The acorn is made from hand felted wool with a glass bead and an embroidered cup. The leaves are stitched in free-motion machine embroidery, on green tweed with a felt backing. The loop is a mixture of green and mustard embroidery threads, neatly plaited.
As with all my work I hand cut, felt and stitch everything myself.


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New principals named to 2 Gwinnett high schools | People
New principals named to 2 Gwinnett high schools
Tuesday, January 7th, 2014, 10:13am
Topics: People, Schools
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. -- Gwinnett County Public Schools has named new leaders at two of its high schools.
Kerensa Wing is the latest principal of Collins Hill High School. She comes to Collins Hill from Lanier High School, where she was also principal. She replaces outgoing principal Glenn McFall, who retired last month.
Wing began her career in Gwinnett County in 1990 as a teacher at Shiloh High School. She earned a bachelor's degree in history from Oglethorpe University, a master's degree in social studies from Georgia State University and a specialist's degree in educational leadership from Lincoln Memorial University.
Dana Pugh has been named principal of Grayson High School. He will move to Grayson from Bay Creek Middle School as soon as current principal David Hopson retires at the end of January.
Pugh has worked as both a teacher and counselor in DeKalb County and began serving as principal of Bay Creek Middle in 2009. He has a bachelor's degree in political science from Tuskegee University, a master's degree in counseling education from Jacksonville State University and earned educational leadership certification from the University of Georgia.
The school district is now working to find new principals for Lanier High and Bay Creek Middle.

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Here are the first images of the 1966 Fitch Sprint.
AM-FIT-SPR-WG in Willow Green with black roof, and, black and white interior. According to Dave Newell, noted authority on Corvair, this is the first model to ever be offered with a black and white interior. The build is up to 999 at $95. The model will be released at CORSA 2012 in Sturbridge MA and immediately thereafter to pre-orders.
AM-FIT-SPR-TE Tribute Edition in White with blue roof and black interior. This was John Fitch's demonstrator as restored and now owned by the Corvair Preservation Foundation; the car resides on loan to the Saratoga Automobile Museum in Saratoga Springs NY. This model is the Official Model for CORSA 2012 with the Certificate of Authenticity signed by John Fitch. The build is just 66 at $166. The model will be released at CORSA 2012 in Sturbridge MA and immediately thereafter to pre-orders.
Hmmmm, I wasn't planning on this one but now I am feeling weak.
In finished form. I am told that this car with the white and black interior is modeled after a 1 of 1 1:1.
I saw the model in person and its a stunner. Its hard to see how nice the color is in the pictures.
Are you indulging in one?
I wasn't sure but am hot for one after seeing them.
If the stars align I will be adding one.


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Get Future Ready - Employability & Skills February 2023
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Location Various locations across the ABC Borough
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Are you currently studying? Seeking employment? Or looking to change jobs? Then join us this February as we open the door to an array of exciting career and training opportunities on offer in the borough, helping you get ahead and Get Future Ready in 2023!
As part of the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Labour Market Partnership, we're working alongside Banbridge District Enterprises, local enterprise partners and Southern Regional College to deliver a month-long programme of employability and skills events throughout this February!
With over 30 events, the Get Future Ready series has everything from 'look and learn' opportunities to 'have a go' trials, from employer visits to a locally focused job fair and from a Big Apprenticeship event to an employability and skills conference to name a few and guarantees to have something for everyone!
So get inspired and get ready to start exploring your future career in the borough today!
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InDialogue the only platform I know of that provides a space for substantive international exchange on issues associated with dialogue, across the boundaries of visual art, theater and performance studies. It provides a rare opportunity for researchers and artists in all of these disciplines to learn from each other and does a great deal to advance the critical conversation in this burgeoning field. As dialogue and participation become ever more central methods across the arts and humanities events like InDialogue will only become more important. Grant Kester, 2015
The scar story work was deeply moving and respectful; the stories were borne from a shared experience of the very human vulnerability of a palpable physical "flaw", and the detailed memories of how they came about were shared with Rhiannon with absolute trust. She used the words and gestures of participants in the performance of these stories with utter integrity, delivered alongside artefacts that were curated with thoughtful sensitivity.
The wonderland project drew on the thoughts and memories of a broad section of the community, giving witness to stories that needed to be told. I worked as community artist on this work visiting care homes and a community centre group to gather material. The participants felt extremely validated by the way their stories were represented in the exhibition; one woman said "I've never told anyone this before….no-one wanted to know"; she talked about her harsh life in the Meadows and her abusive mother. Others recounted stories of poor childhoods in the 1930s peppered with laughter and delight in the shared memories. "Wonderland" was a wonderful vehicle to explore shared experiences and hopes for the future. It was managed and facilitated with professionalism and attention to detail at every stage. Artist, Becky Matter
Your initiative in using Art/drama to explore debates around key issues affecting Nottingham was a great opportunity for the attendees to have a healthy debate. You had some key speakers that spoke with passion about making a difference where it gave me the opportunity to build on community links.Excellent. Gurmut Kaur, Community Cohesion Inspector, Nottinghamshire Police.
The contact with the Wonderland project helped the Meadows Art Gallery develop in new ways, specifically opening doors to the new experience of 6 senior artists from the Meadows exhibiting their work in Bromley house library. The Wonderland workshop of Desert Island Discs was fun but also contributed to the collection of Meadows memories to be carved in lime wood and installed on story poles on Queens Walk.https://www.facebook.com/queenswalkstorypoles/photos_stream
Thank you for a stimulating evening- so much so that I didn't sleep till 3 o'clock this morning! It was very interesting to listen to different ideas and begin to glimpse different ways that Technology is being used in relation to Art and community. We will be following up some conversations we had.
For me personally it was good to see Eric "come alive" again after a few months of ill health. I think it spurred him on consider new things. For a man of 85 he is amazing in his willingness to get involved in different aspects of art. So, thank you. We appreciated the evening and all that led up to its success. We hope that we can continue to work together in other ways. Pat Thomas, Chair Meadows Residences and artist association, Nottingham.
Hope you have both recovered from a great evening last week. Well done to you both. It really was great to see the NAE transformed into a truly accessible space. Activist, Shad, Ali
Just a quick email to say thank you and well done on another successful wonderland event. It really nice to see how each event bring in new insights with slightly altered focuses, but how they all eventually connect. I also noted that you always have some fabulous volunteers for all these events, so please do pass on my thanks to them. New Art Exchange, 2014.


