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Products>Saints and Feasts of the Liturgical Year, rev. ed.
Saints and Feasts of the Liturgical Year, rev. ed.
by Joseph N. Tylenda
Georgetown University Press
How much do you know about the saints? Saints of the Liturgical Year, brimming with information, includes over two hundred and sixty brief biographies, including thirty-three new entries, as well as a glossary of terms to help explain the theology of the Roman Catholic Church. Based on the General Roman Calendar, presently in use in the Roman Catholic Church, it also includes the feasts, Saints, and Blesseds from the Liturgical Calendar of the Society of Jesus—known as the Jesuits—as officially observed within the Society of Jesus.
Offering inspiration and encouragement, Saints and Feasts of the Liturgical Year functions as an aid in introducing the faithful to the day's feast or to the saint whose memorial is being celebrated. As a gift, for personal or group study, and helpful for introducing parishioners to the history of the church, this book can also be used as a source of ideas for all pastors.
This Logos edition is built to function within the Devotions section of your Home Page within Logos Bible Software. Once you have selected it as a preferred devotional, you will be encouraged by the devotion and example of the most influential saints in Christian history. Each day, when you start your Logos program, you will be greeted with the story of a new exemplar of upstanding Christian character. Saints of the Liturgical Year also contains the same keylink and search functionality as any other valuable resource in your digital library.
Over two hundred and sixty biographies, plus thirty-three new entries
Based on the General Roman Calendar
Glossary explains popular Catholic terms
Praise for the Print Edition
Fr. Joseph Tylenda, SJ, has managed once again to provide his every reader—whether pastoral staff member, lay faithful or Jesuit confrere—with an accessible and informative vita of the Saints and Blesseds celebrated on the universal calendar of the Roman Rite as well as the particular calendar of the Society of Jesus. Tylenda's attention to detail and his inclusion of all of the updated changes to the liturgical calendar in the new Missal of 2002 are impressive. An excellent handbook for parish and home alike.
—Dennis D. McManus, Associate Director, Secretariat for the Liturgy, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
"For each day of the Liturgical Year, Joseph Tylenda has given us a brief, readable, and insightful history and commentary on the saint of the day or the feast of Our Lord or Our Lady being celebrated. Chesterton remarked that sinners are all pretty much the same but saints are wildly different. As we note the wide variety of histories of saints that we celebrate each year on their feast days, we meet widows, martyrs of all ages, sexes, and nations. We meet ex-soldiers, scholars like Thomas Aquinas and Albert the Great, kings, and farmers. There is Monica and her son Augustine. We find those who founded schools and those who helped the poor. The variety is astonishing. Fr. Tylenda's comments are always worth reading as we are reminded of our long and meaningful Christian tradition of prayer and worship.
—James V. Schall, Professor of Political Philosophy, Georgetown University
Title: Saints and Feasts of the Liturgical Year, rev. ed.
Author: Joseph N. Tylenda
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
About Joseph N. Tylenda
Joseph N. Tylenda is Director of the Woodstock Theological Library at Georgetown University, the author of Jesuit Saints and Martyrs, and the editor of A Pilgrim's Journey: The Autobiography of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
Sample Pages from the Print Edition


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Xylans are a major component of plant cell walls. O-Acetyl moieties are the dominant backbone substituents of glucuronoxylan in dicots and play a major role in the polymer-polymer interactions that are crucial for wall architecture and normal plant development. Here, we describe the biochemical, structural, and mechanistic characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana xylan O-acetyltransferase 1 (XOAT1), a member of the plant-specific Trichome Birefringence Like (TBL) family. Detailed characterization of XOAT1-catalyzed reactions by real-time NMR confirm that it exclusively catalyzes the 2-O-acetylation of xylan, followed by non-enzymatic acetyl migration to the O-3 position, resulting in products that are monoacetylated at both O-2 and O-3 positions. In addition, we report the crystal structure of the catalytic domain of XOAT1, which adopts a unique conformation that bears some similarities to the α/β/α topology of members of the GDSL-like lipase/acylhydrolase family. Finally, we use a combination of biochemical analyses, mutagenesis, and molecular simulations to show that XOAT1 catalyzes xylan acetylation through formation of an acyl-enzyme intermediate, Ac–Ser-216, by a double displacement bi-bi mechanism involving a Ser-His-Asp catalytic triad and unconventionally employs an Arg residue in the formation of an oxyanion hole.

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Quality Street is available on vinyl again after many years. The heavyweight 180gsm vinyl now includes She's A Rainbow (not included on the original vinyl release) as well as the singles The Storm, Sweets and Sons Of The Stage.
World Of Twist were something of a live sensation in Manchester, in part a consequence of their Heath Robinson stage sets which involved a lot of things which went round and round, including a hypnotists wheel, revolving mirrored barbers poles and spinning cut-out heads of band members.
After selling out the 1,500 capacity Manchester Ritz on December 23rd 1990, a gig fondly remembered by the Gallagher brothers of Oasis, they recorded the album in the summer of 1991. Having mixed the record at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios in Wiltshire, where Nick would ask a bemused Gabriel to borrow his old Genesis masks for a photo shoot, the band would later spend a day in Tunbridge Wells trying to recreate the illustration on the front of the Quality Street tin for the album sleeve.


These oats with baked pineapples are my favourite way to have oats. They are just a little bit in front of these Baked banana oats. I love them because they combine flavours I love; honey, lime and pineapple. The chocolate I add to these oats is this lime intense one. It is delicious. These oats make my mornings more bearable on some days! You know those days where you just want to crawl back under the covers but then you realise you can't… yeah those ones. Also hello? Walnuts! Brain power food. Trust me, on some mornings we all need some of that. I do sometimes add pecans too but most of the time i stick with walnuts.
I hope you enjoy them as much as i do. I sometimes lightly toast some desiccated coconut and add it over the top.
In a bowl combine the pineapple slices, honey and cinnamon.
Bake in the oven on a foil lined baking tray for 10 minutes.
Bring the milk to a simmer over a medium heat and add the oats.
Remove from the heat and drizzle in the honey.
Pour the oats into a bowl.
Top with chocolate and mix through.
Add the pineapple slices and walnuts.
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Robert Sietsema of The Village Voice recently published a piece featuring the 10 best pizzeries in NYC. Roberta's — landed at #4 on their list (around where I'd rank it). And Di Fara (my #1) came in at #3. Unlike many lists that are carelessly thrown out there, this one is pretty good. It's upsetting (although not surprising) that Paulie Gee's didn't make the cut. And I've never been to Maffei, the 10th place on the list.
But perhaps the only major flaw is the place that landed in the number one spot. Although it's a classic New York pizzeria, I was not impressed when I went there this summer.


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MacBook Pro models with Touch Bar start start shipping in UK & rest of Europe
- Nov. 22nd 2016 4:00 am PT
While the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar models are still not on display in UK Apple Stores, the first UK orders have now started shipping. My own order status this morning switched from 'Processing' to 'Preparing for Shipment,' and some are reporting an update to 'Shipped' status with tracking details …
There are similar reports from elsewhere in Europe and Scandinavia.
The new machines have been on display and available to purchase in some U.S. stores since last week, but even in London their presence has been limited to a single example of each of the 13- and 15-inch models behind perspex in just one store, at Regent Street. Staff there tell me that table displays, which allow people to go hands-on with the new models, will be available next week.
Phil Schiller has said that the new machines have set a new online sales record for the MacBook Pro, a fact which is likely to partly reflect pent-up demand for the first major update in four years, but also in part counteracts criticisms that the machines are not what users want. Supply-chain reports tell the same story.
If you've ordered in the UK or other European country, please let us know in comments if your shipping status has changed. I'll update my MacBook Pro Diary once my own machine arrives.
Apple's premium laptop comes in 13- and 16-inch screen sizes. Each model includes 2-4 USB-C ports for charging, accessories, and data transfer. Higher-end models also include the Touch Bar.
Ben Lovejoy is a British technology writer and EU Editor for 9to5Mac. He's known for his op-eds and diary pieces, exploring his experience of Apple products over time, for a more rounded review. He also writes fiction, with two technothriller novels, a couple of SF shorts and a rom-com!
Ben Lovejoy's favorite gear
Dell 49-inch curved monitor


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Dhokra, also spelled Dokra, had its origins in India in West Bengal and is the art of creating metal figurines from alloys of bronze and copper using the lost wax casting method. The French term for this technique is cire perdue and it's an incredibly intricate process. A mold is made of clay, coated with wax, then another coat of clay is applied which is carved with the details of the object, and then more layers of clay are added. The wax is heated so it melts and the liquid metal is poured into the cavity. These art objects are never identical and do not have any joints or fasteners.
This horse has an ancient, primitive style, yet is delightfully modern. It measures 7 inches tall to the tip of its pointed ears and 5 1/2 inches long from nose to the end of the tail. It weighs 9 ounces and is in very good condition, with no cracks, chips or missing pieces. It has acquired an aged patina over the years and is such a nice size to stand alone in a small space or tuck into a larger grouping. The creation of Dhokra art is on the wane, due to increasingly high prices for raw materials, making beautiful old pieces like this one even more desirable.


