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A Fatal Inversion
By: Barbara Vine
Narrated by: William Gaminara
Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
A Dark-Adapted Eye
Narrated by: Harriet Walter
Like most families, they had their secrets...and they hid them under a genteelly respectable veneer. No onlooker would guess that prim Vera Hillyard and her beautiful, adored younger sister, Eden, were locked in a dark and bitter combat over one of those secrets. England in the '50s was not kind to women who erred, so they had to use every means necessary to keep the truth hidden behind closed doors - even murder.
Compelling exposure of a family's secrets
By Kirstine on 06-07-15
No Night Is Too Long
Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Shelley Thomson, Samuel West
Tim Cornish thought he'd gotten away with murder. For months after he'd killed his lover off the Alaskan coast, there hadn't been a word. But then the letters started to arrive. It seems that someone knows what Tim has done.... This compelling thriller delivers such a dark picture of romantic love that murder seems its natural mate. Frightening, suspenseful, and deeply unsettling, No Night Is Too Long is a modern crime masterpiece and will be enjoyed by readers of P. D. James and Ian Rankin.
Beautifully Narrated - Brought it to Life
By Alison on 22-07-16
The Brimstone Wedding
Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
Unlike the other residents of Middleton Hall, Stella is elegant, smart and in control. Only Jenny, her care assistant, knows that she harbours a painful secret, and only she can prevent Stella from carrying it to the grave. As the women talk, Jenny pieces together the answers to many questions that arise: Why has she kept possession of a house that her family don't know about? What happened there that holds the key to a distant tragedy?
Bored at the end.
By MR on 16-10-15
The Blood Doctor
Narrated by: Robert Powell
The First Lord Nanther, expert in blood diseases, particularly the royal disease of Heamophilia, and favoured physician to Queen Victoria, clearly hoped to be the subject of an admiring posthumous biography. But when his great-grandson, Martin Nanther begins to research his life for a biography, the Martin comes to suspect that his great-grandfather's old records conceal more than they reveal.
Complex and Convincing
By Carrie on 11-11-10
Asta's Book
It is 1905. Asta and her husband, Rasmus, have come to East London from Denmark with their two little boys. With Rasmus constantly away on business, Asta keeps loneliness and isolation at bay by writing a diary. These diaries, published over 70 years later, reveal themselves to be more than a mere journal. For they seem to hold the key to an unsolved murder and to the mystery of a missing child. It falls to Asta's granddaughter, Ann, to unearth the buried secrets of nearly a century before.
By Sussex Reader on 25-10-11
The Child's Child
Narrated by: Finty Williams
What sort of betrayal would drive a brother and sister apart? When Grace and her brother Andrew inherit their grandmother's house, they surprise few people by deciding to move in together. But they've always got on well and the London house is large enough to split down the middle. There's just one thing they've not taken into account though: what if one of them wants to bring a lover to the house?
Disjointed and disappointing
By Jayne on 25-04-13
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy
Narrated by: Frances Barber
The obituaries for Gerald Candless were respectful. He had been, after all, an admired and popular writer, and his sudden death at his home in Devon was a loss to literature as well as to his family and friends. The trouble was, as his daughter Sarah soon discovered, that it seemed that her father had taken on a different identity that he wasn't Gerald Candless at all. But if he wasn't Gerald Candless, who was he?
Lost the plot at the end but a great listen
By S. K. Doughty on 01-02-10
Narrated by: Emilia Fox
Clodagh was 19 when her parents packed her off to college and a relative's house in Maida Vale, two years after the death on the pylon. They blamed her for it, everyone did....It was hardly surprising that she fell into the arms of Silver. In his flat at the top of his parents' house, he played host to a strange crew of young drop-outs whose pleasure was to range the rooftops....
One of my favourite Rendell/Vine books
By Ariadne on 06-09-14
From Doon with Death
A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery, Book 1 (Unabridged)
By: Ruth Rendell
Narrated by: Terrence Hardiman
The first case for DCI Reg Wexford. When Margaret Parsons disappears, it's assumed that she's run off with another man. But then the missing woman's body is found and a startling discovery is made when Mr. Parsons lets the police into his home....
Convention-breaking period piece
The Birthday Present
Narrated by: Ruth Sillers, Paul Blake
Ivor Tesham is a handsome, single, young Member of Parliament whose political star is on the rise. When he meets a woman in a chance encounter–a beautiful, married woman named Hebe–the two become lovers, obsessed with their illicit and adventurous trysts. But when Ivor plans for a surprise daring sexual adventure as a birthday present for Hebe, things take a disastrous turn it's late spring of 1990 and a love affair is flourishing.
Absorbing
By Jill on 20-06-09
The Minotaur
Narrated by: Siân Thomas
Kerstin Kvist didn't know what to expect when she took up a job with the Cosway family at their odd, almost grand, house. The family turned out to be even odder than the house: living at home with the widowed Mrs. Cosway were her four daughters and a son who haunted the house. Then, just as Kerstin was getting some inkling of what was going on, a stranger sets the family on a path to self-destruction...
Slow burn story that never flags
King Solomon's Carpet
Narrated by: Michael Pennington
Eccentric Jarvis lives in a crumbling schoolhouse overlooking the tube line, compiling his obsessive history of the Underground. A group of misfits are also drawn towards his strange house: Alice, who has run away from her husband and baby; Tom, the busker who rescues her; truant Jasper who finds his terrifying thrills on the tube; and enigmatic Axel, whose deadly secret casts a shadow over all their lives.
So different and absolutely gripping
By Nana Chris on 17-02-15
A Demon in My View
Narrated by: Julian Glover
In a gloomy cellar, the figure of a beautiful, pale woman makes no move when the man advances on her from the shadows, puts his hands around her neck and strangles her. Arthur Johnson is a mild-mannered, shy man who has never known how to talk to women. His resulting loneliness has twisted his yearning for love and respect into a carefully constructed predilection for violence and control.
A gripping story, a wonderful performance
Going Wrong
Narrated by: Dermot Crowley
In Rendell's evocative portrayal of West London, the slums of Notting Hill Gate and the mews houses of Holland Park may, geographically, only be streets apart but, socially, they are worlds apart. When these two worlds collide, the repercussions are fatal. Guy, from a council flat in Notting Hill Gate and Lenora, a wealthy middle-class young girl were childhood sweethearts, and despite Lenora's mother's disapproval, belonged to the same criminal gang.
Story of obsessive love not for me.
By B on 18-11-21
Put on by Cunning
A Chief Inspector Wexford Mystery, Book 11
Narrated by: Charles Kay
Sir Manual Camargue had just announced his intention of taking a second wife, 50 years his junior. On the same cold winter's day, he died as a result of what was surely a tragic accident. But Wexford doubts that Camargue's death came by misadventure.
The best yet
By Kirsty Lord on 18-01-22
The Secret House of Death
Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale
Louise North doesn't care what the neighbors think. She lets her lover leave his car just outside her house in broad daylight, telling everyone he is a central heating salesman. Still, it's a shock when she's found shot dead, covered by the equally dead body of the "salesman." It was his third visit to the gloomy house on Orchard Drive. Each time, he parked in the same place. Each time, he carried a briefcase. And each time, Louise North greeted him at the door.
Was life really like this?
By Olga the Owl on 10-01-13
Thirteen Steps Down
Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
Mix Cellini (which he pronounces with an S rather than a C) is superstitious about the number 13 and has always felt dogged by ill-luck. In the house where he lives, there are 13 steps down to the landing below his rooms. His landlady lives her life almost exclusively through her library, blind to the neglect and decay around her. However, Mix is obsessed with the life of the notorious John Christie, who lived in the same Notting Hill neighbourhood at 10 Rillington Place.
By Susan Random on 09-03-16
The Tree of Hands
Narrated by: Isla Blair
From the writer of the Wexford novels and read by Isla Blair. Once, when Benet was about fourteen, they had been in a train together, alone in the carriage, and Mopsa had tried to stab her with a carving knife. Threatened her with it, rather. Benet had been wondering why her mother had brought such a large handbag with her, a red one that didn't go with the clothes she was wearing. Mopsa had shouted and laughed and said wild things and then she had put the knife back in her bag.
Abridged!
By Elvira Coot on 05-11-21
In the long, hot summer of 1976 Adam, Rufus, Shiva, Vivien and Zosie are camping at Wyvis Hall. They don't ask why they are there or how they are to live; they simply scavenge, steal and sell the family heirlooms.
Ten years later, the bodies of a woman and child are discovered in the Hall's animal cemetery. But which woman? And whose child?
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What listeners say about A Fatal Inversion
Very dated, and appalling narration!
I loved the BBC drama of A Fatal Inversion, and having read and enjoyed a few Barbara Vine books, looked forward to this as a familiar story.
Barbara Vine/Ruth Rendell books are what they are - frothy thrillers, with a dash of psychology, but nothing too deep, so my expectations weren't high. But it quickly became apparent that the book has not aged well, and I found some of the references to Shiva and Lily a bit, well, racist - certainly a bit ignorant and stereotypical.
But most of all, what a dreadful narrator! Narrating an audiobook requires an actor, not a reader, and William Gaminara 'performed' this book with all the charisma of a dead shrew. I listen to a lot of audiobooks and one thing I find really off-putting is being able to hear the narrator swallow and gulp as (s)he runs out of air. And the attempt at an Indian accent was poorly judged.
Overall, the book certainly lacked the sympathy I had expected - none of the characters were redeemable in any way. Adam and Rufus were both deeply unlikeable (Adam was played with more vulnerability in the BBC version), Zosie was just an annoying whiny kid (again, lacking the fragility I'd expected) and Vivienne was just pretentious, rather than spiritual and emotional.
Disappointing. Rent the DVD instead.
Didn't see that one coming!
An absolute classic. A different way of telling a story, blending the present with memories of the time around the awful event which is now coming back to catch up with them.
Excellent narration, but poor editing, jumping between scenes without even pausing, causing some confusion.
SM, Scotland
One of Barbara Vine's best
Loved this story - keeps you guessing right to the end. Some narration rather fast for me but well done nevertheless.
spoilt by the narration
I love this story, it's so clever and I have an old cassette recording of it read by Douglas Hodge which is superb.
unfortunately I was really irritated by William Gaminara's narration because of his pronunciation of the place names throughout the book.
I couldn't complete it because of this.
Fascinating to revisit this book.
I read this book when it was published in the 1980s. It is hard to remember today how groundbreaking it was as so many writers subsequently learned from Ruth Rendell writing as Barbara Vine.
It is hard too to remember how unusual and claustrophobic a baking hot summer once was. I was fascinated to revisit her early insight into the mentality of entitled young men. Their casual attitude to the women and to someone of another racial background, not to mention the way they barely acknowledged villagers who sometimes pass by the house in a working capacity, is totally resonant of privileged young men of the period of the hot mid 70s summer, and even in the scenes of a decade later it is barely beginning to dawn on them as their consciences start to unravel. It shocks today when light has been shone on this so much, but she was at least decade ahead of many writers in this book.
Oh - and even though I soon started to remember the substance of the ending, I was still gripped to see how it all all turned out.
Ms Kay-Elizabeth Kent
really loved this book, I saw a TV version in the early 90's and always planned on revisiting it.
well written with some good plot twists and very well narrated.
It's a fabulous story. My favourite and excellent writing. I think it win an award.
Katharine Kirby
Layers of story never fail to intrigue
This has been a favourite book of mine for decades and my most recommended ever. I have read and re read it but still I was delighted to hear it on audible as an included choice. Again I loved it and felt the narration was excellent, offering this in a new dimension. My only slight gripe is that I didn't like the narrator's take on Zoe's voice, she sounded like a cranky!
Very good, if weird
A very good listen with the usual full cast of dreadful people that she does so well. I don't actually think there was a single sympathetic character in the whole work. Still very good, if rather unrelenting.
How an event can have consequences years later
A disparate group of young young people come to live in a mansion inherited by Dave. The languid, sultry atmosphere of their aimless life funded by selling off objects left in the house is enhanced by occurring during the very hot summer of 1976. Things begin to implode when a disturbed, runaway teenager, Zosie, is given a lift and taken back to the join the group. The story is told from the perspective of different characters and flits back and forth from 1976 to 10 years later. The consequences of buried skeletons being unearthed in the grounds of the mansion in the 1980s disrupts of the lives of the original group, now in more conventional careers. The novel keeps the reader uncertain as to what really happened and this adds to the tension.
An engrossing story of human folly with dire consequences.
The narrator is excellent.
This story starts a little slow but when the mystery starts to unfold you cannot stop listening. The moral of the story I guess is you can never truly escape your past. The title is strangely apt. I do not want to say more due to spoiler potential.
pamakarma
One of the best mysteries...of THE best writer
Ruth Rendell at the height of her power. I only wish she had not passed away.
In this story her descriptions and characters never are off.
While in the plot she surprises at every turn. you realize how true each character is to him or herself. There is the combination of the chilling aberration of the strange, mentally ill elfin Zoey. and the more "everyday" (yet equally chilling) evil of Rufus., Shiva and their friends.
Added to that the descriptions of the gorgeous manor of Ecalpemos --the setting for the events...and you have a book that is perfect I every way.
Shirley Y. Thomas
Good, and yet I didn't like it
Whether as Vine or Rendell, this is a fine writer possessed with a ine intellect. Her characters are realistic as is the dialog he puts in their mouths. And yet, I wanted this book to be over long before it's rather weak and unsatisfying final scene. This is not the first of her books I've slogged through. From now on, it's Inspector Wexford only. That series is more my speed. The reader was excellent
What a story! What a narrator!
Sublime narration! Every voice and nuance correct, just as I heard it in my head upon reading this gripping story years ago. Usually in this situation, the narrator and I disagree on tone and inflection, but this guy was spot on, lol. Perfection
Candy Holtzman
Terrible narration
I usually like Barbara Vine books but I'll never know if I liked this one, since I didn't make it beyond 2 or 3 chapters. The narrator talks way too fast so that it requires intense concentration to listen to the book. That's not fun! I guess I wasted a few dollars for this audiobook, so maybe I'll read it on my Kindle instead.

