No Problem. There will be no charge for any cancellations unless you don't call or email and the bouncer is delivered. This will count as a rental and the rental fee will be expected.
If weather.com, zip code 44138, lists 50 percent or more chance of rain the day prior to your event you have the option to cancel at no cost. No other weather forecast will be used. We are not out to take your money, we understand that issues arise in your daily life, we are always willing to work with you to the fullest extent.
Yes. We deliver and set up all bounce house units and insure that they are clean before your party starts. We also ensure that the units are in good working condition as we test the units for safety after set up.
The rental period is 8 hours unless special arrangements are made.
Our Bounce houses plug into a standard 110 household outlet. We will supply the cord, and we ask that nothing else be plugged into the outlet we are utilizing. Placement of the Bounce house should be no more than 75 ft from that outlet. If you would like to set up a bounce house at a park or place without an electrical outlet we cannot provide a generator at this time.
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Yes. Some cities require that you have reservations in order to have a bounce house at the park. Also, most cities will require that they be named as additionally insured on our policy. There is usually no charge for this; however we do need at least a one-week notice to accomplish this. Also check to see if electricity will be available, at this time we do not profide generators.
Simple! Just dial 1-440-235-1198 and we will reserve your bounce house and gladly answer any questions you might have.
How much room is needed for a bounce house?
You will need to provide a level area of about 20 x 20 for the combo and 30 x 20 for the slide with an overhead clearance of 17 feet for both units.


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Sonny Rollins (* 7. September 1930 in New York; eigentlich Theodore Walter Rollins) ist ein amerikanischer Tenor-Saxophonist und Komponist des Modern Jazz. Sonny Rollins ist einer der einflussreichsten Jazz-Saxophonisten; er löste "die Improvisation aus der Umklammerung des Themas. Mit Kraft und Witz erfand er endlose Assoziationsketten, die bereits Mitte der 1960er-Jahre in Solokonzerten gipfelten."

Leben und Werk
Rollins' Eltern stammen von den karibischen Jungferninseln, seine Mutter hat ihm als Jungen häufig und gerne Lieder aus ihrer Heimat vorgesungen. Er wuchs in Harlem auf, und als ihm im Alter von sieben Jahren einer seiner Onkel erstmals ein Saxophon zeigte, stand für ihn sein Berufswunsch fest. Doch zunächst begann er nach dem Vorbild seines Bruders neunjährig mit dem Klavierspiel; mit 14 Jahren wechselte er zum Altsaxophon und kam 1946 zum Tenorsaxophon. Erste Erfahrungen sammelte er im Harlemer Jazzclub Luckey's Rendezvous. 1949 nahm er an der Seite von Babs Gonzales seine erste Schallplatte auf. Im gleichen Jahr folgten Aufnahmen mit J. J. Johnson, Bud Powell und Art Blakey. In der Anfangszeit seiner Karriere arbeitete Sonny Rollins am häufigsten mit Miles Davis zusammen, mit dem er seit 1951 auch zusammen aufnahm. Im Januar 1951 entstand mit I Know die erste Single unter Rollins' Namen, und zwar bei Miles Davis' erster Session für Prestige (Miles Davis and Horns).

1954 komponierte er für eine Davis-Aufnahme drei Rollins-Kompositionen, die zu Jazzstandards werden sollten: Airegin, Doxy und Oleo. Außerdem entstanden Aufnahmen mit dem Pianisten Thelonious Monk, der ihn stark beeinflusste. Wie viele Jazz-Musiker in den 1950er Jahren war Sonny Rollins drogenabhängig. Nach dem Entzug 1955 spielte er als Nachfolger von Harold Land bis 1956 im Quintett zusammen mit Clifford Brown und Max Roach.

Nach Browns Tod 1956 und einem kurzen Gastspiel im Miles-Davis-Quintett trat er im Folgenden meist unter eigenem Namen auf, häufig im damals ungewöhnlichen Trio ohne Harmonieinstrument (heute eine Standardbesetzung, für die er Vorreiter war). 1956 erschien mit dem Album Saxophone Colossus eine seiner bedeutendsten Aufnahmen, u. a. mit dem Calypso St. Thomas (eine Reverenz an die karibische Herkunft seiner Mutter), der ebenfalls zum Jazzstandard wurde. Auch in den folgenden Jahren schrieb er mit Blues Waltz, Valse Hot, Pent Up House, Blue Seven und Pauls Pal Kompositionen, die häufig von anderen Musikern interpretiert werden. 1956 fand auch die einzige Studiobegegnung mit John Coltrane statt (Tenor Madness), als sie über einen Blues in B zwölf Minuten improvisierten.

Seine 19-minütige Freedom Suite spielte er 1958 ein, für ihn ein ausführlicher sozialer Kommentar. 1959 hatte er in San Francisco ein Quartett mit Scott LaFaro, Elmo Hope und Lennie McBrowne, das danach Harold Land übernahm. Im selben Jahr trat er im Trio mit Pete LaRoca und Henry Grimes auch in Deutschland auf, besuchte das Sanremo-Jazzfestival und trat in Chicago beim Playboy Jazz Festival auf. Seit 1956 spielte er innerhalb von nur drei Jahren "vierzehn brillante Alben" ein. Ab Mitte der 1950er Jahre galt Sonny Rollins als talentiertester Nachwuchssaxophonist. Er gewann 1957 die entsprechende Kritiker-Umfrage des Down-Beat-Jazzmagazins und galt einige Zeit als der neben John Coltrane meistversprechende Tenorsaxophonist.

In der Zeit zwischen 1959 und 1961 zog er sich überraschend aus der Öffentlichkeit zurück, da er nach eigener Aussage zu viel in zu kurzer Zeit erreicht hatte. Er gab das Rauchen und den Alkohol auf, las viel in seinem Apartment in Manhattan, wurde Rosenkreuzer und versuchte sogar das Saxophon-Spiel "neu zu lernen". Da das den Nachbarn zu laut war, übte er häufig auf der nach Brooklyn führenden Williamsburg Bridge in New York City, wo er sich auch gelegentlich mit Steve Lacy traf. Über seine  Erfahrungen, die "das Fundament für sein Leben als unerreichbarer Improvisator" legten, sagte Rollins zu Whitney Balliett:
"Du stehst da oben über der ganzen Welt. Du kannst runterschauen, und da ist die Skyline, das Wasser, die Bucht. Es ist ein wunderschönes Panorama. Du kannst da oben so laut spielen, wie du willst. Und du kommst ins Nachdenken. Diese Pracht gibt dir eine ganz neue Perspektive."

Die erste Aufnahme nach seinem Comeback (auf dem Wohltätigkeitskonzert für die Witwe von Booker Little 1961) nannte er in Anspielung darauf The Bridge. Bis 1966 arbeitete er auch mit Jim Hall (mit dem er ein Quartett hatte), Don Cherry (der Hall 1963 in seinem Quartett ersetzte) und Paul Bley zusammen. 1963 reiste er nach Japan, 1965 auf das Berliner Jazzfestival und nach London. 1968 reiste er u. a. nach Indien; im selben Jahr trat er mit Mary Lou Williams in Kopenhagen auf. Ab 1969 zog er sich wieder zurück, diesmal bis 1971. Seit Anfang der 1970er Jahre war Rollins beim Label Fantasy Records unter Vertrag: Seine Schallplatten der 1970er und 1980er Jahre, bei denen er sich oft am Klang der Fusion-Welle orientierte, konnten jedoch qualitativ oft nicht an seine früheren Aufnahmen anknüpfen. In den 1970er Jahren war er regelmäßig mit eigenem Quintett (ab 1972) und mit den Milestone All Stars (Ron Carter, Al Foster, McCoy Tyner, ab 1978) auf Tour, auch verschiedentlich in Europa, wie auch in den 1980er Jahren. 1974 spielte er mit Rufus Harley beim Montreux Jazz Festival und auf den Berliner Jazztagen.

Seit den 1990er Jahren hatte er sich als einer der herausragenden Solisten des klassischen Modern Jazz etabliert und galt vielen "als der letzte große Event der Jazzgeschichte". Seine Spielweise ist kraftvoll, manchmal fast derb, jedoch immer sehr melodisch und von einem lakonischen Humor durchsetzt (er galt schon in der Schule als Spaßmacher). Er veröffentlichte weiterhin Aufnahmen, die von der Kritik wohlwollend aufgenommen werden, und trat regelmäßig auf. Nach den Terroranschlägen am 11. September 2001 wurde Rollins aus seiner Wohnung in Downtown Manhattan evakuiert; unter dem Eindruck dieser Erlebnisse nahm er das Album Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert auf, für das er 2006 den Grammy bekam.

2004 starb seine Frau und Managerin Lucille, die sich jahrzehntelang um seine Plattenverträge und Auftritte gekümmert hatte. Rollins gründete nach einer Zeit der Trauer seine eigene Produktionsfirma Doxy Records. Ein weltweit operierender Vertrieb organisiert den Verkauf seiner Aufnahmen. Sein letztes Konzert gab er 2012; zwei Jahre später stellte er aufgrund einer Erkrankung der Lunge sein Saxophonspiel ein.

