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As they say, there is nothing fair in love and war. The sports of the modern time are actually growing in the leaps and bounds. Cricket is one of the major sports which dominate the sporting arena. It is quite a sport which sets up new rivalries and has taken the cricketing contest to unparalleled heights. Also, the players who are playing in front of the partisan crowd stand up on the occasion and shun the crowd and their opponents (Remember what Virat Kohli said after the Asia Cup final).
If you look at recent T20 slug fest which was inaugurated after the Asia Cup and went on to the final of T20 world cup, we witnessed some of the nail-biting contest.
There were plenty of matches and with the sheer will of winning matches all players tried to give their best effort. With the best effort, I mean that you are not giving up and letting the opponent win a match easily. At times there will be victory and other times defeat is the only thing left on the table.
Sometime ago a K-1 heavy weight kick boxer was asked how he prepares himself for big fights. How he maintains his will and zeal to ferociously knockout another fighter. According to him, he wants to feel that his opponent is a bad boy on the block, starts hating the dog his opponent has, hates his wife, hates the car he drives & so on. Idea was just hate everything about your opponent so that he can get in to a zone to deliver a knockout blow. This is about convincing & believing that you are doing the right thing; your opponent is a bully. Teaching a bully a thing or two about bullying is not a bad thing. Kick-Boxing, MMA or Boxing are potentially very dangerous sport for the fighter who is losing the bout.
Cricket as a sport is much less brutal than that of K1 kick boxing. But then there are odd instances where cricket players or cricket legend loose the plot in an unforgettable way. For example, Shane Warne losing his composure while lamenting about how Marlon Samuel got out in the Semi-Final against India. Challenging a poster boy can be troublesome with shortage of brain as Michael Nicholas put it. But there was another one when a third grade T20 player like one in our neighborhood celebrated India's loss rather than celebrating West Indies triumph over India.
I am sorry to say whoever you think you are, first you should concentrate on your cricket. The so called glamorous shot is not that important as it is to win a cricket match. Second celebrating before you cross the winning line is an epitome of minnows and you proved every word of it, so start winning before you start celebrating. The number of overall T20 runs Virat scored this cricketing season your whole cricketing team cannot score more runs than Virat Kohli. So shut up two by two and work hard on your game. Work hard on scoring two runs from four balls and not losing three wickets. Lamenting on a nation in such a ludicrous way is as shameful as it is disgraceful. So, grow up.
Until then don't forget the embarrassment you brought to Bangladesh at Bengaluru. May be BanglaDeshi fan will never forgive you for showing you are quite short on brains and having a big loud mouth of yours.
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Some individuals have a deeper understanding of Reagan's quote than others. Some understand the former president's comment with such clarity and depth that they've made a career out of it. One such person is Cartel House member Naëtt Atkinson, a distinguished mediator possessing exemplary empathy, keen intellect and a honeypot heart.
We caught up with her and posed a few questions. Here's how it went.
1. For those that don't know what mediation is or how it works, briefly explain what you do for a living.
In mediation, two parties come together voluntarily to resolve a dispute. The mediator guides the process, not the content or the outcome. You want a mediator who is astute, but compassionate. I cater for people that don't want litigation, or for whom litigation is a last resort. I focus on the human aspect of conflict and try to put the power of outcome in your hands.
Criminality is not something I get involved with, so a good mediator does not need a legal background. Sometimes, it's actually better not to have background in law because you're not constrained by frame of mind or expected behaviour. One of the most successful mediators of all time, William Ury, is an Anthropologist. Issues are often more complex than a purely legal framework provides for.
If mediation doesn't work, you can still go ahead with litigation. Many people are intimidated by lawyers and legal processes; the inability to influence the outcome and the exorbitant costs. Mediation makes access to justice more accessible to the majority of people. It will also alleviate a lot of pressure on the courts if used properly and widely.
2. You purport to be a deep listener. Dean Jackson, creator of Live in the Now, said that "Listening is an art that requires attention over talent, spirit over ego and others over self." Does that sound about right to you?
Yes. Active listening is important. Too many people listen passively, or not at all. All of us want to be seen, but on all of us want to be looked at. If you listen, you're fulfilling a basic human need. Mediation allows both parties to be heard.
3. 12 years of teaching experience must help in your line of work. Can you give us an insight as to how?
I taught so long ago! It's more than 20 years now. I taught second-language English in rural Limpopo from '90-'94 and nothing recalibrates white middle class quite like it. No electricity and water twice a week if you're lucky. There were over 100 children in some classes. The average age of my matric class was 24. Some students coming to school were in their 30s. It teaches you patience, adaptation, resilience and conflict management. Culturally, I'm more aware.
It deeply saddens me that very little has changed. All the social evils still exist. Perhaps things have improved in urban areas, but not elsewhere. It's a real problem for education and for our country as a whole. People should go to these areas for a week and see the things that happen outside the urban bubbles.
4. You emphasise that your clients can approach you without fear of judgement, awkwardness or embarrassment. Why do people fear these things?
I mediate divorce a lot and it often gets volatile. It's a stressful process. I don't make a judgement about the reasons for the divorce or the acrimony between parties. I focus on how they can best shape the future so that their interests are taken care of. "Hard on the issues, soft on the people". If something resolves, both parties can be at peace, which can seem impossible when the process begins.
I also do financial confidence mentoring. We unpack the details of financial documents and budgets, which people struggle with. I give them confidence to know what to look for, think critically about it, understand the story behind the numbers and put their hand up in a board meeting and ask a question without fear of ridicule.
5. How do the challenges differ across workplace, domestic and commercial contexts?
Domestic (or family) mediation mostly involves divorce. Divorces are highly charged and negative behaviour is displayed openly. Containing the conflict is crucial here. Conflict dissipates when the needs of the individuals are met. If the parties are not sincere about an amicable resolution, I can terminate the process at any point. My success rate with divorce mediation sits 90%.
Workplace mediation often involves passive aggression and hierarchy plays a big part. Employees fear that honesty will get them the sack and rather disengage than deal with the issues. We all know the impact of disengaged employees and conflict between teams.
In commercial mediation, parties usually desire to resolve the conflict amicably to keep prospect of conducting further business alive, to resolve issues as speedily as possible and to minimise the impact of the conflict on bottom line but also on reputation and goodwill. That doesn't mean there is less conflict.
6. Is it unusual for somebody in your profession to operate from a space like Cartel House? How has being in the space affected your work?
Yes it is. I think, just generally, I'm a bit of an outlier.
Most mediators work from home or from legal firms. I didn't want to work from home. I find it too lonely. It is easier to keep that balance if you have an office space. I need to be in a beautiful, creative place and the Inner City Ideas Cartel provides the perfect combination of visually appealing space and interesting people to interact with.
7. What is the most boring aspect of your job?
To be honest, I tire of convincing people that my services are beneficial. My record speaks for itself, but there is an inherent suspicion of people in my position.
8. Conversely, what is the most exciting?
I love it when conflict is settled. I love the fact that it can be creative and stimulating and that two cases are never the same. It's a sweet moment when you see conflict transform into a different entity. When people say, "I can live with the outcome. I feel I have been seen and heard. I played a part in this outcome." That's huge for me.
With the financial mentoring and training, it's really rewarding when people learn things that put the power in their hands. The more people know, the less likely they are to be taken advantage of. To see that is a wonderful feeling.
Making the world accessible to people is a big part of what I do.
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How many books should I print? Now that's a question I'm asked like all the time and first, I mean, you know, the obvious question is, you know…you want to print as many…you want to print one less than you can sell, right? But the problem is you have no idea how many you're going to sell, OK. You…really, you've got to examine, I mean the…you know, you can buy one book, OK, with the print-on-demand, you know, digital technology where you can buy one book, two books, OK? You're not going to make any money but, you know, you can buy them one or two at a time. Generally, what I tell people is if you know for sure that you can print…that you can sell 500 which is not that hard, if you can sell 500, go ahead and print 750 or 1,000. I mean it's not that many real dollars more, OK, and it's…you'll get a lot better unit cost, OK? If you don't have the idea where the first book is going to sell, go ahead and just print 100 and see what happens, (1:00) OK? And if there's an interest beyond the 100, fine then you can come back and print more.


