St Catherine's School is highly committed to reducing its environmental footprint. The main drive of our environmental initiative is centred around our student eco-committee, the Green Cats and Green Kittens, representing the Senior School and the Prep School respectively. We are very proud to have gained our Green Flag in July 2018.
In Autumn 2017, our Green Cats and Kittens carried out an environmental review of the school, researching and assessing such issues as our waste policy and systems, transport to and from school, energy use, litter collecting, biodiversity in our grounds and our outreach to global sustainability projects. From this data, the Cats and Kittens were able to identify three topics which they chose to tackle over the coming two years.
Waste: concentrating on reducing, re-using and recycling.
To this end, we now have collection points for spent batteries and pens and have begun recycling plastics in the dining room. The collection boxes were made by the girls from waste products and distributed around the school. In the Spring term we collected 768 batteries and 465 pens. The bins in the dining room collect around 300 – 400 plastic cups per day. We also run a campaign to reduce printing and photocopying. Paper use is digitally collected and this data is displayed on our eco-board so that the whole school can see the trends in paper use over time.
We have beautiful grounds at St Catherine's but were able to identify an excellent site for a wildlife garden. The land was prepared and the garden sown in May 2018 (delayed due to highly inclement weather!) and we are looking forward to watching it grow and flourish. Once established the garden will offer not only a place of tranquillity, but also a perfect environment for developing our biodiversity tracking and sampling skills. We have invited nearby Gosden House Special Needs School to use this facility too and hope that other schools will make use of it as it becomes established.
While reducing our own environmental footprint is critical, outreach to other communities has always been part of the St Catherine's ethos. We have long-established partners in other countries, particularly Chisyabulungu School in Zambia, destination of a biannual sixth form expedition. It seemed appropriate to target our first fundraising endeavour at a project which could help promote sustainability at the same time as improving lives at a school that many students have visited over the years. In partnership with the Sixth Form Philanthropy Board, we have raised £3700 towards a solar pump, pipes and storage tanks that mean Chisyabulungu School has running water for toilet facilities and for irrigating its organic vegetable garden.
Being a chair of Green Cats is a really rewarding process which allows me to get involved with the whole school to promote and develop my own green ideas".


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SEOUL, S.K. (CelebrityAccess) — South Korean entertainment company Pinkfong, creator of the viral sensation 'Baby Shark Dance' announced that the video has become the first in YouTube's history to be viewed more than 10 billion times.
Since surpassing 'Despacito' by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee in November 2020, 'Baby Shark Dance' has reigned as the most-viewed video on YouTube for 15 consecutive months. Now the video is 2.3 billion views ahead of second place.
The song, which was first released in 2016, continues to perform in more traditional music metrics as well, including a 20-week streak on Billboard's Hot 100 and certifying RIAA Diamond (11x Platinum) and BRIT certified 2x Platinum.
In addition to the video, the song has inspired popular children's shows on the Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels, as well as touring productions in North America.
According to Celebrity Net worth, the Korean family behind the song has reaped at least $125 million since the song's release. Kim Min-seok, who co-founded Pinkfong's parent company, SmartStudy Co., in 2010 was behind the song's release.
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Wow its been a week already?!. I woke up feeling slightly groggy and boiling (strange waking up in a warm room and bed rather than a hide). After getting ready and breakfast we walked into the town centre to look around and find tourist information. The centre looks a lot better to the outskirts, much more modern. We also popped into the souvenir shop ;).
The tourist information booked us onto a 3 hour snow shoeing trip later that day, we headed back to the guesthouse to get ready for our trip. At 1.30pm we got picked up and drove to the office to get the equipment (snow boots and a big puffy overall). The forest was a 20-30 minute drive out of Rovenimeni and here there was tons of snow compared to the town.
It took me awhile to figure out how to put the snow shoe on, once this was done we set off (I sunk a lot, I think I'm heavy footed). It was actually pretty simple and fun, though running is a different story! I only fell over twice! the last time my stick got stuck in the ground…not sure how that happened. It was good fun though :).
Later on we had dinner in the town centre at a place called Martina.


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Nitric oxide metabolites in cystic fibrosis lung disease
H Grasemanna,
I Ioannidisb,
R P Tomkiewiczc,
H de Grootb,
B K Rubinc,
F Ratjena
aUniversity of Essen, Germany: Department of Paediatrics, bInstitute for Physiological Chemistry, cPediatric Research Institute, Mucociliary Physiology, St Louis University, USA
Dr Felix Ratjen, Zentrum für Kinder und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Hufelandstr 55, D-45122 Essen, Germany.
Although the activity of nitric oxide (NO) synthases are increased in lung tissue of patients with cystic fibrosis, the concentrations of nasal and exhaled NO have recently been found to be decreased in cystic fibrosis. This could either be due to reduced NO formation or metabolism of NO within airway fluids. In this study, the stable NO metabolites, nitrate and nitrite, were determined in the saliva and sputum of 18 stable cystic fibrosis patients, 21 cystic fibrosis patients during a pulmonary exacerbation, and in saliva and endotracheal secretions of normal controls. Median saliva concentrations of NO metabolites (nitrate plus nitrite) were 704 μmol/l (95% confidence interval (CI) 419 to 1477) in stable cystic fibrosis patients, 629 μmol/l (95% CI 382 to 1392) in cystic fibrosis patients presenting with pulmonary exacerbation, and 313 μmol/l (95% CI 312 to 454) in controls. Median sputum NO metabolite concentration in stable cystic fibrosis was 346 μmol/l (95% CI 311 to 504). This was not significantly different from cystic fibrosis patients presenting with pulmonary exacerbation (median 184 μmol/l, 95% CI 249 to 572), but significantly higher than in endotracheal secretions of controls (median 144 μmol/l, 95% CI 96 to 260). Sputum NO metabolite concentration in cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbation significantly increased during antibiotic treatment. A positive correlation was observed between sputum NO metabolites and lung function in stable cystic fibrosis, suggesting less airway NO formation in cystic fibrosis patients with more severe lung disease. These data indicate that decreased exhaled NO concentrations in cystic fibrosis patients may be due to retention and metabolism of NO within the airway secretions. However, sputum NO metabolites are not a useful marker of airway inflammation in cystic fibrosis lung disease.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.78.1.49
Nitric oxide (NO) is enzymatically produced within the human airways and is detectable in the exhaled air of healthy individuals.1 2 The physiological role of airway NO is thought to include modulation of ciliary activity, mediation of inflammation, vasodilation, and bronchodilation.3Induction of NO synthases during airway inflammation results in increased concentrations of exhaled NO, as demonstrated in asthma, bronchiectasis, or upper respiratory tract infection.4-6
Lung disease in cystic fibrosis is characterised by chronic airway inflammation even in stable patients, as reflected by high airway fluid concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines.7-9 The cytokines tumour necrosis factor-α and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) have been shown to induce NO synthases in airway epithelial cells,10 11 and increased NO synthases activity has recently been found in lung tissue of cystic fibrosis patients.12 While these data would suggest increased NO formation in cystic fibrosis, lower than normal concentrations of NO have been found in the upper airways of cystic fibrosis patients.13-15 Lower airway NO in cystic fibrosis patients was either decreased or not different from normal individuals.13-16 It remains unclear, whether decreased airway NO concentrations in cystic fibrosis lung disease result from reduced NO formation or clearance of NO within the airway fluids. Since NO is a free radical, it is rapidly converted to distinct oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in aqueous solutions and at air-aqueous interfaces. Interconversion among the NOx species occurs, resulting in formation of the stable NO degradation products nitrate and nitrite.17It is possible that NO produced by airway tissues is partially metabolised to stable NO products at diffusion through the air-liquid interface. In a preliminary study involving a small number of patients, higher concentrations of both nitrite and IL-8 were found in cystic fibrosis patients during pulmonary exacerbation as compared with clinically stable cystic fibrosis patients.18 To assess whether NO degradation products in airway liquids could be used as markers of airway inflammation in cystic fibrosis lung disease, we assayed nitrate and nitrite in airway fluids of stable cystic fibrosis patients and cystic fibrosis patients with pulmonary exacerbation.