Sonstiges
Sein Spitzname ist Newk, außerdem wird er auch mit seinem wirklichen Vornamen Theodore angesprochen.

Pete Wilson drehte 1968 über ihn den Film Rollins und Robert Mugge Saxophon Colossus 1998 (mit einer Aufführung des Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra von Rollins aus dem Jahr 1986, Rollins kommt selbst zu Wort).

Rollins war früher für sein eigenwilliges Auftreten bekannt, beispielsweise hatte er die Angewohnheit, während der Soli versonnen durchs Publikum zu gehen (wobei er den Raumklang erforschte) – was allerdings auch mehrfach zu Stürzen bei Auftritten führte.

Rollins verfügt über ein hohes Selbstbewusstsein, das auch im Titel eines seiner meistgeschätzten Alben anklingt und das er bereits als 25-Jähriger 1956 einspielte: Saxophone Colossus.

St. Thomas ist im Soundtrack des Films Die Waffen der Frauen von Mike Nichols (1988) zu hören, Tenor Madness im Film The Talented Mr. Ripley von Anthony Minghella (1999). Alfie, komponiert von Burt Bacharach, nahm er für den Soundtrack des britischen Films Der Verführer läßt schön grüßen von Lewis Gilbert (1966) auf. Der Soundtrack von Rollins war auch kommerziell erfolgreich.

Rollins lebte viele Jahrzehnte in der am Hudson River gelegenen Kleinstadt Germantown im Bundesstaat New York. Heute wohnt er in Woodstock, New York.

Preise und Auszeichnungen
Bereits 1983 wurde Rollins die NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship verliehen, die höchste Auszeichnung für Jazzmusiker in den USA. 2004 erhielt er einen Grammy Award für sein Lebenswerk. 2007 wurde er mit dem Polar Music Prize ausgezeichnet, dem "alternativen Nobelpreis für Musik", da er "seit über 50 Jahren eine der kraftvollsten und persönlichsten Stimmen des Jazz" sei. 2009 wurde ihm in Salzburg das Österreichische Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst I. Klasse verliehen. 2010 wurde er in die American Academy of Arts and Sciences gewählt. 2011 wurde Rollins mit dem Kennedy-Preis gewürdigt. Am 22. Oktober 2015 würdigte die Jazz Foundation of America sein Lebenswerk mit dem Lifetime Achievement Award.

Diskografie (Auswahl)
 Thelonious Monk: MONK (Prestige, ed. 1956)
 Thelonious Monk/Sonny Rollins (Prestige, ed. 1956)
 Moving Out 1954 (Debütalbum als Leiter)
 Sonny Rollins Plus 4; Prestige/OJC 1956
 Tenor Madness; Prestige/OJC 1956 (im Duett mit John Coltrane)
 Saxophone Colossus; Prestige/OJC 1956 (mit Tommy Flanagan, Max Roach, Doug Watkins)
 Tour de Force; Prestige/OJC 1956
 Way Out West; Contemporary/OJC 1957
 Sonny Side Up, Verve 1957 (abwechselnd mit Dizzy Gillespie und Sonny Stitt)
 The Sound of Sonny; Riverside/OJC 1957
 Newk's Time; Blue Note 1957
 A Night at the Village Vanguard; 2 CDs, Blue Note 1957
 Freedom Suite; Riverside/OJC 1958
 Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders; Contemporary 1958
 The Bridge; Bluebird/RCA 1962 (mit Jim Hall, Ben Riley, Bob Cranshaw)
 Our Man in Jazz; Bluebird/RCA 1962 (mit Billy Higgins, Don Cherry, Bob Cranshaw)
 Sonny Meets Hawk!; RCA 1963 (mit Coleman Hawkins und Paul Bley)
 Now's the Time; RCA 1964 (mit Thad Jones, Herbie Hancock, Bob Cranshaw, Roy McCurdy)
 Alfie; Impulse! 1966
 East Broadway Rundown; Impulse! 1966
 Horn Culture; Milestone 1973
 Sunny Days, Starry Nights 1984
 G Man; Milestone 1987
 Global Warming Milestone 1998 (mit Cranshaw)
 This Is What I Do; Milestone 2000
 Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert; Milestone 2005
 Sonny Please; Doxy Records 2006
 Road Shows: Vol. 1 (Live); Emarcy / Pgd 2008
 Road Shows: Vol. 2 (Live); Emarcy / Pgd 2011 mit Roy Haynes, Roy Hargrove, Jim Hall, Christian McBride und Ornette Coleman
 Road Shows, Vol. 4 – Holding the Stage (Sony Music, 2016), u. a. mit Jerome Harris, Al Foster, Clifton Anderson, Stephen Scott, Bob Cranshaw, Bobby Broom, Victor Lewis, Jerome Jennings, Kimati Dinizulu, Peter Bernstein, Sammy Figueroa, Saul Rubin
 Rollins in Holland: The 1967 Studio & Live Recordings  (Resonance, ed. 2020)

Literatur
 John Abbott (Fotos), Bob Blumenthal (Text): Saxophone Colossus. A Portrait of Sonny Rollins. Abrams, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-8109-9615-1.
 Peter Niklas Wilson: Sonny Rollins – Sein Leben. Seine Musik. Seine Schallplatten. Oreos Verlag, Waakirchen 1991, ISBN 3-923657-33-1.
 derselbe Sonny Rollins- the definite musical guide, Berkeley Hills Books 2001.
 Arrigo Polillo: Jazz. Geschichte und Persönlichkeiten. Schott, Mainz 2000, ISBN 978-3-254-08209-1.
 Martin Williams (Hrsg.): Jazz Panorama. Da Capo Press, New York 1962/1979, ISBN 978-0-306-79574-9, (mit Gunther Schuller zu seiner Improvisationstechnik).
 Richard Palmer: Sonny Rollins. The Cutting Edge. Continuum Books, New York 2004, ISBN 978-0-8264-6916-8.
 Christian Broecking: Sonny Rollins – Improvisation und Protest. Creative People Books, Broecking Verlag Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-938763-29-2.
 Eric Nisenson: Open Sky, Sonny Rollins and his World of Improvisation. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000.
 Gary Golio and James Ransome: Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge. Nancy Paulsen Books, 2021
 Aidan Levy: Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins Hachette, 2022

Zitat

Weblinks

 Sonny Rollins Official Website
 Biografie, Diskografie und News bei JazzEcho
 Sonny Rollins Biografie und Konzertkritik, cosmopolis.ch
 Detaillierte Diskografie von Sonny Rollins

Interviews
 Interview 2020 (New York Times)
 Audio-Interview mit Rollins 2006 mit Musik von Rollins, QuickTime-Datei, 5 Min., von Christian Broecking (Artikel)
 "Sonny Rollins, Jazz-Legende", Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, 16. November 2008
 "Ich bin der letzte der ersten Garde des Jazz", Die Welt, 25. November 2008

Konzertkritiken
 "Sonny Rollins. Der Riesenton", Frankfurter Rundschau, 28. November 2008
 "Sonny Rollins in Frankfurt. Demosthenes bläst gegen den Wind", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 27. November 2008
 "Besichtigung eines Lebenswerkes", Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 5. Dezember 2008

