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Multinational corporations have existed since the natural event of overseas trade. They have remained a region of the mercantilism incident end-to-end history, entering their modern form in the 17th and 18th centuries with the creation of large, European-based noncompetitive concerns such as the country East asian nation organisation during the age of colonization. Multinational concerns were viewed at that instance as agents of civilization and played a pivotal role in the mercenary and developed alteration of Asia, South America, and Africa.


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M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California,
B.A., Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio
Marking Time, solo exhibition American University Museum-Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC 2023
Inside Out: Artists in the Studio curated by Sarah Leary, American University Museum-Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC, 2021. (catalog)
Jewish Authenticity and Identity, curated by Ori Z. Soltes, Adas Israel Congregation, Washington, DC 2020 (catalog)
Plans to Prosper You: Reflections of Black Resistance and Resilience in Montgomery County's Potomac River Valley, American University Museum-Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC, 2019.
Narrative, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC 2018
Latitude: The Washington Women's Art Center 1975-88, American University Museum-Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC, 2018. (catalog)
(IM)migration, Baltimore Community College-Essex, Baltimore, MD 2017
REFLECT: Photography Looking Forward, Looking Back, Brady Luther Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2017
Palimpsest: Layers of Time, solo exhibition, Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, Maryland and public art component at 16800 Georgia Avenue, Olney, Maryland, 2017
Art 202 Festival, sponsored by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC, 2016
Mother of The Year: Between Empowerment and Crisis: Images of Motherhood from 1900 to Today, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria 2016. (catalog)
Reference, Workhouse Art Center, Lorton, Virginia, 2015
Portrait, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC, 2013
A Cultural History of My Neighborhood, American University Museum-Katzen Arts Center and public art installation at Brandywine and Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 2011
Beyond Text: Contemporary Book Arts, Montgomery College-Takoma Park, Maryland 2010
Polaroid in Danger, Les Rencontres d'Arles Photographie, Arles, France, 2010
Rites of Passage: The Mortality of Time, The Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA, 2008
Digital Sequences, Montpelier Art Center, Laurel, Maryland 2008 (two person exhibition)
Room, Chesapeake Gallery, Harford Community College, Bel Air, Maryland, 2008 (solo exhibition)
Aging, Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, Maryland, 2006 (solo exhibition)
Time's Body of Evidence, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 2006
Art Endures, Annenberg Conference Center for Medical Education, 100 Lancaster Avenue, Wynnewood, PA (organized by Main Line Art Center) 2005
Maternal Metaphors, Rochester Contemporary (RoCo), Rochester, N.Y. 2004, Ohio University, Athens Ohio 2006 (catalog).
Women of the Book: Jewish Artists, Jewish Themes, Traveled to 13 locations 1997-2004. (catalog)
Kings, Hummingbirds, and Monsters, Evergreen House, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 2002. (catalog)
From the Collection: Photography, Inside/Outside – Personal Expressions, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 1995
Familial Territory, two-person exhibition, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1990
Baby, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 1989 (one-person exhibition)
Baby Pictures, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, 1986.
The Animal in Photography 1843-1985, The Photographers Gallery, London, England 1986.
Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia, 1984 (one person exhibition)
Documentary Photography in the United States: Sekula, Meiselas, Rebhan, Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany, 1984 (one person exhibition, catalog.)
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University, New Haven, CT
The Corcoran Legacy Collection, American University Museum, Washington, DC
Special Collections of Evergreen House, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
The Polaroid Collection, WestLicht, Schauplatz für Fotografie, Austria
Special Collections of the Albin Kuhn Library and Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
George Washington University Permanent Collection, Washington, D.C.
Wright State University Art Gallery, Permanent Collection, Dayton, Ohio
Selected Commissions
Plans to Prosper You: Reflections of Black Resistance and Resilience in Montgomery County's Potomac River Valley, created two photo-collages for this exhibition, American University Museum-Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC, 2019.
Immigration/Assimilation, Art on the ART Bus, exhibited in the mobile gallery of one Arlington County ART (Arlington Transit) bus and at the Ellen M. Bozman Government Center. Organized by Arlington County Special Projects Curator, Cynthia Connolly, 2019
Lobby Project, site-specific installation at 1200 First Street NE, Washington, DC, Washington Project for the Arts, 2016
202 Festival, District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAAH), Washington, DC, 2016
JBG Companies (an investment management firm and developer) to create photo-collages that examine the cultural history of eleven of their properties, 2012, 2014
Metro Bus Show curated by CEPA Gallery with Montage '93: International Festival of the Image in Rochester, NY, 1993
Birthing the American Absurd Maternal Humor in Contemporary Art Interview with Rachel Epp Buller, Jill Miller, and Marni Kotak, n. paradoxa Summer 2015
Sequences-Gail Rebhan published by Blue Sky Books in celebration of Blue Sky Gallery's 40th anniversary. Includes an artist's statement, essay by Sally Stein and 54 pages of sequential photographs exhibited in 1981 at Blue Sky Gallery in Portland Oregon, 2014.
Essay and photographs in Reconciling Art and Mothering edited by Rachel Epp Buller, Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2012
Included in The M Word: Real Mothers in Contemporary Art edited by Myrel Chernick and Jennie Klein, Demeter Press, 2011
Included in Feminist Art and the Maternal by Andrea Liss, University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
Included in Artists' Books: Visual Studies Workshop Press 1971-2008 edited by Joan Lyons, foreword by Johanna Drucker, afterward by Tate Shaw, Visual Studies Press, 2009
Photograph included in Pregnant Pictures, by Sandra Matthews and Laura Wexler, Routledge Press, 2000.
Photograph included in Our Grandmothers: Loving Portraits by 74 Granddaughters, edited by Linda Sunshine, Stewart, Tabori and Chang Publishers, 1998.
Artist's book, Mother – Son Talk produced during a residency at Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY with grants from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and Mount Vernon College, 1996.
Included in the anthology Reframings: New American Feminist Photographies, by Diane Neumaier, Temple University Press, 1996.
Included in the anthology, Feminist Parenting" The Crossing Press, 1994
Exploring Color Photography: Second Edition. WCB Brown and Benchmark Publishers, 1992
Selected Lectures
Gallery Talk – "Plans to Prosper You: Reflections of Black Resistance and Resilience in Montgomery County's Potomac River Valley" American University Museum-Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC, 2019.
"Immigration Stories on the ART Bus" Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at George Mason University, 2019
Participated on a Preservation Panel, Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, MD 2017
"Cultural History-Evolution of Neighborhoods in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area" NE and Mid-Atlantic Regional Society for Photographic Education conference, New York, NY 2016
Guest Lecturer, University of California – Washington Center, Washington, DC 2011
Lecture at Tenley-Friendship library on A Cultural History of My Neighborhood,
Washington, DC 2011
Reconciling Art and Motherhood panel, Mid-America College Art Association Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2008.
Guest Lecturer, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC, 2007
Artist Talk, Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, Maryland 2007
"Mother – Son Relations Through Image and Text," panel presentation at the Mother -Son Conference sponsored by the York Centre for Feminist Research, York University, Toronto, Canada, September, 1998.
"She Makes the Picture: Inside and Around the Family (Not an Album)," panel presentation at the National Society for Photographic Education Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March, 1998.
"42 cups of coffee: panel discussions with area artists and writers," WPA/Corcoran, Washington, DC, March, 1998.
Photographers Exploring the Family as Subject, Washington Center for Photography, Washington, DC, 1995.
Family – An Artists Interpretation, National Women's Studies Association Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, Washington, DC, 1991.
Presentation on my photographs at "Viewpoints: A conference on Women, Culture, and Public Media," Hunter College, New York, New York 1986.
Visiting Artist, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, 1986.
Visiting Artist, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia, 1984.
Washington Post Express, March 20, 2019 "An exhibit on an Arlington bus documents the inspiring stories of local immigrants" by Stephanie Williams
Washington City Paper, December 5, 2018, "The Best Photo Exhibits of 2018" by Louis Jacobson
Washington Post, November 23, 2018"In 'Narrative,' 14 artists have personal tales to tell" by Mark Jenkins
Culture Spot MC, April 19, 2017, "Remembrance of Things Past, Artist Uses Historic Photos in Modern Context" by Gina Gallucci-White
East City Art, June 23, 2016, "Gail Rebhan, Photographer and Micro-Historian, Pictures the Intersection of NoMa DC's Industrial Past and Problematic Present" by Claudia Rousseau
Washington City Paper, Nov. 4, 2013 "FotoWeek D.C.: "Portraiture" at Studio Gallery" by Louis Jacobson
WAMU radio, April 15, 2011. Interviewed on Metro Connection
NW Current, April 13, 2011, "Local Artist Turns the Spotlight on Tenley," by Teresa
Gionis, article on A Cultural History of My Neighborhood at American University
Museum-Katzen Arts Center and public art installation at Brandywine and Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
Washington Jewish Week, April 7, 2011, "American University Museum Exhibit Focuses on the Past's Impact on the Present," by Aaron Leibel
Washington Post, January 25, 2008, "Digital Sequences: Chris Jordan and Gail Rebhan," Montpelier Art Center, Laurel, Maryland, review by Michael O'Sullivan
Afterimage, March/April 2007, "A Caregivers Journal," review of "Aging" Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, Maryland
Mid Atlantic Art News, http://dcartnews.blogspot.com/, "Top 10 DC Area Art Shows" by Rosetta deBerardinis January 15, 2007
Mid Atlantic Art News, http://dcartnews.blogspot.com/ review of "Aging" at Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, December 18, 2006
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 17, 2005, review of "Women of the Book" Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey.
n. paradoxa: International Feminist Art Journal, Volume 14, 2004, discussed in the article, "Maternal Rites: Feminist Strategies" by Andrea Liss.
New Art Examiner, October, 1999 discussed in the article, "Test Family: Children in Contemporary Art."
On Paper, Nov/Dec, 1996, review of artist's book "Mother – Son Talk."
Umbrella, September, 1996, review of artist's book "Mother – Son Talk."
Dialogue, June, 1995, review of "Art About Life," exhibition, Indiana University.
Washington City Paper, June 17, 1994, "Present at the Curation."
Washington Post, November 25, 1993,"The Unusual as Common Thread."
Emerita Professor of Photography, Northern Virginia Community College – Woodbridge Campus, Woodbridge, Virginia, 2019 – present.
Member, Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition, Bethesda, Maryland. Create documentary photographs and artwork and coordinate exhibitions 2019-present.
District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities review panelist for FY2020 Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program. 2019
Photo-collages displayed on the Humanities Truck, American University Mobile Neighborhood Storytelling System, Washington, D.C. 2019
Photo-collages included in a presentation for DC Design Week by Anne McDonough, Library & Collections Director, Historical Society of Washington, D.C. 2019
Poster Session, D.C. History Conference, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC 2018
One of 20 curators for the Alchemical Vessels exhibition and benefit for the nonprofit Smith Center for Healing & the Arts, Washington, DC 2017
Artist-in-Residence, Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring, Maryland, 2016-2017
Screening of video, "The Family Tapes," Freestyle: First Thursday, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1998.
Finalist, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Regional Fellowship Awards – Photography 1995.

