The oldest well-dated archaeologic site in the Americas is Monte Verde in southern Chile. Known since the 1970s, recent radiocarbon dating has confirmed an age of ~14,000 years BP (Wayman 2008). This site implies early man migrated into the Americas via a Pacific coastal route at least a millennium before inland population became established. The Monte Verde people had a sophisticated understanding of marine and coastal resources.
This site dates from the late Wisconsin, when large ice sheets existed in North America and Eurasia; in fact the Des Moines lobe surged to its greatest extent at almost exactly the same time (see Fig. 10-5). Meanwhile global sea level was at least 100-120 m lower than today. Although Monte Verde is well documented, little else is known about these earliest Americans. Most of the fossil evidence is likely underwater on the Pacific continental shelf. Human population and archaeologic evidence increased for inland portions of the Americas after ~12,000 years BP, as the late Wisconsin glaciation came to an end and sea level rose.
The earliest widespread archaeologic cultures of the North American Great Plains, called Paleo-Indians, date from latest glacial and early Holocene time, 12,000 to 7000 radiocarbon years ago—see Fig. 18-1. Paleo-Indians were big-game hunters, who coexisted with many now-extinct animals at the close of the Pleistocene. The appearance of Paleo-Indians coincided with changing climatic and vegetation conditions and was associated with disappearance of many large animals.
Pleistocene fossils displayed at the Sam Noble Museum. Left: Smilodon from Los Angeles, California. Right: Bison latifrons was the largest bison ever, composite skeleton.
Left: Arctodus, giant short-faced bear, was a formidable predator, specimen from Indiana. Right: Columbian Mammoth, the largest of all mammoths, composite skeleton from Oklahoma. Photos by JSA.
The horse, camel, mammoth, mastodon, giant ground sloth, llama, giant beaver, glyptodont, giant peccary, woodland muskox, sabertoothed cat, cheetah, and many others all became extinct in North America during this interval. The bones of many of these animals are found in kill sites with obvious evidence of slaughtering and butchering by Paleo-Indians. Buffalo (Bison sp.) was also hunted in huge numbers. Three phases of Paleo-Indian development and hunting ability are recognized in the Great Plains region—see Fig. 18-2.
Clovis - kills of single or few mammoths plus a few other single animals, natural traps utilized, small family hunting groups; best dates are 11,500 to 11,000 years BP.
Folsom - kills of archaic, long-horned buffalo (Bison antiquus), surround hunting technique, dozens of animals per kill, small-tribe hunting groups; best dates are 11,000 to 9000 years BP.
Plano - kills of near-modern or modern buffalo (Bison bison) by the hundreds, large-tribe hunting groups; range of dates are from 10,000 to 7000 BP.
Left: giant ground sloth, Eremotherium, which lived in the Americas during the Pleistocene. It stood about 6 m (20 feet) tall—larger than a modern grizzly bear. Right: Smilodon, an extinct Pleistocene sabertoothed cat, about the size of a modern lion. Taken from the Smithsonian.
Cave National Park, South Dakota.
The land animals most affected by late Pleistocene extinction were large herbivores and their dependent large carnivores. Similar late Pleistocene extinctions of large land animals took place in South America, Eurasia, and Australia, in each case associated with big-game hunters. Paleolithic cave paintings in Europe are among the most spectacular archaeologic evidence for coexistence of early man and now-extinct Ice Age animals—see Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave. Other extinctions occurred later on more remote islands, whenever man arrived during the Holocene. Well documented islands include New Zealand (moas) and Madagascar (giant lemurs, piggy hippo, etc.).
Reconstructed mammoth hunter dwelling from the late Pleistocene of central Europe (Ukraine, Poland). The framework is made of mammoth bones and tusks and covered with hides; the structure stands about 2 m tall. Photo by J.S. Aber; see Mammoth Site.
Small mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and invertebrate animals suffered fewer extinctions. Land plants likewise experienced few extinctions, although much migration took place (see Fig. 11-11). The Pleistocene/Holocene transition in marine environments also had few plant or animal extinctions, except for large marine mammals that were hunted in coastal waters. On this basis the late Pleistocene extinction of large land mammals seems unbalanced.
Based on the association of kill sites and bones of extinct animals, some archaeologists have concluded that the extinctions were brought about by overhunting. This overkill hypothesis certainly applies to geographically isolated regions, such as New Zealand, and there is no question that some of the now-extinct animals were killed occasionally by prehistoric man. However, much debate and controversy continue for this hypothesis as a global explanation for late Pleistocene extinctions.
The Australian giant bird, Genyornis newtoni, along with other last-surviving megafauna went extinct some 50,000 to 45,000 years ago. This is usually attributed to the arrival of early man in the continent. However, it was also the time of major hydrologic changes and rapid drying of major basins, as documented in Lake Eyre. Climatically driven ecosystem collapse may have contributed to megafauna extinctions (Cohen et al. 2015).
In North America, Paleo-Indians did not become efficient hunters, able to kill large numbers of large animals, until after most of the extinctions were finished. The historical Indian buffalo hunts of the nineteenth century are probably not realistic for earlier times. Paleo-Indians hunted on foot armed only with hand-held spears tipped with well-made stone points. The spear thrower (atlatl) and bow and arrow were developed much later.
Only one extinct animal, the mammoth, was a major resource for Clovis hunters; however a dwarf mammoth was able to survive on Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean until only 4000 years ago. Furthermore, the one animal hunted in greatest numbers, the buffalo, survived to modern time, albeit as a smaller form. In Europe, the horse and aurochs were favored prey. Both were domesticated in prehistoric times; both also survived as wild animals until historical times.
Complete aurochs skeleton recovered from a Danish peat bog. Aurochs were the wild ancestors to modern domestic cattle. The aurochs survived in a wild state in forests of eastern Europe until Medieval times. The colored circles on this skeleton indicate wounds inflicted by stone age hunters.
Closeup view of fatal wound, in which a spear pierced the scapula and penetrated the animal's rib cage. This animal stumbled into a peat bog and eluded its hunters. Photos by JSA; displayed at the National Museum of Denmark.
Extinctions took place at the same time in other parts of North America, for which an overkill explanation does not apply. On the Colorado Plateau, for example, Paleo-Indian archeologic remains are not associated with the youngest, now-extinct, large-mammal fossils—see Figs. 18-3 and 18-4. Likewise, mammoth lived at high elevations in the Rocky Mountains, where there is no evidence for Paleo-Indian hunters.
Mammoth tooth found at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado at 8400 feet (2500 m) altitude. Top view of M1 or M2 tooth from anterior portion of jaw (left) and side view (right). Species is identified as Columbian mammoth, and the individual's age was probably in late teens or early twenties at the time of death, but could have been as old as late thirties. The tooth is radiocarbon dated at 49,830+3290 years old. Scale bar in cm; photos courtesy of S. Veatch.
Mammoth bone site at Hot Springs, South Dakota. Array of bones (left) and nearly complete skull (right) displayed in situ. Dozens of mammoths males (but no females) are preserved in a sinkhole trap dating from ~26,000 years ago. There is no evidence that mammoth hunters were involved with this site. Photos © J.S. Aber; see Mammoth Site.
A detailed study of small-mammal diversity in Spain during the late Pleistocene and Holocene revealed some interesting trends (López-Garcia et al. 2013).
Late Pleistocene and early Holocene – small-mammal richness and diversity were closely related to mean annual temperature and landscape conditions.
Beginning of middle Holocene – small-mammal richness and diversity were more closely tied to human activity (Neolithic).
It seems likely that radical changes in climate and vegetation at the end of the last glaciation led to the demise of many large mammals. Large herbivores are particularly vulnerable to such environmental changes. Large animals naturally suffer more during environmental changes and food shortages than do smaller animals. Use of fire as a hunting technique might have hastened the forest-to-grassland conversion. For large animals under stress from diminished food resources, use of fire and predation by big-game hunters might have been the proverbial "straw that broke the camel's back."
Spring burning in the Flint Hills tallgrass prairie, east-central Kansas. Prairie fire renews the grass and eliminates trees and woody vegetation. Photo by J.S. Aber.
Agenbroad, L.D. 1978. The Hudson-Meng site: An Alberta Bison kill in the Nebraska High Plains. University Press of America, 230 p.
Agenbroad, L.D. 1989. Quaternary geochronology and distribution of Mammuthus on the Colorado Plateau. Geology 17:861-864.
Cohen, T.J., Jansen, J.D., Gliganic, L.A., Larsen, J.R., Nanson, G.C., May, J.-H., Jones, B.G. and Price, D.M. 2015. Hydrological transformation coincided with megafauna extinction in central Australia. Geology 43/3, p. 195-198.
Johnson, W.C. 1987. Stop 15B—Bonner Springs site. Kansas Geological Survey, Guidebook Series 5:41-52.
López-Garcia, J.M., Blain, H.-A., Morales, J.I., Lorenzo, C., Bañuls-Cardona, S. and Cuenca-Bescós, G. 2013. Small-mammal diversity in Spain during the late Pleistocene to early Holocene: Climate, landscape, and human impact. Geology 41/2, p. 267-270.
Wayman, E. 2008. Seaweed confirms Monte Verde dates, but also migration patterns? Geotimes 53/7, p. 10-11.


