For the past eight years, comedian Aaron David Ward has entertained audiences in more than 12 states from New Hampshire to California by getting them to laugh and think at his self-deprecating, socio-political, and culturally critical comedy. He opens his heart, mind, and soul to fans during each trip deep inside his mind for a funny, honest, and twisted look at his concerns, disappointments, doubts, fears, and worries. You get to see a tug of war between the emotional and intellectual brains when Aaron is on stage.
Aaron began his stand up comedy career on May 31, 2002 when he was fired from a job and realized he had nothing left to lose but his dignity and self-respect by stepping on stage and making people laugh and think about what's wrong with our world, culture, and ourselves and how to fix them with absurd solutions.
Aaron prides himself on always writing and performing new bits to keep his act exciting, fresh, and original. He never does the same set in the same order instead Aaron adds new material to his act as his life changes.
His act is both auto-biographical and worldly. Aaron explores his inner demons and outer foes with honesty, integrity, and, of course, humor. If you are a fan of funny, insightful, and intelligent comedy, Aaron David Ward is your kind of comedian. Catch Aaron David Ward on his Not Too Far From Home Comedy Tour making stops throughout the Northeast.
Daniel: How did you get started in comedy?
Aaron: I was fired from a job on May 31, 2002. Sometime that day or the next day I began writing stand up comedy. Within a month of losing my public relations job, I was on stage performing stand up comedy. About two months later, I was offered the job of house emcee at The Funny Farm Comedy Club and Restaurant in Broadalbin, NY. I hosted six shows a week every week for about a year and a half before I left to head out on the road as a feature act in the fall of 2003. I began headlining one nighters in 2007. Eight years later, I have performed in hundreds of shows in 12 states from California to New Hampshire and back.
I've traveled as far west as Los Angeles and as far south as West Virginia. Prior to performing stand up comedy professionally, I grew up listening to stand up comedy on cassette tapes, watching it on TV, and most importantly talking about it with my Dad. My father is the funniest person I know and he inspired me to pursue stand up.
Daniel: What inspires you to write new skits?
Aaron: Life experiences, specifically events that frustrate, worry, anger, annoy, or seem unusual inspire me to write new jokes. The funniest bits are the truest and the ones that emotionally impact me the most.
Daniel: What have been your best and worst experience in a show?
Aaron: One of the best moments I experienced on stage is headlining a show where every single joke killed and ever ad lib connected in just the right way. It happened at a fundraising event in Connecticut. It was feeling as if I was floating outside of my body, watching myself, it was a magical moment. One of the worst experiences was performing outside at a show where a female audience member came up to the "stage" which was really a small patch of grass and grabbed my crotch while I was performing. Had she been more attractive, I might have not minded but nonetheless a strange experience just the same.
Daniel: Who are your favorite comedians?
Aaron: George Carlin, Lewis Black, Dennis Miller, Dave Chappelle, Gilbert Gottfried.
George was a master at combining fart jokes with biting social commentary. Lewis makes anger the funniest emotion on the planet. Dennis Miller inspires me to Wikipedia pop cultural references. Dave is so comfortable on stage he makes you feel you're sitting on a bar stool next to him talking about your day. Gilbert has created a character that allows him to do everything from absurd observational comedy to socio-political commentary.
Daniel: What compelled you to do stand up at first?
Aaron: I had lost a job, was living in my parent's basement, and had used virtually all of my savings. I had nothing left to lose. When you have nothing left to lose, taking chances becomes very easy. My parent's were hugely supportive and still are. They stand as an emotional bulwark against self-doubt. Fear, self-doubt, and self-loathing stand as the biggest impediments to successful careers no matter what your trade or profession.
Daniel: Is there anything you're very successful at that not a lot of people know about?
Aaron: Cleaning! My obsessive-compulsive disorder makes me exceptionally good at housework. Then again, I talk about that in my act, so maybe most people do know that about me already.
Daniel: If you could perform with anyone (living or deceased) who would it be any why?
Aaron: George Carlin. I'd love to pick his brain about stand up. How he constructs bits, how he refines them, and how he finds the courage to always do new material.
Daniel: What's on the horizon for Aaron David?
Aaron: My independent comedy tour the Not Too Far From Home Comedy Tour featuring me and my opening act Deric Harrington continues to tour the Northeast making stops around upstate NY and New England at indie rock clubs, small black box theaters, and other similar venues.
I continue to perform at comedy clubs. And I am producing brief mini-movies about my OCD. And I continue to appear weekly on My TV 4 Albany WNYA on a quirky late Sunday night show called The Glenn Slingerland Situation where I deliver comedic commentary likened to "Andy Rooney on Acid." I have acted in several independent films and I continue to remain open to whatever comes my way whether that is a bit role in an independent film or the next stand up gig.
My goal is to become a national headliner with my own fan base. I want to be known as a comedian's comedian who makes people laugh and think at the same time. I believe my stand up does just that. And I will continue to perform in fundraising shows too. I enjoy using my gifts to help other people. Life is short, there are many people who are suffering, and if my ability to make people laugh can do some good on this earth, then I'm blessed twice.


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Nikon has just announced another new DSLR camera, the D750. Along with it, there is an all new MB-D16 battery grip, SB-500 speedlight, and a fast 20mm f/1.8 lens.
The new D750 DSLR is Nikon's first full-frame camera to feature a tilting Vari-angle display and built-in Wi-Fi® connectivity. The 24.3MP camera has the pro video features as inspired by the D810 and uses the same autofocus and metering systems as the D4S and D810. The price of the body will around $2,299.95 (available: mid-October).
For extended battery life and addition vertical controls, the D750 can be paired with the MB-D16 battery grip ($485.00).
The new SB-500 is a compact, lightweight i-TTL Speedlight and LED video light (a first for Nikon Speedlights!). Price: $249.95 (available: late September).
With the new fast ultra-wide 20mm f/1.8, Nikon extends its range of fast fixed focal lenses, once again (we already have 35mm, 50mm, and 85mm f/1.8 counterparts). This new lens, of course, makes use of Nano coating to keep flare and chromatic aberration to a minimum. Price: $799.95 (available: late September).
Below are the full specifications of the new products (from the Nikon website).
Power source Use 2 AA-size batteries of the same brand from any of the following types: 1.5 V LR6 (AA-size) alkaline batteries 1.2 V HR6 (AA-size) rechargeable Ni-MH batteries.


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Hey, Who Wants to Watch CNN's 7-Hour Long Climate Town Hall?
Chris WhiteAugust 28, 2019
CNN revealed Tuesday night the details of its upcoming climate town hall with 10 Democratic presidential candidates.
Former Vice President Joe Biden will be one of several candidates who will appear in New York at back-to-back town halls Sept. 4, taking audience questions but not delving deeply into any debate surrounding the science of climate change. CNN announced the schedule of the town hall, which will begin at 5 p.m and conclude around 12 a.m the next day.
Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro will kick off the night and take questions from CNN's Wolf Blitzer. He will be followed by businessman Andrew Yang, who announced his version of a Green New Deal Monday. His plan is expected to cost roughly $4.9 trillion plan and will include taxes against fossil fuel candidates.
Biden will appear at 8 p.m. and be interviewed by CNN's Anderson Cooper, who will also discuss climate change with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at 8:40 p.m. Sanders, a self-avowed socialist, introduced his version of the GND on Aug. 22, which he says will create 20 million jobs.
Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey will bring up the rear as he faces questions from CNN's Don Lemon at 11:20 p.m. Each candidate will have 40 minutes to speak. CNN has not responded to the Daily Caller News Foundation's request for comment.
The town hall comes as a fissure is erupting within the Democratic Party. Moderates in the party want to take a more cautious approach toward climate policies while left-wing firebrands support nothing less than eliminating all fossil fuel production within the next decade.
Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, for example, want to move the U.S. to 100-percent green energy, federal job guarantees for workers forced out of their fossil fuel jobs, guaranteed minimum income and universal health care. Analysts warn the Green New Deal could come with a monster price tag.
Eliminating fossil fuels and transitioning to a 100-percent renewable electric grid could cost as much as $5.2 trillion over two decades, according to a 2010 study by the conservative Heritage Foundation. That's about $218 billion to move the grid away from coal and natural gas.
Mainstream Democrats are hesitant, especially those who remember the party's failed carbon tax experiment in 2010, which ultimately helped thrust them into a political wasteland after the GOP won both houses of Congress that year.
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Force Recon Marine says:
Let me introduce you to my favorite BS detector-Michael Crichton. May he rest in peace:
"I want to pause here and talk about this notion of consensus, and the rise of what has been called consensus science. I regard consensus science as an extremely pernicious development that ought to be stopped cold in its tracks. Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.
Let's be clear: the work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator who happens to be right, which means that he or she has results that are verifiable by reference to the real world. In science consensus is irrelevant. What is relevant is reproducible results. The greatest scientists in history are great precisely because they broke with the consensus.
There is no such thing as consensus science. If it's consensus, it isn't science. If it's science, it isn't consensus. Period." – From Aliens cause Global Warming Speech, Michael Crichton
https://youtu.be/mtHreJbr2WM climate change hoax
What I cannot understand is how the left thinks that a nation with about 5% of the entire population on this planet is responsible for 100% of "man made climate change"!!
These CLOWNS believe that we are solely responsible and despite what China India and all the third world polluters do only American can fix things.
Seems to me these idiots are Stupid being born to Stupid parents into an ever increasing society who is Stupid, they live the life of Stupidity, and will eventually die Stupid.. So for them Stupidity for is the norm. Thus indoctrination can be called education, hypnotism can be called entertainment, criminals can be called leaders, and lies can be called truth because their minds were never truly their own!!


