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Oil tankers appeared in the late 19th century; today they are among the largest ships.
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Since ancient times sea travel has played a prominent role in trade and travel (and in wars as well). As a result of the Age of Discoveries, forms of marine transport were completely transformed at the beginning of the Modern Age, but it was in the second half of the 20th century that a true revolution took place in this mode of transport.
The first tanker ship, designed to transport bulk liquid cargo, was built in the 1880s. Then, after WW II, large numbers of tankers and container ships were produced to transport bulk liquids (mostly crude oil) and enormous quantities of various goods in intermodal containers.
The emergence of this new type of vessels led to a decrease in loading losses, loading time and costs. The only drawback is long delivery time. These gigantic ships travel all over the world, their shipping routes start in similarly gigantic ports.
The average length of oil tankers is between 200–400 metres, their width about 30–70 metres, while their draught is about 15–30 metres. Their speed is between 15–16 knots (28–30 km/h).
The most important considerations in the design of the hull are to provide balance and safety, and to maximise cargo capacity. The largest oil tankers were built in the 1970s partly for economic (high oil prices) and partly for political reasons (the Suez Canal was closed). The largest of them, the 456 metres long Seawise Giant, was built in 1979.
Today, oil tankers are the second most important means of transporting oil after pipelines. The primary consideration in the design of the hull is functionality and safety. The bridge, the cabin of the crew and the fuel tanks are all located in the rear of the tanker, while cargo and ballast tanks occupy the largest part of the ship. Most of the deck is flat with pipelines, oil transfer hoses, valves and a passageway on it.
Types - DWT: deadweight tonnage, a measure of how much mass a ship can carry safely, including the combined mass of the cargo, fuel, ballast, fresh water, and the crew. It does not include the mass of the ship.
Panamax: 60,000 – 80,000 DWT
Aframax: 80,000 – 120,000 DWT
Suezmax: 120,000 – 200,000 DWT
VLCC: 200,000 – 315,000 DWT
ULCC: 315,000 – 520,000 DWT
3,975,000 - The number of cars with 60-litre fuel tanks that could be filled up from the cargo of a Suezmax oil tanker.
Oil tankers are categorised according to size. Supertankers, including very large crude carriers (VLCC) and ultra large crude carriers (ULCC), can dock only in a few ports in the world. Due to their size, these tankers can navigate through only very few straits and channels. On the other hand, smaller tankers, including Panamax, Aframax and Suezmax tankers, can dock in smaller ports and navigate through narrower and shallower straits and channels. (Their names refer to their routes, that is, to the canal or strait they can pass through).
Major oil tanker incidents
Atlantic Empress - Amount of oil spilt: 287,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 19 July 1979
ABT Summer - Amount of oil spilt: 260,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 28 May 1991
Castillo de Bellver - Amount of oil spilt: 252,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 8 June 1983
Amoco Cadiz - Amount of oil spilt: 223,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 16 March 1978
Haven - Amount of oil spilt: 144,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 11 April 1991
Odyssey - Amount of oil spilt: 132,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 10 November 1988
Torrey Canyon - Amount of oil spilt: 119,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 18 March 1967
Sea Star - Amount of oil spilt: 115,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 19 December 1972
Urquiola - Amount of oil spilt: 100,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 12 May 1976
Irenes Serenade - Amount of oil spilt: 100,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 23 February 1980
Hawaiian Patriot - Amount of oil spilt: 95,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 23 February 1977
Independenta - Amount of oil spilt: 95,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 15 November 1979
Jakob Maersk - Amount of oil spilt: 88,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 29 January 1975
M/V Braer - Amount of oil spilt: 85,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 5 January 1993
Khark5 - Amount of oil spilt: 80,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 19 December 1989
Aegean Sea - Amount of oil spilt: 74,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 3 December 1992
Sea Empress - Amount of oil spilt: 72,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 15 February 1996
Nova - Amount of oil spilt: 70,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 6 December 1985
Katina P. - Amount of oil spilt: 67,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 19 April 1992
M/V Prestige - Amount of oil spilt: 64,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 15 November 2002
Exxon Valdez - Amount of oil spilt: 37,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 23 January 1989
Hebei Spirit - Amount of oil spilt: 11,000 tonnes, date of the incident: 7 December 2007
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The Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground in 1989 off the coast of Alaska, spilling about 37,000 tonnes of oil into the water. As a result of the incident, double-hulled ships were introduced and have been used since then. With this new design, oil is pumped into the inner hull, thus protecting the environment from being polluted in case of any incident. When the cargo hold is full, the ballast tanks in the space between the walls of the double hull are empty; however, when the cargo hold is empty or only partly loaded, the ballast tanks are filled with a required amount of ballast water.
Since ancient times sea travel has played a prominent role in trade and travel. As a result of the Age of Discoveries, forms of marine transport were completely transformed at the beginning of the Modern Age, but it was in the second half of the 20th century that a true revolution took place in this mode of transport.
The first tanker ship, designed to transport bulk liquid cargo, was built in the 1880s. Then, after WW II, large numbers of tankers and container ships were produced to transport bulk liquids and enormous quantities of various goods in intermodal containers.
The average length of oil tankers is between 200–400 metres, their width about 30–70 metres, while their draught is about 15–30 metres. Their speed is between 15–16 knots.
The most important considerations in the design of the hull are to provide balance and safety, and to maximise cargo capacity. The largest oil tankers were built in the 1970s partly for economic and partly for political reasons. The largest of them, the 456 metres long Seawise Giant, was built in 1979.
Oil tankers are categorised according to size. Supertankers, including very large crude carriers (VLCC) and ultra large crude carriers (ULCC), can dock only in a few ports in the world. Due to their size, these tankers can navigate through only very few straits and channels. On the other hand, smaller tankers, including Panamax, Aframax and Suezmax tankers, can dock in smaller ports and navigate through narrower and shallower straits and channels.
Ports must provide necessary infrastructure and services for industry and marine transport.
Commercial maritime routes of container ships form a global network.
The animation presents the main air, water and land routes and transport hubs.
Lighthouses are used as an aid to navigation in coastal waters.
Oil platform
A long pipe in the centre of the tower penetrates the ocean bed until it reaches the layer that contains oil.
The products of oil refining include diesel oil, petrol and lubricants.
Operation of oil wells
Machinery that pumps crude oil to the surface
The Panama Canal is an artificial waterway created to shorten shipping routes between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
The Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is an artificial waterway connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.
RMS Queen Mary 2 (2003)
The largest ocean liner at the time of its construction.
The Channel Tunnel
The Channel Tunnel is a 50.5 km long railway tunnel between the United Kingdom and France, beneath the English Channel.
Battleship (HMS Dreadnought, 1906)
HMS Dreadnought revolutionised battleship-building in the 20th century.
Bireme (ancient oared warship)
A bireme is a type of ancient warship, with a characteristic pointed bow and two decks of oars, used by many armies.
A sailing vessel with characteristic lugsails used for both military and trade purposes.
Lake steamer (1846)
The first paddle steamer in Hungary entered service in 1846.
North River Steamboat (Clermont) (1807)
Robert Fulton American engineer created the first operational steam-powered ship.
Schooners, first built in the Netherlands in the 17th century, were mainly used as merchant ships.
Santa Maria (15th century)
Christopher Columbus' three-masted carrack, the Santa Maria was the flagship of his first, landmark voyage.
RMS Titanic was the largest passenger ship at the beginning of the 20th century.
USS Missouri (US, 1944)
The battleship USS Missouri, first deployed during WWII was also deployed in the Gulf War.
USS Ohio (US, 1979)
Nuclear propulsion was first used by the US Navy for powering submarines in the mid-20th century.
USS Tarawa LHA-1 (1976)
From the 1940s, the increasingly large aircraft carriers became the masters of the oceans.
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30 Professional Athletes Who Were Arrested For Foolish Reasons
Darren - November 2, 2020
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13. Sam Hurd
Most of the cases on this list are relatively harmless. However, Hurd's is one of the most dramatic because he was ready to start a full-blown drug trafficking operation. The former NFL wide receiver received a 15-year prison sentence because he wanted to deal large amounts of cocaine and marijuana. But that's not why he's on this list. Hurd divulged his whole plan to an FBI informant.
He came up with the idea during the NFL lockout in 2011 because he obviously wanted to remain constructive. In sum, he wanted to move about 10 kilos of cocaine and a thousand pounds of marijuana around the streets of Chicago every week. Meanwhile, his NFL career ended just like that as he faced up to life in prison. Hurd will enjoy prison hospitality until 2028 because of his choices.
12. Harry Maguire
In 2020, Manchester United captain Maguire made headlines for all the wrong reasons after police arrested him in Greece. The UK native was out partying with his friends and ran up a tab of $100,000 from vintage champagne and whiskey. Maguire claimed somebody slipped his sister a 'date-rape' drug. Then they somehow got into a fight with undercover police officers.
Meanwhile, the police report claimed that Maguire attempted to bribe the police officers in order to let them go free. However, this only infuriated the police, who left them to stew in a cell for two days. Finally, a court hit Maguire and one of his friends with 18-month suspended sentences. In sum, don't try and use your celebrity status to get one over the law because you look like an entitled moron.
11. Darren Till
UK MMA fighter Till is one of the most popular athletes in his sport. He's an animal in the cage but then he also has a tremendous social media presence. Till is an extremely entertaining personality as can be seen by his exploits in ordinary life. But one of the most foolish moments came when he went on vacation to Spain's Canary Islands with some of his friends.
Till and his entourage consumed a lot of liquor. This resulted in the group smashing up a hotel room and causing thousands of dollars worth of damage. Then for their coup de grace, they stole their taxi driver's car. Of course, this was remarkably dumb even if it did entertain the masses. Finally, police arrested Till and his friends. They enjoyed a night in a precinct jail cell.
10. Najeh Davenport
This is one of the dirtiest crimes on this list and we mean that literally. In 2002, police arrested Davenport after he spent the night with a Barry University student. The Green Bay Packers drafted the University of Miami running back that year and he was back in Florida to party. However, things took a strange turn after the woman, Mary McCarthy reported Davenport's alleged inappropriate behavior.
She accused him of defecating into a hamper in her bedroom. Police promptly proceeded to arrest him on charges of criminal mischief and burglary. However, Davenport tried to deny the crime by saying, "Where's the manure?" But he still had to complete community service as penance for the bizarre offense. You've got to sympathize with him though because when you have to go, you have to go.
9. Clay Bucholz
A two-time All-Star and a two-time World Series winner with the Boston Red Sox, Bucholz has had a great career. He also pitched a no-hitter in his second start, which was sensational at the time. However, Bucholz hasn't always been an outstanding human being. In 2005, he attempted to commit one of the most bizarre crimes of all-time. It was so foolish that it was almost brilliant.
Mandatory Credit: USA TODAY Sport
Bucholz was studying at McNeese State University in Louisiana. But they dismissed him after discovering that he had stolen almost 30 laptops from a nearby middle school. Bucholz planned to sell them all on campus but the authorities soon shut him down and he ended up back in community college. However, talent speaks for itself, as he still made his way to the highest level of baseball.
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8. Conor McGregor
McGregor is no stranger to police hospitality because he can't stay out of trouble. His many arrests include smashing a fan's phone because he wouldn't stop taking pictures of him, alleged sexual assaults, driving offenses, and many others. But when he was in a bar in his native Dublin, he created one of the most foolish situations of them all. 'The Notorious' bought a round of shots of his whiskey brand for every patron before the incident went down.
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Yet one man in his fifties rejected McGregor's whiskey and told the former UFC champion in no uncertain terms that he didn't want it. This annoyed McGregor whose immediate reaction was to punch the older man in the face. Needless to say, this didn't go down very well because he's a young professional fighter. In the end, McGregor enjoyed another day in court and paid a hefty fine.
7. Adam 'Pacman' Jones
In 2007, Jones went to a strip club with rapper Nelly and some friends because they love good, wholesome fun. The then-Titans' cornerback got in on the action by helping to make it rain on the stage. They showered the stripper with hundreds of dollar bills but then things turned nasty. Jones didn't realize that the stripper expected to keep the money. So her decision to gather up the money didn't amuse him.
Jones had the somewhat extreme reaction of slamming her head against the stage. Things got worse when a shooting incident left a club patron paralyzed. While Jones didn't pull the trigger, the club manager maintained that he knew the shooter. Later, Las Vegas PD arrested Jones who accepted a plea deal. In sum, he should have just let the stripper pick up the cash. It would have been a lot cheaper.
6. Claude Giroux
Now the captain of the Philadelphia Flyers, Giroux makes this list for the strangest of reasons after a bizarre incident in 2014. He was back in Ontario and was in an intoxicated state when he encountered some police officers. Most people would agree that it is best to keep your hands to yourself when you're interacting with the law. But Giroux had other ideas and proceeded to continuously grope the buttocks of a male cop.
Needless to say, this wasn't the most popular move that he could have made. Police escorted him to the station where he spent the night in a cell. However, they didn't press charges after Giroux agreed to donate $20,000 to charity. To grab a police officer's posterior once is a bold move but to do it twice was simply foolish. Only Giroux knows what he was thinking.
Some exploits are so stupid that they become iconic. That's exactly what happened in the case of McGregor in 2018. He had a massive rivalry with the UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagamedov. When the Russian and his crew attempted to intimidate McGregor's teammate Artem Lobov, McGregor decided to react. Khabib was in Brooklyn, New York for UFC 223 so the opportunity was perfect.
The Irishman gathered about 20 of his cronies and flew them by private jet to JFK. From there, they went to Brooklyn's Barclay Center where they proceeded to storm the arena. Video footage captured McGregor throwing a dolly through the window of a bus containing several fighters including Khabib. Police later arrested the Irishman and he spent the night in a precinct jail cell.
4. Pat McAfee
McAfee's story is lovably foolish. The punter spent eight seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and always had a big personality. However, he had a brush with the law back in October 2010. The outspoken NFL name partied all night in the city before he decided to take a dip in the river. But the intoxicated NFL star didn't pause to consider how this would look to the good citizens of the neighborhood.
A woman alerted police to the fact that a massive man was walking around dripping wet near her car. They came over to investigate. Firstly, McAfee told them that it had rained. Then they asked him how much he had drunk. After clarifying that he had drunk a lot of alcohol, they brought him to the precinct for the night. Then the Colts suspended him for a game. At the end of the day, it was dumb but harmless.
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3. Gilbert Arenas
Arenas is one of the most foolish athletes in the history of humanity. First of all, there was the time that he and Javaris Crittenton pulled guns on each other in the locker room. But that's not even why he's on this list. No, we're talking about another incident that's almost laughably foolish. In short, if you're going to carry illegal items in your truck, you should have the brains to drive slowly so as not to attract attention.
However, let's give him some credit because he was a professional athlete, not a professional criminal. In 2013, police pulled him over for speeding in L.A. But then they proceeded to uncover over 100 pounds of fireworks in his truck. The only thing that could have made this better is if one exploded and the whole truck lit up in different color flames. You almost have to admire his hustle.
2. Patrick Kane
Kane is a player who has turned his life around since he was a young man. The Chicago Blackhawks star definitely wasn't the most mature of individuals when he was young. In sum, he once punched a taxi driver for the grievous offense of short-changing him. Remember that Kane is worth millions of dollars from a number of lucrative contracts. But at the age of 20, he wasn't taking anything for granted.
We're literally talking about 20 cents here but for Kane, it was a matter of principle. In his drunken state, he believed a tip wasn't something that a person should take. Instead, you should make it clear that you're giving it to the person. So he reacted violently when the driver didn't have enough change for him. Then he ended up in a police cell on assault charges. That's how the cookie crumbles.
1. Plaxico Burress
New York has some of the strictest gun laws in the entire United States. Unfortunately, nobody told former Giants wide receiver Burress, who committed one of the most foolish crimes in the history of mankind. First of all, it's a risk to possess an unlicensed weapon in that state so you would have to be extremely confident or dumb to bring it out in public. However, Burress accidentally shot himself in the groin with his handgun in a nightclub.
The former star faced the full brunt of the law and spent 20 months in jail for his action. Meanwhile, the Giants tried to avoid paying him his one-million-dollar signing fee. However, a court of arbitration forced against their wishes. But after serving his time, he returned to the NFL where he won the Comeback Player of the Year award. What a story it is.

