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France. At the horse race at the Promenade de Longchamp. 1802.
Fashionable Parisians enjoy a beautiful spring day at the horse race at the Promenade de Longchamp in 1802.
France. The fashions under the consulate. Ride to Longchamp in year X (1802).
The creator of the upper representation on our sheet that depicts the colourful life on the so-called "Promenade de Longchamp" near Paris in caricature-like exaggeration is unknown. One is led to believe that the art dealer and engraver Martinet, who traded in caricatures and fashion articles, is the author of this coloured engraving.
When it appeared, the paper had only a moderate price. Today, because of its rarity, it is paid with 400 francs (1880s). The promenade to Longchamp Abbey, where sacred musical performances took place during Holy Week, had been a popular destination since the 18th century. It has been the meeting place of the elegant world, where the most extravagant fashions of the Parisians have been presented.
A compilation of the latter also lay in the intention of the draughtsman, who at the same time achieved excellence in the characteristics of the various nations. The stiffness of the composition is also explained by this effort. At that time in Paris people had become serious and gravitical.
As late as 1807 Prudhomme *) wrote in the Miroir de Paris: "You can no longer see in the Parisians the serenity and cheerfulness that distinguished them twenty-five years ago; their faces are no longer so laughing, their faces are no longer so open. One reads on their faces business embarrassments, commitments, projects. Everyone behaves in a reserved manner, one person suspects the other, everyone observes the other."
*) Sully Prudhomme (actually René François Armand Prudhomme; 1839 -1907) was a French writer. He was the first Nobel Prize winner for literature. His most famous poem is Le Vase brisé (1865).
In 1802, when France was at peace with all nations, Paris was once again the centre of international society. The emigrants also returned, and one of them seems to be the gentleman in the middle on the right who still wears the black collar of the past epoch, the "powdered wig with plait and the old fashioned hat under his arms".
Also the gentleman on the chair in the foreground, who listens to a lady and wears clothes of English character, seems to belong to the royalists (Incroyable). The man in the green uniform and the two-corner with the mighty feather bush is probably one of the war commissioners or surplus officers who were unemployed at that time. It was not until 1803 that ordinances were issued regarding military personnel, including a ban on the wearing of feather bushes.
The exclusive garment of the elegant gentlemen at that time was the tailcoat of grey, blue, green, brown or violet cloth with metal buttons; in addition a round wide-brimmed hat, short trousers with white stockings, or wide trousers and Russian boots with wide lapels.
The tailcoat was extremely scarce and the collar of the same upstanding and close fitting. Under the tailcoat one wore scarlet or white vests with a row of buttons, fine folded jabots and cuffs.
In addition to the round hats, two pointed, very large Chapeaux claques (folding cylinders) were also worn, which could be folded flat and which were called à la Vintimille. The men's hair were mostly styled à la Titus or à la Caracalla.
Yellow buttons belonged to the blue tailcoat; white buttons were used for the green tailcoat, which was worn in all shades because green was the preferred main colour of the first consul (Napoleon Bonaparte). The wearing of high boots, which was supposed to indicate military inclinations, became so common that gentlemen with high boots were also allowed in the salons.
Although the female costume, under the Consulat no longer paid homage to the Grécomanie on such an exaggerated scale as under the Directory, it still goes very far in exposing the body.
The ladies brought not only the sacrifice of their health but also that of their lives to this nonsensical fashion. One quotes as such victims Mrs. Ch. de Noailles, who, nineteen years old, died leaving a ball, Miss de Juigné, eighteen years old, Miss Chaptal, sixteen years old, and Princess Tufaikin, seventeen years old.
Nevertheless, the female costume under the consulate was by far more moderate than the one under the directorate, which had already come this far in explaining nudity as the ladies' favourite fashion and in discussing a costume à la sauvage.
After all, the close-fitting, wide-cut robe with very narrow armpits still revealed enough of the feminine charms. However, no more gauze dresses were worn and the dresses were no longer slit on the side, so that the whole leg became visible.
But Prud'homme, in his Miroir de Paris (1807), still accuses the ladies of looking as if they were coming out of the bathtub and as if they wanted their forms to be seen through the transparent robes. Although her predilection for antiquity still prevailed, the tunic was abandoned as early as 1800.
The short body has just as little Greek as the hat, the hood and the turban with feather support. But in our picture you can see another lady who has wrapped her head in a veil in antique style. In the year 1802 yellow straw hats were generally worn, of which twenty facets were known at that time.
As early as 1800 it was customary for ladies to wear blonde or brown wigs, which were dressed according to antique patterns, mostly busts of Roman empresses. Such wigs were also part of the wedding gifts. The daughter of the murdered deputy Louis-Michel Le Peletier, Marquis de Saint-Fargeau, who was furnished by the Republic, received twelve wigs. But there were ladies who had forty of them.
The half figures below the main representation are taken from fashion journals from the period 1800-1803.
No. 1. Capote hat of percale (Indian calico).No. 2 and 3. Negligé hoods with tulle trimming; with a fichu (bosom cloth).
No. 4. turban with forehead curls.
No. 5. Hat of broken straw called chapeau de sparterie.
No. 6. Costume à la Vestalin.
No. 7. Atlas jacket with swan fur.
No. 8. Body with open sleeves à l'athénienne.
No. 9. Large hood worn in the house.
No. 10. Straw hat with a tulle cap underneath.
No. 11. and 12. Two merveilleuses. One wears a capotte-like hood with stiffened ruffles.
No. 13. Example of bourgeois costume, in which bosom and neck were covered without the bodice being cut differently.
No. 14. Turban with feathers.
No. 15. Hairstyle according to antique fashion.
No. 17. Hungarian hat (à la hongroise).
Parade in Long-Champ, anonymous, after Carle Vernet, 1802. Painter and Draughtsman Constantin Guys (1805- 1892)
Source: History of the costume in chronological development by Auguste Racinet. Edited by Adolf Rosenberg. Berlin 1888.
Fashion under the French Revolution 1789 to 1802.
Fashions under the First Empire. Reign of Napoleon I. 1804 to 1814.
The fashions of the end of the 18th century. After German Journals.
Bourgeois costumes in France at the time of the Revolution, 1794.
The French Republic. The fashions of the Directory.
The Days of the Directoire. Costumes under the French Revolution.
Paris during the french revolution 1793 to 1795.
The Public Walk at the Palais-Royal in 1792
Reproduction of the elegant Parisian society of 1792 in the gardens of the Royal Palace.
Incroyables and Muscadins. French dandies. The Days of the Directoire.
Pen-Portrait of an Incroyable by Honore de Balzac.
Nymphs and Merveilleuses. The French Directory.
Timeline of the French Revolution 1789 – 1799
Comparison of the French and English modes during the Regency.
Fashion in the Reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X. Restoration.
Fashion in the Reign of Louis-Philippe. 1830 to 1848.
Second Republic. Napoleon III. 1848 to 1864. History of Fashion.
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Looking for help with consolidated balance sheet. We began operating three companies this past fiscal year. One parent company and two subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions have been recorded throughout the course of business and at the end of the year we have asset and/or liability balances in all three companies as appropriate.
I know to 'eliminate' these entries when preparing a consolidated balance sheet, but am looking for help with the mechanics of this using SAGE 300 CRE software.
Do others leave the balances in the A/L accounts and close the fiscal year, just leaving this a 'report' issue?
One suggestion from our consultant was to change our GL settings to allow postings through that do not proof to zero and make cross company entries to zero out each account. Is this a normal practice?
If the intent is just a consolidated reporting issue, which is typically is, the normal solution is to set up a dummy company (prefix) that only houses the intercompany eliminations and then include that prefix in your reports. That way your source companies stay as they are.
I've also seen the same strategy used for book/tax differences.
Michael is spot on about using an eliminations prefix.
Not knowing your specific installation of Sage 300 CRE (fna Timberline) please allow me to add a few comments.
I am assuming that you only have one database. This makes the intercompany accounting through the subsidiary modules (AP, AR, CM, JC, PR, ect.) much easier to manage.
I am also assuming your GL structure is something like company-department-base.suffix. This is the prefix A/B standard most consultants create in Timberline. You might have only a prefix A or a prefix A/B/C standard, but that is not as common.
First caution, make sure your subsidiary modules tie-out to the GL.
Second caution, if you need to make corrections do them in the originating modules. Top side adjustments in GL will haunt you for years.
Following Michael's example of two companies (i.e. co 100 & Co 200), I typically used co 900 as my elimination company. I also used a common base account for the intercompany (I like 1999, but you can use whatever floats your boat). I differentiated the various intercompany accounts by using the suffix. So the intercompany account in company 100 to 200 would be 100-00-1999.200; whereas the intercompany account in company 200 to 100 would be 200-00-1999.100.
Hope this helps in your new and wild adventure of intercompany accounting in Timberline - Melvin.
I have 3 companies that cross operate. 2 that rely heavily on each other daily. I would be happy to set something up to discuss how I do this when things slow down a bit maybe at the beginning of February, if that works for you?
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We have four companies, one parent and three subsidiaries (2 construction and 1 equipment) and have an eliminations company in our system. P&L and B/S eliminations are done on a monthly basis. If you're doing your consolidations in Excel, you can just add a column for eliminations. I've done that at previous companies where the systems weren't as sophisticated as they are today. For any intercompany balances that are outside of A/P and A/R, we are "settling" them on a periodic basis (haven't decided if that will be quarterly or annual yet).