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Most San Diegans probably are not aware of it, but in recent years around 30,000 Muslim refugees from terrorist regions have been resettled in San Diego County. This does not even count the Muslims who have immigrated here via regular channels or on a temporary visa. At the time of this posting, more than a thousand Syrian refugees have just been resettled here in the last year as is celebrated in this broadcast video.
The wearing of the hijab, as the women are doing in this news report, is a symbol of their fundamentalist Muslim identity. It has been a tradition among some Muslims in the past, but it is not required in Islam. The hijab was brought back in the 1950's by the Muslim Brotherhood for that reason as a symbol of resistance and rejection of western society.
Some of the 9/11 terrorists used San Diego as a base, because there were other sympathetic Muslims here inclined to support them. The base of support in San Diego is now orders of magnitude greater than it was before 9/11, thanks mainly to Obama. It is unconstitutional for the Government to discriminate against citizens based on religion. But it is not unconstitutional to discriminate when accepting immigrants and refugees, who come from a religion and an area that is essentially at war with us.
We did not accept large numbers of ethnic Germans during and immediately after WWII, because some fraction of them, though not all, would have represented a threat to us. It didn't have anything to do with race or religion. It was just common sense that Americans still practiced back in those days.
Nazis had just as many cute kids as Muslims do, like they show in the above news report to get your sympathy. We would not have been giving Nazi supporters free Thanksgiving dinners, just because they had cute kids. Support for ISIS in Syria came mostly from Sunni Muslims, exactly the ones we are resettling in large numbers as refugees in San Diego.


