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Study of the Effect of Sulphide Stress Corrosion on the Load Bearing Capability of API 5L Grade B Steel used in Petroleum Pipelines
M. D. H. C. Peiris ,
University of Moratuwa, LK
About M. D. H. C.
Senior lecturer, Department of Materials Scienceand Engineering
B.Sc. Eng. (Hons) (Moratuwa)
W. L. Perera,
About W. L.
G. I. P. De Silva
About G. I. P.
Senior lecturer, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
CEng., MIE (SL), B.Sc. Eng. (Hons) (Moratuwa) M.Phil. (Moratuwa), Ph.D. (Kochi, Japan)
The Phenomenon of Sulfide Stress Corrosion (SSC) can result in catastrophic failures in pressurized equipment and piping leading to extensive damages, injuries and possible fatalities. SSC, a major degradation process in metals, is commonly associated with the petroleum industry where a high concentration of H2S is involved. For pipelines in the petroleum and natural gas industries, API 5L Grade B Steel type is extensively used. This research focuses on developing a correlation between load at fracture and time period exposed to a constant H2S concentration under a constant load. Furthermore, the mechanism of growing the depth of corrosion is studied in terms of microstructural analysis. Correlations of depth of corrosion versus exposure time and load at fracture versus exposure time have been developed. It was concluded that variation of the load at fracture with the depth of corrosion closely fits the proposed model within the 55μm to 80μm depth range. Additionally, the progress of developing micro cracks towards the unaffected metal has significantly contributed to the drastic reduction in load bearing capability beyond the depth of corrosion around 55μm. The results showed that the combined effect of developing of microcracks and formation of sulfides within the corrosion layer and base metal has led to the ultimate brittle fracture of specimens.
Keywords: Sulphide stress corrosion, API 5L steel, Depth of corrosion, H2S concentration, Load at fracture
How to Cite: Peiris, M.D.H.C., Perera, W.L. and De Silva, G.I.P., 2020. Study of the Effect of Sulphide Stress Corrosion on the Load Bearing Capability of API 5L Grade B Steel used in Petroleum Pipelines. Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 53(2), pp.13–21. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/engineer.v53i2.7408
Peiris, M.D.H.C., Perera, W.L. and De Silva, G.I.P., 2020. Study of the Effect of Sulphide Stress Corrosion on the Load Bearing Capability of API 5L Grade B Steel used in Petroleum Pipelines. Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 53(2), pp.13–21. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/engineer.v53i2.7408
Peiris MDHC, Perera WL, De Silva GIP. Study of the Effect of Sulphide Stress Corrosion on the Load Bearing Capability of API 5L Grade B Steel used in Petroleum Pipelines. Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka. 2020;53(2):13–21. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/engineer.v53i2.7408
Peiris, M. D. H. C., Perera, W. L., & De Silva, G. I. P. (2020). Study of the Effect of Sulphide Stress Corrosion on the Load Bearing Capability of API 5L Grade B Steel used in Petroleum Pipelines. Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 53(2), 13–21. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/engineer.v53i2.7408
Peiris MDHC, Perera WL and De Silva GIP, 'Study of the Effect of Sulphide Stress Corrosion on the Load Bearing Capability of API 5L Grade B Steel Used in Petroleum Pipelines' (2020) 53 Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka 13 DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/engineer.v53i2.7408
Peiris, M. D. H. C., W. L. Perera, and G. I. P. De Silva. 2020. "Study of the Effect of Sulphide Stress Corrosion on the Load Bearing Capability of API 5L Grade B Steel Used in Petroleum Pipelines". Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka 53 (2): 13–21. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/engineer.v53i2.7408
Peiris, M. D. H. C., W. L. Perera, and G. I. P. De Silva. "Study of the Effect of Sulphide Stress Corrosion on the Load Bearing Capability of API 5L Grade B Steel Used in Petroleum Pipelines". Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka 53, no. 2 (2020): 13–21. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/engineer.v53i2.7408
Peiris, M. D. H. C., et al.. "Study of the Effect of Sulphide Stress Corrosion on the Load Bearing Capability of API 5L Grade B Steel Used in Petroleum Pipelines". Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, vol. 53, no. 2, 2020, pp. 13–21. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/engineer.v53i2.7408

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High blood pressure in old age may not be all bad: It can mean more blood to the brain.
When it comes to treating high blood pressure, one size may not fit all. Blood pressure goals in some older adults may need to be left higher than in in others, based on their past blood pressure history, according to a recent study which looked at blood pressure in midlife and old age.
The study examined how blood pressure control affected changes in brain structure and cognitive function. Many researchers have shown that lowering blood pressure in old age decreases the risk of cardiovascular disease such as strokes, but this doesn't always have such a positive impact on preserving thinking and reasoning skills in seniors.
In some older people, lower blood pressure may actually be detrimental to brain function.
It appears that some tweaking of these guidelines may be needed to take these findings into account. People with higher blood pressure during middle age are at increased risk for cognitive impairment later on, but as they grow older, this risk changes. In some older seniors, lower blood pressure may diminish brain function.
Researchers wondered why these differences were observed and suspected that the answer involved whether or not the patient had had hypertension in midlife.
Roughly four thousand Icelandic men and women were assesed at midlife (50 +/- six years) and later life (76+/- five years). Brain structure was viewed using an MRI; cognitive function was measured with standardized testing; and blood pressures were recorded at both time periods.
Elevated blood pressure (BP) was defined as greater than 140/90. The participants also filled out questionnaires about other health and life style issues.
Having higher late life blood pressures, both Systolic pressure and Diastolic pressure, were associated with an increased risk of white matter lesions and with small bleeds. This finding was most pronounced among patients who did not have a history of midlife hypertension.
If blood pressure is too low in old age, the brain may no longer have the ability to compensate and increase the flow to vital brain tissue; and areas of the brain will not receive adequate blood and oxygen and will become atrophied.
When participants had a history of midlife hypertension, lower late life blood pressure was associated with smaller total brain size and with decreased volumes of grey matter. These same patients also had lower memory score and tests of cognitive function.
The researchers concluded that the effects of blood pressure late in life on both brain structure, as well as thinking and reasoning functions, differed depending on the history of blood pressure in midlife. There is a cumulative effect of early high blood pressure and late low blood pressure that makes certain patients susceptible to brain atrophy and cognitive impairment.
The researchers suggest that when a person has high blood pressure in midlife, the brain's structure and regulatory mechanisms can both be altered. This could leave the brain tissue unable to protect itself against the potentially harmful effects of lower blood pressure.
If blood pressure is too low in old age, the brain may no longer have the ability to compensate and increase the flow to vital brain tissue. Areas of the brain will not receive adequate blood and oxygen and will become atrophied. This would explain the loss of both tissue and cognitive function observed in some elders.
Another possible explanation is that low diastolic blood pressure in older patients could be part of a larger package of cardiovascular and organ disease including coronary artery disease, heart failure, and increased arterial stiffness. The atrophy and loss of brain volume issues, researchers say, could be part of a larger health phenomenon rather than the effect of a single circulation-related problem.
This National Institute of Aging study has potentially important implications for the management of high blood pressure in the older population. The researchers recommend that healthcare providers consider the patient's midlife history of blood pressure when prescribing blood pressure treatment in older age individuals.
Less strict blood pressure control goals may be appropriate to avoid atrophy and volume loss in some patients with elevated blood pressure, they suggest. Conversely, in patients without a history of midlife hypertension who develop high blood pressure in old age, the increased risk of bleeding must be considered when planning treatment. The researchers do not recommend discontinuing treatment of abnormal blood pressure in midlife or in old age.
Elevated blood pressure causes a number of health problems throughout the body including the brain, heart, kidneys, blood vessels, and eyes. The impact of uncontrolled blood pressure is cumulative. High blood pressure should never be ignored but rather should be investigated to find out whether there is an underlying cause that requires attention.
Most high blood pressure has no identifiable cause and is called essential or primary. Regardless of the type, hypertension requires monitoring and many people, in addition to lifestyle, exercise, weight, and dietary modifications, benefit from medication treatment.
Patients should seek their physician's guidance if they have concerns about their blood pressure readings or medication side effects. Having your health history available, including past blood pressure measurements or records of treatment, can help your doctor make informed treatment recommendations.


