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Q: Avoiding geo-blocking with SSH tunneling I live in UK and I need a Spanish IP to access some content on the internet.
I rented a VPS server based in Spain, which has a Spanish IP.
Now I folowed this tutorial to create a SSH tunnel to my VPS, so that I can configure firefox to use it as a proxy to connect to websites.
I now go to whatsmyip.com and I can see the Spanish IP, so it seems everything is working fine, right? In fact if I go to wheremyipaddress.com, it says I am in Spain... But I can't access the restricted content anyway! And I've tried a couple of different restricted sites without success...
Do you know what this could be due to? Any ideas?
Maybe the websites can detect that you're using a proxy and they don't like that?

EDIT: I've checked and when I do not use the proxy the error message says "Not available in your region".
However, if I do use the proxy, the message is something like "Connection refused"
So, probably the website is detecting I'm using a proxy, right? Is there any way to avoid sites blocking you when using a proxy?

A: Have you set the proxy settings from inside Control Panel/Preferences or just in the browser? If you're using some kind of applet (java, flash etc) it might not be using the browser's proxy but instead skipping straight out from your IP address as there is no system proxy set.

A: The DNS queries default to being done locally (not through the SOCKS proxy) which can cause problems with some services that geo locate.
For Firefox you can set it to do DNS queries over the SOCKS proxy:

*

*Go to the URL "about:config"

*Find the setting "network.proxy.socks_remote_dns" and set it to "true"

There is also an Add-on for Firefox called FoxyProxy that while riddled with upsells is free as a Standard version which can send traffic to different proxies or no proxy based on URL patterns along with a setting per proxy of using remote DNS.


What is your idea of perfect happiness? Being perfectly happy knowing I have reached the age where I can accept the fact that there is no such thing as perfect happiness. But I must say that being deeply in love is pretty damn close.
What or who is the greatest love of your life? That's easy. Nancy.
What is your greatest fear? Something happening to Nancy or to one of my children.
What is your greatest extravagance? Wasting time.
What is you current state of mind? Cautiously hopeful.
What is the trait you most deplore in others? Dishonesty, hypocrisy, conceit.
What is the quality you most like in a woman? Honest-to-goodness kindness.
What do you most value in your friends? Quite simply, that they are my friends.
What is your favourite journey? The one I'm on right now.
What is your most treasured possession? My freedom and my memories.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? My age.
Who is your favourite hero of fiction? Atticus Finch.
Who are your heroes in real life? My late mother, Terry Fox, and Nelson Mandela.
What is it that you most dislike? Dishonesty, animal cruelty and Brussel sprouts.
Which living person do you most despise? Any bully.
Which talent would you like most to have? The ability to compose and play music.
What is your favourite occupation? Still looking. But for now, writing and volunteering.
On what occasion do you lie? When answering questionnaires and occasionally in this column.
What do you dislike most about your appearance? My waistline.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Watching helplessly as someone you love suffers with terminal illness.
If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be? If I had a choice it would be a slimmer version of myself with a much better golf swing.
Where would you like to live? In the West Toronto neighbourhood of the 1950s where I grew up and where we live now.
What is your greatest regret? Not learning to dance or play a musical instrument.
What do you consider your greatest achievement? Still hangin' in at 67.
How would you like to die? I've given this question considerable thought. And there is no way I would like to die.


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New York in decay: Coronavirus pandemic, recovery expose NYC's major crime problem
Monday, November 29, 2021 by: Arsenio Toledo
Tags: Andrew Cuomo, badhealth, chaos, Collapse, coronavirus, coronavirus recovery, covid-19, crime, criminals, Cuomo, economic collapse, economy, New York, New York City, NYC, Police, policing
(Natural News) The Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has exacerbated New York City's problems with crime. This has rattled locals and tourists alike, who believe that the most populated city in the United States "has lost its essence."
"Of all the things we have to do when we're talking in New York City specifically, crime, crime, crime are the top three," said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The governor made his remarks regarding the conditions in New York City during a press conference in his office in Manhattan on Wednesday, May 26. He explained that the city will not recover from the effects of the pandemic unless people can feel safe again.
"We have a major crime problem in New York City. Everything we just talked about, with the economy coming bac, you know what the first step is? People have to feel safe… New Yorkers don't feel safe and they don't feel safe because the crime rate is up. It's not that they are being neurotic or overly sensitive – they are right."
Crime is up by 30 percent in New York City, with violent crimes surging. Data for April shows murder is up by 16 percent compared to the same month in the previous year. Felony assaults have increased by 35.6 percent, rape incidents by 52.8 percent and shooting incidents have skyrocketed 166 percent over the same period last year.
Cuomo said he believes a large part of the problem involves the fact that New Yorkers no longer trust the police. The answer to this problem is to reform policing without defunding it.
"Defund the police is not the answer in my opinion," said Cuomo. "Defund the police basically means abolish the police. That's going to help? Gun violence going up, all crimes going up, your answer is abolish the police?"
Cuomo's comments were thinly veiled criticisms of his political rival and current New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. The mayor folded to pressure from Antifa and Black Lives Matter activists in 2020 and defunded the New York City Police Department (NYPD) by $1 billion.
Lack of consequences has emboldened criminals to work out in the open in Times Square
Even regular New Yorkers have lost faith in their city and are lamenting its continuing decline.
"I just want to go home. This is dangerous," said Brandon Lee, 27, a visitor from Jersey City, New Jersey. He said this to journalists from the Daily Mail while he was watching a man have a mental breakdown in Times Square.
Andy Hort, a business owner in Times Square, now tries to avoid the area as much as he can. "There's a lot more crime and a lot more drug addicts and vagrants everywhere," he said. "In the last three months, I've seen three or four people shooting up right in front of me."
According to Tom Harris, acting president of the Times Square Alliance, around 206,000 people visited Times Square on Saturday, May 22. This is down from pre-pandemic levels of 365,000.
"Times Square has lost its essence," said one NYPD officer patrolling the area. "People come here now and just sit. Before, things were much more organized and orderly. Families came in from out of state, out of the country, for shows. Now it's a more urban, younger vibe." (Related: New York Exodus: New Yorkers leaving in droves due to crime, overreaching coronavirus restrictions and high taxes.)
The police officer added that it has become exhausting for him and other NYPD officers to try and control the low-level crimes that occur in and around Times Square. These crimes include drug sales and harassing behavior. "I've arrested most of these guys already, and issued them summonses. It doesn't stop them."
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Q: Keep tab active class across different pages I can't find an answer that doesn't seem to refer to tabs within one page rather than across multiple pages, so...here we are!
I have this block of code appearing in several pages that represents a tabbed effect:

1st team

Reserves

When the user is visiting, for example, the first team home page, or a sub page of the first team, the 1st team tab is given an active state using the following code:
$(document).ready(function(){
    var current_url = window.location.href;
    $(".content-tabs-main li a").each(function(){
        var main_tab_href = $(this).attr("href");
        if (current_url.indexOf(main_tab_href) > -1) {
            $(this).parent().addClass("active-main-tab");
        }
    });
});

This all works perfectly well, however as the html is refreshed every time the page is reloaded or a sub-page of first team is visited, the active state flicks off and on again each time, which is kind of annoying.
Does anyone have a solution whereby the active state is retained without first switching back to its default "off" state if the page requires it?
Thanks,
Mike

A: The easiest way is to simply compare the current URL of the page to the href of the  elements; if they're the same then that's the page you're on:
$('a').filter(function(){
    // note that we're using the 'href' property, not the attribute, to
    // get an absolute URL rather than a, potentially, relative URL (this
    // is why we're using filter() rather than an attribute selector)
    return this.href === window.location;
}).closest('li').addClass('active-main-tab');

Or, if you have HTML similar to:

First Team

Captain

Striker

And, after following the link to #captain, you want both the #captain and first-team
 elements to have the active state:
$('a').filter(function(){
    return this.hash === window.location.hash || this.href === window.location;
}).closest('li').addClass('active-main-tab');