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Warp Drive Bio Forms Technology Alliance with GSK to Discover Potential Therapeutics in Oncology and Other Diseases
Collaboration Combines Warp Drive's SMART™ Technology with GSK's ELT Platform to Design One-of-a-Kind Chemical Library
March 29, 2017 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Warp Drive Bio, Inc., a life sciences company developing therapeutics that exploit the molecules and mechanisms of nature, announced today a collaboration with GSK, one of the world's leading healthcare companies, which combines Warp Drive's Small Molecule-Assisted Receptor Targeting (SMART™) platform with GSK's expertise in Encoded Library Technology (ELT) to discover drugs that address high-value intractable targets.
"This unique collaboration with GSK offers an invaluable opportunity to combine two powerful platforms to create an unprecedented library of up to 200 million diverse SMART™ compounds for the discovery of lead chemical matter against a set of currently-inaccessible targets," said Alan Rigby, Ph.D., chief scientific officer of Warp Drive Bio.
Warp Drive's SMART™ platform enables the discovery of small molecule drugs targeting disease-causing proteins previously considered to be intractable by traditional pharmaceutical modalities. It is estimated that more than 80% of human proteins cannot be targeted by conventional drug discovery approaches – such as small molecules and protein biologics – either because they do not contain a binding site required by small molecule drugs, or are intracellular and therefore inaccessible to biologics. SMART™ drugs bind to an intracellular receptor, such as FKBP12, and form a complex that assumes the properties of an "intracellular biologic," providing the opportunity for therapeutic modulation of a disease-causing protein. This novel approach enables Warp Drive Bio researchers to address targets previously considered "undruggable," with a vanguard program targeting oncogenic forms of the RAS protein.
Under the terms of the collaboration, Warp Drive and GSK will design a custom DNA-tagged SMART™ library that GSK will build and screen against a set of 'undruggable' targets related to diseases of high unmet medical need. Among the Warp Drive targets are RAS, SHP2 and Cbl-b. Each company will independently develop and commercialize products against its respective targets.
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Q: Select entries filtering rows with same field by lowest second_field I have a table like:
id(int)    flag(int)    price(float)

1          0            50
2                       400
3          4            200
4          3            150
5          3            100
6          3            400
7          2            120

I'd like to select all rows that have distinct flag, choosing the lowest price on every group of flag
So, in this example I'd get:
id(int)    flag(int)    price(float)

1          0            50
2                       400
3          4            200
5          3            100
7          2            120

Note that flag is not mandatory, so it can have a value (int) or nothing (null).
Regards
EDIT:
Just to make it mre clear.
I want to select all the rows that have an id and a price, all of them, without filtering by price.
Then I'd like to join only the row with the lowest price from each group of flags

A: SELECT id, flag, price
FROM tbl t
WHERE NOT EXISTS (
  SELECT 1
  FROM tbl tt
  WHERE t.flag = tt.flag
    AND (tt.price < t.price
         OR (tt.price = t.price AND t.id < tt.id)));

And here's an sqlfiddle for it.

A: The following query finds the min price for each flag and then joins them to the original data to get the id (and other information on the row).
select t.*
from table t join
     (select flag, min(price) as minprice
      from table t
      group by flag
     ) tsum
     on (tsum.flag = t.flag or tsum.flag is null as t.flag is null) and
        (tsum.minprice = t.price)

A: I'm thinking you need the Id column, if not you just need to do this
SELECT flag, MIN(price) as price FROM Table GROUP BY flag

If you need it you have to do this
SELECT TBL1.*
FROM table TBL1
LEFT JOIN (SELECT flag, MIN(price) as price FROM table GROUP BY flag) TBL2
ON TBL1.flag = TBL2.flag AND TBL1.price = TBL2.price
WHERE TBL2.price IS NOT NULL

This last query uses the result of the grouping, join again with the original table and then filter the rows where the price was different of the min