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Crowell, Samuel and Sarah Smithurst (m.1809)
1818 Bible stereotyped by John Holbrook, Brattleboro, Vermont
Samuel Crowell to Sarah Smithurst. August 28, 1809.
Justin Spear to Sarah Crowell. October 15, 1834.
Samuel Crowell to Hannah Eastman. May 4, 1830.
Henry Crowell to Judith C.(?) Plummer. October 3, 1850.
James K. Floyd to Hamil E. Crowe. June 8, 1865.
James K. Floyd. December 19, 1837. Lowell, Massachusetts.
Hattie E. Floyd. April 20, 1830. Londonderry, NH.
Samuel Crowell. November 17, 1786.
Sarah Crowell. January 30, 1787.
Sally Crowell. May 6, 1810.
Sarah Crowell. April 8, 1811.
Samuel Crowell. November 4, 1813.
Hariet Crowell. January 1, 1820.
Henry Crowell. June 22, 1828.
Harriett E. Crowell. April 20, 1830.
Susan Clothey. July 25, 1790.
Grandchildren:
Sarah Elizabeth. December 1842.
William Henry. December 18, 1844.
Frank Spear. July 27, 1851.
Hannah Elizabeth. May 1, 1858.
Henry Clarence. December 1854.
Sarah Eastman. November 1, 1858.
Henry Plummer. November 1, 1858.
Sarah Hattie. May 16, 1867.
Charlie Lang(?). September 7, 1869.
Jarvis Bartlett. February 8, 1872.
John N. Anderson. July 3, 1865. Londonderry, NH. Aged 65 years.
Eliza K. Anderson. July 29, 1872. Londonderry, NH. Aged 67 years.
John Hay__ns. May 3, 1874. Londonderry, NH. Aged 44 years.
James K Floyd. July 14, 1898.
Henry Clarence. January(?) 4, 1858.
Henry Plummer. September 9(?), 1888(?).
Sarah Hattie. July 23, 1892.
Charlie Lang(?). December 15, 1892.
Jarvis Bartlett Floyd. April 3, 1875.
Sally Crowell. May 17, 1810. Aged 15 days.
Hariett Crowell. September 25, 1826. AE* 7 years.
Sarah Spear. January 3, 1858. Aged 46 years.
Sarah Crowell. December 16, 1863.
Samuel Crowell. February 20, 1864.
Samuel Crowell Jr. December 28, 1882.
Hannah Crowell. January 30, 1890.
Family of John W. Smethurst:
Gamalial Smethurst. July 20, 18_6. AE* 35 years.
Susannah Smethurst. June 7, 1832. Aged 63 years.
John W. Smethurst. April 9, 1835. AE* 76 years.
Thomas Smethurst. December 25, 1834. AE* 33 years.
Hannah Adley. February 23, 1893. Aged 44 years.
John Smethurst. July 29, 1831. AE* 68 years.
Susan Clothey. May 16, 1876.
Nancy Stone. July 1, 1867. Aged 73 years.
(Newspaper clipping) In Londonderry, 2d inst of consumption, Mr. James W. Crowell, aged 24. Mr. Crowell was a member of the Senior Class in Amherst college, was a young man of excellent attainments and unblemished character, and was preparing to be a Missionary of the Gospel to foreign lands.
*AE = aetatis, Latin for "of age" or "aged"


France's president has said he plans to introduce new legislation aimed at curbing the spread of online fake news during election periods.
Concern about how social media platforms are being misappropriated to channel and amplify disinformation has rocketed up the political agenda in recent years, most especially in the wake of the 2016 US presidential election and as more details have emerged about the extent of Russian-backed online content meddling.
Macron was himself the target of attempted online smear campaigns ahead of his election last year. Including after hackers leaked campaign emails hours ahead of the vote, mixing some genuine emails with fake info such as false claims he was operating off-shore accounts in the Cayman Islands in an attempt to impact his electoral chances.
He said the planned legislation will impose stricter transparency requirements on online platforms vis-a-vis advertiser content during election periods — by making it a requirement that advertisers' identity be made public.
He also suggested there will be caps on the amount of money that can be spent on sponsored content during these periods.
Over in the US, under mounting political pressure on the issue, Facebook has already said it will increase transparency around political advertising on its platform by requiring ads to include a disclosure stating which page paid for an ad and also give users the ability to visit the advertiser's page to see all the ads they're currently running to any audience on Facebook.
According to The Guardian, an emergency legal action in the planned French legislation could allow authorities to remove content or even block a website — a measure that would doubtless prove controversial.
France's media watchdog, the CSA, will also be empowered to fight against "any attempt at destabilisation" by TV stations controlled or influenced by foreign states, he also said.
Russian state broadcaster RT launched a Paris-based French language channel in December — expanding its existing French language content despite fierce condemnation from the French president who, during a joint press conference with Russian president Vladimir Putin last May blasted RT and fellow Russian broadcaster Sputnik for being "organs of influence and propaganda that spread counterfeit truths".
In November, UK Prime Minister Theresa May also directly accused Russia of seeking to meddle in the democratic affairs of other nations by planting fake stories in the media to try to sow discord in the West by 'weaponizing information'.
"The UK will do what is necessary to protect ourselves, and work with our allies to do likewise," she said then.
The UK's Electoral Commission is currently investigating online activity funded by Russia that targeted the June 2016 EU referendum vote.
A UK parliamentary committee also has a wider ongoing enquiry into fake news — and its chair has been highly critical of Facebook and Twitter for failing to co-operate.
Facebook has sought to placate concerns about how fake news can spread on its platform by introducing various tools and processes intended to add more context around news content and/or try to limit the spread of fake news by hampering malicious actors.
But it's clear that political momentum is building behind a new transparency regime for tech giants, rather than more opaque in-house 'tech fixes'.


