A major factor in the survival of a ship in combat is speed and maneuverability. Under propulsion we will compare the power and the drive system. Having four propellers allows for greater maneuverability by allowing the battleship to steer by just using the propellers. Bismarck could not steer using three propellers.
The main armament of the battleship is what sinks an opponent. Because of the Washington Treaty gun size was restricted. For the United States this would mean reverting to the 14" 50 caliber gun. A good gun but lacking the power of the 16" 45 caliber guns on its Colorado Class battleships. Battle ship size was also restricted. These new battleships would be referred to as Treaty Battleships. When the Japanese revoked a portion of the treaty, this allowed the United States to go to the larger 16" gun. The British remaining true to the Treaty produced a battleship with a 14" gun.
Armor is used to protect the vital parts of the ship. Heavy armor is used over the magazine, engine rooms, boiler rooms, barbettes, turrets and conning tower. Less armor is used on the deck and other places. The rest of the ship is left without any protection. This would include the bow, the stern, the steering room in the stern, the propellers and rudders, most of the top side, including the directors, rangefinders, radar antennas, exhaust stacks, the bridge and almost everything else.
Fire control is a major component of any battle. Having the biggest gun and the fastest ship means nothing if you cannot hit the target. German optics were superior to American and British optics but between the wars constant training and upgrading of fire control systems by the British and the Americans resulted in a fire control system slightly superior to that of the Germans. Also, during this same period of time the American and British had training exercises in which live shells were fired at targets giving officers and crews years of experience. However, the German were able to sink the Hood and hit the Prince of Wales; therefore, the fire controls must be equal.
All ships suffer from the thin deck armor. At certain battle ranges plunging fire will penetrate a deck and enter the vitals of a ship. The USS Arizona is a perfect example of a ship that was hit by an armor piercing projectile going through deck armor.
This ship was a World War One design battle cruiser that needed a refit and an upgrade in equipment. Just like at the battle of Jutland, battle cruisers should not take on a more modern design battleship. Also, it was a very large ship, easy to spot and target. On the plus side the ship was the fastest and had 15" guns.
Both ships while of a modern design suffer from the fact that the design was based on a World War One design - the Bayern class. The biggest drawback of this class was the 3 propeller propulsion. While on builder's trials the Bismarck could not steer using just the propellers. On the plus side the side armor is adequate for the enemy she was expected to meet. They have fairly powerful 15" guns. They were the second fastest ships on the list. And while Bismarck's fire control is not rated the best, it still sank the Hood and scored hits on the Prince of Wales.
This ship has the smallest guns of all the ships although it makes up for it by having 10 of them. The ship is two knots slower than the Bismarck This may or may not be a factor in battle. The British were trying to keep the ship within the treaty limits.
Both ships suffered from inadequate armor. As treaty designed battleships they were supposed to mount the 14" 50 caliber gun., but when Japan pulled out of the treaty, the United States exercised the escape clause allowing it to mount a larger gun. A larger gun was fitted but the armor was not upgraded. To increase the armor would have made the ship too heavy for the propulsion plant and place the tonnage outside the treaty limits. These ships are slower than the Bismarck and Tirpitz by 2 knots which may be a factor in battle. The big advantage they do have is that they mount 16" 45 caliber guns firing a 2700 lb. APC shell from 9 guns. Also, these ships are 64 feet shorter than the Bismarck making them more difficult to spot and hit. Finally, their fire control system is supposedly more advanced than that of the Germans.
These ships are slower than the Bismarck and Tirpitz by 2 knots which may be a factor in battle. The armor plate on these ships was designed to stop a 16" shell. It should stop a 15" shell. The USS South Dakota took a beating from the IJN Kirishima at Guadalcanal but still steamed away under her own power to fight another day. The big advantage they do have is that they mount nine 16" 45 caliber guns firing a 2700 lb. APC shell. Also these ships are 112 feet shorter than the Bismarck making them more difficult to spot and hit. Finally, their fire control system is supposedly more advanced than that of the Germans.
In this matchup we have two fairly evenly matched ships. Both have advantages and disadvantages. The big advantage goes to the North Carolina since it has the bigger guns, has one more gun and fires the bigger shell. All things being equal the North Carolina should be the victor but in combat, nothing is equal. The best laid plans often go awry. While the number of guns firing the bigger shell favor the North Carolina, it would be a close battle.
While the Titpitz on paper is a modern designed battleship, it sat wasting away in the fjords of Norway. All of the American ships had upgrades to their fire control systems which included radar for improved long-range targeting. Also, their crews had more combat experience. The Tirpitz would be the loser.