CYSTIC FIBROSIS PATIENTS
Saliva and expectorated sputum were obtained from 39 cystic fibrosis patients. The diagnosis of cystic fibrosis had been previously confirmed in all patients. The study was approved by the ethics committee of our institution.
Clinical characteristics of the cystic fibrosis patients are displayed in table 1. Patients were divided into two groups according to the following criteria: stable cystic fibrosis patients who attended the outpatient department for scheduled visits. None of these patients presented with exacerbation of respiratory symptoms at the time of study. Lung function was assessed by spirometry in all patients (table1). Sputum was obtained from all 18 and saliva from 10 of these patients. Cystic fibrosis patients who were included in the other group presented with symptoms of pulmonary exacerbation according to widely accepted criteria.19 Lung function, assessed at the last scheduled visit before exacerbation, did not differ significant from the stable patients (table 1). Sputum from 21 patients with symptoms of pulmonary exacerbation was obtained on the day of admission to hospital and, in 11 of these patients, after 14 days of antibiotic treatment. Saliva was obtained from 17 of these patients at admission.
Age, pulmonary function, and sputum colonisation status in the cystic fibrosis patients
Saliva was obtained from 43 non-smoking, healthy children and adults with an age range of 6–37 years (mean (SD) 22.7 (7.8) years). None had a history of respiratory or cardiovascular disease or was receiving any medication.
As sputum is not produced by healthy individuals cystic fibrosis sputum concentrations were compared with endotracheal secretions obtained from 10 additional controls, undergoing surgery for non-pulmonary diseases. The age range was 17–64 years (mean (SD) 37.7 (20.5) years). Endotracheal secretions were collected from the mucus layer coating a freshly removed endotracheal tube in these patients. These samples were stored at −80°C before analysis.
Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) were measured by spirometry (Volugraph, Mijnhardt, Bunnik, The Netherlands). Results were expressed as percentages of reference values.20 21
MEASUREMENT OF NITRATE AND NITRITE
Airway fluid and serum samples were collected in sterile containers and stored at −20°C. Analyses were performed within 24 hours. In preliminary measurements we observed no changes in nitrate or nitrite concentrations during three days of storage at −20°C. Airway fluids were diluted with an equal volume of double distilled water and then homogenised in an ultrasonic waterbath for 10 minutes. Samples were centrifuged at 10 × g for 10 minutes. The clear supernatant was used for analysis. Serum samples were assayed undiluted. All samples were blinded before analysis. Nitrate and nitrite were determined by a colorimetric assay based on the Griess reaction, as described previously.22 Briefly, nitrite was assayed directly after 10 minutes of incubation with Griess reagent by measuring the absorbance at 546 nm versus a reference cuvette containing aqua bidest and airway fluid or serum. Nitrate was measured after its enzymatical reduction to nitrite. Concentrations of nitrate were determined from a linear standard curve obtained from sodium nitrate under the same experimental conditions. Concentrations of nitrate or nitrite were expressed in μmol/l. The detection limit of the assay was 3 μmol/l.
NO metabolite concentrations were expressed as median and 95% confidence interval (CI). Since the data were not normally distributed, comparison between the groups was performed with the Wilcoxon test. Correlations between NO metabolite concentrations in cystic fibrosis were assessed by linear regression analysis. A p value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Nitrate and nitrite concentrations in cystic fibrosis and control airway secretions are shown in tables 2 and 3. NO metabolite concentrations in stable cystic fibrosis sputum were significantly higher than in endotracheal secretions of controls (p<0.005), but did not differ significantly from cystic fibrosis patients presenting with pulmonary exacerbation (fig 1). Nitrite was not detectable in any of the control endotracheal secretions but present in all cystic fibrosis sputum samples (table2).
Nitrate and nitrite concentrations (μmol/l) in cystic fibrosis sputum and control endotracheal secretions
Nitrate and nitrite concentrations (μmol/l) in saliva of cystic fibrosis patients and controls
NO metabolite concentrations (μmol/l) in sputum of stable cystic fibrosis patients, cystic fibrosis patients presenting with a pulmonary exacerbation, and in endotracheal secretions of controls. Also shown are the median (bar) with 95% CI (solid dot). Sputum concentrations in stable cystic fibrosis patients were significantly higher than in control endotracheal secretions (p<0.005).
Salivary NO metabolite concentrations in stable cystic fibrosis were also significantly higher than in controls (p<0.01), and not different from cystic fibrosis patients presenting with pulmonary exacerbation (fig 2).
NO metabolite concentrations (μmol/l) in saliva of stable cystic fibrosis patients, cystic fibrosis patients presenting with a pulmonary exacerbation, and controls. Also shown are the median (bar) with 95% CI (solid dot). Saliva concentrations in stable cystic fibrosis patients were significantly higher than in controls (p<0.01).
Saliva or sputum NO metabolite concentrations in cystic fibrosis patients presenting with symptoms of pulmonary exacerbation did not differ significantly from saliva or endotracheal secretions of controls (figs 1 and 2). However, sputum nitrate concentration increased significantly during 14 days of intravenous antibiotic treatment for a pulmonary exacerbation (p<0.005), while no significant changes were observed in sputum nitrite concentrations (fig 3).
Sputum nitrite and nitrate concentrations (μmol/l) in 11 cystic fibrosis patients before and after 14 days of antibiotic treatment for a pulmonary exacerbation. Each coupled symbol represents one individual. Also shown are the median (bar) with 95% CI (solid dot). A significant increase was observed in sputum nitrate concentrations (p<0.005).
