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A group of 45 members and guests of Sandy and District Probus Club enjoyed the annual holiday in Shropshire.
The trip was based in and around the beautiful Ironbridge World Heritage site, from Monday, May 7 until Friday, May 11.
A visit was made to the World of Wedgwood in Stoke-on-Trent, where the group toured the factory and discovered the processes involved in producing each piece of the world-famous china.
The museum gave an insight into the 250-year history of Wedgwood and the chance to buy souvenirs from the tempting shops on site.
The next day was free to explore Ironbridge and many chose to join the optional visit to Blists Hill Victorian Town, where you can step back in time.
In the evening, the traditional quiz, arranged by men's president Bob Snowsill and his wife Sue, was keenly fought by six teams and eventually won by Haven't a Clue, comprised of Ruth and Frank Coxon, Pat and Peter Onion, Jeanette and Brian Taylor, and Sandra and Barry Vine.
On the Thursday the group headed across the nearby Welsh border to the village of Llangollen for a memorable two-hour lunchtime narrowboat cruise along the canal, between colourful banks of primroses, bluebells and frothy wild garlic, to the stunning Pontcysyllte aqueduct - the highest in the world. Designed by Thomas Telford and William Jessop, the 18-span aqueduct took 10 years to build and was completed in 1805. Soaring over the Dee Valley the aqueduct offers glorious views of the Welsh countryside and has helped make the Llangollen Canal one of the most popular in Britain.
At dinner that evening, the men's and ladies' presidents thanked the hotel staff for the delicious food enjoyed during the stay, and also Derek and Judy Adams, whose hard work and meticulous planning was key to the big success of the holiday.


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You really need to see a fantastic Hawaiian sunset at least once in your life. The colors are usually very vibrant. The view from the ocean is quite spectacular. The sunset and city lights of Honolulu provide a memorable experience.
See beautiful Waikiki and Diamond head from the ocean or shore or fireworks on a Friday night. Swim in the calm ocean waters of Waikiki beach.
Starting our sunset tour in January!!!
Had an awesome day today for snorkeling on the Kahala Kai !!!
Great day on the ocean today snorkeling with Turtles!


A woman was arrested for allegedly killing her husband in what the town historian said was this New England hamlet's first homicide in more than 200 years. Police found John Castrios, 45, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds Friday at his home after neighbors reported hearing three to five shots. He was pronounced dead at Concord Hospital. His wife, France, 42, was charged with first-degree murder, police said. "It ends more than 200 years of innocence," said town historian Ronald Jager. He said the crime was the first homicide since the town of 650 was incorporated in 1776.


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Class(ID,Name)
Month(ID,Name)
Student(ID,Name)
Examination(ID,Student,Class,Month,TotalMarks,ObtainedMarks)

the columns student,class,month have been taken as a reference in Examination table.
I want to select records from Examination table order by ObtanedMarks and Group by Class
I have used Following SQL Query
SELECT     Months.Name, Class.Name AS Classname, Students.Name AS Studentname, Examination.*
FROM         Class INNER JOIN
                      Examination ON Class.ID = Examination.Class INNER JOIN
                      Months ON Examination.Month = Months.ID INNER JOIN
                      Students ON Examination.Student = Students.ID
                      order by Obtained desc Group by Class.Name

but the query is not working for me.

A: Looks like its the wrong way round, Group By comes before Order By.  You either need to include all the columns you want to display in the Group By, or use an aggregate function, Sum, Max etc on the fields that are not in the Group By clause.
See updated query...
SELECT  Months.Name ,
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        E.[Month] ,
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GROUP BY Class.Name ,
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First it was Eat Organic. Now it's Eat Local. What is Eating Locally and why is it such a good idea?
What Does it Mean to Eat Locally Grown Foods?
Active.com's Charles Stuart Platkin explains what Locally grown means in an article here. Platkin writes: According to Erin Barnett, director of LocalHarvest.org, "'Eating local' means different things to different people, depending on how 'local' is defined." Some define locally grown as within a 100-mile radius of where they live. But the overarching concept is that you purchase and eat foods produced close to home. "You might be able to get eggs raised just five miles down the road, but cheese from the state next to yours. Both choices take the food's geographical origins into account, and that is the decision-making tool at the heart of eating locally grown," says Barnett.
Why Eat Locally Produced Food?
The main reasons proponents tout locally grown food is that it's better for the environment, keeps purchasing dollars within a closer proximity of your community and it is fresher and less likely to be sprayed with harmful chemicals.
An article in the NewsOk explains why people choose to buy local: "It often means getting fresher food," said Urvashi Rangan, Ph.D., senior scientist and policy analyst at the nonprofit Consumers Union. The main reason, Rangan said, is that it hasn't been trucked thousands of miles so there's less time for food to spoil.
Jennifer adds: "Because the produce will be handled less, locally grown fruit does not have to be "rugged" or to stand up to the rigors of shipping. This means that you are going to be getting peaches so ripe that they fall apart as you eat them, figs that would have been smashed to bits if they were sold using traditional methods, and melons that were allowed to ripen until the last possible minute on the vine." Read Maiser's Top Ten Reasons to Eat Local Food here.
The juries still out on whether locally produced food is better for your health, but as more and more people demand locally grown food, restaurants and stores are moving toward selling locally produced food items.
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Read an article on how Eating Local is the New Eating Organic from Time magazine here.
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Since the Global Financial Crisis the public indebtedness of Australia's States and Territories has risen significantly due to sizeable fiscal deficits. This paper examines the stability of sub-national governments' indebtedness before gauging the fiscal effort needed to scale back public debt to GSP ratios to ten-year average levels. To do this, we first derive key debt sustainability formulae which are then applied to relevant sub-national data. The analysis reveals that under macroeconomic conditions and fiscal settings in 2012–13, debt levels were unstable for all State and Territory general governments. Moreover, virtually all sub-national governments in Australia need to turn existing primary budget deficits into substantial surpluses to restore public debt to levels experienced on average over the previous decade. This is not in prospect without even more substantial fiscal consolidation than currently envisaged in State and Territory budgets.


