhart Stadium, Saturday night. Both sides finished with 10 men after Carlos Salazar and Kevin Rutkiewicz were sent off in the second half.
Former Striker Brian Shriver scored the equalizing goal in the second half for the RailHawks. Shriver beat Jeff Attinella from close range to rescue a vital point on the road for the RailHawks.
After a strong first half performance, Scott Gordon opened the scoring for the Strikers in the 37th minute of the match, heading home a free kick from Manny Gonzalez. It was Gordon's second goal of the year and ties him for the team lead with forward David Foley.
The match changed dramatically in the 59th minute when the Strikers' Carlos Salazar was sent off for a challenge on Eddie Ababio. Just five minutes later the visitors had defender Kevin Rutkiewicz dismissed for a hard tackle from behind on Darnell King.
Down a goal, the RailHawks brought on attacking player Cesar Elizondo as they searched for an equalizer. The breakthrough finally came in the 81st minute of the match when a Ty Shipalane through ball found the feet of Shriver in the box, who lifted the ball over the charging Attinella.
The Strikers brought on attackers Jemal Johnson and Hosman Ramos late in the match in search of the game winning goal. Walter Restrepo and Aly Hassan came the closest, but in the end both teams were forced to settle for a draw.


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Dollars for Diapers happening in Bath
Times Record
2016-07-11 / Front Page
BY DARCIE MOORE
Times Record Staff
A United Way of Mid Coast Maine pilot program called "Dollars for Diapers" is coming to Bath this week to help get diapers to families that need them while raising awareness about the shortage of diapers.
Since 2014, United Way has distributed more than 62,000 diapers to programs such as food pantries.
Now, United Way volunteers have developed an additional outreach model which capitalizes on its new ability to purchase diapers at a significant cost savings.
Dollars for Diapers will be in Bath from Tuesday to July 18. More than 40 businesses have agreed to have canisters available all week where people can donate money for the program. People can put their change in the can as they leave a restaurant or store or donate through the United Way of Mid Coast Maine website.
United Way volunteer Dodie Jones said Bath Savings Institution has agreed to offer a $1,000 match.
The organization is emphasizing the money donations because it is collaborating with Jet.com, the makers of Cuties diapers, which will allow them to buy diapers at only 13 cents per diaper without sales tax. Buying in bulk at local stores costs closer to 20 cents per diaper.
According to the United Way, diapers can cost at least $500 per year per child. For a parent working full time at Maine's minimum wage, that's more than 3 percent of their income. There is no federal assistance for the purchase of diapers through programs like SNAP and WIC.
"Lacking an adequate supply of diapers causes undue stress on both baby and parents," the United Way of Mid Coast Maine announcement states. "Not having enough diapers can affect a baby's physical and mental health — now and in their adult lives."
Smart shoppers can same money on diapers by buying them at bulk at big box stores, but many low-income families who may not have transportation aren't able to buy in bulk.
Cloth diapers aren't an option for many because many daycares won't take cloth diapers and expect parents to bring a day's supply of diapers, Jones said. And most people who aren't making a lot of money do their laundry at a Laundromats, which generally don't want diapers being washed there. They have to go through a sanitizing cycle, she said, which most Laundromat machines don't have.
According to Kim Gates, director of the Bath Area Food Pantry, a client cried recently when we learned the food bank had diapers available through the United Way.
The White House blog "The Diaper Divide" states: "Nearly 1 in 3 families struggle to afford diapers for their babies. In some cases, moms and dads stretch the time between diaper changes to make their limited resources last."
A donation of $25 provides enough diapers for the first three weeks of a newborn's life, according to United Way. The funds raised through Dollars for Diapers will purchase diapers for organizations including Bath Area Food Bank, Little Flock Non Food Pantry, Early Head Start Home Visiting, Maine Families — Home Visiting, Tedford Shelter, and Healthy Generations.
People can donate online at uwmcm.org/diapers or send a check payable to UWMCM - Diapers to United Way of Mid Coast Maine, 34 Wing Farm Parkway, Bath, ME 04530.
People can also donate diapers by dropping them off at United Way at 34 Wing Farm Parkway or at Bank of America from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Open packages are welcome.
dmoore@timesrecord.com
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It wasn't mentioned on State of Affairs Friday (no time), but there has been an update to the Louisville Metro Animal Services story, courtesy of LEO.
Wayne Zelinsky, the interim director of Louisville Metro Animal Services, will be retained by Mayor-elect Greg Fischer until a national search for a full-time replacement has been completed.
Fischer's decision to retain Zelinsky contradicts what the then-candidate told LEO Weekly in mid-October. In an interview conducted on the campaign trail, Fischer was asked if Zelinsky would be retained as interim director.
Metro Animal Services Director Dr. Gilles Meloche (you can say he's embattled, controversial, etc) is resigning.
Metro Animal Services Director Gilles Meloche, who helped modernize the animal protection agency over the past four years, will be leaving his post effective Dec. 31.
Assistant Director Wayne Zelinsky will lead Metro Animal Services as interim director. Meloche will work closely with Zelinsky over the coming weeks to ensure a smooth transition.
Meloche said his agency has achieved most of the goals he set, including modernizing the city's animal ordinance, increasing staffing and equipment and building a new adoption facility. During his tenure, animal adoptions have dramatically increased and the percentage of euthanized animals has significantly decreased.
Meloche's decision comes after multiple calls for his resignation. Documents have been lost (or destroyed), he's being sued for sexual harassment and we won't get into all the accusations about animal mistreatment right now.
Sorry, nothing about the new iPods.
Metro Animal Services is operating out of the fairgrounds. Adoptions are available, but anyone visiting will have to pay a parking fee.
There are about 500 animals at the fairgrounds now, all of them rescued from floods at their previous location.
Ten cats and one dog, however, weren't evacuated in time and drowned yesterday.


