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Гавриил Маркелович Немудров (25 июня 1896 года, Красный Яр, Самарская губерния, Российская империя — 6 января 1945 года, Москва, СССР) — советский военный деятель, генерал-майор (17.11.1942).

Начальная биография
Родился в  селе  Красный Яр, ныне в Красноярском районе  Самарской области.

В 1911 году окончил Чарджуйское железнодорожное училище и поступил на годичные курсы (телеграфные) при Управлении Среднеазиатской железной  дороги, после их окончания с 1912 году работал телеграфистом на станции Каган.

Военная служба

Первая мировая война
С началом Первой мировой войны в августе 1914 года мобилизован на военную службу и направлен на Юго-Западный фронт, по прибытии как имеющий специальность телеграфиста назначен в 1-й Заамурский железнодорожный батальон в городе Новый Самбор. В том же году окончил учебную команду при штабе 3-й Заамурской железнодорожной бригады в городе Львов. На фронте пробыл до августа 1916 года, затем как «туркестанец» был освобождён от военной службы и убыл к месту жительства. Вернувшись с фронта, устроился работать младшим телеграфистом на ст. Н.-Чарджуй, одновременно учился на областных Аму-Дарьинских землемерных курсах (окончил в том же 1916 г.).

Революция и Гражданская война
В апреле 1917 года в городе Чарджуй принял участие в организации рабочей боевой дружины, затем исполнял должности начальника штаба и командира дружины. Во время Октябрьской революции участвовал в организации Чарджуйского совета, был членом военной коллегии и членом штаба Чарджуйской Красной гвардии.

В Гражданскую войну в феврале 1918 года перешёл из Красной гвардии в Красную Армию и занимал должность коменданта Новой Бухары. В начале марта с красногвардейским отрядом выступил в поход под Старую Бухару против эмира Бухарского. 8 марта с ротой бойцов был окружён противником. Командуя ротой, выдержал 4-часовой бой со значительно превосходящим противником и после подхода Ташкентского отряда сумел выйти из окружения. С этого момента завоевал среди рабочих и матросов авторитет боевого командира. С апреля 1918 года занимал должность уездного военкома Чарджуйского военкомата. В июне при восстании в городе Асхабад в составе делегации от Совнаркома Туркестанской республики был направлен на переговоры со стачечным комитетом правого эсера Фунтикова и асхабадскими рабочими. Арестован мятежниками, однако вскоре сумел вырваться из города. В июле — августе с Чарджуйским отрядом участвовал в подавлении этого восстания — сражался под станциями Барханы, Пески, Ратвино, Учь-Адиш, Байрам- Али, был ранен и контужен. С марта 1919 года исполнял должность 1-го заместителя комиссара по военным делам Туркестанской республики и заместителя члена Военного совета Туркестанского фронта. Осенью по личному указанию М. В. Фрунзе назначен командующим группой войск и начальником 2-й Туркестанской стрелковой Ферганской дивизии. Участвовал с ней в боях против Мадамин-бека в Ферганской области. В течение нескольких дней (18 — 22 ноября 1919 года) командовал Ферганским фронтом. Член ВКП(б) с 1919 года.

В феврале 1920 года Немудров был отозван в Ташкент и назначен комендантом укреплённого района и начальником гарнизона города Чарджуй. В августе — сентябре 1920 года принимал участие в свержении эмира Бухарского.  Член ЦИК Туркестанской республики (1919-1920 гг.).

В конце 1920 года направлен на Южный фронт для борьбы против генерала П. Н. Врангеля, однако к тому времени боевые действия в Крыму были уже окончены, и он был переведён в Александрийский уезд для борьбы с бандитизмом. Участвовал в ликвидации банд полковника Терещенко, Хмары, Н. И. Махно в Екатеринославской губернии.
За особые революционные заслуги и боевые отличия на Туркестанском фронте Постановлением ЦИК СССР от 20.02.1928 он был награждён орденом Красного Знамени, а также золотыми именными часами.

Межвоенное время
В августе 1921 года  Немудров назначен помощником военкома Кременчугского уезда. С ноября 1922 года исполнял должность военкома Александрийского, Волынского и Кировского окружных военкоматов. С ноября 1930 по август 1931 года находился на учёбе на курсах «Выстрел», по окончании которых был назначен окружным военкомом Одесского окружного военкомата. С января 1932 года исполнял должности командира и комиссара 282-го стрелкового полка ОКДВА в городе Канск, с ноября 1933 года был облвоенкомом Амурского областного военкомата.

В апреле 1935 года переведён в Административное мобилизационное управление РККА, где проходил службу в 1-м отделе в должностях пом. начальника 1-го отделения и начальника 3-го отделения. В этот период в конце 1936 года им лично были разработаны «Наставление по войсковой мобилизации» и «Руководство по призыву и поставкам по мобилизации». С ноября 1938 года исполнял должность преподавателя кафедры тактики и кафедры администрации и мобилизации Военной академии РККА им. М. В. Фрунзе. Приказом по академии № 282 от 27.4.1939 утверждён в учёном звании «ассистент». С ноября 1939 года был начальником курсов штабных командиров при этой академии, переформированных затем в Высшую школу штабной службы РККА. С апреля 1941 года исполнял должность младшего преподавателя военных дисциплин в Военно-юридической академии РККА.

Великая Отечественная война
С началом  войны полковник  Немудров продолжал служить в академии, с июля 1941 года исполнял должность начальника кафедры тактики. С 15 октября 1941 года был начальником группы по формированию 61-й армии при Маршале Советского Союза К. Е. Ворошилове, с ноября — начальником боевой подготовки 10-й резервной армии.

С 14 декабря 1941 года командир 326-й стрелковой дивизии входившей в состав 10-й армии Западного фронта. Будучи в 10-й армии, полковник  Немудров имел только положительные характеристики. Участвовал с дивизией в Тульской и Калужской наступательных операциях. За бои по взятию города Богородицк Тульской области был представлен к награде, но утверждён не был. 16 января 1942 года в бою под станцией Шайковка (Калужской обл.) он был контужен, по излечении с 18 февраля зачислен в резерв Военного совета 10-й армии, затем Западного фронта.

С 24 февраля полковник  Немудров назначен командиром 385-й стрелковой дивизии. Принял дивизию в плохом состоянии, однако в короткий срок сумел навести порядок и сделать её боеготовой. Участвовал с ней в Ржевско-Вяземской наступательной операции.

5-6 марта 1942 года в боях в Барятинском районе Калужская область под Яковлевкой, Лощихино и селении Занозная силами 385-й стрелковой дивизии под командованием полковника Немудрова выведено из строя до 800 немецких солдат и офицеров, 3 дзота, 9 станковых пулемётов и 2 миномётные батареи противника.

В боях под Студеново Калужская область дивизией Немудрова выведено из строя до 300 немецких солдат и офицеров, 3 дзота, 5 станковых пулемётов и миномётная батарея, а также захвачено 3 станковых пулемёта противника.

С 20 марта 1942 года дивизия находилась в подчинении 50-й армии Западного фронта, затем вновь вернулась в 10-ю армию и заняла оборону по южному берегу реки Неручь. В конце июня она была подчинена 16-й армии и в её составе вела неудачные наступательные бои по овладению  Людиновом (южнее г. Киров). С 20 августа вновь возвращена в 10-ю армию, где находилась в обороне в том же районе.

С 26 марта по 15 мая 1942 года в боях под Прасловкой и Малиновской Калужская область под нажимом врага отошла 336-я стрелковая дивизия оставив высоту 237,5 тем самым оголив правый фланг 385-й стрелковой дивизии под командованием Немудрова. После предпринятых контратак 336-я сд не сумела вернуть утерянные позиции, и только ударом 1-го стрелкового батальона 1266 сп 385-й дивизии враг был выбит с занимаемой им высоты и положение восстановлено. Воины дивизии под командованием полковника Немудрова в этих боях три раза останавливали и возвращали на прежние позиции отступающих бойцов соседней необстрелянной на тот момент 116-й стрелковой дивизии. В этих боях было выведено из строя до 2 500 немецких солдат и офицеров, захвачены два 75 мм орудия, тягач, 7 тяжёлых пулемётов и много другого имущества противника.

Командующий 10-й армии генерал-майор В. С. Попов в наградном листе на Немудрова отметил: «В самой же 385-й сд не было не одного случая отхода её частей или подразделений под нажимом врага».

21 июля 1942 года, за умелое руководство 385-й стрелковой дивизией Указом Президиума Верховного Совета СССР полковник Немудров награждён орденом Красного Знамени.

17 ноября 1942 года Немудрову было присвоено воинское звание генерал-майор.

