a single-seat, twin-engine fifth-generation supermaneuverable fighter aircraft that uses stealth technology, is going to the ROK for FOAL EAGLE (and other potential summertime excitement).
What does the North have that the can only be stifled by employment the F-22?
We will see how well they do against Doppler effect and radio com with friendlies..and flack you can walk (not fly) on. Now that will be some 'real world testing' overlooked by AF 'experts.
How can we even be sure they'll be flyable in combat?
If war does come to the Korean peninsula, I wonder how much of a role the F-22 would even play in the initial stages. I can imagine the F-22 "holding fast" until North Korea's anti-air defenses are degraded to a level that poses acceptable risks to the sensitive and delicate Raptor. I think there would be parallels with the air campaign of Desert Storm, in which the F-4, F-16s, and F-111s played huge roles yet it was the F-117 and F-15E Strike Eagle that received the kudos and the attention.
"Radar: It is one of the areas where the Slam Eagle beats the F-15E. It is based on the APG-63(V)1 radar developed for the F-15C version by the USAF. It is not of of AESA type, but its back-end can accomodate an AESA array in the future. This radar in itself is definitely more capable than the APG-70 plus Boeing took it a few steps further for the sake of the F-15K. With the A/G software of the APG-70 ported to the new platform, new sea surface and track modes and ground moving target track capability were added to meet the specific needs of the Republic of Korea. The new radar also has some kind of NCTR capabilities, although this area is highly classified. It is safe to say that the end result turned out to be the best F-15 radar in the world ever (including radars in other foreign versions, for example the F-15I Raam)."
- F-15E.info, "Differences between F-15E and F-15K"
It does seem that the F22s are in their possible last steps in testing before becoming certified, maybe. Or did I sleep through the acceptance of the F22 by the Air Force for full usage?
No you didn't sleep through it. It's been busy suffocating pilots causing them to suffer from hypoxia. Who can get ready for war when you're busy killing pilots?
I don't even know why the F-22s are in the ROK at all. Seriously, between the present USAF, ROKAF, and available USN tactical aircraft, there should be plenty to beat the NKAF and chew the NKA up on the ground. Any combat aircraft described as "sensitive and delicate" hardly seems worthy of putting into combat, especially when we can't be sure the pilots will survive flying the plane.


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Francesc Xavier "Xavi" Molina Arias (born 19 July 1986) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CF Badalona as a central defender or a defensive midfielder.

Club career
Born in La Canonja, Tarragona, Catalonia, Molina graduated from local CF Reus Deportiu's youth academy, but made his senior debut while on loan at UE Rapitenca in the Tercera División. After being sparingly used in his return he rejoined the latter club for the 2007–08 season, where he excelled.

Molina was an undisputed starter for Reus the following campaign, appearing in 30 matches and scoring once as the team missed out promotion in the play-offs. In the summer of 2009, he signed for CD Alcoyano of the Segunda División B.

After being a regular in his first year at Alcoy, Molina missed most of his second (which ended in promotion) due to injury. On 17 December 2011 he played his first match as a professional, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 3–2 away loss against Real Murcia in the Segunda División.

Molina moved to CD Atlético Baleares of the third division on 31 July 2012. On 13 July of the following year, he joined Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the same league, earning another promotion at the end of 2014–15. He scored his first goal in the second tier on 23 August 2015, his side's first in the 2–2 home draw with Albacete Balompié.

On 7 June 2018, aged nearly 32, Molina moved abroad for the first time in his career after signing for K.A.S. Eupen. His first appearance in top-flight football took place on 29 July, in a 5–2 Belgian First Division A defeat at Club Brugge KV.

Molina returned to his country and its lower leagues subsequently, representing Córdoba CF and CF Badalona.