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10 Signs You've Been Friend-Zoned
Josh Chesler October 30, 2014 7:00AM
Guys, it happens to the best of us. Sometimes you're really into a chick, and she's only interested in you as a friend. Hopefully, she's forward enough to tell you that directly, but that's not always the case.
If you're wondering whether you've been friend-zoned or not, you probably have. Regardless, here are 10 surefire signs that you're firmly planted deep enough in the friend zone that it's time for you to move on.
See also: 10 Tinder Tips for Guys
10. She talks to you about other women she thinks you might be interested in.
This can be a tricky one, because sometimes ladies just want to size up their competition and see what you have to say about your other potential options. For the most part, if your romantic interest is talking about other people she thinks you should or may be pursuing, it's probably not a good sign of her interest in you. She may not want you to date any of those women, but that might just be because some ladies never think anyone is good enough for their friends.
9. She describes you with similar positive adjectives to how she describes her dog.
We'd like to be clear about one thing, dogs are awesome. The problem with being described the same way as her dog, is that she (most likely) isn't interested in being romantically involved with her dog. When she starts to use the same words (friendly, silly, adorable, etc.) for you as she does for her beloved puppy, take that as a serious friend-zone warning sign. After all, it's (wo)man's best friend, not anything more.
8. You go to get food together and hang out a lot, but it's never really a date.
There's a fine line between "friendly dining experience" and actual date, but it's one you have to figure out if you're going to recognize when you've been friend-zoned. The easiest way of determining this one (other than just asking) is to go to one restaurant that's clearly a date spot. Dress up a little bit and go to a somewhat fancy restaurant. Treat it like a date, if she seems weird about it, then it definitely wasn't a date. Also, if it's early in your possible friend-zoning, there's no harm in asking whether it's a date or not.
7. She consistently tells you what an awesome friend you are.
A lot of the time, when a lady is trying to get the message across to a guy that their relationship will only ever be platonic, she takes an extra effort to tell the guy how much he means to her as a friend. Part of this is probably to reinforce the "friend" aspect, but it's also likely because she doesn't want to lose you as a friend when you eventually give up on getting in her pants.
6. The two of you go out and/or drink together, but she's never made a move.
If she doesn't make a pass at you while sober, then there's still a chance that she just doesn't think it's "ladylike" to openly hit on a guy. We're hoping that eventually that social norm changes -- and takes some of the pressure off of guys to always make the first move. For now, a lot of women (and men) are much more honest with how interested they are in you when they've got a solid buzz going, so if she still doesn't seem interested in you after a couple drinks, it may just be time for you to accept your role as a friend and move on.
Josh Chesler
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Kingston United Reformed Church has around 200 members, led by the Minister supported by a Personal Assistant and an advisory group of between 12 and 16 Elders. Elders have a wide remit to oversee KURC procedures, organisations, finances and buildings as well as to foster concerns in the congregation for outreach and the wider responsibilities of the church.
The information accessible from this heading is a local extract from the Book of Reports from the URC General Assembly 2010.
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Study of Life Cycle of the subtropical cyclone Arani in the South Atlantic in March 2011 through the ERA-Interim and CFSR reanalyses
Ana Cristina Pinto de Almeida Palmeira
anactn@gmail.com
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rodrigo de Souza Barreto Mathias
rodrigowind.meteoro@gmail.com
Brazilian Navy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Cyclone Arani occurred in March 2011 in the South Atlantic Ocean and was initially classified as a subtropical depression. When it reached winds above 34 knots, it passed to the subtropical storm category, and was named by the Brazilian Navy as Arani, which means furious weather in Tupi Guarani. This paper aimed to analyze the cyclone Arani through the Cyclone Phase Space, built with data from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-interim reanalysis, with 0.7º spatial resolution, and also using synoptic fields and profiles with data from the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR), with 0.5º resolution. Through the phase diagrams it was possible to identify the subtropical structure of cyclone Arani and the indication of an extratropical phase transition at the end of its life cycle. The results also indicated that the quality of the phase diagrams for cyclones with weak warm cores and small dimensions depends on adequate atmospheric models and therefore, the values obtained should be carefully analyzed when using global models. In this case, the qualitative study of the diagrams proved to be more useful than the purely quantitative analysis. Although disagrees with the information of an extratropical phase transition at the end of the cyclone Arani's life cycle, contained in the phase diagrams used in the study, the analysis of the fields and synoptic profiles contributed to the understanding of the cyclone's development and to the interpretation of the diagrams.
Keywords: Arani Subtropical Cyclone; South Atlantic; Cyclone Phase Space
Cyclones spend much of their life cycle over the oceans. The operational weather forecast centers, focused on maritime areas, should pay special attention to these phenomena. The damages range from the destruction of the shores due to surges, to the non-functioning of the ports and the impossibility of maritime traffic due to adverse weather and sea conditions, not to mention the possible irreparable loss of human lives.
For approximately a century, the different types of cyclones were studied separately and were classified according to their area of formation into two basic types: extratropical and tropical (Hart; Evans, 2001). However, the advance in data collection, the increase in the quantity and quality of atmospheric observations over ocean areas through satellites and the development of numerical modeling tools have allowed to observe that extratropical cyclones can have tropical aspects, and vice versa. Thus, the same cyclone can present different phases during its life cycle, with different structural and thermal characteristics.
After the atypical occurrence of cyclone Catarina in 2004, meteorological institutions, universities and weather forecasting centers in Brazil have been emphasizing the study and prediction of the impact of cyclones on coastal areas. The International Meeting of South Atlantic Cyclones, which took place in May 2008, was another step of the Brazilian scientific community in search of improving knowledge about cyclones. The event, which was held in the city of Rio de Janeiro, brought together researchers and weather forecasters from various countries, in addition to bringing new knowledge and forecasting tools for tropical, extratropical, subtropical and hybrid cyclones. Among these new tools, the concept of Cyclone Phase Space was presented in detail.
Hart (2003) proposed the Cyclone Phase Space (CPS), which allows to evaluate the thermal structure of cyclones based on objective indicators. These indicators are the parameters B (cyclone thermal symmetry), -VTL (thermal wind at low levels of the atmosphere) and -VTU (thermal wind at high levels of the atmosphere), which define the phase of the cyclone. When the cyclone goes from one phase to another, it is said that there has been a phase transition of the cyclone that can be complete or partial, depending on whether or not the cyclone takes on the tropical or extratropical characteristics after the transition.
The phase that the cyclone assumes during its life cycle implies variations in its intensity, size, prediction uncertainty, and consequently the threat it poses to the coastal population and to navigators. Therefore, in order to increase the predictability of the trajectory and intensity of cyclones, the knowledge of the different thermal characteristics that they can present constitutes an important prognostic tool.
This article presents the thermal characteristics of the cyclone Arani, matching its structural changes of intensity with its evolution in cyclone phase diagrams.
The information used was from the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR), images from the GOES-12 satellite, synoptic charts prepared by the Marine Meteorological Service (MMS), operated by the Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center (Centro de Hidrografia da Marinha - CHM), the Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies (Centro de Previsão do Tempo e Estudos Climáticos - CPTEC/INPE), data estimated by satellite sensors (ASCAT and TRMM), and cyclone phase diagrams with ERA-Interim reanalysis data generated by Florida State University (FSU), during the formation and development period of the Arani Cyclone, March 13-19, 2011.
Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR)
The CFSR is a high-resolution information database. The second version was implemented in 2010, covering the period from January 1979 to the present day (Saha et al., 2010). The data are available in 64 pressure levels, ranging from surface to 0.26 hPa, with horizontal spacing of 0.5° and frequency of 1 hour.
The reanalysis data were generated through the Global Forecast System (GFS) model and, as an oceanic model, the fourth version of the Modular Ocean Model (MOM4), therefore with air-sea coupling.
In this work the information is available in four synoptic times (00Z, 06Z, 12Z and 18Z) with 28 pressure levels, from the surface to 100 hPa (surface, 1000, 975, 950, 925, 900, 875, 850, 825, 800, 775, 750, 700, 650, 600, 550, 500, 450, 400, 350, 300, 250, 225, 200, 175, 150, 125 e 100 hPa), in addition to the wind data at 10 meters. The fields and profiles of the reanalysis data were obtained through the Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) (Doty; Kinter, 1995), in version 2.0.a9 for Linux.
For the synoptic analysis of the cyclone, the fields of geopotential in 500 hPa and the jet in 250 hPa were used in superposition to the pressure at the surface, in order to verify possible contributions of the circulation in medium and high levels of the atmosphere over the cyclone; pressure at the surface with the thickness of the layer between 900 hPa and 600 hPa, to identify the thermal nature of the air masses that interacted with the cyclone; and wind at 10 meters to identify the intensity variations of the cyclone at the surface during its evolution. The vertical cross sections were made over the latitude where the minimum pressure of the cyclone was at surface, at each moment, within the domain of longitudes which it developed over the South Atlantic Ocean (050W-010W). The geopotential disturbance profiles were obtained within a radius of 500 km around the position of the cyclone center at surface, according to Hart's methodology (2003).
Satellite images and estimates
The images of the GOES-12 satellite, on the infrared channel, were obtained upon request from the Environmental Satellite Division (DSA) of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE).
Other satellite derived products were used, such as the Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and winds over ocean surfaces estimation. The SST data were obtained through the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) microwave sensor, aboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite and are available on the Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) web page (http://images.remss.com/tmi/tmi_data_daily.html). Wind data at 10 meters were obtained from the ASCAT marine wind scatometer on board the EUMETSAT METOP satellite (https://manati.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/datasets/ASCATData.php).
Synoptic charts (subjective analysis) made by SMM, operated by CHM, (https://www.marinha.mil.br/chm/dados-do-smm-cartas-sinoticas/cartas-sinoticas), and CPTEC/INPE (http://img0.cptec.inpe.br/~rgptimg/Produtos-Pagina/Carta-Sinotica/Analise/Superficie/) were used.
Cyclone Phase Space
It is a three-dimensional space defined by three parameters that characterize the cyclone: "B", referring to the cyclone's thermal symmetry, indicating whether the cyclone is frontal or non-frontal, and "-VTL" and "-VTU", referring to its thermal structure and corresponding to the thermal wind between 900 hPa and 600 hPa, and between 600 hPa and 300 hPa, respectively. These last parameters indicate the thermal nature of the cyclone, that is, whether they have a cold core or a warm core in the respective atmospheric layers considered. The three parameters define the x, y and z axes of this phase space.
The analyzed phase diagrams were prepared by FSU with the reanalysis data from the ERA-Interim project of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), with horizontal resolution of 0.7.
Parâmetro B: simetria térmica do ciclone
Considering that the atmospheric layer has a certain average temperature, it is concluded that the thickness of the layer between two vertical levels of pressure is directly proportional to this temperature. Therefore, where there is cold advection in a certain layer of the atmosphere there is a tendency to reduce the thickness of this layer, while where there is warm advection, the fluid tends to expand and the layer has its thickness increased. In this way, an isobaric surface that passes over an extratropical cyclone will present asymmetric levels of geopotential height. Tropical cyclones that form in areas of great thermal homogeneity perform little or no temperature advection, resulting in great thermal symmetry and, consequently, a strong symmetry in the geopotential height field.
The parameter B was proposed to quantify the degree of symmetry of the cyclone and, therefore, its frontal or non-frontal nature. It measures the average layer thickness gradient between 900 hPa and 600 hPa (which is directly proportional to the average temperature gradient of the layer), perpendicular to the cyclone movement, within a radius of 500 km from the center of the cyclone in surface (Equation 2.1).
Equation 2.1
In which:
h= +1 for HN and h= -1 for HS;
Z600hPa is the geopotential height at the level of 600 hPa;
and the indices "D" and "E" correspond to the right and left sides of the cyclone, respectively, and their reference is the dividing line established by their displacement vector.
A mature tropical cyclone has a B value of approximately zero, while an extratropical cyclone in development has a large positive B value. The final stages of an extratropical cyclone also have small values of B, since after the occlusion occurs the elevation of its warm sector and mixing of the air masses, resulting in a center of homogeneous cold low pressure. Hart (2003) established the criterion B = 10 meters to distinguish symmetrical from asymmetrical cyclones and this criterion will be used in this study.
Parameters -VTL and -VTU: thermal wind and core thermodynamics
The thermal nature of the cyclone core, warm or cold, can be known through the analysis of the thermal wind across the entire vertical extent of the cyclone center. The vector relationship of the thermal wind is indicated in Equation 2.2:
VT is the thermal wind; g is the acceleration of gravity; f is the Coriolis parameter; and ∇ZT is the horizontal gradient of the thickness of the atmospheric layer.
Considering that all cyclones can have both warm and cold cores simultaneously, depending on the atmospheric layer examined (Hirschberg; Fritsch, 1993), were created the -VTL parameter, which analyzes a layer representative of the low levels of the troposphere (900 hPa to 600 hPa), and the -VTU parameter, which analyzes a layer representative of the high levels of the troposphere (600 hPa to 300 hPa). The layer below 900 hPa is not included to prevent extrapolation below ground or within the atmospheric boundary layer, which is not always representative of the cyclone structure in the free atmosphere. The atmosphere above 300 hPa is excluded to prevent the influence of the stratospheric phase, which is often opposed to the tropospheric phase.
