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Book catch up...
Been so busy with the English Civil War project I have been neglecting the book page and as I've read a few just lately I thought I'd share the following.. the first one in particular is a cracker, from a cracking series..
Book Comments Score (out of 10)
I cannot rate this series highly enough and would recommend all of them without reservation - the books [clicky] are set against the British submarine service in the Second World War and feature 'wavy Navy' officer Harry Gilmour - this is the fourth and Harry has been int he service coming on for two years and has been invited to do the Perisher course, the passing of which is the precursor (and still is), for submarine command. Having passed it Harry is posted to the Mediterranean based first at Malta where he commands a number of submarines in temporary capacities before finally being given his own. The books are hugely good on detail, what it was like to serve in a submarine at the time, the attack descriptions re excellent.. at the end Harry and his submarine are transferred to another command and he comes up against an old enemy (in his own service!).. 'nuff said, no spoilers, can't wait for part 5! 9
Not one of his classics, but eminently readable as you would expect.. he'll always be a story teller even when he's not trying very hard, as is the case here I thought.. quite short, and almost a collection of short stories welded into a single book - a young computer genius is taken under the wing of an old Cold War warhorse, and unleashed on the enemies of the free world.. good fun, completely implausible, but an entertaining read and not a waste of time.. besides, the baddies get spanked...
You can almost set your watch by these now, though having said that there was a two year wait for this one, and is it sacrilege to say I didn't really miss it until it arrived? Oh don't get me wrong I'll always read anything Bernard C. puts out I even enjoyed "Fools and Mortals" (which was the reason for the delay in this one coming out I think) but this series has long gone past the point I think it should have stopped... I wouldn't be able to tell you what happened in each of the previous books because to be honest they are all the same.. Uhtred saves the day and there is a shield wall or two.. oh, and the Christian Saxons are largely perfidious, and the Pagan Norse are wicked but largely good fellows you would have a drink with... and so it is with this book as well.. there are signs that Uhtred is getting older and slowing down, there are signs that the English as a nation are coming, and you know there is going to be another book.. enjoy it like a comfy pair of slippers, nothing new to see here but enjoyable none the less..
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Order of Battle Edgehill...
This will find it's way to the project page, but here is the target/aiming point for the project...
Like most of my projects, I like to base it around a particular battle where possible (Schellenberg/Blenheim; Kernstown; Omdurman; Hampton Roads, etc.) and for this project I have chosen Edgehill, so the units I paint will be from the following (unless I get distracted... err, zouaves anyone? ).. why Edgehill? No other reason than that I am drawn to the early years of most of the wars I have a specific interest in.. the troops are fresh, equipment is generally less advanced, training is not so good, uniforms more colourful, and all is still to play for...
Click on unit names in the following (where linked) to be taken to the relevant blog post about the unit..
The Royalist Army
Commander-in-chief: King Charles the First
Lieutenant-General: Patrick Ruthven, Earl of Forth (who replaced the Earl of Lindsey)
General of the Horse: Prince Rupert of the Rhine
Commissary-General of Horse: Henry Wilmot
Sergeant-Major-General of Foot: Sir Jacob Astley
Major-General of Dragoons: Sir Arthur Aston
Master of the Ordnance: Mountjoy Blount, Earl of Newport (nominal)
Lieutenant of the Ordnance: Sir John Heydon
Unit Type Unit Name Manufacturer
Right Wing of Horse: Prince Rupert
Front line:
Horse Prince Rupert's regiment of horse
Prince of Wales' regiment (nominal, the Prince was not a combatant)
Prince Maurice's regiment
King's lifeguard
Second line:
Horse Sir John Byron's regiment .
Royalist Foot: Sir Jacob Astley
Charles Gerard's Brigade (front line)
Foot Charles Gerard's regiment [clicky]
Sir Lewis Dyve's regiment
Sir Ralph Dutton's regiment Peter Pig
Richard Fielding's Brigade (front line)
Foot Richard Fielding's regiment (Fielding taken prisoner)
Sir Thomas Lunsford's regiment (Lunsford taken prisoner)
Richard Bolle's regiment
Sir Edward Fitton's regiment
Sir Edward Stradling's regiment (Stradling taken prisoner) .
Henry Wentworth's Brigade (front line)
Foot Sir Gilbert Gerard's regiment
Sir Thomas Salusbury's regiment
Lord Molyneux's regiment .
John Belasyse's Brigade (second line)
Foot John Belasyse's regiment
Thomas Blagge's regiment
Sir William Pennyman's regiment .
Sir Nicholas Byron's Brigade (second line)
Foot King's lifeguard of foot
Lord-General's regiment
Sir John Beaumont's regiment .
Left Wing of Horse: Commissary-General Wilmot
Horse Henry Wilmot's regiment
Lord Grandison's regiment
Earl of Carnarvon's regiment .
Horse Lord Digby's regiment
Sir Thomas Aston's regiment .
Horse Gentleman Pensioners .
Foot William Legge's firelocks .
The Parliamentarian Army
Captain-General: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
General of the Horse: William Russell, Earl of Bedford (nominal)
Lieutenant-General of the Horse: Sir William Balfour
Commissary-General of Horse: Sir James Ramsey
Sergeant-Major-General of Foot: Sir John Merrick (not present at Edgehill)
General of the Ordnance: John Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough (nominal)
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance: Philbert Emmanuel Du Bois
Right Wing of Horse: The Earl of Bedford
Horse The Lord-General's regiment
Sir William Balfour's regiment
Lord Fielding's regiment
Col. John Browne's dragoons
Col. James Wardlowe's dragoons
Parliamentarian Foot
Sir John Meldrum's Brigade (vanguard)
Foot Sir John Meldrum's regiment
Lord Saye-and-Sele's regiment
Lord Robarte's regiment
Sir William Constable's regiment
Sir William Fairfax's regiment
Charles Essex's Brigade (main battle)
Foot Sir Charles Essex's regiment
Sir Henry Cholmley's regiment
Lord Mandeville's regiment
Lord Wharton's regiment Peter Pig
Thomas Ballard's Brigade (rearguard)
Foot The Lord-General's regiment (two divisions)
Lord Brooke's regiment
Thomas Ballard's regiment
Denzil Holles's regiment
Cavalry supporting the Foot in the centre
Horse Sir Philip Stapleton's troop of cuirassiers (Lord-General's lifeguard)
Captain Nathaniel Draper's troop of arquebusiers
Sir William Balfour's troop of cuirassiers
The Earl of Bedford's troop of cuirassiers
Left Wing of Horse: Sir James Ramsay
Mixed 24 troops of horse
400 commanded musketeers amongst the horse
300 commanded musketeers and dragoons in the hedges
http://bcw-project.org/military/english-civil-war/edgehill-campaign/order-of-battle
Stuart Reid, All the King's Armies (Staplehurst 1998)
Keith Roberts & John Tincey, Edgehill 1642 (Osprey 2001)
Colonel Charles Essex's Regiment of Foote..
Second unit painted, and the first of the Parliamentarian infantry has joined the project..
Colonel Charles Essex's Regiment of Foot was originally raised for service in Ireland but instead served with Essex's army at Edgehill, and had a very short shelf life indeed as it was routed at Edgehill during the first charge of Rupert's horse - basically, they got caught up in the rout of the Parliamentary horse..
It is documented in various sources, that that at the end of the battle, the remains of the regiment did play a part in stopping the remains of the Royalist cavalry charging the rear of the Parliamentary infantry...
According to Scott et al the regiment numbered about 600 (Edgehill: The Battle Reinterpreted
By Christopher L. Scott, Alan Turton, Eric Gruber von Arni)
Their Colonel, Charles Essex, was the son of Sir William Essex (no family connection to the Earl and General). Somewhat interestingly, said father served as captain of one of the company's in his son's regiment! His father was captured and made prisoner after the battle, but Charles was killed..
Not much known about Charles to be honest - his career was short lived but clearly he was a man of substance - I can't imagine Essex handed out brigade commands to just anybody... I did find this snippet though - my highlights..
"part of the Enemy make Of Rebels there were slain besides Lord Saint Johns Colonel Charles Essex the Soldier of whom they had the best Opinion and who had always till this last Action preserved a good Reputation in the World which was now the Worse over and above the Guilt of Rebellion by his having sworn to the King of Bohemia by whose Intercession he procured leave from the Prince of Orange to go into England That he would never serve against the King"
from An Impartial History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: During the Reign of King Charles the First, with the Precedent Passages and Actions that Contributed Thereto and the Happy End and Conclusion Thereof by the Restoration of King Charles II... Jacob Hooper 1738
Clearly he had served in a military capacity on the continent then during the 30 Years War - and I have to assume that as he had to request permission to leave he must have been in a fairly important role...
After the battle the regiment seems to have been present at the stand off at Turnham Green, but shortly after was disbanded, with the remnants being drafted into Colonel Henry Bulstrode's Regiment of Foot.
At Edgehill they were part of Charles Essex's Brigade (Front left of the Parliamentary line) (along with Sir Henry Cholmley's regiment, Lord Mandeville's regiment and Lord Wharton's regiment)
Sources show the regiment were issued tawny coats lined yellow in September 1642 so I went with that - now I've always assumed tawny is a browny orange and I got spectacularly lucky with a particular shade of Rowney Deller ink ("Red Earth") that came out just right in my eyes.. pleased with these..
No details of the standard the regiment carried, so I went with yellow purely as a result of the yellow lining on the coats, but that's purely supposition...
24 figures - painted Feb 2019 - make Peter Pig..
http://wiki.bcw-project.org/parliamentarian/foot-regiments/charles-essex
http://www.battleofedgehillexhibitionradway.org.uk/documents/english-heritage-1995-edgehill.pdf
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Swedish vs Dutch models and basic notes on infantry organisation in English Civil War
A few notes and jottings as I move further into the project ... truly the web is a wonderful place...
"Your advance upon an Enemy, in what posture soever he be, should be with a constant, firm and steady pace; the Musketeers (whether they be on the Flanks or interlin'd with either the Horse or the Pikes) firing all the while; but when you come within Pistol-shot [so, approx. 30 yards - StW], you should double your pace, till your Pikes closely serr'd together, charge these, whether Horse or Foot, whom you find before them. It is true, the business very oft comes not to push of Pike, but it hath and may come oft to it, and then Pikemen are very serviceable". Sir James Turner
...interesting.. "business very oft comes not to push of Pike".. so the image of large English Civil War armies poking each other at close quarters like some giant rugby scrum may not be as realistic as I thought..
Infantry Organisation/Weapons
The basic model of infantry organisation adopted by each side consisted of a regiment of ten equal companies of one hundred men for a total strength of one thousand. Sometimes the companies were of unequal size, but the basic building block was a regiment of a 1000 divided in 10 companies..
Pikemen and musketeers were not organised in separate companies, but each company had a proportion of each.
Later in the war a ratio approaching two muskets to every pike (2:1) became the norm on both sides, but at the time of Edgehill it was more likely to be 1:1. All things being equal Royalist regiments would have tended to more pike than Parliamentarian ones, as Parliament had started the war in control of a number of the main arsenals..
Most of the muskets would have been matchlocks. The effective range was typically no more than fifty to one hundred meters. I have read in two places of studies showing there was a no better than 50% chance of hitting a man at 100 yards, but of course they weren't firing at just one man, so I'm guessing 100 yards or less was optimal... musket rests were more common in the early stages of the war but fell out of use as the war progressed..
Now the realities...
"In practice .. both Royalist and Parliamentary regiments could have as few as six companies, and were sometimes down to 200 men or so, while 800-900 was about the maximum strength. The gap between establishment and actual strength was even wider in the 16th and 17th Centuries than in later periods, as has already been shown, and in the Civil War the raising of troops was particularly local, personal and haphazard, especially on the King's side, while practices like the recruitment of prisoners of war (though common in Europe also), would be likely to mean many troops of limited enthusiasm, and a high rate of desertion" from http://home.mysoul.com.au/graemecook/Renaissance/RenaissanceWarfare-AirfixMagazineArticles.htm (George Gush Renaissance Warfare)
"A regiment, according to strength, would form in the field one or two 'divisions'; some-times drawn up eight deep, more often six, with the musketeers flanking the pikes. Some musketeers would be detached ('commanded') to form a 'forlorn hope' screen, often lining a hedge or ditch, and others would often be found on the flanks giving fire support to the cavalry in Swedish fashion. At first, fire was generally by counter-march*, but in Parliamentary armies of the later war years, and in at least one Royalist force - Montrose's Scots-Irish army - the Swedish 'salvo' or simultaneous three-rank volley was used, the shot being reduced, from six ranks to three by 'doubling the files' before firing." from http://home.mysoul.com.au/graemecook/Renaissance/RenaissanceWarfare-AirfixMagazineArticles.htm (George Gush Renaissance Warfare)
* counter march.. think of an infantry version of the cavalry 'caracole' - basically the first rank would fire and then retire behind the current rear rank to reload, all the other ranks stepped forward one rank, and the firing process is repeated.. the idea being that by the time they got back to the front rank, the first rank to fire had reloaded.. a regiment could do this while advancing or retreating by omitting the step forward to retire, or taking two or more steps forward to advance..
"Both Swedish and Dutch tactical formations [see next for a slightly more detailed view of each] were employed, the latter especially in the earlier stages, though for infantry Dutch formations were simpler and probably more practical than the rather complex Swedish-based formations advocated by contemporary drill books such as that of Robert Ward". from http://home.mysoul.com.au/graemecook/Renaissance/RenaissanceWarfare-AirfixMagazineArticles.htm (George Gush Renaissance Warfare)
Dutch System
The first of the main military modifications were made by the Dutch (specifically Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange) from the 1590's onward's and were as a result of their long wars with the Spanish.. basically they split the large unwieldy regiment of 900-1000 into two battalions of 500/smaller numbers, changed firing methodology, and modified tactics to take advantage of the more flexible small battalions...
Same number of men, but less ranks [than the Tercio that had been the dominant formation up until then] meant the regiment covered a greater frontage.. "its shallower depth of ten ranks meant that it could bring a higher percentage of its musketeers into the firing line than a deeper formation" Osprey - Pike and shot Tactics 1590-1660
From this:
...typical Spanish type Tercio... over 2000 men in one battlefield body.. a steam roller.. reminds me of a French infantry attack column in the Napoleonic Wars...
...to this:
...smaller, flatter, more muskets to bear..
"The Dutch style was by far the best known system among English officers in 1642. Both the Parliamentarian and Royalist captain-generals, the Earl of Essex and the Earl of Lindsey, had commanded regiments in the Dutch service. At .. Edgehill, .. both commanders planned to deploy their forces broadly in accordance with Dutch practice. However, the King's nephew Prince Rupert insisted upon re-deploying the Royalist army in the more complex brigade formation of the Swedish style." http://bcw-project.org/military/tactics [clicky]
"Under the Dutch system, the central pike block drew up in ranks between five and ten men deep, while the flanking shot drew up in ranks of between eight and twelve men. The shot were drilled to perfect the countermarch, in which the front rank would fire a volley, then turn about and march to the rear down the intervals between the files to reload their weapons. The second rank would then step up, fire their weapons and turn about in the same way. This continued until the front rank had returned to its original place, by which time their guns were reloaded and ready to fire again. In this way, the Dutch battalions could keep up a continuous fire for as long as their ammunition lasted". http://bcw-project.org/military/tactics [clicky]
When threatened by cavalry, the shot could retire behind [or in] the pikes without disrupting the formation of the battalion. http://bcw-project.org/military/tactics [clicky]
The Dutch battalions [army] were deployed in three lines of battle. They were staggered in a "chequerboard" formation, adapted from the Roman acies triplex (triple battle order), so that the gaps between the front line battalions were covered by those behind. While the second line could be used to support the front line, the third line was a reserve or rearguard, which was only committed to battle as a last resort, either to reinforce a final push for victory or to cover a withdrawal". http://bcw-project.org/military/tactics [clicky]
Swedish System
Swedish type deployment - click to embiggen - note how the brigade in the second line deploys to cover the gap between the brigades in the front line...
A further modification of the Dutch system driven by Gustavus Adolphus during his wars in Germany - it's basically a more offensive version of the essentially defensive Dutch system, as I read it... In the Swedish system, armies tended to forget about the 3rd deployment line and would deploy in just the two..
"Gustavus divided his infantry regiments into two units of around 500 men each, which were known as squadrons and were equivalent to the Dutch battalions. The principal Swedish battlefield unit was the brigade, which was formed either from four squadrons deployed in a diamond pattern or, more usually, from three squadrons deployed in an arrowhead formation.
Gustavus initially sought to increase the firepower of his infantry in order to compensate for the inferiority of the Swedish horse. Swedish squadrons maintained the central pike block flanked by musketeers, but the formations were shallower than in the Dutch system, with ranks six men deep. This presented a broader front which brought more firepower to bear on the enemy. Like the Dutch, Swedish musketeers were drilled to maintain a continuous fire by use of the countermarch. However, Gustavus added the tactic of "doubling the files" when the enemy drew near, in which the rearmost ranks of shot moved up to fill the gaps between the frontline ranks, thus transforming a six-rank formation into three ranks. The front rank would kneel, the second rank would crouch and the third rank would stand. When commanded, all three ranks would fire simultaneously to deliver a devastating salvo, the "Swedish salvee". If the enemy stood firm, the musketeers would reload behind the shelter of the pikes to fire another salvo. As soon as the enemy faltered, the Swedish infantry charged forward to break them in hand-to-hand combat.
The formidable firepower of the Swedish infantry was increased by the use of light field artillery pieces that fired a three-pound shot and were manoeuvrable enough be moved with the troops in battle. As many as twelve field guns were attached to each brigade" http://bcw-project.org/military/tactics [clicky]
Detail from a painting by Snayers [clicky]depicting an infantry formation - from the above I'd say deployed in the Swedish style as the musket sleeves look to be about 7 or 8 ranks deep rather than the slightly deeper Dutch style..
"The Swedish brigades themselves were formed of either three squadrons [battalions] to form an arrowhead formation, or four squadrons to form a diamond"
"The Swedes deployed supporting cavalry squadrons behind both the first and second lines of infantry, as distinct from the Dutch practice which placed them behind the first line only. The cavalry wings were reinforced with 'commanded musketeers' - a Swedish innovation that differed from Dutch practice".
"Soldiers who were already experienced in Dutch and Danish tactics could quickly be re-trained in the basics of the Swedish practice, since the drills were the same. However, the Swedish tactical formation was more complex than the Dutch, and only veteran soldiers could achieve competence in it quickly".
The German Style
A composite of both that came in shortly after the death of Adolphus..
"The battalions (sometimes termed 'brigades') had around 1,000 men drawn up with a reduced depth; Monteccuoli referred to a file of seven men for the pike block in 1632 (when the horse included both full cuirassiers and lighter-armed battle cavalry). This formation, influenced by the Dutch but also using the Swedish model of forming small infantry brigades as fighting units rather than simply a deployment tool, was the foundation of the composite German style".