Mr. Green announced that he was "ready to believe Chris Donovan and the former U.S. attorney now vouching for him," even though a red flag had ben prominently displayed in the partial investigation conducted by former U.S. Attorney Stanley Twardy.
Mr. Twardy acknowledged in his report that here were holes in his own investigation. Because some of the principals involved in the Donovan scandal declined on the advice of their lawyers to speak to Mr. Twardy, he was unable to interview the finance director arrested by the FBI for having accepted illegal campaign donations, fired by Mr. Donovan, and two other associates in Mr. Donovan's office allegedly involved in a criminal conspiracy to disguise the source of the illicit campaign donations, also fired by Mr. Donovan.
Mr. Green rushed his opinion piece into print on the same day a more cautious Courant editorial appeared in the paper for which he writes.
"Well, not quite. Mr. Twardy could not subpoena records that weren't voluntarily handed over, and he lacked the power to compel testimony. Their lawyers would not let Mr. Braddock, Mr. Nassi and Ms. Waterfall speak to the independent investigator. Neither did he interview any of the individual donors or other third parties. Nor did Mr. Twardy's team have access to campaign workers' own computers or personal e-mail accounts from which many did campaign-related work.
Mr. Green noted, quite correctly, that Mr. Twardy had been unable in his investigation to turn up solid evidence that Mr. Donovan knew "anything about the wheeling and dealing his campaign staff was up to in the 5th District Congressional race when certain contributions were allegedly concealed in return for legislative favors," indifferent to the "hole" that caught the eye of Courant editorialists. It is as if a man, focusing all his attention on the hole in a donut, should conclude that there is no donut.
When committing his embezzlement – for which he was arrested, tried and send to prison – Mr. Shays' campaign manager of long standing, Michael Sohn, certainly was not interested in tipping off his boss to the embezzlement. In the ordinary course of his business, Mr. Sohn very likely would have shared with Mr. Shays the glad tidings that Mr. or Mrs. so-and-so had contributed a sizable campaign donation so that Mr. Shays might acknowledge the donor's generosity. As an embezzler, Mr. Sohn was doing just the opposite: Mr. Sohn was stealing from the campaign treasury and using the money for his own private purposes. Embezzlers are not generally anxious to advertise their crimes to their employers. But it is not at all extraordinary that a campaign director who has received a legal and sizable donation should toot his own horn to his boss or, at the very least, tell him that so and so has coughed up enough dough to be put on a Christmas card list.
Former Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz was a genius in compiling just such lists, some say for possible use in future campaign donation requests.
Mr. Green's celebration of Mr. Donovan's non-involvement in possible illegal activities that have resulted in arrests and firings in the Speaker's office is premature – which is not to say that that Mr. Donovan is black with sin. Mr. Donovan may very well have slept soundly as his campaign director engaged in the putative illegal activity described in rich detail in a sworn affidavit that led to his arrest, waking suddenly after the arrest to fire others associated with his 5th District U.S. Congressional campaign, a rude awakening indeed!
One thing is fairly certain: If an investigative reporter's position opens at the Courant, Mr. Green should be considered too eupeptic for the job.


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Card Text: : Regenerate Dutiful Thrull.
Flavor Text: "They are useful, but there's little satisfaction in supplication that throws itself under your heel."
We do not currently have any combos that utilize Dutiful Thrull. If you have your own Dutiful Thrull combo, we would greatly appreciate it if you would consider Adding Your Combo to our site.
We do not currently have any decks that use Dutiful Thrull. If you have your own deck that has Dutiful Thrull in it, we would greatly appreciate it if you would consider Adding Your Deck to our site.
Dutiful Thrull was originally printed, and so far only exists in the Gatecrash magic the gathering set.


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Онла () насеље је и општина у јужној Француској у региону Миди Пирене, у департману Горњи Пиринеји која припада префектури Бањер де Бигор.

По подацима из 2011. године у општини је живело 85 становника, а густина насељености је износила 29,82 становника/-{km²}-. Општина се простире на површини од 2,85 -{km²}-. Налази се на средњој надморској висини од 513 метара (максималној 746 -{m}-, а минималној 476 -{m}-).

Демографија

График промене броја становника у току последњих година

Види још
 Списак општина у департману Горњи Пиринеји

Референце

Спољашње везе

 База података: -{Insee}-
 Онла на страници Националног географског института Француске
 Онла на страници организације -{INSEE}-
 Најближа насеља (километража, правац и координате)
 План насеља Онла на мапи (-{Mapquest}-)

Департман Горњи Пиринеји у Француској
Википројект географија/Насеља у Француској

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  OnInit,
  ViewChild,
  ViewEncapsulation,
} from '@angular/core';
import { MatDialog } from '@angular/material';
import { EntityModalComponent } from '../entity-modal/entity-modal.component';
import { ResultsService } from '../results.service';
import { ToxicityTextSection } from '../toxicity-text-section';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-analysis',
  templateUrl: './analysis.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./analysis.component.css'],
  encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
})

/** Class that displays the full output data for reviewing a particular file. */
export class AnalysisComponent implements OnInit {
  phrases: ToxicityTextSection[] = [];
  fullTranscript: string = '';
  @ViewChild('slider') slider: ElementRef;
  sliderValue: number;
  resultsService = new ResultsService();
  fileName: string;
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  histogramData: number[] = [];
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      viewValue: 'Toxicity: Low to High',
    },
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      value: ['toxicity', 'DESC'],
      viewValue: 'Toxicity: High to Low',
    },
    {
      value: ['start_time', 'ASC'],
      viewValue: 'Start Time: Low to High',
    },
  ];
  selectedSort: string[];
  readonly toxicityLevels = [
    {
      shape: 'lens',
      backgroundColor: '#388E3C',
      max: 1 / 3,
      label: 'Low',
    },
    {
      shape: 'stop',
      backgroundColor: '#FFE57F',
      max: 2 / 3,
      label: 'Mid',
    },
    {
      shape: 'warning',
      backgroundColor: '#E53935',
      max: 1,
      label: 'High',
    },
  ];

  constructor(private readonly dialog: MatDialog) {}

  ngOnInit() {
    this.phrases = this.resultsService.getSegmentToxicity();
    this.sliderValue =
      this.getToxicityBucketIndex(this.phrases[0].toxicity) + 1;
    this.fullTranscript = this.resultsService.getFullTranscript();
    this.fileName = this.resultsService.getFileName();
    this.histogramData = this.mapPhrasesToDataTable();
    this.selectedSort = this.sortOptions[1].value;
  }

  private mapPhrasesToDataTable() {
    let toxicityScoreList: number[] = [];
    this.phrases.forEach((phrase: ToxicityTextSection) => {
      toxicityScoreList.push(phrase.toxicity);
    });
    return toxicityScoreList;
  }

  public toggleFilterSlider() {
    this.showSliderFilter = !this.showSliderFilter;
  }

  private getToxicityBuckets() {
    let toxicityBuckets = [0, 0, 0];
    this.phrases.forEach((phrase: ToxicityTextSection) => {
      const index = this.getToxicityBucketIndex(phrase.toxicity);
      toxicityBuckets[index] += 1;
    });
    return toxicityBuckets;
  }

  private getToxicityBucketIndex(percentile: number) {
    if (percentile <= 1 / 3) {
      return 0;
    } else if (percentile > 1 / 3 && percentile <= 2 / 3) {
      return 1;
    } else {
      return 2;
    }
  }

  private openEntityAnalysis(text: string) {
    const dialogRef = this.dialog.open(EntityModalComponent, {
      width: '70%',
      data: { text: text, fileName: this.fileName },
    });
  }

  public getPhrases() {
    const percentile = this.sliderValue / this.toxicityLevels.length;
    return this.phrases.filter(
      (phrase: ToxicityTextSection) => phrase.toxicity <= percentile
    );
  }

  private formatLabel = (phrases: ToxicityTextSection[]) => {
    return (label: string) => {
      const percentile = this.sliderValue / this.toxicityLevels.length;
      const index = this.getToxicityBucketIndex(percentile);
      return this.toxicityLevels[index].label;
    };
  };

  private getTextPreview(text: string) {
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  }

  private getToxicityColor(toxicity: number) {
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      return this.toxicityLevels[0].backgroundColor;
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    } else {
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  }

  private getIcon(toxicity: number) {
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    } else if (toxicity >= 1 / 3 && toxicity < 2 / 3) {
      return this.toxicityLevels[1].shape;
    } else {
      return this.toxicityLevels[2].shape;
    }
  }

  public sortResults() {
    const sortAttribute = this.selectedSort[0];
    const sortDirection = this.selectedSort[1];
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            return 1;
          }
          if (obj1[sortAttribute] < obj2[sortAttribute]) {
            return -1;
          } else {
            return 0;
          }
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      );
    } else {
      this.phrases.sort(
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            return 1;
          }
          if (obj1[sortAttribute] > obj2[sortAttribute]) {
            return -1;
          } else {
            return 0;
          }
        }
      );
    }
  }
}