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On The O'Reilly Factor...
Top stories in 2005
Is the United States
Impact Segment
US pledges aid for tsunami victims
Factor Follow Up Segment
Is boycotting France the right strategy?
Unresolved Problems Segment
Anticipating another attack on home soil
Personal Story Segment
A collision of lifestyles
Back of Book Segment
Michael Jackson trial set to begin
Segment Summaries
All content taken from The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News Channel. Each weeknight by 6 PM EST a preview of that evening's show will be posted and then updated with additional information the following weekday by noon EST.
"The two big stories in 2005 will continue to be the war in Iraq and the culture war at home. The goal of a free Iraq is noble, the Americans are the good guys, and there's no other honest way to see it. Now back home, the culture war is getting nastier by the day. I am target number one in the media for the progressives. For example, we took on the anti-Christmas controversy and won big, further infuriating them. Just today the Boston Globe took two quotations from me completely out of context. The strategy is to marginalize The Factor and the Fox News Channel to make us look like right-wing crazies. Will it work? Will the progressive movement damage us? They have big money behind them, and they have vicious web sites. What they don't have is you, the folks. And only you will decide the winner of this very intense culture war."
Guests: Lawrence Korb, former Assistant Secretary of Defense & Lawrence Eagleburger, former Secretary of State
The New York Times and others have claimed the US has been stingy in supplying aid to tsunami victims, while the Wall Street Journal says America is remarkably generous. Which view is accurate? Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger lauded the administration. "Before this is all over," Eagleburger predicted, "we will have put in more money than the President has even pledged. We have done everything right, but we won't get credit for it." Former Assistant Secretary of Defense Lawrence Korb disagreed. "The government has not been as generous as it could. The perception is that the President and the administration had to be dragged into this. The government was slow getting off the mark." The Factor suggested that, as usual, many in the media have used this as another excuse to bash the President. "The liberal press, which hates Bush, never tells the full story of how much money we spend abroad."
Guest: Carol Adelman, foreign aid expert
How does the US government's pledge of $350 million compare with other nations? "Americans are the most generous people in the world," foreign aid expert Carol Adelman told The Factor. "Americans give abroad like they do domestically--through private donations more than through the government. And that $350 million doesn't even take into account all our military costs." Japan leads all nations with a pledge of $500 million, while oil-rich Saudi Arabia has promised a mere $10 million. The Factor also noted that some European nations that continually criticize the US have given relatively piddling amounts. On a personal level, Bill O'Reilly added, "I'm getting tired of all the America bashing. Our duty is to let people know that we are the most generous nation on Earth."
Guest: Author John Miller
Some foreign policy experts claim France is actively undermining the war on terror, and some, including The Factor, have called for a retaliatory boycott of French goods. Author John Miller explained that enmity between France and the US is nothing new. "Anti-Americanism is deep within French culture," Miller said. "We have had a 300 year history of friction and warfare. The French think when American interests are thwarted, their interests are served." However, Miller expressed doubts about the wisdom and effectiveness of a boycott. "I think there are other things we can do, such as being more aware of the history of Franco-American relations."
Guest: Author Harvey Kushner
Since 9/11 Americans have feared another terror attack on US soil. Harvey Kushner, author of "Holy War on the Home Front," asserted there are genuine reasons for concern. "[Terrorists] have been here for more than twenty years setting up shop," Kushner told The Factor. "There are documents I have from the INS saying there are people who went through terrorist training camps and have still been let into this country. And there are federal judges who are releasing known terrorists into our communities."
Guests: Brian Fahling, American Family Association & Chuck Volz, representing "Outfest"
Last year in Philadelphia, members of a Christian group crashed a gay event called "Outfest." Some from the Christian group were charged with criminal felonies. Chuck Volz, a representative of "Outfest," provided his version of what happened. "They were telling us we're sinners, we're abominations, and we're going to hell. They refused orders by the Philadelphia police to follow basic rules." Brian Fahling of the conservative American Family Association presented a far different view of events. "My clients were peacefully evangelizing in a gentle voice. They were doing what every evangelist does, that is, bring the message of Jesus to those who don't know Christ. I have never seen an abuse of power like this, and every American ought to be stunned and outraged."
Guest: Harvey Levin, "Celebrity Justice"
Michael Jackson is scheduled to go on trial later this month for child molestation. Harvey Levin of "Celebrity Justice" said the pre-trial rumors and revelations have already begun. According to Levin, the boy allegedly molested by Jackson was diagnosed with cancer in 2000. "His mother went to a local newspaper," Levin told The Factor. "And said the medical bills are enormous and we need money. The newspaper wrote an article and donations were sent. What we found out is that this boy's medical bills were paid in full by insurance. The writer of this story feels the mother was completely motivated by greed."
Books Mentioned
Holy War on the Home Front
by Harvey Kushner
Our Oldest Enemy: A History of America's Disastrous Relationship with France
by John J. Miller & Mark Molesky