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One hundred years ago on Nov. 11, 1918, the Allied Powers and Germany signed an armistice bringing to an-end World War I. That bloody conflict decimated Europe and ruined three significant empires (Austrian, Russian, and Ottoman). Its aftershocks nonetheless echo within own times.
As this day's remembrance methods — commemorated throughout Europe as Armistice Day, as well as in the U.S. as Veterans Day — this can be a note of Machiavelli's tenet that ''whoever desires to foresee the long term must seek advice from yesteryear." Stephen Van Evera, the Ford Global Professor of Political Science plus an specialist in the reasons for war, revisits the truly amazing War and analyzes crucial insights for today the full century after its bitter end.
Q: Just who caused the war? Do historians agree or not? In which does the debate sit?
A: My answer is: The Germans caused the war. They wished an over-all European war in 1914 and intentionally introduced it about. Their particular deed had been the crime of century. But other individuals disagree. A hundred many years later on scholars however dispute which condition ended up being most responsible. Views have developed loads, but there is no opinion.
During 1919 to 45 many German historians blamed Russia, or Britain, or France, while deeming Germany mainly innocent. Historians outside Germany generally speaking viewed the war as an accident, that all the European abilities deserved fault. Couple of put primary duty on Germany.
After that in 1961 and 1969 German historian Fritz Fischer published publications that place greatest blame on Germany. His books stirred probably one of the most intense historic debates we have previously seen. The firestorm ended up being covered inside German preferred hit, debated at public community forums attended by thousands, and talked about within the German parliament, as though the heart of Germany was at share — that a means it had been.
Fischer and most Fischer supporters argued that Germany instigated the 1914 July crisis in order to ignite an area Balkan war that could improve Germany's energy place in Europe. German leaders did not want a general European war, nevertheless they deliberately risked such a war, and destroyed control over events. Some Fischerites moved more, arguing that Germany instigated the 1914 July crisis to be able to result in a basic European war, which they desired for "preventive" explanations — they hoped to cut Russian energy down seriously to dimensions before Russia's armed forces energy outgrew German energy — and to place Germany to seize a broader empire in Europe and Africa. Both Fischer variants assign Germany prime responsibility.
Within Germany the Fischer view keeps sway these days. Germans broadly take obligation the war. But several present functions non-Germans reject the Fischer view, assigning Germany less obligation than Fischer while blaming others. So the Fischer college's views predominate in Germany but in other places the discussion goes on.
Q: exactly why is it very important to scholars to assign obligation for World War I, and for various other wars?
A: whenever duty for previous war is remaining unassigned, chauvinist mythmakers on a single or both sides will over-blame one other for inducing the war while whitewashing their duty. Both edges will be angered when the other will not acknowledge duty and apologize for violence they believe one other triggered, and get more angered that other has got the gall at fault them for this assault. They could also infer that various other may turn to physical violence once more, as its non-apology suggests that it views nothing wrong using its previous physical violence.
The German federal government infused German society with self-whitewashing, other-maligning fables of this kind about World War I beginnings through the interwar many years. These fables played a key role in fueling Hitler's increase to power in Germany in 1933. They were devised and spread by the Kriegsschuldreferat (War Guilt workplace), a secret device in German foreign ministry. The Kriegsschuldreferat sponsored twisted records associated with the war's origins by nationalist German historians, underwrote large-scale propaganda regarding the war's origins, selectively modified document selections, and worked to corrupt historic understanding overseas by exporting this propaganda to Britain, France, as well as the U.S. This innocence propaganda persuaded the German general public that Germany had little or no obligation for resulting in the war. Germans were taught instead that Britain instigated the war; then outrageously blamed Germany when it comes to war when you look at the Versailles pact's War Guilt clause; then required Germany to pay reparations for a war Britain it self started.
An enraging narrative for Germans which believed it. And numerous Germans performed. Hitler's increase to power ended up being fueled in part by the revolution of German community anxiety and fury that this false narrative fostered. Hitler informed Germans that Germany's next-door neighbors had assaulted Germany in 1914 without reason, and then falsely denied their crime while falsely blaming Germany. States so malicious might attack Germany again. Germany therefore needed to recuperate its energy and strike its neighbors before they struck Germany.
After 1945 international politics in west European countries was miraculously changed. War became unthinkable within a area in which streams of blood had flowed for hundreds of years. This governmental transformation stemmed in essential component coming from a change within the teaching of international record in European schools and universities. The international reputation for Europe ended up being commonized. Europeans every where now discovered mainly exactly the same history instead of imbibing their particular nationwide myths. An important reason for war, chauvinist nationalist mythmaking, had been erased. Greatest credit for this achievement would go to truthtelling German historians — such as the Fischer college — and schoolteachers who documented German responsibility for World War I, World War II, therefore the Holocaust and explained it towards the German individuals. By allowing a harsh opinion among previous belligerents on who was in charge of past physical violence these historians and schoolteachers played a large role in healing the injuries around the globe conflicts and making another round of war impossible.
Nationalist/chauvinist historic mythmaking declined worldwide after World War II however it never ever disappeared. It however infects numerous places. If, just like the Germans, the people among these still-infected places faced their past truthfully they would downsize their particular sense of victimhood to higher fit the reality. Their particular feeling of grievance and entitlement would reduce consequently. They would be faster to start to see the justice in other people' claims and also to give just what others deserve. Peace making use of their next-door neighbors will be much easier to achieve and maintain. War will be better to stay away from.
Q: exactly what consequences — previous and current — arose from the influence regarding the Great War?
A: Like a boulder that produces a landslide whilst tumbles downhill, World War I unleashed forces that later on caused sustained violence.
Without World War I there would have been no Hitler, as he rose to power on trumped up grievances that stemmed from World War I. For this reason without World War we, there would-have-been no World War II. There also would have been no Holocaust, whilst the Holocaust had been a certain project of the Nazi elite that other German elites wouldn't normally have pursued had they ruled as opposed to Hitler.
Without World War I there would have been no Russian transformation; therefore no Leninism or Stalinism; ergo no vast massacres by Stalin — approximately 30 million murdered — and no cool War between the Soviet Union and western during 1947 to 1989; for this reason no peripheral conflicts in Korea, Indochina, Afghanistan, Angola, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Cambodia, killing hundreds of thousands.
The moral of story is: War may be self-feeding, self-perpetuating, and self-expanding. It has actually fire-like properties that cause it to continue when it begins. It is difficult to extinguish due to the fact, like fire, it sustains it self by producing a unique heat. In this instance the "heat" is shared anxiety and shared hatred born of wartime physical violence, and war-generated combat political ideologies, like Bolshevism, Naziism, and extremist Sunni jihadism, that see man matters being a Darwinistic fight that compels groups to destroy other individuals or perhaps destroyed on their own.
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Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker's Son – Meet Ace Wells Tucker
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Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker's son Ace Wells Tucker
Kandi Wanted a Unique Name for Son Ace
Kandi Burruss' Son's First Birthday Party
Ace Wells Tucker- Name Meaning
Grammy Award winner Kandi Burruss is currently living a happily married life with husband Todd Tucker, who is a producer. They together have a son named Ace Wells Tucker. Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker's son Ace was born on the 6th of January, 2016 at 8:42 a.m.
During the time of birth, the young Ace weighed in 7 pounds and 6 ounces. Both Kandi and Todd were delighted to welcome their first child into the world. Kandi also has a daughter named Riley Burruss. Along with that Todd also has a daughter named Kaela Tucker. Both of them are lovely kids.
When asked why name Ace? The RHOA star Kandi Burruss replied that she wanted a unique name for her young fellow. She further added that when her son Ace would be going to school, he wouldn't have to worry about other children having the same name. As for Kandi Burruss' son Ace's middle name "Wells," it is Todd Tucker's mother's last name.
Ace Wells Tucker with his mother Kandi Burruss. Image Source: Essence.
Like his name, we hope that Ace would ace in his life too. The couple had been waiting for their son's arrival for a couple of months before, and when he finally arrived their happiness contained no boundaries.
Like Riley's 16th birthday party, Kandi Burruss' son Ace's first birthday party was also lit. They had a "flying ace theme" birthday party. Tameka "Tiny" Harris and T.I.'s daughter Heiress were some of the guests who attended the party.
Kandi's son Ace Wells Tucker's first birthday. Photo Source: FreddyO
Along with the birthday celebration, Kandi celebrated her son Ace Wells Tucker walking his first steps too. She posted a cute video of her son walking just a day before his birthday.
A post shared by Ace Wells Tucker (@acewellstucker) on Jan 5, 2017 at 9:51am PST
And now as the young Todd Tucker's son, Ace is two, and he has started to speak and stutters while doing so. It will take the young Ace sometime before he can talk smoothly. And we hope he too would have a great voice like his Grammy Award-winning mother, Kandi.
A post shared by Kandi Burruss (@kandi) on Sep 5, 2018 at 6:24am PDT
Son of Todd Tucker, Ace Wells Tucker has an Instagram account with over 424K followers; already a star isn't he?
As mentioned above, Kandi wanted a unique name for her son, well, she got it and has got a great meaning as well. Ace means to excel in a work and Wells means spring. As Kandi Burruss' son Ace Wells is young now but we hope him the very best to ace in his future as well.
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Hailing from Khargone (M.P.), Garima Agrawal has hobby of writing Hindi poetry, teaching underprivileged children; she is a prolific orator who had represented India in USA Minnesota as part of Rotary Youth Exchange and member of placement committee at IIIT, Hyderabad. During B. Tech. presented Best Student award in 2014. She published research paper on Multi Agent System at AAMAS 2016, Singapore.
Showing gratitude to her sister she said, "my sister Preeti Agrawal always gave the right advice and very subtly ensured that my planning and preparation moved in right direction without giving explicit instructions.
Briefing about her family and their contribution Garima said, "My family is based in Khargone (M.P.) and is primarily into business; but, their contribution is immense in my success. Actually, my mother stayed with me in Delhi during exams and it would not have been possible without her.
I always maintain - Garima can be Rank #241; but, Mummy Papa are Rank #1.
Candidly talking about her journey, Garima said, "My first attempt was not a sincere attempt, I wrote Prelims along with final year of college. This gave me a lesson that UPSC CSE requires at least one full year of sincere and concentrated preparation.
I visualize my second attempt as my first sincere attempt and honestly, I didn't expect to clear it in this attempt. Planning contributed the most in my success in this attempt.
It is only due to proper planning, detailed time tables and regular practice (both Prelims and Mains) that helped me secure a rank.
Secret of Success: Hard work, planning and perseverance combined can give you success in any walks of life.
Words of Advice to motivate future aspirants: All of us start preparing for this exam with some excitement as well as some fears and apprehensions.
I too was a victim of the same but this result has answered them well.
I have done my entire schooling from Khargone – a remote town of Madhya Pradesh. And still, I could clear the exam in one and half year of preparation. A remote background is not a hindrance to your success.
I have done my entire schooling in HINDI MEDIUM, but still I wrote the UPSC exam in English. It is a bit challenging but language is not a barrier but just a medium of expression.
I am an engineer and it was a tough decision to take up civil services instead of lucrative job/Ph.D offers. But having belief in the decision taken, helps you surpass any insecurity.
I am a woman and still had opted for IPS as my second preference, because I genuinely feel that more representation of women in police will go a long way in women security.
So, if I can do it, anybody can!