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Although cap-and-trade programs for government permits to emit carbon dioxide occasionally make headline news, the average American may not realize that billions of dollars' worth of government permits are auctioned or traded in a wide variety of industries, from broadcasting to construction to fishing.
Those industries all rely on "marketable permits": government licenses issued for various activities that regulated parties can purchase from the government or buy from and sell to other private parties. The intended goals of making regulatory permits marketable include harnessing the efficiency of the market to lower compliance costs, encourage innovation, and ease administrative burdens, all—in theory—without compromising the policy objectives of the regulation.
The alienability of marketable permits makes it important for regulatory agencies to clearly define the privileges and requirements of ownership. Regulatory agencies must also oversee permit markets to ensure the permitting program achieves its regulatory objectives efficiently and without market manipulation.
Last December, the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) adopted recommendations to provide guidance on such issues to federal agencies, articulating the best practices to follow in designing and overseeing marketable permit programs.
Marketable permits have a long history of bipartisan support in a variety of contexts, starting with air pollution markets in the 1970s and 1980s and exemplified by the 1990 Clean Air Act's creation of the acid rain market. Since then, marketable permits have spread to other environmental and natural resource regulations, including water quality trading, tradable fish catch shares, and offset credits that land developers can purchase from third parties to mitigate their development projects' impacts on endangered species or wetlands.
These programs are quite popular with regulated entities. For example, there are 1,500 wetland mitigation banks, and over 50 percent of development projects purchase credits from those banks for their required wetland mitigation. Some 15,000 hectares are traded annually, with cumulative transactions worth over $3 billion.
Marketable permits are not limited to the environmental context. A presidential Executive Order instructs agencies broadly to consider the possible advantages of regulating through marketable permits across all policy contexts. There are marketable permit programs for motor vehicle efficiency standards, renewable energy credits, auctions for electromagnetic spectrum licenses, and secondary trading of airport landing slots. And that is just at the federal level; at the state and local level, marketable permit programs thrive for transferrable property development rights, liquor licenses, and taxi medallions. Possible future applications, discussed by agencies and academics, include helping to manage satellite congestion or even to curtail the over-prescription of antibiotics.
Active interest in marketable permits remains strong among federal agencies. Most recently, at the end of November 2017, the U.S. Department of Energy published a request for information on a proposed rule to consider allowing credit trading for its appliance and equipment efficiency standards. At the same time as this ongoing interest in applying marketable permits in new regulatory areas, there continue to be open questions and inconsistent practices on how best to manage existing permit markets. For example, in recent years, there have been accusations and congressional calls for investigations into possible fraud and extreme price volatility in the renewable fuels credit market.
Similarly, the Inspector General of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has found that information collected by the agency on fish catch share ownership and transaction prices was especially spotty in some regional catch share programs, preventing interested parties from making informed, efficient decisions in the market. There are even questions about the legal status of some programs. Some participants at a recent interagency workshop on water quality markets expressed concern that the lack of codified regulations establishing the water quality trading program may create uncertainty about the longevity and privileges of permits.
On such management issues, as well as in creating future marketable permit programs, the recommendations from ACUS can help guide agencies on how to use marketable permits to harness the efficient decision-making powers of the market without undermining policy goals.
ACUS recommends that agencies consider which type of permit trading system—if any—will best promote the prescribed policy objectives. Agencies are encouraged to issue clear guidelines to clarify issues like permit longevity; ideally, agencies should do so through notice-and-comment rulemaking to ensure public input and transparency. Agencies are also advised to promote market liquidity, but simultaneously are cautioned that some market design choices could increase opportunities for manipulation. ACUS calls on agencies to work together to share expertise and responsibility for preventing manipulation and enforcing compliance in permit markets.
On overseeing marketable permit programs in general, ACUS reminds agencies that compliance is key, and noncompliant parties should develop plans to come into compliance. Agencies must carefully track permit ownership, transactions, and the regulated activity levels. Offset credits must be "real," and credit verification procedures should have standards, like preventing conflicts of interest in third-party credit verifiers. Extreme price volatility should be addressed through appropriate tools, such as price ceilings and floors. A reserve pool of credits can help facilitate new entrants into the market.
Finally, the careful management of information is key to running an efficient permit market and keeping market actors on a level playing field. Agencies should collect data to assess the market's efficiency and its effectiveness at achieving the intended policy objectives. Mindful of confidentiality issues and other legal limitations, agencies should release data needed for the public and market participants to monitor permit transactions and prices. When it comes to the agency releasing its own information about potential policy changes or enforcement actions that could influence the market, clear communication policies, such as pre-scheduling announcements, can help minimize information asymmetries among market actors.
By following ACUS's recommendations, agencies will be able to use the efficiency of the market to lessen compliance costs, encourage innovation, and ease administrative burdens, all without sacrificing policy objectives.
Jason A. Schwartz is an adjunct professor at New York University School of Law and was the consultant to ACUS on the marketable permit project.
H. Russell Frisby, Jr. is a partner at Stinson Leonard Street LLP and chaired the ACUS Committee on Regulation meetings on the project.
E. Donald Elliott is senior of counsel at Covington & Burling LLP and chaired the ACUS Committee of the Whole meetings on the project.


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The Free Sons of Israel, is a fraternal organization that was established in 1849 to aid Jewish refugees from the Revolutions of 1848.