Belege

Jazz-Saxophonist
Komponist (Jazz)
Träger des österreichischen Ehrenkreuzes für Wissenschaft und Kunst I. Klasse
Mitglied der American Academy of Arts and Sciences
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1930
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Ramblings of a Grad Student
Queen + Adam Lambert at Merriweather Post Pavilion
Sorry, but Somebody to Love and Tie Your Mother Down aren't complete, the rest are. As for what I was doing at a concert in Maryland, well... This was a must-see and the cheapest location. Plus I got to be a history geek in DC both before and after.
Books I've Been Sucked Into
So, you know you think way too much when you read when it's 5am and you're reading a detective chase scene during which you're thinking, guys that's a mile away and a bad idea. That was the situation I found myself in reading a French Quarter scene. I'd forgotten how well I know that layout until I read a book set in NOLA. Running from the Saint Louis 1 cemetery or the Basin Street visitor's center to the Harrah's? No thanks, they don't even suggest tourists go to the cemetery alone. That scene is in Touch and Geaux from the Cut and Run series by Abigail Roux. I've fallen down the rabbit hole of M/M novels, not just fanfic. However, there is a connection, I was searching Abi's site and found her playlist page, on the tracklist for Stars and Stripes I found Fever. :D I might have died laughing when I realized that the scene that song is selected for is in a cowboy bar in Hill Country Texas. Meanwhile, I had gone looking to see if Voodoo was on the Touch and Geaux list. That series is so well-written though. It started as two authors, but is just one now. It was interesting to read what she'd been writing from the start compared to what she had to figure out for book 5.
So, I got a job and moved back to Tallahassee at the end of September. That was a disaster. I got fired at the beginning of November after I couldn't do anything fast enough and that in that office receptionist basically meant perky robot. I'm now job hunting again, but happy to be in a city where a college degree means something. Also, went to several games and a few other events at FSU, it feels good to be socially solo again. I missed going to stuff alone. Yay for living in a city with a good bus system. I've gotten a few interviews, have another this week, but nothing's paid off yet.
'Project Runway': Home Visits and Last Elimination
'Project Runway': Belk's Modern Southern Woman
'Project Runway': Remaining Designers Show At New York Fashion Week
'Project Runway': Athletic Challenge to Design for New Balance
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My last two long entries have been for my new writing gig at Fearless-Diva. I'm still writing at Gather, but after the site not working for two months, getting hits from there is hard. I might be moving on from there after Project Runway ends. Anyway, I've started writing more about music and less about reality tv. Regular beats only work if they actually payoff. I'm hoping that Gather can get the Google search penalty resolved because even speed writing isn't getting me enough hits. I've only had one PR article payoff this season. I realize this season is boring, but I am trying to liven it up. Writing recaps for two sites is an interesting writing exercise as one site wants longer and first person, while one wants shorter and third person. Tricky balance, but learning a lot as well. I might apply at Yahoo Voices or Examiner next.
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The 20/20 Experience: The Re-Emergence of Justin Timberlake
The re-emergence of Justin Timberlake on the music scene has been a shock and a thrill. It had been six years since FutureSex/LoveSounds and ten years since his solo debut. I remember back to his *NSYNC days, but was not really a fan of Justin's until their last album. Aside from the Haitian relief concert and a few Saturday Night Live appearances, which are hilarious, Timberlake had not sung publically in years. Many of his fans had given up on a new album and were so grateful to have any new songs at all that not liking the new direction did not matter. When I first heard The 20/20 Experience, I only really liked "Mirrors". Other songs grew on me as I adjusted to his new more r&b sound and songs that seem too long. "Suit and Tie" with Jay Z is cool and "Pusher Love Girl" is what I wanted as the third single.
However, the third single has become a bit confusing. Timberlake released a video for "Tunnel Vision" at almost the same time he released "Take Back The Night". The latter is the first single off of part two of 20/20, which is set for September release. The video for "Tunnel Vision" caused some friction for his artistic vision. Much like the video for Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines," it featured naked women while the singer was clothed. I liked Timberlake's execution better though. His was not as awkward and the naked women were not as on display though they were the focus. His had better lighting and a more artistic feel while Thicke's seemed like a poorly done parody. I love Twitter as much as the next person, but leave hashtags out of your video. Do not use "naked" women for shock value either, it's 2013. These videos furthered the question of whether Timberlake was turning into Thicke. Meanwhile, the chart success of "Blurred Lines" has given Thicke respect from popular music that his career has never seen. I might not like the video, but the song is damned catchy.
However, despite the comparisons from "Suit and Tie" and the "Tunnel Vision" video, "Take Back The Night" does not remind me of typical Robin Thicke at all. Maybe I'll like part two of 20/20 better. I normally do like one disc of a double album much better. "Take Back The Night" is still longer than traditional pop songs, but it is a better lead single than "Suit and Tie". "Take Back The Night" has the horns from part one, but also a more club feel to match the title. That is a mix I can definitely appreciate.
After six years of silence, Justin Timberlake has been everywhere this year. He had massive promotion for The 20/20 Experience, including several commercials and a week on Jimmy Fallon. It turns out the Jay Z being a feature on Suit and Tie was not the only collaboration he and Timberlake did. The lead single off of Jay Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail is "Holy Grail," which features Justin Timberlake. Between that release and "Take Back The Night," Justin is all over the music scene this month. 2013 has been a major re-emergence for him. Did you like the first part of The 20/20 Experience and will you be getting the second part next month?
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Which is better, a new avalanche detection tool or a new algorithm for detecting avalanches?
Byadmin July 5, 2021 0 Comments
The latest avalanche radar technology is now available on the Apple Watch and Google Glass and the Apple app can help the average person in the UK detect avalanches, while a new software called Breezer Radar Expert can help them spot avalanches in their own backyard.
The Apple Watch is the most popular wearable in the world, with nearly a billion devices in use worldwide, according to research firm IHS.
It's also used by more than 5 million people worldwide, and its user base includes a range of professions including healthcare workers, engineers and security guards.
In the UK, the Apple watch has become the go-to wearable for detecting and preventing avalanches as the technology is widely adopted, with an estimated 1.2 million people wearing the device annually.
The Apple Watch uses a special algorithm that allows it to identify the precise position of a falling object in the real-time environment of an avalanche.
Breezer Radar Experts, a software tool that Apple created to help users spot avalancings, is the company's attempt to help the public spot the potentially dangerous avalanche danger.
It uses a radar system that takes data from a range a user can access to a "sensor" that detects the movement of a large body of water, such as an avalanche, and converts it into an avalanche warning message.
The Apple watch is a big deal in the US.
The US government is funding a $5 million project to develop a new version of Apple Watch that would provide an "eye-tracking" feature to help people track avalanches.
This is not the first time Apple has created a device to assist the public.
The company also developed an app for detecting water avalanches called the Snowball.
The Breezer radar app has a special feature for people who don't normally wear the Apple device.
The app uses a combination of GPS and satellite imagery to detect the movement and position of the water in a specific location, according the company.
The data can then be displayed on the watch to help locate avalanches and warn people of danger ahead.
For people who wear Apple glasses, the app can be used to spot snow on the ground.
The technology that Apple is working on could be used in the future to detect avalancages on the road.
The technology could be applied to detecting avalancys at any time and could even be integrated with emergency braking systems, according Tozzi.
But this technology is a relatively new development and its adoption by the general public is still limited, Tozzi said.
"I think that's a concern for people," Tozzi told The Associated Press.
"It's an open question what is the right way to approach this."
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Sri Lanka attacks
Sri Lanka told of extremist network months before blasts – sources
Exclusive: Foreign agencies warned officials of terrorist threat four months ago
A Sri Lankan woman sits next to the grave of a family member in Katuwapitiya village, Negombo. Photograph: Eranga Jayawardena/AP
Jason Burke and Michael Safi in Colombo
Wed 24 Apr 2019 13.55 EDT
Last modified on Fri 26 Apr 2019 06.37 EDT
Sri Lankan authorities were told by foreign security agencies more than four months ago that a network of violent Islamic extremists was active in the country and likely to commit terrorist attacks, regional and western officials have said.
The revelation that officials may have known last year about the threat posed by those responsible for the Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 350 people will fuel outrage at what now appears to be multiple and systematic intelligence failings.
On Wednesday, President Maithripala Sirisena demanded the resignation of senior officials who failed to pass on three separate formal warnings sent by Indian agencies in the three weeks before the attack.
'The end of the story of my daughter, my wife': the victims of the Sri Lanka attacks
The sources said these formal warnings followed months of informal conversations between Indian investigators and their Sri Lankan counterparts in which details of the network, including the identities of its leader and members, were passed on.
Sirisena has already called for a massive security overhaul after the failure to prevent one of the most deadly terrorist attacks of recent years.
Sarath Fonseka, a Sri Lankan field marshall and politician, told parliament the attack appeared to have been "seven or eight months in the making" and exposed a "monumental lapse in intelligence gathering".
"In any other country, the entire government would have had to resign for making a mess of things like this, but it won't happen here," he said. "Security has become a joke."
The Indian information was gathered from a huge haul of data seized during raids on suspected Islamic State sympathisers in November, as well as their subsequent interrogation.
Large number of phones, discs and USB keys collected in the raids revealed links between detainees and Mohammed Zahran Hashim, the suspected leader of the Sri Lankan terrorist network responsible for the bombings, security officials told the Guardian.
A surveillance operation then revealed the radical cleric, who was already known to Sri Lankan security services, repeatedly contacted known Isis activists in Bangladesh. According to some reports, Hashim was also in touch with militants in eastern Afghanistan linked to Isis.
Isis has claimed responsibility for the bombings, believed to be the most lethal ever conducted by the group.
Indian officials increased their informal warnings to the Sri Lankans after explosives were found on a remote farm at a national park in north-west Sri Lanka. Hashimi's network was linked to the cache. They were not aware at that time of any plot to target churches or hotels, the sources said.
It is not clear why Delhi waited until April to issue a formal communication about the threat.
On Wednesday, the death toll from the attacks on three churches and three luxury hotels in and around the capital, Colombo, rose to 359, with 500 injured.
Moment of silence and memorial services held for Sri Lanka church blast victims – video
Despite the scale of the ongoing security operation, Sri Lanka's prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, said several suspects armed with explosives had yet to be found.
He said there were more explosives and militants "out there", and confirmed reports there had been a failed attack against a fourth major hotel, and that the Indian embassy was also a possible target.
One of the suspects was identified on Wednesday as Abdul Lathief Jameel Mohamed, after Sri Lanka's defence minister said a suspect had studied in the UK and Australia. British counter-terrorism investigators said they believed Mohamed attended a university in south-east England from 2006-07, and they were searching for any associates or signs of extremist activity during his time in the UK.
Eighteen suspects were arrested overnight, bringing the total number detained to more than 60.
Up to nine people directly linked to the attack could still be at large, sources involved in the investigation said. Officials said authorities expected to make further arrests in the coming days.
The exact role of Isis in the attacks is yet to be established. It is possible the group's involvement reorientated Hashim's network away from bombs directed at destroying major Buddhist monuments and towards targets more closely associated with its global jihadist ideology.
Hashimi could be seen in a video released by Isis on Tuesday after it claimed responsibility. Dressed in a black tunic and headscarf and carrying a rifle, the cleric is seen leading a group of men, said to be Sunday's attackers, in a pledge of allegiance to the leader of Isis, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
An image grab from a press release issued by the Isis agency Amaq allegedly shows men who carried out the bombings. The man in the centre is believed to be Hashim. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Western and south Asian officials said Hashmi had started a group of extremists in a small village in eastern Sri Lanka, attracting disaffected young men. The middle-aged cleric travelled overseas about two years ago, possibly to the Maldives, which has become a hub of Islamist activism in recent years. Security agencies followed Hashim's online extremist activism closely and were concerned he could develop links to either al-Qaida or Isis.
Islamic State's Amaq news agency also published a statement saying its "fighters" were responsible and listed the names of the suicide bombers.
The funerals of those killed in the blasts continued in Negombo and Colombo on Wednesday, as a social media ban and state of emergency remained in place across the country.