Edgehill specifics:
"Prince Rupert was inspired by the aggressive tactical approach and decisive victories of Gustavus Adolphus, and through his influence the Royalist army was deployed at Edgehill .. with its infantry in the Swedish brigade pattern, and both cavalry and infantry in the Swedish unit depths of six-deep an d three-deep respectively........ five Royalist infantry brigades in two lines, each brigade in the Swedish 'four-squadron' formation.... to work successfully it required veteran officers and NCOs and a cadre of veteran soldiers. The Royalist infantry was only recently raised and had few veterans;"Pike_and_Shot_Tactics_1590-1660
It's mentioned that the Swedish style was not used again by the Royalists after 1642 - they too went more German in style...
Royalist Deployment Edgehill - copyright Osprey
"[At Edgehill] the Parliamentarian regiments deployed in eight ranks, according to the Dutch method, a regimental frontage would occupy approximately 150 yards, and a brigade front over 600 yards. The left of the Parliamentarian line was occupied by Sir James Ramsey with 24 troops of horse, 600 musketeers and perhaps three guns. Ramsey deployed 300 musketeers between his first-line squadrons and 300 along the hedges to his left. The Parliamentarian centre was arranged in two lines with the infantry brigades of Colonel Charles Essex and Sir John Meldrum in the first line, Colonel Thomas Ballard's Brigade in the second and Sir Philip Stapleton's and Sir William Balfour's Horse in support" Pike_and_Shot_Tactics_1590-1660
"Parliament army at Edgehill .. its infantry were drawn up in two lines of battalions .. with each regiment forming either one or two battalions. The depth for the Parliament army followed an English variation on the Dutch model current since the mid-1630s, with infantry drawn up eight deep rather than the Dutch ten, and the cavalry fighting six deep. The deployment of the Parliament cavalry on its left wing included both commanded musketeer plottons of about 50 men each, drawn up six deep, and light artillery in the model originated by the Swedes and now forming part of the composite German style". Pike_and_Shot_Tactics_1590-1660
The Royalist army was deployed at Edgehill - the first battle of the Civil War - with its infantry in the Swedish brigade pattern, and both cavalry and infantry in the Swedish unit depths of six-deep and three-deep respectively. The Royalist battle plan .... shows five Royalist infantry brigades in two lines, each brigade in the Swedish 'four-squadron' formation. .... While this was certainly an effective tactical style, it was more complicated to operate than either the Dutch or German equivalents, and to work successfully it required veteran officers and NCO's and a cadre of veteran soldiers. The Royalist infantry was only recently raised and had few veterans; the practical effect was that while they could be drawn up in the Swedish style this was simply a fagade, since they lacked the experience to use it to advantage". Pike_and_Shot_Tactics_1590-1660
Finally, this is amazing - a real resource... click and enjoy
https://brego-weard.com/lib/ns/ELI_179_Pike_and_Shot_Tactics_1590-1660_-_Ospr.pdf
Also recommend here:
http://www.battleofedgehill.org/edgehill-battlefield/index.html [clicky]
Enjoyed that.. cavalry and artillery next!
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"Vietnam - an Epic Tragedy 1945-1975" - a review..
...ever found yourself part way into a book and thought - "Good God, what have I taken on!" .. in a good kind of way of course...
So it was with this book - it is HUGE. The scope is enormous - from the end of the Second World War to the fall of Saigon, and the research is meticulous and the detail very, very, extensive..
I 'enjoyed' every minute as Hastings is one of my favourite historians, he has an easy to read style that keeps you engaged, but it is a big old book and kept me occupied for almost a month...
So what do you get?
An almost week by week history of the Vietnamese conflict from the French Colonial period to shprtly after the last American troops were withdrawn*
How the scene was set first by French colonial occupiers who returned at the end of the war looking to pick up where they left off but finding an all too different environment dominated by the communist movement lead by Ho Chi Minh, that they were incapable of adapting to, or controlling..
The increasing numbers of 'atrocities' met by a greater and greater French military reaction lead by French Foreign Legion and other regular troops that culminated in the miraculous victory by Giap (surely one of the great unknown military strategists) and the Viet Minh communist forces at Dien Bien Phu [clicky] which culminated in France giving up it's control, and the partition of Vietnam into the communist north (capital Hanoi) and non-communist south (capital Saigon) either side of a demilitarized zone.. horrifying times - they think almost a million people moved south out of the north region - mostly Catholics - and because of fear of punishment by the Viet Minh if they stayed..
..and it got worse...
Poor southern governments (utterly, and appallingly inept), communist incursions driven by Hanoi, civil unrest in the south driven by protest at the state of government, and subsequent crackdowns lead to a military coup and the first of a succession of generals in charge of south Vietnam and surely, but slowly at first, US involvement to support the generals began to grow from about 1964 (Hastings is good on the Tonkin incident, very even handed) plateauing at about half a million troops by 1965..
The American's poured billions into Vietnam, and thousands of their troops died, and for little or no benefit... there was a fundamental failing in that for all the war bodies, tanks, bombs, Huey's (and in one operation the Americans used 500 of them - what a sight that would have been!!), shells and ammunition, there was a disconnect between the American's and the south Vietnamese that never saw the south Vietnamese really engage with what they needed to do - it was almost like they (not all of them) sat back and let the American's get on with it..
It's all in here.. Khe Sanh, US issues with drugs, collapse of morale, collapse of discipline, "fragging" (I knew the phrase, but not what it actually was about), My Lai, the role of the Australian's (I had not realised how many troops they committed), the Ho Chi Minh trail, Arclight (the B52 bomber strategy).. hugely readable, and I was itching to start a collection until I looked over and saw the painting table already pre-loaded...
..and then there was Tet, and it all started to really unravel - the American's and their south Vietnamese allies may have won the tactical battle, but the strategic battle was won by the Viet Minh and from that point onwards the descent is rapid...
Withdrawal of American troops starts, driven by opinion in the US and the anti-war movement, and then aid starts to dry up, and then the Americans leave the south Vietnamese unsupported except for a whole load of empty promises no US politician was ever going to enact in the climate of opinion at the time...
Saigon eventually fell to the Viet Minh just 7 years after Tet..
Superb book - definitely a 10'er - but oh my, so depressing - the inevitability of the failure was clear, and the whole sorry history reminded me very much of the book I read on the Fall of France [clicky] - there is that same inevitability (the southern Vietnamese army even had their own "Dunkirk moment") and you just know that it is not going to end well...
Wholly recommended
*we don't count "advisors" as troops...
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Charles Gerard's Regiment of Foote... redux!
Well, well, well.... a doppelganger has arrived...
From this ..
..to this..
..looks like they shrunk in the wash...
My regular reader will have read of my writings over Christmas, where, like some 21st Century, flat white drinking, snowflake hipster, I was complaining of "not feeling the love" for the figure ranges/scales I'd (myself!) chosen for the nascent, and still-born, English Civil War project... and how, having stamped my feet in a petulant manner, had sent off for an order of Peter Pig figures...
Well I am delighted to report that the flat whites are again creamy and smooth in Steve the Wargamer's world, as the arrival of the (excellently packed, and quickly sent) package was everything I had hoped it would be... in fact so much love was flowing, a regiment's worth was cleaned, and on the painting sticks for priming the same day they arrived..
Let me introduce you then, to the "new" first regiment in the English Civil War project... Sir Charles Gerard's Regiment of Foote
Poised to receive horse..
Seriously - they are lovely - look at the character in those resting pikemen..
The paint flowed quickly on these ones.. couple of hours?? I used the same technique I demonstrated in the post before last, it may be worth using a grey rather than black primer next time, same white wet brush after, but when the figures are this small I think the grey will help lighten the overall colouring.. for the next order I will get resting musketeers for the second ranks..
According to my research the regiment were originally raised - probably in early 1642 - as part of the Earl of Derby's forces in Lancashire, where they were present at the siege of Manchester in September, and then at Edgehill (which is the the basis for this project) in October. They numbered approximately 740* at the battle, and were brigaded with Sir Lewis Dyve's and Sir Ralph Dutton's regiments on the front right of the Royalist deployment (see following)...
Picture courtesy Google Books
By all accounts they did sterling service anchoring the Royalist line at a time of most need.
The Concise Encyclopedia of the Revolutions and Wars of England, Scotland ...
By Stephen C. Manganiello
In November the regiment were present at Turnham Green, before going into winter quarters as part of the Oxford garrison at the end of a fairly successful year (for them, if not the King).
Gerard was a bit of a 'hard charger' by all the accounts I've read... he learnt his trade in Holland and the Low countries before returning to serve the King.. as above he was wounded at the battle, but went on to survive the war and was seen as a trusted pair of hands by the Royalist command - he was particularly active in Wales, and liked by Rupert. At the end of the war he went into exile, was influential at the court of Charles II, married, four children, was restored to his estates following the restoration, but was implicit in the later "glorious revolution" and after a short banishment was back in favour with the succession of William - he died in 1694 at the, not bad, age of 76... not a particularly happy or pleasant man it seems - he seems to have been fairly litigious, a conspirer, and while in Wales during the war there were sufficient complaints about his heavy handedness to the King, that he was 'promoted sideways'..
Decision made then.. this is going to be a 15mm project
On to Parliament next - one of Charles Essex's Brigade I think who as you can see in the map were deployed opposite..
* source "Edgehill: The Battle Reinterpreted" By Christopher L. Scott, Alan Turton, Eric Gruber von Arni
More details here:
http://www.battleofedgehill.org/edgehill-battlefield-map/index.html
http://bcw-project.org/biography/charles-gerard
http://wiki.bcw-project.org/royalist/foot-regiments/col.-charles-gerard-oxford
Blockage Runner... Setup and Game
I'm just glad to be here, happy to be alive (At the end of the line)
'End of the Line' Traveling Wilburys
If all goes to plan this will be my 900th post since I started blogging back in February 2007 (it didn't go to plan as a couple of other posts snuck in first so this is actually the 902nd'th), which means I've been blogging for about 12 years, now.. I have to say it's been remarkably good fun - chatted with a whole load of people, had a whole load of kindness'es done (figures given and sent, magazines donated - you know who you are, Jim - advice on a myriad of subjects. etcetc), but as far as I'm concerned the post is BAU, and I now look forward to the next 12 years and what I guess is the next milestone which is the 1000th post...!
Either way, with some time on my hands after I'd completed the American dismounted dragoons, I cast around for something to do and happened to spot out of the corner of my eye the ACW ships I built last year, and which I had not yet played a game.. decision made then!
So for this game a mixed force of three (fictional, but typical) Confederate blockade runners have been intercepted by a (fictional, but typical) Union force consisting of an ironclad monitor, and a small gunship..
CSS Butternut, and the CSS Tiger
CSS Robert E Lee and in the background the USS Drewery
USS Monitor
I was hoping that this would give a fairly balanced game as although the Confederates have a larger number of ships, the monitor should balance the equation...
Objective is for the Confederate ships to exit the opposite table edge.. game was played lengthwise on a 6' x 4' table..
Armaments:
'Robert E Lee' - 2 x Medium rifled guns (fore and aft) and a broadside of 1 Medium and 2 Small Smooth-bores per side - light armour
'Butternut' - 2 x Medium rifled guns (fore and aft) and a broadside of 2 Small Smooth-bores per side - light armour
'Tiger' - 2 x Medium rifled guns (fore and aft) and a broadside of 2 Small Smooth-bores per side - light armour
'Monitor' - 2 x Heavy Smoothbores - heavy armour - also classed as "small" target
'Drewery' - 2 x Medium rifled guns (fore and aft) - light armour - also classed as "small" target
So the "Rebs" have more guns, but the "Bluebelly's" have bigger guns, (some) better armour, and are harder to hit ..
Starting positions as follows:
Turn 1:
The US win the initiative and both sides get 3 action points to play with..each side advances, with the Confederates turning to starboard so as to get their broadsides in arc...
The US win initiative again but only get 1 AP. With it, the Monitor opens fire on the Robert E Lee at long range but misses (and this was to be a theme for the whole game!) Drewery being smaller does a double move - I had an idea to use her as a flanking force..
In the Confederate phase the Robert E Lee opens fire on Monitor at long range and hits 3 times (!), though one of these is saved when the test for small target was taken into account - being medium and light guns that also means there is an additional save which meant neither of these shots had penetrated Monitors heavy armour to do any significant damage... elsewhere, Butternut and Tiger fire their main armament at Drewery but miss..
..and the games begins to go decisive..
The Confederates win initiative, and throw 3 AP's.. with them the Robert E Lee again opens fire on Monitor but this time with no effect. Butternut and Tiger again fire their main armament at Drewery and this time cause a hit and start a fire
What it does do is cause the US to spend their AP's on recovering from damage sustained in the Confederate phase - so no shooting, just the obligatory (free) move forward.
The Confederates win initiative again, and have 2 AP's - they move forward, turn to port (so as tot be heading up the table for their exit edge) and fire everything they have at Monitor.. (five medium rifles, 1 medium smooth-bore and a handful of light smooth-bores - basically everything except the kitchen sink) – causing two hits, one of which penetrates causing 'confusion' on board Monitor
The US throw 4 AP's which Monitor uses to move and recover from before firing unsuccessfully and reloading. Drewery turns, moves twice and fires (and misses) - yet another turn of poor gunnery by the US.
For the third time the Confederates win initiative, and roll 2 AP's - basically they repeat the actions of the previous turn but without the successes they saw while firing..
The US only get 1 AP which Monitor uses to fire at Tiger, causing two hits neither of which penetrate despite weight of shell. Drewery needs to manoeuvre to avoid running aground so doesn't fire..
Finally the US win back the initiative and also with the maximum of 4 AP's - they have the opportunity to start finally hitting back.. Monitor reloads, fires (and misses!), before manoeuvring (so as not to hit Drewery ), and at the same time reloading…
The Drewery manoeuvres, and fires at short range at Butternut causing two hits (at last!), one of which penetrates causing engine damage and a boiler explosion (permanent reduced speed)..
The Confederates have also got 4 AP's – with it Butternut recovers the engine failure and then fires back at Drewery causing 1 pt damage before moving.. Tiger and Robert E Lee move twice and fire their broadsides at Monitor (3 hits) - at this point in time the Confederates are simply obeying orders which is to get their ships off the far end of the table rather than inflict what could easily be a crushing defeat on the Union navy..
Nothing they can do...
I called the game as a Confederate victory – all ships will exit the the board as ordered - a little singed round the edges but nothing that couldn't be repaired in the Confederate graving yards up river..
Post match analysis:
Rules used were a set I picked up via the web from Bill Gilchrist - I won't go into a huge load of detail, as I believe there was a hope/plan they might be picked up by Osprey as a future rules release? What I can say is that I like them lots, as for me they hit that lovely spot between simplicity and complexity ie. just enough of each to give tactical decisions to make, with detailed weaponry, and period flavour, while not drowning in rivet counting...
Clearly a most unbalanced scenario as what is more important in these rules is weight of shot rather than thickness of armour... bottom line if you have kitchen sinks to throw, even if they are not very big kitchen sinks, then the more kitchen sinks the better as statistically one of them is going to do some damage!
Rules reviews for "Cruel Sea's" the WW2 patrol boat set from Warlord, have shown an interesting method of showing speed - basically a cone placed underneath the back of the ship and placed so as to show speed- see following - I like it and will manufacture something similar as it is one less thing to have to track - if I can also build in a turn circle it will be two things less to track ...
Picture purloined shamelessly from Google and courtesy Warlord [clicky]
Stay tuned as the South will sail again - somehow or another they need to get back down river.. and sure as eggs the Union is not going to allow that!
This post also prompted me to put together a "project page" - I toyed with the idea of adding it to the current American Civil War one, but for the time being it will live separately.. link to the left under "Projects"
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OneDrive Version History for all file types
by Martin Brinkmann on July 19, 2017 in Companies, Microsoft - Last Update: January 04, 2018 - 3 comments
Microsoft announced today that it is expanding support for OneDrive's version history feature to all file types stored by the service.
OneDrive supported the restoration of document file formats by using the service's version history feature up until recently.
Today's roll out brings support for the recovery of any file type to OneDrive. Microsoft notes that this was one of the most requested user features.
Considering that competing services like Dropbox or Google Drive support the recovery of any file type already, it makes sense for Microsoft to expand the functionality to cover all file types.
Microsoft confirms that OneDrive users will be able to restore or download previous versions of files for up to 30 days.
The announcement confirms that this rolls out to personal OneDrive accounts over the Summer. Approximately 10% of all OneDrive users should be able to use the feature right now, while the remaining 90% will be able to make use of it in the coming weeks.
How to restore previous files using OneDrive
The process of restoring previous file versions has not changed at all.
Load https://onedrive.com/ in your browser of choice.
Right-click on the file that you want to restore an earlier version of.
You should see the "version history" link in the context menu.
OneDrive loads a page that lists the different versions of the file that OneDrive has in storage.
All that is left now is to select the version that you want to restore, and either select the "open file" or the "restore" option once you have made that selection.
It will take weeks, maybe months, before the feature reaches all OneDrive users. Once it does, all benefit from the new file restoration option. Useful for instance to restore a previous version of a document, but also of other file types that OneDrive did not support previously.
Think of an image that you are working on as an artist, code files, PDF documents, and basically any other type of file that you may change over time.
It may also be useful when it comes to ransomware attacks, or other attack forms that encrypt or modify files on an operating system. Using OneDrive's file version history, you may restore the original file if it was in the sync folder.
Now You: Which file syncing service do you use, and why?
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Yuliya said on July 19, 2017 at 8:18 pm
>Now You: Which file syncing service do you use, and why?
A portable HDD (:
dmacleo said on July 19, 2017 at 11:40 pm
Which file syncing service do you use, and why?
nextcloud (fork of owncloud by org owncloud staff) on my own servers. and for privacy.
chesscanoe said on July 20, 2017 at 2:44 pm
I pay for Google drive space but also use the
free accumulated OneDrive space I have. Both services are evolving rather quickly, so I have no strong preference at this point – each has advantages and disadvantages to confuse the issue.

