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DEMAND JUSTICE STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO SUPREME COURT'S DACA DECISION
WASHINGTON, DC — On Thursday, Demand Justice Executive Director Brian Fallon released the following statement:
"The credit for saving DACA belongs to the Dreamers and allies who built a movement so powerful not even John Roberts could ignore it. Over the past week, the LGBTQ+ and immigrants rights communities have shown that activism matters and that the Supreme Court is not immune to public pressure.
"John Roberts may have been the swing vote in this particular case, but he is no savior. He simply recognizes that the Court's standing with the public is in mortal danger if it races too quickly to impose a right-wing agenda that flouts both the rule of law and public opinion. Progressives must keep their guard up against bad decisions that are likely still to come.
"This week has confirmed just how important it was for progressives to fight Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation tooth and nail two years ago. He has proven to be exactly the kind of justice we knew he would be. He has emerged as the face of this partisan Court, and we will continue to ensure that the senators who helped confirm him in 2018 will not soon live down that fateful vote"


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Galust Grigorii Sahakyan (Armenian:Գալուստ Գրիգորիի Սահակյան; 8 April 1949 – 18 December 2022) was an Armenian politician and statesman, who served as MP, and the  President of the National Assembly of Armenia.

Career
Galust Sahakyan was born on 8 April 1949 in Yerevan. He graduated with a degree in philology from Yerevan State University in 1971.

From 1970 to 1972 he was a metalworker in the Yerevan Silk Complex. For the next nineteen years he worked as a teacher at Yerevan School #30, then as a deputy to the headmaster at School #94 then School #153; thereafter he was headmaster at School #3 and then School #185. From 1991 to 1996 he was first the deputy and later chairman of the Executive Committee of Mashtots District Council in Yerevan.

1995 to 1999 was his first term as a deputy in the National Assembly of Armenia (NA), representing electoral district #32. He was a member of the NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture and Youth Affairs. He was first a member of the Republic Faction and later the Yerkrapah Deputy Group.

1999 to 2003 was his second term as a deputy of the NA as a member of the Unity Bloc. He served as deputy chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture and Youth Affairs. He was first a member and later leader of the Unity Faction.

From 2003 to 2007 he was a deputy in the NA as a member of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA). He was a member of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs. He was the head of the Republican Party of Armenia parliamentary faction.

From 2007 to 2012 he served another term as a deputy in the National Assembly from the Republican Party of Armenia.

From 19 June 2007 to 17 November 2008 he was a member of the Standing Committee on Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs of the National Assembly.

From 11 November 2008 to 31 May 2012 he was head of the RPA faction in parliament. He was also the Deputy Head of the Republican Party and a member of the RPA Executive Body and Council.

From 2012 to 2017 he served another term as a member of the National Assembly from the RPA.

From 31 May 2012 to 7 May 2014 he was the head of the RPA faction, RPA Deputy Head, member of the RPA Executive Body and Council.

From 29 April 2014 to 5 May 2017 he was the President of the National Assembly of Armenia.

From 2 April 2017 he was Elected Member of the National Assembly from the RPA national electoral list.

Sahakyan was a member of the board of the Republican Party of Armenia.

Personal life and death
Sahakyan was married and had two children. He died in Germany on 18 December 2022, at the age of 73.

References

1949 births
2022 deaths
Presidents of the National Assembly (Armenia)
Republican Party of Armenia politicians
Politicians from Yerevan