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What Are Fossil Fuels?
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Today when our car is running low on gas, all we do is stop at a gas station and fill it up. We do not even take a second to think about it, we just do it. Not many people stop and think about how the fuel we are putting into our cars got to the gas station in the first place. The bad news for us is that oil, along with a few other resources, are fossil fuels. Almost everyone's daily life uses fossil fuels in one way or another. The big question that not many people ask or know the answer to is; what are fossil fuels? To find out what fossil fuels are, we must first know how they were formed. They were at first actual living organisms. "They were formed from prehistoric plants and animals that lived hundreds of millions of years ago" (Department of Energy, N.d, p.1). Examples of fossil fuels are oil, coal, and natural gas. All three of these resources are given a term "non-renewable." This is because once we use all of these resources up, they are gone forever. These non-renewable resources also cannot be replaced in our lifetime. There is only a certain amount of these fossil fuels left in the Earth for us to be able to use. To better understand fossil fuels, we need to look at each one separately. The first fossil fuel that most people think of is oil. "Oil was formed from layers of sediments rich in the remains of tiny (microscopic) plants and animals. As the layers were buried deeper and deeper below younger layers of sediment, the plant and animal
The Fossil Of Fossil Fuels
Fossil fuels are formed from decayed prehistoric plants and animals that lived millions of years ago (Science Daily). According to the United States Department of Energy, when ancient living plants and animals died, they decomposed and became buried under layers of mud, rock, and sand. After millions of years, these plants and animals slowly decomposed into organic material. Depending on what combination of plant and/or animal debris was decomposed, different types of fossil fuels were formed. These
Fossil Fuel Vs. Fossil Fuels
natural deposits of fossil fuels (Science Daily). There are 3 types of fossil fuels that we use today. Oil, coal, and natural gas make up the majority of our energy source. These resources have been developing in the earth's crust for billions of years before humans came into existence. Without fossil fuels the world would not be where it is today. The purpose of this paper is to explain the fundamentals of each fossil fuel, the advantages and disadvantages of using fossil fuels as an energy source
The Fuel For Fossil Fuel
drove my car everywhere - whether it was to eat, shop, or just travel - without a care in the world. Why? Because it is the most convenient way to get around, and because it is our norm. Our lifestyle is the cause for the immense demand for fossil fuel. What we don't realize is that this demand leads to more oil drilling, which impacts the lives of an enormous amount of people in countries such as Nigeria, along with destroying their environment. In the informative, and eye opening environmental
about it, we just do it. Not many people stop and think about how the fuel we are putting into our cars got to the gas station in the first place. The bad news for us is that oil, along with a few other resources, are fossil fuels. Almost everyone's daily life uses fossil fuels in one way or another. The big question that not many people ask or know the answer to is; what are fossil fuels? To find out what fossil fuels are, we must first know how they were formed. They were at first actual
The Sources Of Fossil Fuels
This paper will discuss the three main fossil fuels which are oil, coal, and natural gas. This research shows how the fossil fuels are formed, where they could be found, and explain how they were formed over millions of years. This paper will show the numerous advantages of fossil fuels compared to the disadvantages and how they are hurting the Earth. Fossils fuels are critical to the function of everyday life. The world would be a different if fossil fuels and their uses were not to of use.
Starting small I wanted to explain what fossil fuels are exactly. Also how they are non- renewable, meaning that they indeed will run out one day, and there is no way how to replenish the supply after it is gone. Fossil fuels are natural fuels such as coal or gas, these fuels formed in the geological past from the remains of microscopic plants and ancient animals like dinosaurs that lived and died millions of years ago. The plants and animals or (diatoms) absorbed energy that came from the biggest
Fossil Fuel : Fossil Fuels Essay
Fossil fuels play a huge part in our nations backup power. While clean energy is becoming popular for main energy, fossil fuels are relied on for backup energy for industry and commercial buildings. Different types of fossil fuels have been used throughout history. Coal and its byproduct has been used to fuel and improve industry. While green energy is becoming the newest and cleanest form of energy, the transition between the two will have be dependent on fossil fuels. Fossil fuels play an important
Alternative Fuels For Fossil Fuels
Fossil fuels have become something of a norm in the last few decades, with us as a race becoming more and more dependent on it as an energy sources. However, when and why did we become so dependent on them is an important question. And also when, in fact, did they start to rule our lives rather than the usual other way around? This essay seeks to unravel the causes and processes associated with this dependency, and whether or not there are any alternatives to fossil fuels which can be used in the
Fossil Fuel And Fossil Fuels
Fossil fuel is a general term for buried combustible geologic deposits of organic materials. Fossil Fuels were formed from decayed prehistoric plants and animals that lived millions of years ago (Science Daily, 2015). According to the U.S Department of Energy, when these ancient living plants and animals died they decomposed and became buried under layers and layers of mud, rock, and sand (2013). Throughout millions of years, they slowly decomposed into organic material. Depending on what combination
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On October 11, 2021, Dr. José-Antonio Orosco, a professor of Philosophy at Oregon State University presented "To Boldly Go: Why Scientists and Social Justice Warriors Need Star Trek." Dr. Orosco sees Star Trek as a valuable tool to approach the world's issues, particularly as we are in a time where people are uncertain about what our future will look like. Much of this worry and uncertainty stems from society's overuse of dystopian stories and images in media and entertainment. Through these platforms, dystopian images are depicted as the culmination of crises and social problems, ultimately resulting in a grim future for humanity. Because these sources have a profound impact on how people establish their relation to the world and the future, we should be careful in how we depict our problems, as it can leave people feeling hopeless rather than motivated to fight for change.
Throughout his presentation, Dr. Orosco frequently referred to a survey conducted to assess young people's (ages 16 to 25) confidence in the future, which suggested an overall lack of hope from this group. From this survey, it was found that about 75% of young people agree that the future is frightening, while 56% of these people also believe that humanity is doomed. Additional concerns were with the government's commitment to protecting its people, the environment, and future generations. As someone who falls in this age range at 21 years old, I find myself sharing similar despair about what our future holds. I feel as though much of society relies on younger generations to solve today's problems, but do we have enough time to fix the issues that have come before us?
With more than half of the young people in the United States pessimistic about their ability to make a difference, Dr. Orosco recognizes that adjusting the types of images frequently portrayed in media and entertainment can help younger generations find hope for the future. Specifically, Dr. Orosco sees this as transitioning away from the infatuation with dystopian imagery and toward incorporating positive tools of science fiction utopias into how we frame our worlds. Admittedly, Dr. Orosco does not argue against the effectiveness of dystopian imagery in inciting social change. Still, dystopian stories contain significant power and therefore have the potential to negatively radicalize people in ways that cannot be contained. Thus, Dr. Orosco highlights the benefits of using utopian images in encouraging young people to be invested in positive change. The society in Star Trek represents an ideal future in which there are no problems, as humans have learned to overcome the evils that confronted them.
Dr. Orosco points out several aspects from Star Trek that can aid in bettering our world. First, Star Trek offers hopes for social, scientific, technological, and moral progress, which also serve as a representation of the capacities of human beings to build utopias from dystopias. Further, Star Trek also challenges us to think about what it takes to build a multiracial and overall inclusive society. Today, much of our potential for progress is inhibited by systemic oppressions that limit our ability to make lasting changes in the social, scientific, and moral realms. By first addressing our own social and moral flaws that permit oppression within our societies, we can then begin to address our relationships with the natural world and our additional oppressions of the environment.
Overall, Star Trek provides a framework of hope, where today's society can find models for social, moral, scientific, and technological progress. Dr. Orosco challenges us to look more positively at the future and not let our efforts of activism get bogged down by despair. Though I tend to be pessimistic about humanity's future, I appreciated Dr. Orosco's call to not lose all hope.
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Q: Rails ActiveRecord, INSERT default field value in Postgres This should be an easy one, but I've googled a fair bit.
I am trying to create a database log for my rails app. The log is a postgres table which has a timestamp field, which I have given a DEFAULT of current_timestamp. This works perfectly in raw SQL, if I leave the timestamp field out of my INSERT query, it gets the current timestamp correctly.
In rails I have;
entry = LogTable.new :fieldA => 'valA', :fieldB => 'valB'
entry.save

(LogTable extends ActiveRecord::Base)
Which results in an INSERT query that contains all fields, including the timestamp field set to NULL, which is not allowed by the database so it errors.
I have tried setting :timestamp => 'current_timestamp' and :timestamp => 'DEFAULT' but all end up trying to set it to NULL.