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Khabib Nurmagomedov Gets Half of UFC 229 Purse From NSAC
October 24, 2018 | Posted by Jeremy Thomas
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released half of Khabib Nurmagomedov's UFC 229 $2 million purse after their meeting on Wednesday. MMAjunkie reports that the NSAC voted unanimously to release $1 million of his purse, with the other half tied to the resolution of a disciplinary hearing in December.
Nurmagomedov's purse was withheld by the NSAC after his involvement in the post-fight brawl that took place after he defeated Conor McGregor. Temporary suspensions for both Nurmagomedov and McGregor were extended until the hearing. NSAC Chairman Anthony Marnell said that McGregor's $3 million purse would have been withheld as well if they had known the extent of his involvement in the chaos.
Both fighters are expected to attend the hearing. While Nevada deputy AG Caroline Bateman said that the commission is allowed to keep 100% of a fighter's payday and impose bans up to lifetime durations for disciplinary cases, Marnell noted, "The last thing I want is to be accused of (being) arbitrary and capricious and all over the place."
Marnell added that the withholding of Nurmagomedov's purse is less than 20% of his total payday, estimated as "somewhere in the $5, $6 million range, all things considered."
"I think it would be appropriate to release some of the funds, especially when we didn't have the knowledge that we have now regarding Conor McGregor," NSAC commissioner Christopher Ault added. "That camp probably would have been subjected to some things that we've done with Khabib."
Coach Says Conor McGregor Could Make Quick Return After UFC 246 If Needed
Conor McGregor Wants a Rematch with Floyd Mayweather, Denies Sexual Assault Claims
Dana White Wants To Sign Former Best Buy Employee That Went Viral For Stopping A Thief
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SLEEPY HOLLOW at Comic-Con: Photos from the Panel, Fan Signing, and Occular Rift Experience
July 28, 2014 by Marisa Roffman
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The SLEEPY HOLLOW cast and producers hit up San Diego over the weekend to participate in a Comic-Con panel, a fan signing, and to check out the show's Occular Rift experience.
Check out some photos from their adventures…
SLEEPY HOLLOW at Comic-Con
FOX FANFARE AT SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON © 2014: SLEEPY HOLLOW Executive Producers Mark Goffman, Heather Kadin, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci behind the scenes on Friday, July 26 at the FOX FANFARE AT SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON © 2014. CR: Frank Micelotta/FOX © 2014 FOX BROADCASTING
SLEEPY HOLLOW: Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Mark Goffman, and Heather Kadin Tease The Kindred
SLEEPY HOLLOW at Comic-Con: Inside the Occular Rift Experience
SLEEPY HOLLOW at Comic-Con: Live-Blog
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El Rey Renews MATADOR
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MATADOR, the new spy thriller from Roberto Orci, has been picked up for a second season, El Rey Network announced during its Television Critics Association press tour session.
The series — which bows on July 15th — follows Tony "Matador" Bravo, a CIA officer whose cover involves him masquerading as a professional soccer player.
"When Roberto first told me his concept for MATADOR, I knew immediately that it had to have a home on El Rey," Robert Rodriguez, El Rey Network's Founder and Chairman, said in a statement. "This show exceeded every possible expectation we had in terms of great storytelling, incredible action and unique characters."
"Working with Robert and El Rey has been such a unique experience," Orci added. "We've been given enormous creative freedom and have delivered the show exactly as we envisioned. We have so much story left to tell and thank El Rey and Robert for their unending support for a show that celebrates a new kind of hero on television."
MATADOR officially debuts on El Rey Network on Tuesday, July 15th at 9 PM.
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SLEEPY HOLLOW: Roberto Orci and Heather Kadin Tease the New Faces in Season 2
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SLEEPY HOLLOW has added a good amount of new faces to its already impressive lineup for the upcoming second season: Ben Franklin, the new sheriff, and a bounty hunter. And, of course, there's also the return of Abraham/Headless.
So what can viewers expect from these new faces? And will more new characters be joining them? SLEEPY HOLLOW executive producers Roberto Orci and Heather Kadin had a few good teases to share about which character will be stripping down, which characters will be sharing sparks, and more…
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SLEEPY HOLLOW FYC Hollywood Forever Event Photos
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When it came time for SLEEPY HOLLOW to have a unique place to hold their awards "For Your Consideration" event, things came a little full circle: the cast and creative team had their panel Monday night at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, the same place where the show had its season 1 premiere event last September.
Check out some photos of SLEEPY HOLLOW series stars Tom Mison (Ichabod) and Nicole Beharie (Abbie), as well as executive producers Mark Goffman, Len Wiseman, Roberto Orci, and Heather Kadin, at the show's FYC event…
SLEEPY HOLLOW: L-R: Executive Producers Roberto Orci, Mark Goffman, Heather Kadin, Nicole Beharie, Tom Mison and EP Len Wiseman attend FOX's Special Screening, Q&A and Sneak Peek of Season Two's SLEEPY HOLLOW in Los Angeles at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Monday, June 2, 2014 in Hollywood, CA. ©2014 Fox Broadcasting Co. CR: Tonya Wise/FOX
Which photo is your favorite?
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Q: How to implement a "Site under maintenance" page for JSP application running on OC4J My JSP based wesite is already in production, running over OC4J (managed by opmnctl). When the application is down, users get a 500 error page. This is not a top-level domain, it is like:
http://localhost/myJspApp
How can I implement a 'welcome' page? it needs to show login screen if the application is running, otherwise show a 'Site Under Maintenance' message in case of OC4J being down.
I am sure it is not possible to use JSP on this welcome page when OC4J is down (altough it was desirable because application status is stored in a table, and it could be easily fetched from db using JSP).

A: If the OC4J is down, it means that you have no container to run your JSPs.
But, you can still return a nice error page from a different site or HTML. For doing that you need to configure the Apache HTTP server. This is done in the httpd.conf file, using the ErrorDocument part.
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St. John's Red Storm vs. Butler Bulldogs analysis: The Red Storm's Crossover Examination
By HarrisonMalkin and Andrew Padyk Jan 6, 2015, 4:53pm EST
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St. John's lost in their second conference game to Butler 73-69 on Saturday after being defeated by Seton Hall on New Year's Eve. Kellen Dunham led Butler with 28 points on six 3-pointers, and sealed the deal for the Bulldogs in the game with a key 3-point shot with a little more than two minutes left in the game.
The Red Storm started off the season well, and came into the game versus Seton Hall ranked No. 15 in nation and with an 11-1 record. But the Johnnies have lost two in a row, which draws back memories of last season, when they had a poor start to conference play as well.
Rysheed Jordan did not play against Butler, and although Jordan isn't St. John's leading scorer on the team, he is one of the most talented and is an essential contributor. Felix Balamou, a junior guard, also missed the game because of an ankle injury. Balamou would have played minutes off the bench if he been in the game.
With the two players out for St. John's, the Red Storm starters all played a ton of minutes in the game. Sir'Dominic Pointer along with D'Angelo Harrison spent 40 minutes on the court, and Phil Greene IV logged 37 minutes. Jamal Branch also took part in 34 minutes of the game.
Jordan will play against Villanova on Tuesday though, according to the team's press release. This will put St. John's in much better shape for the game because head coach Steve Lavin will have more depth and options to use at his disposal.
St. John's is still in the Associated Press' Top 25 poll after the two losses, to the surprise of some, and the Johnnies face another big challenge on Tuesday, when they play Villanova in their third conference game at Madison Square Garden.
Let's take a look at what went down for the Red Storm in their matchup with the Bulldogs on Saturday:
St. John's box:
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D'Angelo Harrison carried St. John's with his performance against the Bulldogs, but 31 points was not enough this time around because Butler cut off St. John's' secondary options.
Harrison's 31 points was the second time this season he reached 30 or more points against an opponent.
With the exception of Chris Obekpa underneath the rim, Harrison was St. John's' best player defensively, as he gave both Roosevelt Jones and Alex Barlow fits over ball control, and was the best option for the Red Storm to generate anything off of transition.
The absence of Rysheed Jordan further exposed how shallow St. John's' rotations have been this season.
St. John's also had zero points off the bench against Butler. Then again, so did the Bulldogs.
While Chris Obekpa had a great game for the Red Storm, with 11 points, seven rebounds, and five blocks, he was ineffective by the final six minutes of the game because of fatigue. Worse though is the fact that Steve Lavin has Joey De La Rosa as an option for center, but he has not shown much in small stretches. While it is a small sample size, Obekpa may be combating fatigue going forward with the lack of depth at his position.
Again it was a tale of two halves for St. John's, whom looked composed in the first half, executing in transition well and playing great defense. The second half was another story, as St. John's came out sloppy from the start and never had an established game for most of the second period.
Butler's Kellen Dunham also had free range from most areas of the court, finishing with 28 points. Even with St. John's trying to isolate his play from the rest of Butler, the Bulldogs were able to run the screen perfectly.
What it means?
Two games into Big East play, and with two losses in the book for St. John's, it is clear that it is not the way the Red Storm wanted to start conference play after their stellar run through nonconference play. Conference play however does show the true nature of a team, and at this point, perhaps the true colors of St. John's are starting to show.
Against Butler, it was a mixed bag of success and ultimately a failure. The Red Storm shot well from the field at 46 percent, had less turnovers, and more assists than Butler, yet at times still looked incredibly inconsistent on the floor. Most or all of these problems relate to the lack of depth in St. John's roster, mostly due in part to the absence of Rysheed Jordan, but also of Felix Balamou. If Jordan had been in there, St. John's most likely could have gotten a more steady stream of scoring. Balamou could have shored things up on defense if he wasn't injured, and perhaps may have even helped out with guarding Kellen Dunham on the perimeter.
That's just speculating if both were in the game. But their absences and the lack of other options shows the problems that St. John's might be in for going from here. While D'Angelo Harrison is going to do what he does best -- score -- St. John's needs to find a solution to get consistency from everyone else on the floor. Chris Obekpa and Phil Greene had solid games against the Bulldogs, but it was not enough to match the consistent play by the Bulldogs on offense and on the glass, as Butler outrebounded St. John's.
Going from this game to their matchup on Tuesday against Villanova, it should be interesting for St. John's. At this point it is just a matter of getting that first Big East win, and then focusing to improve from there. Last season's 0-5 start might be lingering in the back of the players heads by this point, and their last two games probably are too. The best option for St. John's might be a half court style, which won't burn the energy of the offense, and also won't over rely on their bench.