18 марта 1943 года генерал-майор  Немудров был от должности отстранён, на этой должности его заменяет генерал А. Ф. Наумов, и зачислен в распоряжение Военного совета Западного фронта, затем в конце марта назначен командиром 28-й отдельной стрелковой бригады. С 8 мая вступил в командование 174-й стрелковой дивизией, однако через 10 дней тяжело заболел и длительное время находился на лечении в Москве. С середины сентября 1943 года находился в распоряжении ГУК НКО, затем в ноябре назначен начальником курсов усовершенствования военно-юридического состава при военно-юридической академии РККА в Москве.

За время участия в боевых действиях четыре раза ранен и два раза контужен.

6 января 1945 года Немудров умер от гипертонии, кремирован и похоронен в Москве.

Награды
 орден Ленина (21.02.1945)
 три ордена Красного Знамени (20.02.1928, 21.07.1942, 03.11.1944)
 медаль «XX лет Рабоче-Крестьянской Красной Армии» (1938)
 медаль «За оборону Москвы» (1944)

Примечания

Ссылки
 Generals.dk

Литература
 Коллектив авторов. Великая Отечественная: Комдивы. Военный биографический словарь. — М.: Кучково поле, 2015. — Т. 4. — С. 958-960 — 330 экз. — ISBN 978-5-9950-0602-2.
 Юновидов А. С. // Одинокая война. Неизвестный подвиг 385-й стрелковой дивизии. — М.: Весь Мир, 2013.

Участники Первой мировой войны (Россия)
Участники Гражданской войны в России (красные)
Командующие местных фронтов Гражданской войны в России
Персоналии:Туркестан
Пехотинцы Великой Отечественной войны
Командиры бригад в Великой Отечественной войне
Командиры дивизий в Великой Отечественной войне
Участники битвы за Москву
Участники Ржевской битвы
Выпускники курсов «Выстрел»
Преподаватели Военной академии имени М. В. Фрунзе
Преподаватели Военно-юридической академии РККА
Члены КПСС
Военные теоретики
Похороненные в Москве

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The new Northern Ireland Secretary has stated her determination to overcome the challenges at the heart of the powersharing crisis and restore devolved government at Stormont.
On her first visit to Belfast, Karen Bradley said she wanted to work collaboratively with local parties to forge an agreement that will see a coalition executive resurrected.
Her appointment to the role, following James Brokenshire's surprise resignation on health grounds, came as Northern Ireland marked a year since the DUP/Sinn Féin-led administration imploded in a row over a botched green energy scheme.
The rift between the two main parties has widened in the intervening 12 months to take in long-standing cultural and legacy disputes.
The prospects of a deal to restore powersharing still appear bleak, with the spectre of a return to Westminster direct rule looming large.
Mrs Bradley met students at Belfast's Metropolitan College in the city's regenerated docklands area on her first official engagement in the region.
Her schedule on Wednesday also included face-to-face meetings with the leaders of the DUP and Sinn Féin.
"I want to find a way through this because the absolute priority is to restore devolved government as soon as possible," she said, standing on the Titanic Quarter's fog-shrouded waterfront.
Asked if she intended to adopt a new approach to the faltering negotiation process, Mrs Bradley stressed she was still in learning mode.
"I am here to learn, I am here to find out, I am here to meet all the leaders, I'm here to look at what needs to be done.
"I know there are challenges but I am determined we will find a way through those challenges.
"We need to deliver devolved government to Northern Ireland as soon as possible and that's what I am determined to do."
The Conservative MP said she was also conscious of the need to deliver a Brexit that worked for everyone in Northern Ireland.
Mrs Bradley said she understood the importance of dealing with the legacy of the Troubles and ensuring a safe future.
"My aim is to work collaboratively to find solutions to those issues that are acceptable to everyone," she said.
The former culture secretary said the Irish government would have an "important role" to play in efforts to save devolution.
She is due to meet the Republic's Tánaiste and minister for foreign affairs Simon Coveney on Friday.
After meeting Mrs Bradley at Stormont House, DUP leader Arlene Foster said the "clock was ticking" for a deal.
Noting that a Stormont budget for the next financial year needed to be set, she said any new talks process had to be "short, meaningful and substantive".
Mrs Foster said if new negotiations failed to deliver a breakthrough then Mrs Bradley had to move to put direct rule ministers in place.
"The clock is ticking in relation to the government of Northern Ireland, we haven't had a government now for over a year," she said.
"I think she's (Mrs Bradley) heard directly today from people that they want to see government back here and if it's not going to be a devolved administration then it will have to be some sort of an administration direct from Westminster.
"Of course we don't want that - we want devolution, but we can't continue without a government here in Northern Ireland. So time is short and the clock is ticking."
Sinn Fein's Stormont leader Michelle O'Neill had been due to meet Mrs Bradley in person on Wednesday. Plans were however changed and a phone call was instead arranged between the two politicians, with the meeting put back to next week.
Mrs Foster claimed the reschedule was linked to criticism the republican party has received since one of its MPs posed with a Kingsmill branded loaf on his head on the anniversary of the 1976 Kingsmill massacre last Friday.
Abstentionist West Tyrone MP Barry McElduff, who apologised and insisted his social media video was not a reference to the 10 sectarian murders at Kingsmill, has been suspended by Sinn Fein for three months.
Asked for her reaction to the postponement of the meeting between Mrs Bradley and Mrs O'Neill, the DUP leader said: "It's another indication that all is not well in Sinn Féin and they are a party in disarray at present."
A Sinn Féin spokesman said the meeting had not gone ahead due to clashing diary commitments.
He branded Mrs Foster's claim as "nonsense".
"Arlene Foster might be better focusing on the denial of rights that people enjoy everywhere else on these islands," he added.


Being president is the most powerful job in the world. At which you will almost certainly fail.
* The splintering of the mainstream media/the rise of social media.
In one key respect, each president's tenure has followed a similar arc. Each initially sought the White House promising to bridge the nation's widening partisan divide. Clinton pledged to transcend "brain-dead policies in both parties" with his "New Democrat" agenda. Bush declared himself a "compassionate conservative" who would govern as "a uniter, not a divider." Obama emerged with his stirring 2004 Democratic convention speech, evoking the shared aspirations of red and blue America, and took office embodying convergence and reconciliation.
But by this point in their respective second terms, each man faced the stark reality that the country was more divided than it was when he took office. In 1996 and 1997, Clinton reached Washington's most consequential bipartisan agreements (particularly to reform welfare and balance the budget) since the early 1970s. But by 1998, House Republicans were moving inexorably toward their vote to impeach him.
Bush enjoyed some bipartisan first-term successes, particularly on education reform. But by this point in his second term, he was fighting with Democrats over the Iraq War and restructuring Social Security, and with House Republicans over reforming immigration. Obama, from his first weeks, has faced unremitting Republican opposition. And, as his shift toward unilateral executive action underscores, he's increasingly thrown up his hands at the possibility of finding any common ground with the GOP.
The arc of Clinton's presidency is the most different from the other two but that's largely because of the attempt to impeach him, a move that fundamentally re-shaped his presidency. The similarities between the Bush presidency and Obama's tenure are striking in that the trends -- rank partisanship, the decline of the bully pulpit -- that Clinton had only to grapple with toward the end of his time in office have accelerated exponentially over the past 14 years. And the result has been the same in both cases: A president who a majority of the country disapproves of and a country even more split along ideological lines on, well, everything.
Take the last 96 hours (or so) of the Obama presidency as illustrative of the broader impossibility of being president.
On Thursday, in the immediate aftermath of the Malaysia Airlines plane being shot down over Ukraine, President Obama delivered a cautious statement mourning the tragedy and promising he would get to the bottom of the situation. Conservatives immediately criticized that statement as insufficiently strong, comparing it unfavorably to how President Reagan handled a similar situation in 1983. (As The Fix's Philip Bump explains, the Obama critique is not entirely fair.) Seeking to counter that narrative, Obama delivered another statement on Friday -- and took questions from the press. He was far more aggressive in his tone about the possibility of Russian involvement. Over the weekend, the story of Secretary of State John Kerry's on mic but off camera comments before a Fox News Channel interview drove much of the chatter. On Monday, Obama was back on TV with an even more aggressive stance on Russia -- "What exactly are they trying to hide?" he asked about Russian separatists reportedly limiting access to the crash site -- while also juggling an executive order banning discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation among federal contractors, hosting a town hall aimed at pushing his "My Brother's Keeper" initiative and trying to cajole Congress into helping him deal with the ongoing crisis of undocumented children at the country's southern border. Oh, and he also was trying to walk a fine line between defending Israel's right to defend itself with somewhat critical comments about the number of Palestinian civilian deaths occasioned by the military operation in Gaza. And, double oh, he and his staff will have to continue to fend off Republican criticism of a three day fundraising tour he leaves on tomorrow -- a cash-collection trip that GOPers believe looks unseemly amid the various domestic and international crises happening at the moment.
It's exhausting to write that paragraph -- much less live it. And, it speaks to the impossibility of convincing partisans pre-disposed not to like you or your intentions/methods, the need to be ever-present on every issue and the difficulty of trying to drive home your preferred message of the day, week or year.
All of that is not to excuse President Obama. He has struggled to contain self-inflicted wounds -- particularly in his second term -- ranging from the IRS scandal to the problems of vets receiving adequate and timely care. His relations with Congress -- Democrats included -- have never been warm and, as a result, his ability to ask for the benefit of the doubt is non-existent. His underestimation of just how polarized the country and the Congress have become was entirely avoidable; senior members of his inner circle -- many of whom came directly from the campaign(s) -- were all too aware of that reality. His belief in his own powers of persuasion -- to the Congress and the country -- were also heavily overrated.
But, it's hard to see how Obama could be considered "successful" even if he hadn't made the various mistakes -- in governance and the politics of politics -- that he did. His presidency began at a time not only of unprecedented polarization in Congress and the country but also at a moment in which a president's ability to bend the country to his will had reached a low ebb.
I was talking to a Democratic pollster recently about President Obama's weak job approval ratings and what it might mean for Democrats on the ballot this fall. I asked how Obama could move his numbers up and what a "good place" for him might look like. The pollster responded that the political world needed to change its definition of what being a popular president entails in this day and age. His point was that if Obama could somehow crawl back to 50 percent approval before November, that would be a huge success. Obama's ceiling -- almost no matter what he said or did -- was around 52 or 53 percent, the pollster argued.
Is success impossible as a president these days? No. But failure is far, far more likely. Ask Barack Obama. Or George W. Bush.