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All of those 107 German aces were defeated.
No, their Nation was defeated, only some of them were defeated and then by lesser men. As defined by their failure to score as well.
The Russians flew their pilots into the ground as the Germans.
True, so what?
The P-38...
Was great, was it not?
Difficult plane to fly until power assist was added (P-38J 1943), which the FW-190 had from the start.
No, it was not difficult to fly, it was not easy to manage compared to most single engined fighters, but also easier than some! There is a differance between flying the plane and managing all the extra engine controls. The aerodynamic controls on the other hand were light and preciese at most speeds. Failure to acheave up elevator at transonic speeds had nothing to do with the controls, but the basic design of the plane. Note that this problem was common to ALL planes of this period and only cured by the all moving stab of the F-86. The only difference between them was the speed at onset of said problems. This was exacerbated in the P-38 because of the quickness with witch it picked up speed in the dive. ( Twice to five times as quick as ALL other planes of the time!) Hydraulic ailerons were installed to make the initial rate of roll much faster, not because of any defect in the rate of roll, which was much better than some planes I shall not mention. This was in responce to the Fw-190 which should be a hint as to where in the pecking order it was to start with.
The Russians were no less able than either the Brits Germans or Americans and thier aircraft were very good, unfortuneately those aircraft were often badly made in a hurry and pilots were thrown into battle with virtually no training, it was qualitly of stock it was the lack of training, pilots who survived tended to do well (just like the germans)
What about the German who spent his entire career on the Western Front and racked up 152 Victories against the French, British and Americans? He was not alone, only the best! If we reduce the sample to only those who fought on the Western Front, how do you explain the incredibly huge disparity in scores between the Germans and the rest of us, even if we go month by month?
Statistics show that the exact oposite was the truth. The Ruskies had the top 20-30 Allied Aces, all with 41 or more Victories. The Top Americans had 40 and 38, or 39 Kills and the Top Brit had 38, or 39, again, I can not at this time remember who was in second place between the second best American and the top Brit. The Ruskies shot down more Germans than the RAF.
I am fed up of you not understanding the basics, more kills as more oppotunity for kills, whilst german and Russians were racking up kills the British and US pilots were operating in conditions where engagement with the enemy happed once a week if you were lucky and then often on the German's conditions, more British and American pilots were lost during to ground fire than were shot down, you cannot shoot down an enemy if you dont get to engage them regardless of how good your plane is
So, you want to divorce the pilot skills entirely from the plane's performance and just make your choise based on the plane itself?
I can live with that and like that idea most of all!
This is not in dispute by the RAF, or any other rational person in the UK. So, who were the weak nellies, the Russians or the RAF? One last point, the Germans had more than twenty Aces who shot down over 100 planes each in the west exclusively!
Never said they were weak what I said was that they fielded a lot of untrained pilots in badly made aircraft which they did, so did the Germans, were the aircraft bad - no, just the neccessaties of war meant they were rushed into service with build quality that would not otherwise have been allowed, From what I have seen of many Allied aircraft, I would say the exact same thing! were the russians somehow worse as a race as pilots, NO they just threw untrained pilots into the fight pilotswho either died or got lucky enough to survive long enough to actaully learn how to fly combat
Using this logic, then the German planes had to have been better in some fundamental way in order to account for their score superiority? I mean, since you stated above that we scored so well because the Germans failed to train their new pilots as well as we did, just like the Ruskies, as you state above, then with pilot quality minimized, only aircraft superiority could account for such a marked differance in score? I can buy that! I say that because both the Me-109 and Fw-190 had traits that made them great killers, but not necessarily great "Dog Fighters"! This is just one more nail in the "Dog Fighter" argument's coffin!
again you are placing you own bias on the facts
No! I am just using the logical extension of your own arguments against you.
go back and actaully READ Mike Spick after all he was your source and yet he contrdicts all your comments
I have read them many times and he contradicts nothing I've said. You use his quotes from German Aces who did not like giving up half of their 20 MM firepower as if they were his ideas. Why not take General Chuck Yeager's comments on the utility of the .50 Caliber HMG on it's face. It would be very hard, if not impossible to dispute his ideas with un-biased tests today.
Then there is the bunch of >100 German Aces who did that ALL against the Americans and British! Do you then elevate their oppinions above those with less prolific scores? Right! The Germans had 107 Pilots who all shot down over 100 planes. The vast majority of them thought the Me-109 was the best! I'll take their word on that topic before yours, Or Col. Carson's!
so the oppinion of someone who only flew plane of type A is superior to someoen who flew types A,B,C,D etc
Yes! Absolutely, if that person spent his time mostly as a test pilot, instead of flying combat missions and shooting down the B, C, and D aircraft!
There can be no other valid measure than the ability and accomplishment of shooting down enemy aircraft. All other ideas are rubbish,
fine if you are comparing like with like otherwise the figures are meaningless (which they are in reality)
Since ALL of the Fighter planes of WW-II were much more alike than different, that must make my asertion completely valid!
No they dont, how can compairing a fighter that engaged an enemy fighter on 8 or 9 time in 10 sorties agaisnt one that engaged 1 in 100? how can you compare a fighter that engaged at odds of 10 to 1 o one that engaged at odds of 1 to 10? how can you compare fighters when one could pick an d chose the engagements and the other was forced to fight regardless? all these effect the figures but you casually dismiss them as irrelavent, really poor work by yourself
Yes, but during the course of the war it averaged out. Or on the other hand it is very easy to say that ALL of the NEGATIVE situations you mention above were predominently on the German side and the POSITIVE situations were on the allied side, it makes the argument for superiority of German Aircraft seem so much more likely?
You can not have it both ways! Either you take the field as a whole, or you narrow it down, but you can not do both as you tried to do above and be taken serriously!
I dont try to take it as a whole, But you labeled Russian Pilots as inferior to their German, and by inferance their American and British compatriots on one hand and then tried to sort it out above on the other! Durring the BoB, the Brits had several huge advantages and bairly1.2-1 beat the Nazis because the Germans chose to loose the battle with strategic mistakes. But over France, where similar-same conditions were played out and the RAF lost it's arse 4-1! So which is it? it is you that do that, I realise that the figures DO NOT give enough granuallity to make the stupid claims that you do, you can take period when aircraft were performing in similar enviroments Like the BoB and Battle of France when the RAF tried cross channel raids and lost their arse 4-1? but even then you have to take into account the differences Like the RAF had Radar and the Observer Corpse over England and the HUGE advantage of permissive throttle at their bect and call, but over France, where the Nazis had the throttle advantage, what happened? and make allowances but you think that a bill at the end is somehow perfect for deciding what happened, it like looking at two bills from a resteraunt that have the same value and saying look these two groups of four people spent the same money so they MUST have eaten the exact same food.
This last line is a silly asertion, full of false logic!
it was about 25mph faster than a Spit MkXIV at 28k Which model?
which model of the MkXIV?
Yes, which model of Mk-XIV Spitfire are you taling about. They were not all the same and there were huge differances in their performances.
so it needed additionaL boost to hit the figures at pretty much ALL altitudes, not only that it needed TWO systems to do it, wow what a good fighter (ad all that to be marginally better than allied fighters that ran without these additives)
Exactly what was the rate of climb at Sea Level of the Two stage-Two speed Griffin engined Spitfire at MTO. Then, what was the same figures under the same conditions in the Ta-152H. Then what were those exact same number for the single stage Spit at over 33,000'? Given the Spitfires notoriously slow rate of roll,
maybe you should read a bit more before making such silly comments, the Spit was slightly inferior The early Spits with the "D" box spar were the worst rolling planes on the planet at speeds over 300 MPH! to to many aircraft it is true but it was no slouch, Wrong, it was a slouch! The very worst slouch on the planet, except for the early model Zero! and the later models rolled quite well, Only after they got the new "Laminar Flow" wing with box section Spar, were they at least OK, but even those were not nearly best in class. certainly better than the long wing of the High altitude Ta1152h
And NONE of them were even close to the long wing Ta-152H! The Spit's Polar Moment of Inertia in roll was hampered by two thinks, the weak-twistable wing and the guns MASS hung so far from the CL! Both things the German plane did not have hung around it's neck! So yes, the Spit was the second worst rolling fighter plane on the planet until the very late-post war models.
not completely fixed with the metal covered control surfaces, I doubt this very much!
Then you are ignorant of the facts!
You see, the problem was not with the material the surfaces were covered with, but the flexibility of the wing which let the aileron at the back twist the wing to change the angle of attack on the leading edge to counter the effect of the aileron's force!
you mean the twist that was built in and was adopted by Tank as it cured the issue of the stall being so vicious and uncontrolable?
No! I mean the twist caused by the forces generated by the ailerons as they twisted the wing around it's spanwise axis! Only the clipped wing versions of the Spit had reasonable, but not great rates of roll, because the eliptical tip was what caused the "partial Aileron Reversal" at high speed. This was not completely solved until the last versions with the new Laminar Flow rectiliniar wing planform. IE when they dumped the beautiful Eliptical wing! Then it was only slightly better than average, for planes that were replaced before the last model Spit went into service!
The Spitfires as a group were never as quick as their comp's at high speed. Never, none of them ever! Fw's on the other hand were famous for their rates of roll.
Yet they were surpassed by the MkIX and later MKs which although having a slightly lower roll rate more than made up for it in other aspects
It all depends on how it's flown. If I were to dog fight a Spit in a Fw-190, I would never try to turn with him, but I would use a rolling scizzors to force him out in front and then murder him with a quick burst of cannon shells! But is I were starting from in the "Saddle", I'd just hammer him merccilessly until he went down in flames! You never play to your enemies strengths, but force him to fight under yours!
2. We were talking about rate of roll. Which of the two, the FW-190 and MK-XIV had the best rate of roll?
The un-answered $64,000 question!
then why did they go to so much trouble fitting power controls to the P38? as adding weight wouldn't help increase the speed would it? you seem to be arguing against yourself here