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A brief overview of the recent developments in Syria:
250 Syrian militants that were fighting in Azerbaijan already returned to Syria, according to Syrian Documentation Center;
On November 28, Russian forces conducted a military patrol in the vicinity of Tal Tamar;
On November 28, the US-led coalition sent 35 trucks, loaded with logistical materials, military equipment, bulldozers and armoured vehicles towards Hasakah;
On November 29, clashes and artillery duels between Turkish-backed forces and the SDF continued in the Ain Issa area;
On November 29, clashes between Turkish-backed forces and SDF were reported west of al-Bab;
On November 28, two people were killed and two others were wounded as a result of clashes between residents of Tal Abyadh and militants of the Shamia Front;
On November 29, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 30 times: 13 – in Idlib province, 3 – in Aleppo province, 6 – in Latakia province, 13 – in Hama province.
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The song is about fighting for the life you want, finding your voice, putting words to those things that have been suffocating you.
Sometimes, Bridget, we keep things to ourselves because we think it's better or we don't know who to tell. Sometimes we deal with hard things on our own, because, well, everyone has to deal with hard stuff, right?
It's true, we all have silent struggles. We all deal with things that we don't share. And in a world of social media oversharing, holding back doesn't seem like such a bad thing.
Except for when those things we don't say become wrecking balls in our lives and our minds, ricocheting around until we're fragments of ourselves. The struggles we hide can grow until they destroy the best parts of our lives while we watch, bound and gagged by our own fear.
But you have the power, Bridget. You can corral those wrecking ball words and speak them. You can take back your life from those silent monsters you struggle against. And you don't have to do that alone, whether your fight is against yourself or a situation or another person. But no one can help you until you name your battle, until you call it out and stare it in the face.
When you say those words, when you let them out of your head and force them into the light, you take the first step toward fighting back. Don't let your silent battles strangle you or muffle your voice. Fight back. Take back your life.
No matter what monsters you're facing, you have power, Bridget. You have a match. You can let it burn out, smothered by the words you didn't say and the battles you felt too weak to fight. Or you can scream those wrecking ball words, reclaiming your voice, and use that match to make an explosion that blows your monsters to pieces.
I hope you choose the second one and remind the world of your presence. Boom. Bridget is here, and she's got a lot of fight left in her.


Nearly 1 million low-income people in New Jersey will see their vital food assistance cut when a temporary boost to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) expires November 1, new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) show. SNAP benefits will average less than $1.40 per person per meal after the cut.
The cut will affect all of the more than 47 million Americans, including 22 million children, who receive SNAP. This includes 858,000 New Jerseyans, of which 413,000 are children and over a hundred thousand are seniors. For a family of three, that cut will likely amount to $29 a month. That's a serious loss given SNAP's already low benefit levels and the very low incomes of SNAP participants – over 80 percent of SNAP households live in poverty.
In New Jersey, the benefit cut through October 2014 will total $90 million, slowing economic growth by reducing overall consumption at a time when the state's economy continues to struggle with a very slow post-recession recovery. Nationally, the cut will total roughly $5 billion in federal fiscal year 2014 and an additional $6 billion across fiscal years 2015 and 2016.
This will be yet another big blow to struggling families who already have been hit hard by the downturn in the economy and recent state cutbacks in work supports like the Earned Income Tax Credit, NJ FamilyCare and housing. The SNAP reduction will have an even greater impact on most families with children that have incomes below the federal poverty level because they are not eligible for any aid in WorkFirst NJ. The state has not increased the eligibility level in that program in over two decades (it is still $424 a month for a family of three). For these families, SNAP is their only safety net.
Congress enacted the benefit increase as part of the 2009 Recovery Act to deliver high "bang-for-the-buck" economic stimulus and ease hardship. The Recovery Act boosted SNAP's maximum monthly benefits by 13.6 percent beginning in April 2009. It provided that SNAP benefit levels would continue at the new, higher amount until SNAP's regular annual inflation adjustments to the maximum benefit exceeded the Recovery Act amount. But Congress has since voted to accelerate the sunset of the benefit increase to October 31 of this year.
The scheduled benefit cuts are especially painful in light of the inadequacy of existing benefit levels. In a report issued by the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council, nutrition experts identified several shortcomings with the current SNAP benefit allotment and recommended evaluating ways of changing the benefit calculation to better ensure that households have enough resources to purchase an adequate diet.
These cuts will likely cause hardship for many SNAP participants, who will include 22 million children in 2014 (10 million of whom live in "deep poverty," with family incomes below half the poverty line) and 9 million people who are elderly or have a serious disability.
USDA has found that the Recovery Act's benefit boost reduced the number of households in which one or more persons had to skip meals or otherwise eat less because they lacked money – what USDA calls "very low food security" – by about 500,000 households in 2009. More recent research finds that boosting SNAP benefits during the summer for households with school-aged children who don't have access to USDA's summer food program cut very low food security among these households by nearly 20 percent.
Given this research and the inadequacy of current benefit levels, we can reasonably assume that a reduction in SNAP benefit levels of this size will significantly increase the number of poor households that have difficulty affording adequate food this fall.
The Obama administration and some members of Congress have proposed delaying or cancelling the November 1 cut, but Congress has taken no action on these proposals. Moreover, some in Congress have called for deep cuts in SNAP on top of the scheduled cut. The House of Representatives, which recently defeated legislation that would have cut $20 billion from SNAP – eliminating food assistance for nearly 2 million people – could reconsider these or even deeper cuts in the coming weeks.
Supporters of large SNAP cuts claim that because SNAP enrollment hasn't declined in tandem with the unemployment rate over the past few years, the program's enrollment growth in recent years is largely unrelated to the poor economy. In reality, however, the recent reductions in the unemployment rate overstate the improvements in the labor market, as Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke has observed. The proportion of the adult population with a job – the employment rate – has barely improved since the recession bottomed out.
And in New Jersey, the situation is worse than at the national level, since our recovery from the recession has been much slower and joblessness has been much higher. It's no surprise that more and more families and individuals need to turn to the safety net for food assistance.
In addition, the number of unemployed workers not receiving unemployment benefits – the group of the unemployed most likely to qualify for SNAP because they have neither wages nor unemployment checks – has continued to grow and is higher now than at the bottom of the recession. Also, the historical record shows that declines in poverty and SNAP enrollment typically lag behind declines in the unemployment rate following recessions.
For more detail on the scheduled cut, see Stacy Dean and Dorothy Rosenbaum, "SNAP Benefits Will Be Cut for All Participants in November 2013," Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, August 2013.
Current participation statistics for New Jersey are based on the 2013 average to date (through May); the national figures are for a typical, or average, month in federal fiscal year 2014. Both are rounded to the nearest thousand.
Institute of Medicine and National Research Council, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Examining the Evidence to Define Benefit Adequacy, The National Academy Press, 2013.
New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development, Current Program Statistics, May 2013.
Using the 2007 average participation statistics from New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development, Current Program Statistics, December 2007.
Mark Nord and Mark Prell, "Food Security of SNAP Recipients Improved Following the 2009 Stimulus Package," Amber Waves, 9(2), June 2011.
Evaluation of the Impact of Enhancement Demonstrations on Participation in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP): FY 2011; FNS, USDA, November 2012.
"Bernanke Talks: A Conversation at the NBER," Real Time Economics, Wall Street Journal, July 2013.


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Nelson Javier Abeijón Pessi (født 21. juli 1973 i Montevideo, Uruguay) er en tidligere uruguayansk fodboldspiller (midtbane).