Grandmasters
 Marcus Krauskopf, rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel
 Leon Cohen (1963).
 Harry Rabinowitz of Shenorock, New York (1960).

External links
 Free Sons of Israel

References

Ethnic fraternal orders in the United States
Organizations established in 1849

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Access USB Floppy Drive - Linux Mint 20.2
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Drupal 9 - easy tip to identify which website you are administering.
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Remove Microsoft Teams from Linux Mint 20 and other Ubuntu based systems
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ACCC's Christmas Message
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The J-79-11A engine was sophisticated and complicated. It had inlet guide vanes in front of the engine, and a variable nozzle system in the rear. These were liable to fail, but the PAF maintenance crew had mastered the equipment. We only had one engine flame out, and the pilot Flt Lt Khalid managed to make a 'dead stick' landing. This was a difficult maneuver requiring precise judgement. The pattern was flown at 240kts and the landing flare started 300 ft above ground level, to make a touch down at 190 kt, on a 9000 feet long runway. Only one F-104 was lost during training – a training air combat sortie – in which Flt Lt Asghar 'pitched up', and went into a spin. He ejected safely at high speed, and received major bruises. The aircraft was replaced under the MAP program. Operational training was fun. Flying at Mach 2 was an incomparable experience. The thrill of coming under radar control, attacking F-86 formations, that were denied radar help, was a fighter pilot's dream come true. The F-104 zoomed out of nowhere, and before the F-86 pilots could start their defensive maneuvers, the F-104 had completed its simulated missile launch and was breaking off.
Sqn Ldr Jamal handed over the squadron to Sqn Ldr Middlecoat who commanded it during the 1965 War. Sqn Ldr Middlecoat was a thorough professional, who remained cool in the most trying circumstances. It was a pleasure serving under this wonderful and humane person. It wasn't long before war clouds started to appear on the horizon. The fun days were coming to an end. The real stuff was starting. Everybody started looking into the operational aspects of the aircraft. How could the F-104 be used in Combat against India? The F-104 was capable of very high-speed, and a terrific rate of climb, but its turning capability was severely limited. It had to achieve complete surprise to accomplish a successful attack. The enemy had radar cover above 5000 ft. Even if the target maneuvered slightly, the F-104 had to break off. Several exercises were conducted under these conditions, and the subsonic aircraft operating under radar cover were found able to easily defend themselves. The combat potential of the Starfighter, under these conditions was therefore questionable.
Immediately after the start of the war there was an urgent need for a high speed reconnaissance aircraft. The PAF RT-33 was rendered obsolete, with a speed of less than 400kts; it was liable to be shot down as it crossed the border. At night we were on constant operational standby duty, one hour in the cockpit and one hour off. In the off time, I would go and receive the B-57 pilots returning from their bombing missions over Indian airfields. The battle damage from these missions needed to be assessed. I suggested to the Base Commander, that if he authorized a recce mission by the F-104, I would have a photograph on his table, by noon next day. He ordered the mission. Low flying was not a part of the F-104 war plan, no training had been conducted, but while demonstrating the aircraft's capabilities, I noticed that the Starfighter flew very well at low level. I planned the mission at 600kts, (10 miles a minute). Low flying was normally done at 420kts in the F-86 Squadrons. For the photograph, I went to town early morning, and bought a roll of film for my personal Yashika 120 camera. I then requested the Squadron Commander to allow me to fly while he took the photographs. He consented. The mission was flown in a F-104B dual-seater. Ten miles a minute made the DR navigation very easy. Over flat terrain, the altitude of the aircraft was lowered until the Squadron Commander, acting as the rear pilot for this mission said that the downwash was hitting the ground. This height was then maintained – a thrilling experience. We pulled up, slightly off-set from the airfield. Pictures were taken and a visual recce made. The photographs were placed on the Base Commander's table, as promised. The missions that followed were with bigger and better cameras, but I was always told to fly. The F-104 had a new role.
The reconnaissance flights revealed that the forward IAF bases had only approximately forty aircraft each at Adampur and Halwara, and even fewer than that at Pathankot. Where were the rest of the IAF aircraft? This got me thinking, and I went on to study the map. Moving further east from the Indian Airfields of Adampur and Halwara were Agra and Delhi. These airfields were 350nm from Sargodha. There was no attack aircraft in the PAF inventory that could reach these airfields flying at low level. If an aircraft approached at a high altitude level, it could easily be intercepted. I, therefore presumed that the Indians would have the bulk of their aircraft at these bases, and because they were sure they could not be attacked, the aircraft would be in the open. Pakistan had the F-104A with the J-79-11A engine, which was very fuel-efficient. This gave the PAF F-104's an extended range capability. I marked the route and was surprised to note that if we took off with four tanks and jettisoned them as they went empty, we could reach these bases while maintaining a speed of 540 knots at low level. It would also allow us to make two gun attacks, exit at 600 knots to the border, climb to attain height and land back with 1000 lbs of fuel remaining.
The plan looked like a very exciting possibility to me. I thought of 'Pearl Harbor'; complete surprise could be achieved. I stayed up all night, made the Flight plan, and next morning made the proposal to my Squadron Commander. He told me that he was against submitting the proposal, as it was too risky. I then took the plan to the Wing Leader who had been my instructor on the Harvard T-6G. He said that it was a good plan but refused to take it any higher. I then went to the Base Commander. He said he liked it, but he would not make the proposal to the high command. There was nobody else to go to. Immediately after the war, The Air Chief ordered a high altitude recce mission of the airfields at Agra and Delhi. This was to be flown by the B-57F (Droopy), a four engine Fanjet modified B-57 that had replaced the U 2, and was flown by Pakistani pilots. The recce Flight revealed that Agra and Delhi were sprawling with aircraft. If the F-104 had attacked Delhi and Agra, it could have been a historic day for the PAF, as well as for the IAF to remember. This was the greatest chance missed by the PAF and the F-104. After the war I had a chance to discuss the plan with the Air Chief, he said that he would have definitely ordered the attack if it had been brought to his notice.
The F-104 was the only night fighter with the PAF. Its radar was good for high altitude, line astern missile attack, but was unusable below 5000 ft, because of ground clutter. Also, if the target started to turn, it was not possible to deliver a missile attack. These were the limitations of the system. The IAF Canberra bombers would operate at night, usually below 500 feet. One aircraft would drop flares while others bombed the targets. After delivering their ordinance they would exit at low altitude, but as they approached the border, the Canberra's would start climbing. At this time the F-104's would be vectored for the intercept. The IAF had also installed tail warning radars on their Canberras. As the F-104 started to get into a firing position, the bombers would start a defensive turn and radar contact would be lost. Twice, I had made radar contact but as I closed into missile range, the aircraft executed a defensive maneuver. Only Sqn Ldr Jamal A Khan was lucky enough to shoot down a Canberra. He executed a perfect 'text book ' attack, with a missile launch. The Canberra Pilot was captured. He stated that the tail warning radar made very annoying beeping sounds at low level, therefore, he had switched it off, and he had forgotten to switch it on again as he had climbed out. Although the F-104 made only one night kill, it did achieve an ancillary objective, i.e. it did prevent the enemy from doing damage. The threat or fear of the F-104, forced the Canberras to operate at low altitude levels, once over Pakistani airspace. This prevented the attacking pilots from making determined attacks. They did not, or could not properly identify their targets, and thus dropped their bombs at random, doing little or no damage.
A cease-fire had been agreed to, and the fighting was to stop at 3 am on 23rd September, 1965. I was told to confirm the same from the air. The visibility was excellent, but it was a dark night. From 30,000ft, I could see the firing along the bombline. It looked like a ping pong match. Exactly at 3 a.m. the firing started to slow down and then it stopped completely. I made the report and was ordered to land back at the home base. As I came on for final approach, I noticed the runway was tilted to the left, I turned left, and discovered that I was no longer aligned with the runway. I approached the runway in a zig- zag manner and decided to go around and try again. I guess the stress, fatigue and landing conditions were creating illusions. I asked for my Squadron Commander, who came immediately, I explained the problem, and he gave me the necessary instructions. The next approach was worse, after which I had fuel left for two further attempts. I tried again, and was told to overshoot. My Squadron Commander then told me to eject on the down wind; he was getting the Helicopter airborne. Now I only had 200lbs of fuel left, just enough for one last approach. At this time the air traffic controller requested permission to switch on the entire airfield's lights, as the war was over. As soon as this was done, my senses returned to normal, and a safe landing was carried out. Thus ended the 1965 Indo-Pak war. The F-104 and myself had seen it start, and we saw it finish, a lucky and historic coincidence.
I read with great interest an article in your current issue titled 'F-104 Starfighter in Combat'. Very interesting indeed! Since I happen to have spent time at PAF Base Sargodha in the early sixties and also fought the 1965 war from that base, I have had the opportunity to have observed the performance of the F-104 and the pilots flying them very closely.
The credit for its outstanding performance must be given to the supreme dedication and the fighting spirit of the No. 9 Squadron pilots, the 'Griffins' as they were then called. They were most outstandingly led by their Commander, Squadron Leader M.I. Middlecoat, pilots of the likes of Aftab Alam, his brother Mushtaq, Saleem Sundal, etc would have excelled on any type of aircraft because of his leadership and their collective dedication.
It was this spirit that made the pilots of No. 9 Squadron do the impossible, this was their 'ULTIMATE WEAPON'.
In addition to those built by NATO and Japan, surplus American F-104As found their way into the air forces of Jordan, Pakistan and Taiwan. F-104As and F-104Gs of Taiwan's Republic of China Air Force claimed several victories in occasional clashes with reconnaissance and fighter planes from the People's Republic of China. Apart from Vietnam, however, Starfighters saw their principal combat use with the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), which used them in two wars against India, in 1965 and 1971. The PAF's experience over Kashmir was more significant than the U.S. Air Force's over Vietnam because its F-104s were the first ones to engage in the type of air combat for which they had been designed.
Although the F-104As were intended to defend Pakistan against high-flying Soviet bombers coming over the Hindu Kush Mountains, their actual combat use would be under quite different circumstances. In the summer of 1965, a dispute involving sovereignty over the Vale of Kashmir–smoldering between India and Pakistan for many years–erupted into war. At that time the PAF had about 140 combat aircraft, mostly American-built, including the F-104As of No. 9 Squadron. Facing them was the Indian Air Force (IAF), with about 500 aircraft of mostly British and French manufacture. The IAF had also begun to acquire MiG-21Fs, new Soviet interceptors capable of Mach 2, but only nine of them were operational with No. 28 Squadron in September 1965, and they saw little use.
Indian pilots were initially intimidated by the formidable reputation of Pakistan's Mach-2 interceptors. In their first aerial encounter on September 3, two PAF F-86s battled six IAF Hawker Siddeley Gnats while an F-104A, flown by Flying Officer Abbas Mirza, darted around above, vainly trying to get a shot at one of the elusive Gnats. When a second F-104A arrived, however, one of the Gnats, flown by Squadron Leader Brij Pal Singh Sikand, suddenly descended and landed on the airfield at Pasrur.
The first air-to-air victory by an F-104–or by any Mach-2 airplane–came on September 6, when Flight Lt. Aftab Alam Khan, disobeying orders by descending below 10,000 feet, downed one Dassault Mystère IVA fighter-bomber with a Sidewinder at an altitude of 5,000 feet and damaged a second. During attacks on Rawalpindi and Peshawar by IAF English Electric Canberras that night, three F-104s tried to intercept them but failed to get a target acquisition because the bombers were too low. During an Indian attack on Sargodha air base, however, Flight Lt. Amjad Hussein Khan used his cannon to destroy a Mystère IVA, killing Squadron Leader A.B. Devayya of No. 1 Squadron, IAF. Debris from the exploding Mystère struck the Starfighter, however, and Amjad was forced to eject at low altitude. He had reason to be grateful that his F-104 did not have the original downward-firing ejection seat–otherwise, his subsequent award of the Sitara-i-Jurat would probably have been posthumous.
Hostilities again broke out between India and Pakistan on December 3, 1971, this time over the secession of East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. Once again, the IAF outnumbered the PAF by nearly 5 to 1. More significant, however, the qualitative advantage enjoyed by the PAF in 1965 had been considerably reduced. For all intents and purposes, the F-104A had been the only supersonic fighter in service over the subcontinent in 1965. Since then, India's Hindustan Aeronautics, Ltd., had been producing improved model MiG-21FLs under license. By 1971, the MiG-21 had become numerically the most important fighter in the IAF, with 232 in service, enough to equip nine squadrons. In addition, the IAF had six squadrons of Soviet-built Sukhoi Su-7BM supersonic fighter-bombers.
Pakistan had managed to acquire enough F-104As from the Royal Jordanian Air Force to keep No. 9 Squadron operational, but the Starfighter was no longer Pakistan's only supersonic fighter. By 1971, the PAF had three squadrons of French-built Mirage IIIEJs and three squadrons of unique Shenyang F-6s–illegal Chinese copies of Russia's supersonic MiG-19F, which the Pakistanis had improved with British Martin-Baker ejection seats and American Sidewinder missiles. In addition, the Pakistanis had replaced their older model F-86Fs with five squadrons of a far more potent version, the Canadair Sabre Mark 6, acquired via West Germany and Iran.
The air war began in earnest on December 3, when the PAF launched strikes against 10 Indian air bases but failed to eliminate the IAF with that one blow. When the IAF struck back the next day, No. 9 Squadron's F-104As downed a Gnat and an Su-7 over Sargodha. During an attack on the radar installation at Amritsar on December 5, No. 9 Squadron suffered its first loss of the war to anti-aircraft fire. Flight Lt. Amjad Hussein Khan ejected from his F-104 and was taken prisoner. Wing Commander Arif Iqbal scored an unusual Starfighter victory during a raid on Okha Harbor on December 10, when he downed a land-based Bréguet Alizé turboprop anti-submarine patrol plane of the Indian navy over the Gulf of Kutch.
A particularly significant air battle took place on the afternoon of December 12, when a pair of F-104As tried to strafe the Indian airfield at Jamnagar and were themselves attacked by two MiG-21FLs of No. 47 Squadron, IAF. One F-104 fled northward, and the other sped southwest over the Gulf of Kutch with Flight Lt. Bharat Bhushan Soni in pursuit. Applying full afterburner to his MiG, Soni fired a K-13 missile, but the F-104 evaded it and then turned sharply to the right. Cutting inside the Starfighter's turn and closing to 300 meters, Soni fired three bursts from his GSh-23 cannon, then watched the stricken plane pull up. The pilot ejected and parachuted into the shark-infested Gulf of Kutch. Soni called for a rescue launch, but no trace of his opponent, Wing Cmdr. Middlecoat, a decorated veteran of the 1965 war, was ever found. The Starfighter had clearly been unable to outaccelerate or outturn the MiG-21 at low altitude. It was equally clear that Indian pilots were no longer intimidated by the F-104.