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342109 2109 - Pololu 12V, 600mA Step-Down Voltage Regulator D24V6F12
The compact (0.4″ × 0.5″) D24V6F12 switching step-down (or buck) voltage regulator takes an input voltage between 15 V and 42 V and efficiently reduces it to 12 V while allowing for a maximum output current of 600 mA. The pins have a 0.1″ spacing, making this board compatible with standard solderless breadboards and perfboards.
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These buck (step-down) voltage regulators generate lower output voltages from input voltages as high as 42 V. They are switching regulators (also called switched-mode power supplies (SMPS) or DC-to-DC converters) and have a typical efficiency between 80% to 90%, which is much more efficient than linear voltage regulators, especially when the difference between the input and output voltage is large.
Input voltage: [output voltage + dropout voltage] to 42 V (see below for more information on dropout voltage)
Fixed 3.3 V, 5 V, 9 V, or 12 V output (depending on regulator version) with 4% accuracy
Maximum output current: 300 mA or 600 mA (depending on regulator version)
550 kHz switching frequency
2 mA typical no-load quiescent current (20 μA typical quiescent current with SHDN = LOW)
Integrated over-temperature and over-current shutoff
Small size: 0.5″ × 0.4″ × 0.1″ (13 mm × 10 mm × 3 mm)
Using the Regulator
The buck regulator has four connections: shutdown (SHDN), input voltage (VIN), ground (GND), and output voltage (VOUT).
The SHDN pin can be driven low (under 0.3 V) to turn off the output and put the board into a low-power state that typically draws 20 μA. The SHDN pin can be driven high (above 2.3 V) to enable the board, or it can be connected to VIN or left disconnected if you want to leave the board permanently enabled.
The input voltage, VIN, should exceed VOUT by at least the regulator's dropout voltage (see below for graphs of dropout voltages as a function of the load), and you must ensure that noise on your input does not exceed the 42 V maximum. Additionally, please be wary of destructive LC spikes (see below for more information).
The output voltage, VOUT, is fixed and depends on the regulator version: the D24VxF3 version outputs 3.3 V, the D24VxF5 version outputs 5 V, the D24VxF9 version outputs 9 V, and the D24VxF12 version outputs 12 V.
The four connections are labeled on the back side of the PCB, and they are arranged with a 0.1″ spacing along the edge of the board for compatibility with solderless breadboards, connectors, and other prototyping arrangements that use a 0.1″ grid. You can solder wires directly to the board or solder in either the 4×1 straight male header strip or the 4×1 right-angle male header strip that is included.
Typical Efficiency and Output Current
The efficiency of a voltage regulator, defined as (Power out)/(Power in), is an important measure of its performance, especially when battery life or heat are concerns. As shown in the graphs, this switching regulator typically has an efficiency of 80% to 90%.
Note that the above graphs apply to both the 300 mA and 600 mA versions, which is why the x axis extends to 600 mA. You should not expect to get more than 300 mA from the 300 mA versions (D24V3Fx).
Typical Dropout Voltage
The dropout voltage of a step-down regulator is the minimum amount by which the input voltage must exceed the regulator's target output voltage in order to ensure the target output can be achieved. For example, if a 5 V regulator has a 1 V dropout voltage, the input must be at least 6 V to ensure the output is the full 5 V. The following graphs show the dropout voltages for the eight D24VxFx regulators as a function of the output current:
As you can see from the last two graphs, the dropout voltage of the low-current 9 V and 12 V versions (D24V3F9 and D24V3F12) spikes as the output current nears the 300 mA limit.
LC Voltage Spikes
When connecting voltage to electronic circuits, the initial rush of current can cause voltage spikes that are much higher than the input voltage. If these spikes exceed the regulator's maximum voltage (42 V), the regulator can be destroyed. In our tests with typical power leads (~30″ test clips), input voltages above 20 V caused spikes over 42 V. If you are connecting more than 20 V or your power leads or supply has high inductance, we recommend soldering a 33μF or larger electrolytic capacitor close to the regulator between VIN and GND. The capacitor should be rated for at least 50 V.
More information about LC spikes can be found in our application note, Understanding Destructive LC Voltage Spikes.
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Houston's Botched Police Raid is Case Study on how Cops Spin and Twist the Truth
byCarlos Miller
Feb 25 -edited
The Police PR Spin Machine is in full effect inside the nation's fifth largest police department.
The coverup began from the get-go when the president of the Houston police union lashed out at police accountability activists last month, blaming them for the botched no-knock raid that left four cops shot, two citizens dead and many questions unanswered.
"Enough is enough," declared Joseph Gamaldi, president of the Houston Police Officers' Association, in the hours following the deadly raid that we now know was based on lies, deceptions and fabrications.
"If you're the ones out there spreading the rhetoric that police officers are the enemy, well just know we've all got your number now. We're going to be keeping track on all of y'all, and we're going to make sure to hold you accountable every time you stir the pot on our police officers."
Aside from the blatant threat to retaliate against citizens for exercising their First Amendment rights, Gamaldi's words were meant to shock and divide as well as distract from the fact the raid turned up nothing but a little weed and some white powder police say could be cocaine, meaning it could be anything from baking soda to talcum powder at the rate this investigation is going.
No heroin. No scales. No baggies. No wads of cash. No marked bills. And no 9-millimeter semi-automatic handgun that police swore would be in the house along with the other items, which is how they persuaded the judge to sign the no-knock warrant the night before the raid.
Nothing for the cops to photograph and post online with their self-congratulatory comments about winning the War on Drugs.
Nothing but two innocent people shot and killed in their own home while minding their own business, which happens more often than it should in this country.
Today, four weeks after the botched raid on January 28, Houston narcotics detective Gerald Goines, the initial hero of the story, a cop who took a bullet to the neck to save his comrades if you believe the chief, is now facing felony charges of perjury for fabricating the evidence that went into obtaining the search warrant. Not that he has been charged.
Playing the good cop to Gamaldi's bad cop, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said he expects criminal charges to be filed against Goines, but only after a "thorough" and "robust" investigation is completed.
The kind apparently not afforded to citizens like Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas, the married couple killed in the raid, who would still be alive today had police bothered to conduct any investigation at all.
A second narcotics detective, Steve Bryant, might also face charges for going along with the false narrative to obtain the warrant, claiming he had witnessed a confidential informant purchase black tar heroin from the home, only to later admit he did not.
In fact, Bryant told investigators he retrieved the two bags of black tar heroin from the console of Goines' police car, so there is no evidence the heroin was ever inside the home of Tuttle and Nicholas.
Also, the entire 175-person narcotics division will undergo an "extensive audit" to see if there are any more dirty cops but the audit will not be free from bias because it will be conducted by cops from the same agency.
Meanwhile, the narrative from the Police PR Spin Machine has shifted from the cops heroically keeping the community safe while haters paint "targets on their backs" (as they invade homes) to it all being just an "isolated incident" and by no means a reflection of the entire department.
But the Houston Police Department has kept Goines employed for more than three decades despite multiple warning signs over the years that he was a ticking time bomb.
The 54-year-old cop, who was hired in 1984, has been involved in several shootings, including one incident in 1997 where he killed a man in a case of road rage, one of two shootings not mentioned in his personnel file, according to an investigative report by the Houston Chronicle.
The Chronicle also reports that Goines has been accused of fabricating evidence to obtain a drug conviction in a pending appellate case. He also appears to have fabricated confidential informants in the past.
In 2013, Goines was involved in another road rage incident where he claimed a man in another car pulled a gun on him.
Goines, who was driving a minivan, called for backup, who pulled the man over and arrested him on a felony charge of aggravated assault on a public servant – even though they found no weapon in his car and there was no way of him knowing Goines was a cop.
So yes, Goines is a reflection of the police department because both union and brass have protected him for years, keeping his personnel file filled with glowing commendations while making his condemnations disappear.