Positive values of -VT indicate a warm core layer, while negative values indicate a cold core layer. For a tropical warm core cyclone, -VTL and -VTU are necessarily positive and -VTL has a higher magnitude. Conversely, for an extratropical cold core cyclone, -VTL and -VTU are necessarily negative and -VTU has a greater magnitude. In hybrid cyclones, extratropical cyclones with warm seclusion or subtropical cyclones, -VTL and -VTU present opposite signs.
The warm and cold cores of a cyclone are related directly to its vertical structure of the geopotential height disturbance (amplitude). The presence of a cold core indicates a cyclone wave or structure with greater amplitude at the top of the layer than at the base, with the trough axis leaning westward. Inversely, the warm core presents a geopotential height disturbance that is greater at the base than at the top of the layer, with the trough axis approximately vertical (stacked).
It is worth noting that although Gozzo et al. (2014) used different thresholds both for parameter B and for thermal winds in their studies of subtropical cyclones over the South Atlantic, in this work, Hart's (2003) criterion was used exactly for the Arani life cycle analysis.
Synoptic description, dynamics, and observational aspects
On March 14, 2011, areas of low pressure deepened near the coast of the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo and gave rise to a cyclone that developed over the South Atlantic Ocean. From the 15th, the cyclone was classified by the Brazilian Navy as subtropical storm "Arani", according to a list of names that is included in the Maritime Authority Standards for Maritime Meteorological Activities (NORMAM-19), and which was established to name tropical and subtropical cyclones that form over the Brazilian maritime area of responsibility, known as METAREA V.
According to the criteria established by Jarvinen et al. (1984), the subtropical cyclone Arani was classified as a subtropical depression from its origin (winds below 34 knots), near the coast, until its intensification and category elevation (Figures 1A and 1B). On the 15th, the cyclone was classified as a subtropical storm, as the winds exceeded 34 knots (Figures 1C and 1D).
Figure 1. GOES-12 satellite images on the infrared channel. In prominence is the cyclone Arani (A) at 140600Z, (C) at 150600Z and (E) at 161200Z. Estimates of the surface wind speed through the ASCAT scatometer (B) at 140600Z, (D) at 150600Z and (E) at 161000Z. The letter B, in red, indicates the approximate position of the minimum pressure associated with the cyclone. The maximum winds observed in (B) do not exceed 30 knots; in (D) they are between 30 and 40 knots; and in (F) they are between 40 and 45 knots north and northeast of the center of the cyclone. [Source: NOAA].
Although the Atlantic Ocean is not officially monitored by the US Meteorological Service, Cyclone Arani has been classified by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) as the INVEST 90Q case. It is worth noting that an INVEST case means the existence of an area that deserves to be investigated due to its potential for tropical cyclone formation. From this classification, the NHC has made available outputs of the GFDL model (Figure 2 A-B), which is more suitable for the prognosis of tropical developments and is used for forecasting hurricanes over the North Atlantic Ocean. It was also indicated a minimum Pressure at Mean Sea Level (PMSL) of 994 hPa between the 14th and the 16th (not shown).
The MMS represented the cyclone in its synoptic charts as a subtropical storm, with a minimum pressure of 998 hPa, on the 15th at 1200Z. From the 17th, the MMS indicated the extratropical transition of the cyclone, evidenced by the presence of a cold front in its synoptic chart (Figure 2 C-D). The Weather Forecasting Group (WFG) of CPTEC/INPE has also indicated the phase transition of the cyclone from day 17, drawing a cold front on the 180000Z chart (Figure 3).
Figure 2. Pressure field at the surface and wind at 35 m from the GFDL model with grids of 1/3° and 1/6°, the last one centered on the cyclone. Analysis from March 14, 2011 at 18Z in (A) and forecast for March 16, 2011 at 00Z in (B) (Source: NHC). And synoptic charts of MMS/Brazilian Navy showing the Arani Subtropical Storm in 151200Z in (C) and the subsequent frontogenesis in 171200Z in (D). [Source: Centro de Hidrografia da Marinha/MB]
Figure 3. CPTEC/INPE synoptic charts. Highlighting the subtropical cyclone Arani, during the 16th and the 17th (A and B), and the subsequent appearance of a cold front in the cyclone (C and D). [Source: CPTEC/INPE]
The high SSTs observed supported the development of intense convective activity and the deepening of the cyclone. The maximum temperatures estimated by satellite in the area of its development (Figure 4) were close to 30ºC, which is favorable to tropical cyclogenesis.
Figure 4. Estimate of average SST on March 15, 16 and 17 through the microwave sensor on board the TRMM satellite.
[Source: Remote Sensing Systems (RSS)].
By CFSR reanalysis, the cyclone had a minimum pressure value estimated at 1004 hPa (Figures 5A, 5D, and 5G). It was not associated with significant thermal gradients at low levels and developed in a warm and homogeneous air mass, without evident temperature contrasts in the layer between 900 hPa and 600 hPa (Figures 5C, 5F, and 5I), which can also be deduced by the absence of a jet at 250 hPa in the vicinity of the cyclone (Figures 5B, 5E, and 5H). A medium level trough was in phase with the cyclone in surface, denoting barotropic characteristic (Figures 5A, 5D, and 5G).
Unlike Cyclone Catarina (Gan, 2009), which occurred in March 2004, Cyclone Arani showed continuous movement east/southwest and its convective activity was not organized in the form of spiral bands, typical of tropical cyclones. The deeper convection remained slightly away from the center of the cyclone, in its eastern and northeastern sectors. The cloud band and the maximum winds observed away from the center of the cyclone are characteristics consistent with those predicted by Herbert; Poteat (1975) for subtropical cyclones.
From the 16th, a cold front that moved further south, in a southwest-northeast direction, approached cyclone Arani. There was the coupling of the trough in 500 hPa associated to the cyclone Arani and the middle latitudes baroclinic trough that gave dynamic support to the frontal system (Figures 5A, 5D, and 5G).
Figure 5. Pressure at Sea Level (contours in black) and: I) geopotential height in 500 hPa (colored contours); II) winds (arrows) and jets in 250 hPa (colored) and III) layer thickness between 900 hPa and 600 hPa (colored), according to CFSR reanalysis.
The CFSR reanalysis points out that the cyclone Arani had maximum sustained wind between 30 and 35 knots (Figure 6), which are underestimated values when faced with satellite estimates (Figure 1). This difference can be attributed to the underestimated representation, by CFSR, of cyclone pressures and their pressure gradient.
Figure 6. Wind fields at 10 meters from the CFSR reanalysis.
Analysis of the phase diagrams
The phase diagrams of the cyclone Arani can be seen in Figure 7, where A and B relate thermal symmetry (parameter B) and thermal wind (parameter -VTL) between 900 and 600 hPa, while C and D present the VT in all vertical extension, relating the VT between 900 and 600 hPa, and between 600 and 300 hPa (parameters -VTL and -VTU). The diagrams provided by FSU have constant intervals for the axes of the diagrams, regardless of the intensity of the cyclone analyzed, which may cause difficulty in interpreting the diagrams of less intense cyclones. To overcome this limitation, figures B and D correspond to the same values of the parameters of the original graphics of figures A and C. However, the scale of the graphics has changed so that there is a greater understanding of the evolution of the cyclone.
NIn Figure 7 (A and B) it is possible to notice that, between the 14th and the 15th, the cyclone Arani presented strong thermal symmetry (B approximately zero) and warm core between 900 and 600 hPa (-VTL around +50), occupying the typical space of subtropical cyclones in the phase diagram. Throughout the 15th, there was a strengthening of the warm core at low levels, coinciding with the increase in its convective activity (Figure 1) and the elevation of the cyclone category from depression to subtropical storm, due to the intensification of winds. During the 16th, there was a reduction in the thermal symmetry of the cyclone and a reduction in the warm core intensity. On the 17th, the diagrams pointed to a transition of the cyclone from warm core to cold core at low levels and an increase in thermal asymmetry, acquiring the characteristics of a weak extratropical cyclone.
Figure 7 (C and D) shows that the cyclone Arani maintained a weak warm core at low levels and a weak cold core at high levels, from its appearance until the moment it underwent extratropical phase transition on the 17th. This corroborates Hart (2003), who states that subtropical cyclones have a weak warm core structure in the lower troposphere, resulting from a lack of sustained convection near the center of the cyclone.
Figure 7. Phase diagrams relating parameters B and -VTL (A) and -VTL and -VTU (C), using the ERA-Interim (0.7) reanalysis. (B) and (D) indicate phase diagrams corresponding to the originals (A and C), with scale change. [Source: A and C Florida State University]
It is important to emphasize that although the Global Forecast System (GFS) results did not present evidence of the transition (Figure 9), the reanalysis with ERA-Interim (ECMWF) data showed it through the phase diagrams (Figure 7). There was a frontal system further south, and when analyzing satellite images and wind fields, there is strong evidence that there was an interaction between the cold air mass that was in the rear of the cold front and cyclone Arani, at the moment the front comes very close to it. The cold air intrusion may have been small to the point of not altering the positive signal of the thermal wind at low levels, which is evident in the vertical cross sections in the Figure 9, where the cyclone maintains the highest values of the geopotential anomalies near the surface. However, there may have been an increase in the asymmetry of the cyclone, which is evident by the phase diagrams (B between 15 and 25 meters) and by the intensification of winds at the time of the probable phase transition, when the potential energy of the cyclone increases due to the increase in asymmetry, having consequently a response in wind intensity.
Elsberry (1995) showed that wind intensity increases significantly during and immediately after the extratropical transition process. This occurs, as perceived by Pálmen (1958), as a result of the increase in the potential energy available in the atmosphere due to the increased asymmetry of the cyclone. In the case of the cyclone Arani, during and after the extratropical transition pointed out by the phase diagrams, from 171200Z (Figure 7), the winds at 10 meters intensified (Figure 8). Considering that on the 16th and the 17th the warm core of the system was weakening and the wind intensity was declining, the new wind intensification in the southwest portion of the cyclone occurred as a consequence of the increase in the potential energy of the system, as indicated by the symmetry parameter of the phase diagram.
Figure 8. Pressure at Mean Sea Level (PMSL) and wind at 10 meters. The blue arrows highlight the area where the winds intensified.
The warm core structure acquired by the cyclone Arani can be identified by the vertical cross section of geopotential anomaly (Figure 9). It can be noted that the Arani cyclone had a warm core restricted to the low levels of the troposphere: the largest negative geopotential anomalies were at the base of the cyclone, and the trough axis was practically vertical. According to the reanalysis data, the warm core pattern at low levels and cold core at high levels was maintained throughout its life cycle, which can be verified by the positive values of -VTL and negative -VTU in the geopotential disturbance profiles. The -VTL values decreased with time, showing a tendency of weakening of the warm core; however, there was no change in the signal that should occur in an extratropical transition.
Figure 9. Zonal geopotential anomaly and geopotential disturbance profile (∆Z = Zmax - Zmin) in a 500 km radius around the cyclone, according to CFSR reanalyses. The axis of the geopotential anomaly and the atmospheric layers used for the cyclone phase analysis (900 hPa - 600 hPa and 600 hPa - 300 hPa) are highlighted in red.
The vertical profiles (Figure 9) do not show the appearance of a cold core at low levels, contrary to the information contained in the phase diagrams. Nevertheless, the possible occurrence of the extratropical transition shown by the phase diagrams is coherent with an interaction of the cyclone Arani with the cold air mass that moved in the rear of the cold front further south, when the two meteorological systems approached on the 17th.
The possibility of the cyclone not having made a complete extratropical transition, only increasing its asymmetry, without changing the thermal wind signal at low levels is not excluded either, as shown by the vertical cross sections of the cyclone's geopotential anomaly. In this case, the Arani would have assumed a hybrid phase at the end of its life cycle, becoming an asymmetric cyclone with a warm core at low levels, and not an extratropical cyclone with a deep cold core and without an associated cold front.
Cyclone Arani was classified as a subtropical cyclone from its origin until the 17th; however, it was a subtropical depression from the 14th until the 15th, when it reached the intensity of the subtropical storm. From the 17th on, the cyclone performed extratropical transition (complete or partial, depending on the data source used - ERA-Interim or CFSR) and remained in that phase until its dissipation. It should be noted that this phase transition may have been partial (only the asymmetry increased, keeping the warm core), which would classify it as hybrid after the subtropical phase, or it may have been total (becoming asymmetric and cold core), according to the results of the diagram.
The cyclone presented subtropical characteristics easily identified in the phase diagrams, contributing to the understanding of its cloud coverage, intensity, and path. According to the diagrams, after its initial intensification, the warm core lost intensity continuously and underwent an extratropical transition when influenced by a frontal system that moved south of the cyclone.
Despite the disagreement of ERA-Interim and CFSR reanalyses, regarding the occurrence of the extratropical phase transition at the end of its life cycle, it is a consensus between the diagrams and the reanalysis data that the cyclone Arani did not perform a complete tropical transition. To reach the category of a tropical storm or hurricane, the cyclone should have a deep warm core. Its tropical development was restricted by ambient conditions, such as the vertical wind shear and the approach of a middle latitudes baroclinic wave.
As expected for cases of extratropical transition, there was a further intensification of winds during the period of decline before the phase transition of cyclone Arani. As seen previously, other researchers had already reached a conclusion on the intensification of cyclones with tropical characteristics during and after the extratropical transition, showing that phase diagrams are important tools in predicting changes in cyclone intensity.
To detect structural and thermal variations of cyclones with tropical characteristics and smaller spatial dimensions and intensities, such as the Arani cyclone, it is necessary to use appropriate models and adjust the scale of the diagrams so that they represent well the typical values of these systems, which are usually smaller in module. The phase diagrams of cyclones with weak warm core, obtained from results of global models, should be carefully analyzed and their qualitative study is more important than the quantitative one.
Phase diagrams can be a valuable contribution in forecasting cyclones, especially in the South Atlantic Ocean, where the scarcity of observations does not allow real-time monitoring of their changes in structure and intensity.
To Dr. Robert Hart of the University of Florida, who has always been accessible and willing to help, since the International Meeting on South Atlantic Cyclones, held in Rio de Janeiro in 2008, either by providing the diagrams analyzed in this paper, or by contributing to the analysis of cyclone phase transitions.
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Received: 14 jul. 2020
Approved: 02 nov. 2020
How to cite: Palmeira, A.C.; Mathias, R.S.B. (2020). Life cycle study of subtropical cyclone Arani in the South Atlantic in March 2011 through the ERA-Interim and CFSR reanalyses. Revista S&G 15, 3, 235-249 https://revistasg.emnuvens.com.br/sg/article/view/1663