A: Is your current_timestamp just the current date/time? If so, you can stay simple and do something like:
entry = LogTable.new :fieldA => 'valA', :fieldB => 'valB', :timestamp => Time.now

If it's something more complex and you really want to use DB-side defaults, this page might help: http://drawohara.com/post/6677354/rails-activerecord-default-values.

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Вольфрама́т ко́бальта(II) — неорганическое соединение,
соль двухвалентного кобальта и вольфрамовой кислоты с формулой CoWO, сине-зелёные кристаллы, не растворяется в воде.

Применяется в качестве катализатора и для окрашивания неорганических стёкол и неорганических глазурей. Также применяется в качестве пигмента в чернилах и красках.

Нахождение в природе
Обнаруживается после пожаров в угольных шахтах в виде минерала красносельскита.

Получение
Может быть получен взаимодействием какой-либо растворимой соли вольфрамовой кислоты с растворимой солью двухвалентного кобальта, например, вольфрамата натрия и сульфата кобальта:

 Na2WO4 + CoSO4 -> CoWO4 v + Na2SO4.

Физические свойства
Вольфрамат кобальта(II) образует тёмно-сине-зелёные кристаллы моноклинной сингонии, пространственная группа P 2/a, параметры ячейки a =  b =  c =  β = 90°, Z = 2.

См. также
Вольфрамовая кислота

Примечания

Литература

кобальта
Соли кобальта

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Elise Ottesen-Jensen, kallad Ottar, född Ottesen den 2 januari 1886 i Høyland utanför Stavanger i Rogaland fylke i Norge, död 4 september 1973 i Stockholm, var en norsk-svensk sexualupplysare, journalist och frihetlig socialistisk agitator. Hon var gift med Albert Jensen åren 1931–1945.

Biografi
Ottesen-Jensen föddes 1886 i Norge. Hennes far var prästen Immanuel Ottesen och modern var biskopsdottern Karen Essendrop. Hon var det sjuttonde barnet av arton. Barndomens studier ägnades åt såväl hushållslära som teoretiska studier. Familjerelationerna blev ansträngda när hon vägrade konfirmera sig på grund av religiösa tvivel.

Istället för att som flertalet syskon välja en yrkesbana inom religionen började Ottesen-Jensen vid sjutton års ålder att studera till tandläkare. En explosion, då hon förlorade två fingrar, satte dock stopp för dessa planer och hon utbildade sig till riksdagsstenograf. Hon skrev flera mindre noveller och artiklar och arbetade på de norska tidningarna Nidaros, Ny tid och Arbeidet.

Då första världskriget bröt ut 1914 träffade hon Albert Jensen, en framstående svensk syndikalist och fredsagitator. De levde ihop i många år trots att han var gift med en annan kvinna, men gifte sig 1931. Paret flyttade till Köpenhamn och fick under svältåren en son som endast överlevde i två dagar. 1919 flyttade paret till Stockholm och hon började arbeta inom den syndikalistiska pressen. Då började hon även använda signaturen Ottar och startade så småningom en månadstidning, Vi kvinnor.

Sexualupplysaren och agitatorn
Ottesen-Jensens syster Magnhild fick vid sexton års ålder en dotter utanför äktenskapet som hon var tvungen att adoptera bort. Systern blev som ett resultat av detta psykiskt nedbruten och avled tio år senare på ett sjukhus för psykiskt sjuka. Detta antas vara en bidragande orsak till Jensens intresse för sexualupplysning och preventivmedel.

Hennes intresse för sexualfrågorna hängde även nära samman med hennes politiska övertygelse. Ottesen-Jensen var syndikalist och som anställd vid tidningen Arbetaren fick hon tillåtelse att göra en kvinnosida där läsarna kunde skicka in frågor. Tillsammans med Helga Johansson (vars pseudonym är Moa Martinsson) skrev hon artiklar och besvarade brev. Av dessa fick hon inblick i vardagen för dåtidens arbetarklasskvinnor. Knappa resurser, dubbelarbete och våld i hemmet var vanliga problem. Hon fick bekräftat att de många oönskade graviditeterna utgjorde ett problem för många familjer.

Genom sina artiklar och även de mindre böcker hon skrivit blev hennes namn känt och hon fick förfrågningar om att föreläsa. Likt många vänsterradikala under den här tiden började hon föreläsa runt om i Sverige. Hon informerade om preventivmedel och agiterade mot de s.k. könslagarna, lagar som förbjöd upplysning om preventivmedel, förbud mot homosexualitet m.m. Det var efter att hon kommit i kontakt med läkaren Anton Nyström som undervisade henne i sexualkunskap och lärde henne prova in pessar, som hon gav sig ut på sin första landsomfattande turné. Under dessa provade hon bland annat ut pessar på kvinnor under de förhållanden som bjöds vilket innebar att det kunde ske bakom draperier eller dragiga uthus. Under fem år fick 1800 kvinnor pessar utprovade av Ottesen-Jensen.

Från 1930-talet ägnade hon sin tid i huvudsak åt sexualupplysning och -politik. Hon fick ett internationellt kontaktnät och lärde känna många utländska sexualupplysare, läkare och forskare. 1933 grundade hon Riksförbundet för sexuell upplysning, RFSU. Hon var ordförande för organisationen 1933–1959 och RFSU växte med många medlemmar och ideella krafter. För att få verksamhetens ekonomi att gå ihop och för att sprida preventivmedel började RFSU sälja preventivmedel och sjukvårdsartiklar. Genom hela Sverige undervisade Ottesen-Jensen arbetarklassen i hur den skulle skydda sig emot graviditet. Hon agiterade också för fri abort, för preventivlagarnas avskaffande, för homosexuellas rättigheter med mera. Hennes arbete var olagligt och riskerade i och med detta stränga påföljder. Hon var vid ett flertal tillfällen nära att hamna i fängelse.

År 1931 bildades den första naturistföreningen i Sverige, "Sällskapet för Fri Kroppskultur". Det fanns en vilja att skapa naturlig och jämlik gemenskap mellan män och kvinnor. I Tyskland och Schweiz hade "freikörperkultur", kommit att betona dels ett hälsotänkande, sund diet och ett härdande friluftsliv, dels ett ideal om en naturlig gemensam nakenhet. Detta skulle senare starkt komma att påverka inställningen till nakenhet under 1900-talet. "Sällskapet för Fri Kroppskultur" bytte år 1932 namn till "Hälsa genom Nakenkultur" och år 1941 till Svenska friluftsföreningen. Den förste ordföranden blev medicinprofessorn Johan Almkvist (1869–1945). Senare blev Elise Ottesen-Jensen under en period föreningens ordförande.

Elise drev ett hem dit ensamstående mödrar kunde komma och föda, kallad Ottargården. Under 40-talet var graviditet utanför äktenskapet ett stort tabu och många kvinnor fann sin enda fristad på hemmet. Hon hjälpte även privatpersoner som hon kom i kontakt med via sitt arbete på RFSU att få tillgång till abort via en dansk läkare.