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In the work, silicalite particles were used for the surface modification of pH-sensitive field-effect transistors (pH-FETs) with the purpose of developing new creatinine-sensitive biosensor. Creatinine deiminase (CD) adsorbed on the surface of silicalite-coated pH-FET served as a bioselective membrane. The biosensor based on CD immobilized in glutaraldehyde vapor (GA) was taken as control. The creatinine-sensitive biosensor obtained by adsorption on silicalite was shown to have better analytical characteristics (two- to threefold increased sensitivity to creatinine, three- to fourfold lesser response and recovery times, a decrease of the detection limit of creatinine determination to 5 μM, etc.).
Additionally, the biosensor based on CD adsorbed on silicalite (Sil/CD) was characterized by high signal reproducibility (relative standard deviation (RSD) for creatinine measurement = 2.6 %) and stability during storage (over 13 months). It was experimentally confirmed that the proposed biosensor was not sensitive either to high concentrations of sodium chloride or to the macromolecular protein fractions and can be used for direct quantitative analysis of creatinine in the blood serum.
It was concluded that the method of CD adsorption on silicalite is well-suited for the creation of creatinine-sensitive biosensor with improved working characteristics.
Zeolites are minerals of aqueous aluminosilicate group of alkali and alkaline-earth metals, which have complex three-dimensional lattice and highly ordered structure. They can be both natural and artificially synthesized . An important characteristic of zeolites is the Si/Al ratio . It can be changed, thus varying the zeolite charge and hydrophobicity, the number and size of pores. These properties make zeolite an important material in petrochemistry, environmental science, agriculture, medicine, and many other fields. The chemical composition of zeolites can be represented by the formula Mx/n|·[(AlO2)x·(SiO2)y]·zH2O, where M is the cations of valence n (commonly Na+, K+, Ca2+, Ba2+, Sr2+, and Mg2+), z is the number of adsorbed water molecules and the ratio у/х can vary in a wide range from 1—for low-silica zeolites A and X, to ∞—for crystalline silicalites. For the latter, the cation concentration is close to zero.
Also, important characteristics of zeolites are low cost of their extraction, availability in large amounts, tunable surface properties, mechanical, and chemical resistance. They are stable in wet and dry conditions and well-tolerated by microorganisms. Nowadays, zeolites are of interest for immobilization of protein [2, 3] and especially of different enzymes due to high surface area, rigid and well-defined pore structures, thermal stability, and hydrophilicity . The enzyme adsorption on zeolites is a mild and non-toxic method of immobilization, which allows retention of the enzyme activity.
An idea of enzyme adsorption on zeolites has been proposed in previous work . Currently, a number of biosensors based on various types of zeolites have been developed using different enzyme systems: urease [6–11], glucose oxidase [12–14], acetylcholinesterase , butyrylcholinesterase [16, 17], invertase/mutarotase/glucose oxidase , etc.
This work was aimed at the development of a creatinine-sensitive biosensor based on pH-sensitive field-effect transistors (pH-FETs) using silicalite as an adsorbent for the creatinine deiminase immobilization (Sil/CD). Silicalite, one of the most studied zeolites, is known by its high adsorption capacity, hydrophobic, and organophilic selectivity. The development of a new method of express analysis of creatinine concentration is of vital importance because creatinine is a marker of kidney glomerular filtration rate [19, 20] and considered as a general diagnostic indicator of kidney function. Additionally, determination of creatinine concentration is essential at diabetic nephropathy, acute myocardial infarction, and for monitoring hemodialysis patients .
Therefore, this work was focused on silicalite application for the creation of a new biosensor for creatinine determination in model and real samples.
In the work, microbial enzyme creatinine deiminase (EC 3.5.4.21) with activity of 36 U/mg was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (Japan); bovine serum albumin (BSA) (fraction V), 25 % aqueous solution of glutaraldehyde, and creatinine were purchased from "Sigma–Aldrich Chemie" (Germany); DEAE-Dextran—from Fluka Biochemica (France); and lactitol—from Fluka (Switzerland). High molecular alcohol lactitol and DEAE-Dextran were used as the enzyme stabilizers; the latter also provides retention of the enzyme molecules in the membrane and prevents their washout. The working phosphate buffer (KH2PO4-NaOH), pH 7.4, was prepared from reagents from Helicon (Moscow, Russia). Other non-organic compounds used were of analytical grade.
Potentiometric transducers based on pH-sensitive field-effect transistors were produced at the JSC "Kwazar" facilities (Kiev, Ukraine). Each transducer contained a differential pair of two identical p-channel field-effect transistors placed on a single crystal with the total area of 8 mm × 8 mm. N-type (100) silicon wafer was used as a substrate. The gate of dielectric layer was formed from thermally oxidized SiO2 film 50 nm thick and Si3N4 film of the same thickness deposited in the low-pressure reactor. The gate area had zigzag-shaped geometry with the length to width ratio of 100, which provided sufficient gain factor of p-channel transistors. The p-type conducting busses covered with a dielectric layer were used to form the electric contact to the transistor drain and source areas. The crystal with FETs was mounted on the specifically designed printed-circuit boards (5 cm × 0.8 cm) for convenient connection. There were two pH-FETs on each chip, which allows measurements in differential mode to avoid an influence of the non-specific changes in output signal associated with the fluctuations in temperature, environmental pH, and electrical noise. The contact from the chip to the board copper layer was made by ultrasonic welding with an epoxy glue sealing. The signals from both transistors were recorded, and then, the signal from the reference transistor (covered with the "blank" membrane) was subtracted from the signal of the transistor covered with the enzymatic membrane (biorecognition element). The transistors demonstrated pH-sensitivity of approximately 40 mV/pH and transconductance of 400–500 μA/V, thus providing pH-sensitivity of the transistor channel current of 15–20 μA/pH.
More information about the transducer structure can be found in  and description of the portable measuring device in .
A silicalite layer on the transducer surface was formed by drop-coating. We used 10 % (w/w) silicalite solution in 5 mM phosphate buffer, pH 7.4. This suspension was ultrasonicated for at least 30 min, and then, 0.2 μl of suspension was deposited onto the active zone of each pair of electrodes; afterwards, they were heated at 120 °C for 15 min. Before the membrane deposition, the potentiometric transducers were cooled to room temperature and washed with working buffer from unbound silicalite particles. The surfaces of pH-FET with the silicalite particles and without them are presented in Fig. 1.
To produce the enzyme membrane, we used 10 % CD solution in 20 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) with 10 % glycerol, 4 % lactitol, and 0.4 % DEAE-Dextran. To prepare the reference membrane, the same components were used, but 10 % BSA solution was taken instead of the enzyme solution. A drop of the enzyme solution (0.16 μl) was deposited on the silicalite-modified working surfaces of pH-FET, a drop of BSA solution (0.16 μl), on other working surfaces of pH-FET (reference membrane).
After immobilization, the transducers were air-dried for about 30 min and then washed from unbound components in the working buffer for about 20 min.
Another procedure was CD immobilization in saturated GA vapor. In this case, to produce bioselective membranes, the solution of 10 % CD, 10 % BSA, 10 % glycerol, 4 % lactitol, and 0.4 % DEAE-dextran in 20 mM phosphate buffer, pH 7.4, was used. The solution for reference membrane was prepared in the same way, except that CD was replaced by BSA. After deposition of both solutions (0.1 μl each) onto the working surfaces of pH-FETs, the latter were placed in saturated GA vapor for 10–20 min and then air-dried for 15 min at room temperature. Next, the transducers were submerged into the working buffer for 20–30 min to wash off the unbound enzyme and GA excess.
Measurements were carried out in the 5 mM potassium-phosphate buffer solution (KH2PO4-NaOH), pH 7.4, with intensive stirring at room temperature. The biosensor and Ag/AgCl reference electrode were placed into an open measuring cell of volume 1.5 ml. The creatinine concentration in the working cell was obtained by an addition of aliquots of stock solution. The values of biosensor responses were calculated after reaching steady-state. After obtaining each response, the biosensor was washed from the products of reaction by changing working buffer (three times with 2 min intervals).
