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5th Generation Competitors
3DO Jaguar Saturn Playstation CD32 FM Towns Marty PC-FX Pippin Playdia Loopy
Lifetime Sales
Japan 23rd Jun 1996 2002 5.54M
North America 26th Sep 1996 2003 20.63M
Europe 1st Mar 1997 2003 6.75M
How do you follow-up two classic consoles like the Super Nintendo and the Nintendo Entertainment System? For Nintendo it was the 64. The Nintendo 64 was a 3D powerhouse designed to compete with Sony's Playstation and Sega's Saturn.
The first difference in this generation was the game medium, after the fiasco with the Super Nintendo and the CD system being designed by Sony (which ended up at the Playstation), Nintendo decided to stick to cartridges, unlike their competitors who changed to the cheaper and far more versatile CD.
Even the choice of technology wasn't without drama. The 3D capabilities were driven by a custom SGI chip. SGI were masters of 3D, known for their workstations that helped deliver early CGI film effects.
But Nintendo weren't the first potential customers, Sega were the original partners, but in a move just like Nintendo's own Sony CD decision, Sega Japan decided they couldn't work with SGI.
Whilst the Nintendo 64 didn't win in it's generation, it was beaten by the Playstation. It was certainly a powerful machine and delivered several revolutionary games.
Mario 64 and GoldenEye laid down the rules for 3D platformers and console FPSs respectively. Mario Kart showed that fast local multiplayer games were a reality and Zelda: Ocarina of Time showed that story driven games were still possible on a cartridge medium.
The Nintendo 64 had 4 ports built-in and many games supported local multiplayer. Nintendo also sold controllers in a variety of colours.
In an effort to support some of the advantages of CD (such as streaming music and larger storage size) Nintendo released the 64DD. This was a magneto-optical storage system that more resembled large floppy disks than CDs.
The add-on wasn't very popular and most games were cancelled, in the end it only came out in Japan (although a US prototype had been found). As an example of how versatile the system could have been, the F-Zero X extension kit was released which added a map editor.
In the end the high price of the cartridges compared to the CDs of the Playstation stopped Nintendo from truly competing. The Nintendo 64 would be the last console with cartridge support for quite a while.
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SNK Neo Geo CD
PC Engine Megadrive Super NES Neo Geo AES CDTV Philips CDI NEC SuperGrafx
Japan 9th Sep 1994 1997
North America Jan 1996 1997
Europe Dec 1994 1997
The AES was SNKs first attempt at a home console, due to it literally being the same hardware as the arcade it meant that the console and games were expensive. To fix that they decided to release a cost reduced version that relied on optical discs rather than the very expensive cartridges, the Neo Geo CD.
This move was unsuccessful for a few reasons, although the games were far cheaper, the actual console was still expensive compared to the rest of the generation. The CD was only single speed, meaning it took a long time to load the very large cartridge data. Because the Neo Geo CD didn't have much cache memory, it tended to need to reload often.
The failure pretty much finished SNKs home aspirations. The company as a whole was experiencing financial difficulties due to the diminishing arcade revenues and the home failures piled on to that.
A revised edition, the CDZ, was released later in Japan. This version featured a faster CD Drive and fixed some of the loading issues, but it was released around the same time as the Playstation and Saturn. It lacked any 3D capabilities and just couldn't compete.
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SNK Neo Geo AES
PC Engine Megadrive Super NES Neo Geo CD CDTV Philips CDI NEC SuperGrafx
Japan 1st Jul 1991 1997
North America 1st Jul 1991 1997
Europe NA NA NA
SNK had a successful arcade platform in their MVS hardware, but they were feeling the pinch of a shrinking arcade and decided to increase profits by releasing a home version.
The AES was literally a boxed version of their arcade hardware with slight changes to the cartridge slot to stop people buying games from non home sources.
The benefit of this was some of the greatest visuals available in the home market and literally arcade perfect games, because they were taken directly from the arcade.
The downside was cost. The hardware was exceptionally expensive compared to other consoles and the games were even worse. This meant limited sales in the home.
SNK attempted to lower costs by releasing a CD based version of the AES, but even this was more expensive than the alternatives, plus the power advantage had largely been lost.
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NEC PC Engine Duo
Neo Geo CD Megadrive Super NES Neo Geo AES CDTV Philips CDI
Japan 21st Sep 1991 1995
North America 10th Oct 1992 1995
Whilst the SuperGrafx was largely failing in the market, NEC kept pushing the PC Engine platform. One of it's various versions (and my personal favourite) was the PC Engine Duo.
The Duo took the PC Engine and combined it, in one sleek package, with the SuperCD addon. It was certainly successful in terms of hardware, the unit was far more convenient than the previous add on units had been and was very reliable.
The Duo was also released in North America as the TurboDuo but never made it to Europe.
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NEC SuperGrafx
Neo Geo CD Megadrive Super NES Neo Geo AES CDTV Philips CDI PC Engine
Japan 8th Dec 1989 1990 6.26M
North America NA NA NA
Europe May 1990 1990 NA
When the PC Engine started losing ground to the Megadrive, NEC decided to try and maintain the same platform but extend it. The result would just about keep up with the soon to arrive 16 bit generation and have the advantage of being backwards compatible to the extensive PC Engine library.
Unfortunately, NEC still did not trust their platform enough to push worldwide and Nintendo and Sega already had Japan sewn up. The Megadrive had been released early the same year and had catapulted Sega to the top of the fight and the SNES was due not long into the next year and was already growing a fan base.
The SuperGrafx did not sell well in Japan and only saw a limited release in Europe. It only received 6 games that took advantage of it's extra power.
NEC took some time away from the console market after the failure of the SuperGrafx and, apart from some special editions, only returned with their entrant to the 32 bit Era, which also did not go well.
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3DO Jaguar Saturn Playstation Nintendo 64 FM Towns Marty CD32 Pippin Playdia Loopy
Japan 23rd Dec 1994 1998 400K
When the SuperGrafx failed to make ground up on the 16 bit consoles and with the 32 bit generation on the horizon NEC realised they had to develop a new machine from scratch.
NEC looked at the Playstation and Saturn to see the areas they needed to concentrate on. They chose a fairly powerful 32 bit chip in the RISC based V810 and they picked a very speedy double speed SCSI CD drive.
Unfortunately they missed what would turn out to be the single most important aspect of the new consoles.
The PC-FX had no 3D capabilities at all. It was a very powerful 2D machine, but this didn't help it against the onslaught of 3D games that came with the 32 bit generation.
Aside from the 3D aspect, the PC-FX was a powerful machine, capable of moving large 2D images around and using Jpeg animation in-line with other 2D assets.
It was also a very expandable machine, including a memory slot for backup and an in-built SCSI chain to add various SCSI devices (although none were ever announce or supported).
In the end the PC-FX ended up being a repository of Hentai titles, much like most failed consoles in Japan. This failure also saw NEC leave the console market, which was a shame given their previous attempts.
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NEC PC Engine / Turbografx 16
Neo Geo CD Megadrive Super NES Neo Geo AES CDTV Philips CDI NEC SuperGrafx
Japan 30th Oct 1987 1994 3.9M
North America 29th Aug 1989 1994 500K
Europe 22nd Nov 1989 1993 1.4M
The PC Engine is an unfortunately forgotten piece of gaming history. For a long time in Japan it was the second place console and is one of the few consoles to successfully straddle two generations, selling in the 8 bit and 16 bit eras.
NEC was a big player in Japan's PC98 world. Seeing the success that Nintendo had garnered in the console world they considered entering the market themselves.
Enter HudsonSoft. HudsonSoft were a successful software company in Japan, they'd developed a hardware platform involving thin card sized cartridges nicknamed HuCards. Realising they couldn't develop it, they approached NEC to partner with them.
The resulting console was incredibly powerful for it's time and managed to hold second place in the Japanese console market, holding off Sega. They eventually released in the US and Europe, with a larger remodelled version called the TurboGrafx 16.
Unfortunately, NEC were not sure of these markets and did very little advertising. Europe didn't even receive a full stock of units, meaning it never had a chance to compete against Nintendo or Sega.
At the beginning of the 16 bit era, NEC realised their machine could still compete, software development was mature and the initial titles being released on the SNES and Megadrive were not especially more impressive.
But this was a losing battle. As developers got to grips with the newer machines the PC Engine started looking less and less powerful. Eventually NEC tried to reclaim some market by releasing a slightly improved version in the SuperGrafx, but it was too little too late.
The PC Engine also received a CD Rom addon. This was only a single speed drive and suffered from developers cramming the discs with unskippable film sequences, but it had some very impressive titles and was certainly the most successful of the CD Rom addons.
One of the biggest flaws the PC Engine had was a reliance on a single joystick port, this meant any multiplayer required purchasing a multitap device.
The PC Engine is considered to be the best platform for shoot-em-ups and also had some of the most impressive arcade conversions of either the 8 bit or 16 bit eras.
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Gamecube Playstation 2 Dreamcast
Japan 22nd Feb 2002 2006 24M (total)
North America 15th Nov 2001 2009
Europe 14th Mar 2002 2007
Microsoft had dabbled in the console world when they helped Sega with some of the technical aspect of their ill fated Dreamcast console, primarily licensing the rights to use Windows CE for easy porting of games.
So some engineers in the DirectX labs, the people responsible for the graphical libraries that Windows games were commonly built on, put together a prototype using old laptop parts to show the executives.
This prototype succeeded and resulted in the XBox. Whilst the XBox wasn't the first console with broadband (many consoles had addon's and the Dreamcast could be purchased with the option built-in) it was certainly the first to make it standard.
The XBox also came with a built-in Hard Drive. This allowed developers to use it to offset the (relatively) slow access speed of the DVD Drive. It also opened up the opportunity to patch and update games, and even have DLC.
The option was so useful that it surprised pretty much everyone when the follow-up, the XBox 360, was released with an option to not have a hard drive, limiting it's ability to be used to it's full extent.
In the end the XBox was certainly the most powerful console of it's generation, but due to Microsoft's lack of experience in the market and the general distrust for American manufacturers in Japan, it did not perform incredibly well but did manage to take second place, easily beaten by the PS2 and narrowly beating the Gamecube and the Dreamcast which had been killed early in the generation.
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2nd Generation Competitors
Atari 2600 Vectrex
Japan 1982 1990 3M (total)
North America 1980 1990
Europe 1982 1990
Mattel decided to enter the console world in 1977, but they didn't release the Intellivision properly until 1980. That placed it squarely in the second generation of consoles.
Due to Mattel's manufacturing and supply power they were able to ship huge amounts of consoles to shops and they got some powerful exclusive titles, like Nintendo's Donkey Kong.
The machine will go down as one of the best consoles of all time, and it's contribution to the pre-crash console world cannot be overstated.
The controller was interesting, the joystick was quite nice to use and it had a keypad that could use overlays (an idea borrowed by Atari for the Jaguar). Both controllers slid into a compartment on the main machine for easy storage.
It's main competitor was the Atari 2600, 5200 and 7800
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CD32 Jaguar Saturn Playstation Nintendo 64 FM Towns Marty PC-FX Pippin Playdia Loopy
Japan 20th Mar 1994 1996 2M (total)
North America 4th Oct 1993 1996
Europe 4th Sep 1994 1996
The 3DO was born from an idea that Trip Hawkins had. Trip had started Electronic Arts and had witnessed how the console market worked. He'd been frustrated with how the manufacturers (Nintendo and Sega) controlled the market and had come up with a different idea.
So he started the 3DO company and his engineers came up with a set of basic specifications for a console. The idea was that different manufacturers would then build their own machines based on those specifications.
Each manufacturer could push those specs a little and case it however they wanted as long as the resultant machine was compatible with all the others.
A few manufacturers signed up but machines were only created by Goldstar and Panasonic, although Creative did create a 3DO PC card.
The machine was a flop, mostly due to the high prices. Normal consoles of the time made a loss on the machine but made the money back on game licensing. But the 3DO system did not allow license fees to be shared, so each manufacturer had to make a profit on the hardware.
After the other manufacturers pulled their support even Panasonic and Goldstar took their consoles off the market. It was a powerful console and 3DO were designing the follow-up machine, the M2.
The 3DO company finished their life making games for other consoles.
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Saudis, Chechens, Afghans killed during recent fighting in southern Yemen
By Bill Roggio | May 5, 2014 | [email protected] | @billroggio
The Yemeni military killed at least 37 al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters during recent operations in the southern province of Shabwa. Among those killed were fighters from Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Russia, and Somalia, Yemeni officials said.
The fighting in the Maifa district of Shabwa, which is part of a wide Yemeni military offensive to root out AQAP strongholds in the southern provinces, took place over the weekend.
"Most of those militants are from Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Somali, [the Russian Republic of] Chechnya and other countries," a Yemeni official told SABA, the state-run Yemen News Agency.
Five of the Saudis who were killed in the fighting were identified as Ubadah al Sharori, Abdulrahman al Hutti, Abu Ubaidah Malek al Makki, Hussien al Budwi, and Bin Hayzoun, according to 26 September, a newspaper run by Yemen's Defense Ministry.
A Yemeni official told The Long War Journal that two fighters from Chechnya were identified as Abu Muslim al Shishani and Abu Islam al Shaishani. An Afghan whose name has not been disclosed is said to have been "dressed up like he was in Kandahar," the Yemeni official said.
Since the launch of its offensive in the south early last week, the Yemeni government has stressed that foreigners are driving AQAP's jihadist insurgency. Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi highlighted this when he claimed that more than 70 percent of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is made up of foreigners.
But a senior Yemeni official told The Long War Journal that President Hadi's estimate of the number of foreign fighters in AQAP is far too high. The official said that although about 50 percent of AQAP's leadership cadre is believed to be non-Yemeni, the number of non-Yemeni foot soldiers is thought to be about 25 percent. Meanwhile, only 10 percent of Ansar al Sharia, AQAP's local political front, is thought to be non-Yemeni.
But the still relatively high number of foreigners in AQAP's leadership cadre and the rank and file should not be surprising as AQAP, which was formed in January 2009, resulted from the merger of al Qaeda's Saudi and Yemeni branches.
The presence of fighters from Somalia should come as no surprise as AQAP and Shabaab, al Qaeda's official branch in Somalia and East Africa, have provided support and manpower for each other's operations for years.
And the presence of fighters from far-flung jihadist battlefields such as Afghanistan and the Caucasus also is to be expected. Fighters from these theaters are currently flooding the Syrian battlefield and have been spotted in remote areas of Africa such as Mali as well.
Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.
Tags: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Ansar al Sharia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Yemen
gitsum says:
Way to go and stand up for your homeland Yememi fighters. I'll drink a beer for you and those who cant !

