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John Love was born in December 1924 in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia and educated at the town's Technical High School. After leaving school he was employed as an apprentice electrical fitter but was called him up for service at the start of the war. As member of his country's Armoured Car Division, John served in the Middle East and Italy. It was also in Italy where he got his first experiences as a driver of a tank. Later while stationed near Monza with the 6th Armoured Division he and some fellow servicemen found time to indulge in a few sorties around the Grand Prix circuit on a Zundapp motorcycle. Soon afterwards he was appointed as a dispatch driver between various Italian towns and the Swiss border. After the end of the war Love returned to Bulawayo where he completed his apprenticeship. He purchased a motorcycle when he returned to civilian life and from 1947 to 1953 John raced on a variety of bikes that included a TT-replica Rudge, Norton, AJS, Triumph and Velocette but Love had an urge to go car racing and by 1954 he had enough money to purchase a Cooper Mk III JAP from James Burgoyne. Part of the money for the car came from a transaction when John sold his motorcycle to Jim Redman. For the next three years Love was a regular competitor in Southern Rhodesia in the Cooper, which later was fitted with a Norton engine. After this car was written off in an accident, he purchased a Cooper Mk V Norton. Races were mostly held on dirt circuits and during this time he scored five victories at Umgusa Speedway and another five at Salisbury's Coronation Park.
John's Cooper looks very small in such company. Photo courtesy Rob Young
After cutting his teeth against some of his countries best drivers, like Jimmy Shields, Gordon MacPherson, Jimmy de Villiers, Sam Tingle and Peter Wood, John moved south of the border for the first time to compete in South African race meetings. In a move to widen his experience, he purchased the Riley-Special of Bill Jennings, the three time South African Drivers' Champion, in October 1957 for £500. Success came with a win at the Heany Summer Handicap race meeting in October.
Salisbury, Rhodesia 15th April 1956. John in number 24 next to Tony Fergusson in 26. Number 22 is Peter Davies from Kenya, 20 is Les Mitchell and 27 is Norman Lunderstedt in the Lundy Special (a 998cc car). Photo courtesy of Rob Young.
John pushing his Norton 500 home at the 1957 National meeting at Belvedere. Photo courtesy Love family.
1958 brought good results which included a second position on scratch at the False Bay 100, Cape Town, a third at the Transvaal Autumn Handicap (Johannesburg), a second on scratch at the 14th Coronation 100 (Roy Hesketh, Pietermaritzburg) and more second places at the Union Day Handicap (Grand Central) and in a Formula Libre handicap at the Belvedere Circuit, Rhodesia. His finest achievement during 1958 was most probably the second place at the 1st Nine Hour Endurance race at the Grand Central Circuit in November. John and George Pfaff were late entries in an Austin-Healey 100, they raced hard to cover a total distance of 544 miles only 16 miles less than the winning Porsche Carrera of Ian Fraser-Jones and Tony Fergusson. The race was not without incident, as Autosport's race report says: " John Love of Rhodesia lost his number plate part way down the straight, halted, dashed across the track in font of an oncoming bunch to retrieve it, and proceeded to the pits to replace it.".
In 1959, Love moved to England in an attempt to further his career but could not find anyone to support them however he purchased an ex-works Jaguar D-type which he brought back to Rhodesia and used it for the second half of year achieving second place at the Grand Prix of Angola in Luanda in September 1959. In January 1960, Love competed in the first South African GP and finished seventh. After a handful of decent races in the Jaguar, a friend arranged that John could meet Eric Broadley of Lola and he was offered a place in the Fitzwilliam Formula Junior team, driving the Mk II. He was very competitive, in spite of the Lola becoming quickly outclassed by the Lotus and John managed to record some podium places. At the Copenhagen Cup and Eifelrennen meetings he got second places and at Reims and Albi he came third on each occasion.
Ken Tyrrell noticed John's talent and offered him a test at Goodwood, further convinced by the Rhodesian's abilities, Ken asked Love to drive for him in the Cooper T52. Back in Southern Africa he won the 9-hour sports car race at the Grand Central circuit in October in a Porsche Spyder. In future years Love would compete from time to time in sports car races in cars like the Ferrari GTO, Ferrari F4, Lola T70 and Lola T212. In December 1960 there were also two races for Scuderia Lupini in South Africa in the Cape Grand Prix and also the South African Grand Prix, after Gigi Lupini asked him to drive his team's new Cooper T51-Maserati. 1961 again saw him driving the same car for Tyrrell in the European Formula Junior Championship, partnering Tony Maggs from South Africa. The two of them, together with Jo Siffert, would dominate Formula Junior in 1961. Love's first victory in a Formula Junior race came at Cesenatico in Italy where he won the first Heat and also set fastest lap. His first outright victory came at the daunting Chimay circuit in Belgium during the GP des Frontieres meeting in May. More victories followed at Caserta, La Châtre, Nogaro, Roskildering and Monthléry. Returning to Africa at the end of the European season, John again drove Scuderia Lupini's Cooper T51-Maserati at the Rand Spring Trophy race, finishing second.
In his third season for Ken Tyrrell, John drove a Formula Junior Cooper T59 but the BMC engine lacked power and the season proved challenging with wins only at at Roskildering, Magny Cours and Karlskoga. 1962 did, however bring great success at the wheel of of Tyrrell's Mini-Cooper in the British Touring Car Championship. Out of eight races he scored seven class wins taking the British Touring Car Championship. In September 1962 during a Formula Junior race at Albi he had the biggest accident of his career, when he crashed into a barrier while trying to avoid a spinning Tony Maggs, breaking his left arm and had to have a bone graft from his hip. From then on Love had to adopt a new driving style as he couldn't bend his arm properly. John would rest his left hand on the lip of the small wind screen though corners while steering with one hand. He said that this was his only option, since he had no wrist movement in his left hand, but soon got use to the technique of driving with the right hand and checking with left. Following the accident John decided to return to Rhodesia to focus on his business interests in Bulawayo and to switch to more powerful racing cars. For the latter, he got bought a Cooper T55-Climax Formula 1 which he debuted at the Natal GP and South African GP in December 1962.
By mid-1963 John was making his mark again in the South African Drivers' Championship in his ex-works Cooper and so began an new era for the garage proprietor from Bulawayo, one that would see him dominate African racing for the rest of the decade. Love got off to an unimpressive start in his newly acquired car, when mechanical gremlins prevented him from finishing but, at the Rhodesian Grand Prix in December 1963, John led from start to finish to score a popular win in front of his home crowd.
The following year proved better, after a third place at the opening round of the 1964 for the Rand Autumn Trophy in February at Kyalami, he would score four outright victories during the course of the season. Success came at the Coronation 100 and the Royal Show Trophy race, at Roy Hesketh, East London and the Rand Spring Trophy at Kyalami giving John his first South African Drivers' Championship title.
John was already 40 years old but dominated the 1965 season in his Cooper, now fitted with a 2700cc Climax engine. A non-finish at he South African GP was followed with a second place at the Cape South Easter Trophy race at Killarney. After this, a series of five victories followed at the Rand Autumn Trophy, the Coronation 100, Republic Day race, the Natal Winter Trophy and the Border 100, now in a later ex McLaren T79. 1966 proved similar, at the first race of the year, the non-championship South African GP, he only achieved sixth place. After that John would clinch seven victories during the course of the season.
In the South African GP in January 1967, against many of the world's best, John led until fuel problems forced him to pit and hand the lead to Pedro Rodriquez and he had to settle for second place, probably John's greatest drive. He continued to compete right through to the early 70s in a variety of machinery including a Brabham BT20, Lotus 49, March 701 and Surtees TS 9. John's last full season's racing was 1973, after three decades in the sport, and nearing his fiftieth birthday, Love realized that he had to make way for a younger generation of racing drivers.
After a long struggle with cancer, at the age of 80, John Love, 6-times South African motor racing champion, passed away at his home in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on the 25th of April, 2005.
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Justia Regulation Tracker Agencies And Commissions General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Use of Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) as Primary Contractor Identification, 18719-18720 [E9-9457]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Use of Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) as Primary Contractor Identification, 18719-18720 [E9-9457]
Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 78 / Friday, April 24, 2009 / Notices ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding an extension to an existing OMB clearance (9000–0152). SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved information collection requirement concerning service contracting. This OMB clearance expires on July 31, 2009. Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the FAR, and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. DATES: Submit comments on or before June 23, 2009. ADDRESSES: Submit comments, including suggestions for reducing this burden to the General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4041, Washington, DC 20405. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Warren Blankenship, Contract Policy Division, GSA, (202) 501–1900. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES A. Purpose This FAR requirement implements the statutory requirements of Sec. 834, Public Law 101–510, concerning uncompensated overtime. The coverage requires that offerors identify uncompensated overtime hours and the uncompensated overtime rate for direct charge Fair Labor Standards Act-exempt personnel. These overtime hours and rates are included in the offeror's proposals and their subcontractors' proposals for procurements valued at or above the simplified acquisition threshold. This permits Government contracting officers to ascertain cost realism of proposed labor rates for professional employees. B. Annual Reporting Burden Number of Respondents: 19,906. Responses per Respondent: 1. VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:20 Apr 23, 2009 Jkt 217001 Annual Responses: 19,906. Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes. Total Burden Hours: 9,953. Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information collection documents from the General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), Room 4041, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0152, Service Contracting, in all correspondence. Dated: April 17, 2009. Al Matera, Director, Office of Acquisition Policy. [FR Doc. E9–9459 Filed 4–23–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [OMB Control No. 9000–0145] Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Use of Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) as Primary Contractor Identification AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding an extension to an existing OMB clearance (9000–0145). SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved information collection requirement concerning use of data universal numbering system (DUNS) as primary contractor identification. This OMB clearance expires on August 31, 2009. Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the FAR, and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways in which we can Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. DATES: Submit comments on or before June 23, 2009. ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to the General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4041, Washington, DC 20405. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ernest Woodson, Contract Policy Division, GSA, (202) 501–3775. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Purpose DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PO 00000 18719 The Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number is the nine-digit identification number assigned by Dun and Bradstreet Information Services to an establishment. The Government uses the DUNS number to identify contractors in reporting to the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS). The FPDS provides a comprehensive mechanism for assembling, organizing, and presenting contract placement data for the Federal Government. Federal agencies report data on all contracts in excess of the micro-purchase threshold to the Federal Procurement Data Center which collects, processes, and disseminates official statistical data on Federal contracting. Contracting officers insert the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision at 52.204–6, Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number, in solicitations they expect will result in contracts in excess of the micro-purchase threshold and do not contain FAR 52.204–7, Central Contractor Registration. This provision requires offerors to submit their DUNS number with their offer. If the offeror does not have a DUNS number, the provision provides instructions on obtaining one. B. Annual Reporting Burden Respondents: 35,694. Responses per Respondent: 4.00. Annual Responses: 142,776. Hours per Response: .0200. (Averaged.) Total Burden Hours: 2,852. Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the information collection documents from the General Services Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), Room 4041, Washington, DC 20405, telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–0145, Use of Data E:\FR\FM\24APN1.SGM 24APN1 18720 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 78 / Friday, April 24, 2009 / Notices Universal Numbering System (DUNS) as Primary Contractor Identification, in all correspondence. Dated: April 17, 2009. Al Matera, Director, Office of Acquisition Policy. [FR Doc. E9–9457 Filed 4–23–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES [Document Identifier: OS–0990–0302] Agency Information Collection Request. 60-Day Public Comment Request Office of the Secretary, HHS. In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed information collection request for public comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect AGENCY: (Extension)—OMB No. 0990–0302— Office of the Secretary/Office of Public Health and Science/Office of the Surgeon General/Office of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps (OS/ OPHS/OSG/OCVMRC). Abstract: Medical Reserve Corps units are currently located in over 800 communities across the United States, and represent a resource of more than 170,000 volunteers. In order to continue supporting the MRC units in communities across the United States, and to continue planning for future emergencies that are national in scope, detailed information about the MRC units, including unit demographics, contact information (regular and emergency), volunteer numbers, and information about activities is needed by the Office of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps (OCVMRC). MRC Unit Leaders are asked to update this information on the MRC Web site at least quarterly, and to participate in a Technical Assistance Assessment at least annually. The MRC unit data collected has not changed. This OMB extension request is for 3 years. of this collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden. To obtain copies of the supporting statement and any related forms for the proposed paperwork collections referenced above, e-mail your request, including your address, phone number, OMB number, and OS document identifier, to Sherette.funncoleman@hhs.gov, or call the Reports Clearance Office on (202) 690–6162. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collections must be directed to the OS Paperwork Clearance Officer at the above e-mail address within 60days. Proposed Project: Medical Reserve Corps Unit Profile and Reports ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE Type of respondent Number of respondents Number of responses per respondent Average burden hours per response Total burden hours MRC Unit Leader ............................................................................................. 803 6 1.0 4,818 Seleda Perryman, Paperwork Reduction Act Reports Clearance Officer, Office of the Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–9420 Filed 4–23–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150–47–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection under the project: ''Evaluation of AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program.'' In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:20 Apr 23, 2009 Jkt 217001 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), AHRQ invites the public to comment on this proposed information collection. DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by June 23, 2009. ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at doris.lefkowitz@ahrg.hhs.gov. Copies of the proposed collection plans, data collection instruments, and specific details on the estimated burden can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by e-mail at doris.lefkowitz@ahrg.hhs.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed Project ''Evaluation of AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program'' AHRQ proposes to perform an evaluation of the Effective Health Care (EHC) program's governance structure, methods for engaging stakeholders and PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 approaches to setting national research priorities. Pursuant to Section 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, Pub. L. 108–173, the EHC program was established by AHRQ to conduct research, demonstrations, and evaluations designed to improve the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. The EHC program was designed to provide effectiveness and comparative effectiveness evidence of medical treatments, therapeutics, devices and drugs to assist policymakers, health care providers, clinicians, consumers, and other stakeholders in making informed decisions. The EHC program has offered a platform for combining explicit reviews of scientific evidence on the clinical effectiveness of pharmaceuticals and other health care interventions, as well as the translation and dissemination of scientific findings into meaningful messages for a wide variety of audiences. It serves as an interface between the clinical research entities and health policy making entities. This E:\FR\FM\24APN1.SGM 24APN1
[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 78 (Friday, April 24, 2009)]
[FR Doc No: E9-9457]
[OMB Control No. 9000-0145]
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Use of
Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) as Primary Contractor
AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of request for public comments regarding an extension to
an existing OMB clearance (9000-0145).
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR),
Regulatory Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a
currently approved information collection requirement concerning use of
identification. This OMB clearance expires on August 31, 2009.
Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this
functions of the FAR, and whether it will have practical utility;
whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of
information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and
methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond,
through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
DATES: Submit comments on or before June 23, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing this burden to the General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4041, Washington, DC 20405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ernest Woodson, Contract Policy
Division, GSA, (202) 501-3775.
The Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number is the nine-digit
identification number assigned by Dun and Bradstreet Information
Services to an establishment. The Government uses the DUNS number to
identify contractors in reporting to the Federal Procurement Data
System (FPDS). The FPDS provides a comprehensive mechanism for
assembling, organizing, and presenting contract placement data for the
Federal Government. Federal agencies report data on all contracts in
excess of the micro-purchase threshold to the Federal Procurement Data
Center which collects, processes, and disseminates official statistical
data on Federal contracting. Contracting officers insert the Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision at 52.204-6, Data Universal
Numbering System (DUNS) Number, in solicitations they expect will
result in contracts in excess of the micro-purchase threshold and do
not contain FAR 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration. This
provision requires offerors to submit their DUNS number with their
offer. If the offeror does not have a DUNS number, the provision
provides instructions on obtaining one.
B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 35,694.
Responses per Respondent: 4.00.
Annual Responses: 142,776.
Hours per Response: .0200. (Averaged.)
Total Burden Hours: 2,852.
Obtaining Copies of Proposals: Requesters may obtain a copy of the
information collection documents from the General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat (VPR), Room 4041, Washington, DC
20405, telephone (202) 501-4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0145,
Universal Numbering System (DUNS) as Primary Contractor Identification,
in all correspondence.
Dated: April 17, 2009.
Al Matera,
Director, Office of Acquisition Policy.
[FR Doc. E9-9457 Filed 4-23-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6820-EP-P