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Gunn, Reginald Montagu Cairns (Rex) (1893–1974)
by Robert I. Taylor
Reginald Montagu Cairns (Rex) Gunn (1893-1974), professor of veterinary science, was born on 19 October 1893 at Petersham, Sydney, second child of Joseph Robertson Gunn, an accountant from Scotland, and his Victorian-born wife Eva Louisa, née Fosdyke. 'Rex' was educated at Hayfield Preparatory and Sydney Grammar schools, and at the University of Sydney (B.Sc.Agr., 1915; B.V.Sc. ad eund., 1929; D.V.Sc., 1935) where he graduated with first-class honours. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 8 September 1915 and sailed for England in 1916 as farrier sergeant, Army Service Corps. In November he was sent to the Western Front. Granted leave in February 1919, he was admitted to the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College, University of Edinburgh (B.Sc., 1921). Gunn also gained the diploma and membership of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (honorary fellow 1954), and was awarded a silver medal by the (Royal) Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. On 23 November 1921 he married Georgina Ethel Willis (d.1960) at Hillsborough, County Down, Ireland.
After postgraduate courses in Copenhagen and Stockholm, Gunn returned to Sydney late in 1921 to take up an appointment as lecturer in veterinary anatomy and surgery at the university. He managed to combine active teaching with a considerable volume and a wide field of research, including skin, horn and organ grafting, and fertility studies in sheep, particularly the ram. His meticulous studies on artificial seminal ejaculation, artificial insemination of ewes and the characters of spermatogenesis led to practical developments in sheep husbandry. He wrote his doctoral thesis on fertility in sheep. Encouraged and assisted in his work by J. A. Gilruth, he made many contacts throughout Australia with leading sheep studs and studmasters, and published mainly in the Australian Veterinary Journal (of which he was business manager).
Gunn's scrupulous scientific approach and his manual skills (which made him an outstanding surgeon) profoundly affected his students; they found him dour and unapproachable, but respected his great ability and, in later life, acclaimed his teaching. Practical surgery classes were known as 'Black Wednesday' when all present 'felt the lash of his acid tongue'. He demanded strict discipline in academic and professional work. Appointed reader in 1945, he succeeded (Sir) Ian Clunies Ross as professor of veterinary science in 1948. He ruled his department autocratically and his altercations with his professional colleagues were legendary. In 1939 and 1954-58 he was dean of the faculty.
As captain (1922) and major (1931), Australian Army Veterinary Corps, Militia, Gunn had commanded the 2nd Cavalry Mobile Veterinary Section at the university from 1923. In 1933 he became deputy assistant director, veterinary services, 1st Division, and in 1943 was transferred to the Reserve of Officers. He was president of the Veterinary Association of New South Wales in 1926, the Medical Science Club in 1938-39 and 1957-58, the Australian Veterinary Association in 1941-44 and the Veterinary Surgeons Board in 1942-50. As a consultant, he was closely associated with the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales and the Australian Jockey Club. In 1955 Gunn reported to the New Zealand government on the need to establish a veterinary school. That year he was also a member of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's mission to India and Pakistan on veterinary education; in 1961-62 he served on an F.A.O. panel of experts.
Having retired in 1958 to his four-acre (1.6 ha) property, Crathes, on the Nepean River near Penrith, Gunn married 31-year-old Dorothy Ada Milne, a secretary, on 11 January 1965 at St Oswald's Anglican Church, Haberfield. He was a man of slight build, with a serious, but bright expression, and a well-clipped moustache. Students who came in close contact with him after graduating could not believe that he was their stern and demanding teacher. Survived by his wife and their son and daughter, and by one of the two sons of his first marriage, he died on 1 July 1974 at Crathes and was buried in South Head cemetery, Sydney. The university named a building after Gunn and holds a pen-drawing of him by Norman Carter.
G. E. Hall and A. Cousins (eds), Book of Remembrance of the University of Sydney in the Great War 1914-1918 (Syd, 1939)
Centaur, 1939, p 7, 1947, p 11, 1958, p 18, 1974, p 19
Australian Veterinary Journal, 35, Aug 1959, p 381, 50, Sept 1974, p 415
University of Sydney, Gazette, Feb 1975
Gunn papers (University of Sydney Archives).
Robert I. Taylor, 'Gunn, Reginald Montagu Cairns (Rex) (1893–1974)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gunn-reginald-montagu-cairns-rex-10379/text18387, published first in hardcopy 1996, accessed online 18 July 2019.
Petersham, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Penrith, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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This is one of several pages that list resources by category. This page lists all food resources in St. Louis.
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Previously published in 2016.
In 2012, former super heavyweight kickboxer and heavyweight mixed martial artist Gary Goodridge was diagnosed with degenerative dementia – a type of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE. "It sneaks up on you," he told Inside MMA. "It's like a shark in the water that you can't see."
Goodridge, who has a penchant for flashlights because he "loves the light," lives in a very dark place mentally. He said if it were not for his meds, he would have committed suicide. "It's got me crippled," he explains as he bouts with a disease that strangles his brain cells, causing memory loss, speech problems and explosive behavior.
Former college football player Michael Keck probably could have related to Goodridge before his life was cut short at 25. He was diagnosed with CTE – the Alzheimer's-like disease that former San Diego Charger linebacker Junior Seau suffered from. Seau ended his own life with a bullet through the chest.
Boston University describes CTE as a progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in athletes and others with a history of repetitive brain trauma. CTE has been known to affect boxers since the 1920s – some referred to back in the day as "punch drunk."
Recent reports have confirmed CTE in many retired professional football players and high-impact athletes. According to Boston University, trauma triggers progressive degeneration of the brain tissue, including the build-up of an abnormal protein called tau. Tau is characterized by brown spots that form around the brain's blood vessels, interrupting normal functioning and eventually killing nerve cells. These changes in the brain can begin months, years, or even decades after the last brain trauma or end of athletic involvement. The brain degeneration is associated with memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, impulse control problems, aggression, depression, and eventually, progressive dementia.