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Articles for the catégory Forest culture
Articles pour la catégorie Forest culture
Forest culture
Ecosystem restoration is essential for the climate and biodiversity
A scientific study published in October 2020 in the Nature journal revealed that restoration of areas damaged by industrial or agricultural exploitation could be far more effective than expected in combating global warming and biodiversity loss. However, ecosystem restoration currently receives only 1% of the funding dedicated to the global climate challenge. This key study was launched in anticipation of 2021, the first year of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
Ecosystems - Restoration - Scientific Study
Forest Revival After a Fire and the Impact of Climate Change
In the past few months, large-scale forest fires have made headlines, particularly in the Amazon and Siberia, as well as more recently in California. Climate change is causing dry spells and heat waves to intensify, resulting in massive fires that devastate both the environment and local populations. We asked our Forestry Project Managers a few questions to better understand what is the best strategy to adopt to promote forest regeneration after such events.
fires - forest - Forest Fires - Assisted Natural Regeneration - ANR
10 Years of Reforestation Promoting Mixed Forests
Monday 21 September is the International Day Against Monoculture Tree Plantations. Reforest'Action takes this day as an opportunity to reassert its advocacy for forests rich in a diversity of species. For 10 years, we have been working to restore, preserve and plant forests, with an average of 5 species planted or regenerated per project. A total of 260 different species have been planted by Reforest'Actors in the 10 years since Reforest'Action came into being!
Mixed forests - biodiversity - fighting monoculture
Reforest'Action Supports Biodiversity Through the Creation of an Old-Growth Forest in Europe with Francis Hallé
Despite a growing collective awareness, the world's virgin forests continue to fall victim to heavy deforestation in the tropics. They have all but disappeared in Europe. Confronted with this global emergency, botanist Francis Hallé launched an ambitious project to re-establish a large old-growth forest in Western Europe, with the support of Reforest'Action.
Old-Growth Forest - Europe - Forest Conservation - Awareness Raising
What if Ecosystem Restoration Were Possible Without Planting?
Forests can be restored without planting using the Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR) technique, which is inspired by the dynamics observed in natural forests. As part of a sustainable and gentle forest management approach, ANR meets the goal of multifunctional forest ecosystems, to reconcile their socio-economic (employment, leisure, well-being, etc.) and environmental (carbon storage, biodiversity, etc.) benefits.
Assisted Natural Regeneration - ANR - Forest Restoration - Ecosystems - forests
Destruction of Ecosystems Favours the Rise of New Diseases and Pandemics
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many experts have warned of the need to reduce the pressure exerted by human activities on biodiversity, which is believed to be behind the emergence of many diseases.
COVID-19 - Coronavirus - Epidemics - Destruction of Ecosystems - déforestation
Silvotherapy and the Awakening Ecological Consciousness
To celebrate Forest Month, we invited our partner Florence Karras, a silvotherapy practitioner and the founder of Canopsia, to give us her perspective on silvotherapy. Learn about her unique approach to this ancestral practice, which advocates reconnecting with Mother Nature and highlights the health benefits of forests
Silvotherapy - forest bathing - nature - Reconnection - trees - benefits of trees
Conserving and Restoring Biodiversity in Forests
It is becoming increasingly necessary to preserve animal biodiversity in forests. However, finding a solution that makes an impact on all species, and not just one to the detriment of another, can be problematic. This is made all the more difficult by the fact that the vast majority of species on Earth remain unknown to us! While there are 1.7 million recorded animal species worldwide, scientists estimate that between 3 and 100 million species have yet to be discovered. So what solutions can be deployed?
biodiversity - Biodiversity Loss - Extinction of Species - déforestation - Life
Diversity of Life Supporting the Ecological Balance of Forests
What is at stake in terms of preserving the diversity of life in our forests? If this depends on the fragile equilibrium of forest ecosystems, the loss of a single species causes upheavals across its entire environment. Biodiversity preservation and ecosystem conservation are therefore closely linked.
Sources of Biodiversity Loss in Forests
Deforestation, overexploitation of species, global warming: these three main factors in forest animal biodiversity loss (in other words, the loss of diversity of animal species living in forests), are reflective of the impact humans have on the environment around them


So it's time to publish the second timeline of March, covering the main cyber attacks occurred between the 16th and the 31st of the same month (the first part is available here).
The good news is that the increasing trend seems to have hit a break, as this fortnight the number of events is the lower recorded so far in 2018. The bad news is that there has been yet another massive breach, I am obviously referring to Under Armour, which had the data of 150 million users of the food and nutrition app and website, MyFitnessPal, compromised.
Unfortunately this wasn't the only massive event of this fortnight: also the UK National Lottery was under attack, with the consequence that 15 million users were warned to change their passwords, similarly to Orbitz, a subsidiary of the online travel agency Expedia, which revealed that hackers might have accessed personal information from about 880,000 payment cards.
APT28 (AKA Fancy Bear) continues its momentum even if apparently their attack against the UK Anti-Doping Agency has been foiled. Another actor than pops up now and then is the alleged Iranian-linked OilRig APT: as a matter of fact a report has revealed a new wave of attacks against a number of organizations across the Middle East. Last but not least, the Italian football team S.S. Lazio deserves a special mention, as the first football team to fall victim of an email scam, paying to fraudsters, €2m of the final instalment for a player.
As usual, if you want to have an idea of how fragile our electronic identity is inside the cyberspace, have a look at the timelines of the main Cyber Attacks in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and now 2018 (regularly updated… Hopefully!). You may also want to have a look at the Cyber Attack Statistics that are regularly published, and follow @paulsparrows on Twitter for the latest updates.