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What symptoms are associated with aortic aneurysms?
Some mild aneurysms cause no symptoms at all; often, these aneurysms are only diagnosed when they're seen on X-rays or other diagnostic scans performed for other causes. More severe aneurysms may cause pain in the belly or back or pulsing sensations in the belly, especially near the bellybutton.
What techniques are used to diagnose aortic aneurysms?
Because many aortic aneurysms cause few or no noticeable symptoms, routine screenings are often the best way to diagnose them. Screening is performed using noninvasive imaging techniques and is often recommended for people with risk factors for aneurysms, including those with a history of aneurysms, smokers and people with atherosclerosis ("hardening" of the arteries).
Some mild aneurysms can be treated with a "watchful waiting" approach, with regular monitoring to ensure the aneurysm doesn't grow larger or begin to cause symptoms. Larger or symptomatic aneurysms typically require surgery repair to strengthen the weakened area, usually using a synthetic graft. During the procedure, an incision is made in the abdomen, and the damaged portion of the vessel is opened and cleaned of debris. Then the graft is sewn in place. Surgery may also be performed using an endovascular approach. In this type of surgery, incisions are made in the groin, and a long flexible tube called a catheter is inserted. The graft procedure is performed using special instruments designed to be used in endovascular procedures without any large external incisions. Hospitalization and recovery times are shorter with endovascular repair techniques.
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Our society has reaped the benefits of renewable energy for millennia. As early as 400 and 100 BC, Egyptian and Greek engineers designed horizontal and vertical waterwheels that lifted water for irrigation and powered mechanisms for cutting wood. By the 17th century, Don Quixote was pursuing windmills in Spain, and the Dutch were showcasing their four-bladed windmills on postcards. As wind power inched its way to the forefront of renewable energy, the U.S. took it to a new level.
As America's frontier expanded west in the 19th century, wind quickly became a staple of power—driving water movement, oil well drilling, and railway steam engines. In 1887, child prodigy Charles F. Brush recognized wind as renewable energy and built the first wind-power generator of electricity in his backyard in Cleveland, Ohio, producing 12 kilowatts (KW) of power. Brush turned his innovative power generator, which was operational for 20 years, into something of his very own—Brush Electric Company. With much success, Brush Electric Company transformed into what we know today as General Electric. A century later, on the heels of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's wind turbine technology advancements, U.S. Windpower built the world's first commercial wind farm in New Hampshire—showcasing 20 turbines generating up to 30 KW of wind power each.
Renewable Energy—Wind Power in the U.S.
Texas leads the nation in harnassing wind power as a viable source of energy.
Today's wind turbine generators can deliver anywhere from 400 KW to five megawatts (MW) of power, with wind farms reaching or exceeding 100 MW of installed capacity. Wind power now allows an individual to charge his or her personal batteries, or a small country to meet its entire electric demand. Naturally, the infrastructure and government support need to be in place to accommodate such feats in renewable power—but it is possible.
As federal grants and tax credits yield record-breaking years for newly installed wind energy in the U.S., power companies and utilities are seeing increasing economic value in using renewable energy. The current wind fleet of over 82 gigawatts accounts for over 100,000 jobs in all 50 states. Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy, fostered Texas into a leader of wind power during his tenure as governor, and continues to advocate for an energy-independent nation. This goal is certainly achievable, and although nuclear and fossil fuel sources currently dominate our energy mix, renewable sources will inevitably power an increasing demand for electricity in the future.
To begin producing electricity, today's wind turbines must run for 10 minutes at nine miles per hour (mph). However, at approximately 56 mph, wind turbines will shut down to a parked position, hindering blades from spinning out of control during storm loads. On July 9, 2015, Denmark's wind turbines generated an astounding 116 percent of electricity, enough to meet the country's demand and sell the excess to Germany, Norway, and Sweden.
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The low energetic value (273 kcal / 100 g) places it in the category of the aliments that are allowed in various diets, including for those people who suffer from diabetes. The product is recommended for diabetics.
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Pathway to help: My colleagues on the board of supervisors recently joined me in taking a big step to help dementia-stricken seniors in crisis.
We voted to create a pilot program to steer seniors with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia to the appropriate services and programs during an emergency.
Newly formed crisis response teams will lead the initiative, which is due to start next year in Santee and Lakeside. If it goes well, I'm hoping we can expand the program throughout the region.
Special thanks to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, Alzheimer's San Diego, Sharp Grossmont Hospital and the Grossmont Healthcare District for teaming up with me on this. Seniors with dementia need to a clear path to help.
SDG&E rejected: State regulators did the right thing by recently rejecting SDG&E's bid to bill its ratepayers for $379 million in costs tied to our region's 2007 firestorms.
The utility's request was outrageous and an insult to all those affected by the disaster. Folks died in these fires and many lost their homes.
The rejection by the state Public Utilities Commission does not change any of that, but brings some justice against a company that has long cared more about shareholder profits than public safety.
New engine house: A new fire station is coming to the wildfire-prone backcountry.
Construction is starting on a 13,900-square-foot county facility in the heart of Pine Valley. It will be nearly twice of the size of the community's existing engine house and is expected to be completed in late 2018.
—Dianne Jacob is San Diego County Supervisor for District 2. For more District 2 news, go to diannejacob.com or follow her on Facebook and Twitter. For assistance with a county issue, call her office at 619-531-5522 or email dianne.jacob@sdcounty.ca.gov.


