We can only see things in our continuum, vibrations in a direction toward us along the threads. The nucleus radius to electron orbital volumetric empty space ratio is one quadrillionth ( 1 / 1,000,000,000,000,000 ). Since the flux in free space are not curled into supposed nuclear mass, they can assume or commandeer more free space volume... there's not even a proton radius to contend with now. That makes the free space in the Flux particle network greater than 99.9999999999999% ... there can be an almost infinite amount of material in the free space between the threads (infinity minus the one quadrillionth infinity network). So anything small enough (a Neutrino) can be in or out of our space time continuum thereby having a speed completely irrelevant to that of light and an existence completely irrelevant to ours (...easy to see how non-local phenomena can happen).
The lattice structure of the networks also allows for one or more proximity networks without any intersection. This means mass can have parallel networks surrounding it and occupying the same space, creating an higher density. Anything that absorbs or reflects light (vibrations) or disrupts the network in some manner will have a discernible shape. Anything between the threads is invisible.
There can be an independent network, A micro-swiss-cheese type mass or a fluidic type matter unconnected to the continuum, unaffected by light, gravity or matter... completely invisible to us. Unless there is an instantaneous change in Flux network dimension thereby rendering it momentarily visible, if (and only if) it can somehow actually connect and if it is even possible for there to be more than one type of matter.
Question: can one or more axis or radii break away from the Flux, curl up, and become something? What would we call them?
A proton has one thread balled with a neutron, 18 balled by themselves and one full length twist connected to an electron.
Two free protons ~~~●~~~ ~~~●~~~ can combine and still be 2 protons ~~~●●~~~ (that might look like 2 free neutrons but it is not because there are also balled up threads in the middle of the package holding them together.
To clarify: two free neutrons ●~~~ ~~~● that are now combined would look like this ●● ).
If you study anything, you change it. If you measure an electron, for instance, you will change the state of the electron by absorbing some / all of the electron energy vibrations into the measuring device. So, although it may be possible to create a frozen torus or donut shaped object with an almost perpetual electron current flowing through it, once the network created by said object is tapped for its current inducing magnetic field properties the source will simply drain or transfer like any other source of energy (it's our old friend... cause and effect), you have to pay for your lunch.
What they call "Dark Matter" is simply the network of flux particles completely filling space (explained in this theory).
Can you see the network or particles? No, it would be like trying to "hear air", you don't hear air, you hear vibrations happening in the air. You can stick this whole scenario under water and it's the same... you hear the sound of for instance a whale but you don't hear the actual molecules of water. You hear the vibrations in the water.
You can't see a particle. You only see vibrations from the particles.
Once again... if you hold a piece of rope, you have a rope. If you shake the rope, you have photons. If the rope is shaking at an high frequency, your eye will detect one pinpoint spot of blue color (from the end of the rope). If it's a slower frequency your eye will pick up a red color. You never actually see the rope.
The gravitational network surrounding a black hole is a not a regulatory gravity filed. The number of network thread connections is the relative strength of any normal gravity network.
This would be approximately one per proton per atomic width for normal gravity. Earth, Sun, even super dense proton star.
The 2-D visual for this network is a regular tennis net made of the finest spiders web.
A large size visual for a proton would be like a tennis ball with a spider-web-like connecting thread extending out a few miles.
Normal matter and gravitational networks commandeer as much space as possible with the least material.
In a black hole there aren't any balled up protons and it is just a solid lump of threads.
The 2-D visual for this network (going from normal to black hole) is a tennis net normal on one side but the other side (black hole side) is collapsed and held together in one spot (the whole net would have a long triangular shape). As you traveled from one side of the net to the other it would be like going into a vise.
That is millions or billions of more connections then usual… unbelievably dense but still not infinitely dense.
Normal Matter (protons)… a bag of tennis balls with one drinking straw sticking out of each tennis ball.
Black hole… A bag of just straws.
Michelson-Morley Experiment won't work if the network is moving along with the experiment apparatus. It's actually ridiculous. They thought it out pretty good but forgot one thing and it became garbage.
Can any of you ding-dongs understand that? If you are on Earth, and there is a network directly connected to the earth, you can set up all kinds of mirrors and other things and twist and turn them and it just won't matter because the network is moving with the earth.
I realized it could explain protons, electrons, electron configuration and just about everything else.
I knew everything must be made of one type thing and I was thinking… this would even work as a network in space to convey light.
But everyone (including myself at the time) knew that Michelson–Morley disproved the Ether with their experiment.
So, I actually decided to read about the great work of those men.
I went to wiki or something and I immediately realized those idiots did not test for an Ether…. they tested if the Earth is rushing through it. That is complete baboonery. I was flabbergasted.
I.E. If there were a stationary Ether, it conveyed light and the Earth is rushing through it at an enormous speed… how could that work if you are inside a closed building or underground in a cave?
Do little sections of the stationary network get cut off and remain in place behind closed doors?
The only way for a stationary Ether to work is if it could penetrate all matter. But then that would mean the light that is using this stationary network would also penetrate everything. Get it? If that were the case you would not be able to see matter because light would go right through it.
The only thing more ridiculous than MM is the fact that the scientists of today still snuggle up with it. All modern physics is based on it.
No one else can see how stupid it is.. correct?
Everything is correct with Math...?
But since only one theory can be correct... that means at least 90% of the math used is describing nothing more than a fantasy (or a cranky theory).
Got it...? Even if you can back up your theory with math... it doesn't mean squat.
So what is the real problem...?
In a 3-D world (only XYZ axis) a 2 x 2 x 2 cube would look like picture on right.
It would be made from 8 particles (the red and grey).
The blue picture would be a "reality" 2-D plane.
I like the one inch equation below even though it is using regular math because it is actually a thread tension equation (non-solid).
Notice there is no width.
Energy is a vibration on a particle or movement of particles...? Yes.
A force has to be (made out of) something. i.e. a particle.
Particles have to be directly (physically) connected to other particles or they won't be able do anything (except magic).
Everything has to happen (or form) automatically but it cannot be by magic.
What Einstein calls "Space-Time" has to be made out of something.
Anything (network, foam?) that fills space will also have to convey light (and a host of other things).
Mathematical equations are a great way to describe the physical conditions and properties of Matter except when an infinity or a zero denominator is thrown into the equation, then it might not actually work in the real world. In the same way Zero Kelvin (negative 273.15 Celsius) is an absolute zero or a temperature limit and calculating molecular movements mathematically at for instance, negative 4001 Celsius would be ridiculous. The amount anything can compress to or exert force on also has a limit. You can write anything you want on paper but, mass isn't going to collapse to a pinpoint and thereby make the gravity approach infinity.
Imagine an orange or grapefruit floating in space and then the space around it expands. What happens to the grapefruit...?
Nothing, it does not move.
Can the inflaton field push or pull matter...?
It would have to be pushing or pulling on all sides.
Which way did it move...? Whoooops, it didn't move.
Remember the black dots (the oranges) are not going to move... it doesn't matter how many there are, each one has the same pressure or expansion of space on all sides and that cancels any movement.
Analogy: place a bunch of oranges on a table in a room and then pressurize the room... will the oranges move apart from eachother? Nope... nothing's going anywhere... they won't move at all.
Net effect...? Figure it out for yourself.
This releases their energy and converts the particles back into the normal state… no twists, nothing balled up.
An infinite quantity of matter would not completely fill space if space is also infinite.
It might actually have been an infinitesimally small bang that happened.
If there was an infinite particle network in an infinite space without any balled up matter (end points) to interact with or pull together, the vibrations that were traveling around would just keep traveling. There had to always be vibrations, because… they are energy (regardless of whatever the theory).
There is a massive amount of energy traveling around the Universe now… how could so much energy be created out of nothing? It would have taken some form of energy to explode the supposed Big-Bang.
The energy must have always been here.
So, then if anything happened in the network that would cause particles to collapse (ball up, or just mass together in unorganized packs) that would start the chain reaction.
The initial particle groups might not have had the same configuration as what we call normal matter (proton, neutron, electron). It may have been massive, very dense lumps of threads (like a spaghetti ball).
A neutron star has one network connection per proton width. Something like this (unorganized spaghetti pack) would have a massive amount of connections to the network in space, one per every thread width?
It would be unbelievably bright, and a possible explanation for what a Quasar is?
A network in space made of threads easily explains it.
A 2-Dimensional model of the regular network would be like a highly stretched tennis net.
If there is a massive lightning strike and a section of the net was cut (not necessarily loose), some of the threads in that section could connect and form a circular shape (just like a hole in the net).
So instead of the vibrations of electrical current (lightning) traveling in a line from point A to point B… they would be contained in the circular shape and travel in circles.
3-D is just about the same but of course everything would be spherical and since you can actually see ball lightning it means there are some connections still connected to the regular network (that goes to your eye (and every other possible direction)) and it would of course dissipate. If you can see something… it is giving off energy, either reflected or internal.
Ball lightning must be self-contained internal so it will have to fade away or lose containment and explode just like they say it does.
Friction is just a transfer of energy to something else, and at quantum level I don't think there can be friction... it is a large scale thing.
No Big Bang, no inflation, no inflaton field.
Any pieces that are the same weight are the same type particle.
Any pieces that are different weights are different type particles.
(and it's exactly what their thinking on the data is).
hmmm... yes, if you smash up two marbles (same thing) and you get pieces that are different mass / weights that will be regarded as different type particles (even though they are actually the same).
But... if you smash up a marble and a Greek plate and just happen to get a piece from both of them that are the same mass / weight... guess what...?
You have found the same particle (at least you think you did).
An elephant weighs the same as a truck so they are the same thing?
threads are just inert threads.
Energy is thread vibrations caused by network tension.
Matter is what the threads make.
The threads are the basic fundamental universal substance.
I'm pretty sure it is impossible for there to be more than one type of thing (substance) everything is created from (or has always been here).
When they collide particles together they are smashing the group (agglomerate) of 20 apart into whatever number like 3, 6, 9, 15 and they think they are elementary particles (quarks etc.)... it is still just the threads.
When there is a lack of vibration Flux particles are destined to curl and be confined as mass. To break them free from this restive state and set them in motion once again will take energy. So, to create matter you have to take away energy. This means a matter making machine or replicator will create a surplus of energy, not only from a proton and neutron combining one charged radius each and ejecting an electrons worth, also from whatever residual quantum fluctuations are left on the free flux particle before it is combined into a proton.
Note: there are two completely separate and different ways to look at this (of course).
One is combining atoms and molecules already in existence into different structures. The Other is somehow converting the actual network or particle threads into Protons and neutrons. If you have elements you can make anything. The question is how do you make Hydrogen out of supposed empty space.
Zero Point Energy (ZPE), or vacuum fluctuation energy are terms used to describe the random electromagnetic oscillations that are left in a vacuum after all other energy has been removed. If you remove all the energy from a space, take out all the matter, all the heat, all the light... everything, you will find that there is still some energy left. The Flux, you can't remove the flux, for it will always connect to any apparatus of evacuation thereby reviving itself. Any apparatus of evacuation or metal plates are made of atoms with orbiting electrons with charge.
Energy is just a mechanical vibration, these vibrations happen in this universe, they have no where else to go. They can divide into lower and lower frequencies, add together and change states but never dissipate into oblivion. It's the cause and effect scenario once again, there isn't anyway to stop a vibration because the stopper will be affected, thereby continuing the process.
If there were an hypothetical edge to the flux particle network (hypothetical edge of the universe), vibrations would travel to the edge of the network, run out of particles, have no where to go and be completely reflected (180 degree phase change) back and almost focused. The same effect as a spherical mirror (assuming the edge is curved), thus creating the same effect as deep space telescope. Reflecting the light of possible nearby objects (observer to object) from a very distant past (object to edge of universe then all the way back to observer). Any pocket of space that is void of particles or any break in the network where vibrations cannot traverse has the same effect. Therefore energy remains.
The Raisin bread model of expansion is also a farce. It can't expand because if the universe were a loaf, it would have to be an infinite sized loaf, or an infinite amount of loaves with no room left to expand.
Flux particle thread technology and construction will be well known in the future (not the string theory type).
New types of matter will be made without the need of the regulatory proton-neutron-electron configuration as we now know it.
Things can be constructed of just thread. There is an unimaginable amount of different type (thread) things that can be made and also an unlimited supply of raw material (space itself).
A thread object can be unbelievably strong and durable and does not necessarily need to be connected to the gravitational (or any) network so, regardless of what size something is it can be completely weightless. Also, if only one side of an object uses the non-connect property it can be propelled by the gravitational network (tension) of space itself, something like this could actually "fall away" from the earth.