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India (हिंदी)
Story of a river bed, a geological marvel and community pride
by Manjula Nair on 10 December 2020
Mongabay Series: Eco Hope, Wetland Champions
Villagers from Bori Budruk in Maharashtra are on a mission to preserve a unique geomorphological feature on the bed of the river Kukadi that runs past their village.
The river bed features 'tephra', dust-sized particles from a supervolcanic eruption that settled over time into a sediment layer. The site is in the midst of a scientific debate regarding the dating of the tephra.
At the forefront of the battle to protect the unique river bed, are Pushpa and Amol Korde. Pushpa has been the village head for a decade and together with Amol, they have been implementing plans to protect their eco-heritage.
For villagers of Bori Budruk, the geological term 'tephra' is a local legend. The village, around 100 km from Pune city, is nestled along the banks of the Kukadi river. With a population of around 6,000, the villagers are all well versed with the technicalities of the geological term – tephra – the dust sized particles from a supervolcanic eruption that travels long distances in the atmosphere and settles over time into a sediment layer.
In this case, the sediment has made a journey of 3,000 km all the way from a Sumatran volcano Toba and settled in Maharashtra, indicates research. Well known among geologists world over, the Toba volcano was once dreaded, for having produced three massive eruptions that led to near mass extinction-like conditions with thick ash traveling all the way to Asia, Africa as well as Europe.
These three eruptions are said to have taken place 800,000, 500,000 and 75,000 years ago. The tephra in Bori, therefore, is a heritage site like no other.
The geological phenomenon is located alongside the Kukadi river which is the main source for water for domestic purposes in the village. Along one of the banks, also lies a smashan ghat (cemetery). Researchers from all over the world visit the Kukadi river bank for samples of tephra – which has now become the identity of Bori Budruk.
Bori Budruk's villagers are currently struggling to protect this tephra. At the forefront of this battle, is the couple Pushpa and Amol Korde. Pushpa has been the sarpanch (village head) for ten years now.
"When we first came to know about the tephra, we felt responsible for conserving it. This is something rare, and it is part of our village and our identity. People from all over the world come here and collect samples. We felt an urgent need to protect, and conserve this eco-heritage," Amol told Mongabay-India. Amol even went on to enroll for a postgraduate diploma in heritage conservation from Pune's Deccan College. "I wanted to get a complete understanding of the terminology. This would also help me spread awareness among the other villagers," he added.
Two families closest to the site have been assigned the responsibility of maintaining a register to keep track of all those who come and go with samples.
Pushpa Korde, the village head of Bori Budruk, along with her husband and other villagers have been implementing plans to protect their village river bed that has become a site of geological importance. Photo by Manjula Nair.
"We recently had scientists from Israel who were interested. We had school children coming in right before Covid-19 hit," said Amol.
However, the biggest victory for the villagers was stopping a sand mining challenge in 2016. "This was a big win for us all. There was rampant sand mining in the area, and a lot of the tephra was being scooped out since 2012. We took the matter to the high court, which directed the collector to stop the work in 2016," explained Pushpa. "Now, we feel more of a need to protect this site."
With plans to develop a site museum, and a five-village cluster eco-tourism trail, the local community has big plans for the site. "Our biggest problem is government funding. We keep pushing for the same, but since it's a village our voices often go unheard. We are worried that the tephra may not stand the test of time, as the river washes away the sediments every year. Compared to how it used to be earlier, the tephra is now concentrated in patches," she said.
The villagers have also formed a 15-member heritage conservation committee that regularly holds meetings with state officials. Thanks to consistent efforts, the panel signed a memorandum of understanding with the Deccan College in Pune in June 2020, to jointly preserve the site. Architects in the village have also drawn up blueprints and designs as to what the site museum could look like, with the tephra encased in glass boxes. However, there is still worry about the future.
Pushpa and Amol Korde from Bori Budruk are leading efforts to preserve a unique geomorphological feature on the Kukadi river bed. Pushpa has been the sarpanch for ten years now while Amol has pursued a course on heritage conservation. Illustration by Svabhu Kohli for Mongabay.
A significant discovery
The Toba supervolcanic eruptions spewed ash that settled into tephra and tuff. Unlike tephra, tuff is porous. Imagine a spongy-looking rock, formed from volcanic ash. This in turn has been classified into three types according to the three eruption timelines: Oldest Toba Tuff (OTT), Middle Toba Tuff (MTT) and the Youngest Toba Tuff (YTT). Of these, the YTT has been studied closely, with scientists tracing genetic bottlenecks, which meant a significant decrease in human population affecting the evolution of mankind.
The tephra at Bori, however, is the subject of a deeply contentious scientific debate.
Way back in December 1986, Sharad Rajguru, professor and now a retired head of the department of archaeology from Pune's Deccan college, was part of one of the first research teams that stumbled upon the ash. "The site was first discovered by another researcher and professor Vishwas Kale. He is a geomorphologist and found lower Paleolithic stone tools at the site. Later, I arrived there with a group of about four research members. One of my students who was with us, accidentally struck some whitish material that coated the riverbanks. We brought it back with us to Deccan College and examined it under a microscope. The same night, it was confirmed that this is volcanic ash."
Rajguru remembers how his team members celebrated over drinks that night. "This was a very surprising discovery for all of us. We were so happy to have found something of this magnitude!" he said.
Bori Budruk village, around 100 km from Pune city, is nestled along the banks of the Kukadi river. Map from Datawrapper.
It was towards the end of the 80s, when the villagers saw a young researcher Sheila Mishra who was Rajguru's student rummaging along the riverbed to collect samples of the tephra. To aid her research, Mishra even rented a room at Bori Budruk. Seeing Mishra elicited the villagers' curiosity. "They would often ask me what I'm doing. I'd try and explain as much as I could," Mishra recounts.
However, little did the villagers know, Mishra's work would transform their village into a geoarchaeologists' hub. It was after she published her research paper in the scientific journal Current Science that the villagers came to know of the significance.
Dilip Pawar (58) still remembers the time Mishra frequented his hotel in the village for her meals. "I was her point of contact," he laughs. "If there were any researchers who wanted to study the tephra, she would send them along to me. I would accompany them to the riverbanks, and show them around," he recollects.
"When she first came here, we had no idea that this 'sand' that we see everyday was so important. Now, everyone in Bori Budruk is proud to be associated with this kind of heritage," Pawar says.
Mishra's arrival however served another purpose, more so in a geological sense. Her visits entailed a scientific deep dive into the actual dating of the tephra. "I was interested in the dating. You see, the site first came into focus when Dr. Kale first discovered these Aeshculian tools that date back to the lower Paleolithic era. It is very difficult to date these tools in India. However, volcanic ash can be dated. So that's how I got interested."
A piece of tephra from the Kukadi riverbed. Discovered first in the 80s by researchers, the material has become the identity of Bori Budruk. Photo by Manjula Nair.
Describing her travels to Bori Budruk, Mishra says, "Since I had to spend a lot of time there, I decided to rent a room."
Mishra worked tirelessly over the next couple of years. She covered the stretch of the riverbank to understand the site's stratigraphy, a branch of geology concerned with the study of rock layers and layering.
After sending the samples for dating, the tephra turned out to be from the OTT era. "I was quite surprised when the dating turned out to be about 8 lakh years old," she said.
However, the dating of the tephra remains debatable to this day, with many in the geoarcheological community locking horns over which Toba eruption timeline it belongs to. Geologists and archaeologists from America, Germany, the UK, Canada, Australia and Taiwan have argued on the dating of the tephra, and study it closely to this day.
Protecting their geological heritage
Villagers at Bori Budruk continue undeterred in striving to protect their geological legacy. In 2018, fencing was done in a neighbouring village of Salwadi for about 700 metres to protect a part of the site. Apart from this, signboards were also erected, detailing the significance of the tephra. "We need funding desperately as all this money is mostly coming out of our own pockets," Amol said.
Earlier, the tephra lined the Kukadi riverbanks across 12 villages, with Bori Budruk having the highest concentration. It is now coating some stretches of the bank, and is patchy.