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Google+ Marketing Is Exploding...The Startling Figures That Talks!
There is EVERY reason to conclude that Google+ Marketing is exploding since Google opened its doors to the general public - if the following startling figures are any indicators.
Google Plus users were estimated to be around 10 million users as on September 9.
Now, experts have put the figures that Google Plus has accumulated over 37.8 million users, with most of the growth occurring in the two days of making the service public without invitation. And if you include non-Roman surnames, the estimate would be around 43.4 million users.
This means, undoubtedly, Google Plus is making giant strides and is absolutely exploding by clocking over 30% growth in just two days of going public!The current figures are now estimated to be a whopping 62 million!. That's an impressive rate of adoption.
Lately, Google has surpassed 50 million users in flat 88 days of launch! Other popular social networks like Twitter has taken 1096 days, Facebook 1325 days, MySpace 1046 days and Linkedin has taken 2354 days to achieve this.
The current figures in the first week of January 2012 are now estimated to be a whopping 62 million! That's an impressive rate of adoption from 10million in September 2011.
What will be the growth of Google+ Marketing in the weeks and months to come? Can you wildly imagine the Google Plus marketing channel that's exploding right in front of your eyes?
Why Google Plus is poised for an absolute explosion for marketers? There are three simple reasons that one can immediately think of.
The search option added to to Google+ recently. This feature alone lifts the service from a perceived "toy" into a dynamic user "tool" that will make sure people will use Google Plus.
Google+ is NOW opened to the public with no invitation! It's official now and is "beta". NO longer on "field trial".
Unlike Twitter's one-way communication, Google+ actually lets you have a two-way communication with others. Now this is an invaluable asset in Google Plus Marketing. Trends shows that people on Google Plus are more open and comments more than on Facebook. Generally, one feels a larger camaraderie among people.
The picture becomes clearer now!
Google Plus is emerging as major traffic source! And marketers can no more ignore Google+ as another critical business tool.
But how do we de-code the explosive Google Plus Marketing potential and ride on its popularity for more customers and sales.
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package com.angcyo.uiview.container;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.TypedArray;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.widget.FrameLayout;

import com.angcyo.uiview.R;
import com.angcyo.uiview.utils.ScreenUtil;

public class ContentLayout extends FrameLayout {

    /**
     * 允许的最大高度, 如果为-2px,那么就是屏幕高度的一半, 如果是-3px,那么就是屏幕高度的三分之, 以此内推
     */
    private int maxHeight = -1;
    private int minHeight = -1;

    public ContentLayout(Context context) {
        this(context, null);
    }

    public ContentLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        this(context, attrs, 0);
    }

    public ContentLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);

        TypedArray typedArray = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attrs, R.styleable.ContentLayout);
        maxHeight = typedArray.getDimensionPixelOffset(R.styleable.ContentLayout_r_max_height, -1);
        minHeight = typedArray.getDimensionPixelOffset(R.styleable.ContentLayout_r_min_height, -1);
        resetMaxHeight();
        typedArray.recycle();

        initLayout();
    }

    private void initLayout() {

    }

    private void resetMaxHeight() {
        if (maxHeight < -1) {
            int num = Math.abs(maxHeight);
            maxHeight = ScreenUtil.screenHeight / num;
        }
        if (minHeight < -1) {
            int num = Math.abs(minHeight);
            minHeight = ScreenUtil.screenHeight / num;
        }
    }

    public void setMaxHeight(int maxHeight) {
        this.maxHeight = maxHeight;
        resetMaxHeight();
        requestLayout();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onMeasure(int widthMeasureSpec, int heightMeasureSpec) {
        int heightMode = MeasureSpec.getMode(heightMeasureSpec);
        if (maxHeight > 0) {
            if (minHeight > 0) {
                super.onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec, MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(minHeight, MeasureSpec.AT_MOST));
            } else {
                super.onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec, MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(maxHeight, MeasureSpec.AT_MOST));
            }
            int measuredHeight = getMeasuredHeight();
            if (measuredHeight > maxHeight) {
                super.onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec, MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(maxHeight, heightMode));
            } else {
                setMeasuredDimension(getMeasuredWidth(), measuredHeight);
            }
        } else {
            super.onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onLayout(boolean changed, int left, int top, int right, int bottom) {
        super.onLayout(changed, left, top, right, bottom);
    }
}