Not at all. Speed is related to weight by the square root of the weight differance. But rate of roll which became one of the very best at high speed goes to pointability and maneuverability which no other plane in WW-II can match at speeds over 360 MPH! NONE!
yet you have never provided evidence of this, the P38 was outclassed in the ETO and that is a fact of life, so to use your expression - get over it
Your failure is to relate startegic choises to tactical ones. Like when you state "Like Vs Like" etc... Even late in the war, the early P-38 was superior to most single engined fighter planes. The later The P-38Ls were superior as weapons and aircraft to almost all other aircraft late in the war. What hampered it were details of use and failures to train the pilots to use it's strengths instead of believing the "Dog Fight" Mafia. Flown with tactics like those of the great 109 aces, it was an unbeatable weapon!
If I were to sort and filter his comments into one or two big ideas, they would be the importance of speed and the ability to control the plane at those higher speeds, IE: POINTABILITY!
ahem speed AND control not speed on its own
OK, but if you had to choose one of the two to have at the expence of the other, Which would you take? The ability to escape from or run down the enemy, or the ability to roll the plane quicker, but not have the speed to escape or chase the enemy down? RIGHT!
wow aircombat is so simple, not sure why the US needs such a major resource as Topgun when aircombat is such an easy topic
No, we are arguing the merrits of only two of many mechanical atributes of the aircraft. Top gun is to train pilots, not explore the plane's atributes!
And yes, it is that simple! Which do you choose, Desicive Speed Advantage, or Superior turning ability WO advantage in rate of roll?
so you are happy to limit your pilots to one manoeuver, one that if they dont succeed you right them off?
No, that is your argument not mine! I'll take the >90% of Victories which involve shooting the other guy down before he knows he is under attack and then use the Superior Decisive Speed to escape IF I fail to convert the attack to a secondary kill after missing the first chance to shoot! You can "Dog Fight" all you like to try to win the other 10%.
The Spitfire, the ME-109 and the FW-190 got their performance by being light, but all of them suffered from the same fatal flaw... no range. To be considered the greatest fighter of WWII, it has to be a plane that is as great on offense as it is on defense. The P-51 could beat any one of the three top short range planes AND function as an offensive weapon, escorting bombers... taking the fight to the enemy and winning the war. All the Spitfire, the 109 and the 190 could do was delay the inevitable. The Spitfire beat back the German assault because the 109 was useless on offense, and the ME 110, less than useless. If the Germans had a plane like the Mustang during the Battle of Britain, (And something better than the HE 111) Hitler would have been dancing a jig in Piccadilly by the Fall of 1941, so don't give the Spitfire more credit than it deserves. Adolph Galland loved the 109, but he admitted in interviews that when he was closing in on squadrons of P-51s over Germany, his fuel warning light was already on, while (as he put it) "the enemy was just getting ready to fight". When fuel is an issue, you can't fly "balls-out", so the performance advantages of the 109 and 190 can't be taken as much into consideration during actual combat. Add fuel and range into the formula and the fight becomes a lot more even between the short-range 109 and 190 and the long-range Mustang that can afford to be prodigal with the throttle, even after flying all the way from Britain. The 109 and 190 may have performed better in certain circumstances, and under ideal conditions, but they weren't that much better than the Mustang, and neither German plane was better than the P-51 in all situations. Best defensive fighter...? Maybe. But the Spitfire, the 109 or 190 were not the best fighters of WWII.
I agree with almost all of the above! The Me-109 had one advantage that the others did not possess! It was smaller and harder to see comming up behind you, or as an adjunct to other combats. That gave it the decisive edge it needed to rack up such an impressive score. Other than that there was very little to chose between them, except for CL guns.
I am sorry but why does the requirement of ONE country make its fighters the best?
Because those choices have other unforseen effects. So yes, the coises made by one country can be decisive!
The RAF never had need of he range of the P51, those in service with the RAF rarely used the rear tank.
This is not true! The RAF did have need of more range from the Spitfire and each new model had more than the last. Now we know those effects and have even coined a term for it "Fuel Fraction"! The initial idea of pure intercepter is flawed from the start. The Germans desperately needed more range and they lost the BoB because of it! The Spit desperately needed more range and they lost the cross channel battle of france because of it. So yes range is a valid criteria on which to fail a plane inspite of allo it's other sterling traits!
The Spit was designed as a short ranged inteceptor and it was excelent i that role, the Spit was superior to the P51,This is simply not true! The spit had some small advantages in turn rate and climb, but the 'stang had huge advantages in rate of roll, range, strength and fire power! the only advatge the P51 had was range, yet the the Spit was the FIRST single engine fighter over berlin so a long range Spit could have een produced had thier been a will.
There was a will, every single version had longer range than the last!
You cannot write an aircraft off because it didnt do what YOU think is the important role, had the USAAF changed to night bombing in 43 would the P51 ever had gained that range? its unlikely. Well, yes! It started with more range than the later Spits and then grew longer leggs!
If you read Rall and Galland and a few others that survived the air war in the west the thing that stand out are they never feared combat with P51, P47 and especially P38s but always had the utmost respect for the Spit, That is why they had an over all advantage of about 4-1 in Victories over the Spitfire over France? if anything it was the shear numbers that allowed the P51 to become so succesfull, when you can counter every 109/190 with a full flight of P51s then you are always going to have the upper hand (even more so when those 109/190s are not trying to fight you but get at the bombers)
In one of Mike Spicks books he has an account of one of the top german aces being in an encounter with a single spit whilst comanding a full squadron of 109s include 3 "experten" in which no one got a single hit on the Spit!
But he also has an episode of one Me-109 shooting down five Spitfires in one go. So I guess it is a wash.
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I attribute distribution errors due to different reporting methods. Apparently it was HARD to be a Russian, Japanese, or British ace, easy to be a German or American.
This is a mistake. It was much harder to be a German or American Ace than a British, Russian, or Japanese ace. Note the very high variability of some Japanese scores. I do not know what standards the rest of the Nations used.
Too bad there can be no consistent international criteria.
Each Nation had it's own criteria, so there is no hope of that at all.
45-Shooter Your idea is very good and well argued! 3/26/2013 10:19:15 PM
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If you want to limit the discussion to how well a plane does within a narrow performance window, that's fine, but that doesn't make it the best overall, which is the point of this discussion. I don't even consider the Mustang as my best choice because it was vulnerable to minor damage; something that impacted the Spitfire and the Bf 109 as well. (P-51 is the second best, BTW... Hellcat is still best.) I can understand your sentimental attachment to the Spitfire and the 109 because they transcended the brutish nature of war and rekindled that romantic image of the dashing fighter-ace, more reminiscent of WWI, as portrayed on every Red Baron pizza box in your local grocery store frozen food section. However, the Mustang (Like the Hellcat) wasn't just a great fighter because of how well it turned, it was the best because it changed the complexion of the entire war, and ultimately won it by turning the Axis powers from offense to defense: something that the Spitfire and the Bf 109 were entirely incapable of doing. If you want to cherry-pick a plane based on a narrow performance standard, we could come up with any number of specialty aircraft divided into the categories of short range interceptor, long range escort and fighter-bomber. Then, once you have divided each specialty plane into its specific mission category, you could then deal with the minutia of speed, climb, turn, dive, range, damage resistance, firepower and then subtract any bad habits and fatal flaws baked into the design. If Mustang never progressed beyond the underpowered A-36, or if the F6F didn't arrive in time, like the Bearcat, this formula would be valid as no other plane really functioned well outside of its comfort zone. But if we take all of those categories into consideration and try to find one plane that fits, the Mustang would come out best or near best in every category except damage resistance, which is why Hellcat is still best overall. Could the Spitfire operate as an effective escort or long range fighter? No. Could the Mustang have operated as a effective short range defensive fighter? Yes. Case closed.
Watch the film, it very good! If the Mustang is not the best because it was subject to damge but still better than the Hellcat, what about the P-38 which was much more tollerant of damage than either of those two and better than both in most other catagories!
Skylark 3/27/2013 5:42:47 AM
45-Shooter wrote...
Watch the film, it very good! If the Mustang is not the best because it was subject to damage but still better than the Hellcat, what about the P-38 which was much more tolerant of damage than either of those two and better than both in most other categories!
The P-38 was a lot like the Spitfire and Me 109, but in the opposite direction. It was fast, it's airframe could take enormous stress, it had great range, and awesome firepower, but it was not very nimble, and if it lost an engine, it was at a great disadvantage because the remaining powerplant wasn't all that powerful. The P-38 was also expensive to build, difficult and costly to maintain and tricky to fly. It also had an aerodynamic flaw called compressibility that dogged the design until late in the war when a solution was finally discovered (too late to do it any good BTW) and implemented. To some extent it's unfair to compare the lightning to other fighters because it wasn't a fighter designed to fight other fighters. The P-38 was an interceptor designed to shoot down bombers, and in that role it did extremely well. It also made for an excellent photo-recon aircraft, but it was not really effective, or it simply wasn't used all that much in the escort role, even though it did have the range. Maybe it was because of cost or numbers available, a lack of good pilots, inter-service politics, the need for the P-38 to do other jobs, or operate on other theaters, but the Lightning made no significant contribution to the bombing campaign over Europe that I'm aware of. If it did, we might not have been losing so many bombers prior to the introduction of the Mustang. Mustang is better than Hellcat in a lot of ways, but if you were to measure every feature and put that up on a graph, the lack of damage resistance represents a huge valley. Hellcat had no real valleys, beyond a huge rearward blindspot, but good formation tactics and the F6Fs ability to shrug off damage largely made up for that. The Hellcat may not have sparkled like the Mustang, but it didn't have any serious warts either. My measurement of best is also based, not simply on performance, but on unit cost, damage resistance, ease of maintenance, lack of bad habits and pilot friendliness. It's easy to measure a great plane when it's working well and in ideal conditions. But the true test, IMO, is when conditions are poor, pilots are fatigued, maintenance is sketchy, the plane has a lot of hours in the air and has taken some hits in combat. That is when you measure what is great against what is good and get your answer as to which one was best.