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Prut-traktaten var en fredstraktat mellem Zar-Rusland og Det Osmanniske Rige, der blev underskrevet ved på bredden af floden Prut den 23. juli 1711, der bragte Den russisk-tyrkiske krig (1710-1711) til ophør. Traktaten var en politisk sejr for Osmannerriget.

Traktaten fastslog, at Osmannerne fik fæstningen i Azov tilbage, ligesom Rusland lovede at nedrive fæstningen i Taganrog og flere andre fæstninger ve Azovhavet. Zaren afstod ved traktaten fra at blande sig i Den polsk-litauiske realunion, som Rusland i stigende omfang var ved at opfatte som sit eget interesseområde.

Baggrund
Under Den Store Nordiske Krig havde den svenske konge Karl 12. forgæves invaderet Rusland. Efter slaget ved Poltava i 1709 havde Karl 12. måtte søge tilflugt i Bender i Moldavien, der var en osmannisk vasal. Trods gentagne russiske krav om udlevering af den svenske konge afviste osmannerne dette. Karl 12. forstod, at han ikke var garanteret fri passage tilbage til Sverige gennem Den polsk-litauiske realunion og sendte derfor i februar 1710 den polske general Stanislaw Poniatowski til Konstantinopel med henblik på at forhandle en aftale med den osmanniske sultan. Karl 12. ønskede at opnå flere mål med den diplomatiske mission: (a) en afsættelse af den osmanniske storvisir Tchorlulu Ali Pasha, som Karl 12. anså som værende alt for venligt indstillet over for russerne, (b) etablering af en alliance mellem Sverige og Osmannerriget rettet mod Rusland, (c) formå osmannerne til at erklære krig mod Rusland, (d) hindre osmannernes anerkendelse af August 2. som Polens konge og (e) at opnå osmannisk beskyttelse i overensstemmelse med tidligere løfter afgivet af sultan Ahmed 3.

Det lykkedes Karl 12. at formå sultan Ahmed 3. at erklære krig mod Rusland den 20. november 1710. Samtidig lykkedes det Rusland at indgå en aftale med Moldavien om tilladelse til, at Rusland fik passage gennem Moldavien, ligesom Moldavien stillede tropper og logistik til rådighed.

Prut-felttoget

Den russiske hær gik ned langs floden Prut i sommeren 1711 med Moldavisk støtte. Hæren var under kommando af Peter den Store og Boris Sheremetev. Formålet var at invadere det osmannisk kontrollerede del af Moldavien med støtte fra den landsforviste Moldaviske hersker (voivode) Dimitrie Cantemir. Felttoget var dårligt planlagt og blev udmanøvreret af den osmanniske hær under storvisir Baltacı Mehmet Pasha.

Det afgørende slag under felttoget var slaget ved Stănilești i juli 1711. De to hære mødtes med bredderne af Prut, hvor størstedelen af den russiske hær blev omringet, hvorefter russerne kapitulerede den 22. juli.

Forhandlinger
Fredsforhandlinger blev indledt mellem Peter den Store og storvisir Baltaci Memhet Pasha. Den osmanniske militære sejr gav osmannerne et stærkt udgangspunkt, og den polske general Stanisław Poniatowski søgte at lægge et stærkt pres på osmannerne til at opnå en for Karl 12. gunstigt resultat af forhandlingerne. Peter den Store overlod det til Baron Peter P. Shafirov at forhandle på sine vegne." I sine instruktioner til Shafirov meddelte Peter den Store, at han var villig til at acceptere at tilbagegive de vunde territorier under Azovfelttogene i 1695-1696 og til Karl 12. at give Livonien, Pskov og andre provinser samt at anerkende Stanisław Leszczyński som Polens konge.

Den krimske Khan Devlet 2. Giray søgte også at formå osmannerne til at gennemføre skarpe krav til russerne. Khanen så med bekymring på den fortsatte russiske ekspansion sydpå mod Krim og Kaukasus. Khanen ønskede som Karl 12. at begrænse Ruslands indflydelse i Ukraine og var fortaler for at få Karl 12. tilbage til at fortsætte Den Store Nordiske Krig.

Osmannerne stillede også krav om udlevering af Dimitrie Cantemir. Peter den Store accepterede alle krav, med meddelte, at han ikke kunne udlevere Cantemir, fordi Cantemir var flygtet fra den russiske lejr.

Karl 12. var ikke til stede i den osmanniske lejr, men men havde sendt general Stanislaw Poniatowski som repræsentant for både sig og for den tidligere polske konge Stanisław Leszczyński, der var blevet sendt i eksil efter Karl 12.'s nederlag ved Poltava.

Bestemmelser
Traktatens primære bestemmelse var tilbagegivelsen af fæstningen i Azov til osmannerne. Derudover bestemte traktaten, at den russiske fæstning i Taganrog og fæstningerne omkring Dnipro (Kodak, Novobogoroditskaja og Kamianka) skulle nedrives. Zaren mistede også retten til en permanent ambassadør ved det osmanniske hof, som han havde haft siden indgåelsen af Konstantinopeltraktaten i 1700.

Derudover pålagde traktaten Rusland at afholde sig fra indblanding i forhold i Den polsk-litauiske realunion, et område, som Rusland i stigende grad anså som deres interesseområde.

Efter traktatens underskrivelse blev Peter P. Shafirov og feltmarskal Sheremetevs søn bragt til Konstantinopel, hvor de skulle opholde sig som gidsler indtil Rusland havde gennemført traktatens bestemmelser. Shafirov og Sheremetev havde håbet at blive løsladt efter traktatens retificering, men blev tilbageholdt i Konstantinopel i flere år, indtil ændringerne ved grænsen var blevet gennemført. De to fungere som udsendinge og forhandlere på vegne Peter den Store under opholdet. De var begge i en periode indsat fængslet i borgen Yedikule.