Hon var från och med 1950 verksam som redaktör och ansvarig utgivare av Populär tidskrift för psykologi och sexualkunskap. På 1940-talet samlade hon representanter från olika familjeplaneringsorganisationer till ett möte i Stockholm vilket mynnade ut i organisationen IPPF (International Planned Parenthood Federation) vilken hon var president för 1959–1963. För sitt arbete utnämndes hon till medicine hedersdoktor vid Uppsala universitet 1958, och erhöll medaljen Illis Quorum 1951.

Hon författade flera böcker, hennes memoarer Och livet skrev utkom 1965 och 1966 Livet skrev vidare.

Hon fortsatte att arbeta för sexualupplysning och RFSU hela sitt liv, och sitt sista framträdande gjorde hon på RFSU:s kongress 1973.

Ottesen-Jensens motto var

Övrig verksamhet

Politiken utanför sexualupplysningen

Det var i sitt arbete som journalist i Norge som Elise kom i kontakt med den norska arbetarrörelsen. Ottesen-Jensen var arbetarklassens kvinnors försvarare. Hon ansåg att lika lön för lika arbete borde vara en självklarhet. Under sin tid som krönikor i Arbetaren och Brand argumenterade hon för vikten kvinnornas deltagande i det politiska livet. Hon argumenterade för barnkrubbor likt dagens daghem. Som frihetlig socialist hade hon liten tilltro till staten och ansåg ofta att man istället för att införa nya lagar helt enkelt borde avskaffa dem.

Tack vare sina internationella kontakter inom sexualupplysningsrörelsen kände Ottesen-Jensen många tyska sexualupplysare, öppet homosexuella och judar som när nazisterna tog över riskerade att hamna i koncentrationsläger. Hon hjälpte flera av dem att finna fristad i Sverige. Hon agiterade även för ett solidariskt flyktingmottagande. Som tack för hennes arbete för att hjälpa judar undan förföljelsen i Nazityskland har hon fått en gata och ett barnhem uppkallat efter sig i Israel.

Koppling till rasbiologi
Trots Ottesen-Jensens framsyn när det kom till sexualitet och politik hade hon även åsikter som i dag framstår som svårförståeliga. Under 20-talet pågick i svensk media en debatt om rashygien, något som var nära knutet till den för Ottesen-Jensens så viktiga preventivmedelsfrågan. Hon var inte främmande för att steriliseringar av t.ex. människor med funktionsnedsättning skulle kunna ske under tvång, något hon formulerade som att "man måste skilja mellan rätten att leva och rätten att ge liv".

Framförallt var det personer med psykiska sjukdomar, funktionsnedsättningar och låginkomsttagare som skulle steriliseras. Argumenten är de välkända om att man för att stärka arten måste slå undan "fel" människor som man ansåg förökade sig i alltför hög grad. I en artikel i tidningen Brand 1926 ställde hon sig också bakom de svenska rashygienikernas strävanden: "Rashygienikernas strävande över hela världen kämpa därför för, att allt må göras, som göras kan, för att hindra dessa undermåliga individer från att skaffa avkomma. Detta kräva de i vetenskapens namn." Samtidigt ska påpekas att Ottesen-Jensen hela tiden talar om rätten till sterilisering – i ett klimat där preventivmedel ännu var både förbjudna och tabubelagda.

Bibliografi

Se även
 Theodor Hendrik van de Velde (1873–1937), vars bok Det fulländade äktenskapet (svensk översättning 1931) fick stor spridning i många länder
 Hinke Bergegren
 RFSU

Referenser
 Artikel i Svenskt biografiskt lexikon https://sok.riksarkivet.se/SBL/Presentation.aspx?id=7869
 Biografi på RFSU:s webbplats