Two works of brilliance and sublime mastery of the human voice together with orchestra. Monteverdi's "Vespers to the Virgin Mary" is a towering masterpiece of the Baroque era — at once intimate and grand, prayerful and dramatic, exalted and sensual. Monteverdi's rarely performed 1610 Vespers of the Blessed Virgin offers up a dizzying array of textures and sonorities in brilliant instrumental writing, opulent choruses, and moving solo arias and duets.
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Wilson Takes Crown In New Home Town At Surfest Newcastle Pro
MEREWETHER NSW, March 8, 2020
It was happiness and heartbreak in Newcastle after a countback crowned Julian Wilson (AUS) Surfest Newcastle Pro QS5000 Champion over local Merewether surfer Ryan Callinan (AUS). After both surfers totalled scores of 14.27 at the end of the 35-minute final, the Mark Richards trophy was deservedly awarded to the event's form surfer and current World Number 11 for posting the highest single wave score, an 8.50 for a series of smooth forehand turns on the heat's biggest wave.
Callinan, the goofy-footed World Number 14, was ever-so close to becoming the first local Surfest champion, using the support of his home town to claim his place in the final – the first time for a Newcastle male athlete in the current man-on-man format. However, Wilson may now lay claim to that title, having moved to the area two years ago with his young family and a further local connection, being coached by Merewether's own and former Surfest finalist Luke Egan.
Previously meeting in a Championship Tour (CT) decider in France 2018, Wilson and Callinan went wave-for-wave in the final 20 minutes, trading forehand and backhand carves on the right-hand, wind-affected breaks. It was the regular-footer who prevailed from the tie in the end however, noting that Newcastle's sense of community made it a special event to win.
"It's a really nice feeling," Wilson said on taking the title in his now home-town. "The community is unbelievable in this area and there is so much support. To win and share the final with Ryan is really special. I can see how much pressure is on his shoulders here and it was really special to get the win."
"That one was for Luke (Egan) for sure. He has come close here before and has been in my corner all week and his local knowledge has really helped me for everything to come together really nicely. I feel I really struggled to show up last year (on the CT) and I put in a lot of hard work over the time off so it's nice to get that feedback early in the year to see that it is paying off."
For Callinan it was heartbreakingly close to claiming a home title, connecting with two huge backhand turns to score a 7.77 and tie the final heat totals, coming agonisingly short of winning an event that means more than just ratings points to the Novocastrian.
"It's been a pretty special week for me, I normally get pretty rattled but I really just tried to embrace it," Callinan said of his home town support. "We compete around the world and there's a lot of people watching. Everyone here watches me and really cheers me on but to feel it live and in the flesh was great. Every time I ran down for a heat there were hundreds of people cheering and screaming. It makes it more real and shows a side to Newcastle that I love and I love being a part of it."
"I feel like I've been surfing really well but especially that semi-final, that's how I want to surf every heat. I think that was one of the best performances I've had in a heat in a long time. I think your home town is the one you want to win the most but it's also the hardest. There's a lot of pressure on your shoulders because there are a lot of people around that want you to win."
It took the highest heat total of the day, an 18.30 two-wave combination rewarded for impeccable surfing both on the wave face and above the lip from Callinan to knock out Ian Gouveia (BRA), who threw caution to the wind with a huge frontside air to post a semi-final score of 17.10. Unfortunately for the Brazilian, he was sent packing by one of the in-form surfers of the event for a third place result.
Peruvian Alonso Correa (PER) backed up a second place finish at the Pro Taghazout Bay QS5000 with a semi-final result in Newcastle to rocket himself up QS rankings. Posting a pair of mid-six-point rides with fluent backhand surfing late in the heat, Correa was unable to take down the adopted local-boy Wilson and was left chasing a score of 8.41.
Former CT surfer Joan Duru (FRA) pushed eventual Champion Wilson right to the end in a back-and-forth heat for the events first quarter-final, his combined 16.07 not enough to gain a semi-finals berth. A frustrating result for the in-form goofy-footer who will now head to Manly for the Sydney Surf Pro, though he should take confidence in a fifth-place and strong showing in Newcastle.
The second and third quarter-finals were tight affairs with Charly Quivront (FRA) and Reef Heazlewood (AUS) bowing out with fifth-place results, while an all-Australian battle between 2015 Surfest Champion Matt Banting (AUS) and Callinan saw the Port Macquarie surfer unable to find the 7.71 required on his final wave to leave Newcastle with an quarter-final finish.
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Indiana Teen Beaten In High School Locker Room
Video footage of a high school student in Alexandria, Indiana, being attacked and beaten in the boy's locker room was widely circulated among students and even sent to the boy's mother.
The reason for the attack? Being gay.
Speaking to local NBC affiliate WTHR the young man said, "I'm not ok, but I will be."
The assault took place following gym class after he'd gotten dressed
"The guy who attacked me was standing next to my locker and wouldn't stop staring at me, so I had a weird feeling that something was about to happen," the student told WTHR.
What 'happened' was the student began shoving the teen.
"He kept pushing me, but then he stopped pushing me and everything got quiet, so I thought he walked out," said the young man.
But the attacker didn't leave, he'd merely paused before he began punching his victim.
"I felt him punch me a couple more times and I got hit my face on the mirror and then he punched me in the head twice," said the student.
"It happened so fast. I can remember them holding me against the wall," he added, explaining that two other students helped restrain him so he couldn't fight back.
The boy says he knows who his alleged attackers are and that they'd teased him before about being openly gay.
"I've gotten so used to it over the years that it doesn't phase me much," he said.
Eventually, another student stepped in and stopped the assault. When the teen's mother took him to the hospital he was told his nose was broken.
"I just tell myself to forget what happened and try to act like it never happened," he said.
School officials and Alexandria police both say they are investigating the incident.
The alleged victim calls what happened a hate crime and has a message for others students targeted because of their sexuality.
His parents say they're not going to let what happened to their son get swept under a rug. They've been told by school officials that two of the students involved have been expelled, but WTHR was unable to confirm that.
(source: WTHR)
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No. 7 Gophers head to No. 23 Iowa out to prove selves again
AP Nov 14, 2019 at 4:02a ET
What to watch in the Big Ten this week:
No. 7 Minnesota at No. 23 Iowa
Minnesota apparently still has some doubters. A week after the Gophers (6-0 Big Ten, No. 8 CFP) beat Penn State as a home underdog to run their record to 9-0 for the first time since 1904, they go on the road to Iowa (6-3, 3-3) as a three-point 'dog. Tanner Morgan is the Big Ten's most efficient passer and the defense has been stout when called on. Iowa's defense is looking to atone after Wisconsin ran for 300 yards, the most against the Hawkeyes since 2016. Each of the Hawkeyes' three losses have been by one score and against ranked opponents.
BEST MATCHUP
Indiana QB Peyton Ramsey vs. Penn State pass defense
Ramsey will make his first start for the No. 24 Hoosiers (7-2, 4-2) since the win at Nebraska last month. Another hostile environment awaits at No. 9 Penn State (8-1, 5-1, CFP No. 9). He'll be going against a secondary that allowed a whopping 17 yards per attempt against Minnesota. The Hoosiers are the only Big Ten team passing for more than 300 yards per game, and six receivers have at least 20 catches apiece.
The Hoosiers are 0-10 all-time at Penn State and have lost 37 consecutive games against top-10 opponents since 1987. … Come Saturday, Northwestern (vs. Massachusetts) will have gone 62 days since its last win. That's the longest in-season drought since Gary Barnett's 1998 team went the same number of days between wins. … The team with the most rushing yards has won 44 of the last 49 games between Michigan State and Michigan. The Wolverines are seventh in the Big Ten in rushing, the Spartans are 13th. … Rutgers is a 51-point underdog at home to Ohio State, the largest spread in a Big Ten game since the Buckeyes were 41-point favorites over Illinois in 2017. The last time the Buckeyes were so heavily favored was in 2013, when they were favored by 51 against Florida A&M and won 76-0.
Nebraska, 14 ½-point underdog at home to No. 15 Wisconsin
The Huskers (4-5, 2-4) are a double-digit underdog at home for the second time this season and for the third straight year against No. 15 Wisconsin (7-2, 4-2, No. 14). If the Cornhuskers hope to win, or even keep it close, they must slow down Jonathan Taylor. They've surrendered a combined 470 yards to Taylor in the last two meetings.
PLAYER TO WATCH
Michigan State QB Brian Lewerke
Lewerke is playing some of the worst football of his career as he goes to the Big House to face one of the nation's top defenses in No. 14 Michigan (7-2, 4-2, No. 15). Lewerke is completing just 50% of his passes with two touchdowns and six interceptions during the four-game losing streak that's followed a 4-1 start. Playing with a sore right (throwing) shoulder, he was just 5 for 25 for 66 yards in last year's 21-7 loss to the Wolverines. On Tuesday, he said he took a hit to the head against Illinois — "definitely rung my bell for a little bit " — but said he felt OK.