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Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín (1938) is a leading figure in contemporary Galician literature. He was born in the city of Ourense.
Méndez Ferrín studied for a time in Madrid where he belonged, with other writers and sculptors, to Brais Pinto, a movement dedicated to Galician artistic revival. In 1964, together with other members of the group, he co-founded Unión do Pobo Galego, a nationalist and radical left-wing party.
Méndez Ferrín is a key figure among a generation of Galician writers who, despite emerging on the literary scene during one of the bleakest periods of recent Galician history, were able to consolidate the cultural and political past of their nation, adopting a radical stance and refusing to use any language other than Galician.
When, in 1972, Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín was imprisoned under Franco's regime for his political beliefs and activities, he began to write under the pen-name Heriberto Bens from his prison cell. 1980 saw the publication of Poesia enteira de Heriberto Bens, with a foreword by Ferrín himself - a fictional account of the literary adventures of Bens. The central theme of these books is the vindication of Galician rights. In them the poet explores a language and a style which were radical and innovative within the Galician context of the time.
In 1976 Méndez Ferrín published Con pólvora e magnolias (With Gunpowder and Magnolias). The book amounted to a renewal of Galician poetry, grounded in social realism. It is a collection of free verse, which abounds in cultural resonances - the classical world, Celtic legend, and medieval poetry.
Méndez Ferrín's first work of fiction was Percival e outras historias, a collection of fourteen stories in which the author turns to Brittany, since medieval times a source of inspiration for Galician artists. In this book fantasy and reality mix, and an atmosphere of mystery often leads to tragedy. Méndez Ferrín develops his style in O crepúsculo e as formigas (Twilight and the Ants) (1961). His first novel, Arrabaldo do norte (Northern Quarter), appeared in 1964 These three works are central to the movement known as Nova Narrativa Galega which, in the 1960s, sought to rescue Galician prose fiction from its obsession with the rural and the picaresque.
Retorno a Tagen-Ata (1971) is an allegory of the oppressed nation which describes the birth of a new, radical nationalism which broke with the moderate Galicianism which had opted, in the face of Francoism, for cultural resistance. The book can be read as a universal statement, or in Galician terms. This kind of allegory reappears in some of the stories in Elipsis e outras sombras (Ellipsis and Other Shadows) (1974).
Crónica de nós (1980) and Amor de Artur (1982) are two collections of short stories in which Ferrín confirms his mastery of the genre, combining as they do his narrative power with his ability to create beautiful fiction from his ideology. Amor de Artur presents a very personal vision of the Arthurian world, together with motifs drawn from Ferrín's personal mythology. In 1991 Arraianos (Borderers) appeared, a further collection of short stories.
For many years Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín edited the cultural magazine A Trabe de Ouro.