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Agencies expected to launch fewer projects in the next couple years. The firm predicts only in 2010 will funds shake loose for the priorities of a new administration.
Key federal information technology efforts such as the Real ID Act and Internet protocol version 6 conversion will miss deadlines this year, and spending will remain flat. Funds not sucked up by war-related projects will be earmarked primarily for improving disaster recovery, consolidating infrastructure, and replacing or upgrading servers and application systems, according to technology consultants at Forrester Research Inc. of Cambridge, Mass.
Comment on this article in The Forum.The firm predicted that agencies will mount few new tech projects in 2008 and 2009, adding that only in 2010 will funds shake loose for the priorities of a new administration. Forrester published "Government IT Spending in 2008: More Work to Do With Smaller Funding Increases," on April 25.
Using Office of Management and Budget data, Forrester named 2008 IT winners and losers. The Defense, Commerce and Veterans Affairs departments saw the largest dollar increases in their tech budgets, $507 million, $475 million and $383 million, respectively. The largest percentage hikes went to the Agency for International Development (50 percent), the Housing and Urban Development Department (25 percent) and the National Science Foundation (24 percent). The biggest losers were the Army Corps of Engineers, which took a $221 million hit, a 56 percent drop; the Navy lost $121 million from last year, a 2 percent fall; and NASA saw its tech budget shrink by $95 million or 5 percent.
While 40 percent of respondents in Forrester's survey of 151 government and 1,082 nongovernment IT decision-makers nationwide said they expected to hire systems integrators or consultants for major software implementations this year, 28 percent said that cutting IT spending is a top priority. And in a display of contrariness, survey participants said they were increasingly interested both in taking back outsourced services and in outsourcing more services.