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The effect of trace elements on barley yield, trace-element uptake by the plant, and the content of available trace elements in the soil. Agrokhimiya (5): 87-92, 1975
Environmental and dietary exposure of young children to inorganic trace elements. Environment International 97: 28-36, 2016
Rutile/ melt partition coefficients for trace elements and an assessment of the influence of rutile on the trace element characteristics of subduction zone magmas. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 64(5): 933-938, 2000
Overview of the methodology of nuclear analytical techniques for speciation studies of trace elements in the biological and environmental sciences. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 372(3): 407-411, 2002
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I'm trying to plan a fast lunch/dinner for this week and i'd love some fresh avacado. I dont use an entire one only like 2 slices at most. Any way of cutting it and preserving it so it doesn't go mushy and brown?
If I'm using part of an avocado, I cut it along the short axis instead of stem to stern. Using the techniques above, I have minimized the exposed surface. And use the rest soon!
All interesting answers, but my opinion is that old avocado is electable as president of the compost. Unless you're living on a desert island, buy something fresh for those you feed. Sorry if that's snarky, but it's how I feel about product.
I agree, except that I know that for a lot of places, avocados are too expensive to treat that way. First off, try to use it at one cutting. Second, use the preservation methods others have mentioned. But still, eat it up as quick as you can and still enjoy it.
Interesting. Buy ingredients you can't afford or suffer with the things you can? Greenstuff, you know as well as I do how to make something out of nothing. Magic is afoot, and it's not in preserving avocado. Let's go ahead, chef. Now I sound snarky again!
I'll join the snark posse here. Despite the fact that I live in a place where avocados grow on trees there is that category of fruits that just well, after you open them why bother? Have you ever seen avocado preserves or avocado jelly? Eating a two or three day old avocado is like eating road kill. Live large and eat the whole damn thing while they still taste good. It's good for you too.
Brings up the whole history of food. Young hunter person would bring the fresh kill into camp, and before refrigerators, you (the village) ate it all, now. I'll get all the fresh avocado out of my beard and ears and listen for your answers.
I recently purchased some ascorbic acid powder to make Vitamin C Gummy Candies. It's nice to keep on hand, a tsp or so in a cup of water will keep fruit and avocado fresh when you dip those in the solution. Works great on apples cut apple slices and avocado. And recently, I dipped a half a cut potato in it wrapped in plastic wrap and it keep white a few days.
Why did have a half a cut potato? Because sometimes you just crave some potato chips and don't want or need a full portion.
I use a food saver and half an avocado keeps several days.
Tightly wrapping the avocado in plastic (with a splash of lemon juice on the cut surface) and refrigerating works well if keeping the avocado for a day or so -- as others have written above. For longer storage, I wrap the avocado in plastic wrap, throw it in a ziploc bag, and freeze it. There's less browning in the freezer than fridge.
I've found that plastic wrap and then a ziploc holds it longer in the fridge too. At least till next day without much browning.
Just leave the pit in the side that is not used and cover with plastic wrap. The pit will keep the avacado fresh a little longer and the plastic wrap helps keep air out.
This method is also great for serving guacamole; just throw the pit in the bowl. There will be no need to constantly stir or add massive amounts of acid.
I do what Mr_Vittles does. What would happen if you covered the cut pieces in water??
Water is known as a universal solvent. They would dissolve and/or become water logged.
Or you could do what Taco Bell does and dry and turn it into powder and reconstitute with water. But using other preserving methods is basically a Sisyphean labor because as soon as you open up that artichoke the flavor begins to degrade. And in many cases it has begun to degrade before you cut it open. Haas avocados are the most traveled, literally, internationally. When they are seasonally available I'll chose the Fuerte which is even more perishable. The best solution is instead of eating two slices eat the whole thing. It won't kill you.
Cover it as tightly as possible in plastic wrap (cling film). If its still in halves, put them back together and cover tightly in plastic wrap. No matter what people say, its the air that causing it to brown. Keep it away from the air and it'll stay fresher for longer. Also, hitting it with some acid, say lemon juice or white vinegar will also help to alleviate oxidization.


The Wilmington Blue Rocks (High A; Carolina League) and the Kansas City Royals announced a two-year extension to their player development contract (PDC), through the 2020 season.
A member of the Carolina League, Wilmington has served as a Royals' Single-A affiliate since 2007. The Blue Rocks also served as a Kansas City affiliate from 1993-2004, winning league championships four times (1994, '96, '98 and '99). This year's squad finished the season at 68-72 overall, with a 37-33 mark in the second half.
You can read more about the current state of affiliations on our Affiliate Dance page. We expect a number of player development contracts to be renewed in the coming week, but there are always intriguing openings at every level of baseball. As you can see on the Affiliate Dance page, MLB and MiLB teams can renew their existing affiliations at any point through this coming weekend. After that, teams can file to search new affiliation options, so there's always a shuffle of sorts at the end of the season.