Rivian have presented a very convincing launch. A large SUV and pick up truck at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Most impressive.
Rivian took the Los Angeles Auto Show by storm for the reveal of its fully electric truck R1T and SUV R1S.
Both are based on the same skateboard-style electric chassis, which will be available with three different battery sizes for a maximum range of 400+ miles per charge in the largest configuration.
The Rivian R1S is the sport utility vehicle of the family — though, Rivian likes to call them both Electric Adventure Vehicles.
The Rivian R1T was built with the skateboard design that puts the battery at the bottom of the rolling chassis and allows it to adjust the body on top as needed. This affords Rivian the flexibility to change the battery size and resulting range to suit the needs of the customer. The new automaker is branding the R1T as the world's first Electric Adventure Vehicle and it has built its skateboard to deliver on this promise.
To keep the weight of the vehicle as low as possible, Rivian integrated not just the battery pack but also the drive units, suspension, braking, and thermal management system below the height of the wheels to give the vehicle a nice stable base to romp around with. In an off-road vehicle, the center of gravity of a vehicle defines not only its riding characteristics but also the amount of traction it will have in increasingly tenuous off-road scenarios. Rivian has not offered test drives in its vehicles, but these design choices are sure to have a positive effect on the truck's handling characteristics on and off the road.
The Rivian R1T packs a quad pack of motors managed by a central torque control system to deliver 147 kW (197 hp) to each wheel, but the car's electric powertrain really shines when it comes to torque. The R1T is an absolute performance beast when it comes to torque, with a combined 14,000 Nm of torque.
"The beauty and elegance of our quad-motor setup isn't just about brute power. This architecture provides instantaneous torque with extremely precise control at each wheel, which is completely game-changing from a dynamics perspective both on- and off-road," said Executive Director of Engineering and Programs Mark Vinnels.