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In an effort to help eliminate discrimination and boost diversity, more South Korean companies are shifting to blind hiring to create a more diverse workforce, according to an analysis by the Korea Economic Research Institute.
The report showed that the surveyed firms mostly adopted blind hiring for select positions.
Lotte Department Store, for example, leveraged the hiring method for bringing in merchandisers. Meanwhile, CJ ENM used it when recruiting concert planners, and KT used it while hiring software developers.
Companies have eliminated factors such as alma mater, age, and language proficiency, and focused more on qualifications for required skills.
Blind hiring removes all personal and demographic information from the hiring process, so hiring managers can assess candidates based on ability alone.
It helps companies hire for talent and skill only, excluding cultural similarity factors.


Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College has the distinction of being the first private institution to offer undergraduate education in engineering in Andhra Pradesh. It consistently is ranked in the top 50 best engineering colleges in India and was approved as an autonomous institution by Acharya Nagarjuna University in the year 2006. It is also approved by the (AICTE), accredited by the National Board of Accreditation. It has been judged as an ISO 9001-2000 certified college and was conferred Autonomous Status by the University Grants Commission. The college offers separate hostel facilities for both boys and girls. The college has facilities for sports, an indoor stadium and gymnasium with a vast playground of 10 acres. Outdoor and indoor games such as cricket, hockey, football, volleyball, basketball, badminton, tennis and table tennis and chess are encouraged. There is a 400 m track for athletics and the necessary equipment for jumps, throws, power lifting and body building.