All patients were colonised with either Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Staphylococcus aureus, 10 with both organisms. There was no difference in sputum NO metabolite concentrations between P aeruginosa positive or negative as well as S aureus positive or negative cystic fibrosis patients.
Median serum concentration of nitrate in cystic fibrosis patients was 36 μmol/l (95% CI 29 to 55), similar to previously reported levels in healthy children and adults.22 23 However, the variability was considerably higher in cystic fibrosis patients. Nitrite was not detectable in any of the serum samples. Serum nitrate did not show any correlation with other serum markers of inflammation such as white cell count, percentage of neutrophils, C reactive protein, or erythrocyte sedimentation rate (data not shown).
Significant correlations were observed between nitrate concentrations in sputum and serum from patients with cystic fibrosis (n=30) (p=0.001;r=0.66), saliva and serum (p<0.01, r=0.54), and sputum and saliva (n=55) (p<0.001, r=0.5) (data not shown).
Sputum NO metabolite concentrations were compared with pulmonary function parameters in stable cystic fibrosis patients. NO metabolites were significantly correlated with FEV1 (p<0.02,r=0.58) (fig 4), as well as FVC (p<0.02,r=0.55) in these patients.
Correlation between sputum concentration of NO metabolites (nitrite plus nitrate) in μmol/l and FEV1 in % predicted in cystic fibrosis patients. Each diamond symbol represents one individual. NO metabolite concentrations increase with increasing FEV1 (r=0.58, p<0.02, linear regression analysis).
We have shown that high concentrations of the stable NO metabolites nitrate and nitrite are detectable in cystic fibrosis airway secretions. In previous studies concentrations of exhaled NO in cystic fibrosis were either not significantly different or lower than in controls.13-16 The present study suggests that a significant amount of cystic fibrosis airway NO metabolites are retained in airway fluids. Whether lower airway NO metabolite concentrations are higher in cystic fibrosis than in controls cannot yet be answered. Since sputum is not produced by healthy individuals, cystic fibrosis sputum was compared with control endotracheal secretions. The components of these two airway secretions are different, and so might be the NO metabolite concentrations. However, sputum NO metabolite concentrations in cystic fibrosis did not seem to correlate with the activity of airway inflammation since no significant differences were observed between stable cystic fibrosis patients and cystic fibrosis patients presenting with symptoms of pulmonary exacerbation. Therefore, as previously demonstrated for exhaled NO, sputum nitrate or nitrite are unsuitable markers of cystic fibrosis airway inflammation.
Metabolites of NO are detectable in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and airway aspirates from normal subjects.23 24 It is conceivable that increased airway tissue NO formation will result in increased NO metabolite concentrations in airway fluids. This has recently been confirmed by the observation of increased nitrate concentrations in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of children with pneumonia, compared with healthy children.23 However, nitrate and nitrite concentrations in airway secretions are also influenced by bacterial infection. The majority of the airways in the cystic fibrosis study population were chronically colonised withP aeruginosa. Pseudomonas, a common pathogen in cystic fibrosis lung disease, is able to metabolise both nitrate and nitrite by enzymatic reduction.25 Furthermore, P aeruginosa synthesises a phenazine pigment, pyocyanin, that interacts with NO and might thereby reduce nitrate or nitrite concentrations in pseudomonas infected cystic fibrosis patients.26 The increase in cystic fibrosis sputum nitrate concentration during antibiotic treatment of a pulmonary exacerbation could thus be explained by a reduction in the bacterial load, resulting in decreased bacterial metabolism of nitrate and in decreased pyocyanin sputum concentrations. Interestingly, in a recent study, serum NO metabolite concentrations in children with bacterial infections showed a comparable pattern as they were normal at the time of diagnosis but increased during the treatment period.27
Diffusion of NO metabolites from the airways across the alveolar-capillary membrane into the circulation or the inflammatory response to pulmonary inflammation could increase serum NO metabolite concentrations. We therefore assayed nitrate or nitrite in cystic fibrosis serum. However, mean nitrate concentration in cystic fibrosis patients did not differ from previously reported concentrations in healthy controls,22 23 and serum nitrate did not correlate with serological markers of inflammation.
We observed a positive correlation between sputum NO metabolite concentrations and lung function in stable cystic fibrosis patients, indicating decreased NO formation in the lower airways of cystic fibrosis patients with more advanced lung disease. This coincides with our recent findings of low exhaled NO concentration in cystic fibrosis patients with decreased lung function.16 As NO is a potent bronchodilator, low NO formation in advanced cystic fibrosis lung disease may be of physiological relevance as it could contribute to the bronchial obstruction in these patients.
The highest NO metabolite concentrations in our study were observed in saliva. Although NO synthases are expressed in epithelial cells from the upper and lower respiratory tract,17 exhaled NO is mainly derived from the upper airway.28 Therefore, one could speculate, that high NO metabolite concentrations in saliva reflect upper airway NO formation. Saliva NO metabolites could also be influenced by nitrate and nitrite formation in salivary glands or by colonisation with oral bacteria.29 Expectorated sputum is inevitably contaminated with saliva and it is conceivable that this artificially raised sputum NO metabolite concentrations in our study.
In conclusion, concentrations of the NO metabolites nitrate and nitrite are high in cystic fibrosis, despite the fact that both lower airway and nasal NO concentrations are low in these patients. Sputum nitrate or nitrite concentrations appear not to be useful markers of cystic fibrosis airway inflammation. However, our results give further evidence that cystic fibrosis patients with more advanced pulmonary disease produce less airway NO than patients with better lung function. Further studies will address the question whether augmentation of NO formation has a positive effect on lung function in cystic fibrosis patients with severe lung disease.
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Weatherman issues advisory in J-K ahead of 'major wet spell'
Srinagar: The weatherman Meteorological Department on Tuesday issued weather advisory for "major wet spell " in the state.
As per the advisory, the weather system may lead to disruption of surface and air transportation like Srinagar-Jammu highway.
"A fresh Western Disturbance is most likely to affect the state of Jammu and Kashmir from the evening of January 1 to 2. Under the influence of this system, light rain/snow (plains) to moderate rain/snow (upper reaches) is expected at widespread places of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh region," reads the advisory.
Another Western Disturbance will most likely affect the state from the evening of 4 to 6 January.
Under the influence of this system, it says, moderate rain and snow are expected at widespread places of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh region with the possibility of heavy snowfall in isolated places with maximum intensity & spread on 4th and 5th January and gradual decrease thereafter.
"This will be the first 'major wet spell' in the starting of New year for J&K."
The advisory says that under the influence of the weather system, higher reaches of Kashmir, Ladakh & Jammu would receive moderate snowfall during 4 and 5th January with the possibility of heavy snowfall in isolated places.
Besides affecting transportation, aerial and surface, the advisory says that there will be significant fall in day temperature and a slight rise in night temperatures. (GNS)
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I learned that this gas will be heavier than air, so it should first be in the basement.. where indeed, all of our utilities and equipment is located.