In his 60s, Ranjan Jadhav from Bori Budruk, said they never thought the sandy substance they saw near the river would be so significant.
The Kukadi river flowing through Bori Budruk is used by the villagers for domestic purposes and agriculture. The community maintains a watch for pollution, sand mining and even visitors coming to the river bed. Photo by Manjula Nair.
Reminiscing on the earlier days, he said, "People used to walk down to Bori Budruk from Narayangaon about 16 km away. There was no road, nor any vehicle. A handful had cycles. We would spot Mishra, but nobody gave her a second glance. At that time, we never really knew that it would be something so big. It's 34 years since then and now 'tephra' is a word that's part of our common tongue," he chuckles.
Sudha Vaddadi a geological consultant who was formerly associated with the Geological Survey of India (GSI), says the villagers are doing an exemplary job of conservation. In June 2019, when the villagers had convened a meeting with stakeholders for suggestions on conserving the site, Vaddadi was one of the experts who was called in, along with Rajguru and Mishra.
"They are doing commendable work trying to protect this heritage site, and transform it into an eco-tourism spot. Unfortunately, in India not much is done in terms of heritage conservation and protection. Most of these sites are dilapidated and their significance is undervalued. For the villagers to come together and do so much is very inspiring," she said.
Jadhav is now worried about the legacy of the tephra. "Here, the tephra is the stuff of local lore. All the little children know about this. Our generation didn't know, and we didn't do much to protect it. The current generation is doing the best they can. Let's hope it will be enough."
Read more: People power to clean up Pune river bit by bit
Illustration by Svabhu Kohli, an independent visual storyteller based in India. Deeply inspired by the natural world and its mechanics, in recent times, their practice focuses on the intersection of magical-realism; collective memory and storytelling as a tool to understand our relationship with the universe and its complex life forms.
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California DOC Guards Win Injunction to Stop Prisoner Transfers Out-Of-State; Transfers Continue While State Appeals
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2007 published in Prison Legal News November, 2007, page 32
Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Overcrowding, Staffing, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Guards/Staff, Guard Unions. Location: California.
The Superior Court of Sacramento County has granted a writ of mandate prohibiting the transfer of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) prisoners to out-of-state facilities to alleviate the prison system's chronic overcrowding crisis.
The California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA), the union that represents state prison guards, had sued in Superior Court challenging Governor Schwarzenegger's declared "state of emergency" as an improper use of power to overcome the normal illegality of such transfers. Prior to the writ's issuance, on February 20, 2007, some 354 "volunteer" prisoners had already been transferred to a Corrections Corporation of America facility in Tennessee.
In a rare case that put the guard union on the same side as prisoner advocates, the CCPOA fought to stem the flow of involuntary transfers to out-of-state lockups. The union argued that their members' safety was at issue, stating that guards could be injured when they had to extract and ship 8,000 angry prisoners for forced transfers. More likely, the union was (correctly) worried that this was a bargaining tactic by Gov.
Schwarzenegger in their contested labor contract negotiations: knuckle under or kiss your jobs goodbye. Out-of-state private prisons charge California less than one-half of in-state prison costs, which are inflated in large part due to the hefty salaries of CCPOA personnel.
On September 12, 2007 the CCPOA rejected the Governor's "last, best and final" contract offer; the state then implemented the contract anyway and asserted management rights over staffing positions and other work-related issues that the union had previously controlled.
Besides having to deal with the CCPOA, Gov. Schwarzenegger was facing additional pressure "anticipated federal-court-ordered population caps to remedy unconstitutional prison overcrowding. California's current prison population of 173,000 is double CDCR's design capacity, and resultant failures in medical care, psychological care and ADA compliance are driving federal judges in three pending lawsuits to cap the population.
This puts the CCPOA in a real bind: On one hand they don't want prison population (and hence prison guard job) reductions, but on the other hand they don't want California to "solve" its prison overcrowding problem by contracting with non-union companies. The CCPOA gained a 37% wage increase in its last five-year contract, and was seeking more raises in the failed contact renewal negotiations (California prison guards already have a $70,000 base salary). At the same time, Gov. Schwarzenegger and elected state legislators are set against early releases for so much as one non-violent prisoner, for fear of a union-financed "Willie Horton"-type smear campaign at the polls.
Against this backdrop, the Superior Court agreed with the union and ruled that the Governor's use of a "state of emergency" declaration to get around the constitutional [Cal.Const., Art. VII] and statutory [Government Code § 19130(b)(10)] prohibition against farming out California state jobs to out-of-state companies was illegal. Noting that the "emergency" was not tied to a shortage of state personnel but rather to the lack of sufficient facilities, the court found for the union and declared Gov. Schwarzenegger's "state of emergency" proclamation unlawful and the contracts with the private prison companies unauthorized, but stayed its order for ten days to permit the state to appeal.
The Third District Court of Appeal at first stayed the transfers. But on May 21, 2007, it issued an interim ruling permitting resumption of out-of-state transfers to help California "avoid a court-ordered release of dangerous felons," a reference to the feared prison population caps that were expected to be imposed by the federal courts as a result of severe overcrowding. The CCPOA's case is still pending on appeal.
CDCR expects to transfer 400 prisoners per month until 8,000 (the maximum allowed under state law) are held in privately-operated CCA lockups in Arizona, Mississippi and Tennessee. Housing these prisoners in out-of-state facilities will cost California taxpayers a combined $115 million per year. According to the CDCR, this will give the state time to build 53,000 new cells under a $7.8 billion prison construction plan approved by the state legislature in April 2007. An estimated 18,000 of the state's 173,000 prisoners are currently sleeping in gym and laundry areas.
Of the initial 354 out-of-state transferees, one died in a Tennessee prison due to a heart attack. Ironically, the CCPOA proclaimed that CDCR would have given him better medical care, notwithstanding that in May 2007, CDCR's federally-appointed healthcare receiver, Robert Sillen, replaced all CCPOA-member Medical Technical Assistants with nurses. As of July 2007, three other California prisoners had died in out-of-state facilities, prompting Sillen to begin an investigation into the deaths.
See: CCPOA v. Schwarzenegger, Sacramento Superior Court, Case No. 06CS01568, Order Granting Petition, February 20, 2007. The ruling is posted on the PLN website.
Other sources: Mercury News, nbcsandiego.com, scpr.org
CCPOA v. Schwarzenegger
Sacramento Superior Court, Case No. 06CS01568
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California DOC Pays PLN's Attorneys $320,000 In Fees/Costs Related To Mail Censorship Settlement, by John Dannenberg
Cook County, Illinois, To Pay $4,575,000 for Nonconsensual STD Testing
$150,000 Settlement in Suit over Atlanta Prisoner's Fall-Related Death
Utah DOC Audit: Ingrained Staff Cronyism Stymies Workplace Effectiveness, by John Dannenberg
California DOC Contract Registry Pharmacist Accused of Diverting 93% of Referrals to His Own Corporation
New York High Court Invokes Due Process Rights for Civil Commitment of Alleged Sexual Predators
Pennsylvania Prison Legal Mail Policy Unconstitutional, Enjoined, by Matthew Clarke
California's Prison Drug Procurements Separate from Other State Agencies
Federal Prisoner Beaten On Texas Recreation Yard Awarded $350,000
California DOC Federal Healthcare Receiver Issues Master Remedial Plan, by John Dannenberg
"Please Rip Us Off" Florida Officials Tell Private Prison Companies, by David Reutter
Study on Barriers to Employment of Ex-Prisoners in Milwaukee Released, by Matthew Clarke
California Inspector General: $1 Billion In DOC Drug Treatment Program "A Complete Waste Of Money", by Marvin Mentor
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Sheriff, Undersheriff and Deputies Resign Over Safety Issues at Oklahoma Jail, July 3, 2019. Guards/Staff, Failure to Protect (Staff).
Michigan Prisoner Dies from Cocaine Overdose, Sergeant and Paramedics Charged, $3.75 Million Settlement, July 2, 2019. Misconduct/Corruption, Medical, Drug Overdose, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Drug Treatment/Rehab.
Monterey County, California, Jail Struggles, History of Suicides, June 17, 2019. Medical, Jail Specific, Suicides, Guards/Staff, Failure to Protect (Staff).
Third Circuit: Female Jail Guard Loses Discrimination, Wrongful Termination Case, June 5, 2019. Discrimination, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Guards/Staff, Employee Litigation.