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Committee of Muslim states must oversee Hajj: S.H.Nasrallah
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The secretary general of Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says the Saudi regime should allow a joint committee of Muslim countries to oversee the management of annual Hajj pilgrimage.
In an interview with the Lebanese al-Manar TV channel on Friday, Nasrallah heaped scorn on Riyadh for refusing any assistance in handling Hajj affairs, saying the monarchy is fully responsible for the fatal stampede in Mina outside the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
Nasrallah further said Saudi Arabia should allow Muslim countries to help the kingdom run the Hajj pilgrimage rituals, emphasizing the need for the formation of a Muslim committee to "supervise the management" of the annual Islamic event.
The Hezbollah leader also said a group of Muslim countries should be formed to probe the fatal stampede during Hajj rites.
We call for the participation of delegates from the countries with the largest number of casualties in the investigation committee in the pilgrimage incident, Nasrallah said.
He made the comments a day after some 2,000 Hajj pilgrims reportedly lost their lives in a stampede that took place near the holy city of Mecca, with hundreds of others injured or missing.
The tragedy happened when a large crowd of pilgrims were on their way to participate in one of the last Hajj rituals.
The disaster has raised questions over the Saudi regime's ability to manage the large influx of pilgrims into the kingdom during the Hajj pilgrimage season every year.
Saudi officials claim the crush was caused by the victims that refused to follow the instructions of security staff. However, witnesses have rejected the claims, laying the blame on incompetent security personnel as well as a lack of organization at the site.
'US strategy on Daesh, a failure'
Elsewhere in his comments, Nasrallah described as a failure the so-called anti-Daesh campaign launched by the United States and its allies.
The Hezbollah head added that Washington was after a bargain with Iran over Syria during the nuclear negotiations between Tehran and the P5+1 states, "but this issue is over and they [Iranians] have assured the negotiations were merely nuclear."
Iran wants Syria to stay part of the anti-Israel resistance axis, said Nasrallah, stressing that the Islamic Republic does not interfere in Syria's domestic affairs.
Nasrallah also called on Turkey to stop providing support to the terrorist groups operating to topple the Syrian government.
Since late September 2014, the US and some of its Arab allies have been conducting airstrikes against Daesh militants inside Syria without any authorization from Damascus or a UN mandate. The airstrikes in Syria are an extension of the US-led aerial campaign against purported ISIL positions in Iraq, which started in August 2014.
This is while many parties to the same US-led coalition have been among the supporters of Takfiri terror groups wreaking havoc in Syria over the past four years.
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By ABC7.com staff
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (KABC) -- Sheriff's deputies in South Florida want to talk to a "person of interest" in the murder of XXXTentacion, a rising rap star who was killed last month.
Authorities are looking for Robert Allen, 22-years-old, who is also wanted on a felony warrant.
XXXTentacion, whose real name was Jahseh Onfroy, was shot and killed last month outside a Fort Lauderdale motorcycle dealership.
Detectives say an SUV blocked his luxury sports car and two masked men confronted the 20-year-old rapper during what appeared to be an attempted robbery.
Dedrick Williams, 22-years-old, was arrested days after Onfroy's death in connection to the murder.
He faces murder charges but has not yet entered a plea.
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Q: open source text to speech library Does any one know of a good text to speech library. It needs to be open source and provide C   API?
PS: I've already done a search, but I'd like recommendations from people who have actually used these APIs