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1956 | 16:9 | Black & White | Quality: Excellent
Willard Parker, Mara Corday, Veda Ann Borg, Barton MacLane
Years ago, Don Pablo Salazar stole a fortune in jewels from an Indian tribe and an Aztec medicine man put a curse on the jewels until they are returned. Years later an American insurance man, Breen Mathews (Willard Parker) promises to deliver the Salazar fortune to the rightful heir after Luis Salazar, son of Don Pablo, is killed. Breen heads for Topaz, where he hopes to find the surviving heir, Teresa. He finds instead, Louisa, daughter of Teresa, and is forced to fight a crooked group of townspeople, who are after the Salazar fortune, cursed or otherwise. Included in the group is sadistic "Hangin' Judge" Cole (Billy House) and Barnum (Barton MacLane), local saloon owner. Violence, betrayal, and a hint of the supernatural all explode as everyone is after the fabulous treasure!
An almost totally forgotten film, this is one of those low budget affairs that was shot in five days - and it shows. There are many laugh out loud bad moments in this film, and takes from the actors that probably shouldn't have made it into the final cut... but hey, film was expensive! The story is told flashback style by a character named "Shakey" Wilson, who's blabbing about the treasure being hidden in the Topaz jail leads to its theft. This was one of only three films directed by Eddie Dew. Veda Ann Borg plays the saloon owner's wife here. If Western fans remember her, it's likely as the blind wife of a defender of the Alamo in John Wayne's 1960 film of the same name.
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BIG windows look out to Pendle Hill and Sabden Valley.
RELAX in the stylish four-piece bathroom which has underfloor heating to keep you cosy.
WAKE up in the main bedroom that has a kingsize bed, fitted wardrobes as well as bedside tables, a chest of drawers.
WAKE up in the twin-bed room with bedside table and fitted, mirrored wardrobes.
BOTH bedrooms face south and look out onto the secluded rear garden as well as the farm fields.
The BIG utility room has a tiled floor, plus freezer, microwave and washing machine.
LAMINATE flooring is throughout the living areas.
Look out of most of Cobden View's windows to enjoy the peace and tranquillity of the glorious hills and countryside.
Sheep and lambs graze the fields around the cottage. A variety of hens peck away in their pen close by.
The comfortably furnished, spacious cottage is in its own grounds at Cobden Farm, a hillside working farm.
The private rear garden faces south and has part- decking with chairs and a table for al fresco dining.
From here, enjoy the amazing sunsets that bathe the Valley.
On cooler days, you can light up the log burner in the sitting room for a cosy night in.
It all adds up to a beautiful get-away-from-it-all setting - yet still within five miles of main and motorway road networks.
You can walk out of the door and set off from Cobden View on one of the many public footpaths that crisscross the Valley (a Pendle Hill walk is a must-do).
Why not link up with one of the cycle or mountain bike routes not far away. Or maybe visit the nearby market town of Clitheroe and tour the pretty villages of Ribble Valley and Forest of Bowland.
For a full day out, Lancaster, Manchester, Blackpool and the Fylde Coast, the Yorkshire Dales, the Peak District and Haworth Country are an hour away.
If you would like us to stock the fridge, freezer and cupboards, please let us know the week before you arrive.
A travel cot (Hauck) is available. A wooden high chair is also available. Both free of charge.


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'Beyond Klimt' starts with paintings by Gustav Klimt and brings together works of former Austro-Hungarian artists who, after the fall of the empire at the end of WWI, each placed their artistic identity before their nationality. The scenography design accommodates a unifying atmosphere leading the visitors through different rooms and chapters. A ribbon of hand drawn pencil lines forms a continuous guideline. It's changing rhythm provides a means to alternate intensity throughout the different rooms. Similar vertical lines shape the marbled plastic benches and pedestals.


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Home / 2018 / January / 11 / Heterosis, combining ability and gene action for yield and quality traits in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
Heterosis, combining ability and gene action for yield and quality traits in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
Author Name(s): *Ankur Agarwal, D. N. Arya, R. Ranjan, Zakwan Ahmed
Author Email: ankurdr@rediffmail.com
Eight parental lines of diverse origin of tomato were crossed in a 8 × 8 diallel mating design excluding reciprocals. The 28 F1 hybrids along with their parents were evaluated in a randomized block design with three replications. In the present study, significant and highest general combining ability effect for fruit yield and average fruit weight was recorded in CLN 5915-206 (49.06 and 8.23 respectively), for total soluble solids in CLN 2264H (0.18) and for dry matter content in Best of All (0.32). The highest significant heterosis over better and standard parent was recorded for average fruit weight (74.69 and 117.27) followed by total soluble solids for better parent heterosis. The range of heterosis for fruit yield over better parent was 6.63-35.90% and cross between CLN 5915-206 × CLN 1314G recorded the maximum heterosis over both better (35.90) and standard parent (56.32%) for the trait. Genotype with positive and moderately high gca for dry matter (Pith Sel, DARL-1 and Best of All) and TSS (CLN 2264H and DARL-1) exhibited good specific combining ability for exploiting hybrid vigour for these traits. Genetic components H1, H2 were highly significant for all the traits exhibiting the importance of both additive and dominant gene effects in regulating these traits.
Tomato, Heterobeltiosis, Total Soluble Solids, Dry Matter Content, Genetic Divergence.
Exploring natural diversity as a source of novel alleles to improve the productivity, quality and nutritional value of the crop is the base line of any breeding programme (Fernie et al. 2006). Exploitation of hybrid vigour and selection of parents on the basis of combining ability and gene action have been important breeding approaches in crop improvement. The studies of combining ability is essentially useful in connection with testing procedures in which it is desired to study and compare the performance of a line in hybrid combination. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is the second most consumed vegetable of the world after potato with a production of 123.6 million tons from 4.5 million ha area. World crop area of tomato has increased by 164% in the last 40 years with a rise in per capita consumption from 14 kg/year during 1985 to 19 kg/year during 2005 (FAO 2008). Considering this, the present investigation was undertaken to generate information on nature of gene action and combining ability in eight parental lines of tomato to assess the prepotency of parents in hybrid combination.
Considering higher per se performance, significant sca effects and non additive gene action for yield per plant, the crosses viz., CLN 5915-206 × CLN 1314G, and CLN5915-206 × Best of All can be further exploited.