As cops like to say, "sometimes there's justice, sometimes there's just us." And that becomes evident during times like these when they begin circling the wagons to protect one of their own.
At no point since the raid has Acevedo or Gamaldi accepted responsibility for the deaths of Tuttle and Nicholas on behalf of the agency or at least expressed a genuine apology.
And at no point has either cop made a genuine attempt to clear the names of the couple who were, by all accounts, peaceful people who kept to themselves and not dangerous drug dealers as police are claiming.
Instead, the cops continue to play the victim while blaming the victims, the relatives and the neighbors; blaming the botched raid on anybody and everybody but themselves.
Cops Blame Neighbors
Acevedo first said they were responding to "numerous complaints from neighbors" about drug activity at 7815 Harding Street when they raided the home with nine undercover narcotics detectives backed by six uniformed police officers at 5 p.m. on January 28.
"The neighborhood thanked our officers," Acevedo boasted after the raid. "It was a drug house. They described it as a problem location."
The "tip from a neighbor" narrative is textbook cop spin because it can never be proven or disproven, not much different than when cops claim they smell weed during traffic stops or claim they've "received a call" when harassing innocent people on the street.
It's usually bullshit as it was in this case when local media interviewed neighbors who had nothing but good things to say about Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas.
Neighbors were also sure to point out the couple did not harbor negative views of police, stressing they would never have shot at the cops had they known they were cops.
And chances are, they did not know they were cops because they were not in uniform. That was the whole point of the no-knock raid, after all. To catch "the suspects" by surprise in the name of "officer safety."
Prior to this last raid, Goines had obtained more than 100 no-knock warrants over the past seven years after convincing judges his confidential informants spotted guns inside the homes.
However, as KHOU 11 uncovered, not once in all those raids did police find guns inside those homes.
More than 100 no-knock raids on homes where confidential informants reported seeing guns, not a single gun found. And not a single suspicion raised from judges or his superiors that he may be fabricating evidence.
Now the Harris County District Attorney's Office is reviewing more than 1,400 cases involving Goines going back three decades, including 27 pending cases.
Although the media first described the raid on Tuttle and Nicholas as an "ambush-style attack" on officers, the couple had every right to defend their home from armed intruders because they were the ones being ambushed.
Nevertheless, Acevedo was quick to call for more gun control in the hours after the raid, using the four shot cops as an example of the "public health epidemic in this country we call gun violence."
Acevedo then traveled to Washington DC to lobby Congress for "red flag" gun control measures that would allow cops take guns from citizens deemed a threat by a judge, even if they have not committed an act of violence.
However, the ease of how quickly Goines obtained a no-knock warrant from a judge that led to an execution on an unsuspecting couple should also raise a red flag about unrestrained police power but nobody is talking to Congress about that.
Cops Blame Mother
Acevedo returned to Houston from D.C. two weeks after the raid to discover his blame-it-on-the-neighbors narrative had crumbled with the leaking of an affidavit stating the confidential informants who reportedly purchased the black tar heroin from the couple did not even exist.
Like Acevedo's fictional neighbors who thanked police for killing the couple, Goines' confidential informant was fictional as well.
The only difference is, Goines swore under penalty of perjury that his imaginary friend existed, meaning there is now enough probable cause to arrest him on felony charges. Certainly more than there ever had been to raid the home of Tuttle and Nicholas.
But Acevedo insisted they must leave no stone unturned in their quest for the truth, meaning they will drag this out for as long for as it takes in the hopes of finding something, anything, that will exonerate the officer.
Again, if only that dedication for a thorough investigation had been applied in the case of Tuttle and Nicholas, the couple would still be alive today. But cops tend to reserve those thorough "robust"investigations for their own.
Acevedo said his agency began investigating the house on January 8 after receiving a call from a "mother of a young woman that was in there doing heroin in this location," insinuating that the young woman in question did not live at the house.
That became the new narrative, the "young woman" doing heroin. He even boasted that he had the audio recording that would prove this, even though he is refusing to release it while appealing to the Texas Attorney General to keep it secret, according to the Chronicle.
The "young woman" in question turned out to be Rhogena Nicholas, the 58-year-old woman who lived in the house for more than 30 years, according to local media who obtained the information from sources from within the department.
Acevedo was trying to paint it as if the couple were harboring a young woman by keeping her smacked out on heroin rather than just admit it was Nicholas' 84-year-old mother who appears to live in Louisiana.
From there, the decision was somehow approved to send a confidential informant to the house, not that they even follow through on that. And from there, 15 heavily armed cops stormed the home.
That was the extent of their "investigation." A phone call from a concerned mother about her adult daughter's personal drug usage to an all-out execution on the daughter and her husband 20 days later.
Acevedo said when officers showed up that day, they did not see any "suspicious activity" but spotted a woman in the street and asked if she had called the cops.
The woman said no, according to police, but then spoke into her phone, saying, "Hey, the police are the dope house," which he said made them suspicious.
But again, this is the type of allegation that can never be proven since police did not bother asking her for more details, so we can assume it's another lie.
Acevedo also made no mention of them actually knocking on the door and talking to the residents inside but somehow made the determination they were selling drugs when the mother, based on Acevedo's narrative, never said they were selling.
The warrant, which you can read here, repeatedly states the cops did not even know the names of the occupants of the home at 7815 Harding Drive, something you would think they would have obtained during the course of their three-week investigation.
"We try to work up a house as much as possible," Acevedo said after the raid. "But 99 times out of a 100 we don't hang out in the house, we haven't been in the house. You just do the best you can."
Had they the slightest interest in knowing the name of the residents of the house, all they had to do was type in the address through a search engine on the Harris County Appraiser's Office website, which returned the name of "Dennis Tuttle" in seconds.
But they were more concerned about obtaining a no-knock warrant than they were about finding out who actually lived in the house.
And the judge did not hesitate to grant the request, writing in the warrant that "affiant has established sufficient reason to believe that to knock and announce their purpose by the officers executing this warrant would be futile, dangerous and otherwise inhibit the effective investigation of the offense or offenses related to the purposes of this warrant."
Houston Municipal Judge Gordon Marcum was presented with the affidavit only hours after the fictional confidential informant was said to have purchased the heroin, and less than 24 hours later, the couple and their dog were dead.
The quickness of how it all went down suggests this is standard procedure for the Houston police narcotics division, except in this case, they were met by gunfire, which was not part of the plan.
And now they're trying to blame it on the mother, who likely did not want her daughter killed. The mother has not spoken publicly about the shooting.
Acevedo is essentially saying had the mother not called, they would not have killed the couple.
And he's right but perhaps they should start issuing public service announcements where they inform citizens that a phone call to police can lead to an execution of a family member.
Most Americans, for better or worse, are still under the impression that cops are out to protect them, which is why so many seem to have cops on their speed dial.
Cops Blames Victims
Despite not a shred of evidence indicating Tuttle and Nicholas were selling heroin out of their home, Acevedo still refers to them as "the suspects," suggesting to media they may even turn out to be serial killers or child molestors.
In his February 15 press conference, a reporter asks the following question beginning at 18:15 in the above video:
"What do you say to the family and neighbors who say ... 'These were not drug dealers, these were nice people, they may have smoked some pot, but we know them, they lived in the neighborhood, we've known them for 30 years, this is not who they were' ... and it turns out, they were right?"