Reaktioner
Nyheden om den osmanniske sejr blev vel modtaget i Konstantinopel. En storkrig med Rusland blev ikke anset for hensigtsmæssig. Karl 12. pressede imidlertid fortsat på for at få osmannerne til at indlede en ny krig mod Rusland. Karl 12. og Devlet 2. Giray forklarede det osmanniske hof om fredstraktatens indhold og omstændighederne ved indgåelsen og om deres utilfredshed med storvisir Baltacı Mehmet Pasha, der blev beskyldt for at have modtaget bestikkelse for at indgå en alt for mild fredsaftale. Baltacı Mehmet Pasha blev herefter afsat som storvisir, og osmannerriget indtog atter en fjendtlig indstilling til Zar-Rusland.

Prut-traktaten bragte en ende til de militære operationer i 1711, men den geopolitiske konflikt knyttet til den russiske ekspansion i Ukraine og Kaukasus bestod fortsat. I de følgende år erklærede osmannerne flere krig mod russerne uden at det dog kom til kamphanlinger og konflikterne blev løst via diplomatisk vej. Uenighederne blev forsøgt løst ved Adrianopel-traktaten i 1713, der bekræftede Prut-traktatens bestemmelser og pålagde Rusland at tilbagegive området omkring Azovfæstningen og at ophøre med sin indflydelse i Ukraine og området omkring Zaporizjzja på Dneprs højre side. Begge riger skulle afstå fra at bygge fæstninger langs den fælles grænse.

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Valakiet
Rusland i 1700-tallet
Moldavien
Begivenheder i 1711
Osmanniske Rige
Russisk-osmanniske krige
Den Store Nordiske Krig

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Pascal visits 'Out of the Ordinary' at Christie's
///September 4, 2013
Pascal is a lover of auctions, and will be visiting a Christie's auction in South Kensington on Thursday (5th September), which will be, as the theme promises, "Out of the Ordinary".
It will be a day to pick out something 'a little different' as 155 lots feature 'striking' items from around the world will be displayed, many of which have very intriguing stories to tell. It is customary to have variety at an auction, but this is eclecticism on an almost unimaginable scale. Car parts sit alongside bones, illuminated eyes peer down from the walls as a shark-crossed-women sculpture stalks the floor… but Pascal has his eye especially on the small collection of robots. There are two unusual and rare examples from the 1950s up for sale.
The first of these is 'Mechanical Man' a British made steel Robot from 1950, designed by Meccano. Bright red and green and a metre high, he has a bright and cheeky look about him that makes us think he's fit in well at HOME. He still has a working motor, enabling his legs to move and his head to turn from side to side, so Pascal would have to watch he didn't wonder off!
The other, named 'Cygan' is an Italian aluminium robot from 1957, designed by Dr Ing Fiorito. This robot measures 254cm (100 inches) tall from its huge silver 'feet' to the top of it's green Perspex Mohican. Although it can no longer walk and talk, its mouth remains hanging open and the green antenna are still on full alert, awaiting instruction. He would naturally make a great big brother for Gort!
If you like your own space a little more quirky and unusual, or fancy a break from conventional decoration, have a look at the catalogue online or pop down on Thursday and just see what you can find!