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Martin Archer, Space Plasma Physicist, Queen Mary University of London and Miriam Frankel, Co-host, To the moon and beyond Podcast, The Conversation
The Conversation 17 July 2019
From Algeria to Vietnam, there are 72 countries with some sort of space programme. And the new space race involves a number of private companies too, that are becoming increasingly crucial to national missions.
In the third episode of To the moon and beyond, we find out who some of the key players are in this new space race, what they are competing for and what winning looks like.
Space exploration has long been driven by competition. As we heard in the first episode of this podcast series, the success of NASA's Apollo missions to the moon was driven by the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union. After the US had won this space race, they soon stopped sending manned missions to the moon because of the cost and the risks involved.
But, for all the similarities with 50 years ago, John Horack, who holds the Neil Armstrong chair in aerospace policy at Ohio State University in the US, says today is very different.
There are still significant national prestige and pride factors associated with spaceflight. But there are many many things going on in space that have absolutely nothing to do with national prestige. They're about economics. They're about philanthropic activities, they're about testing new business models. So it's less of a race and more of an explosion.
MORE ON THE MOON AND BEYOND
Join us as we delve into the last 50 years of space exploration and the 50 years to come. From Neil Armstrong's historic first step onto the lunar surface to present-day plans to use the moon as a launchpad to Mars, hear from academic experts who've dedicated their lives to studying the wonders of space.
Still, only three countries have successfully sent astronauts into space: Russia, the US and China. And one of the most exciting developments in space exploration, which took place earlier this year, was China's successful Chang'e 4 mission. In January 2019, Chang'e 4 made a soft landing on the mysterious far side of the moon – the first time this has been done.
Yang Gao, professor of space autonomous systems at the University of Surrey, tells us why this was a remarkable feat of engineering. She also explains some of China's plans to conduct scientific research on this south side of the moon – where there is evidence of an abundance of hydrogen and water ice.
These are really very exciting for us because those resources can potentially provide in the future the life support for human habitation or long-term existence on the moon, instead of us transporting those resources from Earth.
China's success seems to have put rocket boosters under the US government's space plans. Donald Trump's administration has talked a lot about increasing NASA's budget in order to send a manned mission to the moon in the next five years, looking to use it as a base for exploring Mars and beyond.
As well as new countries getting involved in space, the explosion of space activity that's taken place in recent years has come from a number of commercial players entering the fray. The world's first space tourist was an American billionaire called Dennis Tito who paid US$20m for an eight-day trip to the International Space Station in 2001. But the space tourism industry is still struggling to get off the ground. We talk to Louis Brennan, a business professor at Trinity College Dublin who researches space businesses, about whether the industry will ever take off.
If you imagine civil aviation and the way civil aviation evolved from being one which very few people partook in to one in which it became an activity engaged in by the masses. If space were to evolve in a similar way, space travel, then one could envisage these companies becoming quite profitable.
Read more: How Luxembourg is positioning itself to be the centre of space business
It's not just tourism, though. There are myriad opportunities to make money through space now. Brennan talks us through the business models of Elon Musk's SpaceX and Blue Origin, which was founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos. Both are successfully reducing the costs of space travel by developing reusable rockets. And riding on their coat tails are a number of other new and innovative companies.
So for all the talk of a new space race, today's competition doesn't to be a zero sum game where some groups win and others lose. From scientific projects to business endeavours, we find out how different countries and businesses are collaborating to push the boundaries of human discovery.
To the moon and beyond is a global collaboration between different editions of The Conversation around the world, hosted by Miriam Frankel and Martin Archer. You can listen via The Conversation, or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts by hitting the "Listen and Subscribe" button at the top of this page.
To the moon and beyond is produced by Gemma Ware and Annabel Bligh. Additional reporting by Johnathan Gang. Sound editing by Siva Thangarajah. Thank you to City, University of London's Department of Journalism for letting us use their studios.
Picture source: SpaceX Falcon rocket, SpaceX on Unsplash
Music via Free Music Archive:
Even when we fall and Western Shores by Philipp Weigl. An Oddly Formal Dance and Bedroll by Blue Dot Sessions. Canada, by Pictures of the Floating World, and Awake by Scott Holmes.
And As time passes marimba via Zapslat.
Archive footage:
Dennis Tito making history, BBC World Service, Fifth meeting of the National Space Council, NASA, President Trump announces plan to send NASA back to the moon, PBS Newshour, Dark side of the moon: China's Chang'e 4 probe makes historic landing, by Guardian News, Chinese Chang'e-4 lunar probe makes first landing on far side of the moon, CGTN, The International Space Station: The next hot tourist destination, Al Jazeera, The New Space Race,Google Lunar XPRIZE, Israel's Beresheet Spacecraft to Enter Moon's Orbit, i24NEWS English. Apollo 11 and 17 audio from NASA.
Martin Archer receives funding from the Science and Technology Facilities Council.
Miriam Frankel works for The Conversation.
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Cycle through the countryside on the way to Cu Chi Tunnels.
7:30am pick up at your hotel, we will head out of Ho Chi Minh City towards Tan Phu Trung village and ride bikes through villages where the scars of war are still evident. We will ride along paved roads and dirt paths past bomb craters that bear witness to years of struggle during the years of conflict.
Next, we will bring you through rubber plantations to observe the local harvesters as they gather latex from the trees. You will get to participate in a rice paper-making workshop before arriving at the Cu Chi tunnels for a 15-minute documentary about their creation. Learn about the history of conflict between the Cu Chi people and their rivals.
Continue on toward the tunnel site where simple weapons for fighting are displayed. Then, head down real tunnels dug by the Viet Cong and experience just how brave the Vietnamese were during the war.
Afterwards, enjoy authentic Viet Cong food in a historical kitchen. Hop back on the bus for your transfer back to Ho Chi Minh City and arrive at your hotel around 3:00pm.


In this episode Russell Stewart is recording at the IRMI's Energy Risk and Insurance Confrence. He's joined by an insurance expert, Jeff Hubbard, Vice President at Brown & Riding, who has extensive experience in dealing with environmental exposures arising from cyber intrusions.
Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer of IRMI, Joel Appelbaum, came to discuss the new courses IRMI is offering.
The HSE for Unconventional Oil & Gas 2019 event will prioritize safety concerns and challenges to promote a safe culture. Attendees will discuss best practices to drive down incidents for unconventional oil & gas to implement into their processes. Key topics to be discussed include strategizing approaches to managing human performance and workforce, best practices for transportation safety, optimizing contractor safety plans and procedures, HSE management system strategies and more!
Join us for a great networking opportunity, find the schedule here.


Dr. Desai has been practicing in Stone Mountain since 1990. He was proud to open his second location in Duluth in 2009.
Dr. Desai is a board certified family physician and has been practicing in Atlanta since 1989. He is a graduate of the University of Mumbai in India, with post graduate training in OBST and Gynecology. He was trained in internal medicine at Tulane University in New Orleans, and is a principal clinical investigator actively involved in various clinical research trials. Due to tremendous support from his patients, Dr. Desai was proud to open his second location in Duluth, GA.
In his spare time, he enjoys playing golf and watching tennis. He loves animals, and would love to go on an African Safari or visit the tiger preserve in Myrtle Beach for a third time. He also has a weakness for sports cars and Labrador Retrievers.


[S1534] Social Security Death Index - Ancestry, (www.ancestry.com, 2007: Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File), entry for A. F. Haskins, 1990, SS no. 205-29-9846.
[S1214] Union City Newspaper Clippings, Union City, Pennsylvania, Newspaper Clippings, (www.ucpl.org), ), Death: 12/24/1990.
"Haskins, Arthur Frank. Mr. Haskins passed away 12/24/1990 in Harborcreek Twp. He was born in Union City on Jan. 11, 1934 to Meredyth Turner Haskins and Randolph Haskins. He married Barbara Terza Haskins; two daughters Mrs. Steven (Debbie) Carman and Kristen Haskins. Three sons, Mark Haskins, Randy Haskins, and Jeffrey Haskins. Three sisters, Mrs. Robert (Marilyn) Miller, Mrs. Richard (Shirley) Gawlinski, and Mrs. Robert (Mary) Drake. Two brothers, Richard and Robert Haskins. A sister, Martha Mae Sammons, preceded Frank. Burial in St. Gregory Cemetery, North East. Frank Haskins died the same day as did his cousin, Carole Turner Lee, of Columbus, Ohio. She was formerly of Union City, PA. Member of the Class of 1952."
[S1224] Russell, Donna Bisbee: Email, Donna Mae Russell, Union City, Pennsylvania [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),].
Based on information provided verbally by researcher's cousin, Donna Mae Russell, Union City, Pennsylvania, 2002.