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Age restricted products and services in the UK
Acceptable forms of ID in the UK
About 'No ID, No Sale!' Campaign
It's not personal,
it's the law!
Today the phrase 'No ID, No Sale!' is widely understood and visible on shop doors, aisle shelves and above tobacco gantries in supermarkets, convenience stores, newsagents, betting shops and elsewhere. Its distinctive red roundel serves as a reminder to your customers that they can be expected to be asked for ID to purchase restricted goods no matter how old they are and particularly if they look young.
The 'No ID, No Sale!' campaign has been operated by the largest UK PASS Card issuer CitizenCard since 2004 offering free downloads and retail packs to independent retailers.
The 'No ID, No Sale!' campaign supports anyone with an interest in preventing underage sales. Use the materials in the free retail packs to help you and your staff comply with the legislation on underage sales. Doing so will help prevent you from being prosecuted, fined or losing the right to sell alcohol, tobacco or lottery products.
'No ID, No Sale!' campaign co-ordinator Andrew Chevis explains:
"Shop staff have an essential job preventing attempts by under-18s to buy alcohol, tobacco and other age-restricted goods. The new message is displayed on the materials so that the customer understands that they are not being targeted when asked for ID."
Newsagents' Federation National President Stuart Reddish added:
"I would encourage members to request a pack and display the materials prominently in your store. Like passports and driving licences, CitizenCards are a clear, recognised form of ID backed by the police, government and security industry."
It is a challenging role for all responsible retailers and the 'No ID, No Sale!' campaign materials are here to help, together with the support on this website.
Retail Pack Details
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The 'No ID, No Sale!' Campaign Aims and Objectives
Reduce Underage Sales
Our main objective is to reduce the unlawful sale of age-restricted products, such as alcohol, tobacco, fireworks, knives and imitation firearms to those who are underage.
Educate Retailers
We aim to assist retailers in following current guidelines regarding the sale of age-restricted goods by providing free guidance, downloads and printed materials in our Retail Pack.
Encourage ID checks
Promote and normalise the practice of challenging customers for ID so they can buy what they are allowed and retailers avoid problems associate with failing a test purchase.
Dev gets the 'No ID, No Sale!' message from Evelyn in Coronation Street
Most common age restricted products mis-sold to underage persons
In recent years, shops are being urged to check the age of consumers as part of an initiative to stop illegal, underage knife sales. The initiative arises as Metropolitan Police figures show that the number of knife crime offences recorded in London alone reached almost 15,000 in 2018/2019 – a worryingly increase of more than 5,000 since 2015/2016.
London Trading Standards (LTS), which represents 33 local authorities in London, is joined by the Deputy Mayor of London and the Metropolitan Police for the launch of the Responsible Retailer Agreement (RRA) on knife sales. The RRA comes as new figures show that 160 knives were sold to teenage mystery shopper as young as 13 years old last year, with 1 in 9 stores making an underage sale.
In 2018, a mystery shopper survey showed results that 1 in 5 teenagers buying knives were not asked to produce ID. Over 4,000 teenagers took part across a number of stores. Findings showed that a big 26% of mystery shoppers were not asked for ID at homeware stores, while 15% successfully bought a knife without their age being verified at supermarkets. Although the numbers of shoppers not being checked remained high during the survey, the most recent figures are an improvement on the previous years:
18% of mystery knife buyers were not asked to show ID in 2018
43% of mystery knife buyers were not asked to show ID five years ago.
As a society, we want to prevent children becoming dependent on tobacco because it harms their health and leads to anti-social behaviour. It is illegal to sell these products to anyone under the age of 18 years. Trading standards and the police can enforce these laws. Nicotine is a poison - a tiny amount is considered to be a potentially lethal dose for an adult. Significantly less can kill a child. There is a specific risk of death to young children who come into contact with 'e-liquids' containing nicotine, and certain warning labels must be present and containers must be child resistant.
In 2017, an online survey was sent out to all councils undertaking tobacco control activities in England (151 councils in total). Of all councils in England, 84% had undertaken activities related to underage sales of tobacco products and 74% had undertaken activities related to underage sales of nicotine inhaling products (NIPs). The results of this survey showed that:
65% of all councils had carried out visits to retail premises with volunteer under-18s to test compliance with the legislation on the sale of tobacco products to under-18s with 2,115 premises visited
62% of these reported that cigarettes were sold to underage persons in at least one premises.
The most common reason for the legislations behind the legal drinking age is the effect that alcohol has on the brain in adolescents. Since the brain is still developing, alcohol can have a negative effect on the memory and long-term thinking. It can also cause liver failure, and create a hormone imbalance in teenagers due to the constant changes and maturing of hormones during puberty. For these reasons, and not only, the UK government has put in place age restrictive laws on products like alcohol.
It is important for all retailers (however large or small), pubs, bars, late-night venues, and any venues selling alcohol to comply to these laws. In 2015, 42,984 alcohol sale tests in supermarkets, convenience stores and petrol stations were carried out across the UK. Age ID was requested in 83% of visits before alcohol was sold. In more recent years, audit pass rates have decreased from 72% in 2016/2017 to 66% in 2018.
In May 2019, consumers were asked what they would do if they witnessed an underage sale of alcohol:
around 1 in 10 (9.6%) would boycott a pub, bar or venue if they found out or saw first-hand that it was selling alcohol to young people without age checks
28.6% would report them to the police or Trading Standards
1 in 5 felt that not checking young people's age was a sign of poor management (23.5%) and poor staff training (19%).
To prevent underage sales of prohibited goods like alcohol, consumers would like to see:
retailers improve their age check systems (37%)
train staff better (33%)
use independent mystery shoppers to test staff performance (31%).
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Awareness, Grief, Bereavement, Coping, Dying, Death, Hospice, Palliative Care, Resources, Youth
The Gift of a Hug for a Grieving Child or Teen
Receiving a #Hug from a loved one is an incredible connection. Giving hand-knitted Hugs to #grieving #kids and #teens facing the dying or death of a loved one is a wonderful gift.
These #knitted Memory Scarves were made by #volunteers with Canadian Virtual Hospice in support of KidsGrief.ca providing a loving Hug and free resources to grieving kids, teens and families facing dying, grief and loss.
For more information, please visit: http://kidsgrief.ca/
Tagged: grief, Grieving, Bereavement, Children, Teens, Family
Grief, Bereavement, Community, Resources
Camp Erin Hamilton (June 8th-10th). An extraordinary free bereavement camp for kids and teens
So excited for Camp Erin Hamilton (June 8th-10th) with Dr. Bob Kemp Hospice and The Moyer Foundation!
Am truly honoured to be the Clinical Director for Camp Erin Hamilton, a FREE weekend bereavement camp for children and teens (ages 6- 17) grieving the death of someone close to them (a parent, caregiver or sibling). Campers participate in FUN, traditional camp activities combined with grief education and emotional support, led by bereavement professionals and trained volunteers.
To learn more, to donate, to volunteer or refer a grieving child or teen, please visit: https://kemphospice.org/camp-erin
Tagged: grief, Grieving, Children, Teens, Family, Bereavement
LifeLimiting Illness, Communication, Compassion, Parents, Children, Teens, Uncertainty, Vulnerability
10 Things My Chronic Illness Taught My Children
"All three of us work to maintain balance — knowing when we need to flex and when we need to release, when to put pain first and when to let it fade into the moment."
Source: 10 Things My Chronic Illness Taught My Children
Tagged: LifeLimiting Illness, Parenting, Children, coping, Compassion, Communication
Coping, Children, Youth, Young Adult, Grief, Bereavement, Loss, Dying, Death
How To Support A Young Person Through Grief
"This early interaction with death is overwhelming, but a pivotal point for learning. This grief acts as a blueprint for not just how these young people process death, but their approach to the many challenges they will face in life.
If you are struggling to help a teenager with their grief, know that your concern is evidence of your care. There is nothing that can make this not awful, so don't make your aim to stop the tears, but rather to support them in what they need. Respecting their needs shows them that you believe in their ability to know what's best for themselves. You're doing good."