Abeijón tilbragte størstedelen af sin karriere i Italien, hvor han blandt andet var tilknyttet Cagliari i syv sæsoner. Han spillede også flere sæsoner i den uruguayanske liga hos storklubben Nacional.

Abeijon spillede desuden 23 kampe og scorede to mål for Uruguays landshold. Han var med i truppen der vandt guld ved Copa América i 1995, og spillede i tre af holdets kampe i turneringen.

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Copa América
 1995 med Uruguay

Referencer

Fodboldspillere fra Uruguay
Fodboldspillere fra Club Nacional de Football
Fodboldspillere fra Racing Santander
Fodboldspillere fra Cagliari Calcio
Fodboldspillere fra Calcio Como
Fodboldspillere fra Atalanta BC
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/**
 * @file pfasst/quadrature/interface.hpp
 * @since v0.3.0
 */
#ifndef _PFASST__QUADRATURE__INTERFACE_HPP_
#define _PFASST__QUADRATURE__INTERFACE_HPP_

#include <cassert>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;

#include "pfasst/globals.hpp"
#include "pfasst/quadrature/polynomial.hpp"

namespace pfasst
{
  namespace quadrature
  {
    /**
     * Quadrature type descriptors.
     * @since v0.3.0
     */
    enum class QuadratureType : int {
        GaussLegendre   =  0  //!< @ref pfasst::quadrature::GaussLegendre "Gauss-Legendre" quadrature
      , GaussLobatto    =  1  //!< @ref pfasst::quadrature::GaussLobatto "Gauss-Lobatto" quadrature
      , GaussRadau      =  2  //!< @ref pfasst::quadrature::GaussRadau "Gauss-Radau" quadrature
      , ClenshawCurtis  =  3  //!< @ref pfasst::quadrature::ClenshawCurtis "Clenshaw-Curtis" quadrature
      , Uniform         =  4  //!< Uniform quadrature
      , UNDEFINED       = -1
    };

    // TODO: get the grasp of this stuff
    template<typename precision>
    static Polynomial<precision> build_polynomial(const size_t node, const vector<precision>& nodes)
    {
      const size_t num_nodes = nodes.size();
      Polynomial<precision> p(num_nodes + 1), p1(num_nodes + 1);
      p[0] = 1.0;

      for (size_t m = 0; m < num_nodes; ++m) {
        if (m == node) { continue; }

        // p_{m+1}(x) = (x - x_j) * p_m(x)
        p1[0] = precision(0.0);
        for (size_t j = 0; j < num_nodes;     ++j) { p1[j + 1]  = p[j]; }
        for (size_t j = 0; j < num_nodes + 1; ++j) { p1[j]     -= p[j] * nodes[m]; }
        for (size_t j = 0; j < num_nodes + 1; ++j) { p[j]       = p1[j]; }
      }

      return p;
    }

    /**
     * Compute quadrature matrix \\( Q \\) between two sets of nodes.
     *
     * Computing the quadrature matrix \\( Q \\) for polynomial-based integration from one set of
     * quadrature nodes (@p from) to another set of quadrature nodes (@p to).
     *
     * @tparam precision precision of quadrature (i.e. `double`)
     * @param[in] from first set of quadrature nodes
     * @param[in] to second set of quadrature nodes
     * @returns quadrature matrix \\( Q \\) with `to.size()` rows and `from.size()` colums
     *
     * @pre For correctness of the algorithm it is assumed, that both sets of nodes are in the range
     *   \\( [0, 1] \\).
     *
     * @since v0.3.0
     */
    template<typename precision>
    static Matrix<precision> compute_q_matrix(const vector<precision>& from, const vector<precision>& to)
    {
      const size_t to_size = to.size();
      const size_t from_size = from.size();
      assert(to_size >= 1 && from_size >= 1);

      Matrix<precision> q_mat = Matrix<precision>::Zero(to_size, from_size);

      for (size_t m = 0; m < from_size; ++m) {
        Polynomial<precision> p = build_polynomial(m, from);
        // evaluate integrals
        auto den = p.evaluate(from[m]);
        auto P = p.integrate();
        for (size_t j = 0; j < to_size; ++j) {
          q_mat(j, m) = (P.evaluate(to[j]) - P.evaluate(0.0)) / den;
        }
      }

      return q_mat;
    }

    /**
     * Compute quadrature matrix \\( Q \\) for one set of nodes.
     *
     * @tparam precision precision of quadrature (i.e. `double`)
     * @param[in] nodes quadrature nodes to compute \\( Q \\) matrix for
     *
     * @since v0.3.0
     *
     * @overload
     */
    template<typename precision>
    static Matrix<precision> compute_q_matrix(const vector<precision>& nodes)
    {
      return compute_q_matrix<precision>(nodes, nodes);
    }

    /**
     * Compute quadrature matrix \\( Q \\) from a given node-to-node quadrature matrix \\( S \\).
     *
     * @tparam precision precision of quadrature (i.e. `double`)
     * @param[in] s_mat \\( S \\) matrix to compute \\( Q \\) from
     * @see pfasst::quadrature::compute_s_matrix
     *
     * @since v0.3.0
     *
     * @overload
     */
    template<typename precision>
    static Matrix<precision> compute_q_matrix(const Matrix<precision>& s_mat)
    {
      Matrix<precision> q_mat = Matrix<precision>::Zero(s_mat.rows(), s_mat.cols());
      q_mat.col(0) = s_mat.col(0);
      for (Index<precision> q_mat_col = 1; q_mat_col < q_mat.cols(); ++q_mat_col) {
        q_mat.col(q_mat_col) = q_mat.col(q_mat_col - 1) + s_mat.col(q_mat_col);
      }
      return q_mat;
    }

    /**
     * Compute node-to-node quadrature matrix \\( S \\) from a given quadrature matrix \\( Q \\).
     *
     * The \\( S \\) matrix provides a node-to-node quadrature where the \\( i \\)-th row of
     * \\( S \\) represents a quadrature from the \\( i-1 \\)-th node to the \\( i \\)-th node.
     *
     * The procedure is simply subtracting the \\( i-1 \\)-th row of \\( Q \\) from the
     * \\( i \\)-th row of \\( Q \\).
     *
     * @tparam precision precision of quadrature (i.e. `double`)
     * @param[in] q_mat \\( Q \\) matrix to compute \\( S \\) of
     * @returns \\( S \\) matrix
     *
     * @since v0.3.0
     */
    template<typename precision>
    static Matrix<precision> compute_s_matrix(const Matrix<precision>& q_mat)
    {
      Matrix<precision> s_mat = Matrix<precision>::Zero(q_mat.rows(), q_mat.cols());
      s_mat.row(0) = q_mat.row(0);
      for (Index<precision> row = 1; row < s_mat.rows(); ++row) {
        s_mat.row(row) = q_mat.row(row) - q_mat.row(row - 1);
      }
      return s_mat;
    }

    /**
     * Compute node-to-node quadrature matrix \\( S \\) from two given sets of nodes
     *
     * @tparam precision precision of quadrature (i.e. `double`)
     * @param[in] from first set of quadrature nodes
     * @param[in] to second set of quadrature nodes
     *
     * @since v0.3.0
     *
     * @overload
     */
    template<typename precision>
    static Matrix<precision> compute_s_matrix(const vector<precision>& from, const vector<precision>& to)
    {
      return compute_s_matrix(compute_q_matrix(from, to));
    }

    /**
     * Compute vector \\( q \\) for integration from \\( 0 \\) to \\( 1 \\) for given set of nodes.
     *
     * This equals to the last row of the quadrature matrix \\( Q \\) for the given set of nodes.
     *
     * @tparam precision precision of quadrature (i.e. `double`)
     * @param[in] nodes quadrature nodes to compute \\( Q \\) matrix for
     * @pre For correctness of the algorithm it is assumed, that the nodes are in the range
     *   \\( [0, 1] \\).
     *
     * @since v0.3.0
     */
    template<typename precision>
    static vector<precision> compute_q_vec(const vector<precision>& nodes)
    {
      const size_t num_nodes = nodes.size();
      assert(num_nodes >= 1);

      vector<precision> q_vec = vector<precision>(num_nodes, precision(0.0));

      for (size_t m = 0; m < num_nodes; ++m) {
        Polynomial<precision> p = build_polynomial(m, nodes);
        // evaluate integrals
        auto den = p.evaluate(nodes[m]);
        auto P = p.integrate();
        q_vec[m] = (P.evaluate(precision(1.0)) - P.evaluate(precision(0.0))) / den;
      }

      return q_vec;
    }

    /**
     * Interface for quadrature handlers.
     *
     * Quadrature handlers provide \\( Q \\), \\( S \\) and \\( B \\) matrices respecting the left
     * and right nodes, i.e. whether \\( 0 \\) and \\( 1 \\) are part of the nodes or not.
     *
     * Computation of the quadrature nodes and matrices (i.e. quadrature weights) is done on
     * initialization.
     *
     * @tparam precision precision of quadrature (i.e. `double`)
     *
     * @since v0.3.0
     */
    template<typename precision>
    class IQuadrature
    {
      protected:
        //! @{
        static const bool LEFT_IS_NODE = false;
        static const bool RIGHT_IS_NODE = false;

        size_t num_nodes;
        Matrix<precision> q_mat;
        Matrix<precision> s_mat;
        vector<precision> q_vec; // XXX: black spot
        Matrix<precision> b_mat;
        vector<precision> nodes;
        //! @}

      public:
        //! @{
        /**
         * @throws invalid_argument if number of nodes is invalid for quadrature type
         */
        explicit IQuadrature(const size_t num_nodes);
        /**
         * @throws invalid_argument if number of nodes is invalid for quadrature type
         */
        IQuadrature();
        IQuadrature(const IQuadrature<precision>& other) = default;
        IQuadrature(IQuadrature<precision>&& other) = default;
        virtual ~IQuadrature() = default;
        //! @}