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AHA Teaching & Learning Teaching Resources for Historians Sixteen Months to Sumter Newspaper Index Richmond Enquirer The Cry of Disunion
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The Cry of Disunion
Richmond Enquirer, July 10, 1860
The effort now being made to attach odium to Mr. Yancey, and through him unpopularity to Mr. Breckinridge, shows how little the people of the North understand the political sentiments of the great mass of the Southern people. Never was any State more ably represented, or her interest more gallantly defended, than was Alabama by her gifted son, Wm. L. Yancey. Every sentiment of his speech at Charleston, and his noble defence of his State at Baltimore, finds a response in the Democracy of Virginia, and all the unmerited abuse that folly levels at his head but endears him to the Southern people and renders his influence greater and more controlling.
The charge of disunionist, now so frequently made against Mr. Yancey and through him directed at the supporters of Breckinridge and Lane, is so supremely ridiculous and silly that it reflects more upon the good sense of those who make it, than injury upon those against whom it is levelled. With just and equal rights to every State, there will be no disunionists in any section; but a denial of the benefits and equality designed by the Constitution, will make disunionists in every section. We have respect enough for the manliness and courage of the Northern people to believe that a successful refusal of their just rights would make them as much disunionists as we know such refusal will create at the South.
Resistance to wrong and injury—to tyranny, whether of one man or eighteen millions—is the cherished birth-right of every citizen of the Federal Union. A penny on the pound of tea was an abstraction utterly insignificant and worthless when compared with the consequences of a war of seven years, and expense of millions of treasure, and the loss of thousands of lives; and yet that penny created an independent people, and built up a nation, now one of the first powers of the world. Disunion in '76 had not more enemies nor less friends, because of its insignificant penny abstraction cause; nor will disunionists in 1861 be deterred by the tory cry of Union, when a majority of the States have authoritatively pronounced for "the irrepressible conflict" against the rights, interests, property and lives of the minority.
If the Southern States are to be ruined by "missiles" hurled by the hands of Lincoln and his followers, not from Illinois against Kentucky, but from Washington City, with the power and patronage of the Federal Government, against the institutions and lives of the people of the Southern States, it will be a matter of small consequence whether that ruin follow the effort at independence or comes as the natural consequence of a servile submission to Black Republican rule. Mr. Yancey, as the advocate of disunion without cause, would be powerless, but as the bold and powerful champion of the rights, property and lives of the Southern people, even with the cause created by an abstraction, would prove a most powerful Moses to the second exodus.
Upon the accession of Lincoln to power, we would apprehend no direct act of violence against negro property, but by the use of federal office, contracts, power and patronage, the building up in every Southern State of a Black Republican party, the ally and stipendiary of Northern fanaticism, to become in a few short years the open advocates of abolition, the confiscation of negro property by emancipation sudden or gradual, and eventually the ruin of every Southern State by the destruction of negro labor. By gradual and insidious approach, under the fostering hand of federal power, Abolitionism will grow up in every border Southern State, converting them into free States, then into "cities of refuge" for runaway negroes from the gulf States. No act of violence may ever be committed, no servile war waged, and yet the ruin and degradation of Virginia will be as fully and as fatally accomplished as though bloodshed and rapine ravished the land. There are no consequences that can follow, even forcible disunion, more disastrous to the future prosperity of the people of Virginia, than will be this sowing the seeds of discord and division, of emancipation and abolitionism by Northern hands, to be cultivated and harvested by the people of Virginia.
If Mr. Yancey is a disunionist to avert these sad consequences, there will be no odium in the charge; on the contrary, the best and noblest men of the Southern States will rally around the gallant Alabamian, to avert consequences so calamitous to the peace and prosperity of the Southern States.
The supporters of Mr. Brenckinridge are no more disunionists, because Mr. Yancey may be so considered, than are the friends of Mr. Douglas slave-traders because Mr. Gaulding, or some such man, advocated the slave trade unrebuked in the Douglas Convention. The only Georgian present in the Douglas Convention advocated the slave trade in a labored and silly effort for nearly one hour, unrebuked by any delegate; and yet we are not uncharitable enough to charge the slave trade upon Mr. Douglas, because of the folly of his Georgia supporter.
These are reflections which address themselves to the supporters of Mr. Douglas in Virginia, and to all those who advocate two tickets—Douglas and Johnson, Breckinridge and Lane—in every State.
The running of two tickets in Virginia has other consequences equally serious. It divides and distracts the Southern people, and, by the division, and the animosities which it will excite, encourages the fanaticism of the North. It matters not how true to Southern rights and Southern interests the supporters of Mr. Douglas may be, the very act of separation from the great body of their friends, neighbors and associates of the South, and the adoption of the silly slogan "disunion," towards their fellow citizens of the South, will give them the character of submissionists, which will cause them to be regarded by the North as the pioneers of Black Republicanism in the South. In vain will they point to the record of Mr. Douglas as justification against the suspicions they will have excited at the South, and the hopes they will have encouraged at the North.
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Adam Lane: In a Lane of His Own, Part 2 of 2
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United Spinal Association writes that the individuals in the #StrongWheeled Together community endeavor to 'erase the stigma of disability … gain strength from each other's lived experiences and personal stories'. We agree. Enjoy part 2 of "Adam Lane: In a Lane of His Own".
When asked how he got to be a powerful, socially active, physically impressive person, Adam Lane laughs.
"I was lucky…blessed…I didn't have that 'poor-me' thing in the very beginning. I had been through a breakup, became sober, so I was already on a healing journey and working on myself. I knew that I was ok, and that I'd continue to be ok no matter what happened to me physically."
Maybe Adam's previous job as an EMT and paramedic contributed to his confidence?
"Maybe, yeah, probably." Adam pauses, thinking. "I was used to responding in unusual circumstances and relying on myself. My first relationship post-injury ended rather abruptly, and I'm pretty sure the injury had something to do with it." His voice saddens, but Adam remains pragmatic. "I could tell that her family was thinking: will he be able to support himself and raise a family? It's human nature, people want to know what happens next."
As Adam talks, I can feel him step into his natural leadership role, but he is quiet, even-handed. He is the opposite of bossy – his is a voice you would trust. After his injury he returned to the world of paramedics, this time teaching others.
"One of the best things that I did was volunteering and getting connected to my community."
He reflects, drawing the words out slowly. "When you are newly injured you need to connect to others like you, in your situation.
"I was contacted a year after my injury to start a chapter of National Spinal Cord Injury Association, now United Spinal. I began working with Think First, a preventative program for brain and SCI injury. We would go into schools and tell kids about what could happen to them and how to prevent it. Because I was a paramedic, I could take the nurse's role. I would be in the schools, plus I also did their young traffic offenders' program. At lunchtime people came in to share their stories. We heard about speeding, DUIs and other stupid stuff. We would give them a tour of a trauma center, show them what could happen to them. The kids usually came in with an attitude, but ended up saying that it made a big impact."
I ask how long it took after his injury before Adam felt ok?
"I think some people mistake 'Being OK' for not having any limitations or negative circumstances." Adam replies, contemplation in his voice. "I got this moment of clarity: this sucks, but you can either lie around and let it suck or work your butt off and make things as normal as they can be." He thinks, then the intensity in his voice revs up again.
"When I was in-patient, if they told me to do 3 sets of an exercise, I'd do 30. Then my PT would have to tell me to slow down so I didn't hurt myself, and to rest afterwards. Some of that had come from being a paramedic, sure. I've pushed through things previously that I thought I couldn't. It's a mindset; yeah, I may be tired, but I can push through it." He paused, considering. "And sometimes that's stupid! You can really hurt yourself by pushing through the pain. You can't force it.
"It's like relationships. I always get asked, how do you meet someone after you are paralyzed? I remind people that relationships are hard. Period. That isn't unique to the disability community."
Adam's next words bring the philosopher back to the power of self-talk:
"There is a reason why cliches are cliches and here's a big one: You have to be comfortable with yourself before you can get the right relationship. You don't want to come at it being insecure and needy. I had to go through my own process of not just knowing, but believing that I am…" he pauses, punctuating the words with firmness, " an attractive man. NOT 'an attractive man even though I'm in a wheelchair'! I bring things to the table, I am a desirable human being who is worth loving. That's hard for people to believe about themselves."
Adam Goes the Extra Mile
And what do you want the world to see? Adam doesn't have to ponder the question very long.
"Even today, it is still seen as unusual for someone in a wheelchair to be gainfully employed. It's even seen as unusual for someone in a wheelchair to be out with his wife and kids! I want to change that. I want to lead by example.
"I've traveled, I've done the Roll on Capitol Hill twice. It's great to have people see us out there. I want to get the word out so, (to quote United Spinal Association), I can help e'rase the stigma of disability and fight so that everyone can live the lives they choose'".
United Spinal Association
That is one of the reasons Adam is handcycling across the USA in the #StrongWheeled Together campaign. He started in San Diego on April 11, 2022 and is scheduled to finish in New York City on June 25, 2022.
San Diego – April 11, 2022 • Completed!
Phoenix – April 19, 2022 • Completed!
Albuquerque – April 26, 2022 • Completed!
Oklahoma City – Coming up!
Kansas City – May 11, 2022
St. Louis – May 18, 2022
Indianapolis – May 25, 2022
Columbus, OH – May 31, 2022
Pittsburgh – June 7, 2022
Washington DC – June 12, 2022 (Break for ROCH)
NYC – Saturday, June 25, 2022 (CLOSING EVENT)
To follow the journey and contribute to United Spinal, go to:
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Facebook: StrongwheeledhandcycleacrossAmerica
https://unitedspinal.org/adam-lane-handcycle-across-america-strongwheeled/
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BYU big man Richard Harward says he'll miss the rest of the season
Deseret News – by Ryan McDonald
Early in the BYU Cougars' exhibition game against Colorado Christian on Nov. 4, big man Richard Harward left the contest, and it was later determined that he would be out "at least a little while" because of what head coach Mark Pope called a "cardiovascular issue."
Harward hasn't played since, and on Tuesday, he announced via Instagram that he will miss the rest of the season because of the problem.
"After consulting with my doctors and coaches I have decided to take a step back from basketball," he wrote.
"The condition affecting my heart has developed further complications. For my health and safety, it has been determined I will be out the remainder of the season. I have been overwhelmed with the outpouring of kindness and support."
Harward, a senior, was expected to be BYU's starting center this season and form a strong frontcourt rotation with the likes of Caleb Lohner, Gavin Baxter and freshman Fousseyni Traore, but both he and Baxter (ACL tear) are out for the season, leaving the Cougars pretty thin upfront.
Last season, his first with BYU after transferring from Utah Valley University, Harward played in all 27 of the Cougars' games and averaged 6.1 points, 4.3 rebounds and an assist in 15.5 minutes per contest.
Given that he's a senior, it is unclear what his future playing status may be.
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98th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, was an air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army (TA) formed in Gloucestershire during the period of international tension leading up to the outbreak of World War II. It defended  aircraft factories during the Battle of Britain, then the city of Manchester during the Blitz. It later served in the campaign in North West Europe. The regiment continued in the postwar TA until amalgamated in 1955.

