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Arsenal 2-0 Manchester United: 5 players who impressed for the Gunners
Arsenal started 2020 with a morale-boosting win over Manchester United in the final league fixture on New Year's Day, as first-half goals from Nicolas Pepe and Sokratis gave Mikel Arteta his first victory in charge of the Gunners.
They raced into an early lead after £72m summer signing Pepe converted from close-range, after Sead Kolasinac's driven cross was deflected into his path. David de Gea was given no chance and consequently wrongfooted, as the Ivorian forward recorded his third league goal of 2019-20.
Just like against Chelsea on Sunday, Arsenal were comfortably the better side in the early exchanges and playing with the type of swagger and guile we have seldom seen since Arsene Wenger's departure in May 2018.
The difference this time though, was they importantly earned a deserved two-goal cushion just before half-time from an unlikely source. Sokratis reacted quickest to smash into the roof of the net, after a poorly defended corner saw de Gea parry Alexandre Lacazette's header towards the Greece international's path.
The second-half was certainly nervy viewing for the hosts, as United eventually settled into the game and enjoyed sustained spells with possession and half-chances. Andreas Pereira, Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford all had efforts on-goal, while hearts would have been in mouths when Aaron Wan-Bissaka went down in the box.
Fortunately though, the Gunners defended with dogged determination and as the clock continued to tick down, they held their nerve to record only their second clean sheet since October 6 – having played 17 games since then across all competitions.
As for United, it's a forgettable start to the New Year. After successive wins, they now lose ground in the top-four race, after Chelsea drew 1-1 at Brighton while Southampton were 1-0 winners against Tottenham. So without further ado, here's a look at Arsenal's top five performers from a memorable win – kicking off the new decade in style:
#5 Alexandre Lacazette
Lacazette worked his socks off throughout and should've had a goal for his efforts
Poor form and injuries have seen Lacazette's progression stall in recent months. The fact the Frenchman has only scored six goals and created one assist this term after 17 appearances doesn't help, even if he's only completed a full 90 seven times to date. It has led to a lot of critics suggesting he's just not that good a centre-forward – either that or he's mentally checked out of Arsenal already, preparing for a lucrative summer move.
However, displays like these simply prove that untrue. He led the line confidently in Arteta's 4-2-3-1 formation, being flanked by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Pepe and Mesut Özil: this match marking a first time the quartet has been unleashed all at once.
He was an ever-present threat for United's backline to deal with by linking attack with midfield, utilised his body well to draw fouls and kept the visitors on their toes trying to mark him out of the match.
That proved easier said than done, just ask Harry Maguire: their £80m defender was turned inside-out effortlessly by Lacazette in the box, before he dragged a shot on his weaker foot wide. There were still one or two instances where he didn't fully anticipate potential avenues to run into, half-chances were squandered and it's clear that he isn't yet 100% sharp.
Importantly though, it didn't stop him from making a committed effort to press from the front and set the tone against a United side that started slowly and weren't given ample time to pass out from defence. If you think his role as their lone centre-forward is overstated, let me refer you to Ryan Giggs' verdict on Martial's performance – compared with his compatriot:
"He [Lacazette] sets the tone and gives a massive lift to the whole team. If you've got a centre-forward harrying, closing defenders down, it's huge for the midfielders. You see a striker doing that, then you're up with the play.
Martial against Newcastle and Burnley, he was like that. Here, he wasn't. Maybe he did press a couple of times, looked back and the midfield weren't as compact as they should be. But Lacazette was impressive, with and without the ball."
With two successful dribbles, key passes and tackles completed, one interception made and 9 of 16 duels won, it was a tireless display by a player who will hope this performance is a springboard for future success in the weeks and months to come.
#4 Mesut Özil
Mesut pulled the strings in midfield and continued probing, even when United settled
Just like his performance against Chelsea, Mesut Özil delivered another encouraging display and this time he wasn't replaced – they won and kept a clean sheet! If anyone personifies the eye test, it's the German playmaker.
He's got no goals and only two assists in 14 appearances (all comps) this term and yet there's no doubting him as Arsenal's creator-in-chief. Importantly, you can see he's relishing the challenge under Arteta and doing things many wouldn't expect from him.
During the build-up to Pepe's goal, Mesut won the ball back in his own half near Ainsley Maitland-Niles as United looked to progress intricately. After a switch of play into Granit Xhaka, Arsenal advanced in numbers and a few seconds later, Kolasinac sped to the byline and fizzed a cross into the box which deflected into Pepe's path. It was sloppy defending on United's part, but that whole move started with Mesut's defensive work.
That piece of shrewd defending rather typified Özil's performance: he worked hard, played a plethora of deft passes that should have been better received and you could clearly see his inventive nature was working in overdrive to punish United for allowing him too much space to free roam.
He would have had an assist or two, but it's also obvious that his teammates aren't always on the same creative wavelength as him either – evidenced when potential openings broke down once he fed the ball towards both Lacazette and Aubameyang.
For someone who is supposedly lazy and never delivers in big games, Mesut never stopped running and his intensity didn't drop either, even as United got settled and crept back into proceedings midway through the second-half. Instead, he covered more distance than any other Arsenal player (11.54km) and that figure was only bettered by Fred (11.95km) – who certainly had his work cut out trying to stop them in midfield.
#3 Nicolas Pepe
Pepe broke the deadlock early on and enjoyed a very productive first-half
Pepe took the opener well and played full of confidence in the first-half, refreshing to see from a player who has been subject to all sorts of criticism since his club-record £72m move was made official last August.
He can consider himself unlucky not to have doubled their lead before half-time, hitting the post from distance with a well-struck effort that left David de Gea sprawling towards his near post, while he caused problems aplenty for United who couldn't cope with him.
After that breakthrough game at the London Stadium last month, many supporters and critics alike were quick to suggest that was perhaps the turning point in Pepe's Arsenal career. Although he – among others – struggled in the early part of the campaign, the fact he came with such a hefty price-tag didn't help his confidence levels either.
In future, he has to deliver more regular performances of this calibre to warrant his selection. The quality is there, even when the application and decision-making might not be. His match stats speak for themselves: 26 completed passes (100% pass success), 8 of 16 duels won, four key passes and successful dribbles, one tackle and interception, one goal and woodwork hit.
However, it wasn't surprising to see him replaced on the hour mark, as Arteta sensed he wasn't performing with the same intensity levels with Arsenal finding themselves under pressure to start the second-half. That is to be expected, though he cannot afford to rest on his laurels with a determined Reiss Nelson eager for more first-team minutes.
#2 Sokratis
Sokratis celebrating with Torreira after a disciplined, dilligent display by the pair
While David Luiz gladly took the plaudits for Arsenal's mature defensive display, it was the performance of his centre-back partner Sokratis which really caught the eye.
Besides his well-timed finish to double their lead on the stroke of half-time, the Greece international did more than his fair share of defending too in arguably his best game of 2019-20 to date.
Frequently coming across to cover for Luiz whenever the Brazilian ventured out of his position – either forward into midfield or sideways into a fullback role – he timed movements well and frustrated United attackers whenever they looked to get beyond him. Winning 6 of 9 duels contested, he completed four clearances, three tackles, one block and interception to accompany 85.5% pass accuracy over the 90 minutes.
Tracking Marcus Rashford like a hawk meant the Englishman was left frustrated whenever drifting infield and essentially man-marked out of the game too. While the 31-year-old didn't celebrate every block or tackle as ferociously as Luiz, he nonetheless made a number of important defensive interventions, booming headers and the like.
The onus is on him to take this excellent display in his stride, to be motivated for more consistency and less error-prone performances in 2020. That's easier said than done.
#1 Lucas Torreira
Just like against Chelsea, Torreira was brilliant and set the tone in midfield with his work
Just like against Chelsea, Lucas Torreira was brilliant here and after another confident showing in a televised fixture, the Uruguay international is finally starting to get the respect his play deserves. He almost scored shortly after the half-hour mark, twisting and turning his way through United midfielders on the edge of the box before firing an effort narrowly wide of de Gea's far post.
As usual, he displayed the bite and infectious tenacity that convinced Arsenal to swiftly snap up his services just before shining with Uruguay at the World Cup in Russia. His relentless attitude and the fact he's unafraid to impose himself on opposition players is admirable to say the least.
So much so that even with those physical disadvantages that make him exploitable, United players rarely looked to get beyond him. He's brilliant at reading danger and again displayed those capabilities against a United side who could have easily recovered during a second-half packed with nerves and tension around the Emirates.
Acting as a reliable shield alongside Granit Xhaka for Arsenal's four-man backline, Torreira was determined not to let them pass. Even with those physical disadvantages that make him a target, United players rarely looked to get beyond him in one-on-one duels. They were about to find out what would happen next: Rashford and Martial in particular being effortlessly stripped off possession when edging forward dangerously.
Only Fred and Özil covered more ground than Torreira's 11.41km over the 90 minutes, made more impressive when you realise he was down with a knock and in some discomfort for 15 minutes. They were readying Matteo Guendouzi to replace him – instead he urged them to replace a struggling Lacazette (cramp) instead, took on some energy gel and persisted with the same steely desire and concentration to win.
Stats' source: SofaScore and Opta
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Not a manta. It's a raybot
05 December 2017 - 07:11 By Jeremy wagstaff
FIN-ISHED PRODUCT Chew Chee Meng of the National University of Singapore shows the aquatic robot manta ray MantaDroid Picture: Edgar Su/Reuters
Researchers in Singapore have built an underwater robot that looks and swims like a manta ray, using only single motors and flexible fins to propel it through water in a manner uncannily like its biological cousin.