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My mom needs this in her den where she has an old fashioned gas heater.
We would put it in the living room.
We have two levels. I don't know which one is at higher risk but I'd likely put the detector on the lower level.
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I think my laundry room needs this high quality CO alarm.
The Living Room it is the central point of the house and we would hear the alarm from all other points in the house.
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Our laundry room, basement or kitchen. We have gas how water, dryer, and stove.
We really need it by our bedrooms.
I would put this in my hallway.
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I'll put it on the stairs from the kitchen to the bedroom.
the basement hallway/stairs leading up to the kitchen!
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This would be for the basement because the play room is down there.
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I'd put it in the laundry room.
Our 2nd floor where our son's bedroom is.
Upstairs hallway where the bedrooms are.
I would put the kiddie alarm in the hallway,outside the bedrooms.
I really need it at the top of the basement door.
We have a pellet stove in the living room, I would love to plug one in near that.
Upstairs where all our bedrooms are!
I would give this to my parents. They recognize the need for a carbon monoxide detector in our home but not necessarily in theirs.
The hallway between the rooms.
Upstairs near the kids' rooms.
I have one on every level of my home but my daughter needs one for her apartment.
I would put it in the hallway between our kitchen and the bedrooms.
I would like one upstairs in the hallway that leads to our bedrooms.
kitchen where gas stove is.
I would put it in the living room by our water heater.
I would put this in the hallway.
We'd put it in the basement for the fire place.
I would place this alarm in the hallway outside of our bedrooms.
I'd put this in the hall outside my kids' bedrooms.
Right outside our two bedrooms.
I would put this in our hallway.
I really need a new one in my trailer, as the previous one went sproing last summer.
In the hallway outside the Master Bedroom.
I'd put it on the first floor near the basement door.
Thanks for the giveaway…near family sleeping areas !


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Korrupt - Preachers and Creatures OUT NOW!
We are proud to announce that Korrupt's debut effort "Preachers And Creatures" is out now!
Blackened melodic hardcore, recorded by Tommy Akerholdt (Turbonegro/Silver). Bandcamp Buy 'Preachers and Creatures' here. Consisting of members from Social Suicide and a slew of other bands on the Norwegian underground scene, these four guys finally find their ultimate form on this album. Recorded and mixed by Turbonegro and Silver's Tommy Akerholdt, Korrupt's Preachers and Creatures comes off as the synthesis of previous Fysisk Format albums like Haust's Ride the Relapse (2008) and The Good the Bad and the Zugly's Hadeland Hardcore (2015). Originating from the "Bible belt"-part of Norway, all four members of Korrupt have broken away from their background in off-mainstream charismatic Christianity. -The album was never meant to be a concept album, but in retrospect it appears as a portraiture of someone young, angry and fed up with the looming hand of organized religion, singer and lyricist Marius Myhren explains. The lyrics also orbit more universal themes like anxiety, depression, evil and friendship. All in all, the album can be read as summoning of personal authority, of building resistance and finding your own path in a world of confusion, greed and destructive propaganda. Preachers and Creatures is definitely the kind of album where you should listen with the lyric sheet laid out in front of you. In Korrupt, Fysisk Format see the unusual combination of uncompromising political attitude and raw melodic power. Preachers and Creatures is the perfect cure for a sedated generation that need to walk up and shape the future. Preachers and Creatures was produced by Marius and Esteban from Korrupt alongside Tommy Akerholt and mastered by Hugo Alvarstein. The album will manifest on digital formats as well as on vinyl. The vinyl will come in a triple-pantone printed sleeve and innersleeve with artwork by Basque-come-Norwegian artist Lara of Subterraean Prints.


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2 edition of spangled road found in the catalog.
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The City of Welland, long associated with the Welland Canal, is gaining a reputation as the largest open-air art gallery in the world, and the canvasses are gigantic, stretching up to 25 metres (80 feet) long and three storeys high.
To beautify the city, Welland commissioned artists from across Canada to paint murals on the sides of buildings. More than two dozen permanent, colourful murals depicting historical themes of the region now grace the city, adding a rich visual element to the urban landscape. Started in 1986, this is an ongoing project with new murals being added periodically.
The map below shows the locations of the murals and is keyed to the following listing. If you wish to see all the murals you will need to drive; however, as most of them are concentrated in the downtown area, a walking tour is an attractive option that will let you enjoy the giant art and also have a glimpse into the life of a city on the canal.
"Towpaths" at 1030 Niagara Street North, by Ross Beard, depicts a sailing ship being pulled through the Canal in the 1800's.
"History of the Niagara Peninsula" at 800 Niagara Street North on the Sears building at the Seaway Mall. This mural depicts the cultural and economic development of the Niagara Peninsula.
"History of Welland Canal" at 800 Niagara Street North, on the front of the Seaway Mall. The artist captures the many obstacles that had to be overcome in the construction and development of the Niagara Peninsula.
"Welland Trolley" at 1 Niagara Street, by David More. The NS&T trolley brought visitors to the Welland County Fair on Denison Street from 1910 to 1930.
"Lift Bridges" at 31 West Main Street facing Niagara Street. Painted by Greg Garand, it depicts the canal prior to the completion of the by-pass to the east, when ships from around the world passed through the heart of the city.
"Welland's World War 1 Efforts" at 51 Division Street on Columbus Hall, by Risto Turunen, illustRates & Reservations Welland's involvement in World War 1.
"New World" at 77 Division Street is a brick mosaic mural designed by Dutch artist Bas Degroot. The mural depicts people moving to a "new world" and can be interpreted from a spiritual or secular viewpoint.
"Three Historical Scenes" at 115 Division Street is by Toronto artist John Hood. It consists of three panels each containing a great deal of historical detail.
"Wagons" at 250 Division Street, by Andrew Miles. This is a stained-glass effect of several turn-of-the-century wagons and buggies.
"Education" at 285 East Main Street, by Risot Turunen. Teacher, principal, students, and school are based on old photographs.
"Triathlon"at 285 East Main St, by Paul Elliot. The runner, cyclist, and swimmer are captured in a scene from the annual Welland Triathlon by Mike Burwell.
"Upbound at Midnight" at 228 East Main Street, by Ross Beard. This is a night scene of a ship travelling south towards Port Colborne along the Welland Canal.
"Welland Fair" at 228 East Main Street, by John Hood. Three scenes from the 1940, 1958, and 1975 Welland Fair are shown.
" The Cordage Community" at 212 East Main Street, by Marsha Charlebois, depicts the employees of the Plymouth Cordage Company circa 1906 at work and play.
"Tell me about the Olden Days" a freestanding wall across the street from 212 East Main Street is by Chemainus, B.C. artist Dan Sawatsky. It depicts the arrival of immigrants in Welland circa 1910.