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5 most realistic free agency destinations for Tom Brady if he leaves the Patriots
Ezra Bernstein
For years, skeptics have wondered when New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady would finally part ways with the team he has been with his whole career. But in the past, just about every scenario where that happens ends with a Brady retirement.
However, there's a real chance that Brady moves on from his time in New England during the free agency period of 2020. If the legendary signal-caller does decide to test the waters of the free-agent market after his contract expires, there will be plenty of suitors.
1) The Los Angeles Chargers
When thinking of teams that could potentially pursue Brady, the Chargers aren't exactly usually the first to come to mind, but they should be. Longtime quarterback Philip Rivers is in a similar situation to Brady, with his contract expiring after the 2019 season. The Los Angeles roster is also loaded with talent on both sides of the ball, at times looking hobbled by their incompetence at quarterback. If Brady could provide this group with consistent, above-average ball, they could turn into a legitimate contender.
2) The Chicago Bears
This is another roster situation that provides a perfect opportunity for Brady to make an impact. The Bears have a big decision coming up on current starting quarterback Mitchell Trubisky, who's at the end of his rookie contract. Assuming Chicago doesn't extend him, there's a vacuum at quarterback that Brady could easily fill. The rest of the roster is solid but not quite Super Bowl ready. Trubisky has been essentially kneecapping the Bears playoffs hopes with subpar play. Brady could come in and provide an immediate offensive boost, while the defense continues to play good football.
3) The Carolina Panthers
This one is a little less ideal. The Panthers are without a head coach as of now, and the team has dropped five games straight. But the Panthers are one of the few teams in the league without a settled starting quarterback situation. Kyle Allen clearly isn't as good as everyone once thought, as he's turned into a turnover machine. Brady's presence on this team would act as both a huge upgrade to the offense and a stabilizing force for a team in transition.
4) The Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jaguars are another team that's a bit of a stretch. They just broke the bank for quarterback Nick Foles, who was promptly injured and then benched. Rookie Gardner Minshew has been running the show capably but without any sort of fireworks. Assuming the Jags find a way to unload Foles to some other team via trade, this becomes a realistic landing spot for Brady. The defense is still a solid unit, but the offense is too inconsistent for any type of playoff hopes. Brady could change all of that.
5) The Pittsburgh Steelers
The Steelers can only be considered as a possible landing spot if current starter Ben Roethlisberger decides to hang up his cleats and retire. In that event, it probably becomes the most appealing of all teams for Brady. An elite defense paired with a stellar head coach in Mike Tomlin makes life a lot easier for anyone. The decent offensive line is another plus. Wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster is better than any weapon Brady has this season, and the same can be said for running back James Conner. Brady's arrival would turn a wild card contender into a Super Bowl contender.
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Greetings from the Jeschke clan! We send our warmest wishes for a joyous Christmas season and a blessed New Year. This past year, we celebrated two big anniversaries: our graduation from UVA at our 40th reunion in June where we enjoyed reconnecting with "old" friends and Melanie's Christian housemates from "Shamrock Rd," and the 20th anniversary of the founding of The King's Chapel (TKC) in September. We are so blessed to serve such a wonderful church family and to have all our children involved in ministry. On August 8th, we welcomed a precious new granddaughter into the family: Molly Elizabeth to Mark & Beth. After living with us for nearly 2 ½ years, my parents Earl & Betty Morey have moved to a lovely assisted- living facility close to the church. My mom's Alzheimer's has sadly progressed while my dad, who has congestive heart failure, has finally been approved for an artificial heart-valve replacement the end of January, before his 91st birthday. Despite his health struggles, he still manages to give excellent Bible teachings most Sundays at TKC. In November, shortly after my parents' move, I received an unexpected call to teach 11th grade English fulltime at Trinity Christian School. Going "back to school," while continuing to teach my classes at Northern VA Community College, has been quite a challenge! Meanwhile, I'm pleased to say that all of The Oxford Chronicles (Inklings, Intentions, Expectations, & Evasions) have now been released in a revised e-book format, thanks to Helping Hand Press.We are grateful for our times together with family and friends. May the Prince of Peace, Jesus the Christ, our Savior and Lord, be born anew in our hearts today. Merry Christmas! God bless us, every one!
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"Getting Old Isn't for Sissies"
My mother often repeated with wry resignation Bette Davis's famous quip as my parents faced the challenges of aging. The saying became my mom's mantra in the early days of my parents' move to our home over two years ago. We felt led to take them in—although at the time we had no inkling how much my mom's Alzheimer's had progressed, how much my dad's heart and physical pain had worsened, or how much their living conditions on their own had deteriorated. My husband and I worked hard to give them a happy home and to improve their standard of living. With numerous errands and doctors' visits, we enabled my father to get help with his heart, hearing, and eyesight. As my mother increasingly faltered with completing daily living tasks, we hired caregivers, who assisted several times a day. Last winter crawled by with the challenges of harsh weather and harsher sickness. Over the spring, I began visiting assisted living facilities—nine in all—just in case we were no longer able to give my parents the care they needed. Despite all the emotional and physical stresses of sharing our home with them, I was determined to make it at least two years.
We passed the two-year benchmark the end of May, but my mom's "descent into the darkness" of Alzheimer's has relentlessly progressed. Meeting her basic daily needs requires more help than we can provide, and so we painfully and prayerfully made the decision that the time had come for my parents' move to an assisted living facility. Of the nine I had visited, the one I thought best for them actually had an opening. I am so thankful that some terrible crisis did not precipitate the decision to move them. However, once we made the decision, we had to move rapidly, and the past few weeks have been physically and emotionally exhausting.
I have mixed emotions: sadness that we couldn't take them to the end, but immense relief from the day to day pressure of ensuring their safety and comfort. I know many of my generation are facing these same difficulties and decisions with their aging parents; and even though my parents are currently being well cared for, we will continue to face even more difficulties and decisions in the days to come. I am also considering what lies ahead for my husband and me, aware that we are almost senior citizens ourselves. Before too long, our own children will have to meet these same challenges in dealing with us. I must choose not to worry about the future, but rather trust that "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
My mom no longer quotes Bette Davis. I don't think she can even remember the saying now, but I still can. It resonates with me more than ever: truly, "getting old isn't for sissies."
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Digging for Details: Researching Historical Fiction
"The German planes drone with a menacin' sound while ours hum with their lovely Merlin engines. But the Spitfire—ah, the Spitfire—she sings."
Historical fiction has to be my favorite genre. I plead mea culpa to having learned much of my history through novels. Experiencing historical events along with actual or created characters makes history real to me. However, since many people besides me learn history through films and novels, authors should be faithful to ensure their stories remain as historically accurate as possible. It's no good thinking, "Well, it's fiction, so I can make it up. No one will notice." Oh, yes, they will! Astute readers are happy to point out mistakes. I once had an on-line reviewer castigate my book Inklings for being historically inaccurate because I described my 1960's character wearing a mini-skirt when the fashion hadn't been introduced yet. I was only off by a few months! My goal was to evoke the era for my readers by using a well-known visual image; nevertheless, to cover my bases for future potential nit-pickers, I dutifully added the discrepancy to my list of carefully documented historical departures in my author's notes for a revised edition.
Getting the facts right takes time, but research often yields not only details that enrich the setting of one's story, but often the story itself. Besides reading a copious pile of history books and biographies when I was working on Evasions, a novel set in WWII Britain, I watched documentaries, visited several war museums, attended a WWII event in Pennsylvania (complete with re-enactors, a big band concert, and vintage planes), read numerous interviews and memoirs, and conducted my own interviews with four people who had lived in England during the Battle of Britain. The museums and documentaries supplied the rich sensory details of the daily living of the period, especially clothing, music, and rationed food.
However, the first-hand interviews and memoirs proved to be the most productive mine for details, leading to plot development, emotional responses to events, and even character dialogue. In Evasions, my depictions of the sinking of the Athenia, the evacuation of Dunkirk, and the bombing raid on the RAF base at Kenley are based on recorded memoirs as well as historical documents. After interviewing Pamela Allen, who had worked at St. Bart's Hospital in London, I decided my fictional nurse Annie Little must work there too. One of my interviewees described her feelings about being cooped up in a London bomb shelter during the nightly air-raids, attributing her struggle with claustrophobia to those frightening times. Her husband clarified how he learned, as a boy during the London bombing Blitz, to tell whether approaching aircraft were enemy or friend by the sound of their engines. I quoted his delightful analysis in Evasions when my character Pilot Officer Eric MacKenzie explains to Annie how he discerns the difference: "The German planes drone with a menacin' sound while ours hum with their lovely Merlin engines. But the Spitfire—ah, the Spitfire—she sings."
I still smile when I read that line. Forgive the cliché, but sometimes digging for details yields pure gold.
Home Sweet Home?
This past winter, cooped up by unrelenting snow and cold, I found myself constantly searching for a beach house where we could vacation and lie in the sun. In fact, I obsessed on this search until I found and booked "the one." I literally counted the weeks and days until we were able to make our escape to the beach this summer. At the same time, I knew our time away would seem all too short; and even before we got there, I was dreading how quickly it would go by. I'm very grateful for our wonderful family vacation, but I'm already longing to return to another "dream house" by the ocean.
I should be content where I am. We live in a lovely home in a friendly neighborhood. We moved out here nearly three years ago so that we could accommodate my aging parents. We left behind our beloved family "homestead" where we raised our nine children and lived for twenty-three years. To say the move was difficult would be an understatement, but we felt clearly that God would have us take this step. Despite all that we have grown to love and enjoy about our new house, it somehow still doesn't feel quite like "home." My husband and I often find ourselves talking about the next house, a special house just for us, our "dream house."
Meanwhile, I post interior decorating ideas that catch my eye on a Pinterest board. I likely won't ever be able to afford them, but it's fun to dream about possibilities. Similarly, my mother-in-law kept a manila folder labeled "dream house," filled with pictures of designs and features she liked. Sadly, at just fifty-four, she died of cancer before having the opportunity of living in her "dream house." As sad as this is, I am confident that she is with the Lord, and that she is now in a far more beautiful heavenly home than we can ever dream or imagine.