It's not the first of its kind - academics have spent years trying to mimic the wing-like movements of rays' pectoral fins - but Chew Chee Meng of the National University of Singapore says it's the first to use single motors for each fin and rely on the interplay of fluid and fin.
One of nature's most efficient and graceful swimmers, manta rays have long fascinated scientists with a unique propulsion method to cruise through even turbulent seas, flapping their pectoral fins effortlessly to drive water backwards.
So-called bio-locomotion, says Keith Moored, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and mechanics at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, has been studied for about 30 years.
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But there is still a lot of work to be done on understanding the fluid flow around bio-robotic fins and the interaction between fluid and structure in flexible fins such as Chew's manta ray robot, he said.
Chew's MantaDroid is a flat black PVC body with ray-like fins and two rear rudders, which moves through water like its natural counterpart.
Chew said the fin's passive flexibility allows it to interact naturally with the water, propelling it at a speed of seven-tenths of a metre every second, to cover about twice its body length.
By creating a passive fin from a single PVC sheet, rather than trying to mimic its movements with a series of motors and joints, Chew's team found the robot interacted more naturally and efficiently with its environment.
"You're not fighting against the hydrodynamics of the system," said Chew.
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The MantaDroid can swim for up to 10 hours. Chew and his team from the university's engineering faculty plan to test the robot in sea waters and incorporate more modes of movement into its fin mechanism.
He said the team is also working on a ray twice the size of the 35cm original, and believes such robots would be useful for studying marine biodiversity, gathering hydrographic data and underwater search efforts.
The MantaDroid is part of a growing field of biomimetics, which applies learning about natural systems and robotics to the design of new vehicles, said Thomas Atwood, executive director of the US National Robotics Education Foundation.
Robots such as the ray, he said, could help carry out underwater mapping and ocean bed surveys, besides military reconnaissance.
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Getting to know Ramsbottom's food scene
Once known for its mills, this Greater Manchester market town has since swapped cotton for top-class cuisine.Sunday, June 23, 2019
By Sally Robinson
Levanter
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Ramsbottom's Bridge Street is a lesson in how high street shopping ought to be. Picture a neat row of Victorian facades, home to a range of independent shops, including a top-class butcher, bakery and fish and chip shop, plus several enticing bars, cafes and restaurants. It's only Wednesday, but the tables are full and there's a buzz about the place.
Located 12 miles northwest of Manchester, in a Lancashire valley on the edge of the West Pennines, Ramsbottom is a pretty market town built from local sandstone, smudged dark from its years as a flourishing mill town during the Industrial Revolution. Its emergence as a thriving food destination has been underpinned by the popularity of its monthly farmer's market, held on the second Sunday of the month, plus a lively programme of food-related events. These include the hugely popular annual Chocolate Festival (held in April) and a festive market in December.
"Things have really taken off in the last five or six years," explains Joe Botham, who grew up in Ramsbottom and owns two excellent Spanish restaurants here. Joe learned to cook in Spain and, after a stint serving paella at local markets, he and his wife Fiona took over a vacant shop and opened Levanter serving Basque-style tapas dishes. The restaurant was an instant hit: "We were turning away more people than we were feeding." So they opened Baratxuri, two doors down — this time a pintxo bar serving delicious morsels of finger food at £3 a pop. That too expanded and a wood-fired oven was installed to cook suckling pig and lamb, plus the amazing Txuleton beef (from dairy cows in northern Spain) for which the restaurant has become known.
Sandwiched between Levanter and Baratxuri is The Vineyard, a welcoming independent wine shop run by the knowledgeable Stuart Rothwell, which specialises in Portuguese and Italian wines and supplies many of the town's restaurants.
Meanwhile, nearby Irwell Works Brewery has put Ramsbottom on the map for real ale drinkers. Originally the old tin, copper and iron works, the building sat derelict until two locals renovated it and installed a craft brewery in 2010. A homely pub was opened upstairs, serving beers brewed on site, including the light, hoppy Costa Del Salford.
If Ramsbottom lacked anything, it was a speciality coffee shop, but that changed a couple of years ago when local chef Adrian Barratt-Smith opened Grind & Tamp on Bridge Street. The coffee comes from a handful of roasters in the north of England. "We love to chat about the provenance of the beans and the way they're brewed," explains Adrian.
Down the road, at bistro The Hungry Duck, nearly everything is made from scratch. That includes the famed cheese pie, made with Mrs Kirkham's Lancashire cheese, onion and Pommery mustard baked in buttery shortcrust and served with homemade mushroom ketchup.
While Ramsbottom was once very much a pub town, it's now home to several smart bars, including Grape to Grain. Opened by passionate oenophile Tom Sneesby in 2017, it's part wine shop, part tasting venue and part bar — grab a bottle from the eclectic selection and drink it in the welcoming bar area for a small corkage fee.
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Historical Badass: Snowboarder Bruno Gouvy
by Brook Sutton | May 26, 2016 | Historical Badass | 5 comments
By Brook Sutton | May 26, 2016
For three years, Bruno Gouvy was the world's fastest monoskier. Rocking a one-piece suit-for fashion, not irony-he reached 110 miles per hour on a monoski. It was 1983 when he set the record, and it stood until 1986.
That accomplishment, though merely a blip on his illustrious C.V., tells you a lot about Gouvy. He was all in for a good time, so long as that good time was defined by significant effort, some risk, and a big thrill. Gouvy was a pioneer in the multi-sport approach to adventure. Long before JT Holmes and Shane McConkey mixed skiing, BASE jumping, and wingsuit flying, Gouvy was using the tools available in his era to maximize the fun and challenge of descending from the most intense peaks in the Alps.
Monoski, he did. But Gouvy was known more as an extreme snowboarder, mountaineer, windsurfer, and paraglider. From an interview published in Ski (January 1989), he said, "I'm not strictly a climber, a snowboarder, a skydiver or a [windsurfer]. I'm happy to play whatever the conditions are right for."
Gouvy was a contemporary of Jean-Marc Boivin, Patrick Vallencant, and other ski mountaineering luminaries from the 1980s golden age of Chamonix steep skiing. The crew, linked through a love of the mountains more than friendship, had a healthy competition among its ranks. That competition to go big and to rack up firsts helped to establish the outer parameters of would become the freeride movement.
Gouvy was born in 1962 to parents who loved to sail. He translated this love of the sea into windsurfing, going so far as to cross the Mediterranean by board. This may have provided an inkling into his future of pushing the limit. "After it's over," he told Ski Magazine, "I want it again and again. But it's not just the risk and the thrill that are satisfying. It's the effort. I don't like things too easy."
And so he set big, uncompromising goals. In 1986, he parachuted out of a plane to land on the Petite Aiguille de Dru. After rappelling down two-thirds of the way, he snowboarded down the mid-central, 50-degree, hanging glacier. When the glacier petered out to a cliff drop, Gouvy pulled a paraglider out of his Felix the Cat-style bag of tricks and flew the rest of the way into town. Being French, we can only imagine that he busted out a fine bottle of wine and a cigarette from that same enormous backpack to top off the day.
In 1988, he climbed the Eiger, bivouacked near the summit, and snowboarded down to meet a helicopter at the base. He hitched two rides that day: one to the top of the Matterhorn (14,685 feet) and the second to the top of the south face of Les Grands Jorasses (13,806 feet). By nightfall, he clocked in his third massive descent in a single day. He nearly lost a couple of fingers to frostbite in the attempt, but he fought with doctors to hold out on the imminent amputations. Who's to say if the doctor's prognosis was wrong or Gouvy's will triumphed over medicine? Either way, Gouvy sidestepped gangrene from the frostbite and kept all of his fingers intact.
Not much is written about his day-to-day existence and lesser known exploits around Chamonix. When he made the news, it was for going big. He held a sky-diving freefall record for a spell. And, of course, there was his riding. Gouvy went as big on a snowboard as his contemporaries went on skis, which was unheard of at the time. He was part of a group to make the first snowboard descent of Mont Blanc and the first boarder to descend from above the 8,000-meter mark in the Himalaya. As skiers were perfecting their high-angle hop turns, Gouvy did the same on a snowboard-except that he had an ice axe in each hand as backup.
Bruno Gouvy died in 1990, at 27 years old, on the Aiguille Verte of Mont Blanc. He had been delivered by helicopter to the top and started his descent with an uncontrolled, 3,000-foot skid. He was unable to recover and fell into a crevasse.
Gouvy didn't become the household name that the rest of his Chamonix colleagues did, which is too bad considering his impressive legacy. He may have had a competitive streak, and by some accounts, he struggled with false modesty. But you don't attempt the athletic feats Gouvy was going after without a fair dose of confidence. Plus, everyone knew one thing: Gouvy had style-and we're not talking about his propensity for one-pieces. Hucking yourself down a 50-degree pitch didn't impress the elite of Chamonix; descending with style, skill, ambition did.
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Mike Curiak	on May 26, 2016 at 2:17 pm
There's a great quote from Gouvy out there in print somewhere — that I've never been able to find online.
Something about how risk makes life so much sweeter, it ends with: "without risk, the grass is just grass…".
April	on February 3, 2017 at 8:04 am
"Without risk the sun is just the sun, grass is just grass."
Betty Sordo	on May 28, 2016 at 12:20 am
"There is a chance I might be killed. But in exchange, I have such a powerfull sense f being alive. It's a bargin. I look at the risk, I take every step to minimize it, and in exchange for this little risk, I receive such a huge joy in living. Without risk the sun is just the sun, grass is just grass. With risk, common things have incredible freshness."
Bruno Gouvy
Mike A	on May 31, 2016 at 1:14 am
I knew him a bit back in the 80's, very cool guy, and yes he did smoke, I think it was required if you were on the Marlboro team.
His GF told me once when I asked him how he was doing: "One foot in the grave". She didn't see it as a long term relationship.
Boff Doff	on September 2, 2016 at 11:38 am
Anyone who went skydiving at Gap in the late 80's or early 90's could not fail to be in awe of Bruno Gouvy.
First time I was there, a buddy said to me "What do you think of that photo?". It was a blow up of simple snap, posted on the wall, of a skydiver in stable position. I said "nice suit". Buddy says "keep looking". After a while I realised that said skydiver wasn't wearing a rig…..
Bruno Gouvy was the skydiver.
It was his 100th jump!