Dr. Ann McKee, chief of neuropathology at the VA Boston Healthcare System, has worked with a team to evaluate 170 brains to understand the pathology of CTE. She also evaluated Keck's brain. She never saw that kind of brain pathology in someone under 30. Keck played football for 16 years, starting at the tender age of six. Reportedly, he had more than 10 concussions – with the very first one at eight – and never received treatment. (Source: CNN)
A star athlete and stellar student, he received several offers to play college football, but opted for the University of Missouri in Columbia. During his freshman year, he suffered a concussion on the field as a result of head trauma, where he lost consciousness. Headaches, neck pain, insomnia, and anxiety persisted. He couldn't remember things or concentrate. Keck returned to the field a few days afterward — with symptoms intact. By the beginning of his junior year, now at Missouri State, he hung up his cleats. His G.P.A. plummeted to 1.9 and he eventually dropped out of school with just 12 credits left to earn a bachelor's degree.
Life and daily living took a turn as well. Keck became increasingly depressed, suicidal, and abusive to his wife, Cassandra. The marijuana he used did little to dilute the anxiety and headaches. Keck knew something was wrong. He studied the similarities he shared with Seau. He also heavily researched CTE. Keck believed he had it.
Dr. Greg Canty, a sports medicine physician at Children's Mercy Hospital, told accessHealth, "The challenging part about CTE is that it can't be diagnosed in anyone who is living. There's a lot of debate in the medical community, like sports medicine, neurology and neurosurgery. Is this a new disease process, or is this re-describing something old? It appears to be something that we've known about for years because of some chronic changes in the brain. What we don't know is exactly what leads to CTE. There is no direct evidence that having a concussion leads to CTE."
Canty stresses that there is a lot of gray area when it comes to CTE. He said that although concussions are a problem and that the medical community worries they may be related to CTE, they don't know that definitively. "Most people don't understand there is not a direct correlation that has been proven yet."
The other potential unknown is whether CTE is related to small, repetitive hits to the head or a big hit that leads to a concussion. Canty underscores one major fact: there are more questions about CTE than answers. As for Keck, he was so convinced that he had the disease, he told his wife that if he died to donate his brain to Boston University. Keck died from cardiac arrest in 2013.
He was diagnosed postmortem with CTE.
Canty said that improving athletic safety is number one. But what worries him are the people who automatically assume because they've had a concussion and maybe had a few neurological symptoms that they are definitely on the pathway to having CTE. This includes those 22-year-old athletes who may have had a few concussions, and begin having headaches, and forget where they placed their keys. Many of them start to wonder.
"In some situations, people have committed suicide because they were convinced that all of their problems were a result of CTE," he said. "We just don't know that yet. What we do know is that most concussions recover without incident."
Canty also said there is a large population of people with mental illness and depression who can be treated. People could forget things and have a completely normal memory. Unfortunately, he says, the CTE fear can sometimes become a "self-fulfilling prophecy. "They see themselves on a slow, gradual decline and they do things not understanding the real lack of medical knowledge about the disease."
There may be some mitigating factors for depressed athletes besides CTE, especially after they retire. "For some, it is because of random steroid use; for others, it may be the fact that they used to be a superstar, but they are not any longer. And for others, divorce and bankruptcy may play a role in depression." Canty said these stressors and life changes are not necessarily a result of head trauma. "There are other forms of dementia, other forms of depression, and other types of illnesses that can present with very similar symptoms as to what people suspect they are having when they have a post-concussion or chronic head injury."
However, a recent study published by Frontline concluded that 95.6 percent of deceased NFL players tested positive for CTE. Specifically, the research concluded that in a pool of almost 100 deceased NFL players, over 95 percent tested positive for CTE. The research was carried out by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University.
"People think that we are blowing this out of proportion, that this is a very rare disease and that we are sensationalizing it," McKee told CBS Sports. "My response is that where I sit, this is a very real disease. We have had no problems identifying it in hundreds of players."
To add insult to injury, the study noted new evidence that suggests the minor head trauma that occurs regularly in football may pose a greater risk than the more pronounced concussion that comes with high impact.
Canty said concern is necessary, but it is important for the medical community to look for more answers. "I do have concern for kids who hit their head too much or have a concussion and go back and play prematurely," he said. "I worry about those things. I also worry about my kids driving a car, texting on their phone – you worry about a lot of things. So, when you look at the relative risks in life, sports are still safe."
Quality of life among athletes is something that Canty said shouldn't be overlooked. He said there are many positive lifestyle characteristics that have a direct correlation with sports involvement, but agrees it is also imperative to find ways to make all sports safer. Some precautions have already taken shape. Canty notes moves to eliminate unnecessary contact to the head and limiting the number of contact practices for starters. He also urges athletes never to return to play after a concussion until they have been fully cleared by a medical professional who has experience with the condition.
When asked if he has seen more concussions over the past decade, Canty said yes. However, he said it's not necessarily because more athletes are having more concussions. Instead, he says there is more awareness and recognition of how a concussion presents. Canty believes even with the concern and fear about the condition, medicine has to push for better ways to diagnose concussions and find out if concussions are related to CTE, or if it is just the opinion of a couple of people with really big microphones.
"I worry that there is some risk to these athletes who have hit their heads over and over and over again – but we don't know yet," he said. "On the other hand, there's a lot of benefit to sports and games that these kids play and there are a lot of life lessons. Kids rank their quality of life better if they are involved in these sports, so we want to keep them active and playing. We just want to find the safest way to do that."
As for CTE, Canty said that for the most part, people with the condition have been mostly older-aged athletes. There are still questions as to how that applies to the 16-or 17-year-old athlete.
"There have been some descriptions of young athletes who passed away and had their brain examined and demonstrated signs of having CTE," he acknowledges. "But again, CTE remains a bit controversial and highly debated."