My faith in that heavenly home causes me to wonder if my constant longing and desire for my "dream house" is really my longing and desire for heaven. As fabulous as some places and houses in this world may be, they will ultimately leave us dissatisfied and yearning for something more. In Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis so eloquently phrased this idea: "If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world."
Home sweet home? Sounds like heaven to me.
Place: The Importance of Setting (Part II)
Time and place are the two aspects of setting in a work of fiction. In this post, I will discuss the importance of "place" in my Oxford Chronicles series. The place of a story can serve as a plot catalyst, but it can also serve as creative inspiration. In fact, the idea for the series came from my first publisher after he looked at photos I had taken of Oxford and the Eagle and Child pub. "What do you think about setting a novel around that pub and the writers (the Inklings) who met there?" he asked, and from that seed of inspiration grew my first book Inklings.
As I've traveled to different locales, various impressions and observations find their way into my storylines. Cambo House outside St. Andrew's, Scotland, led to the pre-WWII love story in Evasions of Eric and Laurene. Having spent the night myself in the "dowager" wing of the mansion, sleeping uneasily in a Victorian tester bed in a capacious room with heavy curtains and mahogany wardrobes, I could easily describe
those details when Laurene is quarantined with the flu to her grandmother's room. Walking St. Andrew's
famous golf course with my friends enabled me to understand Eric's love for
the game and the fun he has finding lost golf balls in the gorse. And our adventurous
drive up into the highlands to stay in a lighthouse near Gairloch led me to incorporate
that starkly beautiful landscape into the frame story of the MacKenzie clan.
Thanks to the generosity of the C.S. Lewis Foundation, I was able to spend a
night in Lewis's home the Kilns; in fact, I slept in his bedroom. Well to be honest,
I was so excited I could barely sleep! However, that night allowed me to "experience"
a little of what living at the Kilns could have felt like for Annie Little when she finds
refuge there as a wartime evacuee.
Expectations opens in Oxford, but quickly moves to Paris. Since I had lived there for a semester,
I could easily place David and Kate in my Passy apartment with a skyline view of the Eiffel Tower.
I had attended a bilingual school with some illustrious classmates, including the granddaughter of
Winston Churchill and daughter of the British ambassador, who kindly invited all the girls in our class
to her birthday dinner party at the British embassy. I was dazzled by the embassy with its ornate ballroom
and Queen Victoria's throne, which the queen never sat on but we schoolgirls did. My memories, as well as
my diary entries from that important time in my life, gave me rich sensory details for the story I was to
write decades later.
These kinds of details belonging to "place" can bring verisimilitude to one's writings as well as trigger
numerous plot points. Discovering the right setting, both in time and place, could be the key
to unlocking a successful story.
Time Traveling: The Importance of setting (Part I)
Setting encompasses both time and place. Where and when a story is set obviously has a major impact on the shape of the plot and development of the characters. Although conflict and themes are universal, they play out in vastly different ways in different times. For example, in Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary, the contemporary Darcy pursues his love in a manner necessarily unique from Jane Austen's 19th century Mr. Darcy: cell phones replace letters; fast cars, stately steeds; and passionate kisses, formal bows.
Time periods help tell the tale. Customs, dress, slang, architecture, and even fads create the ambiance surrounding the characters and aid in plot development. I set the first books of my Oxford Chronicles series (Inklings, Intentions, and Expectations) in early 1960's Oxford, a time when rock groups like Jerry and the Pacemakers and The Beatles are coming to the fore and hints of cultural shifts like civil rights, "free love" and the women's movement are on the horizon. By opening Inklings on the day of C.S. Lewis's funeral (November 26, 1963), I could ground my story in a very specific time-frame. In Inklings and Intentions, I also used the actual Oxford University eight week academic calendar for 1964-1965 to plot out what my characters would be doing day by day so that the action flows logically.
I set the sequel Expectations in the following academic year of 1965-1966. Since J.R.R. Tolkien and his wife Edith are actual characters in this book, I was delighted to learn that they celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in March of 1966 so that I could include that event in my story. Yvette, a bi-racial character refers to the Civil Rights movement and quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King's "I have dream" speech. Some of the novel takes place in Paris, and because I lived there myself for a semester in 1969, I could search my memory and old journal to accurately describe the city in that era.
Evasions, the prequel of the series, is set during the early days of WWII and the Battle of Britan. As a history buff, historical fiction is my favorite genre. I love experiencing true events through fictional characters. I was able to interview several people who had lived through the events of the war in Britain and read numerous eye-witness accounts, which aided me in giving personal and vivid details to my characters' experiences. I learned what was happening day by day and could incorporate those historic events of bombings, air-raids, dog-fights, lives lost, and so on into my plot. The fact that most communication between servicemen and their loved ones took place through letters enabled me to employ the "epistolary" technique to reveal the conditions and daily experiences of wartime Britain as my characters exchange letters, using their own unique voices.
Without question the "when" of a story has a tremendous impact on the story itself. In writing and reading historical fiction, we can become literary time travelers.
Memorial Day Tribute
My republished Memorial Day tribute
in memory of Gunnery Sgt. Ryan Jeschke, USMC
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13).
Memorial Day has changed for me since my nephew Gunnery Sgt Ryan Jeschke, USMC, was killed in Afghanistan in August 2012. In the past, I honored the memory of my husband's Marine Corps family members who had faithfully served our country, but who died in their beds after living a full life. Now Memorial Day is not only a day of remembrance; it is a day of mourning.
While most Americans play and picnic and mark the beginning of summer fun, I know Ryan's young wife, mom and dad, sisters, aunts and uncles, cousins, and friends are marking another reminder of his ultimate sacrifice to enable all of us to enjoy the freedom to play and picnic.
In another conflict, one hundred and fifty years ago, Unions and Confederate troops clashed on the rolling fields of the Shenandoah Valley near New Market, Virginia. Among them were teenaged cadets sent up as reserves from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), ten of whom lost their young lives. Although the South's struggle to uphold slavery was morally indefensible and rightly defeated, these boys were fighting to protect their homeland, families, and friends. They were all, on both sides, mothers' sons.
With the 150th anniversary of many Civil War battles, my husband and I have been visiting battlefields: Gettysburg as well as Manassas/Bull Run and Bristow Station, which are near where we live. A month ago we decided to walk the New Market battlefield with our son, who was graduating from nearby Eastern Mennonite University. We had heard the tragic story of the fallen cadets back in the fall when we had toured VMI, my father-in-law's alma mater. We walked through the meadow, named the "Field of Lost Shoes" because torrential rains had turned the field into a muddy bog, which pulled off the boys' boots and shoes as they charged barefoot up the long hill. Walking a battlefield is a moving and sobering experience. One can easily imagine the flying bullets and the falling men—all mothers' sons.
In one of those amazing providences, on our return from this excursion, we received an invitation to the premiere of a new feature film, Field of Lost Shoes, which opened the 8th annual GI Film Festival held in conjunction with Memorial Day observances here in the nation's capital. A dear friend from college and one of my husband's groomsmen, David M. Kennedy, wrote and produced the film. Dave is an Irish-Catholic genius, who was the President of the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Virginia, a Commander in the Navy, a top-gun pilot, and the military consultant for films like Pearl Harbor and Behind Enemy Lines. We had last seen Dave at Arlington National Cemetery for the burial of his brother alongside his oldest brother, a hero killed in action in Vietnam. While there, Dave took the time to visit Ryan's grave with us, where he and his son Sam, a ROTC student at UVA, gave Ryan an honor salute. Needless to say, we were very touched by their tribute.
For many years, Dave had dreamed of making a feature film about the VMI cadets who fought and died at New Market. What a thrill to be invited as his "honored guests" to the premiere of this dream fulfilled. We hope Field of Lost Shoes will get the attention and distribution it deserves. I'm pleased to say that the film is excellent and a moving tribute to these mothers' sons.
This weekend I trust we will all take the time to pause and remember the many men and women (sons and daughters all) in countless conflicts, who have laid down their lives to protect our homeland and our freedom. And while we remember and honor the fallen, please pray for their families who are also remembering---and mourning.
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"Stepping into the Stream of History"
I set my novel Evasions, a prequel to The Oxford Chronicles series, in England and Scotland during the early years of WWII and the Battle of Britain. After creating my fictional characters and having their basic story line in mind, I discovered in my travels and research that many times fact intersected with fiction. Some may call such intersections "coincidences," but I believe they are "providences." Whenever I stumbled upon these providences, a dear friend and fellow traveler would say that I had "stepped into the stream of history."
For example, I thought that my American nurse Annie Little would possibly work at the Churchill Hospital in Headington because of its proximity to C.S. Lewis's home the Kilns, but I wasn't sure when it had even been built. On a trip to Oxford, I met a friend for lunch at the hospital, where she worked as a pharmacist. In the course of our conversation, she told me that it had actually been built by the Americans in WWII to care for wounded soldiers, something she "happened" to know because of an historical photographic display in the hospital's former lobby.
Part of my story revolves around the refugees who lived at the Kilns during the war years, in particular, my character Annie, pregnant with her son David, who is the hero of my previously written novels Inklings, Intentions and Expectations. As I researched, I came across a letter C.S. Lewis had written a little girl, in which he stated that they had a number of evacuees staying at the Kilns and one was a six-week-old baby boy! In another instance, I learned that the Reverend Peter Bide—who had married Jack and Joy Lewis, the role I had given to my fictional Eric Mackenzie—had served in WWII and after the war decided to become an Anglican clergyman. He had a wife and children, and Lewis helped him finance his return to his studies at Oxford and then seminary—just as I had envisioned for Eric.
After I had decided that my Scottish Eric MacKenzie would begin the story as a caddie at St. Andrews, I was given a book about the caddies of the Royal and Ancient golf course called A Wee Nip at the 19th Hole. The author, Richard Mackenzie, was the caddie manager at St. Andrew's; and when I visited the golf course, stopping by the caddie shack, he "happened" to be there. Not only was Richard very kind and willing to help with some wonderful stories about the MacKenzies, which I wove into my novel, but he is also a devoted Christian.
These providential leadings made my story more grounded in reality, and also served as markers along the way of God's guidance and encouragement. Plus "stepping into the stream of history" can be amazing fun!


