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Horlock happy to continue Hitchin love story after Top Field return
Dan Mountney
Hitchin Town's Charlie Horlock. Picture: Peter Else
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Fan favourite Charlie Horlock is back at Hitchin Town for the new Southern League Premier Division Central season and says he cannott wait to get started.
The goalkeeper returns to the club after three years away, but revealed to CometSport that it feels like he 'never really left'.
"It's good to be back," he said. "I've kept in contact with a few of the players here and obviously the manager, so I just kept in contact and now I'm back here.
"It feels like I never really left, the people here and the players here are so welcoming.
"To be fair, the gaffer (Mark Burke) has always jokingly messaged me at the end of the season to ask if I'm available, so he popped up again.
"I'm looking to move to Wycombe so I was thinking this might work.
"At the minute I'm travelling from Eastbourne so it's a long drive, but when I move to Wycombe it will be a bit easier.
"It was a no brainer, though. When the offer was there I thought 'brilliant'."
Horlock became a real favourite with the Top Field faithful during his first spell at the club from 2014 to 2016, and was keen to tell of his love for the Canaries.
"All the fans, the backroom staff and the manager are so welcoming," he added.
"That's why I fell in love with the club in the first place.
"There are no egos or big timers, everyone is equal here and that's a great feeling to have."
Horlock is keen to help the Canaries improve their fortunes after struggling in the league last season, adding: "There has been a lot of transition in the dressing room with new players coming in.
"It's all about progression. If we manage to do better than last season and we can continue doing that like we did the first time I was here, that's what we are simply trying to do as a club."
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March 30 , 2021
SPRING ISSUE
A Place to Play
Ask the Mask
Community Interest Groups
Alumni in Medicine
Dear Alums,
I hope this finds you well and safe, and looking ahead to brighter days as vaccination and continued prudence make a return to pre-pandemic life a possibility. At school, our staff continues relentlessly to deliver on our promises to our families, despite the odds; teachers are spending about 50% more time planning and re-designing lessons, adjusting to student needs while supporting them simultaneously online and in-person.
It is incredibly difficult, and we're doing it incredibly well. We've been encouraged all year by positive parent feedback, combined with record-setting annual giving levels and a record 96% re-enrollment – not to mention happy children who are on track academically.
In these ways and more, our families have responded to our calls for flexibility, understanding, patience and unity; like never before, the school/home partnership has been vital this year. Ever since Nan Hunter founded ACDS in 1982, "community" has been one of our philosophical pillars. During the pandemic, it has been a literal support as well.
Of course, the costs of the year are still mounting. The staff is exhausted and we have big initiatives underway – our important work with diversity, equity, and inclusion, for example, or our new middle school math and K-8 reading and writing programs – that deserve more attention than our bandwidth allows. I'm smiling as I write this because since March, I have more than 6,800 unread emails in my inbox (but none of them are from alumni!). We are all doing the best we can to make sure our students are challenged, stimulated, and loved – that's what matters most, and it's happening.
Almaden Country Day School remains an island in Silicon Valley, offering balance (academic rigor, character development, and joyful learning) where other schools have chosen to focus intensely on outcomes at the expense of student wellness, creativity, and curiosity. It is this uncompromising commitment to inspiring whole, engaged, caring and confident young people that draws families to our school, and motivates our dedicated staff and volunteers to keep giving despite the odds.
Wishing you continued health and fulfillment – warmly,
A FORTY-YEAR OLD DREAM REALIZED:
THE FISHER EVENT CENTER
ACDS launched a fundraising campaign to raise critical resources to outfit the Fisher Event Center and bring the facility fully to life when we open its doors in Fall 2021.
The Center is not only a dream come true, but is also a unique structure amongst school gym/auditoriums. The above video, produced by Jake Heindel '08, grants us an insider look into the Center's design and construction, plus an exclusive interview with Campus Committee Chair Jay Walstrum (Maddie '14) and Center Architect Marty Hochroth (Alex '14, Jaden '16). In the video, Mr. Hochroth explains how the form and function of the Fisher Event Center will fulfill its vision of being the school's "living room."
We are currently at the midway point of this campaign, but there is still time for you to participate. Our goal is to raise at least $300,000 by April 9 so we can hit the ground running with drama, athletics, P.E., school assemblies and more in the fall. Gifts of $1,000 or more are acknowledged with a personalizable brick paver that will be a part of the Center's courtyard. To learn more about how you can be an enduring part of this moment in the school's history, please visit almadencountrydayschool.org/eventcenter.
To track the campaign's progress, follow us on social media.
Let's do this together!
ASK THE MASK ELECTIVE
A popular new elective this year is the pandemic advice column, "Ask the Mask." Every week, students in the elective collect emails from their inbox where topics range from how to combat boredom, strained friendships, Zoom fatigue, insomnia, and more.
Teacher Mike Fishback has sponsored student newspapers at two other middle schools, and the advice column was always the most popular. "In the olden days before Google Forms, we'd staple a folder to a bulletin board for students to submit their handwritten anonymous letters. This year, it felt like the right time to revive this activity. The pandemic focus was intentional: kids have so much they want to ask and vent about right now."
Students in this elective are learning collaborative revision and strengthening their empathy skills. Each response is drafted by one or more students and then goes to another set of students for feedback and revision. Mr. Fishback says, "Most responses begin with an affirmation of the letter-writer's dilemma and close with an expression of support or optimism."
So, who IS the Mask? The Mask is a group of a dozen dedicated students in grades 6-8 who work together to provide uplifting and hopeful advice to those in need. "I really enjoy this class because I like to think I am helping somebody who needs help," said class member Makoto Abe. "Also, it's fun!"
Link to advice column: https://askthemask-acds.blogspot.com/
Listen to the Behind the Scenes of "Ask the Mask"
To keep families connected with ACDS and each other while we are still apart, we've created Community Interest Groups. The Fitness Fun group and the very popular Family Fun Night are the current offerings. For Family Fun Nights, we've played Family Feud and Scattergories, had a holiday lights scavenger hunt, and a Pumpkin Pie Bake-Along led by seventh grade students Ellie Krawez '23 and Payton Ahlgren '23.
We also recently started the Cooking Club group and have begun sharing recipes and even loaning kitchen appliances while a group member's kitchen is undergoing a major renovation.
Another fun ACDS evening was the Annual Giving Campaign event that introduced the first Cougar Mocktail:
Cougar Spritzer Mocktail
2 parts lemonade
1 part pomegranate juice
1 part Sprite or club soda
Serve over ice and garnish with mixed berries
Hint: The Cougar Spritzer is a great beverage to serve on Family Fun Nights.
We'd love to have alumni join the Community Interest Groups. Sign up on our Mighty Network for more information.
We appreciate our teachers, especially in such extraordinary times as they go above and beyond to provide the ACDS educational experience to students both on campus and at home.
We reimagined the Faculty Appreciation Holiday Luncheon and Raffle that happens just before winter break. PSA parents created delicious to-go lunches for a Zoom celebration, which included a raffle of parent-donated gift baskets.
We've also continued the tradition of providing treats and videos for teachers once a month. Click the links below to see what students shared with their teachers.
January - first and second grade students gave teachers movie night packages, including goodies and a video with tips from the students on how to enjoy a movie.
How to watch a movie
February - third and fourth grade students gave teachers game night packages including snacks, a deck of cards, and card game recommendations.
Card game recommendations
March - fifth grade families provided gardening gloves, wildflower seeds and some of the teachers' favorite snacks
How teachers help fifth grade students grow
Mr. Michael Kim-Stevens is the Technology Coach and Innovation Specialist and manages the ACDS maker space, the Imaginarium, for students in first through eighth grade. He also teaches popular middle school electives such as Calling All Makers. In addition, he leads and supports the faculty in Google for Education tools as well as other SaaS edu-software.
Mr. Kim-Stevens is integral in the ACDS campus technology infrastructure and played a critical role in supporting the ACDS Continuous Learning Platform when we entered Shelter in Place orders from the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. ACDS's Continuous Learning platform continues to be one of the school's success stories as it shifted from solely in-person instruction to 100% in a matter of a several days causing little disruption to our students' education.
Mr. Kim-Stevens tells us that a personal experience he'd like to highlight was being a co-director of a performance dance group while he was at UCSC. In his free time, he enjoys running, watching Marvel movies, going to renaissance faires and BBQing with family and friends. Mr. Kim-Stevens also enjoys traveling, reading, and relaxing by the beach.
Click here to read more about Mr. Kim-Stevens
Follow Mr. Kim-Stevens on twitter @Mr_KimStevens
Hetana Pate l'98 studied for her MD at St. George's University on the island of Grenada and in Newcastle, England. She is currently employed at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, CA, where she is a second-year resident. She is completing her training in Family Medicine.
Reflecting on how her education at ACDS contributed to her life and career, she says:
"My experience at ACDS shaped my learning habits and discipline. The teachers at ACDS encouraged a learning environment that allowed us to explore and foster intellectual curiosity and inquisitive minds. All these characteristics are important while pursuing a career in medicine. Lastly, ACDS was fundamental in ensuring a school-life balance through sports and extracurricular activities. This is extremely important as often times it is easy to be consumed by the long work days and rigorous training. I am truly grateful to still be connected to the extended ACDS family and network."
Eric Sumner '04 earned an undergraduate degree in biology/pre-med from UCLA and attended medical school at Touro University. He completed his residency at Kaiser Oakland in internal medicine. Eric was named the Internal Resident of the Year from his residency program. Eric and his wife, Sara, are in the first year of their three-year specialty fellowships. Eric is in Critical Care Pulmonology at Kaiser Oakland, and Sara is in Pediatric Rheumatology at Stanford Lucille Packard Children's Hospital.
Katy Chiswell '09 is a registered nurse at the VA Hospital in Seattle in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit. She primarily works with cardiac patients who have just had open heart surgery. These patients come straight from the operating table and Katy and her peers take care of them until they are well enough to walk out of the ICU. Katy says that when she looks back on her time at Country School, one of her favorite projects was creating the edible cell in 6th grade science. This project sparked her interest in learning Biology. She feels that ACDS set her up so that by the time she was applying to college, she had no doubt in her mind that she wanted to be a nurse.
Shelby Schrager attended ACDS from 2001 to 2010. She is a registered nurse in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Phoenix Children's Hospital. She cares for very sick babies and helps children with heart defects recover from surgery. Shelby says that she is thankful for her time at ACDS because it inspired her to serve others and instilled in her a strong sense of confidence and creativity. ACDS shaped her into who she is today and gave her the skills to work in today's ever-changing world of healthcare.
Natalie Drucker '12 studied kinesiology and health sciences at California Polytechnic State University where she worked on a mobile health unit for underserved women and infants without access to healthcare. Currently she works for Stanford Health Care as a Medical Assistant in internal medicine. She has recently been admitted into physician assistant (PA) school that guides PA's to work in primary care for underserved communities.
Sharing her thoughts on how her education and experiences at ACDS contributed to her life and career today, Natalie commented: "I believe that I learned how to be an empathetic person and listener due to the incredible faculty that fostered my passions and truly listened to my needs. The staff encouraged me to dream large and taught me how to care for others in the community. The nurturing environment and seeing the best in others became a model in my own life that taught me how treat the people that I help every day."
Click here for photos
Members of the Class of 2014 in "Fiddler on the Roof"
Mrs. Loretta Foulk lives in Grass Valley, CA. She was recruited by Mrs. Nan Hunter as an Early Childhood Education teacher and worked with Mrs. Liz Semichy to develop the ACDS ECE program. She holds an Early Childhood Education camp for her grandchildren every summer.
Mrs. Lyn Distaso taught at ACDS from 1985-2004. She has been living in Reno for 18 years. She taught kindergarten in Reno for three years and then retired permanently. Since then she has been working at Renown South Meadows for 13 years as a patient advocate. Mrs. Distaso has four grandchildren that keep her busy. Her two children, Gina Distaso Aguiar'94. Michael Distaso'96, also attended ACDS.
Charu Gulati taught middle school science at Almaden Country School from 2002-2007. She then moved to India and continued teaching at the American International School. She returned back to the United States in 2018 and is currently a middle school science educator and an innovation coach in San Carlos, California.
Mrs. Gulati has been selected for the 2021 Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship- a professional development opportunity by a partnership between the National Geographic Society and Lindblad Expeditions. As one of only 50 educators selected from across the U.S. and Canada, she will embark on a once in a lifetime journey to an incredible destination where she will have an opportunity to learn alongside naturalists, scientists and National Geographic explorers. Read more about Mrs. Gulati
Katrina Foulk Beckstrand '88 is a retired registered nurse living near her mother, Mrs. Loretta Foulk in Grass Valley, CA. She writes that, "It's great to see that ACS is still giving the world small classroom sizes and attention to kids that benefit them greatly."
Jeffrey Beckstrand attended ACDS and is currently working on a master's degree in mathematics.
Ben Costa '98 and James Parks '98 will be releasing the third book in the Rickety Stitch series, Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo Book 3: The Battle of the Bards on April 27, 2021. Learn more at https://landofeem.com/rickety-stitch/
Brian Huhn '10, Neda Amin '13, and Apurva Seshadri '19 participated as panelists in the annual Middle School Information Night. Brian, Neda and Apurva shared their middle school experiences and talked about how middle school prepared them for high school and beyond.
Jackson Burrill '13 will return to Bellarmine as the tight ends and fullbacks coach and control analyst. He attended high school at Bellarmine and graduated in 2017. He will graduate from San Jose State in June 2021.
Alyvia McIntyre '17 has been selected to play volleyball at Husson University in Bangor, Maine. Alyvia played on the ACDS volleyball team and the Leland High School volleyball team. She also played on several club teams, including Motion Volleyball Club, Stingray Volleyball Club, Titan Athletics and Academy Volleyball club.