"Little Helper" at 225 East Main Street is also by Dan Sawastzky and depicts a farm family of father, son and grandson in a local agricultural scene.
"The Pond - New Year's Day" at 188 East Main Street, by Ross Beard, depicts the Welland Junction area about 1970, with upturned earth suggesting the construction of the new canal by-pass.
"The Welland Club" at the corner of Hellems Avenue and East Main Street, by John Hood, depicts the professional club around 1920, with the Union Jack and lawn bowling featured prominently.
"Where Water Meets Rail" at 147 East Main Street, by Larraine Coakley-Black, concent Rates & Reservations on various means of transportation.
"Tugboats" at 77 East Main Street, by Stefan Bell, depicts the tugboat "Hector" circa 1920, pulling barges and ships through the canal. Look for the artist's juggling equipment hidden in the mural.
"Steam Engine" on the side of the Bell Building on Cross Street, by Ron Baird, depicting the old "work horse" used in the construction of the old canals.
"Working Women" at 27 East Main Street, by Ted Ziegler, shows the contribution of women to the industrial work force in the factories of Welland.
"Downtown Welland" at 14 King Street, by Phillip Wolf, depicts the commercial life of early Welland.
"Canal construction" at 140 King Street, by Bas Degroot, depicts the construction of the canal bypass.
"Canal Digging" at 175 King Street, by Brian Romagnoli, depicts the era around 1824, with great detail in size historic scenes.
" O Canada" a relief Mural in Basswood, at 300 Lincoln Street East (inside the Lincoln Centre) by the Niagara Wood Carvers Association. This carving depicts the flora, fauna, and heraldry from countries of Europe and Asia, which are the homelands of a large percentage of the population of Welland. The birds and animals from these countries have come to the "Canadian Beaver Pond" to drink in peace in harmony.


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Church Member Arrested On Terror, Weapons of Mass Destruction Charges
Christian Terrorism News April 6, 2017 Church Member Arrested On Terror, Weapons of Mass Destruction Charges2017-04-06T21:37:58+00:00 No Comment
White Christian Charged with Being a Terrorist. An MIT graduate was arrested on charges of terrorism and possession of weapons of mass destruction, authorities said late Wednesday — and his mother told NBC News she believes her son suffered a "mental breakdown."
Nicolai Howard Mork, 40, was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday in Las Vegas on charges related to terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. He was arrested without incident at his residence late Wednesday, police said.
Bail was set a $1 million per count, for a total of $8,000,000, according to court documents.
Mork is accused of planting several incendiary devices, such as Molotov cocktails, to be ignited in multiple locations in the Las Vegas area between October 24 and December 31 of 2016, according to the grand jury indictment. He was also charged with possessing components of an incendiary device with the intent to manufacture an explosive, and possessing a Walther P22 .22 caliber handgun with an altered serial number and a silencer.
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Las Vegas Deputy Chief Chris Jones of the homeland security division told NBC News on Thursday that investigators found at least eight explosive devices in two residential neighborhoods in Las Vegas, beginning in late October.
"We started seeing this pattern as these devices were deployed, and then similarities in the devices and the substances that they were constructed out of," he said.
"It appears that his actions were basically focused on grievances that he had, based on perceived wrongdoings," Jones said. "He thought people were following him. He thought certain groups were following him."
Jones said some of the devices had "partially exploded, some had partially ignited and other were still intact." No one was hurt during any of the explosions, he added.
Mork's lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The suspect's mother told NBC News that she believed her son had suffered "some sort of mental breakdown" and that he was acting paranoid the last time she saw him.
"We believe that he has had some sort of mental breakdown or an enormous shift in his usual thinking and we hope, with all our hearts, that he will get the help he needs and not just be punished," Joan Mork, 70, said from her home in Duluth, Minnesota, on Thursday. "Because this is a young man — he's in his 40s now — but he was always brilliant and had many kinds of distinctions throughout his time and in our home and in college."
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Nicolai Mork was charged with terror and weapons of mass destruction charges in Las Vegas. Las Vegas Police
She said Mork was "extremely afraid and angry" with the Church of Scientology, and that he believed he was being monitored by members of the group.
"He was extremely fixed on the notion that Scientologists were out for him and many others," she said.
A representative for the Church of Scientology did not immediately return a request for comment.
When she last saw her son, two years ago, Joan Mork said "he was highly anxious" and "kept thinking that he was being recorded."
"He was very, very disturbed," she added.
Mork's mother said she and her husband urged their son to see a psychiatrist, but "he believed that what he was experiencing was all too real."
"He told us that we could believe him or stop being his parents," she said.
Mork's mother also said her son was always a star student in school and received a Master of Business Administration from MIT Sloan School of Management.
"He has a mind that if it could be redeemed or saved in some way would really produce I think really great things," she said.
A spokeswoman for the school confirmed to NBC News that Mork attended MIT from September 2002 to 2004 and graduated with an MBA.
According to the indictment, Mork's full list of charges were: One count of an act of terrorism or attempted acts of terrorism, one count of unlawful acts related to weapons of mass destruction, three counts of possession of a component of an explosive or incendiary device with intent to manufacture an explosive or incendiary device, one count of possession of an explosive or incendiary device, one count of possession of a firearm with an altered or obliterated serial number and one count possession of a silencer.
Mork was initially arrested in December and was out on bail after posting $220,000. NBC affiliate KSNV reported that Mork posted the cash bond on March 23, citing court documents.
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Besides salaries and bonuses – contractual or non-contractual, employment benefits such as housing and stock options will also form part of your taxable income. But as noted above, overseas income derived from outside Singapore, Singapore dividends and bank interest is received by individuals (not through partnerships in Singapore) tax exempt in Singapore.
As a general rule, director's fee derived from a company that has no presence in Singapore is not liable to Singapore tax, even if the directors may, on some occasions, conduct their meetings in Singapore. This is because director's fee is generally sourced in the country where a company is a resident. However, only fee attributable to attending board meetings in Singapore is not liable to Singapore tax. All other payments made for discharging duties carried on within Singapore will be taxable.
Where director's fee is taxable in Singapore, it will be treated as income of the year in which you are entitled to the fee. This is usually the date of the company's annual general meeting or when the director's fee is approved by the board of the company.
Commission refers to a payment you receive in return for service provided. A commission is taxable. If you receive the commission from your employer, it will be taxed as employment income. If you receive the commission as a self-employed individual, it will be taxed as trade income.
Allowances such as transport allowance, meal allowance, etc.
Tax paid by employer – tax paid fully or partially by your employer.
Payments for restrictive covenants, which refer to payments received from your employer for entering into a covenant or contractual agreement that restricts your rights. These are not taxable as they are considered capital receipts.
Benefits-in-kind granted administrative concession or exempt from Income Tax.
Some examples of benefits-in-kind include sponsored group outings and outpatient treatment.