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The Story Behind Rico's 2-Tone Classic 'Jungle Music': Song Originally Written By Stevie Wonder
The story behind the recording of 'Jungle Music' by Rico & The Special A.K.A. is yet another fascinating reminder of the way that reggae songs are written, morph and are re-invented again by new artists for new audiences. Who would have guessed that a song that is so identified with 2-Tone and members of The Specials was originally written by Stevie Wonder and also later covered by a member of Musical Youth!
The song (originally known as 'What You Talkin' Bout (You Don't Like The Reggae Beat)' had its genesis in an onstage jam session that Stevie Wonder did with a hotel house band in Jamaica that featured Glenroy Washington, a journeyman reggae musician who played and performed with a who's who of 70's and 80's reggae producers and bands. Washington provided the backstory on the song in a online interview:
"I was living in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. We were the resident band at the hotel, The Americana. It's now called the Sheraton. So, while we were there, one day we met these two sisters, the Andrews sisters. Stephanie and Bonnie Andrews from California. We were talking, having a conversation, and one of the ladies says she works for Stevie Wonder. She is his coordinator. In my mind I was saying "yeah, right." But, she said Stevie is coming to spend a vacation there, and she came down to scout out the area, to make sure and do different things. We didn't believe her at all, but one Saturday night we were on stage and playing with this guy, doing his show, and in walks this woman with Stevie Wonder. And the whole place was in an uproar. He already reserved front row seats, right in front. So he came down and sat right in front of the stage. After everybody settled down, we were doing our show, and he wanted to talk to us after. Because he was sitting there rocking, and he say he like the way the band sounds. So for about two weeks, every night he would come on stage and jam with us. The place would be packed. He get on stage .... one night he played drums, most night he played keyboards. That was fun. He came and jammed with us. He wrote a couple of songs for me. There was a song called 'Jah Business,' and 'Jah Coming.' And then there was another song that we made up right on stage, 'What You Talking About,' that musically we did a cover of it .... (sings): "What you talking about, say you don't like the reggae beat, you must be craaaaazy." We did it on the 'Tempted to Touch' rhythm, but 'Tempted to Touch' wasn't even around yet."
Washington would later move to the U.S. to work with Wonder and this version of the song was later covered and released by Dennis Seaton of Musical Youth in a failed attempt at a solo career in 1984 following the break-up of Musical Youth. Check out the video below (which prominently features Wonder) and you will note that while the Wonder and Rico songs share a chorus that is where they similarities end!
It turns out that Rico heard the Stevie Wonder version performed at the Reggae Sunsplash festival in Jamaica. He liked the tune so much that he wrote and performed a variation of it with members of The Specials (Jerry Dammers, John Bradbury, Horace Panter and Dick Cuthell) who backed him on a short German tour. The song proved to be a crowd pleaser and the band returned to Coventry to record the song. It turned out to be one of the last singles ever released on the 2-Tone label in February 1982.
Nearly 30 years later the song, a delightful reggae-cum-ska track with hints of African hi-life remains a pure pleasure and would form the musical blueprint for Dammers and Cuthell who just two years later would write and record their most famous piece of music -- 'Nelson Mandela'. The best part of the song is the perfect symmetry of Rico singing and playing trombone! George Marshall author of 'The Two Tone Story' put's the song in the pantheon of 2-Tone classics:
"Jungle Music could have come straight out of Walt Disney's Jungle Book let alone Walt Jabsco's stable (a compliment from a big fan of the film's music), and was Rico's most commercial released to date. He even put his trombone down often enough to supply the vocals. ... Of all the 2Tone records not making the charts, the colourful Jungle Music has the right to feel most hard done by. Still, the public's loss was the true fan's gain."
I recently discovered the very rare Barney Bubbles' video promo for the song. According to Paul Gorman who is author of the book 'Reasons To Be Cheerful' about Bubbles, the video was a sunny contrast to the doom laden 'Ghost Town' video which Bubbles also directed:
"The Jungle Music film serves as a carnivalesque counterpoint to the appropriately dour Ghost Town, evoking in part the innocence of Technicolor 50s coffee bar newsreels. As in Ghost Town, the musicians (including Dammers in his bluebeat hat-defying giant sombrero) travel in a classic car, but this time arrive to celebrate multi-cultural Britain, not mourn its inner-city decay."
Here is all its glory is the rarely seen video for 'Jungle Music' as directed by Barney Bubbles. Enjoy!
Matt C said...
I've always loved this tune. Thanks for the history behind it and digging up this AWESOME music video I never knew existed!
Another excellent read, Marco, when'll your book be ready? ;)
I actually do remember this song from my childhood days, probably in the Dennis version though
Thanks for the kind words! I've always loved this song. In fact my band Bigger Thomas often performs it live.
A book could be on the horizon...
Steve from Moon said...
Nice! Never have seen this video--and love that Barney Bubbles directed it (as well as Ghost Town).
Lawless said...
very good read - I really like the upbeat mandela and this one as well.
harleytexas said...
Are their any other versions of Rico doing this song? I seem to remember a different version of this one.
Thanks for any info
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Rockin' Johnny is a renowned bluesman who has established himself as a major player on the scene since arriving in Chicago for college during the early 90's. Johnny performed nightly in Chicago's ghetto blues clubs with Eddie Jewtown Burkes and the infamous blues singer, The Tail Dragger before recording his own material on Delmark records. The Rockin' Johnny Band would later be recognized as Chicago's leading house band for gigs and session work contributing to dozens of CD's including Billy Boy Arnold, Jimmie Lee Robinson, Big Wheeler, Little Arthur Duncan, Tail Dragger, Jimmy Burns, Willie Buck, Paul De Lay and many more. Johnny has released six CD's and toured nationally with the great Sam Lay and the late Pinetop Perkins.


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La  de Liège-Bastogne-Liège a eu lieu le  et a été remportée par le Belge Alfred De Bruyne plus connu sous le nom de Fred De Bruyne qui signe sa deuxième victoire à la Doyenne.

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Voir aussi
 Flèche wallonne 1958
 Week-end ardennais

Liens externes
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Origine e diffusione
Il nome significa letteralmente "governatore/signore del cielo", essendo formato dai termini turchi gök, che significa "cielo" e han, che significa "comandante", "khan". Il nome è probabilmente di origine mitologica e potrebbe fare riferimento a un dio dei cieli venerato dai turchi pagani.

Onomastico
Il nome è adespota, quindi l'onomastico cade il 1º novembre, giorno di Ognissanti.