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Read to the end as some of these cards might confuse you.
who can make the best Danian army?
Highlighting a game in which I destroyed all of my opponent's creatures before they could even attack!


Principal Investigator: Joanna Workman, Ph.D.
I received my B.A. in Psychology in 2005 from Ohio University and my Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 2010. After that, I moved to the west coast of Canada to pursue postdoctoral research at the University of British Columbia. In January 2015, I joined the faculty at the University at Albany as an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department.


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Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey boycotting natural resources exploitation
Jul 11, 2018 Editorial Board
The third out of three analyses on the eastern Mediterranean
The Eastern Mediterranean has become an increasingly important region due to its natural resources. The interests among the countries of this part of the Mediterranean are also reflected beyond its borders and involve other international actors such as the European Union and NATO.
Energy cooperation in the region has always been reluctant. More recently Israel, Cyprus and Greece seem to begin to cooperate. A future involvement of Egypt could be also taken into consideration.
The European Union has clearly showed its interest in exploiting the resources of the region in order to decrease its dependence from Russian and Middle Eastern energy resources.
In this scenario, Turkey is the only country without oil and gas resources and in the meanwhile one of the most important energy hub in the world with several pipelines projects (SCP, TANAP and Turkish Stream) whose relevance could be mitigated by an eastern Mediterranean consortium between Israel, Cyprus and Greece.
The recent growing tensions between Turkey, Greece and Cyprus about old issues and maritime disputes show a further alignment between the policies Turkey is carrying in Middle East and Mediterranean, two vital and interconnected regions for Turkish interests.
Turkey's difficult relations with its Mediterranean neighbours
Eastern Mediterranean is one of the less explored regions when it comes to hydrocarbon resources. The main gas fields in Eastern of Mediterranean Leviathan and Tamara (Israel), Zohr (Egypt) and Aphrodite (Cyprus) were seen as an opportunity to put under control the instability of the region through cooperation and integration in the energy sector. A southern gas pipeline presented two possible routes. A first option, faster and less costly, through a sea pipeline of 500 km until Ceyhan in Turkey. After the discovery of Aphrodite fields in Cyprus, a second option was taken into consideration with a 2.200 km gas pipeline passing from Israel through Cyprus, Crete, Greece, avoiding Turkey. Despite the higher cost the latter alternative mentioned seems to be at the moment the most suitable for the development of a Southern gas corridor due to the worsening of the relation between Turkey and its neighbours in the Mediterranean.
Egypt's Zohr represent one of the largest gas fields in Eastern Mediterranean but because of the row between Turkish government and Al Sisi, responsible of the end of Morsi's rule a close allied of Turkish establishment, any plan to link Egyptian gas resources to Ceyhan hub in Turkey are not taken into consideration.
After the Mavi Marmara crisis in 2009, the relation between Israel and Turkey never recovered completely. The expulsion of the Israeli ambassador to Turkey due to the recent clashes in Gaza during the Nakba anniversary is preventing any distension and is affecting heavily the energy relations between the two countries.
A Mediterranean triangular cooperation without Turkey
The consequence of this political rift is a shift in the alliance system in the region. Israel and Greece signed several agreements of security cooperation and started to cooperate on energy, with the inclusion of Cyprus. The project of a southern gas pipeline involving Cyprus and Greece is a key Turkey's concern.
Already in 2011, the former Minister of Foreign Affair Davutoğlu, the architect of the " No problems with Neighbours" policy, announced that Turkey would take the appropriate measures if the project between Israel, Cyprus and Greece will take further steps.
Moreover, old tensions and rivalries in the region are complicating any future scenario. Turkey fears to remain curtailed in its sphere of influence in the Mediterranean owing to the energy cooperation between the other regional actors.
Cyprus remains the core problem for the Turkish Weltanschauung in the Mediterranean. A new southern gas pipeline would make Cyprus a new energy hub for Europe. A closer relation between Cyprus and other prominent countries such as Israel or Greece could strengthen the role of the Greek Cypriots and at the same time delegitimize and weaken even more the credibility of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), which is unilaterally recognized by Turkey. In February 2017, the Prime minister of TRNC described as unfair the unilateral conduct of the Greek Cypriots administration in the matter of gas exploration without Northern Cyprus, adding that only after an agreement between the two sides of the island any exploration will be legitimized. Turkey backed the statement of Turkish Cypriot prime minister Kudret Özersay by not recognizing as legitimate the actions of the Greek Cypriots government. Later in July of the same year during the World Petroleum Conference held in Istanbul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made clear once again the total incompatibility of any deal not including Northern Cyprus by stating: "What we expect from anyone who takes sides in the developments in Cyprus is that they should refrain from steps that might pave the way for new tensions in the region. I would like to remind them that they could face the risk of losing a friend like Turkey, not just in the region, but anywhere and in any field".
The Turkish navy from the beginning of 2018 started actively to interfere with the gas explorations off Cyprus, chasing off the drilling ship of ENI, Saipem 1200. In the aftermath of this incident, the American 6th fleet was displaced in order to deter any Turkish initiative against ExxonMobil ships around Cyprus and to an intensification of the activities of the Israeli navy.
Greek- Turkish maritime relations, already affected by border disputes, worsened with denial of extradition by Greece of Turkish officers allegedly involved in the coup attempt of July 2015. Erdoğan historic visit in Greece in late 2017 didn't bring to any distension between the two Mediterranean countries. Tensions over gas politics resulted in an escalation of aggressive naval activities including a Turkish ship ramming a Greek vessel. Even if territorial disputes and border trespassing are at the centre of the row between Greece and Turkey, the situation in the Aegean Sea has to be connected to the on-going regional tensions around Cyprus.
EU and NATO in Eastern Mediterranean
Tensions over energy issues in the Eastern Mediterranean are causing problem also to actors as the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Energy cooperation is one of the few areas that is not too compromised by the general deterioration of EU and Turkey relations. The need to diversify the origin of its gas resources put the EU in front of a great dilemma. The EU support to new pipelines projects in the Mediterranean that include also member States (Greece and Cyprus) have to be counterbalanced with the importance of maintaining good ties in energy sector with Turkey. In fact, the EU weak reactions against the Turkish gunboat diplomacy against Greece, Cyprus and Italy passed almost unnoticed and shown that the EU is unwilling to enter in direct contrast with Turkey over energy issues.
NATO initiatives in the region such as the Middle East Partnership and the Mediterranean Dialogue are blocked due to the tensions rose around energy resources. The main problem is the deadlock in the Turkish-Israel relations. The efforts made to promote cooperation and integration with Israel, a prominent partner of NATO, are blocked by Turkish veto preventing the development of NATO projects in the region.
Turkey's aim in Eastern Mediterranean is to boycott any initiative, which will diminish its capacity to capitalise its geographical position as energy partner inside and beyond the region. Turkey misuse of any past and present political tension with Israel, Greece and Cyprus are denying any fast solution on the development of new projects to connect the gas resources of Eastern Mediterranean to Europe. In May 2018, Israel, Cyprus and Greece reaffirm their will to cooperate by signing an agreement to establish a so-called East-Med Pipeline project within the year. This agreement has to be understood as a diplomatic oriented solution more than economic one. A southern Mediterranean pipeline project will rely mostly on private sector, which would probably push to include Turkey, in order to exploit its infrastructure, to monetize at best the resources of the region.
Geopolitics has to come to a more pragmatic and rational approach on energy issues in Eastern Mediterranean to facilitate the exploitation of gas fields in the area. A separation between political rifts and energy cooperation between Turkey and its Mediterranean neighbours is needed to overtake the current deadlock and develop realistic projects over a southern gas corridor.
Jacopo Franceschini
Research Assistant at European Neighbourhood Council
Samaan, J. (31 March 2016). The East Mediterranean Triangle at Crossroads, New York (NY), Perennial Press.
Yorucu V, Mehmet Ö. (3 October 2017), The Southern Energy Corridor: Turkey's Role in European Energy Security, Springer.
Sadık Ünay,(24 February 2018), Geo-economics of energy in the Eastern Mediterranean, SETA. Available here: https://www.setav.org/en/geo-economics-of-energy-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/
Hoffmann C., (1 March 2018), Scramble for gas in eastern Mediterranean is stoking old tensions in the region, The conversation. Available here: http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/26817/1/Hoffmann-Conversation-2018.pdf
Iskenderov P.,(26 August 2017), Gas Games in the Eastern Mediterranean are Threatening Europe, Strategic Culture Foundation. Available here: https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2017/08/26/gas-games-eastern-mediterranean-are-threatening-europe.html
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Am I Still Making God Laugh?
I found an old post I had written about making God laugh (by making plans, as the quote tell us.) When I wrote that, we had just decided to move to Seattle. I remember the feeling of the time so well. Wee One was probably a month old and I was so very shaky, both physically and metaphorically.
I was newly a mother, still unsafely sleeping on the couch with her because I was still afraid to bed-share. I was uncertain about everything I did with her, my body was still recovering and resettling. Still, I think back on the person who wrote that and I'm jealous of her. I loved my time in Seattle and she has that all ahead of her.
Maybe we didn't make God laugh, because we did move back, just as we promised each other. But maybe we did make Them laugh, because it was much sooner than we thought it would be. And I know this year in Ohio hasn't quite gone like I thought it would.
So yeah, I'm still making God laugh. How about you?
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VA AWARDS $431M IN SSVF GRANTS FOR VETERAN HOMELESSNESS
https://www.usich.gov/news/va-awards-431m-in-ssvf-grants-for-veteran-homelessness
State: District of Columbia
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded $431 million in grants to 258 nonprofit organizations to help veterans and their families who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
The funds, which will be awarded through VA's Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program, will be available for use between Oct. 1, 2022, and Sept. 30, 2023.
SSVF grants help community organizations provide outreach, case management, and access to services like health care, financial planning, child care, legal assistance, and transportation.
VA is on track to meet its 2022 goal of moving 38,000 veterans experiencing homelessness into permanent housing. So far, it's placed more than 19,000 this year.
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Maximilian Reimann, né le  à Laufenburg, est une personnalité politique suisse membre de l'Union démocratique du centre (UDC).