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The small bungalow, which is located on the exotic beach, is the object of image of the beach murals. The bungalow is made from natural materials and the roof is very charming. There are many palm trees around it and the area is great for surfing and sunbathing. The bright blue sky and the clear turquoise waters of the ocean make the bungalow very good place for a summer vacation. The weather at these exotic islands is hot and the small building is perfect for staying at shadow. Many tourists will adore the ocean landscape with the bungalow and the murals will take a fancy to these people, who adore to live freely. The will be like a symphony to the soul.


It is 1933, and famous Jewish Berlin detective Willi Krauss has escaped Nazi Germany for the refuge of Paris. Without immigration documents or work papers, Willi walks the streets, performing odd jobs to make ends meet when he gets caught between competing interests, namely France's most illustrious financier and the Paris police. Working for both sides against the other, Willi follows the trail, hoping to avoid deportation and find information to exonerate his wealthy friend. What he stumbles upon is much larger, an underground plot involving drugs, gambling, murder, and prostitution, schemes his various employers have reason to keep under wraps.
This is the third Willi Krauss book, which follows The Sleepwalkers and its prequel Children of Wrath. This story is fast-paced with high stakes and shifting loyalties. The author's highly detailed descriptions of the streets and political landscape of 1930s Paris make this a solid read. Like many detectives, Willi has his lucky guesses, and the resolution is rather drawn out and convoluted. Yet Willi is a more flawed, more human detective than most you will find, which makes him a worthy hero. This book is recommended for those looking for something beyond the run-of-the-mill detective narrative.
This review was published through the Historical Novel Society and can be found on that website here.


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В Списке запусков баллистических ракет в СССР в 1952 году в хронологическом порядке представлены все запуски баллистических ракет, произведённые на территории СССР в 1952 году. Всего было произведено 26 запусков: 7 Р-1 (индекс ГРАУ — 8А11), 14 Р-2 (индекс ГРАУ — 8Ж38) и 5 опытно-экспериментальных Р-2Р. Все модели ракеты являлись развитием немецкой ракеты V-2 (A-4).

Несмотря на близкое родство, ракета Р-1 не была полной копией A-4: Р-1 изготавливалась советскими специалистами с использованием технологий, приборов и оборудования на советских предприятиях. Ключевым отличием было использование советской телеметрической системы управления — 12-канальной телеметрической системы «Дон».

Р-2 стала дальнейшим развитием технологий заложенных в А-4 с добавлением идей советских конструкторов: Р-2 была больше, имела ряд конструктивных отличий, среди которых самым заметным было использование топливного бака в качестве несущего элемента конструкции. Среди эксплуатационных отличий главным было почти двукратное (до 600 км) увеличение радиуса действия ракеты, значительное увеличение веса взрывчатого вещества.

Р-2Р являлась опытной модификацией ракеты Р-2, на которой испытывалась система РУД — система радиокоррекции траектории полёта.

Все запуски баллистических ракет в СССР в 1952 году производились с территории 4-го государственного центрального полигона (4-й ГЦП), известный как Капустин Яр.

Подготовка запусков
В 1952 году началось серийное производство ракет Р-1. Сначала был налажен мелкосерийный выпуск на заводе № 88 в подмосковном Калининграде, а затем началось производство на заводе № 586 в Днепропетровске.

В соответствии с Постановлением Совета Министров СССР № 4872-2096 «О результатах испытаний и принятии на вооружение ракеты Р-2» от 27 ноября 1951 года целью пусковой компании ракет Р-2 было проведение контрольных испытаний. Для испытаний было произведено 16 ракет, из которых 14 были запущены, а 2 использовались для обучения личного состава. В этом же постановлении устанавливались основные технические характеристики, в том числе максимальное рассеивание головной части ракеты по дальности ±8 км и боковое ±4 км.

Опытно-экспериментальные ракеты Р-2Р запускались с целью отработки системы боковой радиокоррекции, для повышения точности ракет. Система, получившая название РУД, была разработана коллективом под руководством М. И. Борисенко. Система требовала введение в комплекс Р-2 двух радиолокационных станций, что значительно усложнило эксплуатацию комплекса, но позволило добиться снижения бокового рассеивания. Опыт, полученный при запусках ракет Р-2Р, предполагалось использовать для разработки ракеты Р-5.

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Каждый запуск баллистической ракеты, произведённый в СССР в 1949 году, был зафиксирован в «Книге учёта пуска ракет за 1947—1962 гг. Архив Военно-научного комитета РВСН».

Итоги запусков
По итогам контрольных испытаний было принято решение о принятии на вооружение комплекса Р-2, включающего наземную инфраструктуру и саму ракету.

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No matter how much the Parker family would love to have the world leave their home of Center Springs, Texas alone, it refuses. 1967 is winding down. Fourteen-year-old Top and his cousin Pepper are still finding it difficult to forget violent events of the past. Young Pepper has bought completely into all the peace and love of the Flower Children, and she decides to join them in California-- little knowing what's in store for her. Then a local farmer is killed in a hit-and-run on the same night as two businessmen are kidnapped and murdered.
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With a runaway child and two cases involving suspicious deaths, there's a lot going on in Dark Places, but it never once gets confusing. Tiny little details catch the reader's eye as the story progresses... a patch of grass, a cat's behavior, insignia on jackets... but the characters bind everything together. There's a very well-disguised cold-blooded killer to be found, as well as a helpful young man who isn't exactly what he appears to be. When your nerves get frazzled over the danger Pepper's put herself into, you get to see Top back in Center Springs, disgusted that he's the only one who has to stay at home while everyone else is taking trips. Top does get to play a part in solving a crime or two from something that he reads, and that just serves to reinforce something I read recently in another mystery: No reading is ever wasted.
From rebellious teenagers to born killers to determined grandmothers to an old woman named Betty singing "O Holy Night," Reavis Wortham has taken us all on another period perfect excursion into the past that proves the strength of family and the need to do what's right, whatever the cost. This is one of my favorite series, and I'd no more miss an installment of it than I'd stop reading. I hope you join me in enjoying these books. It's best to start at the beginning-- The Rock Hole-- because Wortham's wonderful cast of characters grow and change. You won't want to miss a bit of that, I guarantee.
The time context intrigues me about this one, Cathy. I like historical mysteries in general, and what an era this was. Glad you enjoyed this.
It's an excellent series, Margot.
Oh my, I went back and read your review of the first book and you mentioned WK Krueger, one of my absolute favorite authors! If this author is half as good as he is, I'm in! I'd never heard of this series, but as someone who lived in the '60s, I enjoy stories set in that time period. Thanks!
I was roughly the same age as Top and Pepper back then, and Wortham certainly evokes many of my memories of that time.
I think every time you write a review of a book in this series I mention the fact that I haven't started it yet. And it's in Texas. I better begin before there are 15 books to catch up on. I wish the library had more copies and I'd do a book club read of this author. I'll have to think on a way to do it.