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Sean Gordon, CEO of Intelliverse notes that communication takes up a huge portion of your day and that prioritizing emails and phone calls can be difficult.
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Internal messaging apps, such as NetSfere, also make it easy to quickly communicate with co-workers. With NetSfere, you can safely communicate business information, including images and files, within chat groups. Because you and your colleagues are tied to your mobile phones, this real-time correspondence helps you communicate faster.
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Worth every cent
Reader reviewed by marforshort
Jay Asher has startled us all (or at least me) with this spectacular book. Finding a book today can be difficult and challenging, especially for Young Adults, because they can be so shallow and dumb. Jay Asher has written a novel with depth and emotion.
It all starts out when Clay Jensen gets a package from Hannah Baker, a girl from school who had just commited suicide. Of course, for Clay this is startling because they were never really friends, and had only kissed once at a party. Little did he know that he played a role in Hannah Baker's suicide. Clay is a talented and sensative boy. Hearing that he has been a part of a suicide was terrable for him. On the tapes, it is clearly stated that everyone who gets them (There is a story for each person) MUST listen to every tape, even if it isn't about them.
Little by little we wait at the edge of our seats for Clays story, as he runs all around the town, stopping at most of the places Hannah mentions, and trying to understand what it felt like for her.
Tragic, heart renching and with a devestatingly happy ending, Jay Asher's novel 13 Reasons Why will take you into the lives of Clay and Hannah as they both try to understand why she killed herself.
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"You can't stop the future You can't rewind the past The only way to learn the secret . . . is to press play."
Reader reviewed by Kayla (Midnight Twilight)
Hannah Baker is dead. All Clay knows is that she took pills. When a mysterious package arrives at his house he doesn't know what to make of it. There are seven cassettes inside it, with a number written in blue nail polish on each side, except for the last, it was one sided. Thirteen sides, thirteen connections that all helped lead to her suicide. When Clay starts listening he doesn't know what's going on. These are all people who hurt her in some way, all he did was have a crush on her. As Clay listens he learns more about Hannah and himself.
I heard so many good things about this book that once i got home from the book store (buying it) i wanted to read the first few pages and see if it measured up to how good i thought it'd be. Well, after i started reading i couldn't stop. This book was so amazing. The characters were very well developed, and the plot was very understandable and easy to follow. This book nearly brought me to tears.
Alternating Dual 1st Person POV. Masterfully Written Pageturner!
I highly recommend this book. There's a reason it landed on the NYT bestseller list and hung around for a LONG time!
I was mesmerized by the masterful way Asher weaves two different (male and female) First Person POVs together into a seamless story that intensifies as it progresses. The topic is suicide and what precipitates the choice of a young girl driven to this choice. You experience it firsthand as the MC, Clay, who receives a mysterious package of cassette tapes (holy 80's batman!) from Hannah, a girl he realizes he had feelings for.
This story pulled me in right from the start, shortly after pushing play on the 7 cassettes (each side adds up to 13, since the last one only has one side). As you follow Clay through an unforgettable night of wandering the town to each spot where the story originally took place, you unravel the mystery of WHY.
G Donald Cribbs Top 500 Reviewer 25 reviews
thirteen reasons why you should read this book!
Reader reviewed by HoopsStar27
1. cassette tapes show another side not many people know about thanks to the tapes left by Hannah in the book
2. amazingly inspiring!!
3. shows what its like to be in high school but not be the "popular ones" like allot of books are about
4. I love the parts with the map fitting into the story (don't worry I won't ruin it for you)
5. the main character Clay really starts to learn more about himself and Hannah like everyone should after they read
6. tells the sadness behind death and suicide
7. shows how important one supportive note could be to someone
8. reminds you the importance of friendship
9. helps remember the importance of each day and conversation
10. taught me to pay more attention to others
11. showed me a story through someone's eyes
12. amazing writing!
13. it opened my eyes
open your eyes to a new story and read Thirteen Reasons Why!!!!!
I loved this book so much. It was so sad. After I had listened to all of Hannah's reason I understood why she did what she did. A must read!!
Clay got the tapes. He listened and passed them on. The tapes were about why Hannah had killed herself, the thirteen reasons why. A beautiful book.
The story itself was so amazing yet heartbreakng!!
Casog Top 50 Reviewer 260 reviews
Couldn't put it down!
Reader reviewed by Sdaugherty
It took me a little while to figure out the flow to this book
because you are bouncing back and forth between text from Hannah's
commentary from her tapes and what Clay is doing or thinking as he is
listening to them. But one you get into it hang on because it's one
hell of a ride. This book is beautifully written and spend a great deal
of time delving into the mind of the teen world. You become a part of
this book from the beginning, feeling for both Hannah and Clay. You can
see how these 13 things would not be enough on their own to impact her
decision to commit suicide but how one stacked on top of the other
could send her over the edge.
I was really disturbed by the suicide being so planned out that she
went to all the trouble to make these tapes. The tapes themselves were
very unnearving but necessary to tell the tale that Hannah's wants to
be told. How may warning signs did she send and no one answered? How
many missed chances do we have? How does every move that we make impact
someone else's life and could we change the outcome if we had just been
a little less self absorbed? Hannah thinks so and after you spend some
time in her mind you will too. As she tells Clay on the tape this
knowledge will change his life forever.
This a very touching and disturbing novel on teenage suicide. I
would be careful what age group I would let read it for there are
sexual inuendos as well as some language. I would say definately the
high school age and none below it. It is also a very quick read. I
finished it in two days so once you are sucked in you are hooked til
the end, just like Clay.
Read this NOW
After Hannah Baker kills herself, a set of cassette tapes are sent to a list of thirteen people who are somehow responsible for Hannah's death. Clay, a quiet boy who had a crush on Hannah, receives these tapes. Clay has
absolutely no idea why he received them or how he's responsible for Hannah's death. After taking his friend Tony's Walkman, Clay spends the night traveling his town while listening to Hannah's voice. And what Hannah says will change him forever.
Set in first person, alternating between Clay's perspective and Hannah's tapes, Thirteen Reasons Why tells you a huge message about life: that your actions, even if they seem perfectly harmless to you, could cause somebody else harm, and ultimately cause them to commit suicide. As Hannah says in Thirteen Reasons
Why, "I guess that's the point of it all. No one knows for certain how much of impact they have on the lives of other people. Often we have no clue."
I loved this book because it was written so beautifully and flawlessly in the way that Jay Asher switched between Clay and Hannah's perspectives. Also, the main characters seemed so real that it made you think that you could actually talk to them, or change their mind, but in the end, you couldn't. In the end, they
were only fictional characters. This was especially true when Hannah says, "If you hear a song that makes you cry and you don't want to cry anymore, you don't listen to that song anymore. But you can't get away from yourself. You can't decide not to see yourself anymore. You can't decide to turn off the noise in your head."
I also loved this book because it was so real. It controlled your emotions so well that this book made me cry. Lastly, Thirteen Reasons Why conveyed a message so achingly true that it changed my view on life itself.
I gave this book a five because I absolutely loved it. It's so real mesmerizingly incredible, and beautiful in such a raw and deep way. It's written in such a way that it makes you keep reading, and even when you've
finished it, you can't stop thinking about it. I would recommend this book to everyone, teens and adults alike. Thirteen Reasons Why gives such a clear and moving message that should be heard and understood by everyone.
Such a real, and moving story! Fabulous characters too.
Laura Top 1000 Reviewer 3 reviews
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher.
Genre: YA/ Suspense
Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers thirteen cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker, his classmate and crush who committed suicide two weeks earlier.
On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out how he made the list.
Through Hannah and Clay's dual narratives, debut author Jay Asher weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect teen readers.
It seems that each time I get my hands on a book by Jay Asher, I finish it in two days or less. I don't know why, but I'll take a guess and say that his books are raw and honest. He says thinks just as they are.
A month ago I read The Future of Us and really enjoyed the book, but it was Thirteen Reasons Why that stole my heart.
Thirteen Reasons Why tells the story of Hannah Baker. A teenage girl who has committed suicide. But before that occurred, Hannah recorded a series of audio tapes in which she explained the thirteen reasons why she decided to kill herself. The main character, Clay, is one of the, but he doesn't know what he did.
The book takes place over the course of one evening. Clay receives a box full of audio tapes and finds out that he has to listen to the tapes and pass them on to the next person, sort of like a chain letter, and if he doesn't, another copy of the tapes will be released to the public, which would cause dangerous consequences for the involved. He listens to the tapes as he visits the places Hannah mentions in her tapes and discovers all the reasons why Hannah Baker decided to commit suicide.
As I read the book I felt sorry for Hannah, I related to the things she went through, and even cried a good deal of tears when the book reached its ending. And I because I felt like over the 288 pages of the book I had gotten to know Hannah a lot and had considered myself close to her. I listened to her woes and understood all of them. When the idea of suicide began to pop into her head, I wanted to stop her. To tell her not to go through it. To save her and convince her there was a lot to live for. I cried because I felt empty. I truly felt the lost of Hannah Baker. The author did so well portraying Hannah's depression. It all felt so genuine. And the "snow ball" effect worked really well.
One of the major themes of this book was bullying. Hannah was bullied in many ways. Rumors were spread about her, people called her names, and they made her feel so lonely, so alone. They all gave her reasons to end it all. To give up. Even when some of the characters thought they were doing no wrong, they somehow contributed to Hannah's reasons. It really goes to show that we don't know how much impact our actions have on a person.
I loved every single scene of the book, but there were two that I like a bit better than others. Firstly, there's the scene where we discover who the last person who caused Hannah's dead is: her counselor. Hannah has given up in life, and this scene is pretty much her last cry for help. But the counselor didn't realize then what Hanna was about to do. My other favorite part was the end. Clay had seen this girl, Sky, having a lot of the same symptoms Hannah had had (changing appearance), and at the end of the book he went to talk to her. We don't really know what happens after this, but I like to think that Clay stopped this girl from committing a huge mistake. Perhaps the same mistake Hannah Baker had made.
I have never felt so connected to a character before. I have never related so well. It's a weird feeling, really, relating and feeling for a fictional character, and yet it's also somehow liberating. Even though Hannah might not be real there are teens who feel the same way she did. Helpless, lonely, lost. The cause of those feelings might be many, bullying, a dysfunctional family, or a hurtful rumor. Things that a lot of teens these days go through.
And there was a quote that touched me very much. A quote that made me break down. The quote is located on page 280. It is told in Hannah's perspective and goes like this: "A lot of you cared, just not enough. And that…that is what I needed to find out." This quote is heartbreaking and it is easily the best quote of the book.
This book came in 2007 and it surprises me that I haven't picked it up until now. I have heard of it before, of course, and I was even aware that Selena Gomez is going to play Hannah Baker in the movie adaptation for it, but I haven't had enough interest to pick it up. Thirteen Reasons Why really shows that we need to be careful what we say or do. You never know if you're affecting someone or not. You need to open your eyes and help that friend who so desperately needs to be aided. This book is eye-opening, it has had such an effect on me, and I would recommend it to everyone! Gah, what was wrong with me? I want to keep gushing and gushing about this book, but that would be very annoying for everyone, I'm sure. So I'll leave you saying that Jay Asher has become one of my favorite authors.
- most of the book was amazing. Character, plot, everything. i loved it!
Manuel Soto Top 500 Reviewer 7 reviews
Couldn't Put it Down..
Reader reviewed by sariebearie08
I don't really know where to begin. For me this book was like driving past a car accident. You know it is going to make you feel terrible, that what you are going to see is awful - but you have to look anyways. I was completely and utterly engrossed with this book. I simply could not put it down, I needed to see how Hannah's life kept snowballing out of control.
Everything was beautifully written, and I loved how all the stories were intertwined. I do not want to give anything away - but Hannah's story really made me think about how a seemingly small act can really affect a person. I also really appreciated how realistic the events were - nothing was particularly far fetched. I would definitely recommend this book, especially to fans of books like the Virgin Suicides or The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Reader reviewed by Amber
Teenager Hannah is driven to suicide by a chain of events that leave her hopeless. But before she takes her own life she records her story on thirteen tapes each with their own story. She leaves these tapes in the hands of someone she trusts to send them to the thirteen people she put on the list. Clay one of her classmates that had a crush on her comes home to find these tapes he listens to them and he learns that if he would have asked her a question as simple as is something wrong he might have saved her life. He learns that what he did didn't negatively effect her it was what he didn't do.
Life is full of what ifs and those are always hard to confront so to avoid those we could slow down and think everything through. But everyone lives in the moment every once in a while and sometimes you don't catch those what ifs and this book teaches that that can impact peoples lives.