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De tram van Duisburg vormt samen met de Stadtbahn-lijn U79 de ruggegraat van het openbaar vervoer in en om de Duitse stad Duisburg. Het normaalsporige net met een lengte van 44 kilometer wordt door de Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft (DVG) geëxploiteerd. De eerste elektrische trams reden al in 1897. Vanaf de jaren 1970 werd een deel van het tramnetwerk omgebouwd tot Stadtbahn. Sinds het jaar 2000 zijn geen tunnels meer geopend.

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Het totale netwerk bestaat (in 2022) uit drie tramlijnen: de 901 en 903 plus evenementenlijn 902. Lijn 901 en 903 zijn vrij lange lijnen en kennen een interlokale uitloper naar Mülheim en Dinslaken waarbij binnen Duisburg met een hogere frequentie wordt gereden. Daarnaast komt de Stadtbahlijn U79 uit Düsseldorf tot voorbij het centrum van Duisburg tot Meiderich Bahnhof.

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July 5, 2021 by Ayran Leave a Comment
You can quickly see if your Apple Watch is running low on battery through its display. A red lightning bolt symbol would appear on the screen to signify that it needs to be juiced up soon. Ideally, your Apple Watch shouldn't be fully depleted before you charge it again. You can check its battery percentage at the top right corner of the screen. Either that or swipe up to Control Center and you'll see the battery percentage there.
One of the best ways to prolong the battery life of your Apple Watch is to charge it before the battery completely dies. Using the appropriate charger for this is important, too. Unfortunately, the only way to charge the latest Apple Watch models right now is by using a magnetic charger. So, without a magnetic charger, you currently can't possibly charge your Apple Watch.
You can choose between the Apple Magnetic Charging Cable or the Apple Watch Magnetic Charging Dock. Another option would be those Apple-approved portable chargers designed to charge Apple Watches. Here's how to properly charge your Apple Watch using a magnetic charger:
Carefully remove your Apple Watch from your wrist.
Connect the charging cable or dock to a USB adapter.
Connect the USB adapter to a power source or outlet. If it's a portable charger, simply connect it to your power bank or any power source with a USB output.
Place the back of your Apple Watch on the charger.
Align the magnets of the charger with the Apple Watch to secure it in place. It should start charging once it's connected properly. A green lightning bolt should appear on the screen to indicate that it's charging.
Wait until the battery is fully charged, give or take two and a half hours.
Once the Apple Watch is fully charged, carefully remove it from the charger.
DIY Apple Watch Docks
On the other hand, if you have the Apple Watch Series 2, there might actually be another way to charge your device aside from using a magnetic charger. Take the bottom band off your Apple Watch Series 2 and you should find a connection slot. Inside it is a six-pin port that can supposedly be used to charge the device.
A company called Reserve Strap actually designed a watch strap that can take advantage of this pinhole. This watch band can be attached to the six-pin port and charge the Apple Watch wirelessly. That means that you can charge it while also wearing it. Isn't that amazing?
However, this pinhole feature was not acknowledged or addressed by Apple. In addition, they removed this pinhole in the next generations of the Apple Watch. Hence, this watch strap has been discontinued since it can't be used in the following series anymore.
The Apple Watch also does not support the Qi charging standard. This means that aside from using a magnetic charger, you can't charge it wirelessly. So even if you have a wireless charging dock or mat, it won't work with an Apple Watch.
Even though it's still not possible to charge your Apple Watch without a magnetic charger at present, don't lose hope! When it comes to technology and innovation, the possibilities are limitless. You may not be able to do so now but the Apple Watch may be upgraded in the future to be compatible with wireless charging, who knows?
Right now, the most important thing is to charge your Apple Watch regularly so that it always has sufficient battery when you use it. Aside from a long time of usage, a fully charged Apple Watch also enables you to maximize its functions and features.
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Maryland men's lacrosse knows it can't coast through the Big Ten tourney
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Maryland men's lacrosse won 14-13 over rival Johns Hopkins on April 24, 2021. (Autumn Hengen/The Diamondback)
Maryland men's lacrosse hasn't played in a postseason game since May 18, 2019, when it suffered a heartbreaking loss to Virginia in the NCAA quarterfinals. The program also hasn't lost a game since Feb. 18, 2020, a regular season mishap to Villanova.
But even after an undefeated regular season, none of that matters now. The Terps are set to embark on what they hope will be a deep postseason run. Now that each game matters a little bit more, Maryland is taking on a new mentality.
"It's championship week," coach John Tillman said. "That's kind of the way we've looked at it. You had the regular season, and now you've worked all year, you were able to secure a spot in our tournament. Now, it's a new type of challenge."
The Terps know they'll be well-positioned in the NCAA tournament even if they happen to drop a game in the Big Ten tournament. But they're still treating this weekend like it's win or go home.
"You have a 10-week regular season, and now it's a one-game season," Tillman said. "You lose, you go home."
[Seven Maryland men's lacrosse players receive All-Big Ten accolades]
Maryland will take on Michigan for the third time this season Thursday in University Park, Pennsylvania. The Terps have won the previous two battles by a combined 17 goals, including an 11-point lead in the season opener on Feb. 20.
However, the 3-8 Wolverines have picked it up late in the season. They took home a four-goal win over Ohio State in the opening round of the tournament, after losing their previous two games by a combined two goals.
Tillman's squad understands that any team still sparking at this point in the year is going to give Maryland its best shot.
"At this point when you look around, two teams in our conference aren't playing anymore," defender John Geppert said. "After Thursday, another two. And then after Saturday, nobody is guaranteed anything. So, now it's like we're fighting to stay alive."
With that quarterfinal exit in 2019 and a canceled postseason in 2020, most of the Terps' roster hasn't experienced a deep tournament run — besides Jared Bernhardt and Anthony DeMaio, who were freshmen on the 2017 national championship team.
[Freshman Eric Malever is emerging as a star for Maryland men's lacrosse]
But even with a lack of postseason experience, Maryland's veteran leadership is unparalleled in the Big Ten. And it'll be relying on those veterans during the quest toward the team's ultimate goal at the end of the month.
"Coach mentions it a lot — I think Anthony and Jared are the only ones that have smelled that championship," senior Logan Wisnauskas said. "We kind of want to get there, and in order to get there, we can just never be satisfied."
Before anyone can write the Terps in for Memorial Day weekend in Hartford, Connecticut, they'll have to get by Michigan on Thursday and either Rutgers or Johns Hopkins on Saturday.
The stakes are being raised this weekend, so the No. 1 team in the country will be playing with an elevated intensity from here on out.
"We have one goal in mind, which is just win that first game, and if not, we're going home," Tillman said. "Anything after that, we'll just kind of figure out."
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Cuba Helped Venezuela Suppress Military Dissent
Reuters recently uncovered documents and other information disclosing how Cuba in 2008 began to assist its close ally Venezuela in suppressing dissent within the latter's military. [1]
The precipitating event for this assistance was the December 2007 Venezuelan referendum that unexpectedly defeated a proposal that would have enabled President Hugo Chavez repeatedly to run for re-election. [2]
Cuba-Venezuela Agreements
In response to this referendum defeat, Chavez in early 2008 turned to his friend and ally, Fidel Castro, who said that Chavez needed to ensure absolute control of his country's military and proposed what became in May 2008 two agreements between the two countries that allowed Cuba's armed forces to:
Establish the Coordination and Liaison Group of the Republic of Cuba (GRUCE) of eight Cuban "military experts" to send Cuban advisors to inspect and train Venezuelan soldiers. This training included questioning soldiers about their political beliefs so that they could be the "tip of the spear" in the fight against "traitors."
Review and restructure parts of the Venezuelan military and oversee its "assimilation" and "modernization."
Provide in Havana up to three months of espionage training for groups of up to 40 Venezuelan intelligence agents to enable them to infiltrate and control the Venezuelan military.
Restructure the Venezuelan intelligence service's mission from spying on foreign rivals to surveilling the country's own soldiers, officers and even senior commanders and preparing the Venezuelan intelligence agents to "discover and confront the subversive work of the enemy."
Implementation of the Agreements
The Venezuelan intelligence service now known as the Directorate General of Military Counterintelligence, or DGCIM developed a system for strict surveillance of Venezuelan military personnel that included the following:
DGCIM agents, often dressed in black fatigues, were embedded in military barracks to compile dossiers on perceived troublemakers and report any signs of disloyalty.
The DGCIM also began tapping the phones of officers, including senior military commanders, to listen for conspiracies.
DGCIM agents interrogated suspected disloyal troops and officials, often aided by torture.
DGCIM arrested many soldiers and officials for disloyalty, and today 200 to 300 individuals are in detention.
Now there are at least 1,500 DGCIM agents.
The implementation of these agreements, say experts, has enabled the Venezuelan military to stand by Chavez' successor, Nicolás Maduro, and help "him weather an economic meltdown, widespread hunger and crime, and the emigration of more than 4 million people – more than 10 percent of Venezuela's population in recent years." In short, that implementation has "proven crucial for Maduro's survival as president."
To date, I have not seen any Cuban or Venezuelan response to this Reuters article. Is there another side to this account?
[1] Reuters, Special Report: How Cuba Taught Venezuela to Quash Military Dissent, N.Y. Times (Aug. 22, 2019).
[2] In February 2009, however, another referendum approved an amendment to the constitution that enabled Chavez to run for and commence to serve another presidential term starting in January 2013 that was shortened by his death in March 2013.