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Хаубица (од , од , од ) је артиљеријско оруђе намијењено за гађање убацном путањом. Полазни углови пројектила су обично између 20 и 45 степени. Има дужу цијев од мерзера, краћу од топа, а полазни углови цијеви и пројектила су мањи него код минобацача. Цијев је обично дужине од 12-30 калибара.

За разлику од минобацача, оруђе се пуни страга, има изолучену цијев, и већи домет.

Историја

Хаубице глатке цијеви

Назив хаубица највјероватније долази од чешке ријечи хоуфнице. Први пут су употријебљене у току Хуситских ратова 1419—1436, са кратком цијеви дужине мање од 1 метар. Из њих се гађало каменим и гвозденим ђуладима, а по развитку бомби и граната, и овим врстама зрна. Елевација цијеви није прелазила 30 степени.

До године 1700, већина земаља их има у саставу војске, а уводе се и у наоружање бродова. Крајем 18. вијека, у пруској војсци постојале су 4 врсте хаубица: (7, 10, 25 и 30 фунти), а у аустријској 3 и то од 7, 10 и 12 фунти. Из њих се обично гађа распрскавајућим гранатама или картечом па имају велико дејство на непријатеља. Добра особина високе елевације омогућава им дјеловање против делимично заклоњеног противника.

При крају епохе средином 19. вијека, настојало се објединити добре особине хаубице и топа у једно оруђе. Француска 1853. уводи топ-хаубицу калибра 120 -{mm}- из које се могло гађати гранатама, картечом, шрапнелом или ђулетом.

За вријеме Првог српског устанка, у бици на Мишару, Карађорђе има једну хаубицу, под називом кубуз.

Под овим именом хаубице се помињу у српској војсци све до 1870-их година. Крагујевачка тополивница која је основана 1853. израђује 8 кратких и 6 дугих кубуза 130 -{mm}-. Касније израђује 6 дугих кубуза 160 -{mm}-, а године 1860. 24 кубуза калибра цијеви 120 -{mm}-.

Олучне спорометне хаубице
Уводе се касније од олучних топова, јер је било гледишта да ће побољшани топови моћи извршавати и задатке хаубица. Руско-турски рат 1877—1878. потврђује велику потребу за оруђима са убацном путањом, па се хаубице развијају даље. Тако њемачки систем Круп из 1880. има 3 хаубице: калибра 150, 170 и 210 -{mm}-. Оруђе 150 -{mm}- има масу од 2220 -{kg}-, а од 210 -{mm}- - 5030 -{kg}-.

Србија 1897. године наручује код француске фирме Шнајдер 22 хаубице калибра 120 -{mm}- М97. Имале су брзину гађања 3-4 гранате у минути, и дводијелни пројектил са 5 барутних пуњења.

Брзометне хаубице

Појављују се крајем 19. и почетком 20. вијека. Имају еластични лафет, пуњење страга, изолучену челичну цијев, и опружне, хидрауличке или ваздушне повратнике и кочнице (за амортизацију приликом опаљења).

Французи пред рат имају само једну врсту модерне х., калибра 155 -{mm}- М.1904. Њемачка пред Први свјетски рат уводи у наоружање тешку пољску хаубицу 150 -{mm}- с. Ф. Х.13 (s.F.H.13) домета око 8500 -{m}-.

Уз то имају хаубице 105 и 280 -{mm}-. Русија пред рат уводи брзометне хаубице калибра 122 и 152 -{mm}-, а почиње да набавља и тешке х. Шнајдер из Француске.

Српска војска 1913. године уводи брзометне х. калибра 120 (32 комада, М.1910)
и 150 -{mm}- (8 комада, М.1910) француског система Шнајдер. Обје врсте имају хидрауличну кочницу и ваздушни повратник цијеви. Као муницију могле су користити гранату или шрапнел, са већим избором барутних пуњења (6 и 7, респективно).

Први свјетски рат
На свим странама побољшавају се постојећи модели и уводе нови. Француска, увиђајући недостатке своје артиљерије, уводи нове х. калибра 120 -{mm}-, 2 нова модела 155 -{mm}-, и жељезничке х. калибра 370, 400 и 520 -{mm}-. Њемачка замјењује опружне повратнике ваздушним на тешким хаубицама. Велика Британија већ 1916. има 4 нова модела: 203, 234, 305 и 381 -{mm}-.

Послије Првог СР
Типични модели имају дуже цијеви од оних из Првог СР, 28-30 наспрам 11-22. Домет се тиме повећава са мање од 10 на 12-15 -{km}-. Уводи се двокраки лафет, па поље дејства у хоризонтали расте са 6-8 на 50-60 степени. Уводе се метални точкови са пумпаним гумама, ради вуче моторним возилима.

Хаубица постаје главно оруђе у дивизијској артиљерији због мале масе (наспрам топа) и великог корисног учинка пројектила. Већина може да гађа са елевацијом преко 45 степени.

Пред 2. СР нације имају нове моделе хаубица:
 Њемачка (105, 150, 240, 355 -{mm}-). 240 и 355 -{mm}- хаубице имају жељезничку вучу.
 Француска (105, 155 -{mm}-)
 Уједињено Краљевство (94 -{mm}-)
 СССР (122, 152, 203 -{mm}-)
 Југославија (100 -{mm}- Шкода М.28, 150 -{mm}- Шкода М.36, домет 15 -{km}-)

Други светски рат

Побољшања су центрирана на повећану покретљивост (монтирањем на застарјеле тенковске шасије и моторном вучом) и побољшање противтенковских особина (увођењем ПТ граната са кумулативним дејством).

Њемачка војска два нова типа 105 -{mm}- са пумпаним гумама и гасном кочницом на устима цијеви. Ове
хаубице су монтиране на лафет ПТ топа 75 -{mm}-. При крају рата уводе нови модел 105 -{mm}-, масе 1400 -{kg}-, оспособљен за расклапање и дејство елевацијама преко 45 степени. Уведен је и нов тип х. 150 -{mm}-, домета преко 15 -{km}-.

СССР уводи побољшану (упола лакшу) хаубицу 152 -{mm}- М.1943, али са мањим дометом. САД уводе низ нових х. оруђа: 105 -{mm}- (2 врсте), 155, 203 -{mm}- М.1, 240 -{mm}- М.1 које се одликују врло добрим особинама.

Самоходне хаубице произведене у 2. СР. укључују њемачке Веспе, Хамел, британске -{Sexton}-, америчке М7 Прист (-{Priest}-), совјетске СУ-122, СУ-152 и друге.

Послије Другог светског рата

Долази до даљег развоја. Тежи се повећању покретљивости, домета, могућношћу гађања убацним путањама (елевација преко 45 степени), већем хоризонталном пољу дејства, проширењу борбеног комплета муниције, ПТ способности и могућностима транспорта авионима или хеликоптерима.

У неким земљама, х. већег калибра могу да гађају и нуклеарним пројектилима.

Представник новог правца је америчка самоходна хаубица М108 калибра 105 -{mm}-, на гусјеничној шасији.

Домет је 13 -{km}-, маса 20 тона, а са задње стране има подесиве хидрауличне подупираче за ослонац приликом гађања. Самоходна х. М109 калибра 155 -{mm}- има домет 18 -{km}-.

Француска хаубица М.50 калибра 155 -{mm}- има двокраки лафет, домет 18 -{km}-, масу 8 тона, елевацију 0-67 степени, а хоризонтално поље дејства је 80 степени.

Совјетска хаубица М55 152 -{mm}- има масу од 5900 -{kg}-, домет 18 -{km}-, а покретљивост је знатно боља него раније М37 хаубице. Х. 203 -{mm}- М55 има домет 27 -{km}-, масу 20 тона а може да гађа и нуклеарном гранатом. Обична граната 203 -{mm}- је тешка 136 -{kg}-.

У СФР Југославији су уведене двије нове хаубице у послијератном периоду: 105 -{mm}- М56 и 155 -{mm}- М65.

Види још
 Артиљерија
 Топ
 Минобацач
 Мерзер

Литература
 Војна енциклопедија, Београд, 1973, књига пета. стр. 398—403.

Спољашње везе

 Француска артиљерија у вријеме Наполеона

Артиљерија
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The Thomas Aveling School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Rochester, Kent, England.

History
The school is named after Thomas Aveling, inventor of the traction engine and a partner in the world's largest manufacturer of steamrollers in the 19th century, Aveling and Porter, who were located in Rochester. The school badge depicts one of Aveling's steamrollers, below two trees that cross one another to represent the merging of two schools.

The Thomas Aveling School was formed in 1990 after three local schools, (Warren Wood Boys, Warren Wood Girls and Highfield) were closed. The former Warren Wood Boys School site was re-developed with new facilities added to the refurbished classroom and administration block and school hall. During the 1990s, the school became grant-maintained, enabling the Board of Governors to expand the facilities, including the addition of a sports hall in 1997. In 2001, the school received a positive Ofsted report.

In 1997, with the lapse of the grant-maintained system within England, the school became a foundation school and was taken under the authority of the newly formed Medway LEA.  The school went on to gain Technology College status and Training School status. The school became an academy in September 2011.

Site
Since its creation in 1990, new facilities have been built at the school. These include development of the Learning Resource Centre and Community Library (2002), a music recording studio (2003), fitness and media suites (2004), a post-16 science lab (2005), a design & technology suite (2006), a drama facility (2008) and, more recently, sports facilities.

Subjects

In Years 7 and 8 students study English, Maths, Science, Design Technology, PE, RE, PSHE, History, Geography, Art, Dance, Drama, Music and a Modern Foreign Language.

When entering Year 9 all students study English, Maths, Science, RE and PSHE. Students then have a free choice of four other subjects to study at GCSE. The options include Art & Design, Business studies, Dance, Drama, Geography, History, ICT, Media studies, Modern Foreign Languages and Music.