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PRESERVING MARITIME HERITAGE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
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Education Program Update
Among the many excellent presentations delivered at ShiPosium was one officially announcing the development of SSHSA's educational outreach program. Research Assistant Astrid Drew described the evolution of "From Sail to Steam," our inaugural topic funded by major grants from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and the Dibner Family Charitable Trust.
Utilizing our collections to reach out to educators and the public, "From Sail to Steam" will explore how the STEAM subjects of science, technology, engineering, arts and math affected economics, society, design and scientific growth in the 18th and 19th centuries. A team of SSHSA staffers, educators and website developers are creating the content and devising the best methods to deliver our materials and learning tools via our website.
SSHSA has unique resources which, when combined, offer a comprehensive perspective of this pivotal period of our history. Our collections, the SSHSA Research Library, and the Posner Maritime Art Museum provide different ways to appreciate a single subject. "Juxtaposing our model of the SS Commonwealth with her line drawings and photographs from our collections presents an exceptionally vivid way to understand the vessel," said Vera Harsh, SSHSA Development Director and project manager for the program. "We literally have the 'bells and whistles' artifacts. Hearing the bells then listening to a recording of the Alexander Hamilton whistle can help kids appreciate the effective difference between the two."
Educators working in the initial planning sessions were also excited to see so many articles on the STEAM subjects contained in the more than 70 years of Steamboat Bill and PowerShips magazines. One participant described the need for published materials which provide comprehensive reading opportunities in scientific areas.
Future themes that will be developed will focus on the interior design of ocean liners and cruise ships, lessons regarding water displacement, and the significance of shipping in maritime history. We'll continue to report our progress in this exciting new program.
Edward Kamuda, SSHSA member and longtime President and one of the founders of the Titanic Historical Society, passed away on April 13th, 2014, after a long illness. Through the Titanic Historical Society's activities, Kamuda succeeded in preserving the Titanic and sharing her history. With over fifty years of publications, a fine collection of survivor memorabiliaand personal documents, he eventually introduced thousands to his passion. Titanic's legacy is worldwide, and people everywhere, like Edward Kamuda, became captivated about Titanic and many will carry on work he began. To read more about Edward Kamuda, please click here.
Edward A. Mueller, a longtime SSHSA member and a former Editor of Steamboat Bill, has passed away after a brief illness. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, he was educated at Wisconsin and Notre Dame for his Bachelor's Degree, and Catholic University for a Masters in Civil Engineering. During his career, he worked for the Highway Research Board in Washington D.C. and the Department of Transportation in Tallahassee. He was also the Secretary of Transportation from 1970-1973 and the Director of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority form 1973-1981. He then worked for Morales and Shumer, an engineering firm, until he retired in 1997. Edward was a retired Lieutenant Commander in the US Navy. He actively served from 1943-1945 and then in the Naval Reserves for about twenty years. Edward's real love was history, particularly steamboats and research. He has written several books and produced many DVDs on the subject.
William E. Ray, an honorary life member of SSHSA, passed away on April 21st, 2014. After graduation from Wentworth Institute in 1952, he was recruited by the Diamond Ordinance Fuse Labs, Dept. of the Army in Washington, DC. Later, he moved to the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, where he first worked on atomic time with the bulk of his career in satellite and submarine programs for the US Navy. Mr. Ray was an avid sailor and master modeler. He built his first sailboat in the early 1970s, and eventually lived aboard the sailboat Yogo, sailing from the East Coast and Bahamas with his wife, Paula. His passion for anything maritime was exhibited in the models he built, from award-winning live steam boats to static models, and to the extensive nautical library he collected over the years.
We've Lost a Great Friend
CDR John Francis Hamma
CDR John Hamma became a member of SSHSA in 1968. Like many members, he enjoyed receiving Steamboat Bill magazine, until he heard a higher calling to get involved. John joined the SSHSA Board in 2008 and was elected president in 2011. During his tenure as president, CDR Hamma was responsible for stabilizing and growing the organization, as well as bringing all SSHSA holdings together under one roof. Particularly proud achievements were the organization's budget surpluses each year under CDR Hamma's leadership.
John grew up in Brooklyn and, as a child, loved to visit the ocean liners and the bustling Port of New York. He also attended the christening and launch of the NS Savannah as a teenager and had fond memories of Mamie Eisenhower breaking the bottle of champagne on the bow of the ship. Although a Michigan Wolverine during his undergraduate college years, he also was an intern "rolling plans" at the Gibbs & Cox firm in lower Manhattan. One anecdote he often shared was how all people working at Gibbs & Cox were to stop their duties every time the SS United States sailed in or out of port to salute her - by orders of Mr. Gibbs-- as she went by.
CDR Hamma spent twenty years in the Navy in a variety of roles as a commissioned officer on engineering duty. These included boiler officer for the USS Newport News, ship superintendent for the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, graduate student at MIT, combatant craft program officer for NAVSEC Norfolk Division, chief engineer aboard the USS Columbus, type desk officer for the Puget Sound Naval shipyard, type desk and budget/fiscal officer for COMNAVSURFPAC, repair officer on the USS Dixie and maintenance policy officer for the Office of the CNO.
After retiring from active duty in 1984, John continued to work for another twenty-eight years in the engineering/ship industry for various firms, often providing services back to the U.S. Navy. Later, CDR Hamma formed his own consulting business and worked on developing proposals for large companies such as General Dynamics NASSCO.
Ships, trains, and automobiles...these mechanical transportation devices were things that CDR Hamma particularly loved. Ever the inquisitive engineer, he collected and maintained a meticulous automobile memorabilia archive, enjoyed purchasing and building somewhat obscure ship models, and spent weeks riding the rails from coast to coast, on one mission or another to benefit one of his passions. He had a sharp memory and a crystal vision which was able to distinguish the year, make and model of any car, ship, or locomotive from what seemed like a mile away. And although well read and knowledgeable in his areas of interest, he was also a humble man. He always had a smile readily available and could find something good and funny to say in just about any situation.
We owe a great deal of gratitude to John Hamma as we essentially forced him into retirement by recruiting him to take on the full-time roll of SSHSA "Ambassador," a position in which he thrived. He will be greatly missed.
CDR Hamma's funeral service was on Thursday, March 20th at the Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala, San Diego, CA.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Apreva Hospice
1565 Hotel Circle South, Suite 320, San Diego, CA 92108
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SSHSA Receives Important Grants
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
In 2012, the SSHSA Board of Directors unanimously committed to creating a program which would provide a tangible benefit to our society. It took little time to agree that this concept could best be achieved through an online educational outreach initiative utilizing our unique collections, library, and our own publications.
We are very proud to announce that the SSHSA educational program has been honored with a major grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and a matching grant from the Dibner Charitable Trust. These two grants will fund the second phase of a multi-year program to develop our first educational theme, "From Sail to Steam: A History of Transition in Rhode Island."
Combining original images, primary and secondary resources, artifacts, and archived audio recordings, From Sail to Steam will have a dedicated section on the SSHSA website, allowing teachers and students to access digitized materials and to connect to our Virtual Museum and Image Porthole.
SSHSA program staff and board members were recently invited to the presentation announcement at the RI State Capitol with Governor Lincoln Chafee, Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis, and other supporters of promoting humanities projects.
Our thanks go to the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, the Dibner Charitable Trust, and the educators and professionals who have helped frame our first educational theme.
Museum Assessment Program
In addition, SSHSA has been selected to participate in the Museum Assessment Program (MAP). Through guided self-study and on-site consultation with a museum professional, participation in MAP will empower SSHSA to better serve researchers across the country by meeting and exceeding the highest professional standards of the museum field.
The program is funded by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and throughout its 30 years has been administered by the American Association of Museums (AAM). As part of the IMLS National Leadership program, MAP advances best practices and fosters improvement in museums. The assessment positions SSHSA to better fulfill our mission to preserve and share maritime history through research and education.
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December 5, 2022 By Charley on the MTA
UPDATE: A slight reprieve. The new date for shutdown will be 12/31/22.
Plans are afoot for the site to be thoroughly crawled and archived. It won't just disappear. The site will stay up, at least for a while, but for the purpose of archiving, commenting and posting will be disabled on 12/31/22.
Hello friends —
Last call.
Sadly, for those who are remaining on this site, I am taking the site down on December 6, 2022. That is the day that the LLC that gives me some legal protections is dissolved by the Secretary of State; the cost of keeping the LLC ($525/year) for a mostly-moribund site is prohibitive for me right now. It's a shame that the archive of content will come down; it's an illuminating history of an era. But such is the way of things; most state-level political blogs of our vintage have vanished. I'll keep a copy of the archive, of course.
I hope that our readers and participants have long since found satisfactory outlets for their political thoughts and activities. It seems that what constitutes "political activity" will be radically re-shaped in the next 24 months, in any event. All best of luck and good courage to all.
Merrick Garland nails the coffin of the rule of law
November 18, 2022 By SomervilleTom
Merrick Garland announced today that he is appointing a "Special Counsel".