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if the current text in the text box is "cat" and i append "dog" the result will be "catdog" but i want it to be:
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A: You need to append \r\n, not just \n (since this is Windows, not *nix).

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Anti-fraud unit barred from MEPs' offices
A POWERFUL cross-party group of MEPs has won the right to prevent EU anti-fraud investigators from snooping around their offices in a landmark case brought before the Court of First Instance.
By Gareth Harding
The interim ruling has been welcomed by the 71 members who lodged a complaint against the European Parliament in January following the assembly's decision last year to let staff from the Union's fraud-busting office OLAF onto its premises to pursue their investigations.
German Socialist MEP Willi Rothley, author of a controversial draft statute to govern members' pay and conditions, said that "for the first time, the Court is touching upon the legal status of MEPs" and has "rendered a fundamental service to the defence of parliamentary democracy".
Rothley argues that allowing OLAF investigators into members' offices would be a violation of the rules on MEPs' privileges and immunities, and would muddy the waters ahead of the adoption of the common statute.
However, supporters of greater openness have reacted to the ruling with dismay. "As long as we have immunity, MEPs have nothing to fear from OLAF investigators," said Austrian Socialist Herbert Bösch.
The European Commission and Council of Ministers have already agreed to allow OLAF to carry out investigations in their institutions, and the Strasbourg-based assembly followed suit last year after a fierce debate in the chamber. The Court's ruling effectively puts the Parliament's decision on ice for 18 months until a final verdict is delivered. During this time, OLAF will be unable to pursue investigations into any of the 71 MEPs who brought the case, but the regulation will apply to other members.
The assembly's ruling body has asked its legal service to draw up a code of conduct to govern how requests for information should be dealt with while MEPs await the Court's final judgement.
More from ... Gareth Harding
Mark Rutte pulls plug on Dutch government, plans immediate return
By Eline Schaart
Dutch Labor leader quits over false benefit fraud scandal
Portuguese government under attack over EU prosecutor pick
By Paul Ames
Democrats in Georgia: 'Trump is helping our case.'
By Sabrina Rodriguez and	Maya King


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2 If you love to get lost in the beautiful uniqueness of humanity, open up to any page in this gorgeous collection, and find it right here.
3 Mothering is never perfect, not always in style, and seldom right on track. But what it is here, is 56 true stories, the kind that will leave you thinking.
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5 See how we survive what seems insurmountable, how we triumph what feels overwhelming, and how we celebrate the gift of life that we have.
6 Reading this book will make you realize it's the book you had no idea you needed.
7 Read along as we honor the role of mother, as performed by mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, fathers, uncles, teachers, friends, neighbors, and all who have had a hand in nurturing us.
8 Mothering can be scary, intimidating, humbling, inspiring, and mind blowing. The words here will hold your hand along the way.
9 Watch as the stories here tell of becoming mothers, growing into the role, finding the footing, or missing a step. Cheer the writers on, and recognize your own path on this journey.
10 Do mothers wear heels? Or do their children cringe to see their out of date style? Do some mothers care? Do some children care less? What does a mother look like? And how does their child see them? These stories provide incredible introspective and heartfelt reading into who we are, and how we remember those before us.
For anyone who has ever cared for a child, tended to a parent, wandered away from motherhood, and worked their way back -- this collection is a must have. A complete work of original essays, each one comprehensive, thought provoking, intense and insightful, and passionate in its writing. These essays wrap their arms around what "motherhood" means and expands the concept of mothering to include the striking reality of all experiences. Straight from the heart, don't miss the chance to read the newly released Listen To Your Mother anthology.
I'll be giving away a signed copy on bonbon break Monday, April 13. Follow bonbonbreak on Facebook and twitter for giveaway details.
You can find the LTYM book now on sale, at most book stores.
Thank you so much, Cathy! I am in love with the essays.
I ordered my copy earlier this week.
Congratulations on being a part of such a wonderful movement.
That's what it is, right? So much more than a book.
THank you, my friend. I can promise you, the book is everything it was meant to be.


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Catalan talks start with three hours of "therapy" about the origins of the crisis
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and regional premier Quim Torra were present at the first negotiations on the future of the region this Wednesday
Catalan premier Quim Torra greets Spain's Deputy PM Carmen Calvo while PM Pedro Sánchez looks on.Kiko Huesca (Efe)
Carlos E. Cué
|Camilo S. Baquero
|El País
Madrid / Barcelona - 28 Feb 2020 - 11:55 UTC
Contrary to expectations, the first round of talks between Spain's central government and the Catalan authorities on the future of the northeastern region did not focus on how to resolve the ongoing political crisis in Catalonia, or whether the region has the right to hold a referendum on independence. Instead, representatives from both sides – who until recently appeared irreconcilable – spent nearly three hours on Wednesday discussing a historical issue: what were the origins of the Catalan crisis, and when do they date from?
Although no agreement was reached on key issues such as the right to an independence referendum or a government pardon for jailed separatists, the 15 participants at the meeting underscored that the most important point was holding the meeting itself, and the fact that further negotiations will take place in the coming weeks and months.
There is a massive distance on nearly everything, but there is a willingness to meet again, and we've agreed on the methodology, which is no minor matter
Minister at the meeting
The meeting ended with a joint statement, and several people who were present agreed that while there were major discrepancies, the tone was friendly and even seemed, at times, like a therapy session.
Holding these talks was a condition set by the Catalan Republican Left (ERC), a separatist party with 13 lawmakers in Spain's Congress of Deputies, in exchange for its commitment to abstain at the congressional vote in January to confirm Pedro Sánchez, of the Socialist Party (PSOE), as the prime minister of Spain.
On Wednesday, 15 representatives from the Catalan and central governments, led by Sánchez and the Catalan premier Quim Torra, met in Madrid for the first of these talks.
Ministers who were present at the meeting said they were surprised at the unified position shown by the Catalan delegation, which included members of ERC and the other major separatist party, Together for Catalonia (JxCAT). The discrepancies between both parties are well known and recently reached such a point that Quim Torra had to announce early elections in the region.
Unacceptable demands
Besides discussing historical issues, the Catalan delegation underscored demands that Madrid finds unacceptable: a government pardon for separatist leaders who were found guilty of sedition last year, the right to decide in a referendum, and an outside mediator at talks.
The Madrid team averted these issues and instead focused on a list of 44 points – many of which involve increased financial autonomy for the region – that Sánchez handed over to Torra when the pair met recently in Barcelona. The prime minister and his ministers sought to discuss reforms and the economy. But the Catalan delegation, in particular Torra, refused, saying that those issues had no place at the talks. Instead the conversation returned to self-determination, which was the issue on which the Catalan politicians wanted to focus.
Pressed to provide a response to the demands for self-determination and amnesty, Sánchez and his team diverted the conversation and both sides ultimately agreed to take up the issue again at a future time.
A number of ministers consulted by EL PAÍS insisted that everyone at the table knew perfectly well what Sánchez's position is on self-determination and amnesty for the jailed politicians – i.e. he is opposed to both. But that it was not the time to end up trapped on the main sticking point, but rather to save the meeting.
"There is a massive distance on nearly everything, but there is a willingness to meet again, and we've agreed on the methodology, which is no small matter," said one minister.
Talks will be held once a month between the teams, and plenary sessions every six months attended by the Spanish and Catalan government leaders and their deputies.
The incentives to keep talking are strong. The Sánchez government rests on ERC's support in Congress, and Catalan elections are coming up: JxCAT knows voters would make it pay for being the party that ruined talks that have taken so long to become a reality.
The talks will continue while it is in the interest of everyone involved for them to do so. That could be for some time, although when it comes to speaking about the possible outcomes of the negotiations, everyone involved is a lot more sceptical.
The genesis of the crisis
At Wednesday's meeting, both sides disagreed on the origin of the crisis. The Madrid delegation held that the trouble began in 2010, when the Constitutional Court struck down parts of the Catalan Estatut, four years after the reformed self-government charter had gone into effect.
But Josep María Jové, a leading separatist figure who is widely considered the "architect" of the Catalan breakaway attempt, said that the problem began earlier, when the regional charter was negotiated between 2003 and 2006 in a way that frustrated many Catalans.
Both sides agreed that the overall blame lies with the conservative Popular Party (PP), which campaigned nationwide against the Catalan charter, and with the Constitutional Court for striking down parts of the text – including references to Catalonia as "a nation" – that had been already approved by the Catalan and Spanish parliaments, and backed by the people of Catalonia in a referendum.
EconomyEuropean fiscal authorities issue warning over Catalonia crisis, Brexit
EditorialCatalonia crisis: The justice system takes action
OpinionWhy Spain is right to defend its democracy in face of Catalonia crisis
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Pankraz Wagner (* in Lichtenfels; † Dezember 1584 in Wimpfen) war ein deutscher Bildhauer.