Figure out all your income sources on which you have to pay personal tax in Singapore by consulting our qualified tax professionals.
If you are about to leave Singapore or changing to another job within Singapore, you must settle all your taxes. This process is known as tax clearance. For tax clearance, your current employer must notify IRAS and make sure you have paid all taxes before you cease employment with them.
If you still hold any existing stock options or awards on hand which have yet to be exercised or vested, you will be considered to have derived gains from the stock or awards at the point of tax clearance.
Singapore also imposes an income tax on investment homes, i.e., income tax on the rental income. This means that any profit or the net amount left once you have added together your rental income and deducted any allowable expenses is taxable. Taxes are imposed on rental income that is due and payable to the property's landlord — and not on the date of receipt itself. Do note that rental income from the letting of property in Singapore is subject to income tax, while the property itself is subject to property tax. A tax resident in Singapore pays resident tax rates on his or her rental income.
Rental income refers to the full amount of rent and related payments you receive when you rent out your property. This includes rent of the premises, furniture, fittings, and maintenance.
Stamp Duty is a tax on documents relating to immovable properties, stocks or shares including lease/tenancy agreements, mortgages, and share transfer documents. Once the document is signed and dated, the duty needs to be paid, which can be done easily using IRAS' e-Stamping system.
These are taxes, other than import duties, that are imposed on motor vehicles. These taxes are imposed to curb car ownership and road congestion and include the various registration fees, excise duty, road tax and special tax.


The putative class plaintiff, a regional health insurance company, filed suit in 2014 against our client and several other pharmaceutical manufacturers, asserting claims under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) based on allegedly improper marketing to insurers, physicians, and patients. The plaintiff sought certification of a nationwide class of third-party payors and sought class-wide damages based on over a decade of reimbursements of the drug.
After extensive fact and expert discovery, the court denied the plaintiff's motion for class certification in its entirety, concluding both that the plaintiff was an inadequate class representative by virtue of its nonstandard business practices and that the individualized issues in the case predominate over any common ones.
This is the most recent of a string of successes for the Firm in third-party-payor class actions against pharmaceutical companies. Last year, the Firm secured a favorable ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirming the district court's dismissal of another such case.
To read coverage on the decision, click here.


With so many things to do in Realmonte, it's important to choose a good Hotel.
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Jupiter Girl came to life many moons ago in a very different form (in a galaxy far, far away... just kidding!). It has transformed over the years and become what it is today.
I hand make every skirt and put a lot of myself into each one so please enjoy browsing the site or come see me at my next show.


CHINA'S WESTERN FRONTIER IS A POWDER KEG.
ITS BUDDHIST AND MUSLIM MINORITIES ARE ABOUT TO LIGHT THE FUSE.
Michael Brannigan and the People's Republic of China are concluding a triumphant week. The PRC's top energy consultant has fallen in love with Australian geophysicist Kylie Ryan while traveling in Xinjiang Province. President Lao Ming is in Beijing hosting a game-changing summit with the United States. CNN is broadcasting the new reality: the Communist juggernaut has surpassed the US.
Brannigan's train is retracing Marco Polo's historic journey. When the Silk Road Express reaches the Far East's Far West, his team of engineers will assist the Chinese in developing the world's richest oil fields. Brannigan is heading deeper into the Taklamakan Desert as President Lao's motorcade approaches the end of its parade route. In a few hours, Lao will celebrate his victory in the Hall of Purple Light.
All that changes in two blinks of an eye. China's Young Turks and Fighting Monks rock the country. Caught up in the violence, Brannigan's love affair meets a tragic end. The Reds and rebels engage in an escalating cycle of provocations and reprisals. In the midst of the turmoil, Brannigan returns to China for a hush-hush assignment at Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric facility. There he overcomes his demons and finds lasting happiness. Everything is coming up aces.
First of all, my deepest thanks to both the author and Smith Publicity for sending me a copy to review!
Sadly, this didn't end up being my cup of tea. While I do enjoy political intrigue and stories with interesting settings, this book was too technical for me to enjoy fully. It didn't feel like a story so much as a news report.
The author wrote well enough until it came to the dialogue, which is where things got dicey. That's not to say the dialogue was bad, but the way it was formatted was incredibly confusing, making it difficult to know who exactly was speaking at any given moment. We could have an entire page full of dialogue with absolutely no indicators like, Brannigan said, etc.
That's not to say others who enjoy politically-charged books with cultural infusion won't find much to love about Three Gorges Dam. You can tell Harris did plenty of research for his story and it shines through. Sadly, it just wasn't something I could get into.


The holotype of Macroderes pristinus is very similar to known females of M. bias differing mostly in having flat densely punctuate not shagreened elytral intervals.
Macroderes pristinus is known from Northern Cape Province of South Africa.
Macroderes undulatus can be separated from other Macroderes species by the combination of the following characters: head with small tubercle in the middle of frontal suture; base of pronotum with large, adjoining punctures becoming sparser and smaller towards anterior margin; metasternum smooth, without distinct punctuation; elytral intervals with sparse punctures surrounded by matte areas separated by smooth elevated areas.
The range of Macroderes undulatus in unclear since most of the older specimens have locality label "Cape of Good Hope". The only exact locality record available, "Rietpoel", although probably originally misspelled, suggest western Cape distribution.
Macroderes namakwanus is very similar to M. endroedyi but can be separated from it in having the base of the pronotum with denser, regular punctures and without distinct tubercles in-between, elytral intervals less shagreened, without distinct shiny tubercles, and less curved basal part of internal sac of aedeagus.
Macroderes namakwanus is distributed mostly in the Namaqualand with one specimen collected in southern Richtersveld (South Africa).
This species differs from other Macroderes species in its smaller average size (7.0-9.5 mm). It is similar to M. politulus and M. nitidus in body shape and punctuation of pronotum but can be separated from the former species by evenly shiny to slightly opaque, flat elytral intervals and from the latter species in having lateral margins of pronotum not punctate. From both species it also differs in the shape of internal sac sclerite.
Macroderes minutus is known from Western Cape Sandveld and Cederberg Range (South Africa).
Macroderes nitidus is very similar to M. minutus and M. politulus in body shape and punctuation of pronotum but males can easily be separated from them by the peculiar shape of internal sac sclerite. From the former species it also differs in larger average size. From the latter species it also differs in having impunctate lateral border of pronotum.
The only exact locality known for this species is the Cederberg Range (Western Cape Province, South Africa).
Macroderes politulus is most similar to M. minutus and M. nitidus but can be separated from them by having punctate lateral border of pronotum and by the shape of internal sac sclerite.
Macroderes politulus occurs in the Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Macroderes mutilans is similar to M. bias and M. fornicatus in having elytral intervals almost flat and matte, but can be separated from them in having impunctate lateral border of pronotum and different shape of internal sac sclerite. From the former species it also differs in having elytral stria 9 widely separated from stria 10.