Biographie

Études
Maximilian Reimann a grandi à Frick et a étudié au gymnase cantonal à Aarau. Il a ensuite étudié le droit dans les universités de Zurich et de Genève. Il termine ses études en 1970 avec une thèse consacrée aux Fonctions quasi-consulaires et de protection du CICR en dehors des conflits armés et réalisée sous la direction du professeur Dietrich Schindler.

Parcours professionnel
Pendant ses études, il a travaillé comme journaliste dans une agence de presse à Zurich. En 1969, il est délégué du CICR à Gaza et dans la péninsule du Sinaï. En 1970-1971, il travaille comme journaliste au département de l'information de la Télévision suisse. Il reste ensuite collaborateur à temps partiel du service des sports de cette entreprise jusqu'à son élection au Conseil national en 1987. De 1972 à 1982, il est directeur financier dans une entreprise exportatrice dans le domaine des machines. En 1982, il se met à son compte en tant que juriste et conseiller dans la gestion de fortune.

Il a par ailleurs servi comme capitaine dans l'armée suisse, dans le service presse et radiodiffusion.

Carrière politique
D'abord membre du Parti démocrate-chrétien (PDC), Maximilian Reimann est élu en 1978 à l'exécutif de la commune de Gipf-Oberfrick où il reste jusqu'en 1985. Il quitte parti après qu'il n'a pas été retenu parmi les candidats au Conseil national pour les élections fédérales de 1983. Il rejoint alors l'Union démocratique du centre (UDC).

Il a présidé la section de l'UDC du district de Laufenburg, dans le canton d'Argovie, de 1985 à 2000. En 1987, il se présente aux élections fédérales et est élu conseiller national. Il y reste jusqu'en 1995, date à laquelle il est élu au Conseil des États où il siège jusqu'en 2011. Cette année-là, l'UDC lui préfère Ulrich Giezendanner pour l'élection au Conseil des États et Reimann se porte alors à nouveau candidat au Conseil national. Il est élu et y reste jusqu'en 2019. En 2019, l'UDC ne souhaite plus non plus le présenter au Conseil national. Il crée alors sa propre liste électorale (TEAM 65+ - Liste argovienne des séniors), mais n'est pas élu.

De 1999 à 2001, il a présidé la Commission des institutions politiques du Conseil des États, puis, de 2001 à 2003, la Commission de politique extérieur. Dans le cadre de ces mandats parlementaires, il a eu plusieurs rôles à l'Assemblée parlementaire du Conseil de l'Europe, présidant notamment la délégation suisse de 2007 à 2010.

Il est membre de l'Action pour une Suisse indépendante et neutre.

Famille
Il est l'oncle du conseiller national Lukas Reimann.