A: I have used flite in an embedded server. It has a small footprint and comes with a single voice

A: eSpeak is another lightweight TTS. More robotty than Festival.

A: Hey what about MARY?
It looks so awesome to me which one should we push further for open source enterprise computer or androids or whatever? We need to strenghten efforts by shifting all open source resources to the best/most promising we have so far.
Anyone experiences with MARY TTS? Or does it have a flaw (because noone mentioned it before)?
More links:
http://www.babelfish.org/tts-free.htm.
https://www.cereproc.com/en/support/live_demo
http://www.digitalfuturesoft.com/dfttssdk.php (also provides ARM version, like MARY + Festival)

A: Festival is an open source text-to-speech system.
Stanford uses it for their Natural Language Processing class, and they have up-to-date instructions about installation on this cs224s homework page.  Installation on Mac OS X requires a couple patches, which they've wrapped into a handy install script.
There are alternate voices you can use which sound noticeably better than the stock ones.  You can find information on these voices in this forum post:
How to setup more realistic voices in Festival.  Those instructions are for Ubuntu, but the voices work with any Festival installation.

A: you can go for Festival worked nice for me.

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Here is my card for the Tea Bag Art inspiration. What a great site to browse, and what a great talent Ruby Silvious has.
Stunning! Your tea bag looks amazing and I love the Asian flair. Prefect for the tea challenge!
This Asian-inspired card is pure art, my friend. Lovely work.
Beautifully done card. The colors and Asian designs are fabulous.
Nicely done! I love the bg with the birds as well!!
This is fabulous - you rocked this challenge! Great background and luvin' that you added a soft pinkish color to the bird.
That image is perfect for the inspiration! Beautiful card!
Love the asian theme you have created here - well done!
How very pretty this is, beautifully done.
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Gerber Collision & Glass Acquires Two Locations in Alabama
Chicago, Illinois – November 4, 2019 – The Boyd Group Inc. (the "Boyd Group") today announced the acquisition of two collision repair centers in Alabama. The location in Huntsville originated in 1981 and has operated as Quality Body Shop. The location in Pelham has operated as Oak Mountain Body Shop since 2001.
Huntsville, approximately 100 miles north of Birmingham, is the fourth largest city in Alabama and home to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Pelham, 20 miles south of Birmingham, is home to the Oak Mountain Amphitheatre, which hosts many musical headliners.
"Acquiring these two repair centers strengthens our brand in the Birmingham region," said Tim O'Day, President and COO of the Boyd Group. "We look forward to building on the high-quality service delivered by these locations to customers and insurance partners in this market."