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This past summer, the Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities (MCDD) welcomed several talented trainees to work with our programs.
Greta Bauerle is a rising second-year law student at the University of Baltimore School of Law.
She worked 40 hours a week for eight weeks with Project HEAL (Health, Education, Advocacy, and Law).
Bauerle has worked for nearly six years in various positions across Kennedy Krieger Institute, which inspired her to attend law school. She hopes to work in special education law and advocacy.
Julie Gearty is a rising third-year law student at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.
Gearty worked 40 hours a week for 10 weeks with Project HEAL.
She developed an interest in special education law through her undergraduate work as a lab assistant in the Department of Psychology at Pennsylvania State University, researching language learning pathways in children with autism spectrum disorder. She hopes to pursue a career in health law.
Mariamawit Loulseged was a Maternal Child Health Careers/Research Initiatives for Student Enhancement - Undergraduate Program (MCHC/RISE-UP) scholar and recent graduate from Northeastern University.
She earned her undergraduate degree in health science, with minors in business administration and global health.
At Project HEAL, Loulseged worked to expand her health advocacy and equity knowledge for underrepresented individuals.
Kathryn Martin is a rising second-year law student at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.
She earned her undergraduate degree in political science at the University of South Carolina.Martin developed an interest in special education law through her volunteer experience with Kids Enjoy Exercise Now (KEEN) Greater D.C.-Baltimore, which provides free exercise programs for children with disabilities.
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Biafra Okoronkwo was a MCHC/RISE-UP scholar and rising senior at Amherst College, concentrating in Middle Eastern studies and global health.
He completed a project focusing on suicidality in people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and created strategies for training parents and caregivers in prevention and proper care.
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Qu earned her undergraduate degree at Peking University in China. She developed an interest in children with intellectual and developmental disabilities while conducting research on developmental delay in China. She plans to pursue a doctorate degree in the epidemiology of child health.
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Welcome to Spandex – super-heroes with a difference!
From the creator of The O Men (www.comix.org.uk/theomen), Spandex is a brand new super-drama with a very unique spin. And even if you have heard what it's about, it's really not what you might expect – trust me…
You can contact the creator Martin at martrpeden@yahoo.co.uk
nic, on November 18, 2009 at 11:22 pm said:
i love the picture of the 50ft lesbianxxx
She's coming to getcha hehe
this is such a cool idea. liberty seems awesome. more comics need transvestite members. awesome. going to look for this in the comic store i frequent i think.
Thank you!! Liberty sends kisses
Jon John, on November 20, 2009 at 6:33 pm said:
Just received my copy in the post. ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!!! Im only gonna read it once though, then away it goes back in the envelope along with my special little doodle of 'Glitter' from Martin to keep it safe forever and ever! I'll definately be ordering EVERY copy! is there a way that i can set up an order for it or have an email reminder every time a new issue is about to 'come out…….' so that i dont ever have to miss an issue? xxx
Oh gosh, thanks so much Jon – I'm so glad you liked it! Just stay tuned to the Facebook 'Spandex Comic' page or to this site to find out new Spandex developments. I'll let you into a secret – I was hoping to just go straight into a Spandex book late next year, but I'm thinking of releasing a second issue early in the new year, because I am so excited about Spandex! 🙂
nestan, on November 23, 2009 at 6:47 am said:
your father the devil! refer to God and Repent!
Tiger Boy, on January 4, 2010 at 12:52 am said:
Please don't say that…
God loves us just as we are…
Shmily, on November 28, 2009 at 2:32 am said:
Hi, I see through your website. First of all I'm sorry for some of the unpleasant comments from people who think that they speak up on behalf of God or Lord Jesus Christ. I just want to say that God loves you all and He is real and exist. I'm not a pro gays but also I don't hate them. I have one friend who is gay also…. But let God speaks His words to open each person's heart. God bless you Martin, U have been given an awesome talent. I wish I can draw as good as you 🙂
Gundosofy, on November 28, 2009 at 11:00 pm said:
Aloha! nlt
heather, on December 3, 2009 at 8:37 pm said:
I'm not religious, so the whole idea of gay superheros is fine by me, but this is just so cliche-ridden and frankly slightly offencive that I'm afraid I don't agree with it. However, it's what you want to do, so I'm not going to have a go or anything. Good luck with it 🙂
How would you say it is cliche ridden and offensive Heather? Have you read the actual comic?
Nikki, on June 21, 2010 at 11:20 pm said:
Maybe she hasn't read the real comic, but look at your own words :
'Has the power to absorb the skills and abilities of any gay person – so that could mean taking the powers of a team-mate or enemy – or just learning how to throw a fab dinner party'
Any gay person? Not just any person or any human? A fab dinner party? Because, you know, that has everything to do with being gay.
'Gaydar – like Spider-sense but gayer'
Okay, I don't even need to expand on that one. That's just ridiculous, honestly.
massakallaman, on December 18, 2009 at 10:45 am said:
oh my god! its great! were i can buy it?
martineden1974, on December 18, 2009 at 11:52 am said:
Hiya!
Thanks! It's in some comic shops around the UK – Dave's in Brighton, OK Comics in Leeds, Forbidden Planet – but you can buy a copy with Paypal if you go to the ordering page, or you can also buy a PDF which I can email to you.
ciaran, on January 15, 2010 at 7:28 pm said:
OMG!! loved the comic!! cant w8 for the next issue! wish i had the ability to draw more than stick ppl.
ignore the religious rhetoric, if god was against homosexuals then i'm pretty sure he wud have made jesus have female disciples.
also RoHo has the best people go here!! haha
martineden1974, on January 15, 2010 at 8:47 pm said:
Aww thanks so much. That means a lot 🙂
I'm sorry to be a downer, but what the hell are you trying to do by making this comic?
Look, if a superhero is gay, he's gay, but this is the most cliche and frankly totally ignorant and offensive thing that I have ever read. I don't think you're doing a good thing for LGBT people at all, no matter how much you think you are.
Honestly, this whole idea is just ridiculous. The first thing I thought when I heard of you was that this was a total hoax, because nobody should be ignorant enough to write such a thing.
Really, all you're doing is enhancing the view that gay people are required to act a certain way, and I think you really need to take a look around and ask yourself if you really want to spread this idea of gay people as flamboyant, pink people who only care about 'how to throw a fab dinner party' and fashion.
Clementine Pumpernickel, on July 4, 2011 at 9:17 pm said:
Oh, I would probably say that some of the Westboro homophobic discourses are more offensive than this, or anti-holocaust propaganda. I mean, those Westboro boys organise anti-gay rallies on a website called god hates fags– I'm not sure they'd change their mind if Mr Eden released a comic called "totally normal gay superheroes do totally normal superhero things, like normally". The superhero genre isn't exactly known for its subtlety.
Gay people have been happy to embrace flamboyance for years.I mean –side-stepping the old dilemma of whether or not it is better to reject a stereotype or embrace it, subvert it, and neutralise it– it seems to me that Martin Eden is channelling a lot of influences, not just doing a superhero version of 'Queer Eye'. You detect rampant stereotypes; I see an art style that combines the Britishness of Paul Grist with the pop art sensibilities of Mike Allred.
Sian, on May 10, 2011 at 4:49 pm said:
I throw a fabulous dinner party and I am quite pink but frankly my fashion sense leaves a lot to be desired. I would love to be flamboyant but I have a natural aura which makes people think I hate them or I'm going to jump off a bridge. Is it ok if I pick and choose my qualities from your gay bible Martin? I'm not sure I can follow all your instructions. xxx
martineden1974, on May 10, 2011 at 6:10 pm said:
You are most welcome, Sian, do not worry x
Daniel, on May 24, 2011 at 5:45 pm said:
The people saying that Spandex is full of stereotypes obviously haven't read it – the characters are full-formed individuals who aren't just obsessed with parties and whatnot. The copy used here and on press releases is obviously marketing speak intended to grab attention. Indeed, I think the book challenges the stereotypes and challenges the expectations of heterosexuals like myself who are bombarded by representation of camp asexual gay males by TV and film.
And with all that in mind, the stories are bloody good too!
martineden1974, on May 24, 2011 at 10:27 pm said:
You hit the nail on the head! Some people felt the characters were stereotypes from the news reports – but when you've just got a few words to sum up a character in a press release, it's really hard not to generalise.
Lord Jimsicle, on June 24, 2012 at 10:32 am said:
Hey dude, loving the Spandex goodness! Also thanks for letting us interview you at Kapow!
Lord Jimsicle, YHI
martineden1974, on June 24, 2012 at 10:46 am said:
Alex Hooper-Hodson, on July 14, 2014 at 4:25 pm said:
I met you at Comicon in London a few months back and your book looked great. You convinced me to pick up the first 3 issues of Spandex. I have a massive backlog of comics to read so only just started on the first issue. Just wanted to say it's really good and very glad I came across it. Thanks and keep up the good work!
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Updating copyright laws means striking a balance between the creative sector's competitiveness and ensuring easy access to content, writes Therese Comodini Cachia.
Creativity, cultural diversity and innovation could be Europe's greatest tools for economic and social growth. But copyright protection is essential.
Ineffective enforcement of copyright law undermines incentives for the creation and distribution of European cultural products.
Copyright does not hinder the digital single market strategy; rather it improves consumer and business access to digital goods and services. Nowadays, most users have moved from books and CDs to distribution platforms and networks.
Nearly 90 per cent of creative businesses are SMEs, key providers of employment. The creative industry is a market-driven sector; if creation does not result in revenues, the sector will not be able to finance new creations. Therefore, rights holders' legitimate interests must be protected to ensure growth in the sector.
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Trump Says New Air Force One Order Should be Canceled
CPL Roman Gray, USMC
Citing a multibillion-dollar price tag, President-elect Donald Trump today posted a tweet calling for the cancellation of what he said was a government order for a new presidential jet from Boeing.
President-elect Donald Trump said:
"The plane is totally out of control. It's going to be over $4 billion for Air Force One program and I think it's ridiculous. I think Boeing is doing a little bit of a number. We want Boeing to make a lot of money, but not that much money."
Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. Cancel order!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 6 de diciembre de 2016
Shares of Boeing turned down 1% in premarket trade Tuesday.
Boeing today issued the following statement regarding the Air Force One program:
"We are currently under contract for $170 million to help determine the capabilities of these complex military aircraft that serve the unique requirements of the President of the United States. We look forward to working with the U.S. Air Force on subsequent phases of the program allowing us to deliver the best planes for the President at the best value for the American taxpayer."
The manufacture of the presidential aircraft version of the 747 began during Ronald Reagan's presidency. The USAF issued a Request For Proposal in 1985 for two wide-body aircraft with a minimum of three engines and an un-refueled range of 6,000 miles (9,700 km). Boeing with the 747 and McDonnell Douglas with the DC-10 submitted proposals, and the Reagan Administration ordered two identical 747s to replace the aging 707s he used.
The first of two aircraft, designated VC-25A, was delivered in 1990, during the administration of George H. W. Bush. The specially configured Boeing 747-200Bs are nearing the end of their planned 30-year lives. The first new Air Force One isn't expected to be operational until 2019 or 2020.
The presidential air fleet is operated by the 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews Field, Maryland.
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Uga-Uga è una telenovela brasiliana scritta da Carlos Lombardi e prodotta dalla rete televisiva TV Globo. È stata trasmessa per la prima volta da TV Globo dal maggio 2000 al gennaio 2001, per un totale di 221 episodi.