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Q: Calling Controller Using Ajax I am trying to call an MVC controller via ajax from a view.  The javascript I have is:
$.ajax({
    url: '@Url.Action("ItemsCountActionViewPartial", "Catalogue-Item-Items")',
    type: "Post",
    $('@Model').serialize(),
    dataType: 'json',
    success: function (result) {
        $("#totalResults").html(result);
    },
    error: function () {
        alert("error");
    }
})

The controller is being called, but the razor model I am attempting to pass the controller isn't being passed correctly.  In the controller it is null but I have verified that it is not null at the time I make the ajax call.  The controller code is:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult ItemsCountActionViewPartial(CatalogueFindHelper finder)
{
    HttpCookie cookie = Request.Cookies.Get(LibraryGeneral.DEFAULT_LOCATION_COOKIE);

    int? val = cookie == null ? null : (int.Parse(cookie.Value) as int?);
    int numResults = 0;

    using (LibraryEntities db = new LibraryEntities())
    {
        foreach (CatalogueView view in finder.CatalogueViews)
            numResults += db.Items.Count(x => x.CatalogueItemID == view.CatalogueItemID);

        foreach (VirtualKitsView view in finder.VirtualKitViews)
            numResults += db.VirtualKitItems.Count(x => x.VirtualKitID == view.VirtualKitID);
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    return PartialView(numResults);
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Not sure what I am doing wrong here but any help would be greatly appreciated.
UPDATE: When I change the data to data: $('@Model').serialize() it no longer gets passed as null but the model is empty.  I updated my code to reflect this change.

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We have engaged several marketing professionals and firms over the year to assist MVP with this process. We've typically gotten good nuggets from each but haven't found sustained success. We look at three key components to marketing: i) Targets: who are good customers for you; ii) Message: why do customers buy from you; and iii) Channels: how do you communicate your Message to your Targets?
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ГЕС Chōnghūěr (冲乎尔水电站) — гідроелектростанція на північному заході Китаю в провінції Сіньцзян. Використовує ресурс із річки Burqin, правої притоки верхньої течії Іртишу, яка у нас відома як Чорний Іртиш.