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I'm not quite sure what to make of this one. The last two Cruel Hand albums of were filled to the brim with catchy, riff-heavy RIDETHELIGHTNINGCORE tunes. The latest song seems a little… standard. Compare/contrast the video above with this tune from their excellent 2008 release Prying Eyes.
Whatchoothink? Am I wrong? Probably! Lemme know below.
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Prepare for more magic and mystery with the return of Harry Potter and his friends! Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), about to embark in his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, receives an ominous warning not to return to the venerable school.
Harry Potter Series 7 primary works • 14 total works Orphan Harry learns he is a wizard on his 11th birthday when Hagrid escorts him to magic-teaching Hogwarts School.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was published in the United States by Arthur A. Levine Books in 1998, and the series concluded nearly ten years later with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, published in 2007. J.
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اسم النطاق المثالي لموقع تعاليم إسلامية
King Charles III's attraction to Islam and the Quran
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September 15, 2022 September 22, 2022 surahnet@outlook.com
On the 8th of September 2022 on the death of his mother Elizabeth II queen of the United Kingdom prince Charles became king Charles III.
We will discuss here the remarkable appreciation king Charles has for Islam.
I am not here to endorse or criticize the monarchy, I am just highlighting the refreshingly positive writings and statements about Islam made by the new king when he was the prince of Wales.
I think it is a matter of considerable public interest to know these facts. In a speech entitled Islam and the West given at the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies he said
"It is odd in many ways that misunderstandings between Islam and the West should persist for what binds our two worlds together is so much more powerful than that which divides us Muslims, Christians, and Jews are all peoples of the Book." and here Charles uses a Quranic expressions
"Islam and Christianity share a common monotheistic vision a belief in one God. In the transients of our earthly life in our accountability for our actions and in the assurance of life to come we share
many key values in common respect for knowledge, for justice, compassion towards the poor and underprivileged, the importance of family life, respect for parents, honor the father and mother is
a Quranic precept too."
Charles continues "if there is much misunderstanding in the West about the nature of Islam there is also much ignorance about the debt our own culture and civilization owe to the Muslim world.
It is a failure that stems I think from the straitjacket in history we have inherited. The medieval Islamic world from Central Asia to the shores of the Atlantic was a world where scholars and men of learning flourished, but because we have tended to see Islam as the enemy of the West, as an alien culture society, and system of belief we have tended to ignore or erase its great relevance to our history. For example, we have underestimated the importance of 800 years of Islamic society and culture in Spain between the 8th and the 15th centuries.
The contribution of Muslim Spain to the preservation of classical learning during the dark ages that time of intellectual and the cultural decline in the West and to the first flowerings of the renaissance has long been recognized but Islamic Spain." said Charles "was much more than a mere larder where Hellenistic
knowledge was kept for later consumption by the emerging western world. Not only did Muslim Spain gather and preserve the intellectual content of ancient Greek and Roman civilization, but it also
interpreted and expanded upon that civilization and made a vital contribution of its own in so many fields of human endeavor in Science, Astronomy, Mathematics, but Algebra itself is also an Arabic word, Law, History, Medicine, Pharmacology, Optics, Agriculture, Architecture, Theology, and Music. Islam
nurtured and preserved the quest for learning in the words of the tradition the ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.
Córdoba in the 10th century was by far the most civilized city in Europe.
We know of lending libraries in Spain at the time King Alfred was making terrible blunders with the culinary arts in this country, it is said that the 400,000 volumes in its ruler's library amounted to
more books than all the libraries of the rest of Europe put together that was made possible because the Muslim world acquired from China the skill of making the paper more than 400 years before the rest of non-Muslim Europe. Many of the traits on which