        //! @{
        IQuadrature<precision>& operator=(const IQuadrature<precision>& other) = default;
        IQuadrature<precision>& operator=(IQuadrature<precision>&& other) = default;
        //! @}

        //! @{
        virtual const Matrix<precision>& get_q_mat() const;
        virtual const Matrix<precision>& get_s_mat() const;
        virtual const Matrix<precision>& get_b_mat() const;
        virtual const vector<precision>& get_q_vec() const;
        virtual const vector<precision>& get_nodes() const;
        virtual size_t get_num_nodes() const;

        /**
         * @throws runtime_error if not overwritten by implementation;
         *   required for quadrature of any kind
         */
        virtual bool left_is_node() const;
        /**
         * @throws runtime_error if not overwritten by implementation;
         *   required for quadrature of any kind
         */
        virtual bool right_is_node() const;
        //! @}

        /**
         * Compute a rough estimate of the numerical error... XXX
         */
        virtual precision expected_error() const;

        virtual string print_summary() const;

      protected:
        //! @{
        /**
         * @throws runtime_error if not overwritten by implementation;
         *   required for quadrature of any kind
         */
        virtual void compute_nodes();
        virtual void compute_weights();
        //! @}
    };
  }  // ::pfasst::quadrature
}  // ::pfasst

#include "pfasst/quadrature/quadrature_impl.hpp"

#endif  // _PFASST__QUADRATURE__INTERFACE_HPP_

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Fińskie Siły Powietrzne () zostały założone 6 marca 1918 roku. Do ich głównych zadań należy obrona powietrzna Finlandii. Należą do najstarszych na świecie sił powietrznych.

Wojna zimowa
Na początku wojny zimowej, Finlandia posiadała tylko 114 samolotów zdolnych do walki z ZSRR. Główną siłą bojową fińskiej floty powietrznej było wówczas 41 względnie nowoczesnych Fokker D.XXI.

Misje fińskich sił powietrznych były bardzo ograniczone. Wykorzystywano je głównie do odparcia sowieckich ataków. Do końca wojny liczebność fińskich sił powietrznych wzrosła o ponad 50 procent.

Wojna po stronie Niemiec
Po wybuchu wojny pomiędzy Niemcami a ZSRR Finlandia przystąpiła do wojny przeciwko ZSRR po stronie Niemiec (tzw. wojna kontynuacyjna). Posiadała wówczas około 550 samolotów różnych typów. Był to głównie samoloty brytyjskie typu Hawker Hurricane, francuskie Morane-Saulnier MS.406 oraz Curtiss P-36 Hawk. 44 samoloty Curtiss P-36 Hawk zdobyte we Francji i Norwegii zostały oddane fińskim siłom powietrznym przez Niemcy.

Obecnie

Od 1947 roku na mocy pokoju paryskiego określono limit fińskich samolotów bojowych na poziomie 60 maszyn i 3000 personelu. Aktualnie służy w nich około 3100 zawodowych żołnierzy i 38000 personelu jest w rezerwie. Na początku XXI wieku siły powietrzne Finlandii dysponowały 184 samolotami. Na sprzęt fiński składają się m.in. samoloty ze Stanów Zjednoczonych, Wielkiej Brytanii, Holandii, i Szwajcarii. Finlandia posiada także samoloty własnej konstrukcji typu Valmet L-70 Vinka.
Najważniejszą siłę fińskich wojsk lotniczy stanowią myśliwce F/A-18 Hornet (oznaczone F-18 w służbie fińskiej), które zastąpiły MiG-21bis oraz Saab J35 Draken. Finlandia poszukiwała nowych samolotów od 1989, pierwotnie planowano zakup około 40 maszyn zachodnich i 20 MiG-29. Wraz z końcem ZSRR przeprowadzono otwarty przetarg, a w 1992 zdecydowano się na ofertę amerykańską zamiast szwedzkiego Saab JAS 39 Gripen. Umowie o wartości 3 miliardów USD towarzyszył 100% offset i transfer technologii, na którym skorzystała firma Nokia, rodzime zakłady Patria zmontowały 57 F-18C z 64 zamówionych samolotów (siedem dwumiejscowych F-18D traktowano jako samolot treningowy, aby nie przekroczyć limitu 60 samolotów), fińskie Hornety były ostatnimi maszynami generacji C/D, ich dostawy zrealizowano w latach 1995–2000. Lotnictwo transportowe składa się z holenderskich Fokker F27 i nowych hiszpańskich CASA C-295. Do szkolenia służą zmontowane w Finlandii przez Patrie (46 z 50 sztuk) BAE Hawk. Siłami powietrznymi kieruje Dowództwo Sił Powietrznych podlegają trzy regionalne Dowództwa Powietrzne: Lapland z siedzibą w Rovaniemi), Satakuntaz z siedzibą w Tampere-Pirkkala oraz Karelia siedzibą w Kuopio-Rissala.

Pod koniec lat 90. śmigłowce Mi-8 i MD-500 Ilmavoimat przeniesiono do wojsk lądowych (Maavoimat), których lotnictwo przez następne lata będzie oparte na 20 NHI NH90, 7 McDonnell Douglas MD-500D/E i środkach bezzałogowych.

Od 2004 myśliwce F/A-18 wraz z remontami zostały zmodernizowane, aby umożliwić im przenoszenie nowoczesnego uzbrojenia, do samolotów zakupiono 250 AIM-9X i 300 AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM (oryginalnie dostarczono AIM-9M i AIM-120A). Samoloty zwiększyły możliwości atakowania celów naziemnych, czyli zdolności na które nie pozwalał dawniej pakt Finlandii z ZSRR (zakaz posiadania samolotów szturmowych/broni ofensywnej), ze względu na wysokie koszty programu zakupy uzbrojenia powietrze-ziemia odsunięto w czasie. Fińskie myśliwce zintegrowane dotychczas z bombami szybującymi AGM-154 JSOW, a w planach jest uzbrojenie ich w pociski manewrujące AGM-158 JASSM. W 2009 roku podpisano umowę z firmą Patria Aviation Oy na modernizację awioniki 11 samolotów szkolno-bojowych Hawk Mk51. Wartość kontraktu to ponad 10 mln USD. Samoloty zostaną dostarczone w latach 2009–2010. Do 2013 zakłady Patria zmodernizują także 18 samolotów Hawk  Mk.66 odkupionych od Szwajcarii. Natomiast do 2014 roku Finowie wycofają większość z posiadanych samolotów szkolno-bojowych Hawk. 3 lata później ze służby odejdą tłokowe Valmety L-70 Vinka. W październiku 2016 roku wybrano nowy samolot szkolenia podstawowego, Grob 115E Tutor.

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W przeszłości

Samoloty bojowe
  Gloster Gamecock Mk.II - 16 w latach 1929–1944
  Blackburn Ripon IIF - 26 w latach 1929–1945
  Bristol Bulldog Mk. IVA - 17 w latach 1935–1944
  Fokker D.XXI - 97 w latach 1937–1948
  Fokker C.X - 75 Mk.I, 22 Mk.IV w latach 1937–1958
  Bristol Blenheim Mk.II - 24 w latach 1940–1945
  Gloster Gauntlet Mk.II - 24 w latach 1940–1945
  Gloster Gladiator Mk.II - 30 w latach 1940–1945
  Morane-Saulnier MS.406 - 87 w latach 1940–1948
  Caudron CR.714 - 80 w 1940
  Brewster F2A Buffalo - 44 w latach 1940–1948
  Hawker Hurricane - 12 Mk.I 1940-1943, 3 Mk.II 1944
  Fiat G.50 - 35 w latach 1940–1946
  I-153Ter - 21 w latach 1940–1945
  DB-3M - 11 DB-3M 1940–1945, 3 DB-3F 1943–1945
  SB-3 - 17 latach 1941–1945
  Curtiss P-36 Hawk - 6 Hawk 75A-1, 9 H75A-2, 9 75A-3, 7 H75A-4, 6 H75A-6 w latach 1941–1948
  Pe-2 - 7 w latach 1942–1946
  Dornier Do 17 - 4 Z-1, 2 Z-2, 9 Z-3 w latach 1942–1948
  Junkers Ju 88A4 - 24 w latach 1943–1948
  Messerschmitt Bf 109 - 48 Bf 109G-2, 109 G-6, 2 G-8 w latach 1943–1954
  VL Myrsky - 47 w latach 1944–1947
  De Havilland Vampire - 6 FB.52, 9 T.55 w latach 1954–1965
  Folland Gnat - 13 Mk.1 w latach 1958–1972
  Ił-28 - 2 Ił-28, 2 Ił-28R w latach 1960–1981
  MiG-21 - 22 MiG-21F-13 1963–1986, 28 Bis 1978–1998, 2 MiG-21UTI, 2 MiG-21US, 2 MiG-21UM
  Saab J35 Draken - 6 J 35BS (1972), 12 J35XS (1974), 24 J 35FS (1977), 5 SK 35CS (1976) do 2000