Non-specific changes in the output signal associated with fluctuations of temperature, medium pH, and applied voltage were compensated by using differential mode, i.e., measurement of the difference between the signals from two pH-FET electrodes (with enzyme and referent membranes), placed on the same transducer. All experiments were performed at least in three series.
The first stage of our work was the silicalite particles synthesis and characterization. To synthesize silicalite, we used 1TPAOH:4TEOS:350H2O. Tetraethoxysilane (TEOS, 95 %) was used as a silica source and tetrapropylammonium hydroxide (TPAOH, 25 %)—as a template. By hydrolyzing TEOS with TPAOH solution, a clear homogeneous solution was obtained under stirring at room temperature for 6 h. Then, the resulting solution was kept in an oven for 18 h at 125 °C. The material, which did not react, was removed from the solution by centrifugation, washed with deionized water, and dried at 80 °C. The silicalite particles obtained were analyzed with a scanning electron microscope (Fig. 2).
Given the results obtained with an electron microscope (Fig. 2) were shown that the silicalite particles were approximately 470 nm in size, the data of X-ray diffraction (XRD) presented in Fig. 3 were contradictory with results of electron microscope. In Fig. 3, XRD peaks should be identified and attributed to a crystallographic structure. The synthesized silicalite has five distinct peaks as (101), (020), (501), (151), and (303) which were indicating the presence of silicalite structure .
But silica particles are polycrystalline, and their size are very different from that of isolated crystallites. Crystallite size can be calculated from full width half maximum, but at our size of silicalite as 470 nm, Scherrer's equation underestimates the crystal size. As an example, Song et al. synthesized eight silicalite samples with different crystal sizes such as 20, 25, 39, 58, 74, 149, 300, and 1000 nm. They compared the particle sizes of the crystals using two different methods: from SEM images and from Scherrer's equation . They observed that the crystal sizes calculated from Scherrer's equation were not consistent with the crystal sizes observed from SEM images, and the results were underestimating the crystal size especially for large crystals like 149, 300, and 1000 nm. For that reason, in our study, the size of silicalite was given from SEM images.
Additionally, for surface area of the samples, nitrogen adsorption–desorption isotherms were obtained. The surface area of the sample was 448 m2/g using multipoint BET method.
The pH changes induced due to creatinine hydrolysis are proportional to the substrate concentration in the tested solution and are registered by the pH-sensitive field-effect transistors with corresponding enzymatic membranes.
Two types of biosensors were prepared using enzyme CD. The first was based on the enzyme adsorption on the transducer surface covered with a silicalite layer, whereas the second—on the traditional method of enzyme immobilization in glutaraldehyde vapor. The study was focused on comparison of the basic analytical characteristics of biosensors, in which different methods of immobilization were utilized. The calibration curves of creatinine determination in the working buffer were plotted for both types of biosensors (Fig. 4).
It was shown that application of adsorption on silicalite allowed an increase in the sensitivity to creatinine by two to three times, a three- to fourfold decrease in times of response and recovery, and a twofold lower minimum limit of determination (Table 1), as compared with a covalent cross-linking in GA vapor. Here, the linear dynamic range remained the same for both options of immobilization and ranged from 0 to 2 mM.
Therefore, the method of enzyme immobilization by adsorption on silicalite-modified electrodes was chosen as the most appropriate for the biosensor creation; for this reason, the further study was carried out using only the membrane based on CD adsorption on silicalite.
As the signal reproducibility and storage stability are the most important working characteristics of biosensors, it was necessary to check these options for the biosensor based on a new method of immobilization and CD adsorption on silicalite. To determine signal reproducibility, the biosensor responses to 1 mM creatinine were measured over one working day. During intervals between measurements, the biosensors were kept in continuously stirred buffer solution at room temperature. As seen from Fig. 5, the responses of Sil/CD biosensor were highly reproducible. The relative standard deviation (RSD) for creatinine determination was 2.6 %.
To investigate the storage stability, a special buffer with the addition of stabilizers and preservatives (10 mM phosphate buffer, pH 7.4 + 1 mM EDTA + 1 mM dithiothreitol + 0.1 % NaN3) was used.
The biosensors were stored in this buffer at 4 °C. On the first day after adsorption of the enzyme and reference membranes on the transducer surface covered with a layer of silicalite, the biosensor responses to 1 mM creatinine were measured in 5 mM phosphate buffer, pH 7.4. The responses of biosensors with initial activity were taken as 100 %.
Subsequent measurements were carried out after certain time intervals. It was shown that after more than 1-year long storage, the activity of CD adsorbed on silicalite decreased by only 43.3 % (Fig. 6). This is very high characteristic, considering that CD is known as an unstable enzyme. It can be an effect of silicalite as a carrier at the immobilization, due to zeolites high tolerance to microorganisms.
The next task was to test the developed biosensor in real biological samples, namely, blood serum of patients with renal failure, where the creatinine concentration is about 1000 μM. The composition of blood serum is complex; therefore, the analysis of its samples is quite complicated. Blood serum contains several buffer systems, amino acids, electrolytes, carbohydrates, enzymes, lipoproteins, proteins, etc. Especially, high are the concentrations of sodium chloride (137–144 mM) and protein (7.5 % on average).
To this end, the biosensor responses to 1 mM creatinine were measured at the sodium chloride concentrations ranged from 0 to 200 mM. It was shown that the value of responses distinguished by 2 to 7 %. Since the 1:20 blood serum dilution and differential mode of measurements were planned to be used, an influence of NaCl could be neglected (Fig. 7).
Considering possible variants of blood serum dilution from 1:10 tо 1:20, BSA was also added to the working cell in concentrations up to 1 %; no signal to BSA was observed, and no significant influence of BSA on calibration curves of the biosensor was found (Fig. 8).
Thus, the presence of pre-diluted macromolecular BSA fraction in the buffer does not lead to a significant non-specific response and faintly affects its value.
The developed Sil/CD-based biosensor has excellent analytical characteristics, high storage stability, and selectivity towards interferences. Therefore, in the future, it can be successfully used in the analysis of blood serum of patients with kidney disease.
A possibility of efficient use of creatinine deiminase adsorption on the surface of silicalite for the creation of novel biosensor was investigated. The procedure of enzyme immobilization is simple, rapid, and non-toxic. The conditions of creatinine deiminase adsorption on silicalite were optimized. The working parameters of the created Sil/CD-based biosensor were investigated. The developed method of enzyme adsorption on silicalite was compared with the common immobilization procedure in glutaraldehyde vapor. It was shown that the creatinine-sensitive biosensor, created by covalent cross-linking in GA vapor, was threefold less sensitive to creatinine and had three- to fourfold longer response time and twice the minimum limit of determination. The creatinine detection range of the developed biosensor was determined to be 0.005–2 mM. The created biosensor with adsorbed creatinine deiminase was characterized by good reproducibility (RSD = 2.6 %) and storage stability (about 13 months). It was found that sodium chloride at concentrations 0–200 mM and BSA at concentrations 0.1–1 % had no significant impact on the biosensor responses. This fact is crucial for the further application of the biosensor for creatinine analysis in blood serum. The method of enzyme adsorption on silicalite has such advantages as quickness, simplicity, the absence of toxic chemical reagents, and good reproducibility. The developed biosensor based on this method can be used for monitoring creatinine in clinical practice.
SVM and OOS performed the enzyme immobilization on the silicalite-modified pH-FET and studied the analytical characteristics of obtained creatinine biosensor. BOK synthesized the silicalite and took part in the deposition of silicalite onto the transducers surface. BAK planned the experiments, controlled the silicalite synthesis by electron microscopy, and made the XRD spectrum. SVM, OOS, and BOK processed the obtained results and wrote and arranged the article. APS and SVD proposed the idea of the development potentiometric creatinine biosensor based on the silicalite-modified electrodes. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.