В межах проекту річку перекрили греблею із ущільненого котком бетону висотою 74 метра, довжиною 545 метрів та шириною від 8 (по гребеню) до 53 (по основі) метрів. Вона утримує водосховище з об'ємом 84 млн м3 та корисним об'ємом 48 млн м3.

Пригреблевий машинний зал обладнали чотирма турбінами потужністю по 27,5 МВт, які використовують напір у 48 метрів  та забезпечують виробництво 390 млн кВт-год електроенергії на рік.

Видач продукції відбувається по ЛЕП, розрахованій на роботу під напругою 110 кВ.

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Elysia is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Plakobranchidae. These animals are colorful sea slugs, and they can superficially resemble nudibranchs, but are not very closely related to them. Instead they are sacoglossans, commonly known as sap-sucking slugs.

Elysia sea slugs graze on algae and some species such as E. viridis and E. chlorotica hijack the chloroplasts for themselves. The chloroplasts end up lining the slug's digestive tract, enabling the slugs to survive solely by photosynthesis for several months at a time. This association is crucial for the development and maturing of the slug. Exactly how the slugs use the chloroplasts is unclear, as many of the proteins used by chloroplasts are encoded in the genome of the host cell. These proteins, numbering in the hundreds, are manufactured in the cell's nucleus, and then moved into the chloroplast, enabling it to survive.

Young specimens of E. atroviridis  and E. marginata became known for their ability to regenerate the whole body from a severed head. This autotomy expels internal parasites.

This genus was previously sometimes considered to be in the family Stiligeridae, and was also previously placed in the family Elysiidae.

Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Elysia:

Elysia abei
Elysia amakusana
Elysia amuravela
Elysia annedupontae
Elysia aowthai
Elysia arena
Elysia asbecki
Elysia atroviridis
Elysia australis
Elysia babai
Elysia bangtawaensis
Elysia bella
Elysia bengalensis
Elysia bennettae
Elysia brycei
Elysia buonoi
Elysia canguzua
Elysia catulus
Elysia chavelavargas
Elysia chilkensis
Elysia chlorotica
Elysia christinae
Elysia coodgeensis
Elysia cornigera
Elysia crispata
Elysia deborahae
Elysia degeneri
Elysia delcarmen
Elysia diomedea
Elysia ellenae
Elysia entredosaguas
Elysia evelinae
Elysia expansa
Elysia faustula
Elysia filicauda
Elysia flava
Elysia flavipunctata
Elysia flavomacula
Elysia frankenstein
Elysia furvacauda
Elysia grandifolia
Elysia grandis
Elysia hamatanii
Elysia hedgpethi
Elysia hendersoni
Elysia hetta
Elysia hirasei
Elysia japonica
Elysia jaramilloi
Elysia jibacoaensis
Elysia kushimotoensis
Elysia leucolegnote
Elysia lobata
Elysia macnaei
Elysia manriquei
Elysia maoria
Elysia marcusi
Elysia margaritae
Elysia marginata
Elysia mercieri
Elysia minima
Elysia nealae
Elysia nigrocapitata
Elysia nigropunctata
Elysia nisbeti
Elysia obtusa
Elysia oerstedii
Elysia orientalis
Elysia ornata
Elysia papillosa
Elysia patagonica
Elysia patina
Elysia pawliki
Elysia pilosa
Elysia pratensis
Elysia punctata
Elysia pusilla
Elysia rubeni
Elysia rufescens
Elysia sanfermin
Elysia serca
Elysia siamensis
Elysia singaporensis
Elysia slimora
Elysia stylifera
Elysia subornata
Elysia sugashimae
Elysia thompsoni
Elysia thysanopoda
Elysia timida
Elysia tokarensis
Elysia tomentosa
Elysia translucens
Elysia trilobata
Elysia trisinuata
Elysia velutinus
Elysia verrucosa
Elysia viridis
Elysia vreelandae
Elysia yaeyamana
Elysia zemi
Elysia zuleicae

Species brought into synonymy
 Elysia arena Carlson & Hoff, 1978: synonym of Pattyclaya arena (Carlson & Hoff, 1978)
 Elysia bedeckta MacFarland, 1966: synonym of Elysia hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1961
 Elysia cauze scops Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967: synonym of Elysia scops Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
 Elysia gracilis Risbec, 1928: synonym of Thuridilla gracilis (Risbec, 1928)
 Elysia halimedae Macnae, 1954: synonym of Elysia pusilla (Bergh, 1871)
 Elysia picta A. E. Verrill, 1901: synonym of Thuridilla picta (A. E. Verrill, 1901)
 Elysia pruvotfolae Er. Marcus, 1957: synonym of Elysia crispata Mørch, 1863
 Elysia schrammi Mörch, 1863: synonym of Elysia crispata Mørch, 1863
 Elysia splendida Grube, 1861: synonym of Thuridilla hopei (Vérany, 1853)
 Elysia thysanopoda Bergh, 1905: synonym of Thuridilla thysanopoda (Bergh, 1905)
 Elysia vataae Risbec, 1928: synonym of Thuridilla vataae (Risbec, 1928)
 Elysia verrilli Pruvot-Fol, 1946: synonym of Elysia crispata Mørch, 1863
Taxa inquirenda:
 Elysia fezi Vilella, 1968
 Elysia pruvotae Risbec, 1953

References

Further reading
 Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
 Jensen K.R. (2007) Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55:255–281
 Händeler K. & Wägele H. (2007) Preliminary study on molecular phylogeny of Sacoglossa and a compilation of their food organisms. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55: 231-254.
 http://www.catalogueoflife.org accessed 11 June 2009