Acevedo responded in a condescending "popo knows best" tone, asserting that police have not yet concluded the investigation into Tuttle and Nicholas.
"You're concluding they are right, you are making conclusions."
"Let me just say this, we've all have seen people who murder people, we've all seen people who molest their kids, we've all seen people who do some horrific things, and guess what the neighbors have always said ... 'Oh my god, I never knew. I thought they were the nicest guys' ... so I'm not going to go there with you and I'm not going to make any conclusions on that until we finish the investigation."
It should not need to be explained but generally when stories surface about people expressing shock over their neighbors' recently exposed criminal secrets, it is usually right after the cops have raided the home and have collected evidence proving their crimes, so that ship has sailed.
Speaking of which, the cops did not even list the .357 magnum they claim Nuttle used to shoot them among the guns listed on the evidence inventory list, which include a 20-gauge Beretta ALS shotgun, a 12-gauge Remington 1100 shotgun, a Remington 700 bolt-action rifle and a .22-caliber Winchester 190 semi-automatic rifle.
Was the .357 magnum fabricated as well?
Cops Clam Up
It's been a disastrous spin campaign for Acevedo and Gamaldi because everything they've said over the past four weeks has backfired in their faces, causing them to lose control of the narrative.
They are now undergoing the predictable process of distancing themselves from Goines, especially now that the FBI is investigating Goines and Bryant, the second officer suspended in this matter.
But it was just four weeks ago that Acevedo was gushing over Goines, calling him a "big teddy bear" with "tremendous courage," telling reporters that "I want some of his courage to rub off on me," hoping to tap into the pro-cop sensibilities most Americans have drilled into their heads from birth.
And Gamaldi was trying to do the same through his "War on Police" spin tactic but that just got the attention of the same police accountability activists he was threatening.
Acevedo saw Gamaldi's comments as an opportunity to play the "good cop," one of the oldest police schemes in manipulating the minds of people, calling a press conference to berate Gamaldi for his threatening comments.
But his continuous use of the "blame the neighbors" tactic did not go well with the neighbors, who voiced their displeasure to the media.
But even when criticizing cops over the raid, neighbors were sure not to be overly critical.
"It takes me to a whole different level about cops," neighbor Sarah Sanchez told Click 2 Houston news.
"I know just because there's one sour apple in the bunch doesn't mean they're all sour, but at the same time, it's not just one man ... saying, 'Hey, go do this.' They all should have done their homework," Sanchez said.
Truth is, the original meaning of the rotten apples idiom is that one bad apple spoils the entire bunch, meaning if one cop is corrupt, the entire division or department is corrupt.
But the Police PR Spin Machine changed the meaning of the idiom through repetitive spin tactics in the media that it now means the opposite of the original meaning in the minds of most Americans.
Gsandman
This story is similar to mines in certain aspects...on may 31st 2019 the police conducted a raid at my residence at 5:30a.m its me my wife and 6 kids ranging from 7 to 16..it was a no knock warrant..my youngest were 5 ft away from the door that got kicked in so you know how traumatic that is for kids.they put in the paper they did this 14 month investigation and claimed i was selling drugs out my house!!!so not true but since they made up their fake affidavit the judge signed off on the warrant.they will not get away with this..defamation of character as well as emotional distress as well as perjury will all come to light soon enough i just need to get my story out.my neighbors will vouch since i have been living here for 4 years theres no drug activity period but now im facing possession charges??!!!!i have been evicted people looking at me funny as well as my kids.the media made me out to be a monster.if we dont stand for something we will fall for anything..i will prevail through this thats a promise..
sinequanon
There's another aspect to this story that has not been mentioned. I was reading a cop blog forum the other day and one of the posters, who claimed to be a HPD cop, wrote that HPD has had a property seizure scam running for years. The way it works is that the cops get a search warrant and arrest the homeowner(s). They even bring the drugs just in case there are none at the house. Then while the homeowners are off being convicted, the HPD seizes the house. Then they sell it at auction and the HPD keeps that money to buy toys and guns and stuff. But they sell it to a front company cheap. The front company resells it for a profit and the cops involved, who actually own the front company, split the profit. The poster claimed that Acevedo and Gamaldi are directly involved as well as a couple of judges, which would explain why these judges sign off on no-knock warrants so easily. It also explains why Goines and Bryant were allowed to retire so quietly. So this can literally happen to ANYONE. The dirty cops can just pick your house at random, invent CI, fabricate an affidavit, get the warrant, execute the raid, supply the drugs and then make money off your house once it's seized, sold and resold. If they kill you in the process, no big deal or they can just send you to prison for years, also no big deal. This is corruption at its stinkiest.
copsh8video
Chief Assevedo ran a gang of thugs in Austin and now it seems he's doing the same in Houston.
ChillyDogg
The cops weren't fired on they shot each other. Neighbors say Tuttle could barely walk. I'm sure he'd be lugging a .357 around the house.
PINAC_Guy
HCAD will tell you the name of the home owner, not who's living there. Sometimes an owner lives in his house and sometimes he rents it out. The point is, HCAD just tells you who might be living in the house, and to report information, or use it in a warrant, you need greater certainty than "might".
Just wanted to shoot down your idea that if police had the, "slightest interest in knowing the name of the residents of the house" they would use HCAD.
In fact, if police used HCAD information on a warrant, and it turned out the owner didn't live there, but instead it was some poor innocent renter, you seem like just the type of guy to point out how wrong it was for the police to use HCAD.
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Home Gaming Our top picks for survival games on Xbox One and Series X|S
Our top picks for survival games on Xbox One and Series X|S
survival games for Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Series S
The Xbox One and Series X|S have no shortage when it comes to survival games, with gameplay centered around gathering food and water and building a shelter to survive the elements. Thanks to the success of Minecraft, the survival genre is booming with new games attempting to make their mark on the industry. Many survival games are multiplayer-focused where players have to join forces to survive or relax in creative play modes. There are also single-player-oriented survival games where you must learn how to survive on your own and explore a dangerous world to uncover its mysteries. Here are our top picks for the best survival games you can get right now for the Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S.
Survival games are a personal favorite, offering oddly relaxing gameplay at times, interspliced with tense moments. Many of the games rely on procedural generation and random events, adding a level of dynamism unique to the genre.
The Long Dark remains our pick for top survival game on Xbox, for its deep and evocative episodic campaign, and hauntingly lonely survival gameplay. Seeing a bear emerge from the mist, mauling me to within an inch of my life, remains one of the tensest and memorable experiences I've ever had on Xbox. Managing to survive and ultimately get revenge on said bear also simply felt great.
If you have a strong emotional disposition, please consider This War of Mine too. It is a very uniquely visceral survival game that emphasizes the psychological trauma of being in such dire situations. It is scarce to see a video game war story where we experience the civilians' perspective instead of the soldiers fighting on the front lines. This War of Mine conveys that feeling wonderfully and made me shed a tear for all the poor souls ruined by this war they were in.
Frostpunk is another excellent pick, with gorgeous art and designs, with unique moral choices that add a slant of choice and consequence. Trying to maintain the stability of my city's ability to produce heat while keeping the well-being of its citizens intact is an intense and engaging balancing act I have rarely felt before or since Frostpunk.
Grounded is another fine example of a survival game you can play with your friends. It has a huge and intriguing setting, a delightful cartoony art direction, gripping gameplay, and many cool bugs to hunt. Grounded is currently in early access, but with every update it is receiving, this game's potential to be one of the best Xbox games in the survival genre is growing exponentially, and I cannot wait to see it realized.
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Люби́мовка () — село,
Любимовский сельский совет,
Вольнянский район,
Запорожская область,
Украина.