Trama

Interpreti e personaggi
 Humberto Martins - Bernardo Baldochi (Baldoki)/ Kala - Kalu/ Primo Bento
 Vivianne Pasmanter - Maria João Portela
 Cláudio Heinrich - Tatuapú/ Adriano Karabastos/ Tatu
 Lima Duarte - Nikos Karabastos /Papú
 Marcello Novaes - Beterraba
 Nair Bello - Pierina Baldochi
 Vera Holtz - Santa Karabastos
 Mariana Ximenes - Bionda Arruda Prado
 Betty Lago - Brigitte/ Alice
 Danielle Winits - Tati (Tatiana Prado)
 Marcos Pasquim - Casimiro (Van Damme)/ Kala - Kalu Mirin
 Sílvia Pfeifer - Vitória Arruda Prado
 Silvia Nobre - Crocoká
 Wolf Maya - Felipe Prado
 Bianca Castanho - Amatista
 Nívea Stelmann - Gui (Guinivere)
 Tato Gabus Mendes - Anísio
 Françoise Forton - Larissa Guerra
 Mário Gomes - Ladislau Pomeranz
 Ângelo Paes Leme - Salomón Pomeranz
 Roberto Bomfim - Pajé
 Marcelo Faria - Amon Rá Pomeranz
 Juliana Baroni - Shiva Maria Pomeranz
 Tatyane Goulart - Lilith Pomeranz
 Heitor Martinez Mello - Rolando Karabastos
 Geórgia Gomide - Gherra
 John Herbert - Veludo
 Lúcia Veríssimo - Maria Louca (la Loca)
 Oswaldo Loureiro - Querubim Portella
 Joana Limaverde - Bruna Arruda Prado
 Edwin Luisi - Francis
 Delano Avelar - Argel
 Matheus Rocha - Ari
 Alexandre Schumacher - Zen
 Taís Araújo - Emilinha
 Alexandre Lemos - Dinho (Bernardo Portella)
 Hugo Gross - Barbosa
 João Carlos Barroso - Pereirinha
 Beth Lamas - Madá
 Vanessa Nunes - Penélope
 Cláudia Lira - Suzi

Trasmissione internazionale
  - Rede Globo (2000-2001)
  - Canal 9
  - La Red
  - Teletica
  - Ecuavisa
  - Televicentro
  - ATV
  - Teledoce
  - Telemundo
  - Televen

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 Uga-Uga in Internet Movie Database


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Günter Marx (* 23. November 1938 in Kranichfeld; † 27. Oktober 2017 ebenda) war ein deutscher Physikochemiker.

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Günter Marx wurde in Kranichfeld geboren und studierte von 1956 bis 1962 an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Chemie. Anschließend war er bis 1968 als Assistent beim Institut für Physikalische Chemie der Universität tätig, ehe er über Spektroskopische  Untersuchungen an σ-Chrom-Kohlenstoff-Verbindungen und an Tetrahydrofuranaten  von Chrom, Vanadin und Titan promovierte. Bis zu seiner Habilitation mit einem Beitrag zur Verbesserung der  Aussagemöglichkeiten von Chemisorptionsuntersuchungen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Infrarotspektroskopie am Beispiel von SiO2- und Nickel/SiO2-Adsorbentien im Jahr 1975 war er dann als Oberassistent am Institut tätig. Ab 1976 war er schließlich Professor für Physikalische Chemie an der Technischen Hochschule Karl-Marx-Stadt (später Technische Universität Chemnitz). Sein Forschungsschwerpunkt lag im Bereich der Chemie von Werkstoffen, die für die moderne Luft- und Raumfahrt von Bedeutung sind. Im Laufe seiner Karriere veröffentlichte er 181 wissenschaftliche Publikationen und meldete 58 Patente an.

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Q: Better way to get data from multiple mongo collections using minimongo I am currently creating a web app in Meteor. This app uses MongoDb and when making queries from the client, it uses minimongo to interact with the underlying mongoDb.
I have 2 collections defined below
const chats = {
      userIds: [],
      //other data irrelevant to question
    };

const users = {
          userId: string,
          username: string
          //other data irrelevant to question
        };

So basically, the chat collection contains the unique user id's for all the users in the chat and the users collection contains all the users in the system. I am trying to query for all the usernames of the users in a single chat document.
Currently I am achieving this by first querying for all the user id's in a single chat, then using javascript to iterate over those user id's to find their corresponding usernames like so:
var thisChat = Chats.findOne(this.chatId); //get current chat document
          var userList = thisChat.userIds; //get list of user id's from this chat

          this.newUserList = [];
            for(var i = 0; i < userList.length; i++) { //iterate over user id's
              var tempUser = Meteor.users.find({_id: userList[i]}).fetch(); //find username for this userId
              this.newUserList.push(tempUser[0]); //add this username to an array
            }
          });
        });

    return this.newUserList; //return list of usernames

This method is pretty ugly, so I am wondering if there is a cleaner way to do this using minimongo (some kind of join equivalent?). I've looked at other posts that have used populate or aggregate, but these are not available in minimongo.