External links
 Video of Elysia diomedea in Costa Rica

Plakobranchidae
Gastropod genera
Taxa named by Antoine Risso


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Today Current Affairs 2017 Quiz: There are numbers of recruitment notifications issued every day by states and central government of India, every notification issued by them contain written examination to select candidates for a job. Apart from various topics in syllabus there is one common topic that is current affairs. Current Affairs is nothing but the latest news which are updates on daily newspaper. It may be of national, international or just a state news. There are many questions asked in examination relating to current affairs so it is utmost necessary that you should read it as a part of preparation. If you want to know all latest news then read this article till the end and keep visiting us for latest buzz.
CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg wife Priscilla Chan has given birth to their second daughter.
Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong sentenced to five years in prison for offering bribes to Park Geun-hye.
Indian Commodity Exchange which is also know as ICEX launched the world's first diamond futures to provide exporters with planting tool.
Union Ministry of Earth Sciences will soon launch Deep Ocean Mission by January 2018.
West Indies win leeds test against England for the first time since 2000.
Gaurav Bidhuri will the a medal after a 3-0 win over Tunisian Bilel Mhamdi and became only the fourth Indian boxer to reach the semi-finals.
Nita Ambani is the 1st South Asian women to be honoured by New York MET for philanthropy.
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi reached India for a three-day tour and he will be a guest of honour for Republic day celebrations on 26th January 2017.
S. Dhoni, P.V. Sindhu is shortlisted for Padma Bhushan awards this year.
Heavy snowfall in Jammu & Kashmir, weather forecasters says that mild winter will stay in the country.
Yesterday newly elected United States President Donald Trump has talked with Indian Prime Minister Modi on a phone call for the first time.
Financial budget of the country for the year 2017-18 will be announced on February 1st, 2017 by finance minister of India in the parliament.
Governor of Meghalaya V Shanmuganathan quits from his post due to sexual harassment charges.
PM of the United Kingdom Theresa May had said that UK and US has an opportunity to lead together again.
Yesterday one of finest actor of India Cinema Mr. Om Puri died due to severe heart attack.
Since note ban, hawala trading business is down by 50%.
Recently poll conducted in Pakistan which shows nearly 68% of population are in favor to start talks with India.
Bhartiya Janta Party is very confident for upcoming state elections in five state.
Due to heavy snowfall, roads, rail and air services have been jammed in Kashmir valley.
Government has hiked diving license price from RS. 40 to RS. 200.
Daughter of newly elected United States president Ivanka Trump is going to be a neighbor of ex-president Barak Obama.
India's per capita income to cross RS. 1 lakhs in a financial year 2017.
Home loan to become cheapest in 6 years as SBI which is stated as New Year gift.
'No Computer Is Safe' Says Donald Trump Of Cybersecurity.
Mulayam Singh postpones January 5 national convention of Samajwadi Party.
RBI refuses to share data on notes released.
Muslim minor can legally wed, but can't sign agreement (High Court).
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has expelled son Akhilesh & Cousin Ramgopal Yadav from party for 6 years.
PM Modi has launched Bhim application for money transfer, to promote cash less drive.
Pop icon George Michael was died on Christmas day due to heart attack.
Disney wins copyright suits in China; court has also ordered Chinese side to pay $ 194,600 to Disney.
India and Singapore has amended the tax treaty on Friday.
IDBI bank has cut benchmark rates by 60bps on last working day of this year.
India Tourism Development Corporation has debut on Indian Stock exchange at RS. 229.
2016 was the year of unprecedented events that proved pandits repeatedly wrong.
Apple is planning to manufacture iphones in Bengaluru city of Karnataka state.
Indian Government has decided to give free LPG lines to 1.5CR. Poor homes under Ujjawala Yojna.
Due to demonetization, maximum cash deposits in Jan Dhan A/Cs are made in West Bengal and Karnataka state.
Now Medical students have to pass National Exit Test for Degree education.
Today is the last day to deposit old currency notes in banks.
New York has allowed Sikh police men to wear turbans and grow beard.
France has raised terror tax to support victims of it.
Philippines president has said that US envoys are spies.
Newly elected president Donald Trump has appointed Pepsico's Indra Nooyi and Uber's Kalanick to a strategic & Policy forum.
Gujarat-born UK activist was on power women list of BBC's most influential women of past 70 years.
Legion hackers who have hacked mail accounts of Politian and a political party in India have claimed that they have leaked mails of 74000 CAs in the country.
HRD minister Smiriti Irani has launched a drive to turn most of the campuses cashless, starting from IIT's in a just one week.
President of India has said that provide jobs to youths to avoid unrest in the country.
Online retail giant Amazon has done first drone delivery in the United Kingdom.
Investment platform Emerald has lead $ 35 million round in Amagi Media labs; Wipro's Azim Premji has also joined the lead.
Wholesale inflation is down to 3.1% due to decrease in vegetable prices.
India's Agni Missile is finally ready to test after 2 years, it has a very long range, it can reach China easily.
Gujarat will doubled medical seats in state colleges by the year 2022.
Nearly 12.4 Lakhs Cr. worth of old currency notes were deposited in banks till date.
Russian President Putin's friend and Exxon's CEO was named Secretary of State by newly elected president Donald Trump.
Due to shortage of cash, retail inflation was recorded at 2 years low in the month of November.
Coal India's Q2 net profit was down by 77% it has registered RS. 600 Cr. net profits.
Automobile companies have announced that they will increase prices of their products by January 2017.
India's test cricket team Captain, Virat Kohli is now world's number 2 test cricket batsman.
To increase safety soon India will switch to 4 digit flight numbers to overcome confusion.
Cyclone 'Vardah' hits Chennai on Monday; its recorded high speed is 200kms/hour.
From January 2017, CBSE will collect fees cashless, as a board has ordered to all affiliated schools in the country.
According to a recent survey, vacations play an important role in creating work-life balance.
Bill English become the 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand, he was elected on Monday.
China's richest man Wang Jianlin a founder of Dalian Wanda Group Co. is finding a successor after his son denies to take charge of his wealth.
IT firms of India are looking forward to get $ 116 billion worth of contracts in the year 2017.
On Monday Sensex was down by 232 points due to a decrease in factory output and oil surge.
The government is planning that industrial workers will get cashless payment soon.
On Sunday, Paolo Gentiloni was named a new Prime Minister of Italy; he was a foreign Minister of the country.
Recently Bureau of Civic Aviation Security has said that Aircraft carrying human organs for transplant will be given priority to fly.
Central Government has ensured that all household will get electricity by the year 2019.
Church collapsed in Nigeria which has claimed 160 lives of people.
A former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres will swear as United Nations Secretary General on Monday.
Switzerland has unveiled world's longest tunnel on Sunday.
Bank of Baroda is in talks with Central bank to buy its Home Finance Company.
Small shareholders of TATA companies have taken Ratan Tata to Bombay High Court to repay the damages they have suffered in recent Mistry's removal as Chairman.
In the month of October 2016, industrial output was down by 1.9%.
On Friday, Rajasthan High Court has scrapped Rajasthan Special Backward Classes Reservation act 2015, which was provisioned for 5% reservation to five communities.
Despite government assurance, new currency notes of RS. 500 are in short supply.
China has launched new cruise ship in the South China Sea.
In a recent survey, US presidential poll was most talked on Facebook in the year 2016.
SBI has sold stake worth RS. 1794 Cr. of SBI Life Insurance Company.
Digital payment was up by 300% due to demonetization of old currency notes.
World's biggest Cricket stadium to be built in Motera, Ahmedabad by L&T's construction company.
Mumbai's international airport and CST station names have been changed, now it is Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
After note ban, foreign tourists have held their Indian trips till situation gets normal.
Automobile sale was hit the highest due to demonetization of old currency notes.
On Thursday, Government of India has waived off import duty on wheat due to doubts that production will not be up to expectations.
World Bank has cancelled $ 100 million loan to Pakistan which was sanctioned for Natural gas efficiency project.
PayTM founder has raised RS 325 Cr. by selling 1% stake of the company.
On Thursday Indian share markets have done a comeback, Sensex raise by 457 points and Nifty crosses 8200 mark.
Recently Election Commission has stated that there are 1900 political parties in the country from 400 have never fought election.
Enforcement Directorate has given notice to Air Asia CFO for violating foreign exchange.
On winning the United States Presidential election Donald Trump was named Times Person of the year for 2016.
On Wednesday Indonesia was hit by 6.5 magnitude earth quack which kills 97 people as of now.
48 people were killed in Pakistan Airline Plane Crash on Wednesday.
From next fiscal year loans will be cheaper as RBI has eases CRR norms.
KKR & Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board have bided together nearly $ 5 billion to get controlling stake in Bharti Infratel.
Rupee is now at 3 weeks high was up by 27p on Wednesday closes at RS. 67.63/$.
Justice Jagdish Sigh Khehar will become first Sikh Chief Justice of India, he will swear in on January 4th, 2017.
Yes Bank has made a tie up with Ola to provide mobile ATM's in 10 major cities.
Terror related cases in Jammu & Kashmir is at 4 years high, says report.
Maharashtra government is all set to launch its own e-wallet to push PM Modi's cashless initiative.
Angela Markel a German Chancellor said that she want to ban full face burqa.
Paris has banned nearly half of city's cars to curb air pollution.
RBI has eases norms for transactions less than RS. 2000, soon there will be no OTP for it.
According to Times Jobs survey, hiring activity rises by 10% in November and travel & hospitality business are in led.
Tamilnadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa passes away yesterday due to cardiac arrest, she was in hospital past 75 days.
People of Tamilnadu state were in tears due to death of their beloved leader.
Foreign Minister of India, Mrs Sushma Swaraj will undergo kidney transplant surgery next week.
Due to note ban, PMI is at 3 years low, it was dropped to 46.7 in the month of November from 54.5.
Supreme Court has said that government cannot tax income from renting a palace.
US Defence Secretary said on Monday that India-US defence ties are closest ever after.
Indian Shrinidhi Shetty becomes Miss Supranational 2016 and a boy from Jaipur Jitesh Thakur become 2nd runner-up in Mr Supranational 2016 in Poland.
The government tells in a Rajya Sabha that nearly 37% of country's land is degraded.
Indian Railway has included transgender options in their reservation & cancellation forms.
Election Commission wants transparency in financial activities of political parties.
Indian government has increased efforts to trace Indian's Swiss accounts information's.
Doctors in Bengaluru said that near about 30% to 60& patients of lung cancer in city are non-smokers.
Virtual autopsies done in AIIMS Delhi, it is for the first time in Asia continent.
India was ranked 9th in a race of supercomputers, it's about fastest growing of use of computers in scientific research.
Cuba's loved president Fidel Castro was died on Saturday.
In just 2 days Airtel's payment banks has opened 10000 new accounts.
Tata Steel too sacks Cyrus Mistry from Chairman's posts and O P Bhat will take the charge as chairman from Friday.
On Friday PM Modi announced that waters of the Sutlej, the Beas, and the Ravi rivers is belongs to India and he further added that even Pakistan is not using it and it goes in the sea.
Government will distribute contraceptive injections, in a first phase it will be given to medical colleges & district hospitals.
Supreme Court has imposed ban on firing crackers in National Capital Region to curb pollution.
China has deployed Navy ships at Gwadar port in Pakistan, officials said.
Adani Group is planning to build two solar plants in Australia at a value of $ 300 million.
Rupee fall again on Friday, exporters sees short term profit.
Sensex gained 456 points on Friday, it was registered 1.8%.
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The British Foreign Office has removed its travel warning for the Canary Islands, Rhodes, Kos, Zakythos, Corfu, Crete, Malta, Israel and most of Portugal, but it doesn't necessarily mean they will be included on the UK's 'Green' list, according to Travel Weekly.
A travel warning is still in place for mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands, mainland Greece and Portugal's Azores.
British Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps said recently that he would be in favour of Island corridors if Covid infection is lower than on the mainland.
The UK's 'Green' list of quarantine-free countries is expected to be announced this week, but Brits won't be going anywhere until the international travel ban is actually lifted on May 17.
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The Balearic government cannot have it both ways. They are giving mixed messages by insisting on extending the restrictions after the state of Alarm has finished.
Also the lack of vaccinated people in the Balearic Islands they do not want to mix vaccinated with non vaccinated it's not rocket science.