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/melanie-rolfe/how-to-support-a-young-person-through-grief_b_9775296.html?utm_content=buffer6e73b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Tagged: coping, Grief, loss, Bereavement, Children, Youth, Support, Dying, Death
Children, Youth, Coping, Grief, Loss, Bereavement, Resources
Wonderful #Books that #Help #Children #Grieve and Make Sense of #Death @brainpickings #hpm
"From Japanese pop-up magic to Scandinavian storytelling to Maurice Sendak, a gentle primer on the messiness of mourning and the many faces and phases of grief."
Source: https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/03/23/best-childrens-books-death-grief-mourning/?mc_cid=9b04fc8c3f&mc_eid=582a5a2380
Tagged: Children, Youth, Coping, grief, loss, Bereavement, Resources
Children, Youth, Dying, Death, Grief, Loss
Cry, Heart, But Never Break: A Remarkable Illustrated Meditation on #Loss and #Life. @brainpickings
"Now comes a fine addition to the most intelligent and imaginative children's books about making sense of death — the crowning jewel of them all, even, and not only because it bears what might be the most beautiful children's book title ever conceived: Cry, Heart, But Never Break (public library) by beloved Danish children's book author Glenn Ringtved and illustrator Charlotte Pardi, translated into English by Robert Moulthrop.
Although Ringtved is celebrated for his humorous and mischievous stories, this contemplative tale sprang from the depths of his own experience — when his mother was dying and he struggled to explain what was happening to his young children, she offered some words of comfort: "Cry, Heart, but never break." It was the grandmother's way of assuring the children that the profound sadness of loss is to be allowed rather than resisted, then folded into the wholeness of life, which continues to unfold".
Source: https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/03/08/cry-heart-but-never-break/?mc_cid=d5c62fbe75&mc_eid=582a5a2380
Tagged: Children, Youth, grief, Dying, Death, Love, Loss
Awareness, Children, Youth, Resources, Palliative Care, Hospice, Grief, Family Engagement, Dying, Death, Coping
Child and Youth Grief Awareness: Resources.
Click on the Butterfly to access resource materials, information and support for grieving Children and Youth.
Source: http://www.childrensgriefawarenessday.org/cgad2/resources/index.shtml
Tagged: Children, Youth, Grief, Loss, Awareness, Coping, Resources, Parenting, Family Engagement
Anxiety, Children, Youth, Resources, Palliative Care, Hospice, Grief, Family Engagement, Education, Death, Dying, Coping, Communication, Awareness
Children's Grief Awareness Day.
"Children's Grief Awareness Day seeks to bring attention to the fact that often support can make all the difference in the life of a grieving child. It provides an opportunity for all of us to raise awareness of the painful impact that the death of a loved one has in the life of a child, an opportunity to make sure that these children receive the support they need".
Source: http://www.childrensgriefawarenessday.org/cgad2/index.shtml
Tagged: Children, Youth, Grief, Grieving, Coping, Family Engagement, Support, Loss, Awareness
Children, Communication, Coping, Death, Dying, Grief, Family Engagement, Meditation, Mindfullness, Palliative Care, Resources, Youth, Anxiety
Moody Cow Meditates: A playful way to introduce children to the power of meditation.
"It all started one stupid, rotten day when everything went wrong…
Peter the cow is having a BAD day. After missing the bus and wiping out on his bike he loses his temper and gets in trouble. To make matters worse all the other kids are teasing him, calling him Moody Cow. Peter's day just seems to get worse until his grandfather comes over and teaches him how to settle his mind and let go of his frustration through a simple and fun exercise. This vibrant and funny children's book is a playful way to introduce children to the power of meditation. With full color illustrations by the author, Moody Cow Meditates is a wonderful book for parents and children to share together.
Look for the Moody Cow Mind Jar App for iPhone and iPad, available in the App Store and iTunes!"
Source: http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/moody-cow-meditates
Tagged: Coping, Meditataion, Mindfullness, Children, Youth, Family Engagement, Family-Centered Care, Anxiety
Children, Coping, Death, Dying, Early Intervention, Education, Family Engagement, Grief, Hospice, Palliative Care, Youth, Communication
Finding the Words: How to talk with children and teens about death.
"It's hard to talk to children and teens about death and dying, particularly when someone they love has died or might die soon. Our instinct as caring adults may be to shelter them from painful truths. Yet as Dr. Wolfelt emphasizes, what kids need most is our honesty and our loving presence.
This practical and compassionate handbook includes dozens of suggested phrases to use with preschoolers, school-agers, and teenagers as you explain death in general or the death of a parent, a sibling, a grandparent, or a pet. Other chapters include possible words and ideas to draw on when you are talking to kids about a death by suicide, homicide, or terminal illness. At times grown-ups must also have very difficult conversations with dying children; this book offers guidance. A final chapter discusses how to talk with kids about funerals, burial, and cremation".
Source: http://www.centerforloss.com/bookstore/Finding-the-Words.html
Tagged: Children, Youth, Dying, Death, Communication, End of Life Care, Family Engagement
Children, Coping, Family Engagement, Grief, Resources, Technology, Youth, Adults, Mindfullness, Meditation
Stop, Breathe, Think. Get Meditating in 5 Minutes. Easy!
"A friendly, simple tool to guide people of all ages and backgrounds through meditations for mindfulness and compassion".
Source: http://stopbreathethink.org
Tagged: Mindfullness, Meditataion, Coping, Children, Youth, Adults, Grieving, Grief, Family Engagement, Technology, Resources
Children, Youth, Resources, Palliative Care, Grief, Family Engagement, Dying, Death, Coping
The Art of Healing.
"As the parents of Lulu and Leo, we know that art and nature played a critical role in their short, beautiful lives and in the life of our surviving daughter, Nessie. We believe every child on the planet deserves the deep engagement with art, nature, and creativity that our children had, not simply for the sheer joy and excitement it brings children but for the powerful tool it can be. We have felt the critical importance of creativity as a healing force and want to ensure that these creative outlets are available to all children and communities facing adversity.
We created the Lulu & Leo Fund to inspire, engage, educate, heal and grow the hearts and minds of children facing hardships, giving them lifelong passion, skills and — most importantly — hope".
Source: http://www.lululeofund.org/#!about-us/c1enr
Tagged: Art Therapy, Grief, Loss, Bereavement, Palliative Care, Hospice, Children, Youth, Family Engagement, Legacy
Children, Death, Dying, Family Engagement, Grief, Hospice, Palliative Care, Resources
Grief Through a Child's Eyes.
Click on the above image to watch "Grief through a Child's Eyes" an original video that takes you inside a children's bereavement camp.
Source: https://youtu.be/88IBjZIY1VY
Tagged: Children, Youth, Grief, Ber, Coping, Dy, Death, Palliative Care, Hospice
Children, Death, Dying, Family Engagement, Grief, Hospice, Palliative Care
Dying 6-year-old leaves thank-you note for parents.
"Amber Shoemake and her husband Tim came home from the hospital to pick out burial clothes for their 6-year-old son.
That's when the grieving parents found a handwritten note from Leland on the living room table – and immediately burst into tears.
"We were shocked. We broke down and cried for a long time. We have no idea when he wrote it," Shoemake told the Star in messages sent on Facebook.
"Still with you. Thank you mom + dad. Love," read Leland's note, written in red marker and shared by the family on Facebook. He also coloured in a red heart with the words "Mom dad Love" written inside. The note's last line appears to read "Good bye," but Shoemake said she believed her son wrote "Good day."
'I cried hysterically. He was so awesome in life and this family revolved around him and here he was still caring for us even after he's gone,' said Shoemake"
Source: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/09/30/dying-6-year-old-leaves-thank-you-note-for-parents.html
Tagged: Children, Parents, Grieving, Dying, Death, Loss, Bereavement, Legacy
Death, Dying, Family Engagement, Hospice, Palliative Care, Children
Talking to young children about death Death. It's a tough topic for grown-ups, let alone kids. How should we talk about it with them?
"Death. It's a tough topic for grown-ups, let alone kids. When you become a parent, you expound upon every aspect of parenting with your family and friends until you're blue in the face. How many long and drawn-out conversations have I had about breastfeeding, crying it out, and kindergarten curriculums?
But death? Hardly at all.
"I think our society in general does not want to talk about death and doesn't want to deal with the messiness of grief," said Emily Long, a licensed counselor and author of Sensitive Conversations: Talking with Kids About Death, Grief, and Violence . "So it is something that does get avoided a lot with kids — and in general."
But kids, the most curious of creatures, won't let you avoid it for long."
Read on about What to say - and not to say....
Source: http://www.boston.com/life/moms/2015/07/28/talking-young-children-about-death/QRuwU1609IwONgcDhQ1WaI/story.html
Tagged: Children, Dying, Death, Communication, Parenting