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Shenmue 3 has already surpassed its Kickstarter goal
Matthew Wilson June 16, 2015 Software & Gaming
Shenmue 3 is a game fans of the series have been after for over a decade now but for whatever reason, it never came to be. However, the series is finally getting its revival with Shenmue 3 surpassing its Kickstarter goal in just a matter of hours after the initial announcement.
Series creator, Yu Suzuki announced the crowd funding effort live at E3 on Sony's stage. Since then, the project has raised the initial $2 million needed and has even gone on to hit the first stretch goal, which sits at $2.6 million. The total amount raised keeps on climbing as well so it is possible that we will see all of the stretch goals hit before the campaign ends.
Shenmue 3 is set to be the true sequel to the classic open world RPG titles. The game will be built in the Unreal Engine and land on the PC and PlayStation 4. As with all crowd funding campaigns, reward tiers range from $5 to $10,000, digital copies of the game sit in the $30 tier.
Stretch goals mainly cover subtitle languages, although if the campaign hits $3.2 million a 'Rapport system' will be added, at $3.5 million we'll get a skill tree system and at $4 million we will see some mini games thrown in.
You can find the Kickstarter for yourself, HERE.
KitGuru Says: Shenmue has become something of a cult classic over the years so the announcement of Shenmue 3 has caused quite a stir, The Kickstarter has already reached its goals, now we just have to wait and see if all of the stretch goals can be met. Did any of you play the older Shenmue titles? Are you looking forward to Shenmue 3?
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Chancellor Says Yes Campaign "Stinks"
He told the Sun it was "dodgy" and they have a new poll that shows the more people know about AV the less they like it. When asked the referendum question 44% said No – with 37% backing Yes. But this grows to 45% and 33% once the system is explained. The bookies prices reflect this with with the latest odds for Yes at 44% (+6%) versus no 60% (-1%). It seems Yes's attempt to become the anti-politics vote is falling flat.


He goes on to insist that "every expression of an artist is merely a focal point of the surging chaos of the unexpressed" (p.13).
For some reason, this led me to muse not on Coleridge but rather on painter Harold Klunder, whose latest exhibition, now at Toronto's Clint Roenisch Gallery, is such a endless delight. I wrote about Klunder's exhibition last Saturday in The Globe & Mail, but there's more I want to add about his work—and it's specifically about paint.
Paint—pigment—is, as we all know, a presumably beleaguered medium with which to make art. It is always under siege, regarded as a substance, now five hundred years old, that has outlived itself a useful means to any expressive end. Paint, so the clichés of animadversion upon it run, is mostly a matter of overly-hedonistic play: paint leads to a kind of finger-painting for adults, a therapeutic messing-around that may well be relaxing, but can scarcely be significant.
And yet artists, who wish (who demand) to be taken seriously, continue to paint. Why?
Harold Klunder, who came to Canada from The Netherlands in 1955 and is now sixty-three, has been painting for forty years. For him, paint is as hedonist as it is for any other painter—considerable more so, I'd say, judging from the lushness, the generosity, and (to quote myself for a moment), the "full-stop plenitude of his pauseless inventiveness with the brush…". I encourage the viewer (in the Globe piece) to "look up close and revel on the poolings, clottings and vortices of the artist's painterly worlds-within-worlds".
Klunder's paintings may look fast at first glance; they may look like the broken, convulsive aftermath of some abstract-expressionist storm that has broken over them and moved quickly by. But Klunder is no action-painter. Look closely at this detail (above) from one of his current paintings, and you'll see straightaway the degree to which the artist has been deliberate in his adding of colour to colour, layer over layer: see how daubs rest heavily on previous daubs? How a twist of a red-laden brush (at the upper left) deposits its redness on a previously positioned disc of pink which has, itself, been carefully bounded by yellow—which yellow has further occluded a swabbing of coral at the very upper left. You can see how deliberate—almost ponderous—all this is—the process is as much like building as it is painting. It's when you start unpacking any patch of a Klunder like this (the section reproduced here is only a few inches square), that it makes sense to hear that the artist takes a very long time indeed to paint these paintings—sometimes years. He doesn't work steadily on a single painting for years, of course, but he often circles back to them (one of the works in the exhibition is dated, for example, 1988—2006).
So, here, in paint form, is John Livingston Lowes' "surging chaos of the unexpressed". For what you get in a Klunder—and in the work of many other good painters—is paint-as-essay. That is to say, paint as an attempt ("essayer") at meaning, paint as a broken discourse (the "surging"), an inchoate language. And yet its inchoateness, mysteriously, does not seem to blunt the eloquence of which the medium seems capable, but, rather, heightens its provocations, deepens its sense of the urgently unsaid.
One if the most charming and seductive of the arguments in support of paint's oxymoronically positioned ability to generate, within its fluid, hectic, onrushing, surging chaos, a lucid and fully-declared, fully-inspectable realm of the articulate, resides within University of Chicago art historian James Elkins' delightful little book What Painting Is (New York: Routledge, 2000).
The Harold Klunder exhibition runs until November 13th at the Clint Roenisch Gallery, 944 Queen Street West. 416-516-8593.