Persone

 Gökhan Akkan, calciatore turco
 Gökhan Gönül, calciatore turco
 Gökhan Inler, calciatore svizzero di origine turca
 Gökhan Özoğuz, cantante e chitarrista turco
 Gökhan Saki, kickboxer turco-olandese
 Gökhan Şensan, vero nome di G-Hot, rapper tedesco
 Gökhan Süzen, calciatore turco
 Gökhan Töre, calciatore turco
 Gökhan Ünal, calciatore turco
 Gökhan Zan, calciatore turco

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Prenomi di origine altaica


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Don C. Locke Symposium
2023 Invited Speaker: Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy, the Dean and Distinguished Professor of Education at American University's School of Education
The 5th Annual Don C. Locke Multicultural and Social Justice Symposium: An Evening with Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy will be held on Wednesday, April 5, 2023.
What: An Evening with Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy
Details: The evening will include a talk from Dr. Holcomb-McCoy and a reception.
Date: Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Time: 4:30-6 p.m.
Where: Wachovia Innovation Hall, Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
Registration: Register to attend here.
About Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy
Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy believes in the revolutionary power of school counseling. An American Counseling Association (ACA) Fellow with 30 years of experience as a former kindergarten teacher, elementary school counselor, family therapist, and most recently university professor and administrator, she has a wealth of knowledge, expertise and wisdom. She is currently the Dean of the School of Education and a Distinguished Professor at American University, and the author of the best-selling book "School Counseling to Close Opportunity Gaps: A Social Justice and Antiracist Framework for Success."
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About the Don C. Locke Symposium
The NC State College of Education started the Don C. Locke Multicultural and Social Justice Symposium in 2018 to honor Don C. Locke, a longtime professor of counselor education at NC State. Locke also worked as director of diversity and multiculturalism at the University of North Carolina at Asheville until retiring in 2007. He passed away after a brief illness in 2016. He dedicated his professional life to the advancement of counseling and equity.
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2022: David Stovall on How To be 'Unflinching' As Educators
David Stovall, a professor in the departments of Black Studies and Criminology, Law & Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago, reminded educators to be unflinching in their work.
During his hour-long talk, Stovall discussed his experiences working as a social studies teacher in K-12 schools and as an educator working in the prison system and encouraged educators to always have the courage to ask hard questions, even in the face of challenges.
2021: Gloria Ladson-Billings on 'Holding Our Feet to the Fire Around Justice'
As a former social studies educator, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Ph.D., National Academy of Education president and former Kellner Family Distinguished Professor of Urban Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, regularly carries around a copy of the U.S. Constitution in her backpack. While many educational institutions are focused on issues of equity, Ladson-Billings said the more important term is one that is written into that Constitution as a fundamental right for all: justice.
2019: James L. Moore III on Helping African American Male Students to Achieve
African American male K-12 students are underrepresented in advanced academic courses and in gifted and talented programs, including in predominantly black school districts and even when there are black teachers of those courses, said James L. Moore III, the vice provost for diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer at The Ohio State University. A reason why: teachers' perceptions and expectations.
2018: Courtland Lee on How to Stay Sane During Insane Times
Courtland Lee, a professor at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Washington, D.C., talked about "Promoting Sanity in Insane Time" at the inaugural Don C. Locke Multiculturalism and Social Justice Symposium. "We are all basically dealing with collective and environmentally social trauma," Lee said. "So as a mental health professionals, it makes me think about what we can do. It's our job to help people deal with trauma."


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Home › Quirky › Tried to Smuggle Homing Pigeons to Norway
Tried to Smuggle Homing Pigeons to Norway
By ThorNews on December 5, 2014 • ( 1 )
Why would anyone try to smuggle homing pigeons to Norway? (Photo: Norwegian Customs)
Last week, Norwegian customs officials at the Svinesund border crossing between Norway and Sweden found 11 pigeons in a van. The birds were handed over to the Norwegian Food Safety Authority and are now euthanized.
– It is not very often we find live birds, says Senior Inspector Kathrine Berem at the Norwegian Customs at Svinesund to NRK.no.
The van was stopped last week and when the customs officials opened the rear doors on the Bulgarian registered van they found the 11 flying messengers.
The passenger, who was from Romania, could tell that he was on his way to the city of Ålesund in Western Norway. The pigeons were ringed and documented that they were not Norwegian.
The officials also found 153 kilograms (337 pounds) of meat products, 248 liters (66 gallons) of beer, 8.5 liters (2.3 gallons) of wine and 4.5 liters (1.2 gallons) of spirits.
Two Mysteries
The homing pigeons' ability to orient themselves have fascinated and puzzled humans for a long time. It has been put forward many theories and conducted many practical experiments, but it is still one of nature's unsolved mysteries how it finds its way back home. U.S. researchers from North Carolina believe they have found small magnetic particles in their beaks, and have presented a theory that the homing pigeon functions as a flying compass.
Another unsolved mystery is why anyone would smuggle pigeons to Norway (!). With the exception of garlic, rice and diapers – everything else is very much cheaper to purchase in neighboring EU countries.
See also: Organized Smuggling of Chinese Garlic From Norway
Text by: Thor Lanesskog, ThorNews
Sources: Norwegian Customs, NRK
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Patrick Brunet of the University of Waterloo has masterfully combined four video tracks and two audio tracks of recordings from the North American première of my multimedia composition Fantasia Apocalyptica , as it was brilliantly performed last November by organist Jan Overduin. You can watch it here.
You can also now see videos of the world première performance (Sweden, January 2018), streamed either in 3D or 2D, thanks to Michael Angeletti of Stanford's Media Preservation Lab.
Having just celebrated my 10000th birthday (in base three), I'm operating a little bit in history mode. Every once in awhile, people have asked me to record some of my memories of past events --- I guess because I've been fortunate enough to live at some pretty exciting times, computersciencewise. These after-the-fact recollections aren't really as reliable as contemporary records; but they do at least show what I think I remember. And the stories are interesting, because they involve lots of other people.
Some extended interviews, not available online, have also been published in books, notably in Chapters 7--17 of Companion to the Papers of Donald Knuth (conversations with Dikran Karagueuzian in the summer of 1996), and in two books by Edgar G. Daylight, The Essential Knuth (2013), Algorithmic Barriers Falling (2014).
Addison-Wesley has just released my book The Stanford GraphBase in electronic form! This is a one-of-a-kind book, very difficult to present properly in PDF format, because it features about three dozen examples of literate programming; thus it's loaded with hundreds and hundreds of cross-references between pages, linking variables and code with the stories of the algorithms themselves. And I'm happy to say that the publishers have done a really good job.
I tried hard to find something wrong, and came up emptyhanded.
The navigation aspects --- I mean, clicking on cross-references, and searching --- are outstanding. Even while searching for "anna" I found "Savannah" as part of a map --- which Acrobat reader nicely rotated to landscape view because that page is intended to be read sideways.
Mona Lisa looks good even when greatly magnified. The tricky overlaid illustrations on page 29 turned out perfect.
So --- hearty congratulations to the team who made this successful eBook!
Most of the programs are at most a dozen or so pages long. They include expositions of many of my favorite algorithms, including the Hungarian method for the assignment problem; Pang Chen's algorithm for stratified greed; Dijkstra's algorithm for shortest paths; an exact algorithm for Delaunay triangulation; an ultra-fast random number generator; the Kruskal and Prim and Cheriton-Karp-Tarjan algorithms for minimum spanning trees; Tarjan's algorithm for strong components; etc. All of them can now be viewed conveniently in hypertext form, on your phone, when you've run out of email to answer.
I'm also pleased to announce the publication of Fantasia Apocalyptica Illustrated , which features the 128 illustrations that Duane Bibby created to accompany the music of Fantasia Apocalyptica .
Many readers have been entranced by Duane's artwork in The TeXbook , The METAFONTbook , and numerous other texts. Now you can see how he has magnificently risen to the challenge of continuing the centuries-old tradition of telling the powerful stories in the Book of Revelation visually, as carried out by great artists such as van Eyck, Dürer, El Greco, Rubens, Blake, etc.
Each image appears together with an excerpt from the Greek text of Revelation, an English translation, and a musical translation, as presented in the world première of Fantasia Apocalyptica in January 2018.
One of the delights of Wikipedia is that its biographies generally reveal a person's full and complete name, including the correct way to spell it in different alphabets and scripts.
When I prepared the index to Volume 1 of The Art of Computer Programming , I wanted to make it as useful as possible, so I spent six weeks compiling all of the entries. In order to relieve the tedium of index preparation, and to underscore the fact that my index was trying to be complete, I decided to include the full name of every author who was cited, whenever possible.
None of my textbooks had done this. But in Caltech's library I learned that the Catalan numbers had not only been investigated by Lamé, Catalan, Rodrigues, and Binet, they had been studied by Gabriel Lamé, Eugène Charles Catalan, Benjamin Olinde Rodrigues, and Jacques Philippe Marie Binet. I also had become personally acquainted with Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Edsger Wybe Dijkstra, Charles Antony Richard Hoare, etc., so I had lots of good data. My index presented Russian names like Andreĭ Nikolaevich Kolmogorov in a westernized transcription.
Later, when I typeset the index to the second edition of Volume 2, using an early prototype of TeX in 1980, I had the ability to include Chinese and Japanese names in their native form. And by the time the third editions came out in the 1990s, I was also able use Greek, Hebrew, and Cyrillic alphabets, and to present Arabic and Indian names in appropriate native scripts. At last I did not have to rely entirely on transliteration when listing the name of the father of algorithms, Abu Ja'far Mohammed ibn Mūsā al-Khowārizmī. I even hand-crafted an ancient Sumerian name by using METAFONT to draw the necessary characters of a cuneiform alphabet.
Over the years, many people have told me how they've greatly appreciated this feature of my books. It has turned out to be a beautiful way to relish the fact that computer science is the result of thousands of individual contributions from people with a huge variety of cultural backgrounds.
And at last, thanks to Unicode, the world's alphabets and scripts are present on almost everybody's computers and cellphones. So it's easy now for people who use different writing systems to share their names with each other.
The American Mathematical Society has recently launched a great initiative by which all authors can now fully identify themselves, without becoming egocentric and immodest. It's an extension to the Author Profile feature that was introduced some years ago: You can now characterize your name, not only in the customary western alphabets used in traditional AMS publications, but also in any native script.
I strongly encourage everybody to document their full names at the AMS site, as soon as possible. Just go to http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/MRAuthorID/search and identify yourself. That database already contains more than 860,000 authors, so you'll be in good company. Even if you weren't born in a country with exotic characters, I urge you to complete your author profile by including any middle name(s) that you have. I don't think those names should appear only in a few legal papers and on your dissertation. Even if you never actually use them in publications, they are an important part of life. The rest of us shouldn't have to wait to learn your full name until Wikipedia has a page for you.
Of course, if you have only two names, that's fine too.
Volume 4B will begin with a special section called 'Mathematical Preliminaries Redux', which extends the 'Mathematical Preliminaries' of Section 1.2 in Volume 1 to things that I didn't know about in the 1960s. Most of this new material deals with probabilities and expectations of random events; there's also an introduction to the theory of martingales.
You can have a sneak preview by looking at the current draft of pre-fascicle 5a (55 pages), last updated 03 May 2017. As usual, rewards will be given to whoever is first to find and report errors or to make valuable suggestions. I'm particularly interested in receiving feedback about the exercises (of which there are 131) and their answers (of which there are 131).
There's stuff in here that isn't in Wikipedia yet!
Adventurous people might also dare to take a peek at the current draft of pre-fascicle 5b ("Introduction to Backtracking"), and the current draft of pre-fascicle 5c ("Dancing Links"). I hope to have Volume 4 Fascicle 5 complete and available in paperbook early this year.
Click here for the "recent news" that was current at the end of 2018, if you're interested in old news as well as new news.