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Chapter 108: Getting By With A Little Help
Alexandra Erin on August 22, 2012 in Volume 2 Book 4: The Reinvention of Mackenzie Blaise, Volume 2: Sophomore Effort
In Which A Plan Comes Together
"Do that," Ian said. "Just do exactly that."
"What?" I said.
"Get past Ariadne," he said. "Just blow right past her. Don't look at her, don't say anything to her… if she says anything to you or reacts to your presence in any way, just ignore her. Then she can't do a thing, and the worst she can say is that you were rude… which might be a problem if she was your professor, but she's not. There isn't actually some chain of command that connects you." He looked at Two. "Am I right? There's not like some obscure rule that students have to obey instructions from faculty members or something, is there?"
"No, there isn't," Two said. "Proper respect is part of the advisory portion of the student code of conduct, not a university rule with an enforcement clause."
"Okay, but we all know that she will do something and she will say worse than Mack was rude," Steff said. "Right? I mean, we're not counting on rational behavior here, are we?"
"No, but we can make sure she looks as irrational as she is," Ian said. "Right?"
"That's… actually pretty much what I'm planning on doing," I said. "Just going about my business like it's my business and I don't have any kind of hostile relationship with a random teacher who happens to keep her office in the same place seems like the best idea. I mean, I already sent Professor Stone an a-mail from the hall so there's a record of what I was doing there, and why I'm going back… that's not exactly going out of my way since I hate to drop in on somebody without setting it up beforehand anyway. I don't know what else I'm prepared to do, and I don't think doing too much more would be a good idea, on any level."
"A witness wouldn't be amiss, though, I'm thinking," Hazel said. "Otherwise it's apt to be your word against hers, and her word has all those extra letters trailing after it. Seems to me like they might carry a bit of weight in a place like this."
"That's an excellent point, Hazel," Amaranth said. "You wouldn't mind doing it, would you?"
"Me? Er, of course I don't mind at all," Hazel said. "I can't stand bullies, me… but I'd think there'd be plenty of people here who'd queue up before me for this one. After all, I'm not… oh, right. I follow."
"Yeah, you're not actually in a relationship with Mack," Amaranth said. "You're close enough to be tagging along with her, but not so close that people will be inclined to immediately dismiss what you say as biased."
"Sure, everyone who knows anything about me knows that I'm Two's friend Hazel," she said. "Friend with your suitemate and former roommate. Not exactly inseparable."
"And… also… your distance might make you less likely to react in anger if she does say or do something. Of course, you alsohave an advantage when it comes to maturity," Amaranth said. She swallowed, and I understood that she was making a somewhat costly admission by saying this. "I mean, I've been an adult for my whole existence, but you've had twice that time to grow up. I think Dee might make a good witness for all of these reasons, too… but…"
"But the enmity our tribes of elves have traditionally held for each other would make for a ready excuse, in the same way that your relationship with Mackenzie does," Dee said. "Hazel is a wise choice."
"Thank you," Hazel and Amaranth both said at the same time.
"Anyway, the other thing is, you're… fairly unobtrusive?" Amaranth said. "I mean, maybe it's better that nothing happens, but if Ariadne is inclined to do something, it might be best if someone can see how she reacts when she thinks no one is looking. I mean, I don't think the basement hallway is so isolated that she'll have a 'perfect crime' moment… especially in a building where elven students congregate, she'll know she's not that alone. But she might be less guarded about how she acts."
"I don't know," Steff said. "I'm actually liking this idea less and less. If she gets stabby or blasty, it's not going to be because she sees Mack, stops to twirl her moustache, and delivers a monologue about how at last she has a chance to rid the world of her hated foe and none will be the wiser. It's going to be because she sees her coming down the hall and thinks, 'OH SHIT THE DEMON IS COMING FOR ME LIKE I KNEW IT WOULD ALL ALONG', with the actual stabbing or blasting happening somewhere about midway through the 'OH'."
"I don't know," I said. The conversation seemed to have progressed pretty far pretty quickly without a lot of input from me. "I think her deal is actually a lot more… petty and vengeful, than mortal terror? Just based on the things she's done and the things I suspect her of doing… sending notes to my teachers, or making trouble for them."
"What makes you think it's all one or the other?" Steff asked. "It takes a lot of hate to fear someone that much, and a lot of fear to hate them. She wants you gone, she wants you taken care of, she wants something to happen and her attempts to work halfway semi within the rules of officialdom aren't getting her anywhere…"
"That's got to be frustrating," I said, "but…"
"Do you know what frustration is, when you're dealing with something that scares you?" Steff asked. "It's terror. Nothing works, nothing helps, nothing you do can stop it…"
"I think you're exaggerating a little," I said.
"Yeah? I've been beaten within an inch of my life by people who hated me, and when I looked up into their eyes… from the ground, where I was bloody and broken… I know what I saw," Steff said. "They were terrified. It's not that hatred leads to fear or fear leads to hatred, or anything like that. It's that they feed each other. People who hate use fear to prop up their hatred, to justify it to themselves and others. People who fear come to hate what they fear… who they fear, for making them feel afraid. It all adds together."
"That… sounds about right," Hazel said.
"Yes, I agree," Dee said.
"Okay, so I don't disagree," I said. "But I can't make my life about her and trying to guess what she's going to do or not do, or trying to avoid provoking a reaction by existing. I'm not going to wave a red flag in her face, but I'm not going to pretend that she's justified in acting like my presence at a public university is a red flag all by itself. I mean, would you?"
"No!" Steff said. "You know I wouldn't. I wouldn't be here… I wouldn't be anywhere… if I cared that much what people think about me."
"Then what should I do?"
"Be careful," she said.
"Look, I'll go right after lunch tomorrow," I said. "The building will be full of people, you'll all probably still be nearby anyway…"
"That's right," Amaranth said. "Steff and Dee will be near enough to know if anything goes wrong, and they're both fast enough to get there in time."
"If we are weighing the risks in full, it is worth considering that Professor Ariadne is an elf, as well," Dee said. "And that while her area of expertise is academic, she is a sorceress with a considerable advantage when it comes to experience."
"Okay… those are good points," I said. "But there are seriously limits to how far I can take this. I mean, I have a life to live, and classes to get to, and a whole world with lots of people in it who may or may not see me as a lethal threat and may or may not feel justified doing something about that. I think the chance that any one of them is just going to haul off and blow me away out of the blue is one of those things you can't really plan for. "
"But the idea that she'd do something is a lot less hypothetical," Amaranth said. "I mean, we already know for sure about one action she's taken against you so far this year."
"Yeah, and that's why I don't mind taking reasonable precautions," I said.
"Like I said, just breeze right past her," Ian said.
"I suppose since it is you we're talking about, there's a good chance it'll all add up to nothing anyway," Steff said. "I mean, you're practically the queen of the anticlimax… how many times have you expected a big hairy confrontation and then it ended up being nothing?"
"How many times have I expected nothing and ended up in an extradimensional dungeon or something like that?" I asked.
"Twice," Two said. "Or three times, allowing for a slightly expanded definition of 'something like that'."
"Thank you, sweetie," Amaranth said.
"This is my point," I said. "It's pointless to try to figure out if Professor Ariadne is going to ignore me or scream and pull a wand on me or what, if she even happens to be there out in the hall when I'm going by. The line between burying my head in the sand and being paralyzed with awareness of danger all around me is not actually all that fine, it's wide enough to accommodate a very wide range of responses and that's where you'll find me."
For a while nobody said anything, and I wondered if I'd unknowingly said something rude or shocking. I tried to run back over what I'd just said in my head, but couldn't find anything wrong with it.
"Well…" Amaranth said. "I think we're just trying to figure out what you want us to do."
"What do you mean?" I asked. "I haven't asked anyone to do anything, have I?"
"Not specifically," Amaranth said. "But…"
"But you do kind of have a habit…" Ian started to say.
"A habit of what?" I prompted, only after he'd trailed off completely and failed to pick it up again.
"Well, you have this tendency to let Amaranth or someone figure out how to solve your problems, and then everyone else… I mean, we don't mind," he said. "I think we all would have said something by now if we didn't want to help."
"Yeah, and it's not like you never help with our problems, too," Steff said.
"On occasion," Hazel said.
"There is nothing wrong with relying on the strength of one's friends," Dee said. "I take it as a token of respect akin to a compliment that I have been able to extricate you from so many difficulties over the course of our acquaintance."
"I don't honestly need rescuing all that often, do I?" I asked.
"Please treat that question as rhetorical, Two," Amaranth said.
"Okay," Two said. "It works well as a rhetorical question because its existence helps to establish the position that Mack needs rescuing with a greater frequency than the average person would."
"When people say 'rhetorical question', they mostly just mean a question you're not meant to answer, love," Hazel said.
"Okay, okay," I said. "In the past, maybe we've had a lot of conversations that started out like this and they… went off in that sort of direction. But right now, I just… the fact that I have this problem, this potential problem, it doesn't actually require any action from anyone. I'm not in trouble and I don't need to be… extricated."
"So you don't want me to come along, then?"
"No, that was a good idea," I said. "I really don't have a problem with that. I wasn't looking for it, but I can't see it hurting."
"And you don't want me and Dee standing by to swoop in if things go bad?" Steff asked.
"Well… okay, I will feel better if I know you're around," I said. "But look, that's as far as this needs to go, okay? And from now on if I really need help I'll ask for it. I mean, sometimes I'm just kind of thinking out loud by stating a problem. I don't actually need a whole elaborate plan for getting past Ariadne."
"Right, like I said, you can just walk right past her," Ian said.
"Yeah, but I was going to do that anyway," I said.
"I'm sure you can handle this on your own, baby," Amaranth said. "I mean, you were on your own for months over the summer."
"That's right, I was," I said.
"And this time you know that we'll all be there to catch you when you fall," she said.
"If," Hazel said, managing to disguise it as a cough in a way that would have been one hundred percent successful if coughing was something that sounded at all like the word "if".
"Well, of course I don't think you're going to fall this time," Amaranth said. "Necessarily. It's just that it's inevitable that at some point you will… what I mean is, everyone will… you know, what Dee said about relying on friends, it's very true for everyone."
"Thank you," I said, because it seemed like the only way to end the conversation. "Thank you for being there for me, now and every time before, and all the times you will again… but this is something I really want to do on my own, okay?"
"So, you don't want me to tag along, then?" Hazel asked.
"No, that's still a good idea."
Characters: Amaranth, Dee, Hazel, Mackenzie, Steff, Two
Chapter 107: Long Overdue
OT: A Short Interlude With Ice Cream
30 Responses to "Chapter 108: Getting By With A Little Help"
-giggle- Hazel really does not seem to want to go, does she? Good chapter.
I don't think it's that, more the fact that she volunteered to go out of her way to help Mack and then Mack keeps reiterating that she's doing it "on her own" which sounds totally ungrateful to Hazel.
Yet another chapter that reinforces how much I despise Mack. It's funny how much I love this story but I absolutely can't stand the main character in any way…but this chapter was amazingly written and also reinforced just how much I love Hazel, Two, Ian, and Dee.
Also, I'm not a Steff fan, but that one paragraph just made my heart hurt. I'd never be friends with Steff in a million years but reading that just made me want to reach out and give her the biggest hug.
I have no idea where you're going with this one. I could be anything from, "She wasn't even there," to "Ariadne froze me in the hallway to keep me from getting to the meeting," to "Oh, SHIT!!" (pyroblast). (The rhythm of things makes it feel like the blast would be on shit, not oh. Sorry Steff.)
How shall I ever find out?
Oniwasabi says:
Pyroblast would be a very poor choice unless Ariadne is secretly terrified of Hazel instead of Mack ^_^
Potatohead says:
Do we know if Mac's immunity to fire extends to magically conjured fire? I seem to vaguely remember the green fire Sooni threw at her hurting.
Speaking of which, what happened to Sooni?
Non-magical attacks hurt but don't injure.
zeel says:
That wasn't fire, it was generic "force".
Cone of Cold?
Dashel says:
If you want to go with one version of D&D's cosmology, Cone of Life and Cold or more insidious, Portal to Heaven.
Presuming you're talking about the WoW versions of these spells, I think a deep freeze/shatter combo would work quite well 🙂
Ha, better idea!
It's not "Oh, shit," pyroblast; it's "I have you now!" pyroblast. By the time anyone gets there to see what's going on, Mack is wreathed in flames and pissed off, and they are just in time to see Ariadne kill her in "self-defense." But Hazel bashes a mace into her knee before she can deliver the finishing blow.
AK says:
Of course, you alsohave an advantage when it comes to maturity,"
Might want to put a space between also and have.
The line between burying my head in the sand and being paralyzed with awareness of danger all around me is not actually all that fine, it's wide enough to accommodate a very wide range of responses and that's where you'll find me."
Run-on sentence runs on. While I can imagine Mack talking like this I would personally break it up into two separate sentences between "fine" and "it's".
Rin says:
I probably would have put a semicolon there, both in writing and in speech. Not quite a full break, but not a rambling run-on either.
Iain says:
I think of this statement as coming quickly and almost automatically. It had me laughing! 😀
Miss Lynx says:
Yes – and I especially liked Two's response.
This is one of the few lunch scenes I can remember where almost everyone had dialogue, and it's artfully interwoven (like the above comment re: question as rhetorical).
Maahes0 says:
I liked the contrast from last year. Everyone is still in Mission Impossible mode, except poor Mack who was trying to make conversation.
Hazel cracks me up!
I figured it was going to be anticlimactic – but now they've TALKED about it probably being anticlimactic – so now who knows what could happen!
DPO says:
I am surprised that they did not land on the idea of having Two go along, since golems are regarded as perfect witnesses.
Situationally or conditionally perfect. If the questioners are honorable and get to them first, fine. If someone else has a chance to give them instructions before the officials, or the officials themselves have an agenda…
Besides, she thinks of Mack "like a sister", and enough people know of this and Two's ever-growing independence to make them wonder if, while she probably wouldn't quite lie, she might want to withhold things or shade them in Mack's favor.
People who fear come
To hate who they fear for all
The fear that they feel
Mime says:
So I have to ask, what is the second of the two for sure dungeons Mack has been into when not meaning to?
The Labyrinth is the first.
The Emily Center is the loose definition.
'Nym-o-maniac says:
I was wondering that, too. Thanks for pointing out the Emily Center for the loose definition, I'd been wondering. What could the second one be, though? Did wacky hijinks ensue in the timeskip?
Embries' lair.
Although the others have only inferential knowledge of that event.
P says:
Didn't Mack go to a bdsm dungeon? -_-
Da9iel says:
Do her adventures with the pitchfork entity count? Though that was surely more like a dungeon to Dee, wasn't it?
I would guess 1. Is the time she was locked in the medical center. 2. The labyrnth. 3. The Emily center
Arkeus says:
Very annoyed by someone like Amaranth or Two saying this, as they actually needed more rescuing than Mack did.