A business magnate, sometimes referred to as a mogul or a tycoon, is a person who controls a large portion of a particular industry and whose wealth derives primarily from said control.
Examples of well-known business magnates include newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst of the Hearst Corporation, oil magnate John D. Rockefeller of Standard Oil and steel magnate Andrew Carnegie of US Steel.
In Russia and some other post-Soviet the term "business oligarch" became popular.
The word tycoon is derived from the Japanese word taikun (大君 taikun), a word of Chinese origin. The literal meaning is "great lord" and was historically used to imply to foreigners visiting Japan that the Shogun was supreme ruler of the country.
The word mogul originally meant Mongol, or person of Mongolian descent. In this context, it refers to the Mughal Empire (mughal is the Indo-Aryan spelling of mogul) of India that existed between 1526-1857. The early emperors of Mughal claimed themselves descendants of Mongol ruler Genghis Khan and adopted a Mongolian identity. The modern meaning of the word is supposedly derived from the excessive riches of the Mughal emperors, which for example produced the Taj Mahal.
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Today, less than 1 percent of the population defends the rest of us, Ed Johnson told the group gathered for Veterans Day services in Chester.
Johnson is commander of the Orange Blossoms American Legion Post 1167. "We're here today to honor our heroes, to remember their achievements, their courage and their dedication, to say thank you for their sacrifices," he said in his address.
He gave examples of those sacrifices, and reminded the assembly that servicemen and -women defend us 365 days a year.
"As we look at the Middle East today, we know that there is a large, dangerous, committed group of fanatics that wants us dead," Johnson said. "And while ISIS and Al-Qaeda and other terrorists may lack the conventional weapons of Nazi Germany or Hirohito's Japan, they are every bit as evil in their intentions. Those who defend us from our enemies must be supported."
After he concluded his remarks, he asked the military service members who were present to stand. The assembly applauded their dedication.
Father John Bonnici of Saint Columba Roman Catholic Church offered a prayer. Sue Bahren led the community in singing the "Star-Spangled Banner" and "God Bless America." Boy and Girl Scouts were there in force and formed a color guard. Julia Cassano, Sameer El-Rifai and Sarah Milyko, all 11th graders, played Taps.
Never forget our veterans
Eileen Hand was there with her son Bill and granddaughter Dinah Michelle.
"Today means a tough time, you know, having boys in the military, and my husband was shot down in Vietnam, so we're here to make sure that people never forget," she said.
Eileen has two sons, John and Matthew, still on active duty in the Army. A third son, Thomas, is an independent contractor for the Navy.
Bill Hand said, "Today is a day of remembrance for all the soldiers, seamen and airmen who have served defending America and protecting our values."
Gail Goodson was in the Marines for six years, leaving in 1984. John Mutchler served from 1955 to 1959. Both were at services wearing Marine Corps League uniforms.
"It's an emotional day, if you want to know the truth," Mutchler said. "I just returned from Normandy. I went to Belleau Wood with my kids. Anybody — if it doesn't move them when they go to the cemetery, there's got to be something wrong with them."
Goodson added, "Today, as veterans, it's always important that we see the community support. And yes, it is an emotional day, too, because we also pay tribute to the Marines, our brothers and sisters, who are no longer with us."
Goodson's granddaughter Scarlett Coretto, 11, was there, too. Scarlett used to live in Chester and came all the way from Minisink for the day.
"It's a very important day because all people will hear that we lost some people, but it's a great day to remember them," she said.
Bob Benedict attended with his wife, Maryann. He was a New York City Police detective for 24 years. He said Veterans Day honored "all the men and women who have sacrificed their lives for our country and for the world — to this day."
"It's a very special day," Maryann Benedict added. "I was watching Fox and Friends this morning and saw 12 veterans become U.S. citizens, and it was very moving and very touching. We can't honor our veterans enough, as far as I'm concerned. They deserve so much, and my heart breaks for everyone who's lost someone in service."
Joseph Poletynski served in the Army from 1961 to 1963 during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
"It's nice to see the great support that a lot of people are giving and remembering the vets," he said. "It's an honor."
"God, please let every veteran in our nation's armed forces feel truly and appropriately honored by the attention and appreciation of their fellow citizens. Let no one feel forgotten or neglected. Let every man and woman young or old feel the deep and enduring gratitude of our nation and its inhabitants...Please bring healing to those veterans who still hurt. Please grant patience and wisdom to those around them who cannot understand, but who can help the healing process. Father, please turn your gaze to those men and women, who in their military service, have sacrificed time, comforts, strengths, ambitions, health and prosperity for the peace and safety of family and friends and others they've never ever known. Please reward them a hundred-fold for all their sacrifice and service. Bless them far beyond their expectations; reward them richly for all they have given." --Father John Bonnici
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2 Bob Benedict
3 Chester
4 Ed Johnson
5 Eileen Hand
6 Gail Goodson
7 Ginny Privitar
8 John Bonnici
9 John Mutchler
10 Joseph Poletynski
11 Julia Cassano
12 Maryann Benedict
13 Sameer El-Rifai
14 Sarah Milyko
15 Scarlett Coretto
16 Sue Bahren
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The International Young Artist's Presentation (IYAP) is a coaching and presentation format for young talented ensembles playing historical instruments or taking on historical sources.
Please find the complete survey of this year's edition with coaching by Raquel Andueza and Peter Van Heyghen.
We are pleased to present six young and promising ensembles that were selected: Cantoría, Ozio Regio, El Gran Teatro del Mundo, Ensemble La Favorita, Lux Musicae London and Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde & Artem Belogurov.
We want to support these young musicians and convince national and international organizers of concerts to help them with their careers.