A: Here's how I would do this at the server level with the serverTransform package.
Meteor.publishTransformed('currentChat', function() {
      return Chats.find()
        .serverTransform({
            'usernames': function(chat) {
              return Meteor.users.find({
                _id: {
                  $in: chat.userIds
                }
              }).map(function(user) {
                  return user.username;
                }
              }
            });
        });

Now you can just get it from the object itself.
var thisChat = Chats.findOne(this.chatId);
var usernames = thisChat.usernames;

Another popular package is publish-composite

A: If you have the users and the chats on the clients then you can use the $in: operator in your find followed by a .map() to avoid all the looping and pushing.
const usernames = Meteor.users.find(
  { _id: { $in: Chats.findOne(this.chatId).userIds }}
  ).map(doc => doc.username);


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Le Mans / 24 Hours of Le Mans Race report
One-two for the Porsche 919 Hybrids in Le Mans
Mission accomplished: Porsche has achieved its 17th overall Le Mans victory at the 83rd running of the famous 24-Hour race in a perfect way with a one-two finish.
Stuttgart – Drivers Earl Bamber (NZ), Nico Hülkenberg (GER) and Nick Tandy (GB) won the coveted trophy in their innovative Porsche 919 Hybrid exactly 45 years after Porsche's first overall win at La Sarthe was achieved. Timo Bernhard (GER), Brendon Hartley (NZ) and Mark Webber (AUS) in the sister car added the icing on the cake when they came home in second. Romain Dumas (FR), Neel Jani (CH) and Marc Lieb (GER) brought home the third Porsche 919 Hybrid in fifth.
No other brand has managed to win the world's toughest endurance race so many times and is connected that closely to the myth of Le Mans. The previous win was also a one-two – back in 1998 when Allan McNish (GBR), Laurent Aiello (FRA) and Stéphane Ortelli (MC) finished first in their Porsche GT1.
Matthias Müller, CEO Porsche AG said: "This one-two finish in Le Mans 2015 is such a fabulous result we wouldn't have dreamed of. The entire team has done a great job over the recent three or four years and well deserve this success."
Wolfgang Hatz, Member of Board for research and Development Porsche AG, said: "A one-two finish in what is only our second year is an amazing reward for the guts of our engineers regarding the 919 Hybrid's concept, and the relentless efforts of our 230 team members."
Porsche only returned last year to the top level of endurance racing, attracted by the new efficiency regulations. In the brand's Research Center in Weissach the most innovative car of the entire grid was developed. The Porsche 919 Hybrid has a trend-setting downsizing turbo engine and two energy recovery systems, which all together create a powertrain delivering around 1,000 HP. It works as a racing laboratory for the highest efficiency of future road going sports cars.
Of course, I didn't think I would come here and rock 'n' roll this race,
Nico Hülkenberg
At the 83rd Le Mans 24-Hours all the systems of this highly complex race car were tested to their limits. Because of the very tight competition, especially between the Porsche 919 Hybrids and the Audi prototypes, the race went on in qualifying mode twice round the clock. In qualifying the three Porsches did not only lock out the front of the grid with a one-two-three, but also set a new qualifying record for the 13.629 kilometre long track. The pinnacle was also the performance of the pit crew, who managed 90 pit stops in total and were significantly faster than the competition.
The winning number 19 prototype had started third on the grid, and for a short time at the beginning even dropped down the order to eighth before settling in sixth for a longer period. Of all things, it is the rookie crew that won the monstrous classic. Neither Formula One driver Nico Hülkenberg, who had the joy of being in the car at the most emotional moments of the race, being the start and the finish driver, nor Earl Bamber brought Le Mans experience with them. Nick Tandy, the third driver of the winning trio, had at least done two Le Mans 24-Hours for Porsche in the GT class. By doing super fast laps, staying calm but highly focused, the three of them drove a race with no errors and won it by their own merits.
In the early stages of the men and machine stressing marathon the number 17 Porsche had been leading. However, a one-minute stop-and-go penalty at the end of the first third of the race dropped them back to fourth. Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber kept their heads down and worked hard. With a consistently strong performance they made it up to second place.
The crew of the third Porsche 919 Hybrid had a rather tricky race. Pole-setter Neel Jani lost the lead right after the start to Timo Bernhard. For some time the drivers were unhappy with the braking stability, and two offs from the track didn't help either. Given that chronology of events, more than fifth place wasn't within reach this time for the fast trio with the number 18 car.
Fritz Enzinger, Vice President LMP1: "It is an incredible achievement to win Le Mans in only our second attempt since Porsche's return. I have to thank this brilliant team that has been growing together over the last three and a half years. The Porsche board backed us one hundred per cent from the word go. It will take a few days to realise what we have achieved. I know that a lot of people have virtually lived for this dream to come true and have pursued it with the greatest commitment."
Andreas Seidl, Team Principal: "It is hard to find words because it is just so difficult to believe we have done that. It is a fantastic reward for the tough work the team did here on the race track and back home in Weissach over the last three and a half years. We knew we were a lot better prepared than last year, but no way could we expect this result. We didn't benefit from any situations, but were on a winning level in every regard - be it the mechanics in the garage or the engineers doing the strategy. The pit stops were outstanding. The drivers were sensational. Congratulations to the three winning guys."
Alexander Hitzinger, Technical Director LMP1: "We are really happy now. It is an incredible feeling to win in Le Mans and one that you cannot describe with words. I am especially satisfied for the team, which has put so much passion and hard work into this project. We have achieved such a great development over the last two years and this one-two result is the reward for it."
Porsche 919 Hybrid - Car number 17
Timo Bernhard: "Hats off for what our mates in the number 19 car have done – great job, great race. We were doing well, but never made up for the delay that the penalty caused. Regarding my brief excursion into the gravel bed: Everyone has agreed that the slower cars stay on the racing line, but this guy decided to change his line without notice. To avoid contact I had to run wide and ran through the gravel bed. Nothing serious happened though, but this kind of incident can cause a lot of trouble. But that's racing and the track is there for all of us."
Brendon Hartley: "On the final lap I had tears in my eyes. We have all been working so hard for this result. Stepping onto the podium was a dream come true. It is unbelievable. I'm very proud that two Porsches have won. I feel happy for every single person here."
Mark Webber: "The guys in the number 19 car did a great job. All three of them were exceptional for 24 hours. Especially at night, the number 19 was quick. It is a big day for Porsche. We have had a smooth race, but in the end weren't quick enough. Brendon and Timo did a great job. We are very proud for Porsche. If we can't win we obviously want it to be within the team."
Romain Dumas: "That is a great success for Porsche. Sadly, we didn't have a good race with our car, because we had some problems. But the most important thing is that we proved that Porsche can win. That was the main target. For sure it was not easy for us. But that's part of the game. This success is a big reward for all the efforts that we have put in since the end of 2012."
Neel Jani: "It wasn't the race for the crew of number 18 today, but we finished and at least took some championship points with us. For Porsche this one-two success is just amazing."
Marc Lieb: "This is a great day for the entire team and for Porsche. I am very proud to be part of it. Congratulations to the 19 and 17 crews. A one-two for Porsche in Le Mans is really big. We had hoped for more for our car crew, but it wasn't our day. Nevertheless we will party tonight."
Earl Bamber: "It feels incredible. I have enjoyed every single stint. It is been a long, long day to drive in the evening and then again in the morning. I just had a very short break. But I am not tired at all – I am pumped up on adrenalin now. I thought I would have heard strange noises in the car. But, of course, you fancy every kind of noise if you are on your way to win Le Mans."
Nico Hülkenberg: "I enjoyed every moment, these cars are great fun to drive and then to be on a huge track like this one. The pace was really high, and not what you would expect from endurance racing. Especially at night when the temperatures came down a bit, the car was fantastic to drive. Of course, I didn't think I would come here and rock 'n' roll this race, this would be silly because there are so many challenges in that race. However, we did it and we did it together."
Nick Tandy: "This is such a fantastic day. It is hard to get it to sink in that I'm now a Le Mans winner with Porsche."
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The remarkable fixes Toyota used to avert another Le Mans disaster
The 1-2 finish achieved by Toyota at this year's Le Mans 24 Hours was a result that will have surprised few, given its status as pre-event favourite. But the result was anything but straightforward, as worsening fuel pressure concerns required the team's drivers and engineers to pursue "creative fixes" on the fly. Here is the full story of how it reached the end without a lengthy pit visit
Inside the Le Mans finish too barmy for Hollywood
Team WRT has been at the forefront of GT racing for years and made a successful move to prototypes for 2021, capped by an LMP2 win on its Le Mans debut. It could've been even better had the race been one lap shorter, when its cars ran 1-2, but the stranger-than-fiction reality has spurred the team to reach greater heights.
Why Toyota's Le Mans victory was not as simple as it looked
Toyota scored its fourth Le Mans 24 Hours victory and a 1-2, with the #7 car of Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Jose Maria Lopez beating the #8. But although it looked straightforward from the outside, Toyota faced serious problem that had to be solved with some quick-thinking and ingenuity.
What we've learned from the Le Mans 24 Hours so far
The new dawn for the FIA World Endurance Championship has arrived at Le Mans, as Hypercars prepare to duel for victory in the world's oldest endurance race. Motorsport.com picks out the 10 things we have learned in the build up to the race.
Le Mans 2021: The team-by-team guide
After a two-month delay due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Le Mans 24 Hours is set to get underway with the start of the Hypercar era at the Circuit de la Sarthe.
The ex-F1 drivers making a name for themselves in LMP2 at Le Mans
Kevin Magnussen will make his Le Mans 24 Hours debut this weekend alongside father Jan in LMP2. But the Danes won't be the only ex-F1 drivers to appear in the hotly contested category this year.
Can Toyota's #7 crew break its Le Mans curse?
One Toyota, normally with the number 7 on the side, always seems to attract the bad luck in the Le Mans 24 Hours. Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez are hoping for a change in fortune this time around, but face significantly more unknowns than in recent years
How to prepare an amateur for Le Mans sensory overload
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The 23-car GTE Am field promises to be one of the most open in this year's Le Mans 24 Hours, with the added jeopardy of managing the enthusiasm of amateur drivers to boot, as Absolute Racing Porsche driver Marco Seefried explains