Posted on August 31, 2019 Categories Other countries, PoliticsTags Coordination and Liaison Group of the Republic of Cuba (GRUCE), Cuba, Fidel Castro, President Hugo Chavez, President Nicolás] Maduro, Reuters, Venezuela, Venezuela Directorate General of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM), Venezuela militaryLeave a comment on Cuba Helped Venezuela Suppress Military Dissent
U.S. Statement About Cuba at Organization of American States' General Assembly
At the June 4 meeting of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made remarks primarily addressing Venezuela. But he also made comments about Cuba.
Comments About Venezuela[1]
The Secretary of State said, "there is no greater challenge today than the full-scale dismantling of democracy and the heartbreaking humanitarian disaster in Venezuela. While the [U.S.] welcomes the release of the unjustly imprisoned Holt family, our policy towards Venezuela remains unchanged. The [U.S.] stands steadfast in support of the Venezuelan people and their efforts to return to democracy. The Maduro regime's efforts . . . to move towards unconstitutional government and its human rights abuses are now well known by all. All these actions have, among other ill consequences, resulted in an unconstitutional alteration of Venezuela's constitutional order."
"On more than one occasion, Venezuela has squandered opportunities to have the kind of dialogue that the [OAS] charter calls for. We seek only what all the nations of the OAS want for our people: a return to the constitutional order, free and fair elections with international observation, and the release of political prisoners. The regime's refusal to take meaningful action on these issues has demonstrated unmistakable bad faith and exhausted options for dialogue under current conditions. Just two weeks ago, the Venezuelan Government staged sham elections that offered no real choice to Venezuelan people and its voters. Many of them responded sensibly by simply staying home."
"For all of these reasons, Vice President Pence challenged member-states last month to do what the Democratic Charter asks of us when faced with an unconstitutional interruption in democratic order of a member-state: suspend Venezuela from this body. That suspension is not a goal unto itself. But it would show that the OAS backs up its words with action. And it would send a powerful signal to the Maduro regime: Only real elections will allow your government to be included in the family of nations."
"In addition to suspension, I call on fellow member-states to apply additional pressure on the Maduro regime, including sanctions and further diplomatic isolation, until such time as it undertakes the actions necessary to return genuine democracy and provide people desperately needed access to international humanitarian aid."
In response, Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza defiantly criticized the OAS as part of a "corporation" led by the U.S. to undermine Venezuela's sovereignty. He accused the U.S. of fostering violence that has accompanied protests and the deprivation caused by sanctions and mocked U.S. offers of humanitarian aid. "You impose economic sanctions, and then you offer your help to wash your hands. The U.S. has been perpetrating a coup d'état against Venezuela for 20 years."
Vowing not to buckle under to the pressure, Arreaza added, "We are free. We are sovereign. And no imperialist will intervene in our country and hinder our people from voting for their own authorities and having their own democracy. "We have moral authority. You do not have moral authority," he said, citing U.S. invasions of Panama in 1989 and the Dominican Republic in 1965.
Draft Resolution on the Situation in Venezuela[2]
The U.S. along with Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Mexico and Peru submitted a draft Resolution on the Situation in Venezuela, which presumably will be voted upon at the June 5 session of the OAS General Assembly. After the preamble, it contains the following resolutions:
"To declare that the electoral process as implemented in Venezuela, which concluded on May 20, 2018, lacks legitimacy, for not complying with international standards, for not having met the participation of all Venezuelan political actors, and for being carried out without the necessary guarantees for a free, fair, transparent and democratic process."
"To reaffirm that only through a national dialogue with the participation of all Venezuelan political actors and stakeholders can national reconciliation be achieved and the necessary conditions agreed upon for holding a new electoral process that truly reflects the will of the Venezuelan citizens and peacefully resolves the current crisis in that country."
"To reiterate that an unconstitutional alteration of the constitutional order of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has occurred, as stated in [OAS] resolution CP/RES. 1078 (2108/17) of April 3, 2017."
"To urge the Government of Venezuela to take steps to guarantee the separation and independence of the constitutional branches of power and restore the full authority of the National Assembly, the rule of law, and the guarantees and liberties of the population."
"To urge the Government of Venezuela to allow the entry of humanitarian aid and to implement epidemiological surveillance measures in its country to prevent the aggravation of the humanitarian and public health crisis, particularly against the reappearance of diseases such as measles, malaria, and diphtheria"
"To invite the member states to implement measures to address the humanitarian emergency in Venezuela, including supplying medicines, as well as considering contributions to the competent international organizations to strengthen the institutional capacities of the recipient countries."
"To instruct the Permanent Council to identify, in coordination with the relevant inter-American and international institutions, the appropriate measures to support the member states that are receiving an increasing number of Venezuelan migrants and refugees."
"To call upon the member and permanent observer states to implement, in accordance with their respective legal frameworks and applicable international law, the measures deemed appropriate at the political, economic, and financial levels to assist in the restoration of democratic order in Venezuela."
"To remain seized of the situation in Venezuela in order to support diplomatic actions and additional measures that facilitate the restoration of democratic institutions and social peace, and that promote full respect for human rights and full adherence to the rule of law, within the constitutional framework of Venezuela and in a manner consistent with its international obligations and commitments."
"To apply, in strict accordance with the letter and spirit of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, the mechanisms for the preservation and defense of representative democracy provided under its Articles 20 and 21."
Comments About Cuba[3]
In the Secretary of State's June 4 address to the General Assembly, he had the following words about Cuba: "In Cuba today, we see an expectation that change is inevitable and that it can't come quickly enough. Young Cubans born under a dictatorship are uninterested in hollow revolutionary slogans. They demand educational opportunities free from political constraints or a totalitarian regime's repression. They want what youth everywhere else wants: opportunities to use their talents, to exercise their voice, achieve their potential, and build a bright future for themselves. As democratic societies, we must support young people in Cuba and elsewhere in the hemisphere in their hopes for democratic change."
The day before the OAS General Assembly. Ambassador Carlos Trujillo, the U.S. Permanent Representative to the OAS, appeared at a meeting organized by Freedom House and made these comments about Cuba. He "acknowledged that the Venezuelan case has stolen the role of other crises such as Cuba and Nicaragua, and . . . [suggested] that the organization should follow the same steps with Havana as with Caracas." He also indicated that the agency must work to denounce "the crimes against humanity" that the Cuban Government has committed.
''Why Cuba does not deserve the same as what we are demanding from the regime of (President of Venezuela, Nicolás] Maduro? Why Cuba is different? It is something that has to change, it has to change in the OAS.'"
According to Trujillo at this meeting, the countries of the Americas have to "accept that Cuba is 'he mother of all evil' in terms of the weakening of democracy on the continent and human rights violations." Therefore, "If we talk about Venezuela and we talk about human rights abuses, we have to talk about Cuba." This meant, he said, the OAS must denounce "the crimes against humanity" that the Cuban Government has committed."
These comments by Trujillo echo what he said in early May in a Univision program. Then he said "Raul Castro should be tried for his crimes against human rights", visible through the history of Cuba, "I personally, and the US, are available to do everything possible so that the victims of Raúl Castro, of the Castro brothers, have the justice they deserve,"[4]
The above comments by Ambassador Trujillo are completely undiplomatic and inappropriate. They should not have ben uttered, especially since apparently there is no resolution regarding Cuba to come before the OAS General Assembly. His words as a Cuban-American attorney from Miami reveal his lack of any prior diplomatic experience and his having been an Ambassador for only one month.[5]
Instead tomorrow we will see the voting on the above resolution about Venezuela.
[1] U.S. State Dep't, [Secretary of State] Remarks at the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (June 4, 2018); Lee, US renews call for OAS to suspend Venezuela, Wash. Post (June 4, 2018); Reuters, U.S. Calls on OAS to Suspend Venezuela From Organization, N.Y. Times (June 4, 2018); Morello, Pompeo calls for kicking Venezuela out of OAS and more sanctions, Wash. Post (June 4, 2018).
[2] OAS Gen. Assembly, Draft Resolution on the Situation in Venezuela (June 4, 2018).
[3] U.S. State Dep't, [Secretary of State] Remarks at the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (June 4, 2018).
[4] Carlos Trujillo: The members of the OAS have to 'accept that Cuba is the mother of all evil,' Diario de Cuba (June 4, 2018); Carlos Trujillo: 'Raúl Castro must be tried for his crimes against human rights,' Diario de Cuba (May 7, 2018).
[5] More Hostile Comments About Cuba from U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States, dwkcommentaries.com (May 9, 2018).
Posted on June 4, 2018 June 5, 2018 Categories Law, Other countries, PoliticsTags Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Freedom House, Mexico, OAS Charter, OAS Resolution on the Situation in Venezuela, Organization of American States (OAS), Peru, President Nicolás] Maduro, Raúl Castro, U.S. Ambassador Carlos Trujillo, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, United States of America (USA), Univision, Venezuela, Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza1 Comment on U.S. Statement About Cuba at Organization of American States' General Assembly