Life is about glorifying God and serving Him in everything that you do and in everywhere you go.
Bill Moran is the Director of Accounting at the City of Refuge. Bill holds a B.A. in Secondary Education from Saint Francis University and Masters' degrees in both Accounting as well as Business Law & Corporate Finance. Prior to his role with the City of Refuge, Bill has an extensive history and background in non-profit accounting, holding roles with DVAEYC and multiple other Christian based and Church organizations, including Copper Pointe Church, Influencer's Church, Wiregrass Church, The Gathering at WDW and several others.
Bill also comes to the City of Refuge, after being a volunteer financial literacy instructor with the City of Refuge and several other homeless based organizations. He has an active passion to serve the less fortunate and cares deeply for the homeless. He serves and cares for the homeless and advocates for social reform that may mitigate the effects and causes of homelessness. Having written a bill before U.S. Congress, Bill hopes that his roles will make a lasting impact.
In addition to his love for his fellow man/woman, Bill is happily married for 16 years and is blessed with two beautiful children, Brianne, 15 and Gabriella, 10.


We were enchanted by all of your fandoms, star-struck by your cosplay & blown away by how you never give up on your passions!
Day 1 of #ECCC was super in every sense of the word.
Number Four, AKA Klaus Hargreeves from the Umbrella Academy!
Super Sledge is a girl's best friend.


The quality of service and hospitality at Residence Borgo San Carlo Santa Luce has been identified as outstanding based on consistently high customer review ratings.
Residence Borgo San Carlo Santa Luce has achieved a score of 89 / 100 based on 15 customer reviews and has therefore qualified to receive an Outstanding Service Award from Go Hotels.
Borgo San Carlo is a charming apartment complex situated in Santa Luce, about 3 km/1.9 miles from Pomaia. The property enjoys an excellent location in the heart of Tuscany, only 15 km/9.3 miles from the sea and just a short drive from the renowned Lama Tzong Khapa Buddhist monastery, where visitors from all over the world come on pilgrimage tours. Recently rebuilt over the ruins of an old alabaster factory, with great respect for the environment and using only natural materials, the Borgo San Carlo features comfortable holiday apartments, a wonderful outdoor swimming pool, children's playground, picnic area, bowling green, volley ball court, five-a-side pitch, table tennis, as well as several mountain bikes (to rent) for touring the surrounding countryside. A guest laundry room, with washing machines and ironing facilities, is also available on the premises.


I am interested to use tilt viewer as my first page landing screen, meaning you type my website address and the first thing you see is the tilt viewer with about 4 images, Now my question is can i use those 4 images as link to other parts of my web site (without pressing the reverse button). for example one of the images will say: Contact, can i link that image to the contact page..? meaning can the user click on the image itself and will be link to relevant page..?
links on the front of images are not supported.
what about from the back side of the picture.
With all the same intnentions as the origianal poster had..
so instead of going to flickr, go to anohter part of yuor own website.
each pciture linking to another part of your own website.


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Die Liste der Stolpersteine in Saint-Gilles umfasst jene Stolpersteine, die vom Kölner Künstler Gunter Demnig in der belgischen Gemeinde Saint-Gilles verlegt wurden. Saint-Gilles () oder Sint-Gillis () ist eine von 19 Gemeinden der zweisprachigen Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt. Sie hat eine Fläche von lediglich zweieinhalb Quadratkilometern und rund 50.000 Einwohner. Stolpersteine erinnern an das Schicksal von Menschen aus dieser Region, die von Nationalsozialisten ermordet, deportiert, vertrieben oder in den Suizid getrieben worden sind. Sie wurden von Gunter Demnig verlegt, im Regelfall vor dem letzten selbstgewählten Wohnort des Opfers.

Liste
Verlegt wurden 46 Stolpersteine an 28 Adressen.

Verlegedaten
 3. August 2010: Avenue Fonsny 77, Rue de Mérode 11, Rue de la Victoire 151, Rue Croix de Pierre 37
 23. Oktober 2013: Rue Théodore Verhaegen 219
 30. Oktober 2014: Rue Antoine Bréart 76, Rue Arthur Diderich 71, Rue Coenraets 29, Avenue de la Porte de Hal 14, Rue Jourdan 90
 15. Februar 2015: Rue Berckmans 127
 3. November 2015: Rue Berckmans 127, Rue de Roumanie 5, Rue de Suede 37
 4. Februar 2017: Rue d'Angleterre 20, Rue de Hollande 24
 20. November 2018: Rue Emile Feron 28, Rue du Fort 47, Rue d'Irlande 82, Rue de la Glacière 14, Rue Jean Stas 4, Chaussée de Waterloo 96
 11. Oktober 2019: Rue Joseph Claes 103, Rue de la Victoire 88, Rue Théodore Verhaegen 126

Weblinks

 Stolpersteine.eu, Demnigs Website

Einzelnachweise

Saint-Gilles
Judentum in Belgien
Holocaust in Belgien

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The pantry was open from 10am to 1pm, serving 62 families (254 people) over 4,000 lbs of food. Team leadership, Reggie and Don, was exceptional… thanks, guys!
New Building Update – No real news to report except a couple of promising leads from some generous community members willing to provide services at a significant discount. More news is sure to come as this monumental (for us) undertaking comes to fruition. We are still in need of additional funding to make this happen. The costs involved with preparing the land, pouring a foundation, the building itself and the interior construction are beyond our capabilities at the moment… but we will not give up! The pantry must move into a more adequate facility if we are to continue to grow to serve the increasing numbers of people needing our help.
Please consider arranging a recurring monthly donation to help us provide more for our clients, or even a one-time gift allocated for the new building, by visiting our Donation Page. Remember, your charitable contributions are tax-deductible.