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Report: ISIS Second In Command Killed By Air Strike...
Bonus points for killing him in a mosque...
Via BBC:
The second-in-command of Islamic State (IS) has been killed in a US-led coalition air strike in northern Iraq, the Iraqi ministry of defence says.
Abdul Rahman Mustafa Mohammed, also known as Abu Alaa al-Afari, was at a mosque near Tal Afar that was targeted, spokesman Brig-Gen Tahsin Ibrahim said.
However, the US military later denied coalition planes had attacked a mosque.
In recent weeks, there were unconfirmed reports that Afari had taken temporary charge of IS operations.
Iraqi sources claimed IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been incapacitated as a result of an air strike in Iraq in March.
Gen Ibrahim told the BBC that Afari was killed alongside dozens of militants who he had been meeting at the al-Shuhada (Martyrs) mosque in the village of al-Iyadhiya, near Tal Afar, where he was reportedly a well-known preacher.
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# cc3200_dweet
A simple dweet.io client demo application based on TI CC3200 chip-set with Energia SDK.

**Using this demo**

This demo attempts to connect to the defined WiFi network and in case of a success then a connection to [dweet.io](https://www.dweet.io) server is estalished. In case of fail to connect the red LED is turned ON else, upon connection success, the green LED is turned ON. After that a periodic request to get the latest "thing" content is performed. A related LED (yellow on CC3200 Launchpad) is turned ON or OFF when *led_test* field is respectively *on* or *off*.
For setting the thing contest copy and paste links below in your browser:
- turning led ON: http://dweet.io/dweet/for/%7Btest_cc3200%7D?led_test=on
- turning led OFF: http://dweet.io/dweet/for/%7Btest_cc3200%7D?led_test=off

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Open the cc3200_dweet.ino file and change following default values:
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/* network name also called SSID */
char ssid[] = "ssid";
/* network password */
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```
Build and program your device (CC3200 Launchpad) with Energia SDK.

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The Best Practice Show is designed to create an event where primary care professionals can come together and share their learning and experiences. JPen Medical joined 200 other exhibitors at the Best Practice Show. The show, which is currently in its fifth year is packed with content for those working in the primary care industry and touches on every area of working in a modern industry. Best Practice raises the awareness of hundreds of suppliers amongst key decision makers across the primary care sector including CCG's, GP Practices, Practice Managers and Senior Nurses. We believed this was a great opportunity for us to network with a number people within the primary care industry. The aim was to aid strategic growth through gaining new clients. For us at JPen Medical we felt this show was a key opportunity to reach our target market and gain exposure for the medical testing and calibration services we offer. There aren't many other events that would enable us to directly reach our target market as well as Best Practice. A key growth area for us in the next financial year is GP surgeries. By exhibiting at the Best Practice Show we were able to target GP's, offer a discount on our services and begin to build customer relations. We met a number of practice managers as well as GP's and senior nurses and were able to gain insight into who does their medical testing and calibration. We were surprised at how many sectors attended the Best Practice Show. Delegates from prisons, care homes and NHS procurement teams were all present and this enabled us to reach a larger audience and target other sectors rather than just GP's and hospitals. We would definitely recommend this event to others aiming to target individuals in the primary care sector. Speaking to delegates really enhanced our knowledge within the primary care sector and illustrated to us the growth opportunities that were available to us. We have already provisionally booked our stand for next year and we are excited about the prospect of returning to this event. Having taken inspiration from other people's stands we want to produce more marketing materials for different sectors as well as continuing the competition we ran this year as this proved to be incredibly successful. We'd like to introduce a company video into our stand and display this. This will hopefully make our stand more eye catching to people passing.


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Preservation of our parish history has been of great importance ever since the first day the Jesuits came to Shreveport in 1902 – the preservation continues today with the writing of our history (published Nov 2017) and the archaeological dig at the site of our first church and school.
PARISH HISTORY BOOK NOW AVAILABLE!
Our Parish History, 1902-2017, has been published! Get your copy in the Parish Office!
Soft cover books are $20;
Hardbound books are now available! $35.
Purchase your copy in the Church Office or order online. If you would like for us to mail your copy, our shipping/handling cost for paperback is $7.50 and $10.50 for the hardback book.
Our book starts at the very beginning …
In 1902, the Jesuit Fathers answered an invitation from the Bishop of Alexandria to establish a parish and school in Shreveport, Louisiana. In March of that year, Father John F. O'Connor, S.J., the first pastor of St. John Berchmans Parish, began construction of two frame buildings for the parish priests' residence, church and school in the 1500 block of Texas Avenue …
And ends with …
In preparing this book for publication for the Cathedral parish, it was decided that a proper conclusion would be to place a state historical marker on the site of the original college and church from 1902-1903. Our origins as a parish date to the Jesuit decision to build a school here in Shreveport at the turn of the twentieth century, so curiosity about the original location led to its verification using old city maps, and an exciting archaeological dig beginning in April 2017. The property owners, the Glorioso family, gave permission to begin the excavations.
And includes …
Tour of the Cathedral and Chapel
Chronological listing of historical events of the parish
Biography of our patron along with holy card and medal collection
From the early days of the establishment of the parish, our Jesuit priests kept journals chronicling the day-to-day life of a Catholic community in the early 1900's Shreveport. Along with city maps, journals and old photographs, the exact site of the first church and school were located on Texas Avenue. The findings have been posted on our Facebook site.
May 9. 2017: Excavation exposing foundations of original St. John's College and Church on Texas Avenue, built in 1902 by the Jesuits. A historical marker will be placed at the site of our first parish church and school.
May 26: More excavation exposing foundations of original St. John's College and Church on Texas Avenue, built in 1902 by the Jesuits. East foundation!! Center aisle of church. Chimney. Meet the team. First artifacts.
June 2: Please share!! From Red River Radio: Thursday, June 1, 2017, at 11 a.m. Bill Beckett spoke with Father Peter Mangum, Rector of the Cathedral of St John Berchmans along with archeologist Jason Brown and Dr. Cheryl White, Associate Professor of History here at LSUS about an archeological dig going on now on the site of the Original Cathedral of St John Berchmans.
http://rrr.drupal.publicbroadcasting.net/post/red-river-radio-spotlight-original-site-st-john-berchmans-archaeological-find
June 4: Update from the archaeological site of St. John's 1902 original church. Team unexpectedly unearths eastern foundational pillar deep–like an ancient step pyramid or Mayan ziggurat.
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HISTORY BOOKS: $20 soft cover; $35 hard cover
Blessing of the Historical Marker on Texas:
Our History Book:
DR. CHERYL WHITE'S REVEALING THE PAST: THE FIRST JESUIT COMMUNITY IN NORTH LOUISIANA
Site of the original St. John Berchmans Parish Church & College
1564 Texas Avenue
Rear View of original Church & Parish Hall (right)
College (left)
Original interior of the Church (1902-1908)
Aerial view of the site
Marty exposes 3 sides of eastern foundational pillar
Watching the progress
Father Peter metal-detecting
Marty meticulously unearthing bottle
Some of the first artifacts
Team at work
John Michael Giglio moving a lot of dirt
Pic from early in the dig