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Yesterdays team game was played in brilliant sunshine even though it was a bit chilly and temporary greens were in play fourteen souls braved the conditions and the team of Colin Pitman Peter Leskovac Roy Baker and Mike Nield won the money, well just about recovered their stake, well done boys, just shows what a lottery the conditions produce!!
Speaking of chance and good fortune , last weeks winter comp week 8 scores reflected this with five players scoring 40 points or more and I have to say that I came out on top , every dog has its day!!. These scores also keep Mike "entertained" amending the handicap sheet , thank you Mike . Next week , 4th feb is week 9 winter comp and depending on the weather will hopefully be played , keep an eye on the club web site for course conditions and if any anybody has issues with trolleys or carrying bags you must speak with Richard King .


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In times of high stress, especially if we have been displaced from our homes and routines, eating a healthy diet can easily take a back seat. Reach for the rainbow! Brightly-colored vegetables (and some fruits) are loaded with healthy nutrients. Think spinach, kale, broccoli, blueberries and apples. Be sure to incorporate healthy fats, such as olive oil, avocados, and raw nuts. Buy organic and local when possible. A trip to the Farmer's Market can be a fabulous way to support our bodies and our community. And stay hydrated with plenty of filtered water.
Your routine may have been turned upside down and you may find it difficult to make the time to exercise. Try something as simple as morning stretches or a 20-minute walk. Make it playful. Get outdoors. Join others. Perhaps dance to your favorite song, walk on the beach, or join a yoga class. Try to actively move your body each day.
Laughter and play are essential for our wellness. And yet it can be difficult to cultivate during such difficult times. It can feel inappropriate to enjoy ourselves, but we need to remember that pleasure is a vital life force. Laughter is truly healing. Find what brings you joy and make it a priority. Do something you love for at least 15 minutes a day.
Our bodies desperately need rest during these challenging times. Yet sleep can easily get disturbed when we are under high stress and in new environments. Try to maintain natural sleep rhythms with consistent waking and resting times and commit to sleeping 7-9 hours per night. Take a nap if needed. Rest and rejuvenate.
Make the time to connect with friends, family, and community. Perhaps gather with friends for a meal, join a yoga class, or participate in a volunteer event. Be sure to reach out and connect. We need each other right now.
Intentional breathing has proven to have positive impacts on our well-being. Take long, slow, deep breaths. Try four-square breathing: breathe in slowly for a count of 4, hold your breath for a count of 4, exhale slowly for a count of 4, and hold your breath for a count of 4; repeat. Practice this a few times daily.
Whether from the news or social media, it is important to not constantly expose ourselves to all of the intensity. Limit media exposure to 2-3 times a day. Try turning off notifications. And turn off electronic devices at least 30 minutes prior to bed.
Cultivating a practice of gratitude can be incredibly nurturing. Even in difficult times, take the time to remember the many gifts in our lives. Every day, take a few minutes immediately upon waking and just before falling asleep to think of three things that you're grateful for - big or small, important or silly. Just be present and take time to notice. This simple act can have a profound effect on our health and well-being.
Take time by yourself in quietude. Perhaps read a poem or sit quietly in meditation. Meditation apps such as 10% Happier, Calm, and Headspace can be very supportive. Just 5 minutes a day can be helpful. Connect with nature. Touch the ground with your bare feet. Take a beach stroll. Look up at the stars.
Skin care can provide a beautiful ritual of daily self-care. Nourish your skin with well-crafted natural products. Slow down. Indulge. Enjoy. Try just a few minutes a day of gentle facial massage with a botanical serum, a healing facial mask, or dry brushing followed with a nourishing body oil.
In the wake of the recent devastation that our community has endured over the past two months, we at WELL Dermatology would like to be a resource to any and all that may be in need of support. There is much healing ahead and we are committed to supporting you along this path.