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Wilson's War Proclamation
On view in the exhibition Revolutions! 1917
Temporarily on loan from the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C., Woodrow Wilson signed Presidential Proclamation 1364 concerning the Declaration of War against Germany on April 6, 1917.
The document joins many rarely-seen objects in the exhibition Revolutions! 1917, which focuses on the revolutions—political and cultural— that left their mark on 1917 and the war still raging worldwide. Wilson's war proclamation has not been on exhibit to the public in more than 50 years.
"When people think of a revolution occurring in 1917, the focus tends to be on Russia, but the reality is that there were revolutions taking place throughout the world," said National WWI Museum and Memorial Senior Curator Doran Cart. "In Revolutions! 1917, we're able to explore not only the Russian revolution, but the other pivotal revolutions that helped shape the world we live in today."
According to Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero, "The National Archives is pleased to loan President Wilson's original war proclamation to the National WWI Museum and Memorial, and to partner with the Museum and Memorial for this special exhibition."
The proclamation will be on view at the Museum and Memorial through Sept. 21, 2017.
Learn more about the exhibition Revolutions! 1917


Atari Sounds For The Masses is a GUI Frontend for great ASAPConv by Piotr Fusik. Basicly is a tool to convert Atari music modules between different formats. ASAPConv is a "command line" application, so I decided to add a GUI in Objective-C to make conversion procedure much more simpler. ASFTM is dedicated to all Mac OS X users who love to listen great tunes from the legendary 8bit computer called ATARI. Those people who didn`t know what I`m talking about, should download music stuff for "little" Atari, and take a deep dive into the analog, raw and melodic ocean of Atari sounds.
One of the biggest archive of the Atari music modules is ASMA. You will find there almost 4000 songs, packed in one zip archive. It`s really worth to download!
And maybe you wonder what does "Atari Sounds For The Masses" mean ? Well... this name I took from one of my favourite Depeche Mode records, called "Music For The Masses". Atari music, like Depeche Mode songs, are not really "for the masses", but they are worth to listen and promote across the universe.