League Tables and Examination results
A 2012 BBC report says that 45% of students received 5 A*-Cs in GCSE subjects. 85% of sixth form students attained three A-levels. As a result, the school became the 12th best secondary school in the Medway towns based on GCSE results, and 10th based on students getting three A-levels or equivalent.

Houses
The house system at the school was created in 2010. There are four houses and colours associated with each: Victory (purple), Resolute (red), Cavalier (green), and Achilles (yellow). The Houses are named after ships built in the nearby historic Chatham Dockyard. The forms are split into Houses throughout all year groups, excluding Year 13.

Notable former pupils
 Kelly Brook – Model and television presenter

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Academies in Medway
Educational institutions established in 1990
1990 establishments in England
Secondary schools in Medway
Rochester, Kent


A heartwarming, sun filled Goonoo Goonoo Station wedding.
This Goonoo Goonoo Station wedding was the epitome of heart and family goodness. I couldn't be more humbled to be asked to document it. Ali and James are dear friends of mine. We met on the far north coast of Australia on a pearl farm in the Kimberley's. I instantly fell in love with Ali's gentle nature and excitement for life. We share fairly random memories with each other that I could never match with anyone else from working and road tripping in remote lands. I am so glad Ali was there on a trip where we thought we were goners a few times over. We got stranded in Derby and futilely tried to hatch escape plans. Let's just say Ali and Jame's are a team you want to have by your side and who always has your back.
When I landed at Goonoo Goonoo I was greeted with the incredible warmth and fun of the people Ali and James choose to surround themselves with. It all made sense. The day was a sun filled ceremony and a long luxurious lunch. Everyone travelled in which made the whole weekend a brilliant collision of wonderful people from all walks of life. Old and new friends were all thrown in together at this beautiful station. One of my favourite's from the day is when Ali's dad see's her in her dress for the first time, that hug, heart melt.
This Goonoo Goonoo Station wedding location is stunning. I feel so lucky that I am asked to such unique parts of the world to experience intense amounts of love and capture it all. All my love and gratitude go to Ali and James for welcoming me and to the whole clan for looking after me.
Thanks for checking out my latest post. If you want to see another crazy beautiful location, this time in Tasmania, Australia, click here.


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Houston Cougars fall to the Cincinnati Bearcats 35-20
Posted: December 4, 2021 7:06 PM
CINCINNATI (AP) — Jerome Ford rushed for 187 yards and two touchdowns and Desmond Ridder threw three touchdown passes as No. 3 Cincinnati broke open a close game in the third quarter and rolled past No. 16 Houston 35-20 in the American Athletic Conference championship game Saturday.
Cincinnati (12-0) which extended the nation's second-longest home winning streak to 27, scored three touchdowns in fewer than eight minutes to finish off its second straight AAC crown.
After the Cougars settled for a field goal on its opening possession, the Bearcats responded by going 82 yards in five plays capped by Ridder's 25-yard TD pass to Tyler Scott.
Houston: Momentum was on Houston's side at halftime when they trailed 14-13. But two crucial plays in the third quarter, leading to 21 straight points for the Bearcats. The first one was the pass interference penalty on Jones. The second was an interception thrown by Tune on the first play after the Bearcats scored.
Cincinnati: Despite being 12-0, the Bearcats have mostly relied on help from other teams to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff. They got more assistance earlier on Saturday when Baylor held on to beat Oklahoma State in the BIG 12 championship game. The Bearcats also needed a quality win to put alongside winning at Notre Dame and beating Houston helps with that.


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It took me many years to realise that, even when I got to the big powerful cars, how little experience I had and how easy it was to get caught out. And it wasn't getting caught out about power - its just the situations ….. Its all experience. All the things that happen to you. You can't teach that. You can tell people about it but you have to have it happen to you to really learn it. — Danny Sullivan, Going Faster - Master The Art of Race Driving
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Karting Singapore Thunderkart Racing Series 2012 - Race 3
DATE: September 9, 2012
Having been postponed from a month earlier, Race 3 of the 2012 series was held on the evening of 8 Sep 2012. Back it was then to Kartright Speedway in Singapore for more racing action.
Race 3 saw many new faces among the 30 drivers racing for position across 2 categories with the majority of drivers in the hotly contested Under 70kg Class. The action was fast and furious - moreso because the evening's proceedings had to be completed within an hour of time. This meant that the 2 Heat events would require to be held to 6 laps each. With a mixed grid created based on the electronic equivalent of drawing lots, the Pre-Finals set the tone for the evening with intense racing as the fast drivers gridded towards the rear had to battle their way to the front within the short 6 lap window.
The Finals were made up of 3 separate sessions; dividing drivers based off their Total Time taken to complete the PreFinal of 6 laps. Drivers in both classes were mixed throughout the 3 sessions with the bulk of the Over 70KG Class in the 2nd split. Once again, racing action was intense - drivers learnt about their kart characteristics only upon entering the first corner - this made it extra exciting as the drivers who accustomed themselves to their kart faster, gained an advantage. The lead grouping finished their 6 laps between times of 4.49 - 5.05 mins, the middle grouping in 4.50 - 5.10 mins and the final grouping in 4.59 - 5.35. The fastest lap of the Finals went to Jonathan Lim who drove a 46.27
The podium winners in the 2 classes went to:
Over 70KG
1st - Charles Theseira
2nd - Hamizan Ali
3rd - Mark Lange
Under 70KG
1st - David Lau
2nd - Ricky Leong
3rd - Kevin Pang
Tags: 2012, Kartright, Thunderkart
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Its a new racing year for everyone including the grassroot community.
Karting Singapore launched their 1st race of the year at Kartright Speedway as a night race on the evening of 21 May 2011.
In usual fashion, it was great to see that people still enjoyed value-for-money racing at $70/head and all 30 participant slots were snapped up just days after the registration list was opened via the Karting Singapore forum.
Several changes were implemented this year following feedback over the 2010 races. These were:
# classification of Karting Singapore grassroot rental kart racing as the "Thunderkart Racing" series.
# the creation of 2 classes for the "Over 70KG Clubman" and the "Under 70KG Clubman" in order to reduce the effects of weight on racing performance.
# rolling laps would be mandatory for all races. this is aimed to move all participants to a higher awareness of race starts at karting's higher classes
# zero-tolerance for contact - penalties would be dealt out to participants for reckless or over-enthusiastic racing deemed to potentially lead to collisions or accidents
# adopting Kartright's blend-line ruling - penalising anyone crossing the blend line at the Pit exit as per the rules introduced by SMSA for sanctioned events held at Kartright
Fortunately, with clear skies and a relatively dry track with isolated spots of puddles, racing commenced. The results of which are as follows:
Clubman Over 70KG class
2nd - Bong Andres
3rd - Jason Lou
Clubman Under 70KG class
1st - Jonathan Lim
2nd - Tresca Wee
3rd - Jeffrey Sim
Consolation Awards
Race Winner of 2nd Finals for Under 70KG - Lim Zijie
Fastest Lap of Event - Jonathan Lim
Tags: Kartright, Thunderkart
Singapore Nationals 2011 - Race 2
For Round 2 of the AutoInc Singapore Karting Championship, there were interesting changes in the racing dynamics due to the rain that poured down on the racetrack on both the Saturday and Sunday mornings. Round 2 took place on the 14 and 15 May weekend where the rain and cooler track conditions benefited drivers better at navigating in the wet. The final results of Round 2 saw new faces on the podium for the Cadet and Senior Class, and new faces in top place for all classes.
Sanctioned by the Singapore Motor Sports Association (SMSA), officiated by Singapore GP, and supported by the Singapore Sports Council, AutoInc Singapore Karting Championship 2011 has been deemed by drivers and motorsports fans as a fantastic competition to engage more Singaporeans to take interest in kart racing and promote motorsports from the grassroot level.
Despite the heavy downpour, the competition days saw large turnouts where the viewing galleries were packed with family members, supporters and fans rooting for their favourite drivers and teams. The weather certainly did not dampen the atmosphere of the race ground.
Instead, the race got Kartright Speedway heated up as the 43 drivers from 5 different racing classes (Cadet, Junior, Senior, Senior Master and Senior Veteran) took their "unfinished business" from Round 1 on to the 750-metre-long technically challenging circuit with 8 technical turns in Jurong.
The atmosphere was livened with commentary by professional motorsports and karting personalities: Benjamin Potter, a popular GP Commentator and Leonard Kong, an ex-employee of Kartright Speedway who is well versed with the track and drivers.
Williams Racing Javier Chng continued to pose a threat to reigning champion Jon Lee of GP racing. Despite losing to Jon Lee in the first round of AutoInc Singapore Karting Championship 2011, Chng had gained an upper hand in the Cadet Class race. Chng played the condition of the racetrack to his advantage and topped the podium, sending Jon Lee into second placing. This race proved to be crucial for Chng in retaining his title hopes. In addition to winning the weekend championship title, Chng was also awarded the Best Presented driver award for Round 2.
Jon was unable to retain his pole position and his younger brother, Josh, lost his third podium placing to Lucas Maistre, a French National. Despite these disappointments, the Lee brothers are expected to make a fierce comeback in Round 3 in July.
In the Junior Class, the racers on the podium remained the same as Round 1, albeit a shuffle. Amin Noorzilan, who won first place in Round 1 dropped to third place where Gabriella Teo managed to get ahead of him during the races to take top position on the podium with Yeo Hong Yang fighting his way into second place, only inches ahead of Noorzilan.
Defeating the title holder of Senior Class Round 1 race, Saravanan Rajakumar, was fifteen-year-old Thaddeus Lee. His victory against Rajakumar had confirmed his credentials as one of Singapore's most promising go-kart drivers, with him coming out tops in the Senior Class despite a toe injury. Mohammed Nasri Naufal was second in the Senior Class, and managed to clock the "Fastest Lap" for the weekend with the impressive time of 33.552s, beating Thaddeus Lee by a mere 0.044s.
Yap Kheng Weng, Benjamin Goh and Eric Ho had amazing track action as they battled for the top podium positions for Senior Master Class. Yap had a solid performance, climbing from second place in Round 1 to clinch the champion title for Round 2, with Goh and defending champion Ho clinching the first runner-up and second runner-up positions respectively.
In the Senior Veteran Class, it was a race between the BMS Racing Team's Anthony Seow and YZF's Kenny Yip. Having gained more understanding and exposure of his opponent's race strategy in Round 1, Seow's hard work paid off when he beat Kenny Yip to clinch the first place in the Senior Veteran Class.
Luxury automobile broker AutoIncSports has come in as the title sponsor for this year's championship, and new sponsors that have also come onboard to support the championship include Xinya Media, Kartright Speedway, Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen, Wimobilize Singapore Pte Ltd and Eurohaus, and prizes include trophies to the top 3 drivers of each class for each round, as well as cash prizes for the AutoInc SKC 2011 overall champions.
The championship will be broadcasted worldwide on Xinya TV and is available in Singapore on SingTel mio TV Channel 72. There will also be an SKC IPTV Video-On-Demand Channel featuring full races at the official website www.skc.sg. The organisers, McElrea Racing believes strongly in media distribution to promote the SKC and has also generated strong presence in the social and networking sites, YouTube and Facebook.
Round 3 of AutoInc Singapore Karting Championship 2011 will be held on Saturday, July 23th and Sunday, July 24th.
Tags: Kartright, SKC