Origin
The Territorial Army was rapidly expanded following the Munich Crisis, particularly the Anti-Aircraft (AA) branch of the Royal Artillery (RA). 98th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA, was among the new units raised in the Spring of 1939. It was formed with Regimental Headquarters (RHQ) and 300 HAA Battery at Cheltenham, and 301 HAA Battery at Moreton-in-Marsh. The Commanding Officer (CO), appointed on 1 April 1939, was Lieutenant-Colonel F. Longueville, DSO, MC, a retired former battalion commander in the Coldstream Guards. A number of TA officers came to the regiment from the established 76th (Gloucestershire) HAA Regiment at Bristol. The new regiment formed part of 46 AA Brigade in Anti-Aircraft Command's 5th AA Division.

World War II

Mobilisation and Phoney War
In June, during the period of tension leading up to the outbreak of World War II, a partial mobilisation of AA Command's TA units was begun in a process known as 'couverture', whereby each unit did a month's tour of duty in rotation to man selected AA gun and searchlight positions. AA Command began to mobilise on 21 August, at which point 98th HAA Rgt had two old 3-inch guns for each battery and two modern 3.7-inch guns borrowed from 76th HAA Rgt for training (which had to be returned immediately). The guns were moved to their war stations at Bristol using hired lorries (which continually broke down). A detachment from 301 HAA Bty took up defence of the Bristol Aeroplane Company factory at RAF Filton on 31 August, equipped with 12 Lewis guns in case of low-level air attack. War was declared on 3 September.

Much redeployment took place during the Phoney War period. As early as 7 September, half of 301 HAA Bty was ordered away to Plymouth to reinforce 55 Light AA Bde, and on 10 September 5th AA Division concentrated guns to defend the port and chemical works at Avonmouth Docks. This included 300 HAA Bty, which redeployed with two guns from Charlton to Hallen Marsh. In October the heavy AA guns were redeployed again to protect the Bristol works at Filton, which meant 300 HAA Bty and its two guns returning to Charlton. The regiment was also asked to supply experienced officers to bring the Regular Army's 4th HAA Rgt up to full strength to go to France, and to form one of the new Light AA (LAA) regiments.

At the beginning of October RHQ moved from Cheltenham to Rudgeway and a month later it took over operational control of 439 Bty, 63rd (4th Bn Queen's) Searchlight Rgt, which had 24 Lewis gun teams  deployed at Avonmouth Docks. In December and January the regiment received several hundred 'immatures' (recruits under the age of 19) from the Staffordshire Yeomanry, 150th Rgt Royal Horse Artillery, 66th and 67th Anti-Tank Rgts and 76th HAA Rgt. In mid-January 1940 98th and 76th HAA Rgts were ordered to form a cadre for a new operational battery. This was the first of several cadres supplied by the regiment over the next two years to form the basis of new batteries at the training regiments (see below). The cadre left for 211th HAA Training Rgt at Oswestry on 15 February 1940, where it formed 320 HAA Bty; this officially joined 98th HAA Rgt on 1 June, though it was initially posted to Littlehampton in West Sussex under 47 AA Bde.

By the new year the regiment still had just four 3-inch guns, at two gunsites, at Rockingham Farm and Cribbs Causeway, but had completed training at practice camps. In January the men of 300 HAA Bty were sent to relieve a battery of 56th (Cornwall) HAA Rgt at four 2-gun sites protecting the Royal Navy Cordite Factory, Holton Heath, in Dorset. In February part of 301 HAA Bty went to Southampton to relieve gun crews of 80th (Berkshire) HAA Rgt for a few days. During March drafts of men were received from the training regiments, together with a group of junior officers transferred from 54th (City of London) HAA Rgt.

Battle of Britain
The Phoney War ended on 10 May 1940 with the German invasion of the Low Countries. All leave was stopped and 301 HAA Bty was ordered to hand over its gunsites to 76th HAA Rgt and move immediately to take over sites protecting Southampton under 35 AA Bde. Ten days later the battery was moved to Weybridge to protect the Vickers and Hawker aircraft works at Brooklands under 47 AA Bde, manning eight mobile 3.7-inch guns. Meanwhile 231 HAA Bty from 74th (City of Glasgow) AA Rgt (a mobile 3.7-inch battery) arrived by rail at Gloucester to come under the command of 98th HAA Rgt. It deployed at two four-gun sites at Barnwood and Dean Farm to defend the Gloster Aircraft Company factory at Hucclecote. With its batteries scattered, RHQ 98th HAA Rgt was placed under 47 AA Bde to command several detached batteries. RHQ moved from Rudgeway to the Militia Camp at Fernhurst in West Sussex, which was closer to these units:

 301/98 HAA Bty at Weybridge
 237/76 HAA Bty at RAF Tangmere
 284/90 HAA Bty at Littlehampton
 249/80 HAA Bty at Bramley Ordnance Depot