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In Bamberg, wo er seit 1571 nachweisbar ist, besaß er das Haus Sonnenplätzchen 2, in dem auch der Drucker Albrecht Pfister um 1460 wohnte. Am 11. März 1582 starb seine Ehefrau Margaretha und wurde bei der Oberen Pfarre in Bamberg bestattet. Nach ihrem Tod zog er nach Wimpfen um. Als er im Dezember 1584 starb, veräußerten die Vormünder seines Sohnes Erasmus das Anwesen in Bamberg. Sein Bruder Adam Wagner (* ? in Lichtenfels; † 1594 in Heilbronn) war ebenfalls Bildhauer.

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Als sein wichtigstes Werk gilt die Reiche Pforte an der Alten Hofhaltung in Bamberg. Auch das Grabdenkmal seiner Ehefrau von 1582 links des Hauptportals der Oberen Pfarre stammt von seiner Hand. In dieser Kirche befindet sich auch das Grabmal von 1577 für den Stiftspropst des Kollegiatstiftes St. Stephan und Jerusalempilger Johann Fuchs von Bimbach, das Pankraz Wagner zugeschrieben wird.

Außerhalb von Bamberg sind bekannt:
 ein Bildstock bei Weichenwasserlos von 1578,
 das Grabdenkmal des Christoph Neustetter, genannt Stürmer und dessen Frau Margaretha von Giech aus der Pfarrkirche in Kronach, die Reste dieses Grabmals befinden sich im Heimatmuseum Kronach,
 die zwischen 1572 und 1577 geschaffene sandsteinerne Figur eines fränkischen Ritters im Innenhof des Wasserschlosses Mitwitz (die Figur befand sich bis 1879 am Stadtbrunnen von Weismain).

Literatur

 Hans Paschke: Sonnenplätzchen und Schimmelsgasse, Studien zur Bamberger Geschichte und Topographie.
 Norbert Haas: Grabdenkmäler in und an der Oberen Pfarre zu Bamberg.
 Die Kunstdenkmäler von Bayern Band 6, S. 273, 283, 1409.

Person (Bad Wimpfen)
Bildhauer (Deutschland)
Geboren im 16. Jahrhundert
Gestorben 1584
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His experience in the asbestos consultancy and removal industries include oil refineries, cruise liners, military vessels, super tankers and pumping installations. He has also carried out projects at several hospitals for the NHS and decent homes projects for main contractors throughout the UK.
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Lauren Mechling conjures the intensity of female friendship in "How Could She"
June 25, 2019 | Scott Indrisek
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"Every friendship is, if not one-sided, then asymetrical or imbalanced," says Lauren Mechling, whose new novel, "How Could She," charts the dramas, intrigues and betrayals that unfold between three female friends in New York. The book is both juicy — ripe with backstabbing, adultery and acerbic gossip — and deeply empathetic. It's also a spot-on look at the waning days of the magazine world, a space that Mechling herself is quite familiar with; her resume includes stints at The Wall Street Journal and as a senior editor at Vogue.
"How Could She" introduces us to a trio of women in their late thirties: Sunny, a columnist and artist; Geraldine, who has moved from Toronto to New York with bold dreams of breaking into podcasting; and Rachel, an editor at the fictional culture and lifestyle magazine Cassette and a young-adult writer who is pivoting into the fantasy literature market.
The novel questions and disturbs our assumptions about these characters. Could Sunny, who seemingly has it all, actually be wallowing in a deep pool of despair? Is Geraldine a vulnerable emotional wreck, or a canny ladder-climber who might end up as everyone's boss? And is Rachel — a former journalism prodigy now struggling with family and finances — a concerned bystander, or merely an envious underminer? "Each person has drawn the portrait of the other that they hold in their heads, and it's not very flexible," Mechling tells me when we meet up at a Park Slope cafe. "They have a really hard time not viewing each other as who they thought they were when they were 24-years-old."
The author writes beautifully about the fluctuations and complexities of female friendship. Women are the stars here, and their men — husbands, ex-fiancées, roommates — are more or less window dressing. "They're like paper-doll characters on the side," Mechling shrugs. "Sorry…" As a man reading "How Could She," I certainly wasn't offended by the cursory treatment of my gender — but I was frankly jealous of the emotional intensity that Mechling sketches between her three protagonists, a bond that is no less romantic for being platonic. (It's an intensity she explored in a more autobiographical manner for a recent New York Times essay on how to break up with your friends.)
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Before I sat down with the author in person, I couldn't help but do a bit of sneaky Google research; fiction is fiction, but I was curious as to which of her three leads she might most resemble. My guess was Rachel — arguably the novel's most nuanced character and the one most bogged down in life's mundane cruelties — and it is indeed the character that Mechling finds the most affinity with. Rachel's simmering sense of class bitterness feels familiar — especially in New York, where even close friendships can skirt over awkward economic realities (the wealthy partner, the trust fund, the parent-bought brownstone). "It's just not fair that Rachel is spinning her wheels," admits Mechling. "I feel like she's the hardest working of the three. She has two jobs, plus the child — and then she's seeing other people who float up and up."
Like Rachel, Mechling is a mother and was once a young-adult novelist, the author of books with names like "The Rise and Fall of a 10th-Grade Social Climber." Before embarking on "How Could She," Mechling tells me she had completed an ambitious, and seemingly unpublishable, Y.A. epic. (Apparently the major houses weren't ready for the tale of "trafficked Italian fortune-teller sisters who get brought from their small town in Italy to a house of Russian gangsters in Chicago.") Smarting over the lack of interest in that project, Mechling regrouped and eventually started working on a piece of fiction that was entirely fresh.
She aimed to "write the book I wanted to read," she says, envisioning something offbeat and quirky. "I was pretty certain, but resigned, that it might also be the book that no one else wanted," Mechling tells me. "But life's too short. There was this mounting obsession within me about women and friendship and social leapfrogging. I just wanted to give it a shot. I had a picture in my head of what it would look like: this strange, miniature art-catalog book that women would pass to each other. I didn't think it was going to be a 'summer read' that people all over the country would click with."
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"How Could She" was ostensibly the first novel Mechling had written for an adult audience, but she still found some of her Y.A. toolkit to be useful. "There's a similar sense of humor and a similar attention to pacing," she says. "This is a short book, short chapters — I tried to make it move along in a way that I'd been trained to do by writing Y.A. fiction. There's no room for meandering. But my attitude was really different. I was doing this for myself, versus trying to be clever within a market that I thought I had a chance to make a living in."
The passion project turned out to have real potential, unsurprisingly. Mechling's prose is smart and punchy, her plotting airtight. A former fashion editor is described as "a fixture on the smug-people circuit"; Sunny's social circle includes "a sloe-eyed handbag designer who had just spent her fiftieth birthday surfing in Uruguay." Rachel, on a date night with her husband, wistfully reflects on their past: "Back when she'd met Matt, her fantasies were about sex. Her dreams now were of stillness. Well, that and money. But weren't they the same thing?"
Equally important, Mechling writes about disparate scenes and subcultures in a way that feels authentic and earned. Sunny's delusions of art world grandeur are painful to behold; she's somewhat of a hack, yet she convinces herself that it's her own choice not to be staging solo shows at plum venues like the Drawing Center. A digression into the world of Y.A. fiction conferences is especially memorable (including a cameo from the pervy author of a made-up series, "Fart Academy.") And Mechling's evocation of the current state of print media could only have been written by an insider; it's a morass of low morale, where laid-off thirtysomething editors compete for corporate content-writing scraps.
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I asked Mechling about the title of the book, which is curious in its own way: that lack of a question mark, for instance. ("It could be interpreted positively," she notes. "She could!") "How Could She" sets the reader up to expect one chief villianness, one climactic betrayal. Instead, "they're all constantly doing terrible things," the author says. "If you look at the three womens' trajectories — each of them, she could make something better, or overcome some mounting unhappiness with her lot in life. In the end — even if their fortunes rise and fall — they're all a little more centered, a little less out-of-focus to themselves."
Despite the fallout of the plot — a bit of divorce, a Canadian emigration, love interests tested and abandoned — "How Could She" proves that there was something worthwhile about this three-way friendship. Geraldine launches a podcast with a twenty-something co-host, Sylvie, who dismisses her bickering friends as "supes toxic." Geraldine, wiser than when the book began, thinks that's too simplistic. "It would be another ten years at least," Mechling writes, "until Sylvie realized that the mediocre, imperfect people she'd happened to align herself with would end up being more significant to her than she could possibly fathom."
Top Image: Book jacket for Lauren Mechling's "How Could She," June 25, 2019. Photo: Nina Subin.
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Der Nations Cup (FEI Eventing Nations Cup™) ist eine seit dem Jahr 2012 von der Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) ausgetragene Turnierserie im Vielseitigkeitsreiten. Die Turnierserie besteht aus mehreren Nationenpreisen, die im Rahmen von internationalen Turnieren ausgetragen werden.