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New for 2021: Kimber R7 Mako
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Kimber's release of its R7 Mako really highlights a dynamic shift in the marketplace of concealed-carry guns. The concept of a micro-compact handgun with increased capacity in a discreet frame has dominated gun sales for the past few years, and now, nearly every manufacturer offers a model that fits this niche. Kimber, known for its traditional lineup of 1911 pistols and similarly configured concealed-carry guns, stepped into the micro-compact market with its first-ever polymer-frame, striker-fired handgun, and it's an interesting design with a couple features not seen in other guns.
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Traditionally, today's semi-automatic pistols feature a barrel hood that locks into the slide. The top of the R7 Mako features no such cutout. Instead, a lug protrudes from the top of the barrel and locks into a rectangular recess at the top of the slide, a slightly different take on what's otherwise a short-recoil system. Kimber's claim is that this construction prevents excess gas and debris from obscuring the window on a mounted red-dot optic. It's also a stiffer, stronger design, simply because there's more material than there otherwise would be. Preliminary testing by American Rifleman staff has also shown some enhanced accuracy potential that could possibly be attributed to this style of lock-up.
Also aiding in accuracy is another standout feature of the R7 Mako: the trigger. The flat-face design feature a blade-in trigger safety that mimics popular, comfortable options available on the aftermarket. The highlight of the trigger, however, isn't in the design. Rather, it's in how it breaks. Kimber designs its triggers to arrive from the factory with a pull weight measuring between 5 lbs. and 6 ¾ lbs. However, because of the extraordinarily clean and abrupt break of this trigger design, it feels lighter than it actually is. Our current test sample arrived with a pull weight measuring slightly above 5 lbs., and it provided consistent results over multiple pulls with a Lyman Trigger Pull Gauge.
Kimber's R7 Mako also includes a 13-round extended magazine that only slightly increases the overall height of the pistol.
Ergonomically, the Kimber R7 Mako has some positive features. The grip frame features generous texturing that, at least for some shooters, struck the right balance between aggressive and abrasive. There's a generously sized heel that fills the palm, and an undercut trigger guard and backstrap allows the gun to sit plenty low in a shooter's hand. One of the elements commonly encountered among the micro-compact market is noticeable felt recoil, understandable due to the gun's generally small size combined with a potent, duty-ready 9 mm chambering. However, the Kimber felt comfortable to shoot, even in extended range sessions.
Other highlights include bilateral controls, specifically a mirrored magazine release and slide-stop lever. The gun ships with Truglo tritium-illuminated night sights and a milled, optics-ready slide complete with a cover plate. An Optics Included model is available and ships from the factory with a Crimson Trace CTS-1500 red-dot sight, which features a 3-m.o.a. dot and automatically adjusts brightness to match ambient lighting conditions. The MRD runs off a single CR2032 battery, which provides a continual runtime of up to 5,000 hours on a mid-range brightness setting.
Available in 9 mm Luger, the Kimber R7 Mako ships with one 11-round flush-fit magazine and one 13-round extended magazine while retaining a slim profile measuring just 1" wide. Standard models with a milled slide plate have a suggested retail price of $599, while the optic-included model retails for $799. For more information, visit kimberamerica.com.
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 Hartlmühle (Elsendorf), Ortsteil der Gemeinde Elsendorf, Landkreis Kelheim, Bayern
 Hartlmühle (Laaber), Ortsteil des Marktes Laaber, Landkreis Regensburg, Bayern

Siehe auch:
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Human Rights First Statement on Appointment of U.S. Official Linked to Post-9/11 Torture
With Appointment as Envoy for Arms, Trump Administration Admits Defeat for Top Human Rights Post for Marshall Billingslea
WASHINGTON D.C. – On April 10, 2020, President Trump announced his intent to appoint Marshall Billingslea to the position of Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control at the Department of State – a post that does not require Senate confirmation. While this new appointment will likely face opposition, it marks a clear end to Billingslea's bid for the top human rights policy position at the State Department.
In January 2019, President Trump nominated Billingslea for the position of Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, which is the top executive position directly responsible for human rights policy. As an official in the George W. Bush administration, Billingslea was responsible for developing and advocating for unlawful interrogation practices, including several that constitute torture. On this basis, Human Rights First opposed his nomination. As Senator Bob Menendez, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, noted on April 10, this was an "unsuccessful nomination."
"Human Rights First applauds the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for not advancing Billingslea's nomination for the human rights role," said Benjamin Haas, advocacy counsel at Human Rights First. "We are glad to see that calling attention to Billingslea's record has prevented a torture proponent from being in charge of U.S. human rights policy."
Billingslea's well-documented record of promoting torture is disqualifying for any position of this stature, but it was particularly concerning that if confirmed, Billingslea would have been entrusted with the responsibility to credibly promote human rights abroad on behalf of the United States.
In light of Billingslea's unsuccessful nomination to lead human rights policy at the State Department, retired Major General Thomas Romig, who served as the Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army, provided the following statement:
"Torture is immoral, illegal, and counterproductive, and Billingslea's involvement in promoting it made him an especially ill-suited pick to be the United States' chief human rights proponent. I am pleased that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee took a stand against this nomination. By blocking it, the Committee sent a strong message that it will impose political consequences upon those who are responsible for or support torture. Others who were involved in the Bush-era torture program—and those who may consider torture in the future—should take note of this development."
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Christina "Christa" Jaarsma (ur. 15 października 1952 w Almelo) – holenderska panczenistka, uczestniczka Zimowych Igrzysk Olimpijskich 1976

Na igrzyskach olimpijskich w Innsbrucku wystartowała w czterech konkurencjach w łyżwiarstwie szybkim. Najwyżej sklasyfikowana została w biegu na 1 500 metrów, w którym zajęła szesnaste miejsce. W 1976 roku wystąpiła także na mistrzostwach świata w wieloboju sprinterskim w Berlinie i zajęła 12. miejsce.

W latach 1973–1977 startowała również w mistrzostwach Holandii w wieloboju, jednak ani razu nie zdobyła medalu. Najwyżej sklasyfikowana została w 1975 i 1977 roku, kiedy była szósta.

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This 48 has a fundudor pot and a saw.
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Q: Existence of vector bundle isomorphism iff there exists a frame of sections In class, we defined a vector bundle morphism in the following way:
Definition: Let $\pi_i : E_i \rightarrow B_i$ be a vector bundle $(i = 1,2)$. A smooth map $F : E_1 \rightarrow E_2$ is a vector bundle morphism if there exists a smooth map $f : B_1 \rightarrow B_2$ such that $ \pi_2 \circ F = f \circ \pi_1$ and such that $\forall p \in B_1$, the map $ F: (E_1)_p \rightarrow (E_2)_{f(p)}$ is linear.
I now have the following problem:
Problem: Let $\pi: E \rightarrow M$ be a vector bundle of rank $n$. Show that $E$ is isomorphic to the vector bundle $ \Phi: M \times \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow M$ if and only if there exists a frame of sections of $E$ (defined over the whole of $M)$. Given such a frame, construct explicitly an isomorphic $E \cong M \times \mathbb{R}^n$.
Attempt: ($\Leftarrow$) Assume there are sections $\left\{ s_1, \ldots, s_n \right\}$ of $E$ such that for each $p \in M$, the set $\left\{s_1 (p), \ldots, s_n(p) \right\}$ is a basis for $E_p$ (the fiber over p). I then wanted to construct the map $F$ in the definition as follows:
$$ F: M \times \mathbb{R}^n \rightarrow E : (p, x^{1}, \ldots, x^{n}) \mapsto \sum_{i=1}^n x^{i} s_i (p).$$ For the map $f$ in the definition I take the identity, i.e. $f = Id$. It is clear the map $F$ I constructed is linear. Then I have to show that $\pi \circ F = f \circ \Phi$.
I calculated $$ \pi(F(p, x^{1}, \ldots, x^{n})) = \pi (\sum_{i=1}^n x^{i} s_i (p)) = \sum_i x^{i} \pi (s_i (p)) = \sum_i x^{i} p $$ by definition of what a section is. Since $\Phi$ is the product bundle, it is just projection onto the first factor. Then I get $$ f(\Phi(p, x^{1}, \ldots, x^{n})) = f(p) = p. $$
It seems the diagram doesn't commute, and I don't know where I went wrong. Any help?
Also, I don't know how to prove the converse. How do I find this frame of sections, i.e. maps $\sigma_i : M \rightarrow E$ with the desired property?