Would you expect Him to say, "Get lost!
of the world work in this way.
He should sit or where He should stand.
sexual parts? Why did they cover them?
The central role players in history have been people who were pursued and hounded. The doctrines that have ruled history were made by such people. People enjoying sumptuous feasts, living in grand style and sitting on a lofty seat in a grand residence never made such doctrines. Those people who were pursued, trodden upon and miserable made them. They were the people who shed tears.
The people who shed tears on behalf of Heaven, holding onto the world when the people of the nation are corrupt and the world is in utter confusion are the successors to Elijah on the world level. Such people can stand before Heaven on behalf of the Israelites for whom Elijah felt concern. If you strut proudly, saying, "Elijah is Elijah, and I am I," you will meet with destruction. We must become those who can cry and feel sorrow together with Heaven.
pay indemnity, in order to arrive there.
ly establish a condition of indemnity.
from the world of the culture of heart.
cannot be built, that world will be cut off.
the realm of the culture of heart .
Elijah had made great efforts to guide the people to fulfill the providential purposes of God, who had called him, set him up and had trusted in him. When God saw him pleading in the sad position of being driven away, saying, "Father, I am the only one left!" He felt severe sadness. We must know this fact.
Heaven felt that Elijah, hiding after being driven away and pursued, was more precious than the numerous Israelites. He placed more hope in him than in the land of Israel. We must stop to think about Elijah, who pled with God to render a final decision in the wilderness where he could not choose the right direction, in utter exhaustion and having lost all hope. Furthermore, we must know God, who guided the Israelites and toiled to seek out and set up Elijah. He helped Elijah by performing various types of miracles when he was in trouble and lent him a helping hand from the time of his youth. The heart of Heaven in relation to Elijah came to be buried in grief.
4-5 But God was merciful! We were dead because of our sins, but God loved us so much that he made us alive with Christ, and God's wonderful kindness is what saves you. 6 God raised us from death to life with Christ Jesus, and he has given us a place beside Christ in heaven. 7 God did this so that in the future world he could show how truly good and kind he is to us because of what Christ Jesus has done. 8 You were saved by faith in God, who treats us much better than we deserve.[a] This is God's gift to you, and not anything you have done on your own. 9 It isn't something you have earned, so there is nothing you can brag about. 10 God planned for us to do good things and to live as he has always wanted us to live. That's why he sent Christ to make us what we are.
Even while hiding in Kerith Ravine, Elijah renewed his resolution. Though no human beings knew the sorrowful heart of Elijah, in hiding after reprimanding King Ahab and Jezebel to save the Israelites, ravens brought him things to eat. You must know about Elijah. He committed himself to seeking out people who could comprehend the heart of Heaven even as he was starving.
Elijah knew that Heaven's deeply felt sorrow was because of the people, who stood at the crossroads of life and death. He knew that the judgment day resulting from the accumulated sorrows would come. The more Elijah felt he could not cope with it alone, the more he yearned after a like-minded person who could sacrifice him or herself for the sake of Heaven's will. Elijah was permeated with the wish to love like-minded people as much as he loved the nation, as much as he loved Heaven.
vation for the beginning point of love.
Richard: Rev. Sun Myung Moon spoke the language of true love.
The remnant of the mass of the six hundred thousand who died in the forty-year wilderness course, after having undergone four hundred years of slavery under Egypt, entered into the land of Canaan and built the nation of Israel. Yet Elijah saw that Israel was being subjugated by a foreign country, cajoled by the enemy. The privilege of being the chosen people of God was being abused. Elijah felt a deeply penetrating sorrow. He assiduously prayed for the people, more than anyone else, and made more effort than anyone else for Heaven. Because only such a one could represent Israel, Heaven sought Elijah.
devoted to you. This is the Principle.
Richard: This presents the core truth of the universe; God created mankind for love.
diamond stars or not? Think about it.
You want to have diamonds, don't you?
verse in a moment. Are you interested?
according to your selfish desires.
We cannot help thinking that there were aspects of sadness as well as hope for God, who set up Elijah to restore the Israelites, who had been captured alive by the enemy.
The chosen Israelites were being disgraced by worshipping Baal, a foreign god, and making Asherah poles. God called Elijah because He could not endure the sorrow of that. However, Elijah could not appear before the Father with a happy mind.


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Lisa-Marie Presley Is Single Again
The music scion and MJ's ex-wife just filed for divorce.
Bella Ramalho
Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley and former wife of the late Michael Jackson has filed for divorce from her husband, musician Michael Lockwood.
TMZ reported that the 48-year-old is planning on fighting for full custody of her twin daughters. She wants to give her soon-to-be ex visitation, but only if it is monitored.
She reportedly cited irreconcilable differences for the divorce. One source clarified, "She doesn't want any of his money." She will not even be asking for any kind of spousal or child support.
The couple married in 2006. Presley filed for divorce on June 13th.
This will be Presley's fourth failed marriage, her most notable ex-husbands are the King of Pop, and actor, Nicolas Cage. In 2007, she spoke with Marie Claire about her romantic past saying, "I had been really sheltered. I got married the first time very, very young. And the marriage I was in, there was so much resentment about who I was, because I had more than he did, and it became a power struggle. It is hard for a man to be with a woman who is stronger, wealthier. So in my mind I'm thinking, I know, I'll get with someone more compatible," she said of leaving Keough for Jackson, which she called the "biggest mistake of [her] life" in the interview. "I wasn't thinking what everyone else was thinking, which was that I must have been out of my f***ing mind."
By 2007, when she and Lockwood had already wed, she said she was happy to finally marry her "best friend."
SOURCE: TMZ | PHOTO: Getty
Lisa-Marie Presley Is Single Again was originally published on globalgrind.com
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Gallatin County Health Board Pushes Back on Governor
(Photo by Omar Marques/Getty Images)
Just hours after new Montana Governor Greg Gianforte announced that he had repealed many of the state's current COVID-19 mandates effective Friday, the Gallatin County Health Board said not so fast.
The governor said he is rolling back restrictions on bars, restaurants, and casinos, which were set down by his predecessor Steve Bullock. Gianforte's directive (Executive Order 2-2021) is not changing anything in regards to masks at this time. Click here to read the governor's full set of directives.
Wednesday afternoon, the Gallatin County Health Department issued a statement affirming that county health boards supersede governor directives and that nothing would be changing here in Gallatin County. Here is the statement in full:
On a day when we are announcing two additional COVID-19 deaths in Gallatin County, it is important to remember that in Montana, local boards of health have a duty under state law to take actions to protect the public health in their community. In Gallatin County, the board of health has passed an emergency rule related to hours of operation and capacity limits for certain businesses, including bars, restaurants, and gyms.
The bottom line is that board's actions remain in effect in Gallatin County. That means the rules related to bars, casinos, restaurants, distilleries, and breweries closing at 10 pm, capacity limits for certain businesses, and limits on group size to 25 or less do not change with the governor's announcement.
We expect businesses and individuals to continue to comply with these rules. This disease remains dangerous and the Board will continue to use the best scientific evidence and epidemiological data available to take actions to reduce spread of this dangerous disease.
Last week, Yellowstone County, which has recorded the most COVID-related deaths in the state, rescinded their restrictions on their own in anticipation of the Governor's action today. It will be interesting to see if the governor will issue any statement about counties that decide not to follow his guidelines.
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This Vision for our purpose as the GGU community is the democratic collective expression of GGU's members.
In the nature of being Unitarian, it does not purport to be a form of words with which everyone is in complete personal alignment.