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Arcana at the Proms – Prom 28: Tadaaki Otaka conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Rachmaninov & Huw Watkins
Posted on August 11, 2019 by arcanafm
Prom 28: Iurii Samoilov (baritone), Natalya Romaniw (soprano, below), Oleg Dolgov (tenor), BBC National Chorus of Wales, Philharmonia Chorus, BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Tadaaki Otaka (above)
Takemitsu Twill by Twilight (1988)
Huw Watkins The Moon (2018-19) (BBC commission: world premiere)
Rachmaninov The Bells (1912-13)
Borodin Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances (1869-87)
Royal Albert Hall, Thursday 8 August 2019
Reviewed by Ben Hogwood
Photo credit (Tadaaki Otaka) Chris Christodoulou
You can watch this Prom on the BBC iPlayer here
Given his commission brief, to write a choral piece celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing, Huw Watkins must have been tempted to set Neil Armstrong's immortal 'one giant leap' quote to music. Instead however he opted to 'capture our experience of viewing the moon from Earth'. In doing so he set four intriguing texts pre-dating the first manned visit to our original satellite – two from Percy Bysshe Shelley, and one each from Philip Larkin and Wilfred Owen.
The four were stitched together like phases of the moon in a continuously running 20 minutes, with plenty of opportunity for the orchestra to have their say in between. Watkins has an interesting musical language, always rooted in tonality but using evocative colours and harmonies hinted at in works for chorus and orchestra by Holst, Vaughan Williams or even Hugh Wood.
The Moon had a very satisfactory flow to it, and was passionately delivered by the 130-strong BBC National Chorus of Wales, who clearly enjoyed the experience. Given its length it makes a tricky piece to programme or to appraise on one listen, but it is to be hoped in this anniversary year we get more chances to acquaint ourselves with a composer who writes in a very human voice, and found the 'definite and bright' description of Larkin's verse. That may sound like an obvious statement to make, but surprisingly few composers form a connection with their audience as pronounced as Watkins did here, and even less make the words as clear as he did.
He was of course helped by his 'home' orchestra, conducted by a returning prodigal in Conductor Laureate Tadaaki Otaka. Making his first visit to the Proms since 2015. Otaka opened with a piece by his dear friend Toru Takemitsu. Twill By Twilight, in memory of Morton Feldman, was in clear thrall to the Debussy of Nocturnes, creating a dreamy atmosphere. The piece is typical of Takemitsu's compositions in its dealing with orchestral colour, melody and harmony on equal standing, and it runs slowly if inevitably. In this performance it panned out beautifully, the expansive orchestral sound guided by Otaka's steady yet relaxed direction.
Otaka has a special place for the works of Rachmaninov, having recorded the symphonies and piano concertos for Nimbus back in the early 1990s. Yet the Russian composer's choral symphony The Bells was absent from this project, and it was great to hear it in such full-bodied form here. The BBC National Chorus of Wales were boosted still further by the 100-strong Philharmonia Chorus, making a terrific bank of sound that carried all before it – and yet which, thanks to Otaka's careful balancing, was complemented by the orchestra.
Loud Alarm Bells, the third movement, was suitably terrifying especially at the end, Otaka driving at a quick tempo, and this balanced out the relative joy felt in the first movement, Silver Sleigh Bells, where tenor Oleg Dolgov was a fulsome presence. Soprano Natalya Romaniw sang beautifully in Mellow Wedding Bells, the second movement, her voice effortlessly soaring up to a top B flat without a hint of effort, while baritone Iurii Samoilov offered a darker hue for the depths of Mournful Iron Bells, whose late shift from darkness to light was beautifully done. Rachmaninov's choral epic has been well served by the Proms in recent years – I remember a terrific outing directed by Vladimir Jurowski – and this was another fine advocacy.
Finishing with Borodin's Polovtsian Dances was a masterstroke, sending the audience home with several tunes in the locker that simply refused to leave for the rest of the evening! What a gifted melodist Borodin was, and how frustrating that because of his day job – a chemist – he did not leave more for us to enjoy. What he did leave still gives much pleasure, however, and the Polovtsian Dances benefited from such a big choir at their disposal.
The women floated the tune of the Young Girls' Dance beautifully, while the men – while not quite hitting the passion of Russian voices in this music – were still fulsome and bold. Several orchestral solos stood out, not least from clarinetist Robert Plane, while Otaka's pacing and linking of the sections was ideal. At 71 the conductor still looks in fine fettle, and his 'sleep' gesture at the end was borne more of mischief than genuine fatigue. It seems he, like the rest of us, was fired anew by the passionate Russian music of the concert's second half.
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Talking Heads: Huw Watkins
Posted on February 7, 2018 by arcanafm
It may not yet feel like it (in the UK at least!) but Spring is just around the corner. With a timely intervention, Huw Watkins (above) has not long had the first performance of a piece with that very title, given by the orchestra of which he is Composer-in-Association, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. When Arcana catches up with him, however, his thoughts are with a boyhood favourite, the Britten Piano Concerto – centrepiece of a concert he has curated for the orchestra.
Immediately Watkins is enthusiastic about the Britten performance, and the orchestra's prowess. "I have to say the orchestral parts are sounding brilliant, and touch wood it's gone pretty well. It's a really fun piece to play, and I don't think the orchestra have ever played this piece before. They are so quick to learn though, and the rehearsal we have just done was done in two hours rather than three!"
The Britten brings its own particular challenges. "I do play concertos but I'm a composer and chamber musician really, so I'm not on the regular circuit. It is always a bit nerve wracking playing with an orchestra again, but this is a work that I am familiar with and have known since university. I did it with the orchestra there, so got to know it very well. It's a lovely, youthful piece, and the conductor Martyn Brabbins, who I've been working with, has done it a lot and knows it very well. He was really excited about this performance, and it was lovely to work with him. I play a lot of chamber music so you have to listen in a different way with the orchestra, leading rather than following."
Watkins recalls for Arcana his first ever encounters with classical music. "It's difficult to remember exactly, because music was always around. Paul was already playing the cello and piano, my dad was an amateur viola player, and mum was teaching in school. Before my teenage years I loved playing the piano but I had become a bit bored with it. Then I listened to Stravinsky's Petrushka and it blew me away when I first heard it – and so did the Britten that I'm about to play! It's so immediately likeable and fun."
He then recalls the first meeting he had with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. "I remember that I'd written a piece in 2000, a Sinfonietta-type piece that they did with Grant Llewellyn. I've withdrawn it from publication now but it was a great learning piece. As a composer it's hard to get access to an orchestra regularly so that was a really big thing. Shortly after I wrote my Piano Concerto, which I played myself with tonight's conductor Martyn Brabbins. We go back a long way!"
How would he describe Spring in the form of a program note? "I didn't really want to do what was just an aural picture, but the opening felt like that moment just before spring starts. A lot of pieces of music do that but it had a pregnant feel to it. Giving a title to a piece of music is really hard, because if you think of something poetic you become chained to it, but it's nice to have something to think about in the audience. With this piece I think there is a sense of something blooming and broadening out. That was in my mind, and the idea of looking forward to spring."
You can listen to Spring here
What are his own personal reflections on the season? "When spring comes you notice it getting lighter, and getting energy back. It would be nice to be able to have a break but the trouble with composing is that the deadlines come through thick and fast. I do need to plan a bit of a break, you can't just keep churning it out. I do want to find time to listen to other pieces, it can be distracting to hear other people's work when you're writing so I generally choose not to. I'm lucky with the demand there is at the moment, the BBC NoW is a source of three commissions and writing for the orchestra is very enjoyable, if time consuming!"
Watkins divides his time between composition and the piano, and over recent years has shown himself to be an extremely quick learner. This has enabled him to record several discs of lesser-known British repertoire for cello and piano for Chandos. In partnership with cellist brother Paul Watkins, this was an experience he clearly enjoyed. "A lot of that repertoire was new to us, and I think the John Foulds Cello Sonata in particular is an absolute masterpiece. The York Bowen Cello Sonata was good too. We were lucky to do those discs. I find I've always been a quick sight reader but I can't always rely on that as I get older! I want to spend more time on new pieces, but I want to concentrate on doing pieces more than once, to really get to know them."
The challenge with such a busy schedule on both fronts is achieving balance between work as a performer and a composer. "My piano playing feeds into my creativity and my compositional life", he says. "I think you lose a perspective if you're not involved in live performance as a musician, and with how audiences respond."
Some opportunities are just too good to pass though, including last year's commission for a carol for the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College, Cambridge. "It was an incredibly inspiring thing to be asked to do. I wanted to write something simple, to write something pure and plain. The atmosphere in that service on Christmas Eve is amazing, and that's probably my only chance to go to the service as well!"
You can discover more about Huw's contribution to the service here
Later in the year Watkins the pianist will step forward as soloist in the Piano Concerto by Philip Cashian, an eagerly awaited world premiere at the Aldeburgh Festival. "Yes, that's something we were preparing to do this time last year with the BBC Symphony Orchestra," Watkins recalls. "We had three days rehearsing it with Oliver Knussen and he sadly became ill on the morning of the concert, and it had to be rescheduled. It's a really good piece, energetic and athletic. Philip is great at writing fast and rhythmically lithe music."
Knussen is a conductor Watkins has worked with before, and who has had a considerable influence on his life as a performer and composer to date. "I find him completely inspiring", he gushes. "I've been lucky to do a couple of concertos with him, the Tansy Davies and Helen Grime (Huw's wife). He's brilliant to hang out with too, he knows and knew so many people. I hope he writes it all down! It would be great to read a book by him eventually, especially as he's also hilarious and very good company. He wrote a piece for the violinists Tamsin Waley-Cohen and I recently. It was the first new piece he had written since 2010, so that was really special. I think this has started him back to regular writing, and it is a truly gorgeous piece. It was a real honour. We were getting e-mails with a page a day of this amazing, handwritten score."
Watkins counts Knussen as a lasting inspiration. "He really is one of the towering figures of the last 50 years in the music of this country, a composer with such a brilliant ear. With him it's really important that you play the right notes, because he has thought out the harmony so thoroughly. It is so beautiful to listen to. He is definitely very high up my list, and I've been very lucky to work with a lot of contemporary composers. Gerald Barry is another I have really enjoyed working with, and I played in his opera The Importance of Being Earnest. I admire it greatly, although it is hugely difficult to play!"
There is plenty for Watkins to explore on the instrumental front, and for now he has plenty to get his teeth into with this relatively 'traditional' approach. "I don't think instruments are 'tired out' yet, there is still so much you can get out of it. There was a Thomas Adès piece Seven Days, a kind of video ballet, and I thought that was absolutely brilliant. I wouldn't rule it out in my own writing but there is still so much to do!"
His own music has a tonal base, with melodic points of reference, but continues to look forward int is approach, drawing a little on the past in form and function but introducing new melodic and harmonic thoughts. "That's a nice way of putting it", he says approvingly. "I don't want to go back to something safe and cosy, I want to write fresh things. I've immersed myself in some out there music but I am now writing the music I really want to write. I get some writers who say it's conventional but I don't care to be honest! I think someone like Britten still did things with tonality that still make it new and fresh. If everything is self-consciously new it can be fake! It's no good denying the tonal audacity and the hierarchy of the intervals with Britten – and shows that there are still things you can do. That's not to say the other developments are not valid, but I wouldn't dismiss it."