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Является административным центром Любимовского сельского совета, в который, кроме того, входят сёла
Веселотерноватое,
Вишняки,
Вольнянка,
Гарасовка,
Грозное,
Дерезовка,
Новотроицкое,
Петровское и
Скелеватое.

Географическое положение
Село Любимовка находится в 1,5 км от правого берега реки Вольнянка,
выше по течению на расстоянии в 1,5 км расположено село Вольнянка,
на противоположном берегу — сёла Гарасовка и Дерезовка.
Река в этом месте пересыхает, на ней сделано несколько запруд.

История
 1898 год — дата основания.

Экономика
 Фермерские хозяйства.

Объекты социальной сферы
 Школа I—II ст.
 Дом культуры.
 Фельдшерско-акушерский пункт.

Достопримечательности
 Братская могила советских воинов.

Известные люди
 Никитенкова Анна Софониевна (род. 1925) — доярка колхоза им. Дзержинского, Герой Социалистического Труда.

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The wash cycles are fine, but when drying it stops part way through the cycle and the 5 lights on the front flash rapidly, and the clothes are not dry.
Under 12 months old, so got Hotpoint coming out on Monday.


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Camps were an essential part of the Nazis' systematic oppression and mass murder of Jews, political adversaries, and others considered socially and racially undesirable. There were concentration camps, forced labor camps, extermination or death camps, transit camps, and prisoner-of-war camps. The living conditions of all camps were brutal.
Dachau , one of the first Nazi concentration camps, opened in March 1933, and at first interned only known political opponents of the Nazis: Communists, Social Democrats, and others who had been condemned in a court of law. Gradually, a more diverse group was imprisoned, including Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, Gypsies , dissenting clergy, homosexuals, as well as others who were denounced for making critical remarks about the Nazis.
Six death or extermination camps were constructed in Poland. These so-called death factories were Auschwitz-Birkenau , Treblinka , Belzec , Sobibór, Lublin (also called Majdanek ), and Chelmno . The primary purpose of these camps was the methodical killing of millions of innocent people. The first, Chelmno, began operating in late 1941. The others began their operations in 1942.
In the beginning of the systematic mass murder of Jews, Nazis used mobile killing squads called Einsatzgruppen. The Einsatzgruppen consisted of four units of between 500 and 900 men each which followed the invading German troops into the Soviet Union. By the time Himmler ordered a halt to the shooting in the fall of 1942, they had murdered approximately 1,500,000 Jews. The death camps proved to be a better, faster, less personal method for killing Jews, one that would spare the shooters, not the victims, emotional anguish.
Five photographs and a map of Einsatzgruppen activities may be viewed in the Resources section.
A chilling report by the commander of one of the Einsatzgruppen, detailing the murders of 137,346 persons in a five month period.
Detailed information about the Einsatzgruppen, with primary source material.
A growing collection of documents related to the Einsatzgruppen is available at this site.
Map of Einsatzgruppen massacres in Eastern Europe, 1941-1942.
In September 1941, the Nazis began using gassing vans--trucks loaded with groups of people who were locked in and asphyxiated by carbon monoxide. These vans were used until the completion of the first death camp, Chelmno, which began operations in late 1941.
Nazi correspondence detailing the operation of gassing vans.
Nazi testimony regarding gassing vans.
On December 7, 1941, the Nacht und Nebel (Night and Fog) order was issued to deter resistance by allowing military courts to swiftly sentence resisters to death. Those arrested under this order were said to have disappeared into the "night and fog."
More on the Night and Fog order from the Encyclopedia of the Holocaust.
In January 1942, SS official Reinhard Heydrich held a meeting of Nazi government officials to present the Final Solution. At this meeting, known as the Wannsee Conference , the Nazi officials agreed to SS plans for the transport and destruction of all 11 million Jews of Europe. The Nazis would use the latest in twentieth century technology, cost efficient engineering and mass production techniques for the sole purpose of killing off the following racial groups: Jews, Russian prisoners of war, and Gypsies (Sinti-Roma). Their long-range plans, unrealized, included targeting some 30 million Slavs for death.
Wannsee Conference entry from the Encyclopedia of the Holocaust.
Minutes of the Wannsee Conference planning the annihilation of over 11 million European Jews.
Starting early in 1942, the Jewish genocide (sometimes called the Judeocide) went into full operation. Auschwitz 2 (Birkenau), Treblinka, Belzec, and Sobibór began operations as death camps. There was no selection process; Jews were destroyed upon arrival.
Ultimately, the Nazis were responsible for the deaths of some 2.7 million Jews in the death camps. These murders were done secretly under the ruse of resettlement. The Germans hid their true plans from citizens and inhabitants of the ghettos by claiming that Jews were being resettled in the East. They went so far as to charge Jews for a one-way train fare and often, just prior to their murder, had the unknowing victims send reassuring postcards back to the ghettos. Thus did millions of Jews go unwittingly to their deaths with little or no resistance.
The total figure for the Jewish genocide, including shootings and the camps, was between 5.2 and 5.8 million, roughly half of Europe's Jewish population, the highest percentage of loss of any people in the war. About 5 million other victims perished at the hands of Nazi Germany.
View hundreds of archival photographs of camps in the Resource section.
View hundreds of recent photographs of camps in the Resource section.
This table gives the name, location, type, years of operation, closure, and present status of the major concentration camps.
Many photographs of Buchenwald.
History of Buchenwald from the Encyclopedia of the Holocaust.
This site contains photos and maps of tunnels, shelters, and underground production facilities built with forced labor from nearby camps.
Soviet cameramen made the first pictures of the camp Auschwitz-Birkenau with its prisoners' barracks from the air.
Slideshow of Auschwitz and Birkenau camps by Scott Sakansky.
History of the Auschwitz camp from the Encyclopedia of the Holocaust.
Information about Chelmno, the first Nazi extermination camp.
Notes on the Ravensbrück concentration camp for women.
A collection of 11 articles about the Belzec, Sobibór, and Treblinka extermination camps.
An extensive article about Treblinka from the Encyclopedia of the Holocaust.
Article and photographs of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
This article provides a concise history of the Majdanek camp.
"Majdanek: Cornerstone of Himmler's SS Empire in the East" by Elizabeth B. White.
This article traces the phases of the Final Solution, from early resettlement plans, through ghettoization, to the death camps.
Nazi correspondence and reports on "medical" experiments carried out on camp inmates.
An extensive bibliography related to Nazi medical experimentation is available at the Wiesenthal Center site.
Nazi correspondence concerning plans to sterilize Jews needed as slave laborers for the Reich.
A lengthy article (with photographs) on Nazi medical experiments.
"Holocaust Numismatics," an article by Joel Forman about monetary systems used in concentration camps.
Richard Sufit's story of his captivity in Auschwitz and Buchenwald contains many details of camp life.
Staff Sgt. Albert J. Kosiek describes the liberation of Mauthausen and Gusen camps.
Article, maps, and photographs of the Stutthof concentration camp.
By the end of 1943 the Germans closed down the death camps built specifically to exterminate Jews. The death tolls for the camps are as follows: Treblinka, (750,000 Jews); Belzec, (550,000 Jews); Sobibór, (200,000 Jews); Chelmno, (150,000 Jews) and Lublin (also called Majdanek, 50,000 Jews). Auschwitz continued to operate through the summer of 1944; its final death total was about 1 million Jews and 1 million non-Jews. Allied encirclement of Germany was nearly complete in the fall of 1944. The Nazis began dismantling the camps, hoping to cover up their crimes. By the late winter/early spring of 1945, they sent prisoners walking to camps in central Germany. Thousands died in what became known as death marches.
Map of major death marches and evacuations, 1944-45.
Fritzie Weiss Fritzshall describes a death march from Auschwitz and her escape into the forest.
Interactive quiz on the camps.
Lesson plans, discussion questions, term paper topics, reproducible handouts, and other resources for teaching about the camps are available here.
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Q: Error log throws me an Unidentified Index in the Contact Form the contact form on the webpage I am working on is throwing an error. Below is the code and the error log. Any ideas?
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    function utf8_urldecode($str) { $str = preg_replace("/%u([0-9a-f]{3,4})/i","&#x\\1;",urldecode($str)); return html_entity_decode($str,null,'ISO-8859-1');; }

    function mail_utf8($to, $subject = '(No subject)', $message, $headers) {
    $header_ = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n" . 'Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8' . "\r\n";
    return mail($to, '=?UTF-8?B?'.base64_encode($subject).'?=', $message, $header_ . $headers);
    }