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SOME THOUGHTS AND ADVICE ON GRIEVING DURING THE CURRENT RESTRICTIONS
Severe but necessary restrictions have been placed on funeral services, however, nothing can restrict the grief we experience. Nothing can restrict our human need to honour our loved ones and support others during times of grief. In an effort to still meet that need under the current restrictions, we sought the advice of local counsellor Pat Kelly.
Should you want to speak to someone, Pat Kelly in Bunbury and Laurissa Knowles in Busselton both hold grief support sessions at our premises throughout the year. They are also able to offer you video conferencing and phone consultations at this time. Resources and support are also available through the South West Grief & Loss Centre.
COVID-19 Update 21.10.2020
Currently, in Western Australia, most restrictions on gatherings have been lifted, however, the 1 person per 2m2 rule is still in place.
This means that for indoor funeral services the capacity inside the venue will still be limited by the floor space available. For example, a 100m2 space will be required to be capped at 50 attendees. Excess mourners are able to gather outside the venue in unlimited numbers.
Our staff are experienced in managing this and we are able to offer a live broadcast of the service outside the venue or to an overflow area if required.
There is no longer a requirement to keep a list of attendees.
As always, personal hygiene, such as handwashing and sanitising, and social distancing of 1.5m are advised to limit the potential of disease transmission.
We are pleased to be welcoming larger numbers back to funerals this week thanks to entering Phase 3 on the State's COVID-19 Road Map.
It has been an incredibly heartbreaking experience for families to restrict numbers so severely in recent times.
We, therefore, need to thank our community for the understanding and rallying around these families in other ways during their time of grief.
We are pleased that we can now allow 100 attendees for indoor funerals (depending on the size of the venue).
Outdoor funerals can allow 300 attendees.
All funerals must still abide by the 1.5 square metre social distancing rules (families who reside together are exempt from this).
It is important to note that funerals cannot have 100 inside and 200 outside. It must be either 100 inside OR 300 outside.
We also need to take a register of all funeral attendees as part of the regulations.
We will have a sanitiser station at the entrance to all funerals and we urge anyone with any sign of illness to not attend any funeral service.
Should families wish, we will still be offering webcasting for those loved ones who cannot travel from interstate or overseas.
We would like to take this opportunity to encourage people to come back to funerals and support the grieving families at this time.
Nothing can replace the physical presence of friends and family during the toughest of days.
Your support is needed now more than ever, however, please understand that we have to continue to abide by the reduced restrictions to continue to keep our community safe.
As of Monday 18 May, we are able to host 20 attendees (not including funeral staff/officiants) for a funeral service indoors or 30 attendees are able to attend a service outdoors.
This does not mean that 20 people can be inside a venue and 30 people outside for the same funeral. The total number of attendees must be 20 indoors and 30 outdoors unless an exemption is granted in advance.
The one person per 4m2 rule still applies, meaning an indoor service must be held in a venue large enough to accommodate the attendees and the funeral staff/officiants.
Exemptions may still be requested via the Department of Local Government.
As always, we will guide families through the steps and options.
We are pleased that allowable funeral numbers have increased and hope to see fewer restrictions going forward as we all keep up our State's wonderful efforts.
We were advised this afternoon of some minor changes to funeral attendance restrictions from the State Government:
NEW DIRECTIVE ON FUNERAL NUMBERS:
Funerals are to be limited to no more than 10 persons; this limit now EXCLUDES persons necessary to conduct the funerals (funeral staff and officiants) and:
– With the approval of the Health Department of WA, discretion may be applied to involve the immediate family. Immediate Family is defined as parents, children and siblings of the deceased.
– Families may make a request for approval from the Health Department of WA to involve immediate family as per above. They should be made as early as possible, to ensure response prior to the planned funeral service date.
Other restrictions still apply, such as one person only able to be present for funeral arrangements, so we encourage families to arrange services over the phone/FaceTime to allow as many family members as possible to contribute to the planning of the service.
Options such as webcasting, recording and other online tributes are also encouraged to allow family and friends to connect as much as possible during this extremely difficult time for those that have lost a loved one.
It is with great sadness that we advise our community of further funeral restrictions.
Funerals to be held from Thursday, March 26 must be limited to 10 attendees (inclusive of funeral staff/celebrant).
This announcement was made by the Prime Minister Scott Morrison this evening as an extension to the national COVID-19 restrictions.
We will be in touch with all families we are currently serving this morning to discuss these unprecedented changes and how we will do our best to ensure a loving farewell.
As front line workers, we do understand the decision-making behind these measures to protect the vulnerable families we interact with every day and reduce community spread.
It breaks our heart to make this statement but the COVID-19 pandemic is a severe threat to our community and we need to play our part.
Please be assured that we will do our best to arrange recordings and/or webcasts of services. There is also the option of hosting a larger memorial service at a later date when deemed safe.
We also ask for your cooperation in not attending services or arrangements if you have any symptoms of illness – even the slightest sore throat. We ask for the same cooperation if you have been in contact with a person diagnosed with COVID-19 within 14 days.
We understand that these measures are especially difficult during a time of grief where a hug, kiss and handshake are natural ways to show care but we do know that COVID-19 spreads through close contact with an infected person, mostly face-to-face.
Please keep safe and minimise your risk of exposure.
Given the ever-changing nature of the COVID-19 Pandemic and its impact on Funeral Services, please see the changes which will affect Funeral Arrangements and Services below:
Appointments will be required to be made – unfortunately, we will not be able to see families immediately without an appointment.
Funeral Arrangements will need to be conducted – ideally over phone/FaceTime where possible – and physical appointments will be limited to one person or two people where one requires a carer present.
Physical appointments will be for the purpose of signing relevant documents and delivery of items such as clothing etc.
Federal limitations on Funeral attendee numbers are now in force – 1 person per 4m2 of floorspace is the maximum number for attendance. Common venue capacity is as follows:
Bunbury Chapel: 24 attendees
Busselton (Bantry) Chapel: 45 attendees
Harvey Chapel: 18 attendees
Crematorium Chapel: 40 attendees
A reminder to please advise if you or anyone attending a Funeral Arrangement or Funeral Service has been overseas within the last 14 days, has been in contact with a person overseas or is experiencing a common cold or flu-like symptoms
These updates are designed to protect our staff but, more importantly, to protect the many families we deal with each day. If you are unsure about any of these updates, please call on 9722 5311 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Following advice and direction from the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board and the Health Department of WA, we must make significant changes to our operations.
We work on the front line and must take these steps to not only ensure the safety of our staff but also, the vulnerable families we interact with every day.
It breaks our heart to make this statement but the COVID-19 pandemic is a severe threat to our community and we need to play our part in slowing the spread.
Funerals already planned will go ahead as arranged.
From March 17, any future funerals will need to be private/immediate family funerals with a maximum of 50 people in attendance. Public gatherings have been identified as a risk and funerals are no exception.
Funerals arranged from March 17 will not be able to have catering afterward or limousine services.
Effective immediately, family members who have travelled from overseas will not be permitted to attend as per Federal regulations.
Please be assured that we will do our best to arrange recordings and/or webcasts of services. There is also the option of hosting a large memorial service at a later date.
We ask for your cooperation in not attending services or arrangements if you have any symptoms of illness even the slightest sore throat. We ask for the same cooperation if you have been in contact with a person diagnosed with COVID-19 within 14 days.
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The staff were extremely friendly, helpful, informative and compassionate.
The thought, understanding and time given by all staff was touching and nothing short of amazing.
The way we were treated and looked after throughout the whole process made us feel comfortable and that we were getting looked after.

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Jonathan Mostow (* 28. November 1961 in Woodbridge, Connecticut) ist ein US-amerikanischer Regisseur, Produzent und Drehbuchautor.

Biografie
Jonathan Mostow drehte seine ersten Kurzfilme und Dokumentationen, als er an der Harvard University studierte. Zunächst finanzierte er sich durch Videoclips und Werbefilme. Nach seinem Umzug nach Los Angeles drehte er 1989 seinen ersten Spielfilm. Der Gruselfilm Flotte Jungs auf Zombiejagd schaffte es jedoch nicht ins Kino, sondern wurde nur auf Video veröffentlicht. Nach Fertigstellung des Fernsehfilms Codename Black Angel 1991, einer Mischung aus Taxi Driver und Top Gun, pausierte er bis 1997.
Michael Eisner von Paramount Pictures wurde auf das Nachwuchstalent aufmerksam, welches aus kleinen Budgets viel herausholte. Das Filmstudio warb Mostow als Drehbuchautor und Regisseur an und vertraute ihm die Produktion des High-Budget Thrillers Breakdown mit Kurt Russell an. Mostow erfüllte die hohen Erwartungen und spielte mit dem Film hohe Summen ein. In gleicher Funktion führte er 2000 für Universal Pictures den mit einem Oscar für den besten Tonschnitt prämierten Kriegsfilm U-571 zum Erfolg. Im Jahr 2003 drehte Mostow Terminator 3 – Rebellion der Maschinen, den dritten Teil der Terminator-Reihe.

Mostow vertritt im Wesentlichen die Meinung, dass der Film Das Boot auf einer Lüge basiert und die deutsche U-Boot Besatzung viel zu menschlich dargestellt wurde. Ein Ergebnis dieser Aussage ist die Handlung seines Films U-571, in der alle Deutschen, zum Teil menschlich, aber hauptsächlich als klischeehaft böse dargestellt werden.

Filmografie
 1985: Fright Show (Regisseur des Teils "Dr. Dobermind" als Jon Mostow)
 1989: Flotte Jungs auf Zombiejagd (Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers) (Video, Drehbuch, Produktion)
 1991: Codename Black Angel (TV, Drehbuch)
 1997: Breakdown (Regie, Drehbuch)
 1997: The Game (Produzent)
 1998: From the Earth to the Moon (Regie bei einer Folge) (TV)
 2000: U-571 (Regie, Drehbuch, Produktion)
 2003: Terminator 3 – Rebellion der Maschinen (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) (Regie)
 2005: Mexicali (Produktion)
 2007: Them (Fernsehfilm)
 2009: Surrogates – Mein zweites Ich (Surrogates) (Regie)
 2012: House at the End of the Street (Drehbuch)
 2014: The Last Ship (Fernsehserie, 1 Folge)
 2017: The Hunter's Prayer – Die Stunde des Killers (The Hunter's Prayer)