He's decided to run out the clock rather than fight to save the rule of law. Two years after widespread evidence of a long list of crimes, Mr. Garland chooses to do nothing.
The rule of law in America is dead.
Election Day Open Thread
November 8, 2022 By SomervilleTom
For perhaps the last time, here is the traditional election day open thread.
I invite you to share whatever you like about your vote and polling place.
I'm particularly interested in our collective response to the ballot questions.
Primary Day is Upon Us!
September 5, 2022 By Christopher
It wouldn't be BMG without a primary day open thread so I figured I would start. One of my favorite political websites has taken a nothing-to-see-here attitude, but there are other contested races. For the statewide races my votes were for Chang-Diaz, Gouveia, Galvin, Palfrey, and DiZoglio. I'm also supporting Tara Hong's primary challenge to my State Representative and helping my friend Eunice Zeigler in her race to succeed Diana DiZoglio in the Senate. I invite others to weigh in with their preferences, predictions, and observations.
Eric Lesser for Lieutenant Governor
August 28, 2022 By Mark L. Bail
I support candidates first based on what they do or will do.
Who they are comes after.
What Eric has accomplished as state senator is nothing short of amazing. You can look up his record on Wikipedia or his website. Those sources, however, can't tell you what kind of person Eric is.
I think I can.
Eric was literally a kid when I first met him. He was a high school debater for Longmeadow when I was president of the high school debate league. My East Longmeadow team shared a bus with them. I got to know him talking about school and politics on the bus.
One day, I was reviewing judges' ballots when Eric and his debate partner Amos came to see me in the judges' room. Debate judges varied in quality. Some actually understood the stock issues of debate. Others qualified because they had a pulse. Eric and Amos had one of the pulse judges and were handed a loss to a team that had no idea what it was doing.
As a senior, Eric Lesser and his partner won the Connecticut Valley Debate League championship. (Left to Right, Amos Shemesh, Mark Bail, and Eric Lesser)
They told me the story. I looked at the ballot. I knew it was a bad beat. What I still remember was Eric's gratefulness. They had reason to be angry. Other kids would have lost it. I remember the parent of one irate debater threatening to tell Dan York, a local talk show host, about the unfairness of a debate lost. Eric was thankful that I looked at their ballot, confirmed that they were right, and had been unjustly dealt a loss. Eric excelled at debate, but even then, he stuck out for his appreciation of the situation.
I followed Eric's post-high school career in the Springfield Republican. He famously joined the Obama campaign, managed the luggage for a dozen people on dozens of airplane flights. (He never lost a bag). He graduated from the campaign to the White House and worked for the President's advisor David Axelrod and on the Council of Economic Advisors. Read More…
Progressive Mass Shouldn't Back Stupid Primaries
August 12, 2022 By jconway
Our own Tommy Vitolo (stomv) was a long time climate activist, systems engineer, and wonk blogger right here at BMG before he got into the state house. Since that time he has accumulated a lot of legislative accomplishments on housing, climate, and LGBT issues by working with House leadership and his more moderate colleagues to get things done. This seems to me to be the mark of a reality based approach to progressive lawmaking.
That record of pragmatic progressivism has apparently invited a primary challenge to his left from Raul Fernandez who, like Tommy, is a Brookline selectman and fellow policy wonk (in this case education policy at my graduate alma mater BU Wheelock). This is the rare primary where I happen to know and like both candidates on a personal level, so by no means is this post a dig against Fernandez. I just question the wisdom, timing, and target of his primary challenge.
To Raul's credit his critique is mostly substantive and wonky hitting Tommy for specific votes around improving transparency on Beacon Hill. I've long been on the record here bemoaning our lax rate of permanent incumbency and uncompetitive elections for the legislature. I've even been critical of Tommy for votes I disagreed with him on including voting for DeLeo's last re-election, yet these are not the disqualifying votes begging for a primary challenger Raul makes them out to be. Particularly one as well financed and staffed as Raul's.
Tommy does not have a 100% rating from Progressive Mass, which is apparently the main reason the organization is backing this primary which has attracted a lot of outside funding and campaign energy that could be better spent on the Fair Share amendment, protecting undocumented immigrants, and electing a Democrat to the Corner Office. There are also critical elections for Suffolk DA, Auditor, Attorney General, and Lieutenant Governor. Not to mention critical competitive congressional elections in NH, CT, and RI. Any of these efforts would be a better use of time.
At a time when outright anti-democracy candidates are on the ballot in neighboring states and avowed election deniers will win the Republican nominations for constitutional offices in our own state, I question the wisdom of targeting a reliable progressive just because he voted for Ron Mariano. Using that logic previous PM endorsed candidates like Mike Connolly should also be challenged by the organization.
If anything this primary gives truth to the reality that too many progressives cluster in the blue bubbles even within our own state. My own state representative in purple Wakefield is a relatively conservative Republican who is not even getting opposed. His office has yet to get back to me with his abortion stance, although I know from digging he voted against the Roe Act multiple times. I have no idea if PM has even bothered trying to create chapters in districts that routinely send conservative Democrats or Republicans to the statehouse, but this seems like an effort where we are eating one of our own. No offense to PM organizers who are doing important work I largely no longer have time to do, and no offense to Raul Fernandez who is a dedicated educator and activist who should be in the statehouse, but this primary seems really dumb.
Your Blue Mass. Group: Handing it off, or shutting down
April 18, 2021 By Charley on the MTA
Well, it's come to this. I do apologize for my long absences this year. After 16+ years, I'm going to be either handing off the blog, or shutting it down. My grad program is taking up most of my time; I don't have the time to put into … [Read more...]
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Reviving this BMG tradition for the last time. What are your political, sports, or other predictions for the next two years? … [Read more...]
Tuesday night at the White House, a little girl interrupted the closing music for the Biden's Hannukah party speech to ask him "How can I become president?" He took the mic and answered: "Know who you want to help and that you'd rather … [Read more...]
Now that the January 6th Committee has referred Donald Trump for prosecution for inciting and aiding an insurrection, and interfering in the peaceful transfer of power, the Department of Justice should prosecute him. Why? Because they … [Read more...]
Thanks again to Joel Patterson for getting me on this site back when his son was a newborn and I was a teenager. Now his son is a teenager and I have a newborn! It's been a wild ride. Thanks to Tom for his Davis Sq. Hospitality. Fred, … [Read more...]
So, if you win the creepy $99 digital photoshopped trading card prize and pay your own way to Mar-a-Lado, will you get a free tour of the classified documents? Or just take a screen shot and save the $99. And if you act now, you can get a … [Read more...]
It's been entertaining, informative, and in a way fun to have a space for Massachusetts Dems to exchange views. … [Read more...]
Renewed Anti-Vax Madness in Florida
Just to make clear how insane and life-threateningly irresponsible Governor Ron DeSantis's phony-baloney quackamajack committee is: The main side-effect of the vaccines they talk about is cardiomyopathy, which is a thickening of the … [Read more...]
Geopolitics of Fusion
Fusion is clean and safe. If there's an accident, it shuts itself off according to American theoretical physicist Michio Kaku. In the long run, in a few decades, the dictatorial regimes of the Saudis, the emirates, and the Russians are … [Read more...]
UPDATE: A slight reprieve. The new date for shutdown will be 12/31/22. Plans are afoot for the site to be thoroughly crawled and archived. It won't just disappear. The site will stay up, at least for a while, but for the purpose of … [Read more...]
The Courts Reassert the Constitution – Again
December 1, 2022 By terrymcginty
The 11th Circuit federal court of appeals puts an end to the shenanigans in the Mar-a-Lago documents case in an absolutely beautifully-written opinion by a three-judge appellate panel (two Trump appointees and one GW Bush appointee) that … [Read more...]
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this is why we need a healthy massgop with elected republicans in the state house. to oppose dystopian garbage like this. #mapoli https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/01/metro/new-bill-would-let-mass-prisoners-donate-organs-reduced-sentences-critics-call-it-coercive/
Trump's election fraud hoax undermines democracy @rwwatchma ·
.@MassGovernor @Maura_Healey
The issue is not process--where to site new fossil-fueled infrastructure--it's about rapid transition to maximizing zero-emission clean energy on the grid and driving down cost w/supply. Rate📈 has a multiplier effect. #mapoli
🦉@grumpygrumpyowl@mastodon.social @grumpygrumpyowl
Just so you know, @MassGovernor @maura_healey, this kind of blowoff will NOT fly. You really want communities to spend their $ on lawyers to sue the State to get justice they deserve? @XRBoston @GreenRootsEJ
You are Baker 2.0, and I BEG you to prove me wrong. #mapoli
Tom Stanley @repstanley ·
I am proud to be a co-sponsor of HD766/SD1013 to ensure #SchoolMealsforAll becomes a permanent policy in our state. I'm excited to work with @SalDiDomenico & @RepAndyVargas to make it happen! School meals are critical to the future of the Commonwealth!! #mapoli #FeedKidsMA
Sarah Betancourt @sweetadelinevt ·
A bill sponsor for the controversial bill that would let prisoners get time of their sentences for organ and bone marrow donation responds to criticism:
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2023/02/02/a-bill-that-would-let-prisoners-trade-organs-for-a-reduced-sentence-faces-significant-blowback #mapoli @GBHNews
Sara Ross @somedaysaras ·
Education is a basic human right. Education in the context of a warming climate is woefully incomplete if it does not address climate change. I'm thrilled to support student leaders urging MA legislators to move on HD.339/SD.498. #MYCC #mapoli Thanks @JulianCyr Rep James Hawkins
This Is Planet Ed @ThisIsPlanetEd
In Massachusetts, student organizations are pushing to integrate climate science and civics into existing classes, like biology and history. @somedaysaras @undauntedk12 @newbedfordlight
https://newbedfordlight.org/teaching-climate-change-high-schoolers-implore-legislators-to-act-on-greatest-problem-facing-young-generation/
Marcus Ferro @marcusferrolaw ·
BREAKING: @LCRBOSTON & the Center of Law and Education filed a federal civil rights lawsuit challenging @MASchoolsK12's regulations on admission policies for Voc-Tech schools. The complaint argues voc admissions are discriminating against protected classes of students. #mapoli