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The man whose tribal name would be "He who autopsied the most COVID casualties".
Fast Confession – head pathologist Michal Palkovič: We're surely in for a third wave
Kristina Valachyová
Pathologist Michal Palkovič is the director of the Department of Forensic Medicine and Pathological Anatomy at the Health Care Supervision Bureau in Bratislava. He also works at the Institute of Pathological Anatomy at the Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Bratislava. In an interview with LP-Life.com, Michal opens up about what this insidious virus does to human lungs, why pathologists are afraid to perform autopsies, as well as about vaccination and COVID-related deaths. He also talks about the course of the disease he himself went through, or whether divers should be afraid of this disease.
How has the coronavirus affected your life?
During the last year very significantly, both in professional and family life, because the workload has been really "disproportionate" to the previous period.
Is there a key to why someone gets infected with the coronavirus, and another doesn't?
Basically, we only know certain statistically evaluated factors that we have identified as risk factors, but the direct mechanism - the marker that would reveal what a particular person's prognosis has not yet been discovered.
Do you think there will be a third wave of the pandemic?
It's definitely coming! We need to look at other countries around us that have experienced another wave after this - let's call it "loosening". The question is how critical it will be and how we will deal with it.
Mr. Palkovič, how's the situation at pathology looking right now? Are you still checking to make sure the body isn't infected with the virus?
We're still doing what we're legally required to do. The law requires us to order an autopsy if we suspect any dangerous transmissible disease. That means we continue to do what we have been doing. In all cases where coronavirus or any other infection is suspected, we order an autopsy. The difference is that we are now looking mainly at deaths of vaccinated patients where we identify mechanisms that confirm or exclude a vaccine link.
How have autopsies changed from the beginning of the COVID crisis to the present?
Very significantly. At the beginning of the pandemic, we performed autopsies on all patients that we had access to and where we had influence in ordering it. That was in about eighty percent of the cases. The remaining twenty percent were patients who were either tested for the virus after death, that is, the result came after death, when the body had already been buried, or there was no reason to order an autopsy because it was an obvious case. This changed during the second wave, when autopsies were carried out mainly on suspicious, unclear deaths or deaths of young people from causes that were not entirely clear. As for now, we are still focusing on this scope, plus deaths of vaccinated patients.
Why do you think some pathologists are afraid to perform autopsies?
That was more during the first wave, when there was kind of an exaggerated respect for the virus. Our knowledge of the virus was minimal, and the social pressure was transferring to pathologists. As our knowledge and experience grew, our attitude changed with it. Nowadays, I don't think we could find a colleague feeling this way.
During the first wave, Slovakia was talked about as a country with a very strict assessment of COVID-19 deaths and reporting of casualty statistics compared to other EU countries... is this still the case?
Yes. As of 15 March 2020, we started to use an adapted methodology, based on the existing infectious (non-coronavirus) disease assessment methodology. After that, the WHO issued basically exactly the same rules as recommendations for all member countries. We followed exactly the criteria for the evaluation of viral infections, and we are still doing so today. That is why we have very accurate statistics.
How do you remember your first autopsy on a patient with suspected COVID-19? It was said that doctors performed the first autopsies in protective suits, not even using water or removing the bodies from transport bags.
I performed the first-ever examination of a suspected coronavirus patient in Slovakia. It was on 10 March 2020. I went there because everyone else was afraid. I took protective suits from the hospital in Revúce, both for myself and for the funeral service staff, and we carried out the examination. In the end, the patient turned out to be negative. Three weeks later we performed an autopsy on an actual coronavirus patient. We were in full protective gear, looking like astronauts, and no water was used (only chloramine) because we were afraid of groundwater contamination. The information from foreign sources was quite dramatic, so we approached it with great respect.
And now?
Now we treat it like any other respiratory viral infection. We have disposable protective work equipment. We already know from the evidence that the dead human body is no longer infectious, so we don't have to isolate ourselves as much when we come into contact with it.
You've been nicknamed "the one who dissected the most COVID casualties" by the press. We wonder, how many were there in total?
One hundred and twenty autopsies last year and over thirty this year. And yes, I've had a lot of nicknames from journalists, this is just one of many. Some call me the chief coroner or the chief forensic pathologist, even though there is no such position. I'm delighted that people are so imaginative.
How does COVID-19 change the lungs and other human organs? How does lung capacity change?
It all depends on the course of the disease. In 99% of infections, lung inflammation does not cause significant changes. But in the one per cent where it causes severe pneumonia, it has very severe consequences. It causes fibrosis, limits vital lung capacity and respiratory comfort.
Many people on artificial lung ventilation ultimately suffocate, why is this?
Inflammation takes place in the cells that are responsible for exchanging respiratory gases. The more dramatic the lung infection, the fewer of these cells there are left. And since the gas exchange is not performed by the cells themselves then, oxygen must be supplied artificially so that at least a small fraction of cells that are still functioning have 100 percent oxygen in the system. It follows that these patients will not survive, because they have very few cells that are able to oxygenate the organism, so they suffocate.
However, it's not just confirmed COVID deaths that end up on the autopsy table, but the suspected cases as well...
First and foremost we need information about the patient's temperature or suspected infection. If there's a suspected infection, we run tests. We have three levels of tests, the first being the antigen tests - even if these come out negative, we perform antibody tests. These will determine whether the patient has had an infection that might have been the cause of death, and finally PCR tests.
How can we differentiate between deaths from- and with COVID?
Deaths from COVID are those in which dramatic pneumonia has taken place. This means that the patient died as a result of significant viral destruction of the lungs. Deaths with COVID are deaths in which the patient was infected with the virus, but did not have pneumonia and died from decompensation or another illness, such as cancer or cardiac decompensation. There is no dominant viral effect on the tissues of the body.
Is there any evidence of full lung recovery from the COVID?
Sure. Most patients recover without significant sequelae. However, patients prone to severe course of the disease get severe pneumonia and the effects are long-lasting. Long-term consequences of coronavirus infection are being reported more and more frequently (these will manifest themselves in 2-3 months). Recovery of lung tissue does happen, but depends on the extent of the damage. The initial information we had was that it is preferable to undergo infection rather than to acquire immunity artificially after vaccination.
Today we know that the immune response to the coronavirus is different. For example, the age of the patient is a factor - the higher the age, the lower the immune response. Another factor is the infectious dose. If it's small, the immune system doesn't have time to counteract the dramatic course with some larger immune response. Then there's the immunocompetence of the system, which we still, to this day, are not able to estimate. Many studies say that the immune response is lower – that after infection, the immune response is much lower than after vaccination.
I can illustrate this with my own case. I didn't have a very pleasant course; I even had mild pneumonia, but I didn't develop antibodies. My antibody value was 13.2, yet a month after the second dose of the vaccine I had 381 units.
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What is the difference between the coronavirus and influenza virus? It used to be said that COVID-19 was "just another flu"...
Coronavirus is a respiratory virus. In principle, it's not a dangerous disease. However, it has serious public health implications. Influenza and COVID are both respiratory diseases, but the mechanism of action of the viruses is different. The coronavirus has special receptors to which it binds, while the influenza virus uses a unique mechanism to enter the cell through its surface. It's as if the coronavirus has a switch, and the flu virus sort of drills its way into the cell. Approximately 57 people died from influenza in Slovakia in 2019, while in 2020, a total of 4,006 people died of severe pneumonia. The influenza virus is not as infectious in person-to-person contact. It spreads because we underestimate the symptoms of infection. Even if we sneezed and coughed, we still automatically went to work, no reason for sick leave... and that's why the flu spread in the spring and fall. The coronavirus is not seasonal and is 10 times more infectious on contact than the flu virus.
The pathologists in Slovakia are not only investigating whether someone died of COVID, but also deaths following vaccination. As of now, Slovakia has three deaths that have been linked to adverse reactions after vaccination. How can we be sure in our assessments and say "yes, this death was due to vaccination"?
The Health Care Supervisory Bureau has investigated over 100 deaths of people who have been vaccinated. Out of these, three cases have been assessed as being linked, two cases as so-called possible linkages and one case as probable linkage. If we wanted to prove a direct effect, it would have to be due to anaphylactic shock or a dramatic shock-like state following the administration of the vaccine in a person with no history of previous disease. We have had no such deaths in Slovakia. However, there are reported cases of such reactions in patients who survived. This has been managed. There's an investigation underway of two cases, where we are evaluating the concurrence with other diseases, because these persons had a history of many serious diseases. We are trying to find out how vaccination may have contributed to the decompensation of these diseases. If we suspect a possible link, we need to examine it. We also have a case of myocarditis, a heart muscle inflammation, where we are evaluating whether it was related to the vaccine or whether the cause was different. Unlike other countries, we are looking at this in great detail in three phases. We find out what diseases the person had before the vaccination, how the vaccination went, we study the period until death as well as the autopsy findings.
'Russia is the first country in the world to perform a post mortem on a body with COVID-19 and, after a thorough investigation, found that COVID-19 does not exist as a virus. It's a global hoax, people are dying because of amplified 5G electromagnetic radiation (poison)', says a FB post shared by a social network user on February 16, 2021. What do you think about this?
Information of this kind is shared quite intensely. The first reports on the conclusions of the autopsies came from China at the end of 2019. Subsequently, more reports came from Canada and the US, with comprehensive information that came to light in the autopsies. Russian medicine is, of course, at a very high level. But I think that the theory of radiation affecting the activity of the virus has no scientific basis. I think it is a bit embellished to make it interesting.
Should we downplay this disease or should we fear it?
Fear it — certainly not, respect it and understand what it is about — yes.
Summer is coming, the time of holidays when many people go to the seaside. COVID-19 has not only affected our lives, but also some hobbies, such as diving, which is becoming an increasingly popular sport. By the way, you yourself are a top scuba diver... Is there anything recreational divers should look out for?
This is where we divers have a huge advantage, as we don't seek out touristy places with beaches full of ladies baking in the sun, but, for example in my case, mountain caves, isolated from the rest of the world, or marvels under the sea surface. The risk is very small for divers.
For a healthy person, diving poses no significant risk. But is it advisable for people who have had COVID-19?
The rule of thumb is that at least one month after a symptomatic course of coronavirus infection, we should give our body time to recover. If the course has been asymptomatic, a period of two weeks is recommended.
What are the most common ways divers can become infected?
We know that coronavirus does not spread through bodies of water. The infectious dose that a diver could get, for example by drinking some water, is negligible and cannot cause infection. We also know that infection from surfaces is virtually impossible. So it's really just standard contact in unprotected conditions, or breaking the social distancing and not using a protective barrier of the nose and mouth. I don't even register any numbers of divers infecting each other in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Mostly one gets infected by contact in a close group.
Do you agree with the opinion of epidemiologist Jiří Beran that in most coastal countries one can count on the fact that swimming in the sea most likely reduces the infectious dose, because the seawater is a hypertonic solution in which the virus cannot survive?
One must receive a certain infectious dose for the virus to manifest itself. In a large body of water, the virus gets rapidly distributed, so the infectious dose is minimal. Furthermore, chlorine in swimming pools, for example, has a certain neutralising capacity, so that swimming is not problematic as far as pool water is concerned. Rather, it is problematic if one breathes too strenuously during swimming and produces an aerosol containing the virus, so the infection can be spread through unprotected contact.
Where can divers encounter the virus?
Only in close-knit communities.
Mr. Palkovič, should divers be concerned about the virus?
Respect is always in order. We need to do everything in our power to minimize the possibility of infection. As for our behaviour, I'd always adapt it to the circumstances.
What about divers and vaccinations?
I think that should be a free choice. Just as vaccinated people have to bear the possible consequences of being vaccinated, so should the unvaccinated have to bear the consequences of not being vaccinated. If a diver is travelling and meeting different people, they need to protect themselves. Those who aren't vaccinated? They have to accept the fact that they pose a higher risk of spreading the infection and therefore that access to resorts, for example, may be somehow limited for them.
Mr. Palkovič, thank you for the interview.
How long does it take to perform an autopsy of a person after a coronavirus infection?
Two hours at most.
Do you play any music in the operating theatre?
Which nation do you think has the cleanest lungs in the world?
I dare say that out of all the continents, it's probably the Europeans, and if I had to choose within this continent, probably the Swiss.
What do you think about most often when you are underwater?
Mostly on the task I have to accomplish underwater, and then of course enjoying myself.
What do you enjoy about being a pathologist?
The immense variety of the job and the daily challenge of every single autopsy I perform.
Your favorite place to dive?
Guláška in Senec.
Many medical students pass out during their first autopsy, how about you?
I don't think that's true. Very few people pass out during an autopsy. Medical students attend autopsies in their third year, so at that point, fainting is very rare and the reason is not because of what they see, it's because they're standing still for a long time and something called orthostasis happens, which causes some kind of collapse. But it's very rare.
What animal do you wish to meet underwater the most?
Certainly the Loch Ness Monster.
What would your dream holiday look like?
Somewhere in the Mexican Riviera, spending a very long time in caves.
What would you want to be if you weren't a pathologist?
Definitely still a pathologist.
What's your longest dive?
20 hours.
I get up in the morning, allocate work tasks at the medical school and perform an autopsy if I'm required to. After that, I manage the pathology and forensics, and in the evening, I go diving.
A lot of people are afraid of pathologists. What are you afraid of?
Bad people.
That I've been successfully running the Forensic Medicine and Pathological Anatomy Department since 2012, with a little break in between.
Interviewee asks the editor:
Well, I definitely want to ask whether you think the vaccination is a serious problem?
Depending on for whom. Some people think it is, some people think it isn't. As for me, I'm still figuring it out.