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Q: Why ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(Context, String) doesn't requires API 23 When I use checkSelfPermission(String), Android Studio shows: "Call requires API level 23".
When I use ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(Context, String) then Android Studio doesn't show any errors.
Can you explain me that?

A: The Compat classes (ActivityCompat, ViewCompat etc) are just a neat way to avoid littering your code with API version checks. If there is a method that does not exists for all APIs or that has changed it's signature, the Compat class will make sure that the appropriate actions are taken for each API version. I suggest you take a look in source code to see how it works:
ActivityCompat:
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/support/+/37ae8a0/v4/java/android/support/v4/app/ActivityCompat.java


Welcome to the 1st episode of We Believe You: Advocacy, Resources, and Healing around interpersonal trauma. The goal of this podcast is to talk about healing and resources around sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking. In this episode, we are going to be introducing you to the advocacy team (Casey, Marie, and Jessica), going over some definitions and talking about our center's philosophy. Pretty much, we want you to know who we are and what we do.


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Wasteland locations
Vegas is the city of Las Vegas. No one is quite sure how the Soviet missiles managed to miss the city, but most folks figure it was because the "house" was betting against a missile landing – and no one wins against the house. There was an international rumor about some Russian general's markers being torn up after the attack, but that has yet to be confirmed. Undaunted by its brush with perdition, Vegas is still open for business and does very well for itself. The city is large enough to avoid conquest, and many elements of the desert rabble have even found gainful employment as enforcers or casino employees. Despite the relative success of the city, however, there are dark rumors about horrors descending from the north to taking up residence in the city sewers. All may not be extremely well in the jewel of the Desert.[1]
Las Vegas is large city that the player will explore approximately mid-game (after Needles) as it requires rifle-level firepower. It is filled with abandoned buildings (a very few of which contain stashes of loot) and nasty robots, including the infamous Scorpitron. It is in Las Vegas that the player finally encounters Faran Brygo, a plot element obviously derived from author Brian Fargo's name.
In the golf course is a stash of RPG-7s that can be retrieved by using a Shovel. This stash also contains a Sonic Key.
Enemies Edit
Enemies in Vegas are tough: equip your team with M1989A1 Nato assault rifles and the best armor you can find, and prepare to slug it out with death machines. Warroid Mark 1's, Sniperdroids, Slicerdicers, and Chopters are easy; Warroid Mark 2's are tougher, Warroid Mark 3's can be nasty. The RadAngel is a fixed encounter near the Temple of the Mushroom Cloud to the center-east part of town; Thugs can be encountered near Fat Freddy's and the Racetrack, a team of Cyborg Commandos is near the Vegas Jail in the northeast. The Scorpitron is in the center of town and is the toughest foe on the surface of Vegas - it has an AC of 10 (equivalent to Pseudo-Chitin Armor), can have anywhere from 50-250 hit points, and dishes out 9d6 damage per burst - fortunately, there's only one of them!
Chopter
Cyborg Commando (notable loot: Sonic Key)
Gundroid (notable loot: Sonic Key)
RadAngel
Scavenger
Slicerdicer
Sniperdroid
Warroid Mark 1
Quest Sub Locations Edit
Temple of the Servants of the Mushroom Cloud Edit
The Mushroom Temple can't be missed: it's easiest to approach from the central eastern section of the map from the desert. The Mushroom Temple contains the entrance to the sewers, and thus is a must-visit if you want to progress further in the game. The password is either "Oppenheimer" or "Einstein", or you can say you have a gift, and say "Bloodstaff". Alternately, you can blow down the doors with TNT and slay the Temple Guardians that spawn to fight you for a lot of additional experience.
Some of the doors respond to Picklock, others respond to Electronics or TNT. Using a Sonic Key (kill the Cyborg Commandos, or dig it up at the golf course stash) you can open the wall to the west of the central reactor room and access the sewers. The Temple also has a stash of weaponry to the west and armor to the east before the main reactor room (including M1989A1 Nato assault rifles and Rad suit. Charmaine carries a Laser pistol.
The player is strongly cautioned if entering combat in this location to avoid radiation. Rad Angels leave behind radiation in the space they die in, and a Nuclear Technician throws a radiation grenade at you in the reactor works if assaulted, leaving another radiation spot. Keep Rad suit on hand to deal with this nuisance. If you're feeling mischievous, you can tinker with the controls using Electronics and shut down the reactor's coolant, forcing a meltdown, which both opens all of the doors in the place and simultaneously floods most of the building with radiation. Your call!
This is also where the player can recruit Dr. Mike Scott and there is a hospital for those in need.
Sewers Edit
Access to the Sewers can be gained from within the Mushroom Temple. Use Picklock and Electronics or TNT to blast your way into the main reactor room, and then go west. In the room with the massive humming electronic equipment, go to the southwest corner. If you have high enough Perception, you'll notice a strange keyhole in the wall. Use the Sonic Key to open it. Go north along the hall into the next room, and go to the northeast corner of that room. You'll discover another door that opens with the Sonic Key. Pop the door and you'll find the ladder down into the Sewers.
A word on what to bring to the sewers. First off, you'll want good armor: you may want to consider going to Darwin Village and visiting the Black Market to grab a Kevlar suit for everyone. Since you'll likely be burning through 7.62mm Clips like crazy by emptying your M1989A1 Nato assault rifles at the cyborgs down there, you'll want a hefty stash for each of your Rangers. Bring at least two pieces of Rope - you'll need them to cross the river and a chasm down there. And last, but not least, think about bringing a Shovel, Pick ax or Sledge hammer to break through the weakened walls down there and open up the passages: a character with exceptionally high Strength also will do the trick.
As you proceed through the Sewers, you'll find various parts of Max. Here's a listing of noteworthy loot by section:
First Area - Power converter, Fusion cell, Servo motor x2, Laser pistol x2, Laser carbine
Second Area - Kevlar suit
Third Area - Android head, Servo motor, Laser pistol, Chainsaw
Fourth Area - Rom board x2, Servo motor, Kevlar suit
You'll have to bash a path through weak walls to the south to enter the second area. Use a Sledge hammer, Pick ax, Shovel, Strength or TNT to get through. The second area shares the same map as the fourth, but they're divided by impassable walls, necessitating going through the third area. In the third area, there's another weak-wall path to the north (you need to get through there to get the Android head to complete repairs to Max. Don't even try to cross the river: you'll get sucked out of the Sewers into the river outside of Vegas! Watch out when trying to enter the fourth area from the third: on the southern edge of an out-jutting wall near the door, there's some spikes that can do some pretty nasty damage. You'll need the Sonic Key to get into the Lab.
Now that you've got all the parts, time to rebuild Max! What's left of Max is on the tables along the east wall. On the northernmost section, you'll need to start with the Android head and a ROM board. Next down, you'll need a Fusion cell, a Power converter, a Servo motor, and another ROM board. Next down, you'll need a Servo motor. Next down, you'll need to use the last two Servo motors to finish the job. Prep for assembly at all stations, and poof! Read Paragraph 15, and get ready for the Sleeper Base, Project Darwin, and Base Cochise!
Fat Freddy's Edit
Fat Freddy is the local gangster in Vegas, arch-rival to Faran Brygo. His base is a casino; it's two houses north of Spade's Casino. You'll know the place because Thugs will attack you when you get close to the door. The password is "Bird". If you accept Freddy's offer, you'll get $1,000 in cash and get to go fight Faran; after you get his ring and come back, Freddy will attack.
If you decline Freddy's offer, you get gassed. Party members with Gas masks in their inventory aren't affected; everyone that doesn't have a gas mask (including those who are Serious, Critical, Mortal, Comatose, or even Dead!) are set at Unconscious status. If the entire party goes unconscious at this juncture, you wake up in Vegas Jail. If you've already freed Covenant, you're stuck, unless you've got a second group waiting to spring them from the outside: disc swapping may help if not. If you haven't freed Covenant, you can use Dexterity to free yourself, and Picklock to free Covenant. Hire Covenant, and he can get you through the cell door from the inside.
Faran Brygro's Hideout Edit
This building is the red building just to the east of the joining of the three streets in the north-central portion of town (near where the Scorpitron lairs). The password is "Kestrel", and tell them Crumb sent you. If you give them either of the fake passwords from the paragraph book ("Phoenix" or "Clover"), you get in, but the entire party gets Wasteland Herpes!!! Faran Brygo's place is where you'll get the mission to find Max.
Alternately, you can tell Faran what he can do for you, or attack: Faran will flee, and you'll have to hunt him down inside his compound. Get his Onyx Ring and give it to Freddy to get your "reward".
Spade's Casino Edit
This is the blue L-shaped building south of the golf course (in the western end of town). Stop by the bar, and you'll meet Crumb, who gives you the password to Faran Brygo's place ("Kestrel"). Other than that, this location is a Gambling hall and potentially a huge fight if you feel like mowing down the crowd. Two Laser pistols can be found here, as can a Kevlar suit.
Other Sub Locations Edit
A Certain Hovel Edit
This is the building to the southeast of Faran Brygo's (in the map on this page, from the central axis of the three streets, it's the second building on the south side of the east-west street going east from the central axis. This building contains a few minor fights, but the reason we're mentioning it is because one of the enemies drops a Proton ax, the most powerful melee weapon in the game. Get it! There are Gundroids found south of this building: fight them for an AK 97 assault rifle, some 7.62mm Clips, and a Sonic Key!
Vegas Hospital Edit
A large blue building in the southwest end of town (on Flamingo Avenue, the second street from the south edge of the map). It's on the north side of the street. Across the street are some cacti. An Exam runs $100 here; Healing runs $10 per CON point.
Vegas Jail Edit
Building on the northwest corner of the map. This is where you'll wind up if you mess around with Fat Freddy without having at least one character in your party carrying a gas mask. This is also where you can break out Covenant. There's a trapped stash here which includes 9mm clips, 45 clips, Grenades, Jewelry, M1911A1 45 pistols, VP91Z 9mm pistols, and cash. You can also find the Cyborg Commandos south of this building and get an AK 97 assault rifle, some 7.62mm Clips, a Kevlar suit, some cash, and another Sonic Key!
Vegas Library Edit
Building on the southeast corner of the map. Teaches the following skills:
Knife fight
Pugilism
Knife throw
Picklock
Silent move
Alarm disarm
Bomb disarm
Safecrack
↑ Wasteland Manual
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The Bell 206 is a family of two-bladed, single- and twin-engined helicopters, manufactured by Bell Helicopter at its Mirabel, Quebec, plant. Originally developed as the Bell YOH-4 for the United States Army's Light Observation Helicopter program, it was not selected by the Army. Bell redesigned the airframe and successfully marketed the aircraft commercially as the five-place Bell 206A JetRanger. The new design was eventually selected by the Army as the OH-58 Kiowa.