We move on to discuss the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, now 90 years old. Watkins is hugely appreciative of their achievements and function. "I think the part I know is since the 1980s, when they became a fully fledged Symphony Orchestra. I can only speak from my own experience in the St David's Hall, which was new then. It has become an incredibly good orchestra, but they also make an effort to go around Wales which I think is extremely important. Places like Abergavenny and Bangor would not always have a symphony orchestra near them, so it's very important. They don't have to worry quite so much about full houses so they can do stuff that's off the beaten track, and it'll also be on the radio."
"That's a very healthy thing. It's good for composers to think a little bit commercially when writing, but also good that people like the BBC NoW commission these pieces. At the end of February I'm doing a workshop with young composers, and Martyn Brabbins is doing conductor masterclasses. That's a real services because it's hard for people to learn their craft. The orchestra does get better and better, we were so impressed with the Britten and I know that tomorrow it will be better still. Cardiff's lucky to have the Welsh National Opera too, it improves the life of a city. I feel very lucky to be Composer in Association here, it's been a very nice experience for me."
Watkins will perform Philip Cashian's Piano Concerto at the Aldeburgh Festival, part of a concert with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Oliver Knussen that will include Copland's Appalachian Spring and Music For A Great City. For more details you can go to the Snape Maltings website
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Britten Sinfonia at Lunch – Reinventing the piano trio
Posted on March 5, 2015 by arcanafm
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch – Wigmore Hall, 4 March 2015.
If chamber music is not your forte, then I cannot imagine a better way into it than by the Britten Sinfonia's 'At Lunch' concert series, held in London, Cambridge and Norwich.
Each program explores works written for a particular instrumental combination, but always includes a world premiere from a living composer. The informal atmosphere is both performer and audience friendly, and as a diversion from work or a pause in the middle of the day, the experience is ideal.
This second concert of the 2015 season chose to look at the piano trio, a misleading label since the standard combination of instruments for the trio is piano, violin and cello. Yet, as the program observed, the form is less often used by contemporary composers, and has a heritage of works running from Haydn in the mid-18th century through to 20th century composers such as Shostakovich, who featured here.
What the Britten Sinfonia did really well was to present possible solutions to the form, which here included adding percussion. To begin we heard Lou Harrison's Varied Trio, for violin, piano and percussion. Harrison, an American composer who lived from 1917-2003, took as his inspiration the music of a number of different countries including China and Indonesia, and his original approach here included a set of rice bowls played with chopsticks. The resultant sounds were often soothing and rather wonderful, drifting as though on the breeze from percussionist Owen Gunnell, but with pianist Huw Watkins also reaching around inside the instrument to produce some unusual sounds. Completing the trio was violinist Thomas Gould, whose sweetly toned Elegy formed the third of the Varied Trio's five movements and made it the emotional centre.
The new piece was from 22-year old composer Joey Roukens, who described his Lost in a surreal trip as 'a psychedelic, kaleidoscopic 12-minute piece'. It was vividly coloured and brilliantly realised by the players, adding cellist Caroline Dearnley to their number. Early on the music cast spells of dappled light through harmonics on the strings and intriguing percussion sounds, but then a more mechanical energy took hold as though we were being transported by train to a place without a firm surface. With bags of reverberation and some enchanting sounds from the marimbas, this piece was consistently inventive and will be well worth hearing.
From the conventional piano trio legacy came one of its finest works in the 20th century, the Piano Trio no.2 by Shostakovich. This concentrated wartime work from 1944 is packed full of anguish, marking the death of the composer's close friend Ivan Sollertinsky but also expressing outright anger at conflict and war. Gould, Dearnley and Watkins had no need for percussion here, not with the rhythmic profile Shostakovich establishes, but theirs was a keenly felt performance that left the listener in no doubt of the composer's feelings and concerns.
A Spotify playlist containing the Varied trio and the Shostakovich Piano Trio no.2 can be accessed here:
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Verdant Star After Action Report
[Note - This blog post was migrated from our previous website. Originally posted April 13, 2017]
Verdant Star was a Blackline military simulation conducted between 07APR17, and 08APR17. It consisted of 23 personnel based at the Picton Airfield that were assigned the task of locating, monitoring, capturing, and extracting the 2IC from a team participating in the OPR8-hosted airsoft event Kingfisher Prime taking place at the Prince Edward Recreational Zone (PRZ) paintball field.
Mission Background and Workup
Command identified a subject that had access to critical enemy operations intelligence. The target was both high risk and resistant towards standard ELINT procedures. As such, the subject was tagged for capture and interrogation, and assigned the callsign LITHIUM. Operations personnel were drawn from units across Ontario and Quebec to stand up Task Force VERDANT STAR.
The subject was expected to be present in the AO between 07APR17 to 09APR17 in order to take part in combat operations against friendly forces. This offered the task force the best intelligence on his confirmed location. Initial planning and information collection began approximately three weeks prior to those dates. High level concepts were discussed in two sessions conducted in March while other assets went to work identifying known associates and gleaning information from open source intelligence.
[Task Force Verdant Star advanced planning session]
During planning, five mission concepts were developed. The first plan involved the capture of the target during the night of his arrival on site. This was considered the lowest risk option, with the highest opportunity for success as the location would be static and the area around it could be reproduced for training. The timing of the assault would also be at the discretion of the task force. The second option was to attempt a capture during his arrival in daylight hours. While the time would be up to the subject, the task force would be able to control the location. The level of risk increased when considering options of how to stop a vehicle, methods to extract the target from the vehicle, and the response from other individuals. Option three was an offshoot of option two, in that the subject was to be captured during his movement on the field to conduct setup of equipment. This was the last low to mid level risk option available, and would result in limited control of timing or location, but one that could succeed with excellent coordination and rapid deployment.
Option four was an ad hoc option available to task force elements embedded within friendly forces operating in the AO. If LITHIUM could be located and incapacitated during normal combat operations, the subject would be extracted off site and moved to a secure location. The fifth and least desirable option was available because of the senior role LITHIUM would play during OPFOR combat operations, and because the task force had a general idea of where the OPFOR command post would be located. This option would consist of a decapitating strike on the CP to capture LITHIUM and extract him to a secure location. This final scenario promised casualties on both sides, and had a high risk of failure. The training and logistics demands would also be considerably higher.
However, all of the mission profiles were missing key information required for their success. The subject's current appearance, mode of transport, location of camp, arrival times, security, and personal weapons were just some of the knowledge that had to be obtained or accounted for. In addition, the task force had to verify infil and exfil routes, rally points, and various intelligence reports on the target structure to prepare for all of the mission concepts. These requirements would become the objectives for various missions leading up to and during the operation.
Prior to deployment, the primary role for all task force members was information collection and pressure testing of the various options. A critical paradigm shift for personnel was to support or reject assumptions with facts. The entire unit was utilized for this purpose, as the various perspectives and insights helped to identify gaps and weaknesses in the plans. A valuable example of this was the assumption that units would be able to pose as authority figures early in the morning as past experience had shown a gap in command and control until later in the day. This assumption, while founded in experience, almost cost the task force its OPSEC as it was discovered that C&C would be on site prior to dawn. As a result, the second plan option had to be completely scrubbed.
Aside from conducting reality checks on planning, the task force personnel engaged in numerous surveillance and OSINT operations in the days leading up to the suspect's arrival. Teams acted on intelligence and moved to various locations suspected to be connected to the subject or his known affiliates. Intelligence collected from these missions was pulled together and analyzed by the team for patterns. Databases were populated with vehicle information and combatant equipment. Profiles were created for LITHIUM, his associates, and the possible OPFOR elements that may be tasked with his security. Numerous assets were leveraged to fill in the blanks, and all task force members were meticulous in their search for anything that could aid in mission success.
By the end of 06APR17, the task force had positioned itself well enough that units could assemble and begin to execute the first missions for Verdant Star.
07APR17
Task force members arrived at FOB Picton through the day and established the team room and the ToC. This consisted of a main bunk room with 24 sleeping spaces and a large work space, and an operations centre with a briefing room for the teams. The ToC went to work immediately, establishing their communications and mapping equipment, staffing it to provide support to personnel on site and those still inbound to the FOB.
At 1838h, the ToC comes online with the callsign REACTOR.
[Task Force Verdant Star briefing]
MISSIONS GET UNDERWAY
Shortly after 2000h 07APR17, a two man team with the callsign ISOTOPE is deployed by civilian vehicle to the northeast edge of the AO. They proceeded to move on foot to an area within the PRZ field to gain visual contact with the parking area and access road. The primary objective for ISOTOPE at this time is to determine the presence of LITHIUM, and to communicate a clear layout of the parking lot to REACTOR to aid in planning the night raid option. Additional tasks included monitoring of vehicle and personnel activities, and to verify possible alternate and contingency exfil routes in the event capture teams could not utilize the primary route.
[ISOTOPE reconnaissance team prior to deployment]
ISOTOPE's intelligence was critical to the night raid plan; however, there was a deadline. Due to the amount of organization and rehearsals required, if LITHIUM arrived after a certain hour it would not allow units the required workup time. REACTOR determined this point to be 2359h, 07APR17. If, at that time, ISOTOPE could not confirm the presence of LITHIUM, the overnight capture option would be scrubbed and teams would default to the third mission option. Over the next few hours, ISOTOPE provided valuable reports on multiple vehicles arriving on site, conversations between participants setting up camp, witnessed individuals chopping down trees for firewood, and movement of personnel around the site. However, LITHIUM remained elusive.
[ISOTOPE radio traffic reporting vehicle positions]
[ISOTOPE reconnaissance information on parking lot and vehicle locations]
During this time, it became clear to REACTOR that plans to deploy a two man team to take over parking lot observation by posing as participants in a vehicle would present too much risk to operational security. The two man close target reconnaissance team CATALYST, was stood down until morning.
Meanwhile, as the abort time for the night mission crept closer, a five man team with the callsign MERCURY came online. MERCURY was to insert by vehicle to the south of the airfield, and begin to verify satellite imagery of the area. A number of possible vehicle routes had been identified that would allow units to exfil to the south of PRZ and rendezvous with extraction vehicles. However, due to heavy rain and older intelligence about the area, a pathfinder unit was required to determine viability of these routes. The objectives for MERCURY were to examine one vehicle route, to establish the coordinates for a southern rally point, and to chart a route to exfil the AO on foot to a road pickup point in the East. Not only would this information be critical to any urgent exfiltration needs, but it would also lay the groundwork for the fifth capture option - an assault on the enemy CP from the South.