Macroderes mutilans is known from a few localities in the Namaqualand, South Africa.
Macroderes greeni is similar to M. arrowi, M. foveatus sp. n. and M. cornutus sp. n. in having elytral intervals with punctures with slightly carinate margins, but can be separated from them in having pronotum regularly punctate with round punctures as opposed to being granular in the former species and punctate with very elongated punctures in the two latter species. From the two latter species it also differs in having the pronotum without a deep concavity at the base. Body length 9.8-11.8 mm, width 6.3-8.0 mm.
Macroderes greeni is known from a few localities on the south-western coast of South Africa from Saldanha Bay in the north-west to Cape Agulhas in the south-east.


Great Britain developed the modern tank in the early 1900s as a response to the rise of trench warfare. In the battles of World War I, opposing forces dug parallel trench fortifications guarded by barbed wire and machine gunners. This strategy made for high casualties on both sides. To advance any ground, soldiers had to storm the enemy's trench, sacrificing dozens of men for the chance that a few might make it through the mud and hail of bullets.
Caterpillar tracks work on the same principle as a conveyer belt. The tank engine rotates one or more steel sprockets, which move a track made up of hundreds of metal links. The tank's wheels ride along the moving track, just like the wheels in a car run along the road. Earlier tracked vehicles weren't practical in battle because their steam engines were too cumbersome and unreliable. The internal combustion engine made tracked military vehicles feasible.
Tracked vehicles can move easily over rough terrain because the track makes contact with a wide area of the ground. A car grips the ground with only the bottom portion of four tires, but a tank grips it with dozens of feet of track. Additionally, the track has heavy tread that digs into muddy surfaces, and it never goes flat like a tire.
The hull is the bottom portion of the tank -- the track system and an armored body containing the engine and transmission. The hull's job is to transport the top portion of the tank, the turret, from place to place. The turret is an armored structure supporting one or more guns -- typically a heavy cannon and a couple of machine guns.
The M-1 tank has two main parts: a pivoting gun turret and a tracked hull.
The turret sits in a wide circle at the center of the hull. In the conventional design, a spur gear in the hull (called the traverse gear) engages an internal gear lining the inside of the turret. Turning the traverse gear rotates the turret on the hull, allowing the tank crew to aim the main gun without turning the entire tank. The crew can also pivot the main gun up and down.
Soon after the British deployed their new weapon, the Germans developed tanks of their own. With tanks on both sides, the weapon's role changed significantly. Instead of taking out trenches, today's tanks mostly battle other tanks. As we'll see in the next few sections, the M1 is specifically designed for this sort of combat.
The M1 uses a 1,500-horsepower gas turbine engine to achieve high mobility. Gas turbine engines have a much better power-to-weight ratio than reciprocating engines. That is, they provide a lot more power without adding a lot of weight. Turbine engines are also a lot smaller than comparable reciprocating engines, so you can do more with the available space on the tank.
The low-weight, high-power turbine engine lets the M1 move faster and maneuver better than most comparable tanks. According to General Dynamics Land Systems, the tank can accelerate from 0 to 20 miles per hour in 7.2 seconds, and it can safely travel 30 miles per hour cross-country. The high speed and agility do come at a price, however: Even with an advanced digital fuel control system, the tank gets less than a mile per gallon!
An M1A1 tank speeds across the Kuwaiti desert during Desert Storm. The M1's turbine engine gives the tank the power and agility necessary to maneuver in hostile environments.
To give the tank decent traveling range, General Dynamics had to give it some mammoth fuel tanks. The most recent M1 model holds 490 gallons (1,850 L), allowing the tank to go about 265 miles (426 km) without refueling. The turbine engine works with a range of fuels, including ordinary gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel.
The engine provides power to a six-speed automatic hydrokinetic transmission (that's four forward gears and two reverse gears). The transmission turns sprockets on either side of the tank. The sprockets pull the track along.
The M1 has gone through several configurations in its 20-year history. The original M1, which became operational in 1983, had a relatively small main gun and limited armor. The M1A1, introduced in the late '80s, had a larger gun and improved armor. Over the years, the Army upgraded most of its original M1s to at least M1A1 levels. The newest M1, the M1A2, is characterized by vastly improved onboard electronics and additional armor. In this article, we mainly focus on the M1A2 model.
The M1's main weapon is a 120-mm smoothbore cannon.
The M1's primary weapon is a 120-mm M256 smoothbore cannon made by the German company Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH. The "120-mm" designates that the cannon fires 120-mm-wide rounds. "Smoothbore" means the inside of the barrel is smooth, rather than rifled like most hand guns. Smoothbore guns don't stabilize rounds as well as rifled guns, but they can fire rounds at higher velocities without suffering heavy damage.
The M256 fires a variety of training rounds and combat rounds. Its two main combat rounds, generally known as sabot and HEAT rounds (for high-explosive anti-tank), inflict damage in very different ways.
Sabot rounds work like a basic arrow. They don't have any explosive power; they penetrate armor with shear momentum. The heart of the sabot round is the penetrator -- a narrow metal rod (typically depleted uranium) with a pointed nose on one end and stabilizing fins on the other. Before the round is fired, the rear part of the penetrator is attached to a propellant case, and the front part is attached to the sabot structure. The sabot's purpose is to keep the narrow penetrator centered in the wide gun barrel.
On firing, the propellant casing remains in the chamber, and the expanding gas pushes the sabot and attached penetrator down the barrel. The sabot is attached to the penetrator with relatively flimsy plastic, so it falls away as soon as the round leaves the cannon. The heavy penetrator flies through the air at high speed toward its target tank. Because of its narrow shape, the penetrator focuses its full force into a very small area, plowing straight through heavy armor. As the penetrator enters the tank, heated fragments of metal fly off in all directions, hitting anybody and anything inside.
The sabot separates from the penetrator as a sabot round flies through the air.
HEAT rounds use explosive firepower, rather than momentum, to penetrate armor. At its nose, the round has an extended impact sensor. When the impact sensor collides with a target, it ignites an explosive, which melts surrounding copper. A shape charge liner concentrates the molten metal and hot gases into a narrow blast that cuts through the armor.
The M1 also has three machine guns. It has a Browning .50-caliber M2 and a 7.62-mm M240 mounted to cupolas on the top of the turret, and another M240 mounted next to the main gun.
The coolest thing about the M1's weaponry is its advanced fire control system. An array of sensors constantly monitors the tank's tilt, the turret's motion and any gusts of wind, and a computer adjusts the gun accordingly to keep it aimed at its target. With this system, the M1 can take out other tanks while it's on the move. Less sophisticated tanks have to come to a full stop to hit targets reliably.
An M1A1 lays a smoke screen.
The M1 is mainly composed of sturdy rolled homogeneous armor (RHA) steel plates, sandwiched around thicker protective material.