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The design jewelry Radiolaria is designed by Nervous System co-founders, Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jesse Rosenberg. Their form is inspired from the shape and structure of cells and protozoan organisms. Their structure is based on thousands years of evolution and can be described as a complex three-dimensional network of knobs, branches and structural elements with the maximum coherence.
Radiolaria is the name of a design jewelry collection made by Nervous System. Through an innovative manufacturing procedure built to imitate the complex organic forms. The collection includes design jewelry of all kinds, pendants, rings, bracelets, brooches and earrings made of silver, gold plated steel, stainless steel and silicone. Their design is unique and seductive, showing the infallible symmetry of nature.
Besides the objet itself the significant about the Nervous System design jewelry is the hi-tech production method. Jessica and Jesse are both MIT's graduates and have developed special software that controls a precision cut laser to sculpt the complex shapes on the material, similar to a 3D printer. The procedure is so flexible that the clients themselves are able to use the Nervous System webpage to use the software and design their own jewelry, creating unique shapes that express their own views on symmetry and asymmetry.
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Masayuki Tayama, one of today's most accomplished pianists, is much in demand across Europe and Japan. He first came to prominence when he won First Prize in the Takahiro Sonoda International Piano Competition in Japan, followed by numerous top prizes in Europe, including the Birmingham International Piano Competition.
Tayama studied at the Toho University of Music in Japan, and subsequently in London on a Fellowship from the Japanese Government, where he was awarded the Performer's Diploma with Honours from both the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
His first London solo concert appearance was in 2002 at the South Bank's Purcell Room, and he gave his debut recital to a sell-out audience at the Wigmore Hall in 2007, both of which were met with critical acclaim. His Tokyo debut recital at Toppan Hall in 2005 was broadcast on Nikkei National Radio in Japan, and he was a featured pianist on BBC Radio, UK, in October 2012.
Tayama's performances of Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3 with Osaka Symphonika at The Symphony Hall in Osaka, twice on the same day in July 2006 were hailed as 're-inventing the image of Rachmaninov'.
He made his USA debut in January 2006 at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, where the recital was broadcast live on the Internet.
Tayama regularly gives solo recitals at eminent London concert venues such as the Wigmore Hall and the South Bank's Purcell Room. His recent performances with orchestra, notably at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Cadogan Hall, the Fairfield Halls, St John's, Smith Square and the Last Night of the St Jude's Proms, include all the Piano Concertos by Brahms and Rachmaninov, collaborating with conductors including Stephen Bell, Adrian Brown, Darrell Davison, John Gibbons, Levon Parikian, Brien Stait and Vladimir Válek.
He has earned an enviable reputation as a Rachmaninov specialist, and is currently in the midst of a project to record Rachmaninov's complete works for solo piano. His first recording of the two Sonatas won the accolade 'Best Recording of the Month' in Stereo magazine, and his second CD of the complete Rachmaninov Etudes-Tableaux and Morceaux de Fantaisie followed to critical acclaim.
The third disc of the two sets of Variations has been chosen as a 'Tokusen-ban' (Specially Selected and Recommended) in the January 2016 issue of Record Geijutsu, Japan's most authoritative classical music and review magazine.
Tayama is much sought after as a teacher and adjudicator. He is a Professor at the Elmitt Piano Academy where he gives regular Master Classes and Lecture-Recitals, and is also a registered adjudicator with the European Piano Teachers Association.
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Finland's Information
303,815 km2
34,330 km2
338,145km2 (#64)
5,498,211 (#117)
18.10/km2
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GDP (PPP)
$226.00 Billion
Helsinki (558,457)
Espoo (256,760)
Tampere (202,687)
Vantaa (190,058)
Turku (175,945)
Oulu (128,618)
Lahti (98,826)
Kuopio (89,104)
Jyvaeskylae (85,026)
Pori (76,772)
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It was to no avail as the era of Russian Tzars came to an end in 1917 during the Communist Revolution. On December 6th of that year Finland declared its independence. A short (but bloody) civil war followed between "Whites" (Finland forces) and "Reds" (Russian supported factions), and the "Whites" prevailed and the country's freedom was at hand.
Independent Finland's upstart parliament approved a short-lived monarchy as World War I raged across Europe. That bad idea was soon abandoned and the Republic of Finland was established with Kaarlo Juho Stahlberg elected as its first President in 1919.
Prior to the beginning of World War II, Finland experienced anticommunist violence, and its already shaky relationship with Russia (now the Soviet Union) worsened. Finland lost some of its eastern territory to the Soviet Union during the 1939 Winter War, and over the next few years tragic wars over territory continued until treaties were finally signed in the late 1940's.
Finland, though severely weakened by war, continued its on-going trade relationship with its longtime nemesis (the Soviet Union) and it began to benefit from renewed financial stability and a growing market economy.
Over time, far-reaching and expensive (yet at the time affordable) social programs developed, but when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, trade profits vanished (almost overnight) and the country fell into a depression with very high unemployment.
Battered and bruised, the economy wobbled, but remained standing. In 1994, Finland (smartly) voted to join the European Union (EU). It's received considerable assistance and benefits from that membership, as well as (itself) contributing back to that union.
In February of 2000, the proud, trend-setting Finns elected their first ever female president, Tarja Halonen, and she was re-elected in 2006.
Finland is an artistic, creative and stylish land, with a respected worldwide resume in glass, fabric and furniture design, athletic competition, all of the performing arts, and innovative civic and social programs.
The great outdoors certainly flourishes in Finland, and for most Finns, a quiet weekend cabin on the edge of a lake, amidst a snow-covered landscape is heaven, unless of course someone forgot to install the sauna.
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So it's been a while since we've had a chance to update our blog- the Christmas season seems to be such a busy time of year, no matter how many things you say "no" to. Anyways....I will attempt to give you a brief update on where we stand with getting to the mission field.
Andrew got back from Haiti November 16. He had a great trip and took lots of pictures and video for me to see the new site at Grand Goave. He was able to spend the entire time with Bob (the director of HAF) to get a little better glimpse of their vision for the orphanages. We got a lot of questions answered on this trip. While he was there, Andrew was able to help fix the water filtration system at the orphanage at Jacmel- he's so handy!
Andrew was also able to meet the new couple that has recently move down to work with HAF- the Pierce's. Listen to how AMAZING our God is! We will be spending our first 6 months-1 year in Jacmel with Ken & Diane Pierce focusing most of our attention on learning Creole and the Haitian culture. Ken is an ER physician and Diane is a nurse!! How cool is it that we will have a doctor right on our compound?!?! Our God is so good!
In addition to meeting the Pierce's, there was another amazing God-send. Most of you know that Andrew has a love and passion for flying. When God called us to Haiti, flying wasn't the main focus of the HAF mission, and it was going to be put on the back burner for a little while. It's amazing what happens when you surrender to the Lord your desires and dreams! When Andrew was in Haiti this time, he met a guy who designs water filtration systems and who also helped start Missionary Aviation Fellowship in Haiti. Through talking with him and hearing his vision for Haiti, he said that he is planning on building a runway in Petite Goave (which is only 5 miles away from Grand Goave!) So not only is aviation still in the picture, but God is paving the way and preparing it for us.
Another huge item of praise with our financial support: (1) we have about 30% of our monthly support and (2) $2,000 towards outgoing expenses!!! Praise the Lord! We are SO encouraged by the confirmation that God keeps giving us through the gracious gifts of His people. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
To sum it all up: our God is AMAZING! He is doing extraordinary things and showing Himself to us in ways we've never seen before!! He truly is orchestrating all of the details right before our eyes. Thank you so much for your continued prayers- we know that without your prayer support we would not be where we are today. "I thank my God in all my remembrance of you..." ~Philippians 1:3.