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The Panama Canal Today, Ready for Resurrection: Slideshow
Join Popular Mechanics editor-in-chief Jim Meigs on his first trip to Panama as the famous canal prepares for its ultimate upgrade — and as he tells the story of his family history on the canal.
By David Dunbar
PM editor-in-chief Jim Meigs (foreground) and his father, A. James Meigs, at the top of Panama's Ancon Hill, while researching the cover story for PM's Feb. '07 issue. The canal's Miraflores and Pedro Miguel locks are visible in the distance. The senior Meigs was born and raised in Panama, and his father, Al Meigs, helped build and later operate the canal. PM's executive editor, David Dunbar, also made the trip and took all photos (unless otherwise noted).
Traffic Jam: Panamax ships crowd Miraflores Locks (foreground), Miraflores Lake, and Pedro Miguel Locks. (Photograph by A. Grover Metheney)
Southbound tour ships transit Pedro Miguel Locks. (Photograph by A. Grover Metheney)
Northbound container ship entering the canal's southern--or Pacific--approaches, as seen from the Amador section of Panama City.
The famed Culebra Cut, where the canal slices through the high point of the isthmus, as seen from the New Millenium Bridge. Excavations began here in the 1880s when the French attempted to build a sea-level canal. The United States took over France's failed effort in 1904.
Dredging in Culebra Cut. Keeping the canal open requires constant dredging. (Photograph by A. Grover Metheney)
The business end of a canal dredge. (Photograph by A. Grover Metheney)
PM editor-in-chief Jim Meigs and his father, A. James Meigs, observe a busy day at Miraflores Locks.
A containership in Miraflores Locks, with the iconic control tower in the background and two electric locomotives. Known as "mules," these small workhorses use winches and cables to keep ships properly positioned in the lock chambers.
A mule leads a mid-sized containership into a lock chamber at Miraflores Locks.
Known as "miter gates," the massive doors that separate each lock chamber are designed so that water pressure pushes them together to seal tightly.
Miter gates opening. The tallest gates at Miraflores, stand 82 feet tall and each leaf is 65 feet wide and seven feet thick.
With the lock chamber drained for maintenance, the huge scale of the gates is visible. Built like the hull of a ship, each gate leaf is hollow, allowing it to float. That buoyancy makes it easer to open and close when partially submerged in the lock chamber. (Photograph by A. Grover Metheney)
Gates are regularly removed and floated to a dry dock for maintenance. (Photograph by A. Grover Metheney)
Filling and draining each lock chamber requires moving some 26 million gallons of water in just a few minutes. The water moves through culverts, like this one, running through the walls of the chamber. (Photograph by A. Grover Metheney)
Inside an access tunnel adjacent to one of the Miraflores lock chambers, A. James Meigs inspects new hydraulic equipment used to operate stem valves that control the flow of water in and out of the chambers. In 1913, his father, Al Meigs, helped install the original equipment used to perform this function.
PM's Jim Meigs and his father, A. James, in the village of Pedro Miguel, where the elder Meigs was raised. Originally built to house American canal workers, the town, like the canal itself, is now under Panamanian control. The elementary school A. James attended (in background) is still in use.
The Pedro Miguel Boat Club, constructed in 1936 primarily by Canal Zone teenagers under the supervision of Al Meigs. Though it operated as a yacht club for many years, the Panama Canal Zone Authority recently moved to evict the club from its historic location. (More here.http://www.pmbc.ws/index.html)
The view from the bar.
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London producer TroyBoi, known for his grimey sound that mixes RnB and hip hop, is back with a new tune.
'Frustrated' is his new track set to star on his next EP Vibez Vol.2, and it's a soulful banger. Destiny's vocals give the track a smooth r n b vibe, before things get bassy on the trap drop.
Vibez Vol. 2 is set to be released on November 2nd, so who knows if we'll get to hear anymore of the EP before the whole project arrives.