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New Zealand 1939 - 1990
Anthony Leslie Fomison was born in Christchurch in 1939. He attended the University of Canterbury between 1957 and 1960, studying sculpture. While he was studying at University, Fomison became involved in the excavation of a Maori archaeological site in Redcliffs and later joined expeditions led by Roger Duff and worked for him in the Canterbury Museum Ethnology Department. He recorded the Maori rock drawings he observed in caves and shelters scattered throughout the South Island by making traces of the ancient drawings. This began his lifelong interest in Maori and Polynesian cultures, which he often incorporated into his work.
Travelling to England and Europe in 1963 on an Arts Advisory Board grant, Fomison was influenced by the Old Masters but produced very little work at this time. He joined a street gang while in Paris, surviving on his wits and money gleaned from chalk drawings on pavements, but was arrested for vagrancy and spent three weeks in La Sante prison. Once back in London Fomison worked during the day and tried to paint at night, but found the stress to be too great. He was admitted to London's Banstead Hospital where three months forced rest enabled him to resume his painting. Following his return to New Zealand in 1967, Fomison moved to Christchurch and worked with the Canterbury Society of Arts. In 1971 he had a large solo exhibition at the CSA that included No! And other paintings depicting concentrated forms strongly modelled in black and white. Living in Auckland during the 1970s, he developed a range of imagery that drew on Polynesian myths and legends and images from his own imagination. Fomison often found his subject matter in almost chance discoveries of photographs or illustrations. Fomison often adapted the man's head into an archetypal expression of negativity and lack of communication. The mouth is often shut and/or obscured by the hand and eye contact is usually withdrawn. Fomison's images are an expression of the artist's inner world with archetypal symbols which stand for humanity's continuing predicaments seeming to focus on the problems of interpersonal communication.
Fomison's style is economic and expressive, often simplifying his subjects into grim and unsettling caricatures. He was greatly influenced by the works of European master painters such as Caravaggio (1571 –1610) and Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449 –1494), but his works were always driven by his own distinctive and often eerie creative vision. Fomison saw himself as an outsider and his work frequently explored that theme. Following time spent in institutions, Fomison became fascinated with painting prisoners and people with disfigurements or diseases or outcasts in the community.
Fomison was the first recipient of the Rita Angus Fellowship in 1985. He died in Whangarei in 1990. The former Robert McDougall Art Gallery's purchase of this work in 1973 was the first-ever institutional acquisition of Fomison's work and at the time, No! was the biggest painting completed by Fomison, who remains one of New Zealand's most original artists.
Tony Fomison 1939 - 1990
'Untitled c1978'
Pencil on Paper 28 x 24.5

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Born 1894, Buffalo, New York, United States, died 1961.
Two photographs of her can be found here  (along with those of others connected with the VM): other traces can be found on the Ellis Island website and Google Images etc.
More information can be found here  and here , and in other websites on the Voynichs and the manuscript.
Details of her will here .


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Ind vs Eng: Good news for Team India fans.. Hitman fit.. Pant-Karthik who will play semis?
November 9, 2022 by Sunil Tiwari
Team India captain Rohit Sharma is fully fit for the second semi-final of T20 World Cup 2022. It is known that Rohit Sharma was injured in practice on Tuesday. Throw down specialist Raghu hit the ball to Rohit Sharma's hand. After that he was in a lot of pain. But after that he continued to practice. Now Rohit Sharma has given an update on his injury. Rohit Sharma said that he is fully fit and will play in the T20 World Cup semifinals. This seems to have checked the news about Rohit's fitness.
Rohit Sharma said, 'The ball hit my hand on Tuesday. But now it is completely cured. Although there is a slight mark on the hand, now the pain has completely subsided,' he said. Apart from this, Rohit Sharma also made a key statement regarding Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant. It is not clear who will play in the playing eleven.
Who will play in the semi finals among Karthik and Pant?
Talking about the selection of Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik, Rohit Sharma said that both of them will be in the equation. Rohit Sharma is not clear about who will play in the playing eleven. According to media reports, it seems that Rishabh Pant may be preferred over Karthik. Karthik is failing consecutively in this tournament. As a left-handed batsman, Rishabh Pant is in a bit of a safe zone.
Praise showered on Suryakumar..
Rohit Sharma also praised Suryakumar Yadav. Rohit said.. 'Suryakumar has a habit of playing freely in every situation. He doesn't care whether the score is 2 wickets for 10 runs or 2 wickets for 100 runs. Suryakumar likes pressure. He enjoys playing under extra pressure. Its scope is unlimited' he said. Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma revealed that Suryakumar Yadav prefers heavy pitches.
England's strongest opponent – Rohit
Rohit Sharma described England as a strong opponent. English team is dangerous. They can beat anyone. "Performance is important in knockout matches. But, such matches play a vital role in career matters as well. A player's entire career can change with one knockout match,' he said.
Virat Kohli Injured: Virat Kohli injured by a ball bowled by Harshal Patel.. Watch net practice video here..
IND vs ENG: If Rohit had lost there first.. Team India would have reached the final.. Do you know how?