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Home / News / Europe's turbulent energy market is now at winter's mercy
Europe's turbulent energy market is now at winter's mercy
Rachel Morison 12/17/2021
LONDON (Bloomberg) --Everyone may be back to watching the daily number of coronavirus cases as the omicron variant spreads through Europe, but the energy market is focusing on a more traditional gauge of worry: the temperature.
Prices soared to new records this week because of the impact of unexpected nuclear outages in France and worryingly low stockpiles across the continent. On Friday, natural gas prices plunged as Russia decided to supply the market at the 11th hour, yet they are still at dizzyingly high levels.
Buyers and sellers are now high alert for signs of cold that would send prices into total meltdown. "Only a mild winter seems capable of alleviating the stress on the energy market," said Jean-Paul Harreman, an analyst at research firm Enappsys Ltd.
It all adds up to a precarious outlook for European economies and consumers as the pandemic roars back and countries become increasingly concerned about Russia and geopolitics.
Omicron will likely be dominant across Europe by mid-January and that could lead to de facto lockdowns where companies don't have the necessary staff to continue as normal. Surging energy prices are driving inflation and forcing gas-hungry industries to curb output. If it's cold too, then rolling blackouts could be a last resort.
The rest of December is set to be colder than usual and this will persist into January with widespread below average temperatures for the first two weeks, according to forecaster Maxar Technologies Inc.
Prices are already at record highs in France and Germany while the weather is relatively mild and demand isn't really testing the limits of the system. Peak consumption usually comes in January or February when it's coldest. Analysts say it wouldn't even require a repeat of February 2018's "Beast from the East" to trigger market meltdowns this year, only a few degrees below normal will be enough.
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While there may be enough capacity now — albeit at an eye-watering price — it's set to deplete more quickly than in previous years, according to Hanns Koenig, head of commissioned projects at Aurora Energy Research Ltd. "Our gas use will go up and that could become an issue toward the end of the winter when gas storage is used up," he said.
Widespread Covid-19 restrictions where businesses and industries shut could help alleviate the energy crunch by reducing power use. At the height of the 2020 lockdowns, power demand fell by as much as 20% in parts of Europe.
In the meantime, industry is starting to feel the pressure. Nyrstar, a leading global zinc producer owned by Trafigura Group, will halt production at a smelter in France in the first week of January because of soaring power prices. The trend is hurting the competitiveness of French companies, according to the Uniden trade group that represents energy-intensive industries.
Higher energy prices are having a broader impact too. The European Central Bank is projecting 3.2% inflation for 2022 with two thirds of that increase attributed to energy price gains. In Britain, "more persistent" inflation was behind a surprise decision to raise interest rates for the first time in three years on Dec. 16.
About a third of France's nuclear capacity will be halted at the start of January. The nation usually exports power at peak times to its neighbors but now it will require imports, pushing prices up everywhere. Maintenance is also being disrupted by the pandemic. Three of Germany's nuclear power plants will also shut at the end of this year and thus unavailable during the coldest part of winter.
European Union leaders met this week in Brussels to discuss the energy crisis, the bloc's pandemic response and Russia's buildup of troops near Ukraine, a key gas-transit nation.
An escalation of the tensions between Kyiv and Moscow could make the energy crisis worse, with the potential for Russian gas shipments to be curbed or halted altogether in the case of an invasion. Conflict could also further delay the start of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline linking Russia to Germany, which has already suffered repeated delays.
Gas prices fell on Friday after Russian giant Gazprom PJSC booked pipeline space in an auction to deliver gas west through Poland at the last minute after indicating previously it wouldn't. But traders are unsure of what Russia's supply strategy will be given the political tensions.
Attention is already turning to next winter. If Russian gas exports remain at current levels, Europe's storage sites will be less than 15% full at the end of March, the lowest on record, according to consultant consultant Wood Mackenzie Ltd. And that's assuming normal weather conditions.
"We believe there is a high likelihood of both prolonged and even higher prices through winter with after-effects that could stretch beyond the next two years," said Nathan Piper, head of oil and gas research at Investec Bank Ltd.
Biden rattles his saber at oil producers as prices surge to 2014 high (1/6)
Russia's February gas-transit plan leaves Europe in the lurch (1/6)
Deadly UAE drone strikes raise risk in key oil-producing region (1/6)
Russia missing OPEC targets as some members struggle to keep pace (1/6)
Key jet fuel market metric surges as flight demand withstands Omicron (1/6)
BP and Oman form renewable energy and hydrogen development strategic partnership (1/6)