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Q: Google Maps API not rendering in IE9 I'm wondering what IE9's security settings don't like about this library
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3&sensor=false

It and all of the links referenced therein are https://, so my first guess is wrong (non-secure content.)
No JS errors, it just doesn't render in IE9.  ("It" being a fairly standard DIV rendered by a  JS routine that works fine in FF and IE versions up to IE8.)
Sorry I can't post the JS code presently; I'm just checking to see whether there are any known issues with the Google Maps API versus IE9's new security settings.

A: This has worked for me. After the map has been created add this (replace map for the name of your variable):
setTimeout('google.maps.event.trigger(map, "resize");map.setZoom(map.getZoom());', 200);


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Putin Turns to Stalin for Modernization Ideas
By Alexander Golts
Now that President Vladimir Putin has firmly aligned the government with the Russian Orthodox Church, he has moved on to create a new burden for the nation: a program to re-industrialize the country. Speaking on Aug. 31 to a Security Council meeting on the military-industrial complex, Putin said: "Over the past 30 years, our defense companies have missed out on several modernization cycles for a number of reasons — above all, chronic financing shortages. … In short, we will have to modernize the entire defense industry … and carry out the same kind of comprehensive and powerful modernization drive that was achieved in the 1930s."
Surprisingly, that is almost verbatim of what Josef Stalin said in 1931: "We have fallen 50 to 100 years behind the leading countries. We must make up for that shortfall in 10 years. If we don't do this, we will get crushed."
Putin's proposal for modernizing the country's industrial base is similar to Stalin's program: pumping massive amounts of money into the defense industry. "By creating a modernized and effective defense industry," Putin told the Security Council, "we can ensure large growth potential for the entire economy. The bulk of our advanced technology is in the defense industry. … The defense industry has always been an engine pulling the other manufacturing sectors along behind it."
Apparently, Putin is unaware that since the 1980s, the civilian sector, not the military-industrial complex, has been the driving force behind the world's leading economies, as well as the source of the greatest technological breakthroughs. In contrast to the period from the 1940s to the 1970s, the modern-day technological revolution has shifted the chief scientific advances to the civilian sector. This is because mass production for widespread consumption is far more efficient and involves many more cycles of innovation and change than the "one-off" production of expensive military hardware.
What's more, Stalin's industrialization was based on the exact opposite approach. He built factories that produced civilian goods in peacetime but had to quickly shift to weapons production in wartime. That model simply doesn't work in a market economy because the price of the consumer goods would have to include the cost of making the expensive shift to military production later.
Let us all hope that Putin has no intention of copying Stalin's method of industrialization. The Soviet dictator's forced collectivization campaign drove millions of peasants from the countryside to industrial cities to provide the labor force for his gigantic industrial and construction projects. The funding for this campaign was provided by widespread expropriation of personal property during the Great Terror of the 1930s that robbed millions of helpless citizens of their possessions and lives.
But it seems that Putin's sole source of funding for his industrialization drive would be the windfall from high oil prices. The only problem, however, is that if oil prices fall sharply, Putin may think that he has no other choice but to choose a Stalinesque road to industrialization and economic revival. As for raising a large, skilled labor force, simply restoring the old Soviet title of Hero of Labor isn't likely to help. The only other option is to force the nearly 1 million convicts sitting in Russian prisons to work for the benefit of the motherland's re-industrialization. But prison labor has never been known for its high productivity and efficiency.
Putin's approach is riddled with contradictions. He seems to acknowledge the obvious problems with the defense industry. For example, he has firmly stated that the defense industry will be judged by the actual quantity of equipment it produces. But for the past 10 years, the only growth has been in the price of manufacturing and not in the number of units manufactured. Mass production depends on the ability to create an efficient chain of manufacturing plants and suppliers — something Putin has no idea how to implement.
Putin has also issued stern warnings about how weapons prices should be set. But that is also an impossible task if the large state-controlled defense corporations that Putin himself created remain unchanged. By definition, those corporations — essentially a caricature of Soviet-era defense industry ministries — cannot produce equipment for reasonable prices because they are forced to maintain enormously bloated bureaucratic structures, the cost of which is reflected in the price of their end products. If you add the built-in cost of corruption, the prices of weapons are even higher.
Against this backdrop, all of Putin's talk about the private sector investing in the defense industry is meaningless. What businessperson would risk investing in an enormously inefficient and unmanageable corporate behemoth like Russian Technologies? Most investors understand the risk of being robbed of their money and know-how if they invest in a state corporation.
Equally worthless is Putin's proposal to create a database of military and technical information from which private manufacturers could draw information about the needs of the armed forces and learn of technological breakthroughs that have potential applications in the civilian sector. Several university professors have already landed in prison for refusing to share with corrupt officials the royalties they received from military technologies they invented.
The irony is that Russia can no longer use totalitarian methods to industrialize or modernize. Nor is the Kremlin willing to use democratic methods to achieve the same goals. I think that Putin will soon make a choice between the two, and I'm afraid it won't be in favor of democracy.
Alexander Golts is deputy editor of the online newspaper Yezhednevny Zhurnal.
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The music is greatly helped by what sounds like a harpsichord, tinkling away like a Bach minuet, giving it a classical timeless quality. This was George Martin, on a piano with the sound speeded up.
Here is the solo, slowed down by 25% (very nearly the same as playing a 45rpm record at 33⅓), the speed at which it was originally played.
Nice enough. Dignified. But it has nothing of the magic which the speeded-up version drops into the finished song. And here is the whole song – as released. The record has been bashed about a bit, but that is okay. It shows that someone once loved this LP, and played it over and over. Just listen.
Carmen Dragon was the stage name of, well, Carmen Dragon. Slightly unusual name, especially for a male born in California in 1915. His first claim to public notice was as the composer of a theme song for his local high school. A local newspaper gave the composing credit to "a high school girl, Carmen Dragon". Even in our more gender-fluid times, you can understand the mistake. But this Dragon was made of tough stuff, and he thrived in California, bringing his musical talents to the emerging film industry, and establishing himself as a leading composer and arranger of film scores.
He also served as conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, which performed for decades on a radio music program introducing classical music to primary school audiences, and the HBSO also recorded several LPs. This is one of them, and I will admit that I had low expectations. The cover is a tad tacky. Scratch that: bigly tacky. With the Spanish theme and the toreador on the sleeve, I was expecting lots of castanets and mariachi brass. There is a bit of that, but it is subtle, used well. This is a fine recording of classical music, the pieces all chosen around a theme which is not overworked.
This is my favourite track, an arrangement of Manuel de Falla's ballet piece "Ritual Fire Dance", which was written in the year of Dragon's birth. It is dramatic and beautiful.
Five things I didn't know about Dave Brubeck.
Five things I did not know about Dave Brubeck.
During the Second World War, while Brubeck was serving in the US Army, he helped organise the first racially integrated army band.
His most famous number, "Take Five", is the best-selling jazz single of all time.
The album from which it came, Time Out, was the first jazz album to sell one million copies. That album is notable for unusual time signatures. "Take Five" is in 5/4, while the track featured below, "Blue Rondo a la Turk" is in 9/8.
Dave Brubeck was one of those rare musicians who was both seriously experimental, pushing the boundaries of his art, and hugely popular. Tune in to "Blue Rondo a la Turk", which was inspired by the rhythms of Turkish folk music, and you will understand why.
He was right and wrong: right about the singing, but not about the subject matter.
There was, in this dark time, plenty of singing. But for the most part the singing was in the vein of this sentimental, slow, delightful fox-trot from the British bandleader Sidney Lipton. It is pure escapism, slop about lovers strolling, superbly performed by Lipton's famously skilled orchestra.
The only hint of trouble outside the concert hall is the line: "It doesn't matter though the world is turning upside down". And if it was 1942, and I was an air-raid warden, shivering in a stinking sandbagged trench, it is just what I would want to listen to.
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You may think that Avon places a lot of importance on recruiting and starting your own Avon team and you're right! There is good reason for this: leadership is probably the biggest area of earnings opportunity with Avon and if that's where the money is…isn't that where you would like to be? Some Avon Representatives get upset that so much importance has been placed on the leadership opportunity and do not want to be a part of it, which is fine, but if this is the biggest opportunity for growth and earning a lot of money…why miss out? In my opinion, the most important skills you need as a leader with Avon are: 1) confidence, 2) access to where to find answers for your team, and 3) encouragement. I, myself, have learned so much by becoming an Avon leader and it has pushed me to learn more about myself and my Avon business. I have also found it to be one of the most emotionally rewarding parts of the business through helping others and teaching my team members how to become successful Avon Representatives.
Avon leadership (team-building) has great earnings and incentive opportunities. In 2014, I've earned an iPad Air, a Keurig Brewing System, a year's supply of coffee, an Avon-branded popcorn machine, a flat screen television, and some expenses paid for an Avon leadership conference in Orlando just for helping others start their own Avon businesses. I've also doubled by leadership paycheck in a year's time by continuously adding new Avon team members and encouraging some of my top performers to start their own Avon teams.
Just look at some of Avon's top leaders and how pursuing leadership has paid off for them. If you sell Avon and you've never heard of Lisa Wilber…then you probably haven't been selling Avon very long. Lisa Wilber is one of Avon's top earning Senior Executive Unit Leaders. She openly shares her earnings amounts with other Avon Representatives as inspiration on why to join Avon leadership. In 2012, she posted one of her leadership checks for almost $12,000 for 2 weeks of work and had year-to-date leadership earnings of almost $247,000 by the end of the selling year. Holy moly…wouldn't you like to take home a paycheck that large every 2 weeks?
If you are new to Avon and saying "how can I answer people's questions," that's where your upline (the person who signed you up to become an Avon Representative) comes in to help. The people that sign up under you are also under your upline and can go to you for their questions, your upline, their district manager, and Avon customer service. So don't feel like you have to be the perfect Avon Rep before you start your own team. In my opinion, we all learn when we push ourselves to grow our teams and step outside of our own comfort zones.
Did you know all Avon Representatives can sign others up to sell Avon via the online appointment process? Every Avon Rep has their own unique Avon Representative Reference Code. Since my Avon website address is www.youravon.com/eseagren, my Reference Code is: ESEAGREN. The biggest differences between the online appointment and the face-to-face appointment are: 1) online appointments no longer get a credit limit and 2) when someone signs up online on your team, Avon automatically ships them their starter kit.
When you sign someone up to sell Avon and help them place their first order of $50 or more and pay for it on time, you will be sent a $25 bonus check! The number of $25 checks you can earn are unlimited until you reach Advanced Unit Leader.
With the Jump Start program, you are eligible to earn bonuses up to $8,800, receive up to 20 Avon Representative leads, and gain up to 25 Nested Avon Representatives (current Avon Reps who do not have a leader / upline) in your first 60 campaigns as an Avon Representative!
If you achieve Unit Leader within 6 campaigns of your campaign of appointment, you will receive a $100 bonus. Reach Senior Executive Unit Leader within 60 campaigns and receive a $5,000 bonus plus 10 nested reps! See the Jump Start guide for details and specific rules.
Did you know there are 6 earnings levels of Avon leadership? Each level of leadership has its own requirements for: 1) personal sales, 2) 1st generation order count, 3) 1st generation titled leaders (at Unit Leader Plus and above), and 4) total unit sales (including 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation).
Once you achieve and maintain your title of Unit Leader (the first level of leadership), you will begin earning a check every 2 weeks based on a percentage of your team's unit sales. Beginning with Unit Leader, you have the opportunity to earn up to 3% on your team's sales. And once you achieve National Senior Executive Unit Leader (the highest level of leadership), you have the opportunity to earn up to 10% of your team's sales!
For more information on my Avon team, selling, online marketing, recruiting, and leadership tips, click here.