The core armor is a variation on the British Chobham armor -- an arrangement of metal plates, ceramic blocks and open space. HEAT and Sabot rounds may make it through the outer layer of the armor, but they won't make it all the way into the crew compartment. The ceramic material can absorb a lot of heat, as well as heavy physical blows. The rest of the hot gases or metal pieces spread out in the empty air pockets.
Updated M1 tanks have extra layers of steel and depleted uranium that supplement the Chobham-style armor. This combination will hold up to any tank round and most missiles (the powerful Hellfire missile is a notable exception).
The crew keeps the M1's rounds in heavily armored storage compartments. If something sets the ammunition off, the armored structure keeps the explosion from blasting the crew or completely destroying the tank. An onboard fire suppression system will quickly extinguish any fires that occur inside the tank.
The M1 is also equipped to handle chemical or biological attack. An advanced air filter system purifies all air coming into the tank so the crew isn't at risk.
The tank can avoid attack entirely by hiding from the enemy. The tank has two turret-mounted grenade dischargers designed to launch smoke grenades in all directions. The crew can also inject a little diesel fuel into the exhaust to generate a cloud of heavy smoke.
In the next section, we'll look at the members of an M1 crew and the jobs they do.
In the M1, the driver sits in the front of the tank hull.
The M1 is designed for a four-person crew. The driver sits in the front section of the hull, directly under the main gun. In order to fit in the confined space, he has to lean way back in a reclining, form-fitting bucket seat, sort of like a dentist chair. M1 crew members say that this is far and away the most comfortable position in the tank.
The driver steers the tank using a motorcycle-style handlebar, and accelerates by twisting a handle grip throttle. The tank has a brake pedal on the floor, just like a car.
The driver navigates using three periscopes (also called vision blocks). For night operations, he can substitute a night vision sensor for one of the ordinary periscopes. The driver also has a digital instrument panel, called the driver's integrated display (DID), which provides navigational data, as well as information about things like speed, fluid level and engine performance.
The rest of the crew works in the turret basket (the turret's interior compartment). The loader rides on the left side of the turret, toward the back; the gunner rides on the right side, towards the front; and the commander rides on the right side, towards the back.
A tank gunner examines the commander's display unit on the M1A2.
The commander oversees the tank's operation, communicates with other tank commanders and directs the rest of the crew. He has several periscopes and a joystick-controlled independent thermal night vision viewer to survey the battlefield. He can monitor the tank's various systems and its position on his integrated display.
The gunner targets enemy vehicles and bunkers and fires the main gun. He pinpoints targets using a stabilized sight, with day vision and thermal night vision capabilities, and a laser range-finder that precisely measures the distance to the target. He also controls the front machine gun and monitors the main gun's general condition.
The loader pulls rounds from the ammunition compartment and load them into the main gun. Generally, the gunner tells the loader which sort of round to load.
The loader and commander may also operate the two machine guns mounted on top of the turret. On the M1A2, they have to open the tank's two hatches and fire the guns manually, so it's not a viable option in a tank battle. The machine guns are mainly for attacking infantry soldiers.
All of the M1s on the battlefield are linked together by the inter-vehicle information system (IVIS). Using IVIS, commanders keep track of the other tanks' positions, transmit maps and share information about the enemy. In order to hide communications from the enemy, the system uses encrypted radio signals.
The combination of these advanced electronics, incredibly strong armor and massive firepower make the M1 an almost unbeatable opponent in tank warfare. But evolving technology will eventually surpass the M1, and the weapon will take its place alongside the dozens of other tanks that have come and gone over the years. In the world of military science, technological superiority has a short life span.
For more information about the M1 and other weaponry, check out the links on the next page.


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Is English Still the 'Lingua Franca' of the Internet?
For years, companies have served global consumers exclusively with English-language websites. Have they been getting it wrong all this time?
Veronica Pastuch
Learn more at wwww.motionpoint.com
Language enhances human connections and shapes our day-to-day lives in powerful ways—both in the real world and online. In the global marketplace, customers invest far more trust in, and spend more on, websites that literally speak their preferred languages.
Yet many major companies are just now beginning to appreciate the vital role language plays for online global customers. Not only does it govern our online conversations and behavior, it also limits what information we access.
Customers invest far more trust in, and spend more on, sites that literally speak their preferred language.
Twenty years ago, researchers determined that about 80% of the Internet's content was published in English—not surprising, given that the Internet was initially developed in the U.S. and UK, and was rapidly adopted in those countries.
These days, businesses need more than English-only websites if they hope to connect effectively with global customers. The Internet and the world have changed radically since the mid-90s. To remain competitive, companies must keep pace.
That Was Then, This Is Now
The dramatic increase in Internet access over the past decade has greatly influenced online content. The number of Internet users worldwide is around 5 billion, up nearly ~126.24% from the 2.21 billion users reported in 2015. Much of this growth is happening in emerging markets, where English is spoken as a secondary or tertiary language, if at all.
Between the mid-90s and mid-2000s, English-language content dropped from 80% to about 45% of total online content, with some experts placing it at less than 40%. This trend was fueled by the global adoption mobile and smartphone technology, and the emergence of social media.
A 2011 study revealed that over the decade, the number of non-English website pages exploded, especially in Arabic, Russian, Chinese and Spanish. Chinese is currently the second-most common language used online, increasing by a staggering 2,227% since 2000. Spanish represents a distant third, with Arabic a fast-growing fourth.
The decreasing percentage of English content is readily apparent on social media. China and India currently lead the world in Internet and social media usage. By 2023, nearly half of China's population will be using social networks. China is not an English-first market, and in India, nearly 90% of residents don't speak English.
Studies suggest that about half of all Twitter posts are written in languages other than English—with Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese and Indonesian consumers being most active.
Social media usage is sky-high in global markets where English isn't spoken widely.
This ever-evolving linguistic landscape has a powerful impact on global online business. According to a 2006 survey by Common Sense Advisory, 73% of respondents were more likely to buy in their native language. Eight years later, the group conducted a larger-scale study. Consumer demand had increased to 75%.
The 2014 survey found that nearly 60% of respondents either "spend more time on sites in their own language than they do in English—or boycott English-language URLs altogether." In addition, global consumers expressed a willingness to pay more for items if descriptive information was provided in their preferred language.
This trend extends beyond emerging markets. A 2011 study of European online consumers revealed that when given the choice, 90% of respondents always chose their own language. Nearly 20% said they never visit websites that aren't available in their language.
Over 40% said they said they never purchase products and services in other languages.
The takeaway is clear: English hasn't been the lingua franca of the Internet for many years—and as Internet adoption continues to grow worldwide, content in languages other than English will become increasingly vital for business.
To remain competitive on a global scale, companies in every industry must provide online experiences that are in-market, in-language, and accessible to local consumers on their devices of choice. Embracing these inclusive best practices is mission critical to achieving international business success.