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German team withdraws after America's Cup tragedy
The death of Artemis crewmember Andrew "Bart" Simpson last Thursday after a catastrophic crash of his America's Cup team's AC72 catamaran on San Francisco Bay is reverberating around the world.
In the wake of the accident, Sailing Team Germany announced the withdrawal of its squad that had qualified for the Youth America's Cup, which is scheduled to be sailed Sept. 1-4 on San Francisco Bay, prior to the America's Cup finals. "We can't and we won't take responsibility for sending our young team over there. The death of one sailor is reason enough [to withdraw]," Sailing Team Germany founder Oliver Schwall said in a statement. "We also feel that our decision has to send an important message after this disaster. It's time [for organizers] to start thinking."
The Youth America's Cup is contested on the smaller AC45 cats that also are sailed in the America's Cup World Series, but even these smaller boats are racing machines that can be difficult to tame. Additionally, these young teams bring a lot less experience to the starting line than the professionals do. "Until the beginning of the Youth America's Cup there should have been more training sessions, but those already were reduced to about 10 practice days on the water," Schwall said. "To us, that's simply insufficient for a thorough preparation."
The German Youth America's Cup team finished on top of its qualifying group last February on San Francisco Bay. Talks with potential partners and sponsors about supporting the campaign on sailing's biggest stage were said to be in high gear, but now the young German sailors' dreams of competing at the America's Cup have been dashed.
"It's a giant tragedy that a sailor lost his life. We all are shocked," skipper Philipp Buhl said. "We believe the risks sailing the smaller AC45s are considerably smaller, but we accept this decision." Instead of competing in the Youth America's Cup, Buhl will defend his title at the European Laser Championship.
Schwall denies allegations that the true reason for Sailing Team Germany's withdrawal is not a moral concern, but a shortage of funds. "That's absolute nonsense. The whole campaign was clearly and completely funded," he said. "Accusations of this kind are inappropriate and without merit."
Dieter Loibner, who compiled and translated this report, is sailing editor for Trade Only's sister magazine Soundings.
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The weather today is exactly what you woulkd envision if you were to imagine a splendid spring day on the AT. The sky was blue, the sun was warm with just a slight breeze, and the views from the top of Beauty Spot were fantastic.
I started the day a bit melancholy and homesick, and I decided that with the great weather I would not set a goal for the day but rather simply walk at a comfortable pace, stop whenever I felt like it, and get as far as I get.
I spent almost two hours at Beauty Spot, eating lunch, enjoying the views, and even nearly falling asleep. I would have slept except that a little gust if wind came up and blew my hat off my face, and the sun was bothersome enough in my eyes that I had to get up and retrieve my hat.
While I was lying there in a near stupor I decided that I was going to have a super lazy day and hike the half mile down to Beauty Spot Gap, hang my hammock in some nice sunny place, and spend my afternoon lazing in the hammock reading "Cannery Row." Alas, the best laid plans and all that. When I got dowsn to the Gap I saw that the spring and camping area was directly next to a road. Camping next to a road is bad policy in general, and especially on a Friday night, so I switched to Plan B and hiked the six or so miles on to here; Cherry Gap Shelter.
I dealt with the homesickness pretty well and it didn't take over my day, but it does worry me. This is the thing that I think is most likely to cause me to abandon my hike, and the hike really is important to me (though I am not sure exactly why), so I don't want that to happen.
I imagine this separation is even harder on Jodi than it is on me. She is going to work every day and coming home to an empty house every night. I at least am off on some sort of pseudo-adventure, and experiencing a new place every day.
While I was hiking today I was thinking how great it would be if my car was parked at the end of the dasy and I could hop in and drive home and take a shower, then eat dinner with Jodi, sit on the couch with her leaning against me watching an episode of Deadwood, then go to bed and sleep with her in my arms. Instead, I ate some instant potatoe with slices of summer sausage in it, and will sleep in my hammock all alone.
There is a hostel a few miles north of here and some southbound hikers told me they stopped there at lunch time today and the woman that runs the hostel made sandwiches and burgers and such for them. That sounds like a great idea and I think it is highly likely I will stop there tomorrow. A big greasy cheeseburger sure sounds more appetizing than a tortilla with Nutella, doesn't it?
I climbed Roan Mountain today. From Hughes Gap at 4040 feet, the trail climbs to Roan High Knob at 6285 feet in 3.3 miles. The first 1000 feet are gained in about a mile and a half, then once you've warmed up with that little climb the trail gets serious and the next 1000 feet are climbed in a mile. Whew! After that you are more or less at the top and the grade eases up so you can enjoy yourself up high. And to make it even more interesting, I had already hiked about 14 miles just to get to Hughes Gap so I could start this little climb!
It was actually another really fine day of nice hiking. About six miles into the day I came to Greasy Creek Gap and decided to walk down the siz tenths of a mile to the hostel named Greasy Creek Friendly (get it? Friendly versus hostel which almost sounds like hostile) to see if I could get some fresh cooked food. When I got down there a sign on the door asked to "Please knock," so I did. A guy withe the trail name of Shepherd answered and I told him I had heard a rumor that real food was available there. "Well, yes and no," he said. My heart sank, and I asked him if this was a yes day or a no day. He went on to tell me that the woman who ran the place and cooked was away at church, Saturday being the sabbath for Seventh Day Adventists.
I believe I actually whimpered a little bit, and told Shepherd he was breaking my heart. Being a former thru-hiker he understood. Not all was lost as there at least were some microwaveable entrees in the freezer and I availed myself of a few of them, along with a couple of cups of tea, while I was there. Not the fat juicy cheeseburger and crisp fresh salad I was craving, but at least my detour wasn't for nothing, though I did question the wisdom of the extra 1.2 miles while I was plodding up Roam Mountain at the end of the day.
It was colder than I expected last night, although the fact that there are still patches of snow on top of Roan Mountain should probably have clued me in. I am a bit slow sometimes. When it is cold I usually add my down jacket to the insulation under my hammock, and I should have done that last night. Still, I was only a little cold and slept well for the most part.
third of a mile down the road to the B&B/Hostel. I could have stayed in the hostel for $18, but sleeping in a tightly packed bunkroom with a bunch of other smelly, wet hikers, and being 17th or 18th in line to use the shower, just didn't appeal to me today, so I sprang for ther bucks for one of the B&B rooms instead. The price of my room includes breakfast in the morning, and I hope it's a big, solid breakfast. The innkeeper even drove we to the next town west (in Tennessee) so I cxould get cash at an ATM, then drove me back east into North Carolina and up to a local steak house where I just had dinner. Two passes through the salad bar, a large Sirloin cooked medium, a baked potato, severl glasses of sweet tea (the waitress eventually left ther pitcher on my table), three servings of "Texas toast", and a bowl of peach cobbler. The whole thing, with tip, set me back $21. My B&B host was right, the place isn't much on ambiance, but the steak is good.
I am just under 25 miles from Dennis Cove and the Kincora Hostel, my next planned stop. I could do an 18.8 mile day tomorrow, and have only 6 miles left on Tuesday to get there. That would give me plenty of time to do laundry and stuff if I wanted to. On the other hand, this rain is supposed to end tomorrow morning and I could take my time eating breakfast and get a later start and maybe avoid getting wet. There are some spots with water and camping before the 18 mile mark, and with the nice weather it might be more enjoyable to be hiking than hanging out at a hostel. I'll be in Damascus ("the friendliest town on the AT") by Thursday or, more likely, Friday. I'll probably take a zero there and do laundry, shop for my resupply, and hopefully get computer access and get all my photos processed and uploaded while I'm there.
While hiking today I was thinking that it might be fun to try to photo-document what a "typical" day on the trail is like, and upload the photos as a separate kind of photo-essay to my web server. Does that sound stupid, or might you be interested in such a thing? A day on the trail is really pretty simple, and I'm not sure there's much to tell, but I might be wrong.
Oh, I should hit 400 miles tomorrow! Another milestone.
hikers and we ended up walking about a mile before we got a ride, but I didn't count that mile because I wasn't planning to walk it. And, of course, when I am in town I often end up walking all over town to get all my town chores done, but I don't try to include any of those miles. Like I said, the definition is rather arbitrary.
Wow, I am really rambling tonight. It must be all thaqt protein flooding my system. There is microwave popcorn in my room, as well as a refrigerator with cold soda in it, so I think I will settle back and indulge while watching a movie on TV.
I wrote about the climb up Roan Mountain that I did yesterday. This is a rather poor cell phone photo of the elevation profile for that hike. I started my day where my finger is pointing at the left, and ended atop Roan Mountain where my pen is pointing. The start of the climb, at about mile 14 in my day, is at the second fold you can see in the map. I just thought you might find this a bit interesting, though I realize most of the world's population does not share my fascination with maps.
Look! I've passed the 400 mile mark!
Lately whenever I have slept indoors I inevitably wake up at 3:00 or 4:00 am and find it impossible to get back to sleep. Well, not last night. I slept the sleep of the innocent and woke up a few minutes after 7:00. After a quick shower I went downstairs and was greeted by an absolutely huge breakfast. There were only two of us eating breakfast, yet the table was laden with platters and pans of food. Eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits and gravy (which I love, by the way), home-made cinnamon rolls, cantaloupe, strawberries, kiwi, some kind of little chocolate cakes with cherries on them, orange juice, coffee, tea, and probably something else I've forgotten. We ate and chatted and ate some more, for about an hour and a half. Finally, I had to break away and go back upstairs and get my gear packed.
It was about 9:30 when I finally set off up the hill back to where the AT crossed the road. The trail had a very different feel today. For now no more big mountains and remote terrain. Today the trail wended its way through semi-rural country. It was a pleasant change, and gave my legs a bit of a rest since there were fewer and easier grades to climb and descend. The day started out warm and humid, and being at a lower elevation spring was further along here. The trail climbed through some old meadows starting to grow back to forest, and the grass was a vibrant green with the first dandelions making an appearance.
Sometime this morning I crossed from Tennessee into North Carolina for the last time. I was back in North Carolina for only a tenth of a mile or so, then it was back into Tennessee where I will stay until I reach Virginia at the end of the week. Goodbye North Carolina. That makes two states down now, with 12 to go.
I reached Mountaineer Shelter about 8 or 9 miles into the day, a few minutes before 1:00. I stopped here to eat lunch since the skies were clouding up and I was hit with a few quick showers. A few minutes after I stopped CupAJoe and Duct Tape showed up, and then OG. CupAJoe and Duct Tape are a young couple from Maine, and we have been hiking on more or less the same schedule since back in the Smokies. OG I met for the first time today. He had been ahead of me but had taken a couple of days off with a friend and had just returned to the trail this morning.
This afternoon the wind picked up and dark clouds started moving in. As I hiked a series of rain showers went over, each a bit heavier and lonmger lasting than the previous. In between the sun did shine, but less and less.
It was a fairly long day at nearly 19 miles, and I didn't reach tonight's destination at the Moreland Gap Shelter until a quarter after five. The sign at the shelter, just like the signs at all the shelters in this area, said the watedr source was 50 yards away. I don't know what they use to measure distance around here, but back home I think this 50 yards would have measured out to at least a quarter of a mile! It took me 15 minutes to walk down to the water, fill my 2 1/2 liter botle, and walk back up to the shslter.
Just about this time CupAJoe, Duct Tape, and OG all showed up. A few minutes later it started to rain, so I waited out the rain under the roof of the shelter, then during a lull I set my hammock up for the night. The temperature was dropping fast and I put on nearly all of my clothes, including both my down liner jacket and my heavy down jacket.
I've been continually sholcked by the amount of litter and graffiti at the shelters hereabouts. I am SO glad I am not sleeping in the shelters. I took a picture of this one so you can see what I'm talking about whenever I get the photos uploaded.
When I originally planned my hike I think I had a mail-drop scheduled for the Kincora Hostel, in Dennis Cove, TN. At some point I decided I had too many mail-drops and in an effort to remove some I decided to rely on being able to get a shuttle from Kincora into town to buy food.
It is only about six miles from the Moreland Gap Shelter to the Kincora Hostel, and I arrived there about 10:15 this morning. Bob Peoples run Kincora and asks only for a suggested donation of $4.00 to stay there. He is pretty much a legend on the AT. When I got there he was not home, but I talked to some of the other hikers to try to get the scoop on what was going on and how things worked there. From what I was told Bob offered shuttles into town eratically and you neer knew when he might be ready to go, or exactly where he would take you.
I didn't have enough food to make the next 3 days and 50 miles into Damascus, VA, so I had no choice but to get to town somehow. One hiker told me he had to stay an extra day to get a shuttle to the store. I can't afford an extra day, as it is going to be very tight as it is for me to reach Damascus before the post office closes at 4:30 on Friday afternoon so I can get my bounce bnox and another package that Jodi has mailed to me there.
So, I took a look at my copy of "Appalachian Pages" and saw that if I continued up the AT past Laurel; fork Falls and through Laurel Fork Gorge, there was a side trail in about three miles that would take me one mile to the road just outside of Hampton, TN. The book also told me that there is a grocery store and a hiker hostel in Hampton, so that decided it for me.
The gorge and the falls were beautiful, and in what looked like some kind of divine confirmation of myh decision, the rain stopped, the clouds parted, and the sun shone as I picked my way through the gorge and along the river. By noon I was at the side trail, and 20 minutes later I was walkikng down the shoulder of the road into town. My first stop was Brolwn's Grocedry, which is half grocery store and half hardware store, advertising both Mac & Chese and Hog Wire. You need it, Brown's got it!
The couple that own the grocery store also run a hnostel in their home, known as Braemer Castle. I got directions from the cashier at the store and walked 3 minutes up the road. Luckily I caught Sutton (the owner) just as he was about to leave. He brought me inside and showed me around. This place is a great find! The bunkroom, downstairs, is being renovated and thus was closed, but they offer private rooms upstairs for $20 each. So far (3:45PM) I am the only one here. The place is huge, and spotlessly clean. It is an old building and all the floors tilt in one direction or another. The floors are all hardwood. There is a large common afrea, a kitchen, some comfortable chairs and a couch, an old TV with a few VHS movies to watch, and great big windows for lots of light.
Apparently everyone in town knows where Bud lives, except for me! Dismissing the laircut for the time being, I walked further on down the road until I got to the Copper Kettle RFestaurant, where I had a BLT and fries, followed by some peach cobbler, all accompanied by some sweet tea. I asked one of the guys wortking at the restaurant if he knew what was up with Bud's Barbershop, and he told me that Bud comes and goes as he pleases. Her also noted that Bud has been around pretty much forever, and that Bud used to cut his grandfather's hair.
I walked back and when I passed Bud's I saw that he was now in his shop, so I stopped and got my hair cut and my trimmed a bit, so I don't look quite so much like a homeless person.
While cuting my hair Bud asked me if I liked winter, and told me that it is supposed to get cold and even snow a bit tonight. I knew that already, but played along and told Bud since I was from Bahsten I knew all about snow and it didn't bother me.
I am back at the hostel right now typing this. The wind is getting pretty furious outside, and the whole building is creaking. I've got to go through my food bag and make sure I've bought everything I need for the next three days to Damascus, and at some point I'll venture back out to get some dinner. It will be good to be indoors out of the storm tonight.
So, some folks have nolticed that I spend the night in a hostel once or twice a week, and are wondering why. Well, it's springtime in the mountains, and it is COLD and WET. It rains 4 or 5 days a week. It's windy. It's cold. After being cold and qwet for three or four days, it feels really good to spend a night indolors, take a shower, and get my sleeping bag and other gear dry.
I think Anju was the first to comment on the fact that I am eating a lot of meat nowadays. A lot of you know that I used to be a fairly die-hard vegetarian. I am no longer a vegetarian at home since Joldi and I have found a local farm that raises beef, pork, lamb and chicken all on pasture. That addresses all of the ethical issues that causede me to be a vegetarian. Now,of course, that doesn't help a whit when I am off traveling, and if I were to follow my ethical principles I wouldn't eat meat on this trip, but my body craves it! I am hiking 8 - 9 hours every day, and that takes a huge toll on my body. I need all that protein to repair the damage I do every day. So yes, I fgeel a bit guilty about it, but I am goingf to continue eating meat whenever I get to town and have a chance to do so.
And Ken, when are you going to come out and hike with me?
The next three days are going to be tough. I could do about 22 miles tomorrow to Iron Mountrain, then 16 on Thursday to Abingdon Gap. That would leave me with about 10 miles on Friday into Damascus, so I would be there in plenty of time to get to the post office. 22 miles; ouch!
CupAJoe and Duct Tape are planning to take "the Kincora Challenge" and try to hike the entire 50 miles in 24 hours. Damn kids! I told them if they did it, or even came close, I'd buy them dinner if I ever catch up with them again.
Today was mostly just about making miles. It's called "the post office marathon" on the trail, which is when you have to hike crazy miles in order to get to a town before the post office closes for the weekend. In my case, I am trying to get to Damascus before 4:30 on Friday afternoon. My bounce box is waiting in the PO there, and so is a package Jodi sent that contains a second battery for my phone, and more importanbtly, some home-made cookies. Yum!
I woke up a few minutes after 5:00 this morning and used the hostel kitchen to boil water so I could have some oatmeal. Then I packed up my gear and hit the trail, with my headlamp on, sometime before six; I'm guessing about 5:45.
The side trail thast brought me back to the AT is mostly along an old road, so it was fairly easy to follow it even with my weak little LED head-lamp. When I turned off onto the AT and started climbing switchbacks up to Pond Flats it was a little challenging, but it soon started to get light.
By the time I got down to the road, 7 miles into my hike but less than 2 1/2 road miles from where I slept last night, it was about 8:30, the sun was getting warm, and it was nice and calm down by Watauga Lake. I stripped off most of my warm clothes and enjoyed the trail around the end of the lake and eventually across the dam. Then the trail started climbving and I was very warm until I got up on the ridge and the north wind got me in its sights. After this it got colder and colder.
I got here about 3:00PM, amazingly. I'm quite tired, but tomorrow will be a more sane day of less than 16 miles. Someone that was here last night wrote in the shelter register that there was snow this morning. It's still darn cold, and I have been adding more and more layers of clothes since I stopped. I think it will be early to bed tonight just to stay warm. Surprisingl;y, the weather forecast I saw last night says we should be hitting the 70s and 80s by the end of the week. Go figure!
A great night's sleep, followed by a glorious day. Finally! Finally, we got some really, really nice weather. I woke up once during the night and had to get out to pee; the sky was full of stars and I could see the lights down in the valley.
It was cool this morning, but the sun was shining and the temp was coming up fast. I had only about 15 miles to go and the terrain was relatively easy, so I consciously decided to take it easy and enjoy my day as much as I could. It somehow worked out that I managed to be in the right frame of mind when such a beautiful day presented itself. I wasn't trying to do big miles like yesterday, and I knew today wouldn't be a physical challenge.
A few miles into the day I met Pop and Gwemmy, two retired local hikers out for a day hike carrying a big bag of snacks to hand out to the thru-hikers. They gave me a couple of Rice Krispy treats and a tangerine.
Later in the morning I passed several groups of seniors out for a day hike, and when I stopped at Double Springs Shelter to eat lunch, they soon all showed up. I enjoyed talking with them, and one of them gave me several mini Snickers bars, which I wasted no time in consuming.
It's a beautiful evening right now, and I am here with 5 other hikers. Three of them I met last night, and two just this evening. I did some of my laundry when I got here. I doubt my socks will dry overnight, but they will dry on the back of my pack tomolrrow.
I promised some of you I would do a "Da in the life of a hiker" thing, and toda is the day I picked to do it. Hopefully I will be able to get all my photos uploaded while I am in Damascus. Damascus is just ten miles away, so I should be there around noon tomorrow. I haven't decided yet if I will take a zero there or not. I think it depends mostly on whether I can get enough computer time to take care of all my photos. Then I need to shop for the next 5 or 6 day leg. From Damascus I will be off for thr Grayson Highlands.
Oh, sometime tomorrow morning I will walk out of Tennessee and into Virginia!
Okay, I feel disjointed and incoherent tonight, so I better quit.
It was warm when I went to bed on Thursday evening, early because the gnats were bothersome, and I think it was even warmer when I woke up at 6:30 on Friday morning.
A town day is always exciting. I guess that's a sign of how simple life on the trail is. The idea of a hot shower and real food just makes me giddy. So I wasted no time in eating breakfast and getting on the trail, and I was headed out by 7:30. It was a bit over ten miles into Damascus, and I was walking under the "Welcome to Damascus" sign by 10:30. By 11:00 I had secured a room at the Hikers Inn and was on my way to settling into this wonderful little town.
It is Sunday morning now and soon I will stuff everything back into my backpack and head out of town. The weather has been gorgeous the last few days, and it looks like there should be about three more days of sun and heat before we get some clouds and showers on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. I noticed a warning of increased fire danger in the area when checking the weather this morning, due to the heat and low humidity.
I'll have to be careful to drink more water with the heat now, but first I am going to concentrate on one last town breakfast before hitting the trail.
hurried so the captions are sparse. My apologies.


The visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Kenya came with a Ksh300 bond meant for a rail project and the military.
The deal will be signed at the end of the two-day visit which ends today.
The rail project will involve a commuter rail-link between Nairobi's Central Business District (CBD) to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) by 2021.
The money will also be used to upgrade the military equipment.
The projects will be done by a consortium of French companies under the umbrella body, French Business Confederation (MEDEF), which has said that it will invest in other projects of the Big Four Agenda.
"The projects span industry, health and technology. Some of the areas of interest between Kenya and France include economic and technical co-operation, regional peace and security, climate change, reform of the UN, migration and sustainable development among others," said the State House.
In a bid to kickstart the President Macron visited the Nairobi Central Railway Station.
France is also set o sign an intelligence sharing deal on terror networks and de-radicalization with Kenya.
President Macron's trip to Kenya is part of a four-nation tour in African which has been viewed as an uprising fight for influence on African countries between China, France and USA.
In what seems as a conflict of inerest, Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia wants the Chinese firm that built the multi-billion shilling Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to be awarded a new contract worth Ksh2.5 billion.
The CS wants the firm to be given the contract to refurbish the Nairobi commuter railway network in what is referred to as a single-sourced deal.
Macharia seeks to have the Cabinet to approve the hiring of China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) without subjecting it to competitive bidding.
If the contract is approved, the firm will be tasked to upgrade the railway stations as well as ballasting of the rail network in the first phase of the track rehabilitation.