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require 'rails_helper'

describe Atmosphere::OptimizationStrategy::Default do

  before do
    Fog.mock!
  end

  it 'supports dev mode appliance set' do
    as = build(:dev_appliance_set)
    expect(Atmosphere::OptimizationStrategy::Default.supports?(as)).to be_truthy
  end

  it 'supports portal appliance set' do
    as = build(:portal_appliance_set)
    expect(Atmosphere::OptimizationStrategy::Default.supports?(as)).to be_truthy
  end

  it 'supports workflow appliance set' do
    as = build(:workflow_appliance_set)
    expect(Atmosphere::OptimizationStrategy::Default.supports?(as)).to be_truthy
  end

  context '#can_reuse_vm?' do

    it 'reuses shared VMs in prod mode' do
      appl = appliance(development: false, shared: true)
      subject = Atmosphere::OptimizationStrategy::Default.new(appl)

      expect(subject.can_reuse_vm?).to be_truthy
    end

    it 'does not reuse VM in dev mode' do
      appl = appliance(development: true, shared: true)
      subject = Atmosphere::OptimizationStrategy::Default.new(appl)

      expect(subject.can_reuse_vm?).to be_falsy
    end

    it 'does not reuse not shareable VMs' do
      appl = appliance(development: false, shared: false)
      subject = Atmosphere::OptimizationStrategy::Default.new(appl)

      expect(subject.can_reuse_vm?).to be_falsy
    end
  end

  def appliance(options)
    double(
      development?: options[:development],
      appliance_type: double(shared: options[:shared])
    )
  end

  context 'new appliance created' do
    let(:wf) { create(:workflow_appliance_set) }
    let(:openstack) { create(:openstack_with_flavors, funds: [fund]) }
    let(:fund) { create(:fund) }
    let(:u) { create(:user, funds: [fund]) }
    let(:aset) { create(:appliance_set, user: u) }
    let(:shareable_appl_type) { create(:shareable_appliance_type) }
    let(:not_shareable_appl_type) { create(:not_shareable_appliance_type) }

    before do
      create(:virtual_machine_template,
             appliance_type: shareable_appl_type,
             tenants: [openstack])
    end

    context 'development mode' do

      let(:dev_appliance_set) { create(:dev_appliance_set) }
      let(:config_inst) { create(:appliance_configuration_instance) }
      it 'does not allow to reuse vm for dev appliance' do
        appl1 = create(:appliance, appliance_set: wf, appliance_type: shareable_appl_type, appliance_configuration_instance: config_inst, fund: fund, tenants: Atmosphere::Tenant.all)
        appl2 = Atmosphere::Appliance.new(appliance_set: dev_appliance_set, appliance_type: shareable_appl_type, appliance_configuration_instance: config_inst, fund: fund, tenants: Atmosphere::Tenant.all)
        subject = Atmosphere::OptimizationStrategy::Default.new(appl2)
        expect(subject.can_reuse_vm?).to be_falsy
      end

      it 'does not reuse available vm if it is in dev mode' do
        appl1 = create(:appliance, appliance_set: dev_appliance_set, appliance_type: shareable_appl_type, appliance_configuration_instance: config_inst, fund: fund, tenants: Atmosphere::Tenant.all)
        appl2 = Atmosphere::Appliance.new(appliance_set: wf, appliance_type: shareable_appl_type, appliance_configuration_instance: config_inst, fund: fund, tenants: Atmosphere::Tenant.all)
        subject = Atmosphere::OptimizationStrategy::Default.new(appl2)
        expect(subject.vm_to_reuse).to be nil
      end
    end

    it 'scopes potential VMs to ones on tenants funded by chosen fund' do
      nonfunded_t = create(:openstack_with_flavors, funds: [create(:fund)])
      a = create(:appliance,
                 appliance_set: aset,
                 appliance_type: not_shareable_appl_type,
                 fund: fund,
                 tenants: Atmosphere::Tenant.all)
      create(:virtual_machine_template,
             appliance_type: a.appliance_type,
             tenants: [nonfunded_t])
      create(:virtual_machine_template,
             appliance_type: a.appliance_type,
             tenants: [openstack])
      supported_appliance_types = Atmosphere::Tenant.all.map do |t|
        t.virtual_machine_templates.map(&:appliance_type)
      end
      expect(supported_appliance_types).to all(include(a.appliance_type))
      default_strategy = Atmosphere::OptimizationStrategy::Default.new(a)
      vm_candidates = default_strategy.send(:vmt_candidates)
      expect(vm_candidates.count).to eq 1
      expect(vm_candidates.first.tenants.first).to eq openstack
    end
  end
end

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Sooke RCMP hunt for three suspects after two men shot Tuesday night
Investigators searching for stolen grey sedan with Saskatchewan licence plate 404 JZB
Police are asking the public's assistance in locating one of the leading suspects in a drive-by shooting Tuesday evening in Sooke that left two men with gunshot wounds.
The suspect is identified as Joshua Nicholas Lafleur, 25, described as white, 6'0 tall, 190 lbs., and is still believed to be armed.
Police are hunting for Lafleur and two other suspects, who were last seen in a grey sedan with Saskatchewan licence plate 404 JZB. The vehicle, originally from Langford, was reported stolen.
Sooke RCMP responded after a complaint of shots fired around 9:15 p.m. on Ella Road, a residential street.
Two men, both aged 20 and Sooke residents, were found at the roadside with gunshot wounds and were rushed to Victoria General Hospital. One of the victims, who had a wound to his bicep, was released on Wednesday, while the other, who received a shot in the torso, remains in hospital and in stable condition.
Three suspects in a grey sedan were seen by witnesses fleeing the scene, and now police are asking for the public's help in locating that vehicle which was reported stolen from Langford.
The suspect vehicle is a 2003 KIA Magentis, with Saskatchewan plates.
Anyone who spots this vehicle is asked to call 911 immediately and not approach the suspects.
Call Sooke RCMP at 250-642-5241 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477 if you have any information about the shooting.
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ANTS Tennis is now available to parents and children at Lycée Français de San Francisco School for the year of 2014! Join in on the fun of learning and playing tennis at school with both your classmates and friends! ANTS brings everything to your school, and is ready for your children to have fun and play tennis! We also are here to develop a progressive program at your school that will continue to foster positive development in both the game of tennis and sport of life!
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Registration for current Oak Grove families is set for Tuesday, February 21. We will register families who have attended our Open Houses on February 22 and open registration up for everyone on February 23. Registration will take place in the Castle from 9 AM until 12 noon each day.
Registration forms are attached (Oak Grove Registration Form 2017-18) or may be picked up in the office. Copies will also be available at the Blue Jay Desk (near the green canopy entrance) during drop off.
For 2017-2018, we will have two 2-day programs available ("Red": Monday and Wednesday or "Blue": Tuesday and Thursday). There is also a third day core option available on Friday mornings. This makes it possible for families to select a 2.5-day core program if they wish. For example, students could attend all day on Monday and Wednesday, plus a half day on Friday. Of course, families may also elect to have their children here three full-days each week by choosing the 2.5 day core option and participating in our Friday afternoon programs.
Oak Grove will offer elective classes on Friday afternoons (12:05-2:30). These classes will be open to any Oak Grove student as well as other homeschool students. A child registering for Friday electives will be able to choose 2 classes to take each semester they are enrolled.
The Oak Grove Co-op Board and the Co-op Finance Committee have conducted a review of the tuition amounts published on January 25, 2017 and concluded the 2.5 Day Co-op offering should be adjusted down to $3,000 per year. The Board and Finance Committee are committed to making Oak Grove as affordable as possible for families, while maintaining the financial solvency of our organization. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. You can call the office at 865-219-3017 or send an email to info@oakgrovecoop.com.
*A sibling discount of 10% is applied for multiple children from the same family in the Co-op.
** Co-op families are also responsible to purchase books and materials for their children.
*** A materials fee may also be necessary for Friday U electives.