Buy United Breweries Ltd. at a price target of Rs 1435.0 and a stoploss at Rs 1355 from entry point.
Jay Thakkar of Anand Rathi has a buy call on United Breweries Ltd. with a target price of Rs 1435. The current market price of United Breweries Ltd. is Rs 1379.7. Time period given by the analyst is Intra Day when United Breweries Ltd. price can reach the defined target. Jay Thakkar recommended to keep stoploss at Rs 1355. United Breweries Ltd., incorporated in 1999, is a largecap company with a market cap of Rs 36479.98 crore.
United Breweries Ltd. key Products/Revenue Segments include Beer which contributed Rs 9938.95 Crore to Sales Value (97.17 % of Total Sales), Other Operating Revenue which contributed Rs 216.39 Crore to Sales Value (2.11 % of Total Sales), Malt which contributed Rs 65.31 Crore to Sales Value (0.63 % of Total Sales) and Royalty Income which contributed Rs 7.51 Crore to Sales Value (0.07 % of Total Sales)for the year ending 31-Mar-2017.
For the quarter ended 30-06-2018, the company has reported a Standalone sales of Rs 1865.91 Crore, up 26.99 % from last quarter Sales of Rs 1469.28 Crore and up 11.45 % from last year same quarter Sales of Rs 1674.21 Crore Company has reported net profit after tax of Rs 221.92 Crore in latest quarter. The company's top management includes Mr.A K Ravi Nedungadi, Mr.Chhaganlal Jain, Mr.Christiaan J van Steenbergen, Mr.Chugh Yoginder Pal, Mr.Frans Erik Eusman, Mr.Madhav Bhatkuly, Mr.Shekhar Ramamurthy, Mr.Stephan Gerlich, Mr.Steven Bosch, Mr.Sunil Kumar Alagh, Ms.Kiran Mazumdar Shaw. Company has S R Batliboi & Associates LLP as its auditoRs As on 30-06-2018, the company has a total of 264,405,149 shares outstanding.