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The origin of elements heavier than iron is still debated \citep[e.g.][]{arnould20}.
The slow (s-) and rapid (r-) neutron capture processes are thought to be responsible for the synthesis of most of these elements. It is classically accepted that the s-process ends in the Pb-Bi region with a series of fast $\alpha$ decays \citep{clayton67}, while the r-process can produce the heaviest nuclei, including the actinides. Up to now, the r-process alone has been held responsible for the nucleosynthesis of Th and U in the Universe.

Additionally, the intermediate neutron capture process, or i-process, with neutron densities between those of the the s- and r-processes ($N_n \simeq 10^{13} - 10^{15}$~cm$^{-3}$), was first proposed by Cowan \& Rose (1977) but has only recently been revived.
Different possible observational signatures of i-process nucleosynthesis were reported in carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) r/s stars \citep{jonsell06, lugaro12,dardelet14,roederer16,karinkuzhi21}, in barium anomalies in open clusters \citep{mishenina15}, and in the isotopic composition of pre-solar grains \citep{jadhav13,fujiya13,liu14}.
The i-process nucleosynthesis arises when protons are mixed into a convective helium-burning zone.
The astrophysical site(s) hosting proton ingestion events (PIEs), and hence the i-process, is (are) still debated \citep[see e.g.][for a detailed list]{choplin21}.
One possibility is the early thermally pulsing (TP) phase of low-mass low-metallicity asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars \citep[e.g.][]{iwamoto04,cristallo09b,stancliffe11,choplin21,goriely21}.

In this Letter we show that the i-process, expected to take place in low-metallicity AGB stars, can pass the Pb-Bi region and also synthesize actinides, including Th and U.
Section~\ref{sect:ing} presents the physical ingredients and models.
Section~\ref{sect:nuc} focuses on the nucleosynthesis of actinides.
In Sect.~\ref{sect:comp} we compare our results with the abundances of \object{RAVE J094921.8-161722}, a CEMP r/s star that shows Th lines. Conclusions are given in Sect.~\ref{sect:concl}.

\begin{table*}[h!]
\scriptsize{
\caption{Main characteristics of the five models considered in this work. Given are the model label, nuclear dataset used (see text for details), spatial resolution parameter, $\epsilon_{\rm max}$ (see text for details), temporal resolution parameter, $\alpha$ (see text for details), maximum neutron density, surface $\log\epsilon$(Pb), $\log\epsilon$(Th), and $\log\epsilon$(U)
after the PIE (all unstable actinides were decayed except $^{232}$Th, $^{235}$U, and $^{238}$U).
\label{table:1}
}
\begin{center}
\resizebox{17cm}{!} {
\begin{tabular}{lccccccc}
\hline
Model &  Nuclear  &   $\epsilon_{\rm max}$    & $\alpha$ &   $\log(N_{\rm n,max}$)   & $\log\epsilon$(Pb) &  $\log\epsilon$(Th) & $\log\epsilon$(U)   \\
 label  &    dataset &     &      &       &                    \\
\hline
MA$\epsilon 8 \alpha 08$     &   A   &   0.08  & 0.008   & 15.33  &  3.78 & $0.74$ & $0.50$    \\
MA$\epsilon 4 \alpha 08$     &   A   &  0.04  & 0.008  & 15.31    & 3.88  & $0.90$ & $0.76$   \\
MA$\epsilon 4 \alpha 04$     &   A   &  0.04   & 0.004 & 15.34    &  3.83 & $0.78$ & $0.46$   \\
MB$\epsilon 4 \alpha 04$     &   B   & 0.04  & 0.004    & 15.34   &  3.84  & $0.16$ & $-0.26$  \\
MC$\epsilon 4 \alpha 04$     &   C   & 0.04  & 0.004    & 15.17   & 3.83   & $0.89$ & $0.82$  \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
}
\end{center}
}
\end{table*}

\section{The i-process model: Physical ingredients}
\label{sect:ing}

We considered the i-process taking place in a low-metallicity AGB star at the time of the proton ingestion, as described in detail in \cite{choplin21} and \cite{goriely21} and using the same physical ingredients. We briefly recall some important aspects.

The models are computed with the stellar evolution code  {\sf STAREVOL} \citep[][and references therein]{siess00, siess06, goriely18c}.
We used the mass-loss rate from \cite{reimers75} from the main sequence up to the beginning of the AGB phase and then switched to the \cite{vassiliadis93} rate.
When the star becomes carbon rich, the opacity change due to the formation of molecules is included \citep{marigo02}.
We used a mixing length parameter $\alpha = 1.75$, and no extra mixing (e.g. overshoot or thermohaline) was included.
In our models, during a PIE, the transport and burning of chemicals are coupled. This means that the nucleosynthesis and transport equations are solved simultaneously once the structure has converged.

For the relatively low neutron densities that characterize s-process nucleosynthesis (i.e. $N_n \,\,\raise0.14em\hbox{$<$}\kern-0.76em\lower0.28em\hbox{$\sim$}\,\, 10^{13}$~cm$^{-3}$), a network of 411 isotopes is traditionally used in {\sf STAREVOL}.
However, to reliably follow the i-process flow resulting from a PIE with $N_n > 10^{13}$~cm$^{-3}$, a larger network needs to be considered. We used a reaction network composed of 1160 nuclei from neutrons up to $^{253}$Cf and linked through 2123 nuclear reactions and decays.
Nuclear reaction rates were taken from the Nuclear Astrophysics Library of the Universit\'e Libre de  Bruxelles\footnote{Available at http://www.astro.ulb.ac.be/bruslib} \citep{arnould06} and the updated experimental and theoretical rates from the NETGEN interface \citep{Xu13}.
The latest decay rates were taken from the recent NUBASE2020 release\footnote{https://www-nds.iaea.org/amdc/} \citep{kondev21}.
It should be noted that fission processes are not included in the reaction network.
Despite the fact that the i-process takes place on timescales of the order of days, the so-produced neutron-rich nuclei with $Z < 96$ have a significantly longer half-life against spontaneous fission, so spontaneous fission is not expected to affect the present results.
For some isotopes with $Z \geq 94$, the timescale for neutron-induced fission can become comparable to that of the radiative neutron capture $(n,\gamma)$,  hindering the potential production of heavier actinides. However, on the basis of experimentally known cross-sections, along the i-process path, only $^{241}$Pu appears to have  an ($n,f$) cross-section larger than its $(n,\gamma)$ cross-section (by a factor of about 4 at the thermal neutron energy of about 20~keV). Taking into account neutron-induced fission may affect the quantitative abundance estimates, but it will not change the fact that actinides are produced. For this reason, future simulations may need to include neutron-induced fission processes in the network.

 \begin{figure*}[t]
\includegraphics[scale=0.7, trim = 0cm 0cm 0cm 0.cm]{path_m1z25std6.pdf}
\caption{
Main (blue) and secondary (black) i-process paths (starting from $^{56}$Fe) in the MA$\epsilon 4 \alpha 04$ model, at the bottom of the convective thermal pulse, at the time of maximum neutron density ($N_n = 2.17 \times 10^{15}$~cm$^{-3}$).
A secondary path is considered as such if at least 30~\% of the total flux goes through it.
The size of the arrows scales with the flux.
The black squares highlight the stable and long-lived isotopes \iso{232}Th, \iso{234}U, \iso{235}U, \iso{236}U, \iso{238}U, \iso{237}Np, \iso{244}Pu, and \iso{247}Cm.
The colour of the different nuclei corresponds to their mass fraction at that time.
}
\label{fig:path}
\end{figure*}

In this Letter we focus on an AGB model of 1~$M_{\odot}$\ with [Fe/H]~$=-2.5$. As extensively discussed in \cite{choplin21}, this model experiences a PIE during the early TP-AGB phase.
During the PIE, five different models were computed with different spatial discretization, temporal resolution, and nuclear datasets. The spatial and temporal resolutions are controlled by the $\epsilon_{\rm max}$ and $\alpha$ parameters, respectively.
More specifically, a new mesh point was added if the relative variation in a structural variable exceeds the threshold value, $\epsilon_\mathrm{max}$, between two adjacent shells.
The parameter $\alpha$ controls by how much the timestep is allowed to change based on the relative variations in the structure variables. More details are given in Sects.~4.1 and 4.2 of \cite{choplin21}.
The lower these parameters, the higher the resolution. In addition to such astrophysical uncertainties, the abundance calculation is also affected by nuclear uncertainties, in particular due to the large amount (about 70\%) of unmeasured neutron capture rates involved during i-process nucleosynthesis. To study nuclear uncertainties, as in \citet{goriely21}, different sets of theoretical $(n,\gamma)$ rates were considered, and their impact on the abundances was obtained by consistently re-calculating the full PIE event with {\sf STAREVOL} and the updated nuclear network. More specifically, we considered three sets of neutron capture rates. In addition to the fiducial rates (model A), we also performed the calculations with model B -- which uses the photon strength functions from \citet{Goriely04} instead of \citet{Goriely19}, as included in model A -- and model C, which adds to model A the contribution from the direct capture component \citep{Sieja21}. Models B and C were chosen out of the various sets included in \citet{goriely21} because they give rise to lower and upper limits to actinide production, as discussed below.
Table~\ref{table:1} reports the characteristics of these five models.