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Located in Paris, Hotel Cecilia is 350 metres from Place de l'Etoile and the famous Arc de Triomphe. Free Wi-Fi is available.
All air-conditioned Cecilia rooms have an en suite bathroom and flat screen TV with satellite channels.
The hotel's reception area extends into a vast lounge with a bar, reserved for guests, that is open 24 hours a day.
Hotel Cecilia's location makes it easy to discover Paris' many wonders. Avenue des Champs-Élysées with its many shops is 350 metres away. The Charles de Gaulle-Etoile Metro (lines 1, 2 and 6) and RER (line A) station is located at Place de l'Etoile a 2-minute walk from the hotel.
Rooms with a view of the Arc de Triomphe are available upon advanced request and carry an additional charge.
Room service is available 7:00 to 20:00.
Please note that if you require a children's cot, please contact the property directly in order to arrange this facility.
These air-conditioned rooms include a private bathroom with hairdryer and are equipped with cable and satellite TV. This room cannot accommodate an extra bed.
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Overlooking the courtyard, these air-conditioned rooms include a private bathroom with hairdryer and are equipped with cable and satellite TV. Rooms with views of Mac Mahon Avenue are available upon prior request and with a surcharge. Extra beds and baby cots cannot be accommodated in this room.
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These rooms include a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, tea and coffee-making facilities and a private bathroom. This room can accommodate an extra bed at an extra cost. It is available on request and subject to availability.
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These en suite rooms include a flat-screen TV with satellite channels, tea and coffee making facilities. They overlook the courtyard. This room cannot accommodate an extra bed.
Located on the street side, this double room has air conditioning, electric kettle and satellite TV.
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NFL Player Ryan Russell Shares Behind-the-Scenes Video of London Trip with His Boyfriend
Jason Duaine Hahn
People December 17, 2019
Ryan Russell and boyfriend Corey O'Brien are sharing intimate footage from their visit across the pond!
The NFL free agent, 27, and O'Brien flew to London last month so Russell could accept the Gay Times' Sporting Hero Award at their Honours 500 event after he came out as bisexual in an emotional first-person essay for ESPN. He was recognized for giving more LGBTQ representation in sports.
The couple documented their trip in a video on their joint YouTube channel, published on Dec. 9, which shows the lovebirds beginning their trip stateside before making their way to their hotel after landing in London. The two then travel to the event, where Russell goes on stage to accept the award.
"Growing up in small-town rural Texas being gay, being bi, being queer of any kind was just never — [it was] an impossibility, especially not in sports," Russell told the audience. "Faith family and football were the three things that were kind of ingrained into me."
"[Of the people] who go to church on Sunday, 90 percent of them watch football games," he continued, "and to know that those families can see an openly queer player on Sundays is just what I think the world needed."
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Ryan Russell (left) and boyfriend Corey O'Brien in London in November | BACKGRID
Russell has not yet signed with a team after previously playing for the Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
He opened up to ESPN in August about being "a talented football player, a damn good writer, a loving son, an overbearing brother, a caring friend, a loyal lover, and a bisexual man."
"Love is faithful, Love is kind, It doesn't brag or boast," Russell wrote of O'Brien on Instagram in August, "But when I tell the world you're mine, I tend to brag the most."
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O'Brien, a dancer, wrote on his website that he has performed with artists such as P. Diddy, French Montana, Nas, Ne-Yo and others.
He has also been featured in Funny or Die segments and on Snapchat's show Sexiest Dance Moves. After moving back to Los Angeles, he appeared in episodes of RuPaul's Drag Race and on ABC's Rose Bowl New Year's Parade. He was also in Iggy Azalea's music video for "Started."
In addition to his professional gigs, O'Brien hosts workshops around the country to teach contemporary, jazz-funk, technique and more.
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The online edition of MONITOR magazine now has the January issue, with the excellent review written by Thomas Leroux of the Ottawa Amiga Show, held in November 2004.
MONITOR is a local publication that covers personal computing on a monthly basis. It's available free on the street or by subscription. The online edition is usually a month behind.
There's even pictures, so if you were there, you might be able to see yourself.
Be sure to check out the rest of the online edition, or even search for articles Tom has written for past Amiga events.
Thanks for writing your report Thomas.
Always nice to see some positive Amiga coverage by multi-platform press.
Great report, maybe next year I'll have to make it.
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Delightful article and informative too, thanks!
I also don't recall seeing the dimensions of the micro AmigaOne board (ITX-form-factor) before being a bit less than 6.75 in./17 cm.
Those using Windows and FireFox browsers here (don't know about the Amiga browsers...yet) can get the "micro" µ ASCII code by pressing Alt+0181 on the keypad.
I'm glad so many people are happy with the article - I did have two errors pointed out to me that I *should* have caught myself when I was proof reading it before I sent it off - I refer to the SX-1 as a SX-32 and misidentified Amithlon as AmigaXL.
Monitor magazine has been supportive of the Ottawa Amiga Show from the beginning - they have always made space in the magazine for a review and cover Amiga news (that I usually edit) as well. It may be even a bit of a surprise, considering the size of the Amiga user base in Ottawa, which I would guest to be around 10ish, maybe higher, but not by a whole lot.
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Richard didn't write E-UAE as such. UAE started its life on *nix and was ported to other platforms including Windows. The Windows version of UAE has been developed the furthest while the *nix version has been stagnating, so Richard updated UAE, added a few bits here and there and now maintains it under the name of E-UAE (to distinguish it from the original UAE). He is bringing it up to the level of WinUAE bit by bit.
UAE stands for UNIX Amiga Emulator, although the "U" originally stood for "Unusable" as in 1996 on a 90Mhz Pentium the emulation was still about one third as fast as a 7 MHz A1000 from 1985.
As UAE has now been ported to many different platforms, the "U" is now often said to stand for "Ubiquitous".
Now we will call "Ubiquitous Amiga Emulator"


Tarantulas, like all spiders, extrude silk from so-called spinnerets on their abdomens, and scientists recently found evidence suggesting the arachnids also shoot silk from their feet, Spider-Man style.
But these powers were fleeting, it seems, with new research showing tarantulas are not so like the famed superhero, after all. The tips of their eight legs don't shoot out Spidey silk.
"The history of science has plenty of examples which teach us that our present truths are provisional," Fernando Pérez-Miles, an entomologist at the University of the Republic in Uruguay, told LiveScience in an email. "But in my opinion the present evidence shows that tarantulas do not produce silk by their feet."
To hold on to vertical surfaces, spiders rely on molecular forces generated by thousands of microscopic hairs on their feet. Additionally, tiny foot claws allow them to cling to rough surfaces. In 2006, a study led by biologist Stanislav Gorb suggested that the zebra tarantula uses silk fibers — presumably produced by the nozzlelike spigots on their feet — to help them climb up a vertical glass wall.
"I have been studying tarantulas for more than 30 years and I have never seen any signal of silk production by tarantula feet," Pérez-Miles said.
Spindly ribbed structures found on the feet of tarantulas (called foot spigots) looked nothing like the spigots that shoot out spider silk, scientists have found. That suggests the foot spigots are used as some sort of sensory hairs.
But that wasn't the end of the story. Last year, biologist Claire Rind and her students at the University of Newcastle in the U.K. placed various tarantulas on horizontal glass slides, which they then raised to a vertical position and gently shook. The spiders' legs slipped slightly, but they regained their footing quickly, each time leaving behind microscopic silk threads — the team believes the arachnids only secrete silk from their feet as a lifeline to save themselves from falling, explaining why Pérez-Miles didn't see any silk in his experiments.
Next, to find the source of the foot silk, the researchers used an electron microscope to look at the feet of a dead tarantula. They found silk threads attached to ribbed, tapered structures that stuck out farther than the tiny foot hairs.
"But the microscopy was pretty poor," said arachnid specialist Rainer Foelix, author of "Biology of Spiders" (Oxford University Press, 2011). "There was such a low magnification of the silk threads that you couldn't tell them from a hole in the ground."
In a study published in April, Foelix and his colleagues compared the proposed foot spigots with spinneret spigots. They didn't look anything alike, but the foot structures strongly resembled the sensory hairs involved in taste and touch found elsewhere on the spiders. "Morphologically, it is very clear [the hairs] are sensory in nature," he said.
When researchers sealed the tarantula's silk-spinning abdominal organs (the spinnerets) with paraffin, they didn't see any silk residues left on the glass where the spiders were placed.
And in a study published in the May 15 issue of the Journal of Experimental Biology, Pérez-Miles repeated Rind's experiment, but again sealed the spider's spinnerets — he didn't find any silk thread on the glass.
The two studies contradict Rind's, but she still stands behind the findings and the tarantulas' Spider-Man-like ability. "So far no conclusive evidence has been given that the structures on the feet I described do not secrete silk, they just don't look like usual spigots," Rind told LiveScience in an email.
For Pérez-Miles the work isn't over: Though he and his team didn't see silk secretions, they did find some kind of residue on the glass. "The fluid footprints we found could be a secretion of chemoreceptors, but up to now we don't know the nature of this fluid," he said. He hopes to soon study the odd, spindly structures on the tarantulas' feet in more detail to fully unravel the mystery.
Nicole Kidman Rescued a Tarantula from Drowning. Turns Out, the Spider Was Looking for Love.