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This evening I've added some more modifications to the Ross Compressor page, given to me by Mark Hammer. This mod increases the treble response of the pedal so that it's not as muddy when the pedal is on. It's a quick and simple mod that really improves the tone! I've also added the scematic of the Vox MKII Fuzz to the Sola Sound ToneBender MKII Professional page. It's nearly the same as the MKII Professional with only a few minor component value changes. Thanks to Peter for sending me the schematic of the Vox MKII that he traced from his original 30 years ago!
Today I've corrected some information on the Sola Sound ToneBender 3-Knob project page, and I've also added the schematics of two more versions of the pedal, the Park Fuzz Sound 3-Knob and the Vox ToneBender MKIII. Thanks to Stuart Castledine for providing me with this great new information and also for the schematics for the two new circuits! Everyone in the United States have a happy and safe Thanksgiving tomorrow!


This poem by Linda Trott Dickman reflects Long Island in more ways than one, it is shaped like it.
of undertow by her hero.
at the north, sandy marsh for a hem.
'Paumanok' by Linda Trott Dickman.
Linda introduced herself: "Linda Trott Dickman has been making poetry since her early days at sleep away camp. She grew up here on Long Island and is a school librarian who has just earned her MFA from Adelphi University. This poem was born in a workshop in Maine with poet Kathleen Ellis. Our subject? Island Poetry."
Oyster Bay poet and collagist John Digby was already working with Chinese poetry and published a few translations by the time he met Leslie Hong Ai Bai, a linguistics scholar, currently at LIU Post, a colleague of his wife, poet Joan Digby. Leslie, born in China to Korean parents, is in command of various oriental languages in addition to English and French.
Since 2010, they collaborated on a number of themes: horses, women - particularly the neglected, unloved or no longer loved ones, animals, landscapes. They dug out poems for Cold Food Festival, forgotten holiday which now enjoys a revival. All work is by poets active until the 19th century. These are some of their published works - Cold Food Festival, The Horse in Chinese in Chinese Poetry and Culture, Simple Simple, Losing a Slave Girl, Three Neglected Chinese Women: Three Deserted Tang Poets, The Sword Dance.
In their work they try to convey the tone of the poem and stay away from the literal translation. In case of the Chinese poetry the latter is almost impossible to accomplish, as even in the original the poems can be read in many different ways.
Chinese poems, minimalistic gems, are typically composed of 4 lines of 5 to 7 characters, like the one above. There is no subject, no personal pronouns, no gender, no tenses. There exists rhyme and rhythm of the rising and falling phonetics of the characters. The characters themselves may have up to 30 varied meanings and are often complex, rarely used characters to mark the skill and knowledge of a poet - poetry was a domain of highly skilled individuals who strutted their linguistic dexterity like peacocks. Many poems are not easily understood by an average person of today.
The process of bringing a translated poem to its satisfactory stage is long and arduous. John and Leslie agree on a topic. Leslie researches potential candidates. A choice is narrowed down to a poem. John learns as much as possible about the author's life and environment. Leslie transcribes the individual characters of the poem into Pinyin. John analyzes every Pinyin character and attempts to construct a meaning or rather a mood from the puzzle before him. Leslie elaborates on metaphors and hidden meaning in the poem, provides additional background. Initial translation is created.
At this stage the battle of wits and esthetics commences. John wants to put in every shade of meaning that transpires. Leslie strikes out half of the words. They encounter numerous cultural differences. One memorable clash happened over a translation of 'green window'. Heated discussion revealed that for John green window was a window with stained glass. For Leslie it was a color of leaves outside - old Chinese houses did not have glass windows, it was the color of leaves that reflected on paper panels. Revision after revision follows, the work may take up to six months to complete. Leslie creates commentary on the poet, poet's time and customs.
Please come back soon to enjoy a beautiful poem 'Losing a Slave Girl' in the upcoming Long Island Poem for Sunday series.
"This is a story handed down in my family, I heard it from my Mother." - Locust Valley poet Ray Simons.
the boats of Irishmen came.
like the Banshee's of old.
to confront them by name.
but stepped forth not a one.
The Legend of John Casey's Stand, Locust Valley, Long Island 1920's by Ray Simons.
Ray retired from FDNY-EMS and writes as part of poetry therapy.