MPS heaters are designed as part of the floor heating system in passenger train cars. The seamless structure is available in steel or stainless steel.
Our TR-65 treatment is available for both materials. This treatment prevents rust from attacking the heater element. Salt bath test results are available.


NOVA Woman Has NonSurgical Liposuction (CoolSculpting) With Awesome Results!
CoolSculpting is one of the latest and greatest ways to reduce unwanted fat. It is a cosmetic procedure that is typically recommended for our patients who either do not want to undergo surgical liposuction, or who have minimal fat reduction needs. Our patient shown in the before and after gallery photo below was the perfect candidate for CoolSculpting. She had fat that she wanted to get rid of, but not so much that necessarily needed surgery. We used the Zeltiq CoolSculpting method along her upper and lower abdominal area and the results are a slimmer, leaner appearance. This nonsurgical liposuction intervention took about two hours in our Northern Virginia cosmetic surgery office and needed only one treatment. Her results are awesome!


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Canadian War Museum, LeBreton Flats, Canada
(Location: LeBreton Gallery)
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CWM unveils restored Panther tank from the Second World War
1: Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg (MAN) AG, Nürnberg, Bavaria, Middle Franconia, Germany (Primary manufacturer)
2: VE Day Parade, Centretown, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (VE Day 8 May 1945)
3: Base Borden Military Museum, Canadian Forces Base Borden, Borden, Ontario, Canada (Until 2005)
4: Canadian War Museum, LeBreton Flats, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Current location)
This Panther is on display in Worthington Park as part of the museum's AFV collection.
This tank, after its capture, was shipped to Canada. It participated in V-E Day celebrations on Sparks Street in Ottawa on 8 May 1945. This means that it had been transported from Europe before the end of the war, but whether as a war trophy or for testing and experimentation by the military remains unknown. It was displayed at Canadian Forces Base Borden from the late 1940s until the Department of National Defence's Directorate of History and Heritage, CFB Borden, and the Base Borden Military Museum donated it to the Canadian War Museum in February 2005. There it underwent restoration. All major mechanical components were removed and treated in order to preserve them. The interior and engine bay components were removed and refurbished and then re-installed. The exterior surfaces were cleaned and stabilized and re-treated with a "Zimmerit" paste created from a period recipe. Zimmerit had been applied in wartime to this Panther; residue of the original coating can be seen on the sections between the track and the upper hull. The restoration team reproduced many of the damaged or missing components in order to present the tank as it would likely have appeared on operations in 1944. After two years of labour by a dedicated team of volunteers it was unveiled to the public on 10 Januay 2008. (Source: CWM).
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8: Front left view, photo by Markbruinekreeft
Taken: August 2008
9: The Ausf A at Borden
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MIC KAUSHAL, The Deen Dayal Upadhyay KAUSHAL Centre at Mar Ivanios College .
Inspired by the vision of our founder, the late Archbishop Mar Ivanios.
• Formulate courses at postgraduate levels focussing in the area of Tourism and Software.
Mar Ivanios College owes its existence to the farsighted vision of the Servant of God Archbishop Mar Ivanios of Trivandrum. Started in June 1949 as a College affiliated to the erstwhile University of Travancore, it stands affiliated to the University of Kerala since 1957. The College offers various Degree Courses, Post Graduate Programmes and BVoc programmes. In its endeavour to achieve excellence in academic pursuit, the Institution has established six Research Centres. Mar Ivanios College is the first Institution in the University of Kerala to receive accreditation from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), and also to be re-assessed and re-accredited with 'A' Grade by NAAC. The College has been re-assessed by the NAAC Peer team as part of the Third Cycle of re-accredition process. It is the first college in the University of Kerala to go through the process. It is the first private College affiliated to the University of Kerala to receive the status of CPE (College with Potential for Excellence) from the UGC. It has been conferred with Autonomy status by the UGC from June 2014.
UGC sanctioned the introduction of Bachelor of Vocation (BVoc) programme in the following sectors from 2014 onwards: (i) Tourism and Hospitality Management and (ii) Software Development with an intake of 50 each. Mar Ivanios was one of the two colleges affiliated to the University of Kerala to be chosen for starting BVoc. UGC established Deen Dayal Upadhyay Centre for Knowledge Acquisition and Upgradation of Skilled Human Abilities and Livelihood (DDU KAUSHAL) from 2015 and Mar Ivanios was one among the 4 academic institutions selected from the State of Kerala for the above. Since the establishment of KAUSHAL Kendra, BVoc programmes have been brought under the same.
Many students have benefited much from the BVOC Courses offered as part of MIC Kaushal. Read more to find a success story of one of our Alumni who graduated with flying colours after undergoing BVOC Travel & Tourism.
Warm Greetings to all the Staff, Students, Alumni and well-wishers of Mar Ivanios College !
The faculty at MIC are much excited about the outcome of MIC Kaushal.Listen to few of the testimonies of the faculty.
Watch this space for news related to skill development & placements at Mar Ivanios College.
Semester 4 & 6 students attends session on Ethical Hacking.


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Minardi (3 May 1998 – 30 October 2012) was an American-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was the top-rated European two-year-old in 2000 when he recovered from a defeat on his debut to win the Phoenix Stakes and the Middle Park Stakes. In the following year he finished fourth in the 2000 Guineas and third in the Irish 2,000 Guineas. He was retired to stud but had limited success as a breeding stallion.

Background
Minardi was a brown horse with a white blaze bred in Kentucky by Indian Creek. He was sired by Boundary, a Kentucky-bred stallion who won six of his eight races including Grade III victories in the Roseben Handicap and the A Phenomenon Handicap. As a breeding stallion he is best known as the sire of Big Brown. Minardi's dam yarn won one minor race but became a very successful broodmare who also produced Tale of the Cat (King's Bishop Stakes) and Myth, the dam of Johannesburg. As a descendant of the broodmare Feola, she came from the same branch of Thoroughbred family 2-f which has produced numerous major winners including Round Table, Pebbles Nashwan and Deep Impact.

As a yearling the colt was offered for sale at the Keeneland September sale and was bought for $1.65 million by the bloodstock agent Dermot "Demi" O'Byrne on behalf of John Magnier's Coolmore organisation. He was sent to Europe and entered training with Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle. Like may Coolmore horses the details of the colt's ownership changed from race to race: he was sometimes listed as being owned by Michael Tabor whilst on others occasions he ran for the partnership of Tabor and Sue Magnier. He was ridden in all but two of his races by Mick Kinane.

Racing career

2000: two-year-old season
Minardi was sent to England for his racecourse debut and started 5/4 favourite for a six furlong maiden race at Ascot Racecourse on 29 July. He proved no match for the Paul Cole-trained Rumpold and finished second, beaten five lengths. Despite his defeat the colt was stepped up sharply in class for the Group One Phoenix Stakes at Leopardstown Racecourse two weeks later. He had not been an intended runner in the race but took his place after his more highly regarded stablemate Freud was withdrawn. The filly Dora Carrington (winner of the Cherry Hinton Stakes) started 5/2 favourite with Minardi joint second choice in the betting on 7/2 alongside Superstar Leo. Kinane settled the colt in fourth as the outsider Longueville Legend set the pace before moving up to take the lead a furlong and a half from the finish. He accelerated clear of his rivals in the closing stages to win by five lengths from Superstar Leo despite being eased down by Kinane in the final strides. The runner-up was later voted Cartier Champion Two-year-old Filly for 2000. His victory was described as "a stunning display" by the Racing Post. After the race Aidan O'Brien commented "Ascot was a blip on Minardi's record. He'd always worked very well and we thought he would burn up the course. Minardi will now have a break before coming back for the Dewhurst and similar races.