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Safety Plan for Season 21-22
Stage West is happy to welcome audiences and artists back to Vickery Blvd for theatrical entertainment, great eats and drinks, education, thought-provoking conversations, and community. While the pandemic is not yet fully in the rearview, we at Stage West are committed to responsibly producing live theatre for the community. Throughout the coming months, we beg your patience and understanding as we navigate this ever-shifting and frustrating moment in history. Much is outside of our control. Please know that each decision we make is with the best intentions and reflects countless hours of discussion, weighing a myriad of variables and scenarios. We are human-beings doing our best to "make lemonade." That said, we have an amazing line-up to share with you!! Following are some protocols currently in place. Please familiarize yourself with them. We will update them as they shift…because one thing has become crystal clear: they will shift.
Introducing Safe Sundays:
All Sunday performances will be vaccine-mandatory for the remainder of the 21/22 season. To attend these performances you must show proof of being fully vaccinated* (Pfizer and Moderna 2 doses, Johnson & Johnson 1 dose) upon entering the building. Masks will continue to be required as well. In the event that the classification of "fully vaccinated" changes to include boosters, the policy will shift to that new CDC rule.
Stage West currently requires that staff and visitors wear masks at all times inside the building. This is critical to keeping our unmasked performers safe. Our production teams undergo regular testing to check for Covid-19. If at any time a production team member tests positive, they are not able to rejoin the team until they are negative again, in accordance with Stage West's contract with Actors' Equity Association (AEA), the union for professional actors and stage managers. Having even one member of the team out, especially an actor, means the entire production shuts down until all test negative. Our actors perform mask-free in order to deliver an excellent theatrical experience. Therefore, in an All-In effort to keep our performers healthy, during High and Substantial Transmission periods (Levels Red and Orange), we require that all present must wear a mask to cover mouth and nose at all times. The one exception for guests is during active consumption of food and beverages while in the Lobby Cafe, and drinks while in the theatre. Masks must be kept on at all times except for a dip down for a quick sip of a beverage. Actively holding a glass is not the same as actively drinking. This "dip down" will be demonstrated during curtain speeches. Any violators of this simple rule will be asked to leave.
Production Teams:
Absolutely no contact between the production teams (actors, stage managers) and audience members is allowed at any time due to the AEA restrictions. No public is allowed backstage at any time. Audience may not wait after performances to speak with production team members. Any mingling between audience and performers on Stage West property could result in the production being shut down.
Proactive Efforts:
In an effort to combat community spread of the novel coronavirus within Stage West, the following measures have been put in place:
All HVAC systems have undergone a complete testing and balancing process and have been fitted with MERV filters.
New air circulation is set to six times per hour. However, re-circulation is necessary to ensure low-humidity and general temperature comfort. Therefore, all public spaces' HVAC ducts have been fitted with UV-C lights.
Stage West now has a touch-free ticket system. Those wishing to participate need only screen-capture or print the QR code tickets received via email and proceed directly to the theatre space, bypassing a wait at the box office.
All public-use areas (seating, doors, bathrooms, tables, etc.) will be cleaned before audience arrival and after the last audience member leaves with an electrostatic disinfectant system to combat any remaining virus on surfaces. All production-related surfaces (dressing rooms, hand-props, set, and backstage areas) will receive before/after-use cleaning as well.
Audience members experiencing any Covid-19 symptoms will be asked to stay home and reschedule.
Each of the first few productions (at least) will be professionally filmed and available to stream as an alternative to seeing the plays in person.
Safe Sundays: All Sunday performances will require proof of vaccination from all attendees.
At this time, Broadway and many of our fellow regional theatres are requiring vaccination cards or a negative PCR test within 72 hours of curtain for admission. Full community cooperation will hopefully help us to steer clear of these measures. The situation remains fluid. Thank you for your role in bringing great live theatre back to North Texas. One day, this will all be behind us. Until then, the shows will go on, one way or another!


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What kind of wood make a match
Matches were invented relatively recently, in the early nineteenth century. But truly they have become safe only after many experiments with incendiary composition. For several decades, have tried many materials for straw, which is a chemical compound. It turned out that not every wood can be used in the manufacture of matches.
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What wood make a match
Traditional basis of the match – wooden stick, called in the jargon straws. She has such a length that a match was convenient to hold in hand. On the tip of the wand is applied to the head, which contains a blend of specially selected chemicals best suited to obtain an even flame.
During numerous experiments it was found that the best material for making the base match is aspen. Its wood has a homogeneous structure, is easy to cut in any direction. Aspen harvesting can be easily split apart. This wood also absorbs very well and firmly holds the chemical compositions.
Matches from aspen do not give soot, burning flame, very easily ignited. Where aspen is rare, using other trees with similar properties, for example, alder, poplar, basswood or birch. But pine and spruce for the manufacture of matches does not fit their resinous wood is able to illuminate when the drying of the feedstock, and burn these matches are not very even flame.
How to make a match
The material for the manufacture of match the basics of harvest, usually in the winter time. During this period, the tree trunks have the most suitable humidity. The trees are free from branches, sawn into blocks and delivered to match factory. Here blanks are carefully sorted, culling those instances that do not meet the requirements of the standards.
The very straws are made from veneer that thin layer is removed from the chumps long knives. This wooden stump with two sides of the clamp with the end portion and is rotated. A sharp knife down to the workpiece for a few seconds removes from aspen chump thin layer called veneer. From this process resembles very quick pulling out a thick roll of paper.
In the next stage of aspen veneer cut in transverse and longitudinal direction. The result is a straw – the same thin sticks, which have become the basis for future matches. Now blanks are impregnated with special compounds that prevent decay. After this operation the sticks are loaded into the drum, where they are sanded, interacting with each other.
After careful polishing the Foundation of the future matches is almost ready. There comes the next stage of production, which involves a number of complicated technological operations and chemical processes. As a result, the light appear familiar to all matches, so indispensable in everyday life.
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SnakeBytes, 6/19: Tigers Burn Bright
By Jim McLennan@AZSnakepit Jun 19, 2010, 3:19pm EDT
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Hah! The Diamondbacks scoff at the Tigers' streak. Never mind seven, we have fourteen in a row! Woo-hoo! Hey, if we're going to suck, let's at least suck at record levels. Another defeat last night - thank you, pitching staff - or, as we call it in Arizona, "business as usual." Here are the gory details, and after the jump, the other stuff, including a game in our minor-league system, which shows it's not just the D-backs' bullpen that blows chunks...
[AZCentral] Diamondbacks drop opener to Tigers - "After the Diamondbacks were handed yet another road loss Friday night, this one by a score of 7-5 to Valverde and his new club, the Detroit Tigers, one of his ex-teammates did more than just roll his eyes. "He's a (bleeping) (bleep)," Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero said."
[dbacks.com] Emotional day plays role in D-backs' loss - "He seemed a little distracted early in the game, and I tried to be on top of it," catcher Miguel Montero said. "He did a heck of a job today, unfortunately the first two innings were a little rough for him. Today I know what I'm going to have to do to prepare for his next start. I think I'll know how to handle him better the next time."
[Yahoo!] Inge helps Tigers beat Diamondbacks 7-5 - "Detroit improved to 8-2 this season and a baseball-best 60-22 in interleague action since the start of the 2006 season. Manager Jim Leyland says the record is just a matter of good timing— Detroit played the woeful Pirates and Diamondbacks and missed rookie sensation Stephen Strasburg of Washington."
[Bless You Boys] Detroit wins seventh in a row: Tigers 7, Diamondbacks 5 - "Who'd have thunk that former Tiger Dontrelle Willis would stay in the game longer than current Tiger Armando Galarraga? Of course Willis gave up five runs, five hits and four walks in five innings, so it wasn't like it was a quality start... In the postgame comments, Galarraga thought it was too hot. And he's Venezuelan. So that's saying something. That it was hot." They also provided the image atop this article.
Team News and Notes
[AZCentral] Reynolds returning to lineup after a day off - After striking out in all four of his at-bats Thursday night, Reynolds told reporters he felt timid, adding, "Right now, I just have no confidence." "It's more of a mental day," Hinch said. "I talked to him and joked with him a little bit to see what kind of spirits he's in. He'll be fine. He needs a little bit of a break."
[dbacks.com] Reynolds takes break to rebuild confidence "I'm kind of timid at the plate right now," Reynolds said. "I've never felt this way. Even when I've been going bad before it's like I'll squeak in a blooper here and there. Right now, though, I just have no confidence. I was always confident in the past that I was going to overcome whatever struggles I've had. Right now the confidence isn't there. I really don't know how to describe it."
[dbacks.com] Mechanical changes help Gutierrez - A pair of recent changes to those mechanics seems to have made a big difference. First, Gutierrez went to pitching only out of the stretch, even when the bases are empty. Second, he shifted from the first-base side of the pitching rubber to the middle of it. "Hitters could see the ball better when I was on the first-base side," he said. "This way they don't see it as good. I've been working very hard with [pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre Jr.] on my mechanics. I think it has really helped."
[MLB.com] Familiarity breeds competition for Jackson - Edwin Jackson will get his chance Saturday when he takes the mound against the Tigers for the first time since being traded to Arizona this offseason. "It's going to be fun," Jackson said. "I'm not going to try and overdo anything. It's another game against an opposing team as far as I'm concerned."
[FoxSportsArizona[ D-Backs sign second- and third-round picks - "The Arizona Diamondbacks have signed second-round pick J.R. Bradley and third-round selection Robby Rowland. Both players have been assigned to Rookie-Advanced Missoula."
[NYTimes.com] Diamondbacks' Struggles Make Promise a Memory - "The last two years, we have not been able to get airborne," Byrnes said in a telephone interview. "It's been disappointing. This year, if our bullpen even had a 5.00 E.R.A., we'd probably be .500. It's been the same story the last few years. We need to be open, whether it's for 2011 or the longer view, to anything that makes sense."
[Mobile BayBears News] Crazy Finish Eliminates BayBears - Call this man back up to the majors immediately! "Tied at 2-2 in the top of the ninth inning on Friday night at Hank Aaron Stadium, reliever Daniel Stange made a unique season debut for the BayBears as he balked home the go-ahead run in a 3-2 loss to the Tennessee Smokies." It was Stange's second balk of the inning, so Esmerling Vasquez clearly has a way to go...
Baseball MannyBurg News and Notes
[The Boston Globe] Ramirez still being Manny - "In his first appearance in Boston since his horrible train wreck of an ending here, he didn't speak to the media, in keeping with his mantra this season, until he uttered, "We're gonna have a meeting at 4:30. Media out!'' After going 1 for 5 with two strikeouts, including a called strike to end the game with runners at the corners, he politely said, "No thank you'' to interview requests."
[examiner.com] Strasmas II: Stephen Strasburg strikes out 10 in 2nd home start but Nats lose - "President Obama was in attendance to watch the White Sox take on the Nats and Strasburg in front of a sellout crowd of 40,325 at Nationals Park. Strasburg struck out 10 batters in seven innings and surrendered just one run in his third start. Strasburg now has 32 strikeouts, which is a major league record for most strikeouts in the first three games of a career... In two starts at home Strasburg has an otherworldly 24 strikeouts and no walks."
[oaklandathletics.com] Jackson likely to remain in third spot - "The A's newly acquired outfielder, Conor Jackson, appeared in his third different lineup spot in as many days on Friday, but manager Bob Geren says the musical chairs will likely stop for now."
[ESPN] Buzzzzzzzz! Florida Marlins bringing in World Cup sound - "Real loud," said Marlins reliever Brian Sanches, who got a sneak preview of the horn sound earlier this week. "Real big distraction," predicted Rays second baseman Sean Rodriguez, who says he doesn't know what the sound will be like.
[NYTimes.com] No Pro Baseball in Montreal, and Little Hope of Any - "The Expos' demise confirmed that the Montreal market was not major league; yet six years later, the city, whose long baseball tradition includes Jackie Robinson's first minor league home, has yet to attract even a low minor league team."
[Telegraph] World Cup 2010: England fan enters team dressing room - "It is understood he gained access to the team dressing room after the players had left the pitch... The disgruntled fan is understood to have confronted former England captain David Beckham over the team's poor performance." 25,000 Diamondbacks fans find this idea intriguing, and wish to subscribe to his newsletter.