Modern Europe prides itself came to it from Muslim Spain diplomacy, free trade, open borders, the techniques of academic research of anthropology, etiquette, fashion, alternative medicine, and hospitals, all came from this great city of cities."
"Medieval Islam was a religion of remarkable tolerance for its time" Now this is an insight that Charles makes which is rarely appreciated in the West and I'm glad he is aware of it.
He says "Allowing Jews and Christians the right to practice their inherited beliefs and setting an example which was not unfortunately copied for many centuries in the West the surprise
the extent to which, Islam has been a part of Europe for so long.
So, Charles here is saying how crucial are we to understand Islam is a part of European history, it's not kind of an alien other from immigrants. It's part of the intrinsic history of Europe itself.
"First, in Spain." he says "then in the Balkans and the extent to which it has contributed so much towards the civilization which we all to think of wrongly as entirely Western(non-Muslim). Islam is part of our past and present in all fields of human endeavor it has helped create modern Europe. It is part of our inheritance, not a thing apart.
"More than this," said Charles "Islam can teach us today so he said this is the future king saying what Islam can teach us as a non-Muslim country England Britain. Islam can teach us today a way of understanding and living in a world in which Christianity itself is poorer for having lost the heart of Islam." This is a great insight that Charles is making I think. "At the heart of Islam is its preservation of an integral view of the universe, Islam refuses to separate man and nature, religion and science, mind and matter, and has preserved a metaphysical and unified view of ourselves and the world around us."
That's just a fraction of the speech.
Source: A speech by HRH The Prince of Wales titled 'Islam and the West' at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies , The Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford.
In another speech at the sacred web conference, he praised a book by René Guénon "The Reign of Quantity."
He said about this book intriguingly, "many find this teaching difficult the teaching of religion not least because he asks us to question our very mode of being and perhaps because he asks us to question an ideology in the form of modernism that has become so set in our minds that any other way of seeming in some sense fanciful and unrealistic."
What's interesting is "René Guénon" is a French Muslim convert. He's a brilliant mathematician in Paris. He converted to Islam and moved to Cairo. Charles agrees with many aspects of his worldview if you read the speech you'll see other examples.
He also quotes approvingly some of the works of professor Seyyed Nasr. Seyyed Nasr is a very prominent American professor in the States. He is originally Iranian a brilliant individual, also Martin Lings.
Martin Lings is very interesting and I want to read a few lines from this book it's called "A Return to the Spirit" questions and answers by Martin Lings.
It was published just after Martin Ling's death and contained some of his writings plus several essays and appreciations by his admirers. One of these admirers just happens to be king Charles III.
Who was Martin Lings by the way?
Martin Lings was an English convert to Islam and he was the author of a very famous book this is what Charles says in the introduction "One of Martin Ling's greatest legacies was his remarkable biography of the Prophet Muhammad(PBUH).
So, that's what prince Charles thinks about that book it was remarkable but just but Martin Lings as I said was a convert to Islam. He died some time ago.
Now just, in conclusion, to be clear, I am not saying king Charles is a closet Muslim but he is literate in some aspects of Islamic thought and metaphysics.
This is unparalleled in the history of the British Monarchy. I am also not suggesting that Muslims as Muslims should back the new king, my intention in this article is simply to give a glimpse of what he thinks about Islam. So, Muslims in the U.K. can decide for themselves how best to engage King Charles III in dialogue and discussion.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — The Brazilian currency tumbled sharply today after the Central Bank refused to prop up the faltering real in world financial markets.
The abrupt move - reversing the government's pledges to defend the real in financial markets - was taken to try to halt the financial crisis that has engulfed Latin America's largest economy. The turmoil in Brazil has raised concerns that the robust U.S. economy could also be hurt.
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"A new statement regarding foreign exchange policy will be released on Monday," the bank said in a statement released in Brasilia, the capital.
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At the time, he said the Central Bank would intervene "whenever necessary" to defend the new exchange band, which allowed the real to float at a rate of between 1.20 and 1.32 to the dollar.