Acoustic insulation for new-build, renovation and transformation projects. Complying with the requirements in the Buildings Decree is no mean feat. Then there are the additional requirements set by customers.
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Rosgorgia inexspectata is een zachte koraalsoort uit de familie Subergorgiidae. De koraalsoort komt uit het geslacht Rosgorgia. Rosgorgia inexspectata werd in 2001 voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven door Lopez Gonzalez & Gili.

Zachte koralen


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using namespace std;

#include "msgdef.h"
#include "lock.h"
#include "trafconf/trafconfig.h"

class CMonUtil
{
 public:
    CMonUtil( void );
    ~CMonUtil( void );

    int getNid() { return nid_; }
    int getPid() { return pid_; }
    int getPNid() { return pnid_; }
    int getZid() { return zid_; }
    const char *getProcName() { return processName_; }
    bool getTrace() { return trace_; }
    int getVerifier() { return verifier_; }

    char *MPIErrMsg ( int code );

    void processArgs( int argc, char *argv[] );

    bool requestGet ( ConfigType type,
                      const char *group,
                      const char *key,
                      bool resumeFlag,
                      struct Get_reply_def *& regData
                      );

    void requestExit ( void );

    bool requestNewProcess (int nid, PROCESSTYPE type,
                            const char *processName,
                            const char *progName, const char *inFile,
                            const char *outFile,
                            int progArgC, const char *progArgV,
//                            int argBegin[], int argEnd[],
                            int& newNid, int& newPid,
                            char *newProcName);

    bool requestProcInfo( const char *processName, int &nid, int &pid );

    void requestStartup ( void );

 private:
    char   processName_[MAX_PROCESS_PATH];   // current process name
    int    pnid_;          // current process physical node id
    int    zid_;           // current process node id
    int    nid_;           // current process node id
    int    pid_;           // current process process id
    Verifier_t verifier_;  // current process verifier
    char   port_[MPI_MAX_PORT_NAME]; // current process port
    bool   trace_;
};

class CRequest
{
 public:
    CRequest() {}
    virtual ~CRequest() {}

    virtual void performRequest() = 0;
};

class CNodeUpReq: public CRequest
{
 public:
    CNodeUpReq(int nid, char nodeName[], bool requiresDTM);
    virtual ~CNodeUpReq() {}

    void performRequest();

 private:
    int  nid_;
    int  zid_;
    bool requiresDTM_;
    char nodeName_[MPI_MAX_PROCESSOR_NAME];
};

class CShutdownReq: public CRequest
{
 public:
    CShutdownReq() {}
    virtual ~CShutdownReq() {}

    void performRequest() {}
};

class CPStartD : public CLock
{
 public:
    CPStartD( void );
    ~CPStartD( void );

    typedef enum { NodeUp } pStartD_t;

    void enqueueReq(CRequest * req);
    CRequest * getReq( void );
    int getReqCount( void );
    bool loadConfiguration( void );
    void startProcess( CPersistConfig *persistConfig );
    void startProcs ( bool requiresDTM );
    void waitForEvent( void );

 private:

    list<CRequest *>  workQ_;
};

#endif

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Paris (FR), Neuchâtel (CH) -- March 12, 2018 -- Intento Design and CSEM announce that CSEM has selected ID-Xplore™ to accelerate its analog design process and allow its designers to perform technology porting seamlessly at the functional level.
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Andy Kissane's generous poems welcome you in and demand little in return
By Broede Carmody
May 17, 2019 — 12.15pm
The Tomb of the Unknown Artist
Andy Kissane
Puncher & Wattmann, $25
Ask someone why they don't read more poetry and they'll probably say the form intimidates them. Free from the constraints of linear time and grammar, many are afraid they won't immediately grasp what's on the page.
There is a generosity inherent in Andy Kissane's work. Credit:
Andy Kissane's latest collection of poetry, The Tomb of the Unknown Artist, is a refreshing antidote for those who prefer to swim in prose's calmer waters. Like a song or beautiful painting, Kissane's lyrical effortlessness welcomes you in and demands little in return. The poems are packed full of imagery; the writer keenly aware of human suffering but also the small joys to be found in domestic intimacies.
The book's first poem, Alone Again, was awarded the Australian Poetry Journal's poem of the year in 2015. It's easy to see why. It is an intimate portrait in which the speaker imagines his final moments on earth – overflowing with taste and touch. The piece is the perfect primer, given that so much of the book is devoted to death and the ravages of time. However, Alone Again also throws the reader back to the moment when it all began. The water in the poem reminds us of the "dark certainty of the womb", a place from which we emerge wet and gasping for air.
In the subsequent poems, the speaker watches a parent die. The poet's gaze is unflinching: "Parched lips, eyes firmly shut, your white hair combed / back against the pillow." Kissane gives voice to the idea that grief and memory are closely intertwined. Walking, especially among nature, is therapeutic. Indeed, on and off the page the mind "flows/like a river".
One of this collection's strengths is the sequence from the perspective of a Vietnam veteran. The pieces aren't so much about the war itself but the aftermath: scars physical and psychological. There is a stomach-dropping turn in the award-winning poem Rock the Baby's final stanza, while the daily comforts of civilian life are tipped upside down in the shorter piece Back Home.
Kissane arguably saves his most experimental piece for last. The Tomb of the Unknown Artist, which also doubles as the book's namesake, was written in response to an exhibition by British artist Grayson Perry. It juxtaposes ancient rituals, the provision of food for the dead, shielding eyes for burial, with everyday Australian things such as Blundstone boots and sourdough toast. The poem's title alludes to America's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which feels fitting given the previous poems navigate war and trauma.
The generosity inherent in Kissane's work won't appeal to all lovers of poetry. However, the lucid narratives and descriptions make his work shine.
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Ireby, situated a few miles north of Bassenthwaite, was once an important market, its charter dating back to the 13th century and at one time rivalled Cockermouth. The main village consists of a string of houses along the road, two pubs, the Sun and the Black Lion, and a post office. No markets are held now but market cross remains, opposite the Black Lion Hotel.
The village is surrounded by rolling hillside but most of the old farmsteads as well as the old moot hall are now private houses.
Standing on the road to Uldale, another traditional lakeland village with literary connections, is an old whitewashed fell church, dedicated to St James and dating back to 1730, probably on the site of a much older one. Only the chancel remains but the Ecclesiastical Commission have carried out extensive repairs on it. It was superseded by a new parish church built a mile away in 1847.
The Northern Fells Gallery and Tea room in Uldale is worth a visit, for it displays a collection of north cumbrian work, mainly in photography, jewellery, copperware, ceramics, and knitwear. A mile or so south of the village lies tiny Over Water, the northernmost splash of water in the Lake District, with the farms of Orthwaite beyond. An interestingly named fell, Great Cockup, is an easy easy two mile walk from there.


Nov. 11, 2013 – Georgetown University Medical Center researchers have found that stopping morphine "cold turkey" in addicted animal models causes a serious decline in mental health, a finding that could lead to better ways of helping people quit harmful drugs.
In the study, also published in the November issue of Brain, Behavior and Immunity, Mocchetti and his research colleagues treated the animals with morphine or allowed them to undergo withdrawal by stopping the treatment. They subsequently measured the animals' pro-inflammatory cytokines, which promote damage and cell death, and the protein CCL5, which has protective effects in the brain.
The animals that weren't treated during withdrawal had the opposite results – the level of their protective proteins decreased while the amount of damaging cytokines increased.
"From these findings, it appears that morphine withdrawal may be a causative factor that leads to mental decline, presenting an important avenue for research in how we can better help people who are trying to quit using drugs," Mocchetti says.
Lee A. Campbell (G'14), a Ph.D. student in pharmacology in Mocchetti's lab, presented the study. Other authors include Dr. Valeriya Avdoshina, an instructor in the neuroscience department, and Summer Rozzi, a doctoral student in Georgetown's Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience.
"In the future, we hope to determine if using medications to block the release of damaging molecules can help attenuate withdrawal symptoms such as drug cravings and general feelings of sickness. This would allow a smoother recovery for drug abusers and help prevent drug relapse."
Grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (1F31DA032282 and 1R01DA026174) supported the research.


Saturday, May 30, 2015, almost a century to the day, citizens of Penticton will gather to celebrate the first official trains arriving into Penticton.
On May 31, 1915, more than half of Penticton's three thousand residents turned out to welcome the first trains into the city. Now, a century later, the Penticton Museum & Archives will host a free centennial birthday event in Gyro Park, a few steps from where those first trains arrived. Steamfest in the Park is presented by the museum, Peach City Community Radio and the Department of Canadian Heritage.
"We are inviting all of Penticton to come and celebrate on the afternoon of Saturday, May 30," says museum manager/curator Dennis Oomen. "We'll feature local entertainers such as Anne and Dave Ramey, Aiden Mayes and Mandy Cole, Sax Among Friends and the Kettle Valley Brakemen. In between, there will be storytellers, birthday cake and more surprises. Bring a blanket or a lawn chair and enjoy the event."
The music and party on May 30 begins at 1 PM at the Gyro Park bandshell and the Kettle Valley Brakemen headline the show beginning at 4 PM. Peach City Community Radio will be recording a podcast of the celebration as a heritage legacy.