Regular oil changes are important to keep your vehicle on the road, so are brake checks. Some parts are designed to wear out and need to be replaced so as not to cause troublesome and expensive repairs later on, down the road.
But even with the best maintenance, sometimes things just break. This is why it is a good idea to keep an emergency repair kit in your car. Most cars will have the equipment to at least change a tire on the side of the road, but you can add a toolbox with the basics. Add wrenches, screwdrivers and a few replacement nuts and bolts for your make and model.
A lot of pre-assembled repair kits come with everything you need already included. A battery charger and jumper cables are also a great idea. Not only will you be able to get yourself out of a bind, you can help your fellow motorist if the need ever arises.
Side of the road repairs only go so far though. Chances are good, if you need to make an emergency stop, your next destination is going to be your mechanic. Be sure you choose a good, honest technician. You should get a quote of what your repairs will cost upfront before any work is done. Your best choice is a repair shop that covers any repair and treats you fairly. This way, no matter what goes wrong with your car, it can be addressed.


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United We Stand (Chinese: 飛躍羚羊; Pinyin: fēi yuè líng yáng) is a 1986 Hong Kong teen motivational film directed by Kent Cheng, it stars Olivia Cheng, Fennie Yuen, Gigi Lai and Bonnie Law.The film ran in theaters from 10 October 1986 to 16 October 1986.

Plot
Sports in Hong Kong is declining, pressures of an international track and field competition is almost too much for ten young athletes to bear, famous athlete Chi Cheng (Chi Cheng (athlete)) hires trainer Cheung (Olivia Cheng), who leg was hurt badly due to an unfortunate incident, to help them as they train for the competition. Polly (Gigi Lai) and Lam (Fennie Yuen) are rivals on the same team, they challenged trainer Cheung to a race, they realize trainer Cheung outpaced them a lot, which made them respect trainer Cheung a lot more. During their training, they entered a small competition and got great results, because of this, they became careless and lost to the Singapore national track and field team in the final. Trainer Cheung was furious and almost quit her job because of this. After this competition, they realize the important of unity and hard work. Their hard work paid off in the end as they won the international track and field competition, giving sports in Hong Kong some hope.

Cast
 Olivia Cheng as Trainer Cheng - Hard working, has a broken leg
 Fennie Yuen as Lam Kit (林傑) - Hates his family, hurt her own leg during the international competition
 Gigi Lai as Polly Ho (何寶兒) - Has a rich but unhappy life
 Bonnie Law as Ginger Lee (李明珠) - Emotional, energetic
 Lam Wing-Han as Bella - Leaves the training camp before the international competition
 Chiao Chiao as Polly's mother - Have high expectations for her daughter, forces her to succeed
 Kent Cheng as Canteen Boss - Grumpy, greedy
 Wellington Fung as Polly's father
 Chui Wai-Yee as Athletic trainee
 Lee Git-Liu as Athletic trainee
 Miu Hung as Athletic trainee
 Chung Pui-Pui as Athletic trainee
 Leung Sam-Yee as Meryle Ma ''Monkey''
 Wong Chi-Ling as Cybel Mak ''Sleepy''
 Fofo Seung-Ngok Ma as Fatty
 Ken Boyle as Athletic Official
 Ka-Kui Wong as Athletic Official
 Ann Bridgewater as Ann Bridgewater (cameo)
 Charine Chan as Chan Siu Ling (cameo)
 Billy Lau as Billy (cameo)
 Stephen Chang Gwong-Chin as Tsang Kwong Chin (cameo)
 Fofo Seung-Ngok Ma as Fatty (Cameo)

Critical response
On IMDb, it received an average rating of 6.8 out of 10 based on 17 reviews.

On the Chinese movie review website, Douban, it received an average rating of 7.1 out of 10 based on 378 user reviews.

References

External links

United We Stand at Hong Kong Cinemagic

Cantonese-language films
Hong Kong drama films


The Greville Festoon Necklace is one of the most impressive pieces from the Greville bequest, the collection of jewelry left to Queen Elizabeth (the future Queen Mother) in 1942 by the Hon. Mrs. Ronald Greville. The Cartier design has five rows of diamonds set in platinum, each row containing plaques of diamonds centered by large brilliants and separated by groups of two brilliants.
The necklace is really two pieces that can be worn separately or as one. The longer necklace has two strands and was made first; the shorter necklace has three strands and came later. Hugh Roberts notes in The Queen's Diamonds that the first version of the necklace with two strands had a slightly different design and was made for Mrs. Greville in 1929 using her own stones. Cartier later altered their initial creation to its current design and added the shorter necklace of three strands to sit inside, again using stones already in the Greville collection.
All five strands worn together make a staggeringly opulent impression. Whether acknowledging that over the top effect or simply bowing to personal preference and the practical difficulties of using such a large piece, Queen Elizabeth did not often wear all five strands, usually saving it for special occasions. She did wear the three strand version alone, especially in her later years. She used the necklace until she passed away in 2002, at which time it passed to The Queen.
Along with a large portion of her late mother's collection, The Queen has loaned the Greville Festoon Necklace to The Duchess of Cornwall. She debuted it with all five strands blazing at The Queen's banquet for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 2007. She has worn it only three times in public, on all occasions wearing all five strands. On two of those occasions, she paired it with the Greville Tiara. The Greville Tiara (from the same bequest, clearly) is a perfect match for this necklace, and I am hoping that we will see The Duchess begin to use the three strand version of the Festoon Necklace with it in the future.