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H-2 receptor antagonists are much newer. Histamine stimulates gastric acid secretion by combining with H-2 receptors. By preventing this combination, H-2 antagonists can reduce acid secretion in the stomach, an effect that makes these drugs useful in managing various conditions, such as peptic ulcer disease.
Other conditions in which H-2 antagonists are used to lower gastric acidity include reflux esophagitis, stress ulcers, and hypersecretory states such as the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, in which tumor cells secrete large amounts of the hormone gastrin, which stimulates gastric acid secretion. In these conditions, administration of H-2 antagonists reduces symptoms and promotes healing.
The toxicity of H-2 antagonists is quite low, and adverse effects are reported by only 1-2% of patients. The most common side effects are gastrointestinal upsets, including nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
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Q: WinAVR and native Windows console apps I'm not that experienced with C, but I've been happily hacking firmware on some hobby projects using WinAVR. I'm visually impaired so I prefer using make files and the command line, instead of a graphically confusing IDE.
Sometimes I want to thrash out an algorithm at the Windows console prompt, with a few printf statements to show me what's happening.  But I don't want to install a native Windows variant of GCC and mess up my working WinAVR installation.
What's the best way to proceed?

A: i think http://www.cygwin.com/ would be a great choice.. you can install cygwin and then install gcc install cygwin. you can have all the unix tools if you want


We hear things like this from time to time.
Awards in healthcare are funny.
Essentially, if you don't apply, you have no chance of winning. If you apply, your chance of winning is dependent on the competition. None of this necessarily reflects the actual effectiveness of what you have done.
Much of this can be condensed to two questions: Effectiveness – how meaningful is the improvement? And, Sustainability – how long have you been improving for?
With the former, if the improvement is meaningless to patient care and the award supports patient care, you haven't really improved, equally, if the improvement is only ongoing so long as you are beating the drum, it is not sustainable and unlikely to spread.
Last week, I had a moment with the Costa people.
I was standing in the dining room at Bassetlaw Hospital – two of the coffee people were servicing one of the machines while I waited for my latte.
Costa person one opened the machine and all the sugar sachets fell on the floor.
And, there was I momentarily mesmerised by the interaction.
This was followed by an email I was privy to reading at the end of the week, sent by one of my colleagues in relation to a call to participate in Quality Improvement (QI).
One system – the Costa, has somehow embedded, or at least introduced QI into their culture, the other, certain elements of the NHS (most often senior doctors it seems), don't see the wood for the trees.
The response to the email was the Winnie-the-Pooh quote from Christopher Robin bumping Edward Bear down the stairs.
I thought this quite clever. But, not necessarily a sustainable way of changing behaviours or attitudes.
'Do what we are doing as we won the award for best xxxx,' 'Our way is the best,' this becomes what Bruce Lee worried about in relation to his martial art Jeet Kune Do – a Classical Mess (for this reason, he initially didn't want to give it a name – The Way that is No Way).
Once a name is ascribed to a system or process and once awards are notched-up the organism starts to calcify, growth ends and any initial value becomes diluted.
Perhaps this is a lesson we could adopt within the NHS.
Please share or let me know what you think!
Thanks Bigbeat – the two are probably more related than you think!


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Assessing stakeholders' perspectives towards the conservation of the built heritage of Suakin, Sudan
Katherine Sarah Ashley, Mohamed Osmani, Stephen Emmitt, Michael Mallinson, Helen Mallinson
Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering
Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture (CASA)
The conservation of built heritage is recognized as a vehicle for sustaining local identity and a powerful instrument for urban regeneration. The problem of how to engage local culture in this process, however, has received comparatively little attention, despite the recognition of 'stakeholders' and the importance of their involvement. This research examines how collaboration between stakeholders might be established to conserve and thus help regenerate the historic and largely abandoned port town of Suakin. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with representatives of Suakin's stakeholder groups and supported through archival analysis and observational studies. The intention was to explore the stakeholders' views of the 'conservation drivers', 'conservation practice', and 'conservation challenges and enablers' affecting Suakin. The stakeholders' response provides a preliminary status to the various perspectives concerning the conservation of Suakin's built heritage. The findings identify a number of major issues impacting Suakin's conservation and reveal a potential for implementing a comprehensive and inclusive conservation approach. The research establishes the case for further research to determine best methods to enable stakeholders to collaboratively address the issues impacting Suakin's conservation. This approach to stakeholder involvement represents a new step towards the conservation of Suakin and a new contribution towards the conservation process.
International Journal of Heritage Studies
conservation practice
Suakin
This is an Accepted manuscript of an article published by Taylor and Francis in International Journal of Heritage Studies on 22/11/2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13527258.2014.985696
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Ashley, K. S., Osmani, M., Emmitt, S., Mallinson, M., & Mallinson, H. (2015). Assessing stakeholders' perspectives towards the conservation of the built heritage of Suakin, Sudan. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 21(7), 674-697. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2014.985696
Assessing stakeholders' perspectives towards the conservation of the built heritage of Suakin, Sudan. / Ashley, Katherine Sarah; Osmani, Mohamed; Emmitt, Stephen; Mallinson, Michael; Mallinson, Helen.
In: International Journal of Heritage Studies, Vol. 21, No. 7, 2015, p. 674-697.
Ashley, KS, Osmani, M, Emmitt, S, Mallinson, M & Mallinson, H 2015, 'Assessing stakeholders' perspectives towards the conservation of the built heritage of Suakin, Sudan', International Journal of Heritage Studies, vol. 21, no. 7, pp. 674-697. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2014.985696
Ashley KS, Osmani M, Emmitt S, Mallinson M, Mallinson H. Assessing stakeholders' perspectives towards the conservation of the built heritage of Suakin, Sudan. International Journal of Heritage Studies. 2015;21(7):674-697. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2014.985696
Ashley, Katherine Sarah ; Osmani, Mohamed ; Emmitt, Stephen ; Mallinson, Michael ; Mallinson, Helen. / Assessing stakeholders' perspectives towards the conservation of the built heritage of Suakin, Sudan. In: International Journal of Heritage Studies. 2015 ; Vol. 21, No. 7. pp. 674-697.
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Nothing was completely resolved by Super Tuesday
Wednesday, March 2, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe
Grant Reeher, Professor of Political Science at Maxwell School at Syracuse University, Director of the Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute, and Host of the Campbell Conversations on WRVO, said that "nothing was completely resolved by Super Tuesday, but the confusion got a lot clearer."
Grant Reeher
"Despite some significant successes that will fuel a fight to the end, the hill to the Democratic nomination that Bernie Sanders must now climb has become K2. Absent a federal indictment or a serious health scare, the designation looks to be Clinton's. Did anything actually change in the week leading up to the Super Tuesday contests? It appears that the media drumbeat that Hillary Clinton would ultimately be the Democratic nominee—always present but much louder after Nevada and South Carolina—deflated some younger voters' level of enthusiasm and turnout. But before the Democratic establishment celebrates that all is finally right in the world, it must recognize that it has some serious construction and repair work to do, even in a match-up with Donald Trump. That a septuagenarian self-described socialist from a state with a single congressional district could take Clinton this deep into the contest—after the party leadership tried to clear the decks for her to run essentially unopposed—suggests there are gaps in her appeal which will need to be addressed. Once lost, trust is hard to regain.
The math for Donald Trump's path to the Republican nomination is starting to look persuasive if not inexorable, as he racked up convincing wins in too many states in Super Tuesday for the other candidates to keep pace. He has momentum as the contest shifts to greater rewards for first-place finishers. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio ended the night with enough wins or delegates to stay in the race–and both have pledged to remain–so it's too late for a gentlemen's agreement among them to arrive at a single alternative. The most likely hope for a Republican nominee other than Trump now rests on a brokered convention. It will be interesting to see whether Trump, looking ahead to the general election, will become more "presidential," or whether he'll stay true to the brash and reckless formula that brought him to this point."
Reeher is available to speak to media and can be reached via email at gdreeher@maxwell.syr.edu or by contacting Jessica Smith, Director of Communications and Media Relations at Maxwell School at jsmith13@maxwell.syr.edu, 315.443.5492 or 315.378.3255, or by contacting Ellen James Mbuqe, Director of News and Public Relations at Syracuse University at ejmbuqe@syr.edu, 315.443.1897, or 412.496.0551.
Ellen Mbuqe