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The Rev. Victor White II says his son, called Lil Vic, was the clown of the family, and as a child, his son said he wanted to be a police officer.
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Carol Powell Lexing, well-known for her work in the Jena 6 case, also worked with the family of Victor White III in seeking justice for his death while in the custody of the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office.
Tony Brown hosted the radio show 'Eyes Open with Tony Brown.' He also worked with Victor White III's family in seeking justice in their son's death.
The Rev. Victor White II, the father of Victor White III, speaks during a press conference and rally to call for the resignation of Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal April 27, 2016, in New Iberia. According to police reports, White III shot himself in the chest while handcuffed in the back of a police car in 2014, but White's family argues that they haven't gotten the full story.
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Victor White III death case, family's crusade for justice the focus of Investigation Discovery doc 'Sugartown'
BY JUDY BERGERON | jbergeron@theadvocate.com
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Aug 5, 2018 - 4:15 pm
As "Sugartown" opens, the camera pans across acres and acres of Iberia Parish cane fields, but this is no sweet story.
What unfolds during the two-hour Investigation Discovery documentary airing Monday night is an examination of the 2014 death of Victor White III while in the custody of the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office, the subsequent national exposure and criminal and civil proceedings surrounding the case, and the White family's crusade for justice.
The city of New Iberia, meanwhile, is painted as one of contrasts, where million-dollar homes aren't far from poverty-stricken neighborhoods. Some former slave cabins are still residences on "the other side of the tracks."
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"You do have a very strong sense of segregation because of this," journalist Dwayne Fatherree says in the documentary.
Police alleged White shot himself in the back with his own gun while handcuffed in the rear of a squad car. The coroner's report, however, indicates White shot himself in the chest. The man's family never believed either of those accounts.
After 22-year-old White left the Hop In, a New Iberia convenience store, with friend Isaiah Lewis the night of March 2, 2014, the pair, traveling on foot, were stopped and questioned by deputies who were in the area to investigate a fight reported at the store. During a pat-down, deputies found a small bag containing marijuana and another containing cocaine in White's pockets, reports say. He was arrested, his hands cuffed behind his back, and he was placed in the police car and taken to the station. Lewis was let go.
"We got here. He said, 'Look man, I can't go back to jail,' " arresting officer Cpl. Justin Ortis said while giving his statement following White's death. "You know, he wanted me to promise him that he wasn't going to jail. I told him I couldn't promise anything. … He said 'OK.'
"When I went to get him out of the car and he refused, he stated that he couldn't go back to jail and to tell my family I love them," Ortis said.
"I remember him saying, "I can't go back to jail, and then he said, 'I'm gone,' " Lt. Jeffrey Schmidt, also at the scene, said in his statement. "Right after that is when I heard the gunshot."
Ortis said he pulled White from the car, uncuffed him and looked for wounds on White's body, finding one in his right chest and one under his left armpit. Ortis said he administered first aid, including applying pressure to the underarm wound, which was spurting blood, and doing chest compressions.
At 5:41 a.m. the following day, the Rev. Victor White II said he got a call from another of his sons, L.C. (Leonard) White, who also lived in New Iberia.
"He was crying and he said Lil Vic was dead," the elder White told ID. "I felt empty. My heart dropped. Actually, my heart stopped."
The White family drove to New Iberia from their home in Alexandria. Not getting any answers about his son at the hospital or from authorities, the minister ended up at the parish morgue. He was able to view his son's body and administer last rites.
"I saw a mark from about his left eyebrow down to the top of his jawbone. I could see he was beaten. I could see Lil Vic's left eye was turned inward," he said, sobbing.
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When a State Police investigation into White's death concurred with the sheriff's office and the coroner that the young Waffle House worker killed himself, the White family was outraged.
"He was ready to become a man and step up, you know, and take care of his responsibilities and getting his life together. Just no. I didn't believe it then, and I don't believe it now," mom Vanessa White said.
The family reached out to Alexandria radio talk show host Tony Brown and civil rights attorney Carol Powell Lexing, who both joined their cause. Brown often discusses on his show the alarming increase in African-American men dying at the hands of police, while Lexing is well-known for defending six black teens charged in the beating of a white student at Jena High School in 2006 in what became known as the Jena 6 case.
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"The most shocking thing about this case (the White case) is the fact that they are alleging that this young man committed suicide," Lexing said.
"The inconsistencies all by themselves lay out that something is terribly wrong with this picture. It just defies logic, and it's an insult to this family to try to perpetuate that on them," Lexing said at a press conference.
With the case gaining national exposure and the work of the Justice for Victor White Foundation formed by his family unrelentless, others came forward about physical mistreatment by the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office, led since 2008 by Sheriff Louis Ackal. With the release of a video of police dogs being allowed to attack a black parish inmate already on the ground in compliance, the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI launched an independent investigation of the sheriff's office. In 2016, Ackal and Lt. Col. Gerald Savoy were charged with civil rights violations in the 2011 beatings of five pre-trial parish jail detainees. Savoy was one of 10 former Sheriff's Office employees who pleaded guilty in the investigation and received prison time. Ackal was acquitted and continues in his third term as sheriff.
A civil rights lawsuit was filed against Ackal and Ortis on behalf of White's young daughter. A settlement was reached in March. The Advocate and KATC-TV are seeking to have the amount of that settlement released.
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"I think the positivity of Lil Vic's death is already here," his sister Lakeisha Green said. "With my daddy spearheading (the exposing of) the injustice of the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Department, Lil Vic's death was the beginning. We may never receive justice but I betcha another family will."
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Biography of Louis Daguerre, Inventor of Daguerreotype Photography
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Louis Daguerre (November 18, 1787–July 10, 1851) was the inventor of the daguerreotype, the first form of modern photography. A professional scene painter for the opera with an interest in lighting effects, Daguerre began experimenting with the effects of light upon translucent paintings in the 1820s. He became known as one of the fathers of photography.
Fast Facts: Louis Daguerre
Known For: Inventor of modern photography (the daguerreotype)
Also Known As: Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre
Born: November 18, 1787 in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Val-d'Oise, France
Parents: Louis Jacques Daguerre, Anne Antoinette Hauterre
Died: July 10, 1851 in Bry-sur-Marne, France
Education: Apprenticed to Pierre Prévost, the first French panorama painter
Awards and Honors: Appointed an officer of the Legion of Honour; assigned an annuity in return for his photographic process.
Spouse: Louise Georgina Arrow-Smith
Notable Quote: "The daguerreotype is not merely an instrument which serves to draw Nature; on the contrary, it is a chemical and physical process which gives her the power to reproduce herself."
Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre was born in 1787 in the small town of Cormeilles-en-Parisis, and his family then moved to Orléans. While his parents were not wealthy, they did recognize their son's artistic talent. As a result, he was able to travel to Paris and study with the panorama painter Pierre Prévost. Panoramas were vast, curved paintings intended for use in theaters.
Diorama Theatres
In the spring of 1821, Daguerre partnered with Charles Bouton to create a diorama theatre. Bouton was a more experienced painter but he eventually bowed out of the project, so Daguerre acquired sole responsibility of the diorama theatre.
The first diorama theatre was built in Paris, next to Daguerre's studio. The first exhibit opened in July 1822 showing two tableaux, one by Daguerre and one by Bouton. This would become a pattern. Each exhibition would typically have two tableaux, one by each artist. Also, one would be an interior depiction and the other would be a landscape.
The diorama was staged in a round room 12 meters in diameter that could seat up to 350 people. The room rotated, presenting a huge translucent screen painted on both sides. The presentation used special lighting to make the screen transparent or opaque. Additional panels were added to create tableaux with effects that could include thick fog, bright sun, and other conditions. Each show lasted about 15 minutes. The stage would then be rotated to present a second, completely different show.
Diorama became a popular new medium and imitators arose. Another diorama theater opened in London, taking only four months to build. It opened in September 1823.
Partnership With Joseph Niépce
Daguerre regularly used a camera obscura as an aid to painting in perspective, which led him to think about ways to keep the image still. In 1826 he discovered the work of Joseph Niépce, who was working on a technique for stabilizing images captured with the camera obscura.
In 1832, Daguerre and Niépce used a photosensitive agent based on lavender oil. The process was successful: they were able to obtain stable images in under eight hours. The process was called Physautotype.
After Niépce's death, Daguerre continued his experiments with the goal of developing a more convenient and effective method of photography. A fortunate accident resulted in his discovery that mercury vapor from a broken thermometer could speed the development of a latent image from eight hours to just 30 minutes.
Daguerre introduced the daguerreotype process to the public on August 19, 1839, at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris. Later that year, Daguerre and Niépce's son sold the rights for the daguerreotype to the French government and published a booklet describing the process.
The Daguerreotype Process, Camera and Plates
The daguerreotype is a direct-positive process, creating a highly detailed image on a sheet of copper plated with a thin coat of silver without the use of a negative. The process required great care. The silver-plated copper plate had to first be cleaned and polished until the surface looked like a mirror. Next, the plate was sensitized in a closed box over iodine until it took on a yellow-rose appearance. The plate, held in a lightproof holder, was then transferred to the camera. After exposure to light, the plate was developed over hot mercury until an image appeared. To fix the image, the plate was immersed in a solution of sodium thiosulfate or salt and then toned with gold chloride.
Exposure times for the earliest daguerreotypes ranged from 3-15 minutes, making the process nearly impractical for portraiture. Modifications to the sensitization process, coupled with the improvement of photographic lenses, soon reduced the exposure time to less than a minute.
Although daguerreotypes are unique images, they could be copied by re-daguerreotyping the original. Copies were also produced by lithography or engraving. Portraits based upon daguerreotypes appeared in popular periodicals and in books. James Gordon Bennett, the editor of the New York Herald, posed for his daguerreotype at Brady's studio. An engraving based on this daguerreotype later appeared in the Democratic Review.
Daguerreotypes in America
American photographers quickly capitalized on this new invention, which was capable of capturing a "truthful likeness." Daguerreotypists in major cities invited celebrities and political figures to their studios in the hopes of obtaining a likeness for display in their windows and reception areas. They encouraged the public to visit their galleries, which were like museums, in the hope that they would desire to be photographed as well. By 1850, there were more than 70 daguerreotype studios in New York City alone.
Robert Cornelius' 1839 self-portrait is the earliest extant American photographic portrait. Working outdoors to take advantage of the light, Cornelius (1809-1893) stood before his camera in the yard behind his family's lamp and chandelier store in Philadelphia, hair askew and arms folded across his chest, and looked off into the distance as if trying to imagine what his portrait would look like.
Cornelius and his silent partner Dr. Paul Beck Goddard opened a daguerreotype studio in Philadelphia around May 1840 and made improvements to the daguerreotype process that enabled them to make portraits in a matter of seconds, rather than the three- to 15-minute window. Cornelius operated his studio for two and a half years before returning to work for his family's thriving gas light fixture business.
Toward the end of his life, Daguerre returned to the Paris suburb of Bry-sur-Marne and resumed painting dioramas for churches. He died in the city at age 63 on July 10, 1851.
Daguerre is often described as the father of modern photography, a major contribution to contemporary culture. Considered a democratic medium, photography provided the middle class with an opportunity to attain affordable portraits. The popularity of the daguerreotype declined in the late 1850s when the ambrotype, a faster and less expensive photographic process, became available. A few contemporary photographers have revived the process.
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Daniel, Malcolm. "Daguerre (1787–1851) and the Invention of Photography." In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Leggat, Robert. "A History of Photography from Its Beginnings Till the 1920s."
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Casualisation of minework breeds discontent and violent protests in Ghana
Contract work which has replaced full employment by mining companies has brought in its wake poor wages and working conditions over the years in Ghana. Refusal by the companies to address these longstanding issues came to a head couple...
Victory over Vedanta
Zambian farmers win ground-breaking legal victory in the UK, reports *Louise Eldridge In a historic ruling, the UK Supreme Court has allowed 1,826 Zambian villagers to continue to pursue their case (Lungowe v. Vedanta) against UK-based mining giant Vedanta...
Women pastoralists feel heat of Climate Change
For many people, climate change is about shrinking glaciers, rising sea levels, longer and more intense heatwaves, and other extreme and unpredictable weather patterns. But for women pastoralists livestock farmers in the semi-arid lands of Kenya climate change has...
Beyond the Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat, What Next for Ghana?
Ghana won the bid to host the Secretariat of Africa's Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA) on the 7th of July 2019 in Niamey, Niger, during the 12th Extra-Ordinary Summit of the African Union Heads of State and Government. Great commendation...
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For the first time, SpaceX launched a communications satellite on its Falcon Heavy rocket Thursday, opening the door for future commercial and military payloads. The red Roadster - with a mannequin, dubbed Starman, likely still at the wheel - remains in a solar orbit stretching just past Mars.
The rocket is expected to be used primarily for United States military missions, and to launch spy satellites and hefty commercial telecom satellites. As usual, the live stream will include commentary from SpaceX staff, along with details about the mission and status of the spacecraft.
Roughly three minutes after clearing the pad, Heavy's two side boosters separated from the core rocket for a synchronized landing at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, sparking boisterous cheers from SpaceX engineers in the company's Hawthorne, California headquarters. That mission was more of a test than anything else, with head man Elon Musk deciding to send his own Tesla as the rocket's payload.
NASA's Saturn V rockets, used for the Apollo moon shots, are the all-time launch leaders so far in size and might. As with past launches, SpaceX livestreamed the launch; the video is available to watch any time below. The core booster landed two minutes later on an ocean platform hundreds of miles offshore. SpaceX is expected to attempt to land all three this week.