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Justia Patents Elongate TypeUS Patent Application for MODULAR DRIVER FOR ILLUMINATION AND HAVING DRIVER HEAD CARTRIDGE Patent Application (Application #20110216528)
MODULAR DRIVER FOR ILLUMINATION AND HAVING DRIVER HEAD CARTRIDGE
A modular driver for illumination and having a driver head cartridge comprises: a grip; an inner frame disposed within the grip, the rear end of the inner frame being provided with a plurality of recesses, one side at the front end of the inner frame defining an assembly section, the other side defining a battery containing section; a circuit board mounted on the assembly section of the inner frame, an LED lamp, an actuating switch and a power supply pin being integrated on the circuit board; and a rear cap disposed on the end of the grip, the rear cap being provided with a through hole, the rear cap being turned so that the through hole can be disposed with respect to one of the recesses.
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The present invention relates to a driver structure, and more particularly to a modular driver for illumination and having a driver head cartridge.
Taiwan patent publication No. 337743 entitled "Tool kit with illumination function" discloses a driver structure for illumination, in which, for the most part, an illumination mechanism comprised of a bulb is filled within its grip so as to achieve the effect of illumination when in use. However, a driver structure comprised of such structure must be used in combination with a larger volume nickel-metal hydride battery to actuate the bulb. This results in the drawback that it is not easy to hold and operate the tool kit because of excessively large volume and heavier weight of the grip.
Moreover, Taiwan patent publication No. M324516 discloses a screwdriver with illumination function, in which a circuit board containing a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) is disposed at the front end of the grip, and a battery holder, a pressing switch and a rear cap are disposed at the rear end of the grip. However, due to the arrangement of the circuit board and the battery holder separately at the front and rear ends of such driver structure, it is more inconvenient to connect the circuit board and the battery holder by additional conducting wires in assembly, and this further results in an increase in manufacturing costs. Furthermore, during replacement of the battery in such driver structure, the batteries must be sequentially placed into the opening on the top of the battery holder. Therefore, a problem that often occurs is that it is more difficult to place the batteries into the battery holder because of their small volume.
In view of the above-described circumstances, how to solve the above-mentioned problems is the most important subject of the present invention. As a result, various considerations and attempts have been made continuously by the inventors to achieve the invention.
A first object of the present invention is to provide a modular driver for illumination and having a driver head cartridge, wherein it is most effective to use the space of the grip and thus the total volume of the modular driver of the present invention can be effectively reduced.
A second object of the present invention is to provide a modular driver for illumination and having a driver head cartridge, which has the advantages of simple structure and easy assembly, maintenance and replacement.
A third object of the present invention is to provide a modular driver for illumination and having a driver head cartridge, which has the advantage of easy replacement of the battery.
In order to achieve the foregoing objects, the present invention provides a modular driver for illumination and having a driver head cartridge, comprising:
a grip of a hollow tubular shape, the front end of the grip having a coupling portion for fitting with a driver head, the grip being formed with a connecting portion at its end, at least the front end of the grip being made transparent, a through opening being provided at a position of the grip adjacent to its front end, the through opening being configured for passage of an actuating button;
an inner frame exactly contained within the grip, the rear end of the inner frame being sequentially provided with a plurality of recesses configured for storage of different driver heads, one side at the front end of the inner frame defining an assembly section, the opposite side of the assembly section defining a battery containing section;
a circuit board mounted on the assembly section of the inner frame, an LED lamp, an actuating switch and a power supply pin being integrated on the circuit board, wherein the LED lamp is disposed toward the front end of the grip, the actuating switch and the actuating button are disposed with respect to each other, and the power supply pin runs through the assembly section and is located in the battery containing section; and
a rear cap correspondingly coupled to the connecting portion at the end of the grip, the end surface of the rear cap being provided with a through hole, the rear cap being turned so that the through hole can be disposed with respect to one of the recesses.
The above objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments of the invention when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.
Of course, the present invention allows different arrangements in some other cases, but the preferred embodiments will be described in detail herein.
FIG. 1 is a schematic three-dimensional exploded view showing a structure according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a three-dimensional structure according to the present invention after assembled.
FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a planar structure according to the present invention after assembled.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the present invention after assembled.
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a usage state of the present invention in order to show the state when the actuating button is pressed to push the actuating switch.
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a usage state of the present invention in order to show the state when the battery is replaced.
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a usage state of the present invention in order to show the state when the rear cap is rotated such that the through hole reaches a position with respect to one of the recesses.
First, referring to FIGS. 1 to 4, there is provided a modular driver for illumination and having a driver head cartridge, which is mainly comprised of a grip 11, an inner frame 21, a circuit board 31 and a rear cap 41.
The grip 11 is of a hollow tubular shape. In this embodiment, the front end of the grip 11 is connected with a transparent shell 12. The front end of the transparent shell 12 is provided with a coupling portion 13 for fitting with a driver head. The grip 11 is formed with a connecting portion 14 at its end. A through opening 15 is provided at a position of the grip 11 adjacent to its front end, and the through opening 15 is configured for passage of an actuating button 16. Furthermore, the grip 11 has two walls 111 arranged parallel with respect to each other formed on the inner edge at the front end thereof.
The inner frame 21 is contained within the grip 11. The front end of the inner frame 21 is exactly wedged by the two walls 111 on the inner edge of the grip 11 so as to avoid rotation of the inner frame 21 when contained within the grip 11 (as shown in FIG. 4). The rear end of the inner frame 21 is sequentially concavely provided with a plurality of recesses 23 configured for storage of different driver heads 22. One side at the front end of the inner frame 21 defines an assembly section 24. There is a bracket 241 in the assembly section 24, and each of two sides of the bracket 241 extends to form a clamping arm 242. Furthermore, the opposite side of the assembly section 24 defines a battery containing section 25.
The circuit board 31 is mounted on the bracket 241 in the assembly section 24 at the front end of the inner frame 21, and can be exactly held and positioned on the bracket 241 by the two clamping arms 242. An LED lamp 32, an actuating switch 33 and a power supply pin 34 are integrated on the circuit board 31. The LED lamp 32 is disposed toward the direction of the coupling portion 13 at the front end of the grip 11. The LED lamp 32 is further surrounded by an arc-shaped reflective plate 35. The actuating switch 33 and the actuating button 16 are disposed with respect to each other. The power supply pin 34 runs through the assembly section 24 and is located in the battery containing section 25.
The inner edge of the rear cap 41 is peripherally provided with a clamping portion 42, and the rear cap 41 is correspondingly clamped to the connecting portion 14 at the end of the grip 11 by the clamping portion 42, whereby the end of the grip 11 is closed so as to prevent the disengagement of the inner frame 21 from the grip 11. An axle hole 43 is provided at the center of the end surface of the rear cap 41, and a knob 44 passes through the axle hole 43. A through hole 45 is provided on the rear cap 41 and beside the axle hole 43. When the rear cap 41 is correspondingly clamped to the connecting portion 14 at the end of the grip 11, the grip 11 can be rotated with the rear cap 41 around the knob 44 as an axle center. When the rear cap 91 is turned by force to overcome the clamping force provided by the clamping portion 42 of the rear cap 91, the rear cap 41 can be rotated with respect to the grip 11 so that the through hole 45 can be disposed with respect to one of the recesses 23.
Next, referring to FIG. 5, in practical use of the above-described structure of the present invention, the user presses the actuating button 16 to push the actuating switch 33 on the circuit board 31 such that electric power starts to be supplied to the LED lamp 32 via the circuit board 31 to enable the LED lamp 32 to generate illumination light.
According to the above-described structure of the present invention, the circuit board 31 is mounted at the front end of the inner frame 21, and the LED lamp 32, the actuating switch 33 and the power supply pin 34 are integrated on the circuit board 31, so it is most effective to use the space at the front end of the grip 11. Thus, the total volume of the modular driver of the present invention can be effectively reduced.
Additionally, in the assembly of the modular driver of the present invention, since the LED lamp 32, the actuating switch 33 and the power supply pin 34 have been modularized, it is only necessary to mount the circuit board 31 on the assembly section 24 at the front end of the inner frame 21, followed by directly placing the inner frame 21 on which the circuit board 31 has been mounted into the grip 11, and fitting the transparent shell 12 and the rear cap 41 onto the grip 11 to complete the entire assembling of a driver of the present invention. Therefore, the assembling is very easy and quick.
Furthermore, the LED lamp 32, the actuating switch 33 and the power supply pin 34 are together integrated on the circuit board 31. As a result, during the maintenance, it only needs to take the inner frame 21 out of the grip 11 to directly replace the circuit board 31. This further provides an advantage of easy maintenance.
Then, referring to FIG. 6, when replacement of the battery 51 is desired, it only needs to take the inner frame 21 out of the grip 11 so that the battery 51 can be easily taken out of the battery containing section 25 beside the front end of the inner frame 21 and replaced. Moreover, the rear end of the inner frame 21 is provided with recesses 23 configured to accommodate driver heads 22 of different sizes. Therefore, when the user applies force to turn the rear cap 41 to overcome the clamping force provided by the clamping portion 42 of the rear cap 41, the rear cap 41 can be rotated with respect to the grip 11 so that the through hole 45 can reach a position with respect to one of the recesses 23 (as shown in FIG. 7). In such manner, the user simply needs to invert the grip 11 and the driver head 22 in this recess 23 will fall out for use. Thus, the present invention offers increased applicability.
However, it is understood that the disclosure of the above-mentioned embodiments is illustrative only and the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, and therefore all changes in values or substitution by equivalent elements should still be included within the scope of the invention.
1. A modular driver for illumination and having a driver head cartridge, comprising:
a grip of a hollow tubular shape, the front end of the grip having a coupling portion for fitting with a driver head, the grip being formed with a connecting portion at the end of the grip, at least the front end of the grip being made transparent, a through opening being provided at a position of the grip adjacent to the front end of the grip, the through opening being configured for passage of an actuating button;
an inner frame exactly contained within the grip, the rear end of the inner frame being sequentially concavely provided with a plurality of recesses configured for storage of different driver heads, one side at the front end of the inner frame defining an assembly section, the opposite side of the assembly section defining a battery containing section;
a rear cap correspondingly coupled to the connecting portion at the end of the grip, the end surface of the rear cap being provided with a through hole, the rear cap being turned so that the through hole is disposed with respect to one of the recesses.
2. The modular driver for illumination and having a driver head cartridge as recited in claim 1, wherein the front end of the grip is further connected with a transparent shell and the coupling portion is disposed at the front end of the transparent shell.
3. The modular driver for illumination and having a driver head cartridge as recited in claim 1, wherein the grip has two walls arranged parallel with respect to each other formed on the inner edge at the front end of the grip, and when the inner frame is contained within the grip, the front end of the inner frame is exactly wedged by the two walls on the inner edge of the grip.
4. The modular driver for illumination and having a driver head cartridge as recited in claim 1, wherein there is a bracket in the assembly section, each of two sides of the bracket extends to form a clamping arm, and the circuit board is mounted on the bracket and is exactly held and positioned on the bracket by the two clamping arms.
5. The modular driver for illumination and having a driver head cartridge as recited in claim 1, wherein the LED lamp is further surrounded by an arc-shaped reflective plate.
6. The modular driver for illumination and having a driver head cartridge as recited in claim 1, wherein the inner edge of the rear cap is peripherally provided with a clamping portion and the rear cap is correspondingly clamped to the connecting portion at the end of the grip by the clamping portion and when the rear cap is turned by force to overcome the clamping force provided by the clamping portion of the rear cap, the rear cap can be rotated with respect to the grip so that the through hole can be disposed with respect to one of the recesses.
7. The modular driver for illumination and having a driver head cartridge as recited in claim 6, wherein an axle hole is provided at the center of the end surface of the rear cap and a knob passes through the axle hole and when the rear cap is correspondingly clamped to the connecting portion at the end of the grip, the grip can be rotated with the rear cap around the knob as an axle center.
Filed: Mar 7, 2010
Inventor: Kun-Chih Hung (Ta-Li City)
Current U.S. Class: Elongate Type (362/120); Having Means To Store Parts (81/177.4)
International Classification: B25B 23/18 (20060101); B25B 23/16 (20060101);