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Nevil Shute's Cotuit Connection
Spoiler alert: if you are from Cotuit and want to read the book described below, stop now
Nevil Shute was an English author and aeronautical engineer best remembered for his post-nuclear apocalypse novel, On the Beach. I bumped into his writing as a kid reading a truncated version of his classic Trustee of the Toolroom that had been butchered and stuck in a Reader's Digest Condensed Book.
Recently I downloaded a ton of classic lit from Project Gutenberg and epubbooks.com and came across a copy of Shute's An Old Captivity which I loaded into my Kindle and started to read during my commute. It takes place in the 1930s and is about a young Scottish pilot named Donald Ross who scrounges around London for a flying job and is referred to an Oxford don, an archaeologist who is planning an expedition to Greenland to perform an aerial survey of an abandoned Viking settlement on the south coast.
After ordering a new seaplane from an American manufacturer, Ross, a former bush pilot who flew float planes in Labrador and up to Hudson Bay in Canada, fits it out for the long flight from Great Britain to Iceland and then eventually onwards across the Atlantic to Greenland.
During the layover in Reykjavik, Ross seeks out a druggist to get some pills to help him sleep due to the long hours and stress of overseeing the safety of the professor and his somewhat surly daughter. These pills evidently have the desired effect and Ross is able to catch up on his sleep before the long, grueling flight west to the ice-strewn coast of Greenland.
Ross likes these pills and begins to depend on them, but they seem to have the opposite effect and he gets unhinged and suffers a nervous breakdown from the stress and strain of flying over ice floes and perpetual fog banks. The professor and his daughter confiscate the drugs and Ross passes out for 36 hours into a coma-like sleep.
The novel shifts to an extended dream sequence in which Ross imagines himself to be a young slave owned by Leif Erikson, son of Eric the Red, founder of the first settlement on Greenland around 982 CA. The dream imagines Ross paired with another slave, a girl, and they are put aboard a Viking longboat (known as a knarr) after another expedition of discovery returns from a voyage to the west and reports the sighting of forested land but no landing due to the timidity of the Viking captain, one Bjarni. Erikson, infuriated, sets out to explore this land and Ross's dream imagines the long sail to the coast of Newfoundland where the expedition party goes ashore and founds the settlement known today as L'Anse aux Meadows.
So I'm reading along, a little indifferent to the narrative because it's a weird shift from the brutal realism and details of arctic aviation circa 1936 and because I know a little about Erikson's purported expeditions to Canada and New England. There's lots of local lore and conjecture about Viking settlements in New England, none with much conclusive evidence. There's Dighton Rock
The runes carved onto Dighton Rock, from Wikipedia
in the Taunton River in Berkely, Massachusetts and also claims that the Viking land of "Vinland" was actually on Cape Cod near Bass River and a place called Follins Pond
"Holes drilled into rocks along water ways and former water routes have been classified as Norse "mooring holes" by some writers. Presumably, when landing in areas where a speedy departure might be necessary, the Norse drilled a hole in a suitable rock and inserted a mooring pin into it. The pin was attached by a line to the ship. When mooring, the Norse inserted the pin into the hole. For departing they simply tugged on the line, pulled out the mooring pin and stored it for use the next time they landed.
The holes are about 3 cm in diameter and about 12 to 15 cm deep, usually triangular in shape. Several series of holes have been identified as evidence of Norse landings. One was located on Bass River, the outlet for Follins Pond on Cape Cod. Two others were found on the shore of Follins Pond itself and the nearby Mill Pond, close to where Frederick Pohl had predicted they should be if the Norse had stayed there."
Whatever the historical record and theories may hold, Shute continues the dream voyage from Newfoundland and I started to wonder if the shoreline was meant to be the beach of the outer Cape from Provincetown down to Monomoy Island. The Viking ship turns west at the end of the sandy strand and I started to wonder if Shute was implying Erikson had sailed along the southern coast of Cape Cod.
The knarr enters a bay in Ross's dream and the slave and his girl companion are told to explore the forested shores and report back in a few days on their findings. I'm by this point trying to imagine if they are roaming around the upper Cape, but dismiss the hunch and keep reading as the two slaves run through the forest marveling at the landscape before returning to the bay where Erikson waits.
Before departing the two slaves — evidently Celtic prisoners captured in some coastal raid by the Vikings on Scotland or Ireland — carve their names into a stone using Norse runic characters, they set this stone on a hill overlooking the bay and sorrowfully leave aboard the boat to head back to Greenland.
Ross wakes up after his long nap and is very deranged by the dream and begins babbling about what he saw. The archaeologist encourages him to share every detail and confides to his daughter that Ross is eerily correct about certain details of the Leif Erikson saga he couldn't have known but perhaps had come across in some prior reading.
The trio finish their aerial photography survey of the abandoned settlement (the archaeologist believe a Celtic church may be found by analyzing the photos and thus prove that Irish sailors like Saint Brendan had also made their way to Greenland) and pack up the plane to fly it to Canada where it will be sold and they will sail back to England on a Cunard liner.
Ross lands in Hallifax, Nova Scotia and they rest for a spell before pushing on to New York City where the plane's buyer plans on meeting them. As they fly over the Gulf of Maine from Nova Scotia, Ross sights the curved hook of Provincetown and descends, excitedly proclaiming that the landscape and beach are exactly as he dreamt them. The professor and his daughter grow alarmed as the sea plane flies only a hundred feet above the beach. At Chatham they turn west and skirt the coast. Now here's the payoff:
"He throttled back, and circled out to sea. The yellow seaplane sank towards the water; presently he opened up again and flew towards the harbour entrance about thirty feet above the water. "This is the place," he said. They passed the sand spit and flew on above the placid inland water, with Osterville Grand Island on their right hand and Cotuit on the left. They passed on between the wooded shores into the Great Bay and turned to the north. A narrow, river–like stretch of water led inland with wooded country to the west and fairly open, parklike country to the east. They shot up this at ninety miles an hour; it opened out into a still, inland lagoon completely surrounded by the woods. The pilot took the seaplane up to about three hundred feet, and circled round."
Okay, so my hunch was right. Shute imagined Erickson came into Cotuit Bay and dropped anchor up in North Bay or Prince's Cove. Ross lands the plane in North Bay — where the gameshow host Gene Rayburn used to land his seaplane in the 1960s, and goes ashore with the professor's daughter. At the top of a hill they see a stone buried in the dirt and unearth it. The professor confirms it is a geological "erratic" of the type of stone used by the Vikings for ballast. They clean it off and of course aren't surprised to find the runic carvings of the slaves in the dream.
So that's pretty cool, but here's the mystery for me: did Nevil Shute spend time in Cotuit before World War II? If so who was his host? I know two summer families who's patriarchs were flyers in the RAF. Could one of them be the connection? And what about that stone? Would Shute have thought it clever to carve one up and hide it somewhere on the bluff over looking North Bay, where it probably was destroyed by some new McMansion? And is it a coincidence that there is an actual Nevil Shute fan club on Cape Cod, organized by a married couple in Osterville? And that the world convention of Shute fans came to Cape Cod several years ago?
Nevil Shute, via Wikipedia
Update 2018.04.07: My neighbor Phil has joined the hunt. Evidently we aren't the only ones with questions.
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/nevilshute/capecodweekendreport.htm
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Saudi minister expects extension of oil production cut
Published:Monday | May 22, 2017 | 12:00 AM
Saudi Arabia Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih speaks to reporters during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
Saudi Arabia's energy minister said on Monday that he does not expect any objections to a nine-month extension to the existing output cut deal between OPEC and non-OPEC members - an agreement that would extend the deal through March 2018.
Late last year, the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-OPEC members reached a deal to cut production by 1.8 million barrels a day for six months, staring from January 2017. OPEC oil ministers will meet on Thursday in Vienna to discuss the extension.
"Everyone I talked to inside OPEC agrees with the nine-month (extension)" Khalid al-Falih told a press conference in Baghdad after a meeting with the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and his Iraqi counterpart, Jabar Ali al-Luaibi. "I do not expect any objection to that trend," al-Falih added.
He said the new deal would be similar to the current one "with some amendments" without elaborating. Al-Falih said al-Abadi gave the green light for Iraq to approve the nine-month extension proposal in Thursday's meeting. Early this month, Iraq, which committed to reduce daily production by 210,000 barrels to 4.351 million barrels, said it supported a six-month extension, but did not comment on the nine-month proposal.
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Iraq, where oil revenues make up nearly 95 per cent of the budget, has been reeling under an economic crisis since 2014, when oil prices began plummeting from a high of over US$100 a barrel. The Islamic State group's onslaught, starting in 2014, has exacerbated the situation - forcing Baghdad to divert much of its resources to a long and costly war.
Since the start of the production cut, global oil prices have stabilised at around US$50 per barrel. Al-Falih said the oil market has made a partial recovery, "but not a complete one".
Iraq is also grappling with a major humanitarian crisis. The United Nations estimates that more than three million people have been forced from their homes since 2014. It also faces growing dissatisfaction among residents of areas recaptured from IS who have had their properties demolished and suffer from scarce public services.
Iraq holds the world's fourth-largest oil reserves. This year, it added 10 billion barrels, bringing its total reserves up to 153.1 billion barrels.
Oil was trading up at mid-afternoon Monday, with benchmark US crude rallying by 40 cents to US$50.73 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, used to price international oils, was up 26 cents at US$53.87 a barrel in London.
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Contact tracing quarantine policy changes in Wadsworth schools
LILY CHESBRO|October 6, 2021
BY LILY CHESBRO
Wadsworth City Schools has implemented a new COVID-19 quarantine policy that they hope will help decrease the number of students absent each day from school.
"If a student meets the criteria of a close contact from exposure in a school setting and the student is not fully vaccinated or was not wearing a face covering during the period of exposure, the student will be permitted to stay in school if the student wears a face covering during the quarantine period," said Dr. Andrew Hill, Superintendent of Wadsworth City Schools, in a email recently sent to the teachers and staff.
This policy differs from previous policies including both last year and the beginning of this school year up until October 1, 2021. These previous policies required students who were unmasked to quarantine for two weeks. Last year, even with masks and before vaccinations were available, students had to quarantine if they were contact traced within six feet of the person who tested positive for COVID-19.
This bar graph shows the attendance of the 2020 school year compared to the attendance of 2021 school year. Bar 1 represents this year and Bar 2 represents last year.
Masks were optional the first three weeks of school regardless of vaccination status. After the first three weeks, up to 500 students were quarantined due to getting COVID-19 or by being in close contact with someone diagnosed with COVID-19. The contact tracing policy has now changed.
The number of students who have tested positive while quarantined due to contact tracing from the beginning of the year through September 20 was a total of 799 students, or 6.3% of the students who were quarantined due to contact tracing.
Today, with the current quarantine policy, the list of quarantined students at the high school is only in the single digits.