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Captain Smith's actions before collision
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Malcolm Wardlaw
I have a bad habit of browsing about on this site, finding interesting points and then forgetting where they were or who exactly made them. That is why I am posting this.
The point was made by either Sam Halperne or David Browne. It was in a discussion about how much involvement Captain Smith had in the direction of the ship in the last few hours leading up to the collision. The point made was that Captain Smith was apparently using techniques later adopted on radar equipped ships, and that he was prudent to do so.
I have been intrigued by this statement for the last few days, but have not been able to relocate it. Could the poster please elaborate on what he meant by his statement?
On a wider point, I think it is fascinating that the version of the collision that everybody knows is what happened turns out to be wrong. It is not even subtly wrong, it is quite blindingly obviously wrong when you stop to think about it. I just can't get over how uncritical we human sheep are, that we uncritically accept a story obviously flawed just because the herd has always thought it true. Think of all the film directors who have re-enacted that scene without ever reflecting deeply enough to appreciate it cannot be correct. Does a guy like James Cameron (who must be a pretty clever and imaginative bloke to have made all those block-busting sci-fi films) really not grasp that he had to fudge the famous scene to make it work?
I was taken in too - hook, line and sinker. But I never made a film about it.
So why would a ship turn towards an iceberg off the port bow, when it would probably have missed it had it stayed on course? Interesting question!
Samuel Halpern
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"The point made was that Captain Smith was apparently using techniques later adopted on radar equipped ships, and that he was prudent to do so."
Not by me, that's for sure. By the way, did someone really suggest that the ship was turned toward an iceberg off the port bow?
David G. Brown
Malcom--
On occasion both Captain Erik Wood and I have noted that some of Captain Smith's actions were "modern" that night. In particular, his apparent plotting of ice with regard to the ship's progress. We get this information from Boxhall's testimony about assisting Smith in this effort.
In 1912, little graphic plotting in the modern sense was done. Rather, positions were calculated using mathematical techniques. On some ships, the lat/lon coordinates were never put down on a chart. Other ships (the process varied by captain) plotted positions at regular intervals, typically, every four hours at change of watch. This gave a general impression of the ships progress. The implication of Boxhall's testimony is that Smith seems to have done this as well as plotted the ice positions from reports received by wireless.
In other words, Smith seems to have been creating a graphical picture of the ice with regard to Titanic. His actions were decidedly "modern" by the standards of the day, although by no means were they unique or unusual.
The scene in the movie of the ship turning left while scraping its starboard bow, and then pulling away from the iceberg is pure Hollywood special effects. No rudder-steered ship could have acted in that manner. However, in defense of entertainment this depiction of the accident makes sense to an audience of automobile drivers. In story telling sometimes too much reality gets in the way.
There are those who have suggested that Titanic actually turned left (the "hard a-starboard" order per 1912 conventions) two points (22 1/2 degrees) prior to impact as an ice avoidance maneuver. This is absurd. It means that Murdoch turned the ship left to avoid an object already on its left side. And, it is in direct opposition to the lookouts who said the ship steamed straight at the berg. Curiously, Fleet's drawing of the berg off the bow shows it more off to starboard--which makes sense with regard to the actual accident.
The alleged "hard a-starboard" turn of two points has always confounded me. In the traditional context, it makes no real sense except as whitewash for the general public. An emergency turn seems like the right thing to do. The court of public opinion operates in the same way as popularity in movies. Success comes from giving people what they expect to see instead of reality.
Recently, I've been able to construct a theory of Titanic's striking on the iceberg in which that two-point turn was part of the accident, but not as an attempt to dodge that fatal berg. Going back to the topic of this thread--Captain Smith's actions--this turn was most likely on his orders.
I'm thinking that the iceberg accident was the unintended consequence of Smith's desires to avoid the larger field of ice across the ship's path.
In a couple of weeks I'll be driving Titanic around icebergs to prove or disprove my new theory as well as other theories about the accident. Captain Weeks has obtained an e-iceberg for the full-size ship's bridge simulator at Maine Maritime Academy. We have arranged a few hours of extremely valuable time on that simulator to drive an e-Titanic around that e-iceberg. Everything will be as it was...except that nobody drowns from e-damge to e-ships.
As I say, we plan to try a variety of scenarios with regard to helm and engine orders. While not definitive, the results should be illuminating with regard to the likely outcome of those various combinations.
-- David G. Brown
Trevor William Sturdy
G'day David, I will be waiting anxiously for the findings of you're little test drive so please be sure to post the results quickly. My own belief in the theory that they steered into the berg, by way of a course adjustment or dodging ice, grows stronger by the day....Two words keep going around in my head "situational awareness".