While the Battle of Britain raged over South East England in August and September, the regiment was progressively concentrated round Weybridge:
 300 HAA Bty HQ – RAF Tangmere from 4 June
 4 guns – RAF Tangmere
 4 x 3.7-inch guns – RAF Farnborough from 25 August
 301 HAA Bty HQ – Addlestone from 27 June
 4 x 3.7-inch guns – Durnford Bridge
 4 x 3.7-inch guns – Woburn Park
 320 HAA Bty HQ  – Cobham from 27 June
 4 x 3.7-inch guns – Fairmile Common
 4 x 3.7-inch guns – Wisley Common
 98th HAA Rgt Training Centre – Andover, Hampshire

At the beginning of September the Luftwaffe shifted its attention away from RAF Fighter Command's airfields and radar stations and began attacking targets nearer London. The Vickers works at Brooklands was badly bombed on 4 September (and a lone raider attacked the Hawker works on 21 September). As a result, the defences were reorganised on 9 September, with Lt-Col Longueville being appointed AA Defence Commander (AADC), Weybridge, moving RHQ to nearby Cobham. On 26 September Lt-Col Longueville returned to Gloucestershire to take command of the newly raised 45th LAA Rgt, and Lt-Col F. Dearden from 47th LAA Rgt assumed command of 98th HAA Rgt on 28 September.

Manchester Blitz
After its defeat in the Battle of Britain in September the Luftwaffe concentrated on night bombing of London and other cities (The Blitz). On 15 November RHQ 98th HA Rgt moved to the Bristol area, then on 24 November it moved with 300 and 320 HAA Btys to Manchester, where it came under the command of 44 AA Bde in 4th AA Division. 301 HAA Battery HQ (BHQ) moved to Manchester with the regiment, although its two Troops were at Plymouth and Bristol, and did not rejoin the regiment at Manchester until 28 January 1941. The regiment was deployed as follows:

 RHQ – Cavendish House, Ellesmere Park, Eccles
 300 HAA Bty
 BHQ + Gun station D (4 x 3.7-inch) – Littlemoss, Droylsden
 Gun station A (4 x 3.7-inch) – Heaton Park, Prestwich
 310 HAA Bty HQ – Wilbraham Road, Manchester
 320 HAA Bty
 BHQ + Gun station K (4 x 3.7-inch) – Ellesmere Park, Eccles
 Gun station G (4 x 3.7-inch) – Longford Park, Stretford

On the night of 21/22 November the Manchester guns engaged raiders on their way to and from Liverpool, and on the following two nights it was Manchester's turn to be hit (the Manchester Blitz). Raids on Manchester peaked at Christmas. The Royal Artillery's historian considered that during these attacks on British cities 'the actions fought [by the AA batteries] were as violent, dangerous and prolonged as any in the field'. At this point the HAA guns were firing virtually blind at night, unless a sound detector or searchlight managed to pick up a target. However, some examples of Gun-laying Mk I radar began to arrive for the HAA batteries.

Lt-Col Dearden moved to command 8th (Belfast) HAA Rgt on 26 December and was succeeded on 29 January 1941 by Maj M.A. Pyke, MC, from 54th (City of London) HAA Rgt, who was promoted to Lt-Col. In January, 301 HAA Bty moved to Royal Oak, Wythenshawe, where its newly arrived troops took over Gun stations Y and Z. On 10 March 1941 399 HAA Bty joined 98th HAA Rgt from 210th HAA Training Rgt at Blandford Camp (the cadre for this battery had been provided by 70th (3rd West Lancashire) HAA Rgt). 399 HAA Battery HQ was established at Waterloo Road, Blackpool, taking over two gunsites (D at Accrington and E at Blackpool) from 115th HAA Rgt. There was a final flare-up of Luftwaffe attacks in the Manchester area in May 1941, particularly on 8 May when oil facilities at Barton Bridge were bombed, and one bomb caused a large crater only 50 yds from K Site's Command Post.

Mid-War
The Blitz is generally held to have ended on 16 May 1941, though there were still sharp raids on Manchester and Merseyside on the nights of 1/2 and 25/26 June respectively. With the end of the Blitz, the regiment was able to carry out training with the improved equipment arriving. By now the HAA sites had the advantage of GL Mk I* radar with an elevation finding (E/F or 'Effie') attachment to supplement searchlights, and some of the gunsites replaced 3.7-inch with 4.5-inch guns. 399 HAA Battery was reinforced by 25 other ranks transferred from the Royal Welch Fusiliers  on 25 June and three days later established a new C Site at Audenshaw with four mobile 3.7-inch guns. The regiment maintained the same deployment in and around Manchester until August 1941, when 399 HAA Bty was moved into Manchester itself. In November the regiment redeployed in North Manchester.

By this stage of the war, experienced units were being posted away to train for service overseas. In January 1942 the regiment received a number of AEC Matador gun tractors and drivers, which led to rumours that it was to mobilise for service, which were soon confirmed. Regimental HQ for 151st (Mixed) HAA Rgt began to assemble alongside the regiment, and huts for the Auxiliary Territorial Service women assigned to this 'Mixed' regiment were erected. In March, RHQ moved to Devisdale Camp, near Altrincham where Troops of 98th HAA Rgt began mobile training in March as they were relieved by 151st HAA Rgt.

In late April 1942 the Luftwaffe began a new series of raids targeting open towns and cities, the so-called Baedeker Blitz. On 29 April the regiment moved south, towing its mobile 3.7-inch guns, which were deployed to defend Andover, Salisbury and Winchester, with RHQ at Nether Wallop in Hampshire. It now came under 64 AA Bde in 8th AA Division. During May the regiment was officially mobilised, receiving a large draft of drivers, and transferring men of lower medical categories into 399 HAA Bty, which moved from Salisbury to Sherborne and was attached to 140th HAA Rgt before eventually joining 118th HAA Rgt on 10 July. The remainder of the regiment, now on the three-battery establishment for overseas service, underwent physical and mobile training. On 1 August Lt-Col Pyke (a veteran of World War I) transferred to command 140th HAA Rgt and was succeeded by the younger Lt-Col J. Cave-Bigley. In August and September he whole regiment underwent a month's battle training at Berechurch Hall Camp, Colchester, followed by a month's mobile training at Leigh-on-Sea. In November some of its guns went to Scotland for combined training, whole other parties went for field gunnery training.

The regiment left AA Command and was now based at Cleethorpes under Northern Command as part of the GHQ Reserve. In December it was joined by its signal section of the Royal Corps of Signals (RCS) and workshop section of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), giving it the following organisation:
 RHQ
 300, 301, 320 HAA Btys
 98 HAA Rgt Signal Section, RCS
 1506 HAA Rgt Section, Royal Army Service Corps (RASC)
 98 HAA Rgt Workshop Section, REME

In January 1943, the whole regiment moved to Coupar Angus in Scotland, from where it spent two weeks in February at 2nd HAA Training and Practice Camp at Burrow Head. It moved to Broughty Ferry in late April, then after another training period at Redesdale Practice Camp to Wollaton Park in Nottinghamshire (later at Carburton Camp). Here it joined 101 AA Bde in 21st Army Group training for the planned invasion of Normandy (Operation Overlord). From now on moves to training areas were treated as movement exercises, though as a semi-mobile unit it was only able to move half its guns at a time and was dependent on railway or army transport to move most of the personnel.