Modus
Wertungsprüfungen sind Turniere, die als CCIO 4*-S bzw. CCIO 4*-L (Bezeichnung bis 2018: CICO 3* oder CCIO 3*) ausgeschrieben sind. Hierbei handelt es sich um internationale Vielseitigkeiten, bei denen neben einer Einzelwertung auch zeitgleich eine Mannschaftswertung erfasst wird.

Die Anzahl der teilnehmenden Mannschaften ist nicht begrenzt. Jede Mannschaft umfasst drei oder vier Reiter einer Nation, hiervon gehen die besten drei Ergebnisse in die Mannschaftswertung ein. Bei jedem Wertungsturnier werden Wertungspunkte vergeben, die am Ende der Saison eine Gesamtwertung ergeben. Mit diesem Austragungsmodus orientiert sich der Nations Cup am traditionsreichen Nations Cup der Springreiter.

Wertungspunkte
Die Wertungspunkte bei den Turnieren der Serie werden nach einem festen Muster für die Mannschaften vergeben.

Von 2012 bis 2015 wurde folgendes System hierfür genutzt:

Zur Saison 2016 wurde ein neues System eingeführt, welches weitgehend dem Wertungspunktesystem der Nationenpreisserie der Springreiter entspricht:

Bei Punktgleichheit am Ende der Saison ist die Mannschaft vorne, die an einer höheren Anzahl von Nationenpreisturnieren teilgenommen hat. Sollte weiterhin Gleichstand bestehen, sind weitere Kriterien zur Ermittlung des Führenden vorgesehen.

Die Anzahl der Ergebnisse, die pro Mannschaft und Saison in die Gesamtwertung eingehen, ist begrenzt. In der Saison 2016 kann jede Mannschaft bei maximal sieben von neun Prüfungen Wertungspunkte sammeln.

Wertungsprüfungen und Saisonen
Bereits vor Schaffung des Nations Cups gab es im Vielseitigkeitsreiten einzelne Nationenpreisturniere (CCIO oder CICO). Dies waren jedoch zumeist nur zwei oder drei Turniere pro Jahr weltweit, diese waren jedoch nicht als Serie organisiert. Zudem gab es weitere Turniere, die eine Nationenpreiswertung austrugen, jedoch nicht als Nationenpreisturnier ausgeschrieben waren (so zum Beispiel den CCI 3* Boekelo).

Aus den zwei vorgenannten Gruppen sowie einzelnen Turnieren, die bisher keine Nationenwertung durchführten, wurden die sechs Prüfungen für die erste Saison ausgewählt. Inzwischen sind weitere Stationen hinzugekommen, so dass der Kalender folgende Station umfasst:

 CCIO 4*-S Houghton International Horse Trials, Houghton, Norfolk, Vereinigtes Königreich
 CCIO 4*-S Strzegom Horse Trials, Strzegom, Polen
 CCIO 4*-S Le Grand Complet Haras du Pin, Haras du Pin, Le Merlerault, Frankreich (ab 2017)
 CCIO 4*-S Eventing Nations Cup Bromont, Bromont, Kanada
 CCIO 4*-S Internationaal Eventing Waregem, Waregem, Belgien (seit 2013, 2020 und 2021 pausiert)
 CCIO 4*-S Concours Complet d'Arville, Château d'Arville, Assesse, Belgien (2021)
 CCIO 4*-L Military Boekelo, Boekelo, Niederlande

Ehemals Teil der Turnierserie waren folgende Turniere:
 CICO 3* Malmö Eventing, Malmö, Schweden (nur 2014)
 CICO 3* Concours International de Complet Officiel de Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau, Frankreich (bis 2016)
 CICO 3* Ballindenisk Horse Trials, Ballindenisk House, Watergrasshill, Irland (2014 bis 2016)
 CICO 3* Tattersalls International Horse Trials, Ratoath, Irland (2017)
 CICO 3*, Theresianische Militärakademie, Wiener Neustadt, Österreich (2017)
 CICO 3* CHIO Aachen, Aachen, Deutschland (bis 2017)
 CICO 3* Great Meadow International, The Plains bei Washington D.C., Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (2016 bis 2018)
 CICO 3*, Vidigulfo-Vairano, Italien (2016 und 2018)
 CICO 3* Millstreet International Horse Trials, Millstreet, Irland (2018)
 CCIO 4*-S, Pratoni del Vivaro, Rocca di Papa, Italien (2019)
 CCIO 4*-S Camphire International Horse Trials, Cappoquin, Irland (2019)
 CCIO 4*-S, Montelibretti, Italien (bis 2014, 2020)

Weblinks
 FEI Nations Cup Eventing (englisch)
 Reglement des FEI Nations Cups Eventing (PDF; englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Wettbewerb (Vielseitigkeitsreiten)


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Engineered timber is being used on a wider range of construction projects. Martin Twamley explains which types are suited to which applications.
Steel and concrete are the dominant structural materials in construction, but they are relatively new technologies. We built for thousands of years with natural materials and it was only the onset of the industrial revolution that saw the wide uptake of man-made alternatives.
However, as raw materials become scarce and expensive to extract, and with concerns about their sustainability credentials, there is an argument in support of switching to timber for more structural applications.
I-joists and metal web joists – typically used for basic floor, wall and roof construction.
Glulam – for higher load bearing applications.
LVL and GLVL (laminated veneer lumber and glued-laminated veneer lumber – where the highest loads need to be accommodated).
CLT (cross-laminated timber) – for structural walls and floors often in high-rise applications.
Incorporating engineered timber increases the structural possibilities and makes better use of a natural resource. Combining structural timber with natural insulation also means a healthy internal climate with quantifiable benefits for the occupants.
Currently, the majority of structural timber used is in roof trusses and floors. It is common in smaller-scale residential developments and extensions. But engineered timber is also suitable for large-scale commercial projects which use cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glued-laminated veneer lumber (GLVL) (see box: Types of engineered timber).
Long spans can easily be accommodated by increasing the depth of the sections used, with limited impact on weight. This can be illustrated by a like-for-like comparison of steel and timber beams with the same bending strength: a GLVL beam manufactured by Steico, measuring 360mm x 200mm, has a weight of 39.6kg/m. This is barely half that of a standard steel HEM 160 H-beam, measuring 180mm x 166m, and weighing in at 77kg/m.
– allowed the long span capacities of the GLVL to be used to their maximum. Spans of up to 7.25m were incorporated with depths of only 240mm. Fire certification up to F90-B was achieved using simple char rating calculations (see box: Key standards for engineered timber).
Steico's GLVL beams can be manufactured up to 18m length, with depths up to 400mm and widths up to 1,250mm. In practice, the length of the spans depends on loading conditions.
On the practical side, the lightweight nature of timber makes it relatively easy to handle. Conventional tools and techniques can be used with structural timber, so onsite adjustments are straightforward to accommodate.
Structural timber's sustainability is best assessed by including embodied energy, which measures environmental impact through a material's entire life cycle, from felling trees through manufacture, delivery, use and disposal.
According to a study by the University of Massachusetts, the embodied energy for timber is 2.0MJ/kg, compared to 10.50MJ/kg for steel and 12.50MJ/kg for concrete. Additionally, wood acts as a carbon store by locking CO2 in its structure. Timber trade body Wood for Good estimates an additional 3.81 million tonnes of CO2 would be locked away each year if UK housing targets were met with timber-frame homes.
BS EN 1995-1-1 Eurocode 5, plus the relevant National Annex (UK NA).
PD 6693-1. Non-contradictory complementary information to BS EN 1995-1-1 Eurocode 5.
BS EN 1995-1-1 Eurocode 5 also includes structural fire design, including char rating calculations.