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Assembly Constituency List
By Muskan K -- January 13, 2022 4:24 pm
Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: Samana, constituency number 116, is located in the Patiala district of Punjab. It is one of the 117 seats of Punjab Vidhan Sabha. Rajinder Singh from Congress won the last assembly elections who is the current MLA of Samana. He won the elections held in 2017 by defeating his nearest opponent Surjit Singh Rakhra of SAD with a margin of 9849 votes.
According to the voter list for the 2017 assembly elections, the total number of voters was 177413. 208 polling stations were established by the election commission during these elections. A total of 148954 votes were cast in the constituency Samana and the percentage was 83.96 percent.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) gave the ticket to Jagtar Singh Rajla for the 2017 assembly elections. SAD had given the ticket to Surjit Singh Rakhra as its MLA candidate from the Samana constituency.
Congress gave the ticket to Rajinder Singh as its MLA candidate from Samana constituency for the 2017 assembly elections. He won the elections held in 2017 by defeating his nearest opponent Surjit Singh Rakhra of SAD with a margin of 9849 votes.
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Satellite rights of Malayalam movies 2017: The television rights of Malayalam Movies are sold to various Malayalam channels . Satellite rights of Films are a huge source of income and a method increase TRP/BARC ratings. So there is intense competion to buy the satellite rights. Below are the list of Malayalam Films released in 2017 and the channel with satellite Rights.
Sakhavu a Malayalam film written and directed by Sidhartha Siva and produced by B. Rakesh. The film is starring Nivin Pauly, Aishwarya Rajesh,Gayathri Suresh,Aparna Gopinath and Sreenivasan in lead roles.
1971: Beyond Borders (2017) a malayalam war drama film written and directed by Major Ravi and produced by Haneef Mohammed. The film is the fouth one in the Major Mahadevan film series with Mohanlal as Major Mahadevan. Allu Sirish ,Arunoday Singh,Renji Panicker,Sudheer Karamana etc are the other cast in this movie.


The chronic phase of CML is the stage in which most people are diagnosed, often through a routine blood test. Occasionally, the disease progresses undetected and isn't diagnosed until the accelerated phase or until a person is in blast crisis. Due to my exorbitantly high white cell count of 382,000, my doctor feared that I might be in blast crisis; I was therefore immediately hospitalized. I was given intravenous chemotherapy and leukapheresis to rapidly decrease my white cell count, to prevent a brain bleed, and to properly diagnose my phase of the disease. Not all patients diagnosed with CML will have such extreme medical procedures.
People in the chronic phase of CML may have few or even no symptoms at all. You can read about my symptoms here: Looking Back; My Signs and Symptoms of Leukemia. In the chronic phase, there are more white blood cells in the blood and marrow, than usual. Most are mature cells that work normally and are still able to fight infection. The Philadelphia chromosome is present and there are fewer than 10% of myeloblast cells in the peripheral blood and bone marrow. This is often determined through a bone marrow biopsy.
More than 90% of CML patients that are diagnosed in the chronic phase are stable at five years. This means that their leukemia is under control; getting no better or worse. This is good news! I think that the most difficult part of having leukemia, is dealing with the side effects of the medications that we must take to keep us alive. This includes the physical, emotional and financial burden that has now become part of our everyday lives'. The great news is that we have a life to live; count your blessings if you are diagnosed in the chronic phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia.