It was normal for the AA units in 21st Army Group to be loaned back to AA Command when they were not undergoing training, and on 1 August 98th HAA Rgt took over operational gunsites from 118th HAA Rgt in Kent, with RHQ at Margate. 300 HAA Battery was assigned to Canterbury to cover troop concentrations for 21st Army Group's Exercise Harlequin. The other two batteries engaged a few lone raiders, including one that attacked at zero feet and was fired on with AA Light machine guns. The regiment was relieved on 24 August and moved to Norwich and Lincoln to take over sites from 197th HAA Rgt, then returned to its old location at Carburton Camp by 10 September. However, the whole of 101 AA Bde was now moved to Kent, so the regiment went back, now stationed at Cliftonville. Here it engaged in some practice coastal shooting at targets of Ramsgate. After another exercise in the Whitby area, the regiment moved at the end of the year to Southend-on-Sea under 75 AA Bde, another 21st Army Group formation. Training and exercises continued during the early months of 1944.

North West Europe

75 AA Brigade and its units were follow-up forces for Operation Overlord, and remained in the UK after D Day, not crossing to Normandy until 21st Army Group broke out of its constricted beachhead in late August. After landing on 29 August the brigade took over AA defence of Caen, releasing the units there to join Second Army's pursuit of the defeated Germans after the Battle of Falaise. On 17 September 75 AA Bde including 98th HAA Rgt was moved up from Normandy to take on AA and coast defence at Ostend supporting First Canadian Army. There was no enemy air activity, but there were attacks by E-boats against shipping in the anchorage, which were countered by fire from AA guns. Given the lack of Luftwaffe activity the AA allocation to Ostend was too generous, and on 31 October the regiment moved to Tirlemont, south-east of Brussels.

Once 21st Army Group captured Brussels and Antwerp, these cities had become targets for V-1 flying bombs (codenamed 'Divers') launched from within Germany, and anti-Diver or 'X' defences had to be established. The initial Brussels X Defences were under 101 AA Bde, which 98th HAA Rgt rejoined. AA Command's experience against V-1s launched at England during the summer had shown that the power-operated, remotely controlled Mk IIC 3.7-inch gun, with automatic fuze-setting, SCR-584 radar and Predictor No 10 (the all-electric Bell Labs AAA Computer) were required to deal effectively with V-1s, but 21st Army Group's mobile HAA units did not have experience with this equipment and were at a disadvantage. As more static guns arrived, part of 98th HAA Rgt moved on 19 November to the area of Goes in South Beveland where the Battle of Walcheren had just ended. On 28 November the regiment was transferred to 76 AA Bde controlling the 'Scheldt North' defences. The area was badly flooded and conditions at the gun positions were terrible.

On 19 December, 98th HAA Rgt was transferred to the US 50th AA Artillery Brigade to assist in the Antwerp X Diver defence belt. Then, when the Germans began their offensive in the Ardennes in December 1944 (the Battle of the Bulge) and briefly threatened to break through to Antwerp, 80th AA Bde (which was operating the early warning radar system for the Antwerp X Defences) was warned on 20 December to prepare to convert into an Army Group Royal Artillery (AGRA) at short notice. If necessary, the brigade would take over 98th and 99th HAA Rgts to operate in the medium artillery role supporting 11th Armoured Division and 3rd AGRA. The brigade would also be responsible for the ground defence of the approaches to Tirlemont, taking anti-paratroop measures. Despite concerted attacks on nearby airfields by Luftwaffe fighters on 1 January (Operation Bodenplatte), the ground situation was well under control and the AGRA and local defence plans were cancelled on that day.

The regiment was now back under 76 AA Bde. 300 HAA Bty was at Goes, with B Troop deployed in the AA role, but had to send A Troop to North Beveland to operate in the ground role. The move was difficult and eventually required rafting the guns on a section of Bailey bridge supported on two Dutch barges. On 17/18 January the troop fired predicted concentrations against ground targets in support of an attack by No. 4 Commando on Zierikzee. On 21 January the whole regiment was ordered to concentrate on South Beveland, where the batteries already in position provided bridges, huts and bivouacs for the main body moving in from Tirlemont.

Much of the early part of 1945 was taken up with unit training to use the new SCR-584 radar and No 10 Predictors. By March 1945 Luftwaffe activity was negligible and AA units were being employed for other duties. 98th HAA Regiment formed a gun tractor platoon on 15 March to assist the Royal Engineers in moving equipment of the Rhine crossing (Operation Plunder). By late April 1945 98th HAA Rgt was awaiting re-employment. It was converted into garrison troops, and deployed along the coast opposite German-occupied Friesland under 31 AA Bde. After VE Day it remained in British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) in Germany.  The regiment and its three batteries  were placed in suspended animation in BAOR on 11April 1946.

Cadres
Between 1940 and 1942, 98th HAA Rgt provided the following cadres to form new batteries. A cadre typically comprised a battery commander-designate, up to 6 other officers and up to 36 other ranks.
 320 HAA Bty: cadre from 76th and 98th HAA Rgts transferred to 211th HAA Training Rgt at Oswestry on 15 February 1940, where it formed 320 HAA Bty on 1 May; this was regimented with 98th HAA Rgt on 1 June.
 405 HAA Bty (Cadre No 97) formed at 205th HAA Training Rgt at Arborfield 16 January 1941, later joined 95th HAA Rgt.
 467 (Mixed) HAA Bty (Cadre No 151), formed at 211th HAA Training Rgt at Oswestry on 7 August 1941, later joined 135th (Mixed) HAA Rgt.
 517 (Mixed) HAA Bty, formed at 205th HAA Training Rgt at Arborfield on 13 January 1942, later joined 136th (Mixed) HAA Rgt
 553 (Mixed) HAA Bty (Cadre No 235A), ordered to 7th HAA Training Rgt at Oswestry on 26 March 1942 but cancelled next day and battery never formed.
 560 (Mixed) HAA Bty (Cadre No 235A), formed at 206th HAA Training Rgt at Arborfield on 30 April 1942, later joined 154th (Mixed) HAA Rgt.

Postwar
When the TA was reconstituted on 1 January 1947 the regiment was reformed at Cheltenham as 498 (Gloucestershire) HAA Rgt. It formed part of 72 AA Bde (the prewar 46 AA Bde). However, the new regiment was short-lived: on 30 August 1950 it was amalgamated into 312 (Wessex) Medium Rgt to form 312 HAA (Gloucestershire) HAA Rgt at Bristol, with 498 HAA providing P and R Btys. In 1955 this regiment in turn amalgamated with two other HAA units to form 311 (City of Bristol) HAA Rgt.