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Revelation Yoga is a community of highly certified professionals that remember how family and possitive energy feels when you are stepping into the unknown... When you are ready to understand what the word YOGA really means, take a class and "feel" the care we choose to provide.
Revelation Yoga is a manifestation of an inner awareness, connection to oneself and creative expression. This studio has been created from a dimension in time rooted through inner strength, experience and the discovery of universal assistance through consciousness. This journey all goes back to a rediscovery of my inner source of power, and a dream to help others discover for themselves what I have discovered about myself. The studio is the revelation fueling my dreams. I am a dreamer, and I am making my dreams come true.
I started dancing at the age of three. I loved the way I felt when I danced on stage, and that joy and passion motivated me to teach. I was a certified dance and aerobics instructor for many years, which evolved my vision as well as my physical strength. For many years, physical strength and burning calories embodied the words I spoke, lived, and believed, but over time it became a need rather than a joy. This is when I discovered the power of yoga, and I was refreshed, reborn and renewed. Yoga was my revelation. I became certified and practiced with a new awareness, which made me feel alive, healthier and more conscious. I saw my life with new eyes and new energy that I had never found in a gym. The energy and physicality that yoga brings, combined with the calm and joy that meditation unleashes is life changing. Now I look to share my passion and discovery with you. Revelation Yoga is not merely a practice of Yoga, it's more. We are a community, a sanctuary and a path to physical fitness. Each class begins with breath, engaging the core and culminates in relaxation and meditation. Where else can you feel like you just had a full body massage after an intense work-out? Discover with us, Namaste.
Karen is a certified yoga instructor and a registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance. She recently completed the 500 hour teacher training level (500RYT).
She is certified in Meridian yoga, senior yoga, and children's yoga. Karen is also a Reiki Master.
Karen's goal is to help bridge the gap between mind and body by integrating asana, pranayama, and meditation. We become more aware of our ability to connect when we apply what we learn through yoga to our everyday lives. Karen's classes create a nurturing and challenging environment suitable to all levels of practice.
Ellen is a certified 200 hr. Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) through Revelation Yoga and Yoga Alliance. Additionally she is certified in Children's Yoga. Ellen is also reaching for her 500 hr. certification in Meridian yoga through Daniel Orlansky, the originator of Meridian Yoga.
Ellen has been practicing yoga for 15 years, 10 of those years exploring different yoga techniques in her own creative way. She is thankful to have found her way to the teaching arena through Kim at Revelation Yoga. Ellen shares that yoga has transformed her life: helping her physically manage her busy lifestyle, as well as emotionally and spiritually. Ellen's experience is that yoga fulfills the knowing to reconnect with the self with the simplicity of connecting mind, body, and breath, while moving through postures that bring one back to balance. She is profoundly humbled by what yoga has done for her while she shares it with others. Yoga is the healing power in her life.
Ellen would love nothing more than to share, encourage and guide those who seek to practice yoga and its many benefits for living healthier, with a deeper awareness of self and an unconditional love for our infinite oneness. You will witness a more aware breath and you will be fitter and stronger, and you will be more peaceful and calm.
Sally is a nurse with an orthopedics/sports medicine background and is a certified yoga instructor.
Amy Stein is a RYT 200 (200 hour) certified yoga instructor who is registered with the Yoga Alliance. She has additional certifications in restorative yoga (as a Relax and Renew® trainer), senior yoga, and Thai yoga bodywork.
Amy's yoga teacher training program (Sanctuary Studios) was very focused on safety with special attention to anatomy and correct spinal alignment. This approach was well-suited to Amy's science and healthcare background and belief in the yogic principle of non-harming (ahimsa in Sanskrit). Amy is particularly influenced by the teachings of Brian Kest, a founder of power yoga. Although power yoga is a vigorous style of yoga, Kest's emphasis on nonjudgmentalism, non-competing, and not pushing too hard for your body, resonate with Amy. These messages are so important to her because of her own experience with recurrent injuries as well as loved ones who have struggled with chronic pain. She is a strong believer in the health benefits of yoga, not simply as a form of exercise, but as a "moving meditation" which calms the mind and relaxes the body. Amy is grateful to Kim for being welcomed into the Revelation Yoga family!
Arlene is a warm, compassionate meditation guide, who radiates joy while working with others. She has been practicing Creative Visualization and other meditation techniques for over 20 years. Arlene loves to travel and often leads meditation/yoga workshops and retreats in Santa Ynez Valley, CA, Boston, MA, Big Sky, Montana, Bali, and Maui, HI.
She has had the privilege of working directly with Shakti Gawain, author of Creative Visualization, as her Mentor for 2 years. She has also trained in the soothing practice of Yoga Nidra, at the Kripalu Center in MA.
Arlene graduated from Deepak Chopra University with certifications in Primordial Sound Meditation, Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga, Perfect Health, and Vedic Educator. She also enjoys helping with Chopra Retreats and Ram Dass events on Maui.
She leads workshops, retreats and private instruction in learning the unique Primordial Sound Meditation tool which helps you connect with your soul on a deep level. Your personal mantra is based on the vibration the universe was making at the time of your birth. She believes meditation has led her to find her true Dharma/purpose in life and enjoys guiding others to find their own.
Her passion for ocean life has brought her to Maui, HI, where she taught weekends at the Maui Ocean Center as a Marine Naturalist. Arlene also holds her Master of Education degree and has taught elementary school special education for over 20 years. Her favorite retreat activity is taking groups kayaking/snorkeling with Humpback Whales as they gently swim and sing nearby.


Released in Japan as Wander to Kyozō (ワンダと巨像 Wanda to Kyozō?, officially translated Wander and the Colossus), is an action-adventure video game published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI) for the PlayStation 2. The game was released in North America and Japan in October 2005 and PAL territories in February 2006. The game was directed by Fumito Ueda and developed at SCEI's International Production Studio 1, also known as Team Ico; the same development team responsible for the cult hit Ico. Shadow of the Colossus is considered a spiritual successor to Ico. Along with Ico, Shadow of the Colossus will be released in Ico and Shadow of the Colossus: The Collection (ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Classics HD in PAL regions) for the PlayStation 3 in 2011; it will feature HD graphics, Trophy and 3D support.
(イコ Iko,? English pronunciation: /ˈiːkoʊ/) is a 2001 action-adventure video game published by Sony Computer Entertainment and released for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It was designed and directed by Fumito Ueda, who wanted to create a minimalist game around a "boy meets girl" concept. Originally planned for the PlayStation, Ico took approximately four years to develop by Team Ico. The team employed a "subtracting design" approach to reduce elements of gameplay that interfered with the game's setting and story in order to create a high level of immersion.


Featuring beautiful, spacious suites, this Hollywood design hotel is just 3 minutes from Grauman's Chinese Theater. Two restaurants are available and breakfast can be served in bed.
A balcony and floor-to-ceiling windows are found in each bright, artistic room of The Redbury @ Hollywood and Vine. A flat-screen TV, minibar and large walk-in shower are included.
Cleo serves a range of savory gourmet food while Katsuya offers unique sushi and Asian dishes available for room service only.
The Hollywood Walk of Fame is less than 1 block from the hotel. Dodger Stadium is less than 7 miles away.