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In October 1999, General Eric Shinseki, then U.S. Army Chief of Staff, outlined a transformation plan for the army that would allow it to adapt to post-Cold War conditions. The plan, dubbed "Objective Force", would have the army adopt a flexible doctrine that would allow it to deploy quickly, and equipped for a variety of operations. An early phase of the plan called for the introduction of an 'Interim Armored Vehicle' which was intended to fill the capability gap between heavy and lethal, but not easily deployable vehicles (such as the M2 Bradley), and easily deployed, but lightly armed and protected vehicles (such as the HMMWV). A variant of the Canadian LAV III offered by the General Dynamics-General Motors Defence Canada team was ultimately awarded the contract in November 2000.
The Stryker MGS moved into low-rate initial production in 2005 for evaluation.
The vehicle is employed in Stryker Brigade Combat Teams, light and mobile units based on the Brigade Combat Team Doctrine that relies on vehicles connected by military C4I networks.
The Stryker has come under intense scrutiny from military experts since its introduction in the US Army; this has also been the subject of reporting in the mass media.
General Dynamics's Robotic Systems division is developing Autonomous Navigation for the Stryker and several other vehicles with a $237 million contract through 2013. TARDEC has also tested an active Magneto Rheological suspension, developed by MillenWorks for the Stryker, at the Yuma Proving Ground, which resulted in greater vehicle stability.
The US Army plans to improve its fleet of Stryker vehicles with the introduction of improved semi-active suspension, modifications reshaping the hull into a shallow V-shaped structure, to protect against improvised explosive devices. Also included are additional armor for the sides, redesigned hatches to minimize gaps in the armor, blast absorbing mine resistant seating, non-flammable tires, an upgrade to the remote weapon station that allows it to fire on the go, increased 500 amp power generation, a new solid state power distribution system and data bus, and the automotive and power plant systems improvements to support a 25% Gross Vehicle Weight increase. The upgraded V-hull will be part of the new StrykShield situational awareness kit, which will address many of these upgrades. Allegheny Technologies' ATI 500-MIL armor steel was designated the primary armored plating for the StrykShield package in 2008.
The upgrade incorporating lessons learned from Afghanistan is designated LAV-H and General Dynamics had a technology demonstrator displayed at the 2007 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Exposition. In March 2010, it was reported that General Dynamics and Army were working to incorporate a double V-hull into the Stryker design and possibly as an add-on kit. In July 2010 the Army awarded a $30 million contract to GDLS to start production of the new hull.
On 9 March 2011, the Department of Defense's director of operational test and evaluations testified that the new V-hull design was "not suitable" for long missions in Afghanistan's terrain. The issues are due to the tight driver's compartment and difficulty releasing the seat to extract an incapacitated driver. General Dynamics stated these issues would be corrected before the new Stryker version deploys.
View into the rear compartmentThe Stryker is based on the LAV III light-armored vehicle, which in turn was based on the Swiss MOWAG Piranha III 8x8.
Remote weapon system screenExtensive computer support helps soldiers fight the enemy while reducing friendly fire incidents. Each vehicle can track friendly vehicles in the field as well as detected enemies. The driver and the vehicle commander (who also serves as the gunner) have periscopes that allow them to see outside the vehicle without exposing themselves to outside dangers. The vehicle commander also has access to a day-night thermal imaging camera which allows the vehicle commander to see what the driver sees. The vehicle commander has almost a 360-degree field of vision; the driver, a little more than 90 degrees.
Stryker rolled over by a buried IED in 2007. All crew survived, but the vehicle required a factory rebuild before returning to service.The Stryker's hull is constructed from high-hardness steel which offers a basic level of protection against 14.5mm rounds on the frontal arc, and all-around protection against 7.62mm ball ammunition. In addition to this, Strykers are also equipped with bolt-on ceramic armor which offers all-around protection against 14.5mm, armor-piercing ammunition, and artillery fragments from 152mm rounds. Problems were encountered with the initial batch of ceramic armor when it was found that a number of panels failed in tests against 14.5mm ammunition. Army officials determined that this was due to changes in the composition and size of the panels introduced by their manufacturer, IBD Deisenroth. A stopgap solution of adding an additional 3mm of steel armor was introduced until a permanent solution could be found. The issue was eventually resolved later in 2003 when DEW Engineering was selected as the new, exclusive supplier for the ceramic armor. Stryker with slat armor, full Hull Protection Kit and commander's ballistic shieldIn addition to the integral ceramic armor, optional packages have been developed. These include slat armor and Stryker reactive armor tiles (SRAT) for protection against rocket propelled grenades and other projectiles, the hull protection kit (HPK), armored skirts for additional protection against improvised explosive devices, and a ballistic shield to protect the commander's hatch.
M151 Protector with a M2 heavy machine gun on an M1126 Stryker ICV variant.With the exception of some specialized variants, the primary armament of the Stryker is a Protector M151 Remote Weapon Station with .50-cal M2 machine gun, 7.62 mm M240 machine gun, or Mk-19 automatic grenade launcher. The choice of armament was driven by many factors. The US Army wanted a vehicle that could rapidly transport and protect infantry to and around battlefields. Heavier armed infantry transport was introduced with the Soviet BMP series in the late 1960s. Vehicles armed in this manner are intended to be used in an assault against an enemy position. However, this also adds weight to the vehicle due to the additional armor, and reduces the number of infantry that could be transported when used with a conventional manned turret as a turret basket is necessary.
Stryker unloading from a C-130One of the key objectives outlined as part of the army transformation plan was the ability to deploy a brigade anywhere in the world within 96 hours, a division in 120 hours, and five divisions within 30 days. Operational mobility requirements dictated that the vehicle be transportable by C-130 aircraft. While ultimately the Stryker's ability to be transported by C-130 has been demonstrated, there has been criticism about the Stryker's suitability for C-130 transport as the aircraft's range may not meet its 1,000 mile goal. This is affected by many variables such as the particular C-130 variant and conditions at the departure airport. The Stryker is too heavy (19–26 tons, depending on variant and add-on features) to be lifted by existing helicopters.
In August 2004, the US Air Force successfully air dropped an up-weighted Stryker Engineering Support Vehicle from a C-17. This test was to determine the feasibility of air dropping a Stryker MGS. Even though this test was a success, none of the Stryker variants have been certified for airdrop.
U.S. Army and Indian Army troops with Stryker IFV during a bilateral training exerciseThe Stryker can alter the pressure in all eight tires to suit terrain conditions: highway, cross-country, mud/sand/snow, and emergency. The system warns the driver if the vehicle exceeds the recommended speed for its tire pressure, then automatically inflates the tires to the next higher pressure setting. The system can also warn the driver of a flat tire, although the Stryker is equipped with run-flat tire inserts that also serve as bead-locks, allowing the vehicle to move several miles before the tire completely deteriorates.
Some criticism of the Stryker continues a decades-long ongoing debate concerning whether tracked or wheeled vehicles are more effective. Conventional tracks have superior off-road mobility, can pivot a vehicle in place, and are more resistant to battle damage. Wheeled vehicles are easier to maintain, and have higher road speeds. The US Army chose the Stryker over tracked vehicles due to these advantages.
An additional issue is that rollover is a greater risk with the Stryker relative to other transport vehicles, due to their higher center of gravity. The high ground clearance, however, is likely to reduce the damage caused by land mines and improvised explosive devices on the vehicle.
While not amphibious, the Stryker's watertight combat hatch seals allow it to ford water up to the tops of its wheels.
Stryker team members deploying from the rear rampThe Stryker family of vehicles fill a role in the United States Army that is neither heavy nor light, but rather an attempt to create a force that can move infantry to the battlefield quickly and in relative security. Brigades that have been converted to Strykers have primarily been light, or, in the case of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, unarmored HMMWV-based cavalry scouts. For these units, the addition of Strykers has increased combat power by providing armor protection, a vehicle-borne weapon system to support each dismounted squad, and the speed and range to conduct missions far from the operating base.
Stryker units seem to be especially effective in urban areas, where vehicles can establish initial security positions near a building and dismount squads on a doorstep.
The Stryker relies on its speed and communications for the majority of its defense against heavy weapon systems. It is not capable of engaging heavily armored units, relying on communication and other units to control threats outside of its classification. One variant is armed with anti-tank missiles.
However, at the National Training Center (Fort Irwin California) 3rd Brigade 2nd ID proved that, through the use of unconventional tactics and small dismounted teams armed with anti-armor weaponry, a Stryker unit could hold its own against a conventional armored unit, should the need arise. This situation is something that commanders would most likely avoid due to a higher casualty rate.
Brigades equipped with the Stryker are intended to be strategically mobile (i.e., capable of being rapidly deployed over long distances). As such, the Stryker was intentionally designed with a lower level of protection compared to tracked vehicles like the M2 Bradley, but with much lower logistic requirements.
Mobile Gun System*M1128 Mobile Gun System (MGS) : Version armed with an 105 mm M68A1 rifled cannon (M68A1E4) (a lightweight version of the gun system used on the original M1 Abrams main battle tanks and the M60 Patton main battle tank), an M2 0.50 caliber commander's machine gun and two M6 smoke grenade launchers. The M68A1E4 also features a muzzle brake to assist with recoil and an autoloader, a rare feature on US tank guns. The main gun provides direct fires in support of infantry, engaging stationary and mobile enemy targets, such as bunkers to create a combined arms effect of overmatched firepower that improves survivability of the combat team. The MGS can fire one of its 18 ready 105 mm shells every 6 seconds, and carries 400 rounds of 0.50 caliber and 3,400 rounds of 7.62 mm, and the same C4ISR communications and driver's vision as the ICV. The MGS vehicle is a strengthened variant of the LAV III compared to the standard variant other Stryker vehicles are based on, but retains commonality across all vehicles in the family. 120 mm mortar launched from Stryker MCV-B variant*M1129 Mortar Carrier (MC) armed with Soltam 120 mm Mortar supports infantry with screening obscurants, suppressive forces and on-call supporting fires (HE, illumination, IR illumination, smoke, precision guided, and DPICM cluster bombs). Precision Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM) attacks point targets at extended ranges with GPS guidance. Organic mortars provide responsive fire support to the maneuver commander and are an ideal system for indirect fire in complex terrain. Vehicles at battalion level also carry the 81mm mortar for dismounted use, while company mortar vehicles carry the 60mm mortar.
Anti-Tank Guided Missile Vehicle*M1134 Anti-Tank Guided Missile Vehicle (ATGM) is armed with the TOW missile to reinforce the brigade's infantry and reconnaissance, providing long-range antitank fires against armour beyond tank gun effective range. The separate antitank company can alsobe used to shape the battlefield, reinforce the infantry battalions and reconnaissance squadron (e.g. counter-reconnaissance), serve as a reserve, and of course may counterattack. Vehicle commander independently locates secondary targets while gunner is engaging the primary. After ready rounds are fired, crewman will need to rearm the launcher. A vehicle commander, gunner, loader, and driver operate the ATGM in a tactical environment and to carry equipment if the missile launcher is used in a dismounted mode.
Mxxxx Self-Propelled Howitzer (SPH) This was a prototype vehicle with turret and ammunition developed by Denel Land Systems. Work stopped after the successful November 2005 demonstration of the prototype.