On 28 September Minardi was sent back to England for the Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse and started the 5/6 favourite in a ten runner field. His principal rivals appeared to be Bad As I Wanna Be (Prix Morny), Endless Summer (Richmond Stakes) and Baaridd (Ripon Champion Two Years Old Trophy) whilst the other runners included Bannister (Gimcrack Stakes), Ghayth (third in the Champagne Stakes), Pomfret Lad (runner-up in the Mill Reef Stakes) and Bram Stoker (runner-up in the Coventry Stakes). Minardi started slowly and raced towards the rear of the field as the early pace was set by the outsiders Joplin and Red Carpet. The favourite made rapid progress to take the lead approaching the final furlong and stayed on to win by one and a half lengths and won by one and a half lengths from Endless Summer, with Red Carpet taking third ahead of Bad As I Wanna Be. According to the Racing Post he "outclassed one of the most competitive Middle Park fields we've seen in recent years". British bookmakers responded by making the colt favourite for the following year's 2000 Guineas Endless Summer was later disqualified in unusual circumstances when it was revealed that he had been foaled prematurely on 27 December 1997: he was therefore technically a three-year-old and ineligible to contest the race.

It was expected that Minardi would end his season in the Dewhurst Stakes over seven furlongs at Newmarket but was ruled out of the race after showing signs of respiratory infection.

In the official International Classification for 2000, Minardi was rated the best two-year-old colt in Europe.

2001: three-year-old season
On his first appearance of the 2001 season, Minardi was sent to England again to contest the 2000 Guineas over Newmarket's Rowley Mile course on 5 May and started the 5/1 second favourite behind Tobougg in an eighteen-runner field. After being held up in the early stages he struggled to obtain a clear run in the final furlong before staying on to finish fourth behind Golan, Tamburlaine and Frenchmans Bay. Three weeks later he started 2/1 favourite for the Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh but after taking second place in the straight he was unable to make further progress and finished third behind his stablemates Black Minnaloushe and Mozart.

Minardi made little impact in three subsequent races starting with the St James's Palace Stakes in which he finished eighth behind Black Minnaloushe. He was then moved back to sprint distances and finished sixth in the Prix Maurice de Gheest and ninth in the Haydock Sprint Cup.

Stud record
At the end of his racing career Minardi was retired to become a breeding stallion. He stood in Europe and North America before being exported to New Zealand in 2006. He died on 30 October 2012. The best of his progeny were My Sweet Baby (Premio Regina Elena) and Ballet Pacifica (Prix Madame Jean Coturie).

Pedigree

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1998 racehorse births
2012 racehorse deaths
Racehorses bred in Kentucky
Racehorses trained in Ireland
Thoroughbred family 2-f


Relative changes of total hemoglobin concentration (left) and blood oxygen saturation (right) in small animal kidneys due to a three minute arterial (red lines) or venous occlusion (blue lines). Data were obtained by near-infrared spectroscopy.
Renal tissue hypoperfusion and hypoxia are considered to be key elements of acute kidney injury (AKI). To improve the understanding of the pathophysiology of AKI and its possible progression to chronic kidney disease basic investigations of renal hemodynamics and oxygenation in animal models are of high importance.
The project renalMROXY of the partners Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Charité and PTB aims at the development of quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) as a tool for diagnosis and therapy of acute and chronic kidney diseases. The project partners will develop a small animal imager which combines parametric MRI with quantitative methods of integrative physiology (PHYSIOL) and quantitative near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). This imager will be applied for various interventions on small animal kidney models to better understand the linking between MRI parameters and the true perfusion and oxygenation parameters accessible by the PHYSIOL and NIRS methodologies.
The NIRS technology for the multi-modality small animal imager relies on a recently developed method that permits recording of oxy- and deoxyhemoglobin concentrations in renal tissue of small animals (s. Fig. above). This technique has been combined with the invasive probe methodology developed by the integrative kidney physiology group at the Charité Center for Cardiovascular Research which comprises ultrasound transit time difference measurements and laser-Doppler fluxmetry to assess tissue perfusion, and invasive probes to measure local tissue oxygenation. First studies on small animals have shown that the combined approach yields a quantitative and comprehensive characterization of renal hemodynamics and oxygenation.
D. Grosenick, K. Cantow, K. Arakelyan, H. Wabnitz, B. Flemming, A. Skalweit, M. Ladwig, R. Macdonald, T. Niendorf, and E. Seeliger, "Detailing renal hemodynamics and oxygenation in rats by a combined near-infrared spectroscopy and invasive probe approach," Biomed. Opt. Express 6(2), 309–323 (2015) [doi: 10.1364/BOE.6.000309].
T. Niendorf, A. Pohlmann, K. Arakelyan, B. Flemming, K. Cantow, J. Hentschel, D. Grosenick, M. Ladwig, H. Reimann, S. Klix, S. Waiczies, and E. Seeliger, "How bold is blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) magnetic resonance imaging of the kidney? Opportunities, challenges and future directions," Acta Physiol. (Oxf). 213(1), 19–38 (2015) [doi: 10.1111/apha.12393].


All you need to learn about car remapping and the requirements that can be performed to remap a car's car engine. If you want know whats done as well as engine before you achieve it remapped please read on through this article and you will have a good knowledge on car remapping. Have you want to know more about whats done when can make engine is remapped? Want your car engine remapping but not sure anyone getting into? This article should give you a better understanding of what car remapping is and what done to your cars engine whilst its under the remap.
OK lets start with ECU remapping which is confidential details program that's in charge of the "Engine Management System", also called the "Engine Control Unit" (ECU).
The main reason people go for ECU remapping within car is because all car manufacturers set a default value to all that's set inside the ECU, due that has a countries having have lower settings due to laws and the various climate, weather alongside number of additional variables. This means that no ECU is set to its max performance for a single country, on your own . its only optimized for a mixed environment. This stops your car from performing at its best levels, simplest way to change this and get your car running at its best for our climate has ECU remapping.
You should preform ECU remapping inside your car if you cash in on modifications such as exhaust, intake mods and engine sections. These "bolt on" modifications such as exhausts will up and down way a car engine flows and a change in air flow to your vehicles fuel ratio are frequently caused by an extremely modification. You may be losing performance using your fuel tables unless you have your car remapped after such changes and enhancements.
The most common ways in which ECU modifications are carried out is by ECU remapping which the place a specialist tuner will use a OBD flash tool to make edits to your vehicles ECU to provide better performance it's tough replacement of the ecu may be done, this is when your current ECU is replaced with the latest ECU in its place.
OBD or Airplane Diagnostics is the terminology meaning a cars (or any motor vehicles) self diagnostics and reporting capabilities of generally engine. On board diagnostics allows one to access the the informatioin needed for your vehicles state and various other sub systems to enable them be checked and edited if that are required. As OBD has grown and changed through the years we have seen some major changes is the phone diagnostics systems, making what can be accomplished with OBD more beneficial and with more in-depth diagnostic capabilities, since it was initially introduced early as 1980's.
Chip Tuning:Is things to consider about editing a vehicles controls and the way handles, this is actually with the editing of the EPROM which if done right will give you much better performance in many ways including more power, lower emissions, cheaper fuel and a host of additional engine improvements.
As times have changed so gets possibilities of chip tuning and car remapping, by this we mean the methods that remapping and chip tuning have improved giving us more power with this type of car mod as a result of many things prevented now be edited and changed in this regard. Since the early 1990's remapping and chip tuning have be and more modern along with all electrical products, opening up more and alternative ideas in which daily edit and help cars performance such as; ABS, valve timing, electronic throttle control, automatic transmission, boost control (turbo charged engines), electronic stability control, speed governor and numerous others factors of a vehicles engine.


Come and join us for an exciting evening of musical delights and narrations by professional artists, to celebrate the centenary of votes for women.
Take a couple of hours to enjoy the wonderful music of harpist Fiona Hosford, and Capella group Bourne Chorus, interspersed with readings by professional actor Kay Cadell from diaries and records of the suffragettes. Relax with a glass of wine in the beautiful atmosphere of Christ Church.
You will also be able to view some of the exhibits from our Women Of Eastbourne Heritage project, which showed at the DC1 gallery in Eastbourne in January, including the beautiful paintings by Christa Hook. An event not to be missed!
£15.00 pp to include a glass of wine. Plus Grand Raffle.
Pop into our base at Unit 4 The Labyrinth, 7 Mark Lane, Eastbourne to buy tickets, or buy from here online.
This is a fundraising event for the charity The WayfinderWoman Trust.


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MIRV Missiles - Not Getting Them!
Best weapon to clear out a planet?
Two Mini-me...Ahem. Two Mini-missile questions.
Neutronium Rounds + Armor Piercing?
FAQ? Is there a damage per second weapon chart somewhere?
Any suggestions for this string of tough luck?
What are some fav weapons for "Strafe" sections?
PD Lasers influenced by Laser techs?
Any benefit to Improved Reflective on Drones?