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The Fish Remains Working Group (FRWG) was created during an informal meeting held at the Zoological Museum of the University of Copenhagen in 1980. Its members are an interdisciplinary consortium of researchers (archaeozoologists, archaeologists, zoologists, ichthyologists, historians, and fishery biologists) interested not only in the study of fish remains retrieved in archaeological sites from around the world, but also on any matter dealing with fishing, the fish trade, and fish consumption in prehistoric and historic times.
One of the main aims of FRWG is to provide data that can be of use in the future management of fishery resources. The FRWG carries out its mandate by sponsoring biannual international conferences and by maintaining a web site at http://waihinga.ac.nz/foss/ICAZ/refrwg.htm .
20th FRWG meeting in 2019 - Portland, Oregon, USA: Mark your calendars, for the 20th Meeting of the Fish Remains Working Group (FRWG) set for August 26-30, 2019 in Portland Oregon, USA, followed by a weekend field trip to the Oregon Coast. Portland, Oregon is a perfect place to host the FRWG-- as fish were and continue to be of fundamental importance to indigenous people and the broader citizenry of the region.
The conference website is now in place at: https://www.2019frwg.com/ It is aimed at helping you with registration and planning your participation. Please visit it and join us in August 2019! For any remaining questions please contact virginia@pdx.edu.
The local organizer and host will be Virginia Butler (Portland State University (U.S.A.), with help from a planning committee: Madonna Moss (University of Oregon, U.S.A.), Iain McKechnie (University of Victoria, Canada), Elizabeth Reitz (University of Georgia, U.S.A.) and Jen Harland (University of the Highlands, Orkney). Questions? Contact virginia@pdx.edu or visit the conference webpage.
2nd Meeting: 2nd Fish Osteoarchaeology Meeting edited by N. Desse-Berset (1984). Editions du CNRS, Paris.
3rd Meeting: Fish and Archaeology edited by A. Clason and D. Brinkhuizen (1986). BAR International Series 294. Oxford.
7th Meeting: Fish Exploitation in the Past edited by W. Van Neer (1994). Annales Sciences Zoologiques 274. Musèe Royale de L'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren.
13th Meeting: The Role of Fish in Ancient Time, edited by Heidemarie Hüster Plogmann (2007). Verlag Marie Leidorf Gmbh, Rahden/Westf.
ARCHAEOFAUNA, which featured papers from the Stora Korno Meeting in Volume 3 (1994), Volume 4 (1995), and Volume 5 (a monographic issue entitled, "Ichthyoarchaeology: Fish and the Archaeological Record" (1996).
The FRWG now intends to make available, both through its website and in paper version, a catalogue of the reference collections held by its various members and the research centers in which they work.
The FRWG has been particularly keen to foster collaboration among its members, resulting in a number of joint research projects and publications.
This information has been contributed by László Bartosiewicz, FRWG Liaison to ICAZ, on October 31, 2018. PDFs of past newsletters were added on December 1, 2018.
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Melancholy of Souls is OUT!!
There's almost nothing like the rush of pressing PUBLISH on a new title – it comes this close to THE END, for me. Especially when a story turns out exactly like I want, with the voice it needs, and the message it has to share. My stories are never easy, and this one is not different.
This is Melancholy of Souls, the second in the Girls & Ghosts novella collection. It's about fighting for what's right, how to keep love and the memories alive, and what to do once you reach the end of the road.
I wish it was different, but this is how I see the future: people will find a way to use ghosts even more than they are now (you know those shows? yeah, I'm talking about them: all evidence and no help) and that at some point, someone will be able to trap the essence of someone into a jar to test on it (all in the name of science, right? ugh).
So Melancholy of Souls is about what happens when the dead cannot rest in peace, and only a girl and her father do everything they can to save the soul of a loved one.
You know what they say, right? Leave a review, save an indie author!!
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At the end of the 60s family Ludwig created the largest Pop Art collection outside the USA and gifted a major part to the City of Cologne. In 1976 this formed the basis for the foundation of the Museum Ludwig. Apart from Pop Art the Ludwigs gave an extensive collection of Russian Avantgarde from the period 1906 to 1930 and several hundred works by Pablo Picasso as a permanent loan to the new museum, which meanwhile with 180 originals and 730 works of graphic art has the third largest Picasso collection worldwide.


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Der Bergbau in Münster fokussierte sich auf die Förderung von Strontianit in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts.

In Nienberge wurde 1834 das erste Strontianit im Münsterland gefunden und von Justus von Liebig in Berlin untersucht. In der zweiten Hälfte des Jahrhunderts fand Strontianit Anwendung bei der Gewinnung von Restzucker aus der Melasse.

Von insgesamt später 600 Strontianit-Bergwerken im Münsterland entstanden die beiden Strontianit-Bergwerke "Bertha 1" und davon südlich gelegen "Bertha 2". Für beide, betrieben von zwei Unternehmern aus Köln, wurde 1881 vom Amt Roxel eine "Bergbauakte" ausgestellt. Der Boom endete 1893, als Strontianit durch das billigere Coelestin aus Vorkommen in England und Sizilien ersetzt wurde. Die Bergwerke in Münster wurden 1893/1894 stillgelegt. Die Abraumhalde an der Ecke Ramertsweg/Mergelberg wird heute "Mergelberg" genannt.