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Puerto Rico faces weeks without electricity after Maria
LOCALS HELP CLEAR debris from a road Thursday after the passing of Hurricane Maria, in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. The Category 3 storm was expected to approach the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas by early today. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The eye of Hurricane Maria was nearing the Turks and Caicos early today as Puerto Rico sought to recover from the storm's devastation.
Two days after Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, flooding towns, crushing homes and killing at least two people, millions on the island faced the dispiriting prospect of weeks and perhaps months without electricity. The storm knocked out the entire grid across the U.S. territory of 3.4 million, leaving many without power.
The loss of power left residents hunting for gas canisters for cooking, collecting rainwater or steeling themselves mentally for the hardships to come in the tropical heat. Some contemplated leaving the island.
"You cannot live here without power," said Hector Llanos, a 78-year-old retired New York police officer who planned to leave Saturday for the U.S. mainland to live there temporarily.
Like many Puerto Ricans, Llanos does not have a generator or gas stove. "The only thing I have is a flashlight," he said, shaking his head. "This is never going to return to normal."
Maria's death toll across the Caribbean, meanwhile, climbed to at least 27. There were at least 15 deaths on Dominica and six on Puerto Rico. Other islands reporting deaths were Haiti, three; Guadeloupe, two; and Dominican Republic, one.
As of Friday morning, Maria was passing northeast of the Turks and Caicos with winds of 125 mph. A hurricane warning remained in effect for those islands as well as the southeastern Bahamas. The storm is expected to veer into the open Atlantic and pose no threat to the U.S. mainland.
In Puerto Rico, the grid was in sorry shape long before Maria — and Hurricane Irma two weeks ago — struck.
The territory's $73 billion debt crisis has left agencies like the state power company broke. It abandoned most basic maintenance in recent years, leaving the island subject to regular blackouts.
"We knew this was going to happen given the vulnerable infrastructure," Gov. Ricardo Rossello said.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it would open an air bridge from the mainland today, with three to four military planes flying to the island every day carrying water, food, generators and temporary shelters.
He said his administration was trying to open ports soon to receive shipments of food, water, generators, cots and other supplies.
The government has hired 56 small contractors to clear trees and put up new power lines and poles and will be sending tanker trucks to supply neighborhoods as they run out of water.
Mike Hyland, senior vice president of engineering services for the American Public Power Association, a utility industry group that is sending repair crews into the Caribbean, refused to speculate on how long it would take to restore power in Puerto Rico.
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Hunter Arnold
'Book of Mormon's McCarthy Directs 'Summer's Music
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by Carlos Pedraza
CIAN McCARTHY, musical director of Broadway's The Book of Mormon is leading the musical production of Something Like Summer, producers announced today. The 30-year-old Irishman, a graduate of Boston's Berklee School of Music, is composing the score and doing the orchestrations for the …
The 'New' Ben Bentley: Grant Davis
LOS ANGELES — A national search to re-cast the role of Benjamin Bentley came to a successful conclusion this week with talented actor-singer-activist Grant Vaughn Davis named to take the lead in Something Like Summer, producers announced. Grant, 18, is a …
Tony-Winning Producer Joins Team
THE TONY AWARD-winning producer behind such Broadway shows as Kinky Boots and It's Only a Play is joining the creative team producing Something Like Summer. A successful serial entrepreneur, Hunter Arnold has his own production company, TBD Theatricals, and is chief executive officer of the live …


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#ifndef WEBRTC_MODULES_VIDEO_CODING_TIMESTAMP_EXTRAPOLATOR_H_
#define WEBRTC_MODULES_VIDEO_CODING_TIMESTAMP_EXTRAPOLATOR_H_

#include "typedefs.h"
#include "rw_lock_wrapper.h"

namespace webrtc
{

class Clock;

class VCMTimestampExtrapolator
{
public:
    VCMTimestampExtrapolator(Clock* clock,
                             int32_t vcmId = 0,
                             int32_t receiverId = 0);
    ~VCMTimestampExtrapolator();
    void Update(int64_t tMs, uint32_t ts90khz, bool trace = true);
    uint32_t ExtrapolateTimestamp(int64_t tMs) const;
    int64_t ExtrapolateLocalTime(uint32_t timestamp90khz) const;
    void Reset(int64_t nowMs = -1);

private:
    void CheckForWrapArounds(uint32_t ts90khz);
    bool DelayChangeDetection(double error, bool trace = true);
    RWLockWrapper*        _rwLock;
    int32_t         _vcmId;
    int32_t         _id;
    Clock*                _clock;
    double                _w[2];
    double                _P[2][2];
    int64_t         _startMs;
    int64_t         _prevMs;
    uint32_t        _firstTimestamp;
    int32_t         _wrapArounds;
    uint32_t        _prevTs90khz;
    const double          _lambda;
    bool                  _firstAfterReset;
    uint32_t        _packetCount;
    const uint32_t  _startUpFilterDelayInPackets;

    double              _detectorAccumulatorPos;
    double              _detectorAccumulatorNeg;
    const double        _alarmThreshold;
    const double        _accDrift;
    const double        _accMaxError;
    const double        _P11;
};

} // namespace webrtc

#endif // WEBRTC_MODULES_VIDEO_CODING_TIMESTAMP_EXTRAPOLATOR_H_


"yea, this is a bit too cutesy"
realise he is not listening at all."
- Larry L. King (about Willie Nelson).
"What's going on with you and Tom Petty?"
" One of the best things you can have up your sleeve is a funny bone."
Some pursue happiness, others create it.
"Sometimes the mind, for reasons we don't necessarily understand, just decides to go to the store for a quart of milk"
"I'm not loving anybody that I'm not legally required to!" ~ Red Foreman, "That 70's Show"
Does this quote fit a certain PIA at the officials or what.


There was a cold lady who swallowed snow, pipe, some coal, a hat, a stick, a scarf. Then she had a plan. She hiccuped two times and it made a... You will have to find out what she made when you read the book.
I loved this story because the illustrations made the story funny and the words rhymed.
My favorite part was when the cold lady gobbles up the pipe because it says she wasn't the type and that's funny to me.
This story reminds me of me and my family making snowmen in the winter even though we don't eat a bunch of stuff.
I recommend this story to younger kids because of the rhyming and fun illustrations.


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Denise Scott Brown demands Pritzker recognition
Emilie Chalcraft | 27 March 2013 58 comments
News: architect Denise Scott Brown has asked to be retrospectively acknowledged for her role in her husband Robert Venturi's 1991 Pritzker Prize.
Speaking in a pre-recorded address at an Architect's Journal Women in Architecture Awards lunch in London last week, where she was an honorary guest, Scott Brown said her exclusion from the prize was "very sad".
"They owe me not a Pritzker Prize but a Pritzker inclusion ceremony. Let's salute the notion of joint creativity," she said.
At the time the prize was awarded, Scott Brown had been a partner at the couple's practice Venturi Scott Brown and Associates for 22 years and had co-authored with Venturi the seminal 1970s text Learning From Las Vegas, which celebrated the garish iconography of the city's sprawling strip and confirmed the pair as leading theorists of postmodernism.
Above: Scott Brown outside Las Vegas in 1966; photograph from the Archives of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
Top: photograph by Frank Hanswijk
In her address, Scott Brown also warned women architects of the continuing fight against the glass ceiling and called on them to embrace their "feminist awareness".
"There are as many women as men in the early stages of architectural practice, but as they move up the ladder, the glass ceiling really hits.
"I say to young women today, don't cast out your feminist awareness. When the glass ceiling hits you, you will think it is your fault unless you know a bit about feminism, and it will destroy you."
Above: Venturi outside Las Vegas in 1966; photograph from the Archives of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
The Pritzker jury has awarded a joint prize twice in its history – to Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron in 2001 and to male-female duo Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of Japanese firm SANAA in 2010 – but last year the prize was won individually by Chinese architect Wang Shu, who co-founded his studio with his architect wife Lu Wenyu in 1997.
Zaha Hadid, who in 2004 became the first woman to be named a Pritzker laureate, recently railed against "misogynist" attitudes in British architecture, saying: "I doubt anything has changed much over the last 30 years."
This year's Pritzker Prize was won by Japanese architect Toyo Ito, whose work includes the TOD'S Omotesando Building in Tokyo and Sendai Mediatheque – see all news about the Pritzker Prize.
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