    //function mail_utf8html($to, $subject = '(No subject)', $message, $headers) {
    //$header_ = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n" . 'Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8' . "\r\n";
    //return mail($to, '=?UTF-8?B?'.base64_encode($subject).'?=', $message, $header_ . $headers);
    //}

    $stackid = trim($_POST['stackid']);
    $cleanowneremail = include(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../'.$stackid.'config_e.php');

    $emaillabel = strip_tags($_POST['emaillabel']);
    $namelabel = strip_tags($_POST['namelabel']);
    $subjectlabel = strip_tags($_POST['subjectlabel']);
    $messagelabel = strip_tags($_POST['messagelabel']);

    $mail = $_POST['mail'];
    $name = strip_tags($_POST['name']);
    $subject = strip_tags($_POST['subject']);
    $text = trim($_POST['text']);
    $text = utf8_urldecode($text);
    //$text = stripslashes($text);

    //$owneremail = $_POST['owneremail'];
    //$cleanowneremail = substr($owneremail, 7); // removes "obscure"

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    foreach($recipientEmail as $value) {
    $to = trim($value);
    $subject = stripslashes($subject);
    $message = trim($emaillabel)." : ".trim($mail)."\n".trim($namelabel)." : ".trim($name)."\n".trim($subjectlabel)." : ".trim($subject)."\n ".trim($messagelabel)." : ".$text."\n\nForm = ".trim($_POST['formname']);
    $message = stripslashes($message);
    if(trim($_POST['compatibility']) == "true"){
        $headers = "From: " . $cleanowneremail . "\n";
    }else{
        $headers = "From: " . $mail . "\n";
    }
    $headers .= "Reply-To: ". $mail . "\n";
    if(mail_utf8($to,$subject,$message,$headers)){
    echo "success"; // we should get this echoed back
    }
    else{
    echo "error";
    }
        }

    $autoreply = trim($_POST['autoreply']);
    $autoreply = utf8_urldecode($autoreply);
    $autoreplysig = $_POST['autoreplysig']; // if auto reply is selected in the stack
    $autoreplysub = $_POST['autosubject'];
    if($autoreply != "noreply"){
    $autoreplysig = utf8_urldecode($autoreplysig);
    $autoreply = stripslashes($autoreply)."

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    //$autoreply .= "

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    $autoreplysubject = utf8_urldecode($autoreplysub);
    $headers = "From: " . $cleanowneremail . "\r\n";
    $headers .= "Reply-To: ". $cleanowneremail . "\r\n";
    $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
    $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\r\n";
    mail($mail,$autoreplysubject,$autoreply,$headers);
    }

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A: The php script is being executed without the expected POST variables being present in the request body.  (This commonly happens when it is not a user submitting your form, but rather a spider or robot trying to find and execute your php files)
To prevent the errors from accumulating in you error log, You need to check if those $_POST values are set before you assign them.  You can do this at least a couple ways:

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*Check that they exist before running the entire script:
if (isset($_POST['stackid']) && isset($_POST['emaillabel']) && isset($_POST['namelabel']) && isset($_POST['subjectlabel']) && isset($_POST['messagelabel']) && isset($_POST['mail'])  && isset($_POST['name']) && isset($_POST['subject']) && isset($_POST['text'])) {

    // all your php code here

}

*Or you could check that the $_POST values are set before defining each variable, and if not, set it as an empty string:
$emaillabel = isset($_POST['emaillabel']) ? strip_tags($_POST['emaillabel']) : '';
$namelabel = isset($_POST['namelabel']) ? strip_tags($_POST['namelabel']) : '';
$subjectlabel = isset($_POST['subjectlabel']) ? trip_tags($_POST['subjectlabel']) : '';
$messagelabel = isset($_POST['messagelabel']) ? strip_tags($_POST['messagelabel']) : '';
// ...etc...

*Or you could do a combination of both.  First check for only the absolute required $_POST values you need to run the script and put them in the top if statement, and then when declaring the other variables, just check that the $_POST value is set first, and if not, set the var to an empty string.

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Lition, Fantom: Two Deeply Undervalued Cryptos
By Dr. Bruce Ng on June 26, 2019
As Bitcoin makes new rally highs, it has confirmed and reconfirmed the crypto bull market of 2019.
So, since I continually review the technology of new coins covered by Weiss Crypto Ratings, I figured this would be a good time for me to jump in and identify a few that I feel are deeply undervalued.
Today, I'll cover two of them:
Undervalued Crypto #1: Lition (LIT)
This coin is described as "a scalable public-private blockchain with deletable data features, made for commercial products."
Does "private blockchain" fly in the face of decentralization? And does "deletable data" contradict the immutability of blockchains?
Not entirely. To work with businesses, some data needs to be public; some needs to be private. And that's why Lition has both.
Lition will be a sidechain to Ethereum. So the public portions of Lition will be recorded on the Ethereum network and will be fully transparent to anyone who wants to conduct an audit.
But, at the same time, Lition needs private sidechains anchored to Lition itself. This way, a business using Lition can store and edit information that it needs to keep confidential — data used for regulatory compliance, for example.
Prior to developing the Lition blockchain, the team already had a revenue-generating business known as Lition Energy. And soon, the team plans to develop Lition for use cases like peer-to-peer energy trading and bank lending. It can also be used as a platform for Security Token Offerings (STOs), which are expected to be more like securities than ordinary tokens.
Recently, the Lition team has modified the token lockup period. And this should reduce the active supply significantly in the coming months. In fact, already, Lition in circulation is expected to be reduced to 30 million in July, compared to about 70 million recently.
Plus, here are some other positives I think could be critical:
The folks behind the Lition team are likely to develop a Bridge to Binance Chain, enabling interoperability between them. And they will apply for listing on Binance Chain, which could pave the way for eventual listing on Binance central. End result: These efforts could significantly increase trading liquidity.
The Lition Mainnet will launch in Q3, enabling staking and masternodes.
Lition has a partnership with the German software giant SAP. Unlike typical crypto partnerships, SAP will invest some real effort into Lition, primarily to develop its smart contract platform.
Lition is currently trading at 14 cents, which is quite near the Initial Coin Offering price of 10 cents. And I think that's dirt-cheap.
It's available on the Bibox and IDEX exchanges. But it has not yet gotten exposure on any major exchanges. This is the primary pitfall investors should watch out for: poor trading liquidity.
As a result, true price discovery can only happen once liquidity increases with a listing on major exchanges like Binance Chain or Binance.
Undervalued Crypto #2: Fantom (FTM)
Fantom is cryptocurrency that does not use blockchain. Instead it uses an innovative approach called directed acyclic graph (DAG).
I won't dwell on the technical details. But suffice it to say that, unlike blockchains, it's infinitely scalable with the capacity to do virtually anything that's done today on the internet. For example …
It could be used as the nervous system for smart cities.
It could be the infrastructure backbone for a complex network of devices connected via the Internet of Things (IOT).
And, as such, it could be a secure and efficient platform for public utilities, medical records, healthcare services, identity storage and more.
A key innovation Fantom has pioneered is Lachesis consensus. This enables Fantom to settle transactions instantly and run smart contracts at a high speed. In recent testing (Testnet), it achieved 25,000 transactions per second. Once launched (Mainnet), we conservatively estimate it could reach speeds exceeding 100,000 transactions per second.
Other DAG-based cryptocurrencies have similar aspirations. But Fantom can run smart contracts. Nano cannot and IOTA is just developing a smart contract platform.
Fantom does have one serious DAG competitor — Hedera. But Hedera is permissioned, whereas Fantom is not.
Some other pluses:
Fantom has completed its OPERA core layer development.
It has launched a beta Virtual Machine and a Testnet.
It's listed on Binance.
Its Mainnet launch is coming in the third quarter of this year.
Its price recovered nicely from a low of 0.8 cents to 4 cents, thanks mostly to its Binance listing.
But it's still trading a bit below its ICO price, another major bargain.
All very positive! Just bear in mind that Fantom also has two challenges:
Fantom's biggest competitor is Hedera Hashgraph. It raised $100 million compared to Fantom's $40 million. And it's ahead of Fantom in terms of development. Still, Hedera could be limited in that it's run by a group of companies and the technology is patented. So if Fantom can adhere to its Q3 Mainnet launch date, it will be one of a kind in the crypto world.
DAG-based Distributed Ledger Technology is still largely experimental. With the launch of Fantom's Mainnet, we will finally see if it can live up to its grand promises of scalability and decentralization.
Stay tuned! As the new crypto bull market heats up, coins like these could appreciate rapidly. And I'll review more at the next opportunity.
Dr. Bruce Ng is a respected educator in the field of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and has been a lead crypto-tech analyst for Weiss Cryptocurrency Ratings since shortly after their launch. He combines the strict discipline of a Ph.D. in physics, robust experience as a software developer, and deep knowledge of blockchain. The result is uniquely scientific and 100% objective reviews of individual coins and the space as a whole.