Bell also developed a seven-place LongRanger, which was later offered with a twin-engined option as the TwinRanger, while Tridair Helicopters offers a similar conversion of the LongRanger called the Gemini ST. The ICAO-assigned model designation "B06" is used on flight plans for the JetRanger and LongRanger, and the designation "B06T" is used for the twin-engined TwinRangers.

Development

Origins and JetRanger

On October 14, 1960, the United States Navy solicited responses from 25 aircraft manufacturers to a request for proposals (RFP) on behalf of the Army for the Light Observation Helicopter (LOH). Bell entered the competition along with 12 other manufacturers, including Hiller Aircraft and Hughes Tool Co., Aircraft Division. Bell submitted the D-250 design, which would be designated as the YHO-4. On May 19, 1961, Bell and Hiller were announced as winners of the design competition.

Bell developed the D-250 design into the Bell 206 aircraft, redesignated as YOH-4A in 1962, and produced five prototype aircraft for the Army's test and evaluation phase. The first prototype flew on December 8, 1962. The YOH-4A also came to be known as "The Ugly Duckling" in comparison to the other contending aircraft. Following a fly-off of the Bell, Hughes and Fairchild-Hiller prototypes, the Hughes OH-6 was selected in May 1965.

When the YOH-4A was eliminated by the Army, Bell went about solving the problem of marketing the aircraft. In addition to the image problem, the helicopter lacked cargo space and only provided cramped seating for the planned three passengers. The solution was a redesigned fuselage, sleeker and aesthetically appealing, adding 16 ft3 (0.45 m3) of cargo space in the process. A Bell executive contributed to this redesign by drawing on a sketch two lines extending the fuselage to where it meets the tail. The redesign was designated Bell 206A, and Bell President Edwin J. Ducayet named it the JetRanger, denoting an evolution from the popular Model 47J Ranger.

Bell Helicopter ended production of the Bell 206B-3 version in 2010. In 2011, used 206B-3s sold for around $1.4 million depending upon the equipment and configuration.  Bell intends for the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X to replace the 206 five-seat versions from around 2015 and compete with the Robinson R66.

LongRanger

The 206L LongRanger is a stretched variant with seating for seven. The fuselage, stretched a total of , adds two rear-facing seats between the front and rear seats. Since 1975, Bell has produced more than 1,700 LongRangers across all variant types. In 1981, a military version, the 206L TexasRanger was released. The original 206L used an Allison 250-C20B engine, and a series of model upgrades replaced this engine with more powerful versions; the 206L-1 used a 250-C28, and the 206L-3 and 206L-4 used the 250-C30P.

In both applications, the 250-C30P is derated from 650 hp for takeoff and 501 hp continuous. The 206L-3 is transmission-limited to 435 hp for take-off, and the 206L-4 is transmission-limited to 495 hp. The derating of the C30P produces an advantage in hot-day and high-altitude operations as it can produce the rated horsepower at higher altitudes and temperatures where applications that use the maximum rating of the engine at sea level suffer accelerated performance deterioration with increases in temperature and altitude. The 206L-3 and L-4 have not been offered in a twin configuration under those model designations.

In 2007, Bell announced an upgrade program for the 206L-1 and 206L-3 which is designed to modify the aircraft to the 206L-4 configuration; modified aircraft are designated 206L-1+ and 206L-3+. Modifications include strengthened airframe structural components (including a new tailboom), improved transmission, upgraded engine for the L-1, all of which result in a maximum gross weight increase of 300 pounds and increased performance.

Production of the 206L-4 ended in June 2017.

Gemini ST and TwinRanger
The TwinRanger name dates from the mid-1980s when Bell developed the Bell 400 TwinRanger, but it never entered production.

In 1989, Tridair Helicopters began developing a twin-engine conversion of the LongRanger, the Gemini ST. The prototype's first flight was on January 16, 1991, while full FAA certification was awarded in November. Certification covers the conversion of LongRanger 206L-1s, L-3s and L-4s to Gemini ST configuration. In mid-1994 the Gemini ST was certificated as the first Single/Twin aircraft, allowing it to operate either as a single or twin engine aircraft throughout all phases of flight.

The Bell 206LT TwinRanger was a new-build production model equivalent to Tridair's Gemini ST, and was based on the 206L-4. Thirteen 206LTs were built, the first being delivered in January 1994, and the last in 1997. The TwinRanger was replaced in Bell's lineup by the mostly-new Bell 427.

Operational history

The first Bell 206A flew on January 10, 1966, and the aircraft was revealed later that month at the Helicopter Association of America (HAA) convention. On October 20, 1966, the JetRanger received FAA certification. Delivery of the JetRanger to customers began on January 13, 1967, with the first aircraft being purchased by Harry Holly, CEO of the Hollymatic Corporation and previous owner of a Bell Ranger. In 1968, the United States Navy selected the 206A as its primary trainer, the TH-57 Sea Ranger. The Army also eventually selected the 206A for a light observation helicopter as the OH-58 Kiowa.

The basic shape and design of the JetRanger remained unchanged since 1967, but Bell introduced the 206B JetRanger II in 1971. In 1977, the 206B-3 JetRanger III was introduced with its modified tail rotor and more powerful engine. The JetRanger is popular with news media for traffic and news reporting. The LongRanger is commonly used as an air ambulance and as a corporate transport. On September 1, 1982, pilots H. Ross Perot, Jr. and Jay Coburn departed Dallas, Texas in the "Spirit of Texas", a Bell 206L-2 (N3911Z). They returned on 30 September, 29 days and 3 hours later, completing the first around-the-world helicopter flight.