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package com.google.code.tempusfugit.temporal;

import com.google.code.tempusfugit.ClassInvariantViolation;
import com.google.code.tempusfugit.concurrency.annotations.ThreadSafe;

import java.util.Date;

import static com.google.code.tempusfugit.temporal.Duration.millis;

/**
 * The {@link ThreadLocal} based stop watch is safe to use with multiple threads as it will time each thread's call
 * between {@link #reset()} (or construction) and {@link #lap()}. It is intended to use one shared {@link Clock}.
 * For example, {@link RealClock} but you could use a clock based on {@link ThreadLocal} if you need to provide different
 * clocks per thread (although, outside of a testing context, I'm not sure why you'd want to).
 *
 * @since 1.2
 */
@ThreadSafe
public class ThreadLocalTimer implements StopWatch {

    private final Clock clock;

    private final ThreadLocal<Long> started;
    private final ThreadLocal<Long> stopped;

    public ThreadLocalTimer(Clock clock) {
        this.clock = clock;
        Date now = this.clock.now();
        started = new ThreadLocalLong(now.getTime());
        stopped = new ThreadLocalLong(now.getTime());
    }

    @Override
    public void reset() {
        started.set(clock.now().getTime());
    }

    @Override
    public void lap() {
        stopped.set(clock.now().getTime());
    }

    @Override
    public Duration elapsedTime() {
        if (stopped.get() < started.get())
            throw new ClassInvariantViolation("please start the stop watch before stopping it");
        return millis(stopped.get() - started.get());
    }

    private static class ThreadLocalLong extends ThreadLocal<Long> {
        private final long initialValue;

        public ThreadLocalLong(long initialValue) {
            this.initialValue = initialValue;
        }

        @Override
        protected Long initialValue() {
            return Long.valueOf(initialValue);
        }
    }
}


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Fajr Ibrahim
by John Max 17 Nov,2017
Fajr Ibrahim is a Syrian football coach who currently manages the Iraqi football team Al-Minaa, which plays in the Iraqi Premier League. The renowned coach is also a former professional footballer who debuted from Al-Wahada FC in 1979 and was also a member of Syrian U-20 national team and Syrian national team.
Fajr Ibrahim was born on 22nd of June 1964, in Damascus, Syria. His birth sign is Cancer. Regarding his nationality, Ibrahim is a Syrian. Since his childhood, Ibrahim was attracted towards sport and in his growing stage, he chose football to be his career.
Playing Career
In 1976, Ibrahim began his football career professionally playing in the youth-club of Al-Wahda. In 1996, he was promoted up to the main squad of the club. His notable credit includes while he played for the Al-Wahda is 1993 Syrian Cup and Syrian Super Cup. In 1987 he retired from the football.
National career
In 1981, Ibrahim was the part of Syrian U-20 national team. The following year, he joined Syria national team where he stayed till 1987.
Managerial Career
On 5 August 2006, fajr Ibrahim made his debut as a coach for Syrian national football team. Till March 23, 2008, he managed total 24 matches in which the team won 13 games and lost 6 games with 5 draw games.
Further, he was replaced by Mohammed Kwid but was again called up to coach the team on 13th November 2008. He led the team to the finals of the Nehru Cup" in 2007 and 2009 respectively and left the team on 13th September 2010.
He then moved to Damascus based football club Al-Shorta where he led the team to win 2011-12 "Syrian Premier League".
After a year with the team, Ibrahim signed a contract with Iraqi professional football club, Duhok which plays in the Iraq Division One. For the native club, he coached 32 leagues.
On 7th January 2015, Ibrahim moved back to his country and again joined Syria national team. This time he managed the national squad in 13 matches.
On 8th September 2017, he signed a contract with Al-Minna and is the coach of the team at current.
53 years old renowned coach Ibrahim has hidden all information regarding his personal life in media, even his relationship status is unknown. Till the date, he has not been spotted with any lady who could be his lover or spouse. As he is in his 50s, he is most probably a married man and might have children.
Ibrahim earns his wealth widely through his professional career as a football coach. As of 2017, his monthly salary is around €14,166 and earns €170,000 annually.
Though the star coach Ibrahim has not revealed his exact figure of net worth, by looking at his salary worth it is assumed that his net worth is no less than million dollar. With the tremendous wealth, he is living a lavish and luxurious life.
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Q: Area of a Self-intersecting Curve I was doing some work finding the areas of rose curves. The rose curve is a polar curve given by the equation
$$
r(\theta) = \cos{k\theta}
$$
When $k$ is even, the area is $\pi/2$, and when $k$ is odd, the area is $\pi/4$. But I got stuck when thinking about the area of the rose curve when $k$ is rational and not an integer. The petals formed by such a rose curve all overlap each other, so what part of the curve would be considered the area? Would the area be the entire area surrounded by the curve, or would it be only the "inner" parts of the curve?
Furthermore, if $k$ is irrational, then the rose will have infinitely many petals and thus have infinite length. This means that the curve forms a dense set on the unit disc. So would the area of this curve be $\infty$, or would it be the area of a circle that encloses the curve?
EDIT: Maybe a better generalization of the question is; what is defined as the area of a self-intersecting figure?

A: $I_{even} = 2\pi / (\pi/k)\cdot \int_{-\pi/(2k)}^{\pi/(2k)} \cos^2(k\theta)/2\; d\theta = k\cdot [\theta/2+\sin(2k\theta)/4k] = k\cdot (\pi/(2k) + 0) = \pi/2$ for $k \in \mathbb{2Z}$. Also, note that $I_{odd} = 1/2\cdot I_{even} = \pi/4$ for $k$ odd. Note that the circle of radius $1$ contains this curve and so the area must be less than $\pi$. When $k$ is not an integer but rational, then the curve is not well-defined (think +$2\pi$). If irrational, then the curve is not closed, so how could the area even be defined?
Feel free to ask more questions if required.


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Laser cutting specialist eurolaser is named a top 100 innovator in Germany
The laser cutting system maker convinced the TOP 100 innovation jury with its offer to customers for material certification.
Heike Fricke and Matthias Kluczinksi of eurolaser (center and right, respectively) receive the award as TOP 100 innovator from Ranga Yogeshwar (left).
Nonmetal laser cutting systems maker eurolaser (Lüneburg, Germany) has been selected as one of the winners of this year's TOP 100 innovation competition. The winners were announced at an award ceremony on June 28, 2019, that took place as part of the 6th German Medium-Sized Business Summit held in Frankfurt, Germany. In the competition, an independent jury examines the innovation management of medium-sized companies and their success on the basis of holistic scientific criteria. The company won in their first participation. eurolaser, which manufactures laser systems for cutting and marking nonmetallic materials, has offered material certification to customers, which convinced the jury of the TOP 100 innovation competition.
Since 1994, eurolaser has been developing, producing, and selling laser systems for precise cutting of textiles, plastics, acrylic, and wood—more than 1000 systems are in use worldwide. Today, the company employs more than 100 people.
The company convinced the TOP 100 jury with its offer to customers for material certification. Material manufacturers send their samples to the application center in Lüneburg. There, specialists test the laser cutting properties and determine the most favorable cutting parameters. The material receives a certificate of laser suitability and the information is stored in a central database. This database provides users with important information to set their individual cutting parameters and to work optimally with the company's cutting systems right from the start.
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