[Four of five MERCURY team personnel]
08APR17 2359h came and went. Shortly after midnight, REACTOR contacts ISOTOPE to get a final call on the presence of LITHIUM. ISOTOPE reports it is unlikely that the subject is on site, and REACTOR makes the decision to abort the night mission. With that, units at the FOB are placed on rest until operations resume at 0630h.
[ISOTOPE reports that it is unlikely LITHIUM is on site]
With the night mission aborted, ISOTOPE makes a request to begin movement and complete their secondary objective of confirming northern exfil routes and to create their new hide site overlooking a main surface route. This presented a problem for REACTOR. With CATALYST unable to deploy for OPSEC reasons, the departure of ISOTOPE would leave a substantial gap in parking lot observation. This was further complicated by the need to complete the hide setup by first light, and the estimated four hours it would take to do so. With first light just 5 ½ hours away, ISOTOPE could not be held on station much longer.
Here, MERCURY stepped up to fill the gap. MERCURY proposed dividing their team into two. All personnel would insert together, but after verifying the vehicle route and rally point, a team of two would split off and head North to take up observation on the west side of the target area and relieve ISOTOPE, while the remaining three personnel would finish pathfinding operations. REACTOR approved this change in mission plan. ISOTOPE holds position while MERCURY elements prepare to deploy.
Near 0100h, MERCURY boards the transport vehicle and begins to conduct exit drills. Within a short time frame, the team has reduced their deployment time to just 10 seconds, and REACTOR is satisfied enough to dispatch the unit. At 0112h, MERCURY exits their transport vehicle into the darkness and begins their pathfinding mission.
At the drop point, it is immediately apparent that any vehicle access to the suspected road route will be impossible due to debris and obstacles. Shortly after, MERCURY reports by radio that all surface routes on the satellite imagery are submerged under one to two feet of water. A vehicle exfil route will not be available into the southern AO for the operation, so MERCURY pushes on to establish the southern rally point, and the Eastern foot exfil route.
Along their route, MERCURY encounters a number of obstacles, almost all due to the heavy precipitation and dense foliage. It takes less than 30 minutes of travel for MERCURY to report that their infiltration route is adverse and would not recommend it as an extraction route. With the closure of this route, MERCURY's reconnaissance becomes critical in finding a suitable route for any southern elements seeking pickup while under pressure to relieve ISOTOPE.
At 0151h, ISOTOPE requests confirmation that they can begin their movement to their hide within the next 10 minutes. MERCURY however, is still struggling through the south. By 0200h, it's clear that the terrain is causing numerous delays, and that MERCURY won't be able to split its forces until after 0230h. REACTOR clears ISOTOPE to move to their new hide, creating a gap in parking lot observation as MERCURY fights to make up time.
MERCURY finally manages to find a suitable rally point and calls it in. MERCURY 1-1 breaks North towards their new observation post, while MERCURY 1-2 heads South in search of a suitable exfiltration route.
Back at FOB Picton, the final Verdant Star reconnaissance team is raised. The three man unit, callsign ARGON, has multiple objectives. They are to insert on foot across the airfield into the wood line West of the objective. From there, they would track south, and emerge to the south of what is presumed to be the enemy CP. Their first objective is to conduct a detailed sweep of the CP area and assess the condition of rooms, doors, and windows in order to verify intelligence reports. From here, they would proceed to the actual CP space and determine if it was a viable location. They would update maps with the location of debris and obstacles so assault plans would be made with accurate information. Finally, they would move out of the structures and into the wood line to the South. Here, they would establish observation of the main entry routes and likely vehicle parking areas to support daylight operations and guide any raid on the CP.
[Reconnaissance Team ARGON]
Between 0300h and 0400h, Verdant Star elements grind away across the AO. ARGON steps off at 0304h, crossing the northern side of the airfield and winding their way into the woods. MERCURY 1-1 arrives at their new OP and establishes observation of the lot at 0325h. ISOTOPE finds the only suitable location for their new hide. They report great visibility of the surface route, but suspect that they will be compromised if a large number of enemy units move into the area. Finally, MERCURY 1-2 sends in the last coordinates for a dry and easily passable exfiltration route. They turn towards home, moving on foot back to FOB Picton. The time is 0340. Dawn is approaching, and ARGON must finish the last of the night objectives before sunrise.
[ARGON leaves FOB Picton]
[ARGON moves toward the treeline]
[Southern rally point and exfiltration route discovered on the MERCURY pathfinding mission]
While MERCURY 1-1 passes along the changes in the parking lot to REACTOR, ARGON pushes out of the treeline, and at 0432h, they enter the target structure to conduct their sweep. The situation within the target is grim. With zero ambient light, units are forced to use IR illumination to examine the spaces and search the rooms. Standing water is prevalent and a result of the poor building condition and the heavy precipitation over the past 48 hours. Carefully working through the target, communications become weak and unreadable. ARGON loses voice comms with REACTOR. From accounts of their sweep, they discover no opposing forces, but are able to produce updated maps of the facility, including details regarding the most likely location for a CP. The updated information is passed back to REACTOR via SMS/MMS and makes its way into the planning file for the CP strike option. ARGON reemerges from the buildings at 0442, regains communications, and moves to position themselves for the next phase of operations. At this same time, MERCURY 1-2 returns to the FOB after their long pathfinding mission, and stands down.
[ARGON sweeps structures and likely CP locations]
For the remainder of the night, Verdant Star has eyes on the whole of the facility as the recce teams begin their watches. While the majority of the night is quiet, some unusual vehicle traffic continues through the area. At 0542, ARGON watches a red car stop by the generator buildings in the east of the AO, and attempt to gain access through the door. Failing that, the vehicle drives towards the north where MERCURY 1-1 observes it park for a short time, before exiting the area. Additionally, at 0558h, a white hatchback passes the parking lot, and parks next to the west of the admin buildings; unusual behaviour compared to all other participant vehicles in the AO.
With sunrise only a short time away, it's time for REACTOR to place the final reconnaissance assets for the daylight grab option. MERCURY 1-1 is likely to be compromised after dawn, and so CATALYST is reactivated. The two man close target reconnaissance team moves to the parking lot by vehicle and arrives at 0600h. By 0623h, CATALYST reports their final position, and a few moments later, MERCURY 1-1 is provided extraction coordinates. They leave their OP and begin their exfil.
As dawn breaks, activity in the AO increases substantially. Reconnaissance teams report a white Kia Forté, a red tractor, and a silver hatchback of unknown make and model moving around the site. ISOTOPE and ARGON expertly hand off observation of the vehicles as they transition in and out of their respective fields of view. Shortly after 0640h, MERCURY 1-1 boards their extraction vehicle and returns to base.
At FOB Picton, the grab teams are organized. CARBON, a two man element, is assigned the responsibility of conducting the actual grab. COBALT, a four man element, is designated as both transport and security team.
The Pieces Come Together
The task force is now positioned for the third mission concept which was planned almost a month ago. CATALYST will trigger the start of the mission by positively confirming the presence of LITHIUM on site, and would transmit a description of the subject to REACTOR. CATALYST would also provide exact coordinates of the subject vehicle which, based on intelligence, was likely to be a white Nissan Rogue. Upon confirmation of LITHIUM, REACTOR would update COBALT and CARBON with the necessary intelligence and the teams would deploy from the FOB to the AO. Posing as regular combatants, they would park their vehicles near the target vehicle. Both the grab and security team had practiced a series of possible scenarios where the subject would be unaware and unable to escape. They would use their best judgement to determine which option to use and when they should make a move. At the same time, REACTOR would also notify ISOTOPE and ARGON. ISOTOPE was positioned to observe the movement of enemy elements to and from the structures, providing advanced notice of possible reinforcements or reaction teams. ARGON was positioned to the south, in the event the target bypassed the parking lot and moved directly to the CP site. ARGON's view allowed them to provide REACTOR with details of the site in order to update COBALT and CARBON. Finally, an assault team boarded a van and would follow the grab teams to the AO, parking just out of sight, ready to support any eventuality with six more guns.
All that was left to do was wait.
At 0817, a white Jeep with two occupants moves through the field, stopping at various sites. At 0838, ARGON reports noise within a two storey structure, which ISOTOPE suspects is environmental. At 0908, more personnel are seen moving file folders into various parts of the structure. LITHIUM is still not on site. At FOB Picton, the tension is palpable. Task force elements are in or near their vehicles going over options and contingencies. Assault teams pace. The entire element jumps with every radio report from the AO and at 0925, all units get a false start with the observation of a small white SUV approaching the AO. CATALYST reports that it isn't LITHIUM. The mission abort criteria for the daylight option are starting to come into play. REACTOR knows that both CARBON and COBALT have to be be released for other taskings no later than 1030h. If that point is reached, the majority of the task force will stand down and reorganize for the fourth and fifth mission options. The loss of the third mission concept would also signal the scrubbing of the last low risk option. All elements are acutely aware that after 1030h, the odds of survival for all task force members start to drop substantially.
[REACTOR reports a white Nissan closing in on the AO]
At 1002h, REACTOR reports a white SUV moving toward the AO. At 1003h, CATALYST transmits the words everyone has been waiting for. "We've got a positive ID on LITHIUM…"
[CATALYST confirms he has a positive ID of LITHIUM in the AO]
[LITHIUM vehicle image transmitted by CATLAYST]
Vehicles start and load, target grids are sent, REACTOR informs ISOTOPE and ARGON, and the strike package rolls out of the airbase 60 seconds later. Within two minutes, the grab teams are parked and seeking their target. COBALT and CARBON try to play it cool, owning their role as participants.
CATALYST is unable to maintain visual contact with LITHIUM and suspect he is in the administration building. CARBON and COBALT are able to make visual contact with the target, but he is suspicious or evasive, and an opportunity to make the capture does not present itself. Meanwhile, ARGON and ISOTOPE are reporting the movement of vehicles through the AO, including an increasing presence of armed individuals in the south of the AO. Suddenly, LITHIUM departs the area on foot, and begins moving towards Road B. At the same time, ISOTOPE separately spots an individual roughly matching the description.
The grab team loads into their van, and rolls out, moving towards road B. Rounding the corner, and heading directly towards the target, it is clear LITHIUM has little to no awareness of what is about to happen. Weeks of planning, training, surveillance, intelligence, and practice are about to be tested in the only way that matters.
At 1021h, ISOTOPE reports they have eyes on target and advises it would be an easy grab. With ISOTOPE still in the middle of reporting the opportunity, CARBON and COBALT jump from their vehicle, and pursue LITHIUM. After a short chase, LITHIUM is secured, restrained, and blindfolded.
[ISOTOPE witnesses COBALT and CARBON apprehend LITHIUM]
[COBALT and CARBON apprehend LITHIUM]
"All callsigns, we have the target."
[CARBON calling in the capture]
[LITHIUM in custody, on route to FOB Picton with CARBON and COBALT]
By 1022h, CARBON, COBALT, are on route back to FOB Picton, followed closely by the assault team. Two minutes later, CATALYST, ARGON, and ISOTOPE begin their extract procedures.
[Assault team arrives to assist in securing the ToC and LITHIUM]
At 1025h, LITHIUM is under guard in a secure room. By 1057h, the final elements of Task Force Verdant Star step out of their extraction vehicles, and into FOB Picton. Finally, at 1100h, Intelligence specialists arrive to handle the interrogation. They enter the secure room, and close the door behind them.
[LITHIUM in custody]
Zero rounds expended. Zero casualties. Subject in custody. All elements accounted for. Verdant Star had completed their mission.