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	Client side ragdolling meant to be used with a binder. See [RagdollBindersClient].
	While a humanoid is bound with this class, it is ragdolled.

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	@class RagdollClient
]=]

local require = require(script.Parent.loader).load(script)

local Workspace = game:GetService("Workspace")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")

local BaseObject = require("BaseObject")
local CameraStackService = require("CameraStackService")
local CharacterUtils = require("CharacterUtils")
local HapticFeedbackUtils = require("HapticFeedbackUtils")
local RagdollServiceClient = require("RagdollServiceClient")
local RagdollMotorUtils = require("RagdollMotorUtils")

local RagdollClient = setmetatable({}, BaseObject)
RagdollClient.ClassName = "RagdollClient"
RagdollClient.__index = RagdollClient

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	Constructs a new RagdollClient. Should be done via [Binder]. See [RagdollBindersClient].
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function RagdollClient.new(humanoid, serviceBag)
	local self = setmetatable(BaseObject.new(humanoid), RagdollClient)

	self._serviceBag = assert(serviceBag, "No serviceBag")
	self._ragdollServiceClient = self._serviceBag:GetService(RagdollServiceClient)
	self._cameraStackService = self._serviceBag:GetService(CameraStackService)

	local player = CharacterUtils.getPlayerFromCharacter(self._obj)
	if player == Players.LocalPlayer then
		self._maid:GiveTask(task.spawn(function()
			-- Yield in the same way just to ensure no weird shakes.
			RagdollMotorUtils.yieldUntilStepped()

			self:_setupHapticFeedback()
			self:_setupCameraShake(self._cameraStackService:GetImpulseCamera())
		end))
	end

	return self
end

-- TODO: Move out of this open source module
function RagdollClient:_setupCameraShake(impulseCamera)
	local head = self._obj.Parent:FindFirstChild("Head")
	if not head then
		return
	end

	local lastVelocity = head.Velocity
	self._maid:GiveTask(RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
		debug.profilebegin("ragdollcamerashake")
		local cameraCFrame = Workspace.CurrentCamera.CFrame

		local velocity = head.Velocity
		local dVelocity = velocity - lastVelocity
		if dVelocity.magnitude >= 0 then
			if self._ragdollServiceClient:GetScreenShakeEnabled() then
				impulseCamera:Impulse(cameraCFrame:vectorToObjectSpace(-0.1*cameraCFrame.lookVector:Cross(dVelocity)))
			end
		end

		lastVelocity = velocity
		debug.profileend()
	end))
end

function RagdollClient:_setupHapticFeedback()
	local lastInputType = UserInputService:GetLastInputType()
	if not HapticFeedbackUtils.setSmallVibration(lastInputType, 1) then
		return
	end

	local alive = true
	self._maid:GiveTask(function()
		alive = false
	end)

	task.spawn(function()
		for i=1, 0, -0.1 do
			HapticFeedbackUtils.setSmallVibration(lastInputType, i)
			task.wait(0.05)
		end
		HapticFeedbackUtils.setSmallVibration(lastInputType, 0)

		if alive then
			self._maid:GiveTask(function()
				HapticFeedbackUtils.smallVibrate(lastInputType)
			end)
		end
	end)
end

return RagdollClient

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With the Champions League final just around the corner, the inevitable influx of football fans from all over the world are soon going to take over the streets of Cardiff. With the immense popularity of the event, prices for rooms in hotels have soared, with some even hitting £3,040 per night. One Airbnb room was even sold for £4,284 for two nights.
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Most rooms in Cardiff on Airbnb are usually around the £25-£40 price range. For the Champions League final, however, one room is available for £250 per night, and that's nothing compared to this room up for £933. Not to mention the service fees on top.
This could pay for 3 months of rent!
One student is even putting their whole house on Airbnb for £800 per night, with all the rooms included, situated in Cathays.
Demand has soared in the Welsh capital this weekend for hotels, in preparation for the big game as Real Madrid take on Juventus, with hotels in the city centre either sold out or priced at extortionate levels, as the biggest match in European football comes to Cardiff.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, as Champions League goers will need somewhere to stay overnight and students are constantly scrounging around for extra money, so this is actually a clever idea. If hotels can rip people off that much, why not do it yourself?
Climate change protests are taking place in Cardiff this week
Grace Withers
Protestors are calling it the Summer Uprising
Cardiff gave History students incorrect marks on an essay and now they don't know if they have a 2:1 or not
They won't find out the correct marks for a week
Cardiff Uni kicked anti-vaxx student off healthcare course and paid them £9000 compensation
Lauren Ryan
The uni paid them £5,000 for the "distress" caused
Cardiff is home to one of the most colourful streets in Wales
It may be brighter than all of our future's combined
We spoke to the Cardiff second year who started her own business at university
Isobel McAllister & Anna Rees
That's more ambition than some of us will ever have
Third years may have module grades from the strikes taken off their final grade
Louise O'Reilly
The strikes may work in our favour after all