Footnotes

Notes

References
 Basil Collier, History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Defence of the United Kingdom, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957.
 Gen Sir Martin Farndale, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996, .
 J.B.M. Frederick, Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978, Vol II, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984, .
 Norman E.H. Litchfield, The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges), Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992, .
 Gen Sir Frederick Pile's despatch: "The Anti-Aircraft Defence of the United Kingdom from 28th July, 1939, to 15th April, 1945" London Gazette 18 December 1947.
 Brig N.W. Routledge, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Anti-Aircraft Artillery 1914–55, London: Royal Artillery Institution/Brassey's, 1994,

External sources
 British Army units from 1945 on
 Orders of Battle at Patriot Files
 Royal Artillery Units Netherlands 1944–1945
 Graham Watson, The Territorial Army 1947

Heavy anti-aircraft regiments of the Royal Artillery
Military units and formations in Gloucestershire
Military units and formations in Cheltenham
Military units and formations established in 1939
Military units and formations established in 1946

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The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all—Psa. 34: 18, 19.
A just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again—Prov. 24: 16.
If at any time we find we have taken a wrong course which is irretrievable, we may expect it to bring the disappointments, as the Lord has foretold; but He may permit it to bring, as well, some blessings in the way of contrition of heart, and humility toward the Lord, and greater zeal, watchfulness and faithfulness for the future. Thus even some of the blunders of life may become stepping-stones to higher planes of grace and truth.
Failures should never be permitted to discourage us. While they give evidence of weakness, against which we must be on our guard, they also bring us instruction and correction highly useful to us. In spite of them the Lord gives comfort to our hearts, assuring us of His sympathy, His forgiveness and His help in every time of need. We should rise from them as quickly as possible, and, undaunted, go forward in the Lord's name.
Parallel passages: Deut. 4: 29-31; Job 22: 29; Psa. 51: 17; 95: 7, 8; 147: 3; Prov. 1: 23; 28: 13, 14; Isa. 57: 15; 61: 1-3; Hos. 14: 1, 2; Jonah 2: 4-9; Mic. 7: 19; Luke 18: 10-14; John 6: 37; 15: 7, 17-24; Jas. 4: 8; 1John 1: 9.
Questions: Have I stumbled and failed this week? What has my heart's attitude been amid such experiences? How did the Lord manifest His corrections, sympathy and help?
And in affliction or in joy obey and love Thee still.


If you are thinking about completing a remodel on your kitchen next year, you might be trying to find a justification for this. But, you don't have to. There are many reasons that someone would want to change their kitchen, so you don't have to feel guilty for wanting to do this yourself. Let's take a look at three of the reasons that you should remodel your kitchen in 2019.
One of the main reasons that you should be considering a kitchen remodel is to add value to your home. You need to think in the long term here and if selling your home is on the cards in the future, then this is definitely something that you should be looking into. A kitchen remodel is one of the easiest ways to add value to your home.
You might think that remodeling to add value is going to be a difficult task, but it doesn't have to be. You can add a breakfast island, different countertops, and make the whole room more modern. This is going to add value to your home without being too difficult.
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Fiji has more than 300 islands worth of adventure, vibrant culture, and warm people.
You can find white sandy beaches, palm-tree-lined shores, crystal clear waters, and sunny blue skies at several places in the world, but not if you think of combining that with happy, warm, and hospitable vibes of locals.
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For travellers coming in from India, it's a long, arduous journey - nothing less than a day. But the bonhomie of live Fijian music while you wait for your turn at the immigration line at the Nadi airport takes the exhaustion away.
Koya admits 'proximity and competition from cheaper destinations' continue to be key challenges in boosting tourism from India. But while the national carrier Fiji Airways has made travel out of Asia easier by opening up direct flights to Singapore, he said the Indian market has seen a steady increase, at an average growth of 13 per cent over the last 5 years.
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"In Fiji, 'No hurry, No worry,'" the locals will tell you, reminding you there's a life beyond deadlines and sticking to time-tables.
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Brown eyes are more common in India, but I don't have any actual numbers. I found a source that gave some values for light-colored eyes in the UK: Scotland--80%, England--74%, and Wales-- 68%.
Eye color depends mostly on genes. In most science textbooks it says that Brown is dominant to blue, but you have probably noticed that there are many shades of eye color, not just two. This tells us that the story is not that simple.
One thing that causes eyes to be darker is having more brown eye color, or pigment. Melanin is the pigment that gives our hair, skin, and eyes their color. Some people have slightly different recipes for melanin, so their eyes may be a different color. The amount of pigment also makes a difference. Eyes may be brown, but be darker or lighter than someone else's depending on the amount of melanin. The actual structure of the iris (the colored ring) also influences the color. You know how a glass of water looks clear, but the ocean or a lake looks blue or green? That's because there are a lot of tiny particles in the water that absorb, and scatter the light. The fluid in your iris scatters light too. That's where green and blue colors come from.
There's some evidence that darker eyes are a little better for seeing when there is a lot of light, because the iris absorbs more light.
Eyes with less pigment may allow a person to see color in slightly lower light. These are really small differences, though. The reason darker eyes are more common in India may be due to there being more sun. It could also just be random chance. Mutations that caused lighter eyes may just have happened a bit more often in some areas of the world. It could also be that people who didn't make enough melanin to make their skin dark did not survive as well in sunny India as in foggy Europe.
Do you think social attitudes about eye color influence eye color in later generations?