Transportowe/użytkowe
  Aero A.32GR - 16 w latach 1929–1944
  Junkers W 34 - 5 W 34hi, 6 K 43fa latach 1930–1953
  Avro Anson I - 3 w latach 1936–1947
  Fokker F.VIIa - 1 w latach 1941–1943
  Focke-Wulf Fw 44J Stieglitz - 35 w latach 1940–1960
  Percival Pembroke C.Mk.53 - 2 w latach 1956–1968
  De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver - 3 w latach 1958–1971
  Douglas C-47 Skytrain - 9 w latach 1960–1984
  Piper PA-31-350A Chieftain - 6 w latach 1983–2013
  Valmet L-90 Redigo
  Fokker F27

Treningowe
  De Havilland DH.60 Moth - 18 DH.60G w latach 1929–1944
  VL Tuisku II - 30 w latach 1935–1950
  VL Pyry - 42 w latach 1939–1962
  Valmet Vihuri - 51 w latach 1951–1959
  Fouga CM 170R Magister - 80 w latach 1958–1988
  Saab 91D Safir - 36 w latach 1958–1982
  MiG-15UTI - 36 w latach 1962–1977

Śmigłowce
  PZL SM-1 - 4 w latach 1961–1967
  Mi-4 - 3 w latach 1961–1979
  Sud-Aviation S.E.3130 Alouette II - 2 w latach 1966–1975
  Agusta-Bell 206A - 1 w latach 1968–1979
  Mi-8 - 9 T, 2 P w latach 1973–1998 (do Maavoimat, wycofane w 2010)
  Hughes 500 - 3 C 1975-1998, 2 D 1983-1998 (do Maavoimat, 500C zastąpiły MD-500E)

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Finnish Air Force

Siły powietrzne
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Mário Faustino dos Santos e Silva (Teresina, 22 de outubro de 1930 — Lima, 27 de novembro de 1962) foi um jornalista, tradutor, crítico literário e poeta brasileiro. Ficou conhecido por seu trabalho de divulgação da poesia no Jornal do Brasil quando assinava o Suplemento Dominical do Jornal do Brasil, na seção Poesia-Experiência. Publicou apenas um livro de poesia, O Homem e sua Hora (1955).

Morreu com apenas 32 anos de idade num desastre aéreo no Peru.

Biografia
Realizou a maior parte de seus estudos em Belém, onde se tornou redator e cronista de A Província do Pará, de 1947 a 1949, e, em seguida, de A Folha do Norte, de 1949 a 1956, onde foi chefe de redação. No suplemento literário de A Folha do Norte, reuniu uma geração de jovens escritores, poetas e críticos, como Haroldo Maranhão (1927-2004), Oliveira Bastos (1933-2006), Benedito Nunes (1929-2011), Max Martins (1926-2009), Rui Barata (1920-1990) e o norte-americano Robert Stock (1923-1981), então residente na capital paraense. Clarice Lispector (1925-1977), que nessa época morava na cidade, também colaborou no suplemento, que mantinha intensa conexão com os intelectuais do eixo Rio-São Paulo. Em paralelo à atividade jornalística, Faustino cursou a faculdade de direito, que, todavia, abandonou no terceiro ano. Nesse período, recebeu uma bolsa do Institute of International Education para estudar teoria literária e literatura norte-americana no Pomona College, Claremont, Estados Unidos, onde viveu de 1951 a 1953.

Em 1955, publicou seu primeiro e único volume de poemas, O Homem e sua Hora. Mudou-se definitivamente para o Rio de Janeiro em 1956 e começou a trabalhar como professor-assistente na Escola de Administração da Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). Tornou-se editorialista do Jornal do Brasil (JB) e colaborou no Suplemento Dominical (SDJB), criado com base em um programa radiofônico, na Rádio Jornal do Brasil. Ganhou notoriedade como crítico literário no Suplemento Dominical do Jornal do Brasil.

Entre 1956 e 1959, assinou nesse suplemento a página "Poesia-Experiência", dedicada exclusivamente à reflexão sobre a tradição, a teoria e a prática poéticas.

Assis Brasil, em seu estudo sobre "A nova literatura", cita o ano de 1956 como marco dessa revolução estética, devido ao lançamento, do Suplemento Dominical do Jornal do Brasil (SDJB), do qual Mário Faustino participou com a página Poesia-Experiência e "onde foram travados os principais debates sobre o concretismo".

Seu "lema era Repetir para aprender, criar para renovar (não deixa de ser miserável que o Brasil viva, até na política, quarenta anos depois, tempos que fazem a apologia do improviso). Ali publicou tanto jovens poetas — alguns de vanguarda, sim, a exemplo dos concretistas — como nomes já consagrados da literatura. Numa única página podiam-se encontrar o então iniciante José Lino Grunewald, um experimentalista como Antonin Artaud e ninguém menos que Sá de Miranda".

Em fins de 1959, decepcionado com os rumos tomados pelo suplemento, desistiu da militância literária e passou a dedicar-se exclusivamente à redação e ao editorial do jornal.

Com a interrupção da página, surgiram várias propostas de trabalho no país, mas Mário optou pelo posto de jornalista no Departamento de Informação da Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU), em Nova York, entre 1960 e 1962. Ao retornar ao Brasil, assumiu, por curto período, o cargo de editor-chefe da Tribuna da Imprensa, que foi comprado pelo JB. Em novembro de 1962, teve de viajar novamente a Nova York, como correspondente internacional do JB. Não chegou, no entanto, ao seu destino, pois foi uma das vítimas fatais da queda do Voo Varig 810.

Traduziu Ezra Pound e Robert Stock para o português.

Obras
O Homem e sua Hora (1955)
Poesia de Mário Faustino, antologia poética (1966, póstumo)
Os Melhores Poemas de Mário Faustino (1985, póstumo)

Poetas do Piauí
Naturais de Teresina
Poetas do modernismo
Mortos em 1962
Tradutores da poesia moderna
Vítimas de acidentes aéreos do Peru


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Obstetrics & Gynecology - Tufts Medical Center - Braintree, MA & Boston, MA
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Tufts Medical Center is seeking a specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology to join our expanding team of collaborative physicians at our community-based satellite office at Women s Care South in Braintree.
We encourage you to learn more about our opportunity below if you are a talented obstetrician and gynecologist who is interested in working in an evidence-based, collegial environment with all the advantages of both a community and academic practice.
Why join our team:
Women s Care South is a full-service satellite office of Tufts Medical Center. We offer high-quality patient care in a community setting, including prenatal care, pelvic exams, ultrasound, family planning and assisted reproduction, in-office procedures (LEEP, colposcopy, and endometrial biopsy), and more. Many of the sub-specialists also come on site to optimize collaborative care. All surgeries and deliveries are performed at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.
Tufts Medical Center is the tertiary center for the Wellforce Health System which also includes the MelroseWakefield Healthcare and Circle Health (Lowell General Hospital). Hospital time related to this position will primarily occur at Tufts Medical Center which is an internationally respected academic medical center located in downtown Boston, adjacent to the Tufts University School of Medicine. The Medical Center is known for its basic, translational and clinical science research as well as its expertise in health policy. The Medical Center is in the top 10 percent of independent institutions receiving federal research funding. Our mission of advancing knowledge and training students to become future investigators drives us forward to quickly turn innovative research into pioneering care.
Join Tufts Medical Center Physician Organization in our mission to heal, to comfort, to teach, to learn and to seek knowledge to promote health and prevent disease.
How you ll transform patient care:
You ll join a well-established, growing OB/GYN group
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Today, I celebrate fatherhood. For I have been positively changed because of it.
My birth father not only helped bring me into being, he was a part of a loving family which has blessed me greatly over the years since he passed. As I am a reflection of his image and have many of his best traits, part of him lives on today in me.
My father by choice has always been one of my biggest supporters. I know I can count on him for his wisdom, perspective, laugher and assistance whenever I have needed. He is rock solid dependable, and chose me to be his both in his heart and by name. He continues to bless me.
My father by marriage lives in a special place in my heart. My time with him was too short, but oh how He showered love, a comforting shoulder and a listening ear. He was the one who helped feed my cravings when pregnant, and always had a kind word for me. His legacy lives on through the kindness and acceptance with which he openly gifted me.
And my Heavenly Father? I can now see how part of each of my earthly fathers reflected His heart and love for me.
How much more does He shower me with every. single. day I am alive here on earth. But His love for me didn't and doesn't end there.
I am eternally his daughter, forever to be in His heart, and showered always with His love!
Especially on the hard days, as He carries me through to the other side.
Happy Father's Day. If you too have never known your earthly father, were wounded deeply through abandonment or harsh treatment by your dad, or have lost your father, may your Heavenly Father heal your wounds, comfort your grief, and soothe your pain as He loves up on you.
For His love stays constant when it wasn't/isn't easy, because He loves us with perfect, relentless, passionate and eternal love!