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Q: How can I click on the third element in this list using selenium? I have tried everything and nothing works I am running a webscraper and I am not able to click on the third element. I am not sure what to do as I have tried googling and running several types of code.
Below is a screenshot of the html and my code. I need the third element in the list to be clicked on. It is highlighted in the screenshot. I am not sure what to do with the css and data-bind

here is the code for max bed options. I also need to get the 2 beds just like we did for min bed options
thanks!!

A: According to the picture the following should work:
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//span[@id="bedsMinMaxRangeControl"]//li[@data-value="2"]').click()

But we need to see the entire page HTML to give a correct answer.
Also don't forget to use delays/ waits there.
UPD
For the new question the code will be:
driver.find_element_by_xpath('//span[@id="bedsMinMaxRangeControl"]//ul[contains(@class,"maxBedOptions")]//li[@data-value="2"]').click()

Here you should also use the appropriate data-value that has values from -1 up to 3

A: You can use css_selector with the data-value attribute.
locator = ".dropdownContent .minBedOptions li[data-value='2']"
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until((EC.element_to_be_clickable, (By.CSS_SELECTOR, locator))).click()

I used WebDriverWait so make sure to import it...
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

A: If it's just a list using li tags as it seems from the shared snap, You could probably write the easiest xpath as :
//li[contains(text(), '2 Beds')]

and use it like this :
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//li[contains(text(), '2 Beds')]").click()

or if you want to use xpath in conjunction of WebDriverWait, use it like this :
wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)
element = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//li[contains(text(), '2 Beds')]")))

Import :
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

Now let's talk about when we do not want to be dependent on 2 Beds text in XPATH, cause if text changes in the UI, we'd have to change the locator in Selenium-Python bindings.
A good way to do is to :

*

*Make use of data-value attribute : //li[@data-value = '2']

*Make use of ul and li tags : //ul[contains(@class, 'minBedOptions')/li[@data-value = '2']]

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Home Cricket We were just looking for opportunities to win the game: Virat Kohli...
We were just looking for opportunities to win the game: Virat Kohli recalls the historic win at Centurion
Prateek Kumar
The Virat Kohli-led side has had a formidable 2021 as they conquered their overseas challenge with flying colors. The year started with a resilient draw at Sydney and then a fortress conquering win at Gabba in absence of a lot of first-choice players and retaining the Border Gavaskar trophy in one of the most thrilling and entertaining series played in Test cricket history.
Team India then traveled to England and claimed twin victories on either side of London – at the iconic Lord's and the Oval – to claim an unassailable 2-1 lead in the series before a Covid outbreak halted the contest and postponed the final tie for 2022.
Virat Kohli and his men then traveled to the rainbow nation to conquer the unconquered. They are off to the best possible start as the Indian team became the first Asian team to break the fortress of Centurion.
We are a side who are getting better and gaining more confidence with how much cricket we play: Virat Kohli
In a video posted by BCCI, Indian skipper Virat Kohli gave his verdict on India's performance in the calendar year.
"New Year is a very good time to look back and analyze how you played your cricket. And I think we played some outstanding cricket, not just this year, but over the last two three years, especially overseas. We are a side who are getting better and gaining more confidence with how much cricket we play. It feels amazing to be 1-0 up. Sets up wonderfully for the Wanderers," Kohli said on BCCI.tv.
Scenes from Centurion 👌https://t.co/Z3MPyesSeZ goes behind the scenes post #TeamIndia's historic win at SuperSport Park 🏟🙌
Full video coming up soon 📽 – Stay tuned ⏳#SAvIND pic.twitter.com/oKyGhm0MxF
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 30, 2021
Talking about the Centurion win where India scripted a 113-run victory, Kohli admitted that the win displayed India's strength as a Test-playing nation and feels good about the visitors taking a 1-0 lead in the series.
"Test series in South Africa or in any place is not easy and Centurion is obviously the most difficult of them all. We ended up getting a result within four days which is a testimony to the fact that we have become the side which we are today and the strength of the squad was on full display. We were just looking for opportunities to win the game.
That's how we play our cricket now. And given an opportunity at any given stage, we will bounce back. It is a beautiful position to be in, to be 1-0 up away from home with the opposition under pressure in the second Test as well as a golden opportunity and I'm absolutely certain that all the players will be looking forward to it and we can wait for Jo'burg," he added.
India will play the second Test starting January 3 at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.
• Virat Kohli feels Team India is getting better and better with the cricket they play.
• Kohli reckons this is the perfect opportunity to win a Test series in South Africa.
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Kei Nishikori Looks To Gain More Confidence After Madrid Open Exit
The world No.20 is drawing positives from his latest clash with Djokovic at the Caja Magica.
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MADRID: Former US Open runner-up Kei Nishikori has admitted that his wrist is still not '100%' after his loss at the Madrid Open.
The Japanese No.1 was edged out by Novak Djokovic in two tightly contested sets in the first round on Monday. Hitting 21 winners to 26 unforced errors on the Manolo Santana stadium. It was Nishikori's first test since withdrawing from the Barcelona Open with a right wrist problem. An issue that has troubled him in recent months and continues to do so.
"I am fit again. Well, my wrist is not 100% yet, but close to playing enough tennis. I think I need a couple more weeks to get used to playing on clay." Said Nishikori.
"But it's not too bad. I recover from last week." He added.
There are promising signs from Nishikori, who dropped down to as low as 39th in the world earlier this year. At the Monte Carlo Masters he reached the final before losing to Rafael Nadal. That was the first time he has contested a clay-court final of a Masters 1000 event since the 2014 Madrid Open. Meanwhile, his latest performance in Madrid was one that drew praise from Djokovic.
"I've played Kei on big occasions, in many of the big tournaments, finals and semifinals. It was different to play him in the first round. It was a big test for both of us." Said the 12-time grand slam champion.
"I'm glad that match went my way, but it could have gone his way as well. It was a very few points that really decided a winner today."
Heading into the French Open, confidence is the key factor for the 28-year-old. His next challenge occurs at the Italian Open in Rome. A tournament he remains optimistic about despite potentially being unseeded in the draw. Nishikori reached the semi-finals of the event back in 2016.
"I played good tennis in Monte-Carlo. Well, didn't quite play well today. But, you know, I like to play on clay." He explained. "It's very fun. I think it's important to do well, get more points and confidence in these two tournaments coming up. Hopefully I will do well."
Nishikori is currently ranked 20th in the world. His win-loss to date stands at 14-7.
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Q: Bootstrap Timeline Template - Remove Gaps I got a bootstrap v2 timeline template by betul.
View :
http://codepen.io/betdream/full/Ifvbi/

Edit :
http://codepen.io/betdream/pen/Ifvbi

Its works fine, But this version has gaps between the left and right items.
Is it possible to remove the gaps between them ?

// Just for creating question :)
.timeline {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 20px 0 20px;
  position: relative;
}

or does anybody knows any version without gaps, like google plus or something ?

A: It sounds like that Bootstrap template isn't your best option. If you want the dates content to interlock with ones before and after it you'll need something a bit more dynamic such as Masonry.
Here's an example I edited for you. It shows 2 columns like you have here and it also interlocks no matter what length the dates content is. So no need for adding negative margins, etc..
http://codepen.io/emaildano/pen/LEbLeQ

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Content

html, body {
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.grid-container {
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.item:hover .title {
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.expand {
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        element.show();
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      $container.masonry();
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  $('.item').click(function () {
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});

This also is a great option if you want to go mobile because Masonry will adjust depending on the width of the browser. So you 2 columns will become 1 and they'll still line up perfectly without overlap.