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«Спящий лев» или «Шлав леу» — парусный линейный корабль Азовского флота Российской империи.

Описание корабля
Один из двух парусных линейных кораблей типа «Старый дуб», строившихся в Воронеже с 1701 по 1709 год. Длина корабля по сведениям из различных источников составляла от 46,2 до 46,8 метра, ширина — 12,2 метра, а осадка от 3,2 до 3,4 метра. Экипаж судна состоял из 450 человек, а вооружение составляли 70 орудий.

История службы
Корабль «Спящий лев» был заложен на стапеле Воронежской верфи  года и после спуска на воду в 1709 году вошёл в состав Азовского флота. Строительство вёл корабельный мастер Ричард Козенц. В том же году корабль был переведён с верфи в Тавров.

В 1710 году судно перестраивалось в Таврове для участия в кампании 1711 года, однако на воду весной спущено не было из-за малой воды.

По окончании службы в 1727 году корабль был разобран в Таврове.

Командиры
В апреле 1711 года командиром корабля был назначен капитан А. Симсон, однако фактически в этот период времени он командовал другим кораблём.

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GLD vs. Physical Gold: Which Is The Better Investment Now?
To fully understand how quickly the security of your investment can be called into question, you don't need to look any further than the GLD ETF.
The fund's custodian, HSBC, which sources and stores its gold, has a sordid history of unethical behavior.
Would you trust this bank with your investment?
And HSBC isn't the only entity putting investors' money at risk. In 2016, BlackRock, the sponsor of the gold ETF iShares Gold Trust (IAU) sold $296 million in unregistered shares of an exchange-traded fund. The fund's management essentially lost administrative control over the fund and violated SEC regulations.
The really scary part? Watchdog agencies were asleep at the wheel. The situation only came to light because BlackRock itself alerted the SEC. Investors who bought and resold the unregistered shares may have the right to sue for damages and interest.
Gold funds like the GLD ETF clearly don't offer the level of safety people expect, especially during times of economic downturn or other financial turmoil. This is why serious investors who are looking to put protections in place for their portfolios prefer gold bullion.
Gold bullion refers to specific pieces of physical metal held in your name and title. It is not a paper proxy for gold, but the real thing—and you own it outright.
When you own gold bullion, you can never suffer a default. There's no counterparty to make good on a paper contract. Once you buy gold bullion, it's yours, and it doesn't require the backing of any bank, government, or brokerage firm.
Durable – how long would wheat last as money?
Gold has been considered valuable for thousands of years, and it will always have value. No matter what the social, political, or financial climate has been in the world, gold has never gone to zero or defrauded an investor. It is the ultimate form of money.
The old way of buying gold bullion involved sourcing a dealer, a storage facility, and coordinating insurance, shipping, and delivery. Fortunately for investors, online platforms now exist that make buying gold as easy and convenient as trading GLD ETFs.
Investors can purchase and store gold bullion with ease using full-service investing programs that streamline everything under one roof, like Hard Assets Alliance's SMARTMETALS® platform. These types of platforms let you buy and sell gold bullion 24/7 and manage your trading account entirely online.
Investors can choose to store their metal, take delivery, or sell at will. There's no middle man, and no counterparty risk—just direct ownership of gold bullion, stored safely and fully insured.
Owning gold is an excellent way to diversify a portfolio. It protects against all kinds of catastrophe, and guards against inflation and deflation.
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A 40-year-old woman has died after getting hit by a trailer truck on Wednesday afternoon at Santiago City in Isabela, ABS-CBN News reported today.
The victim was identified as businesswoman Harjit Kaur, an Indian national.
According to the police, the victim was riding a motorcycle when she was hit by a trailer truck that was overtaking along the national highway of Barangay (Village) Mabini.
Her body reportedly got caught and dragged underneath the truck for about 50 meters which caused it to be pulled apart.
ABS-CBN News reported that Kaur's family mourned only half of her body.
The truck driver, Ryan Casino, was arrested after the incident. He admitted that he didn't immediately see Kaur on the road.
He asked for forgiveness from the victim's family. "I didn't want that to happen," Casino said in Filipino.
He was charged with reckless imprudence resulting in homicide. The victim's family is, however, open to having an amicable settlement with Casino.
Kaur was survived by her husband and two children.
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