Nach Ergebnissen der Untersuchungen des Instituts für Geophysik der Uni Münster erstrecken sich die bis zu 390 Meter langen Gänge unter dem Acker bei der Tagungsstätte Haus Mariengrund als auch unter Neubaugebieten von Gievenbeck. "Bertha 1" wurde verfüllt, das südlicher gelegene Bergwerk "Bertha 2" unter dem Siedlungsgebiet jedoch nicht.

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Geschichte (Münster)
Bergbau (Nordrhein-Westfalen)

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West Virginia which was the first state to license racinos, may be the first state to feel the impact of racino over saturation. Mountaineer Park, which now has competing racinos in key cities like Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Youngstown, Ohio and even instate Wheeling, has been hit the hardest. MTR Gaming which was once considered the gold standard for racino operations has had to merge with Nevada based Eldorado Holding. Mountaineer has also cut racing dates and purses in the past few years. Charles Town which is closer to Maryland, where casinos are not that threatening yet, seems to be holding it's own.
Pari-Mutual wagering began in West Virginia in 1933, shortly after that the Charles Town Turf Club was opened in the town of the same name (not to be confused with Charlestown, the State Capitol) in the West Virginia panhandle near the Maryland and Virginia borders. Soon to follow in 1937, Wheeling Downs was opened on another small slice of West Virginia, between the Pennsylvania and Ohio borders. These would be the only tracks in operation till the nineteen fifties.
In 1951, about 50 miles north of Wheeling Downs, Waterford Park, opened in Chester, which was stuffed into the tiniest tip of the state at it's northern most border. Waterford Park, was and still is the only mile track in West Virginia, it is also the only one which has a turf course, and until there was an accident, had a landing strip in it's infield. The last track built in West Virginia, was Shenandoah Downs, it was located a stones throw from the Charles Town Turf Club in Charles Town, but at the time there was a reason for it. All the state's tracks continued racing into the seventies.
Wheeling Downs, which had abandoned thoroughbreds in favor of harness horses in the late sixties, was the first to discontinue horse racing in 1975. Today it is still in business as a dog track. In 1979 these obituaries appeared in a local paper.
Charles Town Turf Club, Born December 2,1933, Died January 3, 1979, age 45 years 1 month 1 day.
Shenandoah Downs, Born May 1,1959, Died January 3, 1979, Age 19 years 8 Months 2 Days.
Many in the community thought it to be a ploy to force Sunday Racing, but it was for sure the end of old "Shenny". On the other hand Charles Town re-opened on February 16nth with both Sunday Racing and Shenandoah's race dates.
While this was all going on Waterford Park at the other end of the state wasn't doing much better. The track with the lowest purses for a commercial venue on the east coast was also in trouble.
In 1987, Waterford Park changed hands and was renamed Mountaineer Park, somewhere along the way Mountaineer Management convinced the state to allow them to have Video Lottery Terminals for a trial period. The experiment proved a success, slot machines were legalized in West Virginia, both Mountaineer and Charles Town were saved. Both of these tracks known for 1,200 and 1,500 claimers, now have competitive purse structures, and Mountaineer Park has won awards for it's business model.
A couple of notable jockeys come to mind when detailing West Virginia. The first is New England native Carl Gambardella who learned his trade on the Charles Town circuit before returning to ride in New England. "Gamby" went on to ride over 4,000 winners and have a couple of fist fights with jockette Dodie Duys. The next is Willie Clark the legendary West Virginia who was for a long time the oldest jockey to win a race, at the age of 69, also at 69 Clark received a 30 day suspension for pretty much cutting off a field at the start of a race at Charlestown. After his suspension he rode a few more times, then retired.
The most famous of all would be Jesse Davidson a raGs to riches back to raGs story. With not much more than a fifth grade education Davidson started his career on minor circuits on the east coast. He finally made his home base in Charles Town in 1965 riding by day in Maryland and night in West Virginia he won a national riding title. That title gained him a ticket to the big time in New York, where he became the regular rider on champion filly Shuvee, and guided her to Triple Tiara in 1968, the triple crown for filly's. In 1975 Davidson's career came to a halt when he was convicted of race fixing, and served four and a half months in prison plus a lifelong suspension from racing.
Davidson fought the suspension and after 10 years managed to get re-licensed in Maryland. In 1986 he got his last bucket wish list item when he rode lonGshot Southern Appeal to a 13th place finish in the Kentucky Derby. In 1988 Davidson suffered a career ending injury never returning to his past glory. Davidson passed away in 2010 at 69.


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Gradual of the Parish Church of Gemona
S. XIV (3rd or 4th decade); parchment; mm 310 x 225; ff. 297
Gemona del Friuli, Parish Church, Gradual 3 (marked as ms. 1677)
A codex of the school of Bologna that, according to tradition, the parish church of Gemona received as a present by the patriarch Bertrand of Saint-Geniès.
The volume contains the mass chants to be sung from Advent Sunday to the 25th after-Pentecost Sunday, written in an uniform script with interposed red tetragrams with black square notation (ff. 1r-276v). From f. 277r to f. 292v there is other liturgical material by different, even sixteenth-century hands. From f. 293r to the end there can be read the patriarch Bertrand of Saint-Geniès' dedication to the church of Gemona, as well as two versions of the Credo. Scholar criticism has actually arisen some doubts on this dedication, since it is added at the end of the volume, on folia whose provenance could be from another codex. It is sure that the three coats of arms present on the first folium were later added. These are the patriarch Bertrand's coat of arms, the blazon of the Patriarchate of Aquileia, and on the right the coat of arms of the de' Brugnis, a noble family of Gemona, which had once been erroneously identified with the one of the city of Gemona. The codex has been therefore supposed being given by Bertrand as a present to the de' Brugnis family, and subsequently from the latter to the church of Gemona. Albeit damaged and hence nowadays scarcely readable, the ornament morphology and the chromatic choice of the miniatures apparently belong to a Bologna milieu or an environment under the influence of that city, and they are datable to the third and fourth decades of the fourteenth century. In the codex oldest part there are pen-made filigree and inlay initials in red and blue inks, which are also typical of the fourteenth-century liturgical codex. Referable to another typology are, on the contrary, the calligraphic initials that ornament the last folia, starting from the dedication (f. 293r).
f. 1r, Gradual from Advent Sunday to the 24th after-Pentecost Sunday, initial A with King David raising his soul to God
Gradual of the Parish Church of Spilimbergo
Antiphonal of St. Anthony the Abbot's church of ...
Antiphonal of St. Domenic's church of Cividale