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Junk Science: McCain's Embarrassing Climate Speech
Thursday May 15, 2008 at 2:24 pm
While no one knows who first uttered the sentiment "It's better to say nothing and seem a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt," Republican presidential hopeful John McCain's speech this week on climate change certainly supports the phrase's validity.
McCain spoke at the facilities of Vestas Wind Technology, an Oregon-based firm that manufactures wind-power systems. The irony of the setting was rich given McCain's outspoken opposition to pork-barrel spending.
He even risked his presidential hopes by criticizing ethanol subsidies ahead of the all-important Iowa caucuses. Next to solar power, however, wind power is the most heavily subsidized form of energy.
Taxpayers cough up an astounding $23.37 per megawatt hour of electricity produced, according to the Wall Street Journal. In contrast, coal and natural gas are only subsidized to a tune of 44 cents and 25 cents, respectively.
McCain lauded wind as a "predictable source of energy." He must have missed this Feb. 27 headline from Reuters: "Loss of wind causes Texas power grid emergency." The electric grid operator was forced to curtail 1,100 megawatts of power to customers within 10 minutes.
"Our economy depends upon clean and affordable alternatives to fossil fuels," McCain stated.
What he's talking about is not quite clear since our current economy is about 75 percent dependent on fossil fuels and will remain that way for at least the next 25 years, as solar and wind technologies remain only marginal sources of energy.
If anything, we are likely to be even more dependent on fossil fuels in the future as nuclear power, which provides about 20 percent of our electricity, shrinks in availability as a supply of energy.
Although our energy needs are ever-growing, construction of nuclear power plants is not keeping pace — not one has come online in the last 30 years. Even if a few nuke plants are constructed during the next decades, they will not supply enough power to keep nuclear power at the 20 percent level.
McCain then demonstrated how little he knows about the science of global warming.
"No longer do we need to rely on guesswork and computer modeling, because satellite images reveal a dramatic disappearance of glaciers, Antarctic ice shelves and polar ice sheets. And I've seen some of this evidence up close…"
Global warming alarmism, however, is entirely based on the "guesswork and computer modeling" that McCain says isn't necessary. The reason the United Nations relies on "guesswork and computer modeling" is because the glaciers that are receding have been doing so since at least the 19th century, before significant human output of greenhouse gases.
In any event, the melting of glaciers is not evidence that humans are involved. Glaciers have been advancing and retreating for hundreds of millions of years. Just because humans are witnessing changes in glaciers does not mean that humans are causing them; moreover, Antarctic ice is expanding while any melting of Arctic ice is not likely due to warmer air temperatures.
"We have seen sustained drought in the Southwest and across the world average temperatures that seem to reach new records every few years. We have seen a higher incidence of extreme weather events," McCain stated.
But that "sustained drought" is why the Southwest is commonly known as a "desert" — and it was a desert long before industrial emissions of greenhouse gases.
As to global temperature, the world has cooled since 1998 and the latest research from U.N.-approved researchers indicates that more global cooling is on the way. With respect to extreme weather events, I can't think of a single scientist — even an alarmist scientist — who has the temerity to stand up and link specific weather events with climate change.
McCain's apparent climate mentor, Al Gore, learned this lesson the hard way last fall.
McCain touted a so-called cap-and-trade system for controlling greenhouse gas emissions, citing the supposed success of the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments' cap-and-trade system for the sulfur dioxide emissions linked to the alleged phenomenon of acid rain.
But even if acid rain were a genuine environmental problem — and studies leading up to the 1990 law cast significant doubt — controlling sulfur dioxide emissions is many orders of magnitude easier than controlling greenhouse gas emissions.
The volume of sulfur dioxide emissions to be eliminated is much smaller, the sources (coal-fired power plants) are relatively few and the smokestack technology is comparatively inexpensive.
McCain said that "A cap-and-trade policy will send a signal that will be heard and welcomed all across the American economy." This is unlikely since cap-and-trade's economic harms have been exposed and condemned by the likes of the Congressional Budget Office, the Environmental Protection Agency and renown economists such as Alan Greenspan and Arthur Laffer.
Even the Clinton administration warned of the economic harms that would be caused by cap-and-trade.
Although China, the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter, vows not to reduce its emissions, McCain says the U.S. should act anyway. So as China, India and other developing nations become the world's greenhouse gas smokestacks, thereby nullifying any reductions made by the U.S., McCain willingly condemns the U.S. to more expensive and less available energy supplies for no environmental benefit whatsoever.
Undaunted by facts, McCain appears to be programmed with every nonsensical green platitude and policy — a truly worrisome situation since global warming regulation is shaping up to be the most important domestic policy issue of the upcoming election.
Many McCain supporters believe he is the candidate to lead the country at a time of war. But there is a war of sorts at home, too — the struggle against the greens for control over vital domestic energy and economic policy. We can't afford to lose the latter war, either.
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Dining Out On Reality
HP sauce has been a symbol of UK culture for years, and in turn, featured a symbol of the UK on its packaging. That's Big Ben of course.
Over the last year or so though, Big Ben has been hidden from London's skyline by scaffolding as it's undergoing a few repairs. In humorous honour of its current look, HP has updated the label on its sauce bottles to reflect reality. Hiding the famed clock behind scaffolding there too.
This is cheeky, witty, and very British. And a great reminder that if you're fortunate enough to have a product that can be considered genuinely iconic, there's always going to be oodles of media value in playing with its look. Even if for a short time.
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Little did I realise how vital Yellowstone National Park would become to the level of knowledge that I would be able to gain, in my quest to find a kind and effective way of working with domestic dogs that both respected and allowed for their true nature. This was only possible due to the uniqueness of the level of management that accompanied the reintroduction of wolves in 1995.
I had discovered the successful method of getting a dog to relax and work for me, because it wanted to and not because it was made to, some years earlier but the depth of understanding was what I missed. This is why I remember, so well, the first televised documentary following this event and how the wolves faired in the first few years in the Park. Filmed by Bob Landis, the three year project 'The return of the wolf', was spellbinding and provided me with the desire to go and (hopefully) see the wolves for myself.
I had come to appreciate that to understand any species it is essential to observe them over a long period of time and living in their own natural environment but even then misinterpretation easily happens, as this can only be a snap shot, without a complete picture of the individuals as well as the whole family (pack). Anyone entering into even the best study programmes come with their own preconceptions which influence the way events are eventually presented but with the wolves of Yellowstone I was able to double check anything that I saw or encountered.
The other advantage that I had was the input of those who monitor the wolves on a daily basis and their willingness to share their observations and information. This included uncut footage, courtesy of Bob, research papers supplied by Doug Smith (Project leader) and the dissertation presented by Dan Staither to obtain his Doctorate.
Repeated wolf watching visits, at different times of year and time with the help of the researchers and other professionals, including guides Linda Thurston, Nathan Varley, Wildlife Photographers, Dan and Cindy Hartman, over coffee in, their wonderful cabin home. All of whom helped me come to let the wolves show me their own truth and this enabled me to see how, and why, Amichien Bonding is able to work so well with every 'dog', to avoid the usual behavioural problems so common in our modern society and happily how to teach other owners how they too can resolve issues, from pulling on the lead to dog aggression.
Photographs of many of the wolves that I have studied adorn my home and serve to remind me of how special the project has proved not only for the ecology of the entire region but for anyone who wants to really understand their dogs and I have been able to share this amazing experience with the guided trips to Yellowstone since 2008.
One of the highlights on every trip to Yellowstone is our time in the home of Dan and Cindy Hartman. Their log built home nestles in the forest, just outside of the park boundaries and each group that visits is treated to some amazing insights into the world of a wildlife photographer, who spends much of his time recording the animals, birds and scenery native to this incredible part of the planet.
You can see some of Dan's excellent work here.
Dan talking below about the part the Wolves of Yellowstone play in the ecology of the region.
This tour was an unusual one for me as it took place in June, rather than at a time of year when the park can be over eight feet deep in snow! This obviously gives it a completely different complexion and gave everyone on the trip a completely different cast of characters to observe and enjoy. The "youngsters" (particularly the young bison, affectionately known as "red dogs") are obviously a big attraction and although everyone likes to see these young additions to the park, there are also all the different varieties of birds here and the fauna was bursting with life, everywhere. There is nowhere else on earth like this place!
The group this year was fantastic company and, as usual, we were accompanied by Dog Listeners expanding and adding to their own knowledge. Some had been before and were returning (who could stay away?) and some were arriving for the first time to see the park "in the flesh".
No one left disappointed. Maybe we're just lucky but our groups always manage to see things which are not "run of the mill".
Like the Black bear cub here, who got the hang of the climbing bit (although a tree, rather than a twig would have been a better choice!) but hadn't thought ahead about the return trip. Mum watched on unconcerned from the ground, maybe she'd done the same thing herself as a youngster?
Having seen a heavily pregnant Elk as we left the park one evening we saw her again the next morning happily protecting her newborn...Fantastic!
The patience required for waiting for and hopefully watching wolves means that the group work as a good team and all are ready to call attention to any possible sighting (even when it turns out to be just a lump, bump or hump). No one minds the odd false alarm either as this means no opportunity is lost to catch sight of the wonderful animals of Yellowstone.
Early Monday morning we had parked in the Lamar Valley as we could see some herds of Bison, Elk and Pronghorn heading down the hillside. One of our Dog Listeners, Nan Tubb, said that she thought she heard a wolf howl and in the next moment, members of the Lamar Canyon pack could be seen in pursuit of the fleeing herbivores and, just as suddenly as they appeared, they had disappeared over a ridge!
Of course, the experience is also enhanced by a visit to the home of Dan and Cindy Hartman, who happily share their vast experience of the creatures of the area. Visiting Dan and Cindy also provides exceptional opportunities to watch the birds and Pine Martens living around their beautiful log cabin. Thanks to Dan and Cindy's vast experience on where and when to observe the creatures, we were directed to the nest site of the rare and illusive Great Gray Owl, where we were unusually privileged to see both the parent bird and the chick on the nest.
One of the most important wolves of the famous Druid Peak Pack was known as 42F and along with her lifetime partner 21M she proved vital to the reintroduction programme. Nathan and Linda were part of the team that watched over their progress as well as their development and here is Nathan, along with Jan and the life size bronze of 42, created by George Bumann. It's rightfully in pride of place in the Yellowstone Institute in Gardiner.
A fantastic trip and I, for one, can't wait for the next one!
A short film shot on our last trip. This is a close as you'll ever get to a free living bear!
When I determined to discover the language of the dog, little did I realise that I would come to know one of the most beautiful places on our planet so well; with its amazing animals and wonderful people who live around and care for the natural world that is Yellowstone National Park.
What makes this magical place so special for me is that due to the dedicated research and documentation of the grey wolf packs that were reintroduced in 1995 and 1996, I have been able to understand the world of all dogs, including our domestic companions in more detail than I ever dreamed possible.
Since 2004 I have been able to watch and study so many of the packs that play out their lives throughout the park and I have come to know and learn from the special people who are a part of the wolves' return and success story over those years.
Project leader Dr Doug Smith told me that he had learnt parenting skills from the wolves as they had infinite patience and used only positive reinforcement.
I am extremely grateful to the people who have been so generous with their time and freely shared their knowledge: researcher and biologist Dan Staler, who has kindly supplied me with copies of his detailed research and findings,. Dr. James Halfpenny, biologist and author, who has done so much to spread the truth about these magnificent animals and Dan and Cindy Hartman who use their photographic skills to capture the majesty of the park and the animals that make it so special.
My thanks also to Bob Landis the renowned film maker whose documentaries gave me so many answers and whose generosity, in giving me hours of footage, furthers my knowledge and helps with the teaching of my courses.
There are two very special friends I want to mention Linda Thurston and Nathan Varley who share, so freely, their knowledge and love of this part of North America through "Yellowstone Wolf Tracker". Alongside them I have experienced and learnt so much as well as having so much fun and what started as my own dream of watching wolves living free, has now grown and inspirational tours are co-ordinated by Linda and Nathan, opening up to anyone the opportunity to share the wonder that is Yellowstone National Park.
Special 'Dog Listener' Wolf Watching tours offer unique opportunities to experience the magic of Yellowstone and its amazing wildlife during the day with evening presentation by the Naturalists, Researchers, Film-makers and Photographers, who are happy to share their extensive knowledge.