Sherman Hemsley, best known as the actor who made the character George Jefferson famous in "The Jeffersons," has died, El Paso cops told TMZ today.
He died at his home in El Paso of natural causes at the age of 74, according to TMZ.
Hemsley leaves behind no wife and no kids but a legacy in the TV world and in the black community.
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Dispute over Pissarro painting looted by Nazis is back in court: A Holocaust survivor wants to revisit a settlement with an Oklahoma art museum over a painting once owned by her father. The case is scheduled to be heard by a French court in January.
01.11.2020, The New York Times: Dispute over Pissarro painting looted by Nazis is back in court
Historic Book of Lismore returns to Ireland from Britain: One of Ireland's most important historic books—The Book of Lismore, created in the 15th century—is returning home. The medieval manuscript, compiled for Fínghin Mac Carthaigh, the Lord of Carbery from 1478 to 1505, has been donated to University College Cork (UCC) by the trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement in Derbyshire. The Book of Lismore will be displayed in a Treasures Gallery that UCC plans to develop in its Boole Library.
29.10.2020, The Art Newspaper: Historic Book of Lismore returns to Ireland from Britain
Ming dynasty vase recovered in London after Swiss theft: A 15th century Chinese vase valued at around £2.5m has been recovered in London by the Met Police. The Ming dynasty vase had been stolen in a June 2019 burglary from a collection in Switzerland. A specialist crime operation and ongoing investigation into the burglary is being conducted jointly with the Met and the Swiss authorities.
28.10.2020, The Antiques Trade Gazette: Ming dynasty vase recovered in London after Swiss theft
Man tries to take artefact from Louvre—just two weeks after being charged for the same crime at Quai Branly: The Congolese activist Emery Mwazulu Diyabanza has been arrested in Paris for attempting to seize an artefact from the Louvre. Diyabanza's lawyer, Hakim Chergui, told The Art Newspaper that the incident took place on Thursday 22 October.
26.10.2020, The Art Newspaper: Man tries to take artefact from Louvre—just two weeks after being charged for the same crime at Quai Branly
26.10.2020, Artnet: Restitution activist Mwazulu Diyabanza was arrested after he tried to remove an Indonesian sculpture from the Louvre [updated]
US presses for return of two Thai lintels from Asian Art Museum in San Francisco to Thailand: US federal attorneys have filed a civil complaint seeking the return to Thailand of two ornately carved sandstone lintels in the collection of the Asian Art Museum (AAM) of San Francisco. The museum contends that the process for repatriating the objects, which originated in ancient temples, was already underway and that the filing is therefore puzzling.
30.10.2020, The Art Newspaper: US presses for return of two Thai lintels from Asian Art Museum in San Francisco to Thailand
28.10.2020, Artnet: The US government has filed a lawsuit demanding the San Francisco Asian Art Museum return two ancient artifacts to Thailand
28.10.2020, Art News: U.S. Government demands that Asian Art Museum return Thai artifacts
Two Van Gogh fakes in Washington? Strong evidence produced against early drawings at the National Gallery of Art: Two sketches which have been regarded as the first surviving ones done after Vincent van Gogh's decision to become an artist are "probably" fakes, according to Yves Vasseur, the author of a forthcoming book. He believes they have been misattributed. The drawings of houses were discovered in 1958 in an attic in Cuesmes, in the Belgian Borinage, where Van Gogh served as a preacher among the miners. They were sold at auction and later donated to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
30.10.2020, The Art Newspaper: Two Van Gogh fakes in Washington? Strong evidence produced against early drawings at the National Gallery of Art
Museums must rethink how they use their endowments – or they'll struggle to rebuild after this crisis: A common argument in the present funding crisis facing museums, particularly in the US, has been: if museums are sitting on millions, and in some cases billions, how can they justify asking for more money while simultaneously selling their collections, creating redundancies, and cutting costs left, right and centre?
30.10.2020, Apollo: Museums must rethink how they use their endowments – or they'll struggle to rebuild after this crisis
How long can N.Y.C. museums survive at 25 percent capacity?: Over a month after most of New York's most prestigious museums reopened to the public, they are experiencing an existential crisis, fuelled by the state-mandated reduced capacity of 25 percent. While the public face of New York City museums welcomes back these visitors with a smile and the promise of a safe experience, administrators behind the scenes anxiously wonder how long they can feasibly stay at that meager occupancy without making significant cuts to staffing or programming.
30.10.2020, The New York Times: How long can N.Y.C. museums survive at 25 percent capacity?
Baltimore Museum of Art pauses contentious deaccession hours before auction: After weeks of raging debate surrounding the Baltimore Museum of Art's decision to auction three major works by Brice Marden, Clyfford Still, and Andy Warhol reached a fever pitch days ago when two ex-board chairs withdrew a planned $50 million donation and two artists—Amy Sherald and Adam Pendleton—stepped down from the board in protest of the sale, the museum said that it was calling off the deaccession. The surprising move was publicized just two hours before the auction was to take place at Sotheby's in New York. The sale's estimated $65 million would go toward staff salaries and equipment to be used in the care of the museum's collection.
28.10.2020, Artforum: Baltimore Museum of Art pauses contentious deaccession hours before auction
28.10.2020, The Art Newspaper: Baltimore Museum of Art calls off sale of Warhol, Still and Marden after outcry
28.10.2020, Art News: Baltimore Museum of Art calls off controversial deaccession plan hours before sale
30.10.2020, The New York Times: Two museums tried to sell art. Only one caught grief about it.
26.10.2020, Artforum: Baltimore Museum of Art loses $50 million planned gift over deaccession
24.10.2020, The Washington Post: Donors rescind $50 million in gifts over Baltimore museum's planned sale of Warhol painting
US Association of Art Museum Directors sends a warning note to its members on deaccessioning: After relaxing its rules on deaccessioning in April, the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) is telegraphing concern about the growing number of museums moving to sell off important works of art.
27.10.2020, The Art Newspaper: US Association of Art Museum Directors sends a warning note to its members on deaccessioning
29.10.2020, The Financial Times: Hard-hit museums warned over flood of public art sales
Cassirer heirs may challenge ruling favouring Spanish foundation over Nazi-plundered Pissarro: The Cassirer heirs recently received another negative ruling in their lawsuit to recover a Nazi-looted painting by French Impressionist Camille Pissarro, but this case has not yet ended. The heirs indicated their intent to request a rehearing of the Ninth Circuit's holding that, under Spanish law, title to the Pissarro is rightly held by the Spanish foundation that purchased it in the 1970s.
26.10.2020, The Institute of Art and Law: Cassirer heirs may challenge ruling favouring Spanish foundation over Nazi-plundered Pissarro
Germany's arguments to toss Guelph Treasure case raise concerns from US lawmakers: On 7 December, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on whether the heirs of German Jewish art dealers can sue in US courts to recover the famous Guelph Treasure from Germany. The dealers' heirs say the 1935 sale of the collection of medieval church reliquaries, directed by Nazi leader Hermann Goering, was coerced at a reduced price and was part of Germany's genocide of the Jews, violating "international law". But the filings already submitted to the court by Germany and the US government have raised concerns from a bipartisan group of Congressional members, who have written letters to the German ambassador and US officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
26.10.2020, The Art Newspaper: Germany's arguments to toss Guelph Treasure case raise concerns from US lawmakers
26.10.2020, Artnet: As a lawsuit over the Nazi-looted Guelph treasure goes to the Supreme Court, congressional leaders blast Germany's attempt to derail it
Ghana appoints experts to draw up 'radical' new plan for museums and monuments: Ghana has appointed a 13-person committee to advise the government on a "radical" new direction for the country's museums and cultural heritage sites. The President's Committee on Museums and Monuments will be run by the Accra-based ANO Institute of Arts and Knowledge and chaired by the international development advisor Edward Ayensu, a former senior scientist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.
29.10.2020, The Art Newspaper: Ghana appoints experts to draw up 'radical' new plan for museums and monuments
Sotheby's sale of Israeli museum artefacts delayed after government pressure: Sotheby's auctions of 190 artefacts and 68 timepieces from the collection of Jerusalem's Museum for Islamic Art have been postponed at the 11th hour at the request of the museum's parent foundation. The move follows mounting public and government pressure in Israel to prevent the deaccessioning of more than 3% of this publicly subsidised institution's 5,525-object collection, which is unique in the country for its focus on Islamic culture.
27.10.2020, The Art Newspaper: Sotheby's sale of Israeli museum artefacts delayed after government pressure
27.10.2020, Artnet: The Museum of Islamic Arts has halted a planned Sotheby's sale of its treasures after it was condemned by Israel's president
26.10.2020, The Times of Israel: Jerusalem Islamic museum scraps Sotheby's sale of its exhibits following outrage
28.10.2020, Le Journal des Arts: Israël, la vente d'œuvres du Musée d'art islamique fait polémique
Armenian monuments in line of fire in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Heritage and archaeological sites are under renewed threat as fighting resumes between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. The most recent flare-up comes after a ceasefire appears to have been violated within hours after it was brokered by US authorities yesterday. Two previous ceasefires brokered by Russia also failed to hold. 26.10.2020, The Art Newspaper: Armenian monuments in line of fire in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict


Not to be confused with Search and rescue dog.
It has been suggested that this article be merged into Pet adoption. (Discuss) Proposed since July 2018.
A rescue dog is a dog that has been placed in a new home after being abused, neglected, or abandoned by its previous owner. The term can also apply to dogs that are found as strays, surrendered by owners for a variety of reasons, including relationship breakdowns, moving home where the owner is unable or unwilling to take their pets, or elderly people who are not permitted to take their dog(s) into a nursing home.
Many animal rescue organisations exist to rescue, protect, care and re-home dogs from unnecessary euthanasia. Common examples include the RSPCA in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries, the ISPCA in Ireland, or the ASPCA in the United States. Many rescue dogs are rehomed quickly, but some wait longer for a home. This may be relevant when the dog is older. Some agencies provide ongoing health care and support for older dogs after they have been placed in a home. There are several charities dedicated to rescuing and rehoming older dogs.
The ASPCA estimates that approximately 3.3 million dogs in the United States enter shelters each year. Of these, 1.6 million are adopted, 670,000 are euthanized, and 620,000 are returned to their previous owners. A study conducted by the United States National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy (NCPPSP) in 1998 found that the main reasons for pets being relinquished are: family moving, landlord will not allow pets, too many animals in household, cost of keeping the pet, owner is having personal problems, inadequate facilities, and no homes available for puppies. The study found that 47.7% of dogs turned in to shelters were not altered (spayed or neutered), 33% had not been to a veterinarian, and 96% of dogs had no obedience training. The conclusion of the researchers was that the owners who were relinquishing their pets did not have the knowledge to be responsible dog owners, and that educational programs aimed at present and prospective owners would reduce the number of dogs relinquished to animal shelters.
A mixed-breed rescue puppy at a foster home waiting for a prospective owner.
There are many unknown benefits of rescuing a dog that many people are not aware of. A lot of these benefits are not specific to dogs, but overall dogs are one of the most popular animals to have as a pet. (1) Rescuing versus adopting from a pet store can save money. Besides the fact that the physical puppy or dog will be cheaper than if purchased at a pet store, shelters often microchip, spay, neuter, and vaccinate the animals that they are taking care of. Therefore, one can save up to $300 by already adopting a neutered or spayed dog. (2) Rescuing will help eliminate puppy farms. Despite the fact that puppy farms are illegal, many people throughout the world still benefit from the profits made. A lot of the problem comes from the fact that people are not even aware of the fact that they are adopting a puppy that was bred from a puppy farm. That is why it is vital to research on exactly where one is adopting from before purchasing a puppy. (3) Owning a dog can benefit one's own health and wellbeing. Multiple studies have shown that not only can having a dog improve one's happiness and health, but it can also elongate one's life. Specifically, service dogs help with depression, stress, and anxiety. Playing with a dog daily is proven to increase levels of serotonin and dopamine, two chemicals naturally produced in the human body that make one feel happy and play important roles in brain and body function. (4) Parents that have dogs provide life lessons and extended benefits to their children. Not only does having a dog naturally teach children responsibilities, but it can also help them with separation anxiety and feeling a sense of security when they are at home. (5) Dogs will always provide unconditional love. Regardless of what may have happened minutes, hours, or days before, a dog will love you and will always be there, greeting with as much love and kindness as if nothing had ever gone wrong.
A puppy farm is a commercial breeding dog facility. At these farms, the female dogs are used as breeding machines. With no rest in between, these dog's bodies become so exhausted and consumed by breeding until they can no longer produce puppies at all and then are killed. Once born, the puppies are immediately separated from their mothers and put into the smallest cages possible. The more cages that can fit in one room, the more puppies, the more money. These cages are rarely cleaned leading the puppies to get sick and/or develop sores from being unable to sit without cutting up the rest of their bodies on the wire cage. These cages are often stacked on top of each other, leaving the puppies on the bottom to get drenched in the urine and feces from the puppies above. Care and hygiene for these puppies tend to be expensive, so the puppy farmers turn a blind eye and leave them to suffer. This causes a vast majority of the puppies that arrive at pet stores to be adopted to end up having life long immune system deficiencies or chronic medical problems. Although it may be fun to have the "perfect" purebred puppy that you imagined, remember that often adopting this puppy supports the inhumane treatment as well as leave you with a higher likelihood of owning a dog with serious mental and physical issues.
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^ 8 reasons to adopt a senior dog. Animals Australia. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
^ Seniors for Seniors. Dogs' Refuge Home. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
^ "Oldies Club". Oldies.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
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Rachael Sage Reimagines Her '90s Feminist Anthem For The #MeToo Movement With "Sistersong 2018"
BY Byshera Williams
Rachael Sage, a New York-based alt-pop artist, has returned with her 13th album Myopia. The album centers itself on the idea of self-assurance and being comfortable within one's own skin, but with the current cultural climate, there is also a thread of paranoia. With a bold emphasis on Sage's guitar playing, instead of her usual piano-driven work, and contributions from Hoboken-based guitarist James Mastro, this album is gritty, complex, and truly stands out from her other work. We're excited to premiere the single "Sistersong 2018" — a new version of one of Sage's most popular songs — here:
In a personal statement to BUST, Sage said, "I first released the original version 'Sistersong' in 1998, when it appeared on my album Smashing The Serene. I've written hundreds of songs, but this particular composition has been a huge good luck charm for me, and in many ways, it's also defined who I am as an artist, today. When I first shared the song with my early inspiration, Ani DiFranco, she was graciously enthusiastic and invited me to go on tour with her because the song captured her so much. That experience was incredibly formative and I carried the confidence and empowerment of her generous mentoring into many subsequent opportunities, including The Lilith Fair, which invited me to perform after I sang "Sistersong" in their local NYC talent search. Since then, the song become a fan favorite and seemed to find particular resonance at LGBTQ events and Pride Festivals, where I'm still always excited and honored to perform it!
"Through the years, many listeners have approached me and told me individual stories about the song...how they used it at their wedding, or how it helped them get through a hard time or resolve a sibling conflict. As a bisexual minority who has unfortunately experienced my share of #metoo moments, I have found that my supportive friendships with women in adulthood have been a saving grace. The ability to share our collective experiences and prop each other up – rather than to compete negatively or criticize one another as a cultural norm – is something for which I've grown increasingly grateful, and I think that applies especially to artists and musicians who have unique opportunities to amplify that kind of positivity far and wide. Conversely, a someone who experienced severe bullying in my youth, I also know just how harsh girls can be to one another when they're not actively encouraged to break down certain barriers and to positively pursue our shared goals of social advancement for women. Along those lines, I'm so excited that 100% of all proceeds from 'Sistersong 2018' will benefit Girls Inc., whose mission is to 'equip girls to overcome serious barriers to grow up strong, smart and bold.'"
Myopia will be out on May 4th, and you can pre-order the album here. Rachael Sage's tour started in February, but there is still time to see her at one of the following dates.
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John Taylor of Caroline  az Amerikai Egyesült Államok szenátora (Virginia, 1792–1794, 1803, 1822–1824).