 \begin{figure*}[t]
\includegraphics[scale=0.55, trim = 2cm 0cm 3cm 0cm]{flux_m1z25std7.pdf}
\caption{Flow chart in the Pb-Rn region in the MA$\epsilon 4 \alpha 04$ model, at maximum neutron density ($N_n = 2.17 \times 10^{15}$~cm$^{-3}$).
The coloured arrows from a given isotope, $i$, represent the flux ratio $F/F_{\rm tot}$, where $F$ corresponds to the flux of the $(n,\gamma)$ reaction $F_{\rm (n,\gamma)} = N_{\rm av}  \rho Y_n Y_i \langle \sigma v \rangle$, $\beta$ decay $F_{\rm \beta} = \lambda_\beta Y_i$, or  $\alpha$ decay $F_{\rm \alpha} = \lambda_\alpha Y_i$, and $F_{\rm tot} = F_{\rm (n,\gamma)} + F_{\rm \beta} + F_{\rm \alpha}$ ($Y_n$ and $Y_i$ being the molar mass fraction of the neutrons and target, respectively, $\langle \sigma v \rangle$ the nuclear reaction rate, and $\lambda_\beta$ and $\lambda_\alpha$ the decay rates).
The yellow area shows the nuclei experiencing $\alpha$ decays with $t_{1/2} < 1$~s.
}
\label{fig:flux}
\end{figure*}

\section{Synthesis of actinides}
\label{sect:nuc}

Proton ingestion events that lead to i-process nucleosynthesis can have a profound impact on AGB structure and evolution.
This was extensively discussed in \cite{choplin21,choplin22}.
In this Letter we focus on the possible synthesis of the heaviest elements beyond Pb through i-process nucleosynthesis.

In the fiducial MA$\epsilon 4 \alpha 04$ model, at the neutron density peak, the i-process mainly follows the blue path shown in Fig~\ref{fig:path}. From $^{209}$Pb to $^{215}$Pb, the timescale against neutron capture, $\tau_n$, is significantly smaller than the $\beta$-decay timescale, $\tau_{\beta}$, such that the ($n,\gamma$) channel dominates.
At $^{216}$Pb, $\beta^-$ somewhat dominates and the main path follows the chain $^{216}$Pb($\beta^-$)$^{216}$Bi($n,\gamma$)$^{217}$Bi($\beta^-$)$^{217}$Po($\gamma,\alpha$)$^{213}$Pb, which eventually forms a loop.

However, at  $^{216}$Pb, $^{217}$Bi, and $^{217}$Po, the ($n,\gamma$) reactions compete with the $\beta$ decays, and  a significant fraction of the flux (at least 30~\%) goes into a secondary path (black paths in Fig~\ref{fig:path}).
These branching points are important since they determine if the flux cycles in the Pb-Bi-Po region or continues up to heavier elements.
At $^{216}$Pb, the timescales against $\beta^-$ decay and neutron capture (at $T = 250$~MK and maximum $N_n$) are $\tau_{\beta} = 2.5$~min and $\tau_n = 2.7$~min, respectively. Although the $\beta^{-}$ channel dominates, more than 30~\% of the flux continues to $^{217}$Pb.
This is similar for $^{217}$Bi ($\tau_{\beta} = 2.3$~min and $\tau_n  = 3.4$~min) and $^{217}$Po ($\tau_{\beta} = 2.2$~s and $\tau_n  = 3.4$~s).

A crucial condition for synthesizing actinides is to have a neutron density high enough to pass the extremely fast $\alpha$-decay region at $Z\ge 84$ and $126 \le N \le 132$, which inevitably brings the nuclear flow back to the Pb region (yellow area in Fig.~\ref{fig:flux}).
If the neutron flux is too low, isotopes with $N > 134$ will not form and the nucleosynthesis flow will cycle in the Pb-Bi-Po region with $N<134$.
The minimum neutron density needed to overtake this fast $\alpha$-decay zone and build up actinides is about $10^{15}$~cm$^{-3}$, though the determination of its exact value is still hindered by the unknown reaction rates of the neutron-rich Pb-Po isotopes involved. As reported in Table~\ref{table:1}, all our i-process simulations in the 1~$M_{\odot}$\ [Fe/H]~$=-2.5$ model star lead to a significant enrichment of the stellar surface in Th and U. Our calculations also indicate a strong correlation between Pb and actinide abundances. We thus expect a CEMP r/s star enriched in Th and U to also have a high Pb abundance.

When inspecting the results for the different nuclear datasets, a few key reactions show important differences between the nuclear models.
At $^{217}$Po, for instance (which is on the main path in Fig.~\ref{fig:path}), 29, 3, and 26~\% of the flux follows the $(n,\gamma)$ channel for models A, B, and C, respectively.
Almost all the remaining flux follows the $\alpha$-decay channel back towards $^{213}$Pb.
This contributes to lowering the production of actinides in model B and reduces the Th and U surface abundances after the PIE (Table~\ref{table:1}).
We report in Table~\ref{table:2} the most uncertain, and hence critical, $(n,\gamma)$ reactions of relevance according to nuclear models A, B, and C.
Only the relevant reactions for i-process nucleosynthesis starting from Pb are mentioned.
An accurate determination of these reaction rates is needed to reduce the uncertainties regarding the production of actinides in low-metallicity AGB stars.

The production of actinides is mostly unchanged under different spatial and temporal discretizations during the PIE. After the PIE, the surface\footnote{$\log\epsilon(X) = \log_{10} (N_{\rm X} / N_{\rm H}) + 12$, where $N_{\rm X}$ and $N_{\rm H}$ refer
to the numbers of atoms of elements X and hydrogen, respectively.} $\log\epsilon$(Th) shows a scatter of 0.16 dex and the surface $\log\epsilon$(U) a scatter of 0.3 dex (cf. the first three models in Table~\ref{table:1}).
We notice that a higher spatial resolution slightly increases the production of Th and U, while a better temporal resolution reduces the production.

\section{Comparison to the CEMP r/s star RAVE J094921.8-161722}
\label{sect:comp}

\cite{gull18} reported the discovery of \object{RAVE J094921.8-161722} (hereafter J0949-1617), a red giant, CEMP star with ${\rm [Fe/H]}=-2.2$.
This star has a chemical composition between that of the s- and r-processes and was interpreted as having been polluted by both processes.
The only argument for justifying pollution by the r-process is based on the presence of Th in the spectrum, with an abundance estimated to $\log \epsilon (\mathrm{Th}) = -1.70 \pm 0.20$.
The scenario proposed by \cite{gull18} corresponds to a star formed in a zone enriched by a prior r-process event that later accreted some s-rich material from an AGB companion. Its chemical abundances would then reflect a combination of s- and r-processes.
In this section we discuss the alternative possibility of pollution by a low-metallicity AGB companion that experienced i-process nucleosynthesis.

To explain the present composition of J0949-1617, we freely varied the dilution factor, $f$, for each of the five models so as to minimize the $\chi_{\nu}^2$ between theory and observation
\citep[cf.][for details]{choplin21,choplin21cor}.
The $\chi_{\nu}^2$ was estimated based on the $\log \epsilon$ abundance of all available elements with $Z>30,$ except Th because its abundance decreased between the time of pollution and the observation.

The five best fits and residuals are shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:res}.
The dilution factors are $0.98<f<0.99$ for all models, meaning that $1-2$~\% of AGB material is mixed with $98-99$~\% of interstellar medium material.
The agreement between J0949-1617 and the models is reasonably good for elements with $55<Z<80$ (residuals are less than $0.5$~dex), as well as for Sr, Y, Zr, and Pd (although these elements are underproduced by 0.5 dex).
The elements Ru and Rh are systematically underproduced by 1~dex, and Pb is overproduced by $0.5-1$~dex.
But more importantly, the predictions for the s elements (e.g. La and Ba) and r elements (e.g. Eu) in the $N\simeq 82$ region are in excellent agreement with observations.

In principle, the time since the i-process event can be estimated from the Th/Eu cosmo\-chronometry through the expression
$\Delta t = 46.67  \, [ \,  \log (\mathrm{Th/Eu})_{\rm AGB} - \log (\mathrm{Th/Eu})_{\rm now} \, ],$ where\footnote{We note that $\log (\mathrm{X/Y}) = \log \epsilon (\mathrm{X}) - \log \epsilon (\mathrm{Y})$.} $\log (\mathrm{Th/Eu})_{\rm now} = -0.61$ \citep{Fowler60,cayrel01}.
This gives a lower limit on the age of J0949-1617.
The age estimate for each of our five models is reported in Table~\ref{table:3}.
The scatter of 0.92~dex in $\log (\mathrm{Th/Eu})_{\rm AGB}$ leads to an uncertainty of 43~Gyr on the `age' of J0949-1617. This confirms that an age estimate based on the Th/Eu ratio is not realistic. Even with an extreme precision of 0.1~dex on $\log (\mathrm{Th/Eu})_{\rm AGB}$, the age uncertainty would be about 5~Gyr.
A better age estimate can be obtained using the Th/U ratio instead.
In this case, the age is derived through the expression $\Delta t' = 21.76  \, [ \,  \log (\mathrm{Th/U})_{\rm AGB} - \log (\mathrm{Th/U})_{\rm now} \, ]$.
Since U has not been determined at the surface of J0949-1617, $\log (\mathrm{Th/U})_{\rm now}$ is not available. However, the age uncertainty based on the Th/U ratio can be estimated by comparing the values of $\Delta t'$ between two models.
The age difference, $\delta(\Delta t')$, between the considered model and the reference model, MA$\epsilon 4 \alpha 04$, is reported in the last column of Table~\ref{table:3}. It is given by
$\delta(\Delta t') = 21.76  \, [ \,  \log (\mathrm{Th/U})_{\rm AGB} - \log (\mathrm{Th/U})_{\rm AGB\_REF} \, ]$.