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Ellwood City woman held for court on drug charges
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NEW CASTLE — An Ellwood City woman's drug charges have been moved to Lawrence County Court.
Taylor Foley, 22, of 950 Skyline Drive, in a preliminary hearing last week had charges of possession of controlled substances, possession with intent to deliver, conspiracy to deliver drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia held for court.
Foley was charged April 9 after being found in a vehicle pulled over by state police that evening on Route 65 in Slippery Rock Township and found to have 2 grams of methamphetamine in her purse and another 130 grams of cocaine in a false compartment on the rear floor, according to the police report.
The driver, John Payne, 47, of 411 Waldo St., New Castle, also had his charges, including drug possession and possession with intent to deliver, held for court last week. Both are scheduled for a July 9 formal arraignment.
Foley, who is being held in Mercer County Jail on $100,000 bond for charges there, also is facing trial on drug-related charges filed in connection with a Feb. 1 incident in Ellwood City. She is the plaintiff in a federal lawsuit filed last year against county District Attorney Joshua Lamancusa, alleging he made unwanted sexual advances toward her and wrongfully took her child away from her. Lamancusa has denied the allegations.


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What has three teeth, no jaws or bones, lives in the river and the sea, and existed before the dinosaurs?
April 17, 2015: Pesticides, mercury and flame retardants found in larvae and adult Pacific lamprey could be one of the causes of their decline, according to a recent study.
With their round, thin and flexible body, Pacific lamprey look like eels. But they are really a kind of fish. They existed well before the dinosaurs and were abundant throughout the Columbia River Basin in the same areas as salmon, with numbers in the millions.
Find out about the effort to conserve these ancient fish by clicking on this video.
The lamprey can reach 30 inches in length and weigh more than a pound. Its mouth is adapted for sucking and clinging to rocks, which is important for conserving energy while they are negotiating swift currents. Compared to salmon, lamprey are poor swimmers, but they still can travel great distances in a short time.
Lamprey are culturally important to indigenous people throughout their range, and play a vital role in the ecosystem as food to mammals, fish and birds, for nutrient cycling and storage, as well as a prey buffer for other species.
Lampreys spend most of their life as small, worm-like animals in stream sediment, feeding on algae and small organisms. After five to seven years, they mature and migrate out to the ocean. They live in the ocean for two years or so, where they mature into adults and are parasitic on larger fish and marine mammals. Like salmon, the lamprey then swim back to freshwater, where they spawn in areas similar to salmon. Watch a lamprey digging a redd (nest). They die after spawning, returning their sea nutrients to the stream for other species' benefit.
Pacific lamprey's rate of decline has been much greater than that of salmon, and today just a few thousand migrate over Bonneville Dam each year. Factors that have led to their decline include threats at all stages of their life, including dams, poor water quality, predation by nonnative species, habitat loss and degradation, decline in prey, ocean conditions, dredging and dewatering.
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Find out about research into lamprey propagation.
Lamprey go past the dams using their mouths to cling to surfaces. (The photo on the left of this page shows lamprey going past the fish viewing window at Bonneville Dam.) Click on the video to find out more about how we're helping lamprey navigate the dams.
q Lamprey passage at Bonneville Dam in 2014
q Lamprey hatcheries? The Northwest Fisheries Science Center and the Umatilla Tribes are working on more ways to restore this fish. Read more here.
q Wow! A lot about lamprey, including Luna's amazing journey, on the U.S. Fish and Wildife Service's lamprey page here.
q Find out about why Pacific lamprey matter to Columbia Basin Tribes on the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission website. The tribes propose to restore the species to numbers adequate for tribal use and ecological health of the region.
q See USFWS lamprey photos on Flickr.
q Find out more about Lamprey hatchery here.


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Events from the year 1797 in Germany.

Incumbents

Holy Roman Empire
 Francis II (5 July 17926 August 1806)

Important Electors
 Bavaria- Charles I (30 December 1777 – 16 February 1799)
 Saxony- Frederick Augustus I (17 December 176320 December 1806)

Kingdoms
 Kingdom of Prussia
 Monarch –
Frederick William II of Prussia (17 August 1786 – 16 November 1797)

Frederick William III of Prussia (16 November 17977 June 1840)

Grand Duchies
 Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 Frederick Francis I– (24 April 17851 February 1837)
 Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 Charles II (2 June 17946 November 1816)
 Grand Duke of Oldenburg
 Wilhelm (6 July 17852 July 1823) Due to mental illness, Wilhelm was duke in name only, with his cousin Peter, Prince-Bishop of Lübeck, acting as regent throughout his entire reign.
 Peter I (2 July 182321 May 1829)
 Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar
 Karl August  (1758–1809) Raised to grand duchy in 1809

Principalities
 Schaumburg-Lippe
 George William (13 February 17871860)
 Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
 Louis Frederick II (13 April 179328 April 1807)
 Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
 Günther Friedrich Karl I (14 October 179419 August 1835)
 Principality of Reuss-Greiz
 Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz (12 May 1778-28 June 1800)
 Waldeck and Pyrmont
 Friedrich Karl August  (29 August 176324 September 1812)

Duchies
 Duke of Anhalt-Dessau
 Leopold III (16 December 17519 August 1817)
 Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
 Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1780–1826)  - Frederick
 Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
 Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (16 September 1764 – 8 September 1800)
 Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
 Georg I (1782–1803)
 Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
 Frederick Charles Louis (24 February 177525 March 1816)
 Duke of Württemberg
 Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (20 May 1795 – 23 December 1797)
 Frederick I (22 December 179730 October 1816)

Other
 Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
 Louis I (6 April 179014 August 1806)

Events
26 January – The Treaty of the Third Partition of Poland is signed in St. Petersburg by the Russian Empire, Austria and the Kingdom of Prussia.
12 February – "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" is first performed, with the music composed in January by Joseph Haydn, which also becomes the tune to the Deutschlandlied, the German national anthem (Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, later Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit).
16 November – The Prussian heir apparent, Frederick William, becomes King of Prussia as Fredrick William III.