J. W. Pepper Snare DrumOne of the more common drums in marching bands and drumlines and the primary drum of a drum set... . Donated by Gordon Peters Many different types of concert snare drums have existed as manufacturing techniques and mechanical developments evolved. Shown here are three snare drums from companies that either no longer exist or that have ceased to manufacture drums. This type of drumA hollow cylindrical shell of any size that has a head stretched over one or both ends and is b... was most often found with concert bands or smaller theater orchestra ensembles, although they often came with a leg brace and sling and could be used for marching.
Lyon & Healy Snare Drum . Donated by Gordon Peters – A 4-inch by 15-inch wood-shell drum, dated August 6, 1912, on an internal label. Although the label identifies the drum as Lyon & Healy, the design is that used by the Duplex Mfg. Co. for drums provided to various musical merchants in the early part of the 20th century. The 20 lugsThe tension rods (or screws) that hold the hoop and drumhead onto the drum., with rods that join to metal inserts in the wood counterhoops, provide separate tension for the heads. This drum has been modified with a new strainer and a set of Hinger snares.


"Once again, only you survived Mr. Death," the chopper pilot speaks with a cold bitterness "Always, only you survive, Mr. Death," the pilot continues. But Hunk does not respond to the pilot. He doesn't care. "The Death cannot die..." the survivor thinks to himself with a warm smile.


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Marines suspend Fallujah offensive, push humanitarian aid
In-Depth Coverage
Story by Gunnery Sgt. Mark Oliva
CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Iraq(April 13, 2004) -- Marines from the 1st Marine Division held their positions in and around Fallujah as the Iraqi Governing Council worked to broker a bilateral cease-fire with leaders in the city.
Marines suspended offensive operations Friday after pushing forces into Fallujah to root out terrorists blamed for attacking Coalition Forces. The fighting began April 5 and by Tuesday, lulled. Few gunshots were heard throughout the city.
Marines and soldiers serving under 1st Marine Division suffered 39 killed in fighting across the Al Anbar province since April 5th. Estimates put the enemy dead at 600.
"What I think you will find is 95 percent of those were military age males that were killed in the fighting," said Lt. Col. Brennan Byrne, commanding officer for 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment to reporters. "The Marines are trained to be precise in their firepower.... The fact that there are 600 goes back to the fact that the Marines are very good at what they do."
The fighting between Marines and enemy forces was fierce at times. Marines called in close-air support from Air Force AC-130 Spectre gunships and fighter aircraft. In one instance, Marines blasted a wall surrounding a mosque after enemy forces use the protected holy site to launch attacks.
"If they use the mosque as a military machine, then it's no longer a house of worship and we strike," Byrne explained.
Geneva convention laws list mosques as protected sites until they are used as platforms for enemy firing positions, at which point they may be considered a lawful military target. Schools and hospitals fall under the same protected status.
Marines fired Hellfire missiles from AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters and two 500-pound laser guided bombs to breach the wall. The surrounding wall was destroyed with minimal damage to the mosque itself. Marines killed the attackers inside.
"We believe we killed a bunch," Byrne added.
Marine called in more air strikes in several other instances, including a group of Marines who were attacked by four enemy fighters, who were quickly reinforced by another 12. Marines returned fire and the enemy fled into a nearby cave. AC-130 fire and more bomb strikes annihilated the cave where the fighters hid.
While thousands of Marines punched into Fallujah, Marines with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, in coordination with soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team from Ft. Riley, Kansas, struck into the heart of Ar Ramadi to eliminate enemy resistance there.
In one strike, 40 enemy were killed and another 37 were taken prisoner.
By Monday, attacks against Marines holding defensive positions in Fallujah dwindled. Still, Marines held their positions, even as Iraqi leaders sought a peaceful resolution to hostilities.
"The prospect of some city father walking in and making 'Joe Jihadi' give himself up are pretty slim," Byrne said. "What is coming is the destruction of anti-coalition forces in Fallujah... they have two choices: Submit or die."
Even as Marines tightened their grip on Fallujah, humanitarian aid and medical supplies poured into the city. Women and children were allowed to leave the city, but men of military age were held back.
"We will always be humanitarian in our efforts," said Maj. Gen. James N. Mattis, commanding general of 1st Marine Division. "We will fight the enemy on our terms. May God help hem when we're done with them."
Marine efforts to send aid to citizens caught in the Fallujah cordon were hampered by terrorist attacks, though. Improvised explosive devices caused one convoy of food, water and blood supplies to be turned back. Another convoy from Jordan was blasted by IEDs in the western reaches of Al Anbar Province on its way to Fallujah.
Enemy tactics grew more desperate during the past week. Several reports surfaced of terrorists taking foreign nationals hostage, including Thomas Hamill, an American contractor.
Marines also discovered suicide belts among the enemy dead, laden with explosives and pieces of metal shrapnel.
There were also attempts to run weapons around Marine blockades.
Marines shot and killed two terrorists in Fallujah setting in a machine gun and witnessed an ambulance pull up with another enemy fighter trying to load up the weapon. Marines shot the third terrorist.
"We have to be careful because ambulances are being used for legitimate purposes, but we are also treating them with suspicion," Byrne said.


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Climate - Sumba (Indonesia)
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In Sumba, an Indonesian island belonging to the group of the Lesser Sunda Islands, the climate is tropical, hot all year round, with a rainy season from December to March and a dry season from June to October.
Temperatures are high and uniform throughout the year. They are slightly higher from October to May and a bit lower from June to August, when the southeast monsoon blows and the minimum temperature can drop to 18/19 °C (64/66 °F). In August 2012 it dropped to 15.5 °C (60 °F). On the other hand, the hottest days of the year, with highs about 35/36 °C (95/97 °F), are often recorded in October and November, before the rainy season. In the latter, high humidity makes the heat muggy.
Here are the average temperatures at the airport, located on the north coast, near Waingapu.
Waingapu - Average temperatures (1991-2020)
22.8 32 27.35 73 89.7 81
Rainfall is not very abundant, especially along the north coast and at low altitude, where it drops below 1,000 millimeters (40 inches) per year. Given that the rains are only abundant from December to March, and that the dry season is quite long, the landscape is not particularly verdant, in fact, in some areas, it is almost arid. Here is the average rainfall in Waingapu.
Waingapu - Average precipitation
In the interior of the island, there are hills that reach about 1,000 meters (3,300 feet), where the rains are a little more abundant. In some areas, there are forests and waterfalls (which, however, often dry up in the dry season).
In Sumba, there's plenty of sunshine in the dry season, while in the rainy season, the sun shines for a few hours a day, between one rain shower and another. Here are the average sunshine hours per day.
Waingapu - Sunshine hours
From November to mid-May, but more often from January to mid-April, Sumba can be affected by tropical cyclones, which are formed on the Timor Sea, and then move south-westard, between the Sunda Islands and Australia.
Together with Timor and the smaller islands of Savu and Rote, Sumba is located further south than the other Sunda islands, so it is hit a little more often by tropical cyclones. For example, it was hit by Cyclone Inigo in early April 2003 and by Cyclone Seroja in early April 2021.
The sea in Sumba is warm enough to swim in throughout the year: the water temperature ranges from 26/27 °C (79/81 °F) between July and September to 29 °C (84 °F) between November and April. Here are the average sea temperatures.
Waingapu - Sea temperature
The best time to travel to Sumba and enjoy its beaches goes from June to August: the sun shines, the heat is not too intense, and in any case, it's tempered by the breeze; there are just some short downpours or thunderstorms every now and then. In September, it is often very hot. At the end of September or in October, the rains begin to increase in inland and hilly areas.
All year round, bring light clothes of natural fibers, a sun hat, a scarf for the breeze, and a light sweatshirt for the evening (especially from June to September). From December to March, you can add a light raincoat or umbrella.
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The Lady Giants came into this past week looking to gain some momentum going into the state playoffs. The Lady Giants will find out on Thursday April 12 what their playoff seeding will be and who their 1st round opponent will be. The Lady Giants scheduled some good teams to wrap up their schedule to help improve their power ranking before going into the playoffs. This past week the Lady Giants had two teams from class 4A that will make the playoffs on the schedule. On Tuesday the Lady Giants defeated Grant 2-1. On Thursday the Lady Giants defeated Franklin Parish 8-4.


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