Different spatial and temporal discretizations lead to an age uncertainty, $\delta(\Delta t')$, of $\sim 6$~Gyr and different nuclear physics to an uncertainty of $\sim 9$~Gyr.
Although such an uncertainty remains large, an improved determination of the theoretical reaction rates above Pb along the i-process path (especially for the reactions reported in Table~\ref{table:2})  would lower the impact of the nuclear uncertainty on the predicted Th and U abundances.

 \begin{figure*}[t]
\includegraphics[scale=0.7, trim = 2cm 0cm 0cm 0.cm]{fit_eps_new_discret_nuc.pdf}
\caption{ Best fits to the abundances of the CEMP r/s star \object{RAVE J094921.8-161722} \citep{gull18} using the five AGB models listed in Table~\ref{table:1}.
The abundance of uranium is based on the \iso{238}U isotope only; the \iso{235}U isotope, with a half-life of $t_{1/2}=0.7$~Gyr, was assumed to have fully decayed. }
\label{fig:res}
\end{figure*}

\begin{table}[t]
\scriptsize{
\caption{
Most uncertain $(n,\gamma)$ reactions (above Pb) relevant to i-process nucleosynthesis, according to the three different nuclear models, A, B, and C.
The numbers give the ratios of the Maxwellian-averaged cross-section at $T=250$~MK, which corresponds to the temperature at the bottom of the thermal pulse during the PIE.
This table includes all $(n,\gamma)$ reactions that differ by at least of factor of 10 between two different nuclear models.
\label{table:2}
}
\begin{center}
\resizebox{8cm}{!} {
\begin{tabular}{lcc}
\hline
  &   $\langle \sigma \rangle_{\rm B} / \langle \sigma \rangle_{\rm A}$    & $\langle \sigma \rangle_{\rm C} / \langle \sigma \rangle_{\rm A}$        \\
\hline
$^{216}$Pb$(n,\gamma)$     &   1.57e-2  & 9.71e-1  \\
$^{217}$Po$(n,\gamma)$     &   8.72e-2  & 8.45e-2  \\
$^{229}$Rn$(n,\gamma)$     &   9.85e+0  & 1.21e+1  \\
$^{224}$Fr$(n,\gamma)$     &   9.63e+0  & 1.23e+1  \\
$^{230}$Fr$(n,\gamma)$     &   5.68e+0  & 3.79e+1  \\
$^{228}$Ra$(n,\gamma)$     &   8.93e-1  & 8.37e-2  \\
$^{232}$Ra$(n,\gamma)$     &   1.52e+1  & 7.64e+0  \\
$^{233}$Ra$(n,\gamma)$     &   1.29e+1  & 6.80e+0  \\
$^{228}$Ac$(n,\gamma)$     &   5.69e-1  & 8.96e+1  \\
$^{236}$Ac$(n,\gamma)$     &   3.39e+0  & 1.38e+1  \\
$^{232}$Pa$(n,\gamma)$     &   3.61e+0  & 1.13e+1  \\
$^{234}$Pa$(n,\gamma)$     &   3.62e+1  & 2.56e+1  \\
$^{238}$Pa$(n,\gamma)$     &   1.33e+1  & 3.08e+1  \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
}
\end{center}
}
\end{table}

\begin{table*}[t]
\caption{Abundances of the best-fit models to J0949-1617. We also give the `age' estimate ($\Delta t$, i.e. the time since the i-process took place, a lower limit to the stellar age; see text for details) of J0949-1617 based on the Th/Eu abundance ratio and the difference for the age estimate, $\delta (\Delta t')$, with respect to the MA$\epsilon 4 \alpha 04$ model, if relying on the Th/U abundance ratio (see text for details). Note that the age estimate for the MB$\epsilon 4 \alpha 04$ model is negative because the Th/Eu ratio in this model is lower than the presently observed ratio. The abundance of U is based solely on the \iso{238}U isotope since \iso{235}U, with a half-life of $t_{1/2}=0.7$~Gyr, was assumed to have fully decayed.
}
\label{table:3}
\begin{center}
\resizebox{17.5cm}{!} {
\begin{tabular}{lcccccccccccc}
\hline
Model  & $\log\epsilon$(Eu) & $\log\epsilon$(Th)  &   $\log\epsilon$(U) & $\log(\mathrm{Th/Eu})_{\rm AGB}$  & $\log(\mathrm{Th/U})_{\rm AGB}$ & $\Delta t$ & $\delta (\Delta t')$\\
 label &           &          &               &         & & [Gyr] & [Gyr] \\
\hline
MA$\epsilon 8 \alpha 08$     &   $-0.98$   &   $-1.27$  & $-1.68$   & $-0.29$ & $0.40$ & $14.95$  & $-2.25$ \\
MA$\epsilon 4 \alpha 08$     &   $-0.99$   &   $-0.92$  & $-1.16$   & $0.07$ & $0.24$ & $31.80$   & $-5.89$ \\
MA$\epsilon 4 \alpha 04$     &   $-1.08$   &   $-1.12$  & $-1.63$   & $-0.05$ & $0.51$ & $26.16$   & $0$ \\
MB$\epsilon 4 \alpha 04$     &   $-1.00$   &   $-1.69$  & $-2.28$   & $-0.69$ & $0.59$ & $-3.89$   & $+1.81$ \\
MC$\epsilon 4 \alpha 04$     &   $-1.09$   &   $-0.86$  & $-1.04$   & $0.23$ & $0.18$ & $39.01$   & $-7.21$ \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
}
\end{center}
\end{table*}

\section{Conclusions}
\label{sect:concl}

In this Letter we have shown that a low-metallicity ([Fe/H]~$=-2.5$) low-mass (1~$M_{\odot}$) AGB star experiencing a successful i-process (through PIE) can synthesize actinides, including a significant amount of Th and U. This production of actinides is also expected to lead to a significant over-abundance of Pb.

While the main i-process path cycles in the neutron-rich Pb-Bi-Po region, a potentially non-negligible fraction of the flux can leak towards actinides.
A neutron density of about $10^{15}$~cm$^{-3}$ is necessary to bypass the fast $\alpha$-decay region and build up actinides.
The isotopes $^{216}$Pb, $^{217}$Bi, and $^{217}$Po are shown to be important branching points where neutron capture competes with beta decay.

Varying the spatial and temporal resolution during the PIE leads to an uncertainty of 0.16~dex on Th and 0.30~dex on U.
The nuclear uncertainties have a larger impact, with about 0.7~dex for Th and 1.1~dex for U.
The different nuclear models allow us to highlight the most uncertain rates above Pb that affect the actinide nucleosynthesis (Table~\ref{table:2}).

We compared our models to the abundances of the CEMP r/s star \object{RAVE J094921.8-161722}, in which Th was detected. We find a rather good agreement for $55<Z<80$ elements, showing that the surface composition is compatible with an i-process origin. Most importantly, the Th enrichment can now be explained by the i-process and does not require additional pollution by the r-process.
Such a finding also opens the way to a possible estimate of the time since the i-process event, through actinide-based cosmochronometry, which would provide a lower limit on the age of the CEMP r/s star.
An estimation via the Th/Eu ratio suffers very large uncertainties, and a more accurate (although still uncertain) age indicator could be obtained if the U abundance can be estimated in CEMP r/s stars.
An accurate spectroscopic determination of Th (and hopefully U) is needed, especially in view of the difficulties in estimating the surface Th (and U) abundances in carbon-rich stars blended by CH molecules.
However, for a reliable age estimate, astrophysical and nuclear uncertainties need to be reduced first.

Despite the remaining uncertainties affecting the models, it seems clear that the high neutron densities encountered in low-metallicity low-mass AGB stars through the i-process can be a source of actinides, including Th and U. We consequently now know that Th and U are not  exclusively produced by r-process nucleosynthesis.
The AGB mass and metallicity ranges within which actinides can be formed remain to be explored.
Another open question is whether or not other astrophysical sites that host the i-process can synthesize actinides.

\section*{Acknowledgments}
This work was supported by the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique-FNRS under Grant No IISN 4.4502.19.
L.S. and S.G. are senior FRS-F.N.R.S. research associates.

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Rosenthal–Kloepfer syndrome, is a cutaneous condition characterized by abnormal growth of bone and skin, coupled with clouding of the cornea. It was described in 1962. Another name for the condition is Acromegaly-cutis verticis gyrata-corneal leukoma syndrome.

Signs and Symptoms
Presenting symptoms include unilateral or bilateral opacification of the cornea, which progressively involves the whole structure. Visual disturbance secondary to corneal opacification is often the presenting symptom. Other symptoms include furrowing of the scalp, enlargement of the bony portion of the eyebrows, and disproportionately large hands.

Cause
No gene mutation as has been associated with this disorder. Inheritance follows an autosomal dominant pattern.

Diagnosis
Radiographic imaging reveals thickening of bones, especially of the skull, and widening of the bones in the fingers.