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Along comes Get Smart: a standard, formulized, slick Hollywood comedy in the mold of Bruce Almighty or yes (shudder), Wild Hogs. Except this one's not only straight down the middle mainstream, it's also blissfully funny. Everyone can have a laugh, without feeling guilty about supporting the increasingly embarrassing career of a Tim Allen.
It's been a good couple of years for comedy, with people like Judd Apatow taking the genre to new and dizzyingly raunchy heights. Yet it hasn't been a particularly good time for big budget, formula comedies. You know, the kind cobbled together by a bunch of studio suits who don't know the difference between comedy and action, and then watered down until its appeal is so broad it is literally impossible for anyone not to be interested in it. For the sake of this review let's call it the Wild Hogs genre, though Wild Hogs is probably a perfect example of the genre at its worst. Even Adam Sandler, normally a staple of the wide appeal comedy has gotten edgy, with laughers about homosexuality and terrorism. Respectable funny people are making risky and challenging movies, leaving less talented folks like Martin Lawrence to make Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins.
Along comes Get Smart: a standard, formulized, slick Hollywood comedy in the mold of Bruce Almighty or yes, Wild Hogs. Except this one's not only straight down the middle mainstream, it's also blissfully funny. Everyone can have a laugh, without feeling guilty about supporting the increasingly embarrassing career of a Tim Allen. It works because the original Get Smart worked, and the movie does a good job of translating the charm and wit of Don Adams' classic television series to the screen. In particular, Carell is the perfect stand-in for Adams, as the well-intentioned, sometimes egotistical, usually in over his head, shoe phone lovin' secret agent Maxwell Smart.
We meet Max as a lowly analyst working for a secret government agency called CONTROL. CONTROL's mission is to fight KAOS, their evil counterparts in Russia. Max is a brilliant (if overly detailed) information analyst, but all his life he's dreamed only of being a field agent, like CONTROL's number one badass Agent 23 (Dwayne Johnson). He gets his chance when KAOS uncovers the identity of CONTROL's agents, and starts knocking them off one by one. With no one else to do the job, Max gets promoted to field agent, and teamed up with agency bombshell Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway).
Their partnership is predictably, hilarious. Carell and Hathaway have surprisingly great chemistry, with Anne playing straight man to Steve's pompous yet utterly clueless antics. The movie works best when it's focused on their partnership, and the first three-fourths of Get Smart is a laugh riot as Max and 99 skydive into Russia to infiltrate a fancy dress party. Unfortunately, it runs out of gas in the last quarter, as they return to America and the film becomes increasingly focused on the action elements obligatory to any spy genre film, even a funny one. The action isn't particularly compelling or creative, and the wait becomes much too long in between jokes. Luckily most of the movie, especially early on, is dedicated almost entirely to letting Carell and Hathaway pull off wacky hijinks, of the sort that would have made the dearly departed Don Adams more than proud.
Less successful is some of the supporting cast, which suffers from an attempt by Warner Bros. to use their film as an advertisement for a DVD spin-off tie-in. Released the same week as the film will be a DVD starring the characters of Bruce and Lloyd, who appear in Get Smart as two of CONTROL's tech-nerds. While Bruce and Lloyd work in small doses, the film sometimes feels as if it's going out of its way to shoehorn them in where we really don't need them, as if its acutely aware of that impending DVD release and the pressing need to pimp those supporting players if they're going to sell copies of their solo movie. Luckily the rest of the supporting cast works much better. Terence Stamp is Siegfried, and while he may not have the comedic chops of the original Siegfried Bernie Kopell, he makes up for it by simply being over-the-top evil. Alan Arkin is perfect as The Chief, while an appearance late in the film by Patrick Wharburton as Hymie and a cameo early in the film by a knotty Bill Murray, really kill.
Get Smart is unquestionably a watered-down, formulaic Hollywood comedy, but it's also a pretty good adaptation of something that was funny. While it can't entirely escape the obvious mediocrity that comes with hilarity by numbers, Get Smart works well enough on a surface level to get a lot of laughs. What else do you want? It's a comedy.
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Video of the Moment #2923: Savoir Adore
By Mary Chang on Wednesday, 13th February 2019 at 6:00 pm
Savoir Adore will be releasing their fourth album in April. 'Full Bloom', scheduled for release in early April, is the second half of two albums, following the unveiling of 'First Bloom' last autumn. A preview of the upcoming album is, confusingly, a single itself called 'Bloom'. The song's accompanying promo was filmed in Boston in a small club called Jacques Cabaret. It follows the transformation of a young man into a drag queen, taking the song's title literally. Watch the video for 'Bloom' below. Stay tuned for 'Full Bloom' on the 5th of April on Nettwerk Music Group. Interested in reading all of our past coverage on Savoir Adore on TGTF? Come this way.
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Democrats Challenge Republican Incumbents for Two of San Diego's State Senate Seats
October 1, 2018 by Doug Porter
The floor of the California State Senate. Credit: ciambue /Flickr
San Diego County is represented in Sacramento by four Senators, three of whom face re-election this year.
The 40th District, including the southern part of the county and all of Imperial County, is represented by State Senator Ben Hueso. The incumbent Democrat's general election contest is a repeat of the June 2018 primary, where Hueso won more than 60% of the vote.
Of more interest from a competitive standpoint are the 36th & 38th Districts where two Republican incumbents –Pat Bates and Joel Anderson–face vigorous opposition from Democratic candidates. A victory for either challenger would help negate the possibility of the GOP playing a strictly obstructionist role in the legislature.
A Gas Tax Fuels Road Rage
Democrats actually using the two-thirds threshold in the legislature to pass a tax increase/infrastructure bill outraged GOP activists, who now–through Proposition 6–want to require a supermajority of the electorate to take future actions of this sort.
In 2018 Republicans used the passage of the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, aka Senate Bill 1, which increased gas and diesel taxes and raised DMV registration fees to generate enough outrage to force a recall vote on Democrat Josh Newman.
His defeat by the GOP's Ling Ling Chaing cost the Democrats their supermajority in the Senate for the balance of the 2017-2018 session. The timing of the recall election wasn't too big a deal as much pending legislation sensitive to the two-thirds threshold was already a done deal.
Looking to the 2019-2020 legislative session, Senate District 36, which is roughly split between San Diego and Orange Counties, could be a pickup opportunity for Democrats.
Senate District 36 includes Carlsbad, Encinitas, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Hills, Mission Viejo, Oceanside, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano and Vista.
In 2014, incumbent Republican Pat Bates had no formal opposition in the primary. Democrat Gary Kephart mounted a write-in campaign, made the fall ballot with less than 1% of the vote, and lost by a nearly two to one margin in November.
Hillary Clinton carried the district in 2016 by three points, a significant shift from Mitt Romney's 11% margin in 2012.
Republicans have an overall registration advantage of 45,000, concentrated mainly in Orange County. There are, however, more than 135,000 voters claiming no party preference.
Challenger Marggie Castellano must be doing something right, as the Orange County Democratic Party just kicked in $40,000 in support over the weekend.
Marggie Castellano – Democrat
Endorsements include the Democratic Party, Run Women Run, Bold Progressives, DSA-San Diego, and MoveOn.
Her campaign released polling on September 25, showing her 4 points behind Bates. "Pushing the poll" (saying more about the campaigns) gave her 3 point lead.
What I saw as remarkable in the polling data was the incumbent's low name recognition (21% favorable, 10% unfavorable, 69% don't know)
Pat Bates- Republican Incumbent
Endorsements include Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, California Republican Party, San Diego Deputy Sheriffs' Association, Republican Party of Orange County, San Diego County Republican Party, Lincoln Club of San Diego
As of the latest filing (thru 9/22) with the California Secretary of State, Bates has a roughly 8 to 1 lead in fundraising. She is termed out in 2022 and is already raising money for a run at a seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors.
Senate District 38 covers the inland northern and eastern parts of San Diego County, including El Cajon, Escondido, parts of San Diego, and San Marcos.
Much of this district is Duncan Hunter territory, which means there's a percentage of Republican voters who'd vote for a rock if it had an R carved into it. Challenger Jeff Griffith is banking on his name recognition as a firefighter in an area where wildfires are always top of mind.
Donald Trump carried the 38th by five points, and incumbent Jones took 57% of the vote in the June 2018 primary.
In a recent San Diego Free Press candidate profile, Griffith described his top two priorities as Medicare for all and increased safety preparedness to better manage the drought and wildfires accelerated by the changing climate.
Jeff Griffith – Democrat
Endorsements San Diego County Democratic Party, California Professional Firefighters, Fallbrook Firefighters Association Local 1622, San Diego/Imperial Counties Labor Council, SEUI 221.
The second generation firefighter has been campaigning jointly with other Democrats in the region.
Brian Jones – Incumbent Republican
Endorsements: San Diego Republican Party, Board of Equalization Chairwoman Diane Harkey, Congressman Duncan Hunter, Peace Officers Research Association of California, Deputy Sheriffs' Association of San Diego County.
Jones started out as a Santee Councilmember and has ascended the GOP ladder since 2002. During his six years in the State Assembly, he received lifetime "A" ratings from the American Conservative Union, the National Federation of Independent Business, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and the California Taxpayers Association. Also, Jones was named as Outstanding Legislator for 2016 by the California Rifle & Pistol Association for his support of the 2nd Amendment.
The incumbent has a roughly 8 to 1 lead in fundraising.
Hillary Clinton carried SD40 in 2016 by more than 40 point margin. Loretta Sanchez, running against Kamala Harris, won the district by 8 points. It's very Democratic, heavily Hispanic, and stretches from the coast to Arizona Border.
San Diego County communities in SD40 include Bonita, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach, Jamul, Presa, National City, and the southernmost portion of the City of San Diego.
Ben Hueso – Incumbent Democrat
When you don't really care about campaigning, this is what your Website looks like.
Endorsements: The San Diego Democratic Party has endorsed Ben Hueso.
Outside of the $265,944.49 incumbent Hueso has raised for his sure-thing re-election, I don't have much to show you. Depending on which browser you're using, there's a security warning when trying to access his campaign website. And if you power past that encumbrance, there's literally nothing to see; Just a campaign logo.
The Facebook page listed above is his government page, and the Twitter account is left over from his days on the San Diego City Council.
The 100,000+ advantage Democrats have in voter registration in SD40 means he could win from Democrats voting for a rock with a D carved into it. And that's just as sad as it is when Republicans do it.
Hueso is a reliable vote for organized labor and some liberal causes.
Luis Vargas – Republican
A very creepy website
Endorsements: San Diego County Republican Party
The Facebook link goes to the California GOP page, there is no Twitter account as far as I could find, and his campaign website knew my name without me telling it. Very creepy.
Retired Judge Vargas doesn't have much of a campaign, but at least he's got an excuse, having collected just under $8600 in donations. He's concerned about the legislature being "sadly consumed in the #MeToo sexual harassment scandals."
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Polo. Volkswagen has completely redesigned the Polo. With an armada of driver assistance systems, digital instruments, glass-encased infotainment systems, a high degree of connectivity and innovative drive systems such as the natural gas 1.0 TGI (66 kW / 90 PS) turbo engine, which depending on source is practically CO2-neutral, and the 2.0 TSI (147 kW / 200 PS) engine of the GTI, in 2017 this Polo catapulted itself right to the front in terms of engineering and technology.
shut-off works here in a particularly sustainable manner. Innovative engines of this kind suit the Golf well: no other car in the world is – as it is – simultaneously offered as a petrol, diesel, natural gas, plug-in hybrid and electric version.
Virtus. In November the new Virtus had its world premiere in Sao Paolo. The compact saloon is based – like, for example, the current Polo and Golf – on the modular transverse matrix (MQB). With a length of 4.48 metres the fastback model can be seen as fitting in between the Golf and Golf Variant. The new Virtus is part of a product campaign begun in Brazil in 2017, with twenty new Volkswagen models due to be launched there by 2020.
T-Roc, Tiguan Allspace and Atlas/Teramont. The SUV range has been considerably expanded this year. This campaign was launched back in 2016 with the debut of the second-generation Tiguan. In 2017, Volkswagen broadened the spectrum of this highly successful model with the addition of the longer, five- and seven-seat Tiguan Allspace (USA: "all-new" Tiguan / China: "All New" Tiguan L). Below the Tiguan, meanwhile, the new T-Roc took centre stage – a charismatic compact SUV for the urban world. Above the Tiguan another newly developed SUV has also been impressing since 2017: the Atlas (USA) and the sibling Teramont model created for China; in each case with up to seven seats.
stop-and-go traffic automatically (at up to 60 km/h and within system limits).
third-generation Touareg, which has been redesigned right down to the very last LED.


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Q: Emailing incomplete PDF rather than PDF with written data Edit: I've confirmed the order is operating correctly - but it's still emailing an empty template rather than with the written data.
In short, this is what I'm trying to achieve:

*

*User triggers createDoc with an array of data

*User copies a pre-defined spreadsheet/template

*Performs write operations to the copied version

*Converts it to a PDF

*Emails PDF to User

I have all the operations performing correctly & in correct order (confirmed via console.log output), however, it's emailing an empty template PDF rather than the PDF with data written. What is happening here?
var FILE_NAME = 'Initial Checklist Export';

function email(pdf){
  var emailObj = {
      to: Session.getActiveUser().getEmail(),
      subject: FILE_NAME,
      htmlBody: pdf.getUrl(),
      noReply: true
    };