There are two commonly accepted design approaches a new building can adopt when attempting to engage with existing historic context: harmony or contrast. While this assessment may be simplistic, it is hugely effective when considering the countless buildings that fall into either category. For instance, Richard Rogers' Lloyds Building and Grimshaw's nearby St Botolph office block both react against the densely prescribed historicism of their surroundings. Yet developments like Farrell's Brindleyplace in Birmingham or the Royal Shakespeare Company's permanent home in Stratford-upon-Avon by Bennetts Associates positively embrace such historicism, albeit within a contemporary idiom.
It is relatively rare to find a building that actively embraces both harmony and contrast, but Sheppard Robson's new Bristol Life Sciences building is one of them. The £65m University of Bristol faculty contains state-of-the-art teaching and research laboratories, one of which, with a capacity of 188, is the largest of its kind in the UK.
But contextually, it is its location rather than its function that is significant because this building is essentially split in two and appears, elevationally at least, to be two entirely separate buildings. The teaching block has been constructed on the street side of its central atrium while the laboratory block is located on the other. Each also adopts an entirely different elevational treatment in order to more effectively relate to the strongly divergent urban contexts it faces on either side, a process which Sheppard Robson lead partner David Ardill mischievously describes as "purposefully inconsistent".
Bristol Life Sciences also comes at a time of burgeoning growth and architectural quality within the scientific research sector. Stanton Williams' superb 2012 Stirling prize-winning Sainsbury Laboratory stunned many by proving that research buildings could be sculpted and elegant, and HOK's vast Francis Crick Institute is set to become a global hub for biomedical research when it opens next year.
And Sheppard Robson's own Siemens HQ in Abu Dhabi, also led by Ardill and one of the first Middle Eastern buildings to attain coveted LEED Platinum status, officially opened last year. Not surprisingly, many of the pioneering environmental and technical ideas explored at Siemens, particularly with regard to solar shading, have also been reintroduced at Bristol.
The Bristol Life Sciences building enjoys an enviable position atop St Michael's Hill, one of the highest peaks in Bristol. The scenic views over the city offered from the top of the hill, as well as the charmingly picturesque and primarily Georgian character of the steep, winding street named after the hill on which the new building is located, provide clues as to the strong conservation and heritage constraints that helped forge its dual elevations.
And this essentially is what the new building facade here has done. The six-storey street elevation is broken into five vertical segments to minimise building mass and ape the vertical proportions found in the Georgian townhouses that populate much of the rest of the street. Each block also steps back slightly from the other with the most southerly block reduced to four storeys to further reduce bulk - a move imposed by planners but which has led to the creation of a stunning rooftop terrace here offering spectacular city panoramas.
The steeply sloping prospect of the street also helps mitigate the building's mass and subtly absorbs the shift from six to four storeys at either end. Additionally, the recessed ground floor podium varies in height across the facade creating a shifting base that accentuates the individuality of the vertical facade components, further breaking down the bulk and mass of the building.
The facade is encased in a warm, sand-coloured reconstituted stone, vividly reminiscent of the soft Bath sandstone that makes such a memorable contribution to local vernacular. Windows too assume a loosely traditional arrangement with punched vertical openings soberly arranged into neatly stacked rows in the Georgian manner.
As is the contemporary manner for pseudo-classicism, the entire facade is shorn of embellishment, with the exception of the softly rusticated piers that divide the five vertical fronts, the thin lintels that protrude daintily below the windows and the protruding reveals that provide solar shading to the top and southerly side of each window.
Adrill describes this facade as "not a traditionalist composition but a controlled street elevation" and to all intents and purposes he is right. This is no slavish classical block and nor was it meant to be; while its overall vertical proportions allude to classicism, the oscillating podium and the proportions of the spacings between the windows do not. The facade is best read as an efficient contextual device and while it is hardly exciting or inspiring, it is plain and polite enough to succeed as such.
A mildly jarring visual factor is the protruding solar shading to the windows which appear as messy, visually discordant add-ons to an elevation composed with more straitened tones, particularly when viewed obliquely. But this shading provides an important, singular clue as to what elevational surprises await on the other side of the building.
"Essentially laboratory buildings are about minimising and not maximising daylight," says Adrill. "Solar shading is something we explored extensively on the Siemens building and here it also has a structural as well as an environmental impact.
The street elevation encases the teaching wing of the building but most of the laboratories are located across the atrium in the opposite block which is west facing. Therefore solar control is an even greater requirement here and this is dramatically expressed on the building's west elevation.
Unlike the east street elevation, the west faces away from the city and directly into the university campus across a fine, newly installed public square created as part of the development. Therefore it was not bound by the onerous conservation constraints operating on the other side, a liberty which the architecture has ravenously embraced.
The entire western block is sheathed behind extraordinary full-height aluminium armour that wraps and ripples across the facade like a giant metallic wave. Radically, the giant 1.5 m diameter ducts that serve the heavily serviced laboratories are located outside the building insulation line and are expressed as bulbous shafts ribbed across the facade.
Interwoven between these are three levels of window openings. But mindful of Adrill's earlier pronouncements on the dangers of natural light in hyper-controlled laboratory environments, the windows are cast deep within recesses framed by the curvature of the adjacent duct shafts.
To further mitigate sunlight, they are also shielded by curved, perforated aluminium panels that appear as swollen, miniaturised inversions of the hulking ducts by which they are being squeezed on either side. Adrill proudly points out that these frameless, curved window veils attain their rigidity "not through a frame but by the simple condition of their curving form".
The overall effect is astonishing. The building appears avowedly industrial and machine-like, the perfect mechanical demonstration of the complex scientific activities that take place within. On closer inspection, the joints of individual cladding panels becomes clearer and may well imbue the building with a cruder, clunkier sense of almost post-modern artifice. The effect may be striking but it is hardly subtle.
But the dramatic power of the facade as an overall composition, particularly when viewed from afar, is undeniable. As is the sheer level of difference between it and the now even more sober street elevation. The suppression of windows necessary for the building's internal function could well have led to the kind of blank, lifeless and sterile facade so evident in some of the other buildings that have an equal disdain for natural light, such as factories or department stores.
But, like the Georgians who also appreciated the compositional value of a false window, the architect here has employed all the tricks of depth, surface, void and rhythm to sculpturally and dramatically craft interest and animation from what is to all intents and purposes, a blank elevation.
The building's exterior split personality is less rigorously enforced internally. Inside the principal volume is the full-height atrium which separates the laboratory and teaching blocks on either side and features a staircase on its east side. The atrium itself is a cavernous volume flooded with natural daylight from its glazed north-south aspect and roof lights above. While its angular steel finishes and exposed concrete columns present a corporate feel, the splash of colour applied to the lift shaft as well as the glass study "pods" inserted opposite the staircase add welcome warmer flourishes.
The labs themselves are compact, practical spaces which have the flexibility to allow for multiple layouts and configurations, a key client request. While all the interiors are marked by crisp efficiency and can also accommodate larger future capacity, it is still the bold split-elevation approach that remains the building's principal design legacy. Does it work? In this instance, yes because the divergent facades are not autonomous masks applied onto a single building, but are an expression of the differing functions of each wing studiously moulded into an appropriate contextual response.


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Managing Top Level Domain Names
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`System Administrators`_ can use top level domains (TLDs) to restrict the
domains under which users can create zones. While in the Domain Name System
the term "TLD" refers specifically to the set of domains that lie directly
below the root, such as ``.org``, in Designate a TLD can be any domain.

For example, if you want to require that users create zones ending in
``.org.``, this can be achieved by creating a single ``.org`` TLD:

.. code-block:: console

    $ openstack tld create --name org
    +-------------+--------------------------------------+
    | Field       | Value                                |
    +-------------+--------------------------------------+
    | created_at  | 2021-06-10T05:20:16.000000           |
    | description | None                                 |
    | id          | 9fd0a12d-511e-4024-bf76-6ec2e3e71edd |
    | name        | org                                  |
    | updated_at  | None                                 |
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.. note:: When using the `openstack tld` command, ensure that the FQDN that
   you enter has no trailing dot (`example.net.`).

If you now attempt to create a zone that does not lie within the ``.org`` TLD,
it will fail:

.. code-block:: console

    $ openstack zone create --email admin@test.net test.net.
    Invalid TLD

TLDs are much like an allowlist: if there are many TLDs then the
zone must exist within one of the TLDs. If no TLDs have been created in
Designate, then users can create any zone. Unlike the blacklists feature, TLDs
do not have a policy that allows priviliged users to create zones outside the
allowed TLDs.

You can modify the values for a TLD using the `set` command. You can use either
the name or the ID to specify which TLD to set:

.. code-block:: console

    $ openstack tld set org --name example.net
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    +-------------+--------------------------------------+
    | created_at  | 2021-06-10T05:20:16.000000           |
    | description |                                      |
    | id          | 9fd0a12d-511e-4024-bf76-6ec2e3e71edd |
    | name        | example.net                          |
    | updated_at  | 2021-06-10T07:09:45.000000           |
    +-------------+--------------------------------------+

You can delete a TLD by providing either the ID or the current name:

.. code-block:: console

    $ openstack tld delete org

This command has no output when completed successfully.