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The gloves are off. Backers of the high-definition Blu-ray Disc format are staging a two-day offensive in Hollywood this week, touting their triumphs and offering previews of such upcoming releases as "Cars," "Ratatouille," "Dirty Dancing," "Spider-Man 3" and the "Die Hard" movies to a crowd of more than 50 influential print and online journalists.
The event, which concludes Tuesday, could be seen as a guns-blazing pre-emptive strike against the rival HD DVD camp, which reportedly also is gearing up with retailers, including Wal-Mart, Circuit City and Amazon, selling low-end HD DVD players at just under $200. That is expected to give the HD DVD format a significant boost, particularly in the wake of Paramount Home Entertainment's defection several weeks ago from the Blu-ray side.
The retail prices of five major Blu-ray players, some of which also play HD DVD discs, range from $378-$1,000.
The so-called Blu-ray Festival coincides with the launch of a new branding and consumer education campaign, with the tagline "I Do Blu," that premiered Sunday during the final game of the World Series.
The campaign and the festival, the latter orchestrated by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, underscores growing sentiments backed by research that consumers are largely indifferent to high-definition discs and turned off even more by the presence of two rival, incompatible next-generation formats.
To combat this, Blu-ray backers are stepping up the rhetoric and courting the press, particularly the new vanguard of online Web sites, bloggers and discussion boards that cater to the early adopters who historically have set trends the masses have followed.


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Q: Select multiple columns from different rows in one result in MYSQL I want to have in my results, a couple of columns from different table.
It looks like this:

And it has 4 rows.
unfortunately, i get everytime 4 results, 1 per every condition is met.
Let's say that I do left join by the first row, which is id 5 and then i want to include all the 4 rows as different values in my result set.
I tried with different IF condition but if onee of them is met, it skips the other IF conditions and creates like 20 results.


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Q: Does the discharging rate of a battery depend on the thickness of a conducting wire with which I connect the poles? A simple question to which I don't know the answer though. So maybe indeed a difficult question.
We connect the two terminals of a battery with a conducting wire. Charge flows until the battery is "discharged". Does the velocity with which this discharging occurs depend on the (constant) cross-section of the wire?
If we place a tube between two containers filled with water (one container up high, the other way down) it will surely depend upon the thickness of the tube (its inner cross-section) how long it takes for the container way up to be empty.
I can't imagine though that the discharging depends on the thickness of a conducting wire connecting the poles.

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Does the discharging velocity of a battery depend on the thickness of a conducting wire with which I connect the poles?

Yes, but in some cases, the effect of the thickness of the wire will be negligible.
The total current through the wire will be the emf of the battery divided by the total resistance of the circuit.
The resistance of the circuit depends upon two parts. The (so-called) internal resistance of the battery, and the resistance of the wire connecting the battery electrodes.
If the resistance of the wire is small compared to the the resistance of the battery, then decreasing it even more will have a small impact on the total resistance. The resistance of the wire can be small compared to the resistance of the battery if the wire is short or if it is wide, (and the wire is made of a good conductor such as copper, or to a lesser extent aluminum).
If the wire is very narrow, or long, then it is possible that increasing the width of the wire will increase the current through it, and consequently, the speed at which the battery discharges.

A: If what you mean by 'discharging velocity' is the rate at which electrons pass through the wire or the current through circuit, then yes. The current is related to the resistance of the wire and the voltage of the battery via Ohm's law $I=V/R$ the resistance of the wire can be determined by the resistivity of the wire $\rho$, by $R=\rho L/A$ where $L$ is the length of the wire and $A$ the cross-sectional area of the wire which is related to the thickness by $A=\pi r^2$ where $r$ is the radius of the wire or the thickness (assuming a circular wire). So the current through the wire now becomes $I=VA/\rho L$ The thinner the wire the smaller the cross-sectional area, and so a smaller current passes through. The current determines how fast a battery will discharge.