Damn, I wish I could be there for this. I've been itching to get my hands on that new simulator since it was put in, but the cancellation of the planned symposium threw a monkey wrench into that. I'll be looking forward to the results that David comes up with.
David, many thanks for this clarification.
I'll await the e-collision tests. Any chance you can bring me back an e-icecube for a martini?
Malcom -- it will have to be an e-martini, very dry of course.
Mike S was our QM when we went through some maneuvers on the old bridge simulator a couple of years back. We lacked a realistic iceberg and the sophistication of the new computers. Our results were interesting, but not conclusive back then. This time, we still won't be able to come to hard-and-fast conclusions, but the results should have substantially more validity as a research tool.
Hello David. You said:
It means that Murdoch turned the ship left to avoid an object already on its left side.
Where or who ever said that the iceberg was on the left side to begin with?
Also, unless you can program in the turning characteristics of Olympic/Titanic on the e-vessel, the simulation proves nothing.
Erik Wood
In addition to Smith's actions being modern, so where his inactions.
After giving the order to abandon his vessel his left the task to his officers and did not mettle with how each officer handled the task. Unlike what most people think, that is the proper thing to do. He removed himself from the task therefore gaining a more accurate picture of the entire situation, however helpless that it was.
Would say that the simulation proving nothing is a harsh statement. The reality is that it will prove nothing, even if the characteristics can be plugged in (which given the state of modern simulators I am willing to bet they can). Every ship reacts differently, we don't know the sea state, we don't know what if any effect current had, we don't exactly what orders where issued, if they where carried out, or when they where issued relative to the object.
However, if more where able to take the helm in this simulator, more would be able to see just how difficult a task Murdoch was faced with. As well as see that even with modern technology the traditional set of events is pure imagination and nothing more. It is physically impossible. I dare say that that is the basis for Capt Weeks, and Browns work.
L. Marmaduke Collins
There are those who have suggested that Titanic actually turned left (the "hard a-starboard" order per 1912 conventions) two points (22 1/2 degrees) prior to impact as an ice avoidance maneuver. This is absurd.
Should we take this to mean your are discounting the evidence of QM Hitchens and 4th/Officer Boxhall?
It means that Murdoch turned the ship left to avoid an object already on its left side
What object? What evidence? How could the manoeuvre be executed before coming abreast of the object?
And, it is in direct opposition to the lookouts who said the ship steamed straight at the berg. Curiously, Fleet's drawing of the berg off the bow shows it more off to starboard
Fleet and Lee said the ship was turning to port just before impact. Fleet also stated "It was a narrow shave"
The alleged hard a-starboard"[helm]" turn [to port] of two points has always confounded me.
The hard-a-port turn of two points has always been one of the factors convincing me Titanic did not collide with an iceberg or ground on an underwater shelf of an iceberg. If Titanic at 22 knots, with rudder hard-a-port, had impacted her starboard bow unto an iceberg or the underwater shelf of an iceberg she would have sheered uncontrollably to port AWAY past two points (22 1/2 degrees). With engines going FULL ASTERN she would have lost all rudder effect and continued the turn to port until all headway was off. During this time the starboard hull would be in continuous contact, rending the hull from point of impact to the aft extreme.
On the other hand, because she entered heavily concentrated pack ice she came under the effect of the pack ice on both bows which negated the rudder effect, while she followed the line of least pressure. causing her to steady up even though the rudder was still hard-a-port.
I have often experience uncontrolled steering, whilst transiting pack ice, with the bow going opposite to the hard over rudder. I have often experienced icebreakers unable to control steering whilst steaming ahead, and having to turn and back, steering with the twin propellers.
In the traditional context, it makes no real sense except as whitewash for the general public. An emergency turn seems like the right thing to do.
If Murdoch did not believe it was an emergency, why would he order "HELM HARD-A-STARBOARD" and engines FULL ASTERN?
Going back to the topic of this thread--Captain Smith's actions--this turn was most likely on his orders. I'm thinking that the iceberg accident was the unintended consequence of Smith's desires to avoid the larger field of ice across the ship's path.
Why would Murdoch execute an emergency manoeuver to make a port turn in accordance with Smith's decision to avoid the larger field of ice across the ship's path? How did Smith know there was larger field of ice across the ship's path? In my professional opinion, the idea of dodging ice at full speed on a dark night is absurd and beyond the realm of probability.
Dave, enjoy, sailing the simulator!
Collins
First to Sam-- You are correct that we will not be able to say definitively what happened. But, you are totally wrong in saying that it will prove nothing. As you know, simulations are approximations and we will have a ship with a reasonable approximation of Titanic's characteristics. The results will not be definitive, but rather helpful when interpreting what the witnesses claimed as well as the traditional historical interpretations.