In 1983, Australian businessman Dick Smith became the first helicopter pilot to complete a solo trip around the world in 260 flight hours. During the trip, he landed his 206B-3 (S/N 3653; VH-DIK) on prepositioned container ships to refuel between Japan and the Aleutian Islands.

In 1993, the U.S. Army chose the Bell 206B-3 as the winner of the New Training Helicopter competition, to serve as its primary training helicopter, the TH-67 Creek. The number of TH-67s being divested by the Army is too small to impact civilian markets.

On July 22, 1994, Ron Bower landed his 206B-3 (N206AJ) at Hurst, Texas, setting a new record for around-the-world flight by a helicopter. Bower had departed on June 24 and returned 24 days, 4 hours, 36 minutes and 24 seconds later, averaging 35.62 knots (40.99 mph, 65.97 km/h). Bower had added a  auxiliary fuel tank, which doubled the JetRanger III's range.

Notable accidents and incidents
On August 1, 1977, famous U-2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers was piloting a helicopter for KNBC Channel 4 over West Los Angeles, California, when the aircraft crashed, killing him and cameraman George Spears. They had been video recording brush fires in Santa Barbara County in the station's helicopter and were leaving the area.

On August 27, 1990, musician Stevie Ray Vaughan, pilot Jeff Brown, and three members of Eric Clapton's crew, Bobby Brooks, Nigel Browne, and Colin Smythe, were killed in a 206B crash.

On October 25, 1991, a Bell 206 carrying rock music concert promoter Bill Graham, his girlfriend Melissa Gold, and pilot Steve Kahn crashed into a transmission tower west of Vallejo, California, killing everyone on board. The cause of the accident was determined to be the pilot's intentional flight into known adverse weather conditions.

On March 9, 2009, Bangladesh Army's General Officer, Commander of Jessore Area and his pilot was killed when his Bell 206 crashed at Tangail Area of Bangladesh.

On August 20, 2014, Guatemala's Army Chief of Staff was killed when his Bell 206 crashed.

On February 11, 2019, Brazilian journalist Ricardo Boechat and the pilot were killed when Bell 206B, PT-HPG, crashed into a truck while attempting an emergency landing on a highway.

Variants

Civilian

Bell 206 Five YOH-4A prototypes, for flight evaluation in the Army's LOH program (1963).
Bell 206A Initial production version, powered by an Allison 250-C18 turboshaft engine. FAA-certified in 1966. Selected as the OH-58A Kiowa in 1968.
Agusta-Bell 206A License-built in Italy.
Bell 206A-1 OH-58A aircraft that are modified for FAA civil certification.
Agusta-Bell 206A-1 License-built in Italy.
 Upgraded Allison 250-C20 engine.
Agusta-Bell 206B License-built in Italy.
Bell 206B-2 Bell 206B models upgraded with Bell 206B-3 improvements.

Bell 206B-3 Upgraded Allison 250-C20J engine and added  to tail rotor diameter for yaw control.
 Stretched, seven-seat configuration, powered by an Allison 250-C20B turboshaft engine.
 Higher-powered version, powered by an Allison 250-C28 turboshaft engine.
Bell 206L-1+ LongRanger Bell modifications, including 250-C30P engine, to upgrade aircraft to 206L-4 configuration.
 Powered by an Allison 250-C30P turboshaft engine.
Bell 206L-3+ LongRanger Bell modifications to upgrade aircraft to 206L-4 configuration.
 Improved version, 250-C30P engine and transmission upgrade.
Bell 206LT TwinRanger Twin-engined conversions and new-builds of the 206L; replaced by the Bell 427.

Bell 407 based on the 206L with four-blade rotor system.
Bell 417 upgraded 407 with larger engine; project canceled.
 Chilean modified LongRanger III with narrow forward fuselage and flat-plate cockpit windows. At least two converted, with first flight in 1989.
HESA Shahed 278 An Iranian re-hash of Bell 206 components.
Aurora Flight Sciences Tactical Autonomous Aerial Logistics System test platform

Military
Bell 206AS Export version for the Chilean Navy.
 Canadian military designation for the Bell 206B-3.
Hkp 6A Swedish Army designation for the Agusta-Bell 206A. 21 units manufactured in Italy, used as training, liaison, light transport, scout and anti-tank helicopters armed with ATGMs.
Hkp 6B Swedish Navy designation for the Agusta-Bell 206A. 10 units manufactured in Italy, used as anti-submarine helicopters, armed with depth charges. This variant was equipped with emergency inflatable floats.
OH-58 Kiowa Light observation helicopter that replaced the OH-6A Cayuse.
TH-57A Sea Ranger 40 commercial Bell 206A aircraft purchased as the primary U.S. Navy helicopter trainer in January 1968 for training prospective U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard and select NATO/Allied helicopter pilots.

206L TexasRanger proposed export military version. One demonstrator was built (1981).
TH-57B 45 commercial Bell 206B-3 helicopters purchased by the US Navy in 1989 as replacements for the TH-57A for primary training under visual flight rules.
TH-57C Sea Ranger 71 commercial Bell 206B-3 helicopters purchased by the US Navy beginning prior to 1985 with cockpits configured for advanced training under instrument flight rules.
TH-57D Planned upgrade program to convert US Navy TH-57B and TH-57C aircraft to a single standard digital cockpit. This program never materialized in operational aircraft.
TH-67 Creek 137 commercial Bell 206B-3s purchased in 1993 as the primary and instrument helicopter trainer for the US Army at Fort Rucker, Alabama. 35 in VFR configuration and 102 in IFR configuration. The US Army currently has 181 units, of which 121 are in VFR configuration and 60 are in IFR configuration. All TH-67s display US registrations ("N" numbers) and are operated as public use aircraft.

Operators

The Bell 206 has been popular for all types of uses both commercial and private.

Military and government

Albanian Air Force

Argentine Army Aviation

Bangladesh Air Force
 Bangladesh Army

 Brazilian Air Force
 Brazilian Navy

Bulgarian Air Force

 Royal Brunei Air Force

 Cameroon Air Force

 Chilean Air Force
 Chilean Navy

 Colombian Air Force
National Police of Colombia

 Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

 Croatian Air Force
Croatian Police

 Cyprus Air Command

 Ecuadorian Air Force
 Ecuadorian Navy

 Finnish Border Guard

Greek Army

Guatemalan Air Force

 Guyana Defence Force

 Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
 Islamic Republic of Iran Army

 Iraqi Air Force

 Israeli Air Force

 Italian Army
 Vigili del Fuoco

 Jamaica Defence Force

 Japan Coast Guard

 Latvian State Border Guard

 Lesotho Defence Force

 North Macedonia Air Brigade

 Mexican Air Force

Royal Moroccan Air Force

Royal Air Force of Oman

 Pakistan Army

Peruvian Navy

Polish Police

 Serbian Ministry of the Interior

 Slovenian Air Force and Air Defence
 Slovenian national police force

 Sri Lanka Air Force

 Republic of China Army

 Royal Thai Army
 Royal Thai Police

 Turkish Army

Ugandan Air Force

Chicago Police Department
San Juan County Sheriff Dept.