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True Dating Confession: "I'm Not Attracted to My Boyfriend"
A few brave readers have shared their confessions, including "I'm a stay-at-home wife, without kids" and "I have orgasms while doing sit-ups." Well, today, a reader tells us that she's just not attracted to her boyfriend...
By Joanna Goddard
A few brave readers have shared their confessions, including "I'm a stay-at-home wife, without kids" and "I have orgasms while doing sit-ups."
Well, today, a reader tells us that she's just not attracted to her boyfriend...
Here's her story:
When I met my boyfriend, I fell for his sense of humor and creativity. We talked for hours and he wrote me songs and drew me pictures. We ran around the city together and went to museums, parks and parties. We were best friends; I really loved him.
But when the night came and we went to bed together, I just wasn't into it. He was handsome. He had a great body. He was kind and warm and affectionate. But something was missing. I wasn't attracted to him.
My friends (and mom) told me that if you're really in love with someone, you'll be attracted to them. But that wasn't the case. I couldn't figure out why. He was really skinny; did that make me feel fat? He was chatty; did that make it seem like we were more friends than lovers? He was super doting; did that make me feel nervous, like I'd disappoint him? Or was I just messed up?
I started doubting myself. I felt like I wasn't normal (was I frigid? was I totally asexual?), and I felt mean and guilty because I always had a "headache." Finally, we broke up. Now, I'm on the dating scene again and I'm into hooking up again. It was one of those mysterious things--I just wasn't attracted to him, for no real reason. Weird, right? Have you ever felt the same way?
Yes, what about you guys? Have you ever dated a guy you're not attracted to? Was it a lost cause, or did anything help create a spark?
P.S. Read 24 true dating confessions, including "I hint to my boyfriend that I want to get married" and "I'm a really chatty girlfriend."
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Stove-fireplace For A Country House (71 Photos): Modern Models For Heating With A Heat Exchanger In A Frame House
Fireplaces 2023
Device and design
How to arrange it correctly?
Manufacturers overview
Interesting solutions in interior design
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A country house is the dream of many of our contemporaries. Far from the noise of the city and the exhausting activity of megacities, you want to be alone with your loved ones, surrounded by natural contrasts. A modern country house is a territory where you can devote yourself to comfort, coziness and relaxation. Comfort and coziness make up many things, fireplace stoves are no exception. This is not only a source of warmth, but also an opportunity to contemplate a live fire on quiet evenings, sitting in a comfortable armchair and throwing a warm blanket over oneself. An impressive picture, isn't it? And there are all the possibilities for the implementation of this idea. However, it is worth considering some features that are important when developing an interior project with a fireplace. What will it be, where can it be located, how to avoid the risks of spreading fire, what material to use for construction, what functions will the fireplace perform?
Needless to say, the main function of a fireplace stove is warmth for the home? The heat source in the Russian hut also served as a place for preparing food - they baked bread in the oven, cooked porridge. Over time, the functionalization of the functionality was reduced to two segments - the spread of heat into the home and a bold design experiment "two in one" with an open fire.
A properly developed project will allow you to combine both possibilities, it is enough to use proven materials that close the fire in one place, or use refractory design structures that open a view of the flame. The main material for the furnace is quite affordable - it is firewood, solid fuel. In any case, the principle of combining the heating system and decorative possibilities is observed in a country house: a firebox made of refractory materials will allow you to admire the hot tongues of flame, creating the entourage of a magical evening.
Fireplace stoves will always be relevant. More often in a country house they are made of refractory bricks or stone. These materials have many advantages. First, they do an excellent job of distributing heat throughout the home. Secondly, a fireplace made of stone or red brick looks very impressive in any home.
There are many styles, using which you can create a special interior with a fireplace stove: Venetian, classic, rustic, modern, you can develop your own creative style design. There are several types of fireplace stoves for the home: with a heat exchanger, with a hob, with a coolant, "eco", double-circuit, mini.
The basic principle of a fireplace with a heat exchanger or coolant is to provide the house with heat evenly. For such a design, cast iron or steel is used, from which a closed-type chamber is prepared, which, in turn, "closes" the fire from spreading.
At least 40 liters of water is used in the pipes of the heat exchanger - when heated, it circulates through those parts of the room where the pipes are installed. Such a stove is considered safe, and the heated water can be used for domestic needs. And another big plus - such a design can be considered as an alternative to central heating or a gas analogue of the heating system.
Fireplace stoves with hobs are a good find for rooms with a small area. The design allows you to save square meters, because this is a kind of hybrid of a fireplace and a "stove" - you can heat the house and cook food. It can become both an oven and a tumble dryer.For such a stove, it is important to determine its place in the house and choose the right raw materials. Most often, refractory bricks, stone and steel are used for the construction of such structures.
If, for some reason, the listed options for Peking Cain do not suit you, you can consider installing an Eco-fireplace. It can be arranged in any room of a country house. It is compact, comfortable and is considered not only a source of warmth and comfort, but also a good mood.
The main advantages are the small size of the fireplace, in the absence of a chimney. Such designs require an ethyl alcohol fuel block to which aroma ingredients and soot-free bioethanol can be added, and a beautiful design.
Such a fireplace is a decoration of any home. It is somewhat reminiscent of an improved "Ilyich lamp" - modern designers offer bold options for modernizing this once demanded model of a heat and light source.
You can build a double-circuit fireplace stove in your house - it will keep the heat in the house for a long time. Or you can opt for a mini-oven, which will serve not only as a source of heat, but also as a place where you can grill meat and bake vegetables.
You can consider the option of a double-circuit fireplace stove. Fireclay brick is used for the inside, red brick or natural stone for the outside. The outer part can be veneered, giving a beautiful and aesthetic appearance.
The main part of the fireplace stove is its firebox. It is placed inside the body and is most often made of cast iron. Fireclay bricks are used for decoration - it protects cast iron from high temperatures that have a destructive effect on the metal. The firebox masonry has a door - thanks to this hole, the fuel is filled. The door can be made of special glass in any design, and then you can admire the safe flames.
Also, for the correct operation of the structure, a chimney is required - it must be vertical, at least five meters high in order to provide the necessary traction force. The chimney can be made of brick, but more and more often a metal pipe is used for this purpose. As an option - stainless steel sandwich pipes with basalt wool insulation. For the integrity of the structure, you will need a thermal casing, a second afterburner chamber.
Before installing a fireplace stove in a country house, you need to decide - what is it for? If for heating, the presence of a heat exchanger should be taken into account. If for design purposes, then determine the part of the house where such a structure will look most impressive. If the country house is made of timber, brick is the best material for the stove.