See also
 Amniotic band syndrome
 List of cutaneous conditions

References

External links

Cutaneous congenital anomalies
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2014 was a very good year for HONOReform!
Once a year, we take some time from our daily work to reflect on what we accomplished throughout the year and set s ome goals for the upcoming year. We are so grateful to you, our fellow advocates, for your steadfast support of injection safety. Below is HONOReform's End of Year Report, 2014.
HONOReform is the only national advocacy organization dedicated to protecting patients through safeguarding the medical injection process "from manufacturing to disposal." Our vision is a nation in which health care providers always follow fundamental injection safety practices that are designed to protect all patients each nd every time they receive an injection.
HONOReform representatives, including Evelyn and Tom McKnight, traveled to India in September. Our aim was to visit cities and villages and observe healthcare delivery. We visited hospitals and clinics, and we had the opportunity to meet with local patient advocates. Along with our industry partners, we presented to public health leaders, national government officials and a representative of the World Health Organization. Our goal going forward is to help form an injection safety coalition in India.
Sadly, some healthcare providers in the United States continue to reuse and misuse medical equipment, including syringes. Additional focus areas this year included reuse and misuse of single- and multi-dose vials of medication and responding to increasing reports of drug diversion among healthcare workers. Through the HONOResponse program, active in five states in 2014, HONOReform is poised to help patients and communities immediately following a patient notification or confirmed outbreak.
HONOReform is a proud member of the Safe Injection Practices Coalition (SIPC), which provides support for the One and Only Campaign (OneandOnlyCampaign.org). The SIPC continues to develop and distribute new materials, and we continue to raise awareness among healthcare providers and patients about the absolute need for safe injection practices. In 2014, HONOReform discussed with SIPC colleagues a need to emphasize and extend the patient voice. As always, please contact HONOReform and allow us to help you access the materials that will be most useful to you and your institution—if you are a healthcare worker—or your family—if you are a patient.
HONOReform is particularly proud of our many partners in New Hampshire, who pushed for the landmark "Medical Technician Registry" and "Drug Free Workplace" bills, which were signed in to law in June. HONOReform was also active in working toward legislation in North Dakota—where an injection safety proclamation was established. HONOReform is dedicated to advocating for injection safety legislation at the state level.
HONOReform appreciated the many opportunities this year to meet, in person and online, with students from local and area universities and colleges, as they studied the consequences of unsafe injections. We welcome the opportunity to share the HONOReform story and highlight the need to always emphasize injection safety. Our academic partners include University of Nebraska-Omaha, Midland University, Methodist Nursing College, the College of St Mary, St. Louis University and Southeast Community College—among others.
We are grateful to our many donors for the ongoing support of our mission. Contributions to our annual appeal for donations, response to a request from founder Evelyn McKnight, were especially helpful. Contributions to HONOReform come in a variety of forms. Thank you for helping us to continue to safeguard the medical injection process in the United States.
We have designated 2015 the HONOReform "Year of Community." We encourage HONOReform patient advocates and family advocates, our many partner organizations, and the extended national injection safety network to join us. We encourage you to join HONOReform social media and help us extend the conversation and our reach!


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Uber drivers in London are making less per hour than previously claimed
It has been revealed by The Telegraph that a report compiled by Oxford University shows that Uber drivers in London are making £4 less per hour than the minicab giant had originally claimed.
The report revealed that after deductions for fuel and other costs, the drivers are making £11 per hour and working an average 30 hour week.
The London living wage is £10.20 per hour, thus putting drivers a mere 80p over the threshold.
Uber have welcomed the findings in the report, which was compiled through Ubers own data.
Last year Andrew Byrne, Uber's head of public policy, told MPs that drivers working on the platform earned up £15 per hour. This figure allegedly did not factor in driver-costs.
Byrne also stated to MPs that he did not know how many drivers did not reach minimum wage.
The report pre-empts a review into the gig economy.


Carrolyn Johnston of Carleton's Sexual Assault Support Services gave a fabulous presentation on the work of their office. As an institution, Carleton University does seem to care about sexual violence and sexual harassment, although we are hardly perfect. The Board of Governors was very engaged, which was great. I think the Board was doing its job, although many Board members had seemingly different concerns from me. I primarily care about preventing problems and helping victims if there are problems with sexual violence and harassment, a perspective that several other Board members also seemed to have. However, other Board members were seemingly far more concerned with crisis management and the university's reputation. Thus, there was much discussion about what to do if Carleton suddenly ends up in a similar situation to Dalhousie's dentistry program or uOttawa's men's hockey team and what to do before the 'journalist jackals' descend. I freely admit that such concerns are a responsibility of the Board. However, it was interesting that questions about crisis management and reputation primarily came from board members that I suspect self-identify as male and that questions about prevention of sexual assault and harassment primarily came from board members that I suspect self-identify as female. Carleton's Board certainly needs more female members!
Regarding sexual violence, there was an interesting thread about training. One board member asked whether training was effective. The answer was a candid we don't know because so few victims of sexual assault or sexual harassment end up reporting it. I asked whether we are training management people about sexual assault and harassment. Strangely, nobody knew of such training at the supervisory level, which seems troubling. I also wonder whether the "Carleton Leader" training has a specific component on sexual assault and harassment. How are we going to make progress on awareness of and policy on sexual violence when our supervisors and leaders are not explicitly trained in these matters?
There was also a fascinating thread about the burden of proof for sexual assault, i.e. where it should or will fall between the burdens for civil (preponderance of evidence) and criminal (beyond a reasonable doubt) matters. While individual cases of sexual assault clearly are criminal matters, how do universities deal with systemic problems, as seems to have been the case with Dalhousie dentistry and uOttawa's men's hockey? What institutional obligations does the university have in such cases? I don't know the answer, but at least the Board is talking about this. And the university president said that all Ontario colleges and universities are attempting to jointly draft a code of sexual conduct. While I am not sure that this is the right approach – codes of conduct are often used to quell free speech, such as was done a few years ago with Carleton's Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) – at least people are talking. This matter will undoubtedly arise again when Premier Wynne sets policy on sexual misconduct and sexual violence, probably in early March 2015.
As part of question period, I asked about Carleton University's 27 June 2014 request to the province to fund a pair of new buildings, for health and business. The vice president finance stated that he originally thought that the request had between a zero and one percent chance of approval, but he should try anyway. He then said that the province rejected our request in early Fall 2014. He said that all the provincial funding seems to be going to the three proposed new university campuses in the greater Toronto area (GTA). For this reason, he asked the Board to fully finance the health building on 2 December 2014 and opted to postpone any planning for a new business building for at least two and probably three years. It also means that our request for satellite campuses in Cornwall and Niagara have probably been turned down. That was all very important information. What is odd is that the university never told the Board about the 27 June 2014 request to the province for funding two buildings; never told the Board about the province turning down our request in early Fall 2014, and never told the Board that Carleton was shelving plans for a new business building for 2-3 years. Without question period, that information would seemingly have been withheld from the Board indefinitely, which does not seem right.
Some procedural problems still remain with the Board. The current chair only asks for votes in favour of motions, not for votes opposing motions or abstentions. The only exception is when he seems to want to show the world that a vote was unanimous, in which case he calls for opposing votes after seeing all hands raised in favour. This tack is a fabulous way to suppress contrary views. For more candid Board operation, I highly recommend that the chair always ask for votes in favour, in opposition, and abstentions on every formal motion, even for approval of agendas and consent agendas.
There is still no verbal recognition at open sessions of the Board that Carleton is on unceded Algonquin territory. There is a watermark at the top of the open session agenda stating that Carleton is on Algonquin territory, but written communication is not the same as oral recognition.
Carleton's university advancement (aka fund raising) office does a great job, but their standard coversheet is utterly embarrassing. It shows an image of the globe with the north pole somewhere in mainland Siberia and the foolish motto "Progress to the future". Stephen Harper has made a huge deal about Canada's territorial claim to the north pole, which is definitely somewhere in the middle of the Arctic Ocean and nowhere near the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Greenland, Alaska, or Russia. The equator is also misplaced on that globe, but at least that is consistent. In ordinary English, progress usually refers to the future, not the past. That said, at least our fund raisers are not from the Francis Galton school of statistics and eugenics, writing "Regress to the mean".
The Board congratulated its new secretary, Anne Bauer, who I think is truly remarkable. Furthermore, for the past two-thirds of a year, Anne has been doing the job of Board Secretary without the aid of University Counsel, which is not easy, especially because the Board only has one lawyer as an at-large member.
While the open session of the Board was short this time, it was lively and productive. While I may have some problems with some Board actions, it is an honour to serve on such an august and thoughtful body. This blog posting only reflects my opinions and observations from the open session of the Board. For a more official story, please see the official minutes of the meeting once they are approved. This posting does not include any material from the closed session nor from the Open Forum (the latter of which will be the subject of a separate posting). As always, I truly welcome your comments.


here are the exhibition videos!
Thanks to those of you who came to the show. If you didn't come and want to see the videos, here they are. If you did come, you may want to see them again!
Whilst all your photos will remain on this website (and more can be added at any time), in keeping with the name of the project, I am only going to be exhibiting 50 images and they have been chosen based purely on the quality and size of each image. Even ones that I've taken myself of some of you, haven't made the mark! So if you come along to the show (and I hope as many of you will do) please don't be offended if your photo isn't included in the final show!
This is an interesting article - check it out!
1 You can get work as a model if you're older – as long as you don't look it. Visible signs of age remain, for the most part, so shameful that you need to take all possible steps to erase them. Rhodes thinks that 45- to 60-year-old models have it hardest, unsure whether to try to look younger, or to go the older model route. Digital retouching has become the norm, but some models are prepared to take more drastic measures. When Carmen Dell'Orefice, who sounds like a Scunthorpe drag artist but, at 82, is the world's longest-working model, was asked by Vogue whether she had had cosmetic surgery, she said, "If you had the ceiling fall down in your living room, would you not go and have a repair?"
Is cosmetic surgery a normal part of modern life?
Look at what the countrywives have been up to!
I'm delighted to have been contacted by Grace at Country Wives asking for information for the soon to be up and coming exhibition at Brighton University. It's not on until June but we are beginning to make plans for it, and that, along with other work required for my course, is what has kept me away from here for a while. But I will be back, more frequently - I hope!
Firstly my apologies (if anyone has missed me!) for the lack of updates here. I've been very busy with university work and its taken me in other directions. I will try and update this more often; I've not forgotten my 50over50 women and this might be of interest to many of you. Do post any comments on the article here, if you fancy it!
This looks to be a very interesting article.