As to the berg off to port--No, it was never there. And, that's my point. If Murdoch ordered a hard left turn...and if the ship were still engaged in that turn at impact...the implication is that Murdoch turned left for an object off his port side. That's the only way for a "narrow shave" experience as the lookouts described. I see Murdoch turning left for a danger on his port side as preposterous.
Duke-- I am not discounting the evidence of QM Hichens and 4/O Boxhall. However, I do believe they were being somewhat free with Lightoller's famous whitewash brush. Bluntly, I do not believe the "hard a-starboard" order was ever given. What I do believe, however, is that a left turn (on starboard helm in 1912 parlance) was performed and that this turn did become part of the accident scenario.
It is my interpretation that Captain Smith was aware of the ice across Titanic's path. Contrary to Lightoller's charming paperweight fable, I believe the Mesaba ice message was delivered to Captain Smith and this prompted his chartwork after 10 p.m. as described by Boxhall.
Which brings us back to the simulator. No, it won't be definitive proof either pro or con. But it will give a lot of insight into what sort of actions might or might not have led to the type of accident recorded by the eyewitnesses.
I agree, saying the simulation will prove nothing was a bit harsh on my part. Capt. Eric has some good points, especially about learning how difficult Murdoch's task was that night. If, however, one is trying to prove some particular result would or would not have happened if some specific action was or was not taken, then my point about using dynamics that match closely the ship in question has some validity. It's like trying to set up a collision scenario on a flight simulator to see what may has caused a crash with the wrong airplane characteristics programmed in.
Maybe its me, but I still don't understand your comment: "If Murdoch ordered a hard left turn...and if the ship were still engaged in that turn at impact...the implication is that Murdoch turned left for an object off his port side."
Why would the implication be that Murdoch turned left for an object off his port (left) side under the conditions noted above? Who would turn to port to avoid an object on the port side? It does not make sense.
Sam-- We are arguing over agreement. Murdoch would never have turned left for something on the port side.. Yet, a two-point left turn resulting in a starboard bow accident tends to indicate that the object was originally to port of the ship's centerline, which given Murdoch's proven abilities is improbable.
"Murdoch would never have turned left for something on the port side." That is right. But he would have turned left for something on his starboard side or ahead. And that is what we were told happened by Fleet, Lee, Hichens and Boxhall. So my point is that a 2-point left turn with the ship still engaged in that turn at impact that resulting in a starboard bow accident tends to indicate that the object was originally to starboard, not to port, of the ship's centerline.
To me your statements are confusing and contradictory. First you say that if Murdoch turned left 2 points resulting in a starboard side accident it was because of an object on his port side.
Then you agree that he never would have turned left if there were an object on the port side.
Am I the only one having a problem with this here?
Don Tweed
It was 50/50 wasn't it? Which way to go? I am not as knowledgable as my fine friends here, but wasn't Cptn. Smith simply doing what all commanders of his day were doing? Damn, the torpedoes,and full speed ahead !
Complacency. That word haunts me.
Thinking aloud, Don
>>but wasn't Cptn. Smith simply doing what all commanders of his day were doing? Damn, the torpedoes,and full speed ahead !<<
When you get down to it, that fairly well sums it up, and that may well have been what was so supremely embarrassing about the whole affair. It wasn't just that a ship that was touted as the biggest, the best, the most luxurious and the safest took almost 1500 people with her to a watery grave. It was that there was absolutely nothing unusual about the way the ship was operated. "Everybody else did it" was the clarion cry and the frightening thing is that they were right!
Linda Kuai
But do you think he did it mainly because Titanic was supposed to be "unsinkable"?
The mind set of the day was that almost all commanders went at full speed no matter what ship was under his command. If the seas were clear and calm they put the petal to the metal.
There are other threads here concerning Cptn Smith and where his assuredness came from.
The collision with the Hawke when he was in charge of the Olympic is a fine example.
He was also quoted as saying that ship building had gone beyond any forseeable situation that would cause a ship to founder.
Arrogance and complacency were the main factors as to why the great lady went down, in my opinion.
Thinking out loud, Don
Mark Chirnside
I've always seen the belief that the ship was 'unsinkable' as a red herring as far as excessive speed was concerned...even if a ship was unsinkable -- and no ship is -- then you would not want to damage your ship by hitting an iceberg.
Particularly with the summer season coming up.
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Riau Ecosystem Restoration (RER) Head of Operations, Brad Sanders, spoke about his experiences and involvement in the RER ecosystem restoration project during the Responsible Business Forum on Sustainable Development 2017 held in Singapore last year.
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