The classic version of a brick fireplace is warmth and comfort in the house. Correct laying and correctly selected bricks allow you to keep warm even after the fire in the stove has gone out. One fireplace can also heat a two-story house: for example, a variant of a traditional English fireplace with an open firebox. Or a closed modern fireplace made of fireproof glass.
Heating of the second floor is due to air convection - heated layers are lifted up through heat-insulated air ducts. You can use special grilles in the floor between the second and first floors so that warm air can pass through them unhindered. In a log house, it is advisable to have not only a beautiful, but also a safe fireplace. As a minimum, use an insulating stone wall. It can be made in a great design solution.
A corner fireplace stove is one of the most common options. The choice of the place will provide further air exchange, respectively, good heating. This option can perform several functions, including cooking and decorative.If there is a question of heat distribution in several rooms of the dwelling, the stove should be installed in the openings of the partitions separating the rooms.
A fabulous Russian stove with a lounger is a good example, and the heat distribution effect can be improved by using ventilation holes in the rooms that are adjacent. If there is not enough space, the fireplace stove is installed in the center of the main room, but it should be spacious, and flammable objects should be kept at a distance. In the center of the octagonal house, the fireplace stove can be placed both in the corner, against the wall, and in the center of the room. In any case, the location of the structure is an important factor in maintaining safety in the home.
When developing a design plan, it is important to take into account the number of its options - heat transfer, cooking necessity, interior beauty. The next step is a place for placing a fireplace stove, determining its size, purchasing the necessary materials, from which you can build such an important element for your home with your own hands. Only those that do not require additional industrial processing are suitable - brick, stone.
A brick base is laid on a special screed pillow. It is fenced off with metal bases where the firebox will be located - they can be made to order, and cast iron or steel is used for this. The metal duct must also be ordered in advance. Independent work on a fireplace stove is a troublesome business, the order, the project diagram, the need to mask the structure are important. But in general, this process is fascinating, because from the imagination of the master and his efforts, the house will forever be transformed.
And then the question arises: build or buy? DIY construction will be more expensive - just one wall brickwork will cost at least 40 thousand rubles, and the total cost depends on many factors - height, materials used, dimensions. Ready-made fireplace stoves for a country house have price "ceilings" and will cost several times cheaper.
Such manufacturers of fireplace stoves are considered popular, such as Polish "Kratki Koza", where models are made of cast iron, "Eurokom Asti" - with features of the Gothic style. Norway offers Jotul products that are distinguished by elegance. "Termofor", "Meta" are in demand, "Shkolnik" is known, "Teplodar" and products of other manufacturers are popular, which are included in the rating of the best in the country.
For example, a Viking fireplace stove from a Finnish manufacturer, which requires solid fuel, costs from 46 thousand rubles. The company "Termofor" offers ready-made fireplace stoves that run on wood fuel, from 7 thousand rubles. Furnaces from the Meta company with a water circuit cost from 15 thousand rubles. You can buy them both in large retail hardware stores, and on order at specialized online trading platforms. And the cost of installing a fireplace stove in a country house ranges from 15 to 34 thousand rubles, depending on the complexity of the order.
As for reviews about stoves-fireplaces in country houses, most of the users of this design believe that they are lucky - the home acquires a unique style and grace. In addition, several other problems are solved - heating, the ability to cook food, dry clothes. The presence of a stove in the house allows you to think about an extension to the house, which will be heated by such a stove. But the design also has some drawbacks. For example, the safety issue, in the opinion of many, has not been fully resolved - an open flame must be constantly monitored, despite the dampers and doors.
In conclusion, it is worth noting that there are many interesting solutions in interior design so that the fireplace stove will organically fit into the general space of a country house. Modern technologies and high-quality materials enable a flight of imagination in a private home.A built-in biofireplace or a corner stove in a frame house with a luxurious hob, a Russian stove with a lounger or a creative design exclusively for domestic needs related to heating the home - it all depends on the choice, financial capabilities and interest in making the house cozy, comfortable and unique …
Fireplace Stove With A Heat Exchanger: What Is A Heat Exchanger, Reviews About A Fireplace With A Stove
One of the ways to solve the problem of providing heat was to use a fireplace stove with heat exchangers. Schemes for connecting a heat exchanger with finite elements can be simple, but require constant human control and complex with automatic regulation and control of the combustion and heating process. Reviews show an increasing interest in the use of fireplace stoves with heat exchangers
Heating Fireplaces-stoves (46 Photos): A Stove For Heating With A Hob And A Long Burning Stove For The House
Heating stove fireplaces combine the energy efficiency of a heating stove with the capabilities of a traditional fireplace. What are the characteristics of choosing a stove for heating long burning for a private house? Which models can combine a hob and a stove bench?
Underfloor Heating In A Wooden House: How To Make Screeds In The Country And In A Private House With Wooden Beams, Which Is Better - Radiators Or Underfloor Heating
Underfloor heating in a wooden house is an option for those who love comfort and independence. How to make screeds in the country and in a private house with wooden floors? How long will it take to install with your own hands and which is better to choose: an electric or a water heating circuit?
Heat-insulating Paint: Heat-insulating Ceramic Compounds For Pipelines And Pipes, How To Choose For Heat Insulation Of Heating, Reviews Of The Paint "Korund"
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Heating In A Frame House: Convectors And Electricity Without Gas, Water Heating And Other Heating Options. Which View Is Best?
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One of the major benefits of target shooting as a sport is that it is open to all, regardless of age, gender or disability. Appropriate accomodations where feasible can and always will be made to allow disabled shooters to compete on an equal footing. This can include for example, allowing a competitor to shoot from a table rather than from the prone position. The National Shooting Centre at Bisley Camp, where the majority of our matches are held, is also working hard to increase the number of facilities that are accessible to disabled shooters such as with the installation of overhead retrievable targets on Cheylesmore Range.
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LTTE twice tried to assassinate President: Rogue Colonel
(DM)Colombo, May 29, (Asiantribune.com): Intense questioning by the Army Intelligence Unit of a certain Sri Lanka Army Lieutenant Colonel now in custody has revealed that an attempt was made to attack the helicopter in which President Mahinda Rajapaksa travelled to attend a passing out parade at the Diyatalawa Army complex on December 20, 2008.
The Lt. Col. had confessed that he had personally transported a LTTE suicide bomber from Colombo to the Diyatalawa Army camp with his suicide gear, and that the suicide bomber had managed to enter the Army camp at Diyatalawa on that day. This same Lt. Col. had transported another suicide bomber to the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) on April 4, when the President attended the 'Deyata Kirula' Exhibition held there. There too the suicide bomber had managed to enter the premises. Full text