 Los Angeles Police Department
Memphis Police Department
 Omaha Police Department
 King County Sheriff's Office
 New Jersey State Trooper
 United States Army
 United States Navy
United States Department of the Interior

 Venezuelan Army
Venezuelan Navy

Yemeni Air Force

Zambian Air Force

Former operators

 Australian Army
 Royal Australian Navy

 Canadian Forces
Canadian Coast Guard

 Chilean Army

 Indonesian National Police – Retired in 2007

 Jamaica Defence Force

 Armed Forces of Malta

 Swedish Air Force
 Swedish Navy

Specifications (206B-L4 Long Ranger)

Notable appearances in media

See also

References

Citations

Bibliography

External links

 Bell Model 206L-4 page on Bell's site
 Bell Model 206 GlobalSecurity.org
 TH-57 military version at GlobalSecurity.org

1960s United States helicopters
1960s United States civil utility aircraft
1960s Canadian helicopters
1960s Canadian civil utility aircraft
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Single-turbine helicopters
Aircraft first flown in 1962

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Mauricio Savarese The Associated Press
Aug. 25, 2016 Updated: Aug. 26, 2017 7:15 p.m.
Ryan Lochte.The Associated Press file photo
RIO DE JANEIRO >> Brazilian police charged American swimmer Ryan Lochte on Thursday with filing a false robbery report over an incident during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
A police statement said Lochte would be informed in the United States so he could decide whether to introduce a defense in Brazil.
The indictment will also be sent to the International Olympic Committee's ethics commission, the statement said.
The swimmer's publicists and his lawyer, Jeff Ostrow, did not immediately respond to calls and emails from The Associated Press seeking comment.
Lochte initially said that he and fellow swimmers Jack Conger, Gunnar Bentz and Jimmy Feigen were robbed at gunpoint in a taxi by men with a police badge as they returned to the Olympic Village from a party Aug. 15. However, security video suggested the four actually faced security guards after vandalizing a gas station restroom.
Lochte left Brazil shortly after the incident. Three days later, local authorities took Conger and Bentz off an airliner heading to the United States so they could be questioned about the robbery claim. They were later allowed to leave Brazil, as was Feigen, after he gave testimony. Feigen, who initially stood by Lochte's testimony, was not charged.
Lochte has since acknowledged that he was highly intoxicated and that his behavior led to the confrontation. It is not clear from the video whether a gun was ever pointed to the athletes.
Under Brazilian law, the penalty for falsely filing a crime report carries a maximum penalty of 18 months in prison. Lochte could be tried in absentia if he didn't return to face the charge.
The United States and Brazil have an extradition treaty dating back to the 1960s, but Brazil has a long history of not extraditing its own citizens to other nations and U.S. authorities could take the same stance if Lochte is found guilty.
That is currently the case of the head of Brazil's football confederation, Marco Polo del Nero, who faces charges in the wide-ranging scandal entangling international soccer's ruling body, FIFA. He has not travelled outside Brazil for more than a year to avoid being arrested by U.S. authorities somewhere else.
The charges in Brazil raise questions about the future for Lochte, who is planning to take time off from swimming but wants to return to compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He has 12 Olympic medals, second only to Michael Phelps among U.S. male Olympians.
Lochte lost four major sponsors early this week over the controversy, including Speedo USA and Ralph Lauren. But on Thursday he picked up a new sponsor — Pine Bros. Softish Throat Drops. Pine Bros. said people should be more understanding of the swimmer and said he will appear in ads that say the company's product is "Forgiving On Your Throat."


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Philly Pride Parade and Festival 2022
Held every year in June during National Gay Pride Month, Philadelphia LGBT Pride Parade and Festival brings more than 25,000 participators
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Philly Pride is held every year in June during National Gay Pride Month. The Philadelphia LGBT Pride Parade and Festival brings more than 25,000 participators to the city for a march down Broad Street.
Where to Stay during during Pride
The Gayborhood can be found on the blocks between 11th and Broad streets and Pine and Chestnut streets. In 2007, Philadelphia Mayor John Street dedicated 36 rainbow street signs around the neighborhood. Since then, the rainbows have multiplied, adorning more street signs (72 in all), homes and businesses. Stay close to the all the bars and clubs in the old city district of Philly.
If you want to be in the heart of the city, check out the Kimpton Hotel Monaco with a rooftop lounge overlooking the Liberty Bell.
Sunday 5th 2022 Leading up to the blockbuster main event festival at Penn's Landing is the parade. It leaves from the heart of the Gayborhood (Locust Street between 12th and 13th streets) and from there, winds through Midtown Village and Old City— past a judge's stand at 6th and Market streets — to the concluding festival grounds at Penn's Landing.
There are several different locations along the route where entertainers perform. Then, at the Plaza, performers and some 160 vendors gather to present the Annual Philadelphia Gay Pride Festival
Dates to be confirmed – At Penn's Landing, guests will find areas for dancing, all-ages fun, vendors and much more. Food trucks and cold beverages will be available for purchase, too.
Leading up to the Sunday festival, an entire weekend of fun awaits. On the Friday evening beforehand, a Pride kickoff party goes down at 12th and Locust streets. Here, guests can find food, drinks and various entertainment as well as discounted wristbands for the Sunday's main festival event.
Other Events and Parties
Bos Presents, Philly's leading gay circuit party promoter hosts a special Philly Pride Circuit Party
Speakers, community leaders, and LGTBQ advocates will gather at City Hall for the raising of the Philly Gay Pride flag.
Pride Night at the Philadelphia Zoo invites guests to rock their Pride gear while taking part in Friday Night Bites programming, which features prehistoric foods and snacks.
Where to stay during Philly Pride
The Ritz-Carlton, The Bellevue Hotel, Cambria Hotel, Alexander Inn
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The Philadelphia Gay District or "Gayborhood": The tiny Gay District is anchored by the tiny Colonial alley Camac Street (pronounced cuh-mack) and the quaint blocks near it, between Walnut and Pine streets
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5 Star – Luxury
The spacious rooms at Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia are decorated with warm colours and large windows facing the Business District. The marble bathrooms have a separate bathtub and shower. Guests can use the complimentary luxury soap and shampoo products.
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On Avenue of the Arts, The Bellevue Hotel, offers accommodations housed in a historic building. The rooms and suites at The Bellevue Hotel, in the Unbound Collection by Hyatt come equipped with Hyatt Grand Beds. Onsite shops include Tiffany & Co., Nicole Miller and Williams Sonoma.
Cambria Hotel
Boasting a fitness centre & rooftop restaurant & bar, the hotel is close to several noted attractions, around a 14-minute walk from Mutter Museum & around 1.5 km from National Liberty Museum. Free WiFi. Rooms features a microwave, refrigerator & coffee maker
Alexander Inn
The Alexander Inn is adorned with stained glass windows, detailed oak wood mouldings, marble tile floor patterns and framed artwork All rooms come with private bathrooms, in-room safes and views of the city. Some rooms at the Alexander Inn also have bay windows and seating areas.
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This smoke-free hotel features 2 restaurants, a full-service spa, and a restaurant. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, an indoor pool, 2 bars/lounges, and a 24-hour fitness center are onsite. All 219 soundproofed rooms provide free WiFi, free wired Internet, and iPads. Flat-screen TVs with cable channels and Netflix
Kimpton Hotel
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has a 24-hour fitness center and a bar/lounge. A manager's reception is free. Additionally, WiFi in public areas, valet parking, and coffee/tea in a common area are onsite. All 230 rooms feature modern comforts like LCD TVs with cable channels, iPod docking stations, and WiFi.
The Notary Hotel
A restaurant, a 24-hour fitness center, and a bar/lounge are available at this smoke-free hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a coffee shop/café, a snack bar/deli, and a conference center are onsite. All 499 soundproofed rooms feature WiFi and iPod docks, premium bedding and coffee makers
Sofitel Philadelphia
This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a snack bar/deli. Other amenities include a 24-hour business center, a conference center, and valet parking. All 306 rooms offer free WiFi, wired Internet, and flat-screen TVs, minibars, premium bedding, and separate bathtubs and showers.
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