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Cultures Online
Genre: Free to play Browser Strategy MMORPG
Platform: Internet Browser
Developer: Funatics
this free to play MMORPG can be played directly in your Internet browser and is based around Viking exploration and conquest. Starting in your own village to the distant north, settled on an island close to Iceland players are able to recruit new citizens and put them to work to improve and expand your village or alternatively take to the sea to explore the North and find adventure for yourself.
when your chosen hero successfully completes an expedition then they will gain experience and a reward of gold, items and resources. It is entirely up to you whether you establish them in the village and focus on building and expanding where his own abilities will focus on defence, depending on your own choices. Players are able to enhance their studies in Alchemy to expand your knowledge on improving buildings, innovations to increase your building and mining speed and various combat training methods.
- Beautifully rendered web graphics for heroes and user interface
- Simplistic combat system
- Expand your viking village into a bustling city
- Research undiscovered technologies
- Raise an army and conquer unknown lands with friends
- Arm your hero with various items, armour and weapons earned in your journey
- Join an ever-growing online is community
- Create a tribe with other players and get your own tribal island
Playable Classes
Players are able to choose from three different classes; as a warrior they focus on single handed weapons and put a use to a shield for balance defences so that they can take a lot of damage at the expense of less offensive capabilities. Whilst in their village they are most effective as a lumberjack. The berserker focuses more on all-out offensive, equipped with huge two-handed swords and axes they have increased strength that aid them in battle and also puts them in good stead for working in a quarry when not on the battlefield. Finally the Ranger uses their long range attacks with bows and arrows to take out their enemies from a distance; intelligent heroes they make the finest researchers and excel in the alchemist workshop.
The different weapons that heroes can use have particular strengths and weaknesses against other types, creating a rock-paper-scissors system to balance out the three classes and weapon types: projectile, two-handed and single-handed.
Quest Types
Randomly Generated - when coming across an NPC that has an exclamation mark over their head you are able to accept a quest that has been randomly generated, showing a menu to locate your opponent, the time it takes to reach them and the reward for completing the quest. If accepted players are able to select which of their heroes will be sent out on a quest who will then be sent out and once the timer runs down will arrive and do battle with the opponent at the chosen location. If your hero is still alive when the battle ends then you are declared the victor and are rewarded with experience, resources and valuable items.
Story - these quest types are specific to certain areas and are generally more difficult than the randomly generated quests, but players are rewarded more substantially for completing them.
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I've been having so much fun here on Peachtree Lane coming up with different stylings for our current kids mini session! So much fun that I've decided to have a little drawing and GIVE AWAY one of these fun, adorable sessions via Facebook!
Go to Peachtree Lane Photography's Facebook page and LIKE the page!
Random drawing for ONE winner will be held Monday night, June 20th at about 9pm. Winner will be notified via Facebook. This Making Waves mini session is for kids 12 and under and takes place in Germantown Hills IL! Please CLICK HERE for complete list of contest rules. GOOD LUCK!
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Q: Problem in installing windows from bootable pendrive As i have mentioned ; i am getting problem in installing windows in linux bases OS. Previously i had dual boot PC but then i tried to uninstall windows to keep only ubuntu. i deleted NTFS partition and then when i rebooted my pc it  was firstly showing grub rescue res mode.....then i thought to install new OS because i was having my backup in external hard disk. when i tried to install windows 10 by pendrive then it started showing " operating system not found".
my first preference is usb hdd SO It wont be a problematic thing.
 my lenovo VERSION IS T410 so When is Tried to change boot mode it showed "DIAGNOSTICS" . i cant find the legacy mode so help me to come out from this problem.
MY PC IS : LENOVO T410
Thanks


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package dawn.flow.trajectory

import dawn.flow._
import spire.math.{Real => _, _ => _}
import spire.implicits._
import spire.algebra.Field
import breeze.linalg.{
  norm,
  normalize,
  cross,
  DenseMatrix,
  DenseVector,
  eig,
  eigSym,
  argmax
}
//https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/480b/7477c76a1b2b2b130923f09a66ecdb0fb910.pdf

case class OrientationComplementaryFilter(
    rawSource1: Source[(Acceleration, Omega)],
  rawSource2: Source[Thrust],
  alpha: Real
)(implicit val initHook: InitHook[TrajInit])
    extends Block2[(Acceleration, Omega), Thrust, Quat]
    with RequireInit[TrajInit]
{

  def name = "OCF"

  lazy val (acc, omegaG) = source1.unzip2
  def thrust = source2

  def attitudeAcc(at: (Acceleration, Thrust)) = {
    val (a, th) = at
    Quat.getQuaternion(
      a - Vec3(0, 0, 1) * th, //Remove thrust from acceleration to retrieve gravity
      Vec3(0, 0, -1))
  }

  lazy val accQuat =
    acc
      .zip(thrust, true)
      .map(attitudeAcc, "ACC2Quat")

  lazy val bodyRateInteg: Source[Vec3] =
    omegaG
      .zipT(buffer, true)
      .map(x => x._1.v*(x._1.t - x._2.t), "Integ")

  lazy val gyroQuatLocal =
    bodyRateInteg
      .map(Quat.localAngleToLocalQuat(_),
        "BR2Quat")

  lazy val gyroQuat =
    gyroQuatLocal
      .zip(buffer, true)
      .map(x => x._1.rotateBy(x._2), "Rotation")

  lazy val buffer: Source[Quat] =
    Buffer(out, init.q, source1)

  lazy val out =
    gyroQuat
      .zip(accQuat, true)
      .map(ga => ga._1 * alpha + ga._2 * (1 - alpha), "Combining")

}


I've been keeping my eye on this hi end Korean label - LOW CLASSIC. It's the ACNE x &other stories c COS version of Korea.. Love the pieces! I wish we have something like this in Manila but the kids are okay with F*rever 21 et al. I understand coz sometimes it's hard to spend things on fashion things alone. The pacing is so fast. Everything is fast. That's why keeping it LOW and Classic is my choice in clothes. No more tiger sweaters and things like that. But I must admit , the Mcartney x Juun J had me caving me in with their pinstripes trend. Everytime I see an office girl in the mall wearing pinstripes uniform, I stop and stare and murmur "It would look 10x okay if her coat is oversize like XXL. Lately , Ive been looking for pinstripes in fabric shops too . It's quite tricky coz the banker businessman stigma is so strong here and you wouldn't want friends to ask "hey whats up with the lawyer outfit" .. But yeah these are my fave pieces.
I super duper love the bags and sandals!