Battlefield 1 reinvents the history of warfare by taking players to World War I in this epic entry into the first-person shooter franchise. Through ever-changing environments at the dawn of all-out war, no battle is ever the same. The game takes you across multiple and varied locations in a bid to fight your way through immersive battles. From tight urban fights in a besieged French city, to big open spaces in the Italian Alps and frantic combats in the deserts of Arabia, discover a world at war through an adventure-filled campaign. Only in Battlefield 1 will you bring a horse to a tank fight and squad-up with your allies in epic multiplayer battles with up to 64 players. In a true multiplayer sandbox experience, take to the skies and engage in high-octane dogfights through treacherous landscapes, or have a battleship obliterating the coast from the sea, and engage in some of the biggest battles ever seen as empires clash for supremacy.


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Nancy Fisher Humphreys
July 4, 1945 ~ August 12, 2018 (age 73)
Nancy Fisher Humphreys (nee Nancy Lloyd Fisher) age 73 passed away unexpectedly at home in Mission Hills, Kansas on August 12, 2018. Her beloved dog, Sweetie, was at her side. Nancy, the daughter of Richard "Dick" and Elizabeth "Libby" Fisher, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1945. She grew up in Laughlintown, PA in a stone house by a creek surrounded with mountain laurel. She graduated from Ligonier Valley High School, where she learned how to recite the Gettysburg Address in Spanish, and Grove City College where she majored in Early Education, following in the footsteps of her mother who taught generations of Ligonier Kindergarteners. In 1967 she married the love of her life, fellow Grove City graduate and Air Force Officer, Richard Humphreys. Nancy embraced the adventure of being a young wife and mother in the military, particularly the four years spent in Germany, instilling in her children a life-long love of travel and cultural diversity. She taught preschool on the military bases of Ramstein, Germany and Tyndall, Florida and later in Winchester, Virginia at the First Presbyterian Church. For the last 13 years of her career she taught Kindergarten at Apple Pie Ridge Elementary School in Frederick County, Virginia. In 2002 she left teaching to take on the happiest job of her life: Granny-Nanny to her beloved grandchildren, Andy and Elizabeth. Nancy was the heart of every home she shared with daughter's family, first in Rochester, NY then Mount Lebanon, PA and finally Mission Hills, KS.
When Nancy retired from teaching at Apple Pie Ridge School the following appreciation appeared in the school newsletter:
Every once in a while, our lives are touched by a rare individual. She brings us comfort, understanding, genuine caring and true friendship when we need it most. She enriches our days and encourages our growth. She gives of herself freely and without reservations. We are drawn to her warmth and boundless energy. She celebrates our joys and successes and shares our tears. Sometimes she is our teacher, but always is our friend. The students and staff of Apple Pie Ridge School have been blessed for 13 years with this once in a lifetime friend. She is Mrs. Nancy F. Humphreys. We have been touched by her and made better because we know her.
In addition to her parents, Nancy is preceded in death by her son, James McCracken Humphreys; grandsons Lloyd Davis and Miles Weston Jiang and father-in-law James Weston Humphreys. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Dr. Kristin Humphreys and Dr. Shao Jiang and grandchildren Andrew Kai and Elizabeth Ping Jiang of Mission Hills, KS; her sister and brother-in-law Eunice-Ann Fisher and John Adam Grove III of Glenshaw, PA, her cousin, Virginia Maury of Churchill, PA, her nephew and his wife John Adam IV and Jennefer Good Grove and their son Gavin Richard Grove of Akron PA; and her niece and her husband, Elizabeth "Liza" Grove and Sean Purdy and their sons James Trevor and David Reed Purdy of Valencia, CA , and her cherished mother-in-law Phyllis McCracken Humphreys of Derry, PA.
There will be a graveside service at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Laughlintown PA on Saturday August 18 at 1:30. In memoriam donations can be sent to : Orphans into Families in China - Global Giving at Care for Children U.S.A., 5000 West 134th Street, Leawood, KS 66209. This program takes Chinese children awaiting adoption out of crowded orphanages and places them with a loving foster family. Nancy was forever grateful for the care and attention her granddaughter received in foster care before adoption.


A more developed stage than leaflets or onsite panels is an outdoor exhibition area. A number of panels—which might include text, illustrations, photographs, interactive devices and 'touchy-feely' exhibits (tree – cones, fur, antlers, stone etc.)—are arranged in a sequence, perhaps near where trails start. The design of the panels can be an extension in structure and materials of the information panels (see Chapter 4), taking the information a stage further into interpretation. An enclosure formed from the panels and open to the air and natural light can also work quite well.
In many areas, trails can have small signs or interpretation panels carrying short messages and pictures relating to features on the site.
There are many types of structure, as follows.
should be placed so that they are orientated towards the point of interest. The plaques can be damaged accidentally or deliberately, so some maintenance and replacement will be required.
These are one of the most common and popular ways of interpreting the environment. They can relate to the whole area or to a part of it, perhaps to a single trail designed to follow a particular theme. Leaflets also provide a form of souvenir and something to refer to later.
The text of the leaflet can be related to points on the ground, such as plants, views or cultural artefacts, by means of photos or drawings that identify them, by points on a map of the route, or by numbered posts along the trail. The posts will have no meaning to visitors without the leaflet, and spotting the next post and interpreting what it relates to can become an exciting game for children.
perhaps be more convinced of the need to protect areas.
For many sites, especially those with complex and detailed stories and where the audience is likely to be a curious one, people who can explain and answer questions are very effective, although costly. There is the added advantage that the landscape is not littered with interpretative panels or signs detracting from the enjoyment of those people who may find such devices intrusive.
Having got a general idea of the potential of a place for interpretation, some planning will be necessary This will ensure that the interests of the organization :md of the visitor will be harmonized, and that the; best methods are employed for the situation.
As in any plan there must be some management objectives, expressed in terms of outcomes from the interpretation programme for the organization and for the visitor. These can be described in the following ways.
– Behavioural: what it is hoped the visitor will do as a result of participating in the programme. This might be to visit particular places, to show more care for fragile areas, to purchase a souvenir, or make a donation.
Before developing interpretative plans for individual sites it is important to consider the overall strategy for the whole area under management. Such a strategy can ensure that interpretation at one site complements rather than duplicates that at another, iind that opportunities for good stories are not missed. Such strategies can be developed by individual owners or agencies, or by consortia covering a much wider area.
– The site or location has something special, which is outside the general experience of most people.
– There are substantial numbers of potential or actual visitors who wish to learn something about the area.
– The site can accommodate the interpretative media to be used and possible visitor pressure.
Why interpret the environment to. visitors?
So far, this book has covered the practical needs of visitors to the outdoors so that they can enjoy fully the experience of scenery, wildlife and physical activity. It is vital to ensure that the special qualities and the spirit of the place are not overwhelmed by the facilities and artefacts provided for visitors, as well as by the people themselves. Some basic information and orientation will also have been provided to help them find their way around safely and with due respect for the environment. If visitors are to gain a greater understanding about the wildlife, landscape and its heritage that they are visiting, this can be provided through interpretation, which is the subject of this chapter.
Frame construction using sawn timber clad onto a timber frame looks more finished than the machined logs and may fit some landscapes, such as in Britain, where log construction is not traditional. The design of the cabin need not follow a traditional or domestic form, and can be of more neutral, asymmetric forms such as intersecting monopitches. A-frames can also be interesting and contrast with everyday residential landscapes. Trees, landforms or other natural features can be the source of inspiration for their design. Overhanging roofs, balconies or decks, cabins on stilts jutting out over steep slopes or water are all features that can be accommodated in appropriate places.


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Q: Why didn't CS50 (a Beta SE site) graduate? I hope this doesn't open Pandora's Box regarding public beta site graduation. I read several posts on the topic and realize it has generated a lot of discussion. Let's break up with "Graduation" and remove a bunch of "Beta" labels
For reference, this question is about the CS50 Beta site. It is intended for students taking one of Harvard's CS50 courses to post questions about their problem sets.
After reading about the 2 previous rounds of beta site graduations (in 2019 and 2021), I'm curious why the CS50 beta site didn't graduate. Links and criteria for previous graduations:

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*Congratulations to our 29 oldest beta sites - They're now no longer
beta! dtd: Aug 1,
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Criteria for the 2019 graduation:

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*The site needed to be in public Beta for at least 7 years.

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*Congratulations to the 59 sites that just left Beta: dtd: Dec 16,
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Criteria for the 2021 graduation:

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*The site needed to be in public Beta for at least 6 months.

*The site needed to have at least 1000 open questions.

*At least 70% of the questions on the site needed to have at least one
upvoted answer.

Associated statistics (on Feb 22, 2023) for CS50 Beta are:

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*It has been in public Beta for 9 years (since 2014), with 13,319 questions.

*It has 1,022 questions with no answers (this is an "open question" - right?).

*75.4% of the questions have at least one upvoted or accepted answer. (There are 3,273 questions with no upvoted or accepted answer.)

I don't have statistics at the time of 2021 graduation. It's possible there were not 1,000 open questions at that time. Is that the reason? Were there other reasons?
When is the next graduation phase scheduled? Is it possible CS50 will be eligible at that time?
As an aside, there is also a cs50 tag on Stack Overflow. It has another 3,242 questions – 397 questions have no answers and 1,015 questions have no upvoted or accepted answers. Ideally, graduating the beta site would redirect these problem set questions to a more appropriate site.

A: The CS50 site might be reasonably old and active enough, but its community is not. See this answer by a former staff member and perhaps also this one for more details.
For a more technical reason, only public beta sites are considered for graduation; you mentioned that yourself. CS50 is in (perpetuate) private beta, which you can see from the privilege levels which differ from public beta sites like the newest one.

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