Élete

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Virginia állam szenátorai
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1824-ben elhunyt személyek
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It would be wise to avoid aggressiveness in your approach. Try to remain calm and relaxed. Don't feel bad about some of your objectives not being met.
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Prosperity may be limited for the day. Try to keep a check on your expenses.
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I'm starting a new series of posts on my blog tagged as "adventures." My life seems to have them every once in a while, when something or someone crosses my path, and it feels worth writing out as a story. I'll also use this type of post to talk about bicycling trips, travel and other mischief that me, the adorable husband, my dog Miss Kate and my treasured friends get up to.
Recently Miss Kate and I met a new neighbor named Raj on our morning and afternoon walks. Like clockwork, he is standing outside his apartment having his cup of coffee and he gets down on the ground and greets Miss Kate. Every morning he asks her name, her breed, how long I've owned her and if I love her. Every single morning, in that order. He's meticulously kind and courteous and always tells me how he's come from India to visit his grandchildren.
In the afternoons, with one grandchild in a stroller, the other either pushing it or on his shoulders. He proudly introduces his granddaughters and his daughter, Ruchira, who is always walking with them. He tells me how he's recently come from India to visit them. He asks about Miss Kate, asks her name, her breed, how long I've owned her and if I love her. He shows Miss Kate to teach of his grandchildren. Tells them how wonderful dogs are and asks them if they've ever seen a dog before.
Yesterday, Ruchira stayed to chat with me a bit after several of these repeat encounters.
"You are kind to let you and your dog become part of Tata's daily routines," she said softly.
Raj apparently has alzheimers and has come to live with Ruchira and her daughters. She is her grandfather, and she says there was no other choice. The kids and her family give him an important grounded life to make it easier for him. She says that many people don't understand how his day completely resets each day. He can remember her and his grandchildren and that is about it. That each day is a new one for him, literally. She laughed comparing it to the movie Groundhog Day only with grandchildren.


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Q: Service not found after installing using AssemblyInstaller Context
Windows 2008 64 bit.
I have a .NET service installed that acts as an installer.
Background
I'm using this code (credit: Marc Gravell) to install a service:
using (var inst = new AssemblyInstaller(typeof(MyNamespace.Program).Assembly, new string[] { })) {
    IDictionary state = new Hashtable();
    inst.UseNewContext = true;
    try {
    if (uninstall) {
        inst.Uninstall(state);
    } else {
        inst.Install(state);
        inst.Commit(state);
    }
    } catch {
    try {
        inst.Rollback(state);
    } catch { }
    throw;
    }
}

The Problem
All works fine and no exceptions, but right after that, I try to run the following code to start the service just installed:
using (var sc = new ServiceController("the service's name"))
{
    sc.Start();
    sc.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Running, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20));
}

And I get an exception:

System.InvalidOperationException: Service [service name goes here] was not found on computer '.'. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The specified service does not exist as an installed service
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.GenerateNames()
   at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.get_ServiceName()
   at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.Start(String[] args)
   at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.Start()
   at ... (my code details)

I don't understand why, because:

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*The service's name is the exact one as in the ServiceInstaller (in
the ServiceName property)

*The code is executed inside a different service, which runs under
Local System account.

A: It might be that the service is stuck in a waiting state and not yet accomplished the full registration, so it can't be recognized as an installed service.
As you do set UseNewContext property - does the installation log file ("{Assembly name}.InstallLog") contain any meaningful information?
Also, to check if this is a permissions issue, can you try to verify service existence using
sc query <ServiceName>

from an administrative command window?

A: There is an installation log that might help. Look for the YouServiceName.InstallLog file in the service's folder.
Adding an Installer for the service could be enough (it was for me). You should:

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*Open the Service.cs file in the designer,

*Right click it, and

*Choose the menu-option "Add Installer".

It won't install right out of the box... you need to create the installer class first.
For reference, see also this question.

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In addition to local flower delivery in postal code 2152, Florist Northmead provides floral delivery services to the following nearby postal codes:
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Больша́я Фа́тра (, Ве́лька-Фатра) — горный массив в северной Словакии, часть Фатранско-Татранской области. Наивысшая точка — гора Остредок (1592 м). Интересно, что Большая Фатра ниже Малой. Большая Фатра служит восточной границей исторической области Турец.

В 1971 году территория Большой Фатры была объявлена заповедником, а с 1 апреля 2002 года является Национальным парком. На территории заповедника растёт около 1000 видов редких растений, здесь самая большая тисовая роща в Европе. Почти 90 % территории покрыто буком, пихтой, также встречается ель.

Значительная часть хребта сложена из различных мезозойских пород. Центральная часть состоит из сланцев, южная и юго-западная из известняка и доломита.

Вершины Большой Фатры
 Остредок (Ostredok, 1592 м н.у.м.);
 Фрчков (Frčkov, 1585 м);
 Крижна (Krížna, 1574 м);
 Ракитов (Rakytov, 1567 м);
 Сухий Врх (Suchý vrch, 1550 м);
 Плоска (Ploská, 1532 м);
 Смрековица (Smrekovica, 1530 м);
 Боришов (Borišov, 1510 м);
 Шипрун (Šiprúň, 1461 м);
 Тлста (Tlstá, 1414 м);
 Зволен (Zvolen, 1402 м);
 Лысец (Lysec, 1381 м);
 Дриенок (Drienok, 1268 м);
 Остра (Ostrá, 1247 м).