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My Turn: A neighbor who knew ins and outs of being neighborly
Macomb Legal News
A former boss, who for years guided a chain of award-winning newspapers across Southeastern Michigan, was a keen observer of societal trends and how they impact our daily lives.
Particularly as it pertains to being neighborly.
Before the advent of cookie-cutter homes, residential neighborhoods across America were spiced with a variety of architectural styles, almost all of which featured some form of an inviting front porch.
"Those porches," he once told me, "were instrumental in bringing people together and encouraging a sense of neighborliness."
"In those days, when front porches were in fashion, neighbors would regularly see each other when they got home from work," he noted. "It was almost impossible not to see your neighbor if they were out on their front porch.
"Now," he said, "most everyone drives home, presses the garage door opener, drives into the garage, closes the garage door, enters their house, and most likely will not be seen again until they drive away to work the next day. It's sad."
Thankfully, of course, it wasn't always that way.
A porch served as a get-acquainted place with my first next-door neighbor, a gem of a woman who was enjoying retired life after decades of public service work. We met within minutes of moving into our very modest first home, which my father dubbed "mortgage manor."
The move was of the homespun variety, where family and friends with pickups were pressed into duty. Our new neighbor helped break the ice with a plate of fresh-baked cookies and a warm welcome that would thaw an Arctic winter.
A year later, she was tickled to welcome another "new neighbor," this time our first born, who would – as soon as he could – make tracks next door for the warmth of her friendship. It was a bond they shared many times, even as age and distance grew.
For someone in newspapering, I was hard-pressed not to notice my neighbor, although she was quite adept at skirting the public spotlight. She seemed ever-present at church and charitable events around town, taking special pride in assisting with local blood drives sponsored by the American Red Cross.
In addition, she was a great source of news tips for the local editor. She also was frank about what she liked and didn't like in her hometown paper.
For two decades, she was a fixture in the local schools, heading the food services program for the district. Her late husband was the longtime pastor of a cornerstone church in the community.
Her ties to the Red Cross were born out of tragedy, a winter night that her beloved son was killed in a car accident. His death – and his life – were topics she seemed more willing to share in the months leading up to her own passing.
She told of the pain of telling her two daughters that their brother remained in spirit only, of trying to reconcile the reality of a life cut short with her abiding religious faith.
She recalled the final months of her husband's life, and the strength and courage he displayed in the face of cancer's ravaging effects.
It was a dreaded disease that eventually would make her life miserable, although she kept remarkably good humor in the wake of repeated surgeries and radiation treatments.
"If this one doesn't work," she said of a new round of treatments, "then I guess I'm ready for 'Green Acres.'"
She smiled. We laughed. It cast the drive over to the hospital in an altogether different light, certainly one I'll remember as I cherish memories of a very special neighbor again and again.
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Margot Robbie as Jane and Alexander Skarsgard as Tarzan in Warner Bros. Pictures' and Village Roadshow Pictures' action adventure 'The Legend of Tarzan,' distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.
Will Smith as Deadshot and Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn in Warner Bros. Pictures' action adventure 'Suicide Squad,' a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
We'll see Margot Robbie playing both the venerable role of Jane Porter in "The Legend of Tarzan" (July 1) and every fanboy's psycho sweetheart Harley Quinn in the DC Comics supervillain spectacular "Suicide Squad" (Aug. 5).
Guess that makes the 25-year-old Australian this year's Queen of Summer Movies, doesn't it?
More likely, they'll be asking for more of what Robbie brings to the two iconic roles.
First portrayed onscreen by Enid Markey in the 1918 "Tarzan of the Apes," the consort to Edgar Rice Burroughs' King of the Jungle was most memorably embodied by Maureen O'Sullivan opposite Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan in the 1930s and '40s. "Legend's" Jane, though operating in the late 19th century, has a more contemporary attitude than others.
Years after the boy raised by apes has moved back to England and acclimated himself to life as a British Lord, Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård) is drawn back to Africa to fight King Leopold of Belgium's horrific treatment of the colonized Congolese. His wife Jane is captured by Belgian Captain Rom (Christoph Waltz), but it's uncertain who turns out to be more in need of rescuing.
Harley Quinn loves to swing baseball bats, however — and doesn't really care who might get brained with them.
"Suicide Squad" finds her sprung from prison and teamed up with such other bad people as Deadshot (Will Smith), Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney) and her sometimes lover The Joker (Jared Leto), as part of a secret government troubleshooting team. Trouble with that is, Harley loves trouble.
Insert "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" joke here. After the film that's supposed to launch Warner Bros.' DC cinematic universe bowed to negative critical and disappointing box office receptions this spring, rumors circulated that "S Squad," the next film in the franchise, was ordered into reshoots to make it more "fun," the lack of which was a major "BvS" complaint.
Robbie, who says she had a blast every day during director David Ayer's principal photography (which included scenes with the latest Batman, Ben Affleck), sounds perplexed by the very idea of messing with the movie.
As does, we learn every time we see her, the Queen of Summer.


Experience South Africa's rich history, from its turbulent past to its unique architecture and languages, by visiting these historical monuments.
Kimberley was put on the mining map when it became clear, it the late 1860s, that the area is rich in diamonds. Massive excavations started in 1871 and the aptly named Big Hole and its surrounding buildings are what remains of the diamond rush.
One of the oldest buildings in South Africa, Castle of Good Hope, completed in 1666, was the hub of political and military activity in the country. The Castle is to this day, one of the best examples of 17th-century Dutch East India Company architecture in the world.
The Battle of Isandlwana took place on January 22, 1879, when approximately 20,000 Zulu warriors, under King Cetshwayo's command, successfully ambushed and defeated a British camp. This was a major, yet unexpected, moment in the history of the Zulu nation.
Nelson Mandela's arrest occurred on August 5, 1962, at this spot in KwaZulu-Natal after which The Rivonia Treason Trial followed. Its infamous adjudication sentenced Mandela to 27 years in prison, until his release on February 11, 1990.
The Cradle of Humankind, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is home to the Sterkfontein Caves, and could very well be the birthplace of mankind as we know it. This famous excavation site is where an approximately 3.5 million-year-old hominid fossil, Australopithecus Africanus, ('Mrs. Ples'), was found in 1947.
Former South African president Nelson Mandela was imprisoned at Robben Island for 18 of his sentenced 27 years. The original jail building still remains and three tours are conducted daily, some by former political prisoners.
The Afrikaans Language Monument (Afrikaanse Taal Monument) was opened on October 10, 1975, to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Afrikaans being declared an official language of South Africa, separate from Dutch.
The Huguenots immigrated to South Africa during the 17th and 18th centuries and had a major impact on traditional Afrikaans culture. This monument, inaugurated in 1948, is dedicated to this influence and the history of the Afrikaner nation.
The Union Buildings in Pretoria, designed by star architect Sir Herbert Baker, is the official seat of the South African government and contains the president's office. The complex boasts beautiful surrounding gardens, rolling lawns and panoramic views over the city.
The Voortrekker Monument, situated in a Pretoria nature reserve, won the Trip Advisor Traveller's Choice award for 2016. The granite edifice, which opened in 1949, honours the pioneer history of South Africa, as well as that of Afrikaners, and boasts the world's longest historical marble frieze.


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Research Spotlight
CSP Projects (Finally) Moving Forward in the U.S.
Over 1.6 GW of new CSP projects get the green light from BLM & CEC
Brett Prior August 12, 2010
Brett Prior
GTM Research
In the U.S., over 30 concentrating solar power (CSP) projects with a combined capacity of 8.8 GW are on the drawing board and each has signed a power purchase agreement. But only one of them -- the Martin Next Generation project developed by NextEra in Florida -- is actually under construction. (Note that these numbers are just for solar thermal power plants. They exclude the handful of CPV projects discussed in a recent post.)
So, what's the hold-up?
There are several possible obstacles. As we discussed in an earlier post, the first and most obvious is financing. Raising billions of dollars in project debt and tax equity is no small feat -- especially if the returns offered to the equity investors aren't that great.
An equally significant obstacle is the maze of permitting and regulatory hoops that need to be jumped through before construction can begin. Both Tessera Solar and Mojave North America are planning CSP plants in Arizona to provide power that will go to California to escape the jurisdiction of agencies like California Fish and Game. Some developers have also shifted to concentrate on finding private land to build their power plants rather than BLM land because of some of the red tape involved.
Still, in the West, the BLM controls wide swaths of land that remain attractive to developers. To help alleviate this problem, the Bureau of Land Management has created a "fast-track" program to help speed things up.
There are 10 large CSP projects in the Southwestern U.S. that have been "fast-tracked" by the BLM. According to the BLM's website, 'fast-tracked' means that "these projects are advanced enough in the permitting process that they could potentially be cleared for approval by December 2010, thus making them eligible for economic stimulus funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009." In layman's terms: we'll get right on these, so they can start construction in 2010 and receive the 30% Treasury Grant. If the BLM permits aren't ready by the end of 2010, and the Treasury Grant program isn't extended, then these projects will need to go with the 30% ITC tax credit -- and will need to find investors who need massive tax credits.
Three CSP projects have recently passed several of the permitting milestones. Looks like regulatory bodies are capable of making decisions, after all. Here are some of the details.
Brightsource's Ivanpah Project, 392 MW
8/4: California Energy Commission (CEC) siting committee issued a proposed decision recommending approval
8/6: Bureau of Land Management issues Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
Still outstanding: Final Record of Decision from the BLM
BrightSource expects to have all of the final permits necessary to commence construction in fall 2010.
Abengoa Mojave Solar (AMS) Project, 250 MW
8/6: CEC siting committee proposed decision recommending approval. The proposed decision is open for public comment for 30 days. The full commission is scheduled to make a final decision on September 8th.
If approved, Abengoa could start construction in 4Q 2010, with commercial service starting 1Q 2013
Solar Trust of America (STA) CA Solar 10 project in Blythe, 968 MW
8/11: CEC siting committee proposed decision recommending approval
If all three of these projects move forward, that would represent over 1.6 GW of new solar power plants in the U.S., effectively tripling the total CSP capacity.
Below is a table summarizing the permitting status for the 10 "fast-tracked" CSP projects, and 2 advanced projects being developed on private land (Abengoa's Solana & Mojave Solar).
(Click on chart to enlarge)
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Justice Thomas is nothing short of a national treasure.
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