Smoking may increase MS disease activity.
Smoking may increase multiple sclerosis (MS) disease activity, quicken disability progression, and speed the transition from relapsing to secondary progressive MS (SPMS) by as much as eight years, according to an MS Society review study.
The review data shows that, although the U.K.'s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) advises healthcare professionals to inform people of the connection between smoking and MS as soon as they're diagnosed, most patients are still unaware of this link.
Specifically, a recent study reported that 89 percent of MS patients did not know anything about the risks of smoking in MS.
"MS can be painful and unpredictable, and is often stressful to manage. Some people with MS believe smoking helps them manage stress, and healthcare professionals can be reluctant to take that ally away from someone who's just been diagnosed," Waqar Rashid, MD, a consultant neurologist at St George's Hospital in London, said in a press release.
However, "knowing that continuing to smoke might impact the disease and its progression could make a radical difference to some people," Rashid said.
MS specialists play a key role in this by having conversations with patients as soon as appropriate, and making these discussions routine in their consultations, he added.
The data also revealed that smoking may increase the number or size of brain lesions appearing in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, which could worsen MS symptoms. Smoking may also decrease the effectiveness of treatments.
The independent research review was conducted just before Stoptober, an annual 28-day quit-smoking campaign from Public Health England (PHE), launched in 2012.
The 2018 campaign will start Oct. 1. According to PHE, Stoptober has led to more than 1 million quit attempts so far and is the biggest quit attempt in England. It is based on evidence that people who stop smoking for 28 days are five times more likely to quit for good.


Bruce W. Wolf Economy Borough Bruce W. Wolf, 62, of Economy Borough, passed away on March 26, 2018, after a brief illness. He was the son of Norman J. Wolf and Rhea Gregorek. He worked many years as a machine operator with both J&L and Vincent Metal Goods. He held two master's degrees in Pastoral Counseling, where he counseled inmates at the Beaver County Jail. He taught C.C.D. at Good Samaritan Parish, Ambridge. He was an avid outdoorsman, skillful craftsman, and a fan of all Pittsburgh sports teams. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his stepfather, Stephen Gregorek. He is survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Karen (Gazda) Wolf; four children, Dan (Renee) Wolf, Mike (Rachel) Wolf, Patti (Rick) Crusciel and Bob (Kelly) Wolf; seven grandchildren, Vinni, Samantha, Mikayla, Logan, Alyssa, Lucas and Angel; one brother, Alan (Ruth) Wolf, and many nieces and nephews. Friends will be received Monday, April 2, 2018, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the KASPER-HAHN FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICES, INC., 547 Eighth St., Ambridge, (724-266-2549). A Mass of Christian burial will be held Tuesday, April 3, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. at Good Samaritan Parish, Ambridge. Interment will follow in Good Samaritan Cemetery, Fair Oaks.