Достопримечательности

 Развалины
 Развалины замка Склабиня
 Скансен
 Города Мартин и Ружомберок
 Скалы, пещеры, водопады, горные озёра
 Многочисленные горнолыжные центры

Примечания

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 Заповедник Большая Фатра
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DeTomaso Mangusta
For Sale: DeTomaso Mangusta
There were just over 400 Mangusta built and some say no more than 250 cars are around today! Now you have a chance to make a great investment in a very potential sportscar. Presented in a very nice color combination. Sold new in USA, but spent most of its life in Europe. We will have this car in our stand in Padova Italy this coming weekend. The car is in good condition.
The Mangusta replaced the Vallelunga model, on which its chassis was based.[2] The word "mangusta" is Italian for "mongoose", an animal that can kill cobras. It was rumored that the car was so named because De Tomaso had some talks with Carroll Shelby to replace the Shelby Cobra with a racing car to be built in Italy by the Argentine-born De Tomaso ("De Tomaso Sport 5000" a.k.a. "De Tomaso P70"),[3] but no deal was signed since Shelby became involved in the Ford GT40 racing program. Nevertheless, Alejandro de Tomaso and Carroll Shelby were friends[citation needed] and business is business, so it is also rumored that the first handful of engines for the Mangusta may have come from Shelby. The Mangusta was replaced by the much cheaper-to-build De Tomaso Pantera in 1971.
401 Mangustas were built, about 150 of the European version, the remainder were the North American version. The initial cars are claimed to have a more powerful Ford HiPo 289 cu. in. engine; the later cars all had Ford 302 engines. With the 1970 model USA destined cars were produced with 2 headlamp pop-up, an estimated 50 cars were produced in this configuration. One car was built with a Chevrolet engine for General Motors-Vice President, Bill Mitchell.[4] There are reported to be approximately 250 of the 401 cars left in existence, according to the three available registries.
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Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency
Eternal Reserve
September 13, 2011 by Ethan Ellenberg Leave a Comment
A group of papers recently crossed my desk that reminded me of the permanent or eternal reserve that many publishers keep on individual books. I suspect that few authors are aware of this, but it's a serious issue that affects almost every author.
The root of this problem is that many publishers keep a tiny but permanent reserve against returns. This should not be confused with illegitimate practices regarding the reserve for returns that less than reputable publishers have employed. This eternal reserve, as any of the publishers that utilize it will likely argue, is a legitimate accounting practice. And, if the permanent return is tiny and not fixed, it can be justified. If it is not, it is an egregious use of the reserve concept and a serious way of depriving authors of royalty income.
First, some background: I have been on both sides of this issue. Prior to becoming an agent I worked in the contracts and royalty areas for two of the largest publishers. In my first job I actually had access and spent some time with the large royalty books that housed the company's royalty records. (Yes, the hand entered books that held the royalty records.) In these books you could follow the royalty records of titles that had been in print for 20 or even 30 years. I remember reviewing books that hadn't had a return in five or even ten years. These were customarily "dead" books, long out of print. Sometimes a return came in, but rarely.
Even on these titles, a permanent reserve was usually kept. The reserve would often be 50 books, period. From the author's point of view, you can make the case that no permanent reserve should be kept. When a book is essentially dead—let's say three years without a recorded sale or return––even the final or permanent reserve should be liquidated. However, a publisher could legitimately argue that returns are received even ten years after a book is dead and so they shouldn't be forced to pay royalties on books that could be returned.
From where I sit, this is a coin toss—both sides can make legitimate claims. As long as the publisher must absorb returns for credit, it wants protection from paying royalties on these unsold copies. If no returns are imminent by any common sense measure, authors should be paid royalty income that has in all likelihood been earned.
In my capacity as agent, I have several clients with long, productive careers. I have full access to their royalty records, which I periodically review. Even though there is obviously a smaller collection of authors, the patterns of sale are similar to the ones I saw as a publishing house employee. After the active life of a book, years could go by with no activity—no returns whatsoever. Sometimes a return or three would pop up. The fact is that nearly all books follow a similar pattern in their publishing lives. Ten year old books, with no new shipments, don't suddenly return 500 or 1000 copies. In fact, I can't remember even moderate amounts of returns for an older book (for many books this would be at least three years post first publication). If a book is very active, with new shipments, that is a different story. In that case, the book will behave essentially like a recent title and substantial bursts of returns are possible.
Despite these patterns, that anyone who tracks royalties knows, many publishers do use an eternal reserve. It is a controversial, debatable practice, but it is legitimate. But, what happens if the permanent or final reserve is abused? What if it is more than a token reserve or if it is completely disconnected from any common sense notion of how books are returned? In these instances, the publisher is simply failing or refusing to pay royalties.
One such practice that greatly concerns me is a permanent reserve that is set as a percentage of gross shipments. Even a 1% permanent reserve could deny substantial royalty income to an author. Let me give you an illustration. During the initial publication of a book 100,000 copies are shipped and the publisher establishes a standard 1% permanent reserve against this shipments, so that's a 1000 copies. Depending on the book's sales, the permanent reserve isn't visible or operative, but subsumed in the traditional reserve and most likely would not have an impact on the author's royalties. But what happens five or even ten years out? What happens when in the prior five years only ten returns were received? Why would 1,000 copies need to be held in reserve when the publisher can be confident that it will not receive even 100 returns?
Let's continue to work with this example. What if the permanent reserve wasn't as tiny as 1%–say 3% (3000 copies) or 5% (5000 copies). The numbers grow more and more absurd. A reserve is not supposed to function in this way. Let's examine how the reserve is really supposed to function. In our example, we've shipped 100,000 copies and let's say that 50,000 are reported sold. The publisher knows they're sold—they've been paid for them, the large accounts have actually given the publisher sales figures from individual stores. Now the potential pool of returns isn't 100,000 copies, it's 50,000 copies. Of those 50,000 copies, let's say 40,000 have been returned and credited. Now our 3% of shipments or 3000 copies is actually a reserve against 10,000 "unknown" copies. It's no longer a 3% reserve for returns, it's now a 30% reserve for returns. And, as the number of "unknown" copies decreases, this percentage steadily increases.
Obviously, a reserve set by a fixed percentage of net shipped is an unfair practice. A reserve should never be fixed; it should be based on actual experience. Publishers that employ a permanent reserve with a fixed rate based on gross shipments aren't really using a reserve against returns at all, they are simply not paying authors royalties on every book sold, as promised in their contracts. It may be 99% or 97% or 95%, but it's is not 100% and in some cases this can amount to a significant loss of income to the author.
The reserve for returns will continue to be an area of contention between authors and publishers. Publishers have the right to protect themselves from paying royalties on unsold copies. Authors have the right to be paid full royalty income on a timely basis and not be subjected to methods that unfairly deny them income. The clearest path to moderating this tension is for publishers to increase the flow of accurate, timely sales information to authors so the legitimacy of the reserve can be openly and objectively judged. Authors must accept that there will be instances where the publisher can legitimately delay payment of royalties until it's clear that the books have actually been sold and will not be returned.
Last word—a reserve based on a permanent fixed percentage of books shipped is inconsistent with sound accounting practices and unfairly denies authors royalty income.
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5 Timeless Lessons About Divorce That You Need To Learn NOW!
After getting divorced and having to go through everything else that goes along with it, I feel inclined to share the timeless lessons that I learned so my fellow divorcees can better cope with the experience.
Having a divorce can be so devastating that many fail to get back on their feet after having faced the ordeal. If you've recently gone through one and are quite oblivious about how to cope with it, then I'm sure that these tips are what you need.
These are the things that I learned through MY EXPERIENCE and I have since obtained a different level of perspective (let alone peace) after having internalized these. I hope it does the same for you too.
Give yourself some time to mourn.
Remember. Crying is a form of healing.
Considering how painful a divorce is, you need to give yourself some time to reflect and mourn the pain. Simply smiling and acting like nothing happened after a painful divorce is close to if not an act of denial.
The more you reflect on the matter, the more pain and hurt you'll realize and feel. BUT… You'll also learn from reflecting on it helping you with the healing process.
It gets infinitely hard to recover from a divorce if you don't learn to love yourself.
Loving yourself is especially important in these situations since you can no longer confide in your partner. You need to see how valuable your really are start pampering yourself. You can go out with your friends, do the things that you really love to do and celebrate life!
It's when you do this that you start realizing that being divorced may not be as bad as you thought it was.
DO NOT let anger take control of your life.
The thing with anger is that it blinds and robs you of the blessings that you should've been enjoying had you been seeing things in a clearer perspective.
Instead of focusing on the opportunity of living a more peaceful life, you end up thinking about the pains and hurts that you've experienced before. You end up living the past when you're supposed to be moving on and having a better life.
Seek a life coach or a therapist.
Self-help books may not be the best option at this point. If you think you are going crazy (or your ex is pounding that idea into your breaking/broken heart), go and seek the support of experts. Therapists and life coaches know what they are talking about and have probably seen more ridiculous cases.
Let your decadent self come out to play and sample an adventurous lifestyle. Go on a vacation, cruise, ski holiday or some sort of trip alone and far from old familiar things. Access the inner daredevil in you that you have kept hidden for marriage-sake. Try something new and meet new friends. Fulfill your dream vacation.
After years of tilting at windmills, here you are facing a tough task of getting through a divorce process. Moving on is not one of the options, it is your ONLY option. Are you still stuck with square one and could not summon the courage to get back on your feet? Or, are you a victor of divorce and is now enjoying a happily remarried life? Share your thoughts, ideas and true-to-life experience here. There is strength in numbers. Let's ponder on life lessons together.


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