  MailApp.sendEmail(emailObj);
}

function createPDF(tmpDoc) {

  var blob = tmpDoc.getAs(MimeType.PDF);
  var pdfFile = DriveApp.createFile(blob);
  pdfFile.setName(FILE_NAME);

  email(pdfFile);
}

function writeData(tmpDoc, sheet, checklist) {
  var data_pos = ['B8', 'B10', 'B9', 'B11', 'E8', 'E9', 'E10', 'E11', 'B7', 'E7', 'B15', 'B16',
                  'B17', 'B18', 'B20', 'B21', 'B23', 'B24', 'B26', 'B27', 'B29','B31','B32',
                  'B33', 'B34','B35','B36','B38','B39','B40','B41','B43', 'E14','E15','E16',
                  'E17','E18','E19','E20','E21','E22','E23','E25','E26','E27', 'E28','E29',
                  'E30','E32','E33','E34','E35','E36','E37','E38','E39','E40','E41', 'E42',
                  'E43','E45','E46','E47','E48','E49','E50','E51','E52', 'E53','E54', 'E55',
                  'E56','E57','E58','A62'];

  for (var i in checklist){
    var range = sheet.getRange(data_pos[i]);
    range.setValue(checklist[i]);
    if (i == checklist.length-1){
      createPDF(tmpDoc);
    }
  }
}

function createDoc(checklist) {
  var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.openById('redacted');
  var tmpDoc = spreadsheet.copy('Temp Copy of spreadsheet');
  var sheet = tmpDoc.getSheetByName('Template');
  writeData(tmpDoc, sheet, checklist);
}

A: I would suggest trying the following code to see if it fixes your remaining problem. This piece of code also should shorten your processing time some by eliminating repeated getRange() calls, which get expensive (from a time aspect) in Spreadsheet service calls. Let me know if it still doesn't work and we can see about making further changes.
var FILE_NAME = 'Initial Checklist Export';

function email(pdf){
  var emailObj = {
      to: Session.getActiveUser().getEmail(),
      subject: FILE_NAME,
      htmlBody: pdf.getUrl(),
      noReply: true
    };

  MailApp.sendEmail(emailObj);
}

function createPDF(tmpDoc) {

  var blob = tmpDoc.getAs(MimeType.PDF);
  var pdfFile = DriveApp.createFile(blob);
  pdfFile.setName(FILE_NAME);

  email(pdfFile);
}

function createDoc(checklist) {
  var spreadsheet = SpreadsheetApp.openById('redacted');
  var tmpDoc = spreadsheet.copy('Temp Copy of spreadsheet');
  var sheet = tmpDoc.getSheetByName('Template');

  var data_pos = ['B8','B10','B9','B11','E8','E9','E10','E11','B7','E7','B15',
                  'B16','B17','B18','B20','B21','B23','B24','B26','B27',
                  'B29','B31','B32','B33','B34','B35','B36','B38','B39','B40',
                  'B41','B43','E14','E15','E16','E17','E18','E19','E20','E21',
                  'E22','E23','E25','E26','E27','E28','E29','E30','E32','E33',
                  'E34','E35','E36','E37','E38','E39','E40','E41','E42','E43',
                  'E45','E46','E47','E48','E49','E50','E51','E52','E53','E54',
                  'E55','E56','E57','E58','A62'];

  var ranges = sheet.getRangeList(data_pos).getRanges();

  for (var i in checklist){
    ranges[i].setValue(checklist[i]);
  }
  SpreadsheetApp.flush();
  createPDF(tmpDoc);
}

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Q: Minimizing over partitions $f(\lambda) = \sum \limits_{i = 1}^N |\lambda_i|^4/(\sum \limits_{i = 1}^N |\lambda_i|^2)^2$ I'm trying to characterize the behavior of the the quantity:
$$A = \frac{\sum \limits_{i = 1}^N x_i^4}{(\sum \limits_{i = 1}^N x_i^2)^2},$$
subject to the constraints that
$$ \sum \limits_{i = 1}^N x_i = N, \ x_i \ge 0 \ \forall \ i$$
(I.e., we are working with all integer partitions of size $N$).
My hypothesis is that if there exists $x_i \ge N/2$, then $A \ge \frac{x_i^4 + (N-x_i)^4}{(x_i^2 + (N-x_i)^2)^2}$ (which I've verified experimentally for N up to 40). But I'm having trouble proving this hypothesis.
The closest I've come is to make use of the fact that $\sum \limits_{i = 1}^N x_i^2 \le N^2$, which gives an upper bound for the denominator, but the corresponding inequality for fourth powers in the numerator doesn't seem helpful, since we're trying to find a lower bound.
I'd greatly appreciate any advice. Please ask for any clarifications if anything is unclear.
Edit:
I've decided this question is better phrased explicitly in terms of partitions. So let $$f(\lambda) = \frac{\sum \limits_{i = 1}^N |\lambda_i|^4}{(\sum \limits_{i = 1}^N |\lambda_i|^2)^2},$$
be a function over partitions $\lambda$ of size $N$ and $|\lambda_i|$ is the size of the $i$-th part. The hypothesis now is that in the domain of all partitions $\lambda'$ in which there exists $\lambda_i$ such that $|\lambda_i| \ge N/2$, $f(\lambda')$ is minimized by the 2-element partition $<\lambda_i, \lambda_j>$ (in which $|\lambda_j| = N - |\lambda_i|$).

A: You can assume that $x_N\ge N/2$ and so you want to prove that
$$
 \frac{\sum \limits_{i = 1}^N x_i^4}{\left(\sum \limits_{i = 1}^N x_i^2\right)^2}\ge \frac{x_N^4 + (N-x_N)^4}{(x_N^2 + (N-x_N)^2)^2}
$$
Set $\lambda:=N-x_N$, and assume $\lambda>0$ (else the inequality is trivially true), and set also
$$
x:= \frac{x_N}{\lambda},\quad\text{and}\quad y_i:=\frac{x_i}{\lambda},\quad\text{for $i=1,\dots, N-1$}.
$$
The inequality now reads:
$$
\frac{x^4+\sum \limits_{i = 1}^{N-1} y_i^4}{\left(x^2+\sum \limits_{i = 1}^{N-1} y_i^2\right)^2}
\ge \frac{x^4 + 1}{(x^2 + 1)^2},
$$
and you want to prove this inequality under the conditions $x\ge 1$ (corresponding to $x_N\ge N/2$) and $S_1:=\sum_{i=1}^{N-1}y_i=1$,
(corresponding to $\sum_{i=1}^N x_i=N$). Set $S_2:=\sum_{i=1}^{N-1}y_i^2$ and $S_4:=\sum_{i=1}^{N-1}y_i^4$. Then you want to prove that
the inequality
$$
(S_4+x^4)(x^2+1)^2\ge (x^4+1)(S_2+x^2)^2
$$
holds, or equivalently, that for the function
$$
f(x):=S_4 x^4+2 S_4 x^2+S_4+2x^6-2S_2 x^6-2x^2S_2-S_2^2-S_2^2x^4
$$
we have $f(x)\ge 0$ for $x\ge 1$.
Below we will prove the following inequality:
$$
(MI) \qquad\qquad\qquad 1+2S_4\ge 2 S_2+S_2^2.
$$
From this inequality it follows that $f(1)=4S_4+2-4S_2-2S_2^2\ge 0$.
Hence it suffices to prove that $f'(x)\ge 0$ for all $x\ge 1$.
But
$$
f'(x)=4S_4 x^3+4 S_4 x+12 x^5-12 S_2 x^5 -4 S_2 x -4 S_2^2 x^3,
$$
and so $f'(x)=2x g(x)$ with
$$
g(x):=2 S_4 x^2+2S_4+6 x^4-6 S_2 x^4-2S_2-2S_2^2 x^2
$$
and we have to prove that $g(x)\ge 0$ for $x\ge 1$.
From $(MI)$ we obtain
$$
2S_4 x^2-S_2^2 x^2\ge 2x^2 S_2-x^2\quad\text{and}\quad
2S_4-2S_2\ge S_2^2-1,
$$
which implies
$$
g(x)\ge 2 S_2 x^2-x^2+S_2^2-1+6x^4(1-S_2).
$$
Now clearly $S_2\le 1$ and so $6x^4(1-S_2)\ge 6x^2(1-S_2)$. We arrive at
$$
g(x)\ge S_2^2+(x^2-1)+4x^2(1-S_2)\ge 0,
$$
which concludes the proof.
Finally we prove
$$
(MI) \qquad\qquad\qquad 1+2S_4\ge 2 S_2+S_2^2.
$$
We will prove a slightly more general result:
Take $x_1,\dots,x_n$ with $x_i\ge 0$ and set
$$
S_1:=\sum_{i=1}^n x_i,\quad S_2:=\sum_{i=1}^n x_i^2\quad\text{and}\quad S_4:=\sum_{i=1}^n x_i^4.
$$
Then we have
$$
S_1^4+2S_4\ge 2S_2 S_1^2+S_2^2.
$$
This inequality, in the case $S_1=1$, gives $(MI)$.
Let's prove the inequality $
S_1^4+2S_4\ge 2S_2 S_1^2+S_2^2
$:
Adding $S_2^2$ and subtracting $2S_4$ and $2 S_2 S_1^2$ it is equivalent to
$$
S_1^4-2S_2 S_1^2+S_2^2\ge S_2^2-2S_4+S_2^2,
$$
hence we have to prove
$$
(S_1^2-S_2)^2\ge 2(S_2^2-S_4).
$$
Now we compute
$$
S_1^2-S_2=\left(\sum x_i\right)\left(\sum x_j\right)-\sum x_i^2=\sum_{i\ne j}x_i x_j
$$
and
$$
S_2^2-S_4=\left(\sum x_i^2\right)\left(\sum x_j^2\right)-\sum x_i^4=\sum_{i\ne j}x_i^2 x_j^2.
$$
Subtracting $\sum_{i\ne j}x_i^2 x_j^2$ from both sides of the inequality
$$
\left(\sum_{i\ne j}x_i x_j\right)^2\ge 2\sum_{i\ne j}x_i^2 x_j^2,
$$
we see that the inequality is equivalent to
$$
\sum_{\begin{array}{c} (i,j)\ne (k,l)\\ i\ne j\\ k\ne l\end{array}}x_i x_j x_k x_l\ge \sum_{i\ne j}x_i^2 x_j^2.
$$
But we have
$$
\sum_{\begin{array}{c} (i,j)\ne (k,l)\\ i\ne j\\ k\ne l\end{array}}x_i x_j x_k x_l=
\sum_{\begin{array}{c} (i,j)\ne (k,l)\\ i\ne j\\ k\ne l \\ (i,j)=(l,k)\end{array}}x_i x_j x_k x_l+
\sum_{\begin{array}{c} (i,j)\ne (k,l)\\ i\ne j\\ k\ne l \\ (i,j)\ne (l,k)\end{array}}x_i x_j x_k x_l
$$
hence
$$
\sum_{\begin{array}{c} (i,j)\ne (k,l)\\ i\ne j\\ k\ne l\end{array}}x_i x_j x_k x_l\ge
\sum_{\begin{array}{c} (i,j)\ne (k,l)\\ i\ne j\\ k\ne l \\ (i,j)=(l,k)\end{array}}x_i x_j x_k x_l=\sum_{i\ne j}x_i^2 x_j^2,
$$
which concludes the proof of $(MI)$.