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In an abusive relationship the abusive spouse believes that he is entitled to be in control of his spouse, in every way important to him, and will use a variety of tactics to gain and maintain that control. While most people think that it isn't abuse if there is no physical violence, the reality is she can be afraid of what her spouse might do, in any number of ways, even if she is not actually afraid that he will be physically violent.
The following is a list of the different types of tactics that abusers use. This is only a partial list, but recognizing several of these tactics in your own relationship can help you start to name what is going on, things that until now might have been confusing to you.
Does your spouse watch your every move?
Call you several times a day to check up on you?
Want to know your every action?
Make you account for your time?
Expect you to only do things, go places and get together with people he approves of?
Has he tried to undermine your attempts at schooling or working?
Are you on a strict budget but your spouse is not? Do you have to account for every penny?
Does your spouse harass you over every expenditure, questioning you endlessly, but expects to be able to make financial decisions as he sees fit?
Do you have to hand over any money you make, but don't actually have access to money, except for what your husband decides to give you?
Do you find yourself lying about or hiding money, because you're worried that you might not have any when you need it?
Does your spouse force you to have relations when you don't want to?
Does he ever force you to engage in acts that make you feel uncomfortable?
Does he touch you or force you to have relations during niddah?
Does he criticize you, tell you you don't match up to other women, intimate, or tell you outright that other women in his life have been much more satisfying?
Does your spouse put you down, call you names?
Does he threaten you, your family, your children or that he will take the children away from you?
Does he blame you for everything that goes wrong, including when he abuses you?
Does he do things purposely that he knows scares you, i.e. driving very fast and dangerously, insisting on allowing the children to do things that he knows you don't feel are safe, etc.?
Has your spouse ever destroyed things that that you cared about, like family photos, personal possessions, in order to 'punish' you?
Does he apologize, only to do the same (kind of) thing again? Or does he use an apology as a way to say: "this matter is closed, you should be over it now = shut up."?
Does your husband throw or break things when he is angry?
Does he block your way, get close and intimidating, stopping just short of physically assaulting you (or that's what you worry about)?
Does he ever push you, hit you or physically harm you in any way?