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Part of the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package signed by President Trump on March 27 is an emergency universal income payment of $1,200 for most every adult who makes under $75,000 a year. (According to an estimate by the conservative Tax Foundation, 93.6 percent of tax-filers will receive some sort of payment.) While progressive Democrats and voices on the left have made forceful arguments for why the one-off sum is not enough, the $1,200 is an unprecedented step in U.S. politics. And like most unprecedented additions to the safety net, for many it's unclear how the stimulus program will translate from an idea in a bill to money in Americans' billfolds. To help understand the stopgap measure, below is a guide on how to access the $1,200 payment, and the political conversations surrounding the historic action.
How much money is the payment?
Based on 2019 tax filings, individuals who earn up to $75,000 a year are eligible for a full $1,200 check. Prorated checks will go out to those making up to $99,000 a year, with the payment decreasing by $5 for every $100 in income above $75,000. That math breaks down to $50 less for every $1,000 earned over $75,000. So a person earning $80,000 would get a check of $950; a person earning $90,000 would get a check of $450; and a person earning $98,000 would get a check of $50.
Married couples are eligible for a check of $2,400, as long as adjusted gross income is less than $150,000 a year; reduced checks will be cut for married couples earning up to $198,000. Married couples will also receive $500 for every child under 17, while parents who file as a "head of household" — a tax status usually reserved for single parents — are eligible for the $500 per child under 17 as well, and can receive the $1,200 check if they earn less than $112,500 a year. Heads of households can get prorated checks if they earn up to $136,500.
While Senate Republicans initially pushed for low-income Americans who do not earn enough to pay an income tax to receive a check of $600, that proposal was scrapped after bipartisan criticism of the questionable logic that poor people deserve less cash during an unprecedented crisis.
How and when do I get the payment?
While Americans with Social Security numbers do not need to apply to receive the payments, the Internal Revenue Service needs to already have bank-account information on file in order to send out cash via direct deposit. For those who have direct deposit on file with the IRS, the payments began appearing in accounts during the week of April 13. For those who will receive the check by mail, NBC News reports that the checks could take as long as five months to be delivered.
For those who do not have bank information on file with the agency, Secretary Mnuchin said that the Treasury Department will "create a web-based system for people where we don't have their direct deposit they can upload it, so that they can get the money immediately as opposed to checks in the mail."
On Monday, the IRS released more information on how to access the payment: If people have not filed a 2019 return, their eligibility will be based upon information from 2018.
Can banks seize the payment to pay off existing debts?
Perhaps. On April 14, after some direct deposits had already been distributed, the American Prospect reported that "Congress did not exempt CARES Act payments from private debt collection" and that "banks would be first in line to grab the payments to offset a delinquent loan or past-due fees." Per the report:
The Treasury Department effectively blessed this activity on a webinar with banking officials last week. In audio obtained by the Prospect, Ronda Kent, chief disbursing officer with Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service, can be heard explaining that banks had posed questions to her about "whether these payments could be subject to collection from the bank to which the money is deposited, if the payee owes an outstanding loan or other payments to the bank." She responded—twice—that "there's nothing in the law that precludes that action," while counseling that the banks' compliance officers should consult with their legal offices about what policies their banks will implement. "You will want to know for your bank what your bank has decided to do."
After a report detailed USAA's decision to revoke $3,400 in CARES payments to a disabled veteran to offset his negative balance, the bank — founded to provide insurance and financial services for the armed forces — announced it would no longer use the payments to pay off existing debts.
Have there been delays in the processing of the direct deposit payments?
Yes. The Treasury Department announced that there were delays or missing payments for dependents for several million Americans who filed their taxes through H&R Block and TurboTax, as the IRS did not have their information on file. The Washington Post reported more frustrations: The "Get My Payment" tool debuted by the IRS on Wednesday will often display a "Payment Status Not Available" message for those who have experienced delays, and will lock out users if they try multiple times in a day.
Will I have to pay the $1,200 back in taxes in the future?
No. While the program will cost taxpayers at-large an estimated $292.4 billion over a decade, individuals who receive the direct payment will not owe the IRS in their filing next April and do not have to pay income taxes on the cash they receive.
What are some of the criticisms of the payment plan?
Because the check is a one-off deal, some Senate Democrats argue that it — together with extended unemployment benefits — is not enough to tide Americans over. While senators Michael Bennet, Cory Booker, and Sherrod Brown argued for multiple payouts based on changes in the unemployment rate, Bernie Sanders and representatives Maxine Waters, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib pushed for monthly cash injections. (That Canada will provide people who are quarantined or have been laid off with $2,000 a month for the next four months adds to the frustrations of those who consider the cash injection not enough.) And even if the $1,200 is a welcome boost, the five-month timeline for those without bank accounts on file with the IRS is far too long to have a significant impact during the heart of the crisis. Having some extra money in September isn't going to do much for an economic crash occurring mostly in April and May.
"$1,200 is the average rent for most Americans," Natalie Foster, the co-chair of the pro-UBI organization the Economic Security Project, told The Guardian. "This first check is eaten up, and what are they supposed to do after that?" On March 30, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis projected that job losses due to the coronavirus would reach 47 million, pushing America's unemployment rate to 32.1 percent. On April 2, that number came crashing toward reality when the Department of Labor reported that the previous week saw 6.6 million people file for unemployment — doubling the 3.3 million who filed the week before.
There's also the concern of those Americans who have not filed taxes in recent years: The IRS estimates that around 30 to 40 million adults, about 15 percent of the population, don't file tax returns; many of these individuals are exempt because they do not earn enough to qualify for federal income taxes. (For Americans who have not filed tax returns in the past two years, the IRS instructed them to fill out a "simple" tax return, which will be available soon.) In addition, New York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez noted that these checks are only going to people with Social Security numbers, and not to immigrants with tax IDs.
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LF2 newcomer Mataro Parc Dori Dori Boet tabbed 26-year old Bolivian international point guard Romina Rodriguez (167-92). She played in the summer at San Simon in Bolivian Libobasquet. Rodriguez has played there for the last three years.
She also represented Bolivia at the ODESUR Games in Cochabamba (Bolivia) this year.
Rodriguez has played also professionally in Argentina (Villa Belgrano), Colombia (Catolica) and Bolivia (Univalle and Nonis Santa Cruz).
After a full year without a pro league, Bolivia's Women's basketball is back with the 2018 edition of Libobasquet, a league that started on March 9th with 5 franchises in competition, including Carl A-Z Oruro, Club de Tenis La Paz, San Simon, EJ Plaza and Aleman.
The tournament will be played in 2 rounds and the championship will last a couple of months with a single group of 5 teams playing each other. The top 4 teams will advance to the second stage at a neutral location for a Final Four and the top team will represent Bolivia in the South American League. Three foreign players per team will be allowed but only 2 can play at the same time on court.
San Simon is the current title holder (2016) and Aleman was the runner up. Both teams are based in Cochabamba and Quillacollo. Carl A-Z and Aleman are based in Oruro and the only team from the capital city is Club de Tenis.
Carl A-Z, coached by Marcelo Mendieta , hired American Amber Holt (183-SG-85, college: Middle Tenn.St.) and Cuban Dairis Tornell (176-PG-92) as their foreign players. The team also hired national talents Laura Florida, Silvana Tejeda (179-F-86), Nicole Rojas and Esther Pacheco (183-F/C-82).
Meanwhile, San Simon's coach is Sandro Patino . The young and renewed team includes Marcela Viscarra (169-F/G-90), Isabel Bruno, Romina Rodriguez (167-PG-92), Jhoselin De La Barra, Jhenny Rocha, Vannia Vargas, Gabriela Herbas, Victoria Olguin, Genesis Rivas, Melisa Rios, Rebeca Rios, Estefani Terrazas and Shirley Jaldin.
Aleman, coached by Willman Flores, opted to signed veteran Guatemalan Sonia Vasquez (182-F-83), a player of its country's National Team. The roster includes Blanca Aldana and Carla Cruz.