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Nearly 100 animals surrendered to shelter; adopters needed
Nearly 100 animals surrendered to San Bernardino County Animal Care and Control by their owner will be available for adoption to the public and rescues on Tuesday, September 2.
The animals were surrendered to animal care and control from an owner in the Lucerne Valley area following an investigation into an unrelated case.
The case is unique in the variety of animals surrendered. In addition to 29 various breed dogs, including puppies, there are two cats, 47 rabbits, four hamsters, three turtle, two chicken and two parakeets. The intake of the large number of animals has impacted the animal shelter and there is a need for adopters to come in and adopt the animals.
The animals are well socialized and appear to have been well cared for and the majority will be available for adoption to the public.
"We have a number of animals, not just dogs and cats, who are in need of adoption," said Brian Cronin, Chief for Animal Care and Control. "These animals will be ready to go to loving homes on Tuesday, September 2 and we ask that the community and our rescue partners come forward to help each of these animals find a furever home."
The Devore Animal Shelter is at 19777 Shelter Way in San Bernardino, CA. Donations can be made to the Animals are First Fund (ARFF) at: http://www.arffund.org/ Call (909) 386-9820 or visit Homeward Bound Project Adopt Facebook Page for more information.
Click here to view a YouTube video of the animals.
County Museum open on Labor Day
The San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands, usually closed on Mondays, will be open on the Labor Day holiday, Monday, September 1, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Regular museum admission fees apply.
Visitors will see exhibits about the cultural and natural history of inland Southern California and the southwest, including minerals and fossils, Native American artifacts, birds and mammals, and historical objects. A special exhibit, "Portraits and Views: The Redlands Photographic Studio," is also included with regular admission.
The San Bernardino County Museum is at the California Street exit from Interstate 10 in Redlands. General admission is $10 (adult), $8 (military or senior), $7 (student), and $5 (child aged 5 to 12). Children under five and Museum Association members are admitted free. Parking is free. For more information, visit www.sbcountymuseum.org.
Join the voices for recovery on Sept. 20
You're invited to the Recovery Happens event on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014 to promote wellness, recovery and resilience for San Bernardino County residents as part of National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in September.
The Recovery Happens event will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario.
The event is a collaborative effort between the Department of Behavioral Health and its contracted Alcohol and Drug Service partners who will provide community participants with more than 30 resource and education booths promoting services and an opportunity to honor loved ones lost to addiction in the Circle of Love. Refreshments will be provided.
For more information about Recovery Happens, click here.
Inland Empire Latino Art Association exhibit opens Sept. 6
A special art exhibition to recognize Hispanic Heritage Month will open at the San Bernardino County Museum on Saturday, September 6, 2014. Entitled "Sueños y Realidad," the exhibit is organized and curated by the Inland Empire Latino Art Association and features works by two dozen artists.
A reception for the artists is scheduled at the museum on Friday, September 5 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sueños y Realidad (Dreams and Reality) will continue through September 29 and is included with paid museum admission.
"The concept of dreams and reality is a subject which deals with the complexities of what first develops in the mind as a vision, a dream if you will, and how that dream, combined with a sincere desire, can develop into an absolute reality," said Brad Borrero, IELAA. "In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Inland Empire Latino Art Association has brought together artists from the Inland Empire and afar to explore their dreams and the process artists take, to bring those dreams and visions into reality."
Standing in a doorway during a quake? That's so yesterday.
Telling people to stand in a doorway during an earthquake is outdated advice. It's one of several earthquake myths you should know about in the lead-up to the Great California ShakeOut at 10:16 a.m. on October 16, 2014.
In past earthquakes, in unreinforced masonry structures and adobe homes, the door frame may have been the only thing left standing in the aftermath of an earthquake. So people thought safety could be found by standing in doorways.
In modern homes, doorways are no stronger than any other parts of the house and usually have doors that can swing and injure you.
You are safer practicing the "DROP, COVER, AND HOLD" maneuver under a sturdy piece of furniture like a strong desk or table. If indoors, stay there. Drop to the floor, make yourself small and get under a desk or table or stand in a corner. If outdoors, get into an open area away from trees, buildings, walls and power lines. If in a high-rise building, stay away from windows and outside walls, stay out of elevators, and get under a table. If driving, pull over to the side of the road and stop. Avoid overpasses and power lines. Stay inside your car until the shaking is over. If in a crowded public place, do not rush for the doors. Crouch and cover your head and neck with your hands and arms.
For more information about earthquake safety or to particpate in the ShakeOut, go to www.shakeout.org/california.
Victorville Adult Probation Office moved to new address
The Victorville Adult Probation Office and Day Reporting Center at 15505 Civic Drive, Victorville CA 92392 has moved to 15480 Ramona Ave, Victorville, CA 92392.
The reception desk phone number is (760) 243-8269.
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Ladies, are you interested in becoming a deputy sheriff?
The 2nd Annual Women Warrior Fitness Invitational is scheduled for Saturday, August 23, 2014, at the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department's Academy grounds. This event was created in an effort to get more women into sworn law enforcement positions with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. The Women Warrior Fitness Invitational allows interested women the opportunity to test their physical abilities in a non-threatening environment. The participants are also given the opportunity to speak with women currently in sworn law enforcement positions. Absolutely no men, spectators, or children. Non-participants are not allowed and will be turned away. For more information, click here.
Public Works clears mud and debris from Needles Highway
Needles District Maintenance Supervisor Donald Toy took the picture to the left of the storm damage across Needles Highway following a series of thunderstorms this month.
The many storms that affected a huge portion of San Bernardino County on August 3 from the foothills of the valley to the Colorado River caused the Board of Supervisors to declare an emergency in order to seek state and federal disaster funds.
The single largest drainage system in eastern San Bernardino County are the Piute Washes on Needles Highway. This watershed magnet collects precipitation from as far away as the Sacramento Mountains, 30 miles to the west to the Piute Range that protects the Mohave National Preserve's eastern border into Nevada. This flow of rain runoff will at times travel from as far away as Searchlight, Nevada 70 miles to the north. The runoff destination is the Colorado River which is 300 yards east of the Piute Washes north of Needles.
Motorists to Laughlin, Nevada who use Needles Highway will witness flows from Piute Washes causing road closures as maintenance crews wait so debris can be removed. Sometimes, drivers are stranded between washes and must wait for the water to subside before venturing forward.
This week, Public Works crews cleared the mud and debris and got the highway opened up quickly as seen on the right. This is an example of how Government Works.
Alabama Street reopened between Highland and Redlands
Alabama Street between the cities of Redlands and Highland reopened today for more than 12,000 motorists who rely on the thoroughfare each day.
The San Bernardino County Flood Control District, along with the City of Highland, the City of Redlands, the City of San Bernardino and the Inland Valley Development Agency and dignitaries celebrated the opening this morning during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Alabama has been closed seven times since 2003 for damage to the roadway caused by storm flows from City Creek. The project started in November of 2013 and consisted of construction of two 48-foot-wide by 169-foot-long arch culverts at City Creek; roadway widening and paving; concreted rock slope protection, and the installation of new electric, gas and communication lines. The project was completed on time and under budget. The completed project meets the FEMA-approved 100-year flood capacity and the water-carrying capacity of the road crossing is now increased by more than 600 percent.
The project was completed at a construction cost of $2,350,010. More than 95 percent was funded by grants from the Federal Highway Administration and the state Office of Emergency Services. The remaining costs were shared by the San Bernardino County Flood Control District, the City of Highland, the City of Redlands, the City of San Bernardino and the Inland Valley Development Agency.
Doggie Pool-ooza: End of summer fun for canines and humans
As the dog days of summer come to an end and the regular summer swim season closes, San Bernardino County Regional Parks hosts its Doggie Pool-ooza event at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, September 6th. During this annual event owners can bring their four legged pals, who have had to endure the summer in a fur coat, for one last dip in the cool pool.
The event is sponsored by the Rancho Regional Veterinary Hospital, the VCA Central Animal Hospital, and Ontario Spay and Neuter, who will be providing discounted nail trimming for $5 and $15 micro-chipping. The event will also include vendor booths, Li 'l Dog Races and other contests, such as the K-9 Swimsuit Competition, Talent Show and Barking contest. There will be demonstrations on pet first-aid and a Humane Society workshop. Don't miss the Disc Dogs Frisbee Show at 11:30 a.m. and 3:15 p.m.
If you don't already have a pet, there will be on-site adoption opportunities from Animals R First Fund, Grey Save, Rescue Works!, Upland Animal Services, and Hope to Home for Cats. There will be a food truck area for all human attendees, including the Baby's Bad-Ass Burgers, the Bakery Truck, California Grill Truck, Cousin's Maine Lobster, and the Rolling Sushi Truck. To cool the humans off, Snowie's California will have their shaved ice on sale including a syrup station to put your own flavors on the icy treat.
Friends of Regional Parks will there be collecting slightly used/clean blankets, bags of dry dog food, and other dog supplies to be donated to local pet shelters. Each item donated will enter participants into a drawing for fabulous pet prizes.
Canine participants must be six-months-old, have a current license and proof of up-to-date vaccinations, and must be on a six-foot leash when not in the pool.
Entry fee is $5 per person and $1 per canine participant, parking is free with admission. The event is on Saturday, September 6 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park. The park is located at 800 North Archibald Avenue, Ontario, Ca 91764. For more information call the San Bernardino Regional Parks Department at (909) 387-2461. For more details, visit http://1.usa.gov/1te2sSm.


I have many other comics to do, but I had to move them in October. I hope to satisfy everyone in the best possible way.
Ho molti altri fumetti da fare, ma ho dovuto spostarli a Ottobre. Spero di soddisfare tutti nel miglior modo possibile.


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Q: Did this scan or rhyme when Coleridge wrote it? The following five lines are from one of the most famous poems in history:

A damsel with a dulcimer
  In a vision once I saw:
  It was an Abyssinian maid
  And on her dulcimer she played,
  Singing of Mount Abora.

"saw" and "Abora"? Was Abora pronounced ab-RAW back then?
Additional info: Mount Abora is purely imaginary. According to some rumors Wikipedia was thoughtful enough to include, Coleridge drew inspiration for parts of this poem from Milton's "Paradise Lost," in which said Mount is styled "Amara," with the main stress, humanely, on the first syllable (Milton always scans well; you can rely on him, all right):
...Nor where Abassin Kings thir issue Guard,
Mount Amara, though this by some suppos'd
True Paradise.
Thus, with Milton, at least, Amara is a three-syllable word, and is pronounced AM-uh-rah. The secondary stress (on the third syllable) can be used if one wishes to rhyme it.
More on the meter: If my (very tentative) assumption is correct, then the last line should consist of one dactylic foot followed by one anapestic foot. Like this:
SING ing of ... mount ab RA
(STRESS-no stress-no stress ... no stress-no-stress-STRESS)
I hasten to add that the first line (one of the participants suggested that the rhyming pattern is, in fact, ABCCA) is iambic throughout (i.e. every second syllable is stressed):
a dam sel with a dul ci mer

A: *

*The meter of this part of the poem has irregularly alternating lines of four and three feet.

A damsel with a dulcimer
In a vision once I saw:
It was an Abyssinian maid
And on her dulcimer she played,
Singing of Mount Abora.
Could I revive within me
Her symphony and song,
To such a deep delight 'twould win me,

There doesn't seem to be any real pattern to which feet have three syllables and which have two (except that the lines with four feet tend to be iambic), so if you accent the last syllable of Abora, the meter works.

*Coleridge uses several near-rhymes in this poem: river and ever; forced and burst; haunted and enchanted. This last pair has the same phonemes (/ɔː/and /ɑː/) as saw and Abora, in what I think is the most likely pronunciation of Abora with the stress on the last syllable. So whether or not he thought saw and Abora was a perfect rhyme, they were clearly close enough for Coleridge.

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This tserig is generally sung by women.
This tserig praises the beauty of the grassland, where many Tibetans live. It also emphasizes that it is nice if people dance and sing for happiness, reflecting in part a traditional saying that a Tibetan can sing as soon as they can talk, and they can dance as soon as they can walk.


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Only PETA Would Think the Pet Shop Boys Are Relevant
By John Capone	• Published at 3:30 pm on April 10, 2009
NBC 5 News
The animal rights group PETA, has shown that, as always, it has its thin, trembling finger on the pulse of pop culture. It has sent a formal request to the '80s synth pop band the Pet Shop Boys requesting that the band change its name to the Rescue Shelter Boys. Why not send a letter to Skinny Puppy asking it to change its name to Well-Fed Puppy? Oh yeah, one of them is dead. One of the Pet Shop Boys could easily be dead and nobody would know about it. This is not 1989 after all. Well, The Pet Shop Boys did just releas an album. What? You didn't know? You are not alone.
The band was good natured about the request and after politely declining in an arch British accent, it dutifully posted the letter from PETA to its website and stressed that this is an important issue. As you like, lads, er codgers: Rescue Shelter Boys it is.