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The Lakers: Will Kobe Stabilize a Team That Goes Hot & Cold?
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I left my parent's house about halftime, during The Lakers game last night at Staples Center vs. The Detroit Pistons (we were there to celebrate my wife's birthday with our 2 girls). The game seemed to actually go Detroit's way, from the beginning with The Lakers trying to scrap something together to keep the score within striking distance. But will this continue to be a recipe for success, or is it just a coin flip who ends up winning this regular season games? Yes, there needs to be preparation, effort, motivation, teamwork – all of those things. But is there a will to win? What is it that brings out an extra effort, an attitude of persevering through pressure, of making the best decisions to help the team win, whether that's defensive effort and/or making a tough shot (or, better, a critical pass to an open teammate!)?
As we left, my mom said the funniest thing: "I never knew I could be such a fan of a guy who wears dreadlocks." In addition to being a Lakers fan, I am a 49ers fan, and a Dodgers fan – it's been very interesting to see how new players, like Jordan Hill, Colin Kaepernick and Yasiel Puig have captured the hearts of their respective teams fanbase! The common denominator is, of course, that they play with an exceptional level of passion! And excellence! They give 100% every moment of every game: That's easy to enjoy! It's so… unusual – these days. Just among NBA players, who does that? Consistently? Lebron James, Dwyane Wade, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Marc Gasol, Zach Randolph, James Harden, Chris Paul, Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodola, Jordan Hill, Kobe Bryant, Paul George, Kevin Garnett (perhaps) and very few others…
If we are to focus on a roster of guys that make up The Los Angeles Lakers squad this season, then it should be recognized that we have a group of guys who are humble enough to recognize they are being given a second chance – an opportunity to overcome the missed realizations of greatness they had hoped to showcase as rookies, which they never seemed to develop. Don't get me wrong: I love the play of Pau Gasol, in his first years as a Lakers starter – but even he is struggling to gain a reputation back from the ashes of playing behind Dru & D12. Chris Kaman is an adequate player, a decent backup to Pau; but, to ever start in the NBA again is unrealistic. Jordan Hill makes our team click on all cylinders! His ability to adapt quickly to a pick-n-roll style of play that Mike D'Antoni tried to get an unwilling Dwight Howard to do last year is working out very well! 24 points, 17 rebounds last night? Way to go, Jordan Hill!
The consistency of Jodie Meeks as a scorer and a defender has been a beautiful thing! He wasn't consistent at either aspect of his game last year, and we needed him to be; but, this year he's doing those things very well – and, I must admit, his dribbling has made it to adequate (and beyond?) as well! The new lease on life he has been given with a full training camp to integrate into D'Antoni's system has done wonders for the team. Like Brandon Jennings for Detroit last night (23 points off 22 shots – yikes!), the offensive abilities of Nick Young & Wesley Johnson haven't become clearly known – yet. Wes seems to play a reasonable defensive game, much like that of Shawne Williams; but his scoring is less than best. Williams is actually a better shooter, which has surprised me – but we need their presence on the court, especially on defense, at the Small Forward position. Meeks at Shooting Guard is working out well with Steve Blake running Point Guard duties in the absence of Steve Nash (and Jordan Farmar is possibly beginning to play better with more minutes – he was sure a catalyst for the team transitioning from the 3rd to 4th Quarters).
So, the question remains: What will The Lakers look to do when Kobe Bryant returns to build on the momentum, the consistency that has developed on the roster at some positions and not others? I assume The Black Mamba will come back to his role as our starting Shooting Guard, but what will that do to the team chemistry developed with Jodie Meeks playing that position so well and working together with Steve Blake so effectively? Might D'Antoni experiment with the idea of playing him at Small Forward? Might that help/hinder ACL concerns, in terms of keeping him out of harm's way vs. opposing team's key players – some days starting at Small Forward, others at Shooting Guard. It's an interesting problem, but the biggest problem right now for The Lakers is playing consistently well enough to win 2 games in a row! They haven't been able to do that yet. Not finishing well vs. The Memphis Grizzlies last Friday ruined the opportunity this past weekend of completing such a task, beating Detroit on Sunday night (last night). And now The Lakers are off until… Friday? They played so many games over a short period of time to start the season it is a bit weird to now have such a long break before their next game, isn't it?
Winning 2 games in a row will not be easy this week, since the next game is against The Golden State Warriors at Staples Center – who beat us soundly the 2nd game of the year, after a great start to the season with a win over The Clippers! No, it's highly unlikely that even with Kobe Bryant practicing with the team last Saturday, and throughout this week, that he will play – even if he did say that if it were a playoff game that he could play. Yeah, if anybody can play through pain, or come back from an injury sooner than the next guy, that's Kobe Bryant. Definitely. But it's highly improbable. If Blake can keep things rolling with assists to the likes of Meeks & Hill, then for us to augment that with a stronger defensive effort than we played with the last time we played The Warriors a victory is possible. I haven't heard of another game this year where Klay Thompson blitzed an opponent like he did The Lakers that last meeting. And it's highly unlikely he will do it again, unless there is an exposed weakness in our roster where we don't have the height & length necessary to keep him from successfully shooting over our defenders.
Enjoy the week of rest from Lakers basketball, everybody!
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