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There should be a renewed focus on reformed, collaborative and innovative, locally delivered public services - public services will deliver more, better and for less when services are led, managed and resourced locally, with citizens and front-line staff and a full spectrum of service providers – public, third and private sectors – given a stronger voice, empowered by information and technology.
IT should be fully integrated into political, economic, social, legal and environmental strategic planning. This includes state intervention at the local level where the market fails (e.g. reach of broadband to certain geographies and communities), transforming local public services using IT and exploiting IT to maintain competitive advantage (across a spectrum extending from local communities to international).
The full spectrum of local government interactions with citizens, communities and businesses should be ITenabled, in order to build an open and fully-functioning democracy and, ultimately, better decision-making and cost saving.
A strong role should be established for a Minister, supported by a CIO at Permanent Secretary level at the centre of Government to ensure that policies, frameworks and standards are developed to support relevant infrastructures (such as the Public Sector Network) and trust and identity models (for citizens, staff and trusted intermediaries).
CIO-led IT governance, incentives and performance management should underpin a whole place approach to understanding citizens' public services needs and preferences, and to the information handling and technology deployment required.
Realise and capture benefits, including cost savings across the wider public sector.
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Manage performance using a small set of strategic, outcome-focused Key Performance Indicators.
Design public services availability and access around an understanding of citizens' needs and preferences.
Empower frontline staff, citizens and businesses to use information and technology when and where it is needed and to support flexible and mobile working.
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Trained at the North Oxfordshire School of Art, acclaimed UK photographer Nathan Allan quickly distinguished himself with a distinct style that combines contemporary portraiture and modern fashion. Today, he works with such notable clients as The British Army and leading international salon chain Toni & Guy, along with many leading corporations.
Nathan reveals that the importance of color management came early on in his successful career, when, as an in-house photographic manager, he had the opportunity to work closely on a pilot project for some of the first professional digital imaging cameras developed by Kodak.
"Through that experience, it quickly became apparent that managing the colour workflow from capture right through to print stage was of prime importance," he notes.
It's an understanding that Nathan feels every photographer – aspiring to pro – should have.
"Anybody wanting to get great controlled results from their photography needs to learn and understand what colour management is about. It is too easy to dial your camera onto auto and hope for the best. But as we all know, the results from this are not great. The most important thing to understand is to keep your colour workflow constant, and a well-balanced monitor is a great base for this. You can then fine tune everything else around that", he says.
Nathan, who has just been awarded Licentiateship (LBIPP) status with the British Institute of Professional Photography, relies on X-Rite's ColorMunki Photo to ensure that "what I am visualising through the camera whilst shooting will be realised in the prints I get off at the end.
He became interested in X-Rite color technology based on "great industry feedback", and feels everyone should keep apprised of the latest and greatest color management tools. "There are advances everyday in cameras and printing techniques; but it is pointless investing in the latest photo technology if it is going to be compromised by poor colour control. It is a fast changing industry at the moment and everyone needs to be switched on with colour processing," he says.


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Antoninijan (latinsko ) je bil kovanec Rimskega cesarstva, vreden dva denarija.

Kovanec je bil sprva srebrn, kasneje pa zaradi razvrednotenja denarja bronast. Antoninijan je vpeljal cesar Karakala na začetku leta 215 kot srebrnik, ki je bil zelo podoben denariju, samo da je bil malo večji in da je cesar na njem nosil žarkasto krono. Krona je tudi na drugih kovancih pomenila dvojno vrednost. Na antoninijanih so bile pogosto upodobljene ženske, običajno žene cesarjev, katerih doprsni kipi so sloneli na polmesecu.

Antoninijan je bil ob uvedbi vreden dva denarija, vendar je imel samo 1,5-krat več srebra kot denarij, kar je znova ustvarjalo inflacijo. Prebivalci so začeli varčevati denarije, medtem ko so prodajalci prepoznali antoninijanovo nižjo vrednost in jo nadomestili z dvigom cen. Dobave zakladnega srebra so se ustavile, ker cesarstvo ni več osvajalo novih ozemelj, iberski srebrni rudniki pa so bili izčrpani. Vrsta vojaških cesarjev in uzurpatorjev je potrebovala srebrn denar za plače svojih vojakov in kupovanje njihove zvestobe, zato je antoninijan v vsaki naslednji izdaji vseboval manj srebra, kar je še povečevalo inflacijo.

Proti koncu 3. stoletja so kovance skoraj v celoti izdelovali iz brona, ki so ga dobili s taljenjem starih kovancev, na primer sestercev. Kovale so se ogromne količine denarja, v obtoku pa je bilo tudi veliko ponaredkov. Nekateri kovanci so izgubili vso svojo vrednost, zato so jih preprosto zavrgli. Stanje v cesarstvu bi lahko primerjali s hiperinflacijo v Weimarski republiki v 1920. letih, ko se je papirnat denar tiskal v nerazumno velikih količinah.

Ko so konec 3. stoletja z vrsto denarnih reform in uvedbo novih kovancev poskušali ustaviti inflacijo, so antoninijan umaknili iz obtoka.

Sodobni numizmatiki uporabljajo ime antoninijan preprosto zato, ker ne vedo njegovega pravega imena. Ime je dobil po podatkih iz ne najbolj verodostojne Historiae Augustae, v kateri so med drugimi večkrat omenjeni srebrniki cesarja Antonina. V 2. in zgodnjem 3. stoletju se je tako imenovalo več rimskih cesarjev, med njimi tudi Karakala, ki je srebrnik izdal. Ime kovanca se zato običajno povezuje prav z njim. Povezava je skoraj zagotovo napačna, vendar se je ime kljub temu prijelo.

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'Mum' Kathy Waves Goodbye
Diabetes Specialist Nurse, Kathy Devlin, who has been 'Mum' to many of our patients, has retired after 25 years with NHS Forth Valley and almost 40 years with the health service. At a celebratory tea to mark her retirement colleagues heard about a number of Kathy's distinctive traits that will be missed. Always late, she never went anywhere with one set of clothes when two or three could have been worn. She once came to work wearing odd shoes (both left feet) and, on one occasion, she became angry because a phone was constantly engaged and it turned out she was dialling her own number!
Kathy trained as a nurse in Stobhill in Glasgow where she initially worked in cardiology before moving to Luton where she was employed in a hospital Emergency Department. She then decided to train as a midwife. In the mid 1990's she joined the Diabetes Team in Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary and has been an integral part of that team ever since.
Kathy was also a 'weel kent' face in the Women and Children's Unit where she has delivered education and training to midwives.
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Assistant Editor. Denise Petti is a professional marketing director by day and writer of short stories, memoir, poetry, and greeting card verse by night. Denise had a series of personal essays published in the Burlington County Times, as well as a creative non-fiction piece in Stories from the Heart, a book of women's reflection and inspiration published by Church Women United.
Four of her poems were selected for inclusion in Rider University's Venture Literary Magazine and her work was twice selected for presentation at Rider's annual Film Symposium.
Denise's verses and designs appear in greeting cards for Braveheart Greetings, a woman-owned company that offers encouraging, empowering and occasionally funny sentiments for life's difficult situations, as well as for The Compassion Project, an organization dedicated to helping people help themselves during times of hardship, healing, recovery and transformation. She is also a contributing lyricist for the local music group, Deep Fried Thorns.
Denise is currently pursuing her BA from Rider University with minors in both English Writing and Film and Media studies.