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Here are five REITs that can help you squeeze dividends out of the cloud.
By Dana Blankenhorn
Most investors know about tech stocks that have harnessed the cloud for growth, such as Salesforce.com (CRM (opens in new tab)), Adobe Systems (ADBE (opens in new tab)) and Amazon.com (AMZN (opens in new tab)).
But are you familiar with the cloud's landlords?
"Cloud czars" don't operate entirely on their own. There's a huge industry in connecting these clouds to each other, and to large and small customers alike. It requires cell towers, data centers and other communications technology.
A number of real estate investment trusts (REITs) specialize in properties and other assets that ensure your tablet can stream Netflix (NFLX (opens in new tab)) content and that your company's data is secured in the cloud. As a reminder: REITs are a special type of business structure – one that requires at least 90% of taxable income be paid out to shareholders as dividends, in exchange for generous tax benefits.
Many of these stocks have risen by leaps and bounds in 2019, though they're getting expensive as a result. Still, they sit smack-dab in the middle of a growth industry, and some of them remain valuable as takeover targets. Private equity firms EQT Partners and Digital Colony Partners bought fiber network owner Zayo Group for $8 billion in May. And in October, Digital Realty Trust (DLR (opens in new tab)) bought European data center giant Interxion (INXN (opens in new tab)) for $8.4 billion.
Here are five REITs that can help you squeeze dividends out of the cloud. If you're looking for a broad-based play on the industry, the Pacer Benchmark Data & Infrastructure Real Estate ETF (SRVR (opens in new tab)) invests in 20 such companies. However, these five holdings stand out among the rest.
20 Dividend Stocks to Fund 20 Years of Retirement
Data is as of Nov. 4. Stocks listed by yield. Dividend yields are calculated by annualizing the most recent payout and dividing by the share price.
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Market value: $93.5 billion
Dividend yield: 1.7%
American Tower (AMT (opens in new tab), $211.07) is a telecom-infrastructure REIT that owns roughly 171,000 communications sites worldwide, including 41,000 in the U.S. Its solutions include cell towers, broadcast towers, antennas and even "smart" light poles. It serves a wide array of customers, but it's primarily known in America for powering cell service for telecoms such as AT&T (T (opens in new tab)), Verizon Communications (VZ (opens in new tab)), Sprint (S (opens in new tab)) and T-Mobile US (TMUS (opens in new tab)).
The company was founded in 1995 in Boston as a subsidiary of American Radio. But it was spun out when American was bought by CBS Corp. (CBS (opens in new tab)) and Viacom (VIAB (opens in new tab)) in 1998. It became a REIT in 2012.
A secret to American Tower's early growth was its purchase of microwave relay towers from the old AT&T long-distance company, which it repurposed as cell phone towers. The company began international operations soon after it was formed, expanding into Mexico in 1999 and launched operations in Brazil in 2000.
AMT shares only yield 1.7% right now, which is less than you're getting from a 10-year Treasury. But it's not for lack of effort on management's part. The dividend has grown every single quarter since American Tower became a REIT in 2012, and has exploded by 170% over the past five years. But the stock has more than doubled during that same time frame, suppressing the yield at current prices.
Shares have pulled back by about 10% over the past couple weeks, thanks to uncertainty from the Sprint/T-Mobile merger and Indian telecom carrier consolidation. But Cowen's Colby Synesael (Outperform, equivalent of Buy) writes that the dip is a buying opportunity. He recently raised his price target, from $238 per share to $260, citing decent third-quarter results and the potential for stronger upside in 2020.
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Crown Castle International
Crown Castle International (CCI (opens in new tab), $134.50) was founded in Houston in 1994 with 133 cell towers in Texas. The REIT now owns more than 40,000 cell towers across the U.S., as well as roughly 70,000 small cell nodes, which are attached to infrastructure such as signposts or streetlights to help support coverage.
Crown Castle has always been acquisitive. It acquired a rival tower operator, Global Signal, in 2007, then entered tower leasing agreements with T-Mobile and AT&T early in the current decade, adding 17,000 more towers and doubling in size. The long-term leases on these towers help support a stable and growing dividend.
What distinguishes Crown Castle from American Tower is its strategy after becoming a REIT. Instead of buying more cell towers, it began buying fiber cable networks – first Sunesys, then Fibernet Direct, then Wilcon and Lightower. It now has more than 75,000 route miles of fiber, making it one of the largest such networks in the U.S.
These kinds of technologies will provide the backbone for America's expansion into 5G, which in turn means Crown Castle, American Tower and similar infrastructure companies will have no shortage of demand.
Crown Castle hasn't bulked up its dividend as aggressively as American Tower, but the payout has still improved by 46% over the past five years. Its current yield, however, is more than twice that of AMT.
SunTrust analyst Greg Miller reiterated his Buy rating on CCI shortly after the company announced a third-quarter earnings beat and dividend hike. He's encouraged by the company's 2020 outlook for funds from operations (FFO, a vital REIT profitability metric), and thinks the company should be able to adequately tackle carriers' needs as they deploy their 5G systems.
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CyrusOne
Market value: $8.0 billion
CyrusOne (CONE (opens in new tab), $70.43) is a data-center owner and operator that's also organized as a REIT. It was formed in 2001, acquired in 2007 by ARBY Partners, acquired again in 2010 by Cincinnati Bell (CBB (opens in new tab)), then eventually spun off in an initial public offering in 2013.
CyrusOne now has 45 data centers worldwide, serving almost 20% of the Fortune 1000, and it's America's third largest data-center provider. Its solutions allow customers take advantage of cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.
Tim Chubb, chief information officer at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based wealth advisory firm Girard, says, "The blazing-fast adoption of enterprise cloud platforms as well as the broader use of the Internet of Things and AI, will lead to substantial demand for the data center industry for years to come."
Indeed, CyrusOne has been growing like a weed, with normalized FFO sprouting from $112.9 million in 2014 to $332.3 million in 2018. However, several analysts have downgraded the stock this year amid weak results in 2019 and worries about demand for hyperscale solutions, which can grow and shrink as a business requires. Nonetheless, UBS analysts expect CONE "to benefit from (long-term) secular trends in the data center industry."
This REIT delivers on the income front, too. It has grown its payout by 138% over the past half-decade, though the stock's 163% ascent over that time has kept a lid on the yield.
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Equinix (EQIX (opens in new tab), $543.20) is another data-center REIT, this one founded in 1998 by two facilities managers at Digital Equipment Corp., which eventually merged with HP Inc. (HPQ (opens in new tab)).
Equinix spent its first decade growing primarily through acquisitions, buying other large colocation owners (colocation centers allow businesses to rent space for physical hardware such as servers) in Asia and Europe through 2010. Since then, it has more than tripled the number of data centers it owns. It became a REIT in 2015.
Equinix' secret sauce is its Network Edge, a service on its global Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric that lets customers "select, deploy and connect launch new virtual network services at the edge in minutes, with no additional hardware requirements." This differentiates Equinix's offerings beyond real estate and basic connectivity. Technology analyst firm 451 Research has given the idea its "Firestarter" award (opens in new tab). Research director Dan Thompson said it means customers can "easily reach infrastructure in any one of its 200 datacenter facilities around the world."
The analyst community is widely bullish on this REIT, with 12 of 13 analysts tracked by TipRanks doling out Buy-equivalent ratings on the stock over the past three months. Among them: Wells Fargo's Jennifer Fritzsche (Outperform), who raised her price target on EQIX from $545 per share to $620. She says the company's strength in smaller-footprint metro-market bookings is more evidence of the company's "moat."
The dividend, meanwhile, has been adjusted 46% higher since the company converted to a REIT structure in 2015.
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SBA Communications
SBA Communications (SBAC (opens in new tab), $234.60) is, like American Tower and Crown Castle, an owner and leaser of communications infrastructure. It was founded in 1989 and has expanded its operations to include North, Central and South America. SBA views itself as a developer as well as an operator, working with property owners "to strategically develop and monetize the wireless infrastructure potential of their real estate assets" and working with wireless service operators to acquire sites, then build them out.
Also like AMT and CCI, SBA Communications expects the deployment of 5G technologies to fuel the company's growth. SBA crossed the $500 million quarterly revenue mark earlier this year, and CEO Jeffrey Stoops says, "we believe that strength will continue into 2020 as our customers remain on a multi-year path to provide 5G service."
SBA also has a budding opportunity in South Africa. In August, the company closed on its $140 million buyout of 94% of a joint venture in South Africa, which includes roughly 890 towers. SunTrust analyst Greg Miller raised his price target in July, from $217 per share to $255, writing that second-quarter earnings and the announcement of the JV acquisition supported his long-term bull case.
This REIT is an odd one, in that it became a real estate investment trust in 2016, but didn't pay dividends for years. It was allowed to do so because it used net operating loss (NOL) carryovers from previous years to offset its taxable income. But it finally initiated a dividend earlier this year – a 37-cent quarterly payout that translates into a currently meager yield.
However, if SBAC's dividend growth mirrors any of the other REITs on this list, current shareholders should enjoy a much more substantial yield on cost within a few years.
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Dana Blankenhorn
Dana Blankenhorn has been a business and technology journalist since 1978. His work has appeared in newspapers including the Chicago Tribune and magazines such as Interactive Age. But he has spent most of his career online, spotting future trends in over a dozen beats from e-commerce to open source, and from renewable energy to blockchain, working for such publishers as TheRegister.com, ZDNet, InvestorPlace, TheStreet.com and Yahoo Finance.
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