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Navy captain warned that crew wasn't ready before sub ran aground, investigation shows
A newly released investigation from a submarine mishap in 2015 that caused some $1 million worth of damage shows that an inexperienced crew was given the go-ahead to complete a tricky return-to-port mission in the dark, despite warnings from the commanding officer that they weren't ready
By Hope Hodge Seck, Military.com | Published Mar 2, 2020 2:28 PM
Editor's note: This article by Hope Hodge Seck originally appeared on Military.com, a leading source of news for the military and veteran community
A newly released investigation from a submarine mishap in 2015 that caused some $1 million worth of damage shows that an inexperienced crew was given the go-ahead to complete a tricky return-to-port mission in the dark, despite warnings from the commanding officer that they weren't ready.
The Ohio-class submarine USS Georgia ran aground in the predawn hours of Nov. 25, 2015, the day before Thanksgiving, as it prepared to return to port at Kings Bay, Georgia, to replace a failed towed array sonar. While conducting a scheduled pick-up of a new pilot at Fort Clinch, Florida, near the entrance to St. Marys River, which approaches the base, the sub inadvertently exited the channel, then collided with a buoy amid the crew's efforts to re-orient. The grounding occurred as the crew worked to get clear of the buoy, the investigation shows.
Ultimately, the sub was able to return to port to assess damages, which were mostly cosmetic, save for the ship's screw propeller, an acoustic tracking device and an electromagnetic log meter that measured the sub's speed. The Georgia was taken into dry dock in December 2015 for assessment and the costly repairs.
The investigation, which was completed in March 2016 but just released to Military.com this month through a public records request, found that the "excessive speed" of the sub as it approached the pilot pick-up made it more difficult for the crew to control the ship, and that the tugboat carrying the pilot was positioned poorly, making the maneuver more complex.
Ultimately, though, blame for running aground is laid at the feet of the commanding officer. In the wake of the incident, the commander of Georgia's blue crew, Capt. David Adams, was relieved of his post due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command. Like all submarines in its class, Georgia has two identical crews — a blue and a gold — that alternate manning and patrols.
"His inability to effectively manage the complexity of the situation and failure to respond to the circumstances in a manner sufficient to protect the safety of the ship and crew is beneath my expectations for any CO," an investigation endorsement by Rear Adm. Randy Crites, then-commander of Submarine Group 10, reads.
In his detailed and thorough endorsement of findings, Crites also dismisses the notion that maneuvering in the dark and with a green crew was what led to the sub's disastrous mishap.
"Ultimately, had this crew (and the Pilot) executed the same plan in the same manner during broad daylight, there is nothing in the ship's planning effort, demonstrated seamanship, or response to tripwires that indicates the outcome would be any different," he said.
While coming in for the brunt of the blame, Adams was not alone in being designated for punishment. Crites indicated his intent to take administrative action against the sub's executive officer; chief of boat; navigation/operations officer; weapons officer, who was the officer of the deck; and assistant navigator. He also said he'd issue non-punitive letters of caution to the commander of Submarine Squadron 16 and his own chief of staff and director of operations — all Navy captains — for failure to take appropriate action toward resolution regarding Adams' concerns around the sub's transit into port.
The 475-page investigation, which includes witness statements, logs and other supporting documentation, offers insight into what those concerns were. In a Nov. 24 email to the commodore of Squadron 16 marked "confidential," Adams, the Georgia blue crew commander, lays out his qualms about the plan he has been ordered to execute, particularly the predawn return to port for a brief one-day stop with a crew that had spent just three weeks underway together on a new ship.
"CO/XO/NAV have not piloted into Kings Bay in the last 20 years. All of the untoward [incidents] I know of occurred between [St. Marys] and Fort Clinch," he wrote. "My assessment is that this is not a prudent plan for [return to port] … Having just been at sea for a few weeks, I have not built enough depth. I am concerned about the fatigue level of my command element.
"Given an all day evolution and subsequent [underway], we will have spent the majority of 36 hours awake and are set to pilot out and submerge on the mid-watch at 0330."
The two-page memo, it appears, was never received and read by Submarine Squadron 16's commodore, Capt. John Spencer. But Adams testified he had relayed the same concerns face-to-face with Spencer days before, on Nov. 22. He also discussed the same issues, he said, in a follow-up phone call.
This much is clear: the plan wasn't called off, and the mission was cleared to proceed. But murky communication dogged the lead-up to the operation, and later the mission itself.
Spencer and others testified that Adams had been given leeway to "slow things down a little" if he felt uncomfortable. Adams said he believed any delay would have been viewed as insubordination.
On the day of the mishap, communication was also flawed, in ways that underscore the crew's unfamiliarity with each other, and possibly the sleep deprivation that had left some members running on just two to three hours of rest.
According to the investigation, as the Georgia approached the point at which it was to meet with the tug and pick up the pilot — the navigation expert who would drive the ship into port — it became clear that the tug was well west of its expected position. The sub, meanwhile, was approaching too fast and slowing too gradually. The investigation found it was still making 15 knots, or about 17 miles per hour, when it passed the set "all stop" point. That speed and positioning would make every maneuver that followed more risky and difficult.
Initial attempts to communicate with the tug and the pilot aboard via radio were unsuccessful, and the planned transfer happened late. Adams did not want to scrap the transfer and proceed into port without the pilot, the investigation found, because of the challenges of pulling into port without one.
When the sub exited the channel at the west end of the Fort Clinch basin, the crew's communication skills faced a major test. The assistant navigator recommended to the navigator that the sub go to "all back emergency," a call the navigator then passed to the bridge. The officer of the deck seemed to agree, but said nothing, the investigation found. Adams, however, overrode the order, believing it would not work, and ordered "all ahead full" instead. He started directing the officer of the deck, but did not fully take control of the sub or give direct orders to the helm, the report states.
Despite a series of maneuvers — right hard rudder, left hard rudder, all ahead full, right hard rudder — the sub collided with Buoy 23 in the channel. But the worst was still to come.
"When [Adams] asked [the lookout] if the ship hit buoy 23, [the lookout] informed the CO that he did not care about the buoy, but thought the ship was going to run aground on the beach forward of the ship," the investigation states.
As grounding looked imminent, the Georgia asked the driver of the C-tractor tugboat if the tug could cross in front of the sub on the starboard, or right, side, and push the bow around. The tug master refused, according to the investigation, worried that the water was too shallow.
The sub ended up, as the lookout put it, "hitting Fort Clinch."
The mishap, and the misgivings that preceded it, came against the backdrop of a Navy grappling with a culture in which overworked and unready crews were regularly put underway in service of operational needs. After two separate deadly destroyer collisions in 2017, service leaders found, among other things, that a "'can-do' culture" had undermined safety and led to unduly high operational tempo and fatigue.
"The can-do culture becomes a barrier to success only when directed from the top down or when feedback is limited or missed," the Navy's comprehensive review of the destroyer mishaps, released in October 2017, found.
Whether these factors came into play with the Georgia is more difficult to say.
In a statement for the investigation, Adams emphasized that he took full responsibility for what had transpired.
"Despite my significant reservation – expressed face-to-face, on the phone, and In emails with staff and leadership … concerning the risks of proceeding Into Kings Bay In the dark with an inexperienced team, when my requests to delay [return to port] one hour later were denied, I failed in my command responsibilities by driving to achieve mission success at the expense of appropriately acting to mitigate risks to increase our margin of safety," he said.
"In retrospect, I should have loitered at [St. Marys] until I was satisfied that the risks were commensurate with the mission gain."
Reached for comment by Military.com, Adams, who retired in 2016, referred to a public statement he had released at the time of his relief, in which he called the actions that caused the grounding "mine alone."
"I ask that my lapses not be used to denigrate the terrific service of the Sailors and families of GEORGIA BLUE," he said at the time "After thirty years of serving in the world's finest Navy, my only regret is that I will miss sailing with them again to stand against our nation's enemies."
But the fact that some above Adams were also warned offers insight into how the higher command viewed the incident.
Crites faulted Spencer, the Squadron 16 commodore, with "failure to provide his ship a plan with adequate margin to safety, specifically in not providing sufficient guidance and training to his staff that developed the plan in his absence and not aggressively pursuing complete resolution of the ship's requested arriva through personal intervention with the Type Commander staff."
The chief of staff and director of operations for Submarine Group 10, Crites said in the report, had failed to "pursue acceptable resolution to the concerns they had with the plan for the ship's arrival."
Holly Carey, deputy public affairs officer for Submarine Force Atlantic, declined to say whether all administrative actions recommended by the investigation were carried out.
"What I can tell you is that the Navy is confident that leadership took appropriate corrective actions against several personnel assigned to the squadron and submarine based on the findings of the investigation," she said.
"Following the investigation, which concluded in 2016, leadership took appropriate accountability measures and has taken all necessary steps to prevent a recurrence in the future. USS Georgia, and her current crew, serve proudly today among the U.S. Submarine Force and has leadership's full confidence to protect the interest of the United State and allies."
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