Births

4 January – Wilhelm Beer, German banker, astronomer (d. 1850)
5 January – Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein, Prussian general (d. 1885)
10 January – Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (d. 1848)
11 January – Carl Rottmann, German landscape painter, the most famous member of the Rottmann family of painters (d. 1850)
26 January – Therese Albertine Luise Robinson, German-American author (d. 1870)
29 January – Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Prussian nobleman (d. 1873)
2 February – Bertha Zück, German-born treasurer of Queen Josephine of Sweden (d. 1868)
6 February – Joseph von Radowitz, conservative Prussian statesman, general (d. 1853)
15 February – Henry Engelhard Steinway, German-American piano manufacturer (d. 1871)
23 February – Heinrich Halfeld, German engineer (d. 1873)
3 March – Gotthilf Hagen, German civil engineer who made important contributions to fluid dynamics (d. 1884)
5 March – Friedrich von Gerolt, Prussian Privy Councillor, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in the United States (d. 1879)
21 March – Johann Andreas Wagner, German palaeontologist (d. 1861)
22 March
 Eduard Gans, German jurist (d. 1839)
 Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany (d. 1888)
27 March – Heinrich LXXII, Prince Reuss of Lobenstein and Ebersdorf (d. 1853)
5 April – Karl August Devrient, German stage actor best known for performances of Schiller and Shakespeare (d. 1872)
12 April – Ernst August Hagen, Prussian art writer, novelist (d. 1880)
23 April – Ernst Ferdinand Oehme, German Romantic painter, illustrator (d. 1855)
26 April – Albert Seerig, German surgeon, anatomist (d. 1862)
3 May – Heinrich Berghaus, German geographer (d. 1884)
11 May – Ernst Meyer, German-born Danish genre painter of Jewish ancestry (d. 1861)
12 May – Johann Hermann Kufferath, German composer (d. 1864)
18 May – Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (d. 1854)
30 May
 Johann Christian Lobe, German composer, music theorist (d. 1881)
 Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, German mineralogist (d. 1873)
20 June – Karolina Gerhardinger, German Roman Catholic professed religious, established the School Sisters of Notre Dame  (d. 1879)
12 July – Adele Schopenhauer, German author (d. 1849)
20 July – Gotthard Fritzsche, Prussian-Australian pastor (d. 1863)
25 July – Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1889)
5 August – Friedrich August Kummer, German violoncellist, pedagogue and composer (d. 1879)
6 August – August Wilhelm Stiehler, German government official, paleobotanist (d. 1878)
7 August – Justin von Linde, German jurist, statesman from the Grand Duchy of Hesse (d. 1870)
9 August – Christian Wilhelm Niedner, German church historian, theologian (d. 1865)
10 August – Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, German botanist (d. 1848)
28 August – Karl Otfried Müller, German scholar, Philodorian (d. 1840)
10 September – Franz Krüger, German (Prussian) painter, lithographer (d. 1857)
16 September – Johann Friedrich Ludwig Wöhlert, German businessman (d. 1877)
17 September – Heinrich Kuhl, German naturalist, zoologist (d. 1821)
24 September – Carl Peter Wilhelm Gramberg, German theologian, biblical scholar (d. 1830)

3 October – Ludwig Förster, German-born Austrian architect (d. 1863)
10 October – - August Heinrich Hermann von Dönhoff, Prussian diplomat (d. 1874)
15 October
 Johann Gottlieb Fleischer, German botanist and ornithologist (d. 1838)
 Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Heyse, German philologist (d. 1855)
26 October – Johann Adam Philipp Hepp, German physician, lichenologist (d. 1867)
30 October – Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1829)
14 November
 Moses M. Haarbleicher, German-Jewish poet, critic (d. 1869)
 Justus Radius, German pathologist, ophthalmologist (d. 1884)
13 December – Heinrich Heine, German poet (d. 1856)
14 December – Emil Huschke, German anatomist and embryologist (d. 1858)
15 December – Karl Friedrich Theodor Krause, German anatomist (d. 1868)
18 December – August Friedrich Wilhelm Forchhammer, jurist and historian from the Duchy of Schleswig (d. 1870)
26 December – Johann Gustav Heckscher, German politician (d. 1865)

Deaths
13 January – Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, queen consort of Prussia (b. 1715)
22 February – Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720)
7 March – Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey, German writer (b. 1711)
12 April – Johann Georg Bach, German organist (b. 1751)
12 August – Gotthelf Greiner, glassmaker (born 1732)
4 October – Johann Christian Georg Bodenschatz, German Protestant theologian (born 1717)
6 October – Johann Matthäus Hassencamp, German Orientalist and theologian (born 1743)
16 November – King Frederick William II of Prussia (b. 1744)
27 November – Johann Baptist Wendling, Alsatian-born flute player, composer of the Mannheim School (b. 1723)
23 December – Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1732)

References

Years of the 18th century in Germany

Germany
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Amazon, Start Up Nation	 September 14, 2018 December 25, 2019
"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on Amazon!" Free Shipping to Israel cancelled
By Chava Ewa
Ramat Beit Shemesh: Israelis are performing their annual ritual of forgiving those who have transgressed against them. Yet there are some things they just can't forgive. Roger Waters? Sheikh Nasrallah? That Idiot from Code Pink? No, No, No. We're talking something much more serious: the Customer Service Behemoth known as Amazon, which gave Israelis free shipping for a few days and then took it away from them. The Daily Freier spoke to one of Amazon's victims to hear her story of betrayal and loss.
"It's been a difficult year." explained Rivky G, an immigrant from New Jersey. "I've had PTSD (Post-Target Stress Disorder), you know, from Target's Chillul HaShem last year." Rivky, like so many of her Ramat Beit Shemesh neighbors, had her Target orders cancelled a year ago. "It wasn't just that I didn't get my Pumpkin Spice k-cups, it's the principle of the matter! They make promises and then the deal just disappears! Who do they think they are? Golan Telecom?"
"I could never forgive them." Rivky complained. "It was Erev Yom Kippur and I had forgiven my crooked landlord, my roommate who chipped my iPad screen and even that rotten boyfriend who cheated on me with some frecha from work. But this was too much! And seriously, they should have begged for mechila properly." Rivky was crestfallen and resolved never to trust anyone ever again.
The Daily Freier then reached out to Rivky's native Israeli coworker Anat for further perspective on this ongoing tragedy. "It was cool to see her all cynical and jaded." she chuckled. "All of a sudden, Rivky began to suspect that everyone was out to cheat her and lie to her. She would yell at everyone…. 'I think you're lying! I'm not a freier!'…. she said it so convincingly, you know, like a real Israeli. I was so proud of her." It seemed that, sof sof, Rivky had learned the secret to being Israeli.
But then it happened… Amazon. "I heard about this free shipping promotion and I couldn't risk missing out, so I made an order… just one." Rivky said. "OK, maybe more than one, but not like a lot of orders which would cripple the Israeli postal system or anything." And then the inevitable happened. Amazon, like Target, had miscalculated Israelis' appetite for American products and stopped its shipping promotion. "I can't believe I fell for it." Rivky cried. "Now I need my parents to visit me so they can bring everything I ordered online for Chanukah…. Oh and also Ziplocs. Next time I hear of another American company offering free shipping, I won't trust them… never ever!… not a chance!… ummm… I mean, unless it's like something really good?"
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geoffrey mendelson says:
You have never heard of a limted time offer? Both Target's and Amazon's offers were time limited. They were never intended to be permanent, but some pundits, not the companies themselves, said they were now and forever.
As for Golan, I still have the 99 nis plan I got 6 years ago. It now includes 45 days and 6 gigabytes of international roaming, (free forwarding to your phone in the uk, us, eu, etc and calls back to Israel from there) and data was doubled to 40gig.
The only disapearing offer was the 90 free trial, which was canceled because dishonest tourists used it to get a free phone line on vacation.
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