No, go ahead and watch this 3:00 video. I'll wait.
Ok, now how do you feel about Brandon Saad?
The soon-to-be 26-year-old (b. October 27th, 1992) found a white jersey in his stall this week for practice. That would be the "kiss of death" for a player like Saad as it indicated that the coaching staff is not happy with #20's play and he appears to be heading to healthy scratch… land.
Here's my quick take, which will be followed by a more detailed breakdown of Saad's play and current status with this Hawks organization.
Saad is better than he's shown in his return to Chicago but after Joel Quenneville talks about seeing more "passion" and "intensity" out of his young winger, me thinks Saader needs to fall in love with the game of hockey again.
Now here is the part where I support that statement.
Let's start near the beginning leading into Brandon's draft year in 2011.
At one point, Saad, who was 6-2 / 200 pounds at 18-years-old was ranked the 4th best skater in North America as per a Bob McKenzie after polling NHL scouts in September of 2010.
Brandon's stock dropped a lot to 19th after some injuries during his time in the OHL for Saginaw.
Well, I know some will point to the quote above and relate it to character issues rumoured to be happening with 2018 Brandon Saad.
I'm not fully buying it though.
Saad's father, George, immigrated to the US from Syria when he was just 18-years-old.
Knowing this, and the current state of Syria, the Saad's heritage, one has to think that Brandon's character is of elite quality.
However, this is not a guarantee and this potential benching (or the threat of a healthy scratch) is going to be a true character test. Especially considering that Saad has only missed 8 games in the 5 seasons(!). Some of those were from day-to-day injuries and a couple in Columbus when John Tortorella decided to bench him in his first year with the Blue Jackets for a few games.
Sure, Brandon has always been a laid-back kid but it's difficult to argue that he doesn't work hard.
I haven't been the biggest fan of his comments since his demotion, as well as his decision not to show up to the morning skate (after he had been demoted to the 4th line) which ultimately could have led to a white jersey.
Saad has been a healthy scratch only once with the Blackhawks since he replaced an injured Carcillo in the second game in 2013. It was April 6, 2014, with Q sending a message just before the playoffs. Asked that day about making tough decisions, Q said, "This wasn't a tough one."
Brandon Saad on wearing a white jersey in practice: "I don't think anyone wants to be wearing white around here. But it is what it is. There's nothing you can do except keep trying to improve. It's their job to make the call to put the best team out there to win hockey games."
Needless to say, the reunion between Brandon Saad and the Chicago Blackhawks has not gone according to plan (…and no, I'm not going to compare his stats to Artemi Panarin).
On June 30, 2015, Chicago traded Saad's negotiation rights as a pending restricted free agent, along with prospects Alex Broadhurst and Michael Paliotta, to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for Jeremy Morin, Marko Daňo, Artem Anisimov, Corey Tropp and a fourth-round draft pick in 2016. On July 3, Saad signed a six-year contract extension with the Blue Jackets worth $36 million.
On June 23, 2017, Saad returned to the Chicago Blackhawks along with Anton Forsberg and a fifth-round draft pick in 2018 via a trade from the Blue Jackets in exchange for Artemi Panarin, Tyler Motte and a sixth-round draft pick in 2017. Saad began the 2017-18 season with a hat trick against the Pittsburgh Penguins en route to a 10–1 victory.
The Cole's notes… the Hawks couldn't afford Saad, so they traded him.
A couple years later, the Hawks decided they couldn't pay Artemi Panarin, so they dealt him the cost certainty of Saad's contract he signed with Columbus.
When the Hawks went out and got Saad back, they were looking for cost certainty (just like Stan did with the Hammer for Murphy deal) and I'm sure it was said to him when he returned, "we don't need you to be Panarin, just play your game that made you so successful here before."
It's true, Saad needs to be more like Marian Hossa-lite rather than Panarin. The Hawks needed Saad to help drive them into the playoffs again and then when they got there, use his Stanley Cup experience as a power forward and really help in that regard.
He's got that skill set still, you can see it, but something is missing.
So, even if Saad is healthy scratched on Thursday, I still believe he has more to give and/or figure out. To help illustrate that, let's compare his work last year to his best year to date.
The biggest notes would the lack of overall production. A lot point to the 7.6 SH% and it's fair to say that this is the reason that Saad's year was deemed a failure.
Over his career in Chicago, his shooting percentage was 9.9%. If he followed this trend in his return, he would have found himself with 23 goals (only 1 less than his year previous in CBJ) off of 237 shots.
If he would have continued with his average of 12.4% during his time in Columbus, he would have netted 29 goals.
This season (obviously) had the exclamation point of a Stanley Cup to which Saad contributed 8 G, 3 A and 11 points in 23 games.
The 2018-19 Blackhawks have started 3-0-2 which have been highlighted by a revitalized Jonathan Toews - who was supposed to be reinvigorated by Saad's return – with little-to-no-help form Brandon's 2 assists in 5 games.
Saad found himself on the 4th line last game vs. the Blues and actually had a nice assist, but Coach Q is looking for more.
Quenneville started Saad on a line with Kane and Schmaltz to kick off the regular season… a lottery position. Saad, unfortunately for him, didn't mesh, despite working hard in the offseason in Chicago with those linemates in an effort to get back to his "old self".
It appears the Coach Q is looking for Brandon's compete level to get back to his Stanley cup competing level. Saad has the track record of 0.51 PPG in the NHL postseason and while we're only 5 games into the regular season, Brandon will need to pretend that he's fighting for a Stanley Cup (or better yet, his career with the Hawks) and if that means sitting a game to get focused again, then so be it; this "timeout" could prove to be extremely beneficial for Saad and his Blackhawks this year in hopes to get back to playoff calibre.
Should the Hawks trade Saad? Absolutely not. It's too early for that, plus his value has never been so low.
My prediction is that this lights a fire for the game again in Brandon's tummy and he returns to the Hawks 3rd line with Anisimov, and a combination of Kunitz, Hayden, and eventually Dylan Sikura.
From there, he can play his solid 2-way game and provide really strong depth for the Hawks and/or work his way back up to the top-6 while still providing help on the PP and PK.


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This is Marianne's pal Dena, commandeering this space one more time to bend your ear about beats and bleeps and bloops because that's what I'm digging these days. I am delighted to inform you that Marianne is recuperating nicely from her recent health travails and will soon be filling this space with more bizarre thrift-shop finds and concert recaps. In the meantime, doesn't Bassnectar have pretty hair?
Reading my better half's ruminations on hipness the other day, it struck me again how we both have always had our antennae out for that next jolt of musical inspiration or transcendence. Sometimes we have shared our thrills in dark, sweaty clubs and concert halls and sometimes we have found them separately, but the common thread is that we are both always searching for music that tickles our neurons in ways they haven't been tickled before. I shall always remember 2014 as the year I fell out of love with Rufus Wainwright and heeded a magnetic pull to electronica, which is how I found myself at a Bassnectar show in Las Vegas on November 5, grooving to phat beatz with a bunch of kids who were young enough to be my offspring.
I'm not sure how it happened, but these days I find I spend a lot less time contemplating jangly guitar music on my headphones and a lot more time blasting Robyn and The Knife on my Road Rocker in the basement while I play with my hoops or fold laundry. I'm still a newcomer to the genre and I mostly know just a handful of songs that I'm obsessed with, but I need energy and melody and beat, or I am just not satisfied. I was torn when I saw Bassnectar was playing at Brooklyn Bowl on my last night in Las Vegas before I flew back to Chicago. For one thing, I was boarding my bus to the airport at 6:15 the next morning. But goddamnit, for once I had the cash resources to see almost any show I wanted and what I wanted was a nonstandard Las Vegas experience. I wanted to see a show that was not the same every night, so I bought my ticket and set my controls for the heart of the Brooklyn Bowl.
I saw the doors opened quite early, so I thought I would saunter in late, sidle up to the bar for a drink, and blend into the crowd. Instead, the line snaked out the door and onto the Linq Plaza when I got there. Shortly thereafter, they moved the line forward and we all stood on the stairs for about an hour for reasons that remain unknown to me. Between that and the fact that they frisked me twice and confiscated my brand-new Lip Balm before I was finally admitted to the venue, I could have gotten really cranky. As it was my feet ached and my lips were getting paler and dryer by the moment, but I could not help reflecting that this was the nicest and most polite bunch of people with whom I had ever been trapped on a staircase. They all seemed so happy I was there with them and I was Dena and we were all seeing Bassnectar together that I tapped into the welcoming vibe and felt my anticipation building. Then Mr. Bassnectar started his set and my hair stood on end from the bass, and I knew I was in the right place.
I'm not here to write a detailed review of this show. That would be no fun for me and I do not have enough knowledge of Bassnectar's music to do it justice. The only song I heard all night that I knew was his remix of "Hello" by Martin Solveig and Dragonette, a song I first heard when it popped up on Spotify and which I have played as compulsively as just about any other song I heard this year. By this point, I wasn't sure if my hair was standing on end because the bass was so loud or because I was having a mystical experience. The kinetic visuals enhanced this sensation, from Lorin Ashton's evident enjoyment as he bounced back and forth between two laptops and tossed his long, flowing hair with abandon to the wonderfully trippy video projections that covered not only the screen behind Bassnectar, but also the front of the DJ booth itself. And then there was the delightful candi-festooned crowd, full of exuberant movement and joy, splashing beer on me right and left and then apologizing sincerely every time. I felt pretty bad that I had to leave early to go back to my hotel and pack, but I knew I would do it again the next chance I got.
I'm an old fart on the far side of my fifties, but I'm not dead yet. Once upon a time I was the youngest person in the room when the Dolls played their last shows at Max's Kansas City (with Blondie as opener and Wayne County in the DJ booth, no less), and now I'm one of a small handful of obvious geezers at the Bassnectar show, almost forty years later. This flip in perspective seems completely appropriate when I think about it. My neurons fire harder and I feel more alive and energized when I place myself in these highly charged situations. I don't know if always keeping one eye open for new aesthetic kicks and settling only for music that makes my hair stand on end ever qualified me as a hipster, but I fully intend to keep sticking my finger in sockets until I finally short myself out.


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I would use my iron in her divot.
Wow! all these instagram models really got it rough.
She's fine. And really really good at golf so that's a huge bonus.
Is that you in the background of pic 3, Larry?
Need a bigger gust of wind.
"As I look out the window where I am all I see is snow. The only thing warming me up is golfer Katie Kearney selling bathing suits and hitting balls... " That's creepy AF Larry.
No. She doesn't. And you're probably a gay retard.
In Larry's most recent Paige post, she only showed herself from the hooters up. That's a danger sign that she has continued to put on weight. She's becoming the John Daly of golf floozies.
Gross that you'd put your mouth where my pecker has been.
and go back for 2nd's, 3rd's 4th's. You get the idea and no shame here.