Hope that helps!


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The incidence of most thyroid diseases: The diagnosis of thyroid dysfunction in that group of patients is difficult being the symptoms can be nonspecific or common with menopausal and ageing complaints. In the interpretation of thyroid affair tests the physiological changes in transudate and metabolism of thyrotropin TSH and thyroid hormones must be considered, as well as the act upon of comorbidities.
Unrecognised thyroid dysfunction leads to increased: Therapy of thyroid dysfunction is mismated in postmenopausal and old fogies women than in people; hypothyroidism should be treated with caution, since high doses of L-thyroxine can example to cardiac arrhythmias and increased bone turnover, and hyperthyroidism should be preferentially treated with radioiodine.
Thyroid status beneficially influencing longevity relates to low thyroid function. Thyroid nodules and cancer in many cases affect women over 50 years old; the diagnostic and medicinal approach is the unchanged as in the panoramic population, but the surgical risk and cancer prophecy is worse than in young patients. Thyroid diseases predominantly transform women; their incidence is times higher in women than in men. Additionally, the primacy of best thyroid diseases increases with age.
Consequence, thyroid gland autoimmunity, hypothyroidism, nodular goitre, and cancer occur utmost often in postmenopausal and elderly women. The diagnosis of thyroid disease is difficult in this classify of patients because the symptoms alike anxiety, pluck palpitations, sweating, gaining power and insomnia are hackneyed for the both thyroid and ovarian dysfunction.
The additional hots potato arise from the sorting out of the results of thyroid ceremony tests: Although thyroid importance has a well-known crash on cardiovascular risk, cognitive function, helplessness, and longevity there is no consensus on prevailing screening championing thyroid dysfunction of postmenopausal and venerable women magnitude medical associations worldwide [ 1 ].
Hypothyroidism is also known as underactive thyroid.
A research study from showed that women with a thyroid disorder and severe menopause experienced improved symptoms after getting treated for the thyroid disorder.
Hyperthyroidism is the result of excessive thyroid hormone. Scientists are looking at two potential treatments…. Up to 1 in 4 patients in nursing homes may have undiagnosed hypothyroidism. Treatment of an underactive thyroid condition hypothyroidism is usually more straightforward than the problem of recurrent hyperthyroidism in the older patient, because of the effect hyperthyroidism can have on the heart, as indicated above.
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If you suspect you may have a thyroid problem, you may also wish to have your thyroid antibody levels tested. The risk for developing hypothyroidism is 1.
All of these patients have abnormal function of their thyroid glands.
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The AGS-30 series was developed as a lightweight replacement for the long-running AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher.
Detailing the development and operational history of the KBP AGS-30 AGL 30mm Automatic Grenade Launcher (AGL). Entry last updated on 9/10/2018. Authored by Staff Writer. Content ©www.MilitaryFactory.com.
The AGS-30 is the modern Russian military 30mm automatic grenade launcher for fire support, superseding the Cold War-era AGS-17 "Plamya" ("Flame"). While the AGS-17 was an effective grenade projector for its time, it was a product of the period with origins in the 1970s and designed with the open-field warfare influenced by World War 2. However, by the 1990s, warfare had evolved to the contained urban conflicts seen today and the Soviet Union as a political and military power was no more. This gave rise to development of a new, indigenous modernized Russian automatic grenade projector which became the "AGS-30". Beyond its adoption by the Russian Army, the type has seen issuance in the militaries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh and India. India produces the weapon under license at its Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli facility.
The AGS-30 continues use of the Soviet-era 30x29mm grenade as well as reliance on a blowback system of operation but features a lighter (16kg unloaded), more compact design. It compares favorably to the larger-caliber (40mm) American Mk 19 series. The weapon is sighted through the standard PAG-17 adjustable sighting device. Feeding is through a 29-grenade belt housed in a hardened cassette drum fitted to the right side of the receiver. The weapon can reach out to effective ranges of 2,300 meters through a 400 round-per-minute, rate-of-fire. Spent casings are ejected through a large port along the left of the receiver. The barrel is rifled for accuracy while actuation of the weapon is through spade grips fitted on the weapon's mounting. The weapon can be fired from its standard-issue tripod mounting or affixed to a vehicle as needed. The operator can engage targets through direct or in-direct fire as the situation calls. Its lightweight design also makes relocation of the weapon by a single crew possible.
Design of the AGS-30 is attributed to the KBP Instrument Design Bureau which also handles its production. Over 500 of the weapon type have been produced to date (2013). The AGS-30 officially entered service in 1995 and has already seen field action with Russian forces through the Second Chechen War (1999-2000) and the South Ossetia War (2008).


The EU diplomatic service is to pay €15 million extra in wages next year, but to make deep cuts on security.
Its draft 2014 budget - circulated internally on 3 April and seen by EUobserver - says it is "fully aware of the severe economic and financial constraints" in Europe and speaks of "value for money for the European taxpayer."
It calls for overall spending of €530 million - €21 million, or 4.1 percent more than this year.
On one hand, it aims to make €5.7 million of cuts to salaries: by axing 17 junior posts; by downgrading 14 senior posts; by ending wage top-ups in foreign embassies; and by reducing leave for embassy staff.
But on the other hand, it is setting aside an extra €15.2 million for what it calls "mandatory increases in the remunerations of statutory staff."
It also plans to create several new mid-level officials.
On security, it aims to pay €4.5 million extra for bodyguards in at-risk embassies "due to the security situation in an increasing number of countries and inflation in the price of private security services."
But there are deep cuts in other areas.
It is to trim €2.5 million - 23 percent - from secure IT networks in its Brussels HQ. It is to cut another €1.5 million from HQ building security, surveillance and "fitting-out and security works."
It also aims to lower "costs for guarding delegation buildings … and security works in delegations" by €5.1 million.
The budget paper notes that "a review of actual threats has allowed for a reduction in the security scheme" in Brussels.
It says the IT cuts will come from "rationalising disparate and competing systems."
It aims to ditch the so-called Solan encrypted network used by EU countries to send classified files in Brussels, in favour of an in-house network.
A spokesman said part of the wage increase is money earmarked in case it loses court cases against trade unions in prior salary disputes.
He declined to comment on the wisdom of the security cuts.
Whatever the details, the overall hike is unlikely to go down well in some EU capitals.
Richard Ashworth, a British MEP from the ruling Conservative Party who sits on the European Parliament's budget committee, told this website: "At a time when national governments are looking for savings across the board, the public is entitled to expect savings in the EU institutions as well."
On the "mandatory" salary hikes, he added: "Try telling the man in the street: 'Sorry guvnor, but our hands are tied on this'."
For its part, the European Parliament is also seeking a hike of 3.6 percent in 2014.
But the EU Council, the member states' secretariat in Brussels, is to ask for just 1.2 percent more - the rate of inflation.
The EU foreign service's budget paper shows one reason why it has a high salary bill.
Out of its 950 officials, 552 - or 58 percent - are on the AD12 or higher pay grade, with basic monthly wages of €10,300 to €18,400.
By way of comparison, the proportion of top-earners in the European Commission is 38 percent.
Furious response from UK after EU commission asks for extra €11.2 billion to cover unpaid bills from 2012 and 2013.
The EU's Economic and Social Committee and Committee of the Regions are spending money wildly with little to show for it, writes Derk Jan Eppink.
The EU's foreign policy chief has said member states are not willing to give her what it takes for major reform of the Union's diplomatic corps.