A: The trick here is to consider the following "switching operation":
$$\sigma_{ij}(\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_N) = (\lambda_1,\ldots,\lambda_i+1,\ldots,\lambda_j-1,\ldots,\lambda_N).$$
Now the question becomes: what can we say about $f(\sigma_{ij}(\lambda))$?
Assume without loss of generality that $\lambda_j\ge1$, and that all $\lambda_k\ge0$. A short computation shows:
$$f(\sigma_{ij}(\lambda)) = \frac{\sum_{k=1}^N\lambda_k^4 + 4(\lambda_i^3-\lambda_j^3) + 6(\lambda_i^2+\lambda_j^2) + 4(\lambda_i-\lambda_j) + 2}{\left(\sum_{\ell=1}^N\lambda_\ell^2+2(\lambda_i - \lambda_j) + 2\right)^2}$$
Now write $\lambda_j = \lambda_i+k$ with $k$ an integer. Then the above expression becomes
$$f(\sigma_{ij}(\lambda)) = \frac{\sum_{k=1}^N\lambda_k^4 + 2\lambda_i^2+k(4+2\lambda_i-3\lambda_i^2)+k^2(1-3\lambda_i^2)-k^3}{\left(\sum_{\ell=1}^N\lambda_\ell^2+2(k+1)\right)^2}$$
Now we are left with the tedious work of checking by cases ($k>0$, $k<0$ etc.) when this decreases with respect to $f(\lambda)$. This allows you to minimize the quantity.


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La battaglia di Octoduro avvenne nell'inverno fra il 57 ed il 56 a.C., nella città gallica di Octodurus (l'odierna Martigny, Svizzera) e fu il risultato del tentativo romano di aprire un passo ai Romani attraverso il Colle del Gran San Bernardo. Sebbene la vittoria fosse stata dei Romani, la ferocia del combattimento, portò i Romani a ritornare indietro oltre le Alpi.

Antefatti

Quando Giulio Cesare era in Gallia (57-56 a.C.), mandò Servio Galba con la Legio XII e parte della cavalleria nel territorio dei Nantuati, dei Veragri e dei Seduni per aprire ai Romani un passo accessibile attraverso il Colle del gran San Bernardo. I mercanti Romani erano capaci di attraversare il passo, ma talvolta venivano attaccati ed erano costretti a pagare pedaggi alle tribù galliche. Galba, dopo aver conquistato alcune piazzeforti ed aver ottenuto la sottomissione del popolo, inviò due coorti nel territorio dei Nantuati e svernò con le rimanenti nella città di Octoduro. La città è situata in una stretta valle, circondata da montagne e divisa dal fiume Drance. Galba concesse parte della città ai Galli affinché vi trascorressero l'inverno, dando l'altra alle proprie truppe. Fortificò la parte romana della città con un fossato ed un terrapieno. Comunque, qualche giorno dopo essere entrati nell'accampamento, i Galli attaccarono le fortificazioni. Cesare diede varie ragioni per questo attacco, fra le quali il pensiero che i Romani non si sarebbero limitati ad aprire il passo, dalla rabbia per il fatto che alcuni giovanissimi erano tenuti in ostaggio, e dall'opinione che una sola legione romana sotto sforzo fosse vulnerabile.

Battaglia

Qualche giorno dopo essere entrati nei quartieri invernali, i Romani si svegliarono per trovare la metà gallica della città abbandonata, e le pendici sopra la città gremite di Seduni e Veragri. Le fortificazioni romane non erano ancora completate ed avevano poche risorse alimentari. I Romani si difesero nell'accampamento per sei ore; quindi, disperando di poter tenere fuori i nemici, decisero di sortire. L'attacco romano ebbe successo, e Cesare annota che un terzo dei nemici fu ucciso. Secondo William Smith l'armata Gallica sarebbe dovuta essere di numero molto inferiore a quello menzionato da Cesare, e potrebbe essere esagerata la grandezza dei danni inflitti dai Romani a questa. Comunque, se i Galli terminarono la battaglia con qualcosa di simile ad una fuga, potrebbero aver ricevuto perdite tanto elevate quanto quelle descritte da Cesare.

Conseguenze

Nonostante la vittoria, Galba non si sentì abbastanza forte per rimanere ad Octoduro. Era a corto di vettovagliamenti ed era preoccupato per il foraggiamento sulle Alpi durante l'inverno. Probabilmente temeva pure degli attacchi improvvisi dai gruppi dispersi di Galli che aveva fatto ritirare nelle montagne. Dopo aver bruciato il villaggio, Galba marciò via dalle Alpi e trascorse il resto dell'inverno nelle terre degli Allobrogi.

Note

Altri progetti

Octoduro
Martigny


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George Smiley coming to BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 will dramatize—sorry, will dramatise—John le Carré's Smiley novels. Some of the BBC's radio dramatizations have been excellent, some not so much, and I'm never quite sure whether it's le Carré or Alec Guinness that I'm a fan of. Regardless, I hope to be able to give it a try.
[Mark Damazer, head of BBC Radio 4] announced that Radio 4 is to dramatise all eight of John le Carré's Smiley novels.
The part of George Smiley, one of the most famous characters in spy fiction, was immortalised by Sir Alec Guinness in two BBC television adaptations.
No one has yet been chosen to play the role in the radio version, which will be broadcast next May, but Mr Damazer did not rule out the Shakespearean British actor Simon Russell Beale.
"I have always thought that the quality of Le Carré's writing hasn't been appreciated as much as it might," he said. "He is a huge and considerable figure in late 20th and early 21's century fiction. This will celebrate a great, great British writer who may not have won a Nobel but whose writing I think takes him way beyond genre fiction."
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