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The Realms and Ramblings of
R.M. Garino
The Gate of Fang and Thorn
Excerpt from The Gate of Fang and Thorn
A chorus of coughs and howls replied in unison, the cacophony disconcertedly close. Everyone's attention was affixed to the pathway through the thorns.
The calls increased in volume.
They knew their prey was close at hand. From what he knew of shrulk behavior, they would be tearing at the branches that barred their path, ripping through other members of their pack if need be.
"Sounds like a great many," Bryan said. With a shrug he readied his shield, swinging it off his shoulder. "Who's in the lead again?"
"Alis," McAlister said. Logan looked his question at him, and in an unusual display, McAlister
grinned back at him. "She has you beat by one. We had ourselves an adventure while you were away."
Logan looked back at her. He forgot to keep count. The tallies granted them bragging rights back home. Good for her. She grinned, her head held high.
"Well done, sister," Logan said with a wink. "Think you can hold your lead?"
Alis drew her sword. "Watch me."
An explosion ripped through the rose bushes, making the ground tremble beneath them.
"How long till apogee?" Bryan said, referring to the opening of the gate.
Sionid consulted the display. "Maybe half of an hour, if I'm reading this right." Logan glanced at their position, and nodded his agreement.
"Why?" Senet said. "You have plans?"
"Well," Bryan said, "there is this Elc'atar I fancied to ask for a drink."
"Deidra doesn't have two words for you," Vadin said.
"She didn't have two words for me when I was a Yearling," Bryan said. "Things are different now."
The banter was good, Logan knew. It kept their minds from dwelling on what was to come. They were well aware of what awaited them, and chose instead to focus their attention on more pleasant thoughts.
"Our lives before Sionid's," Logan said, reminding them of their objective. They had to keep her alive. She had to escape the Sur.
Another explosion tore through.
"You've outdone yourself McAlister," Senet said. "I take it you're responsible for the anti-personnel tactics? Well done."
"Thank you. What can I say? It's a gift."
No one replied. Death was approaching. From the shadows of the branches a shrulk raced, the wind of its passage ruffling its feathers. Alis was closest, and dispatched it with a quick lunge to its breast.
Shrulks exploded from every direction before the corpse hit the ground.
Logan charged ahead, swinging his sword to meet his foe. A spray of dark blood filled the air where his blade passed. He pivoted, redirected his sword and danced between the attackers. His movements were slow, dulled by the weight of the poison in his system.
He was still fast enough to hold the line.
Cormac fought to his left, with Bryan and Alis further out. McAlister stood to his right, Vadin and Senet further down the line on his side. Their positon was fluid, their movements timed to that of the others through harsh experience.
Normally, he would have ventured out into the heart of the enemy, trusting his life to the skill of his
arms and wrists. Now, however, he held position with his comrades and his attacks blended with theirs.
The jaws of a shrulk clamped down on his left wrist while he backhanded another. Its alternating rows of teeth bit deep, acting like a saw against his flesh. He pulled his arm closer, and skewered the beast through the throat. Cormac's blade flashed, severing the creature's head from its body before it drew him down. Logan thrust his arm behind him, with the head still attached. The pressure of the teeth disappeared when Sionid pried the lifeless jaws open. Focusing his sin'del, Logan did what he could to staunch the bleeding.
The onslaught did not stop. They did not pause. There was no respite, no time to draw a breath and regroup. Each member of the Pride fought to keep the line solid and protect Sionid.
The courtyard filled with a pearlescent light, and the shrulks paused their advance, stunned by the brightness. Their astonishment did not last for long; those at the rear pushed their way forward and the assault renewed.
Logan chanced a glance behind him to confirm his suspicions.
The gate was open.
It appeared within the carved outline, the yellow limestone giving way to a swirling arch of blue light.
"Sionid! Go!" Logan commanded.
She looked at him, her sin'del revealing her hesitation. She did not want to leave them.
"Return the display, soldier!" He commanded, his tone brooking no disobedience.
Sionid saluted, and charged through the opening. She was swallowed by the light.
The display was returned.
His mission was complete.
Logan wanted to turn, to run through the crack
between the worlds. His companions, however, held the line and bought time for the next to escape.
"Fall back!" he ordered. "Through the gate. All of you, go! Now!"
He had to make sure the others passed through. He would hold the line for as long as he could. He was heir to House Fel'Mekrin, and there was no less he could do.
This was what he wanted all along, a death to be proud of.
Vadin and Senet broke away and dove through the portal. The gate dimmed by the slightest degree. Bryan hesitated before he joined them. Alis followed behind him.
"We trying to see who can hold the longest?" McAlister yelled to be heard over the din.
"I gave you an order, soldier," Logan replied. "We'll be right behind you."
The light from the gate lessened yet again. McAlister saluted with his hand to his chest and made for the gate. A shrulk leapt in front of him, and without breaking his stride, he lopped its head off. It bounced through the opening seconds before he charged into the light.
Cormac inched backward, hard pressed by the shrulks before him. Logan dispatched his opponent and moved to assist.
"Just go!" Cormac yelled. "Go home, brother! Lead our House to glory!"
Logan shifted toward the gate without thinking. He took a pair of steps before Cormac's shout brought him back around.
The opening dimmed further, and cast waves of illumination across the horde like sunlight reflected off water.
A shrulk came up behind Cormac, through the gap Logan left exposed. It latched its jaws onto his shoulder and yanked him to the side.
The gate forgotten, Logan charged forward and swung his sword.
He severed the head from the beast and pushed Cormac behind him toward the exit.
Logan positioned himself between his friend and the horde, his ears laid back against the sides of his head.
The glow of the gate disappeared.
© 2017 - 2019 R.M. Garino - All Rights Reserved.


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Robert D. Weinhardt (né le  à Chicago, Illinois, États-Unis) est un lanceur de relève droitier de baseball évoluant en Ligue majeure avec les Tigers de Detroit.

Carrière
Après des études secondaires à la Pearland High School de Pearland (Texas), Robbie Weinhardt suit des études supérieures à l'Oklahoma State University–Stillwater où il porte les couleurs des Oklahoma State Cowboys à partir de 2006. Il est drafté le 7 juin 2007 par les Astros de Houston au  de sélection. Il repousse l'offre et poursuit ses études.

Weinhardt rejoint les rangs professionnels à l'issue de la draft du 5 juin 2008 au cours de laquelle il est sélectionné par les Tigers de Détroit au dixième tour. Il perçoit un bonus de 15 000 dollars à la signature de son premier contrat professionnel le 16 juin 2008.

Il passe deux saisons en Ligues mineures avec les GCL Tigers (Rk, 2008), les Lakeland Flying Tigers (A-, 2008-2009), les Erie SeaWolves (AA, 2009-2010) et les Toledo Mud Hens (AAA, 2010) avant d'effectuer ses débuts en Ligue majeure le 7 juillet 2010.

Weinhardt enregistre sa première victoire au plus haut niveau le 30 juillet 2010 face aux Red Sox de Boston à Fenway Park.

Statistiques

Note : G = Matches joués ; GS = Matches comme lanceur partant ; CG = Matches complets ; SHO = Blanchissages ; V = Victoires ; D = Défaites ; SV = Sauvetages ; IP = Manches lancées ; SO = Retraits sur des prises ; ERA = Moyenne de points mérités.

Notes et références

Liens externes
  Fiche de Robbie Weinhardt sur le site officiel de la MLB.
  Statistiques de Robbie Weinhardt sur baseball-reference.com.
  Statistiques de Robbie Weinhardt sur thebaseballcube.com.

Naissance en décembre 1985
Naissance à Chicago
Joueur américain de baseball
Joueur des Tigers de Détroit
Lanceur des ligues majeures de baseball
Joueur de baseball des Cowboys d'Oklahoma State
Sportif de Chicago

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They offer Infinty pack including HD at Rs. 5,999/- for one year. Is there a way to reduce cost by removing all channels other than English and Hindi?


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Norden som Atomvåbenfri Zone var et sovjetisk forslag om traktatmæssigt at forbyde atomvåben i Norden. Forslaget blev første gang fremsat i 1958 og senere genfremsat en række gange i 1960'erne. Forslaget blev imidlertid afvist af de nordiske lande, da ingen af dem havde atomvåben. Faktisk var Sovjetunionen det eneste land, der havde atomvåben i det nordiske område, nemlig i Baltikum og på Kolahalvøen. Forslaget blev derfor generelt betragtet som et sovjetisk forsøg på at skabe splid i og svække NATO, idet et forbud mod atomvåben stred imod NATO's forsvarsstrategi.

I 1970'erne tog forskellige fredsbevægelser i Danmark imidlertid kravet op, ikke mindst den DKP-kontrollerede Samarbejdskomiteen for Fred og Sikkerhed. Forslaget blev dog især omstridt efter at Socialdemokratiet i 1983 ændrede standpunkt og støttede ideen. Forslaget blev dermed et af de centrale stridspunkter mellem regeringen og oppositionen i den såkaldte fodnoteperiode.

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What Patio Decor Should I Use for My Outdoor Room?
Water features can be beautiful to look at and listen to – but expensive and/or time consuming to build.
There are several fountains for sale that cost significantly less, but ideally we want one that fits in with the landscape (and maybe even looks like we had it professionally designed!).
These store-bought water fountains are smaller than something you might build and they don't usually look like a real waterfall and pond. However, we still get to enjoy the same relaxing sound of trickling water and have a lot more money in our pocket at the end of the day.
After reviewing all the pros and cons of either option, you may find that smaller is better. Heck, for the price, we can even get several small fountains for less than the cost of one that is professionally installed!
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And why spend thousands of dollars on a custom-designed water feature in the backyard when you could take that money and invest it in a patio bar, outdoor kitchen or even an inflatable spa.
If you're like me, you might be surprised at the options available when it comes to pre-fab water features. For example, you can get very realistic stone waterfall units that (with the right landscaping) may trick your guests into thinking you had it professionally built. There are other models that also include lights, so fountains can be enjoyed at all hours of the day.
Another option is a pond-less water feature where the overflowing water appears to disappear into the ground.
The water reservoir is actually self-contained and concealed underneath rocks or pebbles in the landscape. If you are looking for a natural-looking fountain, this is an easy and inexpensive way to do it.
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