Chemotherapy, also shortened and known as Chemo, is treatment with drugs that either kill cancer cells or prevent them from growing. Because of how they work, chemotherapy drugs will also have a similar effect on certain normal cells, causing a range of potentially serious side effects.
Traditional chemotherapeutic agents are cytotoxic by means of interfering with cell division (mitosis) but cancer cells vary widely in their susceptibility to these agents. To a large extent, chemotherapy can be thought of as a way to damage or stress cells, which may then lead to cell death if apoptosis is initiated.
Many of the side effects of chemotherapy can be traced to damage to normal cells that divide rapidly and are thus sensitive to anti-mitotic drugs: cells in the bone marrow, digestive tract, and hair follicles. This results in the most common side-effects of chemotherapy: myelosuppression (decreased production of blood cells, hence also immunosuppression), mucositis (inflammation of the lining of the digestive tract), and alopecia (hair loss).
Because of the effect on immune cells (especially lymphocytes), chemotherapy drugs often find use in a host of diseases that result from harmful overactivity of the immune system against self (so-called autoimmunity). These include Rheumatoid arthritis, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Multiple sclerosis, Vasculitis, and many others.
Alkylating agents are the oldest group of chemotherapeutics in use today. Originally derived from mustard gas used in World War I, there are now many types of alkylating agents in use. They are so named because of their ability to alkylate many molecules, including proteins, RNA and DNA. This ability to bind covalently to DNA via their alkyl group is the primary cause for their anti-cancer effects.
DNA is made of two strands and the molecules may either bind twice to one strand of DNA (intrastrand crosslink) or may bind once to both strands (interstrand crosslink). If the cell tries to replicate crosslinked DNA during cell division, or tries to repair it, the DNA strands can break. This leads to a form of programmed cell death called apoptosis.
Alkylating agents will work at any point in the cell cycle and thus are known as cell cycle-independent drugs. For this reason the effect on the cell is dose dependent; the fraction of cells that die is directly proportional to the dose of drug.
The subtypes of alkylating agents are the nitrogen mustards, nitrosoureas, tetrazines, aziridines, cisplatins and derivatives, and non-classical alkylating agents. Nitrogen mustards include mechlorethamine, cyclophosphamide, melphalan, chlorambucil, ifosfamide and busulfan. Nitrosoureas include N-Nitroso-N-methylurea (MNU), carmustine (BCNU), lomustine (CCNU) and semustine (MeCCNU), fotemustine and streptozotocin.
Tetrazines include dacarbazine, mitozolomide and temozolomide. Aziridines include thiotepa, mytomycin and diaziquone (AZQ). Cisplatin and derivatives include cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin. They impair cell function by forming covalent bonds with the amino, carboxyl, sulfhydryl, and phosphate groups in biologically important molecules. Non-classical alkylating agents include procarbazine and hexamethylmelamine.
Anti-metabolites are a group of molecules that impede DNA and RNA synthesis. Many of them have a similar structure to the building blocks of DNA and RNA.
The building blocks are nucleotides; a molecule comprising a nucleobase, a sugar and a phosphate group. The nucleobases are divided into purines (guanine and adenine) and pyrimidines (cytosine, thymine and uracil). Anti-metabolites resemble either nucleobases or nucleosides (a nucleotide without the phosphate group), but have altered chemical groups.
These drugs exert their effect by either blocking the enzymes required for DNA synthesis or becoming incorporated into DNA or RNA. By inhibiting the enzymes involved in DNA synthesis, they prevent mitosis because the DNA cannot duplicate itself.
Also, after misincorporation of the molecules into DNA, DNA damage can occur and programmed cell death (apoptosis) is induced. Unlike alkylating agents, anti-metabolites are cell cycle dependent. This means that they only work during a specific part of the cell cycle, in this case S-phase (the DNA synthesis phase). For this reason, at a certain dose, the effect plateaus and proportionally no more cell death occurs with increased doses. Subtypes of the anti-metabolites are the anti-folates, fluoropyrimidines, deoxynucleoside analogues and thiopurines.
The anti-folates include methotrexate and pemetrexed. Methotrexate inhibits dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), an enzyme that regenerates tetrahydrofolate from dihydrofolate.
When the enzyme is inhibited by methotrexate, the cellular levels of folate coenzymes diminish. These are required for thymidylate and purine production, which are both essential for DNA synthesis and cell division.
Pemetrexed is another anti-metabolite that affects purine and pyrimidine production, and therefore also inhibits DNA synthesis. It primarily inhibits the enzyme thymidylate synthase, but also has effects on DHFR, aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase and glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase.
The fluoropyrimidines include fluorouracil and capecitabine. Fluorouracil is a nucleobase analogue that is metabolised in cells to form at least two active products; 5-fluourouridine monophosphate (FUMP) and 5-fluoro-2′-deoxyuridine 5′-phosphate (fdUMP). FUMP becomes incorporated into RNA and fdUMP inhibits the enzyme thymidylate synthase; both of which lead to cell death.
Capecitabine is a prodrug of 5-fluorouracil that is broken down in cells to produce the active drug. The deoxynucleoside analogues include cytarabine, gemcitabine, decitabine, Vidaza, fludarabine, nelarabine, cladribine, clofarabine and pentostatin. The thiopurines include thioguanine and mercaptopurine.
Anti-microtubule agents are plant-derived chemicals that block cell division by preventing microtubule function. Microtubules are an important cellular structure composed of two proteins; α-tubulin and β-tubulin. They are hollow rod shaped structures that are required for cell division, among other cellular functions.
Microtubules are dynamic structures, which means that they are permanently in a state of assembly and disassembly. Vinca alkaloids and taxanes are the two main groups of anti-microtubule agents, and although both of these groups of drugs cause microtubule dysfunction, their mechanisms of action are completely opposite.
The vinca alkaloids prevent the formation of the microtubules, whereas the taxanes prevent the microtubule disassembly. By doing so, they prevent the cancer cells from completing mitosis. Following this, cell cycle arrest occurs, which induces programmed cell death (apoptosis). Also, these drugs can affect blood vessel growth; an essential process that tumours utilise in order to grow and metastasise.
Topoisomerase inhibitors are drugs that affect the activity of two enzymes: topoisomerase I and topoisomerase II. When the DNA double-strand helix is unwound, during DNA replication or transcription, for example, the adjacent unopened DNA winds tighter (supercoils), like opening the middle of a twisted rope.
The stress caused by this effect is in part aided by the topoisomerase enzymes. They produce single- or double-strand breaks into DNA, reducing the tension in the DNA strand. This allows the normal unwinding of DNA to occur during replication or transcription. Inhibition of topoisomerase I or II interferes with both of these processes.
Two topoisomerase I inhibitors, irinotecan and topotecan, are semi-synthetically derived from camptothecin, which is obtained from the Chinese ornamental tree Camptotheca acuminata. Drugs that target topoisomerase II can be divided into two groups.
The topoisomerase II poisons cause increased levels enzymes bound to DNA. This prevents DNA replication and transcription, causes DNA strand breaks, and leads to programmed cell death (apoptosis). These agents include etoposide, doxorubicin, mitoxantrone and teniposide. The second group, catalytic inhibitors, are drugs that block the activity of topoisomerase II, and therefore prevent DNA synthesis and translation because the DNA cannot unwind properly. This group includes novobiocin, merbarone, and aclarubicin, which also have other significant mechanisms of action.
Bleomycin, a glycopeptide isolated from Streptomyces verticillus, also intercalates DNA, but produces free radicals that damage DNA. This occurs when bleomycin binds to a metal ion, becomes chemically reduced and reacts with oxygen.
Different drugs damage or kill cancer cells in different ways making some more effective with certain types of cancer than others.
Combination Therapy provides a more effective way to kill tumor cells because using drugs together greatly improves the impact of the drugs on the cancer.
Drugs added together can be applied in lower doses, which helps reduce the likelihood and severity of side effects.
A single dose of chemotherapy drugs only kills a percentage of the cancer cells. As a result, multiple doses are necessary to try and kill all of the cancer cells.
Chemotherapy is scheduled as frequently as possible to minimize tumor growth, prevent the development of resistant cancer cells, and achieve the best treatment outcome.
A Chemotherapy treatment regimen is a combination of anticancer drugs given at a certain dose in specific sequence according to a strict schedule.


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Brandon & Service Dog Apache – U.S. Dept. of Defense Interview
Thanks to Air Force Tech. Sgt. Liliana Moreno for this great article. Here's an excerpt, originally printed for the United States Department of Defense website
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.
What if you are screaming for help, but no one can hear you? What if your life starts to crumble? Do you know where to turn or what options are available to veterans and service members?
Retired Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brandon Jones and his service dog, Apache, pose for a photograph in front of "Golden Bear," a C-141B Starlifter aircraft static display at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., March 30, 2018. Jones served 11 years in the Air Force until he was medically retired due to post-traumatic stress disorder. He credits his service dog, Apache, for saving his life. Apache is trained to alert him during PTSD triggers and helps him ease through those anxieties. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lilliana Moreno
That is exactly how retired Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brandon Jones felt as he reached a breaking point in his military career and decided it was time to reach out to military agencies to get the help he desperately needed.
Jones reminisced on his childhood days growing up in Fayetteville, Georgia, and his love for airplanes.
"My dad would take me to the store and ask what I wanted for my birthday," Jones said. "I would always pick an airplane. I just loved them so much."
His love for airplanes is what brought him into the Air Force where, he honorably served for 11 years until he was medically retired due to post-traumatic stress disorder. The National Center for PTSD at the Department of Veterans Affairs describes PTSD as a mental health problem that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event.
Jones served seven tours overseas as a logistics planner in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
"The level of stress that the combat tours bring takes a toll on you mentally, physically and psychologically," he said. "It was hard to come home and adjust."
Jones said he found himself coming home and being angry all the time. All he wanted was to be left alone."I'd often have nightmares and flashbacks about my comrades that didn't get to come home with me," he said. "I'd feel guilty, and I kept asking myself what I could have done differently?"
Read the article in it's entirety here: https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1496838/service-dog-lends-war-veteran-a-helping-paw/
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